Daily Worker
December 20, 1925
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Entered as § ag BE she 7 2— Rees BEERS BE ET om 27 Zections. This lecue Consists of Twe SECTION ONE. > pe. y WI Gan F. DUNNE 2 Pha PHILADELPHIA, Pa., but sul militant Daily Worker) 18. — One hundred and ten tired ates cast their votes for Zimmerman for treasurer. o the International Ladies’ Garment. Work- Union at Brian ig session of the e ta : vote, K 5 : yor es go out-of this nth biennial conven- them, e to face; if t je snarl- ee. ot the e Sigmanites is any guage of their 48 WE SEE iT oy T. 4. GFLAHERTY | making an appeal for $200, 000 Leim which to spread christian the president ot the need for counteracting the propa- put out by Communists, DP oi —— hints that big business h ter friend than religion. He says: htful christian people are be- ginning to realize that to offset the effect of this spread of subversive teaching an almost unlimited number of christian tracts is needed.” One of the greatest tracts ever written says this géntleman is Roosevelt's “Nine reasons for going to church. 1 This tribute to America's greatest co-steerer should shake a few dol-. . out of N NE aeey UITE an Ange incident oc- curred at a meeting of the Amert- can Club of Oxford University, Eng- land. The club invited no less a per- son than Comrade Saklatvala to ad - dare, its members. Saklatvala was barred from this country recently by er of the state department, tho he had his passports vised to attend a meeting of the ashing tary in W thet the — Fioveves. all was not serene. Ameriean student, of the fascis: > or American Legion brand wrote a Jetter to a local newspaper suggesting that Saklatvala be not allowed to . Speak. Apparently the provocative Suggestion was not heeded by American students, but the young the sons: ~ of language thet. a * Alplomat finds it hard to answer. ose gourse the boys of the “bullfrog breed,” of the British slave drivers, were there in numbers and tho they took mo offense at Saklatvala's criticism of the American state department, when the speaker dwelt on the infamies of British rule in India and all over the world, they got rough. But so far as one can gather rfom the guarded re- port in the New York Times—a two column story—the American students made it quite hot for the interrupters. * * * REMIER RYKOV of Russia threw a bombshell into the camp of the international militarists, who pretend to hunger for peace, when he de- clared that his government was per- fectly willing to abolish the army and nie navy if the capitalist powers guaran- peed to scrap theirs. This is the kind lying capitalist Of Rykov knew quite well that (Continued on page 2 . Ninfo first vice-president. An intention to make war on the left wing and its militant pro- gram, a long, t struggle. Lift T. U. E. I. Expulsions. Baroff was elected secretary and The ma- chine henchmen were taken care of and the left wing allowed a few places on the executive board. The pressure of the left wing brot full amnesty for those members who had been expelled. for mere member: ship in the Trade Union Educational 8 on vase 2) Hyman did not vote for himself and he polled one irman’s total for the presidency. | Paling 188, vot in the convention—the Sigman ‘is 158 , votes—but with the big New York! pe the majority of th e membership solidly be el charge of the National & Drovers’ National Banks. Total de- posits of 84, 000,000 are involved. “Frozen” a are given as the reasons for the closing of the banks. tors fearing loss of their savings have started runs on the other banks in the city. a — German Workers ecm Triple Alliance to and munic{pal functionaries has been agreed upon at Frankfort-on-Main by. an the local and district executives of the unions concerned, for. presenting a | Shir united front to the employers. This move is hailed as a first step in Ger- many towards imitating the British industrial alliance and presenting a united industrial front regardless of industry or eratt. : a. — IF“'Y years of age and 27 years of revolutionary work, these fig- ures’ serve to characterize the life his- tory of Comrade Kalinin. Michael Ivanovitch Kalinin is known thruout Soviet Russia and the whole world as the Soviet Union’s “oldest,” as the permanent chairman of the oer President 50 Years Old MICHAEL IVANOVITCH KALININ President of the Union of Soviet Republics. central executive committee of our soviets since the death of Comrade Sverdlov. But Kalinin embodies before all the history of our working class, the his- tory of our labor movement and the + ’ 8 1 2 1 > ‘ S «+ Published Daily PUBLISHING Co., Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER W. Washington Bivd., Chiesgo, III. Price 5 Dally Worker) Henry Ford has n monarchist as a bad job, a hope- 1 friendly personal * the monarchist idence in them. has been the Resist Wage si bot thd een ee fist Ford planned BERLIN—(FP)—An alliance of rail. to send Snu¹jj,luvo ko to Russia as his | Waymen, state and municipal workers | accredited rep ative last summer. his tronk packed 40. Advisors con- 6 last moment, that * make him a Bt ‘the idea of his going Wefinitely abandoned. u postponed. It is’ make Shinkerenko ive on an 52 Russia in the Shinkerenko prob- Pinder an assumed I > Czar’s Yacht. a lieutenant on on to this country, * monarchistic exiles, influences and his } win the confidence ho working first in o ts now em- nental labora- He was the and prince Or- f visited. Detroit e secrecy not long * ¢ Soap oi history of of our party. pe ee a } 3 den in the habit of propounding the virtues and holy traditions of ti monarchist cause. But when the Tord organization lost confidence in thie cause, Shinkerenko apparently founi it as easy to change his mind as to change his shirt. Prob- automatic and instantaneous. Shinkerenko is living in more humble quartersethan he did when he felt the splendér of the Romanovs was upon him., But it is believed he. (Continvec on page 2) WICKS SPEAKS IN GRAND RAPIDS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON (Special to The Daily Worker) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 18— The lecture on Locarno by H. M. Wicks‘ will take place on Sunday afternoon at 2:30, instead of in the evening as ee a few days ago. The meeting wit te held in Work- ers’ Hall, 21% Monroe Northwest, Grand Rapids. Admission charge is 25 cents. ‘ably. the great Wissillusionment was | [Pal of Coarists United States. He ty in the mon- sia Shinkerenko: | be Shinkerenko, | "ae ee HENRY FORD The Flivver King. (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Senator Wheeler of Montana, wal last year was candidate for vice-president on the LaFollette third party ticket is now definitely back in the folds of his party, — whooping it up for the world court program of the House Morgan. This lends weight to the belief that his allaged progres- | the purpose of making a national reputa- 2 hance of retaining . ey siveism was only for tion for himself so he would stand better c seat in the senate. action, and now stands in the ranks with such reactionarfes 1 | Henry Ford’s Home at Dearborn, i Mich., Is Mecca for Monarchists Conference Lays Base of Farmer-Labor Party By ALFRED KNUTSON. (Special to The Daily Worker) BISMARCK, N. Dak. Dec. 18.—The prospects are that the working farm- ers of North Dakota will form a farmer-labor party at the conference which they are now holding here. The farmers are sick of both old parties. This conference will have a national significance, because the plan is to call a convention later of farmers and workers from all northwestern states with the view of forming a national farmer-labor party. William Bouck from Washington, Charles E. Taylor and Pat Wallace from Montana, Soltis of Minnesota and Tom Ayres of Sou Dakota are preent at the conference for the pur- pose of aiding the formation of such a party. It is likely that a preliminary pro- gram calling for nationalization of all basic industries will be adopted. Make your slogan—“A sub every week!” | Britain Is Conciliatory Toward Turkey (Special to “The Halty Worker)» LONDON, Dee,.18.— — The action of Turkey in greaking diplomatic rela- tions with the kingdom of Irak, which is a British mandate; has put the Baldwin’ government on the defensive and “unofficial” sources. reveal that the government’s policy is to be con- eiliatory, with an effort to bribe Tur- key by promises of compensation in the way of land grants elsewhere. When Prime Minister Baldwin read the text of the league of nations deci- sion in the house of commons yester- day afternoon it became apparent that there is going to be serious opposi- tion to the extention of the British mandate over Irak for another 25 years, not only from labor and liberal opposition, but from a strong element in Baldwin’s own party as well. Answering questions on the crisis Baldwin asked the house to wait un- til the return of L. S. Amery, the colonial minister from Geneva, when an opportunity will be given for a full debate. son of Virginia, Ashurst of Ari- zona, and Walsh, the senior senator from Montana. In this same aggrega- es demoeratie party as Swan the Coolidge-Mellon-Kel licans of the type of ge repub- ummins of ponent, Lenroot. Second Day’s Debate. Debate on American adherence to the world court swung leisurely into while waves of propaganda for and against the court rolled high on Capitol Hill. Senatorial mail bags were flowing with exhortations to join and former were in the shape of form let- ters, round-robins, and printed liter- of the battle. Most of the latter were im the form of individual letters from foes of the court who seem just to have awakened to the realization that into the court. Pacifist Servants of Morgan. Veteran members of the senate said that the organized “pressure” on the court clube, peace organizations, church so- cieties, etc., was the greatest they had the senate. Most of these are 1 ‘pawns of Wall Street. The senate. plans pressure“ wear itself out naturally. There is no disposition to hurry a vote, and no way of doing 80 even if there were a disposition to do.se. It will be late in February or March, it is be- lieved, before a showdown can be had, and the senate doesn’t believe the “pressure” can be maintained that long. The herculean task confronting the irreconcilables in overcoming the odds against them was emphastzed today by a count of noses in the senate. Poll Favors Court. A poll taken on this, the second day of the long struggle, disclosed that the proponents of the court have 63 votes they can count on as a minimum. This is within three of the 66 neces- sary to vote adherence. The count showed 30 republicans and 33 democrats for the court on Harding-Hughes-Coolidge terms, 6 publicans for the court only if specific and far-reaching reservations are at- tached; 7 republicans, 3 democrats, and 1 farmer-laborite, against the present court in any form; and 10 re- publicans and 1 democrat not conimit- ted and apparently on the fence. There were 2 republican absentees, 8 (Continued from page 2.) Decembrists Put E could not eaxpeet a proleta- rian class ideology, we could not demand it from the people of: those days. . . The working class only began to form in the days of the Decembrists and therefore there could be no proletarian class party. The proletariat must and does appreciate the Decem- brists who dared to leave. their privileged class, who sacrificed their lives in those days when the proletariat did not yet ewxist.” —G. Zinoviev, “History of the Russian Communist Party.” * * * O* July 18, 1826 in the courtyard of Petropavlovsk fortress in’, Lenin- grad (then St. Petersburg) were hanged P. I. Pestel, K. F. Rylyeyev, P. G. Kakhovsky, M. A. Bestuzhev- Ryumin, and S. M. Muryavyev-Apos- tol. What were they hanged for? Be- cause they organized an uprising against the Czar Nicolas the First, known by the nickname of “the Cud- geler.“ They all represented the most arig- tocratic families of those days and were brilliant army officers of the guards regiments. The substance and significance of 100 * * A „. 1 ta — that uprising is, of course, not in the program of reforms which they tried to follow (these reforms look ridicu- lous to us) but in the fact that this uprising: was the first expression of an open protest, which had seemed to be impossible in those dreadful days. “The cannonade on the Senate Square aroused a whole generation,” writes Hertzen. These were not pol- iticians, but consciously self-sacrific- ing martyrs,—intellectuals, lonely, de- voted and lost in the endless snow- covered Russia. The Decembrists themselves recognized this very well. Riliev writes in one of his poems: to Death “I know: ruined will be the one who first rises against the oppres- sors of the people. ' am already doomed by fate. But where and when was freedom acquired without sacrifices? l' die for the country; | feel it, | know it. And with pleas- ure, holy father, | am blessing my fate.” The uprising of the Decembrists is the beginning of the great path of self-sacrifice which was selected by all the best men and women of Rus- sia of that time, by all the fighters for freedom. There is a great duty upon those who live in the days of triumphant in Czarist Russia 100 Years Ago Russian revolution. They have always to remember that freedom was not only by their own efforts, but also by the efforts of the self-sacrificing gen- erations beginning from 1825. N the first night after the uprising numerous arrests were made. Over | 50 people were arrested. They were | the war prisoners of the “crown.” | Nicolas the First had no other terms | for them... In the manifests published upon the suppression of ithe uprising, which proclaimed a solemn service on the Senate Square for the sake of “clean- ing up of the place”, the Decembrists are referred to as a “bunch of out- inquiry lasted for six months. casts.“ “By the order of the crown“ tions which spelled life or death to a committee of inquiry and a court the prisoners were formulated by the of justice were appointed. In this court, besides the picked army gen- | committee members, erals, were also appointed a few of, sion of guilt and information against The The prisoners were examined at night. The Decembrists write about these examinations: the highest officers of the Synod. 5 4 other prisoners. who threatened and cursed the prisoners in the at- tempt to wring from them an admis- Those who were si- lent were kept chained in dark cells and starved.” | The trial töok place in the absence “At midnight the door of the cell of the defendants, opens, a veil is thrown over the pris- | oner and he is lead in silence over | tried?” dants when brought ; the halls and yards of the fortress. Have the “What! asked we already been surprised. defen- into the court When the veil was taken off he was room. already in the large examination hall before the committee of inquiry. Ques ans w er. was the 121 men were “Yes, and found guilty”, Altogether — Come to the REVOLUTIONARY CELEBRATION of the 20th ANNIVERSARY of the REVOLUTION of 1905 and the 100th ANNIVERSARY of the DECEMBRIST UPRISING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1925 BEGINNING AT 2 P. M. SHARP at Schoenhofen Hall, Cor. Milwaukee and Ashland Aves. Chicago, Ill. Comrade J. LOUIS ENGDAHL,: Editor of The DAILY WORKER, will speak in English. speakers in other languages. Orchestra of the Arranged by the Veterans of the Revolution of 1905. Workers’ House, ADMISSION 25 CENTS. 1 Also The following will participate in the concert program: Lithuanian, Lettish and Jewish Freiheit Singing Societies, the Russian String etc.—over 150 people Proceeds for the International Labor Defense. ,, 5 in all. = found guilty. The highest criminal tribunal sen- tenced all these to death penalty. “The tribunal decided unanimously that these criminals should all be given a death penalty.” But the final sentences were made by the czar him- self. Five were sentenced to death penalty, 88 to hard labor and the rest to be exiled to Siberia or sent into the army as privates. 15 the court-yard of the Petropay- lovsk fortress were put up scaf- folds. They were built slowly and unskillfully, for the hangmen were inexperienced. The scaffolds were tried out first. Berckoff himself, the commandant of the fortress, gave the executioners lessons in hanging. Only in the morning were the scaffolds ready, the nooses were greased with lard. The condemned were taken out of their cells at 2 a. m. They waited till morning, sitting on the grass by the scaffolds, while the preparations were going on. At last everything was ready. The condemned are shak- time. A dreadful view, * pened farther. faces. They were all calm, but (Continued on page 4.) * — 1 tlon in support of the world court oe : Iowa, McKinley of Illinois, Watson ot Indiana, and LaFollette’s principal op- protest against joining. Most of the barring unlooked for upsets, the sen ate is going to vote the United States issue from specially formed ever seen on a specific issue before to let . made and ing hands with each other for an last 4 a . * -. «We could see quite voll their 5 the second lap in the senate today Hee over- . ature ,timed to arrive with the start An eye-witness describes 1 hap: Rah —— ————᷑ e 3 — — — ll — —— — — —
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ti BARN } SUNDAY Chicago Mass Meeting - at Northwest Hall Wholesale deportations of Cubans, Panamans and Costa Ricans from their native lands “for expression of anti-American opinions;” “indefinite postponement” of the presidential election in Haiti at the command of Militery Governor John H. Russell; arbitrary attacks upon the Filipino Independence movement by Gen. Wood; intrigues of American finan- ciers in China; move of American imperialism to share in the partition of Arica; military strike-breaking oc- Gupation of the City of Panama, with jailing and slaughter of Panaman workers—these are only a few of the incidents marking the latest de- velopment of American imperialism, which will be exposed before the . workers of the antl-imperialist pro- test meeting at Northwest Hall to- morrow night, 7:30 p. m. The primary purpose of the meet- ing is to protest the imprisonment of Julio Antonio Mella and the twelve Cuban labor leaders arrested with him at Havana, at the dictation of the American sugar trust. A cable received yesterday from Cuba indi- cates that President Machado, a Wall Street puppet, is bringing back-stairs influence to bear upon the courts to gecure a summary conviction of Mel- la and his comrades. Mella is still on hunger strike in prison. Persecutes Cuban Workers. “The reaction in Cuba continues,” says a letter just received from the Communist Party of Cuba, of which Mella is general secretary. “The gov- ernment, completely sold out to Wall Street, is trying to make the Cuban workers and peasants bear the bur- den of the crisis caused by the drop in sugar prices. Sugar cane workers are in some cases being forced to work without remuneration except “a — 7 . — ‘ ‘ 2) * oe — A | their m Orders of arrest have been against 44 of the best- known labor leaders of the Cuban movement, 23 of them Communists. Only 13 have been apprehended by ‘the police so far, but the search for the others goes on.” Protest Meeting Tomorrow. Tomorrow night’s protest meéting im Ofiieago is under the joint aus- | pices of the All-America Anti-Imperial- _j} ‘et League (United States section) and International Labor Defense. The place of meeting, Northwest Hall, is at the corner of North and West- ern avenues. | ~ CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY. Chicago workers will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1905 Russian revolution and the 100th anniversary of the Decembrist uprising in the Schoenhofen Hal!, corner Ashland and Milwaukee Avenues, tomorrow after- noon at 2 o’clock. An excellent con- cert program has been arranged at which the Jewish, Lithuanian, and Lettish singing societies will sing and the Russian string orchestra of the Workers House will play. There will N „ Bice * 8 4 4 4 1 pee * . . 7 7 * 19 ha ; 7 : : 9 H * I Be L 7 1 ars . * A Want 1 r * ~ TT STARTS MONDAY N Monday’e DAILY WORKER there will begin a series of articles by WILLIAM F. DUNNE, analyzing the results of the special con- vention of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union just adjourned at Philadelphia. Dunne has been in attendance at the Philadelphia convention sending In daily newe stories. His articles will summarize the con- vention results and analyze their meaning. & The I. I. C. W. U. Convention Adjourns ‘| . (Continued from page 1.) League but for others who had been expelled and suspendee during the re- cent struggle of the membership against the whole expulsion and class collaboration policy of the machine, only a modified form of amnesty was granted—the convention merely rein- stated them in the unions and left ii to the locals to grant them full mem- bership privileges or not as they see fit. be * Ne, * Ma = LRN 1 * largest numbers of personal pronouns of the first person ever heard in one oration. The Real Achievement, The real achievement of this con- vention will not be found in the offi- cial minutes except as they record from day to day the struggle of the left wing. The real achievement of the convention is the hardening and consolidation in three weeks of strug- gle of the left wing bloc, its gaining of invaluable experience in maneuver- img and its consciousness of its power. For the left wing in the American labor movement the I. L. O. W. con- vention holds a great wealth of con- crete lessons which, when system- Battle Over Amnesty. The report of the committee on the question of amnesty, made by Amdur and Antonini, was a cheap and unsuc- cessful attempt to evade the whole issue of political offenses in the union . 2 {> * Banquet Talk at Unions By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ‘| the referendum’ Will give them con- man petered out than Goretzky was on his feet displaying a collection of documents, none of which was chal- lenged, offering to prove that the ma- chine had hired. gangsters, paid them thirteen hundred dollars and procured the beating up of members of the union. Rubinstein of Local 2 was also on the floor throwing a challenge to Sig- man which the latter did not care to accept. The machine cannot fight on this issue. It can only sit and wait for the storm to blow over and hope for the best. To Supervise Referendum. To supervise the referendum on im- portant questions whicn will be held sooner than six months and not ter than a year after the convention, a committee representing both the deft and right will be chosen, each | e selecting its representatives, The ett wingers are saying already that trol of the next convéntion. A number of internal reforms have been authorized by the convention, notably the change in the mode of re- presentation to the’ New York joint board, but other fmportant measures such as the shop delegate system were delayed and sabotaged by the machine until a discussion of it was possible only in the closing hours of the session. In spite of the rush of business on the last day the Sigmanites made a place for Hillquit on the program. His speech was a plea for unrry combined be many speakers in English and other languages, with a eulogy of the present officials and contained what fs probably the FROM CUBA TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS LIBERTY IS BEING STRANGLED TO PILE UP PROFITS FOR WALL STREET hands the left wing can now proceed to extend and consolidate its influence in the large centers outside of New York. striking contrast to that of the ma- bing in —one of the biggest issues in this |atized and applied will make a tre believers in convention and before the member-|mendous contribution to the whole st the com- ship. struggle of the militant workers with silver The report stated that the commit- | against reaction as it appears in the ir scab- tee recognized no difference, between | trade union movement of the United m boasted the members expellea during the in- States. The left bloc came out of company ternal struggle and other offenders, the convention stronger numerically be large but Hyman tore this view to shreads and organizationally than it went in fied to get with some of the finest satire heard | and this in itself is some achievement tor at the convention. in one of the largest unions affiliated What disillu- Hochman, whose services to the to the American Federation of Labor. r in the machine were rewarded with a vice Rank and Filers Good Fighters. receive! presidency, tried to defend the com-] The left wing delegates on the last 1 plant has mittee report by reading a leaflet day of the convention showed the workers who are denouncing the machine as a sample | strain of the prolonged session. Every = the plant, of left wing propaganda, but only suc- | session was an ordeal and especially 2 work, The ceeded in making matters worse. tor those rank and filers for whom | unlon men were successful in pull- Offer Proof of Gangsterism, this * — posi ay or gee ee ing out another of che scabs, thus The Sigmanites paid dearly for pir. — gh diminishing the force. their hypocritical handling of the am-] The gigman machine ‘a set happy Little Work Comes Out. nesty issue, for no sooner had Hoch- Tho the company is making the 1s a result of its empty convention victory; its morale is low, the mem- vership has no confidence in it and with the convention record in its Left Holds the Future. The record of the left wing is in chine in this convention. The left fought for the basic needs of the mem- bership day in and day out, and it has nothing to fear from the machine except that in their desperation the reactionaries will continue the provo- cation of the split which was the principal feature of their convention strategy. The convention showed plainly that the life and growth of the Internation- : aper is al Ladies’ Garment Workers as an ef- . fective instrument of the workers de- he Novy Mir, will de out Saturday, pends upon the rapid increase in the | Dec. 19, at the Workers’ House, mass strength of the left wing. W. Division St. 1957 —— PITTSBURGH FOR UNIFICATION. AND MASS WORK PROGRAM OF C. EC. BY OVERWHELMING VOTE (Special to The Onily Worker) y PITTSBURGH, Dec. 18.—The meeting of the district’ executive com- mittee of the Pittsburgh district and the membership meeting which were held here on Wednesday and Thursday have gone on record overwhelmingly for support of the central executive committee program for unification of the party and the development of our work among the masses. The question was first discussed in the district executive committee which voted eleven in favor and two opposed and one abstaining for the unity resolution. The district execu tive committee of the Young Work- 1902 * U a bn the ototal stan of the Brotmecnodinet and Decorator, cial organ o ir Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, arrives. More than half of its space is given over to the report of the union's delegation to the October convention of n can Federation of Labor convention at Atlantic City. | Anyone with scissors, —e0ͥ and a lead pencil could have prepared this report in fifte minutes from the official printed minutes of the A. F. of L. convention. The only i pe shown is in cutting out the reaction- ary speeches printing them in full, while e semblance of progress displayed at Atlantic City is carefully censored. This report, that is typical of the accounts that all stand- pat delegations to the A. F. of L. convention are making to their organizations, comes at the same time that 130 trade union and “public officials” are banquetting Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., in Washington. Lawrence Todd, the cap- itol representatives of the Federated Press, regales us with this information: : “The keynote of the speeches and of the letters read from absent labor executives, Including President Green of the American Federation of Labor, and President Robertson of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, WAS A RENEWAL OF PLEDGES OF DEFENSE OF POPU- LAR RIGHTS in the spirit of the first LaFollette.” e s# * ’ The membership of the Painters’ Union, for instance, in common with the rank and file of other organizations, should know how their so-called “popular rights” are assassinated in the union. 2 | | President George F. Hedrick, the expulsionist, head of the painters, was chief of his union's delegation at Atlantic City, and there was no minority. The report is therefore unanimous. : , t starts out with full publication of the speech of Hed- ritz Tarnow, spokesman of the German fraternal delegates, who contributed not a single , idea to the gathering. Any reactionary on this side of the Atlantic, without the social-democratic label, could have done as well. The historic plea for world trade union unity, delivered by A. A. Purcell, of the British delegation, is dis- missed with seven critical lines. But President Green’s.cow- ardly attack on Purcell, when the British delegate had no 3 to reply, is also published in full, With special efforts being made to draw attention to it. 4 rick’s fellow. expulsionist, This is merely another example of how the labor offi- cialdom that talks about “popular rights” at banquets, plays a Mussolini role in actual practice. It may be well to remem- ber that the painters’ delegation, in addition to Hedrick, in- cluded Charles J. Lammert, neral secretary-treasurer; Nick Smith, Local Union No. 19; P. H. Triggs, Loeal Union No. 257; John T. Doyle, Local Union No. 43; Charles J. Eisenring, Local Union No, 341, and Joseph F. Kelley, (al- ternate) first general vice-president. These names were signed to the re that made a virtue of censorship thru the suppression of important developments at the Atlantic City A. F. of L. convention. 2 2 b> * 6 The painters’ ee could well dispense With a few pages of jokes and bourgeois propaganda and conduct an open forum to contain the contributions of the union’s mem- bers discussing vital problems. The rank and file must raise and win this demand. It should lead to the exposure of the practices of the Hedrick outfit and prepare the way for the day when at least a strong minority will sit in the delegation of the painters’ union at A. F. of L. conventions. This applies equally to all other international unions, without exception. | AS WE SEE IT 2 “By .J. O'Flaherty | (Continued from page 1) the capitalist powers have no inten- tion of even reducing their arma- ments. gime who was prepared to go to Rus- sia and live for two years to experi- ence ‘the joys of Bolshevist rule’” as the addle-brained parasite put it. She AB io My: had many offers, but she refused to N accepting Rakovsky, the Russian N „i n 4 Bye Ce er ad tf 8 Pe . am bey) ees 2 va N acy . • erge 4. Be * N About Popular Rights“ 1 ia - 8 ok) at 4 ö j ers League also discussed the resolu- tion and adopted the resolution by a vote of nine in favor, one opposed and temporariry abstaining until after the membership meeting. Was approved by a vote of 84 in favor and 12 against, 4 of the comrades present abstaning from voting. The Young Workers League committee members who had abstained’ in the vote on the previous day voted for the ambassador to France, President Doumergue heard the Bolshevik say this: “The people of the Soviet Union are firmly attached to peace as an indispensible condition for the de- fulfill her promise unless she can get the “right kind of man to undertake the test.” What about hiring our Mr, Nosovitsky or the rum sleuth Spolansky? Those gentlemen would be willing to turn an honest penny at eee i, Ae BAGH , n ae Gy es: Le 12 4 = gi 1 vided the Customers “Processional” is one of those plays that needs an introduction because it has not the limb display of u Follies chorus or the merry suggestiveness of a “What Price Glory?” Hence it has not been so leudty cursed as the one or so shockingly advertised as. the other. The play that we are just now writing about might have remained * Pro- Do so, but for a conspiracy entered into between the Studio Players, the dis- trict office of the Workers Party and this press agent, to resurrect the and present it to all who crave good, clean amusement, on the evening of Dec. 27, at Lawndale Hall, 3487 Ogden Ave. corner of Ogden and St. Louis avenue. There are wrinkles in this play—I believe the polished stag® writers have another and more polite term that were not smoothed out by the | Theater Guild when that corporation produced “Processional.” The fact is that the play has got a lot of dyna- mite stored away in its innards that the Theater Guild were afraid to touch off, lest the $50.00 contributions from the condescending bourgeoisie might go a-glimmering, But be that Jas it may. The author of the play is John Howard Lawson, It is a satire on ‘present day life, done so cleverly that the andience is warned to be on the job intellectually, every minute of the time. It is one of those de-bunking plays that only happen occasionally. There are plenty of laughs in it and this is no world for those who have not yet learned to laugh. The manager of the Studio Players in an exclusive interview granted to the press agent guaranteed that all normal people will enjoy the show, This is not a threat to those who may feel like making a legitimate critic m.. This is the first announcement, Others just as snappy are forthcom- ing. P. S.—The proceeds will be devoted to the activities of District No. 8 of the Workers Party. JEWISH WORKERS CONFER ON RUSS COLONIZATION: Every ‘progressive Workingmen’s Circle, Jewish unions, radical organi- zations, will send delegates or their officials to the conference for the Jewish Colonization in Soviet Russia to be held Sunday morning, Dec. 20th, at Liberty Hall, 3420 W. Roosevelt Rd., at 10 o’clock. This conference will be represented also by individuals who are interested in the great accomplishments of the Soviet government, colonizing the Jews that were compelled under czar- ism to live a life of idlers and shop keepers, to become productive peas- ants and tillers of the soil. This con- ference is held as a starting point of a big campaign to interest every Jew- ish worker, every radicar and progres- sive organization to take part in the great reconstruction work that goes on in Soviet Russia to colonize the Jews on the soil and also to bring lopment of their country and salute] any task that is sufficiently filthy. The membership meting held Thurs- unity resolution at the membership“ : y Y. them into industrial life of the coun- Come to the day night was one of the largest held | meeting and declared their future sup- . joy 5 real ype on the part What the lady wants is a first-class try. in Pittsburgh recently. After a thoro| port of the central executive commit- re Se ee ee oe Eee * * * 8 * discussion of the unity resolution, it | tee. . els SONY e ~ aig a Y F d F k ) Anti m erla ist We 0 ment, and eee of aga 2 OLONEL CHARLES SWEENEY 2 Con W es : - ! which Doumergue replied that “the of Spokane, Washington, the gal- i P BORAH OPENS SENATE FIGHT : disposition by which you are anima Ant gentleman who organe | the CKariats Cause | ed, coupled with your experience, will|squadron of American aviators to to Get More Orders Protest Meeting ON WORLD COURT IN FIERCE SPEECH AGAINST ADVOCATES permit us to undertake with confi- dence the consideration of the difficult- les still existing between our two help the French bomb Morrocan vil- lages and murder women and chil- dren, has been honored by the French Tomorrow, Sunday, 7:30 P M. Northwest Hall North and Western Aves. Julio A. Mella is dying in a Cuban jail for opposing the American Sugar Trust. SPEAKERS: Wm. F. Dunne, also NéBvo, Cuban and Filipino speakers. * * (Continued from page 1). democratic absentees and one vacancy when the poll was taken. Big Guns in Reserve. It will be the task of the irreconcil- ables to wean over enough of the un- committed ones, and wean away enough of those nominally committed to reach their goal of 33 votes. It will be no easy task, and were the debaters of lesser renown than Borah, Johnson, Reed, et al, it would be writ- * * (Special to The WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Senator William E. Borah, republican, of ten off by underwriters as a hopeless undertaking. * The irreconcilables are reserving their major fire until after the Christ- mas recess. Senator Walsh, democrat, of Mon- tana, was scheduled today to deliver the principal speech. Walsh, like Swanson of Virginia; who spoke yes- terday, is for the league as well as the court. r= * * - Daily Worker) countries.” government with the high rank of grand officer of the Legion of Honor. A wolf turned loose among a flock of sheep had a hazardous job compared to these cowards. But then, Sween- ey’s father was a scab-herder. His son is not degenerate. 2 6 0 OT so many years ago France was waging war against Soviet Russia. In those days French statesmen said they would never shake hands with the “bloody Bolshevik.” But the Red Army won and that settled that. Now France is not only shaking hands with a Soviet envoy but with one who is a leader in the Russian Communist Party. In the near future we may en- joy the spectacle of Calvin Coolidge receiving a Soviet ambassador with words just as sweet and just as mean- ingless. It must not be assumed that Young Workers League and the Freiheit Youth to Entertain Tonight You will be present at the Concert and Dance to be held tonight at Auspices All-America Anti-Imperialist League and International Labor Defense. TT LLELLLLLLLULELELLLLLLL LEAL CLERC ALL = ir TONIGHT! Come to the TONIGHT! Idaho, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, and implacable foe of the league of nations and the world court, launched his long-awaited fight in the senate this afternoon against adhesion to the court. The galleries quickly filed to capacity as Borah took the floor. Washin- ton had long been eager to hear his attack upon the administration’s world court program. + New York Membership Borah, after denouncing the court aS a creature made by the league of there is no danger of war between Soviet Russia and the capitalfst pow- ers simply because they have recog- nized the workers’ government. They are only marking time. ADY ASTOR recently offered to pay the passage to Russia of “any believer in the present Bolshevist re- Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd., if you want to enjoy yourself and at the same time help to support the Young Workers League and the Frei- heit. An interesting program has been arranged. If you want to thoroughly un- deistand Communism—-study it. CONCERT AND DANCE to be held at Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Bivd., Chicago For the Benefit of Jewish Daily Freiheit and V. W. . Solos from Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra—Songs—Recitations Joint Auspices Freiheit Youth Clubs and Young Workers (Communist) ADMISSION 35 CENTS. League. (Doors Open 7:30 P. M.) owe nations to do the league’s bidding, in- troduced three reservations designed to emphasize America’s aloofness from the political entanglements of Europe. Borah concluded a vigorous speech against adherence by calling upon his republican colleagues not to vote the United States into the court just be- cause a court was endorsed in the re- — publican platform. Must Report Monday NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 18— Urgent party matters require that all com- rades who are free or who can take off a few hours on Monday, Dec. 21, should report at the district office, 108 East 14th Street, New York City, at 11 a. m. on a matter of utmost importance to the party. No one should fail to attend who can possibly | manage it. (Continued from page 1) s living more obscurely simply to vssist in an easier death for his repu- ‘ation as a white guard counter-revo ‘utionist. He was always a strong Kornilov man. : Dreamed of Vast Estates. Ford once dreamed of taking over large tracts of land in Russia inelud- ing mineral and water power re sources, as soon as the Romanovs were re-established. Undoubtedly, an understanding existed. Ford's right-about-face in his opin- ion as to how best to exploit Russian resources and may be due in part to visits paid to his offices by such persons as Anna Louise Strong, and his desire for more profits. Russian, Workers Watch. The Union of Socialist Soviet Re- publics stands a chance of benefitting greatly from any negotiations opened with the Ford interests. But his past associations will not be forgotten and the representatives of the revolution- ary workers and farmers of Russia will be on their guard against the Shinkerenko of Ford’s staff, That Ford has changed his attitude toward Soviet Russia may indicate changes are imminent in Washing- ton. Ford is closer to the Coolidge ad- | ministration than he has been to any other. And Ford likes to be first jn the field, — Why not? Ask our neighbor, to subsoribe! 1 an oe ' eit ae A A e Par rt + ths. N * 22 4 ; . r 9. N., aa 2 2 ie EN FI Sa ae = 1 a. 5 ae Pury eee. 0 8.78 e ee 1 in semi-obscurity for another aéon or ; 1 *
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75 =] of the Soviet league of nations and the Locarno peace pact, Maxim Litvinov declared that all the rumors and comments ap- pearing in the world’s press, alleging that the Soviet government has aban- its former attitude towards the of nations and the Locarno are baseless. The spreading rumors, coinciding with the of the Locarno agreements, tly prompted by a desire to * ͤ⁊[—u acceptance of the agree- ments by that section of public opin- jon which suspects the possibility of 11 ini League, Alliance of Powers, The Soviet government, he declared, continues to consider the league of nations, not as a friendly union of trance of Germany does not alter the league’s nature, for it is clear that certain nations have the intention of. turning to their profit Germany’s par- ticipation, in order to execute their Plans generally, and their hostile de- signs against the Soviet Union par- ticularly. The Soviet government, said Lit- vinov, more than any other govern- ment, is interested in peace on the basis of the independence and self- determination of all nations, and it would welcome the creation of an in- ternational organization thru which each nation could effect its national sovereign rights. League Fails to Function. The Soviet government considers the league of nations to be least of all an approach to such an organiza- tion. The league has not only failed to preserve the right of weak nations against violence and military outrages by stronger powers, but no serious steps have boen taken on the question of disarmament, in which the whole of humanity, and particularly the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, is keenly interested. “The Union of Socialist Soviet Re- publics, the country of the toiling masses, cannot share responsibility with the league for sanctifying the oppression and exploitation of other nations. To Stand Aloof, ~ er. M. Litvinov, in conclusion, said the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics firmly intends in future to stand aloof from the league ‘of nations and all similar organizations. { George E. nes | { COZY | LUNCH | 2426 Lincoln Avenue | One-half block from Imperial Hall PHONE DIVERSEY 0791 CHICAGO , — — rw re rrr rrr — P » — 3 GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise 1934 West Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winchester) Phone Humboldt 2707 ‘ F — 1 „ * 7 een Se sa ge . 2 7 re ey C4 wa e N 4 l e ~ n . 22 7 * 4 : me" ¥ } * ‘ : By FRANCES M M. SibKa? (Worker Correspondent) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. hundred regular 16.— not rob filling stations, they will then ‘take the earth, which 2 be- longs to them. STUDENTS WILL POLL PARENTS ON MILITARISM College I e ee e Against Training By SYLVAN A. POLLAK. (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 18. — The latest development in the anti-military training struggle of the students of the College of the City of New York, who recently by an overwhelming vote placed themselves on record as opposed to its continuance, is a ref- erendum of the 6,000 parents of the undergraduates, which is being con- ducted by the Students’ Council to ob- tain their opinion on the matter. The vote of the faculty of the college was 65 to 16, in favor of the compulsory course in military science. President of the college, Mezes, said that so far as the faculty is concerned the refusal to accede to the students’ demand is final and the matter will now go to the board of trustees for final action. President Frederick Hien of the Student Council, said that as soon as the vote of the parents was complet- ed, the results would be tabulated and presented to the faculty. British Unionists Collect Funds for 2 Karl Marx Statue LONDON, Dec. 18. — The editorial board of Trade Union: — consist- ins of Albert A. Purcell; Edo Fimmen and George Hicks have issued a call to workers’ groups all over the coun- try for funds to raise a statue to Karl Marx at the Highgate Cemetery in London. The board requests that all dona- tions be sent to George Hicks, Trade Union Unity, 162 Buckingham Pal- ace Road, S. W. 1. Women Cannot Serve on Illinois Juries SPRINGFIELD, II., Dec. 18~—Wom- en cannot serve on juries in Illinois, the supreme court ruled. In giving its decision the court reversed the decision of the Cook county superior court. Rail Labor Bill Not Ready, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18. — Details of the compromise legislation which the rail labor organizations have been negotiating with a commit- tee from the Assn. of Railway Execu- tives, are not yet completed, The main point agreed upon is abo- lition of the United States railroad labor board and the setting up of direct committees of adjustment be- tween management and unions. rTvTrrorrrtorwrtrTwrevrtroOrCrrerrerererTgeree.T8YFrrTrTr-r-r-r™ N ee ee ee ee eee Detroit Workers, Attention! “The Adding Machine” A Drama of the Worker Under Capitalism will be played by the | DETROIT REPERTORY THEATRE CO. THURSDAY, DEC. 24, at 8:00 P. M. in the HOUSE OF THE MASSES, Gratiot and St. Aubin Avenues, Detroit. Auspices Daily Worker Press Club. General Admission 75 Cents. | nn kl tl i i tL i Mn Li ie i c pb A AABAAAAA AA AAAAAA AAA AAA AAA AAAA A A A Admission | Auspices: — NNN TUTTLE ELLE LPL PLUTO TTT Te CELEBRATE 20th Anniversary 1905 Revolution 100th Anniversary Decembrist Uprising SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, at 2 P. M. at Central Opera House, 67th St. and 3rd Ave., New York Prominent Speakers in Many Languages. — Excellent Musical Program, Workers (Communist) Party, Young Workers (Communst) League, District No. 2. = = 25 Cents. : — : = = = b = = | opinion of Soviet Russia, — Workers THE DAILY. NORKER 111 ‘the Workers’ Lite 225 — . — wk be UNITED GARMENT UNION OFFICIALS AID EMPLOYERS Persecution i ial Active Workers Continues Dy A Worker Correspondent PITTSBURGH, Pa. Dec. 18. — The officials of the United Garment Work- ers’ Union have again demonstrated their collabroation with the bosses by having three giris fired for daring to oppose their flunkeys at the recent election. Ald Bosses’ Candidates. An organizer by the name of Burk- son was sent here to engineer the election so that the officials favorable to the bosses would be elected. This 5 pigeon did his work in the most contemptible manner possible, Altho he and the bosses are Jewish, they continually played upon the religious jrejudices of the workers by pointing out that the candidates that opposec the machine were Jews and the work ers supporting the candidates, being Jews never were satisfied with wha they got. Just before the election th floor-lady and boss went from girl t. girl telling them that they should no. vote for the “Bolsheviks.” The girlr had never heard of Bolsheviks before and now are getting an education as to what Bolshevism is. Grili Small Girl. A few days before the elections a leaflet, issued by some of the mem- bers of the union, was given out to the workers as they went out of the shops. The bosses assaulted those dis- tributing the leaflets and dragged a 14-year old girl into the shop, where she was grilled and later warned not to distribute the leaflets again. The leaflet pointed out that during the present administration the following miserable conditions were put into effect: Union Conditions Lost. 1. Reductions in prices on some operations were enforced before the expiration of the agreement and noth- ing was done to prevent it. 2. Workers were fired without cause and were not reinstated. f 3. The sanitary conditions of our shops are becoming worse from day to day. Just think of our wash rooms, dressing rooms, ventilation, etc. What was done to better them? 4. No effort was made to organize the. ope shops of the garment indus- try of 150 and vicinity, thereby weakening our chances to better our conditions. Nothing was done to achieve closer unity with the other organizations of the needle trades of Pittsburgh. After the elections took place three of the active workers, one a candidate for business agent, were fired from the shop. This act shows the bosses and the labor fakers working hand in hand to crush those who dare ta fight for union conditions. Youth and Age Discuss the ‘Terrible’ Soviets By A Worker Correspondent. A small group of men were seated around the stove in a little country town store of Marietta, Minn., “soak- ing up heat” as one of them expressed it, when asked what he was doing. The always loquacious proprietor began making conversation. J hear that Bill Haywood has left Russia. Says he would rather be in prison in Leavenworth than a free man in Russia.” “Seems to me you must be on pret- ty intimate term@ with Bill to know of his whereabouts and also his When is Bill planning on coming back?” This from a youth among them. “No I read it in the Journal,” replied the man behind the counter and he began a frantic search for the choice bit of news. “Oh save yourself the trouble,” said the young man. “If you saw it in that paper it ‘must be so.’ I read in the Journal several years ago that the Soviet government could not exist for teh days, but of.course that was only a slight miscalculation.” “These capitalist owned newspapers are always talking about conditions being so bad in Soviet Russia. They’ve nothing to brag about conditions in France, in, England, Turkey, Belgium, Germany, Italy but you never hear any complaints about those countries. Do you know why? Because a govern- ment exists in those countries in con- formity with the desires of our money mad plutocracy and since this is so the newspapers of this country which are but instruments in their hands do not consider the deplorable status of the workers in the capitalist coun- tries. If I want reliable information about Soviet Russia I read a working class paper and not a capitalist paper. I choose to place no reliance in the prostituted ‘Brass Check’ press, I read The DAILY WORKER.” Bootlegger Asks for Convoy. ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 18—Police were appealed to by a had-working bootlegger for protection. Morris „Goldberg told officers hi-jackers re- lieved him of $3,500 worth of holiday liquor near his home, | The prizes Offered are as follows: FIRST PRIZE—“Flying Osip,” WORKERY! < which will VERY week The DAILY WORKER is presenting three prises for the best stories sent in during the week by its worker cor- respondents. Announcement of this week's prize Winners appeared in Friday’s iseue. Next week's prize winners will be announced, and thelr contributions published on the Worker Correspondents’ Page in Thurs- day's issue, since there will be no paper on Friday, Christmas Day. which are now appearing in the New Magazine Section of The DAILY SECOND PRIZE—Leon Trotsky’s “My Flight frém Siberia,” in which Is tobe the story of Trotsky’s escape from exile. THIRD” PRIZE—An original cartoon framed, a reproduction of r on the Worker Correspondents’ Page. Send yur contributions immediately. Address, Editorial De- DAILY WORKER, stories of New Russia, sone of 1113 West Washington Blvd., AN SHOPS The DAILY “WORKER correspond. ent of the Méfey machine shop has sent us a copy ot their shop bulletin. We print it in füll here. This bulle- tin will give Our correspondents a concrete exainple of the role of the factory wall newspaper in the daily struggles of the workers. Morey Wage Slave Bulletin. Because the boss found 3 copies of the last issue of Morey Wage Slave on their benchés. That issue carried the message of A. A. Purcell calling upon us workers to agitate, educate and organize. These three words alarmed the boss 80, that he fired three workers krom the shop. The boss wWs what he is doing. He is class cOmsclous. We, the work- ers, do not know our interest. We are not class conscious. This little bulletin has many things for our interesa I[t gives facts about the miserable conditions in which we work and live. It also shows us the way to better our working and living conditions. aes Read this carefully, fellow workers. This bulletin ‘epeaks for our cause. Our boss hates to see workers be- come class consdious. For he wants men with strong backs and weak minds. Because the less workers know the more he can rob them and get away And whoever dares to put us to the game the boss plays, gets the gate, as the other three workers did—usbess we get the shop organized. Thea the boss will stop his present tactics and gives in to our important demands. No boss can be a friend of his workers. Friends do not rob, do not submit us to w g under most un- sanitary conditi@is. Friends don’t act like slave hol as Mr. Himoff is doing. Every for his own class. Workers have one enemy, one fight and one victory. Workers of the .world—unite for the victory. Learn about ‘Your working condi- tions, read the only labor daily news- paper—The DAILY WORKER. It is the only English daily that fights for the workers and gives facts about our conditions. Go to 108 East 14th St., New York City, and ask for this valu- able paper, The DAILY WORKER. Grubich Wears a Poster and Pickets His Shop to Tell Workers of Strike By A Worker Correspondent NEW TORK, Dec. 18.— For four years Abraham Grubich, a tailor and a member of Loca No. 2 of the Amal gamated Clothing Workers“ Union. worked for the firm of Herman & Her- man of 77 Stantom Street, this city. Last week Gmibich’s bosses dis- covered that theyyeould take the work that Grubich wal doing and send it to a small tailor shop around the corner where the work would be done cheaper. Grubich noticed that from day to day the amount of work given him was dwindling and eight days ago he was fired. The result is that he is on strike and is every day out in front of his former employer’s shop with a card on his back? explaining to the people who pass that he is on strike Grubich is very confident that he wil! win out soon. CORRESPONDENTS’ CLASS IN CHICAGO GROWS IN “SIZE AND ENTHUSIASM On Thursday night the class in Chicago Worker Correspondents pitched into work that is very pro- mising for the immediate future. Workers from the building trades, millinery workers, taxi drivers, milk drivers, and a young apprentice in radio construction were among the new members to join the class. They all joined the “Living Newe- paper”, appointed a secretary whose immediate’ duty is to send an arth cle to The DAILY WORKER explain- ing the “Living Newspaper.” This article will appear in the Monday issue, : The most exciting period in the class was the one in which the con- tributions by the students of the class were criticized. Everyone joined. At the end of the session the instructor, J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, pointed out some of the rules to be observed in writing. Everyone of the 14 students present pledged himself and herself to send in a number of contributions for the com- ing week. Class Meets in New York Monday. On Monday Dec. 21, at 8 p. m. the New York Worker Correspon- dents’ class meets at 108 E. 14th street. Joseph Freeman, instructor, has sent us a message that the class is getting under way. it will be Observed that a correspondent from New York won the first prize. More New York workers should at- tend the class and enter next week’s contest. Factory Nucleus Elects Worker Correspondents for Organization Drive “By A Worker Correspondent NEW YORK City— Every member of Factory District Nucleus No. 1 of Section 5 arrived on time for the first meeting at a lunch room in the dis- trict, After a discussion of the new form of activity the following plan was unanimously adopted: First, distribution ef The DAILY WORKER in the cloak and suit and millinery districts on Thursday noon every week. Special articles by the worker correspondents on conditions in their respective shops and a dis- tribution made of the paper at the shop. A drive for new members will be made among the many sympa- thizers in the various factories where the comrades are employed. The com- rades are enthusiastic about the new method of approach to the workers. From all indications our first meet- ing, Ist District No. 1, Section 5, will build up a large powerful group of Bolsheviks whose presence will be felt by the bosses in the milinery and cloak and suit districts. The following campaigns will be energetically car- ried out for a labor party, for inter- national trade union unity, for recog- nition of Soviet Russa, for the build- ing up of the International Labor De- fense. Two worker correspondents, one for the Freiheit and one for The DAILY WORKER, are to immediately write a series of short articles on conditions in their respective trades to demonstrate how imperative it is that the workers support us m the above demands, become members of the Workers (Communist) Party, the only party that is fighting for the working class. Detroit Workers, Attention! GRAND INTERNATIONAL International Dances Admission Veer ’ COSTUME BALL’ New Year’s Eve.; December 31 at the HOUSE OF THE MASSES, 2646 St. Aubin Ave., Detroit. International Menu AUSPICES WORKERS’ EDUCATIONAL ASS'N. 50 Cents. eesesiiwwwswwsseveee4kr WORKERS PICKET STATE CAPITOL EXPOSING BOARD Corrupt Administration of Labor Heads Hit By A Worker Correspondent BOSTON, Nov, 18—A group of mem- bers of the Workers (Commuist) Party picketed the state capitol today bearing banners, exposing the cor- rupt administration and personnel of the state board of labor and indus tries here. Following are some of the demands the placards bore: Consumption for the workers, profit for the boss in Cambridge Radio fac tory. Berry Box and Backing Co, is vio- lating state labor laws. Workers Party calls on organized labor to act. Meade must go. Sweep Switzer out. Workers Party demands imntediate investigation of the state department of labor and industries. A number of capitalist press report- ers interviewed the picketers, photo- praphed the demonstrators and ear. ried away with them 3 copy ot Mon- day's issue of The DAILY WORKER which set forth the facts of the case at the Cambridge factory. Consternation was caused within the State House by the picts. Bare- headed clerks rushed out into the streets to ascertain how serious was the expose, The traffic policemen on duty, at this point, a very busy corner were called into the State House and were told to ignore the pickets. The immediate result of this was that the department ‘hastened to “cover up.” Already an order has gone out to the owners of the factory. Meade and Switzer are taking all steps to protect themselves. Other disclos- ures of the manner in which this de- partment “protects” ‘the workers are forthcoming, and it will take more than a politician’s alibies to satisfy the workers. The demand for a sweeping investi- gation will be taken up on the floor of the Boston Central Labor Union. It is expected to bring far reaching re- sults, As was expected, the kept press | photographs were suppressed and only a bare mention was made of mat- ter. The names. of, the factories were concealed and the state de ent was given space in which to publish a lying denial of the charges. But this will not fool the workers in the shops. Hundreds of copies of the DAILY WORKER were distribut- ed, and the workers realize that the only paper that will fight for their interest is the DAILY WORKER. Bill Favoring Seamen Introduced in Senate WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—A bill has been Introduced in the senate favor- ed by the International Seamen’s Union of America establishing a con- tinuous discharge book system for able seamen in the merchant marine. This book would give to each seaman | a record of his employment which would not be at the mercy of a hostile master in case of industrial dispute. +minimized the demonstration. The? The: “Novy 1 Mir” E N . Dobkin famous tenor. | Lidla Savickaya Soloist ot the Boston phony. 1 Pierre Matheo Soloist of the New York Symphony Damrosha (on oboe and English horn). Hilda Shaket interpreter All Will Appear at the “NOVY MIR” Park Palace, 110th St. and 5th Ave. | Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, Who Will Be at the Bali and Geom | dort. — All, All, All, 1 Get Ready- uy Your Tickete la Advance. | ** adi. DON'T FORGET. THE DANCE Given by ZWOOKY RODINY For the Benefit of Tubercutar ren of the U. &. 8. R. MASKED BALL : THURSDAY, DECEMBER N MIRROR HALL, 1136 N. Western Avenue. Meet the New Year with Us and Help the of classic | CONCERT and BALL| Children. se SSE Genova Restaurant’. ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. Cor. Elizabeth St. | Spaghetti —_ Our Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice J. KAPLAN MERCHANT TAILOR Suits Made to Order at Reasonable Prices 8646 ARMITAGE AVENUE Phone Albany 9400 5 —— Furnished Room FOR RENT, All Modern Conveniences. | For 1 or 2 men. Apply ojo DAILY WORKER, To those who work hard for thele money, I will save 60 per cent-on all their dental work,. DR. RASNICK DENTIST 8 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA, Get a Bundle! ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 1 A full page of YOUTH NEWS: conditions of young workers in industry—the life young workers lead—and the latest developments in the youth movement. A Page Edited by the Young Workers (Communist) League 2 Cents a Copy. THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Illinois Sunday, December Tickets in Advance, 35c A A A MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS, Chicago Readers, Attention! TTH ANNUAL YULETIDE FESTIVAL given by the UNITED WORKERS’ SUNDAY SCHOOLS of Chicago at WiCKER PARK HALL, 2042 W. North Avenue Children’s Program—Conocert During Afternoon DANCING DURING EVENING IN LARGE 20, 1925, 3 P. M. HALL. At the Door, 50c a Person. * rere * — — a „ eee
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er » 3 J — — Ne ree | t 2 = . 8 * ya et, l * fe * 3 —— on nf ‘WILLIAM 4a > yee? =: 41 7 ary BSCRIPTION RATES By 2 ha oe only): mail 1 By (outelde ef Chicago): —.—. 50 six months $6.00 per year $3.60 six months J — ‘ Add THE. DAILY WORKE! LT 1118 W. — Bivd., Chicago, tiinole J. LOUIS . ENGDAHL } . , Deer. MORITZ J. LORB. Business Manager Qntered as second-class mali September 21, 1923, at ithe postoffice at Chi- . cago, IIl., under the act of March 3, 1879 — 390 Advertising rates on — 3 ams Pacifist Propaganda for World Court Pacifist clubs, church societies, liberal societies and all the motley crew of peace propagandists are mobilized under the leader- ship of the agents of the House of Morgan for the purpose of en- snaring the United States into the world court. Morgan's interest in the court is known. It is the same motive that impelled his most noted servant, Woodrow Wilson, to advocate the league of nations. Bank. capital, with heavy investments in Europe, wants to bring direct political pressure to bear upon the debtor nations. The world court and the: leagne as they now stand may easily become in- struments for concerted European resistance against what is com- ing to be contemptously known as “dollarocracy”—the autocracy of the dollar, which means the power of Wall Street. The Morgan gov- ernment must.combat any tendency in that direction. By entering the court the agents of American imperialism can help formulate its decisions in the interest of Morgan, The stage in Washington is set for this government, which is the agent of bank capital, to endeavor to enter the league, via the world court, while maintaining the illusion of bourgeois democracy. So Morgan and his henchmen, knowing the average American pacifist is merely a lime-lighter, an inordinate publicity seeker, know that if they finance his organizations and promise him a trip to Washihgton on a lobbying expedition under the guise of pacifism he will fall for it and fall hard. This, combined with the propaganda of bought and paid for newspapers, will create the illusion of popular demand for the court. An examination of the personnel of the pacifist créw now in full ery in the ranks of the jackal pack of imperialism reveals the same line-up of the rag-tag and bob-tail of petty bourgeois intelligentzia that followed in the wake of the late Woodrow Wilson when that lackey of Morgan was formulating beautiful pacifist slogans to con- ceal his war preparations. ay Surely even the senators who are trusted lackeys of Morgan must despise these loathsome vermin as they sprawl around the capitol building with their half-baked manifestos and tons of drivel- ling propaganda. The role.of the pacifist apologist: for the world court is Hat of scab upon the regular flunkeys of Wall Street. Membership Expects Action The general executive board of the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers’ Union will be in session in a day or so in compliance with the constitutional provisions for quarterly meetings. This session is of more than ordinary concern to the membership in view of the crisis that is rapidly developing in that organization. Wage cuts, under the guise of victories, are the basis for resent- ment against the officialdom of the Amalgamated. When the brazen efforts to turn a palpable retreat into victory meets the resentment of the membership and when the membership dares protest the officials resort to gangsterism, to sluggings and thuggery. This situa- tion is the prelude to a repetition of the fight tha waged against the Sigman machine? i in the International Eadi tnient Workers’ Union, An ‘identical conflict is being ai by! Sidney Hillman and his machine. The membership i is Fatchiüg the meeting * the G. E. B. and they expect a repudiation of gangster tactics, of terrorizing opposition can- didates and those who support progressive measures in elections. Furthermore the question of the Amalgamated bank and the dis- charge of Joseph Shafir because he dared to fight for progressive measures in the A. F. of L. convention must be definitely settled or both the bank and the leadership of the organization will be totally discredited. If Hillman is as astute as his supporters would like him to ap- pear he will clean out the anti-union elements in his. organization while he still has the power to do so, instead of provoking a situation similar to that now facing Sigman in the I. L. G. W. U. Either the general executive board will put a stop to it now and save its face or the organization itself will stop it in the course of a convention that will make the name of Hillman as despised of all unionists as is that of Sigman. Sigman’s predicament today is the certain future of Hillman unless he acts and acts quickly to put a stop to the terrorism of his agents/in the Amalgamated. 7 Loreism in Action _ Every. passing day vindicates anew the action of the last conven- tion.of the Workers (Communist) Parfy in excluding from its ranks “that detestable opportunist, right winger and reviler of the Com- munist International, Ludwig Lore. Now that he is out the party his real position is clear to all. The convention of the Amalgamated Food Workers now going on in New York City furnishes an example of Loreism in action. The henchmen of this discredited renegade united with the right wing elements in the union in order to defeat a resolution in favor of the workers establishing a labor party. We said at the time he first opposed the labor party slogan that the reason he was afraid of such a party was because there is so little difference between him and the right wingers in the labor movement that he was afraid he would completely lose his identity. But his gang identify themselves with the right wingers on every. possible occasion outside a labor party. Being sectarians; they op- pose any broad mass movement, such as would develop thru a labor party. They consider themselves, alone, as the leaders of labor on the political field, while they flirt with the right wing in the unions. This mechanical division is one of the characteristics of opportunism. But not even the right wing will long tolerate this discredited eareerist. The rank and file of the Amalgamated Food Workers will soon learn that Loreism means an abandonment of the struggle against capitalism and impotent vegetating in the swamp of left social-democratic sectarianism. After Locarno, which was to assure the peace of the world, we had the storming of Damascus, the Anglo-Turkish fight over Mosul oil and the Greek-Bulgar affair. In spite of this Spain now wants the blessings of Locarno extended to other nations... . 1 ths party has set as the most im- portant task before the party the uni- fication of the party and thé throw- ing of the strength of our organiza- tion into mass work. Every party member who gives thot ful to the party sit- uation will agree that the ment of this goal is the greatest need of the party at the present time. Starting in 1922 and developing Wich on upward gure tm, the yier 1923, and part of 1924, the party car- ried on successful work among the masses of the workers in this country. The party was the center of the cam paign which held the interest and had the support of hundreds of thousands of workers and exploited farmers. It participated in the actual struggle of the workers and greater part of the energy and strength of the party was thrown into these struggles. As a consequence the party mem- bership grew and with it the influence and prestige of the party. One need only look at the figures showing the 1 271 i — . was on the road to becoming the liv- ing, virile influence in the labor move- ment of this country. ' This situation had not existed for at least a year before the national convention of the party. In place of} throwing its energies outward, the strength of the party was directed to the inner party struggle. The party undoubtedly has come out of this in- ner struggle stronger in its Commun- ist understanding with a clearer con- ception of its role in the class strug- gle. The struggle was a necessary phase in the process of the bolshe- vization of the party, even tho during! the period of this struggle the party lost influence and prestige among the masses. Now, however, we must again di- rect our energies outward. We must again throw the greater part of the strength and energy of the party in- to the struggles of the workers. The party has reached the point where it cannot stand continuation of an inner struggle such as shook it to its very E central executive committee ot ai : te - 7 3 0 ty . 1 Se ae" 4 „ . wae) 4 a 4 * 1 * ine sw 5 E f 2 8 a a * * . +, > 1 2 * „. 7 ae - Me - 5 a * 8 r * ‘ . 3 2 * ows „ 5 * * 9 * 1 — — 8 o> 5 a * 5 100 2 f new members who came into our thus party to find the proot that the party ing struggle by wor effect among the é in the shops, in the trade unions, among the Negro work resolutions the reorganization of the party on the basis of shop, nuclei and street nuclei and the build- ing of language fractions in place of the language sections which had ex- isted in the party. The carrying in- to effect of reorganization, with which the central executive committee is proceeding energetically and which it has already in some cities, requires the uni n of all Com- munist elements in Our party. The reorganization has developed opposition in some quarters. Lore, who while in the party did not dare to raise his voice against reorganiza- i 3 TE These are established in the conven- tion resolution and in the letter of the Comintern and Profintern to our party. The central executive put these policies into practice. party, the central executive commit- ‘mitted to the Comintern and the Pro- fiintern for approval before it will await the decision by the Comin and Profintern on this question with calm assurance that the party will fol- low the right road. Efforts to create division on this issue under these circumstances are influenced by other motives than the best interests of the party and should not.be tolerated by the party. The Attitude Towards Comrade Foster HE view has been expressed in the party that the unity resolution of the central executive committee is di- rected against Comrade Foster and tion, now openly scoffs at proposals that the majority which has been igh Zsa e388 28 = a mittee proposes an energetic fight to tee has provided that the resolution | adopted by the C. E. C. shall be sub- be carried into effect. The party can 8285 f t practical carrying out of the work of the C. B, C. Conditions for Building | the Party. The work of the central executive committee for the unification of the party and developing its work among the masses comes at a time when the economic and political conditions pre- sent a most favorable opportunity for the success of our work. There are many indications that the working class is turning from its meek submission to the attack of the capitalist exploiters to vigorous} resistance and even towards aggres- sive action. Evidence of this is to be found in the struggle of the-a anthra- | achievement | in the organization the workers of a party in which. will fight for ‘| terests, with * aerate hgh rood ot — in look forward to an increase prestige, its influence, anf strengthening of its membership. opportunity to achieve this lies be- fore us. The question is whether we achieve it. The condition for suc- cess in seizing this opportunity and building our party is the unification of It is because the unification of 4 party is the condition for our suc- cess in building our party into a pow- erful factor in the American labor movement, that the whole party should rally to the support of the liné laid down by the central execu- tive committee in its arid resalu- tion. HE circular printed below was re- ceived yesterday from Havana by the United States section of the All- America Anti-Imperialist League. As it is dated November 28, one might suppose that mail service between Cuba and the United States is very, very slow. it is, and particularly at the present time. The brutal facts set forth in the circular will perhaps explain why it was held up some- where in transit: The mystery is that it was allowed to arrive at all What the circular .establishes be- yond the shadow of a doubt is that the ‘imprisonment of Julio A. Melia and the twelve Ciban labor leaders at the dictation of the American sugar in- terests is not an isolated incident but is part of a whole reign of terror on the island instituted by American im- perialism with the aid of the servile Machado govrnment, The savage grip of American imperialism is tighten. ing everywhere! Deportations of “anti-American elements’ from Cuba Panama and, Costa Rica; the strike- breaking military occupation of the City of Panama by American troops; Military Governor Russell’s abroga- tion of presidential elections in Haiti; General Wood’s latest arbitrary acts against the independence movement in the Philippines; the maneuvers of Pershing in the Tacna-Arica distfet of South America—these are only a few of the things that characterize | the development of American impe- rialist policy in the last two months. In making public this circular of its Cuban section, the All-America Anti-Imperialist League calls upon all workers to attend the anti-imperialist protest meeting to be held at North & Western Aves, Chicago, tomorrow evening at 7:30 o’clock, . eo 0 Circular of the Cuban Section of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League Regarding the Origin and Mag- nitude of the Crimes Now Be- ing Committed Against the Cuban Proletariat. N this circular the Cuban section of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League proposes to inform all the peoples of the Americes regarding the outrages now being committed in Cuba—and of the causes which led to the imprisonment of our general secretary, Julio Antonio Mella, and numerous labor leaders—of the threat of a shut-down against the national university and of the dissolution of labor organizations. Early in August, there 8 in the city of Camaguey a convention of the Confederation of Labor, -represent- ing 200,000 organized workers, On the 22nd day of the same month the, Cuban section of the All-America eed Imperialist League staged a great de- monstration at Mars Field, Havana. In the labor convention it was decid- ed, among other things, start a campaign to organize the ? Fants; the demonstration the slogan pac dealt with the approaching economic crisis, laying full blame at the door ff American imperialism. About the same time, the Union of Factory wages. The employers in their turn, organized and declared a lockout, at the same time entering a formal com- plaint with the government, charging the leaders of the with injecting poisonous matter products their factorie. The — struct the development of the Con- federation of Labor and disturb the propaganda of the Cuban section of the anti-imperialist league, began a persecution of labor leaders and of the speakers at the antfYfiperialist méet- ing. The perseouti began in the last few days of*Aughst, giving as a basis the alleged sna sabotage re- ferred to above. 8 The secretary of xs Communist Party, who had spokén at the anti- imperialist meeting, Was arrested and many party documents were confis- cated—minutes of bs r meetings, plan of organization, fist of members, and a little map of thé city of Havana. A Crude Frame-up. With this scant material, the police elaborated their framé-up. They added to the charges of poisoning: that of conspiring against the security of the state, on the flimsy pretext that on the map of Havana found among Mella’s papers a red mark had been placed over the building occupied by the National Bank of Cuba. This red mark, like many similar ones on the map, had served merely, to acquaint the secretary, who was a stranger in Havana, with thej location of the streets. On the basis of gether with the 0 te “evidence,” to- who had expressed of the Communist Party, trade unions and the Cuban section of the All- America Anti-Imperialist League, the indictments were drawn up—heaping together the activities of Communists and anarchists, so as/to give the ap- of a “united front” against leaders the government. A number of work- ers were indicted with Mella. ‘ Bail was refused the accused at first but finally, after considerable pres- sure, they were liberated under a provisional bail of $1,000 each. The Union of Factory Workers was declared illegal. At the same time a. wholesale deportation of foreigners was carried out, including all those “anti-American opini Notwithstanding indifference of the public in the face of these police outrages, the police felt it necessary to justify their conduct, and on Sep- tember 17 arranged the explosion of a few small bombs in various parts of the city, with such ill effect that even the bourgeoisie refused to become panic-stricken and no one paid any attention to the matter. The student leader, Julio Antonio Mella, out on bail, redoubled his ac- tivities in the anti-imperialist league, in the Communist Party and in the trade union centers, as well as among the students.of the national university. The Hand of the Sugar Trust. The economic crisis in Cuba was now at its height, aggravated con- siderably by the low price paid to the “colonos” for their sugar which did mot cover the cost of production. The inary manifestos | “ colonos,” accordingly, organized and The Crimes of-Wall Street Imperialism in Cu refused to continue cutting cane. In order to bring pressure upon them in the interest of the Wall Street com- bines, President Machado took im- mediate action, Determined at all cost to pre the activities of labor 8 on of the “colonos,” the government resurrected the forgot- ten incident of the bomb explosions of September 17, suddenly revoking the bail of all those accused of having violated the law regarding explosives. On November 27, Mella and twelve la- bor leaders were imprisoned. Un- doubtedly a contributing cause of the arrest of Mella was his activity whose strong stand ag 5 i interference in the 3 rs 01 dent m his re- lations with Ambassador € Ore ; wader. As will be seen from. l e fa above, the indictment an prisonments are the N period of preliminary — " Maneuvers, hedged around with imaginary and fantastic plots, carried out with the authorization of. a manifestly partial judiciary, the arrests were preceded by repeated threats of assassination against Mella—threats which were not to be taken lightly after the mys- terious murders of the editor of El Dia (newspaper opposing the goyern- ment), of the labor leader Varona (who organized the big 1924 strike in the sugar centrals controlled by the American companies) and of the Catalonian, Couxart (who was murder- ed in the military ee of La Cabana, Havana). * Decembfists Put to Death in Russia in 1825 (Continued. ‘toon page 1) faces were serious as if they were thinking about a very important mat- ter... “They were preparing themselves to die. They * to the sky for the last time, but, With such a look that we all started to shiver. They did not like thé: sacks over their heads. Rilyev said When they started to pull on the gack What is this for?? When everything was ready the nooses were put on their netks and the floor upon which they stood started to sink. That is how it was arranged. The middle three ropes broke and the condemned fell thru the traps onto the ground below. The ones on the ends remained hanging, Pyostel and Kakhovsky. The three middle men had fallen from a height | Workers declared a strike for higher| P. E. Pestel nen tuw 2 eee RS and were bruised to the point of bleed- ing. The sack fell off of Rilyev and blood was seen over his eye brow and behind the left ear. He was sitting shriveled up, as he had fallen from the scaffold. ‘What bad luck’ said he.“ Hang him, hang quicker,’” holler- ed Kutusov, cursing. K. F. Ryleyev The floor again was raised and the nooses again thrown on their necks. But they were not supposed to be hanged a second time. This was Ku- tusov’s fault. “When they started to hang them a second time”—writes a contempor- ary in his memories, Rilyev said. ‘How hard it is to die twice,’ and Bes- tuyev said ironically, ‘And they could not even make a noose properly.’ “When they were hanged a second time the executioner pulled them by P. S. Kachovsky M. A. * * the legs so as to have the noose unt. er and the death follow sooner.” y HE Russians always knew how to die wonderfully evidently and ef- fectively, but they did not know how to live. There were exalted ideals and a flaming literature and there was a blazing, flaming, youth and eminent, people-loving intellectuals, but the life. of the country was the same—a life of slavery, rapping on the snout and ponaces ri- baldry. The heroism of the: victims e not raise the life of Russia above the freezing point. Only the multitude collectively could produce a new heroism, an heroism of achievements, which de- veloped in the later years all over Russia. C. N. Muraviev situation in Cuba the bloodlust mud, parasites, with a Meanwhile the government inter- cepts all news from the provinces, preventing knowledge of the con- sequences (probably bloody) of the active protest of the peasants in the sugar fields. It is known, however, that military “supervisors” have been named for the sugar centrals, with instructions to-do their duty without 2 have the strength and leadership to too much recourse to persuasion. It is known also that the peasants have not given up the fight; they refuse to carry out orders that do not from the “colonos,” who guarant their wages and who are the ones w at the present moment are refusing cut cane because of the miserab prices paid by the American con - panies. Imperialist “Law and Order.” HE outrages we are describing in this circular may be explained, by the public declarations of Machado in the United States, which he visited a month before taking af- fice as president of the republic. At ‘that time he’ stated that his govern- ment would be a better “Platt amend- ment” than the amendment itself. He promised the American interests that ‘law and order“ would reign thruout the republic and no strike would last 48 hours without being repressed by force. For Machado, disorder consists in the righteous claims of the Working br ai in the campaigns against Amer- ican imperialism among all sections of the population and in the activities of the students of the national univer- sity in behalf of the liberation of, their country. “Law and order” for Machado, just as for President Chiari of Panama, ‘signifies security and development of American interests at the sacrifice of native victims, at the sacrifice of the economic independence of the state. If in Panama a simple rent strike of worker tenants could bring about the intervention of Yankee soldiers, We can expect that in the present of Wall Street will not be satisfied with the indictments and arrests so far un- dertaken by the Cuban government, but will insist upon still greater out- rages. In spite of the reprisals, the Cuban section of the All-America Anti-Im- perailist League will continue its activity in the national university (as long as the university is allowed to remain open), in the labor organiza- tions, etc. It will give full voice to its program: Abolition of-the Platt amend ment which makes Cuba a mere pro- 7 — — General tectorate of the United States, aboli- tion of the American naval base at Guantanmo, campaign. against the forced loans from Wall Street—partic- ularly the $100.000,000 loan now in project. We denounce before all the peoples of the Americas the outrages now being committed on Cuban soil, Mella and the labor leaders are in jail by ‘order of American imperifal- ism. The students. workers and vital forces. of the entire continent must demand their liberty Havana, Nev. 28, 1925. . Bestujév-Rumin 1 PC oe Sica Nise S n l * 2 * N 1 . 5 al + Rabe * - . a ä — % tT a. Ae ee * ei Vu Te ee Lark 25 . an ee a eS ‘Ke 8 — ten 1 Dr eT Cs AS 33S 9 1