The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 1, 1924, Page 5

‘ment of the interrupted relations be- In Monday, December 1, 1924 PHILADELPHIA GIVES CONCERT FOR STRIKERS Story of " Straggle Is Cheered by Audience By R. BAKER, (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.— Over a thousand workers jam- med the Lulu Temple to hear the strikers of Paterson in the bgt concert arranged by the Workmen's Circle branches Nos. 135 and 521 for the strike relief. The cold rain did not dampen the spirits of these workers who came to demonstrate their class solidarity to the striking silk weavers of Paterson. Great Cheering for Strikers, The great hall trembled to the cheering and applause when the Pat- erson workmen's chorus and the or- chestra appeared on the stage to prove their ability to sing and play with the same spirit and vigor with which they carried on their strike for the last 16 weeks, The strikers’ chorus came late, but, the workers knew of their long nine- hour ride in the trucks from Paterson thru the cold rain and realized that this was but one of the many hard- ships and obstacles the strikers had to overcome in their battle to estab- lish decent working conditions and a union in their shops. Great was the applause that greet- ed H. M. Wicks, the leader of the strike and well known among the Philadelphia workers, when he ap- peared on the platform to tell the story of the strike and of the fighting spirit and the determination of the Paterson strikers to stay out until they win. Especially did the audi- ence appreciate the statement of ‘Wicks, “When the Associated Silk Workers win the strike in Paterson, they will come to Pennsylvania to or- ganize the silk workers here.” Altho the admission was’ one do lar, @ Collection. of $140 was"takén. view of the fact that many in the audience are unemployed, this was a good showing. Eat After 14 Hours. The concert was a fine demonstra- tion of the ability of workers to cre- | hi ate, interpret and appreciate first- class music and as Wicks pointed out, a great contrast to the mill owners standard of music which consists of jaze. After the concert the strikers were taken to a restaurant and given their first meal during the 14 hours since they left Paterson. Many friends and sympathizers accompanied the strik- ers to the restaurant and with songs and cheers helped them enjoy the meal preparatory to their long jour- ney back to the picket lines of Pat- erson. Belgian “Big Biz” Joins in Demand for Recognition of Russia MOSCOW, Nov. 30.—‘We are con: vinced that Belgium could conclude numerous deals with Russia and. we should be happy if we could in any way contribute to the restoration of mutual relations between the two countries,” is the opinion and wish expressed in a letter received by the north western regional chamber of commerce, Leningrad, from a number of prominent Belgian business men, headed by the editor of the Lloyd Commercial, the biggest trade and industrial journal, published at Brus- sels. The authors of the letter state that this journal is launching an ener- getic propaganda for the re-establish- ‘| tween Belgium and Soviet Russia. conclusion, they ask for a list of Soviet firms which could carry on with Belgium, you are suffer- ig fromany all- ents, come 'y office and DR. TAFT 1555 West Roosevelt Road | Dally 9 to 12 2. m2 to 6-8 | “Sundays and Holidays 9 to ‘ ND CANAL 3469 tEMPLOYERS BOAST OF PROSPERITY; WORKERS ARE GIVEN PAY CUTS (Special to The Dally Worke: WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—American Yalirosda continue thelr record- breaking business, it was indicated today by a statement from the American Railway Association showing that 1,015,704 cars were loaded with revenue freight in the week ended November 15, It is the tenth week this year in which freight loadings have totalled in in excess of a million cars. Only one commodity showed a falling off. This ‘was ore and ore products, and the loss was due to seasonal decline. The Southern Pacific has refused to grant an 8 per cent increase to en- ginemen. BOSSES LOCK OUT|PAYS $2,000 FOR 4000 COAL MINERS) ONE HOUR'S RIDE IN FERNIE, 8. C.; TO CATCH TRAIN Act Means the Fiercest|Immigration Chairman Privation This Winter Rushes to Montreal (Special to The Daily Worker) (Special to The Daily Worker) Nest Pass Coal Co has lemuod orders |,,VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 30—Al bert Johnson, republican, paid $2,000 closing down the mines here and lock- | »,,. an hour's ride in a taxi in order ing out the workers. The company’s announcement cites failure to retrieve ak might catch a train for Mon- sufficient business to continue opera- ‘ tion, but the shutdown is merely a ji ake Ue Bans tae sic, mathe. of Feewont “Randied 10 the | a atite to Venaoueer ta eoaneck with kidglove manner. a train for Montreal. Canadian customs The winter will bring destitution to officials refused to allow the cab to many Fernie miners and their fimilies. Preceding the lockout by the company, proceed without a bond. That would have meant several hours’ delay. So the failure of the Home Bank of Johnson asked the price of the car, Canada, which had a branch at Fernie forked over the $2,000 and t and in which many of the Fernie|)i0\\). bhi histe rele sgt miners lost their savings, was a|— > ‘*Y: severe blow. The closing down means Why the Great Rush? Johnson’s mission was not known. complete ruin to many workers in these parts. However, in view of the fact that the Fernie is the largest camp in Dis-| congressman is chairman of the immi- trict 18, having about 4,000 miners. In | gration committee, that he has gotten the past the Fernie miners have been | thru congress the bill which keeps all but the most docile wage slaves from noted for their militancy and the ready support they have extended to|the country, and that he is nursing other workers in their struggles. another scheme whereby the “dirty The lockout shows to what an ex-| foreigners” can be finger-printed, meas- tent the operators can go now that|ured, quizzed, stamped and classified the district is led by creatures of | in order that the department may get John L. Lewis who signed an agree-| its noose around the right neck at a ment accepting a reduction of $1.17} moment's notice—in view of all this, a day, after a seven month strike, in| it is more than possible that John- spite of the opposition of the rank/son, witk the help of one of the D. of J. sleuths, was hot on the trail of and file. - finger-t;ints in the snow. Soviets’ Constant Who Pays for the Trip? : Advance is Shown As for the dough and where it came ry Pigs * trom—Johnson used to be news edi- in Various Fields| tor ot the Washington Post, which (By Rosta) made a name for itself as the abso- MOSCOW, Nov. 30.—It is reportec lutely independent organ of Daugh- from Teheran that a new Soviet-Per- erty, Burns, Jess Smith and Jake Hi: mon, who kept Washington politics sian company for automobile transport been founded under the firm of well oiled and their own palms well greased with government gasoline “Autotran.” Passenger and goods | during the reign of the late Harding. traffic is to be carried on by motor cars in northern Persia. Chinese Union Men Disarm Fascisti, : Shoot Two as Lesson CANTON, Nov. 30.—The first ses sion was held on Oct. 22 of the council of forty representatives of all layers of the people, convoked by the Sun Yat Sen government to discuss ques- tions connected with the disarming of the Fascist “tigers,” ensuring order and peace in the city, lifting heavy taxation, carrying into life local self- government, and so forth ‘Of the forty members of the council, four are representatives of traue unions, four, of the merchants, and the rest, of various associations, universi- ties, public organizations, etc. The main object of the council is to pro- mote union between the government and the people. The papers report that Ahoytsen and Wu Kit-nan, who held high posts on the “tigers’” side, have been ap- prehended and immediately shot. At Fatshan the “tigers” are being dis- armed, their arms are confiscated. About 4,000 men have been disarmed up to the present. Shows Up Capitalist Propaganda Against Child Labor Regulation NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—State Sena tor Benjamin Antin, chairman New York state child welfare commission, speaking to students of Wadleigh high, denounced propaganda being circulated by representatives of manu- facturers’ associations and chambers of commerce against the federal child labor amendment. Antin will intro- ‘luce the resolution for ratification of | ‘he amendment in the coming session of the legislature, which is expected to pass it. Antin pointed out to the students that the amendment was not a law and did not deal with education, but only gave congress the same op- MOSCOW, Nov. 30.—The Academy of Science, Leningrad, has detailed a learned member of the academy to Mongolia, in the district of Urga, to investigate the deposits of precious stones which are said to exist there. VLADIVOSTOK, Nov. 30. — The ex- port of lumber from Vladivostok is steadily on the increase, which is partly due to the exceptional interest for lumber resources in the maritime area displayed by foreign industrial- ists Most of the wood materials ex- ported from Vladivostok were destined for Japan: in 1922, 12,071,000 cubic feet; in 1923, $15,300,000 cubic feet, and in 1924 the export will reach 16,500,000 cubic feet. Higher (Hire) Education in Colle: NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—Hotel man agement is in the professional. class by the action of Cornell and other unt- versities in including its study in the curriculum. Students from the Cor- nell class are studying the new Hotel Roosevelt from rugs to employment management at present. “This is the real higher (or hire) education,” says one of the students lounging comfort- ably in the magnificent room at his disposal. Subscribe for “Your Daily,” the DAILY WORKER, GET AN “AD FOR THE DAILY WORKER Dr. S. ZIMMERMAN tq DEN ris’ | MY NEW LOCATION yee X-Ray | portunity states have to regulate the = os labor of children py statute. as Bookbinders Want 240 An Hour, LEIPSIG, Germany.—The bookbind- ers of 50 Leipsic shops, over 3,800 men and women, are striking for one mark (24c) per hour and a 46-hour week. The big publishing houses recently rdered the 9-hour day without over- ime pay, and without any raise in wages. The binders are well organ, ized. , : Workers Given ESTABLISH i YEARS. My Examination Is Free My Prices Are Reason: My Work Is Guarantee’ Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY THE DAILY WORKER EMPLOYES PICKET PICTURE HOUSES Huge Crowds Gather to Watch Scene DUBLIN, Nov. 30.—The division in the Irish Trade Union movement wat strikingly emphasized here last night when pickets were posted before the entrances to motion picture theaters by the Workers’ Union of Ireland James Larkin’s organization, a rival of tl Workers’ Union from which Larkin Irish Transport and General was recently expelled. A Divided Front. The motion picture operators an¢ other theater employes were organiz- ed in the Transport. Since the new union was started a bitter fight has been waged between the two unions for the adherence of those workers. Some of them joined the Workers’ Un- jon, while the remainder stayed wit the Transport. The present strike finds the theatrical employes in twc opposing camps. Hnormous crowds gathered at the theater entrances. The police tried tc stop the pickets, but the latter re fused to obey the police order. It ‘was late at night when the police suc ceeded in clearing the streets of the huge crowds that gathered to watch the excitement. At Sackville and Brunswick streets, the police were un- able to cope with the crowds, and fired their revolvers in the air. Yellow Cab Trust Faced with Strike At Toledo, Ohio (Special to The Daily Worker) TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 30.—The em Ployes of the Yellow Cab company went 6n strike following the discharge of five employes who were protesting against a wage cut of 20 per cent. The men are striking against the re- duction in pay and also for the re-in- statement of the five men who were fired as “agitators.” The Yellow Cab company hauled the scabs in the railway shopmen’s strike in Toledo. The striking em- Ployes are joining the union. The Brown and White Cab company has been declared unfair to organ- ized labor. John Juinliven of the Cen- tral Labor Union declares the men ir this. union will also be called out on strike. Paterson Strikers Appeal Cases in Free Speech Fight PATERSON, N. J., Nov. 30.— Twc members of Associated Silk Workers’ Union, Ivo Rista and Carlo Reverta, are appealing their case from Record- er Munson Force's sentence of 5 days in jail for alleged disorderly conduct. Defense counsel argues that since the men were arrested in a free speech demonstration at City Hall during the recent strike the charge against them should have been unlawful assembly, an indictable offense which would not have brought the union men before the recorder. Judge Joseph Delaney in common pleas court reserves de- cision in the appeal. Ten other union workers arrested at the same time have cases pending the outcome of the appeal. Legion Boosts Pershing for Office. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 30.— Gen, Pershing is boomed by the Am- erican Legion element as a candidate to succeed John Weeks as secretary of war in the new cabinet. Pershing has returned from one of his frequent; trips to Europe, and has a room set le for his use in the war depart: ment despite the fact that he is on the retired list. He is announced as going to South America as head of a military mission to assist in celebrat- ing a Latin-American revolutionary battle of a century ago. This keeps him in the newspapers, and has a ten dency to gloss over his Philippine record and his failure to capture Pan cho Villa in Mexico after his much dramatized crossing of the Rio Gran Pershing in the cabinet would be ¢ Fascist idol second only to Dawes DUBLIN THEATRE 70/42 2-HOUR DAY IN THE SUGAR FACTORIES OF GREEN BAY, WIS. GREEN BAY, Wis., Nov. 30.—Workers in the Green Bay factory of the Menominee River Sugar Beet Co, have to work in shifts of 12 hours each, with average wages of 35c to 37/0 an hour, or $4.50 for 12 hours. Many of the workers are Mexicans brought up from the south by jobherders who col- lect a fee for each Mexican furnished. The plant is non-union. | DEFENSE REPORTS CASES HANDLED (Continued from Page 1.) portation cases, some of them involy- ing action on simple deportation war- rants, and others carrying with them prosecution under the criminal law. Deportation Cases A considerable number of deporta- tion cases have come up, most of them growing out of the brutal “Red Raids” conducted under the agents of former attorney general and presidential as- pirant, A. Mitchell Palmer, in the early part of 1920. These men are all out on bail and anxious to get a disposi- tion of their cases. In practically every instance, the sole charge against them was membership in the Communist or Communist Labor Party. From thé new deportation cases chat have come up, and which the zabor Defense Council is now defend- ing, it appears that the United States government has not given up its prac- tice of forcibly deporting “undersir- able aliens” from this country and is, indeed, carrying out its old policy with extreme callousness, not hesitat- ing to seperate husband and wife, and father and children. These cases are the Halonen case, the Vajtauer case, the Kush case and the Schedel case. Schadel was arrested only about two weeks ago. He had been depor- ted to Germany in 1920 and had just made his way back here to try to get in touch with his wife and four small children, all of whom had und rgone extreme privation while he was away, the wife actually going insane for a while. Schedel’s deportation is now demanded. Moreover, he is being prosecuted under the law making it a felony for any deportee to return to this country, and faces a possible four-year term in prison before re- deportation to Germany. ion, the Schedel case offers a good opportunity for a general anti-deporta- tion campaign which should have as its immediate: aim the -wiping out-of the deportation orders against the other Communists now out on bail. Farrell Cases. Late in January, 1924, the police of Farrel, Pa. raided the local headquar- ters of the South Slavic Branch of the Workers Party and confiscated all literature found there, which con- sisted of newspapers, books and pamphlets, radical A few days later the homes of workers were raided, with search war- rants calling for their arrest on a charge of sedition against the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania. The police were unable to locate all of the 13 for whom they had watrants, but the following Slavic workers were ar- rested: Tony Kovacovich, Andy Kovaco- vich, Andy Dugan, John Radias, Tony Marich, John Sarich. Two of the defendants, Andy and Tony Kovacovich, have been tried and found guilty by a jury of Mercer County farmers. Attorney I. EB,’ Fer- guson, of Chicago, went before Judge McLaughey, of Mercer, Pa., in the early part of September, to argue for a new trial for Tony Kovacovich. All of the other Farrell cases are be- ing held in abeyance until the deci- sion in this case is made public. The defendants are all steel workers; the only evidence of any im- portance against them is of a “gang” nature, having all the earmarks of frame-up. The point at issue is wheth- er Tony Kovacovich did or did not make an “illegal speech” calling for the overthrow of the government, etc., in violation of the Pennsylvania se- tion law—and also whether that sed- ition law is’ constitutional. The six defendants in the Farrell cases are out on bail. Pittsburgh Cases. On April 27, 1923, a squad of federal D. of J. agents, @ poiucemen and county detectives descended upon the headquarters of the Worhers Party in Pittsburgh, ransacking the office, confiscating check id creating gen- eral disturbance, As a resvit of this In our opin-| and non-radical. | 13} raid and another which took place on the following night, nine men were arrested, They are as follows: Alex: ander Voytuk, John Kowalski, John Urban, Morris Pasternack, Max Jen- kins, Ed. J. Horacek, Fred Merrick, A. Rostrom, national secretary of the Am. erican Ido Society, a victim of police ignorance. (The police found Ido lit- erature in Rostrom’s residence and thought it something seditious.) George Katsiolis, barber by trade jmative of Greece, was passing through Pittsburgh and wes unfor- tumate to be at the Labor Lyceum while the raid was in progress. All were indicted on the charge of sedition and are now out on bail There have beer repeated delays in the matter of bringing them to trial and it is apparent that there is no real evidence of any kind against them, but that the raids were a part of the usual May Day plot “discover. jes” of the police. The Labor De- fense Council is anxious to get these cases wiped out so that the indicted men can be definitely freed and the bail money released. “Red Flag” Case Again Another “Red Flag” prosecution is coming up, as indicated by the recent arrests. A worker by the name of Lillin, member of the Workers Party, Hungarian branch of Philadelphia, was arrested Nov, 3 in that city for distributing Workers Party cam- paign literature. He is held under a $1,000 bail in a charge of distribut- ing seditious literature. The hearing is set for next week. Lillin has been living in this country for three years and has his first citizenship papers. The Labor Defense Council is also interested in the case of John Buksa, arrested about a year and a half ago while riding on a street car through | Wheeling, West Va., for distributing the party program. He was tried and found guilty under the “Red Flag” {criminal »spndicalist) law of Wes’ Va., after the jury had been out five minutes,. without even having read the program. The case was appealed to the circuit court but was ruled out of order. Appeal has now been asked of the supreme court of the state. Imperialist Snobs in Pretty Pickle Over Soviet Envoy PEKING, Nov. 30.—It is well known that the unfriendly attitude of the members of the Peking diplomatic body towards the Soviet embassy was made evident in the matter of the transfer of the former Russian lega- tion. Everything was done in that question to put in relief this unfriend- liness towards the Soviet government. Now these diplomatists have opened a new page, also hostile to the gov- ernment of the Soviet Union by trying all sorts of means to prevent the Soviet ambassador from entering the diplomatic body. Indeed, altho there are no reasons for this, the Peking diplomats have decided not to have relations with Ambassador Karakhan or at any rate to postpone as far as possible the moment when Kare- khan will sit with them as their equal and a member of the diplomatic body. It will be worth seeing how they are going to extricate themselves from the uses, habits and practice which they have themselves estab- lished. | Strike Settled in Three Hours. BOSTON, Nov ~Milkwagon driy- ers settled their strike for the restor- ation of the $38 wage scale within three hours from calling it. Milk com- panies wanted to install a commission Payment scheme. Fred .M. Knight of state board of conciliation and arbitra- tion took up the case at once and a compromise settlement which is sup posed to bring the weekly wage to $38 by combining a minimum scale and commission was adopted. READ THE DAILY WORKER. wort miss CAPPER'S BLOC AGAIN WAGS ITS FINGER AT CAL Asks Cal for Few Paper Reforms WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—To block or not to block, the action of the so- called farmer bloc in the senate will be one of the problems confronting President Coolidge during the “lame duck” term of congress. The president is known to have a decided aversion to blocs of any kind that do not meekly accept what his masters, the big capitalists conde scend to hand them. Blocs savor un- Pleasantly of class grouping and create a bad impresison in a country where the fiction that there are no classes is so sedulously cultivated. Perhaps a Dirty Farmer. Senator Capper of Kansas, not a “dirt” farmer by any means, but a full fledged millionaire, declared that the western senators would com- bine to support a program of legisla tion “to place the American farmers on their financial feet.” What they are after is: (1) Gov- ernment aid for co-operative market ing; (2) easier credits for the live stock industry; (3) lower freight rates on farm products. A resolution declaring agriculture to be a “basic industry” will be re-enacted declared Capper, so that agricultural products will be given a lower rate, Mongolia Stands With Soviet Power Against Intervention MOSCOW, November 30.—If the civil war in China be prolonged it is bound to seriously affect the northern provinces and jeopardize trade be- tween outer Mongolia and China, thus provoking a crisis in the selling mar- ket of Mongolian raw materials inas- much as they are exported to China, is the opinion of Mr. Gursid, Mon- golian charge d’affaires at Moscow, expressed in an interview with Soviet journalists. To the question as to the views held by Mongolian statesmen on the intervention .of foreign powers in Chinese affairs and on its possible effects on Mongolian affairs, Mr. Gursid remarked that the foreign pow- ers intervened in China with the sole purpose of consolidating their old bases and positions in China and con- quering new ones. Such bases and positions they need not only as such, but also for further invasion of Cen- tral Asia—which will be a direct men- ace to a number of countries and, first of all, to Mongolia. Consequently, concluded the Mon- golian diplomat, a blow dealt by the imperialistic powers against any one of the oriental countries—in this case, China—will be, directly or indirectly, a blow at all the oriental countries. It is reported from Urga that out of the newly elected members of the central committee of the Mongolian people's party, six belong to the left wing, whose sympathies go to the Third (Communist) International and who stand for the closest relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It is believed in competent quarters at Urga that the composition of the new central committee of the people’s party is bound to be reflected on the future activities of the Mongolian government. Wage Cut Helps Organization Work, WOONSOCKET, R. L, Nov. 80. — Three new locals of the United Tex- tile Workers’ Union are in operation in the Globe, Social and Nourse mills of the Manville-Jenckes cotton com- pany, the $39,000,000 concern which cut wages 10 per cent before election. The union started the organization drive when the cut was announced and declares the former wages must be restored, READ THE DAILY WORKER. PITTSBURGH, PA, DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert ntal Service for 20 Years, ear 7th Ave. Cor. Arthur St 45 SMITHFIELD ST. 1627 CENTER AVE A LANAH FOR THE CHILNREN * Nurse Jane |) Thanks, Uncle Wiggily !