The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 5, 1925, Page 2

Page Two FRENCH REFUSE — TO TALK CASH; ASKS QUESTION THE DAILY WORKER [ARO SomMERLNG | | Monday, January 5, 1925 “Labor Lieutenant” of i nit oie Bosses Helps Create |ppaypi's eROWTH Chaos Among Workers mf RAIL UNIONS BACK OUT OF THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT AND ADVOCATE ANCIENT “REWARD AND PUNISH” By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) | WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Recommendations that the 16 associated rail-| road labor organizations refuse to take part in the convention called by the| conference for progressive political action for Feb. 21 in Chicago to consider | Go Forward with Slogan “Into the Masses!” See, a new political party have been forwarded to the presidents of these organ-| U. S. Demands Return| izations by their spokesmen at the meeting of the national committee of the of Blood ! Money (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Jan. 4.—The French government will never pay a franc of its war debt to the United States if it can possibly} avoid doing so. This is the only conclusion to} be drawn from the statement of a high official of the French for- eign office when he declared} that he did not see any reason why France should pay the bills for a “common war.” But France must pay, at least if England is successful in her present intrigues at Washing- ton. It appears that France has made an offer to liquidate its debt to the United States. But considering the condition of capitalism in Burope, the offer is tantamount to repudiation. First, France wants ten years’ mora- torium, a rather lengthy breathing spell during which anything is liable to happen in France. Light Payments. Secondly the payments would be spread over an eighty year period, the first payments being rather light, a sum of $20,000,000 anually during the first twenty years. U. S. Ambassador Herrick would not admit thet official overtures were made by France to the United States. Neither would the French govern- ment. May Turn Over Territory. Washington knows quite well that France cannot pay and the present in. sistence is with the object of forcing the French government to mention territorial concessions in lieu of cash. France has some islands in the west- ern hemisphere that the United States would like to lay hands on. It is also not beyond the range of probability that England may consent to turn over some real estate rather than con- tinue paying several millions of pounds yearly as interest on her war debt. COOLIDGE AGAIN ; CHANGES MIND fren to the formation of a political ON POSTAL BILL Submits Compromise for Sterling Bill (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 5.— A substitute for the Sterling bill pro- viding for sharply increased mailing rates charged newspapers has been approved by Coolidge. The new bill, presented by Senator Moses, is con- sidered a compromise affair, as it in- creases postal rates, but not as much as the bill formerly backed by Cool- idge. The new bill, drafted by the joint postal committee of congress is look- ed on in some quarters as a grace- ful withdrawal by Coolidge of his op- position to the bill for the increase in the wages of the postal employes, vetoed by Coolidge during the last ses- sion of congress. However, if strenu- ous objection is raised in the senate to the substitute bill, it is taken for franted that Coolidge senators will prolong discussion until congress ad- journs, if possible. The substitute bill was presented by the Coolidge senators after the newspapers had raised a storm of protest against increase in their mail- ing rates. The Moses bill spreads Cc. P. P. A. held in Washington Dec. 12. Johnston of the Machinists dis. sents. Signed by Officials. The report is signed by H. E. Wills of the Locomotive Engineers, Edward Keating, manager of Labor, their weekly national paper, and B. M. Jewell, president railway employes’ department of the American Federa- | tion of Labor. After reviewing the action of the} national committee on Dec. 12, when | 13 votes were cast against the con- vention, the report recites a long list of arguments used against action. Among them were: “That the so called mandate of July4 was not the action of a convention, but was the | expression of opinion of those who | attended the conference; that the | railroad labor organizations as such | could not and would not become par- ties to the formation of a political | party; that therefore it was clearly | the duty of the committee, inasmuch as these organizations were the back. bone of this conference, and had con- tributed most to its support, to exer- | cise good judgment and avoid unnecs. | sary expenditure of money, time and energy.” Claim Release from Pledges. The report states that the rail labor group—except Johnston—did not at- tend the final session of the commit- tee which drafted the call, “and wo hold that by refraining from attending any further meetings we have re- leased our organizations of any and all obligations to participate in the convention to be called to finance it, or to be in any manner obligated by its actions. Sen. LaFollette was_repre- sented in the conference on Dec. 12 by his son, but the senator’s position regarding the questions above dis- cussed was not stated.” “Labor” Makes Threat. The report suggests that if the rail labor chiefs approve the action of their spokesmen in Washington, Labor will launch an educational campaign} “wherein we will frankly and freely} discuss with our membership the rea- sons why our associated labor organ-| izations take the above position.” They suggest also that the chiefs likewse issue letters to their organ. izations, explaining why the organiza- tion “cannot and will not become a | party,” and why the funds of the or- ganizations, local or general, cannot be expended to send delegates to the convention; but it is to be made clear that each member may attend the con- vention as a delegate, provided he is not a delegate of his labor organiza. tion. To Keep C. P. P. A. Finally, the report urges that the C. P. P. A. be maintained; “that labor organizations remain free to deter- mine for themselves and by them selves their own political policy, and to support their friends and reelect them—and to oppose their enemies and if possible defeat them.” This report dated Dec. 3 has not hitherto come into print. The call for the convention, which wil) be held in the Lexington hotel in Chicago, Feb. 21, has been issued to the labor, | farmer and progressive political} igroups represented in the C. P. P. A Coolidge to Be Eased Into White House by Banker WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 4—A banker will have charge of the ar- rangements of President Coolidge’s inaugural parade on March 4, it was announced today. William T. Galli- her, Washington banker, has been ap- the increase over several classes of mail instead of confining it to the newspapers. Fifteen Injured ‘When Syracuse Car Turns Turtle SYRACUSE, N. Y., Jan. 4.—Fifteen persons were reported to have been injured when a Solvay car, Syracuse bound, ran wild and tipped over today. A general ambulance call was issued by police. The car, almost filled with Saturday shoppers, was on a turn when the ac- cidént occurred. The exact cause is unknown. The trucks left the track and the car tipped over. Many of the passengers were women and children. A UUSUUEENELOO0000000000000000000 NNN UFANNEEO NAAN AND POETRY! By such well-known poets as Witter Bynner Edwin Seaver Sara Bard Field and others—adds artistic value to the many other features and store of information in the Jan- uary issue of The Workers Monthly pointed by Coolidge as chairman of | the inaugural committee, in complete | charge of all inaugural arrangements apart from the official ceremonies at the capitol. Coolidge has followed his usual policy of catering to wealth in this appointment. On the 21st of January the workers the world over will hold memorial meetings for Nicolai Lenin, the leader and fighter for the liberation of the laboring masses. In connection with these memorial meetings, on Thursday, Jan. 15, a moving picture, “In Memoriam—Lenin,” will be shown in the Gartner's Independent Theatre, 3725 Roosevelt Road. Two other pic tures will also be shown: “Polikush- ka,” and “Soldier Ivan's Miracle.” Admission will be 60c. Tickets are for sale now at Russian Technical School, 1902 W. Division St., Russian Co-operative Restaurants, 1734 W. Division St. and 760 Milwaukee Ave., at 166 W. Washington St., Room 307, at the DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., and by all mem- bers of the Technical Aid Society, U.S. 5. R. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) moods unless he has half a dozen wars on his hands. *“* 8 F the revolution does not take place | at the specified time by the Chicago ibune correspondent and doubt is cast on the authenticity of his infor- ion, he may come back like. the 1 of the British foreign office by saying: “Well, even if such instruc- tions were not sent out by Zinoviev, it is just like what he would write, had he written them.” What are you going to do about it? sie ee OWEVER it is not likely that the papers will become dull thru lack of exciting news from Hurope in the next few months, We note that Mus- solini is finding it harder to maintain the fiction that he is the greatest ruler since the days of Julius Caesar and the angel guardian of capitalism. His murder crew is now squealing on him and it looks as if his neck would |soon make the acquaintance of a rope, or a sharp knife. Those who see a similarity between the black shirt dic- tatorship in Italy and the proletarian dictatorship in Russia should note the difference between a dictatorship of the majority, as in Russia and a dictatorship of the minority over the majority is the case in Italy. The Rus- sian workers have majority rule in the real sense. The workers and peasants rule and nobody will question the fact that they are the majority. CHICAGO PARTY ACTIVITIES Workers Party branches have been assigned to aid in the campaign in various wards in which candidates, members of the Workers Party are running in the aldermanic elections on Feb. 24, 1925. Branches have been assigned to the ten wards in which our candidates are running according to the location of the branch. The Young. Workers’ League Working Area branches are also rendering aid. The following are the branches and their assignments to wards: Ward No. 24—H. Epstein, candidate, Wm. Kruse, captain. Branches work- ing in this ward are: Douglas Park English, Italian W. S. No. 2, and Young Workers’ League Area Branch No. 1. Ward No. 31—Candidate not yet se. lected, captain, L. Candella. Branches working in this ward are: Italian 31st ward, Hungarian, Greek, Italian No. 1 Y. W. L. No. 2, Spanish, Bulgarian, and Mid City English. Ward No. 32—Candidate not yet se- lected. M. Stolar, captain. Branches working in this ward are: Ukrainian No. 1, Polish North Side, Russian and Young Workers’ League Area BrancB No. 5. Ward No. 28—Candidate, N. Dozen- berg, captain, W. Ozol. Branches working in this ward are: Lettish and West Side Scandinavian. Ward No. 3—Candidate, E. L. Doty captains, Minor and Gordon Owens. Branches working in this ward are: South Side English, Englewood Eng. lish, South Side Scandinavian, Polish South Side. Ward No. 11—Gandidate, Victor Zok aitis, manager, M. Manus. Branches working in this ward are: Lithuan- ian No. 5, South Slav No, 1, Ukrain- ian No. 5 and Y. W. L. No. 3, Ward No. 22—Candidate, L. Cejka; captain, A. Overgaard. ‘Branches working in this ward are: Czecho- — OINED the underground Commun- ist Party of Esthonia, in 1920. Elected secretary of the Longshore- men’s Union in Reval. Began to or- ganize the union of Young Proletar- ians. On the 15th of April, 1921, the po- lice raided this union, arrested the majority of the C. E. C., the union was dissolved, Sommerling becoming “illegal” and going underground. He did not cease his activities, and on the third week after the raid, he was arrested. In 1922, in the case of the 115, he was sentenced to 10 years of hard labor. He was exchanged by the Soviet government for some white guard spies. He then became active among the youth of Leningrad. Af- ter Jan Tomp was murdered, by the Esthonian government, Sommerling went back to Hsthonia, participating actively in the building of barricades, but was again forced underground. Together with two other comrades, Alixon and Kruglik, he stayed in a small village—Ero, ten miles from Reval. The Reval secret service found out about it and five secret service men came to take him. They were forced to call out a whole com- pany, and after a nine-hou battle, from 10 p. m. to 7 a. m., Comrade Sommerling, leader of the young Es- thonian Communists, together with his comrades, were dead. Slovak No. 1, Czecho-Slovak No. 3, Lithuanian No, 2, Y. W. L. No. 4, Lith- uanian No, 77 and the Douglas Park Jewish. Ward No. 34.—Harry Brooker, can. didate; I. L. Davidson, captain Branches working in this ward are: Northwest Jewish, Italian Terra Cot. ta, Y. W. L. No. 6 and the Roumanian Branch; : ‘ Ward No. 35—J. L. Engdahl, candi. date; N. J. Christensen, capain. North- west English, Karl Marx, Scandinav- ian, Armenian, Ward No. 44—J. W. Johnstone, can- didate, Walt Carmon, captain. Finn. ish, Lakeview Scandinavian, North Side English, German Young Workers’ League No. 1, Petitions are already out and com- rades are expected to get on the job at once to. get ‘the necessary signa tures to place our candidates on the ballot. All petitions must be in at the local office by Jan. 23. Branch secretaries are instructed to call meetings immediately of their branch executive committee and elect a branch elections committee to get in touch with the ward captain. Do not wait for a branch meeting. Time is brief. Get busy. As soon as the branch elections committee meets with the ward captain a ward commit. tee will be elected. Branches will then also be assigned to a section of the ward in which they are to work. The DAILY WORKER will be a feature of this campaign. Every member of the party or league going out to secure signatures on petitions is to take the DAILY WORKER and leave the copy at each place he vis- its. Further, these comrades are to try to get subscriptions for the DAILY WORKER. thru the special DAILY WORKER subscription cards. The details on this program will be giver in the next issue of the DAILY WORKER. aR nr aa aR a By wa separ crash ieH ES 1 EMRE be a HOPE OF FREEDOM FOR RUSSIAN SOLDIER WHO QUIT WILSOW'S. WAR WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—War de- partment officials are understood ready to recommend release of An- ton Karachun, Russian citize serving a long sentence at McNeil’s Island prison for desertion from the American forces in Siberia in 1919, if Karachun will return to Russia. Karachun enlisted with, out suspecting that ne would be ordered to fight his fellow-Russians. Armour & Co. and Other Corporations Use Monroe Doctrine RIO DE JANIPRO, Jan. 4—The encroaching clutches of Wall street imperialism upon the countries of South America, the basis of the new and aggressive interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine, is seen again illu strated in the decree signed yesterday bl President Bernardes of Brazil, granting business concessions to Ar- mour and Company, the Parke-Davis Lotare Te Mast irkas pa Wis drug company, and the International Machine company. CHICAGO, ATTENTION! All friendly organizations, T. U. B. L. groups, party branches, language federations and Y. W. L. branches! Arrangements have been made for the following major city affairs. Do not arrange conflicting affairs on thes ‘ays: Karl Liebknecht Celebration—Sun- day, January 11, Northwest Mall, corner North and Western Aves Auspices Y, W, L., Local Chicago. The Red Revel—Saturday, Feb. 28, West End Women’s Club Hall, SPECIAL NOTICE! On Back Numbers of the DAILY WORKER The heavy cost of handling back numbers for which there has been a steady demand necessitates the following prices: 5 CENTS PER COPY on all issues within 30 days of current issue. By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. TOPAy, the anti-Communist, William Green, the new head of the American Federation of Labor, joins the camp followers of the war on child labor. Green is no more than a camp follower in this great struggle. He is even the brand ‘of camp follower ready to desert to the enemy when occasion demands. * * * * Green belongs to the democratic party of ‘the southern chattel owners, before the Civil War, and now the party of the southern cotton mill owners, the worst exploiters of child labor. Gréen is now the head of the American Federation of Labor, just as he was formerly secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America. But he was never a leader of the working class. He always trailed in the rear. He was dragged into eee, whatever labor measures he supported thru the pressure from the masses from under- neath. That kind of a champion always deserts at the first opportunity. That kind of a misleader, a “labor lieutenant” of the capitalist class, always fight the militants, the class con- scious workers. Green is one of the worst red baiters in the whole labor movement. He makes war on the Commun- ists, who alone wage a real war against child labor; hot only for immediate relief, but for its complete extinction thru the abolition of capitalism. The big business exploiters of children are not worried much by Green's opposition. Only the fight of the Commun- ists rouses them. * * * % Now the state legislatures are meeting over the country to consider the child labor amendment to the constitution —the proposed 20th amendment—the propagandists of the the enemy are more active than ever. Tons of literature, urging the exploitation of children, are being sent out, for instance, by the National Committee for the Rejection of the 20th Amendment. It is significant that one of the special letters mailed out contains two pieces of propaganda. One of these is a reproduction of an editorial from the subservient spokesman of the capitalist class, the New York Evening Post. It is an argument for child labor. The other reproduces not only the top of our first page of Monday, Dec. 1, with its headline, “Communists Fight Child Labor,” but also the entire article appearing in that issue under the sub-head, “United Front Call Issued b Workers Party—Big War on Exploitation of Children Starts.” Ours is the fight they fear. * * * * This National Committee for Rejection of the 20th Amendment recognizes its class foe in the Communists, with their party, the Workers (Communist) Party, and their daily, the DAILY WORKER. This “Committee,” in pitting the propaganda for child labor in the New York Evening Post onsinst the propaganda against child labor in the DAILY WORKER, shows the class conscious working class position of the Communist move- ment. Bg te Green recognizes no classes. For him there is no work- ing class; no capitalist class. The new A. F. of L. head epitomizes the position of the class collaborationist, when he says: “That children are employed in industry an€ commerce... is a challenge to the ideals of our republic and to the humanitarian spirit of our nation.” Child slavery is but part of the greater problem of wage slavery that holds the working class in its shackles. Children in industry is not a challenge to Green’s “republic,” which is the republic of the owning class. It is a challenge to the whole oppressed working class. This nation, Green’s nation, ruled by Wall Street, will never make a place for “the spirit of humanity” until Soviet Rule displaces its Dollar Rule. Green may speak against child labor. But his collabora- tion with the capitalist class only helps to cripple the working class in its struggle to abolish the slavery of children. Thus do all the “labor lieutenants” of capitalism try to bring confusion into the ranks of the workers struggling for their own liberation from capitalism. ‘BOSTON Y. W. L. FIVE TO ONE FOR MAJORITY THESIS AFTER HEARING LOVESTONE, BALLAM FOR MINORITY (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 4.—At a membership meeting of the Young Work- By ERIC VERNEY. (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Jan. 4.—On December 2 the circulation of Pravda reached 506,546 copies. ~ This record-breaking achievement is a landmark in the history of the world revolutionary press, especially as the circulation last January stood at not more than 126,000. During the current year, daily sales reached the following figures: January .. 126,334 March 170,445 June 307,443 September . 879,135 December ... 507,546 These remarkable figures speak for themselves. Pravda in 1912. We can only realize the full sig- nificance of these figures when we compare them with those of 1912, when the Pravda, following in the wake of the illegal Bolshevik organs Vperod (Forward) and Proletary, first saw light as a mass workers’ daily. Twelve years ago the circulation of Pravda was about 30,000 copies. But in spite of this comparatively moder- ate figure, it had already become a mass paper, serving the wide interests of the workers. Copies were often passed on from hand to hand until but a tattered remnant was left. During the Pravda’s legal period from 1912-15, the paper was directed by Lenin in exile abroad, and produced and distributed by the comrades in Russia under most difficult conditions. Nevertheless it steadily increased its influence among the revolutionary working masses. In those days Pravda (Continued on Page 5.) KLUXER TERRO DRIVE IN CITY MAKES ITS BOW First Victim of Putsch Was Happy Lover. Following the threat made by the ku klux'klan officials in Chicago ‘that the invisible empire had arrang- ed for a campaign of terror and vio- lence in the city, beginning in the near future and on a date kept se- cret for tactical reasons, it was dis- covered on last Saturday, that A. R Gartner, manager of a shoe store in the loop, was kidnapped on Novem- ber 3, by four members of the klan and saved from possible murder by two West Park policemen. One of the kidnappers, Hansen, is said to be a kleagle. of the klan. It appears that Gartner had committed the offense of calling on a young woman who is employed by Montgomery Ward & Co., without securing the permission of the offi- cers of the hooded order. It was during the course of one of those visits that Gartner was grab- bed by four men, hustled into a wait- ing automobile and driven west on Washington Blvd. His shouts at- tracted the policemen. Judge Hayes ordered the cases’ re- ferred to the grand jury for indict- ment on charges of kidnapping. EMPLOYMENT SHARKS MUST QUIT CHARGING DOUBLE FEES FOR JOBS SACRAMENTO, Cal.— Attorney Howard - ers League held here, to discuss the th Comrades Jay Lovestone and John J. jallam, district organizer of the party, presented the position of the minority, with Comrade Barney Mas: Young Workers League. speaking for the majority of the league and. party. After a thoro discussion, the vote resulted in 20 voting for the majority thesis and 4 for the minority. This puts the Boston Young Workers League clearly on record in favor of the position of the national executive committee of the league and the central executive committee of the party. General Webb has announced that the practice of employment agencies of charging an of the C. E. C. and its minority, of the sition is made permanent, is illegal. Hitherto workers were charged one fee for the temporary job, and then another if they were kept perma- nently. F PARTY ACTIVITIES NEW YORK CITY Tuesday night, and every Tuesday night at 1347 Boston Road. Class in A. B. C. of Communism, Dr. I. Stam- ler instructor, All new members of the party must attend; others should, Ce ny Bronx Concert and Ball. Saturday, Feb. 28; good music, good concert; proceeds to raise funds for section, and for library at Workers Hall. Comrades keep this day in mind. 10 CENTS PER Copy for all issues over 30 days old. No orders for back numbers filled unless paid for in advance, Baik, lrovtn, mr yey age MAKE OUR DAILY SAFE FOR 1925 By ABRAM JAKIRA, District Organizer, District Three. NEMPLOYMENT is rapidly spreading thruout the country. Wages are being reduced. The Cooli victory has helped to encourage the ruling class to start an aggressive offensive campaign against the workers and their organization The employing class is now solidify- ing its forces for the coming smashing drive against labor. The situation in Europe is even more acute. We may expect important developments oth the coming year, . During the short period of its existence, the DAILY WORKER haw’ rendered a tremendous service to the labor movement. Every im- portant battle, whether political or economic. of the year past found the DAILY WORKER on the job, leading the workers in the fight against their exploiters. The militants in the labor movement who have had the opportunity to see their DAILY WORKER in action during the year past must be the first ones to realize that during the coming year the DAILY WORKER will be needed more than ever before. They must be the first ones to get busy at once and help to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925. Buy a polley yourself and make it your policy to sell as many policies as you can to your fellow workers and friends! i additional fee when a temporary po- .