The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 19, 1924, Page 1

— JPHE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Vol. I.No. 104. —_ SUBSCRIPTION RATES THE DAI In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year, Outside Chicago, by mail. $6.00 per year, ” ‘WORKER. Rntered es Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ilinois under the Act of March 8, 1879. SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1924 ea“ Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. CENTS Including Saturday Magazine Section. On all other days, Three Cents per Copy. Price 5c d SEE LONDON BREAK OVER RUHR BANKERS AND MILITARISTS OF FRANCE BUSY AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REPARATIONS Communist Murdered in Court VICTORY CROWNS AMALGAMATED STRIKE INN. Y. Bosses Association and 100 Independents Sign - (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, July 18.—Over three-fourths of the 40,000 strikerssin the New York men’s clothing industry are back at/ work following the successful strike called by the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers union on June 25, Besides the newly formed employers organization, the New York Clothing Manu- facturers Exchange, over 100 independent shops have signed | with the union during the last week. The union shop, establish- ment of minimum wage scales and an unemployment insur- ance fund along lines of the Chicago unemployment fund, are important provisions of the contract. A majority of the in- dependent shops which have;not yet actually signed the agree- ment have made application to the union to do so. Strike Non-Union Shops. Several large non-union shops, such as Sam Finkelstein & company with 800 workers, which have successfully withstood for years the Amalgamated attempt at organization, have been drawn into the strike despite the ef- forts of sluggers. Negotiations on the minimum wage scales, which are merely outlined in the contract, have begun between the union and the manufacturers’ ex- change. A 5 per cent strike assess- ment is being paid by workers who are back on the job. o8 Fight in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, July 18.—Men’s clothing manufacturers in the Phila-|- delphia market are attempting to take advantage of the slow season by cut- ting wages and lengthening hours of work. In unorganized shops the boss- es are able to do about as they please. But in the organized shops the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers’ union has * SAFE IN MOSCOW FROM FRENCH REVENGE. See that man standing in the center with his hand on another's shoulder. That Is Captain Jacques Sadoul, French Communist, condemned to death years ago on a war charge, but safe in Moscow with revolutionary friends at revolutionary work: amnesty for him but the French senate withholds approval. Premier Herriot has ordered -| Frankfort Police Scatter Workers Congress them social-democrats, were arrested and led away by the police. In spite of their parliamentary immunity, seven members of the Reichstag were also taken into custody, among them Rosenberg, Katz, Schutz, Koe- nig, and also deputies of the Thu- ringia Landtag. Not until evening were the arrested released, and led in groups to the station for immedi- (Special to the DAILY WORKER) BERLIN, June 30.—(By mall.)— The All-German Workers’ Congress called together by the factory com- mittees in Elsenach (in place of Leipsic), was dispersed by a large detachment of police almost imme- diately after its opening on Sunday morning. All participants In the Congress (about 400 people), among STRICKEN FARMERS GET NO RELIEF FROM FREIGHT RATES THIS SUMMER WASHINGTON, July 18—The last hope of western farmers for relief this summer from excessive freight rates on agriculture products was aban- doned today when officials of the interstate commerce commission announced there ‘could be no appeal from their decision refusing rate reductions. The commission, by a vote of six to five, held that its four months in- vestigation of the agricultural situation and freight rate levels in eleven states of the Mississippi-Missouri valley, had shown “there was no need for a change.” The earnings of the carriers in that region, it was stated, did “26,840 votes, | office. gathered its strength and blocked the bosses. Militant strikes are being carried on by the union against two of the Jarge shops, J. Braunstein and S. Abrahams & Co. Workers struck against the former because one of their number was discharged with- out cause. The Abrahams firm tried to cut wages 10 per cent or increase hours from 44 to 48. A union mass meeting for the en- tire market has been called for July 22, farm products. PROSECUTOR IS GOOD FRIEND TO. KLAN BRANDERS PONTIAC, Mich., July 18—Prose- cutor A. F. Blakeslee said today he doesn’t believe the mysterious torture and “K, K. K.” branding of Rev. Oren C. Van Loon justifies a particularly sweeping official probe. He will not a grand jury unless it appears, he said, that somebody is “holding out” on him, “My inquiries to date,” the prose- cutor said, “convince me that the Van Loon matter is a case of personal ven- geance rather than an organized work of torture. Accordingly I can’t see the justification of an extensive invest tigation, which would put the county = to great expense. Panic in Spain. “You know, under the law the BARCELONA, July 18.—Numerous branding of Rev. Van Loon is merely factories closed here today precipitat-|a simple affair of assault and battery ing an industrial panic, : READ WORKERS PARTY PROGRAM OF ACTION IN MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT We are publishing in to-day’s Magazine supplement of the DAILY WORKER the program of action adopted by the Workers Party Central Executive Committee at its last meeting. Every party member and every sympathizer of our movement will learn from this program what our party is planning to accomplish in the months to come, This is time for organized and systematic action. workers opening up to new ideas. The masses are beginning to move. Now is the time for our party to step into the struggle and crystallize organ- ization and power for the ideas of international Communism. The Program ‘of Action should be studied and applied in this lig» Ma te Re-elect Hillman, Schlossberg. NEW YORK, July 18.—Re-election of general president Sidney Hillman and general secretary - treasurer Joseph Schlossberg of the Ami mated Clothing Workers’ union, is an~| nounced by the New York headquart- ers of the union. The referendum vote for Hillman was 27,669 for; and 2,046 against. Schlossberg received All of the former gen- eral executive board members who stood for re-election were returned to Montreal was chosen as the seat of the next convention, The minds of the not justify further reductions in rate incomes. The decision struck a blow at both republicans and democrats for the coming campaign, as each endorsed the idea of reducing freight rates on Y. W. L, DENOUNCES POLICEMAN SLAYER AND KLAN BACKERS (Young Workers League Statement) The brutal murder of Comrade Popovsky, member of the Y. W. L. and an active and vailant worker for the cause of the working class is a matter that eoncerns every worker in this country. The Ku Klux Klan is rumored to have put up the $10,000 bonds for his mur- derer, Policeman 0. P. Bozarth. This indicates that he has the back- ing of the gang of hoodlums who have no respect for even their own laws. The murder of Comrade Popov- sky in a courtroom shows that not even in an open court are workers safe from the brutes that protect capitalism. The workers of West Frankfort must unite their fordes with all other workers to rid the country of their exploiters. They must work to establish a govern- ment of the working-class that will. serve the workers and prevent the hirelings of capitalism from commit- ting such horrible crimes in the future. The Workers of West Frankfort must fight agafnet the parties controlled by the Kian. They must let the bosses know where they stand, X The Young Workers League ex- tends its sympathy to the paren’ brother, comra Boris Popovsky, " and friends of Gend jn that Subsoription Today. ate departure. A representative of the Czech w who was present at the Congres’ is stifi held under guard. On the day of the dispersal of the Congress, Eisenach had the appearance of a military camp. Large detachments, of Thuringian police patrolled the streets, and quite a number of streets were closed to traffic. NEEDLE WORKERS WARNED AGAINST ‘ANGEL CITY’ ADS Get Facts from Council in Los Angeles (Special to The DAILY WORKER) LOS ANGELES, Calif., July “18:— The Needle Trades Council of thi city has sent out the following notice of warning to all needle trade workers thruout the country to cauntarct the misleading, lying advertisements of the capitalist advertisers and news- papers. The capitalist press thruout the country is carrying advertisements from the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants & Manufacturers Assn. of Los Angeles, calling on all workers to come here and enjoy the glories of California. The object of the employer is to flood the labor market and have an army of unemployed in order to keep wages at the lowest possible level and to make a union shop impossible. You must understand that sunshine does not pay the rent nor buy food. We therefore advise you that if you intend to come to Los Angeles, com- municate with the Information Bureau of the Needle Council. This was organ- ized by the Needle Trades Council for your benefit and for that of the organ- ized labor movement, Address all communications to: Needle Trades Council, 138% S. Spring St., Los Angeles, Calif. Send in that Subscription Today. YOUNG; WORKER SLAIN BY COP IN KLUX TOWN Klan Furnishes Bail to} Policeman Killer By BARNEY MASS. (Special to the DAILY WORKER) WEST FRANKFORT, Ill., July 18.—Boris Popovsky, 21, an active member of the Young) Workers League of West Frank- | fort and the Workers Party was brutally slain in the city hall courtroom here by Policeman O. P. Bozarth. The latter, ar- rested for murder, is now on| $10,000 bail believed to have} been furnished by the Ku Klux! Klan. The killer is still on the force. Popovsky was arrested while at work. He was driving a bakery wagon for the Home Bakery he and _his~ brother George Popovsky conducted. The policeman charged him with driving too fast—an ab- surd charge, citizens of West say—and brought him to the City hall building. Slain in Courtroom. Popovsky was assaulted in the courtroom while Justice Crim was making out the papers in the case. There were no other witnesses but from the officer's own admissions he got into a bitter argument with his prisoner when the latter denied that he had exceeded the speed limit. The| uniformed thug, working himself into} a passion, suddenly brought the butt/| end of his heavy revolver down on Popovsky’s head, fracturing his skull.) Popovsky died in the United Mine} Workers Hospital. Justice Runs Away. A significant incident in the affair is the disappearance of Justice Crim shortly after the assault in his court- room. Members of the United Mine Workers are demanding that Crim be brought back into town and forced to tell what he knows. The murdered youth was an active unionist. West Frankfort is one of the Illinois towns where the Ku Klux Klan has| carried on its campaign of terrorism against union men and particularly those of foreign birth. Ku Klux Terrorism. Only a few years back the town} stablished its 100 per cent American attitude by running out and killing all the foreigners in the town. A foreigner living there jn that time, took his life in his own hands. Glenn Young has been removed by Bob Evans, of equal fame, as the K. K. K. organizer in that territory, and we can still see murderous activity of} the K. K. K. prevail in Williamson county. The killidg of Popovsky should set into action the miners in that vicinity | in protest against the high-handed tac-| tics of the K. K. K. police in West | Frankfort and his removal should im- mediately be demanded. The politics} of that section should be cleaned out! and the basis of this has been lai by the last act in the chain of organ. ized murder. Lets clean out these 101 percenters and place in their stead | the miners who are entitled to con- trol their own destinies. For Accident Prevention, To probe the causes and suggest means of prevention of automobile accidents a sub-committee of a na- tional committee appointed recently by’ secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover met here today. NATIONAL BISCUIT BOSSES GET EXCITED AS $15 A WEEK SLAVES RUSH TO BUY THE YOUNG WORKER The poorly paid employes of the National Biscuit company, by buying |Union’s report. hundreds of gopies of the “Young Worker,” and fraternizing on the street |8t#t¢ Police “along military lines” are corners with the Young Workers League members, have caused their em-|P&°ked by chambers of commerce, The young workers sold several hundred ployers considerable annoyance. copies of the paper Thursday night at the gates of the National Biscuit company plant at 1000 W. Washington Boulevard, In spite of the threats of the employers and the hiring of several thugs |from the American Civil Liberties to stand on the street to brow-beat the “Young Worker” salesmen, the|Union, 100 Fifth avenue, New York (Continued on page 3.) (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, July 18—The international reparations conference is now getting down to a consideration of its most difficult pro- blem and the most dangerous breaking point of the proceedin Desperate efforts are being made to harmonize the plans of the French and British interests in evacuation of the Ruhr. the matter of Franco-Belglan French papers arriving here are dis- |tinctly pessimistic as to the outcome of the deliberations. The shadow of the strong militarist opposition in France, g shadow present here in the body of.a corps of the leading bank- ers from the Quay d’Orsay, is hanging over the head of the French premier, Herriot, every one of whose actions is calew- lated to avoid irritating, if not actually pleasing the Paris tm- |the backing of the |Labor Fights Extension perialists. ° Herriot is committed to the Seydoux report and plan for the “progressive evacuation” of the leading French financiers and is even indorsed now by Poincare, as shown in the senate vote authorizing Herriot to go to London, can be summed up in the following provisions: France Seeks England’s Aid 1, Allied guarantees supported by a German reconstruction and reparation loan to be floated by American bank- ers must be clearly laid down before France will begin its gradual evacua- tion of the territory containing the heart of industrial Germany. French imperialism is anxious to have the unlimited support of England to en- force the Dawes report terms on Ger-| many should she later prove recalci-) trant in the face of new conditions. 2. The German Reichstag must lose no time in passing not only the neces- sary legal measures for its unreserved | acceptance. of the Dawes plan, but must also enact specific declarations pledging-its fullest aid and. co-opera- tion in setting up the necessary ma- chinery of the Dawes plan and in keeping this reparations machinery in good order. 3. After the initial payment by Ger-| many and after sufficient evidence of German good will and sincerity is shown, then the Belgian and French forces will start their progressive withdrawal from the Ruhr. 4. The French milifary and tech- nical forces are to maintain their con- trol of the three key railroads run- ning thru the Ruhr and Rhineland. The ostensible and expressed purpose of this provision is to assure France that no German railway strikes will interfere with the carrying out of the Dawes plan. Struggle of the Bankers This is a serious point of dispute. The British bankers from Lombard Street are anxious to have the French capitalists give up their hold on these railroads, which are of even greater (Continued on page 3) 17 STATES NOW USE COSSACK POLICE SYSTEM of Constabulary NEW YORK, July 18.—Atrocities committed by state troopers in labor disputes are outlined in a summary just made public by the American ivil Liberties Union of the state police systems now in force in seven- teen states. The summary deals chiefly with the state police “in indus- trialy conflicts where civil rights are involved.” Opposition to the exten- sion of the state police system comes from labor organizations, the report shows, on the grounds that “the troop- ers are almost always used against the Workers and in the interests of the employers.” Labor organizations charge that state police are used “in- variably to break strikes, to evict strikers from their homes, and to use strong-arm methods characteristic of company gunmen,” Official descriptions of state police outrages during industrial disputes in New York, Pennsylvania, West Vir- ginia and Colorado aré included in the Efforts to establish bankers’ associations, organizations of rich farmers and motor and rotary clubs, the summary shows. Copies of the report may be obtained City, Ruhr. LEAGUE RULERS RAPE AND BEAT NATIVE WOMEN New Guinea Oppressors Force Prostitution By W. FRANCIS AHERN (Federated Prese Staff Correspondent.) RABAUL, New Guinea, South Pacific Ocean, July 18.—Although forbidden under the league of nations, white officials of the Australian government administering the mandate over the ex-German territory of New Guinea are forcing native women to co-habit with them. Here are specific cases reported to The Federated Press by officials in the territory: At Eiltape, an official attempted to rape a young mative woman. Shi resisted and was flogged. With i back bleeding profusely she fled the hospital.. Nothing was done to the white official. Forced Prostitution. At Biligil, a district officer coni- pelled a native woman, with a child at her breast to sleep with him for several days. He than handed her over to another officer. At Karbok, a police official saw a native woman, newly married to a native chief. The chief was thrown into jail and his wife defiled and turned loose. Because she had con- sorted with a Huropean she became @ prostitute. The Catholie mission at Marienberg reported to the commissioner of na- tives that it was common for police officials to capture native women for immoral purposes. The protests were in vain. Ia April a white official was charged with ordering native women to be brought to him. As he had friends higher up the charge was not pushed. Captain Thompsen, an official of the Australian government at Rabaul, testifies that a native woman's breasts were lacerated by a beating from a white official. Thrown Out to Die. At Gasmatta a native woman was thrown out of the hospital to le in the bush on the orders of a dis- trict officer because she was “too much trouble.” A native police boy was ordered to take her into the bush and leave her there. She was never seen again, Protest against the enforced prosti- tution of native women have been made to the Australian government with Httle result. The protests are being forwarded to the league of na- tions at Geneva. How About Haiti? SYDNEY, New South Wales.—Max Miller, an American, who visited New Guinea says: “No American should criticise Australia in Guinea. He should remember his own Haiti, his own Philippines, his own Cuba, and keep his mouth shut.” FRAZIER BOLTS CAL FOR LA FOLLETTE BUT WILL STAY IN 6. 0. P, WASHINGTON, July 18.—Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota came out for the LaFollette candi- ‘dacy today In a statement which scored President Coolidge as one who does “not represent his brand of republicanism.” Frazier will stay in the republican party while he supports LaFollette, The North Dakotan has thrice been republican governor.ot hip state, 4 This scheme which hag