The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 28, 1924, Page 5

January 06, sve AMALGAMATED LENIN EULOGY SENT TO WIDOW R. A. I. C. Also Radios Sympathy to Moscow By FREDERICK KUH (Staff Correspondent of the Federated Press) NEW YORK —On behalf of the Russian-American Industrial Corp., Sidney Hillman, president, and Jacob 8. Potofsky, secretacy, have sent the fcllowing cablatram to Madame Lenin: “The Russian-American Industria] ee is deeply grieved over the loss of the greatest workers’ statesman of all times. Accept our profund sym- pathy in this hour of bereavement.” At the same time, the Amalgamat- ed Clothing Workers of America have dispatched the following messages by Sails to the Council of People’s Com- missats of Moscow: “We join you in your grief at the death of labor's pre- mier. The A. C. W. A. lays its wreath on the bier of Nicolai Lenin. With firm hand and clear vision, he piloted Russia thru many ‘dangers into the haven of safety. The mem- ory of labor’s greatest statesman will forever remain fresh in our hearts.” In_a supplementary statement to on Federated Press, Sidney Hillman Sala: “I have had the pleasure of meet- ing Nicolai Lenin on various oc- casions, Irrespective of whatever dif- ferences of opinion there might be with regard to the soviet’ govern- ment’s policies, there can be no ques- tion in anyone’s’ mind that Nicolai Lenin was one of the great out- standing personalities. of the cen- tury and the greatest statesman that ever arose from the ranks of la- bor. His genius and integrity e matched with an unusual sense for reality. Lenin had his mind on ac- tual accomplishments and service in the cause of labor. History might have . chosen to the course of events in the Russian republic dif- ferently if not for the personal in- fluence of Lenin, He was thruout @ servant of the people and because of this he was entrusted with an amount of confidence. unusual in the annals of great leadership, The new economic policy was the last great achievement of Lenin’s genius. It tended to, and had accomplished to a large degree, the rapproachement be- tween the workers and peasants of Russia, thus establishing a govern- ment: for the masses.” In a leading editorial to be pub- lished in the organ of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers, The Ad- vance, Lenin is compared to Lincoln. $0 nce fn VEGETARIAN HOME RESTAURANT 2nd Floor, at 2714 W. Division St, Is the center for the North-West Side intelligent eaters. . Strictly home cooking and baking fresh daily. J. Koqanove. Proprietor: SAVE YOUR HEALTH Eat at the Tolstoy Vegetarian Restaurant 2718 W. DIVISION sT. DR. ISREAL FELDSHER Physician and Surgeon 8803 ROOSEVELT RD, Crawford 2655 Hours: Morning, until 10 a, m, IN\Here’s Plan to Send th bbe eee iad We UU an an we oe Daily Worker to All of Our Class War Prisoners Isreal Blankenstein sent the DAILY WORKER, from his prison cell in the Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary, at Pitts- bungh, $3 toward a security fund. We of the DAILY WORKER felt proud enough of that $3, and the letter that accom it, to publish his letter in our second issue. His $8 was a con- tribution, when to contribue meant to go without comforts for two weeks. The business office of the DAILY WORKER wanted to put his name on the subscription list for a year’s subscription. They | continent. are fully as bad as the Because they could not afford to put every political | conditions the English workers struck didn’t. and class war prisoner on the list they did not put his name on. The Daily Worker for All? . But the business office has worked out a plan whoreby every political prisoner’s name can be sent the Daily Worker for a year. ere is the plan: If you want to have the political and class war prisoners kept in touch with what is going on outside send $3 to the business office of the DAILY WORKER and we will pay the other $8 and put a political prisoner on the } list for a year’s subscription to the} DAILY WORKER. If you want a particular prisoner to get the sub- scription you. would give, tell us his name and ‘what prison he is in and we will see that. he gets the DAILY WORKER. If you are willing to let us use our judgment as to who to send the paper we will be glad to do that. We want every prisoner to get the DAILY WORKER, but until all the Prisoners are on our subscription list we think that it would be best to get copies to as many different prisons as possible. Who will be the first to send a aoe year’s subscription to a political prisoner? Here is a list of a few of the poli- tical and class war prisoners: In San Quentin: state prison, San Quentin, Cal.: J. B. McNamara, Tom Mooney, Mathew Schmidt, arry Williams, Jack Gaveel, George Ryan, Frank Sherman, C. A. Drew. W. Va.: Geo: Estep, Steve Collins. In the state prison at Charlestown, Mass.: Barthelemeo Vanzetti. In the county jail, Dedham, Mass.: Nicola Sacco, In the state prison, Huntsville, Texas: Charles M. Cline and J. N. Rangel. In the state prison, Walla Walla,, Wash.: Bert Bland, Tom Nash, Britt Smith, W. F. Mondy. In the state prison, Folsom, Cal.: James Price, Louis Allen, John Hiza, Joe Wagner, H. C. Duke. Three dollars will send the DAILY KER for one year to any man on this list or to any other political prisoner in the United States. To any one who sends $3 for a Bon subscription to the DAILY ORKER for a political prisoner and later gets into prison, we will send the DAILY WORKER for one year free. Tf you expect to go to jail, here is a plan that will give you a year’s In the state prison, Moundsville,reading matter free, cnet Form Committee to Aid Victims of Polish Tyranny (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK.—Thru the initiative of the Jewish Federation of the Workers Party a temporary commit- tee has been formed to help the vic- tims of Polish reaction and Fascism consisting of the following comrades: A. Bittleman S. Dun. H. Daniels, M. Halpern, Wattenberg, Talmy, E. 5; stein, M. Epstein, Friman, Katsik, Krammarski and Reisen. Comrade M, Winchevsky wag elected treasurer and Teubenschlag as secretary. The committee decided to call a conference in New York to which all organizations whose membership is made ke of natives of Poland will ‘be in . At the conference plans will be laid for the relief of the revolutionary working class organi- zations in their struggle against Polish Fascism, There are thousands of workers in America who received their political education in Poland. Now, when Polish. Reaction is fighting with all its power against the revolutionary workers’ organizations, arrests the | J. best workers, closes workers’ socie- ties and clubs, it is the duty of all workers. from Poland to help the martyrs in this heroic struggle. Permanent relicf committees of Polish, Ruthenian and workers of similar nationalities are. urged to send their contributions immediately to Relief Committee for Victims of Polish Reaction, H. Teubenschlag, secretary, 47 Christie St. New Afternoons, 1 to 8 and 7 to 9 p. m. York, N. Y. NEW LENIN PORTRAITS Lenin is dead, yet he lives in the minds of millions. Place a picture of the loved leader of the worlds workers on the walls of your home. 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NEW YORK CITY Gompers Fights Russian Entrance to World League (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON. — While Samuel Gompers’ latest official utterance de- scribes the British Labor party’s foreign policy as one calculated to please the international financiers, the Communists and Mussolini, his statement was issued before it be- came known that Ramsay MacDon- ald will proceed to reorganize the league of nations so as to admit Rus- sia, _ Gompers has merely issued warn- ing to the world that Russia must not be permitted to enter the league, As an adherent of the league. of tigtions according to Clemenceau and Poincare and Baldwin, the chief of the American Federation of Labor is expected soon to state his unwilling- ness to stand any longer as a league advocate, if the league is to be opened to all governments alike, Word has reached Washington that the International Federation Trade Unions, at whose head stands . H. Thomas, new minister of col- es in the British cabinet, will in all European countries support the new British program as to the league’s reorganization. This fact postpones the reconciliation of the present officers of the American Fed- eration of Labor to the idea of American membership in the Inter- national Federation of Trade Unions, CANADIAN LABOR PARTY PLANS MEMBERSHIP FOR NON-TRADE UNIONISTS (By The Federated Press) MONTREAL.—The Canadian La- party is to throw open its doors fascism is not yet officially in power. to those not connected with organ- ized labor, if a recommendation ssed by the Montreal assembly of the party is adopted. These non- trade-unionists, it is proposed The suggestion is from the practice of the Labor in Great Britain. The Montreal assembly has cho- sen L. M. Dupont as president for the coming year, while G. A, Tour- angeau is French recording secre- bane d and A. 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Z| equals 1 hour; Z| cent. 2 be eacnay reduction in po tic us ically all the advan- , ' perdd ania aa an % the immed i 4 silt ger ine liately following it, FASCIST RULERS FIGHT EUROPE’S RAIL WORKERS. Wage Slashing and Out- While the railroad workers of Great Britain are striking against their profiteering bosses the condi- tions of the railroad workers on the against. In many countries on the continent Fascist rule outlaws) strikes. The working force on most of the roads have been cut, hours lengthened and the standard of working conditions lowered. A re- port of the conditions of the railroad Switzerland. The Swiss government is reducing making a determined attack on the eight-hour day. , Last May the gen- eral management endgavoured to extend the working day to nine hours and longer, altho 3000 less work- ers were employed than in the previ- ous year. The organized workers were able to fend off this attempt for the time being; but they are, now! threatened with an even more drastic) attack upon their working conditions. | Czecho-Slovakia, Slowly the few advantages which! the Czecho-Slovakian railroad work-| ers have gained for themselves inj ears of struggle had been wrestled) from them. The bill passed in the Qzecho-S!ovakian government, “to conduct the state railroads as a pri- vate enterprise,” swept oeey the last vestiges of protective legislative for tailroad workers. Holland. The Dutch government has made a@ number of changes in the wages of the state railroad employees, these changes being naturally all to the disadvantage of state employees.) The government has now introduced} a four grade system with disastrous) effect upon the already scantily lined} pocket-book of the workers. Wages| of Dutch tramwaymen have also been | reduced. Belgium. After the general strike of last May, in which the Belgian post, tele- graph and railroad workers fought so heroically but were petrerss by the reformist leaders, the Belgian parliament is now projecting the enactment of a bill forbidding all foenent employees from _ strik- ing. ~ France. ae After defeat of the great strike in| 1920, 25,000 French railroad workers were discharged, and, during 1921 and 1922, another 50,000 were dis- missed. Now 15,000 more workers have been taken from the French railroads and sent to the Ruhr. The Minister of Railroads has taken ad- vantage of this shortage of hands to declare necessary an extension of the working day. Italy. A Brutal persecution, mass dismissal, wage reductions and the 12-hour day —such are the fruits of the fascist rule for Italian railroadmen. The Black-shirts go so far as to follow the movements of dismissed railroad- men, who have been active union men, in order to prevent them ting bs in other branches of industry. ss the government also refuses to issue to such workers the necssary permission to emigrate, these men are practically condemned to years of unemployment and hunger. garia, Even before the advent of fascist rule in Bulgaria, the personnel of the Bulgarian railroads was reduced from 18,520 to 17,160, and the wages reduced to 31 per cent of the pre-war rate. Instead of the eight-hour day the Bulgarian workers received the 16-hour day. Germany. In Germany, except in Bavaria, But the lot of the railroad workers there can hardly be differentiated from that of their brothers fascist-ruled countries, The sible to live, even in the most frugal manner, on his wages, which are about one-twenty-fourth of the Amer- ican railroad workers’ wage, and one-| twentieth of the British. Not only for the railroad workers, but for all workers in Germany things are rapid- ly approaching a crisis in the land of the Stinnes dictatorship. Norway. In their amendment to the 1920) 8-hour-day law, the masters have perpetrated the following joke on oe ligh ‘k 1% h 1 ‘or it wor! jours equals 1 hour; for traveling time 1% hours for waiting time 4 hours equals 1 hour, However, the Norwegian railroad workers do not seem much to ap- fonciay this form of humor. In orway the high cost of living bonus has also been done away with; durin, have the ‘last 15 months, wages en reduced to about 30 per Canada, Mie digo venga a of tage og e ani that the wages of Ca- nadian railroad workers eo placed upon the basis of the lowest paid workers in industry. These gentle- men have also demanded that “all superfluous ee be dismissed.” ith Africa, In South Africa we have the same vin th ponent i will| day exists but as a formula, various be admitted as members at large.) amendments to the 8-hour rule hav- ly taken|ing virtually destroyed it. The Ger- party| man railroad worker finds it impos- Send in Your News The Daily Worker urges all members of the party to send in the news of their various sec- tions. Every Party Branch should appoint ite own correspondent and make him responsible for the news that ought to sent in to The Daily Worker. The Party Page should be the livest page in The Daily Worker, Help make it so. Address all mail to the Editor, The Daily Worker, 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Ill. Germany Presents Chapter for Brass Check Journalism (By The Federated Press.) BERLIN.—An interesting supple- mentary chapter might be written to Upton Sinclair’s “Brass Check” as the result of a libel suit tried these days in Berlin, The Vossische Zei- tung accused the Deutsche Allgemei- ne Zeitung of libel and won out—that is, before judgment was pronounced, the “Allgemeine” agreed to retreat and to beg the rival's pardon. But that was not the important thing about the trial. The significant fact that developed was that Hugo| Stinnes, the Gary of Germany, works thru straw men in operating and con- trolling the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, thereby avoiding personal responsibility yet having all the benefits that come to his undertak- ings from owning such an important organ of public opinion; and second- ly, that the editors of his sheet naive- 7 declared that much of the material therein published never went thru their hands. Hibben Demands Senator Produce His “‘Protests’’ (By The Fi NEW YORK.— Wadsworth, chairman senate com- mittee on military affairs, has issued a reply to many protests reaching official Washington circles, concern- ling the trial of Capt. Paxton Hibben, ireserve officers’ corps, whose expul- “ from the army is being con- sidered by a military court. ibben is charged with cherishing unortho- dox political opinions. ‘Wadsworth asserts. that many members. of the reserve corps pro- tested against Hibben’s proposed pro- motion. The senator implies that the military hearings were the spon- taneous act of a committee of of- fiers. In a reply to Wadsworth, Hibben reminds the senator that his case is the subject of a formal investigation ordered by the secretary of war. Hibben challenges the senator to roduce the “many protests” to which adsworth refers. Me finally charges the war gn gone se with “furthering the ends of professional patrioteers.” Sees No Red Hue In British Labor Party Leaders “The strike of the railwaymen is one of the critical tests of the work- ing class integrity of the newly formed British Labor Party minis- try under Ramsay MacDonald,” said Max Shachtman, editor of The Young Worker, in a lecture before the Ma- plewood branch of the Young Work- ers League, Shachtman pointed out the rise of the revolutiona: British working class thru the Chartist movement, into a peaceful period of co-opera- tives, and then the emergence into independent political action. In an- alyzing the ership of the Brit- ish Labor Party the speaker showed it the assumption of power by the party was no real danger to the rul- ing class of Great ‘in. “Henderson, Thomas and Clynes are imperialists who have promised to maintain the British Empire in all its glory,” Shachtman said, “and the rest of the cabinet is not very much better. The only concession made to the left wingers of the ator James W,|% Party from the Clyde was the giving of the mini of health—a very a aie portfolio—to John Wheat- ley.” WALLACE FIGHTS TO BLOCK RELIEF FOR THE FARMERS Coolidges’ Agricultural Secretary Unmasked WASHINGTON Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is again trying to block the only relief measure for farmers that is under serious con- sideration in Congress—the Norzis- Sinclair government marketing cor- poration bill. He offers a substitute, in the form of the McNary-Haugen bill, which is supported by the Wheat Growers’ Association Yrepre- sentatives. This McNary-Haugen measure jis denounced as a “red herring” by Benjamin C. Marsh of the Farmers’ National Council, in a public statement, “Secretary Wallace three years ago opposed the Farm Products Ex- rt poration bill introduced by mator Norris,” said Marsh, “and endorsed the revival of the War Fi- nance Corppration, which hag saved some banks but has been of little benefit to farmers. “Wallace now ignores the funda- mental principles that farmers must get cost of production plus a rea- sonable profit, and substitutes a dif- ferential calculus fourth dimension mathematical scheme to determine what price farmers are to be paid for their products, “His bid proposes to leave gam- blers and profiteers in charge of handling farm products consumed in the United States, and so it is a blow at consumers of farm products, while farmers are to take the losses on farm ‘oducts dumped abroad. “The Norris-Sinclair bill provides the machinery for any legitimate proper activity, which might be con- ducted by the government under the Wallace proposal, and avoids the nationwide bureaucracy Secretary Wallace seeks to establish under the pretext of helping the farmers.” A DANCE will be given by the Freiheit Singing Society and Mandolin Orchestra SAT. 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