The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 31, 1924, Page 2

Pace Two CARPENTERS I FIGHT AGAINST LOCAL FAKERS Hutcheson’s Henchmen Use Gag Rule ABOUT GLORIES Twelve hundred college to uphold, in their convention here. “The deadliest enemies of man at told the American sociological The members of Local 181 of the carpenters’ union were given another dose of autocracy from their officials| on last Monday evening when they tried to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of their former local president who quit office after he discredited himself as a servile tool of| General President Hutcheson | and District President Harry | Jensen, who wanted the pro-| gressive members of the union! expelled. | The expulsion without trial of five | members of Local 181 aroused the | anger of rank and file and sine that oc nce every meeting | been a batile between the membershir and the offic , the latter enforcing gag rule to prevent action by the mem- bers against the illegal expulsion of the most active workers in the organ: ization. Tried to Elect President, On last Monday evening the mem. bers attempted to elect a successor tc the official who quit. The vice-presi dent claimed that he was entitled to act as president until the end of the term the constitution to the contrary Harry Jensen, district president, who | is also president of Local 181 upheld | the decision of the vice-president. Jensen was one of the signers of a scab agreement which forces the car- penters to use material manufactured under Landis award conditions. For protesting against this treachery by resolution the five members over which the fight now rages were ex- pelled. yesterday afternoon, “They jnot only take their heavy toll in |deaths, but prevent their victims from participating in the future because they sterilize them.” The sociological society which, is now in session at the Congress Hotel, is one of seven eco- nomic organizations promoted by busi- ness men to uphold the capitalist sys- tem of exploitation of the workers. The close connection between these organizations, which include the eco- nomic foundation, the statistical as. sociation, farm economic association university instructors, and association for labor legislation, and the large business interests which supply them with funds is shown by the fact that 1 the arrangements for the conven: ion of these organizations are in the hands of Chicago business men. “Swift's” Manager a Member. Among those who took a leading part in organizing the convention of the bourgeois economists are—L. D. H. Weld, manager of the “commercial research department” of Swift and Co. packers, who is chairman of the com- mittee in charge of arrangements; C. H. Crennan, of the Continental and Commercial Bank; Walter Lichten- stein of the First National Bank; Ru- doif Clemen, of the Illinois Merchants Trust company; John Bowman, of the Chicago association of commerce; and H. W. Moorhouse, of Brookmire’s ag- ricultural service. : Purpose: Bigger Profits. Most of the speeches were advice to | business men as to how they can jmake bigger profits. “Train college | students to win white collar jobs by means of the overall route” was the suggestion of Professor Charles C. Refused the Floor. Several members of the local trie¢ to take the floor but the vice-president refused them the privilege of speak- ing. One member was fined one dol lar by the chairman. He protested ed another dollar. Another made a motion that both fine: iited but the chair refused to nm the motion. This was also a violation of the constitution but such trifles as that do not bother the fakers. The membership is rallying behind the expelied members one hundred per cent. An appeal has been sent tc general president, Hutcheson, protest- ing Inst the illegal action of the chairman of the trial committee in bringing in a cooked-up report and falsely eclaring that the- defendants pleaded guilty. The members of the local insist that their fellow unionists did not have a trial and they are = more determined than ever that they ~ shall have a squere deal. Thieves Enter Bank Via Sewer. MILAN, Dec. 30.—Many millions of lires’ worth of jewels and securities were taken by the thieves who tun- nelled from a sewer, thru a steel linec wall and into the Genoa branch of the Banca Commerciale Italiana, officials admitted today. Build the DAILY wURKER! JAPANESE DIPLOMAT ASKS SOFT PEDAL ON IMMIGRATION BUNK (Special to The Daily Worker) TOKIO, Dec. 30.—In an interview today with Japanese newspapermen, foreign minister Shidehara advised Japanese newspapers not to stir up questions over the United States Pacific naval maneuvers and the im- migration law. He declared such agitation was detrimental to international relations and likely to have an unhappy out- come, The foreign minister declared that Great Britain’s Singapore naval base project was not Intended as a menace to Japan. The newspapermen were pelite, but accepted this statement with sly smiies. Discussing the immigration ban, Shidehara said Japan had never been informed that the United States con- siders the immigration question closed incident. He declared that he believed the exclusion law was a blunder and thinks that America will some day recognize it as such and rectify the error. In the meantime he warned the Ja- panese newspapers, Japan cannot force the United States to rescind the ban. Leeds, head of the department of ma- ;chinery production of the Carnegie in- stitute of technology, which is con- trolled by the United States Steel cor- | |poration. Leeds advised that the col- jlege students must learn how. to fit |themselves into the profit system ‘They must learn the value of discip line,” said the goose-step professor. Culture and science have largely been forgotten by these professors. They openly bow down to big business and admit they use the colleges in the | service of the large corporations. Thorstein Veblen admitted this in his address before the American eco- nomic association yesterday, “No ar- gument on economic matters will get GOOSE-STEP PROFESSORS RANT OF CAPITALISM WHILE UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES rofessors, teachers and upholders of bourgeois economics, sociology and psychology, who make poor salaries teaching eco- nomics, because they don’t know enough about economics to organize into unions, admitted the failure of the system of society which they are paid Goose-Step Economists. the present time are not disease, war and famine, but the industrial conditions of the city,” Warren 8. ‘Thompson, of the Scripps Foundation, Miami Uni-+ No. |s a hearing unless it is set out as ¢ |business proposition,” said Veblen “And a business proposition is merely another term for business profits.” ‘he convention now meeting is avow- edly for the purpose of aiding the em ELECTRIC TRUST BACKS SHOALS BILL IN SENATE Coolidge Pushes Private Control Bill (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 30.—The power trust organized around the Gen- eral Electric and ‘the Westinghouse companies, is sponsoring the Under- wood bill which would turn Muscle Shoals over to these private nterests, senate debate disclosed yesterday. The “insurgent” bloc, however, has |ployers to incresse their profits. Veblen Preaches Nationalism, “To our statesmen,” Veblen. con- tinued, “Economic interests mean ad- vantages in trade and opportunities for gain for the business concerns within our national frontiers, as jagainst outsiders. Things have taker such a turn that nations, national in- terests, national policies and nationa) |ermaments no longer have any othe) juse, serve no other purpose than the differential gain of business concern: doing business in competition with outsiders. And such economists a |commissions of economic inquiry as are drawn into the service of the na- tional establishment, are drawn in for no other purpose and on no other qualifications than such as are pre- |sumed to serve the bankers and trad. ers of the nation.” The convention addressed by Veblen (economists called together to perfect the organization for teaching the college students to turn away from Marxian socialist thot) affords the best possible proof of Veb- len’s words. | Professor C. R. Hoffer, of the Uni- versity of Minnesota, frankly spoke in |behalf of big business, his address {being entitled, “some merchandising suggestions.” Teach Business Not Science. Dr. Wesley C. Mitchell of Columbia | University told how the Columbia students are taught in terms of busi- jness rather‘than scientific study. “Put business under the microscope,” ad- vised this fake professor, who is president of the American economic jassociation. “Have a business labora- tory. The old political economy is |gone. It has no place in the modern practical scheme. The new economics has come in the service of the busi- ness man.” Mitchell was chairman of |the commission appointed by Presi- dent Harding to report measures for the reduction of unemployment. Altho Mitchell is considered “the world’s foremost authority on unem- ployment,” by the business men, all his rant has been unable to stop the increase in unemployment and the |intensification of the world economic crisis. DOMINIONS TELL BALDWIN “MIND OWN BUSINESS” Declare Independence from British Interference (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, England, Dec, 29.—The dominions of the British Empire have informed the British colonial office here that their parliaments are quite capable of handling their own affairs and that they will not send their premiers to London to confer over policies of the empire. The replies of Canada, Australia and South Africa to Secretary Emery, re- fusing the invitation to attend a con- ference in March to discuss the em- pire’s policy toward the Geneva dis- armament protocol, is a virtual de- claration of complete independence. The dominions declare that their parliaments are capable of settling these matters. They have their own opinion of the Geneva protocol and do not intend to take advice from Great Britain. The dominions see in the British protest against the re- gistration of the Anglo-Irish treaty with the league of nations an attempt of the Baldwin government to curtail their independence. Uniform Hollday and Hourse. SYDNEY, New South Wales.—Now that labor governments exist in five out of the six Australian states, a move is being made to have a uniform workers’ holiday on May day, thus bringing the workers of Australia into line with those of other countries. At the present time the workers’ holiday in Australia—known as Eight Hours’ day—is held on various dates in the different states. Patronize our advertisers, COME ON OVER! JUST FOR FUN—— And at the same time to relieve us of having to worry about it so much, Our small force is snowed under by a pile of work and if you have a little time to spare—come over to help us out on the work that will help to build AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) the development of bananas in Nor- way. Now, however, seeing how other leading public men got along, Mr. Weil decided that being a piker did not pay. He organized half a dozen corporations, discussed the operation of the Dawes plan with leading Chi- cago bankers, posed as purchasing agent for the Grand Duke Nicholas to the society dames on the north shore, was American representative to Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany to those who have a warm spot in their hearts for that gentleman, and some cash in their pockets; in fact he was all things to all men and to all women. It paid. %: oe 'HE fact that he has been arrested and taken to jail is merely one robbers, whose principal method of living without performing any service to society is the robbery of the work- ers thru wage slavery. The “Yellow Kid” has not sunk that low. He robs the robbers. The robbers own the government, so they punish this “out- law” every once in a while by send- ing him to jail. But the legalized rob- bers have not things their own way at all times, Occasionally a politician with Weil’s proclivities slips into high office. Perhaps he is mayor, governor, chief of police, bailiff, judge or state's attorney, He also robs the robbers, And when the fellow craftsman like Weil comes along ready to wear the stripes, he simply cannot stand see- ing a mate in distress, so he turns him loose, is not a bedtime story with moral or immoral about it. The “Yel- low Kid” is not dangerous to those who have no money to be separated from. Far from being obnoxious he is an interesting fellow. He fell some- what in our estimation when he threatened to carry the bible around as camouflage, but he was only hav- ing his little joke. Mr. Weil has sense enough to know that society as it is constituted today is divided between those who are robbed and those who do the robbing. He robs the robbers. our paper. JUST FOR FUN—— COME ON OVER! We wish him a long and active life in his chosen fleld. tune Tee aay lakes yoy Mas of the obstacles placed by the regular’ heavy moral. There is nothing|_ signified its willingness to accept the jJones bill as a compromise between ‘Senator Norris’ government ownership bill and the Underwood power trust bill. The Jones bill would put the matter of Muscle Shoals before a com- jmittee of three, which would not be lrequired to bring in a recommenda. \tion for one year. Senator Norris has introduced a trust busting resolution in the senate |which cites “rumors” that a power j trust is in existence, “which wholl jor partly controls various combina- ‘tions of water companies, large manu- facturing and industrial corporations, | banking institutions, public utilities, |power companies and other corpora tions.” Speaking on the Norris resolution which demands an investigation by the federal trade commission, Senator Ashurst of Arizona, declared, “A gi- gantic monopoly that can extend its |tentacles everywhere and crush the ‘substance from out the people, crush out their very life, has sprung up in our midst. If we wait until fines and | threats of imprisonment restrain mo- nopoly we will wait until we grow gray.” Ashurst advised that the govern- ment go into competition with the mo- nopolies, evidently closing his eyes to the fact that the large monopolies control the government. POSTAL CLERKS WANT WAGE BILL PASSED AT ONCE No Excuse for Delay, Union Head Says A fight is being waged in the sen- ate against 300,000 postal employes, who are virtually disfranchised by their civil service status, David W. Johnson, chairman of the resolutions committee of the Chicago postoffice clerks, local union No. 1, charges in an open letter to Senator William B. McKinley. “There is no fight being made against the president; the fight is being made against the postal em- ployes,” Johnson states, “It is un- precedented. There is no record in the history of congress that can be compared with it. This fight is be- ing made against a defenseless body of employes virtually disfranchised by their civil service status.” The postal employes believe that there is no excuse for the senate de- laying the passage of the bill, accord- ing to Johnson. “The general opin- ion of the postal employes is that, according to all previous parliament- ary rules and legitimate practices of the senate, this bill should have been passed within at least four days af- ter congress convened,” the Chicago postal clerks’ official writes. “How- ever, since it was not, there should be a showdown. Since the economic situation has not improved any, we believe the senators will vote for the bill, if they are relieved of the ‘distructive tactics and given an op- portunity to register their will.” The obstructive tactics referred to by Johnson are being carried on un- der the direction of President Cool- idge, altho Johnson seemea to lack the courage to directly place the re- sponsibility upon the Coolidge ad- ministration. Coolidge has induced Senator Sterling to confuse matters by bringing in a dual bill, raising postal rates on newspapers, which has no chance of passing. Coolidge is trying to forestall the passage of the postal bill over his veto of the increase passed by the last con- gress. POLICE AD GLASGOW LANDLORDS EVICTING WORKERS’ FAMILIES GLASGOW, Scotland, Dec, 30— Evictions of unemployed workers “| school children in the public schools. THE DAILY WORKER Mexican Socialist Wing of Fascism Shows Face Under Rule of Calles By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Topay, the regime of the “socialist,” Plutarco Calles, president of Mexico, has the endorsement of The New York Times. That is getting results very quickly. But the results are not on the side of the workers and farmers of the Mexican republic. They are on the side of the dollar dictatorship. Calles, the “socialist,” has already shown that he is willing to use the proverbial “strong arm” of international capitalist rule against the workers and peasants of his own country. Putting on the face of an Italian Mussolini, this Calles recently announced a decrease in wages on the railroads, declaring that any strike would be put down with every available force at the command of the capitalist state. This was to be only the beginning of a drastic campaign of “economy” that hits only the workers, as usual, * * * * Wall Street's New York Times is happy over Calles’ reason as well. It waxes ecstatic over the announcement made by Calles that he is going to reduce the Mexican army from 75,000 to 25,000. Wall Street’s pet organ declares this is a sign of real “courage.” It even compliments Calles on his features, claiming they are of the kind “not to be trifled with.” It said something of the kind about the crumpling Italian fascist dictator. In the past few years Mexico has been spending from 60 to 70 per cent on her army. The United States spends 80 per cent to maintain her militarism, past, present and future. Soviet Russia devotes 20 per cent of her budget to military expenditures, for the Red Army and the Red Navy. Wall Street’s New York Times is happy over Calles’ promise. It not only means that Mexico will be called on to pay interest and principle on loans advanced by Wall Street, away back to the terror regime of Diaz, out of the alleged “saving,” but that the threat of American interven- tion over a disarmed people will have more effect. The Times does not urge a reduction in the strength of Amer- ican militarism, north of the Rio Grande. A ne * * Calles, however, like Obregon before him, has shown that he is willing and ready to go still further. He is not only ready to cut down the military forces of the Mexican republic, but he is also ready to disarm the workers and peasants, Thus his real intentions are revealed. When the Russian workers and peasants quit the im- perialist world war and returned to their homes, they took their arms‘with them. They used these arms to rid them- selves not only of the czarist regime, but also of the make- shift capitalist governments that followed. The Maxican workers and peasants fought for the Obregon-Calles regime as against the De La Huerta counter- revolution. The struggle, victoriously ended they returned to their homes, taking their arms with them, like their Russian comrades. The danger is not so much that Calles may reduce military expenditures, but that he may carry out his threat to disarm the workers, just as the regime of the “socialist” Ebert, has tried to do in Germany, ever since the kaiser was overthrown. : An armed Mexican working class is the promise not only of valiant struggles when necessary against Wall Street rule, but also against fascism, parading as socialism, in the seat of government in Mexico oity, . * Calles has not only carried out arrests of Communists since coming to power. He threatens retaliation against all radical elements among the workers and peasants. The New York Times says “Amen!” to his threat to “show no favor to extremists.” Under these conditions the Mexican workers and peas- ants can be relied upon to cling to their arms, at all costs, and carefully preserve them against the day when they will be badly needed in the struggle to win the proletarian Mexican revolution, the Bolshevik Revolution for the esta- - blishment of Soviet Rule in the hands of the workers and peasants fighting for Communism. NO PEACE EVEN FOR PACIFISTS UNDER BOSS RULE Militarists Place War Foe on Grill WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Because he wanted to disarm the nursery of toy pistols, toy soldiers and other means of inculcating in the impres- sionable minds of children a hatred for war, representatives of various patriotic organizations, the United States marine corps and anti-peace or- ganizations denounced Frederick J. Libby, executive secretary of National Council for Prevention of War as a coward and a “white-livered imbecile.” The attacks against the* repregent- ative of the organization opposed to war occured at a special committee hearing of the local board of educa- tion, which was appointed to inves- tigate charges of unpatriotic remarks made by Libby while addressing the Hindus Assert Rights. SUVA. Fiji, South Pacific Ocean, Dec. 30.—The indenture system, under which Hindus were shipped from India to Fiji as slaves for the sugar plantations, is now completely broken. No more Hindus are coming to Fiji. while many are being repatriated to their home land. The Hindus, now possessing some measure of freedom, are commencing to rt their rights. $75 to Settle $2,000,000, WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—At a total cost of $75 the department of the in- terior has settled an estate of $2,000,- 000 left by an Osage Indian woman, Lucy Perry, whose common law hus- band gets half the estate and whose brother-in-law and niece under a former regular marriage get each one- fourth, The woman's wealth was in oil lands, NEW BEDFORD. Mass., Dec. 30.— After a two day strike of the 90 weav- ers of the Achusnet Mill of New Bed- ford the workers adjusted their grievance thru textile union officials and returned to work. Libby Is Grilled ‘The grilling to which Libby was became NO “DAILY” NEW YEAR'S The next issue of the DAILY WORKER will be di; 2, 1925, The DAILY WORKER plant, editorial and Wednesday, December 31, 1924 FASCIST PARTY NEAR BREAK UP OVER ROSS! MEMS Liberal Ministers Have Resigned (Special to The Dally Worker) ROME, Italy, Dec. 30.—The extrem. ists in the fascist party have sent a statement to Premier Mussolini, warn- ing him that if he shows signs ot weakness they will act against him. The movement to replace Mussolini as leader of the fascist party, anil ele- vate Deputy Farinacei to that position is growing. The extreme fascists are opposed to the calling of a new elec: tion, fearing defeat. The “Cremona Nuova,” fascist or- gan, has openly declared that Farinac- ci must be made the leader of their party, which they declare must be re- organized if defeat is to be averted. The opposition accuses King Eman- uel of being an accomplice of the fascist government, charging that the king is not using his influence to bring the fascisti accused of violence into the courts. The Rossi memorandum, accusing Mussolini of being the inspirer of the murder of Matteoti and attacks on other deputies, has gravely compro- mised Mussolini’s regime. The senti- ment for Mussolini’s resignation is growing, and even a large portion of the fascist party believe Mussolini’s early resignation is inevitable. The council of cabinet ministers was urgently convoked yesterday af- ternoon. The meeting has been sum. moned, it was stated, to discuss the resignations of the liberal ministers Senator Casati, and Gino Sarrocchi, »» minister of education and public works, respectively. $ Wall Street and Coolidge Join to Menace France (Continued from page 1) at as early a date as possible. The machinery of international exchange has already started to move in this direction by the emphatic warning that emanated from the state depart- ment yesterday that this government will not tolerate nor listen to any talk of cancellation. Members of the debt funding com- mission have been prepared for some- thing of the sort, it was disclosed to- day, ever since the Parmentier debt _ commission came to the United — States two years ago. M. Parmentier came ostensibly to discuss “settle- ment,” yet he politely and firmly re- jected every overture made by Ameri- can officials, anxious for any kind of settlement, and returned to France leaving only wonderment behind in Washington as to why he had come. 100 Years Not Enough Time! In this connection, it was revealed today for the first time that when M. Parmentier was here, members of the American debt commission asked him to take back to Paris a settle- ment providing for a ten year mora- torium, and payments to be stretched -Jover a period of 100 years, with a rate of interest approximating that paid by the British in their settle- ment. Parmentier replied to the offer by stating that his government had not “authorized” him to receive or trans- mit any such concrete proposition. The same proposition M. Parmen- tier rejected was also broached to M. Jusserand, it was learned today, and the ambassador replied: “When the time comes to take up thu question of paying the debt my government will send a commission here.” TEMPERATURE GOES UP $0 HEAVY FOG MAKES: DAY NIGHT IN CHICAGO Chicago yescterday was enveloped in an inky blanket of fog and smoke which tranformed day to night and at noon gave the loop an appearance: of midnight. ] Automobiles and street cars trav- elled slowly with headlights blazing, street lights gleamed faintly thru the murk and office buildings were ablaze with electric light.” ral in the fog area were under “ orders which failed to preve-it one fatal accident. There werd scores of minor accidents in ‘Streets, The darkness was cau: accord. 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