The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 29, 1924, Page 3

Monday, September 29, 1924 ee SOVIET UNIONS ISSUE APPEAL FOR CHINA AID Capitalist Robbers ‘in Big ‘Conspiracy The civil war now raging in China is attracting world-wide attention. Behind the should- ers of the warring tuchuns and sectional militarists stand the agents of the capitalist powers seeking advantage out of the chaos which their conspiracies have spread thruout that ricn and mighty country., Alone among the great na- tions, Soviet Russia extends the helping hand to the oppressed people of China, and the gov- ernment of Russia which ‘is the Servant of the workers and Peasants of that country stands out against the capitalist buz- zards who hover over that Oriental battlefield like birds of prey over a herd of buffaloes. Soviet China’s Friend. The trade unionsts of Soviet Russia, having instructed their government to stand by the workers and peasants of China to the limit of its powers ap: pedls to the workers of the world to take a hand in the struggle against the capitalist governments, liberal, la- bor and avowedly reactionary who are united in their war on the Chineses people. The following appeal was issued by the All-Russian Central Council, of Trade Unions and address- ed to the workers of all countries: AGAINST THE ROBBERS’ RAID INTO CHINA, To the Workers of All Countries. “Humanity again faces a world war fs a result of the robbers’ raid of the British, American, Japanese and French governments upon the peace- ful population of China. What do these governments want in China? Why do they send ultimata to the rev- olutionary democratic government headed by Sun-Yat-Sen? Why do they interfere with the internal affairs of the Chinese people? “They are acting in defense of the Chinese counter-revolution and against the workers and peasants of China. They are moving their cruisers to China because the Chinese masses want to overthrow the foreign domina- tion. ‘That is how the labor govern- ment of England and the left bloc of France show their love for peace and desire for disarmament. Call on World's Workers. “We, the toilers of Russia, who have suffered from the intervention of the world bourgeoisie know what this robbers’ attack brings with it to the broad masses of China. We call upon the workers of all countries, and par- ticularly upon the workers of France, England, United States and Japan res- olutely to protest against this shame- less interference in the affairs of tHe Chinese people. “You must not allow the bourgeoisie of England, America, France and Jap- an to tighten the noose round the neck of a nation of 400,000,000 people. We, the trade unionists of Soviet Russia have formed a society, named, “Hands off China.” Organize a simi- lar soeiety. Arouse the greatest masses against the intervention, Do no. allow world imperialism to strangle the Chinese people. Down with the robbers’ raid upon China! Down with the intervention! Down with tho world war! HANDS OFF CHINA! “ALL-RUSSIAN CENTRAL COUN. CIL OF TRADE UNIONS,” Russia Sends Aid To Flood Stricken Regions of China (By Rosta.) MOSCOW, Sept. 28—The So- viet press gives details about the floods in China, and expresses warm sympathy with the sufferings of the people in the affected districts. The chief of the far eastern depart- ment of the people’s commissriat of foreign affairs, Mr. Melnikoff, called “today on Mr. Li Chia-ao, the Chinese ‘representative at Moscow, to express to*him, on behalf of the Soviet gov- ernment, feelings of sympathy. Mr. Li Chia-aovstated, in response, deep appreciation of the attitude of the Soviet government. The speqial emergency committee for the relief of the after-effects of partial crop failure has completed its ain work, with which it was charged y the government, namely to find ‘ways and means of relieving ‘the af: ected districts and, in particular, pplying sowing material to the stricken farming populatron. president of the council of peo: ple’s commissaries, Mr. Rykoff, Who {s at the head of the relief commit: tee, has left the capital for the dis- tricts in question, so as to get first hand acquaintance with the situation there. Vote Communist This Time! } THE CAMPAIGN FUND CAMPAIGN! ca atte tat at ; vhe DAILY WORKER. Gompers’ Many Jobs (Continued from page 1) the blood stream thru the fatigue re- sulting from mental strain. The Great Example. This statement is adequately proven in the person of Samuel Gompers who has reached a ripe old age, tho bur- dened with responsibilities that would make other men squirm under the load. The secret of Mr. Gompers’ suc- cess in dodging the undertaker is at- tributed’ to his aversion to stimulat- ing beverages, poisonous weeds such as cigars and those pursuits of which poets like to sing, bué which wise mer do not practice. But in some quar- ters this story will be given the loud “Ha-Ha,” In addition to being president of the American Federation of Labor, Mr. Gompers is also more or less responsible for the welfare of, the fol- lowing organizations, listed in “Who's Who in the Nation’s Capital?” Academy of Pictorial Education. American Peace Centenary Commit- tee. + Institute of Educational Travel. Committee on Federal Constitution. Clisophic Society of Princeton Uni- versity (honorary). American Educational tional Training Conference. New York City Board of Education (committee on vocational schools). Joseph A. Holmes Memorial (tem- porary executive committee). Woman’s Clinic Auxiliary. “In. Her Name” Society (vice-presi- dent). Congress board), Children of America Loyalty League (honorary national vice-president). Michigan Press Club (honorary). National Institute of Social Science. Safety Institute of America (advis- ory committee for restoration of arse- nal buildings). American Field of Honor Assoctia- tion. | Association for the Protection of} the Adirondacks. Victory Mountain. Park Committee} of 100. Army, Navy and Civiliah Board off Boxing Control. American Central Russian Relief. General Advisory Committee on In- dustrial Safety Codes. English-Speaking Union. National Committee of Gift to France. National Press Committee for D. C. Suffrage (advisory council). and Voca- of Forums (advisory Committee for America’s Americanization Exposition (com- mittee on committees and tional co-operation). League of Nations Union (honorary | Karl Reeve, who showed how the unit- vice-president). American Red Cross. interna-| workers’ and farmers’ government of WORKERS PARTY MAINTAINS FREE SPEECH RIGHT Hold Meeting in Spite of Police Opposition The Workers Party speakers]: successfully fought out a free speech fight Friday night against seven policemen, numer- ous plain clothes dicks, and two or three Hivver squads, who at- tempted to break Mp the meet- ing at the corner of Wilton St. and Belmont Ave. Five speakers representing the Proletarian Party had been arrested on the same corner on the previous evening, and. the Workers Party speakers formed a United Front free speech fight with the Proletarian Party speakers Friday night. Charge Police Were Rough. The Workers Party speakers allow- ed the Proletariat Party s®eakers the use of the Workers Party platform, and. gave over the corner to their speakers during the first part of the evening. The Proletarian speakers told of the arrest the evening before, and the rough treatment received at the lian’ d of the police and of Judge Newcomer. The Workers Party later took over the platform, Comrade D. E. Early, the first Work- er§ Party speakér, explained to the large audience of workers, many of whom had witnessed the arrests the previous evening, the principles of the united front, and declared the Work- ers: Party was glad to form such a united front with the Proletarian Par- ty in a free speech fight. Early denounced the Dawes plan and explained the principles of inter- national working class solidarity, led by the Third (Communist) Interna- tional, as opposed to international capitalism as exemplified in the Dawes plan. During Comrade Harly’s talk the police were active riding back and forth along Wilton street in their Ford, and several plain clothes thugs were in the crowd, but the meeting was not stopped. Tell of Russia’s Struggles. The history of the struggles of the Soviet Russia was briefly related by ed forces of world capitalism had fail- ed to crush the workers in that coun- American Committee for Devastated|try. Reeve urged the undivided sup- France, board of directors). Masonic Order (32nd Shrine). port of the workers politically under degree |the banner of the Communists and on the industrial field in militant trade Odd Fellows (Stephen A. Douglas|'nion activity, to form a workers’ and, Lodge). Elks. Washington Chamber of Commerce (publicity committee). Monday Evening Club. National Geographic Society. Cigarmakers’ International Union (First vice-president). Cigarmakers’ local, No, 14. Civie Forum, Immigration Restriction League. American Political Science Associa- tion. National Tuberculosis~ Association. Lincoln Memorial Farmers’ ssocia- tion. American Academy of Political and Social Science. Friends of Russian Freedom. National’ Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis (di- rector). Comite Permanent Internationale les Assurances Sociales. @ National Soil Fertility League (ad- visory board). International Congress on Hygiene and Demography. American Agricultural Association. International Association for Moth- ers’ Day (advisory committee). National Committee on Prison La- bor (councillor). tj farmers’ government in the United States along the lines of the govern- ment of Soviet Russia. Reeve denounced the Ku Klux Klan as one means used by the employers in this country as an effort to disrupt the workers, and told how the Klan in Southern Illinois is using disruptive methods in the miners’ union. Reeve told of the class struggle between the large employers, such as the Western Electric company, the U. S. Steel cor- poration and the electric trust on the ong hand and steel trust slaves on the other. id When Comrade Early again took the platform to sell the literature and closed the meeting, he was interrupted by a uniformed policeman, who threat- ened to call the patrol if literature were sold. “Well, we'll give it away, then,” Comrade Early shouted, “and we'll ‘take up a collection to pay for it.” Says He'll Call Wagon. “T'll call the wagon if you do,” the cop answered. “Well, go ahead and call the wagon,” Early replied, “We have a right to free speech, and the selling of litera- ture and the taking up of a collection go along with street meetings.” When Comrade Early declared he would eon- tinue to talk and assert his constitu- Luther Burbank Society (honorary). | tional rights of free speech, the crowd International Congress on Social In-|joudly applauded. surance (vice chairman committee on More than $4 were taken up in the organization; program committee 0/|collection and all the literature, in- executive committee). cluding the DAILY WORKER, the National Civic Federation (chair-| Young Worker, and pamphlets by Fos- man committee on labor conditions, 'ter and Jay Lovestone, were distribut- industrial economic department; ad-jed. Another meeting will be held on visory council of industrial economic |the same corner by the Workers Par- department). American Sociological Society. Anti-Tuberculosis Society (Chicago branch). ty Tuesday night. 3 Hear “Bob” Minor, A crowd of several hundred Negroes stood in the drizzling rain and listen- People’s Fish and Game Protective|ed to a speech by Robert Minor at a Association of California (consulting |'street meeting on the corner of 30th board) . National Board of Censorship of Mo- tion Pictures (advisory committee). and State Saturday night. Future street meetings are announce: ed as follows: ' National Educational Motion Pic-| Monday—Western lectric noon tures Assocfation( honorary vice-pres-|meeting, speakers Ella Reeve Bloor ident), New York State Factory Investi- gating Commission. National Editorial Faculty. Four Railroads Merge. NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Four of the large railroad lines in the middle and and others. é Monday night—Madison and Wood Sts., Mid-City Branch. Speakers Ella Reeve Bloor and Karl Reeve, Tuesday night—Wilton and Bel- mont. Speakers D. B. Karly and others. ROME, Sept. 28.—Prince Pignatelli, Await Special Decision. Later-official investigators who at- far west may be merged into one gi-!a member of one of Italy’s best known |gantic system. The lines invoived are: [noble families, wounded Signor Fari- The St. Louis and San Francisco, the |nacci, a Fascist leader, in a sword St. Louis Southwesterh, the Missouri, |duel today. The prince, who was cap: Kansas and Texas, and the Chicago | tain of Italian shock troops in the war, and Alton. had criticized Farinacet for his fail- ure,to se} Subscribe for “Your Daily,” THE DAILY WORKER Page Thres SCENE IN SOVIET COURT AT TRIAL OF THE COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY, SAVINKOFF | CHARGE PLAY IN NEW YORK WALLOPS ARMY Fear for Discipline and Morale of Marines NEW YORK, Sept. 28.— “From a military standpoint, the show clearly demonstrates that there is no system, no discipline, no morale in the U. S. marine corps or the U. S. army,” Inspector Peterkin, attached to the intelligence office of the third naval district, so reports on “What Price Glory,” a play by Maxwell Anderson and Law- rence Stallings. Peterkin, some officers and two department of justice operatives made the first com- olaint after seeing the show. tended the deleted version found no fault but the whole matter awaits the decision of the special board of re- view: composed of arm, havy and pol- ice officials. The play “clearly shows that sub- ordinates do not have any respect for ‘superior officers,” continues Peter kin’s report. “The general public are permitted to believe that the person- nel and officers of the U. S. marine corps are subject at all times to de- bauchery and seducement. Charge Marines Drunkards. “The marine corps and the army of the; United States are belittled to the public, the play showing that they are drunkards most of the time and that there is lack of discipline and respect which tends to bring discredit and re- proach upon the army and marine of- ficers,” So far officers of the army and mar- ine corps have made no public denial of the imputations of “What Price Glory” in spite of their efforts to have the play withdrawn. Japs Eye Chinese Wealth. &@ TOKIO, Sept. 28.—A clash between Foreign Minister Shidehara and War Minister Ugaki over the question of Japanese interference in China took place at a meeting of the cabinet yes- terday. War Minister Ugaki is reported to favor intervention on the side of Chang Tso Lin, Manchurian war lord. That Chang Tso Lin is the agent of Harrington Tate, who confessed having poisoned her first husband so Japanese imperialism in China is un- hisputhe: a stand for neutrality that she might marry Tate, denied to- taken by Shidehara is due to fear on pir that she gave him the poison her- the part of Japanese capitalists that | °°! open interference on the side of the Mnchurian forces will lead to a break |@" Of peaches that Tate gave her. (Continued from page 1) served in the manner of ttaining the children of the steel trust slaves. | Gary was founded by the stéel trust |for the purpose of making as much money as possible with as little out: | lay as possible. “Every device for the Saving of time, material, labor and | Money to obtain the best product was} adopted by the United States Steel corporation in founding Gary,” we are told by Edward Garstin Smith} ina frank tale of the founding of Gary, en- titled, “Gary, Indiana, America’s Magic City.” The public schools of Gary proved no exception to the rule of making profits from the workers at least cost. “Social, political and industrial changes have forced upon the school the responsibilities formerly laid upon the home—now the school is charged with the physical, mental and social training of the child,” states Lee F. Hanmer, ina recently published re- port on the Gary school system. A little later hé further reveals that the platoon school system is made to serve the steel\trust by placing most of the time and energy of the courses on physical. and vocational training. “Progress was rapid,” says. Hanmer. “Painting and printing were added in 1911. The foundry, forge, and ma- chine shop came in 1913.” Factory and Forge. Even the elementary grades are de- partmentalized. Statistics given for the Emerson, Froebel and Jefferson schools, the largest and best known ~ + GARY LABOR UNDER STEEL YOKE a “platoon schools” reveal t inant emphasis on vocational and physical training. “The ranking of studies on the basis of time, ys, Han- 8s predom. |mer’s report, “allows 2,697 hours for| physical training; 1,605 hours for drawing and shop, and 1,600 hours for auditorium work.” Thus “24 per cent of the total time allotment in the ele- mentary grades is devoted to physi-| shop} cal training. 14, per cent to work, 14 per cent to auditorium work, and only three per cent to history, two per cent to geography, three per cent to spelling, Seven per cent to language, and five per cent to sci- ence.” Slaves After Death. In childhood thé residents of Gary are taught in the public ‘schools only those things which will make them better slaves of the steel trust. When they grow up and gpter the mills, they | get their wages from the U. S. Steel corporation on a non-union wage bas- is. They: read the Gary Post-Tribune practically owned by the steel trust For entertainment they have to pa tronize cheap theatres owned chamber of commerce members who are dominated by the steel trust. They have to pay rent to the steel trust, and buy goods of the, steel trust or from concerns dominated by the steel trust. If they ever had an, money to put in the bank they would have to bank with a steel trust bank When they die they are no doubt} buried in ground owned by the United States Steel corporation. || COMMUNIST CANDIDATE PUT ON THE BALLOT IN LOS ANGELES, CALIF, (SpeBial to the DAILY WORKER) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 28.— The Workers Party won a victory here today when Morris Biell, Com- munist candidate for assemblyman in the 66th Assembly District was placed on the ballot. This places the district in direct competition with the socialist party candidate here. All plans are completed for a stiff campaign and wide publicity to our party principles and plat- form, Domestic War Is Cause of Bayonets in Williamson County MARION, IL, Sept. 28.—Mrs. Ruby to She said she gave him milk and a “ith England and America, which|#@rrington came home ill trom the have interests in other parts of China, |™2e¢ Where he and Tate worked, and City Ownership vs. Insufl. The city council will have to decide Oct. 22, whether the power whi Samuel Insull, public utilities king, ready holds over the control of ‘the city of Chicago will be éurbed, or whether Insull will be allowed to in-; crease his grasp on the affairs of the city, Insull, head of the Chicago ele- vated and traction lines, will present to the city council on that date plans for the extension of his elevated sys- tem. On the same date, Mayor Dever will present plans for elevated lines to be owned by the city which will take the place of Insull’s extensions, MILWAUKEE NOTICE AILY WORKER ix wold on the news stands every day. If you jot Subscribe, get it here: fi it Water St, and Michi- ‘ilwaukee, Wi ‘8 Book sine mn Max St DENVER NOTICE Me i Colo, she charges that in as much as Tate had suggested to her that she poison her husband, she now thinks he must ch [DAVE given Harrington something that at started his first illness. Soldiers with fixed bayonets guard- ed the ‘Williamson county jail here where Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tate have ‘been lodged, after pretty Mrs, Tate confessed to Sheriff George Galligan, she had plotted with Tate to do away with her first husband, Joseph Har- rington. Sheriff George Galligan asked for the military guard, fearing an attempt might be made to lynch the couple, Dutch Socialists for Disarmament; Leaders Opposed THE HAGUE, Sept. 28.—The 22 so- 8. ; Store, 211 Wells 8t.,/cial-democrats occupying seats in the * Gis ioth Sta, Milwaukee, Wis,{S@cond Dutch Chamber will go over the head of their party leaders and submit a bill for complete disarma- ment. The government: party leaders declare they will refuse to approve If not subscribe to the DAILY S wy rine . Fete De: Vote Communist This Time! ter Seat eae et va ane, BALL, nin ie EXPEL RADDOCK AND BOWERMAN FROM THE, W. W. M. Raddock and F. W. Bowerman, leaders in the institution of a court injunction against Thomas Doyle, sec- refary-treasurer, and other officials of the Industrial Workers of the World, have béen expelled from the I. W. W. by the Chicago branch of Industrial Union No. 440. A marked sentiment against the Rowan-Bowerman-Griffiths faction has been manifested by the membership of the I. W. W. because of their re- sort to capitalist courts in an effort to embarass the..Doyle-Fisher group within the I, W. W. Trial Committee in Statement. The statement of the trial commit- tee, which found Bowerman and Rad- dock guilty of disruption within the organization and of failing to account for application of I. W. W. funds, fol- lows: “We, the trial committee elected by Chicago Branch of I. U. 440, find F. W. Bowerman,: card 22841, and M. Raddock card 299111, guilty of the charges placed against them, and they stand expelled from the organization, as the verdict of the committee was approved by the branch.” ‘The state- ment was signed by A. Black, chair- man, W. H.. Thompson, I. Beylin, Stephen Szalay, and John Edenstrom. Many Called; Few Appear. Raddock and Bowerman called a convention of Union No. 440, repre- senting about 10 branches. in the me- tal trades industry, to meet in Pitts- burgh, Pa. However, ouf of the 800 members, only Raddock, Bowerman and four of their followers showed up. The expulsion is the latest act of the membership in repudiating the faction in the I, W. W. which brot suit in the capitalist courts against the I. W. W. administration. ‘Question jank Failure: VINCENNES, Ind., Sept. 28.—Forty- six indictments were returned here to- day by the Knox county grand jury. The jury is known to have investigat- ed the failure of the North Side State Bank, the Knox Loan & Savings As- sociation, recent highway hold-ups and grain elevator and warehouse fires. by | WORLD'S CRISIS “HITS LABOR IN ORIENTAL LANDS 'Question:is Teken up at Profintern Meet (Rosta) MOSCOW, Aug. 5 (by mail).—Mak- ing a general survey of the trades union movement in the East, Mr. Hellor, in his report to the 111 €on- gress of the “Profintern” (International of Red Labor Unions), recently held at Moscow, dwelt on the crisis which the Oriental labor movement has been going thru since the last congress of that organization. The reason lies in the heavy economic crisis of native | capital in the Oriental countries. World Crisis Affects Orient. | Indeed,—the eaker remarks—the jeconomic cri in the rest of the | world has had its effect on the colon- ial and semi-colonial countries of the that there came an ir ard drive of Europ- eah and American capital, which in political terms meant a refloresence of imperialism and struggle for Ori- {ental markets. On the other hand, inative capitalism, which had pros- pered and flourished in the years o} jthe imperialistic war, benefitted as it was by the lack of competition on the part of European powers, now finds jitself in a vety difficult position: un- jable as it is to compete today with European capital, native capitalism fails nearly everywhere. It stands to reason then that the national liberation movement, which had made progress during these last | years, is now on the decline, as it has | been deprived of the support of tha |native bourgeoisie which, to save its |position, prefers to compromise with the all-powerful European capitalism. | Under such conditions, it is the lot of the working classes of the East to en- ter without almost any allies into the struggle both for their class and na- tional freedom. What then, the task of the “Profintern” in this new juncture in the East?—asks the speaker. The final aim of this organization is, as |heretofore, the class and national lib- ‘eration of the proletariat. While new tactics must be found, adapted to new conditions, the town proletariat, which is weak numerically, must be allied with the proletarianized farmers, pett; artisans, etc,, who are very numerous jin the Oriental countries: Japan, China, Egypt, and so forth. Such co- operation must run along definite or- ganizational lines, whether it be the ation of workers’ and peasants’ leagues or committees of joint action. The time for elemental action fs, however, over: what is needed at present is a long and patient organiza. tion of revolutionary “cadres,” and the concrete and practical slogans of the common struggle of workers and peasants shoufd be, for instance, the right of coalition, strikes, etc, The “Profintern’s” task in the East is, therefore, to ‘use all available means of the proletarian and peasants’ strug- gle and nfake its organizations stand closer to thé broad masses of the people, Monarchist Plotters. VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. 29. (by mail) —Publie opinion here is very much interested in the pending big trial of 4 recently disclosed monarchist organ ization, which aimed at the overthrow of the Soviet power in favor of the ex-grand-dukes Nikolai Nikolateviteb and Kyrill Viadiinirovitch. This organization planned to organ ize bandit raids and political murders and also to hamper the economic re adjustment of the country. All the plot was directed from Harbin by the monarchist center there, in particular, by Bishop Nester and ex-colonel Jod voin. Thirty-nine SA ae have been made. in this connection at Vladivostok,