The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 17, 1924, Page 3

siadkiesaansnese » WORKERS THRUOUT RUSSIA DEMAND LIBERATION OF REVOLUTIONISTS HELD IN PRISONS OF CAPITALISM (Spécial to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW Nov. 16-—Protest meetings have been held thruout the United Page T'hred POSTAL SLEUTH IS PAINTED AS | Monday, November 17, 1924 MEXICAN PEONS / HOLDING POWER THE DAILY WORKER WHITE GUARDS "sfocAN OF RAILWAY UNION OW ON CHINA ROAD SOVIET-CONTROLLED RAILROAD (Special to. The Daily Worker) HARBIN, Manehuria.—(By Mail.)—The following manifesto was sant WITH RIFLE AD Every Display of Power Gets More Crumbs By SCOTT NEARING. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent MEXICO CITY, Nov: 16.—The loaded rifle keeps the Mexican rulers ftom monkeying with the scanty liberties of the peasant. This realistic view of the basis of freedom was given to me by @n agrarian agitator who is working thru central Mexico, encouraging the land workers to resist the big landowners, the catholic church and the en- croaching government. Watching Calles. “Theré will be no revolution this year in Mexico,” my informant in- sisted, “unless President Calles goes back on his agrarian program. ‘The land workers are more numerous than all other Workers combined, and they ean bring sufficient pressure to bear on any government to causé its défeat. How will they bring pressuré to bear? Thru their rifles. “At the beginning, under Diaz, not only was thé land concentrated in the hands of a few big landlords, but the peons were kept.in debt and ignorance and were little better than slaves. Church and state wnited to crush and curse them. “The revolution changed all that. Under Diaz, only the army had guns. Now the péasants have them, and they know how to use them as well as the @rmy does.” “Do you mean,” I asked, “that the Itberty of the Mexican peasant deé- pends on the possession of a rifle?” Win, More Crumbs. “Just that,” answered the agitator. “It is their only defense. Those who are in power in Mexico City know very well that/if they desert the caise of the peasants, there will be another uprising, atid for my part, I welcome it. Every time the peasants have really showed their power, the govern- ment has thrown them a few more crumbs. So we are telling them to keep all they have, and bide their time till they can get more. “There are two classes of peasants. Fitst, the serfs from the great estates. say'to' them: Take the land, they point in the direetion of the church and reply: ‘Me no dare! Me ho like be thief!’ ‘ “But the second class is very dif- ferent: the Indians who were never merged in the great estates, but who retéifed @ part or all of theif tribal lands until very recent times. The church and state have never made any great impression on them, and where they took possession of the land in these last 10 years, they have im- proved it and will fight to retain it.” I asked about the power of the po- litical leaders and of the army. “Both are greatly weakened. The last revolution showed how little the army can be depended upon. And the only thing that saved the government in that revolution was the workers and peasants.” Our taik drifted to Russia. And I asked whether the Mexican people had been terrifled by the name Soviet. Know Struggle for Bread My friend said: “Only the few who read. The masses are illiterate. They live their simple, sémi-communist vil- lage life and know nothing of the af- fairs of the great world. But one thing they do know—the village commune anid the village struggle for bread and peace. Do you realize that today, in Mexico, the land worker receives from 20 to 40 centavos per diy, with an average of about 30 eéhtavos? (2 cent- avos, 1c). As he learns to want more things, he will be forced to take the land and work it in co-operative village groups. That is what we are trying to teach them: get. the lahd and work it in common,” “Do you receive a welcome from the peasants?” Peasants Wretchedly Poor. “For the most part I do. I am not a member of any organization, and I go froin village to yillage, supporting myself as bést I can. Most of the vil- \lagers are wretchedly poor, but they arye glad to give me a bed, a meal and tions for reaching those who are sym. atheti¢ in the next village.” “poes the government approve of the work you are doing?” “approve?” he exclaimed, “If I am caught, I will be sent to jail or shot in the village square,’ No, even the I. W. W. in your country ate treated bet- ter than we are here by the authori- { thes.” _ 80 I withhold his name, wer his opinions. ene enener Weernsy and simply New York Readers, Attention! WANTED— FURNISHED ROOM Couple, mo clilldrén, Party mem. “pers desire ished room and kit- chen or use of kitchen. Offers with States of Soviet Russia against the white terror of the bourgeoisie and the WNext Sunday Night and Every Sun- day Night, the Open Forum, , 282 E, 12th St., New | hypocrisy of the Second International. These meetings have been held ih answer to a manifesto sent out by International Red Aid members de- mand the liberation of the captives of capitalism. Call Issued by Moscow I. R. A. The Moscow organization of the I. R.A. at a tremendous protest meeting issued a call to the executive commit- tee to send thé following proposal to the leaders of the Second Interna- tional: “The I, R. A. is willing to petition our workers’ and peasants’ government of Soviets to exchange revolutionaries incarcerated in prisons of western Eu- rope and other couttries for the counter-revolutionaries—white guards, social revolutionaries and ménsheviks kept under supervision in the U. 8. 8. R. for anti-Soviet activities. “We urge the workers and peasants of the world to white to set free those who are imprisoned by capitalists. “DOWN WITH WHITE TERROR! WE DEMAND THE LIBERATION OF ALL CAPTIVES OF CAPITALISM! “WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!" Newspapers Employ Most Printers, Says Report of 'T..U. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 16:—The In- ternational Typographical Union, ac- cording to figures brought down to October, 1924, by Vice President W. R. Trotter, has 67,086 members and 727 local unions. Of these 28,728 are em- ployed on newspapets, 26,209 in job and commercial plants and 658 in com- bination news and job plants. Pen- sioners, sick, unemployed and those not working at the trade account for (9,519, those with traveling cards for 1,100. The 822 remaining belong to 47 unions tliat failed to make detailed ‘reports, inéluding thé Geriian-Amer- ican local in Indianapolis, the head- quarters of the international. Of the 18,626 reported as night workers, 11,537 are employed by news- papers. The full. 48-hour week is worked on newspapers by 12,873 union members, or 45 per cent; 8,256 work 45 hours ahd the rest work from 42 hours up to 47% hours; 722 work less than 42 hours. The highest newspaper day scale re- ported is $65 for a 36-hour week en- joyed by New York Hebrew Union No. | 83. The highest English-language newspaper day seale is $58.05 for a 45-hour week by Chicago Union No. 16, imthediately followed by New York No. 6 with $58 for a 45-hour week. Govertior Hartley of Washington Is Not Sympathetic to I. W. W. EVERETT, Wash. Nov. 16.—The incoming governor of Washington state, Roland H. Hartley, wealthy Ev- efett lumiberman, is not expected to give much tithe to Consideration of the amnesty plea for the Centralia lumber- jacks serving 25 to 40 years in Walla Walla fot the death of American Le- gion rioters who assaulted the I. W. W. hall Armistice day in 1919. “I believé in raids on Wobbly halls, it we éan't get rid of the Wobblies any other way. They arte a menace to civilization,” Says Goveleet Hartley. Six jufofs in the Centralia case have since sworn that they were intimidat: ed into voting conviction for the eight labor men. A seventh has sworn that ie and the rest of thé jury in reéom- mending lenieney expected only a fie year sentence (which has how been served) and several key witnesse; have gone back on their testiton: that procured conviction, Grand Opera in the Factories, MOSCOW, Nov. 16.—The grand opera of Moscow, in order to carry out its aim as an educational organization under a workers’ republic, has organ- ized an extensive program of concerts and pageants thruout the regional the- aters, and also in workmen's elubs in the larger factories, i ie CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE of W. L. of A., District Two, New York City, having listened to the report of the activities of the Foster Junior Group, wishes to congratulate the Foster Junior Group for the splendid way it has carried on its Gommunist work in general and particularly in the W. P, campaign in helping the Y. W. L. in ite activities, We are certain that the praise we thus extend to the Foster Group will serve as a spur for that group to do better and for other groups to equal its record. LONG LIVE THR COMMUNIST CHILDREN’S MOVEMENT OF THE WORLD! vi the executive committee of the International Red Aid. Every meeting of WELFARE’ WORK WORKS WELL FOR THE EMPLOYERS Building Churches Is Strike Antidote (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Welfare work in a company town is a worthy charitable enterprise that deserves the recognition and encouragement of the federal government, says an opinion rendered by the U. S. Board of Tax Appeals in the case of the Poinsett Mills, a cotton mill concern at Green- ville, 8. C. Hence the company is granted an allowable deduction of $1,006 from its taxable income be- cause it enlarged the church it owns the Junior Section of the Y. and runs as part of its company town. Judges Lansdon, Littleton, Smith and Graupner give the federal bless- ing to this particular device for check- ing labor discontent and unionism, after stating that the company 6n- gages i wélfaré work in its oWn mill village “for the benefit of its employes ahd iso for the resultant beneft to the corporation.” In its findings the court says: “The president and general manager of the corporation testified that experience had demonstrated that it must make available a place of worship for the employes in order to kéep them con- tented and prevent a large labor turn- over.” A welfare worker was em- ployed by the éompafy té act in con- nection with the church, which is part of the plant. Welfare Work for the Boss “The genéfal acceptance of welfare work atiofg employes,” the court finds, “orf the part of manufacturing, mining and lumbering concerns, as a means of reducing labor turnover and eliminatifig industrial strife, is some- thing of which this board must take judieial notice: We believe that the federal government should be the last to fail to récognize the elements ahd Value of , welfare and social work among industrial organizations and that it should do everything to en- courage the betterment and content- ment of those who labor in industrial communities, such as the mill village of this taxpayer. “It is our opinion that a contribu- tion made under the conditions pre- sented by the testimony in this par- ticular case is one which may well be considered as ‘ordinary and necessary’ expense of the particular businéss of the taxpayer.” To Dodge Taxes. This decision will permit the Rocke- fellers, the Pennsylvania railroad, the non-union coal operators in West Vir- ginia and Kentucky, and great num- bers of other anti-labor corporations to escape taxation of large amounts of Property which they use under the guise of welfare to keep unions out of their plants. Bandits Do Good Day’s Work Then Sprint to Safety Richmond, Ind., Nov. 16—Two ban- dits, one masked, held up and robbed the Union Trust company of Hagers- town, Ind., early today, and escaped. They were last seen fleeing through Losantville, 10 milés south, . ee ata Crooks Lack Solidarity, Springfield, Ml., Nov. 16—A requi- sition for the return of Charles Ride- nur from El Paso, Texas; to Chicago where he is wanted on a gfand lar- ceny charge, was issued by Governor Small today. Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium, er, the Young Comrade, the DAILY WORKER, the Group Leaders Com-|| mittee, the Brownsville Section Com- mittee Y. W. L., the D. B.C. Y. W. |) L, and the Foster Junior Group, CITY CENTRAL COMMITTER, Hi sbrrapp Section Y. W. L, jorris Spector, City Organizer, Martin Gross Harry Bisenman, for the Resolu- tion Committee. Esther Gross, Secretary, Juniors! Wake up! Send in your news to the Children’s Column of the DAILY WORKER, 1118 w. Washing: ton Bivd., Chicago, Il, A copy of this resolution is to be sent to the Freiheit, the Young Work- GET THE CAN Ivanof Now- Head of Joint Rail Board (Special to the Daily Worker) HARBIN, Manchuria, Nov. 16. —The new general manager of the Chinese Eastern railway, A. N. Ivanoff, appointed by the new joint board of directors composed of Chinese and Soviet Officials, has arrived here and ny over the offices of the hes. Mr. Ivanoff informed the as- sembled staff of higher officials that by order.of the directors, Messrs. Ostroumoff, Offenberg, Mikhailoff and Oblosky, the white guard Russians previously in control of the line, were dis- missed. White Guard Bosses Pinched. In a short speech Mr. Ivanoff point- ed out that the arrest of Ostroumoff, Gondatti and Mikhailoff were made by way of exception, and that no repres- sions Wefe to be applied to the per- sonnel. “As you know, in the Soviet govern- ment, there exists the principle of leaving freé initiative to all the work- ers. This principle I will uphold on the failway, giving everyone the chance of using all his abilities. There fore no one need fear as to his future. However, we certainly cannot allow that there be left such officials on the line as are openly hostile to the Soviet power, These will have to leave the service.” Yankee Bahks Hold Sack. The taking over of the Chinese Eastern railway by joint Soviet and Chinese officials is 4 blow at American capital and a farcical end of Woodrow ‘| Wilson’s private war carried on against the Soviets at the expense of untold millions of dollars. On account of the French loans to the czar, France grabbed all the Rus. sian holdings in the railway as soon as the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia. During the time the Soviet power was unable to consolidate itself in Siberia, France turned over hige stock holdings in the line to a firm of large New York bankers who took it for Bratted” he Soviets would never be powerful enough to assert their right to Rusisan interests in thre line. These bankers now are holding the sack. : Wilson’s War Didn't Work. These barefaced steals were aided by Woodrow Wilson when he gent troops into Siberia to aid the counter- revolution under Kolchak. Troops were moved over the Chinese Hastern railway, and with this as an excuse Wilson used his war powers to spend tens of millions of dollars in equip. ment, replacement and the services of high-priced American railroad experts, Stephens among others, who remained for years to bring the line into first class shape for the betiefit of the American banking firm. This contin- ued long after the mutiny and with- drawal of American troops. The line is now, true enough, in first class condition, altho it may be considerably disappointing to the New York bankers to know that it is con- trolled absolutely by a board jointly formed of Soviet officials and Chinese who do not take orders from the American state department. The flag of the Chinese Eastern railway is now one-half composed of the Chinese flag and the other half the red flag of the Soviet republic, Grabski’s Rule in Poland May Blow up in Cabinet Crisis WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 16.—Po- land’s government is on the rocks again, three cabinet members having resigned. Premier Grabski is almost at the end of his resources and is desperately: endeavoring to fill the places of the ministries of the interior, of labor and of justice with central and radical party members. Subscribe for “Y ily,” the DAILY WORKER. OY How to Be Healthy For many yearn | people have *Heen sufferin, who fave them thed- ji im for a trial. you by wire to all the railwaymeén of thé Chinesé Pastérh faflway by the C. E. R. workers’ committee: “Comrades! Railwaymen! “The true master of the Chinese Eastern railway has, in the pérsons of the Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, en- tered into possession of his rights. “With the coming of the true own- ers of the railway, all members of the railwaymen’s union ‘and members of one great labor army ought to strain all efforts at theit posts and do their work thoroly. “Comrades! At this transition per- iod, the railwaymen’s whioh calls tp- on You to get closet to the production of the Chinese Eastern Railway ahd its economic ifterests, to work with the utmost energy and initiative and not to listen to any provocative talk or rumors, wherever they may com from. y “Your union is keehly watching all the changes that are oeéurring of the line and will always let you know about them in good time. “The Chinese Eastern Railwaymen’s Union feels certain that the funda- mental interests of toilers on the @hin- ese Eastern Railway wil ve safe- guarded—of which a close fally to the banner of one sole Productive tailwaymen’s Union is t6 be a pledge. “Get close to production! “Every man to his post!” The above appeal was sent over the signatures of chairman of the Chinese Eastern Railwaymen’s Union Varganoff and Secretary Jibroff and is dated October 4, 1924, at Harbin. BABE IS BORN AS BIG FIRE DESTROYS HOMES OF WORKERS JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. 16.— While flames roared across a street intersection and thrust angrily through windows from which the panes had vanished, Mrs. Helen Me- Cann gave birth to a baby boy today. An ambulance doctor, alternately watching the woman and the progress of the fire, stood at her side. . At a signal from ‘him, police cartied the woman and child to the street. Later, at the City hospital, Mrs. Me: Cann’s condition was reported as sat- isfactory. Ten minutes after the Woman and child had been taken out, the build- ing collapsed. HA Before Use of medicine or an operation, DR. TAFT 1555 West Roosevelt Road EKaavean Pada f2 on TELEPHONE CANAL . The Brick Heave It THE DAILY NAME STREET. CITY Makes the Difference 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Ill. ~ SILK STRIKERS WILL SING AT PHILA. CONCERT Stop Picketing One Day to Sing for Victory (Special to the Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Noy. 16.—A coh- eert comprising very excellent enter- tainthent will be held here for the benefit of the Paterson silk strikers on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 8 p. m., at the Lulu Temple at Broad and Spring Gatden streets. This concert will be held under the auspices of two branches of the Workmen's Circle. An interesting feature of the concert will be the Paterson Workmen's Chorus of 100 persons and the Pater- son Mandolin Orchestra of 40 persons. These societies are composed of strikers. They will leave the picket lines for a day to “prove to the work- ers of Philadelphia that they can sing as well as they can fight.” From the Battle Front Sohgs of battle ahd victory as well as the softer hotes of classical and folklore will be the program of the évening. Philadelphia workers have shown a true spirit of helpfulness in the Pat- érson strike. They cannot fail to real- ize that a victory in Patersoh means a victory for the workers here as well, since this is a textile, center. Over $700 was collected thru the Workers Party relief committee here beside the many hundred dollars sent to the strikers directly. A large cfowd will turn out to give their support to the strikers. The tickets sell at $1.00, which is very low for this excellent concert but we want tO make it possible for évery worker to be there. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER. STH There’s a Difference Some workers are not well informed on velopments in the world of Labor—or on the theory of the Labor movement. ‘Other workers have the in- hand daily. formation at Back to WORKER RPATES PEO a ” & 850-6 months $200 9 months WARGO —~ iS eam Adee 6 montis f 250 THE NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD THE DAILY WORKER VAMP'S VICTIM U.S. Hard on Small Fry; Big Crooks Get By Chigo, Nev. 16—The picture of @ imoderr Welltah betraying a Sampson itito the hands of bandits and then délivering him into the hands of the govérnment he had deceived was drawn around William J. Fahy, for- mér postal insp2etor, here today, as taking of testimony was started in |the $2,000,000 Rondout mail robbery ii which Fahy and others are dé fendants. State’s Witnesses. The womah in the case will be one of thé govérnmient’s witnesses in its fight to show Fahy's implication not only in the Rondout robbery, but ih other big postofice department thefts, The government will attempt to show that Fahy became enamored of hér almost at first: sight, that he neg- lected hig work and his home to e8- sort her to cabarets and that finally, at her repeated urgings, his faith- fulness to his position wavered and he sought further favor in her eyes by giving her the “inside” informa- tion neééssary to stage important robberies. It was when the woman’s husband was caught in the net of the Rondout cleanup that she went to the gov ernment and betrayed Fahy, the gov- ernment will contend. Her husband now is held as a material witness, government prosecutors say. ey a i Brookhart Still Has Lead. DES MOINRSS, Ia., Nov. 16—With Official returns from 94 of Iowa’s 99 counties canvassed, Senator Smith W. Brookhart today maintained a lead of 620 votes over his democratic oppo- nent, Dan F. Steck, in the senatorial contest. Brookhart_leaders declared that the slight gain made by Stetk would be more than wiped out by the official returns from Polk county, where it is claimed that approximate- ly fifty votes will be found for the junior senator. Jury Has Egan Case. QUINCY, Ill, Nov. 16.—After a tfial lasting all week, the case of William P. (BDinty) Colbeck, leader of the Egan gang in St. Louis, and eight $54,180 mail robbery at Statifiton, HL, on May 26, 1923, went to the jury in fetieral couft here at noon today. the latest de- Ce S months others charged with complicity in the ° a