Daily Worker
December 27, 1925
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8 Pa “nat +e le oh PS hee N a K N “ay D 7 * * 4 ‘ 5 a. 1 %, ae he ere ghee * * 8 eh * Sections. ian SECTION ONE. „ r 2 egy? Published Dai PUBLISHING G 6887 es: by THE DAILY 1 ashington Bivd., Chicago, III. Price 5 owe 5. Ps | OFLAHERTY. ment which may draw 1 an — ee sents tie Fee é 2 e ot the cowardice of the or the yellow socialists. 2s rs € powerful political in- e Cain today. This is no less à person than 15 ar . 7 hus N marches on. Large tucto le the capitalists to eH more profits while at the sane time sowing the seeds of revolution among the exploited. E i , G Nas has fallen on evil 8 in Manchuria, and Japan, hitherto posed as Chang’s fairy now shows a tendency to der Chang fry in his own fat and an- ) a willingness to do business | ith whomsoever succeeds in tying a _ * Lean to the pig tail of the former tuchun of Manchuria. That is the way ‘ goes. So long as Chang was able to deliver the goods for Japan he was ‘the candy kid, but when his bayonets went back on him, he is out of luck. And if you will notice the American bankers treat the white guard Rus- sians in much the same fashion. Woe to the vanquished! ‘ * * & ERE is quite a battle on down in Washington between those who believé that the founder of christian- ity. favored the cup that cheers and those who believe that he was a pro- hibitionist. The anti-prohibitionists bring forward the feast of Canaan as an argument in favor of a liberal dis- sation of light wines and beers hile . the prohibitionists claim that lips that touch liquor will never get beyond the threshold of what they call heaven. In the meantime both factions are getting along very nicely without doing any useful labor. In other words they should worry. + * * RUSSIAN purchasing commission went to Argentina and left a lot * ot Russian rubles in that country in exchange for hides. Those Russians 1 on page 3) — Mast Fight for Mosal „ posal, blandly set forth by Great Brit- and naval forces to enforce the man- of the} 110 or Lose Pet Plan (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Dec. 24—The French are In a peculiar ‘position toward the pro- ain, that if Turkey makes war to keep the Mosul oil region, it is the business of France and other members of the league of nations to contribute armies — date of the league. France and everyone else not in the simpleton clase, knows that the row over Mosul oil is a quarrel between Britain and Turkey, with the kingdom of Irak being merely the pawn df England as a mandate from the league of nations. Oily Hypocrisy, All observers are greatly amused at the fact that in the debate over the mandate in the house of commons, the word “oil” was used only twice. And that was in a hypocritical denial, dur- ing which Premier Baldwin said: “No interest of any sort connected with oil influenced the policy of the government. If oil was. discovered in appreciable quantities, it would bring development and revenue to the coun- try.“ Meaning Irak. Where the ticklish situation of the French comes in is in the statement of Great Britain that France and other An International Army. Only. two weeks ago, Etigland was still opposing this idea, but when Turkey refused to consent to the rob- bery of Mosul at the league council meeting at Geneva, Sir Austen Cham- berlain all at once switched around and consented to an examination of the question with a view to seeing what, forces each member of the league might kurnish toward an inter- national army. The French, therefore, who favor the establishment of an international army to crush revolts in its colonies and to make war on Soviet Russia in case any of the puppet states of Europe need aid of western imperial- ism, are in the dilemma of refusing to aid Britain in Mosul and losing British support to an international army, or giving French troops and ships to aid Great Britain take the Mosul oil fields—for Britain. The French will try not to take a er and to keep quite. Fre League Reorganized in City of the Angels, Calif. LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nite: 24.— The Los Angeles County Unemploy- ment League was organized at a mass meeting in the Labor Temple re- cently. The effectiveness of the league was more or less destroyed last winter by a certain faction which al- ways trys to avoid fundamentals con- cerning labor problems. This element is not in control now. Call has been sent out to labor bo- dies with request to elect delegates to the league. The speechmaking has started on the slave market. * — ere — PACKING HOUSE WORKER! HAVE THEY SPEEDED YOU UP AS YET? or three years. ever did. You KNOW the conditions. Packing house workers have been speeded up greatly during the past two They must produce more meat products per hour than they In some yards, they have taken men off the gangs and the same number of. pigs, sheep and cattle are slaughtered. increased the number of pigs, cattle and sheep to be slaughtered. The DAILY WORKER knows that these conditions lead to accidents and that many work- ers in this country believe the propaganda the meat trust sends —packing house workers—arfe in a position to educate the other workers. You should WRITE in STORIES yards that you work in, so that The DAILY WORKER can use these stories in its expose of conditions in the yards. plant drive starts Monday, January 4! then. You should also order a bundle of The DAILY WORKER-—with. your stery—and spread it among the workers in the plant. in some places they have out. You about the The DAILY WORKER packing house Your story should be in long before — HORTHY ENGINEERS REIGN | OF TERROR; WIL TRY TO MURDER. MATHIAS RAKOS BUDAPEST, Hung Hungary, Dec. 24.— Former Minister Marich, two other Hungarians and their wives were arrested and charged with being “Communists and spies in the pay of the Soviet government by the Horthy hangmen of Hungary ‘in a new reign of terror. “The police have declared that they have “confessions” from their victims admitting membership in a Communist organization and that they are members of the Soviet Union legation in Vienna. The methods of the Horthy-ruled Hun- garian police are too well-known to give any credence to “plots” and to “confessions” announced by them. The Horthy hangmen are determ- ined to hang Mathias Rakosi and if they can keep the eyes of the world on another “Bolshevik” uprising or “plot,” they believe they can hand the leaders of the Hungarian work- ing class without protests from the international proletariat. It seems as tho Horthy has learned a lesson from Benito Mussolini, head of the Italian black-shirted morons, who engineered a red scare; then re- leased the murderers of Matteotti and followed that up by taking more dictatorial power into his W FIRE RAGING IN 4 Will I B r C 1 Worker) _ (Special to The dun Worke MOSCOW, u. . Dec. 24.— The Working class of Europe is sounding the lar est the work- n oom 2 -threaten- ing news from Bi athe revival of the wave of 8 : aad is ge. mitrov writes in/theweravda that un- der the pressut ori prole- tariat and of welt n scholars and — th lan govern- en ee . d to postpone the carrying f several death sentences, ea At present. 5 point, to the fact that the Bu n fascists a only awai = : order 15 ought 5 — —— ers. Fascists de being engaged as wardens in Pon at Sofia. The aim is to en 8 u attempt“ to SScape, provo 1 in the elie on, and then unde cover ot the con- fusion to “ the best com- rades. Among lese se des whom they plan to mur batchieff, who es . in ft two and a half He wa , 2 of the founders or te es nd is a member : 1 on mittee of the Bul- Mist} Party since 1923. a have long want- aR" > Se ’ 2 nt 8 ee Be PN, 45 te ede PAPCUN. 1. to The Daily Worker) SHADYSIDE, Ohio, Dec. 24.—Sixty- | one Miners escaped and the bodies of nine miners’ were removed from the Webb mine by rescue workers. The victims are Sam Mrkobrada a member of the Workers (Communist) Party, John Ferry, of Webb, A. O. Truax of Bellaire, Edward Kennedy of Bellaire, Julius Talbert of Shadyside, Alphonsu Zignni of Shadyside, Sam Kello of Bellaire and Julius Aliveri of Bellaire. One still remains unindentified. The men had apparently been mak- ing their way up the steps of number 10 shaft. Two had come within twenty ‘feet of the top while others were found lying in different places along the long flight of steps. The mine is still a raging furnace beyond control. No exact information as to how many workers were killed—nothing but rumors are being spread. The fire was started when a fare in took place, which caused a §ghort- circuit of the electric wires and rub- bish catching Tre started the coal burning. None of the miners rescued were burned but were overcome by the smoke, Not all the names of the ehtrapped men are available as yet, the company will not give them out. The Webb mine is the largest in eastern Ohio, is owned by the Cam- bria company, and when operating in full it employs about 650 men. The. evening shift, of seventy men, was on duty at six o’clock last night. The last group of miners had just passed the spot where the disastrous fall oc- curred. Women and children are on the scene, clamoring, crying and watchfully waiting for their dear ones. The company is making every ef- fort possible to disclaim responsibil- ity for the disaster by issuing notices, bulletins, etc. All the miners in the vicinity of the mine are of the opin- ion that the accident is due to the coal company’s negligence. For, they say, if the company had kept the timbering in good condition, the cave-in would not Have occurred. A motorman discovered the blaze at six o’clock last night. The accident would have been more disastrous had (Continved on page 2) its are looking 1e Pur opportunity to murder this leader of the Bulgarian party. The vengeance cof the Bulgarian bourgeoisie extends also to the chil- dren of the political prisoners. Thous- ands of homeless children, whose parents have been murdered, arrested or expelled are subjected to the pangs of hunger. All ai help for these children is. dean as high treason. The International Hed Relief has been declared an illegal: organization and participation in itssactivities is punish- ed with death. Money collected by the English women's committee and sent to the Ameritan missionary in Sofia, Mr. Markham, nas deen con- fiscated and handed over to the Red Cross for distribution among the generals killed in the Sofia explosion. Four thousand Bulgarian workers and peasants exposed in the prisons to inhuman tortures, thousands of Bulgarian emigrants, appeal to the international proletariat to act ener- getically to save the lives of those sentenced to deaths to s the hand of the executioners to save the life of the old leader, Kabauscnieff, and to save the livés of thousands of help- less children. Only immediate international action can save their lives! Jugoslavs Will we in January to Make Debt Arrangements WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—Jugo- Slavia formally notified Secretary of the Treasury Mellom: that it would send a commission to the United States in January tho begin negotia- tions looking toward settlement of its $66,000,000 debt to this country. Three Section Hands Run Down by Train WOODHAVEN, N. V., Dec. 24— Three men, believed to be section hands, were run down and killed by Long Island trains at a crossing near here. FRENCH AND 1 DRUSE TRIBESMEN SIGN ARMISTICE IN SYRIA| | LONDON, Dec, 24—An armistice between the French and Ojebe Druse tribesmen in Syria has been signed. by French High Commis- sioner De Jouvenal, accordirig to a telegraph dispatch from Cairo. The report declares that under the terms of the armistice all po- litical prisoners are to be liberated. During the latter part of last week the Druses had renewed their con- centrations about Hasbeya, and were victorious in a number of sec- tions of Syria. 5 Against French. Sultan Atrash, leader of the Djebel Druses, has declared that he would not make peace with the French on any terms short of evacuation of the French from Syria. He has demanded the estab- lishment of an indemnity .country, but has stated that he is wililng to have the United States exercise a protectorate over Syria. * IRT LEWIS TO TALK PEACE ON ANY TERMS Even Pinchot Plan to Be Scrapped WILKESBARRE, Pa., Dec, 24.—Ac- cording to reports in circulation here tonight, John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica, ha ad 8 wired. Mayor John ntatives of the ee wilt meet the coat operators and discuss any plan proposed to settle the strike. Progressive miners see in this move a new step toward complete surrender and betrayal by Lewis of the anthra- cite demands. The message was in reply to a tele- gram from Mayor Durkan, asking written assurance that the miners would consent to discussing any plan of settlement and hot be bound solely to Gov. Pinchot’s recent proposals. The operators had demanded such as- surance before they would consent to meeting the miners’ representatives. REPORT. SAYS CHANG AGAIN IN THE RING Feng’s 5 Take City of Tientsin TOKIO, Dec. 24— Reports yet un- conflrmed from Manchuria, say that Chang Tso-lin has won in a battle against the leader of the great mut- iny, Kuo Sung-lin, between Mukden and Hsin Min-fu, west of Mukden. This is regarded as extremely unlike- ly, however, and it is made more so by the added report that Kuo agrees to submit if Chang will guarantee not to execute him. Later reports will show the facts. News from Peking shows that Feng Yu-hsiang is completely victor- ious at Tientsin, with Li Ching-ling’s troops retreating in disorder from the city. Large numbers of wounded are being cared for at every point between Tientsin and Peking, and wounds by bayonets are so frequent that they prove much close fighting has gone on. Butler Formally Fired. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 24. Brig. General Smedley D. Butler has been formally dismissed as director of public safety of Philadelphia by Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick. 11 GRIP OF WALL STREET MACHADO RULE PARTY SECRETARY 8 (By Cable to The Daily Worker.) HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 24—The case of Julio Antonio secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, which for three weeks has stirred the workers and anti-imperialist of the two American continents to clear-cut defeat for American imperialism. Mella was released from jail here yesterday under $1 bail, despite repeated declarations of the Wall 8 ed Machado government of Cuba that he would be kept in prison a the face of all opposition. Mella, who had been jailed at the dictation of the American: _ sugar interests in Cuba, had been on a hunger strike since Dee. 5 and first took food yesterday. rotest, has resulted in During the nineteen-day on he lost 35 pounds. Exposed Imperialist Rule. Physicians say that owing to his weakened condition he could not have lived for more than a week longer if he had continued refusing food. His voluntary ordeal, maintained in the face of requests from labor and stu- dent organizations that he give up what appeared to them a useless sac- rifice, dramatized the whole issue of American imperialist domination in Cuba and made it possible to mobilize all the sentiment for national libera- tion behind him. The campaign to free Mella was a great victory for the working class and marked an important step in the development of a homogenous move- ment against Wall Street thruout the Americas. Especially was it a tri- umph for the All-Ameria Antilm- perialist League, which is giving or- ganizational. form to this movement and which already has sections organ- ized. in Cuba, Porto Rico, Mexico, Co- lombia, Ecuador and the United States. The entire campaign was di- rected by the central office of the league, with the close co-operation of | its Cuban section with which it was | in day-today . * by cable. Secretary. of Communist pire. Mella ig general secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, (Continued on page 35 i,t cule Res of the Communist > ſU. S. IMPERILISM | TRIED TO PUT HMM! TO DEATH IN CUBAY 1 U JULIO ANTONIO ve ae, ai 3 ~F * <a i of Cuba. wie: | KU KLUX-KLAN IS PILLORIED iN PROCESSIONAL’ Studio Players Will Stage Great Drama All strikes are interesting but none more so than a strike of miners, it is very seldom that any working class propaganda sneaks across in a play that has had a good run in the regular theaters, a play which has been laud- ed by the critics and really appreci- ated by the audience, Such a play, it is declared on good authority, is “Pro- cessional.” The play, which deals with the miners’ strike, as we have already intimated above, opens with the miners at gase during the first days of the strike. But their solid front brings the militia to the fore, The Labor Temple is oceupied. The im- prisoned strike. leader manages to break out of jail’ and in a fight he kills a militiamen, over which the strikers fail to mourn. At his mother’s home, where he has sought refuge, the ku klux klan and the sheriffs come to hunt for him. He is finally captured and blinded. The last act, a masterful scene, shows the their homes | miners desolate: hungry, burned by the klansmen. The klans- men finally sell the miners by getting the names of the most rebellious | strikers with the announcement that (Continued on page 2 EIGHT-HOUR DA , IS REALITY IN SET RUSSIA Injunctions is Not Used Against Workers By CLEMENT LAMAR, ö Special Moscow Correspondent of the Daily Worker. MOSCOW, U. S. 8. R-—(By malt). —The seventh congress of the AN- Russian Union of Metal Workers * which closed its sessions rect 2 was unlike an American trade union ; convention in almost every 3 Questions of the eight hour day, d- crimination, injunctions, etc, Were never mentioned during the ten’ days of the congress. There was no heed. The workers have the eight hour day guaranteed by their own govern- ment, and this government which is: 45 largely their employer, thru the u trumentality of the government trust? 20 of course, does not discriminate against any worker or issue injune- tions against them collectively. Curiously enough the problem w called forth their greatest atten 0 was the increase of production in metal industry. Despite the huge pro- gress made last year in the field of production there is a “goods hunger” x, 7 * ** * “As in the country, particularly in metal * goods. So great is the demand for goods that the government has de- | cided upon specjal measures to in- |crease production, and the congress of the metal workers discussed the eee (Continued on page 2) AT 8 P. M. SUNDAY, DEC. 27 Away. 10 Grand Prizes Given CHICAGO CHRISTMAS THEATRE AND DANCE. “PROCESSION AL” Powerful Drama of the Masses in Four Acts. Pictuxing the Struggles of Striking Miners with K. K. K. Played by the Studio Players. LAWNDALE HALL, 3437 OGDEN AVENUE. es — 9 3 ; . re S *. 3 vd fae * 1 * han _ (Ogden and St. Louis) Admission 50 Cents. Auspices Workers (Communist) Party, Dist, 8. rs ab } wy 2 4 — n * — *
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