The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 5, 1924, Page 2

Page Two Merranivumecerseroms THE DAILY WORKER RUSS AND BRITISH COMMISSIONERS TO FRAME PACT Labor Party Debt Ac- tion May Irk France (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON.—Announcement of the names of the Soviet government commissioners who will negotiate the new treaty following recognition by | the Labor Party government is ex- pected here daily. The unconditional recognition ac- corded the Soviet government leaves the question of treaties and agree- ments to be settled by a joint com- mission and the note sent to Mos- cow by the Labor Party ‘govern- ment contains an invitation to the Soviet government to send such a commission. The full text of the note is delivered to the Kremlin by the British charge d'affaires ty as follows: Text of Note. “I have the honor, by direction of my government, to inform your excellency that they recognize the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics fas de jure rulers of those territories of the old Russian Empire which acknowledge thein authority. “In order, however, to create the normal conditions of complete friend- ly relations and full commercial intercourse it will be necessary to conclude definite practical agree- ments on a variety of matters, some of which have no direct connection with the question of recognition and ‘tional some of which, on the other hand, are intimately bound up with the fact of recognition. “In the latter category may be cited the question of existing trea- ties. His Majesty's Government is advised that recognition of the So- viet Government of Russia will, ac- myorks,” cording to the acce international law, automatically bring into force all the treaties concluded between the two coun- tries previous to the Russian revo- lution, except where these have been denounced or have otherwise juridicially lapsed. It is obviously | to the advantage of both countries; that the position as regards these! treaties should be regularized sim-| mltaneously with recognition. “Technically recognition, but clearly of utmost importance, problems of settlement of the existing claims by the Government and nationals of one party against the other and the restoration of Russia’s credit, “It is also manifest thet genu- inely friendly relations cannot be said to be completely established so pted principles of long as. either ‘party has reason to wee Vande “Taner Ludi: il ployed into i “ 207 Throo St.; cluding railway men employe im oopamgech athe. 01 Mal ; ce Navey? Mas wood Te Wit ing-freight-ears-en and off the propaganda against its interests| chatles Nacey, Maywood, Til.; Wil-/S0nUame eee of ‘these railway | and directed to overthrow its insti- tutions. “In these circumstances his Maj- esty’s Government invites the Rus- sian Government to send to Lendon at the carliest possible date trepre- sentatives armed with full powers to discuss these matters and draw the preliminary bases of a com- plete treaty to settle all the ques- tions outstanding between the two countries. “Meantime, I have been given the status of charge d'affaires pending the appointment of an ambassador, and am to state that his Majesty’s Government will be glad similarly to reeeive a Russian charge repre- senting the Government of the Union at the Court of St. James.” It is said here that no single mem- ber of the government believes that the Soviet government will ever pay the old Russian debt amounting to $2,838,000,000 but it is thought that some sort of a compromise con- nected with trade agreements or something of the sort will be ar- The Labor Party government has urged and granted the recognition of Russia for the reason that it will tend to enhance trade relations and thus relieve unemployment at home. The foreign office now has under advisement a request from the As- sociation of British Creditors of Russia asking the government to refuse to release the deposits in British banks to the credit of Rus- sian banks and cooperatives until the Soviet government promises to make good the claims of British citizens. Senator Norris On Recognition. WASHINGTON.—British reeogni- tion of Russia sets a good example for all other nations, says Senator Norris of Nebraska. He wonders , in view of the working- class character of the British gov- ernment which has done this service to the peace of the world, there is not in the fact a rebuke to em- -class governments, In Britain,” he told The Fed- erated Press, “a peaceful political Tevolution has brought the Labor Party into power, after that party has withstood for many years the same general line of rm at the hands of its critics as the Russian soviets have withstood. And the first thing it does upon taking office is to recognize the Soviet govern- ment of Russia, which the old money government of Britain re- to recognize, “Here is a Russian government that the other governments don’t like because are down in the Tut of mental habit t is more concerned with money than with humanity. The Russian government! ith human-} ity and its rights. I recognize that t is a new type of government, and that until modified by the young- er generation now growing up un- Sure Enough! McAdoo and Creel Opposed “‘Immoral’’ Soviet Rule (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON.—Word that a Laber government in Great Britain had formally recognized the Union of Soviet Republics was received in Wash- ington on the dey that former President Wilson lay dying, and on the day that the wholesale “retaining” of Wilson’s pers associates and former cabinet heads was being revealed by ‘the oil magnate who paid them the money. Private control of the Mexican fpolicy of the State department thru ‘the lavish use of money was discloged to have been attempted, at lemst, while George Creel, who sent Sissgn to Russia and published his anti- Russian forgeries at pyblic expense when Sisson returned, was found taking a pitiful $5,000 from this same oil magnate in an attempt to grab the naval oi] lands under a lease which later was secretly given to his rival, Sinclair. McAdoo and Creel were staunch opponents of recognition of the “Im- moral” Soviet government. INDICT KISSANE FOR SHOOTING AT TEAMSTER DANGE Gunman Was Not Union Member Missouri Labor Wages Campaign on New Conatitution | ST. LOUIS.—R, T. Wood, presi- dent Missouri State Federation of | Labor, is touring the state labor or- {ganizations againsi, the proposed: new state constitution, on ee the pec iple will vote in a cpec‘al election, Feo. 26th. The labor federation is bitterly jagainst the proposed amendment to |Article 1, which would abrogate a Anthony Kissane was imdicted ‘citizen’s right to a trial by jury in yesterday for the murder of William a case of libel. Labor opposses Newman, who was killed at a dance amendment No. 7, which. would es- of the Chicago Teamsters’ Union tablish a “judicial council,” with un-| held in Ashland Auditorium, Satur- limited power to abolish established day night. Six others were wounded courts and create new courts. The in the same affray. dictment followed an inquest held at up an industrial court. 1820. W. Harrison St., where police| Wood says the hostility to the failed to connect the shooting with constitutional amendments is not differences between the Chicago confined to organized labor. About Teamsters’ Union and the Interna-/20 delegates to the constitutional organization, as newspapers jconvention have announeed they are had alleged. es apt From the testimony of witnesses | the new constitution as “a thousand it appears that Kissane, said to be times more vicious than the one @ well known beer runner and po-| Which was rejected in Tllinois,” lies charactcr, came to the dance as PO ae gay ~~ eeameatael a guest and was asked to leave and British Railway later came back to “shoot up the He and two other men, ac-| Men Pledge Aid to . cording to William Etchingham who > * was at the dance, came thru a win- Dockers’ Strike dow on the north side of the hall dieicaiore: and started shooting. Etchingham (Special to The Daily Worker) knocked Kissane down and held him} LONDON, —Promise of support till police arrived. Kissane’s two|from the National Union of Railway companions escaped, Men has made the British dockers The shooting nearly caused a riot,|™More aggressive in their threats of a Kissane was severely beaten and| national strike February 16th, unless kicked while being ‘held by Etch-|their demands for a two shilling a ingham before the arrival of the|4ay increase and guarantee of em- Police. Kissane is said to have car-|Ployment or maintenance are met. ried two guns when he came into| . The railway workers’ solidarity is the hall thra a window and began pledged in 9 letter given out by the shooting. Behind him was an un- sport and General Workers’ Un- known man with an automatic pis-|iom, which states that all members tol and a third man followed with|¢°™ing under the Shaw agreement a sawed off shot gun, As soon|Shall cease work with the dockers as they got into the hall they open-|#"d that any cases of blacklegging ed fire, wounding six men. bar Se scape i patios as iti The wounded were: Maurice An- 19 ChSW Agreement rela ® nenberg, 2645 Augusta Ave,; a workers on and about the docks, in- liam Barry, 8 E. Pearson St.; George Smallex, 2435 S. Avers Ave, and John Keating, 1156 W. Harrison St. At the inquest the police were unable to prove that Kissane has now or ever had connection with any labor union. workers will effectually paral; freight movements,-even tho some blacklegs are obtained on the docks. Sixteen shillings a day was the wage fixed under the Shaw agree- ment in 1920, but this has since been cut to 9 and 10 shillings. The men od demand an advance of two shil- lings. Dockers are refusing to load Ger- man ships whose crews numbering more than 1,500 men, are on strike. Court Sustains Lee’s Expulsion of Rail Strikers! co rae fe ti Bate ert War Mothers Ask Vv \—W. G. Leo, Presi- bey dent of the Brotherhood of Railway That All M ilitary te Goa Ce ie Ee Prisoners Be Freed ousting 881 members of the broth- erhood for taking part in the out- law strike of 1920. The court’s de- cision came in a suit presented against Lee and other officers by suspended members, asking for the appointment of a receiver, to take over the property and beneficiary funds of the brotherhood, totaling ST. LOUIS. —4 Release of soldiers sent to prison by court martial for various alleged infractions during the war, will be sought by the Na- tional War Mothers, according to its executive committee, which is meeting here, “ “The wartime sentences in mili- more than $5,000,000. tary cases were abnormal,” says During the strike, Lee had with-|Mrs. H. H. McClure, president, drawn charters of all locals r-} These prisoners have served four ticipating in the strike. Members| to five years, and we war mothers who did not strike were admitted! believe y of. them have served to other ‘locals. long enor We hold that the men Lee, besides being president of labor organization, is an official of a $10,000,000 corporation. He is the most conservative leader in the brotherhoods, Minneapolis Trades who went to prison when they were in the service of their sounisy should receive some consideration, iT ticularly when conscientious obj ors, ‘obblies, and the like been let out.” The war mothers endorse the reso- lution adopted by the recent con- Council Is After vention, Veterans of Foreign Ware, he a reques' Daugherty’s Sc al p io presiient Coolidge that cases of —_—— service men sent to prison by court (Special te The Daily Worker) martial be reviewed, The war MINNEAPOLIS. — Immediate} mothers have examined the cases of fifty military prisoners Leavenworth, and they will apy to the president and the se of state, Mrs. McClure says. “A discharged yrisoner receives an outfit from underwear to hat and shoes, that costs $12, besides $5 and railroad fare to the place from which he was sent,” Mrs, McClure continues. “Every thug and eve oliceman knows that outfit. ‘ansas Co we have provided overcoats for several military prisoners, so they would not be so unmistakably labeled.” Fight Fake Trade Schools, SAN FRANCISCO.—-The San Francisco Labor council wiil co-oper- ate with the labor commissioner in investigati and eaposing fake trade schools here. It is elaimed that these schools accept contracts and send inexperienced sfudents to do the work of full-fledged mechanics scab jobs. Held Joins Amalgamated Bank NEW YORK. — Adolph Held, resignation of Atty, Gen, coef M. Daugherty is asked by the Minne- apolis Trades and Labor assembly. resolution, which was passed without a dissenting vote, requests President Coolidge to ask for the immediate resignation of Daugherty. It recites the alleged connection the attorney general had with the Tea- pot Dome oil lease scandal, his fail- ure to prosecute war-time profiteers. his disregard for constitutional guarantees of free speech and as- semblage during the 1922 railroad strike, and his bag Soe eg of Wil- liam J, Burns to head the depart- ment of justice, Labor Wants Radio Station The Chicago Federation of Labor placed itself on record in favor of the installation of -u radio broad- casting station at the weekly meet- ing and referred the proposition to the exeeutive board, The radio, it was pointed out, would. assist in prompt communication with affiliat- ed unionists in Chicago, and with organized labor in other cities. pt DORF, Germany, — Fail- it in Russia it is likely to per- the allied railway adminis-| has been appointed vice president ae Alt other nations ‘Should Tec tration furnish poopie cars has|the Amalgamated Bank of New Ag ERR oo chanel work two id ——— Erte gba wate” um and Got unity thra the Labor Party! , ’ \ TY ESSN RRO) MOE \ ae eae” LC ENN Kissane’s in- council would be empowered to set | Wood has characterized | fect-|TOP€ makers, glove m, ve| Workers, copper smiths and electrical POW! Ave., formerly European commissioner of aries the Hebrew Immigrant Aid ieenge decision was Teached. "| TYRANNIGAL RULE IN BAVARIA LED T0 SLAYING OF HEINZ Workers’ Liberties Had Been Trampled Down By PAUL HOYER (Staf® Correspondent ef The Federated Press) SPEYER, Palatinate, Germany.— The murder of the German separatist leader, Heinz, by a German com- patriot, is an act of despair which surprises nobody who has had an op- portunity to look into conditions in the Palatinate. For months a reign of terror has obtained there, almost worse than in the Ruhr and lower Rhine regions. The men who assumed er there under the protection of mch bayo- nets were not men who believed that the Palatinate would be better off as a separate state, but heodlums and criminals of the worst type. a deputation of 15 men to the Inter- lenz to describe the anarchial condi- tions obtaining in the Palatinate and | to express the protest of the popula- } tien against these conditions, The deputation also presented a series of demands, including the fol- lowing: Restoration of conditions by which the regularly elected and ap- pointed authorities may be able to fulfill their functions wnhi dered; freedom of violability of personal liberty and of ance with German laws and the agreement with the Rhineland com- mission; cancellation of the deporta- | deep j ment. aperes and assembly; in-' private personal property in aceord-| tions, arrests and confiscations made by the separatists; disarmament of the separatists and restoration of the German police. As a result both of this protest of the workers of the Palatinate and of the tragic excess of the murder of Heinz, the British government has sent consul-general Clive of Munich to investigate conditions personally. The results of his investigations are not yet known at this writing, but it is known that he was told frankly by the spokesmen for the organized workers that 99% ‘of the population of the Palatinate have no use for the separatist movement or its leaders. Millionaires to Act as Pall-Bearers at Funeral of Wilson —_— ‘ (Continued from page 1.) the.14. points which the eevilson abil son's al to please the liber- als with Fi A walle winning the plutocratic forces with license to loot was strikingly illustrated his method, thru A. Mitchel Palmer, of handling alien property. While the president was expressing his love for. the people and his purpose in going to war to save them their rulers hundreds of millions dollars were being swagged those on the inside thru the good 8 of the Alien Property Custodian, And while waging a war for “demo- cracy” his Attorney-General, Thomas W. Gregory, was putting hundreds of workingmen into penitentiaries for long terms under the espionage law which flagrantly violated the plain terms of the Bill of Rights, percT Nc eaelh | atk Many Jobless in Denmark, COPENHAGEN, Denmark. — Al- Most 8% of the workers of Deamark are unemployed. This js about twice #8 many @s were normally unem- vored in pry-war times. compared with normal pre-war conditions, 8.9% of the workers, namely, those belonging to the bvild- ing, barbers, hat makers and shoe, weer trades, 9 enjoying a greater percentage of employment than before the war. On the + hand, the brewery workers, ers, glass om. of rs have five times as much un- employment as during the last year oe be shen sod the workers e iron industry, the t graphers and the book Dodane ae (sar staging is three times as h as before th loyment among them is greater han ever before, largely due to the fact that the docks of Koege have been closed and all work there sus- pended. Y¥. W. L. to Organize in Cicero, A long contemplated undertaking of the Chicago League to organize & branch in Cicero, will he realizod Wednesday eve, Feb, 6th, in the in| formation of the Austin Branch, Y. L., at Seick's Hall, 731 N, Cicero where it will meot every first and second Wednesday of the month. The feature of this first meeting will be an add by J, L, Engdahl, on “Militant Youth Organization.” The Chicago Organization Cemmitte urges all readers of that district to attend this mecting. Amalgamated Aids Unomployed NEW YORK. — Membere of the Clothing Workers are at work will econ- ram al Union who on! tribute 5 per cent of their weekly ie aed to a special fund for the re- of fellow-mombers who are out of work, Officers of the union will contribute 10 per cent of their sal- to the same age hed ow York Joint Board and the Bxecu- tive Boards of the -| tion ve nents of Union ‘atm een ————. j ‘The Industries for the workers! earts of millions to the war for| peals Imperialist Fist of "y February 5, 1924 sree enamine sneeeteatenrmtensnnentneteanten REN United States Busy Thruout This Western World (By The Federated Press) _ NEW YORK.—-In view of the government's repeated declarations of a tothe of non-intervention, recently supported by Hughes’ soft words as Monroe Doctrine, the following if ist of events occurring during , at: last few weeks, compiled by a New York publicist, acquires special intere The American admiral, Vogelsang, , has been sent to Brazil to improve the Brazilian naval and military establishments, which are engaged in bitter rivalry with those of Argentina, Another American Admiral, Wood mission in Peru, oceupied in brushin, The Ameri rounds of amunition to Obregon, now red American warships have been maneuvering in the Panama canal. Eight vessels have been hurried to Vera Cruz. The U. S. government has taken diplomatic steps to thwart revolutionary movements in Honduras Central American republics, Meanwhile, the senate tries in vain to prove some sort of Russian intervention in America. and four o ican government is sellin; ward, is at the head of a U. §, naval up the Peruvian fighting forces. thousands of rifles and millions of usied with a civil war. One hund- What Happened in ° ’ . of the Coal Miners’ Convention By THOMAS J. (Special te The Pans, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—John L, Lewis is not a deep thinker but fe is a schemer. He knows how to dodge trouble, temporarily at least. Shortly before the murder, the Ger-| of the severest tests of his dictatorship at the convention was the Howat case. man trade unions in the Palatinate,| He feared it. He knew that Howat had a strong personal following—a fol- the works councils and a number of| lowing that would not stand any nonsense when the question came up for municipalities had joined in sending} discussion, How he would handle the Howat ease was the subject for much discussion allied Rhineland commission at Cob-/ since the convention opened, Some were of the opinion that a recommenda- tion would be made by the committee look to the delegates like a reinstate- Lewis might do something that would draw the fangs of the opposition so that he could leave the convention a vietor, after having suc- cessfully vielgted the constitution in previous tests of strength, Another view which was shared by the DAILY WORKER correspondent and published in one of our issues was that Lewis would hold over the Howat cage until the last moment and declare the convention adjourned as scon as the committee made its re- port. That is just what happened, On the last day of the convention the delegates generally lose interest in the proceedings. ey are in @ hurry to get home. The bait of an early adjournment was dangled be- fore them by the administration lead- ers during the two preceding days, This was for the purpose of putting the opposition in the unfavorable position of dragging out the conven- tion. Usually the last act of a convention of the United Mine Workers is to set the time and place for the next ¢on- vention. It cannot legally adjourn until this is dcge. The suspicion that Howat was going to be flimflammed was apparent when on Saturday moriing, after Secretary Green made some announcements Lewis: brought up the question of ei eg date for the next convention, jis busi- ness was purposely creres out by the administration to up a8 much time as possible, the only other J gen age pl e.- report, 4 On ap- grievances, This committee was originally BT spreap. to make its bur far obras reasons it wan pled ut for jous reas was at the bottom of the list After Indianapolis was selected as the meeting place of the next eon- vention and Lewis made a threat that “any organized attempt to the business of this morning’s session would be dealt with” the grievance committee began to make its report. It was twenty minutes of ten and the administration had stated that the convention should adjourn at twelve o'clock, thus slewing less than two hours for this very impor- tant report with the Myerscough and Howat cases likely te bring inte pay many of the best speakers on sides, 2 Delegate G. W. Savage, secretary of District No, 6 and as reactionary a tool as ever led a battalion of pay- rollers made the report for the griev- ance committee. Several petty griev- ances were dia} off, the recom- mendations of the committee to refer to the International Executive Board being concurred with, Tom Myerscough’s appeal was reached. ere ies notivaable stir among the delegates, M h’s appeal was a dignified statement of the position of a militant miner who announced his communist position without Spology and signified his in- tention to continue his work in be- half of -the revolutionary working class movement as long ag life re- mained in his bess. Myerscough denied the charge that he was a disruptionist or a dual un- jonist. He eg however, that he was in favor of dethroning the reac- tionary fakers who now dominated applaude: je 3 re particularly the necting that breath, ed the class 5 + With an sir of judicial poise Dele- gate Savage read the committee's de- cision. They found that Mye: h did attend a meeting under the ee of the Progerssive Miners in Pittsburg, that he @as expelled by the District 5 exeeutive board, that he circulated attacks on John L, Lewis, William Green et.al and that his announced determination to con- tinue the work that he was engaged in rendered him undesirable 9s member of the United Mine Workers in the eyes of John L, Lewis and hie henchmen, Free Speech Taboo. When Tom Myerscouyh tried to get the floor to speak on his appeal Lewis in a voice [ike thas of & criminal judge delivers, sentence ssid, “Thomas My-rscougt, the com- maitteo hus renderd iw report thet sownlivd appiss hap no stynd- The cuny to further & cemih before the convention, vention has no author consider your appeal. You ecannut be heard on this question on the floor uf this convention.” He put th tion on the committee's report which was seriet against a heavy opposi- 1 SS aa the “a? dee being | orowi Last Moments. O’FLAHERTY, Dally Worker) One en appeals and grievances that would mittee’s decision, Howat had not complied with the requirements of the constitution, he had caused the international losses of funds in going to the courts for redress and so on.!} The decision of the committee was that untii Howat complied with sund- ry imaginary coastitutional require- ments his case was not properly be- fore the convention. Lewis Becomes Mute. At this point three fourths of the delegates were on their feet cheering for at. The motion’ to accept} the committee’s report was put, the tallers counted the votes for and against but the tabulation was never announced. That the committee’s re- port was defeated was so obvious that even the monumental gall of John L. Lewis deserted him and his ‘ips were sealed. The reporters at the press table felt that had the vote counted Howat would be re- stored to membership with all rights and privileges in the union. Lewis threw the constitution to the winds and turned the platform over to his gunmen. While the payrollers and hig other lickspittles passed by and shook hands with him after that | disgraceful scene the militant miners were ates in the center of the hall organiging the forces that will being about the downfall of reaction in the miners union, Had this been done when the Cleveland convention broke up in a similar Manner two ‘ears ago, John L. Lewis would not ve"gone away from Tomlinson Hall ing about his illegal victory. Nearing Declares France Has Reached End of Her Rope| “Surprise has been expressed in many quarters at the stability ot the Russian government,” writes Scott Nearing in the February Lib- erator, “No student of the economic basis on which the soviet government is founded will feel any such sur- prit ite the reverse. He wil regard it as the most natural thing in the world, "Take the new Russian currency| as an example. The Russian State (government) bank has adopted as the currency ‘ig the chervonetz, a 10-ruble piece. The chervonetz was quoted in New York, Jan. 17, 1924, at $4.58, On the same day the pound sterling was quoted at $4.26, which means that while the pound sterling Stood at 88 per cent of par, the chervonetz stood at 89 per cent of par In the estimate of New York nkers on Jan, 17, 1924, the prom- sounder than tae’ romioa od. The n rom: British empire.” coe “France has reached the end of her vope,” Nearing declares in the spree ‘nae of em pinecoien: sl e passes over ie nk, pulling Belgium and perhaps Britain after | her, the keystone of European cap- italism will have fallen, After that the arch will crumble rapidly,” California Prison Overcrowded. SAN QUENTIN, Cal,—San Quen- tin prison has now reached ira thon. lute limit of capacity. There are 2,608 prisoners inside the walls and 278 out on road work. If any more are received before any of these are dischar,ed, emersoney measures will have to be taken to accommodate them As it is, two men are sleoping in one-man ceils and three men in two-men ¢ells, Nearly i100 of these priseness are victims of tne criminal syndicalism law, and six more ore on trial at this writing ani from sli indications will be the first pulyiccts of the warden’s emergency IcHoures, The Land for tho Users! “Proletarian education is a achieve the liberation wis History of American Imperialism since 1860, WORKERS’ SCHOOL 127 University Place (14th St, and Union Square) NEW YORK CITY NEW COURSES beginning week of FEB. 5, 1924 the American Trade Union Movement...., Leon Revolutions (1789-1918), Sr AAD srJullet Broa? the 8 Internationales..... iti, COURSES pate it pti ig Mere naa NO TEARS FLOW FOR WILSON AT LEGION'S ORDER Mourn Only for Lenin in Pittsburgh Meeting (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa.—More than a thousand workers jammed the Lyceum Theatre today to honor the memory of Nicolai Lenin, resisted the efforts of American Legionaires to swing it into an occasion of mourning for Wil- son. The meeting was addressed by Fred Merrick, the District Organiser, and Jay Lovestene. Despite repeated advanced warn- ings thru the press from the Ameri- can Legion that the meeting would be broken up, as it was in Monessen, the «workers flocked en masse and turned the gathering into one of the most successful meetings ever held by, workingmen in Pittsburgh. Merrick and Loyestone brought the enthusiastic audience to repeated ap- Plause when they told of Lenin's great services in uniting the workers of the world against the imperialists, in- building the Communist Interna- tional, and in organising the most constructive movement the world has yet seen—the international Com- munist movement, An ap) for membership in the Workers Party 2s the \Party of Lenin in America was made, At the close of the meeting the American Legionaries,, Department of Justice Agents and all sorcs of non-descript secret service men, who turned out in large numbers and oc- cupied the front seats, attempted to raise a turmoil, One of their crew got up and asked the audience to rise ,and bow their heads in reverenee to Wilson whose death he announced, It was only the tactfulness of Merrick and the skill with which he handled the request that prevented a riot as the audience refused to comply with this show of pseudo patriotism. Der partment of Justice Agent Lennon was seen in the box coaching the Legionaire. The attempt of the disturbers to force the audience to sing “America” also failed and the meeting ad- journed peacefully. A collection of about $250 was made. The net proceeds will go te- wards the relief of the starving Ger- man workers. Employers Quit When Lockout Is Found a Failure — (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK.—A js in the New _ York garment Tote as Re averted and only a minor aftermath remains an abrupt, two-day stoppage which tied up 75% of the industry here. Owing largely to a confliet between the contractors and manufacturers in the clothing trades, a lockout was proclaimed, affecting more than 20,- 000 organized ferment workers. Simultaneously, workers, em- ployed in 150 New York firms, went on strike to enforee existing unien agreements, After its second day, the lockout was abandoned and the men returned to the shape ¢ strikers are stil! out. .It is stated at the Amslgamated Clothing Workers’ headquarters that the spirit of the striking men is determined and that their fight for the defense of union standards enjoys every prospect of success, Coolidge Relief for the Bankers, N ot for Farmers (Continued from Page 1) due to unfortunate agricultural con- ditions,” he said. “There ig every indication that in the case of some of the institutions which have been compelted to close their doors Saring she Psa year, the ue essentially dis. difficulties have to poor banking rather than to tressed agriculture. “The principal purpose of this con- ference is to secure cooperation. Agriculture cannot stand alone. The banks cannot stand alone, A great ees tar chante hee eae establish the population in area affected. “It represents some of the in elements of our citizenship. ae Wane vou thingy "With yon the nothing. socsicmant can save the situation.” Secretary Hoover was appointed chairman of the conference by Pres- ident Coolidge, ere Work Daily for “The Daily!’ ment ean formidable weapon to help of the working class.” ‘Dr. seen Evolu- begins Feb. 5, hy us Li Res et GE i —— SO