Daily Worker
December 22, 1925
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Britain keeps Estho- financial co above water and Laidoner did not feel like biting the that teed. him. A noble soul on vate 6) * e e wf a? «ate 7” Oo. a — * rere ne — as eee 3 « : N : ’ . — 1 N 7 . 1.28 HECKERT Member of the Central Executive Cemmittec of the Communist inter- national and an active leader in the German left wing trade union move- mens : 7 izing all i ‘ Take Figures rain of Salt Amalgamated Cloth- have just come to an ‘probably take another fore the results of the election be announced. There is no doubt ‘that the officials will try to use the figures of the election as a proof for their bonstant cry that they still enjoy the “fulf confidence” of the membeéfship, that there is no place for an opposition In the Chicago Amalgamated, that their policies, pro- gram and actions of last year are ap- proved by the membership. In this, as well as in all previous elections, the figures of votes cast do not mean everything. For not un- til the membership cast their votes overwhelmingly for the progressive program will the disparity between the votes cast and those counted, that has been a notable characteristic of previous elections, continue to pre- vail. . * With Grain. of Salt. The class conscious elements in tlie Chicago Amalgamated are not 80 naive as to accept the figures given by the elections committee as the correct ones. Good and sound judge- ment will be used by this element as to the strength of the opposition to the present leadership. 5 This election is significant. It is , | significant in more ways than one. 2 = will. the rome ot this elec- ee 3 283 ES bo ale en ties er 18 Hiab Py: fay: Wl sino utilize it as a counter-agent to the wery dist upheaval in the New York memberghip. ° Machine Busy. It must de said that the Amalga- mated m € is the most powerful and centrali ‘organization td be found within any union. In order to pile up as big a vote as their unpo* pularity with the rank and file will permit, — ‘machine has and is util- forces. Business agents, shop ch n and lieutenants get on the job with all the vigor and energy at their disposal. Sample ballots, printed at union expense, marked out for machine candidates are distri- ted by the shop chairmen. Shop chairmen are instructed to watch and see that people vote and how they vcte. Elections judges are appointed that can be depended upon by t machine. The opposition candidate happen to te a worker from the~shops. He has had to face many difficulties in the campaign. He was refused cre- dentials for watchers to take care of his vote during the counting of the ballots. His supporters were refused ‘places on the election committee in spite of the fact that Green, the can- mne on page 2) 1 LOCAL 39 OF THE A. C. W. HOLDS ELECTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS it became known Saturday that elections for officials of Local 39, Amal- gamated Clothing Workers, would be held Monday and Tuesday. Not much time was given to the membership to consider the formation of a slate in opposition to the machine slate. Local 39 is the largest local, not only in Chicaye but in all the Amalga- mated. it has an estimated membership of some 10,000. At one time it was the seat’ of all progressivism in the A. C. W., with real free speech for the members and union democracy the rule. gangsterism in the A. C. W. Now, however, it is the seat of In Local 39 today progressivism is even yet given some lip service, but it only amounts to words over the corpse. Meetings are packed with sluggers and members terrorized and beaten up if they try to raise their voices for real progressive measures or in any opposition to the machine. That only by a rumor leaking out could the membership learn that an election in the local was coming today, is added proof of the highhanded way of running things now used by the machine. However, the left wing quickly formed an opposition slate to run against the machine. the local was adopted. A progressive platform opposed to the rule of gangsters in Among others run by the left wing for the Joint Board are Meyer Ber- son, Anna Fox and l. Sonkin; while Abe Lerner and Fannie Slofchick are standing for the Executive Board and Mandel Yaglovsky for the Grievance Board. The whole progressive and left wing slate is pledged to a fight for the abolition of gangsterism and to bring back this great local union to its proud and is inducted into the active politi- en of former days when it was really an instrument of the workers. | cal work of the party. (Special to The Daily Worker) BALTIMORE, Ma., Dec. 20—Ne- ro visitors to the Hearst Baltimore vening American and Evening News Christmas exhibit, who were in line waiting to enter, were pulled out of line and told that there was a special day set aside for “nig- gers” and 225 they could not en- ter. Following . insults of this type, many of the Negro societies met in conference and issued a call to all Negroes to keep away from the Hearst exhibit on the day set aside for “niggers” and to with- draw their, subscriptions date the Hearst papers. SOVIETS WILL GIVE PLAN TO GENEVA MEET a 2 But Suspect War Move Camouflaged as Peace (Special to The Daily Worker). : LONDON, Dec. 20-4+-Dispatches from Moscow show that the Soviet govern- ment is fully aware of the new angle of British imperialism’s diplomatic preparation for making war on the Soviet union by ail sorts of hypocrit- ical overtures for peace, the latest of which is the invitation by the league. 8 ’ of nations to the Soviet government. f * attend the preliminary co oe eae to ae held * . Sig = n = 41 as ‘Peace, 2 „Under the camouflage of pacifica- tion,” states the Izvestia, an adroit move in a diplomatic game is being carried on by Great Britain. The Izvestia says, according to dispatches, that Soviet Russia will gladly parti- cipate in such conferences, hut the charge is made that the conference was set for Geneva purposely make Soviet participation difficult, since Soviet Russia has a strict boycott on Switzerland since the unpunished as- sassination at Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1923, of the Soviet Ambassador Vaslav Vorovsky. says the Izvestia, “would be playing ifto the hands of the league of na- tions and would brand the Soviet union as an enemy of peace.” That the Soviet government is cer- ,tain to participate is the conclusion fnom expressions of opinion quote® as coming from a high official at Mos- cow. But the Bolsheviks are fully ing with. This, too, is indicated in the official statements, which are quoted as follows: Will Present a Concrete Pian. ' “While we are still skeptical of the European nations’ real desire for dis- armament, we are willing to make an- other effort to establish general peace and economic co-operation among all mankind. “With this end in view, we are ready to put before the conference a concrete and definite plan represent- ing the Russian workers’ desire for peace, a new social order and a firm (Continued on page 2) Cook County Milk Producers Take No Sides in Milk War The Cook County Milk Producers’ association held their annual meeting at the La Salle Hotel and elected of- ficers for the next year. When the question of the controversy between the milk producérs,and the health authorities was raised, the conference decided not to take a stand and wait until a thoro investigation can be had of the matter. Trotsky Is Elected to Russian C. P. Presidium MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dec. 20— Leon Trotsky has been elected a member of the persidium of the Rus- sian Communist Party, following his acceptance of Communist discipline, „ “Refusal to participate, however,“ aware of the hypocrites they are deal, : ge - * Tewhik Bey Scorns the League of Nations PARIS, Dec. 20.—With the Turkish national assembly sitting day and course of action in the face of the decision of the league of nations giv- ing the Mosul oil land to Great Brit- ain’s hands by presenting it to the puppet kingdom of Irak, the possibil- ity of war looms in the Near East between Turkey and her possible allies and Gréat Britain backed by „the league of nations. This possibility of war is made very realistic by the words of Tewfik Rushdi Bey, Turkish foreign minister now in Paris. He says: “Mosul is Turkish, and Turkey is prepared to flight to defend Turkish territory, despite the league of a- tion’s award of Mosul to Irak and Great Britain. We are being threaten- ed on our own soil.“ Concerning thes report that Great Britain was considering making offers of loans and comeessions to Turkey if it would accept the theft of Mosul, Tewfik said: “If Great Britaim offers reasonable terms we will aecept them; but if she offers unreasonable terms—well, what would the United States do if Japan seized some of HS territory? Fight, of course. A Britishe Promise. »The basis of the Turkish grievance is the promise made by the Marquis Curzon in the Lausanne treaty confer- once, that Mosul never would be dis- dosed of without the consent of Tur- key. Why, then, should it be neces- sary for Turkey to go to the league? “We don’t care about the league of nations or the Hague tribunal deci- sion. They mean nothing in our lives. “| would be a fit subject for an insane asylum if l even expected a just. decision from the league of na- tions,“ concluded the Turks’ foreign minister in no uncertain language. Tewfik Bey, when asked if he had visited Tchitcherin, the Soviet com- missar of foreign affairs, now in Paris, stated that he had seen Tchit- cherin, but would not en of what was discussed. night trying to determine Turkey's. HE BRAZEN TONGUES OF MAMMON — — ~ — 7 425 . 1 — — 25 „ NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL The Chicago group of the Trade Union Educational League will hold ‘its Fourth Annual New Years’ Eve Ball at the“italian Hall, 643 North Clark St. on Thursday night, Dec. 3ist. The dancing starts at 8 p. m. Thursday evening and winds up at 2 o'clock on New Years’ day. All of the proceeds of the affair will be used to carry on the work of the left wing groups thru 1926. All militant trades unionists are cordially invited to attend. Sweet Case Defendants Released on Bonds (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Dec. 20.—All of the ele- ven Negro defendants in the Sweet case are out op bonds ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. Dr. Ossian H. Sweet and Leonard Morse have been releas- ed after a bitter fight on 310, 000 bonds. Mrs. Sweet has been released on her recognizance, thus releasing the $5,000 bail bond put up for her. It is expected the new trial for the eleven Negroes accused of mupdering a white hoodlum, who was in the mob that stoned and fired upon the Sweet residence, will come the early part of January. Miners Lose Right to Decide Use of Timber WELLINGTON, New Zealand (FP) —For 13 years, miners employed in the state coal mines in New Zealand have had the right to decide what timbering should be used to make their working places reasonably safe against accident. The government, in order to cheapen production, has now filched this right from the miners. A strike is now in progress as a result of the government’s action. AT EDISON CO. But Production Fades as Scabs Vanish The strike against the Edison Elec- tric Appliance company conducted by the Sheet Metal Workers is now en- tering the third week with the ranks of the strikers remaining solid and the picket line unbroken. The company is now working the few scabs overtime and promising to play the role of Santa Claus but in spite of all the promises there are fewer scabs working now than in the beginning of the strike and produc- tion is yet paralyzed. The company is employing more special deputies or gunmen than scabs in order to make the outside world believe that work is being performed. These professional strike-breakers are prowling around the sidewalk sup posedly to protect the company’s pro- perties but in reality to prevent the strike pickets from talking to the scabs. These plugg-ugglies follow you in the street cars and the elevated trains in order to prevent you from heaving a peaceful argument with those scabbing. The Edison Appliance Co. is a notorious open shop concern and a subsidiary of the General, Electric Co. The struck plant is-logated on 52nd and 19th St. in Cicero. Meeting Agrees on Plan for Northwest Drive By ALFRED KNUTSON (Special to The Dally Worker) BISMARCK, North Dakota, Deo, 20 —Despite all of the desperate efforts of several of the old time, die-hard, fossolized nonpartisan leaguere to prevent the formation of a farmer tabor party, a farmerlabor party was formed at the gathering of. North Da kota farmers here. ’ The resolution which was sponsor: ed by the Williams county delegation and was atlopted by the conference calls for the organization of the party along class lines. The platform of the newly organ- ized farmer-labor party among other things, declares for the public owner- ship of railroads, coal mines and wa- ter power; the reduction of tariffs and the gradual abolition of chattel farm mortgages. committee of five was elected to lay plans for the calling of a confer ence of the northwestern and the Pa- cific northwest states sometjme in March. CLASSES OF WORKER CORRESPONDENTS 10 BE ORGANIZED BY WICKS During his tour thru the East, which started yesterday in Grand Rapids, Comrade H. M. Wicks. will geren n r ar various 0 — This is some of the most import- ~ ant work being conducted by The DAILY WORKER arid the party. It is essential that ptoletarian writers be developed so that u great staff of field correspondents can be created that will know how to handle all! labor news in a manner that will appeal to the working class. All worker correspondénte and those who want to take up this work should attend the Wicks meet- ings and remain afterwards to take up this question with Comrade Wicks. The following cities will be visit ed: Detroit, Buffalo, New York, Phi- ladelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo. Time and place of lectures announced elsewhere in today's paper.” WORLD UNITY OF WORKERS NEEDED TO FIGHT BOSSES Wake Up ‘Americal Cry British Unionists By TOM MANN. Special London Correspondent for The Daily Worker. LONDON, Dec. 20.—The capitalist international combine formed at Lo- carno has now been termed the treaty glorious results will accrue therefrom. Sir B. Pares -has been lecturing at the school of Slavonic studies, where Sir Benjamin. gave an address on re- cent information as to conditions in Senate Confirms Cal’s Appointments. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The sen- ate has confirmed nearly a thousand | including postmasters, collectors, and diplomatic corps. appointments, judges, in the MOSCOW ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CELEBRATES 200TH ANNIVERSARY MOSCOW - (By Mail.)—At the opening of the 200th anniversary celebra- tion of hte Moscow Academy of Sciences, the Central Executive Committee of the Council of People’s Commissaries‘of the Union of Socialist Soviet Re- publics changed the name of the Moscow Academy of Sciences to Academy of Sciences for the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. Professor Karpinsky, head of the academy, in his opening address wel- comed the heads of the Soviet government that were present, and also the | (Continued on page 3) appointments. Russia. He said “The Russian Com- munists had a great victory at the Trade Union Congress at Scarborough, but that had been followed by a re- verse, and the Locarno pact hit them far harder than the resolutions of any political party or the prosecutions of Communist agitators.” A principal ob- ject of this treaty or pact beyond doubt has been to put a fence round Russia and at least to attempt her isolation. — — * Worid Trade Union Unity. It is of the ntmost urgency that the workers should without delay esta- blished a united international. Read- ers of The DAILY WORKER will be aware of the understanding arrived at between the British trade unions } t and the unions of Soviet Russia, and (Continued on page 3) _SERVE NEW YEAR'S EVE IN CHICAGO. * „ DO eee ae aga eee e CRE Sk TR EEE PI OR THE I. b. 4 id LLM AT ITALIAN HALL, 643 N CLARK ST. ln Admission 75 cents, adie N 4 Lein g Wardrobe. Dancing Unt 2A, A ee ee eee Refreshments Served, 3 e * * 10 vg © « f ‘ 75 * —— — 225 — pre bs hp pete time to the or a of London, and it is alleged great and
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Tear Contract * Willing to Sign 5- (Special to The Dally Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 20—Negotla- tions of settlement of the anthracite coal strike are still unrealized, altho John L. Lewis, president of the United Mime Workers’ Unien Is offering to practically surrender the strike for a five year contract under the tricky “Pinchot plan.” The latest move was an invitation by 2 committee of seven mayors and burgesses of the anthracite district, vent to both the operators and the union, asking both to confer “on the governor's or any other plan.“ It is evident that the mayors and burgesses are sticking by Governor Pinchot 80 far, as their meeting last week de- clared, Governor Pinchot’s proposals were the proposals of the public, Wherein the miners made every pos- sible concession.” Amounts to Surrender. Mimers, in fact are convinced that the sald “concessions” are a dis- graceful surrender of their demands made at the Tri-District convention, and many are Increasingly demanding a withdrawal of maintenance men who are keeping the mines in repair and the declaration of a,strike of all coal miners in the United States. The operators are meeting today and will reach a decision then, but Lewis replied at once that the United Mine Workers were willing to meet in negotiation conferences, “only upon the basis of Governor Pinchot’s peace proposals.” | Don’t Mean Anything. ‘ A Tittle tiff was staged between In- Hs, head of the operators and Lewis, when Inglis declared that “Lewis was throwing up a smoke screen to con- ceal issues.” Lewis said Inglis had a brainstorm and had used a “foul and gratuitous falsehood.” But this little spat is regarded by the progres- sive miners like one of Goldberg’s cartoons—"It don’t mean anything.” It is clear now to the miners that the operators are out to destroy the union or-conquer it completely. = —— — — Soviet Power Bas N Disarmament Plan for Geneva Meeting (Continued from page 1. economic foundation for the world.” * * — U. S. WI Participate. WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 20.— held at Geneva in February, altho the general league opposition in the senate keeps him from openly spon- soring the full participation of the United States. The president has his ideas on dis- armament, which are that the Burope- an countries should reduce their etanding land armies. America has no large standing army to reduce, though it has a tremendous reserve army of conscripts and skeleton for- ces. But the United States is jealous of its naval power and Coolidge is be- lieved fixed on participating in the conference if, for no other reason, than to see that the United States keeps its arms for support of its im- perialistic policies. Roumanlan Persecutions Continue. Mass arrests of Communists con- tinue in Roumania. As a result of prosecutions during the last few weeks, there are at present about 100 young workers and 50 adults in prison. Arrests have taken place thruout Bessarabia and old Roumania. | LYNCH NEGRO WORKER AFTER JURY FINDS HIM NOT GUILTY OF MURDER (Special to The Dally Worker) CLARKSDALE, Miss., Dec. 20.— worker, was. lynched here a few minutes after a Jury in cireult court had declared him not guilty of the murder of Grover C. Nicholas, plantation store manager. Only 8 Pct. Orphans in Children’s Home NEW YORK, Dec. 20. — Of the 27,815 children who oa Dec. 31, 1924 were being cared for institutions su- pervised by the New York state board of charities only 8% were orphans, according to the bulletin of the board. Nearly half had both parents living. COOLIDGE GALLS - INDEMOGRATS TO AID WORLD COURT 89 ¢ Colonel House Visits the act! White House (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 20.— The senate is on a vacation over the week end, but more fire-works on the world court issue is expected Monday when the dispute is taken up on the question, Those who heard Senator Borah’s speech Friday are still talk- ing over his expression that any sen- ator who privately believed joining the court a bad move for the coun- try, and yet who voted for it merely because his party platform endorsed it, would be— the slimiest creature that ever wriggled into the United States senate.” Wall Street Proposal. That Coolidge is preparing to use all possible assistance from democrats and other supposed “enemies” of his party to put across the scheme which has clearly received the approval of Wall Street, is seen in the visit of two of the most outstanding league of nations, democratic partisans to the White House. g The first of these two democrats is + tot E. M. House, once Woodrow on’s right hand man and secret representative before the two split over the Versailles treaty. House is now a guest of Coolidge and unques- tionably is being used as an advisor to the head of the republican party in the fight to put over the U. S. entry usual, say anything to reporters of what his business is or what his opin- fons are, ‘Underwood Calls. The second leading democrat called in to help Coolidge on the world court fight is Senator Underwood. He visit- ed Coolidge Saturday afternoon. Un- derwood is the ranking democratic of the foreign relations committee and a strong propagandist for the league of nations. The visit of these two ardent sup- porters of Woodrow Wilson's net pro- posals, the league of nations and the world court to aid a republican presi- dent, caused some gasps of astonish- ment, but the knowing only mention the term “Morgan’s Siamese Twins.” Miners’ Union Scraps Forced Arbitration SYDNBY, Australia—(FP)—At the annual conference of the Australian miners federation at Sydney, it was tration and to adopt conciliation and voluntary arbitration, reserving the right to strike. It was decided to affiliate with the Miners’ International Federation. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY? | President Coolidge Has Challenged Labor with a Capitalist Program, Reported to the Present Congress of the U. 8. HAT do you have to say about consent? copies of the Workers Party’s | it? Does silence, on your part, mean If not, then ee and help distribute a million flet: “COOLIDGE CHALLENGE TO LABOR,” a LABOR program against the capitalist program, to every worker in your shop and community. Be sure to bring this matter to the attention of your local union, benefit society, Workers Party branch and shop nucleus. Use the blank below. Price, $3.50 per thousand; $2.00 for 500. DO IT TODAY! Send order to Workers Party, National Office, USE THIS ORDER BLANK Workers Party of America, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. Dear Comrades: Enclosed you Committee of the Workers Party Labor.” Name: . copies of the manifesto of the Central Executive will find $ for which please entitled “Coolidge’s Challenge to re wer eee 4 4 Peer Pete Tt eee eee Tree Street: D = a i { f 5 N N „ Lindsay Coleman, Negro plantation to the world court. He would not, as decided to abandon compulsory arbi-; Paris Papers F avor the House of Morgan (Special to The Dally Worker) PARIS, Dec. 20. The one hope to save the franc is aid from the United States. This is the public declaration of the new finance minister, Paul Doumer, who followed Caillaux and Loucheur in the job of trying to sta- bilize French currency. But the United States can be brot to invest capital in France only un- der one condition—that is a Dawes’ plan for the country. In spite of all the twisting and turning of the gov- ernment to avoid this fate, there seems no other way out of the mud- dle. Already that part of the French press subsidized by the American banking combine under the leadership of J. P. Morgan & company 16 con- ducting propaganda for a Dawes’ plan by publishing stories about the rise of industry and commerce in Germany under the plan and the sink- ing of the franc and the general dis- tress threatening the, French repub- lic. The Communists in the chamber of deputies realize the portent of such propaganda and are contbatting it with all their might, while the treach- erous socialists are sécretly in fa- vor of it. Like their kind in other countries they willingly sell them- selves to the highest bidder and the one powerful capitalist group able to pay the highest price for prostitu- tion these days is the House of Mor- gan. President Asked to Rescind Court-Martial Action on Mitchell WASHINGTON, Dec, 20.—Repres- entative John N. Tillman, democrat, made an appeal on the floor of the house demanding that President Cal- vin Coolidge mitigate or quash the sentence which the court-martial de- cided on in the case of Col. William Mitehell. Col. Mitchell was found guilty of violating military discipline and it was decided to punish him by removing him from the government ö payroll for five years. Tillman declared that the court- martial was organized to “get” Mit- chell and not to give him a trial. The Mitchell issue and his recommenda- tions are backed by many of the lead- ing democrats against the administra- 11-year old youth de je police court here that Ale pu 6 was to burn down the door in to get into the yp anc il a loaf of bread to satisfy hi yer. One of Five his father was dead. His mother is unable to do an His mother borrowed money yay of the amal yed in there are could borrow and re often forced to it. The lad told police day that he set fire to 1 the meals he had cor of: for breakfast, a of coffee; a few bites at a relates house and nothing far su Hungers Consumed for bread tos The young lad e new in the hands of the Juvenile Court and ef- forts ara being ‘made by the state to send the youth to a detention home as a “criminal” and an en- emy of society.” | Heat of Old Sol in Samatra Next Month WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—A scien- tific inquest from which may come a more accurate knowledge of how much longer the sum will continue to serve humanity, will. be performed on the other side of the world—in Samatra—next month... Dr. W. W. Coblenz,; of the United States Bureau of Standards, Dr. C. G. n jan Institution, we in the orient, sito study the so- . Grimth ob- d tion program as contained in the Dwight W. Morrow report. em 0 7 miu ction a year ago, making the ¢ der against such demonstrations state‘wide, reaffirmed his decision here. The klan ‘will ap- peal to the state supreme court. is lgamated (Continued from page 1) didate, offered to pay the expenses out of his own pocket. Program “Verboten.” Those workers who were interest- ed in electing the opposition candi- date because of the program he sub- scribed to, distributed a plugger in the shops in the form of a sample ballot. That plugger contained the program upon which he was running. This plugger that contained Green’s platform was declared iMegal by the officials. Three workers were arbitrarily re- moved from their jobs because they distributed it. Manager Levin, who is running for reelection and whom Green opposes, gave out instructions to all shop chairmen to take all peo- ple off the job who may be found dis- tributing campaign literature for Green. Altho those who have been removed were returned » their jobs after a day, yet it shows to what ex- tent the machine is prepared to go to perpetuate itself in office. It is exceedingly interesting to note the reasons offered by Manager Levin, who is also a general execut- ive board member for removing those people from their shops. When some of those workers appeared before Levin for an explanation of their re- moval, he said, “I do not object to Introduce Bill in Congress to Force Rail Consolidation WASHINGTON, Dec. -20—A new bill, providing for the compulsory con- solidation of all American railroads into a few great trans-continental sys- tems, was made public by Senator Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa, co-author of the Esch-Cummins act. Uniform Marriage and Divorce. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—A consti- | tutional amendment, giving congress the power to enact uniform marriage and divorce laws thruout the country, would be submitted to the American people under terms of a bill proposed by Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas. Besides dealing with marriages and divorces, the bill also would give con- gress power to enact legislation car- ing for children affected by divorces. slogan—“A a | Make your every wee - a your distribution. of the plugger an- nouncing Green’s candidacy, but I do object to his program appearing on the other side.“ : Repudiates Convention Policy. For the present administration to object to a program that demands genuine unemployment insurance, or- ganization of the unorganized, protec- tion against wage cuts, against ex- pulsion of members because of a difference of opinion and against slugging, amounts to saying, To hell with all progress,” and constitutes a repudiation of many of the resolutions endorsed by the last national conven- tion of the A. C. W This election proves that the ad- ministration machine, in their effort to pile up a big voteſused all methods, unscrupulous or noh to pile up a big vote. They terrorfied the member- ship. All manner of4ntimidation was used. They* took Advantage of the ignorance of some dt the members by having the shop €Mairmen cast their votes for them, Rll their tactics were directed toward attempting to instill such fear to the rank and file in opposition te«them so that, in the next election, thy would not have t e courage to place candidates on the ticket again. g The machine will no doubt claim a big vote in this sadn But by mere figures they can ver hope to con- vince the rank fle of the left wing and progresaive elements dat they still enjoy the full confidence of the membership or, that their policies and tactics of the past year have been approved. ‘ 55 How About Some Evening? Some night when you have no meeting—or some night when youre broke and you can’t go to a show —why not step over to the Workers’ Book Store at 19 S. Lincoln St. You can help to prepare @ propa- ganda campaign — and yowll spend, a pleasant evening. Step over ANY night and speak to The Daily Worker Agent—s. Hammersmark. We sure need your hetp! — [O. i ＋—ꝛ ? — CANADIAN COURT Can't Sto the Franc |Pawning 7 * 4 ’ + \ ; 2 1 : : 4 , 1 ; 7 : ie ; 0 2 g * „ J 4 ‘ * * th * * 1 ; * Pov - 4 * * — * * 0 ; - ke * 1 * . - 8 . „ ’ * “we 1 5 6 N * N 0 7 5 . 1 * 57 — ¥ _ | By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL. another tion looks like a mortgage on in order to save their northern France. ceaselessly like a devouring treasury. It is declared the in support of the plan. . * * French capitalists, thru cutting wages, worsenin the length of the workday an necessities. French imperialism has wars Near East. 11 cus. perity dawns over Germany. many increased more than 50 * The suggestion first came from the textile baro | It is proposed to French industry for a loan of tisfy, the rapacious needs of the nation’s internal debt, that barks wolf at the door of France’s metal and pottery interes jon When the French capitalists talk of pawning of French industry, they mean that they are mere ing their ability and power to exploit the F class. Without the workers securely harnessed italist industrial machine, the so-called “mortg be worth the paper it is written on. a oe It is only the increasing amount of wealth stolen from German labor that satisfies the demands of the D ‘plan. ü attempting to aid their own ment out of its financial difficulties, will in turn demand new aid in increasing the exploitation of the French workers; They will ask and receive This means a bitterer life imposed upon the whole French working class; worse even than in Germany, because employed were receiving state aid on Dec. ODAY, the “franc statesmen” in Paris are considering an for saving French The si- French industry. ‘The French cu i capitalists, who seem to favor this latest panacea, are evi- dently willing to impose this “Dawes recious other international bankers in an” upon themselves, r before Morgan and Wall Street, do it for, them. 9 4 1 off s of 7+; 8 awn the as ,000 to cap- wouldn't vern- labor conditions, increasing increasing the cost of living ‘favors.” to pay for in Africa and the During these past few days there has been a regular tital wave of propaganda, sweeping thru the profit press, narrating the “great success” of the Dawes plan in Germany. Morgan’s man, Gilbert Parker, talks like a press the combined Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Bros. cir- According to his story, the sunrise of capitalist pros- agent for No republican or democratic campaign orator could do better, : But the facts are against Morgan's agent. ‘During the last half of November the number of unemployed in Oer- per cent. Nearly 700,000 un- st, ‘with the likelihood that the figures would sobn reach the million ing reparations demands. goods. nation faces civil war. the same chasm. There is no of Morgan, that can sta , Capitalism may put heavier chains French labor, cheapening and increasi is also faced with the problem of finding markets for its mark. The Dawes-Morgan plan turned Germany. into a nation of coolies, but it found no additional markets for Ger- man industry. Germany will not be able to meet the increas- N is” upon the limbs of ng production, but it. Thus Germany and France are again at each other’s throats in spite of all the beautiful language of the Locarno acts. The smouldering conflict between the mark and the ranc still smokes, with its threat of breaking forth at any moment into the raging fires of war. Germany proposes martial law and a dictatorship to meet its industrial crisis. That is only a confession that the France drifts toward the brink of power, not even in the House the downfall of the mark-franc system on both sides of the Rhine. , 1 SENTENCES FIVE MORE STRIKERS * ‘CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 20—The second case in the trial of the 24 Drumheller coal miners before Judge Boyd for “watching and besetting” has come to an end with the sentenc- jail without the option of a fine. The ages of the youths range from sixteen to twenty-three. Police, detectives, coal operators and every shady character that could be found in the district was called in to testify that these youths had sat on a hillside all night around a bon- fire waiting for the scabs to appear. One policeman was forced to admit on the witness stand that he had “refreshed” his memory by glanc- ing” over the preliminary evidence. The defense in this case was not al- lowed any peremptory challenges. During his appeal to the jury, the lawyer for the defense pointed out the class character of the jury. The verdict of the jury was quilty of “watching and besetting” and they had the gall to recommend “mercy.” An appéal is being entered in the case as it involves the right of Can- adian workers to picket. After a heated battle a change of jury panel of 50 has already been called. The other nine cases were postponed to January 25. Use Press Law to Censor Movie Films ROME, Dec. 20—Sig. Federzoni, min- ister of the interior, told the senate the fascist press law was not only ap- plicable to the press but included the movies, which should also be con- trolled because they represent a pub- lic power. | J % id 1 Wale ‘ ing of five boys to two months in} venue was wom for one of the cases to Red Deep for February 8 and a wy Parole Board Head Swats Police Chief for Brutalities SPRINGFIELD, III., Dec. 20— “Al I have to say to Chief of Police Col- lins is to reiterate that prisoners from Chicago, when they arrive at a state prison, can always be spotted by their battered heads,” Judge C. H. Jenkins, state director of public wel- fare stated and head of the parole board in answer to a denial by the police head that Chicago police do not use third-degree and gold-fish“ meth- ods on their prisoners, Gunmen Rald Town. DOWS, Iowa, Dec. 20.—Pouring a continuous barrage of lead from high- powered shotguns and automatics in- to the homes of terror-stricken vil- lagers here, eight bandits after more than one hour’s work, shattered the vault of the Dows State Bank here with six blasts of explosives and es- caped with $10,000. ‘ * . Lives and Lessons of wherever workers congregate. plenty of time to get them to you. Enclosed please find $ al g The Chicago Federation . yesterday afternoon was swallow an uncommonly of propaganda for Governor Small, who seems to feel a friends these days. He found one, a rather brass and stupid one In form of one Soderstrom, injunction limitation act, ype red perience proves, does not limit Injunctions as it was supposed a 57 f Illinois labor movement. Being called up to the federation to explain why his bill refuses to work, and how to fight Judge Dennie Jullivan’s injunctions against striking workers, Sodérstrom changed the sub- ject and, incidentally mentioning an- ti-labor injunctions launched into polit- ical tributes to Governor Small and to Colonel Frank L. Smith, who is trying to get the federation’s endorse- ment as a “friend of labor.“ What was getting from Smith to boost him for “our next senator” is undisclosed, but Small won the most fulsome tribute from Soder- strom for appointing Soderstrom as chairman of the “power and utilities” committee of the Illinois legislature. “Len Small is a political daddy to me,” said Soderstrom in a buret of tears. Smith, however, was a less tragic figure, tho he had proved that he was a “friend of labor’: by going everywhere telling a particular joke about how god had to keep his eyes on the bosses, but let the labor move- ment play around his coattails un- watched. ‘ Between tears over Small and jokes over Smith the injunction limitation act, and the method of making it work, somehow got entirely lost in the forest of buncombe. Soderstrom is a mém- ber of the International Typographical Union of Streator, Ilinois, but he ad- mitted that for eleven years he had occupied “public office.“ N Illinois Banks Are ‘Worried Over Verdict in Len Small Appeal (Special to The Dally Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Mass., 20. — Banking combines in Illinois that have state funds deposited in their institu- tions are keenly studying the recent decision down against Len Small, gov- ernor of the state, whether they are liable to prosecution for holding out profits made on state funds. . It is expected that if danger threat- ens their pocket-books, they will unite , with the governor, who was found guilty of making away with over $1,000,000 in interest money on state funds, which were intrusted to his care when he was state secretary- treasurer. | The four former secretaries, Lieut.- Governor Fred E. Sterling, Andrew Russell, William J. Ryan, Jr., and Edward E. Mitchell are also watching the case as the outcome of Len Small’s case will also determine the outcome of similar charges against them, Chicago Business Interests Start War on Water Metering The Chicago board of g@nderwriters, in the interests of the Sears-Roebuck, insurance exchange; stockyards in- terests and other big industrial con- cerns in the city, are planning an at- tack on the new water meter ordin- ance passed by the city council. The board shows that water costs have in- creased considerably and declares that it would cost many thousands of dol- lars more per year to the plants and homes if water is metered. It points out that the rise in water costs will amount to more than 1, 000,000 per year. If you want to thoroughly un- »* Nicolai Lenin Karl Liebknecht Rosa Luxemburg ' BY MAX SHACHTMAN. On the occasion of the anniversary meetings during January there is no more fitting way to celebrate the memory of our martyred com- rades than to distribute this booklet into every corner of the country— Because of the nearness of the meetings we expect a great rush of orders. We therefore ask that you get yours in early so as to give us Single copy 15c—In lots of ten or more 100 — — —- — —- — Fill Out the Blank Below: — — — — — Young Workers (Communist) League of America, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, III. 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ee a r Discuss Extension of Wall Street Rule By SYLVAN A, POLLACK. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 20.—At the tenth annual meeting of the Pan-Am- erloan commercial congress which Is now in sesslon at the Hotel Roose- volt, it was stressed that the Amer- loan consular service be utilized to more fully help develop American cap- Italism’s inroads Into south and cen- wat America, „ The three day meeting opened most auspiciously. Oscar S. Straus, former secretary of commerce and labor pre- sided: There were representatives from every country in North, Central and South America. Dr. Crarence J. Owens, president of the congress, having related the achievements of past meetings and ef the southern commercial congress, under whose auspices this year’s meeting is held, declared: Consular Service Developed. “We plan practical results to flow from this conference with our Latin- American and Canadian neighbors. We must establish for all time a faithful and undying friendship. “*Plattsburgs’ for business, inten- sive training camps for the foreign flelds of commerce, must be organ- ized at strategetic centers. Surveys must be made in all countries as to the opportunities of economical and commercial advantage in the exten- sion and more intensive utilization of the consular service.” Wants “American” League. W. J. L. Banham, president of the board of trade and transportation, a sort of western league of nations in résolutions calling for the appointment of two committees, one to work toward the appointment of an international body to settle marine disputes between nations of the west- ern hemisphere, the other to strive foward th the elimination of disputes might conceivably lead to war. “John Ba rrett spoke at length on whist! , anti-American propa- ganda, which he said is being spread | in South America. He also attacked Soviet Russia. . B. Gandy, of the Toronto board of trade, called attention to the fact that his appearance signified the first participation of Canada in any Pan-American congress, and expressed the hope that it signalized drifting away from British financial rule, to that: of wan givin Millionaire’s Son Goes Back to Prison for Breaking Parole CHESTER, III., Dec. 20 — Ire D. Perry, Jr., Chicago millionaire’s son, énee more is behind the bars of a State prison after a week or so in the limelight as the central figure in a sensational parole release. He was turned back to the parole board on a technical charge of break- ing his parole, the “easy-way-out-of- it” plan adopted to end the “hullaba- - loo” over the release. 4 Mussolini Will Go Under Surgeon’s Knife PARIS, Dec. 20—Premier Mussolini, the dictator of Italy, threatened by the possibility of an internal hemorrh- age, is planning to go on the operat« ing table next mcnth, it was reported here. Conferences were in progress among fascist leaders, advices said, to de- cide how to govern Italy during the eperation and convalescence of the eee Supply company, u- . * —— 51 10 ws N cs 5) rian bis: . 2 ** at . . 5 My 7 \ SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 20 Fifteen students, including one girl, have been arrested here for leading a demonstration against a police station and distributing propaganda in the International settlement de- manding the release of eighteen strike agitators who were remand- ed by the mixed court following dis- turbances in the British and Japan- ese cotton mills. The industrial situation is similar to that which existed at the time of the rfot last May, except that so far there has been no shooting. it is, howe regarded as grave by the capital owing to the organiza- tion of ag eneral labor union by the Chinese 3 LENIN FUNERAL FILM WILL BE SHOWN INU, S, ee, Workers' Aid Imports Movie The N Workers’ Aid, 1553 W,. Madison St., Chicago, has just 8 from Soviet Russia the “Lenin Funeral Film.” This film is being prepared so that it will be ready for use with the Lenin memorial meetings to be held by the Workers (Communist) Party, and reservations can be made now. Due to the fact that there will be only two copies— first come, first served, will be the procedure, This is the most complete Lenin funeral film to arrive in this country. Some of the capitalist movie congerns managed to get flashes of the funeral parades, but they were not able to get the, impressive ceremonies held inside the.Hall of Unions, nor the death watches kept by the “Old Guard,” nor any of the many other intimate touches that made that funeral one of the greatest manifesta- tions of spontaneous love and respect. No Lenin memorial meeting should be held without it. Englan id Continues Dumping Unemployed Into New Zealand „ ee Zealand, Dec. 20.— Immigrants are being rushed to New Zealand from Britain despite the fact that there is no work for them on arrival. It is all with the greatest difficulty that they are able to get even housing accommodation or shel- ter of any kind, owing to the scarc- ity of houses. The result is that many of them are homeless and starv- ing. A big number of immigrants are offering themselves as scabs“ for employment on the British trains laid up in New Zealand because of the Strüke— hoping thereby to get back to Britain. 3.6 Pct. Chicago School Tots Have Ear Diseases There are 14,400 Chicago children who have ear disease and 1,000 are sufficiently deaf to need instruction in lip reading, if conditions found in 6 Chicago schools hold good in the city as a whole. 7,538 children were examined, and of this number 3.6% were suffering from ear disease in some form. One Killed, Three Hurt in Chemical Explosion One man is dying, three others are less seriously injured and one small building of the Commercial Acetlylene eouthwest of the city, is in ruins as the result of an explosion of chemicals. Association of Violation of Treaties Is Ignored : PEKING, Dec. 20—Japanese troops are holding Mukden, capital of Man- churia, shutting out Chang Tso-lin as well as his enemy, Kuo Sung-ling. Chang is deeply indignant at being shut out of “his own” capital, espe- clally by the Japanese for whom he has held the territory and etxended his power in olden days. But the Jap- anese have, as all imperialists, no politeness for a defeated general. The railway guards outside of Muk- den are preventing either army from crossing the zone of the Manchurian line, twelve miles across, and hostili- ties are confined to telegraphic mes- sages between sub-commanders. It is an open secret that the im- perialist powers are shutting their eyes to the invasion of Manchuria by Japan with thousands of troops from both Korea and Japan. Japan is also supporting Li Ching-lin, governor ot Chihli, who is opposing Feng Lu- hsiang., All a violation of the sup- posedly sacred Washington treaties. Because of the civil war, the open- ing session of the nine power im- perialist hearing on extra-territorial- ity has been postponed, the British delegate, Skinner Turner, who is a member of the institution known as the “British Supreme Court for China,” being stranded at Tientsin, eighty miles south of Peking with a war going on between him and the conference, Doctor Discovers Serum to Combat Poison Mushrooms PARIS, Dec. 20. — Innoculation against poisoning by toadstools is now ssible. Dr. Dujarric de la Riviere as reported to the academy of medi- cine that he has discovered a serum which immunizes against illness from to be mushrooms. The serum is taken from horses suffering from the poison, “Wrongfully informed” ee liam Mitchell replied to ex-Secretary of War Weeks, who recommended to President Coolidge that the flying ant chief of army air service because he had given “misleading” testimony to congressional aircraft committee. Mitchell declared that “Weeks and President Coolidge were wrongly and untruthfully informed about the con- dition of our aviation and national defense by persons who furnished data on which Weeks’ letter was based.” Jobs For Mates. NEW YORK, Dec. 20—Wanted, sec- ond and third mates, says Captain John F. Milliken, secretary, Neptune Masters, Mates and Pilots— the deck Officers’ union. Mil- liken says the shortage is due to the enormous growth of intercoastal ton- nage, especially to the Florida coast. Till a few weeks ago the union’s rooms were filled with officers look- ing for berths, now it is the other way about, the companies are look- ing for the men. Rob Illinois Bank. CENTRALIA, III., Dec. 20. — The state bank of Dix, 15 miles southeast of here, was robbed. Guards were placed about the bank as soon as the discovery was made pending arrival of bloodhounds to take the trail of the bandits. An estimation of the loss could not be given by officials un- til a complete check is made. colonel be not reappointed as assist- eating poisonous growths, supposed | ord WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Col, Wil-} | 1 ae 3 7 SHANG SAYS CHING-LIN'S 8 SURROUNDED i's’ The Daily Worker) Dec. 20.— General Feng now claims to have the f Li-Ching Lin surrounded sides in the vicinity of according to advices re- : Little fighting is due to the sever- weather. Several hun- troops are entrench- PE Yuh forces 0 FRANCIS AHERN. ; 1 have been established This has now itted by the spokes- | ofganizations. That they loned atter the Italian model is shown ‘thé statement of com- : Thatcher who says by the spirit which ‘spirit of the Fascisti in — * ve oom gaid in Italy early in November that branches of the fascisti had been formed in Australia. Headquarters have been established at Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and opened in all leading ‘towns on the continent. Tho the — anti-labor gov- ernment any connection between tl and the anti-labor political parties, the formation of the fascisti coincides with a speech by wees — — that he favored “te govern Australia. t Organize Fascists. Official d which the Labor press has from unimpeachable source disclose that the federal gov- ernment has beén busy organizing the ‘@8rdout Australia. The * —— gecret orders to 2 are the fa RS ute und coder to be take law and order if the works bout of hand. These On no account of a group rs. will N the with the civil police 4 tance without powers and duties 9 Attack Union Members. During the firét week of November 750 Fascists ed on Cairns where there was a pute between the waterside workers and the shipowners regarding the loading of cargoes. Claiming that he Communists had captured the Unions, the fascists u- surped the civil authority and armed with axes, knives, revolvers, and clubs they set upon several union officials and manhandled them. The unionists rallied in force, is- sued an ultimatum to the fascists to quit the town at once, otherwise re- prisals would follow. The fascists fled. Liberal and Tory Papers Amalgamate to Fight Workers — LONDON—(FP)—The sharpening of the class lines in British politics is reflected in the numerous amalga- mations of Liberal and Tory papers, to present a united front against labor. A similar lineup was witnessed in the last municipal elections, when Liberals and Tories united generally against Labor. Losalities in which newspaper amalgamations have re- cently taken place include Bath, Ply- mouth, — Southampton. E AA. N * eee 4 Nr Kaen. bod, Ve „ ee entltine . * 2 ‘ r ao BRITISH LICK THEIR CHOPS OVER OIL GRAB Baldwin Reports Irak Decision to House — —e— LONDON, Dec. 20.— The Prime Min- ister, Stanley Baldwin, yesterday read the text of the decision of the league of nations council on the dispute with Turkey over the boundary of Irak, which decision gave the Mosul oll fields to Great Britain, to the British ö parliament. Baldwin faced many questions which he begged to be postponed un- til after Colonial Minister Amery, who has been in Geneva, returns to London. This will be the early part of the week. Enough to Get the Oil? The prime minister said that the extension of the period of the man- date twenty-five yearns was, in his opinion, more than enough. He as- serted that the mandate called for no certain financial or military assist- ance to Irak, only “advice and assist- ance.” However, the number of ques- tions show that a considerable op position to the mandate is coming in parliament. News is reported of a subsidy of $2,500,000 recently granted by Great Britain to Ibn Saud, head of the Wa- habi tribesmen who has conquered almost all of the old Arabian king- dom for England. His last opponent, Ali, king of Hedjaz, has been hold- ing out at Jeddah, a corner of the Hedjaz kingdom, and it is under- stood that Ibn Saud is to use some of the $2,500,000 to buy off Ali to quit his claim. All Pleased But the Arabs. Ibn Saud. will take the difference between the two sums, Ali will get a fortune out of a slim chance, Britain will get the resources of a great area which stretches from the Persian gulf and the Mesopotamian border to the Red Sea and the Tran-Jordanian and Syrian boundaries. So every- body will be happy, except a few mil- lion Arabs who may object at having the land sold out from under them. The Turkish delegates who got thumbs down at Geneva on the Irak dispute, have returned to Angora to report to the Turkish assembly. The Turkish cabinet is already called in- to session by Mustapha Kemal Pasha. HONOR ROLL OF WORKERS AIDING PRESS (NOTE:—One of our readers has called attention to an error made in this column thru failure to bring for- ward the correct previously reported total. From this mistake, a complete added. Taking this into account, the day’s donation of $460.36 failed to be added, Taking this into account, the — total to date thus reaches $31,286.57.) W. Wolf, Brooklyn, N. . 34.00 Angelo Peters, Philadelphia Pa. 1.00 Murdock Clarke, Detroit, Mich. 2.00 John Setchek, Pittsburgh, Pa. 2.00 Hungarian Br., Workers Party, Detroit, Mich. 15.00 Finnish Branch, Workers Party, Newark, N. J. . 2.50 Finnish Branch, Workers Party, FT 4.70 J. Konick, F. Slorbe, Jerry Mirsek, Martin Mirsek, E. Cheha, F. Lenarin— Detroit, Mich. (collected by Choka).... 5.00 English Branch, Workers Party, Rochester, N. Y. 5.00 Street Nucleus 1, Section 1, W. P., Chicago, III. 10.00 Today's total 351.20 Previously reported 30,774.01 One day's donation not reported 460.36 b Total to date 331,286.57 — ——ü— Four Convicted in Alcohol Conspiracy Case, Get Vacations DES MOINES, Ia., Dec. 20.—H. F. Schaller, wealthy Des Moines hotel owner, W. J. Ballance, Jr., manufac- turer of Peoria, III., John McKiernan, member of the Peoria schol board and M. E. Levy, and Hyman Lipkin also of Peoria, convicted in the Peoria-Des Moines alcohol conspiracy case, boarded a train and were off to Fort Leavenworth prison to begin their va- cations of sixteen months each. Executive clemency is being sought at Washington with Senator W. B. McKinley of Illinois pleading their “cause.” Bread and Tea Is Standard Meal for British Farm Hand LONDON—(FP)—Meals consisting only of bread and tea are shown to be all too frequent—not only in the slums but in the rural districts of England, according to an official report of the chief medical officer of the British board of health, Sir George Newman, on The Health of the Child. To be a farmer’s boy, at least in song and poetry, always seemed to suggest that even if you had hard work, at least you had plenty of wholesome food to eat, but this myth, at least in England, has been effectively disposed of by the report. In the agricultural districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire 80% of the children are reported to have poor physique, and in Merionethshire, an- other agricultural district, 47% are re- ported below normal. Doctors and teachers from rural districts, who con- tribute to the report, agree that it is poor home conditions and bad feed- ing, due to low wages, that are respon- sible for the low physique of many British country children. Agricultural laborers in Britain aver- age about $8 a week, and out of this they must pay rent, feed themselves and families and meet all other living expenses. 2 Tammany Politician Flirts with Child Labor Law in House WASHINGTON—(FP)—Rep. Grif- fin of New York, Tammany Democrat, has introduced in the house a plu- tion proposing a compromise child labor amendment to the federal con- stitution. It would forbid the employ- ment of children under 16 years of age in mines, quarries, milis, factories and other organized industrial plants, but would not interfere with their em- ployment in farming or domestic serv- ice. Fascist Dictatorship Kills 3 Labor Dailies MILAN, Italy— (FP) — Recent fascist blows against Italian labor include the complete suppression of the three working class dailies, Avanti, Giusti- zia and Unita, which had continued a somewhat precarious existence in between confiscations and raids, and the turning over to the fascist corpo- rations of the labor temples at Milan and Rome, as well as numerous trade union headquarters, The labor temple at Genoa has been dissolved by pre- fectorial decree. Fascist oppression is also responsi- ble for the recent dissolution of the Postal Workers union of Italy. Carpenters Demand Bread Trust Probe WASHINGTON — (FP) — Resolu- tions denouncing the newly formed bread trust and demanding immediate investigation by congress, were sent to Sen. Copeland by the New York State conference of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paper- hangers of America, and were read to the senate. Upon request of Sen. McNary of Oregon they were later referred to the committee on agri- culture. Wake Up Aiea Cry ö British Unionists 1 | (Continued from page 1) 2 n this whilst nearly all the 1 24 unions are connected with we sterdam International. An imp meeting was held yesterday in between delegates ot me In ‘th 5 al Federation of Trade Unions, hore headquarters at Amsterdam and General Council of the British Trade Union Congress, when questions ¥ ita +e to the uniting of the world’s indu 8 forces were discussed. A repost 3 this discussion and decisions itt dealt with by the General Con the International Federation of Trad Union at Amsterdam and it 18 I — 5 the result will be to decide in fave of a special world’s congress at whit the Russian unions will be present a well as the unions of all other tries. Without a world wide ind international, we cannot hope achieve our economic freedom, * „ „ Imprisoned Communists, A vigorous discussion in parliament took place when Ramsey Mac ae attacked the government for institu- — i ting the prosecutions of the Commun | ists atid for the savage sentences im- si posed on them. Naturally MacDonald — was very careful to dissociate himself and colleagues from any * an 1 of Communism both as regarils prin- ciple and methods. MacDonald's — tion was rejected by 351 votes to eon a majority of 224. Many demonstes i tions are being held in various parts of the country demanding the en A of the twelve. * 7 „ Hurry up America. The United States is the land ot hustle, in very many ways it is the pace-setting country. On this side we very much wish the American ~ trade unionists would set the pace — also in their endeavors to establisha 4 real world wide workers’ industrial international. The information we get about the anthracite coal strike in the United States is pitifully inadequate and makes if more difficult to secure class loyalty than would be the case if full and up-to-date amg was obtainable. Yi . — ab — 2 2 e ‘ 1 22. wi A ee. 39 8 5 . 1 . — — — er ORS 2 — — te 7 2 Mining Commission Investigations | * The mining commission of invest,“ gation is dragging along but | ings were enlivened yesterday when a Mr. Markman was giving evidence as a coal owner, and showed his teeth — more than is generally done, He ad-— mitted off-handedly that his own come was well over five th ; pounds a year as a director, and se verely censured the miners and Be families for spending extrava iy by going to the movies. Speed the day — when real workers’ control of indus- try shall be a fact thruout civilization. Two Transport Workers Held for Deportation SAN FRANCISCO—(FP) — Twe members of the Marine Transport — Workers union are held in the San Francisco county jail for deportation, on the ground that they illegally en- tered the country. They are Jim Brey son, to be deported to Scotland, and David H. Drummond, to be sent te Canada. Both charges are part of 7. federal campaign against the IL. W. W. arising from the international marfne workers strike. Mussolini Will Be af City’s Adopted Son BARCELONA, Dec. 20.—Barcelomm will pay tribute to Premier de Rivera, when Baron Viver, mayor of the city, will present him with a parchment making him the city’s adopted son, ee | The Moscow Academy of Sciences Celebrates Its 200th Anniversary (Continued from page 1) scientists that had come to Moscow from many foreign lands to partici- pate in the bicentenary celebration. After a few introductory remarks he introduced the Soviet representative, M. I. Kalinin. “While recognizing the magnitude of the scientific work of che academy in the past,” began Kalinin, “we nevertheless must observe that our contribution to world science has been rather modest as compared with chat of western Europe. This is his- torically quite understandable. Rus- gia had entered into scientific inter- course with western Europe at a rela- tively late period, and besides, while ecience in western Europe catered to the ruling classes, in czarist Russia it meant catering to czarism. In say- ing this I do not consider the attempts of individual scientists to devote themeelves entirely to science for science’s sake. “The Academy of Sciences has now obtained the widest possibility of con- fact with the masses of the people, yield @ steady * new forees for the development of science, And it seems to me that the slogan of the academy ought to be: ‘Science for the masses, for laboring mankind,” . “The worth of any new idea is measured by the extent to which it may be preserved for posterity, and to which it has been understood and utilized by the masses for their bene- fit. Our Academy sof Sciences from now on belongs to the whole Union of Socialist Soviet Republics and it should concentrate in itself the crea- tive efforts of all the peoples inhabit- ing our union. I doubt not that the Academy of Sciences of Union of So- cialist Soviet Republics will occupy the place it deserves in the building of the new society which will ensure the real brotherhood of nations.” Kalinin then read the following declaration on behalf of the central executive committee and the coun- cil of peoples’ commissaries of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, which is given here in full: “To the Academy of Sciences. The central executive committee and the council of people's ecommissaries of the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- lics tender greetings to the Russian Academy of Sciences on the day of its bicentenary. “While viewing with profoundest Satisfaction the tremendous achieve- ments of the Academy of Sciences which, in some branches, have placed it in the front ranks of the world’s scientific institutions, the government of the union deems it necessary on this momentous occasion to indicate both the new conditions for the de- velopment of the further activities of the academy and the new tasks with which it now becomes confronted. “The October revolution has reso- lutely and forever removed those so- cial relations which were bound to place their stamp upon the nature of scientific activity, restricting its de- velopment and diverting it from the straight path of active assistance to human progress. A social order bas- ed on private property, on the exploit- ation of the majority of the popula- tion by a feudal and capitalist minor- ity, and on national oppression, lead- of jed conflicts retards and distorts the 5 to inéVitable catastrophes of arm- U development of gtientific thot, retards the process of the human conquest over the forces-of nature, and conse- quently, the general process of the development of the human race. “The October revolution, having re- moved the aforesaid obstacles by the heroic efforts ef the most oppressed class, the proletariat, has thereby opened a new era in the history of mankind which should consist of a radical reorganization of human rela- tions on the basis of collective and conscious control of the economic sys- tem by the whole of society, in which class divisions shall have been abolish- ed. But this great historic task, whose achievement will mean the real vic- tory of humanity over the blind forc- es of nature, t be accomplished without the b and profound de- velopment of octal in all ite branch- es. It is for this’ very reason that the socialist society, more than any other social order, is primarily in need of the breed development of both the abstract and the practical scientific disciplings, @8, and it therefore, in genuine liberty and fruitful inter- course with the widest masses of the people. Only under these new So- cial conditions will science finally shake off the old shackles which doomed it to be the hand-maiden of theology and of the worst supersti- tions of the ruling class. “This was foreseen and duly appro- ciated by the great theoretician and organizer of the new social relations —Vladimir llyitch Lenin— and this appreciation of the great role of scien- tific thot, sgjentific investigation and scientific gh constitutes the basis of the pfactical policies of the Soviet commonwealth. “In the trying years which followed the October revolution, when the Sov- jet authorities were compelled to take up arms to defnd the very existence of the state, the Soviet government was unable to extend the full assist- ance and aid it desired to do in re- gard to scientific work, and to ensure to scientific workers the living con- ditions necessary for fruitful activity. At the present time, under the con- takes prionity Offering to — ficthot and activity the conditions o solidation of its material basis both within and without the territory of the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- lics, it is one of the primary aims of the government of the union to secure the conditions for the wide organiza- tion of scientific activity in the union, for the wide dissemination of scien- tific knowledge among milliens of toil- ers who have been aroused to historic life, and also for affording the oppor- tunities of scientific activity to the tens of nationalities which, after long years of oppression, have now obtain- ed for,the first time, under the con- ditions of Soviet rule, the facilities of wide cultural and economic develop- ment. “Science is international by its very nature, and it tolerates no national restrictions. The only way for science to make headway is by the generaliza- tion of the scientific activity of all nations, and by constant and uninter- rupted international intercourse. “The government of the union, therefore, while greeting the repre- sentatives of science who have come itions of the rapid growth of the commonwealth, end the | fe ow| to take part in the festival of the | Academy of Sciences, will be prepar | lics,” ed, on its part, to support ail steps directed towards the — and wide international intercourse among scientific workers, “Fully confident that the Academy of Sciences in its third century, under the conditions of the new social rela tions, will be able to develop the full force and scope of its scientific activi- ty, and to attain new scientifie achievements, the central executive committee of the Union of Socialist: Soviet Republics has resolved to re- cognize the Russian Academy of Sciences as the supreme all-union scientific body, attached. to the coun- cil of people’s commissaries, and to bestow upon it the title of the Aca- demy of Sciences of the Union ot Socialist Soviet Republics. “Signed: M. Kalinin, chairman of. the Central Executive Committee t the Union of Socialist Soviet nen lies; L. Kamenev, vice-chairman o the Council of People’s Commissarias of the Union of Socialist Soviet Re publics; A. Yenukidze, secrets 1 the Central Executive Committe r n . — . ² 1 ˙ g
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— — * — A. N we ‘Workers (Communist) Party 5 he . for Communist large extent abalaall party re reorgan 8 9 1 r . R 1 A sh. a — 5 eon oa es * * cee * 5 2 4 » 0 e 1 > gtd — 7 7 2 * Fee ee 1 oe ee Pe 2 ‘ permeates American trade unionism, ity, party promotes the ideological ona | i y JAY LOVESTONE. — geneity and consequently the organ-|of the commodity concept of labor | tion. RH can be no unity without a] izational unification of our member-| unionism which still pervades Ameri- he Danger From the Right. . political basis. Unity =” a can labor union officialdom. The danger from the neces- 8 ö Lon any other foundation is short- S$, Greater Political Clarity. 6. Towards Stability of Leadership. |Pitates the . Shows Imperialists as — ee | and very dangerous. Unity our long discussion and with 2 elements. W e When 4 Repo rt at 8 ction Membership M eetings: The unity declaration of the centra executive committee has laid the basis for a far broader composition of party leadership than our party has yet had. The final leadership of our party, to the extent that one can speak of final spending most om against the Cominte! Only the other day with the reactionary J. ward crowd and the vil of our movement in h is a t the party for its 2 5 on secret, private understand - between leaders on the top is a ace to the welfare of the party. Such unity is illusory. Such unity is phantom unity. It is no unity. It is a snare and a delusion. When there the considerable help of the Com- munist International the party has deen able to clarify for itself many fundamental questions. We need but cite the labor party problem. The labor party issue is not a temporary, They Are (Special to The Daily Worker) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 20.— a * OU are to report aboeuletly to one of the following section 0 . meetings in the sections listed below according to your place of work. - ALL UNEMPLOYED shop, factory and office workers membership 5 in the sections in which the place of Before the largest audience that has ment is loca . o to the section ir last omptey- i N 5 the | are sharp differences of political prin- passing issue for the American work- leadership, is not yet definite. — attended a labor meeting in Grand e ES 8 * 742 section meetings te a eiple the writer préfers @ sharp and ing class. Therefore, it is a major ship must be developed thru activity, | of the left wing at Rapids in years, H. M. Wicks, editor- S 1 4 255 W. 106 didrige St., Mon., 29, eye a: ') etiergetic political fight to ssttie the issue, a fundamental problem for our | ru tests in Practice. Such leader- vention to be hoo¢ ial writer of The DAILY WORKER 2—Houstan to tath Sty 108 Bldrige St.’ Fues.,’ Dec. 2 tb. . , : eder than mechanical, formal] party. Who is there today in our hip our party is now only crystalliz- | Kaufman clique aud delivered his “lecture on “Locarno”| | 3—14th sith 25 a 725 S ‘ste Tues * F 3 satior * mat whl ‘ahi Geis that the party 10 ing. The Comintern and the central | gressive allles. here today. 5 44 * 1 ? . . i nt A common Political Platform. how in a position to avoid errors from |°7°C""'ve wer neg. 8 perp neee Comintern in the Reviewing the varfous pacts of Eu- os sth ts to Same St, e East 10 1. 8t., Wed, r \ l Py 9 0 N all . — * ” * R the last party convention] the left as well as from the right in only indicated the line 5 workers are mars forces, rope since the close of the world war De | of our leadership, but this indication in itself is a powerful agent for unify- ing our party ranks as well as the nance of as evidenced by the recent isst ‘ 8 ‘8 radical, an Italian daily fighting proletarian ¢ Manhattan Ave. Ave., e — 4 a Pk. Tues., Dec. 22, 6 p. m. the labor ty campaigns which we Dec. 23, m. n ag and Coney Island, 1940 Benson will yet wage before we see the Amer- ican working class succeed in estab- | and the decision of the Communist ternational cabled to the conven- n the party reached the stage where mber 22, showed how the very conflict of e ee terests between the victorious coun: | P ae 94 "Brooklyn, Bath es made them mere scraps of paper, Ave., 9 a leading strata. NSIDE our own part right wing the conference of Locarno, ALL T OSE “wo RR sant WILL ATTEND Resting IN 0 | iehing a maSe“lahor party, in decla... % «¶ : oe ee Sieh > Antenne IN ISLAND { Pitas 3 i hie — political — — 7. The Attitude to the Comintern. is also working Certain which‘ he showed was J e e gab AND 88 END MEETING NOF SECTION 5, 5, East ee : 1% elements of our p ting fev-| fort on the part of the imperialis is e mts which are consciously | the bourgeoisie? t is clear that, at] ‘past, but not least, we find that the : ke STUDENTS WILL ND SECTION WHERE THEIR SCHOOL Is > | ‘and sincerely for the Comintern, This least for some’tfine'to come, the labor | new attitude which the large majority 8 the — nee eee e LOCATED, SALESMEN AND AGENTS WILL ATTEND MEETINGS IN ) Jommunist platform is today sincerely | Party question will not prove a source ot our party is developing towards the be on gt 3 1 e a sil vee ALL sass 5 eee ‘ and fundanientally under- of dispute in our ranks. With the Communist International makes pos- ud Part) N time some of these of the government of the United realization of a common political view-| .inie the genuine unification of our States as the agent of the House of Bis» , ing the first step toWards | . hip of our party. More than that; point in its fundamental aspects party on a correct political basis. The deserting the Cominterh & protesting Morgan and explained how the press- 1 000 P ar ents f or School Strike M ove vs most complete sense—involving e oo * oy ah ge 21 the basic political line of demarcation di- againd®? “Moscow tal we ied „im the ure of this government as the money ; 8 basic policies of the party-this] labor party, our ership and mem viding our members today is to be : a auch list of th ld brought pres- ; 4 A ican circum- | monopolist o e wor rought pre 7 wen is now consciously endorsed] bership are certainly much more found in the attitude towards the oe pare, Ung * 1 8 W. . AND WOMEN S COUNCIL IN LEAD sure on the European nations forcing them desperately to strive to set their houses in order so that further loans from Wall street could be secured. Since imperialism desires to crush the workers’ government in Russia, .the Locarno conference took the form of an attempted alignment against the Soviet Union. Explains Syria and Turkey. In a masterful manner he explained tae events following Locarno, which proved the stupid pacifist rejoicing stances it is no these anti- Moscow“ ten rallying to the section of the former 1 ing the leadership of These elements N have the correct attitude to the tern are, only temporarily, not putting all their cards on the table in the expectation ot a I. ot the. 8 Comintern firmly welded ideologically. > find that 4. The Role of the Party. Our membership now has a far bet ‘er understanding of the role of the party as the leader of the working class army. Our membership today realizes with considerably greater clarity the menace of the theory of mass spontaneity, the dangers of the party bowing before the moods, sen- timents and reactions of the masses. We now appreciate more sufficiently the need for the party’s taking into most of the very sections of the rty which formerly fought each ber vigorously and at times even 19 55 vith impermissible means. | 3, pe No doubt our recent controversy has | — quite some damage to our party. But on the whole it has had a bene- ficial effect on the development of our party. The last factional strife was a very painful, a costly, but a historical- ly necessary cleansing process for our party. The last factional fight was a — vd in the process of the growth, in Communist International. On the one hand, the decisive majority of our membership now, more and more, views the Communist International as a world party placing at the disposal of every one of its sections the com- posite lessons and experiences of all its sections—as the real leader of the entire international Communist move- ment. On the other hand, a decreas- ing section of our membership still takes an incorrect attitude towards the Comintern, views Comintern de- Protest Trahetersing Children -™ cat - - 1 rf, * * - " . ~ * — " na f & 1 0 Pe 7 * N 7 9 NEW YORK CITY At a meeting of the parents of children in public school 148 presided over by Clarence Miller the following resolution was adopted unanimously: “Whereas a situation has developed in P. S. 148, Brooklyn, which is arousing the active and just resentment of the parents of the neighborhood and P. S. 148 is to decision The E 6. mie and | 2 he dev wrong estimates of the role of the and turning these attitudes of the pro-| Communist International show beyond letariat into revOlutionary channels. question that this attitude, if main- In short, today most of the party tained, logically leads away from the leadership understands better the tac- Communist International. oliti . fi over the dawn of an era of peace to — the process of the Bolshevization of consideration as objective factors the cisions thru social democratic spec- ot 0 A 3 de myth. ere 8 e * dur party. moods, sentiments and reactions of tacles. The experiences of the var- munist unity. There multiplying} Many in the audience had read are 10 be transfe gates ae, ae The duration and intensity of the|the masses while at the same time jous parties with such fundamentally n oh ent Wicks’ articles and editorials on are 0 rred struggle, the character of the issues fulfilling the role of.directing, guiding end 5 „ an world politics, but in an hour and a half, they obtained a picture of the great conflict of economic and poli- tical forces, that would take them period of so-cal approaching. The seen its best d . trade supremacy. a Y at stake, the considerable and close at- tention the American question re- ceived from the Comintern in the period of April 1924, to September, “Whereas, this en transter may appear on paper as @ simple and reasonable affair, but in actual fact it is an outrage against the welfare of 7 gl. Weeks to receive thru reading. . 1925 are only proof of the fact that the tics and strategy of keeping closer to To a larger number of our members 3 yet 255 is 4 127 ies 2 = P The s speaker’s conclusion, showing gpm 8 ra antag : last factional fight grew out of serious, | the masses without at the same time than ever before, acceptance of Com- larger proportions: W at the 7 the developing power of the working Wee pe eee * ae 2 E fundamental differences. If it were allowing ourselves to g up our po- intern decisions now means execution | jalist powers. Lowel are in class in the big capitalist countries e. apy e . ha, AO a not for this struggle and the help of; sition of pointing out in advance to | fet, ; 1cross 0 order do in deed as well as adoption in words by means of a resolution. There can be no greater driving force for the unification of our membership than this new, correct orientation for m turers, for Septe of our members in their attitu preparation | towards the Communist International mos tense miners and the colonial countries was a pic- The ‘ture of a world-wide movement that will never be forgotten by those »who heard it. The place of the Communist Inter- national and the various Communist zen | parties of the world in relation to the sight for our wo union is now und American Indus the National the Comintern, we would not yet have had the correct policies we have to- day. Above all, we would not have grasped, we would not yet have ac- _ e@pted thru understanding to the ex- tent the membership does now the line of action we fight for today. these masses the course of economic and political development, We now better how to lead the masses, ho to be in advance of the masses po- litically without at the same time los- ing contact with the army he pro- letariat whose vanguard we must be. schools to which they have been as- signed and thereby. endangering their | lives, and 2 “Whereas, we recognize that this vill effect mostly working class oa ints who form the majority of the ‘esidents in this section who are al- 2 ' * * * and fight for the ‘Vives ot ‘their, dren, Y | great events now transpiring was por- ’ _ Concretely, genuine, organic unity] Temporary downward trends of The Need for Party Unity. | trayed so that it seemed indispens 4 — 2 — in} Women’s Council supporto | Move. - is possible today for the following] working class political develo===ants HE need for the unification of all able to the working class. atrugers - steel prices are. | taking place in 3 T is clear that an attgek on the Communists will bs the first order of business on the program of the Wall Street clique. “Phe Communists are the most advanéed but also or- ganizationally still ole! of the weak sections of the organifed working class. An attack omthe Communists serves only as a prelude to an attack against the whole working class cam- ouflaged by the smoke séreen of preju- dice and misrepresentation. The uni- fication and the strergthening of our party are imperative on the eve of such developments. 7. Finally, only uniflcation of all e Communist forces will enable the arty to measure up to its urgent specific reasons. 1. do not today breed as much pessimism and passivity in our ranks as they did in November, 1924, after the presi-| pressing for the organic unity of the dential election. On the contrary, our] party are the following: leadership today, reflectng an advance ; in the political maturity of our mem-| Unification—The Road to Recon- bership, tends to consider such down- struction. ward trends in the political develop- ment of the working class as added reasons for intensifying the party’s activities to revolutionize the work- ing class. Here we have a basic element in the development of a correct, a homo- geneous Communist political ideology in the ranks of all the layers of our membership. This fact is of para- mount importance as a force for or- ganic unity in our ranks. 1,000 Parents Speak Up. “We, 1,000 residents of = ee mostly parents of the children con- cerned gathered ,at a protest meeting December 8 at Amalgamated Temple, therefore “Resolve, to protest against the ac- tion of the board of education and call upon all organizations and in- dividuals interested to join with us in this protest and help us in our en- deavor to keep the children in P. S. 148.” ¢ Speaks in Detroit Tonight. Tonight Comrade Wicks speaks in Detroit at the House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin street. On the next night, Tuesday, Dec. 22, » he speaks at Buffalo, N. Y. Sunday, Dec. 27, he delivers the lecture on “Locarno, a New Threat Against the Soviet Union” at the open forum con- ducted by the Workers (Communist) Party every Sunday evening. His other dates thus far arranged are: Baltimore, Dec. 28; Washington, Dec. 29; Richmond, Virginia, Dec. 30; Pittsburgh, at the Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller street, Saturday, Jan. 2; Cleve- land, at the Insurance Center Bldg., Sunday afternoon, Jan. 3, and Toledo, Communist elements requires no 2 The Expulsion of Lore. emphasis. Specifically the factors 8 expulsion of Lore—who has shown himself to be an out and out anti-Communist thru his attacks on the Comintern and the party since the 7 convention—has made it very difficult, | if not impossible, for the extreme richt wing elements in our party to Support one group as against another group, to occupy the pivotal point in party disputes and thus to play a role of decisive character in the party. . It is true the party has not yet rid itself completely of the Loreist ele- ments. But we have already thrown out Lore, the most conscious ideolog- ical leader, and a big enuf portion of his opportunist following to enable a their just demands. This. was greeted with great applause. Outline for Campaign. A collection was taken up in order to cover the expenses of the campaign,” The following outline for the cam- paign was proposed: To ‘picket P. S. 148, the board of education and the mayor. A petition is to be gotten" up protesting against this action of the. board of education, Appeals are to be sent to organizations for support and then if the decision is not withdrawn a general school strike will be called. Mrs. Zlott and Mrs. Kaplan, two mothers most responsible for organ- 1. The party has been weakened considerably by the recent struggles over policy and leadership. The party cannot recover and advance un- less unification of all the elements standing for the line of the Comintern proceeds at full speed. 2. Unless we secure unity without reservation of all those who hold the Comintern above everything else, we will not be able to break the isolation 2 — Bs ~ — “ € ** 2 V. W. L. in Leadership. The chairman, a member of the Young Workers (Communist) League, is opening the meeting pointed out the general conditions prevailing in the schools in the working class sec- | i aie increased number of our 5. A Correct Trade Union Policy, in which our party still finds itself. tasks in the r pact Ohio, in the evening of the same day. | tions and how six children were killed |izing the mothers, also spoke ex- 1 do see th 3 En the main, except for a s en, We will not be able to mobilize 0 * ivi bo party The place is to be announced later. crossing one of the streets in the|pressing the sentiments of the au- ) 55 ao. a sleet gy Rig Peas dee saris. group, 6 dae full resources and energy for major e Bb nf pile. Ah. De ies Comrade Wicks is well known in neighborhood, Broadway, and called | dience. There were about ten speakers ie a bee, proportion of our membership and the snr Bcaayy capes for Cap g our workers. The trades ae Aae the labor movement in the cities and upon the mothers to stand together in all from the floor, | elements, non-Communist elements, | decisive majority of our leadership is er tr eee nen iment: and the” ae for an Wl undoubtedly draw good crowds to .. to |W headed towards a. corvectCom| Communist, proletarians, . his lecture on tho world situation | COT T EGE PRESIDENT LEARNS TRAGIC ¥ gether the Communists in our ranks | munist policy on the trade union field n pot ed 1 [Soviet Russia are assuming important altel eng siteoauae — who may have had differences in the |—the field of actiyities which must re- eee. Oe: See „e e ee proportions. The only tee that TRU TH THAT WORKERS CAN THINK recent past. Our whole system has Céive our increasi#g and major atten- eee ere eee dn borg the party can have for success in D tro Y ung W gained much thrij the loss of Lore and tion. The dangerous misconception of * — * ** 2 gees . these campaigns is’ 4 rebuilt party, a © it * orkers : iy his satellites. the very purpose of Communist activ- — 1 5 —4 dest aan, 5 unified party on the basis of the line Will Hold Liebknecht In a speech at Amherst some time i 2. Reorganiza A Bolshevik Sieve. | ‘ity in the trade unions is rapidly los- 1 ; it. ment tune pur eves of the Comintern—with its roots sunk Memorial Cel ebrati on ago, President Hopkins of Dartmouth THE STAR IN THE FAST un vigorous reorganization cam- ing ground in our party. The notion toward the masses. No trade union deeply in the prole masses : ; University told how he discovered that the basie objective of our cam- paigns in the trade unions is to win offices in the labor unions is losing ground, at an accelerating pace, to the fundamental; ‘correct Communist concept of winning over ideologically increasing sections of the organized proletariat. Concurrently with the development of this understanding of the primary purpose of our trade union work we can also notice the fact that the tend- ency in our ranks to consider trade paign which the party has waged since the convention has proven to be another potent factor for the unifica- _ tion of the Communist elements in our | eet.) The reorganization process as a sort of a sieve for our membership. On the whole, those who ‘ remain in our party after reorganiza- - tion have a wholesome point of. view, have a desire to be Communists and | 0 follow the line of the Comintern in ; — ae campaign, no labor party campaign, no trade union unity campaign, in short, no campaign in which large numbers of non-Communist workers are to be stirred into motion, can be 0 even attempted, let alone succeed, Aid. mr) Worker without the unification of our mem- 2 bership on the basis of unqualified ac- tive support of the Comintern’s polic- 8 Mich, Dee. 20—The ies in every field. | DAILY WORKER Press Club has ar- 3. Our party has, until the last con- a oe the Repertory ee vention, been for many months in a RI ein Ad * The % of Elmer state.of factional siege. We must re- dels satire, bs Machine,” that workers without a ge edu- cation had a wider ote edge of | | social theories than many of the rah - rah boys. The New Student writes of this incident as follows: “President Hopkins called this a. tragic circumstance, in which thou- sands of the youth who had not gone to college had, thru fuller knowledge of various contentions and longer con- sideration of these, acquired a lead which made the college men, who found in the workshops. = 2 DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 20. — To commemorate the martyrdom of com- rades Liebknecht and Luxemberg and to demonstrate our solidarity and de- votion to the cause for which they lived and died the Young Workers (Communist) League is arranging a mass meeting here to take place Sun- day afternoon, Jan. 10, at 2 o'clock in the House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin. This meeting will be addressed by nationally known speakers and there a 1 2 F a * 0 All its implications. Like wise, it can be stated that on the whole those who wy) va 5 leave the party as a result of the union work as a special art of a se- 0 in the Auditorium the House of ag - eorganization campaign are either |lected group of experts has been ser- store Jommuniet normalcy. 16: Gas the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin, on will also be music, mass singing and |Ought to have been their inteHectual Glasgow Young Workers Pinched. mot the best material for a Commun-|iously undermined. The attitud party. Democratic centralization will i revolutionary plays. peers, actually inferior and weak when LONDON, England—In Glasgow the | e that non h N u of Christmas Eve. After th f h it comés to a discussion of these ques- ist ty or are unwilling to try to be- remain Ollow phrase unless all o e mass meeting which will 8 ques come Communists in fact as well as in trade 3 work is the monopoly of a handful of particularly ordained comrades is only the reflex in our fancy. > Thus, the reorganization of our Lranks of the craft concept which still the elements having a correct attitude towards the Communist International are unified, are working on a basis of Radicals will thoroly r this sat- ire on home lite, industry, religion and all the other cgpventions dear to last until five o’clock there will be supper served and a general social hour for all present until eight when tiens. The college men, just out of the various institutions of learning, had no knowledge of arguments and so- Young Communist Leaguer Gillies was sentenced to three months’ imprison- ment because of a speech made at an unemployed demonstration in which the heart of the babbittry, Admission he urged the police who were present equality. Consequently, the normaliz- is 75 cents and $1. The proceeds cial theories on which thousands of ing and democratizing of our party the dancing will begin. During the "ee = — iwi’ de devoted ‘ks MERE? DAILY supper hours there will be many side | these boys and, young men had whet-|to make common cause with the work- 2 are a prerequisite to the success of wok ER 0 ae attractions including the AllImper- ted their minds for years,’” ers against the government. Attention! our party's campaigns which require ialist Base Ball Team. the full mobilization of our best forces. It is immediately necessary to uproot every vestige of the state wf factional siege which may still be found in cer- tain sections of our membership. More elements should and must be drawn into party work. New. party workers must be developed if our party is to grow. We must develop an intense spirit of party work and party loyalty. It is absolutely necessary to have unity in order to achieve these essential results. 5 This meeting, In place of the ee meetings, is of the utmost 4 . t. Oni t Without organic Communist abe e Ei ee „e eee L 13 unity in our ranks, reorganization ot Pullman to Have Workers: School The first meeting of . Workers' School in Pullman will take place on Sunday afternoon, Dec 27, at 2 o'clock at Stancik’s Hall, 205 Bast 116th St. The school will offer two courses: one, in the A. B. C. of Communism and a course in thè unglish language. The first meeting will be an organ- iQational meeting. “Students will en- roll and elect a eémmittee to take Chicago Party Membership Meeting on PARTY UNITY AND TRADE UNION WORK Tuesday, December 22, 1925, 7 P. M. SCHOENHOFEN HALL, 1224 MILWAUKEE AVENUE (Milwaukee and Ashland Aves.) Los Angeles Workers Arrange Costume Ball for New Year’s Eve IC ome Ahead Into the Young Workers League! | What Do the Young Communists Want During December, the Economic Trade Union Month? This question anewered in an entire page of The DAILY WORKER on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23rd. Special articles will appear on various phases of the conditions of ’ the young workers in industry and their special activities in the unions LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20. — The Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers (Communist) League are jointly arranging a costume ball to celebrate the reorganization of the party. The international costume. ball will be held on Thursday evening, Dec. 31 at the Co-operative Center,” * treet nucleus and members 2706 Brooklyn Ave. A number of and shops. bers who are either in a shop nucleus or 8 the party will prove a dismat failure. charge of the schen. of the V. W. L., can be present. Admission by membership card only. Reorganization is a deep-going, polit- The school will teal to function rag n The page will be edited by tthe Young Workers (Communist) ‘Representatives of the Central es Committee of the Workers ical change. He who has doubted this the early part of January. who have the best costumes. League. oo resolution of the C. E. C. for SEND IN SPECIAL ORDERS FOR THIS ISSUE. before they convention of our party Members of thé™’ Workers (Com- Bundle orders for leag nd party units 2c pep | ue and pa units pe copy. need but look at the enemies of our| munist) Party and sympathizers are | party unity and wate: union oor, sh party crystallizing their forces o #{ urged to join the school, (Communist) Party’ will speak on If you want to thogoughly un- derstand Communism f tudy ite * — ~ x l : ae a « <7 * rr Barbe 2
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5 — ’ we — % var Bi 5 155 Lin ti T * fink i ‘> By RUFUS p. HEATH. (Worker Correspondent) A recent issue of the Monthly Messenger, the magazine issued by the Messinger Lunch Rooms’ com- pany, tells of the decorative and artistic atmosphere of its lunch rooms, the courtesy of its employes, the low cost of food. Not a word is mentioned of the twelve-hour day or the low wages paid to workers. The outstanding “purpose of this. issue seems to be to boost their new house at 3 West Graud Ave., calling it a palace of art, etc. The company Knows how to boost own business. It stops at nothing get the public’s interest. to arouse people to take favorable notice of them. But what do the employes of Messinger lunch rooms do to tell the people about the conditions under which they work. Do they ever try to show up these lies? Do they ever bring to the attention of other work- ers facts concerning the miserable conditions of work they have to put 1 up with While in the employ of this * company? 3 How Unions Are Kept Out. Now I will tell you fellow workers “ gomething about the new house that the Monthly Messenger failed to Fh mention and incidentatly about the 5 working conditions in all Messinger bs lunch rooms. The manager of the new house is ‘ a notorious slave driver by the name a of C. B. Emery. It is impossible to do b hao for him. The more the workers divided he con- 2 Astematie campaign of dis- as, treating the workers on etter than those on others, ng an aristocracy of jobs. i is plainly seen in his Te. He submits them to all miliations while he plays 1 fayoritisms to the cooks and countermen. The porters and dish- * washers must eat their meals in the 4 cold concrete basement while the . cooks and countermen are permitted | to eat Out in the dining room. The hie treats worse than the white workers. This is one of the most successful methods of keep- ing workers from organizing into a union and that is the purpose behind it. As I stated in a previous article the wages in Messinger's range from $14.00 to $22.00 a week. The day crew works.ten hours daily, six and @ half days a week, while the night crew works twelve hours daily, seven - days a week for the same pay. Simple Thing to Get New Workers. The least little thing is cause for a worker to loose his job. And why not? There are several thousand un- employed workers in the food in- Austry in Chicago. At the present time it is easy enuf to get new work- ers. The only remedy for these con- ditions is for the food workers to form an industrial union in the city and take up the fight for the eight-hour day. Organized into a union the Messinger lunch room food workers could do much to improve their standard of living, lower their work- ing hours, raise their wages, do away with artificial discriminations, and all the evils that are keeping the food „workers in the position of the most badly treated and ‘enslaved workers. the porters and dish- ‘publicity with which it poisons the day’s issue, since there will be no The prizes offered are as follows: FIRST PRIZE—“Flying Osip,” wag ER. whieh 100 Chivagor I * RY week The DAILY WORKER is presenting three prizes for best stories sent in during the week by its worker cor- respondents. This week’s prize winners will be announced, and their contributions published on the Worker Correspondenta’ Page in Thure which are now appearing in the New Magazine Section of The DAILY OND PRIZE—Leon Trotsky’s “My Flight from Siberia,” in told the story of Trotsky’s escape from exile. 3 PRIZE—An original cartoon framed, a reproduction of appear on the Worker Correspondents’ Page. in. your contributions immediately. pointe lil ‘The DAILY WORKER, 1113 West Washington Bivd., paper on Friday, Chrigtmas Day. stories of New Russia, some of Address, Editorial De- OF SPY SYSTEM WEST: ERN ELECTRIC EMPLOYE TELLS AT CHICAGO PLANT ers that I have ever read. The Wo Sy WM. MASON, a Worker Correspondent. For a “number of months I’ve been reading your excellent paper, and I must say it e the clearest. paper expressing the vital problems of the work- rker Correspondents’ page is truly inspiring and gives substantjal proof of to things, i. e., that there is much latent ability in the working 4 F class and that you are destined develop that ability. N ; — * * Speed System Defined. It is not to sing your praises, how- ever, that I now undertake to write, but to give the readers of The DAILY WORKER an insight into the work- ing conditions in the Western Electric company plant on the southwest side of Chicago. The Hawthorne works, as this plant is called, is 100 per cent an open shop. I have worked in various de partments of this plant. The same specialized system prevails in all de- partments *which compels each em- ploye to produce a specified amount in the eightvand threefourths-hour day. The epeed-up system is in force and the less effletent slavés are weed- ed out—exdcept in the so-called “gqod times when they are transferred to different :sdepartmients. Very little mechanicaleskill is required since, as I stated above, the work is special- ized. As is to be expected, the spy sys- tem is in force. The lockers are mys- teriously searched in some depart- ments anyone is.caught read- ing an except the reptile press, sensational novels or religious litera- ture, some subterfuge 15 found to dis- charge him. When hired, ain has to fill out a long application blank, give four city references and undergo a physical ex- amination. After the examination, if accepted, he is handed a little book- let and a pass cate told to report next morning. ©": Pension—A Form of Exploitation. The booklet. contains the company’s rules and an explanation of the pen- sion system, one of their methods to keep workers @nslaved. Clauses stat- ing that the company reserves the right to abrogate said pension at any and all times are prominently dis- played. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this institution is its system of minds of its slaves. It publishes a weekly paper, the “Hawthorne Micro- phone” and a monthly magazine, The Western Electric News” besides a host of leaflets announcing its social ac- tivities consisting of baseball clubs, basket ball teams, bobbed hair con- tests, etc., all saturated with ruling Class ideas. To back all this up this huge combination has its hosts of NOTICE TO NEW YORK WORKER CORRESPONDENTS OMRADE H. M. WICKS will be in New York City, Saturday, Dec. 26th, and will hold a meeting of worker correspondents and those interested in taking up this work at the party headquarters, 108 East 14th St. All comrades who want to know the details of this work and to get practical suggestions that will aid them in becoming efficient worker correspondents should at- tend. The meeting will start at 2 o’clock sharp in the afternoon. stool pigeons and uniformed police. After working here for a while one can fully appreciate what Lenin meant When he said “The bourgeois countries are being turned into huge military prisons for the workers.” I would suggest systematic distribu- tion| of leaflets exposing this despot- ism urging organization by work- ers who are not employed at the plant. This can be done on the streets when the employes go home at night. On the inside, a few intel- Mgent workers can carry on a skillful agitation for organization but they cannot distribute leaflets. Los Angeles Central Labor Council Turns Down World Court Idea By R. BELLIT,. (Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20.—At it last meeting the Los Angeles Central Labor Council turned down the invita- tion of the chamber of commerce to participate in a conference in behalf of the world court. The secretary of the council made a motion that the executive should go there to investi- gate the conference, but one of the delegates made a motion to table the entire matter. After a lengthy dis- cussion the council gave the chamber of commerce a cold shoulder en this proposition as it did when an invita- tion to participate in a preparedness parade on Labor Day was extended by the chamber of commerce, a eomnr uttes to arrange hi movie film La- . ive Delegate * and demanded that of the picture be made if a drive for member- 10 nter here. nize. lodustrially. 0 . in this organ- ization campa s must not leave it to each 80 . craft to attempt organization, . hat it should be da of organizing the to an industrial her left wing % floor and pointed le—the bakery 5,90 branch of the industry that ig. mpletely unorgan- ized—that is the gonfectionery work- on ot how a delega- ' rh Tt had come to F assistance and he hen. i an organiza- tabur; 05 i that the work- ers want to joim Unions and will join 1 The mat a picture is for he purpose of enter- taining and amusing the looker-on and not to be as a means of organ- izing the rs, called progressives Meetings don’t say that all the Central Labor Union members have to do is listen to a lot of letters and as soon as they are read, to go home and forget that — work must be done. Boston Joa Workers AUL WHITE, tonne of Sa De . 20.—The im- n taking advantage of ur nized. workers was clearly — ently in a jewelry manuf ’ so gere. The boss did not 2 work produced by one of ae ; and he told him to make W one on his own A. Sr 8 | A. of inthe the trade. The, boss eee experience that when a man has to choose be- tween losing his gob and swallowing humiliation he isi more likely than when he has a family to support. This worker happened to be a man of principle ands independence so he picked up the challenge. He quit and demanded his wages. The firm refused to let him have iis money. He de- cided to demand is rights. He took a change in the capitalist courts. The trial came on and the miracle happened The worker col- lected his wages. The need for organization is grow- ing as the appetite of the bosses for greater profits becomes more and more pronounced. Some workers do not realize this fact until they get hit mighty hard by the economic club. This same thing will happen again, perhaps, to another. worker who will not be in a position to put up an in- dividual fight. Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WWRKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the lunch) to your chop mate. By NANCY ab HE Russian living newspaper“ in Chicago. What is it? How did it come to be organized? The revolutionary Russian workers in this country have a daily news- paper, the Novy Mir, which has been published in New York City for about 13 years. It has Rabcors, (worker correspondents) thruout the country, = Chicago alone having over twenty. ¥, But their big problem has been and . still is to a certain extent to get the Russian workers to read the Novy Mir. There was the additional need to counteract the influence of the anti- revolutionary white guard Russian newspaper in Chicago which every day wove its nets of lying anti-soviet and capitalist propaganda around the uninformed Russian worker. How to get these workers to read the Novy Mir and to counteract this anti-revo- lutionary influence was their problem, and they decided to meet it in the way Haper and anpouncements sent out the workers of Soviet Russia met such problems, thru the medium of the “‘liv- ing newspaper.” To be sure there had een worker correspondents before he Bolshevik revolution. But the reeds of the revolution spurred them o greater. activity. 1 Rabcors of the Novy Mir set to work. They organized the liv- ing newspaper.” Articles for Nov~ Mir were first discussed and edite~ at neetings of the Chicago Novy Mir worker correspondents. Then a hall was secured for the living news- nviting the.Ruyssian workers to at- tend the “publication.” On the night of the publication the writers arrived bringing with them their revised and edited articles. The The subscribers and readers arrived and took their places in the hall. An editor in the chair. The writers were called upon in their turn to read their articles (the subjects being divided in departments). After the whole The Russian ‘Living Newspaper i newspaper was read the audience had its chance and the articles were dis- cussed and criticized. The worker correspondents class of Chicago instructed its secretary to attend the publication of the Chicago Russian “living newspaper” known as the Prolet-Tribune, at 1902 W. Divi- sion St. on Saturday, Dec. 19. Sitting thru the publication of the paper one could readily understand why the idea has been so effective and brot such splendid results. The articles took up questions of interest to workers. They showed up the farce at work to keep eapitalist society in power and the workers en- slaved. There were humorous articles at which the audience rocked with laughter. There were articles which the audience felt so keenly, they sat nodding their approval so expressivly that you knew the writer expressed something that they had thought about too. There was poetry read by workers with fervor and spirit. There was the youthful Rabcor who told in Chicag 0 all humorous, shows up some 80 dual or ineidepe gave a real zest to the evening. There were let ters to the editor and his reply and at the end the advertisements and an- nouncements. : At twelve o’ clot, tho I did not un- derstand one word ot the language, | left as reluctanth as the rest of the workers in the audfence and thoroly refreshed, they with the intellectual and spiritual treat they had received, [ imbued with the spirit of the atmo sphere, and with à warm appreciation of every one of those workers who came up to the — — i = — — — — The ent for World Trade Union By TOM BELL. No pamphlet more timely and important | not to cheese, the latter. Especially; NEED OF CANADA Canadian Labor Defense Calls for Unity TORONTO, Ontario, Dec. 20.—The Canadian Defense Labor League which is defending the 24 Drumheller coal miners, who are now on trial before Canadian class justice, has sent out the following appeal calling for à un- ited front of all labor organizations to combat the attempt of the capitalist powers to deny the right of strikers to. peaceably picket: Five workers have been sentenced to imprisonment for one year and a boy of fifteen has received a suspend- ed sentence of six months. The crime they were charged with was “unlawful assembly.” The truth of the matter is they were “pickets.” The “right to picket” has been established by law. Organized labor has suffered much for this right. Under pretexts of one kind or an- other, employers and courts use other names for this right. The imprisonment of these five workers is a challenge to the entire trade union movement. It is the chal- lenge of destruction. The right of picketing must be main- tained as an “international right.” It is bound up with the “right to live.” Workers who picket must be protect- ed against misinterpretation. It is the duty of organized labor to protest vigorously against the impris- onment of the four men and one wo- man who are to be deprived of their liberty for one year because they were “pickets.” These workers who strug- gled to maintain a decent living wage must be supported. The Canadian Labor Defense League urges a united labor front for the protection, support and defense of our fighters. You are urged to build up your La- bor Defense branches. Bring your lo- cal unions into activities. Help the workers who have helped the labor movement to maintain its wage standard. Help the families of the men who have gone to prison for the right of the workers to live. ‘Issued by the Executive Committee Canadian Labor Defense League. John Young, Chairman, Florence Custance, Secretary. — } Nine Millionaire Cops Will ‘‘Retire”’ NEW YORK—(FP)—Dec. 20.—Nine millionaire honorary police commis- sioners of New York and eight special deputy commissioners are going “off the cops” with the first of the year on the retirement of Commissioner Enright who appointed them, But while they wore their badges the rich special deputies had offices at head- quarters and considerable to say in the running of the job: and the honorary commissioners swanked at polite parades and broke what speed laws they chose with the magic aid of the Police Department signs on their cars. Here is the list of police aristocrats —you will spot some open shop mag- nates if you look closely and perhaps guess the side policemen’s clubs would swing for during disputes be- tween labor and the employers: Honorary Commissioners: John F. Birmingham, pres. Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western Coal Co.—now fighting the anthracite workers; Mat- thew Scott Sloan, president, Brooklyn Edison Co.; William A. Todd, ship- builder; Herman A. Metz, chemical manufacturer; R. A. C. smith, steam- ship manufacturer; George A. Mac- Donald, officer and director of many public utilities’ companies; Daniel B. Freedman, real estate magnate; Ed- ward Sykes, broker; Walter Scott, merchant, Now come the financial blue bloods on the list of specia: deputy com- missioners: Rodman Wanamaker, multi-millionaire department store owner is in charge of police reserves; T. Coleman duPont of the huge du- Pont interests, and also a United States senator from Delaware, is su- pervisor of the New York police hos- pital; Edward A. Guggenheim, metal mine baron, is director of the pension fund; Barron G. Collier, of the bureau of safety; Dr. John A. Harris, in charge of traffic; John M. Sgaw, supervisor of Richmond; Dr. Carlton Simon, head of the narcotic bureau Land Heury Fragauf completes the list. UNITY as been issued. The (Special to The Dally Worker) JERUSALDPM, Dec. 20.—French air- plane squadrons have started a cam- paign of aerial bombardment of the Druse strongholds near the Pales- tine borders. No attention is being given to whether bombs fall on wo- men and children or armed men, in fact, a well-placed bomb in a village full of women and children earns the aviator a croix de querre. SEASON’S GREETINGS to The DAILY WORKER and its Readers. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Williams and Children. Mr. and Mrs. Waino Williams and children, Mr. and Mrs. Vie Vannes. Mr. and Mrs. Jno Lekti and children Mr. and Mrs. Santer. Mertola and children. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Alto and children Mr. and Mrs, Peter Kreger and children, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Luote and children, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Hill and children. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lohti and children, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Kumpula and“ children. Mre, Jno Mattila, Alvin, William, Mary, and Ine Paul- etich, Sam Pauletich. Joe Marinado. Joe Kefos. Mike Yerbich. Albin Mikolin. Jno Luoma. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Waleanin nad children, Mr. and Mrs. Jno Leino and e. d- ren. Mr. and children. Mr. and children, Mr. and children. Mr. and children. Matt Mathila. Alex Ralha. Arvid Salm Aug. Lappala. Leonard Leivo. Jack Kunutila Hanna Wyo. Mr. and Mrs. William Nordwah. Mr. and Mrs, Walter Rookola and children. Mr. and Mrs. Jdoe Soarin and child- ren. Mr. and Mrs. Mike pakolonl and children. Mr. and Mrs, Sam Bisignono and children. Mr. and Mrs. Andréw Posanen and children. Mr. and Mrs, Herman Hoopamoki. Mrs. Frank Klieobos and Mrs, JJno Parkkeo and Mrs. Nestor White and Mrs. Oscar Annola and ren. Nestor Nurmi, Jack Soberg. : Mrs. Ida Kivisto and children. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Koutto and children. Mr. and Mrs. Waino Lynn and child- ren. Mr. and Chas. Kotila. Frank Viitaaho. Matt Saxbug. Andrew Nnvonen, Geo Malmberg. — Gust Malmberg. Andrew Aho. Elizabeth Johnson. rs. Lillie West and children. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kandoliin and children. Mr. and Mrs, Emil Sole and child- ren, Mr. and Mrs. children. Mr. and Mrs. Jno Kivi and children. Peter Sipponen and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Wakkuni and children. Mr. and Mre. Hjalmar Kandollin and children. Anselin Hakola and children. Mr. and Mrs. Jno Huhtala. Arthur, Bertha, Hanna, Hulda and Peter Puro. You do the job twice ag well when you distribute a bundle of The DAILY WORKER with your story in it. ***e**4244%7%%7%44*% 4% *% *% 444444 % 4% © Mr. and Mrs, Jack Glod and child- , FARMERS FORMING LOCAL COUNCILS — Demand for Political Weapon 8 Spreads PLENTYWOOD, Mont. Dec, 20.— = Witiem Bouck, militant leader of bs Plentywood, Outlook, Dagmar, other farming communities, focal ing formed are to organize district 1 The organization ie pledge bouna. cal weapon which they will be wield in conjunction with the | ers in the towns and cities. Gives History of Movement, | e Sar AE Oe The Farmere’ Union, “Then later came the Farmers’ Union and several others whose his- tory is more or less a copy of the Grange. Along about 1880-85 the far- mers of the west organized a virile semil-political movement called the Farmers’ Alliance Which was after- om werd merged into the populist party. = This party carried several western Ee states, put the initiative principle in fig the constitution of several states, se- 8 cured many economic advances for . the farmer and passed away. : Non-partisan League. “Later came the non-partisan league which secured many progressive eco- nomic advantages, some of which are becoming of great advantage to the farmer. Other states also took it up. Some secured great advantages thru its work— too passed away, having repaid the farmers in and training a million times its cost. * 7 — ele ee Need New Organization. “Now we are in a time of chaos. Old organizations have passed away. Farmers and progressives everywhere are turning to a newer, more progres- f sive, strongly organized and better disciplined organization—as the forc- es of plutocracy are more strongly in- trenched today, than ever bfore. The national chamber of commerce is the strongest, most centralized organize- tion of predatory interests ever known. Always on the job at Wash- 2 ington, D. C., when there is any in- terest in progressive laws for the producer at Washington and always thwarting the producers’ interest. 80 we have in this movement the em- bryo machine that we propose to build and equip for the fight that we see just ahead for the producers of the country—to keep the farmer from descending until he becomes a poorer edition of the European pes ant.” Chicago Readers, Attention! GRAND CONCERT AND DANCE ——. for the benefit of Delnik will be given by the F. D. T. J. OMLADINA and Czechoslovak Fractions FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1925 at C. S. P. S. Hall, 1126 W. 18th Street, Chicago. ~_~% *% &e& HHS SS TSS TSSVAWSESA*S question of trade union unity— the facts presented in this pam- phlet and the history of the steps already taken—make this an ideal book for every workers’ about youth activities. And cartoons, Freiheit Singing Society—Symbolic and Folk Dances by the members drawn on a very large sheet of paper, of F. D. T. J. Omladina—Musical Selections—Piano, Violin and Vocal Solos—Recitations—DANCING -DURING EVENING. SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES Principal Speakere—Robert Minor and Lovett Fort-Whiteman. SOS DS WS VBS BSB BW BW BV BBW BBWS WS GSS BVPVVVSVV WSF VV VVAVAVA Se ee ee eS SSS r SSSA . STS . Sunce of MG library and the book to take to P e Verein your trade union. Take a few Admission 75 Cents. Doors Open 2 P. M. 75 mn hak a : to your next meeting. 3 : 2040 W. 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‘for a * „ M. — = 1313 "Published Wy the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING Co. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ) By mall (euteide of * $6.00 per year $2.00 Address all mail and make out checks to WHE DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. — Sty Bivd., Ch Inno Witittors Business Manager — as second-class mall September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- ago, III., under the act of March 3, 1879. = Colonel House Returns to Washington Ool. Edward M. House, of the House of Morgan, who was the “confidential advisor” of Woodrow Wilson during his two terms in the White House, has just returned from Europe and is stopping with Coolidge for a few days to give the president thé benefit of his observations. Such is the fiction of the situation. In reality the coming of House to Washington is of fundamental political significance. It means that the House of Morgan is to dominate Coolidge and his administration in thé same manner that it dominated Wilson. From now on we may expect a much more definite political tone from the White House. Instead of the anaemic superficialities of the textile senator, Mr. Butler of Massachusetts, we will have the most astute and most trusted representative of finance capital in con- stant touch with Coolidge. Colonel House is the political watchdog for the most powerful banking combine in the world. He left the White House with Wil- son, after the industrialists had defeated the league of nations pro- gram of Morgan. Now he comes back after the republican party has supplanted the party of Wilson as the political expression of bank capital. His coming marks the close of an epoch—the epoch of Harding, a belated revival of the rule of industrial capital. For nearly five years bank capital has been steadily gaining influence in the republican party. Coolidge is a Morgan president. But the world situation has become so involved that ordinary poli- ticians, no matter how loyal to Wall Street they may be, cannot be depended upon to at all times perceiye the intricacies of the in- terests of their masters. Hence one of the masters is selected as guardian over the politicians. Force Aliens to Pay for Slavery In his campaign to force the registration of aliens in this coun- try, as a prelude to registering all workers to better enable the master class to conduct its open shop drives and to enable the gov- ernment to be prepared for military and industrial conscription in time of war, Secretary of Labor Davis assures congress that the ex- penses involved will be met by the victims themselves. This contemptible proposition designed to enable the capitalist class to maintain an effective black last thru application..of the police bertillion measurement system is to be financed by those whom the government compels to register.~ The plan of Davis provides that upon enrollment the “alien” be required to “pay a small fee, for which he would receive a registration card, made out in duplicate. one copy to be kept in the naturalization files, after which, the alien would be directed to a competent source of training.” The “train- ing” will consist of being placed in a barracks within the environs of some slave pen, where he will slave by day and then at night there will be poured into his tired brain the poison propaganda of patriotism, Americanism and other forms of scabbery. Every effort should be made by organized labor to combat this proposition, which is a scheme to conscript the whole working class. Unquestionably, under pretext of registering the foreign-born the whole working population will be registered, so that. the workers are mere numbers during the hours they work in, industry today, will be given numbers instead of names during the other hours of the day in a vast scheme of compulsory industrial servitude. The League as a War Machine Not even the most purblind pacifist mumbling soft phrases about the league of nations can now be blind to the fact that the illicit performance of Versailles has given birth to a full grown bastard, conceived in the blood of war, who now follows in the footsteps of his parents. No pacifist in the service of imperialism can cover with platitudes the stark fact that this so-called “achievement of the ages” exists for the ong and only purpose. of carrying out on a great scale the ravaging of nations that stand in the path of im- perialist expansion. ) The decision of Tuesday on the question of Britain’s claim against Turkey in-Mosul reveals the true nature of the league. Al- ready: war manenvers are going on in both contending countries. The league has granted Mosul to Irak, which is now under a British mandate that is soon to expire. But it has applied to the league 25-year extension of the Irak mandate, For capitalism that means for life, as it ean not hope to exist beyond that time. But meanwhile the working class is in for-another blood bath for the aggrandizement of imperialism unless. it rises in its might and smashes every capitalist government in Europe. American work- ers are confronted with similar conditions and eventually must meet the problem in the same manner. Florida has launched a campaign to nominate Mitchell, court martialled aviator, for the presidency. the Illinois ought to fall in line with “Red” Grange, while Hollywood comes along with Ben Turpin. Then the voters could get a good cross-eyed look At the issues dividing the old. parties. “Borah Opéns Fire on World Court,” says a headline. Idaho senator is willing to surrender on his own terms to the cap- italism that has spawned the world court. Capitalism doesn’t fear that kind of an attack. The LaFollette bloc in the house of representatives let bill of the great financiers go thru without the semblance of a fight. | So did the socialist, Berger. fighters to congress. Labor must send some militant class Senator Wheeler is now trying to obliterate his apostasy to the democratic. party by supporting Morgan’s world court proposi- tion. Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER —— — — * RE eee e e e athe the tax 1 schools reflect tne economic, political and cultural status oi society. They embody the Ideas ideals, morality and the esthetic values of the immediate social envi- ronment. The class forces of all time put their hand upon the education of our youngsters. The middle ages, as of ancient days, that kept the large masses in slavery, as human live-stock, did permit any education for the common- er, The masses groaned under the yoke of darkness, ignorance and vul- garity. Education, knowledge, the vested privilege of aristocracy. The slave-owners, merchants, land- lords, peopled the schools and univer- sities of old and medieval days. The spirit that reigned there was the one of the aristocratic rulers, the spirit of | the blue-blooded lords and kings, These schools were training camps for rulers, knights, priests, diplomats, etc. Religion which was at the bot- tom of all slave rule controlled the schools with an iron hand, and a so- called religious education was pieced out to lower classes. At the end of the 19th century, when capitalism vanquished feudal- ism, the doors of education were thrown open to the masses. The emer- gency of machinery in industry open- ed the public schools in all develop- ing capitalist countries, The reformation, the renaissance, had already begun to rend assunder the cover of darkness from the mass- es. The sages of these periods had wanted to penetrate the multitudes with their teachings, but the natural inertia, prejudices, and the darkness that lay over-them, were the boulders in their train of enlightenment and education to the people. — public schools are a product of capitalism. They were born, bred and mothered on the lap of modern industry. The development of capital- ist industry , would have been impos- sible, had it not prepared the children of the poor to become clerks, book- keeping machine operators, engineers, etc. The feudal barons needed féw or no learned specialists, and their schools did not bother to teach prac- tical things. They trained gentlemen in their manners; showed them how to behave in their social circles; lang- uages were the things in vogue. Cap- italism, on the other hand, in its aim to control the natural forces for its — Was 7 3 * q * T* 1 4 - * pad 7 2a: Ser « r a . “Yes, Sir, He's My Baby!“ f own gain, had to bring into its service all possible practical knowledge and that at a cost. So it opened schools. y learn but only enuf to serve 2 purposes of the Steel age. The schools have it for their pur- pose not only to train hands for mod- ern industry, but also to protect ideo- logically the inapprdachability of the right of property. The holiness of ownership secr war slaughter of every kind ¥ _its lordship is questioned, 2 class . of the eighteenth century were peculiar- LABOR IHN INTRODUCTION TO ARTICLE |! Both the leaders of imperialism and of proletarian revolution have more than once emphasized the im- portance of attention to the Far East. Even William Green, presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, at the Atlantic City conven- tion, said that labor“ Which means to him the bureaucracy of the trade union movement—must turn its eyes to the problems of the workers in the Far East. But revolutionary workers know that the leaders of class collaboration will approach the eastern workers only to betray them. It is well to know, then, that in Indonesia there exists a center affiliated to the Red International of Labor Unions, and that on the R. I. L. U. Executive Bureau there sits Comrade Semaoen of Java, the writer of a short series of articles, which are furnished to The DAILY WORKER by the Trade Union Edu- cational League. The first of this series appears below. ARTICLE I OTWITHSTANDING the continual terror upon the labor movement in general since the big railway strike in May, 1923, the Dutch government does not succeed in suppressing the | (INDONESIA) : ly distinct from those of the nine teenth. The feudals, merchants, knights. artisans, priests, clerks, belonged to distinct classes, and were different in their education. The 19th century dissolved the vari- ous classes and precipitated the two existing ones, the capitalists and the proletariat. The ruling capitalist class proclaimed the individual supreme. The free development of personal tal- ents without regard to caste, blood and birth was decreed. This. revolu- oe | first. tion, are the symptoms of its abnor- tionized education. A strife between the a¢ademies of the — and not tax the collective, “the groups, the n r child must be taken in consid Sif e age ag indi- But in industry and vidualism, tho good tor es of industrial a bankrupt. Useless ver-production, 0 mality. In education also individual- ism wrought havoc by 8 aarrow, petty, egotistic, Indi- vidualism stimulated the developm ent of capitalism by bringing. into play ‘he individual energy and iipitiative. are forced to come together. N education, too, individualism was a sort of drive that brought about social education. The individual de- sire to excel brought about the cir- cumstance, where co-operation, asso- ciative co-ideation became necessary with the resultant en ideals, so- cial views. The 19th century, in sum, destroyed thrones, erupted feudal domains and established the reign of capitalism. The 20th century called forth a new! the force, the working class, with new in- terests, views and ideals. Its econo- mic, political and cultural interests, were common, collective and united. The freedom of the working class de- pends upon its understanding of the social forces that He within it and drive it into collective -thatihels. | To the working class there are no abstract ideas of freedom, democracy and equality, outside of real social human cohabitatioh. One may only ous schools to bring F schools. (1) | 4 teach manners to fit for certain a 10 Hi u so-called spir knowledge to the public, as ‘the develop: servants for the state and oppressed nations to elevate the 3 national patriotism, develop their lan- 5 guage and national culture. Mazzini 1 organized the first school of its kind. | A new gchool is in emergence. The school of the rebel working class. In its pedagogues is synthesized the best methods of the world adapted and modified to fit the collective Ste of the workers. In all capitalist countriés there are to be found groups organized under ed auspices. learning in the public Sere } er wets, — 2 rs 3 2 el be free as far as his being so does 18 oy 1 . Young Pioneers. the feeling of solidarity and. | tion among their young. — ae — resistance ot ory | — r ee in Indonesia. The strike m that | time, the ades, the im- deportation of 4 r and hundreds prisonment of hur ire of workers, do ne mt the prog- ress of the tr ‘movements. Now, Septen 925, only two and one-half years re railway organ- ization was destroyed by force, the Vereeniging Pegawei, Spoor Dan Tram is again as strong as before the sup- pressed strike of 1923. Its member- ship is again 14.000, its or Si Te- tap is one and 01 times the cir- culation of 1923. L Union ot Suden and Harbor Workers, o bd by one de- ported Javanese cémrade from Hol- land in September, 1923, has 4.000 members at present. It appears that the capitalists concentrate oppression upon this organization, because it is | not only dangerous for the economic life of the foreign trade, but also be- cause it is a means for connection be- iondry movement in road. existenee not less than 8. “seal n in the steam- on account of propaganda. Jess than 30 com- cades were arrest and put into prison from ond month to three FAR EAST -- months, being discovered in so-called }“smugeling” of Profintern and Comin- tern literature, etc., from abroad to Indonesia. At present in every steamer sailing between Holland and Indonesia is put one or two spies... . Many other comrades were dis- charged from the steamers of the Koninglijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, sailing between the various islands of our archipelago. Then we have the victims who were discharged from the harbor in Tandjung Priok (atavia). No wonder that under such circum- Stances this young trade union has only 4,000 members after two year’s work, mostly workers in the harbors, and the minority are illegal: members in the various steamers. Its organ, the Djangkar (anchor) is a popular paper among the seamen and harbor workers. Nevertheless, when we count the difficulties, we can say that here also, we get sucess in spite of the capitalists. HE Sarekat Postel, union of the post, telegraph and telephone work- ers, having its headquarters in Sura- bays, printing regular its monthly or- gan, Soeara Kita, continues its prog- ress and is 2,500 members strong now. Its editor, Comrade Muso, is persecut- ed on account of revolutionary propa- ganda in that organ in the month of May. (Comrade Muso, member of the Zz members, 77 — - | ee executive committee ot the Communist, all over Party, section Sarabaya, is one of the most active. prop of the trade union movement, in that indus- trial town.) In its congress June 7, the Frederasi Sarekat Boeroeh Ty Kak, the trade union of printing works, it was said that this federation has 15 sections with a total membership of 3,000. The open meeting of that congress was destroyed by the police by force, be- cause—one of the speakers had too “loud” a voice. (Every revolution- ist has a “too loud” voice, so, think the police in our country.) N at the same time the con- gress of the Frederasf Sarekat Boeroeh Bingkil, the inion of work- ers in machine-repair factories, having ten sections with a total of $2,000 took place in the same town (Semerang). It is its first con- gress after its existence from Septem- ber, 1924. It is a very new union, this. Its monthly organ is published at Malang. Also in the first week of June in Semarang was held the congress of the auto-transport workers. The vari- ous local organizations, formerly |! united in a federation, decided there to e onc” a one. union, the Ch eu Indonesia, It. has man aged to organize some 2.000 members „e behalf 5 gan in June, 1924, when catering for the chauffeur gether only 1,000 mem Tun Sarekat Boerch peli unton-of workers in the “sugar in- dustry, is not yet able to work openly. This illegal union, organized from the remnants of the old one, finally de- stroyed by the capitalists in 1921, has become active since . August, 1924. Here we have only 1,000 members, d to the difficult circumstances which propaganda has to be on among these workers. 5 The same applies to the union cat- ering for the workers in the mining industry, (coal, gold, oil, [petrot], etc.) Here we have only 700 mem- , bers, From about the middle of May this new illegal union began to pub- lish its organ Soeara Tambang (The Voice of the Mine Worker). 3 a ee progress is being made by the union catering for hospital workers. This urfion has succeeded in increasing its membership from 500 to 2,000 from the beginning of 1924 up to date. In 1925, it began the regular publication of its organ, at present a monopoly. The above men- tioned unions are led by Communists,” (Continued tomorrow) ; ; 45 WE SEE IT -:- By 7. J. 19; Flaherty | (Continued from page 1.) indeed! He learned that the Turks were murdering the Christians in that part of Mosul where the oil bubbled. But wherever there was no oil, it ap- pears that the Turks acted quite de- cently. The good league of nations decided to let the Turks do their damndest to the christians who were unfortunate enough to exist in an oil- Tess land. a 55 HE Chicago Daily News “Give England a chance,“ says It is time enough to cry when that animal makes his appearance! It is hard to reply to such hypocrisy. There are approxim- ately 500,000 words in the latest adi- tion of Webster’s dictionary, but there is no word sufficiently biting to des- cribe the infinitesimal smallness of the lackey who scribbled such drivel for hire, Even a moron Can see that England’s interest in Mosul can be attributed to oil. a: * 51. YOUNG man of 25 years, serving | 0 lite tor an alleged murder was re- famous cently board of Illinois. It that the young man's father is a mil- regrets decision of the that certain American papers, ex- press considerable skepticism as to the alleged altruistic motives of Eng- land. the News. wolf“ But the | paroled by the prison pardon} treatment and states that he is deeply in debt. | Perhaps he is right and perhaps what | back on the table, One of the detec- follows in the effect of his pover ’ No sooner was Me oung man paroled than the papers ® ae a hue and cry against the parol@jbeard. Like hun- gry wolves the Seulation managers of the capitalist ess hunted their victim and b mht every human hyena in Chicag ut of his lair to snarl his cry for t * apprehension of the paroled boy, 4 N * nistration reeling inflicted by the 0 in the interest stealing case, gugrendered to the clamor of the pas and the young fellow was brought back to the pen. There a story was told which rivals in barbaric cruelty the torture of Jews by christians in the Middle Ages. Perry, the paroled convict, told how he was treated by officers at the West Chicago avenue station, in order to force confessions out of hjm. After abusing him for a few days: at the stationg without giving him food or water, he was taken to the third floor of the notorious detective bureau. HE Small wa under the bh 5 ca 27. * ** NE officer worked on him all day at the bureau. He was given the “water re,” a method of with Which those of was reported | Filipinos who gyryived their exper: ences with the United State army are Uonaire., but the father denies this acquainted with s*Phis is the way the boy tells the sto “They pulled me tives got a forearm under my chin — the medicine. 5 and bent my neck back, pinching my nostril® shut with «he fingers of one hand. Another held my feet. Still an- other anchored my arms around and under the table-—They have or had— a gallon jug they filled up. Ons de- tective dug two fingers into my cheek so that my mouth flopped open. Then he forced the uncorked mouth of the jug between my lips, I had to keep swaflowing as long as [ could. The water filled me so that my stomach pained terribly because of the distension. But still it gurgled down.“ ts * — \ ere is the way a confession of murder and of several robberies were wrung from this lad. How many could resist the temptation to confess | to anything in order to gain respite from such inhuman . punishment. There ig not a person who ever had any experience with the methods used by the police who will not believe Perry’s story. .Mayor Dever and his chief A. Collins, expressed great in- dignation when Perry’s story was made public. time that Chicago police have been caught with the goods in cases of this sort. They are supported by the powerful money interests however, and always escape punishment. Only when they rob the capitalists, which oecasionally, do they get their . * * a HE story of the rapist Sir Basil Thompson, formerly of “Scdtland Yard is too good to let pass. Sir SA Sete ' 1 3 v 0 b This is not the first * r * erry 1 Basil spent many years ot life saving England from law violators and since 1917 he was the protector of the Brit- ish Isles from Bolshevik: propaganda. Those who read the stories of stool- pigeon Nosovitsky in the Hearst press recently saw his name mentioned. But Sir Basil fell and fell badly. Per- haps this is not the first time he fell, caught, so to speak, in a rather un- varnished position. The man who boasted of sending Roger Casement, the Irish rebel, to the gallows, came to grief when he raped-a girl in Park, London. But in extenuation of the gentleman’s conduct we must ad- mit that he is a clergymian’s son, in addition to paws a Per ens saa stool- but this is the first time, he was | pigeon. : ae * = 15 10947 * r 7 0% iva 1 * N 2 * . 8 a Exhibition of 8 was struck by the work o aethe Artist Depicts N y of Workers“ Revolts By LOUISE t ent. P NEW YORK CITY, Kec. 30— An ex- hibition of woodcuts, etchings, litho- graphs and posters by Maethe Koll- witz, member of the Berlin Academy of Arts and Sciences, will be gn view during the next two weeks at the Civic Club, 14 West 12th street, New ‘York City. Kaethe Kollwitz is today generally conceded to be one of the most dis- tinguished exponents of the black and white art in Germany. Of her work Fritz Stahl, art critic of the Berliner Tageblatt wrote after the German black and white exhibition in Berlin, cannot understand ho any artist worthy of the name can refuse to take his hat off in reverent ‘admiration be- fore this thing that Kaethe Kollwitz has created.” In the Berliner Zeitung’ am Mittag Lothar Brieger commented às follows: „The strongest note in the exhibition * <5 — ST 2 . * ‘ wi Kollwitz. The drawings and wood- cuts of this rèmarkable woman stand so far above thé mass of the other, that praise, here, would degenerate into hollow phrase-mongery.” The exhibition; which consists of 53 of the best known of Professor Koll- witz’s works, among them the series: “The Weaver's Rebellion,” and the, | “Peasants’ Rebellion,” will open Sun- day, Dec. 20 at 7 o’clock, and will be open to the public daily for the two weeks following, from 2 to 10 p. m., except Wednesday evenings. Admis- sion free. 5 Ulster Constabulary Revolt Near Collapse BELFAST, Dec. 20.—The revolt of the Ulster constabulary showed signs of collapse today when several pla- toons of een police returned to duty. * en Worker Correspondence will 1 The DATLY WORKER a better paper —send in a story about your shop. — d Kp | Mean nane- eran, Calvinists; etc. (3) — 13 S en 1 a 8 — A 5