The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 6, 1925, Page 5

will fight. FS January 6, 1925 VIRGINIA GOVERNOR PARDONS 25 MINERS BUT 13 CONVICTED ON THE SAME CHARGE ARE STILL IN JAIL By PAT H, TOOHEY. (Special to the DAILY WORKER) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 5.—Just at the time when the recently formed Miners’ Defense Committee was preparing to swing into action thru an in- tensive campaign to liberate the victims of the Cliftonville mine riot, con- victed after a battle with coal company gunmen during the 1922 strike, the governor unexpectedly pardons 25 of the men, jeaving a total in prison, excluding those pardoned December 18, thirteen more men, convicted on the same charge as those already lib-}———————______—____. erated. Liberation of All, Demand Miners. The governor's actions will not de- ter the radical miners of the Pitts- burgh district from waging a fight for the complete liberation of all those mow serving time in the Moundsville penitentiary. Originally 43 were in. carcerated but thru the political machinations of the corrupt district miners’ officials five were gotten out who, probably as it was thus arranged beforehand, immediately began to sing the praises of the officials. This act was nothing more than a cleverly ar- ranged piece of work done purely for political purposes when, at that time, the elections were drawing near. Those liberated are mostly the three to five year prisoners, while those re- maining are eight and ten year men. Their pardons were assured if only the officials, who are handling the cases, would have filed the papers be- fore the pardon board. The wife of one of the prisoners recently exhib. ited to the writer a letter from one of the officials stating that he husband had a wonderful chance of being par- doned, and that he would immediately file the papers. That was in Novem- ber of 1923, and to date this worthy has yet to do that. While incarcerated in Moundsville these men have been model prisoners. and therefore should rank first in line for pardon. In connection with this I quote a letter received from the warden in answer to an inquiry rela- tive to this, Have Excellent Records. “Enclosed find list and addresses of the Cliftonville miners as requested in your letter of Dec. 24. The rest of the boys were pardoned this morn- ing. Regarding the conduct and rec. ord made by these men while in the institution, it gives me great pleasure to report that they all have made ex- cellent records and are model prison- ers with the exception of Chas. Cial- ella, Very truly yours, S. P. Smith, warden.” The left wing are of the opinion that if some are pardoned, arrested and convicted for the very same al- leged offense as the rest, then they all should be pardoned and fish made of none. To this end the radicals Petitions will soon be ready, twenty thousand being printed, and a systematic canvassing of the Pittsburgh district will be made in be- half of these imprisoned fighters of the working class. All those reading this immediately write and petitions will be forwarded. The Lewis tools, those parasites who supposedly were doing their ut. most for the prisoners are shown to the membership for what they are, Frank Mercantini, while gathering signatures to petitions, reported that board member, Gullick, refused to sign it. This is but a sample of what they are capable of. During the time when the progres- sive miners first started agitation for the releasé of the prisoners, and when Wm. A. Guiler, candidate for district president in the recent election sup- ported by the left wing, made several visits to the penitentiary conferring with the men, our friend, Mr. Fagan, Post Cards in Colors Something New and Different. Use them for your regular cor- respondence. Have a set for your album. No. 1—Lenin directing the revolution No. 2—Lenin, when 16 y old No. 3—The Red Flag of the Union of * Socialist Soviet Republics No, 4—The Russian state seal and emblem No. 5—Trotsky, commander of the Soviet Red Army ONE CARD 5 CENTS In lots of 10 or more, 2¢ per card. | 1% in lots of 100 or more. Send money order, check or post- age to Literature Department WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA 1113 W. teal Bivd., ‘ Chicago, Ill. You Can’t be Well Informed! Not on Communist History without having read that revolu- tionary classic “THE HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY” By Gregory Zinoviev. A second generous installment appears in the January issue of The Workers Monthly district president, got. uneasy and es- corted by his detective, W. D. Reese, visited the prison a number of times in an effort to find out what Guiler and the others were doing there, Prior to that his visits could be counted on one hand. It is not the assertion of the progressive miners that the Lewis tools are responsible for these men being in prison, but the assertion of the men themselves. I incorporate a letter from one of the prisoners, one of many of like char- acter which we have received. “IT am writing you these few lines to let you know that I am still alive, and am fairly well so far as health goes, but am very sorry to have had to spend my third Xmas in prison. But I, and all the others of our crowd here know and appréciate the fact that you boys are doing your best to get us out, and we feel sure that you are going to succeed for the way that you boys are going about it shows that you mean business. Attorney Was Bought Out. “We feel sure that you are aware of the fact that our attorney, Chas. Schuck, was bought off to lay down on us at our trial and to get us to plead guilty under. the promise that we would all be out in from six months to a year’s time. That man knew when he told us that story that it was a barefaced lie. He knew that he was being paid by Fagan and oth. ers to secure our conviction and when once we were in prison to see that only the ones whom the district offici- als wanted freed, secured their re- lease. Now Brother Toohey, we were all indicted upon the same charge and imprisoned, therefore then why is it that some of the mén are released and others are made to pull their time? “Now, all the three year men feel very certain that they are going to have to do their time in full, unless you boys are successful in a very short time, and we hope that you will be, but how about we men who have sentences ranging from ten to five years, and still all had the same charge as the others? I tell you that this whole scheme was planned by our district officials, and executed by Chas. Schuck who was supposed to have de- fended us. I tell you that we are in- nocent men who have been made the goats for that bunch of crooks at Pittsburgh, and it is our hope that we may be given the opportunity to bring to light the truth that will expose the guilty parties and bring them to speedy justice.” That the officials are exposed to the membership is evident by the vote cast by the local unions in the Avella section, the former homes of the majority of the prisoners and a machine stronghold. At one local the progressives received 208 and the gang a sickly 3.. The count of ballots by the progressives shows that their ticket swept the district, with hardly a local casting a majority against them. A scandal is brewing about the officials, which is. but another one of many, they being implicated this time with crooked work in distribut- ing strike relief, and being caught up by the strikers and internal revenue agents. This I will deal with in an- other article. Rong, Mut Ra te Shae a —— JULIN'S SHOE STORE AND REPAIR SHOP 3224 W. North Avenue Phone Belmont 2713 Chicago Where Food Is Good And the service is fine. Meet your friends at the Zlotins & Plotkins Restaurant 100 Per Cent Union 29 South Halsted St, The best of food at a moderate price cu PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK A DENTIST ing Expert Dental Service eerer sor bo Years. 645 SMITHFIELD ST., Near 7th Ave. 1627 CENTER AVE., Cor.,Arthur St. ——— SSS PIANO, VOCAL and HARMONY LESSONS MARGARITE LEWIS Experienced Teacher and Concert Pianist T. U. E. L, BRANCH, MILWAUKEE, GETS A. F. OF L. REPORT Militants of All Unions Are Invited (Special to the Daily Worker) MILWAUKEE, Jan. 5.—Charles Kuzdas, secretary of the Milwaukee section of the Trade Union Education- al League has arranged a meeting for Jan. 10, to be held at'7:30 p. m., Bris: bane Hall, at which William F. Dunne will speak on the El Paso convention of the American Federation of Labor. The secretary of the Milwaukee league section has sent out the fol. ‘lowing letter which is expected to re- sult in a large attendance of trade unionists: To All Trade Unions and Labor Fra- ternal Organizations. Dear Sirs and Brothers: You are cordially invited to attend our lecture on the subject of “THE EL PASO CONVENTION OF the AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LA- BOR AND THE LAST STAND OF GOMPERS.” The lecture will be given by Wm. F. Dunne of the Electrical Workers’ Union, who is recognized as an au- thority on the American labor move. ment, as well as a masterful speak- er and writer and a militant trade unionist. The American labor movement is confronted today with many prob- lems of vital importance. You will be interested to learn what answer was given to these problems by the convention; what decisions were taken on the question of independ- ent political action; the question of unemployment and the organization of unorganized and the problems of amlgamation and consolidation of existing trade unions to resist at- tack of an open shop drive. You will also be interested to know what decision was taken on the question of international rela. tions and what significance may be attached to the presence at the Am- erican Federation of Labor conven- tion of fraternal delegates represent- ing organized labor of other coun- tries, such as Germany and Mexico. Wm. F, Dunne, in addition togiv- ing a full report on the convention, will also throw light on all these questions. The lecture will take place Satur- day, Jan. 10, 1924 at .7:30 p. m. sharp, in Brisbane Hall, 528 Chest- nut street, third floor, and should be attended by every trade unionoist who has the interest of organized la- bor at heart, There. will charge. be no admission Fraternally yours, Charles Kuzdas, secretary. Farmer Runs Workers’ Movie. Out near Frederick, South Dakota, a lone comrade had been reading in the English and Finnish Communist press of the delight shown by workers of big and little cities over working class pictures, especially those that showed the winning and building of the first workers’ and farmers’ re- public, Soviet Russia. He wanted to see those movies, but for a long time left that his town was too far off the beaten track to make this possible. Finally the urge became too strong to be denied. A little local inquiry showed that local picture houses could be rented at a reasonable price, and a letter to the International Work- ers’ Aid, 19 8S. Lincoln St., soon brought information that other costs were also low enough. So he lined up three comrades to pledge them- selves to share a possible deficit and arranged a showing of “The Fifth Year.” He faithfully put up the posters and distributed the heralds sent by the national office, and was surprised at how easily movie news finds its way into the local capitalist paper. Then came the day of the show, two days before Christmas. and with it came a biting sub zero wave. Most of the farmers upon whom he had counted for his crowd were frozen in, but he drew enough of an audience from town and nearby to cover all expenses and show a profit of over $30 for working class relief besides. This farmer comrade is going to run more movies, and he is urging his friends in other similar sections to do like- wise. Party Activities Of Local Chicago City Cefitral Committee Meets Jan. 7, The next meeting of the City Cen- tral Committee, Workers Party, Local Chicago, will be held Wednesday, Jan. 7, 1925, 8 p. m. at Workers Hall, 722 Blue Island Ave. There are many im. portant matters: February aldermanic elections, industrial matters, which must be handled. All delegates be on hand at 8 p. m. sharp. The delegates are requested to settle at this meeting for “Poli- kushka” tickets that were mailed to | the branches from the city office. District Meeting Saturday, Jan. 10 (Special to The Dally Worker) YOUNGSTOWN, Pa., Jan. 5.—The next meeting on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 8 p, m., at the Athletic Hall, 338% W. Federal street. All branches will render a report on insurance policies sold for the DAILY WORKER. . The quota for the sub-district is $1,000 and by the way the branches are work- ing the membership will go over the top awhooping. All branches will make returns on the vote cast on the majority and minority theses. Many branches have completed their vote on the theses, but have made no returns to the sub- district. Beginning Friday,, Jan. 9, at 8 p. m., Comrade John Brahtin, district educa- tional director, will start his series of eleven lectures. The lectures will continue thruout the winter months and all branch members should attend and bring along sympathizers and visiting party members. Readers of the DAILY WORKER are urged to at- tend these educational lectures which will be held at the Athletic Hall, 338% W. Federal St. No admission will be charged. The DAILY WORKER is for sale at a newsstand located just around the corner of Market St. on E. Boardman street. SOVIET ENVOYS AND CHINESE IN 6. £, RAIL PACT Cut Out Subsidy to Clergymen (Special to the Daily Worker) HARBIN, (By mail)—The board of directors and the board of auditors of the Chinese Eastern Railway sat in joint session for three days during the week-end, the main item discussed being the’ various expenditure budget estimates for 1924. As. is known, the former boards of directors had passed less than a third part or so of these estimates, so that the new board has from the very outset been faced by a number of accomplished facts in the matter of expenditure. Parsons Must Work Among the decisions adopted at the last meetings the resolution should be noted to discontinue the granting of any credits out of the railway funds for the maintenance of churches and clergy of the line. Henceforth, all these persons shall be considered as dismissed and the parishioners will have to supply the funds for their maintenance. The question of credits for the"¥ati} way police was also thoroughly dis- cussed, the decision finally arrived at being to curtail this item by 300,000 roubles. The latter curtailment is to take effect from December Ist on. Cut Down Officials | Further, it was decided to curtail by four assistant comptrollers the staff of the chief con‘rol department of the railway. As for the system of ccig'tne Chin- ese governmental institutions, it was decided to keep the existing system till the end of this year and to take up this matter in detail when the estim- ates for 1925 will be discussed, The budget commission was charged to start the drafting of the 1925 es- timates without delay. asune Tee Gast, Voorhees DAILY WORKER SWINGS IN BEHIND LOCAL CAMPAIGN: The DAILY WORKER will be a feature of the campaign in Chicago to elect ten aldermanic candidates endorsed by the Workers All party branch five two-month, one campaign managers ha’ Har, sub-cards are well sup; their respective wards. e The DAILY WORKER will play an important role during the whole of Phone for Appointment Drexel 1849 | the campaign. It is planned to bring out several special campaign editions es WEN the election battle reaches Ite height, . have been supplied with special folders containing an additional supply of folders and are Instructed to see that everyone going out with petitions to get candidates on the ballot ied with DAILY WORKER sub-cards, Arrangements are being made for free distribution of current issues of the “daily.” The ward captains will be provided with sample copies to cover rty. to the DAILY WORKER, The ward Youngstown Sub- | sub-district committee will hold its} PHILA. BRANCHES GIVE BIC BOOST TO ‘DAILY’ DRIVE Take Out Many Insur- ance Policies By ALFRED WAGENKNECHT. (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Jan. 5.—A roll call of the eigtheen Philadelphia branches taken at last night’s mass meeting showed that all are earnestly engaged in securing their full quotas in the drive to insure the DAILY WORKER for 1925. The Philadelphia branches realize that the official organ of the Workers Party—The DAILY WORKER—is the builder of the Workers Party, and that party membership increases as the readers of the DAILY WORKER in- crease. The branches realize the serious nature of their duty to safeguard the spokesman of our party,and are mak. ing a concerted attempt to prove them- selves militant by making remittances from every Philadelphia branch. The aim of the branches here is to make these remittances before Jan, 8, in order to appear upon the militant page of the Birthday Edition of the DAILY WORKER, to celebrate the first anniversary of the printing of the DAILY WORKER, A big drive for subscriptions is on. The membership meeting resulted in over $150.00 in donations for policies. Y. W. L. of Worcester To Have Liebknecht Day Celebration Jan. 11 WORCESTER, Mass, Jan. 5.—The Y. W. L. here will lebrate Karl Leibknecht day at the Belmont Hall, 50 Belmont St., Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11 at 2:30. A very fine entertainment has been arranged consisting of a mu- sical program and speeches. Comrade Bloomfield will be the principal speaker. 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. BOLSHEVIK MASSACRES INVENTED BY THE CAPITALIST NEWSPAPERS GET THE By M. A. HA! HA! IN RUSSIA SKROMNY. While the yellow press is continuing to make revolutions and insurrec- tions in Soviet Russia, our readers will be interested to learn what the Rus- sian press thinks of it. In the end of October the Chicago Tribune printed a cable from one of the lie-manufacturing centers in Europe to the effect that there was another famine riot in the Odessa district.¢———————————__-__-_______—_ This cable “quoted” an éditorial from the Odessa Izvestia of October 12 as follows: “Our Red Army last spring filled the mouths of. 18,000 peasants and workers in the Charkoff district with earth because they killed the local commisariats and robbed the grain houses .. .” The local Russian white guard sheet picked up this yarn and ran an edi- torial bewailing the victims of the Bolshevik attrocities. There aren't very many people even among the Tribune readers who be- lieve these stories any more. There are hardly any at all among the few readers of the Russian sheet. The DAILY WORKER gave a proper answer to these counter-revolu- tionary liars at that time, but in order to put them to the pillory we have asked the Q@dessa Izvestia to send us a copy of that newspaper for October 12. We received a reply. In the issue of November 23, the Odessa Izvestia, under the headline, “The Democratic Liars,” writes: “This timé. we are getting popular in the United States. On October 12 we were talking in our editorials about the most peaceful things—the preparations for the All-Union Teach- ers’ Congress, but out of this the Chicago newspapers made such a mess... “Not long a go the ‘Vossische Zei- tung’ of Berlin, with the solemn face of a friendly crook, made an insur- rection in Charkov, proving it with ‘quotations’ from our paper. Now the Chicago Russky Viestnik and other | American papers, quoting ‘an editorial from the Odessa Izvestia of October 12, made an insurrection right here in Odessa. ‘18,000 workers and peas- ants shot’—exactly 18,000! “These lies are no more in vogue even in America, and the DAILY WORKER of Chicago has asked us to send them a copy of our paper of October 12 ‘in order to put to the pillory the yellow American press as well as the white guard Russian sheet.’ We are sending them the paper, but will that stop the lies of the professional liars? “Today they are ‘quoting’ an Odessa paper. It sounds serious and it is safe, for who reads the Odessa Iz- 1925 is OUR YEAR: Make the DAILY WORKER this year a better weapon for our party—a greater, better fighter for the working class. Fe Goo Get on the Job! By shouldering the work of getting subscription bricks to “BUILD THE DAILY WORKER” into a greater newspaper. vsetia in. Chicago? Tomorrow they will ‘quote’ Savetskaya Belarus—we have many newspapers, and the Amer- ican Hugheses have many dollars .. . “That is the way they work up pub- lic opinion in America. That is the way the ‘free democratic press’ writes.” Now, what has the Chicago Tribune to say for itself? What has the coun- ter-revolutionary Russian sheet to say? We know that they will continue to print their lies, And we will continue to prove them liars. THREE MOVIES IN ONE EVENING FOR ONE PRICE The workers of Chicago will have the opportunity to see three live work- ing class pictures in one evening for |the price of one. All the pictures were made in Russia during the revolution. The first is “Polikushka,” the fa- mous story of serfdom by L. N. Tol- stoy. Made into a movie by the world famous Moscow Art Theatre. The second, “Soldier Ivan’s Miracle,” a comedy, tells a serious story about religion, but in a funny, peculiar Rus- sian way. The third, “In Memoriam—Lehin,” is showing Nicolai Lenin in action. the last picture is shown in connec- tion with the first anniversary of Lenin’s death. The pictures will be shown in Chi- cago only ONE EVENING, THURS- DAY, JANUARY 15, from 6:30 to 11 Pp. m. at Gartner's Independent Theater, 3725 Roosevelt Road, near Indepedence Blvd. Admission will be 50c. 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, 0.8.8. R. | | And We Will any working class newspaper in the history of Amer- ican Labor. BEGIN NOW! | by sending this brick to The Daily 1113 W. Washington Bivd., RATES Tk CHICAGO -$ B00 a year $4.50 6 montis f THE NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD THE DAILY WORKER NAME STREET. CITY. Worker Chicago, Ill, 2 year §3.50~6 montis '2.00 3 montis 3 months <= EI