The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 20, 1925, Page 4

Page Four ‘ABOLISH PRIVATE. BANKS" PROPOSES. N. D, COMMUNIST A. C. Miller, Legislator, Fights Banks’ Power (Special to The Dally Worker) BISMARK, N. D., Jan. 19.—All busi- ness men in the state are pattign the nonpartisan league governor of the back for his “harmony” and “cooper ation” talks, while the league members of the legislature are disgusted and frankly say that nothing can be ac- complished for the farmer on the capitol hill in this session. A “harmony banquet” was held the other evening, in which both leaguers and indepedents participated. It was supposed to be a league affair but the thing looked so harmless to the IVA that they ventured to sit down at the same table with the “free lovers.” No fight took place. Communist Active A. C. Miller has presented his plan to the league caucus for the Bank of North Dakota to establish branch banks in various parts of the state, providing that the state banks should perform all the business of banking with a view to the eliminating of all private banks altogether. Miller said that his bill would prov- ide that all public funds should im- mediately be withdrawn from all the private banks in the state and used in the state banks for the benefit of the farmers and the workers. The league representatives generally are for this measure but Sorlie and the league leaders bitterly oppose it. The farmers and the workers of North Dakota have only one real re- presentative in the state legislature, one who is not afrai dto fight their battles, one who stands squarely and boldly for a farmer’s and worker’s government and this is A. C. Miller, the communist. Try to Put Teeth in It. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The first legislative step to put more teeth in the Volstead act, was taken by the judiciary committee today when it approved the Stalker bill, providing that both fine and imprisonment must be imposed by judges in dry law on dry law violators. : 1. C. Wants Cheap Labor. The Illinois Oentral railroad has awarded contracts aggregating six million dollars for the construction of railroad shops at Paducah, Kentucky. The shops are being constructed in Kentucky so as to be near a supply of cheap labor, the wages paid in Ken- tucky being far below the wage rates in and around Chicago. “The Beauty and the Bolshévik” is coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5. tion, etc. clothing. THE NEW PROLETARIAN PENNSYLVANIA KUZBAS (A Russian State Industry Operated by a Combination of Russian and American work- WILL NEED DURING 1925 Engineers - Expert Miners - Electricians - Machinists — Steel Mill Men - Building Construction Workers, Etc., Etc., Etc. Only men who thoroly know their work, who can stay by their work, and who have patience to start in what is going to take 20 years, should apply. Each worker must have $200 at New York to meet the expenses for ocean transporta- Each worker must have the ‘tools of his trade and be well equipped with solid Application forms can be obtained from the address below. information about both his labor record and his industrial qualifications. Success in 01 OLDIERS in battle. And when the command came to forward march, 487 did and 501 did not. Funny army! The Workers Party faces a serious task. The life of the party, of the revolutionary movement is at stake. When the command comes to act, 487 branches do and 501 don’t! Funny party! A call is issued to safeguard the spokesman of our party, the central organ of our party. And 487 branches have answered the call and 501 have not. We ask why? Some Arabs visited London some years ago. Their eyes turned as big as cups when they saw the magic of the water faucets. And hot water out of one faucet and cold out of another! Miraculous! So they placed an order for a camel-load of them. Little pieces of metal that could spout hot or cold water at will would cer- taily make trekking across the desert much more refreshing than putrid water out of a gourd. The Arabs did not know what forces were behind the faucet that stuck its nose out of the hotel room wall. As useless as a faucet in the Sahara—that’s the DAILY WORKER without the support of every branch and member and sympathizer. The DAILY WORKER is nothing unless it has behind it every comrade that believes in it, unless it is connected with the forces that give it power. Of the 988 branches in the party 487 are now behind the DAILY WORKER, pushing it on to greater accomplishments. And there are 501 branches that are behind, some place or other, but not behind our daily. As a member of a party branch, it becomes your bounden duty to make the job of insuring our daily complete. It will be a complete job only then, when every one of the 988 Workers Party branches have helped to INSURE THE DAILY WORKER FOR 1925. 501 BRANCHES OF THE PARTY HAVE NOT SENT IN:A SINGLE DOLLAR! 4 RAISE YOUR VOICE AT YOUR | NEXT BRANCH MEETING AND TELL IT A THING OR TWO! ers and Engineers) Each applicant must give DETROIT LABOR KUZBAS is not measured by how you feel but by what you KNOW, SOME THINGS ABOUT KUZBAS KUZB AS starting at zero point in 1922 expects to have a surplus of $300,000 at Kemerovo at the end of the present economic year. ‘ KUZB AS working upon surpluses, plans to erect two more batteries of coke ovens (this will triple the output of coke and chemicals); a sulphuric acid plant costing $150,000; a nitric and chloride plant costing $300,000; and a creosote and bricket plant, etc., before 1929. Also a railroad and traffic bridge costing $650,000 at Kemerovo. KUZBAS took over on January 1 (two weeks ago) the southern group of mines in the Kuznetzky (blacksmith) basin, including Kolchugina and Pokopevsk. They have been granted a subsidy on Nov. 17, 1924 of ONE MILLION GOLD ROUBLES to Americanize within two years the first named mines. To this enormously rich area (containing more coal then the entire British Isles) has been added the Gurievsk steel plant. = KUZB. AS trom Kemerovo supplies the Ural steel industry with 7,000 tons of high class coke a month, mines 17,000 tons of coal, distills ammonia, pitch, benzol, tar, naphtalene, anthra- cene and creosote oils, etc, The installation is being constantly enlarged under the suprevision of noted American and German engineers. KUZB AS incidentally has a farm, 33,000 acres in extent, a 200 cow dairy and (remember this in Siberia) a daily milk delivery, and a vegetable garden covering a mere 5 square miles, KUZB AS has steadily improving conditions for its members. People from America are making their homes there. Workers there have economic security. A great new country (like the West after the Civil War) is opening up with its heart situated at Kemerovo and its veins reaching into all the ramifications of Siberian life. KUZB. AS Wills be. the center in the years to come of vast steel mills, mines, power projects, elec- trical railroads branching away to Central Asia, India, China, and across the millions of acres of sparsely populated steppes from which the world may-_be fed, ig such a beginning, the most successful of all the projects organized in Ameri KUZBAS the Soviet Uniqp. i r sites THE KIND OF MEN WE ASK FOR IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT IF THEY MEAS- URE UP HAVE THE BALL AT THEIR FEET, SCOPE TO EXERCISE THEIR CREATIVENESS, Application Forms from , KUZBAS, Room 402, 799 Broadway, New York, N. Y. KUZBAS is also the American agency for the “SOVIET UNION REVIEW,” a 24 page authoritative Russian Review, published weekly by the Trade Delegation of the U. 8. S. R. in London. Subscription rates $2.00 for six months, $4.00 for one year. Sample copy free on request. 7 i THE DAILY WORKER FAKER BRINGS COPS TO UNION Hutcheson’s Agent Fears Members (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Jan. 19.—When Sam Bot terill, the agent of Hutcheson in De- troit, went to the meeting of Loca! Union 420 Friday evening, he took the precaution to call Hunt street police station and have an officer of “law and order” accompany him to the House of the Masses, where the local union meets, and to remain stationec at the door until the meeting ended to protect him from the possible wrath of the rank and file for the arbitrary expulsion of Broth@r- William Reyn- olds of Local Union 2140. A motion to call the police station and request the removal of the office: as being unnecessary to the safety o! any member attending the meeting was lost by a vote of 13 to 15, As sured of the continuance of his protec: tion, Comrade Botterill maintained a rather timid defense of the general yexecutive autocracy. His line of de jfense was a scurrilous attack unon Comrade Reynolds’ mental equipment, his lack of experience, and the source from which he came, his attacks met with the emphatic disapproval of prac- tically all in attendance. “Dual Un’ ~oppycock, Comrade Rey lefended the T. U. E. L. from the pid charge made by Botterill that it was a dual union pointing out that to be dual to the carpenters’ organization, the T. U. EB L. must dispute jurisdiction over a given kind of work or construction with tfe carpenters’ organization. The membership accepted the charge of duality as being absurd and without foundation. No one except Botterill even attempted to defend the expulsion as being justified or consti- tutional, altho a good deal of confus ion prevailed as to the proper course to be taken. Local to Investigate Expulsion. A motion was passed that the local demand immediate information on all the circumstances surrounding the case and the evidence upon which the expulsion was based, the procedure and the constitutional justification for the denial of a trial. The sentiment expressed in the meeting offered Hutcheson very little assurance that the rank and file in Detroit is in a mood to accept a con- tinuance of ‘his high-handed methods. ‘Dike only violence Botterill suffered was the amiiged contempt of the mem- bership towards some of his explana tions, and some genuine and unani- mous expressions of indignation when he attempted abuse and heckling. Botterill hears the rumbling of dis- content and calls the police. The day is not far distant when Botterill and jhis kind will be ordering them to shoot those of the rank and file whom they now expel. Police and parasites! The incident is portentious. | Turks Anxious to See Soviet Goods Win The Turkish Market (By Rosta News Agency) MOSCOW, Jan. 19.—According to Soviet consular reports having reached Tiflis, the facilities that have been granted recently to Turkish merchants by the Soviet authorities and, on the other hand, the construction by the Turkish government of new roads in Anatolia, have largely contributed to the economic revival of the Turkish districts bordering on the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Turk ish people there look upon the Soviet as their good friend and defender o "he “new Turkey, while the auth- feFities are likewise disposed in the most friendly manner towards the U. 8. 8. R. The Turkish farmers are eager] welcoming the full restoration of ecu nomic intercourse with the Sovie Republics, Finding Italian and Bng- lish manufactures unsatisfactory, they wish to see the Soviet goods win the Turksh market. Party Activities Of Local Chicago Chicago C. C. C. Meeting. . On account of Lenin memorial day which falls on the night of our regular C. C. C, meeting date the city central committee meeting of Workers Party, Local Chicago, will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 8. p. m. at 722 Blue Island avenue. Dele- gates take notice and be present. — Russian Branch W. P. Meets Thursday. A meeting of the Russian Branch of the Workers Party will be held thir Thursday, at 8 p. m., at the Soviet School, 1902 W, Division St. All mem- bers who took petitions for the alder- manic campaign must bring them to this meeting. A Correction. In the DAILY WORKER'S first an- niversary issue we stated under Sol Fisherman's cartoon that he was “one of the older members of the Junior groups in Chicago.” This is an error. He is a member of the Coney Island branch of the id Workers League, Kentucky Mine Blast Kills Six; All Had Families (Special to The Daily Worker) PROVIDENCE, Ky., Jan. 19.—The body of Gooch Gardiner was recover- ed from the Diamond mine No. 1, near here, increasing the known dead in the blast at the mine, to two. The body of Henry Murphy was recovered last night. A “windy shot” caused a dust blast in the pit. Four other men were imprisoned in the mine, and hope for getting the men out alive has been abandoned, The men missing are James Holt; Goldie Merritt, Hugh Teague and Joe Trayer. The six men, all married, were shut firers and remained in the mine to blast down coal after the regular working force of about 125 men had left the shaft. The inside of the mine was extremely unsafe, there being no adequate system of inspectors to safe- guard the lives of the men. Dictator Wood Fines Filipino General 400 Pesos Without Trial MANILA, P. I., Jan. 19.—Governor Ger. Leonard Wood, using lis tyran- nical power to geop the Philippine Islanders in abject slivery while his son throws millions of dollars to the winds of Europe, has “severely re- primanded” Governor Aurelio Cecilio of the province of Nuevo Ecija. Wood also ordered Cecilio to pay J. C. West, Awerican business min, a fine of 400 pesos, altho Cecilio has not been al- lowed a trial of any kind. West charges he was “insulted” by Cecilie in a dispute as to whose auto- mobile had the right of way at a forry crossing in Manila. West was ar- rested for obstructing trafic and dis- orderly conduct, but later complained to Wood, who avenged the “insult” by slapping on the fine. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'7FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) Among the things Young said, was, that the United States and England should unite in directing the financial affairs of the world. Putting the world under a Dawes’ plan, so to speak. Kahn indulged in a little uneonscious humor when introducing the Briton. “If/there is one thing an Englishman dislikes, it is to be praised. I shall not embarrass our guest by praising him.” OUNG’S speech was of greater“im- portance than will be attributed ; to it just now. It should not be for-! gotten that the rulers of the United States, the dominant figures in its economic life, were present at that gathering. Young said, that America and England have a common heritage and a common responsibility. He re- gretted there was such a wide ex- oanse of water separating the two countries. Some thing was required to bring about a strong understanding between them. International financial relationship was the means. er iff (HERE was a time when England was the creditor nation and the United States the debtor” said Young. Now the conditions are reversed, con- cinued the speaker. Then, “Formerly there was a unified financial control over the rest of the world from Lon- don, but the young American giant with new ideas has assumed at least an equal part in a dual control. The mental and vital resources of the United States and Britain should be so combined as to render this easy of accomplishment and I hope that mu- tual co-ordination of measures will help bring this about.” There you are. British and English finance capi- tal would like to form a joint partner- ship to divide the world between ‘hem. But can they do it? It is not very likely. But this should be 1. lesson to the workers who fall for he patriotism bunk that the capital ists hand out to them. The capitalists know no cguntry but profits. oe ¢ RESIDENT THOMAS F. McMA- HON of the United Textile Wor! ers of America, brands the ten per cent wage reduction announced ‘by the mill owners of Fall River, Mass., as an “outrage” and a “steal.” It is that, but what steps is McMahon tak- ing to meet the issue? Nothing more or less than an investigation by the legislature. What rubbish! McMahon knows quite well that only an ox- tremely stupid capitalist legislature would refuse an investigation which will drag along until all concerned for- gets aboutits existence, What is Me- Mahon’s Textile Workers Union for anyliow? What about the strike wea- pon? i “** ICTOR BERGER has discontinued W his column in the Milwaukee Leader during the short term of con- gress, presumably because he is too busy listening to the speeches in the house, One would imagine that a ses- sion of congress would give Berger something to write about and relieve him of the necessity of crabbing all his stuff from other papers. Before he took his vacation, howe he an- nounced that the Communists were osing out everywhere and that a mon- archist government was due in Rus- sla, This proves that Berger's lazi- uess is an undisguised boon to the readers of his paper, ‘ ron | You Must Help! Tuesday, January 20, 1925 District Six Wins Laurels Averages More Than A Dollar Per Member in Drive to Insure DAILY WORKER for 1925 HE many $20, $80, $40 remittances from District 6 have placed it first in point of, total remittances as compared to district membership. The.attention given the drive in Cleveland helped very materially in giving District 6 first place. Upon a blackboard at the Cleveland C. C. C. meetings “INSURE THE DAILY WORKER” could “be found heavily written as the first subject the delegates were to report upon, But the branches' outside of Cleveland have also shown a good spirit. We suggest that District 6 keeps its good start and thereby show ite conscientious application to Communist tasks. * * *& © ° ° ° ° These Branches in District 6 Have Given Bulgartan. Cleveland .. $ 10.00 Czetho-Slovak, Dillonvale . 22,00 English. Hubbard ..... 9.00 English, Cleveland, West. 22,00 English, Cleveland, East. 49.25 English, Cleveland ... 7.00 English, Youngstown, Girard. 23.00 , Lima .. 8.00 |. Toledo ; 66,00 Finnish, Cleveland 77.00 Finnish, Conneaut . 8.00 Finnish, Fairport » 11,00 Finnish, Warren 40.00 German, Cleveland 7.00 Greek, Cleveland 45.00 Greek, Yorkville . 15.00 Greek, Toledo .. " 8.00 Hungarian, Akron .. 26.00 Hungarian, Cleveland, W: 7.00 Hungarian, Martin's Ferry... 5,00 Hungarian, Cleveland, Wes! 10.00 Hungarian, Youngstown 18,00 Italian, Cleveland, Ea 1.00 Italian, Bellaire .. 10.00 Italian, Dun Gle 18,00 italian, Pohawton 44.07 Jewish, Cleveland 24,50 Jewish, Youngstown 50,00 Lettish. Cleveland 36.00 Lithuanian, Cleveland 1.00 Lithuanian, Youngstown 10.00 Polish, Cleveland 18.00 Polish, Neffs 20.00 Polish, Warren 7.00 Polish, Fairpoint 5.00 Fairpoint, Ohio 5.00 - Roumanian, Akron 24.00 Roumanian, Alliance 11.00 Russian, Cleveland 36.00 Russian, Pt. Home: 23.00 South Slavic, Akron... 16.00 South Slavic, Barberton. 10.00 South Slavic, Bellair » 30.00 “South Slavic, Cleveland (Slov. i 1 South Slavic, Dilles Bottom.. ~ 33,00 South Slavic, Massilon 35.00 South Slavic, Neffs..... 50.00 South Slavic, Yorkville. 36.00 South Slavic, Youngstown. 37.00 South Slavic, Warren 30.00 Ukrainian, Akron 12,00 Ukrainian, Cleveland 16.00» Ukrainian, Yorkville 7.00 We have a remitttance of $3.00 from A. J. K. of Akron. Ohio, and we do not know which branch to credit it to. The sum of $36 was given a daily representative in Cleveland which has not been credited to the Cleveland branch Together with these two sums, the total receipts from District 6 are $1,186.82. The quota for the district is $3,009, and the membership averages 1,003, District 6 has then more than one-third filled its quota. Of the 86 branches is District 6, 53 have answered the call to insure the DAILY WORKER. There are still 33 branches from which the first dollar is yet to come. These Branches in District 6 Have Not Yet Given CZECHO-SLOVAK—Bellaire, Ohio. Y ENGLISH—Bellaire, Ohio; Canton, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; East Liverpool, Ohio; Mansfield, Ohio. FINNISH—Ashtabula, Ohio. GREEK—Canton, Ohio. oe HUNGARIAN—Alliance, Ohio; Collinwood, Ohio; Martin’s Ferry, io. pa ITALIAN—Canton, Ohio; Cleveland; Fairpoint, Ohio; Youngstown, io. JEWISH—Cincinnati, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio. LITHUANIAN—Akron, Ohio. ROUMANIAN=-Yorkville, Ohio; Canton, Ohio. r POLISH—Yorkville, Ohio; Maynard, Ohio, SCANDINAVIAN—Cleveland, Ohio. SPANISH—Cleveland, Ohio. SOUTH SLAVIC—Cleveland, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Canton, Ohio; Masury, Ohio. UKRAINIAN—Youngstown, Ohio. * * * # There are two goals which every district should try at once to reach. First, which will be the first to secure contributions for the insurance drive from every. one of its branches? Second, which will be the first district which will fill its quota? Of the roll call of distriéts so far made, District 6 shows up best, having contributed to. date more than an average of $1.00 per member, WILL DISTRICT. — THE FIRST DISTRICT TO SEND IN INSUR- ANCE POLICY REMITTANCES FROM EVERY DISTRICT BRANCH? a 2 apa s* * & 5 Warren, Ohie; Cleveland. Ohio; .... Corrections The Czecho-Slovak branch’ of Baltimore has sent in $10 which we failed’ to’credit to District 3. ~ The ‘Hungarian branch of Perth Amboy. N. J., remitted $28 which we have not credited to District 2, D. K. of Bethlehem, Pa., remittted $10; the Chester, Pa., Ukrainian branch remitted $14; the Nanticoke, Pa., Lithuanian branch remitted $40, all of which should be credited to District 3, in prison! Thirty-one more trial jollars wanted by February 15, rn ee anted to help mail out tens of thousands nse. ’ Np fakes Ten thousand d Volunteers of letters for the Michigan Come during the da _come at night. Bring others, or phone State 5959 if you will. efense Council, 166 West Washington Street,