The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 8, 1924, Page 3

ae Wednesday, October 8, 1924 MACDONALD Is WAVERING AS FIGHT NEARS - Indications Are That He Won’t Resign Today (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Oct. 7.—The Mac- Donald labor government is be- ginning to show signs of waver- ing in meeting the challenge of ‘the liberals and tories in parlia- ment. It is said that there is an in- creasing likelihood that Mac- Donald will not resign and pre- cipitate a general election de- spite the fact that he is bound to meet defeat on the motions of censure that will be made against his government by the combined employers’ parties. Amongst the business interests there is a growing opposition to pre- cipitating an election contest at this time, because of the bad effect it might have on industry. This view is strengthened on ‘account of the doubt in many minds as to the results that the Dawes plan will bring. Election Before Christmas. A general election before Christmas is now regarded’as a certainty. It is believed that the laborite cabinet will resign after the tory motion of cen- sure is brought up in Commons to- morrow. MacDonald probably will ask the king to dissolve Commons and summon a national election, When the premier appeared on the floor of the labor party conference, he outlined the “successes” of the labor- ite government, adding: He Sure Didn’t, “We did not hope to create a new world out of our imagination. But we do believe that the old world is be- ginning to show a new response toa newly created spirit. I think we have succeeded in that.” MacDonald declared that British un- World Forces Are Clashin (Continued from page 1) tionary. The provinte of Kwantung is of enormous importance as a revo- lutionary rallying ground, not only for China‘but also for the islands and the districts on the Pacific coast; this was shown by the first conference: of the transport workers of the Pacific Ocean, which took place in June of this year. The imperialists, and in the first place the English imperialists, who have the greatest interest in this portion of China and possess, the most efficient colonial apparatus, could not overlook these facts. Soviet Recognition a Big Factor. On the other hand, the recognition of the Soviet Union by the Chinese central government in Peking, which took place in spite of the efforts of the imperialists, has already begun to have its effect thruout China in the direction of a growth in the anti-im- Perialist movement. The recent or- ganized League for the Struggle against Imperialism has given rise. to a stormy outburst of sympathy for the national liberation movement in South China, and an equally stormy explosion of hate against the enslav- ing treaties of the imperialists which debase the Chinese people and exploit them in a barbarous manner. The English government has openly de- cided to check the process of the li- beration movement in China by means of arms. The Proceedings in Central and North China. Simultaneously with the events in South China, there is taking place an even fiercer struggle in Central China, and according to the latest telegraphic communications there has THE DAILY WORKER been drawn into this struggle all the chief forces of Southern, Central and Northern China, The immediate pre- text for the struggle between the mili- tary governor of the province of Kiang- abe Marshall Tschen-Sun-Yuan and thé overnor-General of the province of this city. The dispute of the governors of these, two provinces over the ad- ministration of Shanghai has already lasted a long time; it has, however, not yet come to anarmed conflict. There is no doubt that the dividing up of China into economic spheres of in- g in China Tse-Kiang, Lu-Yun-Sjan, is the dis-|fuence of the imperialists promotes bute over the administration of Shang-|tne struggle of the Chinese military hai, the most important trading center | governors. The civil war in China is of China, which has a population of | caused not only by the intervention of 1% millions and is an important |the imperialists, but also thru the in- strategical point on the Pacific Ocean. |ney econoniie process. Thus, for ex imperialists Foment Civil War. | ample, the basis of Sun-Yat-Sen in Shanghai belongs to the province | gouth China is being continually con- of Kiang-Su. Witen, however, the | solidatod, is the basis of the mili- former military governor of this prov- | Tschan-Dso-Lin in the three ince was appointed as governor to the northern wheat grc neighboring province of Tse-Kiang he | which explains hi independence retained in his hands the administra-| ag a milit factor in the Chinese tion of Shanghai and nominated one | civil war. of his own party as chief of police of | The National Groups. FARRINGTON OUSTS McDONALD FROM LOCAL No. 448; UNION IS DEMANDING DESPOT’S RECALL a (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGRIELD, Oct. 7.—Duncan McDonald, a life long mem- Jiewed from the standpoint of the national factors in China, the struggle between the mil governors of the New York Comrades, Attention! |provinees of Kiang-Su and Tse-Kiang can be regarded as a struggle between T A 6 D A Y |the militarist war party “Tschili,” on | the one ntjan” group, WORKERS PARTY |along with the followers of the former | Anfu-Club, on the other. At the head of the first clique stand Wu-Fei-Pu; CAMPAIGN FUND ‘ | ving provinces, | ber of the United Mine Workers of America, for many years secretary of the Illinois miners, and president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, was dropped from membership by his local union, 448, last night, under protest, to save their charter from being revoked. The local is now circularizing the district for a employment had béen lessened and that the budget is now more favorable to the workingman. The next budget he said would be even more favorable, He Likes Dawes’ Plan. He praised: the Dawes’ reparations plan, sAying it gave the necessary ma- chinery to “bring us back to wisdom.” The premier was without illusion and warned that there are still troubl- ed waters ahead. Then He Attacks Communism. After attacking Communism, he turned to the liberals, declaring that former premier H. H. Asquith’s speech indicated that “the liberals expected the laborites to eat out of their hand.” The liberals’ inquiry motion, the premier charged, “was conceived in a spirit of medieval crookedness and torture.” He continued: “But we shall surrender nothing, If there is an election responsibility for it will not be upon us. It will have been caused by abuse of parlia- mentary votes. Every labor support- er will resent this chicanery. Expects Greater Victories. “It will make our victories at the polls more numerous. When it is time for the government to dissolve the thousands gathered here will re- turn to their posts, no to ‘defend, but to attack our enemies.” The conference unanimously adopt: ed e@ resolution endorsing the prem- ler’s decision to oppose the tory mo- tion of censure and the liberal motion for an inquiry into the withdrawal of ‘prosecution against the Communist “editor. ‘ special district convention for the purpose of removing Frank Farrington from the presidency of the district. The technical reason for the expulsion of McDonald, is that he, did not pay his. Herrin as-+ sessment on time. This is: de- nied by the local secretary who says \that it was he and not McDonald to blame, That Mc- Donald paid the assessment. For years Frank Farrington and Jotin L. Lewis have been trying to ex- pel McDonald, who has been fighting both their corrupt machines, pointing out to the miners that no progress could be made so long as Lewis and Farrington controlled the administra- tion. McDonald incurred the undying enmity of Farrington, when McDonald refused to line up with Farrington in his fake fight against Lewis, telling the miners that Farrington and Lewis were of the same caliber and that when it came to a pinch they would make up their differences, join forces and fight the progressives. Farrington and Lewis Desperate. The expulsion of McDonald shows how desperately Lewis and Farrington are fighting to keep control of the Na- tional and District 12 administrations. Lewis was forced to adjourn the Indi- anapolis covention before the business of the convention was completed, with hundreds of delegates on their feet demanding the floor. While Farring- ton was thoroly defeated in the dis- trict convention, in spite of the fact that Lewis, Green, Murray, Walker, Olander and other reactionary labor leaders adressed the convention tell- ing them to beware of the reds and what a wonderful leader Farrington was, the convention stripped Farring- ton of his appointive power and de- manded a new trial for Alex Howat, thru a special convention. A Deliberate Plan, The expulsion of McDonald, like the expulsion of Alex Howat and his col- leagues, Tom Meyerscough, the re- moval of Jim MacLachan as secretary and Dan Livingston as president, and the revoking of the charter of district 26 (Nova Scotia) is to try and terror- ize the miners into retaining these fakers in office. Frank Farrington feels the reins of power slipping from his grasp. The Springfield sub-district officials and militants have carried on a relentless war against Farrington’s class collab- JAPANESE ROCKEFELLER PLANS TO SPEND $750,000 ON 88TH BIRTHDAY (Special to The Daily Worker) TOKYO, Oct. 7.—A plan to assassinate Baron Shidehara, foreign minis- ter, General Ugaki, war minister, and other high officials was reported today to have been revealed thru the police inyestigat! armed members of the Taiso (Red Blood) Si of an attack by three ty on Shidehara’s secretary, The three members entered the foreign secretary's office and belabored the secretary- protesting against Shidehara’s policy of neutrality in China. The Taikosha society which dispers- “ed the Imperial Hotel dancers last summer, today sent a warning to Bar- on Okura, Japan's Rockefeller, against his reported plans of spending a mil- slion and a half yen ($750,000) in a col- WILLIAM F. DUNNE, English Editor of THE DAILY WORKER ANTONIO PRESI, Italian Editor of IL LAVORATORE ALEXANDER BITTELMAN, Jewish Member C. E. C. of Workers Party They said they were ¢-————___________ lossal celebraton of this eighty-eighth birthday, Oct. 20, The society threatened to interfere if he went for- ward with his plans. Building Bolsheviks—the D. W. B. U. © 9 é Spencers in English, Italian Jewish : oration scheme, and have based their policy and tactics upon the class struggle. The expulsion of McDonald was also to include the removal from office of |John J. Watts, the fighting secretary Of Springfield sub-district. It. was a slick trick and the local union, No. |448, showed real intelligence in not | falling into the trap set by Farrington |and Lewis. If they, thru their loyalty |to McDonald had refused to drop Mc- |Donald from membership, the local's charter would have been revoked and |automatically Watts would have been |removed from office, McDonald how- lever, would not allow this, pointing jout the necessity of fighting from within the organization. The local is determined to carry on a real fight for McDonald’s reinstatement and for the removal of Farrington as presi- dent of the district. National Ticket. The progressive miners have a com- plete progressive slate in the National and the District election which takes place on the second Tuesday of De- cember. The National slate is: George Voyzey, Verona, Ill, Inter- national president. Arley Staples, Chritopher, II., Inter- national vice-president. Joe Nearing, Glace Bay, Nova Sco- tia, secretary-treasurer. District 12 Progressive Slate. J. W. Hindmarsh, Riverton, presi- dent. E. B. Hewlett, Orient, vice-president. Louis J. Conturiux, Orient, secre- tary-treasurer. J. C. Mason, W. Frankfort, Interna- tional Board Member. These are only a few of the elect- ive offices and candidates, but this is the real reason for the intensifying of the reign of terror of which the ex- pulsion of McDonald is only a forerun- ner. The answer of the militants to this new attack is a more determined effort to remove these capitalist lack- eys from office by electing militant candidates on the progressive ticket. Try to Hide Heavy Spanish Losses in _ War with the Moors (Special to the Daily Worker.) LONDON, Oct. 7.—Spanish losses in the war to keep the Moors a subject nation have been so heavy that the wounded are sent to provincial towns to prevent the people in the Spanish capital from learning of the defeats inflicted on their army, according to the latest reports received here. “The Spanish troops have now evacuated Adru and Sunna, formerly two of their best strongholds. It is said that dictator de Rivera's troops have suffered losses of more than 10,000 since the beginning of July. » doin the Workers Party! Get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER. | Judge Samuel C. Stough of the circuit Saturday and Sunday, October 25th and 26th || Make no ,appointments for || these dates. Plan to Launch Big Fight to Prevent Loss of Rights to Negroes, (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 7.—Ku Klux Klan anti-Negro elements in the south, emboldened by the republican party's | growing indifference to the Negroes as a political weapon in the south, are closing in on Walter Cohen, Negro controller of customs ‘of New Orleans, having formally filed suit in the fed-| you speak of?” Dever was asked. "Do | if I ever hear it repeated I will deny eral district court claiming Cohen is/ not a citizen. Mr. Cohen has turned the matter over to United States attorney Burns, | who declares he will file answer to the| suit within ten days. Cohen declares he does not take the suit seriously. The hard-boiled “lily-white” followers of the Morgan lawyer, John Davis, democratic candidate for president, who so loudly applauded Davis when he spoke for allowing the constitu- tion to remain as it is, are now attempting to nullify the fourteenth amendment, claiming that a native of Africa cannot ‘be a citizen of the United States. Davis declared that any attempt to change the constitution was danger- ous and a blow aimed at the sacred institutions of our country. He de- clared the constitution very satisfa¢- tory to him as it stands, but his “lily white” southe?n followers are now singing a different tune as it suits their Negro-hating convenience. linces at the head of the second there stands marshall Tsch so-Lin and one of the oldest politicians of China, the re- actionary Duan-Tsi-Dschuj. These two cliques have their followers among the provincial governors of Central and South China. In the struggle which is ‘now proceeding, the prov- of Kiang-Su, Anchwei and Fukian will openly support the Tschili party, whilst Tschan-Dso-Lin has al- ready conducted negotiations with Dever Admits That Wealth Rules (Continued from page 1) board of education also in the class they also cater to wealth?” the mayor was asked by the DAILY WORKER. Margaret Haley Hits Back. “T don’t know,” he replied. “Miss Haley says these men are no good, but she asked me to put them in of- fice. Now she is asking me to take them off.” Miss Haley later denied this statement to the DAILY WORK- ER, declaring she has made no recom- mendations for the board of educa- tion or similar office except many years ago when she recommended Jane Adams for public office. Mayor Dever declared he would be glad to confer with Miss Haley with regard to appointments of the four men who have served their term on the board of education, but so far, he has made no definite move of co-opera- tion with the teachers’ organizations, altho they have made several over- tures to him, all of which he has ig- nored. Rich Threaten Mayor. Miss Haley gave the DAILY WORK- ER good evidence as to why the may- Catch the Illinois Central Railroad as Big Tax Dodger The Illinois Central must pay the state of Illinois hundreds of thou- sands of dollars in taxes upon which court of Grundy county, Illinois, has ruled the railroad company dodged payment. The judge also ruled that other millions of dollars are accredit- ed in the account books of the Illinois Central railroad to lines of the com- pany south of the Qhio river and east and west of the Mississippi instead of the charter lines of the company. This method of accounting made a huge difference in the revenues die the state, for under the law the char- ter lines of the company were requir- ed to pay an extra assessment of sey. en per cent. This money must now be collected, acording to the judge's ruling. The Hon. Len Small is a director, ex-officio of, the Illinois Central rail road. Will the state ever collect the money? Segregationists sy. DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 7.—"The seg: Sacco and Vanzeti Must Not Die! regation of Negroes in one large area,” is one of the first tasks announced by the organizers of the Community Pro- tective league of Dallas, Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. or is doing nothing to aid the teach- ers in their fight to preserve the teach- ers’ councils and repel the institu- tion by the chamber of commefce of the platoon schools and the intelli- gence tests, Miss Haley declared that she had been informed that the mayor had been threatened that if he continued to allow wealthy tax dodgers to be held up to ridicule, the city council would be organized against him and his traction program would be de- feated by that body. What About Tax Dodg Miss Haley pointed out that “The chairman of the finance committee of the board of education has inquired of certain members of the city coun- cil which alternative they would re- commend in order to reduce the budg- et of the board of education; an in- crease of four or five or more pupils per teacher, thereby eliminating a large number of teachers, or by cut- ting the salaries of the teachers and leaving the number of the teachers as it is.” In a letter to the corporation coun- sel, Mr. Busch, Miss Haley said in part: “When you told me on the 17th of last December, that Litzinger and Barrett (members of the board of review) had threatened the mayor, they would organize the city council against him and defeat his traction program if he, the mayor, continued to allow. wealthy tax dodgers to be held up to ridicule and opprobrium in this community, I did not believe you then that it was Barrett and Lit: WORKERS’ PROTEST MEETING TO BE HELD’ Wednesday, Oct. 8, 8 P. M. Page Thret if 2c oes eS: representatives of Sun-Yat-Sen.. The} reason why Sun-Yat-Sen can be drawn} into this struggle lies in the fact that} he is immetately threatened by the} Tschili clique, while the sphere of in- fluence of the Fyntjan group does not border geographically on the province of Kwantung. Neither Sun-Yat-Sen nor | Tschan-Dso-Lin conceal the fact that} in'the event of a victory over the Tschili Party they will have to enter | into struggle against each other. | “Divide and Conquer.” \ The reason of this is to be found| in the fagt that after the revolution of 1911, when the administration of |China was dismembered by the im ialists, there set in the so-called Dudsjun system, that is, the rule ¢ the military general governors. S then China his ceased to exist as a uniform state and has been split up| in a number of separate principalities The movement, at the head of which stands Sun-Yat-Sen and which aims at abolishing this Dudsjun system, will at the same time promote the libera- tion of the working masses of China. At the present time, when the rev lutionary students and the workers’ | organizations form the center of the anti-imperialist moyement, MacDonald, | Herriot, Coolidge and the Japanese government are greatly interested in promoting inner reaction. This is why, in spite of the diverging eco- nomic interests of the imperialists in China, they are in entire agreement regarding the question of intervention, which is being openly prepared on the basis of a treaty in which the inspiror and initiator of the imperialist of- fensive against China at the present time is English imperialism. j; you prefaced that statement about | Litzinger and Barrett by this one, ‘I jam going to say something row and that I said it.’ C. of C. to Reduce Salaries. “There are other things which you were reported as having said last Sat- urday which you failed to include in your letter to me, notably, that ‘the yellowest message that was ever sent by a mayor to the city council was that message of Mayor Dever of July 2, 1923,’ quotations of which appear in the statement to the public which was adopted by the teachers at the Auditorium meeting last Friday. The mayor's message contained a startling array of facts and figures showing the alarming extent of tax dodging in Chicago and stated that it is the duty of the city council to see-to it that such an assessment as is contemplat- ed by law is made By taxing authori- ties of this county and state. “The teachers wonder if you realiz- ed the situation as you sat last Wed- nesday at the speakers’ table at the Association of Commerce with five members of the board of education and heard the spokesman for the board tell about his plans for get- ting more efficient work out of those teachers whose salaries are to be cut or whose already too large member- ships are to be increased.” Open Shop Drive. Latest developments show that su- Perintendent of schools William Mc- Andrew is endeavoring to foist on the teachers a substitute “union of teach- ers,” which he would absolutely con- trol, and which would smash the fed eration of teachers. Altho the city administration is trying to hold off the “open shop drive on the teachers” until after election day, it is thot a drive to reduce salaries will soon be in full swing. Miss Haley told the DAILY WORK- ER that altho there are many pet pro- jects which Mayor Dever and other city officials are pushing while they side track the teachers’ fight against the tax dodgers, she holds the wel fare of the school children and the teachers as paramount in importance over any selfish project such as the traction project of the mayor. It was stated at the offices of the Teachers’ Federation that Mayor De- ver is doing absolutely nothing to help the teachers in their fight. }making it 1,900 TEACHER MUST GU, SAYS ‘BIG BIZ’ RULE New Drive by the Tax Dodgers son Schools Fifteen hundred trained teach ers in the public schools’ of Chicago are in danger of losing their Jobs within the next few months. These teachers may lose their >| jobs because the Board of Hd- ucation has been unable or un- willing to prevent the theft of enormous sums by board em- ployees; because a dozen or so rich corporations, notably Sears, Roe- buck and company, avoid the taxes imposed on them by law; because half a dozen other huge firms refuse in corporation in order to avoid paying something towards the maintenance of the public schools; because a few important business men have the “corner” on the purchase of supplies, which are supposed to be obtained after competitive bidding; and be« cause the land which the city has giv- en over for the use of the schools has been leased for a song to various concerns, chief among these the Chi- cago Daily News and the CHicago Tribune. . a Increase Size of Classes. No indication has been made thatt there will be any attempts to remedy these conditions. What is suggested in a letter sent from H. H. Brackett, auditor of the Board of Education, to Julius F. Smietenka, chairman of tha finance committee, is thaf the num- ber of children in the class rooms, be increased—teachers will tell you that their rooms are already over crowded to a point that makes teaching almost an impossibility—and that 1500 of the teachers be dropped from the payroll. Other measures, too, are already under consideration by the superin- tendent and members of the board. The penny lunch room, according to Julius F. Smietenka, ought not to be continued. “Almost every parent is in a posi- tion today to take care of his child,” says Smietenka. It is also possible that the Cook county school for boys may be drop- ped altogether. The report ,is being considered quietly and under coyer. . Members of the board were mysteriousiy “out, of town” all day yesterday. It is prob- able that they will remain “out of town” until the time comes to slide thru at a board meeting the new cut in the teaching staff. ) What Job Loss Means. How loss of employment affects teachers can hardly be understood un- less it is remembered that years of preparation are needed to gafn admit- tance to the system, and that the re- quirements differ from state to state, almost impossible for a teacher who has been “fired” from the system in one staté to get employ- ment in another state. That the s 1 militant group which has been put up an open fight against the slave-driving tactics of William McAndrew, superintendént of schools, and against the big business board which is behind him, will be the first to feel the effects of the new “economy” is unquestioned. The re- vision of the budget offers an oppor- tunity to get rid of the last remnants of self-respect and independence left to the teachers of Chicago. 4 Federation Officials Silent. Officials of the Chicago Teachers™ Federation met all questions as to the position which they intend to take on the employment slash in their usual non-commNial manner. It is problematical whether the officialdom of the union will take any action» whatsoever, in spite of the fact that the rank and file of the teachers are eager to fight the school board, Building Bolsheviks—the D. MacDONALD ON JOB FOR BRITISH ——y @ RIGHTS IN NEAR EAST OIL FIELDS (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Oct. 7.—Great Britain today sent a sharp note to Turkey zinger that had threatened the mayor. demanding evacuation of the Mosul frontier by the Turks. This district was I did believe you last December when‘ the scené of a recent clash between British and Turkish troops. Soc SSS SSS SSSI SESS SS EES eens WEST SIDE AUDITORIUM . Taylor and Racine Streets TURN OUT SSS SSS ADMISSION FREE , Auspices, Workers Party, Local Chicago Serres sss TURN OUT ~