The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 27, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. Il. No. 60. SCAB HERDING ON THE SEAS Marine Strikebreaking Fund Admitted By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press) WASHINGTON, May 26.— Uncle Sam, strikebreaker, was disclosed'to the House commit- tee investigating the waste of funds by the Shipping Board, on May 21, when Thomas J. Rice, special assistant attorney gen- eral, testified that $163,00 had been paid by the Shipping Board to the shipowners’ strike fund during the 1919 maritime strike on the Pacific Coast. As the outcome of this strug- gle, the “closed shop of the owners—closed against union labor,” with its industrial pass- port and anti-union pledge sys- tem, was established in every port southward from Portland. Representative Cooper of Wiscon- sin, presiding, and Representative Davis of Tennessee, in a series of questions to the witness brot out the fact that the policy of the shipping board had been to assist the private ship owners and the operators of gov- ernment ships in their attempt to Smash the unions. Admiral Renson had been chairman of the board at the time of this contribution of pub- lic money to the class war, but the defeat suffered by the seamen and longshoremen had never been re- trieved, even to the present hour. oe SC S$eab $7}200,000 Fund. Moreover, the companies operating government ships out of San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles had contribu- ted to the fund of $1,200,000 used by the Industrial Association in San Francisco to crush the building trades unions thru an illegal combination of contractors and building material concerns, This combination was dis- solved by the federal court, last year, as being in violation of the anti-trust laws, The. steamship combine, which went to the aid of the building com- bine in what was described by Rice as “a general assault upon all organized labor,” is itself now under investiga- tion as being equally in violation of the laws. “This combination consists of the Shipowners’ Association of the Pacific Coast and the Pacific-American Steamship Association,” said Rice. “Complaint was made to the depart- ment of justice by labor leaders on the coast, that they have violated the Sherman law. I made the first of my reports to Attorney General Daugh- erty last January, and have made (Continued on page 3) Coolidge To Open Substitute For Green House On K. Street (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, May 26.—President Coolidge, cabinet members, lobbyists of all kinds and influential politicians, are to foregather at the opening of the million-dollar Congressional Coun- try Club, ten miles out of town, to in- augurate the most palatial of golf- tea-political rallying places that the capital has “yet produced. Member- ships come at $1,000 each, and cor- poration lawyers, bankers, stockbrok- ers and industrial magnates have flocked in. The idea is that this club will afford discreet means of getting acquainted, in an innocent social way, with the leaders in Congress. When a quiet talk is needed, out to the Con- gressional Country Club! How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. No Daily Worker Saturday; Saturday Magazine Friday Owing to the fact that Friday, May 30th, is a holiday, Memorial Day, recognized as such by the ol trades, there will be no Saturday issue of the D this week. The regular Saturday Magazine Section will appear, the usual, in Friday’s issue. ments now with your newsstand de your Friday’s issue of the DAILY WORKER. | same size SUBSCRIPTION RATES SHOW UNCLE U.S, FINANCED! 600,000 Miners Are —_. In Chicago, by mail, 8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, Locked Out In Germany Six hundred thousand miners are locked out in Germany! These miners have wives and children. The state refuses to give them any help. These miners have been locked out as a result of the fight they put up against the abolition of the seven hour day. They are waging a battle for the pre- servation of the seven hour day. The Coal Barons of Ger- many want to make big profits, and they want to take these big profits out of the German miners. SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND. GERMAN MINERS LOCKED OUT! Wives and children without food. These miners are fighting not merely for themselves. They are fighting in the interest of miners the world over. If the German miners are defeated, the miners of America are defeated. Coal barons are quick to learn from each other. Miners of America! You have little yourselves. But you have more than the miners of Germany who have gone thru a period of starvation already. These Six Hundred Thousand miners in Germany are fighting your battie., They are fight- ing the battle of the miners the world over. Heip them and you will help yourselves. Help them win their battle and your next battle, here in America, will be that much easier to win. Let them lose their battle, and your battle, here in America will be that much easier to lose. : Miners of America! Come to the assistance of these German brothers. Help feed their wives and children so the workers may be better fit to continue their fight. The Inter- national Workers’ Aid is the only agency which is feeding the striking and locked out workers. They are feeding fifty thousand workers daily. Send in your contribution to-day to the American com- mittee at 19 South Lincoln St., Chicago. “He who helps auickly, helps doubly.” INTERNATIONAL WORKERS!’ AID, Rose Karsner, National Secretary. U. S. LABOR THRU INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID CABLES $4,000 TO THE STRIKING MINERS IN GERMAN RUH The International Workers’ Aid yesterday cabled $4,000 to the striking miners of the Ruhr in response to the appeal sent to the workers of America for help to the starving wives and children of the heroic workers who are fighting against the atrocious conditions the coal barons and industrialists of Germany, aided by the International bankers, are trying to force upon them. The American workers true to their traditions of answering the ‘call for CONDITION OF STRIKING RUHR MINERS GROWING MORE DESPERATE DAILY BERLIN, May 26.—All efforts to compel the 600,000 striking Ruhr miners to go back to work under the terms imposed on them by the ar- bitration committee appointed by the capitalist government have failed. The men refuse to accept the longer work day. Attempts to work the mines with scabs have proved abortive. The workers are in an angry mood and violence is rampant. The police, who were provocative in the. early days of the struggle, are now fear- ful of the mighty masses of workers who are being rapidly driven to des- peration. Police in the city of Stoppenberg, who fired on the miners, had their station dynamited. The miners hurled hand grenades into the smok- ing ruins to complete the destruc- tion. The capitalist government is un- able to cope with the Ruhr situa- tion, Interest in the Dawes report no longer holds the center of the stage. * More Churches to Unite? GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 26.— That the Presbyterian and the Con- gregational churches of the nation will soon join was indicated \today when the committee on organic union reported in favor of such a consoli- dation to the Presbyterian General Assembly in business session here. Every new subscriber increases the influence of the DAILY WORKER. ILY WORKER © ve Make your arrange- r to see that you get 12-hour day. assistance from theif fellow workers in distress, in no matter what country, along with the $4,000 sent, thru the International Workers’ Aid, notified their embattled comrades of the Ruhr that this was only the first install- ment; that they would continue to support them in their fight as they did the workers and peasants of Soviet Russia when afflicted with the famine scourge and the results of the allied blockade. ; The latest reports from Germany indicate that the. conditions in the Ruhr are growing worse. The capi- talists are hoping they may be able to starve ‘the miners into surrender and their principal weapon is hunger. The miners have appealed to the workers of the world for assistance, pointing out that a defeat for them in the Ruhr would be a defeat for the miners in every country. Senator Walsh Will Defend Wheeler On Oil Graft Charge WASHINGTON, May 26.—Defense of Senator Wheeler at his trial on the frameup charge in Montana will be conducted by Senator Walsh of Mon- tana, probably assisted by Senator Borah, chairman of the Senate com- mittee,, which found him innocent. Borah is assailed by the National Republican, Coolidge organ. DALY WORKER STRIKE EDITION HITS BOSSES — OF SCAB RESTAURANTS A special “Food Workers’ Strike Edition” of the. DAILY WORKER, was distributed by the strikers in. front of the struck restaurants yes- terday. The Amalgamated Food Workers’ Union handled thousands of copies of this special edition of the DAILY WORKER, letting the public know that there is a strike on among the Greek restaurant workers, giving the history of the Amalgamated Food Workers’ Union, and deseribing the condfions un- der which the men have been forced to work, i H The strike edition made the scab bosses wince and put more vigor in- to the cooks, waiters, dishwashers and other restaurant workers who are conducting this war against the TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1924 WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of Marc! ——— Workers! Farmers! Demand: The Labor Party Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born h 3, 1879. Recognition of Soviet Russia es Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER . . PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Price 3 Cents 0,000 NOW MEMBERS OF RUSSIAN C. P. Rapid Growth Is Aid o Soviet Russia (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, May 26.—Report- ing for the Central Executive Committee to the Thirteenth Congress of the Russian Com- munist Party, Comrade Stalin declared that the membership of the organization had risen to over 600,000. This number is inclusive of the 125,000 work- ingmen admitted to the. Com- munist Party in the drive for members inaugurated after the death of Nicolai Lenin. About 50 per cent of the en- tire membership consists of in- dustrial workers and 25 per cent of poor peasants. Women work- ers and peasants, clerks, and employes engaged th the serv- ice of the Soviet government make up the rest of the mem- bership. Of the membership of the Young Communist organization which has risen to more than 570,000, more than forty per cent are industrial work- ers. The pioneer organizations of the Red Youth, the young children, now have a total membership of between 150,000 and 200,000. According to the last census, there are now in Soviet Russia 5,541,000 trade union members. This is a gain of ita, million over the preced- fig year an ‘especially significant in view of the fact that almost every national section of the Amsterdam In- ternational has shown a loss for the same period. Zinoviev On Foreign Policy. Comrade Gregori Zinoviey made a complete and thorogoing review of the present economic situation of Soviet Russia, particularly in the light of the foreign econom{c relations and policies of the Soviet Republic. In discussing the conditions under which Soviet Russia might be ready to assume some of the obligations’ in- curred by the preceding capitalist and czarist governments, Comrade Zino- viev emphatically declared: “One should never lose sight of the fact that while we refuse to pay the old ezarist debts, we shall gladly meet and fully observe all obligations in- volved in our own debts.” Zinoviev indicated that Soviet Rus- sia was planning to narrow and limit the concessions field. For instance, the Soviet Government will grant no more concessions aiming at the ex- ploitation of the Baku and Grosnyi oil fields. This is of international importance in the light of the recent declaration made by the Royal Dutch Shell inter- ests in disposing of some of their American. oil holdings that they were henceforth going to concentrate on Russian developments. Today, fifty-five concessions have been granted by the Soviet Govern- ment to Dutch, German, Norwegian, British and mixed. companies. In these concessions the Soviet Govern- ment and the private companies par- ticipate jointly. The poliey that the Communists propose for Soviet Russia on this field aims towards limiting the activities of the private capitalists to a mini- mum and towards rendering the maxi- mum government help to the state and co-operative organizations. Zino- viev made it very clear that the Sov- jet ‘Government would increase its vigilance over the bourgeois elements that might tend to develop thru the granting of certain concessions to, pri- Yate interests having large amounts of capital. _ General Meeting | T. U. E. L. Members Wednesday Night Reports from the great conventions of the needle trades unions, in Boston and Philadelphia, of the Illinois min- ers and the Labor Party in Peoria, will feature the regular monthly meet- ing of the Trade Union Educational League, Chicago group, Wednesday evening at 8 p. m, Northwest Hall, corner of North and Western avenues, All members desiring to keep in- formed up-to-the-minute will be in at- tendance. STUBBORN POINCARE CAN'T SEE ELECTION SMASHED HIS POLICY BAR LE DUC., France, May 26.— In a speech to the General Council of the Meuse, Premier Poincare an- nounced that he is not retiring from political life when he resigns the premiership next week. Declaring he is convinced the re- cent national elections did not dis- avow his foreign policy, “and am convinced that policy cannot be changed.” Poincare warned the in- coming regime that he and his fol- lowers will “watch events with vigi- lant attention and defend whenever | necessary” the ideas they always | have professed. “We will demand that the general lines ‘of our foreign policy be con- served without alteration,” the pre- mier said, concluding: “I will remain to the last breath a good republican and a fervent pa- triot.” GARY BOASTS STEEL TRUST DEFIED DRAFT Resisted Nationalization | Of Industry In Wartime| (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, May 26.—Open defiance of the government in war time put many workers in jail, but Judge Gary and the steel trust did thi with it, according ‘to boastful account to the Amer- ican Iron and Steel Institute convention, New York. “You'll have to use force to take us,” was the ultimatum of the munition makers in 1917 and 1918 when the government proposed to nationalize the iron and steel industry. Not willing to jail Gary for resisting. the draft of industry, the Wilson ad- ministration pulled in its horns and the capitalists continued to run the basic industries and the country. Tells About It. Gary, in order to get the record straight, says this is the way the steel committee chairman answered the war industries board: “If you think, under government management, better service will be rendered and you believe you can le- gally do it, you may undertake to forcibly secure the management of the steel business. You will never do it with the consent or approval of the owners of these properties and you will be held responsible, morally at least.” “Get Behind Coolidge.” Cal Coolidge has graduated from the Rock of Gibraltar, the title given him by Gary last month. Coolidge is no longer honored by being president. Cal is honoring the United States by being president, according to Gary. In calling upon the steel and iron bar- ons to get behind the Coolidge boom, Gary spoke of him as “that great and good man who at the present time and got honors us by being president of the United States.” RiGH, PRETTY DAMSEL CAN'T GD FREE; IRATE N.Y, PUBLIG PROTESTS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 26.—Miss Ab- bey Rockefeller, granddaughter of John D., found herself in the cen- ter of a lively little muss involving a police judge, Mayor Hylan, taxi drivers and indignant representa- tives of equal rights for rich and poor, Miss Rockefeller started some- served with her second ticket for the offense. And Magistrate Nor- man E. March completed it when he Stirred by scores of letters de- manding to know if New York has “one law for the rich another for the poor,” Mayor Hylan has or- dered the papers in the case sent to his office. jconvention must adjourn by Tues M STRIKEBREAKER CZAR FARRINGTON, BACK TO WALL, FIGHTS DESPERATELY TO SAVE TYRANNICAL RULE (Special to The Daily Worker) PEORIA, Ilil., May 26.—The progressive delegates in the Ili- nois Mine Workers’ Convention today resisted another tyrannical onslaught by President Frank Farrington who, evidently bent on following the lead of John L. Lewis, upset the order of business, and announced that the delegates must finish the convention by Tuesday night. Farrington, with his back to the wall, hitting below the belt laid down by the committee on rules and order, should have been taken up today. Nesbit Doesn't Know. Another demand was made by the progressive delegates that the reso- lutions on constitutional changes, which have been printed in pamphlet form for ten days, be distributed to the delegates. Delegate Freman Thompson, pointed out that some of the favored reporters had been given these resolutions a week ago. There are 63 resolutions in the pamphlet de- manding that the power to appoint the district employes of the union be taken away from Farrington and that they be elected instead. Walter Nes- bit, who is in charge of the resolu- tions, said he doesn’t know how the reporters got them. Farrington Dies Hard. Farrington lost the appointive pow- er when that matter came on the floor of the convention under the discus- sion of Farrington’s report. The progressives see in the an- nouncement of Farrington that the ay |Might an attempt to get the appointive fdwer before the delegates a second time. Vice-President Fishwick ruled last week that the appointive power had definitely been stripped from Farring- ton, and the report of the committee on constitutional resolutions must report on the details of the election of State employes, Appeals Committee Reports. The committee on appeals and grievances reported on 47 resolutions relating to old and disabled men. The convention voted that 36 of these should be paid $25 apiece. Eleven resolutions considered by the convention, dealt with the viola- tions of the agreement by the coal operators, the men demanding strike benefits when locked out. The resolu- tions covered cases of individual mem- bers of the union who have appealed from the decision of the district exe- cutive board upon their grievance with the coal operators. S. Berkowich appealed from the de- cision of the Illinois Joint Group Board No. 3. Berkowich, who is a well-known syndicalist, was blacklist- ed by the Southern Gem Coal Co., ang this blacklist was carried by all the southern coal operators. At the inter- national convention at Indianapolis, an unsuccessful attempt was made by the Lewis machine to unseat Berkow- ich. Farrington Aids Blacklist. Berkowich tried to get the case re- opened before the convention today, but Farrington would not give Ber- kowich the floor. In spite of the fact that the ma- jority of the delegates wanted to give Berkowich the right to state his case, Farrington arbitrarily ruled against them. The Illinois convention, under the constitution, is the highest body of appeal in the state, but Farrington who, when it suits his purpose, is anxious to abide by the constitution, Played the tyrant once more and re- fused Berkowich his constitutional right. Farrington Rebuked. The convention administered a re- buke to Farrington by ruling thgt the case should be re-opened by the dis- trict board, w%h instructions that Ber- kowich is to be paid for the time he has lost becanse of the blacklist. in last efforts to regain his lost appointive power, called for the |report of the committee on appeals and grievances, instead of the report of the committee on cons \eording to the order of business} itutional resolutions, which, ac- RUSSIA BUYS $29,000,000 U. 5. COTTON Congress Gets Facts Of Soviet Purchases (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, May 26.— Representative Frear of Wis- consin, discussing the McNary- Haugen bill in the House, called attention to the fact that $25,- 000,000 had been paid by the Russian government for Amer- ican cotton during the present year, to supply the 400 mills of its textile industry, “He quoted “Alexande* Gdme 7 berg, representative in this country of the Russian textile industries, as saying that an equal amount of cotton would be bought in the south during the remainder of the year and shipped to Russia. Mentioning the death in Moscow, on May 21, of Victor Nogin, president of the Russian cotton syndicate, who was here in January, Frear recalled that Nogan told him at that time that Rus- sia would want fo buy $40,000,000 worth of American cotton this year, and that wien he repeated this in the House, many members doubted it. Yet 130,000 bales of cotton have already been shipped in accordance with No- gin’s plans. “If normal trade relations were pos- sible,” said Frear, “thereby extending means of business credit thru agen- cies in this country, and direct deal- ings with the Russian people, the cot- ton purchasing would be much larger and the purchases of agricultufal ma~ chinery from the International Har- vester Co, and other products of this country would be greatly increased. This trade is a life-saver at the pres- ent time for the cotton growers of the south, and it is a legitimate trade that comes direct from the Soviet govern- ment which finances these purchases,” Frear paid a tribute also to the Rus- sian co-operatives—the Selskosoyus and the Centrosoyus, whose combined trade last year, he was informed, was $50,000,000. CAN'T DO WITHOUT DAILY WORKER, SAYS FRIEND, RENEWING One enthusiastic reader of the DAILY WORKER writes in renew- ing Ais subscription: Dear Friend: | don’t want to miss the paper. | can’t get along without it. It is the best working class pa- per ever had in this country. I have been readifig radical papers for the last 15 years, so | ought to know. Please keep on sending it. Your comrade, J. H Isohn, Duluth, Minn, WASHINGTON, May 26. POISON GAS EXPERTS EAGER FOR WAR; PROMISE WHOLESALE DEATH {By The Federated Press) —Offi of the mical warfare section here say that the United States has solved the problem of winning a war by poison, as has been intimated in European military circles. chemical warfare preparations, conducted on a basis of whol: American le experi- mentation for the past six years, they declare, justify the belief that an adversary can be wiped out within a few days or weeks. Other and higher-salaried officers announce that the defense of the country requires an immediate appropriation of a billinn dollars,