The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 24, 1925, Page 1

AS WE SEE.IT By T. 4 O'FLAHEATY. ‘HE good impression created in the minds’ of the British fraternal delegates to the Russian Trade Union Congress is causing havoc inthe ranks of the second ‘internationalists. What makes the yellow. leaders angrier than anything else reported by the trade union’ leaders ‘is ‘their statement’ on Georgia, the pet buga- boo of the yellow socialists. The trade union leaders found the people |’ of Georgia happy and smiling and blamed the: socialists for‘ the recent revolt of. bandits and czarists in that country, eee T @ recent meeting of the a of the Labor and Socialist Inter- national, M. Vandervelde, his Belgian majesty’s former socialist minister, attacked the delegates sent by the general council of the British Trade Union Congress to Russia, He de- nounced them for publishing eulogistic articles on Soviet Russia in the Com- munist press and for having given the SoWlet regime a-clean bill of -health for its’ conduct - 4in Georgia. He: re- quested the bureau to diseuss the eonduct of the British delegates, but Johaux of France and Tom Shaw of England thought otherwise. There wag no discussion. » 8.8 Ae ‘HE diplomatic correspondent of the London Daily Herald writes that prior to the recent Paris confer- ence on reparations, it was rumored that Britain and the United Stater wero considering’ giving France re- markably easy terms on payment of her debts to both countri: | Chorehill was the British nonthple toriam mora i the debts ‘with a payment during that period of 1; per cent. In. return for. this concession, France was -to join England and the. United States’ in- an. anti-Soviet bloc. Evidently the plan did not go thru, but Hughes is, ee © PEARS Ot ORD OLIVER, secretary for India in the Ramsay MacDonald social- ist government (how w earthly | it sounds a lord in a socialist govern ment!) delivered a speech in Calcutta a few days ago, in which he stated that the labor government made. it quite clear to the’ Hindoos that it would not ‘stand. for any policy of threats or intimidation on.the part of Hindoo nationalist or revolutionary organizations. ‘The noble labor lord used the same kind of language en- ployed by Lord Curzon, the tory. ‘The subject peoples of Great Britain can |: expect no ‘salvation: from. the- British, labor party. Only when the British workers follow the leadership of- the Communists will the slaves of the, robber empire be freed. But the colonial’ peoples must. not wait: for others to strike the blow, _s * USSOLINI is not even oie to eat, it seems. ~A United News dispatch from Rome tells us that a few days ago while the big black-shirt dictator was ‘diting thru the zoologi cal gardens, he entered a lion’s cage. He stayed with the animals for twenty minutes but hot: touch him. This is the only true story that has appeared in capitalist press from (taly for days. That is ‘not saying much for the rest. Perhaps the Italian Hons are fastidious. and particular about their diet, Or fciaug x OLICH dowuresio REN. ‘rom South America with a wonderful system for finger tabs 4 and. ee phing the workers, in head. ee) the scheme, Argen- Sahl acetates he pu a \im in the’ Waldorf Astoria, If En- ‘ight is Successful. in. putting his (Continued om-page;5)) -Ten thousand dollars, wanted Volu! Come during the othe RIGHT of New York js back |’ Ruthenberg: in: a are isa ee more trials ahond. } wanted to help: mail out, tens of thousands of letters for the Michigan defense. In Chicago by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside i a cadet by mail, $6.00 ilies year. ARY 24,1925 <a PUBLA: “INOW SHOVELERS|) sm = = EYED BY RICH. ot Flag in Ci SNOBBY LOAFERS Far Clad Milliinaivis Urge Speed-up Methods PROFITS BULGE YET TRACTION BARONS WEEP Sardine Service (Specta} to) The Dally Worker) NEW: YORK,. Jan. °22—An incréase in street car fare. has had first page attention of the dally press gyting the ‘traction scandal hearing which has been going on for’ some. time, while @ workers have paid big. divi- dends to, the . traction barons for the privilege of hanging on straps and being. packed like sardines in- the cars. of New York’s transportation systems. Always Cry About Poverty, A ‘continnows cry ‘of poverty:and bankruptcy has issued froim'the plead- ing hearts of the overfed ‘car line kings tT the slaves of shop and fa tory have been touched ‘with tenidee. ness for thé woesping magnates and contemplated taking up a hat collec- Uon‘to'save ‘the fatlings from @ cold and hungry death and ‘a’ pauper’s grave. After all this groaning, it is illumi- nating to the squeezed patrons of said magnates to'find a little squib tucked fn under the northwest corner of a medical advertisement of the follow- tog content: ; en phi leg Bhows 9 (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan, '22.—When a lot of snow fell recentl into the streets. of New York): multitudes of jobless rejoiced, for it‘meant that they could tie up their ‘ragged clothes with old twine and sally forth for a posi- tion with the city authorities at tle “ enormous ‘stm of © fifty cents an hour as long as “the snow lasted. Fear Jobs Would Soon End. Only one thing worried the slaves at the new job—that it’would not last long enough. ‘The snow cleared away: the shovelers would again bevin the ranks of.the unemployed unless: more snow. fell. To prolong the job—it must be done It was easy to follow the inclinatior to prolong it, First of all most of the shovelers had been on low rations for mionths and, half-starved, were weak- ened and unable todo more than twe men’s work without much effort. Then the constant thot of joblessness anc hunger . modified their speed in the process of shoveling. “All of Which has.so angered tlic fa: pros Ure vager transit system ciated companies for st Were $3,660,571.31, Com. ‘with ‘°$3,361,212.26' for ‘the month in 1923, according to a comparative statement of earhings today. Netiincome for December was’ $305,- 203.43, ‘compared with ‘$335,360.25 for the same nionth in 1923. 3 ‘Total operating revenues for the six months ending Dec. 31, 1924, were _'$21,448,591.40, compared with $19,- 576,897.64 for the same period in 1983. Net income for that period In 1924 was $2,592,517.84, as compar- ed with © $1,836,712.24 for the six months ending Dec. 31, 1923.- ‘Th face ‘of: this, the working-mass- es.axe propagandized to. accept with as little opposition as possible’ an :in- crease of fare.to 6 cents, being told that ‘the 5-cent fare is insvfilcient to dito” the: fray against ‘the street cleaners: plunges our old-time neigh: bor, humanitarian and friend sof the tolling masses, B. C. Forbes. ‘Says bes. .“I have just been watching a -num- ber of snow shovelers working on a New/York street. They are giving ar exhibition.of how not to’ work. ‘“Avrather sad lot they are. » The: give you the impression of having los out in the battle of life. Plainly they: are not in the slightest inter. ested in their job. It.is hard to imag ine they have ever shown particularly keen interest in any job. Their eyer lack ‘sparkle. Their countenance are downcast. Their every movemen’ is sluggish, utterly lacking in-snap. “The spectacle, however, brought this question to my mind: ““How, usually, is success won?’ 4 e Russian em- in Paris, while Milukov, emigre Ropeeteylte: fac ks on-in start and: dismay. ' ‘International ave in the. meantime is beating out its brains on the concrete wall of: ‘Communism. INCE the list of miifitant branches was ‘published in the, DAILY WORKER the following New York City branches have made remit- tances for DAILY WORKER insurance polictes “ the New York agency: English Downtown 7 English West Side. English Harlem . English Bronx 1 English Williamsburg Esthonian .... Finnish Innwood “Well, what is the answer? Epipian aa ” ites pay running expenses of the. com- “Having just watched these men aerenan ernie ae panias. the answer that comes to the tip of German Bronx... ve 12 Rush hours find the workers unable to: get’ anything but a strap to hang on, and often train’ after train passes being. too packed to admit even'a part of the waiting throngs. Ride Worth Two Cents. To learn something of the serious aitiiation, one of ‘the officials took his Ife into his hands and ventured into the subway at Brooklyn Bridge sta- tion about 5 o'clock’ yesterday and came out after two hours ao badly battered that he had to be taken to for children for a bath and ention ‘of many nurses. The everyday suffering and loss of time for the workers who are coni- pelled to use the city railway service has all the'horrors of a)panic in a burning theater. The only! remedy the ‘barons have to offer is @ six-cent fare for a two-cent je. m German Night Workers... German South Brooklyn. Hungarian: Yorkyilie - Jewish’ :Downto' Jewish Harlem tongue is: “Do more work than you are paid for, and earnestly strive to fit your self/to tackle more important: work.’ “There rush to my mind many in. stances . of conspicuously suecessfu’ men who won. their spurs by doing ex: actly: that.” Ask for More Snow to Fall. Then he goes on to mention some of America’s high examples of brigh light. He begins with Judge Gary o the U. 8. Steel corporation, big; slavedriver of them all; then Teagl: of the Standard Ofl company, Schwal of the Bethlehem Steel company Banker Mitchell and a few others wh’ have earned their millions by shovel ing more snow that they’ were pai¢ for. 4 In the meantime the shovelers ar: doing the best they can to Proton: their jobs. Scandinavian Harlem Yow. ke 2, YOWeL. 4. Y. W. b. 27, Miscellaneous individuals Paid ace te 2 Ohleege nn tis? Grand total MARINER Ratan ke This “grand” total, you must agree, Isn't very very grand yet, but it Is making héadway,-and wilt Grow week by. week until the quota for New York is reached. I" your ‘bratieh 16 net inotuded! In the above Het, ade to Wy that It ap- appears next week SURE. One way to/honor the memory of Lenin during thia Lenin Weeks to do our best to help Insure the DAILY WORKER, the establishment of which was. something that ree urged upon every American ‘that: him. | {AMA Phe ela i Ce ee an a WEAR LENIN BUTTONS THIS WEEK. ’ é Every possessor of one of the neat bronze Lenin buttons wear It this week, until the Lenin memorial meeting at Madison Square Garden on February 1. Those who have no. Lenin buttons should immediately secure them from their aha WORKER agents. NB York ‘Lenin MEMORIAL: EDITION. +) Wapecial: tsnin Memorial Edition of the DAILY WORKER, anndune- Ing the Lenin memorial meeting. at Madison Square Garden at 2 p.m. February 1, will be issyed. The New tons diétriét executive committes — has ordered 25,000 copies. All readers of the DAILY WORKER deal to help in the distribution of this Lenin iasue, whigh wilt be in New York on January 29, should leave their orders at Book Shop, 127, neon: ar New. York City veegst ugie ‘Legisiators Hand Autos. RALINGH, | N. C., Jan. 22—Ninety nine automobiles most of them ‘pro- perty of members of the North Caroli- legislature and‘ delegates to a ma- ‘sont! mvention were’ destroyed in a $200,000 fire‘that razed the motor ser- vice Company garage here early today. ‘PASSAIC LOGAL, W. P. PLEDGES SUPPORT 10. ‘Milwaukee Jobless Army Grows. (Special to The Daily Worker) |. MILWAUKEB, Wis., Jan. 21.—The ‘augmented a additional numbei of. 500 who were laid off by the Gim- bel’s Department Store this week. - PB nee, ‘ou ty Soy lari | PASSAIC, N.’Y., Jan. 22—Woe, the “comrades of the Workers Party, by February 15. Ruthonberg in his prison cell in the Michigan: penitentiary and promise our fullest support in hie fight for the in working class.—Sey- mour Raskin, Secretary, Passaic C. phone State 5959 if you will + Comes &t Chicago, Hiinois under the Act of March 8, 1878. Published daily except Sundey by THE DAILY WORKER Ask Fate Incredie for Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER for 1925! Price 3 Cents SHING-C 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ml. A!’ GRY GROWS 5. D. LEGISLATORS VOTE DOWN CHILD WASHINGTON IS __ MOU 3 781) FEBLING POWER ee OF SOVIET RULE South Dakota senate yesterday de- feated a joint resolution ratifying U. S. Is Learning Russia Can’t Be Ignored child labor, amendment to the fed- (Special to The Dally Worker) @ral constitution by a vote of 35 to 6, WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-—~ President Wego 2 e and the state 18 NEW YORK GETS BRANCH OF NEW Called Independent and | nition of Soviet Russia by t ee United States. Accepts All Religions Because of the clamor of American capitalists for an (Special to The Daily Worker) equal chance to compete with NEW YORK, Jan. #—A branch of| foreign nations for Soviet trade, the independent klan of America has| Coolidge is being forced to bow been formed here. “It has the same| before the Soviet power. ritual as’ its. older brother, the ku Begin to Ask Questions, klux Klan, ‘but it is all-inclusive in its| President Coolidge and the state de: 1 Howes, arlene cide res perme tighins de. mands to know why the Un! tates While the latter ¢onsists of white persists im refusing to recognize So- Protestants only, the independent’, i.+ Russia, in the tace of recognition Klan accepts any white person, {i|4> twenty-one other nations, Ameri: respective of religion, including natur-| an industrialists are chagrined that alized citizens. “Negroes are barred tng recent recognition of Soviet Russia from membership, One of the tenets yy Japan gives to that nation large oil of ‘the organization’ is uphold: “racial .o, cossions badly néeded by the Unit purity.” ed States. The awarding of the charter, in- ts It is well known that Senator Borah auguration of officers and induction ofl or Malis, shatvnan of the senste toc fase raion oak sR fr Peycos eign relations committee, is favorinr dtr at Bt. Albans, LL. The visistag|Tocoenition of the workers’ republic not because he has the good of the : “People “Rt heart ‘but bééause’ & powerful group of business men ar« backing Borah in this demand. These business men want to dc business with Soviet Russia, and ar: anxious to wipe out the disadvan tages of trading which capitalists o! nations having diplomatic relation: with Soviet Russia do not suffer. Bush Wants Russian Trade. Irving T. Bush, president of the New York chamber of commerce, who made a tour of Soviet Russia a few month: ago and upon his return advocated thy signing of a commercial treaty witb Soviet Russia. It is now admitted by even the most reactionary circles, that trade between Russian and American capitalists is constantly being carried on, Secretary of State Hughes has sud (Continued on pege 3) EIGHT FACTORY DISTRICTS IN NEW YORK ARE BEING REORGANIZED ON THE SHOP NUCLEI BASIS RAPIDLY By BEN GITLOW. (Specia! to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—The organization committee of district 2 has adopted 3 plan for carrying n the work of reorganizing the district into shop nuclei. The district will draw into the reorganization work all the active members of the party. The carrying out of the plan adopted will result in carrying out a systematic organization campaign. In spite of the difficulties that beset our party in its task of or-4———________________. ganizing shop nuclel we can expect|shop nuclei. The district that will be much progress to be made in the New /tackted first will be the uppen Man- York City district. hattan factory district, In this district Eights Factory Districts In New York |the work will first start. in a small New York City and vicinity Com-|area of about 35 blocks, bounded on Prise the largest factory district in| tne gouth by 23rd St., on the north by the United States. More factories are! goth st. on the east by 4th Ave, and situated in this center than in any| on the west by 8th Ave. In the center other factory center in the country. /of this area the shop nuclei organizer, The output of the iactories total year-icomrade Ben Gitlow, will establish ly many million dollars. This gives}, gmat office where the party district two @ good field to work 10) members working in that area can and to demonstrate how effectively | casity congregate in order to more ef- the party can. function thru a shoD/tectively participate in the work of paclel Organization once it 18 er-loreanizing themselves into shop nuclei, New York City itself is divided into eight factory districts. They are the All Membere' Must Help, following: Lower Manhattan from the| When the organization is completed Battery to 14th St.; upper Manhattan|in one district it is to be shifted to from, 14th. St. to 59th St.; the Bronx) another district until the whole party mainly situated at the southern ex-|membership in New York will be or- tremity along tho Harlem and East] ganized on the basis of shop nuclet, rivers;. Brooklyn including the Wil-|In this work the active co-operation liamsburg. and Flatbush sections; | of all members able to help is desired’ South Brooklyn along the water front|and demanded. The district especially ot the Bast river and New York Har-/ will enroll in this work the branch bor; East New York section and Long| industrial organizers, the section or- ganizers and the organizers of the Island City, a section that promises to fast develop into one of America’s|T, U. BE. L, industrial groups. A meet- largest industrial centers. ing will soon take place of all these together with other comrades that are able to do the work, The first step in the Bolshevization of the party in the New York district is now proceeding with vigor, The shop nuclei form of organization will be attained. The national’ headquarters are located in Muncie, Ind. S. H. Bemen- derfer, of ‘that city, is the national president. He attended the Long Island meeting: No Bootlegging for Russia. RIGA, Jan. 22.—More crops and less wasted time is the hope of the Soviet in fits decision to sell vodka, accord- ingtoreports"from Moscow received here today. The peasants were experi- } menting with disastrous home stills it is said. 20 Saved as Ship Sinks. NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 22.—A Buxtor Line steamship, the Carsco, sank in the James river today. The crew and passengers were saved. The, Workers Party of district No, 2 while not confining its efforts to or- ganize shop nuclei entirely.to one district, will concentrate, however, in @ factory district that offers the best opportunities for the organization of