The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 19, 1924, Page 3

| | Friday, December 19, 1924 SOVIET COIN ¢ GOOD AS THAT OF UNCLE SAM Budget Shows Loans Not Imperative (By Rosta News Agency) MOSCOW (By Mail.)—Re- porting on the budget for the working year, Comrade Sokol- nikoff, People’s Commissar of Finance, referring in the course of his speech, to an utterance of Kokovtzoff, one time czarist minister of finance, alleging that the Soviet government has Squandered Russia’s gold re- serve, Sokolnikoff refutes this charge, stressing that from the beginning of the year 1922 the gold reserve of the Union of Socialist. Soviet. Republics not only did not diminish, but has increased. The people’s commissar of finance further stated that the latest mone- tary reform has been a complete success. The speaker pointed out that in spite of the discontinuance of the issuance of paper notes as from July 1, the monetary circulation thruout the union was 602 million roubles on August 1 and is expected to react from 700 to 750 million by the first of January, 1925, and about one billion roubles by the first of October next year. As for the rate of exchange, the chervonet has been on a par with the gold dollar ever since the first of July, which. is an excellent evidence of the purchasing power of Soviet currency. Turning to the Anglo-Soviet treaty, Sokolnikov denied the falacious statements alleging that the Union of Socialist Soviet Russia needed the British loan to save the Soviet cur- rency, balance the budget and restore the Soviet national economy. True, declares the People’s Commisar of Finance—such a loan would be most useful to the Union inasmuch as. it would help make a big stride forward in Soviet economy: “This loan, how- ever, is not an indispensible basis of our existence.” As a matter of fact, further states the speaker—even without an official loan English bankers do not refuse credits to the Union of Soviet Repub- lies, and actually today the question of granting commercial credits to the Soviet. State Bank . by. British .finaci- ers with the support of powerful Am erican financial interests is in quite « favorable stage. The Soviet People’s Commisar of Finance concluded his address to the C. E. C. and amidst loud applause and unanimous approval, by stating em Phatically that the present working year was the last difficult one which the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lies had to go thru. tad ROOMS FOR RENT. 6 cheerful and desirable rooms, com- pletely “furnished, for at least 3 months or longer if desired, stove heat—$35 a month. Phone Diversey 6034. Fred Ellis, Clybourn, near Larrabee. THE SOUTH SIDE PLAYERS with ELIZABETH GRIFFEN as “OLYMPHA” and a mixed cast of colored and white players in Salesmen and Suckers A NEW RADICAL PLAY by ANDREW SHELLEY at Mt. Carmel Colored Baptist Church, 3721:FEDDRAL STREET _ Near 35th St, “L” Station. TUESDAY, DEC, 23rd open at 7:30 p. m. Perform- commencing at 8 p. m. promptly, mn: $1.00, 50c and 35c elephike your reservations early, \\ Douglas 5923. FURS Made to Order, Remodeled ———. eee” and Repaired SEAL COATS $75.00 ~ Specially Priced ong 0p CHILDREN’S FUR COATS 919 5) THE DAILY WORKER STRUGGLE OF MILITANT MINERS VIVIDLY PICTURED IN LETTER SENT TO PRISON COMFORT CLUB| WOPKERC CTADM Very few states have proven such terrible battlefields for class conflicts as West Virginia. The miners of that state have felt in the past and are feeling today the pressure of the iron heel with such force that they have risen with arms to preserve their very right to existence. That conditions remain unchang Hickey, released only the other day in jail for participating in the famous “March of the Miners” in 1921, when they rose in arms to fight the op- pressive coal barons. This letter, to Cora Meyers of the National Prison Comfort Club, reads as follows; Miami, W. Va. Dear Friend: I have been at home for some time and I am writing to thank you for your kindness. ‘We on Cabin Creek have been on strike for the last three years; that is some of us have, and now they have made a new call and are get- ting good results. Our boys are always getting into trouble. The same day I got home I was served with an injunction for- bidding me to talk with the men that were working! So you can see that I am classed as a dangerous rad- ical. Don Chafin, the man who had me confined, is getting his just deserts. Logan county is in good shape for organizing if our officials were any good. I told our local union about you they instructed me to officially thank you in their behalf. It is sure a pitiful sight to see our tent col- ony children—they are so ragged. They are furnished no clothes by the organization, only their grub, which is very scarce. Their Christ- mas will not be very bright this year. I will write more next time if you care to know about conditions in this section. Thank you again. I am, Yours very truly, G. C. HICKEY. Here is a picture of a section of the American working class to pull at the heartstrings of any class-conscious worker. Here is the class struggle visible in it’s sharpest form—a con- dition of misery for workers under our present capitalist system. In addition to this letter received by Cora Myers of the Prison Comfort Club, was another under the official seal of the Local Union 1661 of the U. M. W. of A., thanking her for the assistance given to G. C. Hickey while in jail for fighting against such condi- tions of. abject slavery of the West Virginia miners, as he pictures in his | letter. These are facts of today—this is what the American working class must face even more generally than it has in the past. ed is proven by a letter from G. C. from prison after serving three years ETHICAL BRITISH IMPERIALISTS GET “SHOCKED” AGAIN (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Dec. 18.—The big news- papers of the British imperialists are not all lacking in resource. This is shown by the way in which Briton equanimity is “shocked” (ac- cording to the press) by the execu- tlon of the traitorous and grafting treasurer of the Tsao Kun govern- ment of China, Li Yen-ching, who— with Tsao himself, was the center of British-American control over the Chinese people. The British press calls this execu- tion “murder” and gets quite horri- fled about it, forgetful of Mesopo- tamia, India, Egypt and so on. Add- ed to this moral indignation is the claim that General Feng, Sun Yat Sen and the Soviet ambassador at Peking, M. Karakhan, are in a “Bolshevik alliance” which is receiv- ing “financial backing” from Soviet Russia, Government Officers Who Did Not Line Up WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. sion, the United States operating the a shakeup. Two Jobs for Krassin. currently People’s Foreign Trade. MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF THE YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE SUNDAY The statement of the National Executive Committee of the Young Work- Page Three J00 WINNIPEG MAYOR FOR JOBS Demand “Work or Full Maintenance” (Special to The Daily Worker) WINNIPEG, Canada, Dec. 18. —Led by members of the Com- munist Party of Canada, a parade of over 500 destitute and unemployed workers marched along the main streets of this city, interviewed the mayor, besieged the city hali and parliament buildings, and forced an interview with the premier. The fake “labor” mayor, Farmer, ejected the unemployed workers into the freezing cold. Premier Bracken, at the parliament building was forced to admit his government’s inability to cope with the unemployment crisis. With Coolidge to Go 18.— President Coolidge is about to dis- charge governmental officials in three large independent offices of the gov- ernment because they did not line up with his policies during the election campaign. The U. S. tariff commis- shipping board, which ignored Coolidge’s in- structions to give the emergency fleet corporation a free hand in settling American merchant marine, and the federal trade commis- sion, which embarrassed Coolidge by making public Secretary Mellon’ss large aluminum holdings, are due for MOSCOW, Dec. 18.—It is officially announced that with his appointment to the post of ambassador. of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at Paris, L. B. Krassin will remain con- Commissary of ers League which has been issued recently as a basis of discussion prior to the national convention will be discussed thoroly by the membership of the Chicago league at a membership meeting to be held Sunday afternoon, Dec. 21, at Workers Hall, 722 Blue Island Ave., at 4 p.m. Duscussion has already been conducted in the various branches but this will be a culminating meeting. _ The speaker representing the N. son, the national secretary of the Y. W. L. After the opening talk there will be unlimited time for questions and discussion. One of the require- ments of the N. E. C. is the widest and fullest discussion at all such meet ings. It is very essential for every Y. W. L. mmber to be present. No one will be excused from this meeting and no one will be admitted or can partici- pate unless their dues book is stamp. ed up to date. Admittance will be by paidup membership card only and they will be stamped and passed upon at the door. This rule will be enforced rigidly. Russian Lecture. This Sunday, Dec. 21, at 2:30 p. m., there will be a Russian lecture at the Soviet School, 1902 W. Division St. Dr. B. Prilla will talk on “The Crime Wave and How to Combat It.” Ad- mission free. 'O party members met face to employed, as a fish In a keg of nails, the building and everything In it hi other was poaching. An argument resulted. there are many headquarters, bull sympathizers of the party work. Al! E. C. will be Comrade John William- JUGO-SLAVIA WARS ON ALBANIANS AS ZOGU REVOLT GROWS (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Dec. 18—The success of the uprising in Albania was indi- cated today when it was reported in London that Fan Noli, president of the Albanian ministry, was flee- ing. Fan Noli had been in power only a few months. The revolt in Albania Is a na- tionalist peasant movement. The efforts of Jugo-Slavia to sub- ject Albania to its domination has caused intense hostility toward Jugo-Slavia and vice versa. Dispatches from Tirana, the capi- tal of Albania, state that Jugo-Slav troops were beginning a bombard- ment of the Albanian troops on the Serbian frontier. These government troops, when engaged against the rebels led by Ahmed Zogu, are re- ported as going over to Ahmed’s forces. THE OTHER DAY IN CHICAGO. face the other day, in a building in Chicago where workers sympathetic to the Workers Party are They eyed each other for a few brief seconds. This was enough to show that each, In the presence of the other, felt about as comfortable A tow words by both and it was discovered that each one considered Is exclusive territory. To each, the od. Neither of the two compromised. Both rushed around the bullding with the speed of a subway express, and made about as much noise. Each had a big red book in hand. This occurence may be a scarce as corsets in a gypsy camp, but— dings, offices in other cities where 1 you need do Is to go there and ask and they will gladly buy a POLICY so as to He promised nothing. Rally Around Communist Slogan. The unemployed marchers walked along Portage Ave. and Main St. dur- ing the noon hour, and entered the city hall, demanding to interview the mayor in order to secure food and shelter. They rallied around the slo- gan popularized by the Communists, “Work or full maintenance.” At the call of the Communist Party of Canada the men had assembled in the “Woodyard,” determined not to accept the abominable “work test” provided by the city council. They struck against it to a man, and then began the march in the freezing weather to the city hall, to demand “work or full maintenance.” In spite of the efforts of police to throw the workers into the streets, they refused to budge. Then came the “labor” mayor, Farmer. The mayor immediately ordered the police to put the men out, in spite of the fact that even his bourgeois predecessors had allowed unemployed to take shelter in the city hall. After being ejected, the unemployed with even greater numbers, stormed the Labor Temple for shelter. A delegation waiting upon the unemployment committee of the city council was given blank re- fusal to their demands for immediate relief. Nothing was pfémised by either the mayor or the council. The single men were promised no future relief. The married men wererreferred to the in- famous social welfare commission which: has the habit of sending the wives of the unemployed out to work at lower wages than are paid male workers. 9 Police Keep Them Out. The procession then beseiged the parliament buildings. The swarms of police allowed only a small delegation inside forcing the half clad unem- ployed to wait in the bitter cold. The premier kept the men waiting an hour, and then gave only a half promise of some assistance to the married men thru the city council. Asked whether work of any kind was available, Premier Bracken ad- mitted that no bush or farm work is to be had, in spite of previous claims that there are agricultural jobs open. Bracken stated that the condition of the unemployed city workers is dupli- cated in a worse degree upon Mani- toba farms. The “Worker,” official organ of the Communist Party of Canada, contains the following statement: “Take no- tice prospective immigrants. The re- sult of several hours of wandering and buffeting resulted in nothing. The single unemployed men are to get nothing. Agitation is being continu- ed, and the problem will be forced to the attention of the authorities until something is done.” “The unemployed are holding out solidly against the work-test and are sticking to the Communist slogan ‘Work or nil Maintenance.” The Trades CouFl is assisting in the or- ganization of an unemployed council and the work of organization among the jobless promises to be more fruit: ful this year than in the past. Mean- while conditions are becoming worse, and Winnipeg is faced with a situa- tion that will be without parallel in the past.” Chicago Population Three Million. The population of Chicago proper is now more than three miilion, while Chicago, including the suburbs, is close to four million in population, ac- cording to figures just released by a national census bureau. This is an increase of 12.6 per cent over 1920, when the last federal census was taken, HELP! HELP! Give Us a Hand— are swamped again. There is just a load of work piling In our office and our small force is struggling hard to get It done. If any comrades have a day, an hour or a minute to spare, COME ON OVER— We GIVE US A HANDI Prue Be ashy tanker fa ts | , CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING THE CONVENTION OF OUR PARTY In view of the fact that the party discussion is now going on and the membership of the party is naturally interested in the question of the holding of a convention, the central executive committee makes the following state+ ment in regard to the question of a party convention: 1. Under the statutes of the Communist International, permission must be secured from the executive committee of the Communist International before a convention of any of the sec-¢————_—____—_____— tions can be held, 2. The central executive commit- tee, in October, unanimously trans- mitted a request for permission for a conyention to be held some time during the month of January. 8, The secretariat of the executive committee of the Communist Interna- tional answered the request suggest- ing that the advice of the Communist {nternational on policy be sought in advance of the convention of the party and that for this reason the conven- tion be postponed until after delegates of the party, representative of both viewpoints, could present the matter. 4. The majority of the central exe- cut:ve committee thereupon renewed the request for permission to hold a convention, sending the following statement to the Communist Interna- tional: “November 12th meeting C. B. C. acting upon Comintern suggestion to postpone convention unanimously reaffirmed previous request for con- vention in January. Meeting No- vember 13th minority changes opin- jon and now favors postponement of convention. C. E. C, again re- affirms request for January conven- tion on following grounds: 1. Dif- ferences in C. EB. C. are already property membership which is anxi- ous to disses and express opinion: 2. It will be disastrous for self- confidence and initiative of member- bership to prevent their expression of opinion in convention. 3. Be- fore Comintern passes final judg- ment on our differences it must know opinion of whole membership and not ©. E. C. alone. 4. Post- ponement of convention decision on major policy after enlarged execu- tive means six months paralysis and crisis in party. 5. Insistence of mi- rority compels C. B. C. immediately publish thesis and open party dis- cussion. 6. C. E. C. urgently re- quests for health and development of party and for liquidation of rem- nants of factionalism that permis- sion for convention be granted with- out delay to be held middle January. 7. Will mail thesis November 22. Our delegates enlarged executive will leave right after convention.” The minority of the C. E. C. trans- mitted the following to the Commun- ist International as its view on the al and further “In view of the fact that the cablegram from the Communist In- ternational indicates that it is the desire of the Communist Interna- tional to -help shape and guide the Lace eae nr nnn RENN Chicago Finnish Branch in Support Of Majority Stand The Workers Party Finnish Branch of Chicago, in membership meeting assembled to discuss the thesis of the party central executive committee and minority, adopted the following reso- lution: if “1. We regret that the central ex- ecutive of the party is divided into two main groups on the farmer-labor party question. Instead of unanimous- ly taking a stand that our main task is to build our own party, in which work all our energy should be con- centrated ‘to make it a party able to take the lead in the labor movement of this country, we now use our energy and funds in factional fights which are not always beneficial to the wel- fare of our party. “2. Discussing the thesis of the majority and minority and making a analysis of the history of our farmer- labor party united front, the member- ship accepts the thesis of the majority in general. The policy as expressed in the majority thesis, in our opinion, serves the Communist movement best in this country and is based on actual conditions as they appear on a close analysis at the present time. | “3. The branch condemns the tactic used by the minority in this con- troversy in packing meetings with their supporters and trying to force premature decisions, before the ques- tion was opened for discussion in the party, and when failing in its attempts provoking disruption in meetings of which a membership meeting in Chi- cago is a good example. Such tactics are not for the best interest of the party and should not be used in the future, Lewis Snowed Under, DEMBO, Pa., Dec. 18.—The entire progressive slate, national and district was endorsed in the elections in this local when George Voyzev, candidate for, international president against John L. Lewis, polled 120 votes against 26 for his opponent. Earthquake in Philippines, MANILA, P. IL, Dee. 18.—Twenty- four were believed killed in an earth- quake which razed the settlement of Sufiga, island of Minandano, it was learned here today. | \ Build the DAILY WORKER! future policy of our party before a convention decision as the best me- thod of avoiding serious mistakes, we accept the proposal of the Com- munist International that represent- atives of both tendencies shall be sent to the Communist International before the meeting of the enlarged executive committee to present the two viewpoints and secure a deci- sion by the Communist Internation- al further, “That the question be referred to the full meeting of the central exe- cutive committee for action along the line of the above. “In presenting this proposal, we at the same time state it is our opin- ion and desire that the thesis of the central executive committee, both majority and minority, should be submitted to the membership im- mediately after the coming full meeting of the central executive committee and discussion on the thesis should be opened at once in order that the party membership might have sufficient time for full and free discussion of the issues and principles which divide the two groups in the central executive com- mittee. We believe that such full and free discussion can be carried on during the period while the mat- ter is being submitted to the Com- munist International and that what- ever decision is rendered by the Communist International will be the final guide for the party member- ship which will be registered in the decision of the convention of the party. “We believe that such a method of arriving at a decision on party policy will prevent the development of sharp factional struggles within the party and keep the discussion within the lines of a discussion of Policy and not a~ bitter factional struggle. The achievement of this end is desirable so far as the party as a whole is concerned, for a severe factional struggle within the organ- ization cannot but result detrimen- tally to the progress of the party as a whole.” 5. The central executive commit- tee is still communicating with the Communist International, and will comply with the decision of the Com- munist International“as soon as such final decision is reached. Central Executive Committee, Work- ers Party of America. William Z. Foster, Chairman, C. E. Ruthenberg, Executive Sec’y. The Central Bureau Of the Lithuanians Is with the Minority The central bureau of the Lithuanian Section of the Workers Party at its meeting held December 15, 1924, after thoroly considering the present con- troversy going on in the party relative to our attitude towards the farmer- labor movement and after discussing the theses as presented by the majori-| ty and minority of the C, B. C., adopt- ed the following resolution: “In view of the fact that during | the last two years the Workers Party | while participating in the struggle for organizing a farmer-labor party, | raised its prestige: among ‘the work- ers and farmers of thig country and gained many new members and sym- pathizers; and “In view of the fact that the economic conditions are growing worse and worse, while millions of exploited workers and farmers are still following the Iéadership of capi- talist parties, the slogan ‘For a Farmer-Labor Party’ is still alive and offers a great opportunity for strengthening the Workers Party in its agitation for a class farmer-labor party, the Central Bureau of the L. S., An P., declares that it is of the opinion that “The majority's determination to cast aside the slogan for a farmer- labor party is harmful and obstructing to the building of the Workers Party. And therefore the C. B, unanimously agrees and endorses the thesis of the minority of the ©. B. C. as a prac- tical and adaptable step towards its united front on the political field,” Maynard, Mass., Foster Had 22 Votes, MAYNARD, Mass., Dec. 18.—Foster and Gitlow received 22 votes in this town.—Signed, Sycha Supola, secre- tary. NAVAL AFFAIRS BODY MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR MORE WOUNDED SAILORS (Special to the Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, — The house naval affairs committee today reported favorably on a bill appor- tioning $790,500 for the construction of additional buildings at naval hos- pitale, The fund included $60,000 for of. floors’ quarters at Great Lakes, Iinele. ANGLO-FRENCH PACT TO SHARE NORTH AFRICA “You "i. Eeynt and } Take.Morocco” (Special to the Daily Worker) PARIS, France, Dec. 18—Both France and England look with some concern upon the precarious position of the Spanish army of Dictator Primo de Rivera in Morocco. These three powers .are.signatory to the pact of Algeciras, slicing, up northern Africa among themselves regardless of the interests and self-rule of the natives. If Spain is decisively beaten back toward the coast, leaving the natives under Abdel Krim in control of the territory lying next to the French, France sees a chance to assert claim over it under the guise of “protect ing” her frontier. The French government yesterday issued a statement saying so in diplo- matic language. It said, “The Spanish protectorate over Morocco is the re- sult of an Anglo-French agreement conferring this privilige on the Madrid government, and Spain is not entitled to relinquish the territory to any third power or to evacuate the zone entirely or in part or otherwise escape the ob- ligation of maintaining order without officially advising the two powers con- cerned.” It is known that in the recent Anglo French secret agreement, France promised to let Britain have a free hand in the oppression of Egypt and the Sudan if England would give her an equally free hand in Morocco. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) find them afflicted with mysterious maladies. The financial wizard, Koretz, who sold oil wells in the loop (Chicago) to people, just as ambitious and unscrupulous as himself, was ar- rested, confessed and given a short jail sentence. It was discovered he was suffering from diabetes. He was one of the boys, gone wrong. se EVOLUTIONISTS who advocate a new form of society, free from exploitation, and its attendant miseries are imprisoned or executed as the exigencies of the ruling class demand. There are no extenuating circumstances taken into considera tion. “Judges, ‘see in'them a menace to the system on which they feed. Men and women are torn away from their families and deported. Thereis no mercy shown them. They do not seek mercy. And despite all attempts to crush the movement they represent, that movement goes on getting stronger despite persecution. a ae 'O Italian laborers are counting the days that stand between them and the electric Surely, unless we move ourselves to action. Sacco and Vanzetti, brave fighters who committed the terrible crime in the eyes of the capitalist class of endeavoring to organize the slaves of the Massachusetts exploiters. The same crime for which Tom Mooney was framed. But Tom Mooney was saved from the electric chair by the workers of the world. The same workers will save Sacco and Vanzetti. The Workers Party is taking a leading part in the new campaign to rob the bloodthirsty capitalists of New Eng: land of their prey. Every reader of this paper who has a dollar to spare should send it to the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, Box 93, Hanover Station, Boston, Mass. chair—perhaps. betrayed Their first conversation betrayed the fact that she was not fastidious T a distance she had appeared provigil neat, immaculate. But upon their first face-to-face ameeting he discovered that her teeth were fot clean, he soon lose eam. , } aR many people overlook this one matter of fastidiousness, And do so in spire of the fact that in conversa~ tion. the teeth are the one most at sting sont you. Notice today how you, yourself, watch another pervoels pants when he or she is talking. 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