The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 29, 1924, Page 2

Page Two REVOKE SCHEDEL DEPORTATION, I$ LABOR’S DEMAND Palmer’s ‘Red Raiders’ Broke Up Home The Labor Defense Council is known everywhere as the de- fender of the victims of Pal- mer’s “red raids” and Daugher- ty’s conspiracy with Burns, the Infamous detective, and the big capitalists, to imprison revolu- tionary workers. It is now taking up the case of John C. Schedel whose per- secution is most extraordinary. John C. Schedel was one of the vic- tims of Palmer’s “red raids” of 1920. Im January of that year he was seized at his home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, separated from his wife and five small ohildren, and without trial in any e@ourt was deported to Germany. The sole charge against him was that he wes a member of the Communist Party. Red Raids Brot Suffering and Death. Separation from his family brot ex: treme privation for the family and a young baby died. Mrs. Schedel was so broken with grief and hardship that she temporarily lost her mind and ‘was confined as a patient at the Hast Haven Asylum, Richmond, Indiana until 1923. During this tragic period the four children left alive were Placed in the Allen county orphanage. Naturally, Schedel made every ef- fort to bring his family together, but eould not accumulate the necessarily large fund to have his ill wife and family transported to Germany. Fin- ally, determined to help them person- ally, he made his way back to this country and had just got his family together when he was again arrested. Now, merely upon his first deporta- tion order which was made without trial in court, he faces a possible five years in prison, followed by another deportation to Germany, again break- ing up the family. Asks Protest Against White Terror. It should be noted that the punish- ment inflicted in this instance for Schedel’s being a German, fails upon his American wife and his American- born babies. To save them from fur- ther tragedy the Labor Defense Coun: cil, whose address is 166 West Wash ington street, Chicago, is circulating petitions which they are asking al! citizens to sign requesting the gov ernment to set aside the original de portation order and permit the Sche del family to remain in American un- separated. Party Activities Of Local Chicago Chicago C. C. C. Meeting Wednesday, December 3. The next meeting of the City Cen- tral Committee, Workers’ Party, Local Chicago will take place, as hitherto, on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 8 p. m., at Workers’ Hall, 722 Blue Island Ave. Many important resolutions, indus trial and other matters will be up for attention. Every delegate must at- tend. Be on time—8 p. m. sharp! os Comrade! Reserve this date! T. U. E. L. New Year’s Eve ball. The Trade Union Educational League, Lo- cal Chicago, will hold its annual ball and festival on New Year's Eve, Wed- mesday, Dec. 31, 1924, 8 p. m. at the west end Woman's Club, 37 So. Ash- fand Blvd. Admission will be fifty cents. Union Agitation Brings Raise. SAN FRANCISCO.—Dock clerks on the San Francisco waterfront are to receive henceforth 90 cents an hour, the same scale as steyedores, The raise, amounting to over 10 per cent, was granted by the employers after agitation from the organized workers Openshoppers Retain 1924 Scale. SAN FRANCISCO.—The Builders’ Exchange has announced its San Francisco wage scale (openshop plan) for 1925, It is practically the same as the 1924 scale, and ranges from $4.50 a day for unskilled laborers to $10 a day for bricklayers, ironwork- ers and plasterers. AS WE SEE IT By T..J..O’FLAHERTY. (Continned from page 1) was always a good saleswoman, and her market never looked better than now. * *# @ ‘HE Egyptians were just as helpless in face of the demands made by. the British as the Persians were when the Washington government demand- ed a heavy indemnity for the death of one of its consuls. England sets a higher price on her stool pigeons, but then their uniforms are more brilliant than those worn by the agents of the American capitalists and the empire | wants to uphold its dignity. But a time will come and that shortly when the exploited masses of Persia and Egypt will no longer pay tributes to the capitalist powers. * * * 'VEN when the workers and peas- ants of Russia had their backs to the wall during the dark days of 1918-21, they were in no mood to bend the knee to the threats of the robber nations. But their morale was never higher than it is today and the threats of Chamberlain met with a bold de- fense. By the way, the papers did not make much noise over the turn- Ing over of the Wrangel fleet to the Soviet naval chiefs, Despite Gompers, Hughes and the British tories, the power of Soviet Russia is making the capitalists of the world pull in their horns. G.0.P. PUTS BAN ON LA FOLLETTE AND FOLLOWERS Barred from Caucuses of Coolidge Club (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov, 28. — The re- publicans have barred Brookhart, Ladd and Frazier from future party caususes. The republicans adopted a resolu: tion barring from future party cau- cuses Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin, defeated independent pres- idential candidate, and three of his followers—Senator Smith W. Brook- hart of Iowa, Senator Edwin F. Ladd of North Dakota, and Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota, It was decided, however, not to re- move any of the insurgent senators from their committee assignments in the “lame duck” session of congress, altho the resolution as adopted was in- terpreted as a rebuke to LaFollette and his followers and as a notice of more punishment to follow. The resolution said: “Resolved, that it is the sense of the conference that Ladd, Brookhart and Frazier be barred from future republican conference and not named to fill any republican va- cancies on senate committees.” The resolution was adopted without a record vote. Senator Ladd was the only one of the insurgent quartet present when the action was taken. Public Speaking Class Starts Next Tuesday at N. Y. Workers’ School NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 28.—The class in public speaking given at the Workers’ School of New York will hold its first session on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the headquarters of the school, 208 East 12th street. Carl Brodsky, one of the ablest speakers of the party in New York, and well equipped to train others, will conduct the class. The primary purpose of this course is to develop propagandists who can effectively present the Communist po- sition in their activities in the party and the labor movement generally The recent @lection campaign carried on by the party, as well as the various campaigns conducted by the militants in the trade unions, have shown the great need for trained speakers. Among the problems to be dealt with in the course are, gathering and organization of material, methods of presentation, voice training, etc. Comrades are urged to enroll now, *a the number of students wil! be lim- ited. Information and registration at the office of Workers’ School, 208 East 12th street. Telephone, Stuyvesant 4634. New York Workers’ School, Register Now—208 E. 12th St. WILLIAM F. DUNNE TO DISCUSS EL PASO CONVENTION AT NEXT MASS MEETING OF THE T. U. E. L. The next public meeting of the Chicago section of the Trade Union Edu- cational League will take place on Tyesday evening, Dec. 2, 8 p. m., In North West Hall, corner North and Western avenues, These meetings are one of the activities of the left wing movement in the local trade unio and are held for the purpose of unifying the struggle against the labor fakers. The forthcoming meeting of the Trade Union Educational League promises to be of unusual interest as it will be addressed by William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, who was expelled from the Portland convention of the A. F. of L. because of his militant stand against the be- trayal of the workere by Gompers. He will speak on the result of the A. F, of L. convention at El Paso, Workers Party members and unionists are urged to attend and bring as many as possible wing trade the meeting. THE DAILY WORKER MUSSOLINI DOGS ITIN FACE OF MASS PROTEST Deserts Former Friends to Save Self (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Nov. 28—Every day is bringing increasing evidence that the opposition is making great inroads into the strength of Premier Mussolini and his fascisti government of Italy. The exposure by a leading home paper, yesterday showing that Gen. Balbo, commander in chief of the fascisti black shirts and one of Mussolini’s right hand men, had ordered oppon- ents beaten up and had interfered with police and judges in prosecuting offenders forced his resignation today. Systematic Torture of Communists. It was shown that Gen. Balbo wrote a letter to the newspaper editor Fer- rera on Aug. $1, 1923, instructing fas- cists to force Communists acquitted of murder to leave town and in case of refusal to “beat them, without ex- cess, but persistently, until the make up their minds to go. You can show this letter to the prefect, saying J have sufficient reasons to justify my conduct.” The letter adds: “The police will do well in arrest- ing them once weekly. The prefect must make the king’s prosecutor un- derstand that for such beatings there shall be no prosecutions or trials.” Gen. Balbo admitted writing the let- ter. It is evident that Mussolini, de spite the fact that the strength of his organization is being impaired, is afraid to disregard mass protest and defend his former aids. Five other leading chiefs were expelled with Gen. Balbo. The opposition is presenting a long list of other cases and is threatening further exposure, while Mussolini’e populartity with the fascisti is endan- gered by his action in deserting even his personal friends. KUOMINTANG GETS HIGH POSTS IN NEW CHINESE CABINET ‘Christian Ganeral’ Sect on Visit (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKING, China, Nov. 28.—Of the four members of the cabinet announc- ed as appointed by the new govern- ment of Tuan Chi-jui, two are mem- bers of the Kuomintang party, which is the party suporting the policies of Sun Yat Sen for national liberation. These two are Admiral Lin Chien- chang, appointed minister of the navy, and who now comands the indepen- dent fleet at Shanghai, and Yang Shu- kan, appointed minister of agriculture and commerce, It is of major importance that the so-called “christian general,” Feng- Yu-hsiang, has been forced to resign his command and allowed to depart shortly for America and England. Wu Pei-fu, the commander who was ousted by Feng, telegraphed the pro- visional government of Tuan Chi-jui that he would lay down his arms if Feng was dismissed. Tuan thereupon forced Feng either to quit or fight and he chose to quit. Red Blooded Americans! A holdup in which a motor truck carrying two shoe-making machines and shoes valued at $10,000 was the loot, was reported to the police here today. The driver, John Barrett, said he was ordered from the truck by two armed men, and thrown into a touring car in which he was covered with a blanket. He was driven around for about an hour, he said, and then or- dered out a short distance from where he had been first stopped. Police Persecution Fails. SAN FRANCISCO.—The vagrancy charges against Ed. Delaney, secre- tary California district defense com- mittee, and two other I. W. W. mem- bers named Tulin and Stone, have been dismissed. The men were ar- rested in a raid on defense headquar- ters and not allowed to make any de- fense at the trial in police court. They were sentenced to 30 days each, but the superior court dropped the charge, stating that there was no evidence that they were vagrants in any sense. Attention Chicago Y. W. L. Members! You are wanted to act on commit- tees to go before organizations for the Weekly Young Worker campaign. Report to H. Eckman or to Peter Herd every day from 5:30 to 7 p. m. Saturday from 12:00 to 2:00, (Do not come Thursday, Nov. 27.) ~ Open Forum, Sunday Night, Lodge Room, Ashland Auditorium, bbiee COST OF LIVING GOES UP IN OCTOBER AS DOLLAR DROPS 10 60¢ NEW YORK, Nov. 28—The pur- chaeing value of the dollar based on the cost of living figures compiled by the national industrial confer- ence board in October was 60.6 cents compared with one dollar in July, 1914, Some Increases in the major items comprising the family budget are shown between Sept. 15 and Oct. 16 and are largely due to seasonal Influences. The increases are ap- proximately 1 per cent for food, 1 per cent for fuel and 2 per cent for clothing. The average cost of the other Items include in the total cost of. living remain unchanged. The total Increase of ali item tombined during the month was .8 of 1 per cent. The increase in the cost of living since July, 1914 is 65 per cent but this figure shows a decrease of 19.3 per cent from the high peak which was reached in July of 1920. GANDHI BENDS THE KNEE T0 FORMER FOES Pacifist Pélicy Fails to Bring Freedom (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Nov. 28.—Declaring that he was not a lunatict but a reasonable man. Mahatma G. Gandhi signed a pact with the Swarjist leaders, C. R. Das and Punlit Notilalm Nehru, in fa vor of co-operation with all parties. Gandhi signed the agreement at the All-India Congress committee. During the course of an address which was a tale of woe, dealing with the per- sonal sufferings of the protagonist of foodless fighting, Gandihi said, “I am losing ground gradually and would have no hesitation in bending before the Swarjists and the liberals. If necessary I shall bend before the Englishmen also,” That the once powerful prophet of pacifism is now a passing figure in India’s fight for freedom from British rule, was proved by his speech which was a humble confession of failure. School Board Saves At Expense of Young Workers’ Education (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 28, Lying has been and is the consistent policy of the board of education, charges Henry Linville, president New York Teach- ers’ Union, in an attempt to make the public believe that the present admin- istration is saving great, sums of money, Whatever savings are being made, Linville alleges on the basis of investigations by a special committee of the union, are made at the expense of the young people who most want to learn. At Washington Heights evening high school the principal stated that twelve teachers had been dropped in September. Seven classes were drop- ped at the request of evening high au- thorities. The principal disclaimed re- sponsibility for dismissals, contradict- ing statements of educational authori- ties. At east side evening high for men most of the classes were found to be much overcrowded and work therefore hampered. Russia Opens New Air Route. BAKU, Caucasus.—Regular service is now afforded by air line for mail and passengers between Baku, En- zeli and Teheran. Trips from the great oil district of Russia to the Per- sian capitol are made twice weekly. The trip takes 6 hours. FOSTER WILL SPEAK AT THE PITTSBURGH, PA., T. U.E. L. MEETING SUNDAY, NOV. 30 PITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 28.—Wiil- liam Z. Foster, chairman of the Workers’ Party and secretary of the National Trade Union Educational League is coming to Pittsburgh. He will speak on the problems of the labor movement at a meeting of the Pittsburgh branch of the league at the International Lyceum, 805 James St. N. S., Sunday, Nov. 30, at 2p.m. Among the subjects to be discuss- ed by Foster, the most important ones are the recent political elec- tions, the convention of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor and the elections in the Amalgamated As- sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, carpenters and miners, Every sincere and progressive un- lonist should take advantage of this opportunity to hear Foster and should not only come himself but bring along a fellow worker, SAUIFHEY, November 29, 1924 Labor Must Learn that All Industry Rests’ on Its Broad Shoulders By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. 'ODAY, while the tens of thousands of workers in the far- flung plants of the Pullman Palace Car Company were going to their jobs; lawyers for the widows of the deceased “Czar” Pullman's two sons were going into court to battle over the wealth these workers produce. On the one hand the brutal exploitation of labor; on the other the lavish waste of the products of labor. * * . . Only recently the Pullman Corporation broke another effort of the workers in the carshops at Pullman, Ill., to maintain their standard of living. That was merely an echo of the crushing, anti-labor tactics always employed by Geo. M. Pullman while alive. With Marshall Field, in Chicago, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, in New York, an alliance was formed that dominated the Pullman Company, and thru its unscrupulous management caused a ceaseless flow of gold to pour into its coffers. . * * ° Pullman amassed great wealth. Yet the Pullman family, as a dominating power in American capitalist industry, be- gan and ended with George M. Pullman. The twin sons of the railroad magnate proved the worst of degenerates. They were typical “rich man’s sons.” They kept their father busy paying their bills out of exorbitant profits wrung from the workers. They both died at an early age, leaving behind them widows; two sisters, who still live in Chicago. * * * . Where the twin sons left off, the two widows took up the fight to spend the Pullman fortune. They are now trying to get the summer home of the late Mrs. Pullman, at Elberon, N. J., property valued at $300,000 that it is claimed the father gave to his twin degenerates, The attack of the ‘Wddine is directed against Frank O. Lowden, former governor of Illinois, who married into the Pullman millions, and the Northern Trust Company, as executors of Mrs, Pullman’s will. It was Lowden who tried to buy the republican presidential nomination in 1920, with Pullman's millions. With these same riches he has purchased a great estate in Illinois, and for political purposes advertizes himself as a farmer, to get the downstate vote. He was even mentioned as a candidate for secretary of agriculture, follow- ing the death of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace recently. * * * * It is declared that nine sets of lawyers have refused to take the case of the widows against the great industrial, political and financial power represented in the Pullman Company, in Lowden and the Northern Trust Company. But the job has finally been accepted by James Hamilton Lewis, former democratic U. S, senator, who has his own methods for. winning court battles. * * This sordid page in the sidecly of the Pullman family finds its counterpart in practically every chronicle of a family of the American great rich. There are the Goulds, the Van- derbilts, the Stillmans and the Astors as a few examples. These families of the American plutocracy furnish none of the boasted “initiative” that is poepeeee to have lifted American capitalism to the most powerful position on earth. Industry goes on without them. The functions of manage- ment are taken over by the great banks, with their inter- locking directorates. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., teaches his Sunday School class. The Standard Oil business flows on without him. He has nothine to offer to the oil industry. «worgan has no one to succeed him; neither has Gary, of the U. S. Steel Trust, or Schwab, of the Bethlehem Steel Co. The species of present-day plutocratic plunderers will soon be extinct. * ~ * * Production of oil and steel go on just the same, because there are millions of workers upon those backs the tasks of everyday labor rests. They are the foundation upon which all civilizations have been built. Yet these many millions of workers do not yet fully realize their important position in industry. The internecine squabble in the Pullman family should help teach them. They must learn that they alone are indispensable; that they can _ get along without their oppressors, who try to pose as the most necessary slements in In society. Once labor rabies: its sSelbuiae position, it will proceed to take advantage of it fully. Labor will learn that capital- ism—the capitalist social order—is its worst enemy. It will learn to build a new social order, without classes, without great rich and abject poor; without Morgans, Rockefellers, Pullmans and Schwabs, and other buccaneers of industry. It will usher in the Communist social order where human service will receive real recognition for the first time in all history; where the power of the individual to prey upon and plunder his fellow man will be exterminated forever. SOVIET REPLY TO BRITAIN FIRM IN STAND ON ZINOVIEV NOTE (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, Nov. 28—Russi; reply to Great Britain’s notes repudiating the Russian trade agreement and declaring England’s belief in the authen- ticity of the Zinoviev letter will be forthcoming immediately. Christian Rakoysky. Russian charge d'affaires, said he expected the Russian reply would be received this evening. The reply will maintain, it was indicated, that the Zinoviev letter seeking former premier MacDonald's aid in “red” propaganda, was a forgery and insist that the question of its genuineness be left to a neutral committee of arbitration. Russia will express regret that the Baldwin government did not see fit to recommend the trade rh 3 to parliament, it was said. * 8 «© LONDON, Nov. sencatngandis action In repudiating commercial treatie: with Russia because of the Zinoviev letters has placed the relations of the two countries on a precarious basis, said one of the two notes handed to the British government this evening by Rakovsky, the Soviet charge d'affaires Again Russia told England the Zinoviev communication was a forgery. as pales fa Ms vt | INFLICT HEAVY LOSS ON BRITISH , TROOPS IN SUDAN ” Fake Reports Issued by Baldwin Government (Continued from page 1) this action and the new Hgyptian cabinet is severely taken to task for permitting such an indignity. The students in the Egyptian military school have gone on strike against the British, The Moslem world ‘is considerably aroused and mass meet- ings are called for. The British threaten to stop these with machine guns if necessary, British Lord Gets Sick. Lord Allenby, British high commis- sioner in Hgypt,is ill. He is \ept under close guard. British employes in Alexandria and Cairo are practical- ly working under armed guard. The number of troops in the streets has been increased. * * . Lies Bad Second to Force, LONDON, Nov. 28.—The Hgyptian crisis is engaging the chief attention of the capitalist press. While the ac- tion of the government is endorsed, it is feared that the hasty dropping of the pacifist camouflage worn by the British ruling class during the reign of MacDonald, would have a damaging effect on British diplomacy. Still, the British capitalists know that lies are only a bad second to force as a means of attaining its end. Considerable comment is made on the fact that former Premier Asquith, leader of the liberal party, or what is left of it, is interested to the extent of $200,000 in irrigation works and cotton planting in the Sudan. His firm received concessions last year from the government for the develop- ment of cotton planting. In addition to its strategic value the British have heavy economic interests in the Su- dan. MacDonald Warns Egyptians. While former Premier Zaghlul Pasha was in London, great anti- British demonstrations took place in Egypt. These took the form of pro- tests against British occupation of the Sudan, It is also worth noticing in view-of recent occurrences that Zagh- lul visited the French foreign office on his way to London. MacDonald, the socialist premier, not alone turned down the Egyptian demands, but warned Zaghlul that the empire would stand no nonsense from Hgypt any more than it would from India. The four main questions that Mac- Donald wanted to discuss with the Egyptian premier were, the Sudan, which England wanted for the defense of Egypt—for Britain; the interests of foreigners in Egypt—foreigners meaning British businessmen, and control of the Suez canal. Sudan Necessary to Egypt. As the Nile traverses the Sudan before reaching Egypt, control of the Sudan by the British could turn the fertile Egyptian valley of the Nile into a desert, It can thus be seen that the Sudan is of vital importance to Egypt. The policy of the nationalist party, of which Zaghlul Pasha is a leader, is one of trying to gain concessions from England by means of diplomacy rather than arousing the masses against the invaders. Last March the organ of the Kemalists, of Constan- tinople, said: “The independence of Egypt has not yet come to life, Egypt must first free herself trom her king. Then drive the English into the sea. She will not succeeed by means of mere demonstrations. In order to ostablish a real independence it is necessary that she learns how to shed her blood and to die.” Zaghlul Betrayed Workers. The party of Zaghlul betrayed the workers and peasants to the feudal aristocracy and the landowners. His government persecuted the Commun- ists, dissolved the trade unions and arrested their leaders. His policy of persecution of the revolutionary nationalists and Com- munists was so provoking that. he lost the support of the workers and intellectuals. The British rewarded him for his perfidy by kicking him out ‘ when he no longer served their pur- pose. Seeing Mexico at. (Special to The Daily Worker) and forty delegates who attended A. F. of L, convention here, and a en newspaper correspondents, Juarez, Mexico, yesterday for Mexico City to attend the inauguration of President Calles and the convention if the Pan-American Federation of La- sor, They travel on special trains vith all expenses paid by the Mexican “overnment, ges A. F. of L. ia A