The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 12, 1925, Page 1

16 comatecnnateieaee na The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farm- ers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 250, cette \ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Outside Chicago, LDERMANIC ELECTIONS; ~ =, MERS SIGNING PETITIONS All Su.aty the members of the Workers (Communist) Party were busy circulating aldermanic petitions among. workers in those wards where the party has placed candidates in the field. Thousands of signatures were secured and the outlook is good for placing the whole list of Communist candidates nomi- nated on the ballot for the elections February 24. Today the DAILY WORKER publishes in full the municipal In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. program of the Workers (Communist) Party on which it has = LL ¥ ent®red its candidates: in the AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHEATY. HARLES EVANS HUGHES will not direct the ‘course of the United State’s ‘foreign policy after next March 4, the date on which the Massa- chusetts mill king, Butler, takes over the Whité House for Wall Street, thru the compHant little. man, Calvin Cool- idgé: © Hughes’. letter of resignation leaves nothing to be desired in the way of diplomatic refinement, but cap- italist statesmen are not accustomed to telling the truth even when no good purpose can be served by lying. O° BF:0..” HY did Hughes quit the cabinet? This question will belasked and answered for many months to come. elections. follows: The program is as ss @ ‘HE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY is what its name implies —a party of and for WORKERS. We do not repeat the ridiculous pre- tentions of the other parties, that we have a program which will suit all classes. We state frankly that our program will bring no comfort to the banking kings, merchant princes, trac- tion lords and real estate sharks who now hold Chicago in their covetous grasp. But to all workers, and work ing class organizations struggling for the advancement of the workers, we pledge our loyal support in any anc all conflicts, at any and all times. Now, when great numbers of work- ers are suffering from unemployment. when police and injunctions are called in by the bosses to break all strikes Weare not interested in superficial {when the working class standard of Teasons. This much we do know about capitalist governments and the individual members of those govern- ments, that on the whole they are the executive committees of the capital- ists and individually, the representa- tives of powerful greups of capital- ists. When the representatives of one group-is not getting its share of the spoils it is customary to spring a ‘res- ignation on the. administration and frighten it a bit. But there is more living is being steadily forced down, when gigantic municipal traction steals are being engineered, when working class children are suffering from inadequate and improper school- ing—it is necessary to come forward with a program which exposes the real issues in the aldermanic elections to be: held on Feb. 24—a program which faces the issues frankly, awd which rallies the working men and women of Chicago for struggle against the to this case than the usual resigna- tions. f eee is a capitalist statesnjan | a whole. “His extremely hostile atti- tude towards Soviet Russia; his will itignessto surrender points’ to Eng- land in order to save that country’s dignity, in the interests of a united front for the exploitation of the world by the big robber powers; his. désire for peace with Japan as proved by his unfortunate suggestion to a previous Japanese ambassador on the immigra tion question; his persistent attempts to find some substitute for the league of nations that could be put over in the United States; all these policies indicate that Hughes had the aim of bringing about an. international alli- | ance among the big capitalist powers | for the common exploitation of the | world. In this grand scheme the | destruction of the power of the work- ers and peasants of Russia figured prominently. 4 , EF ee BRHAPS the question of Soviet recognition is at the bottom of the Hughes’. act. The rise of Senator Borah—an advocate of Soviet recog- nition—to power, in the present gov- ernment and the death of Samue’ Gompers, a bitter foe of Russia, makes the position of Hughes very dificult. There is no doubt but the question of Soviet recognition will come up, unofficially at least, after March 4.. Obviously Hughes prefers to be somewhere else than digging into the mass of evidence collected ‘by his stoolpigeons during the last four years, designed to prove that Russia is interfering with the internal affairs of the United. States. Hughes is a good riddance anyhow. His successor _ Kellogg is just as reactionary but less intelligent, whichis not our lookout. The reasons for Hughes’ retirement will become evident as time goes on. We cannot miss the luxury of guess: ing however. ! ¥ ’ 7 ee |] PNLESS the German socialists re- ‘member at least a little of their the Communists will win back what they] e recefit election, warns the Herald. The trouble with the Communists, con- tinues this paper, is that they have heir faces turned tothe past, in other ords to Marx. Nevertheless unless “(Continued on Page 3) th ‘aan Oh ie a eats Rage {masses toward putting it into effect: Imperial Hall | capitalists on the basis of the immedi- ate interests of the workers, The Workers (Communist) Party and the candidates it endorses stand for the following immediate program; Pien 1 to m PUBLIC UTILITIES The Workers (Communist) Party utilities from the ownership and con- trol.of private capitalists. Confiisca. tion of all franchises. Operation to be for public service and not for private profit—under direct public manage- ment, vested in committees chosen by the workers engaged in the various branches of service. 2. ‘Traction. The voters of Chicago have repatedly gone on record for a single, unified, municipaly owned traction system of surface lines, “L” and subway. In place of this, Mayor Dever is dickering with the traction magnates to turn over to them what amounts to a perpetual franchise on Chicago transportation. The Workers (Communist) Party demands that the city immediately take over the exist- ing lines In the form outlined below: (a) Operation to be carried on by the traction employes, thru special committees, working in conjunction with the existing street carmen’s and elevated employes’ unions. (b) Provisions for immediate im- provement of service-—increased seat- ing capacity for men and women go ing to and from work. (c) Reduction of fares, with spe- cial rates for passengers during rush hours. Work or compensation for all unem- ployed, not as a matter of “charity” but as a direct municipal responsibil- ity. The city to bear the cost, and compensation wages to be paid thru working class bodies selected by la- bor unions in conjunction with unem- ployed workers. 2. No evictions for non-payment of rent, 3. City government must assume responsibility for comfortable housing of unemployed workers free of charge ile they are unemployed, and rooms in the houses of wealthy residents must be requisitioned for this purpose. 4. Immediate inauguration. of a (Continued on page 3) by mail, $6.00 per year. Germans Want to Collect in Munitions Made by the British (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Eng., Jan. 11—A claim filed by the German armaments firm, against Vickers Limited, English munitions makers, reveals that an agreement existed between the Ger- man and English firms. The agree- ment called for the payment to Krupps of royalties on all shell fuses made by Vickers. The agreement was to expire on Sept. 30, 1917, but at the outbreak. of the war, in 1914, Vickers stopped meeting their obligations. Krupps claim royalties on millions of shell fuses made for the British army during the war. BUTLER TRIES NEW WAGE CUT AT NEW BEDFORD United Textile Fights at demands immediate removal of public’ Fall River (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. 11.—Wages in all of the cotton mills of New Bedford, which normally employ 41,000 work- ers, will be reduced 10 per cent Jan. 19, it has been announced at a meeting of the New Bed- ford Cotton Manufacturers’ as- sociation. William Morgan Butler, Coelidge’s campaign manager, has long con- trolled the New Bedford Cotton Man- ufacturers’ Association, and is the presfient of the National Association of Textile Manufacturers which is an- nouncing a wage cut at the same time it is asking for higher tariffs. The action follows a similar wage cut in the cotton mills of Fall River and reductions approximating 10 per cent announced recently in other New England textile centers. Beginning next Monday the seven Tr uni of-the Are Butler's Stools at it Again? A» few months ago’ the DAILY WORKER exposed Butler as having hired a swarm of Sherman detectives to worm themselves into the New Bed- ford textile unions, actually con- trolling the Textile Council with a squad of wily stoolpigeons who knew how to pretend to be with the work- ers, but were all the time getting paid by Butler“for sidetracking the work- ers’ militancy and persuading them to accept reductions of wages. The Trade Union Educational League hee issued 9 tinging call to all textile workers to force their scat tered and impotent craft unions to unite in action and fight with a solid front against the wage cuts. United Textile Fights Fall River Cut. At Fall River, Massachusetts, the executive committee of four unions of the United Textile Workers of Amer- ica, at a special meeting last night, voted unanimously to oppose the re- duction of 10 per cent in wages which the Fall River Cotton Manufacturers’ Association recently announced would zecome effective in Fall River on Mon- day. Six Unions Surrender. Six uniong thru their central orgen- ization, the Fall River Textile Council, have accepted the wage reduction, al- tho two of the member unions favored strike action. The rank and file of the textile operatives are indignant at the sur- render of the union officials without a fight, and without even calling a strike vote in the locals, Protests are voiced in the textile council even, but in the locals acid’ comment ‘is heard, asking if Butler's stoolpigeons have got control of Fall River ae well as New Bedford. | The reduction affects all Fall River cotton mills and involves between 20,- 000 and 30,000 workers, sescomanqavamii 7 THE DAILY Wo Entered ‘as SeCond-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1925" EE 290 Published Daily ex PUBLISHING. CO., 1113 W. V pt Sun ington Blvd., THE DAILY Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER for 1925! IRKUR ° Chicago, mm. Price 3 Cents FASCISN'S RSE |\Capitalist Imperialism ‘Makes Shrewd Moves in Coolidge’s Cabinet REACTION IN TRADES AND LABOR | ASSEMBLY OF MINNEAPOLIS SHUTS OUT TWO LOCAL UNION DELEGATES (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 11.—At the last session of the Trades se WARREN FOR J class movement were denied seats as delegates to the central body on the| avn SEEN IN GERWIAN CABINET MiX-UP Moderates Giving Way . to Monarchists (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Jan. 11.—The efforts of Finance Minister Hans Luther to form a right wing cabinet in Germany have not met with the dismal failure of Chancellor Marx, who gave up attempts to form a moderate coalition cabi- net after five unsuccessful trials. ‘The monarchists have claimed four portfolios in the reactionary cabinet Luther is trying to form, and are cer- tain to be given three. The failure of the moderate parties demonstrates the fast drift of the German government toward tle right wing, and points to the probable rise of a fascist govern- ment in the near future, in order to prevent possibility of a coalition in which the moderates take part. Chancellor Marx, leader of the ‘catholic party, and Foreign Minister Stresemann, head of the people’s par- “y, are now bitter enemies, having failed to work together after months of effort. Stresemann is accused by the catholic party of deserting their “republican ideas” and of stabbing their leaders in the back by allying himself with the monarchists. The catholHe party refuses to participate in the Luther cabinet, which if formed | will be dominated by the monarchists, the fascist elements and the extreme right wing. | Jan. 10, the day when France was) to evacuate Cologne, according to. the Versailles treaty, passed with Cologne still in possession of the French, who declare they will not depart. The financial scandal, comparable to America’s Teapot Dome oil scandal, is leaking out in all its corrupt de- tails, Former Chancellor Wirth, one of the latest to be implicated in the scandal, is ol d with having ac- le. has heen d from. the. cabinet by Ebert; and more. cabinet members are expected to resign shortly. Hoefle has been found to have shown favoritism to friends in granting mil- lions: of dollars in credits from post- office funds to” his associates when German business was at a standstill on account of lack of credits. Others implicated in the government graft are former chancellor Fehrenbach, deputy Lange-Hagermann and Dr. Ludwig Haas. President Ebert’s name has al- so been linked in the credit: seandal. ENGLISH MINERS Labor Assembly here, two of the most progressive leaders of the working AND BELGIANS GO TO RUSSIA LONDON.—Herbert Smith, presi-|he was in jail. dent of the British miners and wholof the Communists. grounds that they hold membership i America. n the Workers (Communist) Party of William, Mauseth, Machinists’ Local 91, and Dan Stevens, Painters’ Union 186, were the two men who faced the onslaught of the reactionaries. Under the rules the accused must appear before a committee appointed to hear the charges. The chairman of the local assembly, himself a staunch reactionary, took extreme care in naming the committee to see that only conservatives served on same. Fuller- ton of the Pressmen, famous for his “red baiting” activities, Nelson of the Carpenters, and Manley of the Retail Clerks, compose the committee. The advocates of the open shop in Minneapolis have reason for their great joy and emitted chuckles. , Four years ago the citizens’ alliance suc- ceeded in having Dan W. Stevens in- carcerated behind prison walls be cause of his undying loyalty to the slaves of industry. Every worker in the city hated and despised the alli- ance then, but now “their offices are visited by conservatives in the local labor movement. True it is, that they carefully cover their footsteps and ask that their name be not divulged, even to the stenographers employed by the Citi- zens’ alliance, but they hold confiden- tial chats with O. P. Briggs, neverthe- less. They are given beautifully bound books written by W. A. Appleton, the Gompers of the British labor move ment, and asked to read them. But even O. P. Briggs doubts the intelli- genee of these reactionary stools, for he says that he does not believe_that books, were read. “And 2 last night, Dan W. Stevens faced the bitter tirade of those for whom he went to jail. Service and loyalty mean nothing to the wreck- ers, however, and in spite of the fact that for over nineteen years Stevens has beena member of the trade union movement of this city, the greater part of which has been served as an official of the Jocal assembly, he must go. There is no room, seemingly, for those who work for progress. The refusal to reseat Wm. Mauseth, of the Machinists,/follows closely up- on the heels of the action of the) Trades and Labor Assembly in un- seating C. A. Hathaway, also of this same local, whose case is to be ap- pealed to the executive committee of the A. F. of L. When Mauseth stepped forward to be’ obligated, a reactionary arose in the rear of the hall and shouted, “Mauseth, there, is the man who once sent a message to Bill Haywood while He is now a member I object to his will be rembered in America as the |peing seated’as a delegate here in this fraternal delegate from the British | assembi: trades unions congress to the Ameri y. Mauseth has been a member of or- can Federation of Labor in 1922, ha; ganized labor for several years and is recommended that the British miners, ;well known thruout the city as one of send a strong delegation to Russia/the most progressive workers™in the with a view to establishing permanent | movement. relations with the Russian miners. The W. F. Bennett, business agent of Belgium miners haye ac- Painters’ Local 186, demanded that he cepted the invitatian but the German|pe given the floor in defense of his miners have refused to go along. co-delegate, Stevens. The International Federation of Bennett said in part, “If you object Trade Unions will meet next week in|t9 one of our delegates you must ob Brussels to consider the British yn- ject to them all. This is a brazen at ions’ plans for bringing in the Russian tempt to dictate as to whom we shal! unions. Stormy sessions are expected hame as our representatives to this as there is a strong group of capitalist | hoay, .1 believe our, international wil Results of Membership Meetings lackeys and class traitors in the I. F.|etand with us in this fight. of T. U., the Amsterdam International, which is hostile to everything that helps the workers unite, and there- fore. hostile to unity with Russian n workers. YONKERS, N. Y.—General membership meeting voted 18 for majority, 2 for minority. Speakers: Manley for * *% majority, Stachel for minority. “om ‘ HUDSON COUNTY, N. J—General memborship meeting voted 23 for majority, 2 for minority. Spi First Daily Worker Birthday Party i ers: Grecht for majority, Lifshitz for minority. | for the DAILY iat asc It is Stevens’ sacred right to believe po- litically as he sees fit.” To prove that the reactionaties can ot be trusted, the following incident is relatea: intelligence bureau of Canada was read at the meeting, asking data on the activities of the “reds and radi cals” in Minneapplis. -A capitalistic ally inclined reactionary immediately moved that the request be complied with, When you buy, get an “Ad” ORKER. Music—Dancing—Games—Surprises Supper Without Charge ie ISORLIE DODGES POOR FARMERS’ Nonpartisan Leaguers for “Harmony” By ALFRED KNUTSON. (Special to The Daily Worker) BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. 11.— The officialdom of the nonpar- tisan_jeague of North Dakota is struggling farmers. Contact with the masses of the state and nation is completely Sorlie’s message to the legis- lature. Exploiters Safe. The -message-declares that ‘forthe ‘time boing” there should be no fur- ther experimentation in a state own- ership. This statement can only mean that the league’is more and more giv- ing up the idea of fighting against the private business interests that are robbing the farmers. Instead of rous- ing the farmers as a class against the banking and grain capitalists, the pol- icy is to go easy and not to meddle “too much” with things as they are. In| other words, the aim is to get something for the farmer and the worker without fight, without strug- gle, which, of course, is impossible. Fighting Program. The farmers and the workers want jsomething done. The 1924 crop has not at all put the farmers on easy street as most of the money realized from this ‘crop went to bankers and business men. All talk about a ter-!| minal market for wheat at Grand} Forks, zoning of hail insurance, new | grain grading law, economy all along the line, etc., is not going to bring the farmer very far along in his strug- gle against the system that oppress- es him. The least that should be at- tempted isto provide for compulsory | state hail . insurance, taxing equally all tillable land; ratification of chiid | labor amendment end conscript high | incomes to pay for the education of the children of workers and poor far- mers; all public funds to be deposit- ed in the bank of North Dakota and the establishment of state-owned branch banks, one in ‘each county within the state; all tax titles to re- vert to the state; resolution for the recognition of Soviet Russia. jority of the farmers and the work- ers in the state will stand back of this program. Harmony, Harmony. Sorlie’s message closes with a plea for harmony. Harmony with whom? With the capitalists? Yes, the farm- ers and the workers should quietly, without protest, permit themselves to be exploited by their enemies! The ma- violations of his fundamental rights contained in the governor's message. 15 Workers Injured. CINCINNATI, Oio, Jan, 11.—Fifteen laborers were injured here in an ex- plosion at the east eng plant of the Union Gas and Electric company. Un- safe working conditions caused the ex- BURNING [SSUES not fighting the battles of the 4 working . lost sight of. This | ine is clearly shown by Governor |tce, who Every | farmer in North Dakota should imme- | diately write to his representative in | A letter from the rae legislature, protesting against the No tickets sold in advance od 50 cents at the door admits you. HUGHES IS OUT, KELLOGG PICKED: Sugar and Steel Trusts Are Beneficiaries (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.— Capitali : ey three shrewd moves yesterday in the cabinet of the strike- breaker, Cal Coolidge. CharlesEvansHughes stepped out of the secretar i state department; F logg,ambassador toBr n, now ing United States plenipoten- y in the allied financial con- ference at Paris was named as Hughes’ successor, and Charles Beecher Warren was appointed as the new attorney-general. r trust ow depart- ment of justice, the steel trust owns the state de tment, and the credit trust of Wall street banks owns the whole administration, that the ighes may mark a ne S are rr is known to be favori s of Borah, chairman senate foreign relations comm es the pre on of Rus upon which jbased the comparative the republican party must use as talk ing. point in-the next election. fi | now | cidentally, Borah hopes to get the | nomination | If such recognition should come, it | will be front™no love of the Soviets, jbut from the rivalry of America with |Hngland, and a smooth trick by Amer jican capital against’ the tory govern ment. | The fact that Coolidge did not ask | Hughes to stay after March 4, as’ he {asked other cabinet officers, and his favoring Borah’s friend, Kellogg is rumored to mean a new orientation in American foreign affairs, toward a policy more aggressively independent toward England and Frante as well. Helps Dawes Plan Grab. Kellogg's advancement comes, more over, at an opportune moment in the negotiations at Paris, where Eng: land’s tory leader, Churchill, is fight ing American claims to reparations under the Dawes plan and fencing for advantage against America in the matter of war debts, Kellogge’s sudden magnification of power may impress the allied diplomats with the necessity of being courteous if not yielding te the new secretary of state. Kellogg has shown great promise as an imperialist diplomat, winning his greatest glory in his handling of the delicate matter, of forcing the London conference to accept the Dawes plan, the charter of American dominion over Europe. He has served the United States Steel corporation as its general counsel, and has been the attorney (Continued on page 3) TOMORROW! One Year Old! Tomorrow's edition will the first anniversary of the DAILY celebrate WORKER. 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