The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 9, 1924, Page 4

N CZECHO-SLOVAK BRANCHES HERE CLEARING ISSUE Settle Authority “Spraveldnost”’ By CHARLES KOLARICK,. Many members of the-lecal Czecho- slovak branches met Wednesday night at the Spravedinost hall, 1825 S. Loomis St. following the call is- sued by the central executive com- mittee to take action in solving the serious controversy over jurisdiction rights between the Czecho-Slovak bu- reau and the board of directors of the Bohemian daily “Spravedlnost.” Editor Explains Resignation. The meeting was called to order by Comrade Frank H. Gruener, secretary of the Czechoslovak C. C. C. and up to last Monday the editor in chief of Spravedinost, Comrade Gruener, explained that on Monday he resigned from his position as editor-in-chief, when against his orders a proclama-| tion of the board of directors appeared | in the organ of the Czechoslovak sec- tion, that the board will not recognize the meeting, called in proper orga- nizational manner for Wednesday, and instead called another meeting for Saturday, June 7, Gruener, who as the managing editor, was not called to attend the special meeting of the board of directors, where this course, unworthy of disciplined Communists, was decided on, could not meet this situation differently, then by tender- ing his immediate resignation. His ac- tion was approved. Outlines Controversy. Comrade E. Vajtaner then gave a precise outline of the development of the controversy, which roots in the uncommunistic attitude of the group, dominated by Comrades Charles H. and Milada H. Beranek, towards the principle of centralization and the general tactics of the Workers party. Before the last convention of the Czechoslovak section, then function- ing under the name of Czechoslovak Marxian Federation, Comrade Be- raneke had called a dozen of com- rades to a secret meeting to their homes and: there decided to bolt the convention, if the constitution of the Workers’ party is accepted. The con- vention accepted the constitution unanimously, even “Comrades Bera- neks and another delegate, who was to signal the bolt, refraining from vot- ing against it. Later on tho, without any connection with the matter then in order, this comrade rose from his seat, and leaving the hall, proclaimed to the convention: “You can decide —#&,.you wish, but we (the board of di- agrears) have the Spraveldnost in our pocket.” Mrs. Beranek then explained what prompted this comrade’s action, con- fessing the holding of that secret meeting and taking the entire blame on her and her husband’s shoulders. The convention severely condemned this action, but thinking that the vol- untary confession of Comrades Ber- nek was an expression of a change in their attitude, did not take right then any disciplinary action against them and the board of directors, but the delegates went so far in their leniency and desire to"bring about an atmos- phere of understanding, that they elected Comrade Charles H. Beranek as one of the seven members of the Czechoslovak bureau. Breaks After Convention. But soon after the convention the separatistic tendencies were felt again | and ultimately the situation developed into an open break between the bu- reau and the board of directors. The latter, without the necessary consent of the bureau and without-stating any definite reasons, handed one of the éd- itors, Comrade Charles Kolarik, a two weeks’ notice to leave his office. The bureau, with the approval of the C. E, C., ordered the board of directors to reinstall Comrade Kolarik. Instead of that the board of directors went as far as to dismiss another editor, Com- rade E. Vajtauer, who is now under deportation charges, without any no-, tice. The excuse given for this action ‘was, that Comarde Vajtauer procured a copy of the mailing list of the “Zajmy Lidre,” which he was asked LAST CHANCE T0 GET FREE BOOKS SELLING COUPONS FOR DEFENSE Premiums to comrades selling a full sheet of Ruthenberg Appeal Coupons will be discontinued by the Labor Defense Council on June 30. After that date oopies of Libed- Insky’s famous novel, “A Week,” well as Albert Rhys William's “Thru the. Russian Revolution,” and the two other volumes included in the premium offer, can be had only by purchasing them at the regular retail price. The Labor De- fense Council wishes all funds col- lected on Appeal Coupons to be turned In immediately whether or not full sheets of coupons have been sold. During the two months ended May $1, $1,500 was pald out in attorney's fees and other legal expenses; also, 000 had to be repaid on a loan. present bank balance of the Labor Defense Council is $1,953. More money is needed If the defense for PARTY MEMBERS ARE SECURING VOLUNTARY DONATIONS TO FUND FOR FARMER-LABOR CONVENTION Altho the Central Executive Committee of the party has called for a temporary assessment of 50c per party member for the purpose of raising the necessary funds for the Farmer-Labor convention, many branches have not on that account discon- tinued their effort to secure voluntary donations from sympa- thizers and party members. “Rather the urgent need for money which was expressed in the circular to the branches by*— the Central Executive Commit- tee has stimulated an interest of |the party needs and the returns received by the national office during the last week had in- creased rather than decreased. During this period, the following branches have sent contributions: Spokane Branch of WP—$10.00; Eng- lish Branch WP, Philadelphia, Pa.,— $4.00; English Branch, Boston—$4.00; Slovak Branch, Newark, N. J.—$10.00; Hungarian Section WP, Milwaukee, $2500; Hungarian, Astoria SF, $3.00; N. W. English Branch WP—$7.50; Boston Scandinavian Branch, $10.00; New York Ukrainian Branch, $25.00; Scandinavian Branch WP No. 10— $10.00; Ukrainian Branch WP, Muske- gan, $9.85; From a Slovak, Lynn, Mass., $1170; Finnish Branch WP, New York, $5.80; German Branch, Bethlehem, Pa., $5.00; Finnish Branch W. P., San Francisco, $1.00; B. Crotos, Harco, Ill, $6.75; S. Juska, Chicago, $6.00; Gefman Womens Branch, Hud- son County, N. J., $5.00; Slovak So- cialist Federation, New York, $5.00; Armenian Branch WP, Detroit, $15.00; English Branch, Mid City; Chicago, $5.00; Finnish Branch WP, Concord, N. H., $11.86. Spanish Branch, Cleveland, $10.00; Fininsh Branch WP of Passaic, $6.00; Brute, Wis. $4.00; South Slavic Branch, Cleveland, $10.00; Finnish Branch WP Brute, Wis., $4.00; South Slavic Branch No. 2, Pittsburgh, Pa., $10.00; San Pedro Branch, $10.00; Jewish Branch WP of Passaic, $6.00; English Branch, Detroit, $2.00; North Side Branch, Pittsburgh, Pa., $5.00; New Brighton, Pa. Branch, $30.35; Jewish Branch, Blynn, N. F., $10.00; Greek Branch WP, Los Angeles, $10.00; Strabane Branch, Pa., $5.00; N. W. Branch Jewish, Chicago, $13.25;, CCC, Hartford, Conn., $8.00; South Slavic, Tacoma, Wash., $6.00; Doug- las Park English Branch, $8.00; Jew- ish Branch 2, W. P., New York, $7.00; Ukrainian Branch No. 1, Chicago, $5.00; South Slavie Branch, Johnston City, Til, $10.00; Finnish Branch WP, Marquette, Mich. $10.00; Russian Branch, Brooklyn, N. Y., $12.00; Hun- garian Branch WP, Detroit, $8.00; English Branch WP, Toledo, Ohio, $5.00. In addition to the return from the Branches listed above, the South Slavic section of the Party has turned over to the National Office contribu- tions raised by individuals as follows: A. Katka, 50c; J. Katka, 25¢; G. Adolp, 25c; G. Roxinberg, 50c. McKees Rocks, Pa. J. Torean, 50c; M. S. Jenerac, 50c; J. TocKovict, 25c; J. Pecak, 25c; T. Koprovich, 50c; J. Bartolich, 50c; J. Babuvich, 50c; S. Medvidovich, 25c; J. Measki, 50c; T. Brozovich, 25c; S. Lipnichon, 50c; A. Luciz, 50c; I. Vreec, 50c; A. Gergurio, 50c; G. Vreek, 50c; T. Sicoch, 25c; K. Linkovich, 25c; T. Hodak, 50c; M. Hodak, 25c; A. Vukovic, 10c; T. Tursic, 25c; B. Hodak, 10c; F. H. Paradic, 25c; G. Katich, 25c; M. Mazar, 25c; A. Perich, 25c; M. Hodock, 25c; M. Smidrouac, 50c; N. Laverencic, 25c; 8. Gospor- wic, 25c; T. Botoko, 25c; P. Eik, 25c; T. Lolojck, 25c; T. KTubucor, 25c; B. dovlis, 25e; A. Vranich, 25c. Etna, Pa. S. Barsilich, 50c; M. Trketich, 75c; Joe Protalipac, 50c; P. Gurtich, 50c; J. Grubich, 50c; F. Kosun, 50c; J. Temich, $1.00; J. HrDegoc,.50c; F. Erketich, 50c. Pittsburgh, Pa. F. Gegurich, 50c; J. Morinko, $10.00; M. Krtina, 25c; S. Dictose, 25c; F. Markov, 25c; S. Pavich, 25c; R. Kot- cher, 25c; J. Blasic, 25¢; V. Kamosho- sar, 50c; P. Platch, 50c; J. Harhoshy, 25c; M. Slapeh, 25c; C. Kishcar, 25¢; D. Gollich, 25c; A. Di Ross, 50c; M. De Luco, 50c; T. Brossi, 50c; G. Rossi, 50c; C. Rossi, 50c; Giabbe Rossi, 50c; Giusto Rossi, 50c; G. Drahulich, 25c; J. Estl, 25c; S. Lasuranto, 25c; D. Di Roco, 25c; P. Podrushy, 25c; J. Rou- lic, 25c; J. Kravecz, 25c; N. Simih, 50c; J. Srak, 50c; EB. Takovich, $1.00; N. Salo, 50c; M. Kovar, 25c; M. Hect, 50c; J. Krusik, 50c; T. Barhist, 25c; 8. Astorich, 25c; T. Wasuchno, 50c;; N. Vrilvinor, 50c; J. Rozich, $1.00; T. Pavich, 50c; S. Waitich, 30c; M. Hle- berick, 50c; E. Razanovich, 50c; A. Machilar, 50c; F. Machilar, 50c; F. Lukstic, 50c; F. Osrak, $1.00; P. Brkasky, 25c; P. Cvin, 50¢c; P. Rici, 50c; F. Cartarno, 25c; S. Kepise, 50c. Ellsworth, Pa. M. Puskovich, 25c; M. Bjarica, 50c; J. Pokopac, 25c. Dembo, Pa. P. Evonach, 50cy P. Evanach, 50c; J. Perebag, 25c; C. Luketich, 50c. Charleroi, Pa. J. R. Mesict, 50c; D. Berokovict, 4c. P. Shoringh, Pa. T. Evanactz, 25c. Mr. N. Dizdar, 235 E. Miller: Ave., Akron, Ohio, $10.00. Mrs. M. Blojich, 13817 Diana Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, $2.75. Mr. M. M. Miac, Cromona, Ky., Box 366, $10.00. to do by the secretary of the bureau for reasons very obvious. The bureau took immediate ac- tion, decided to come to a meeting of the board of directors to remind them that they are a committee subjected to the rules of the party, the decisions of the convention and the bureau as the acting representative of the sec- tions between conventions. But the board of directors would not even permit the members of the bureau to participate at that meeting and re- fused to answer the direct question, addressed to each member of the board of directors, whether he wants to abide by the party constitution and the decisions of the convention, which ordered a new incorporation of the daily and the printing plant, which was and still is incorporated in the name of the “Bohemian Socialist Party,” Comrade Beranek being the “trustee.” Injunction Obtained. Since this open break with the board of directors the bureau met with another break of Communist discipline and claims to “rights” on the part of the board of directors. The bureau found a judge’s injunction is- sued on the bank account of the “! hemian Central Publishing Company,” which is a literature department of the Czechoslovak section, subjected directly to the bureau. Comrade Vajtauer compared these tactics of the comrades Beranek and the B. of D. to the “Pendrekiade” of Czechoslovakia, where the property of the workers was, with tNe aid of po- lice clubs (called “pendreks”) and the backing of the “socialist” government, stolen from the left wing majority, because that property was incorpor- ated in the name of a “trustee,” who sided. with the social-patriotic trait- ors. This “Pendrekiade” was the di- rect cause of the so-called “December uprising! thruout Czechoslovakia, and the subsequent foundation of the second strongest Communist party in all Europe. No one, who leans on the capitalist laws for support can enjoy the sup- port of the true-minded workers. After the splendid outline of the sit- uation by Comrade Vajtauer, the chairman of the meeting, Comrade Louis A. Cejka opened the*floor for discussion in which a large number of comrades, most of them old “work- ers” of the movement, participated. Everyone was supporting the stand of the bureau and condemning the ac- tions of tiie Board of Directors, re- spectively of the Comrade Beraneks and urging to atteud the meeting, called by the Board of Directors for Saturday, June 7, at Prokse’s Hall, southeast corner of Homan avenue and 25th St. Ruthenberg Speaks. The meeting was closed by a short talk by Comrade C. E. Ruthenberg, who remembered, that in a méeting held more than a year ago, in the building of the Slovak comrades, Com- rade Beranek showed unmistakable signs, that he is not a Communist. At that time he was irrate at the idea of the Workers Party proclaiming it- self as a Communist party. In his closing remarks, Comrade Ruthenberg urged every comrade to see that his branch passed a resolu- tion for the return of the control of the property in the hands of the bu- reau. No man in the movement can take advantage of the trust given him and get away with it. After that the following resolution was adopted: Resolution. “The general membership meeting called by the C. E. C. of the Workers Party expresses its resentment at the actions of the Board of Directors and Comrade Charles H. Beranek, It con- demns their disrupting efforts, and supports the Bureau of the Section, to which it extends its full confidence. It calls upon the Board of Directors and Comrade Beranek to come to con- sciousness in time and to act like dis- ciplined comrades in accord with the constitution of the Workers Party and in the slovak section of the W. P. Should they fail to do so, the membership meeting expresses its distrust to the Board of Directors and Comrade Be- ranek and demands of them to return the property to the party, and that Comrade Beranek surrender his trus- teeship, which he was entrusted with, Only two hands were raised, when the chairman asked those against the resolution to signify so. They were the hands of two employes of the “Spravedinost,” one a bookkeeper and one a typesetfer. This fact was fitting- ly acknowledged by the rest of the members who adjourned, determined to see the issues cleared in face of the opposing faction, which has ig- nored this properly called meeting, called for this Saturday by the Board of Directors. ) ——~ ae SLMTD Women Active in N. Y. Councils; Send * St. Paul Delegate NEW YORK, June 8.—The United Council of Workingclass Women, at their last central council meeting, elected Mrs. Kate Gitlow to represent them at the June 17th convention and took a stand for the creation of a class farmer-labor party. **o® Women Help Laundry Strikers. The laundry workers’ strike in Coney Island was won by the efforts of the local council of the U. C. W. W. The women issued leaflets ap- pealing to the housewives not to give their laundry to non-union men. Despite an injunction against the strikers, the women went from house to house with the leaflets winning the housewives to the strikers’ cause. At a subsequent meeting the strikers adopted resolutions of gratitude for the splendid co-operation of the women of the Coney Island council. “* 8 The U. C. W. W. has adopted an emblem: the rake, the hammer and the broom; symbolizing the working class woman's unity with the farmer and worker. , + March Into Mayor’s Sanctum. A large committee from the U. C. W. W. attracted a great deal of at- tention before the city hall when they marched up the stairs and into the mayor’s office with a huge banner de- manding that the city build houses and rent them to the workers at cost and with a number of other placards calling attention to the terrible hous- ing sityation and the high rents. They were photographed and interviewed but could get no audience with Mayor Hylan to present the demands of their organization and were even refused a later appointment. The women, eleven in number, picketed the city hall for two hours and a half, annoy- ing the police and interested thou- sands of people on the streets who stopped to read the signs the women carried. A night letter, asking the mayor for an-appointment “wire collect” has not yet brought a reply. KUZBAS COAL OUTPUT GAINS —OVERLAST YEAR Kemerovo Goes on at (Special to the Daily Worker.) NEW YORK, June 8.—The output of coal in the Kemerovo field in the Kuznetsky basin (under the control of the American colony known as “Kuz- bas”) has improved since the middle of December. The number of un- skilled workers and clerks has been reduced. The electric power station was completed and opened in Febru- ary. This station supplies the chem- ical plant, the pits, the workers’ vil- lage and the surrounding country. The coke ovens were started at the end of February. Since March they have been working regularly. Coke is being transported to the Urals to the blast furnaces and also to the central industrial region. Output in the Kemerovo coal field for the first five months of the cur- rent year (October, 1923, to Febru- ary, 1924) was 53,500 tons, as com- pared with 37,600 tons for the! same SHOW HOW BIG BOSSES CHOKE FREE SPEECH Gurley Flynn Talks on Civil Liberties By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, lecturer for the American Civil Liberties Union, spoke before the Liberal Club of Chi- cago at a dinner given in her honor at the central Y. M. C. A. 19 South La Salle street, Wednesday night. Miss Flynn spoke of the work of the Union in fighting for free speech in America. Big Business Gags Slaves. Before the American entry into the war in 1917, the free speech situation ‘was not a very bad one. Many regula- tions curbing the right were passed during the war, but it was the hope of the liberals that they would be withdrawn after the red hunting delir- ium of war days had died. But they were not withdrawn, and the reason Miss Flynn gives for this is that the big capitalist interests, seeing how easy it was to take fundamental rights away from their slaves, also saw to it that the laws taking away these rights remained in force. The fact that only a small number of American citizens are protesting against this state of affairs, shows, says Miss Flynn, that Americans‘ in the main do not care about free speech, unless, of course, ‘the right of some individual is interfered with. But only a few can be organized to fight for liberty of expression on a broad, national basis. Fights For Radicals. Altho the Union fights for ‘free speech for all individuals and organ- izations, its work is primarily in de- fending the rights of radicals and rad- ical organizations. The speaker cited the fight made in behalf of the I. W. W. in fighting criminal syndicalism laws in Texas and in California, and the defense of the Workers’ Party in Wilkesbarre and Mercer, Pa., as ex- amples of Civil Liberties Union work. She also told of the fight waged by the Union in behalf of foreign-born workers in attacking the Johnson im- migration law. ‘ An amusing incident in the work was related in regard to the few in- stances wherein the Union has defend- ed “respectable” institutions. It so happened that the local nightie brig- ade of the Ku Klux Klan was denied the right to meet in Boston. The Union protested to Mayor Curley, whereupon the chief Koo Koo wrote a letter to Civil Liberties headquarters lauding the organization for its “American- ism.” The Union responded, suggest- ing that, since the Koo Koo was in- tersted, he might contribute to the fight on behalf of the wobblies caught in the net of the syndicalism law of Texas. That was a long time ago, and the letter has never been answered., In response to questions Miss Flynn told instances wherein the Union had been instrumental in defending strik- ers jailed for contempt of strike breaking injunctions. Send in that Subscription Today. OLD PARTIES GIVE ROBERT NASTY WALLOP LaFollette Not Blind But period last year. The local consump- tion this year was 15,800 tons, com- pared with 10,200 tons last year. The monthly production per worker this year was 6.4 tons, compared with 4.5, and the monthly production per coal hewer 55.5 tons, compared with 32 tons. The increase in local consumption interest of the Czecho-|, is explained by the fact that there was a decline in the output at the be- ginning of the working year. This figure includes the amount of coal necessary for heating the homes of the workers who are not engaged in coal mining. This consumption will be considerably reduced when the gas from the chemical plant is util- ized at the electric power station. More miners are~about to leave for Kemerovo from the United States, as other mines are likely to be taken over during the present yar. Send in that Subscription Today. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD ROBS FARMERS OF $50,000,000,000 WASHINGTON, June 8—An in- vestigation by a special senate com- mittee of the deflation policy of the Federal Reserve Board is author- today by Senator Ship- stead, Farmer-Laborite of Minne- sota, The resolution, which was re- ferred to the audit committee, ‘de- clared there had been a shrinkage of $650,000,000,000 in the value of farm produce since the board’s al- a polley was Inaugurated in 1 2 Will Not See By LAURENCE TODD Federated Press Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, June. 8.—La Fol- lette, who thus far has refused to acknowledge the need for establishing a working class party, himself fur- nished proof of that need when he drove the senate to three roll calls to determine the issue of its willingness to stay in session this summer and legislate in the temporary interest of the farmers, the railroad workers and the consumers who afe robbed by ex- tortionate railroad rates. He was downed on every vote, by a combina- tion of Republicans and Democrats that represented the two old party ma- chines. They would not remain in session, after a recess for the conven- tign period, to consider economic measures that might help the bank- rupt farmers, the railroad workers and the victims of rail rate robbery. The vote of 36 to 52 by which La Follette’s recess resolution was de- feated, the vote of 35 to 53 by which the Frazier proposal of a two-weeks extension of the present session was killed, and the vote of 53 to 36 by which final adjournment on June 7 was adopted, showed that the two old parties had no anxiety as to the vote of the exploited classes; they ap- pealed to the classes that maintain reaction. And were it not for the fact that an early vote on the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals was involved in the LaFollette plan, the strength of his group would have been much less, Of ‘the Democrats, 20 were with La Fol- lette and 19 against him; except for Muscle Shoals, the division would have been 13 for and 26 against his program of farmer and labor relief, RUTHENBERG APPEAL COUPONS CALLED IN BY LABOR DEFENSE If you have any unsold Ruthen- berg Appeal Coupons in your pos- session, now It Is the time to turn them in together with all money received for coupons sold to dat This is the notice which is now ing sent out by the Labor Defense Council. ‘ It is understood that the main pur- pose of the Labor Defense Council in calling in all outstanding Ruth- enberg Appeal coupons is to obtain the immediate use of money that may now be in the hands of agents. Another purpose is to clear the field for the sale of Foster-Ruthenberg Defense buttons, 50,000 of which are rapidly being placed in distribution. A popular demand has sprung up for the defense buttons. Several hundred have already been sold in Chicago, while the City organiza- tion of the Workers Party together with the various language federa- tions are preparing to dispose of thousands more at picnics, tainment: enter. etc. Lake County, Indl- written in requesting an buttons. Send in that Subscription Today. CANUCK UNIONS SHOW GAIN IN MEMBERSHIP Lost Over 100,000 Since 1919 By JOHN ROBUR. OTTAWA, Canada, June 8.—After three years of declining membership the trade unions of Canada show an increase for 1923, according to the Dominion’ department of labor. The number of local unions in Canada ‘at the close of 1923 was 2,487 with a membership of 278,092 as compared with 2,512 locals and 276,621 members at the close of 1922. The peuk in membership was reached at the end of 1919, when there were 2,847 locals with a membership of 378,047. The decline in 1920 was small, but considerable in both 1921 and 1922. Now the tide has turned and last year showed an increase in membership, tho a falling off in locals. Internationals unions easily hold the first place in the Dominion. The in- ternational locals in Canada in 1923 numbered 2,079 with a membership of 203,843.. In addition there were three other classes of unionists of which account is taken by the labor depart- ment. These are non-international bodies with headquarters in Canada, 2778 locals with 34,315 members; inde- pendent units with 24 locals and 9,934 members; and National and Catholic RUSS CHILDREN Monday, June’ 9, 1924 BUILD HOMES IN OLD MONASTERY Need Funds to Buy Machinery ; + Eta | By ANISE Federated Press Staff Correspondent. (Part 11) KVALINSK, Russia—The John Reed colony of 50 children in an old monastery near Kvalinsk, who have now lived almost unaided through a Pioneering winter, give me this list of things they need. , It is amazing how well they man- age on so little. They want a medi- cine chest, with quinine, iodine, sul- phur ointment, and the simple things needed in a rough, new land for ma- laria, itch and infected wounds. »They ask for tools, knives for leather-cutting and a lathe. And pruning knives and saws for their or- chard. And a flat-iron. All winter they have washed clothes, but not ironed them. And they want paints and. papers, for the first thing the Russians learn, after making a living, is’ art. And they want $40 for four beehives, for an old beekeeper offers to sell out to them and give free in- struction. Last autumn when I visited Kva- linsk and saw the difficulties, I saw also a fine estate down the river. The government would give it to them for nothing, if they had the means to run it. But they lack the $5000 which would keep the place going till har- vest. After the first harvest it would support a thousand children. Not only are they making a living; they are getting an education. They are building for themselves a home. One night the boys began to ques- tion their teacher. “Will you send us &way when we are 16, as they do in the city children’s homes?” “No, this is a working colony. We will not send you away.” “But after that, we shall be 20 years old even.” “Even so, we will not send you away.” “But if we should want to get mar ried?” “Then we can build an extra room for you. You can stay here or go to the city to work as you choose.” “But this will always be home?” “Yes, this will always be home.” They are still hoping that from somewhere will come money to take the fine estate down river, and to let in the scores of children who come drifting to them down the Volga, drawn by the news of the John Reed colony. And to make a really effici- ent farm, a model to the peasants, I am hoping they will get this. But meantime they have - gone ahead, without waiting. ‘There are hundreds of thousands of pioneer chfidren like these in Russia, unions with 106 locals and 30,000 members. The lIragest group among Canadian labor unions is the railway trades, which comprise 27.52 per cent. Next comes building with 10.32 per cent; public employes, personal service and amusement trade, 9.43 per cent; min- ing and quarrying, 8.98 per cent; transportation and navigation (other than railways), 8.23 per cent; metal, 6.12 per cent;clothing, boots and shoes, 5.6; printing and general labor, 21.02 per cent. 5 Send in that Subscription Today. Murmansk Ready to Handle Double Pre-War Cargoes (Rosta News Agency.) LENINGRAD, June 8.—The chief of the Murmansk port (Russian Far Northern unfrozen port) stated that PUEBLOINDIANS — TRYING GHANDI'S WAY FOR RITES U. S.-Stops Adolescent Ceremonies * By M. A. DEFORD (Federated Press Correspondent) SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.—The de- cision of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico to offer paSsive resistancé to attempts by the federal government to abrogate their ancient religion has caused much sympathetic feeling among friends of the Indians in Cali- fornia. The San Francisco Methodist Ministers’ Association has protested to Secretary of the Interior Work, pleading that the Indians be left their tribal customs, and a nucleus was this. port is in a perfectly satisfactory | tormed to fight in the Indians’ behalf. Condition and is actually in a position)" Government Stops Tribal Rites. to handle a double amount of car- The point of the controversy lies in goes as compared with pre-war times./the government's insistence that In- Over 200 big ships enter the harbor at! aian boys be no longer kept out of a time, school for a year, as has been the cus- The turnover of cargoes reached | tom, to prepare them for the religious record figures during the current/ rites of adolescence—sort of novi- working year, over one and one-half/tate for the tribal priesthood. The million poods having been imported |jndians say they are willing to have in the first three months and over| tne boys to school a year longer, one million poods exported during the | yt they must have one year off on same lapse of time. The Murmansk] the tribal religion will fall. The atti- Railway is now constructing new £0-|tude of Indian Commissioner Burke, downs of about 350,000 poods capacity.| from whom this and other rulings ob- Morgan to Gobble Coal, Consolidation of 25 per cent of the] © noxious to the Indians arose, has been hostile. Want Their Religious Ways. coal mines of Indiana under the gen-| ‘Now the Indians have taken a leaf eral control of New York bankers is|from Ghandi’s book, and announced @ prospect of the near future, accord-|that they will not yield to this perse- to the Chicago coal trade, A rep-|cution but will offer nonresistance the Chase Ni ing fatihal| and nonco-operation to the goverte it’s demands. Assembled in con+ at San Domingo Pueblo, N, |, they ended their ultimatum with words: “There is no future for the race of the Inidans if its religion killed.” They state that religious berty was the first right granted them by the treaty of Guadulupe Hi- dalgo, whereby Mexico ceded this tere ritory to the United States. - Burke, who has publicly referred tq the Indians as animals, also de =