The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 25, 1925, Page 1

SSAA A AUR EREENEC SNE RU Ot aor THE DAILY Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, atthe Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1925 « =" /] SseeeennEEeEeenenmeeneeeee NEW YORK Ep. ov b CENTS Including Saturday Magazine Section. On all other days, Three Cents per Copy. v > -~ Vol. Il. No. H1.¢ o* SUBSCRIPTION RATES: nr tenn BITTELMANSCORES ABRAMOVICH |HINOR'S TRIAL [EAST Pmngnuncy cuaniences, WORKERS FISHT AS ENEMY OF SOVIET RUSSIA AND {TO BE DELAYED |..ov--om ENSLAVEMENT OF In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKHUR Outside Chicago, by wail, $6.00 per year, PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Price 5 Cents SPECIAL NOTICE 16 KEW YORK MEMBERS OW LENIN MEETING Can any Workers Party branch beat our record—without having to sell their coats and hats; that’s what’John Kaspar of the East Pittsburgh, Pa., sian menshevik, who is in the AS .WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHEATY. APAN is much more enthusiastic about its treaty with Russia than any of the American capitalist papers whose comments on the pact have so far come to our attention. They can- not understand how Japan, a rather wise nation, could allow itself to be bamboozled by the “unscrupulous troublemaker of Moscow.” But they croak disconsolately. The fact of the matter is that they feel more like crying than croaking. The Soviet government continues to survive despite all their best prophets. The most recent diplomatic victory of the workers’ and peasants’ government af- fects the interests of the United States even more so that similar action op the part of England and France. A movement for recognition will 4 now take on new life. It is more likely that a: Soviet ambassador wiil .@ be in Washington before next Christ mas. It is reported in the capital that the Hughes’ policy which wantonly insulted Soviet Russia and gave aid and comfort to her enemies will be modified gradually until the necessary psychological preparation is complet- ed for a complete about-face. Owing to the fact that the Russian debt to the United States is trivial, compared to what other countries owe, the fi nancial question would not prove a serious obstacle. Raphael Abramo vieh is out of luck. Nothing succeeds like success and while his socialist stoolpigeons may win sympathy in some quarters, they cannot live on tears. eee ‘HE labor fakers of Minneapolis have ,succeeded in ousting Dar Stevens from the Trades and Labor assembly. Stevens has been a dele. gate to the assembly for the past six- teen years. He is a member of a trade union for twenty years. The reactionaries failed to oxpel him or the ground, that as a Communist he had no right to be a delegate, but the lickspittle Robly D. Cramer, editor of the Labor Review went around to homes of the delegates and urged them to help in ousting Stevens be- cause, accordng to a complaint sign ed by Cramer and others, Stevens hac “slandered the officialdom” and wae guilty of “conduct not becoming a sembly.” ¥ fused to sell 5 as - Cramer. ‘TEVENS did not get a chance tc <<) defend himself. The fakers pack ed the meeting and sprung the above (Continued on page 2) Volunteers Come during the day or Room 307. ris to win support for the Russian ABRAMOVICH IS REPUDIATED BY AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23.—Philace!phia Joint board of the Amalgamated Clething Workers of America repudiated Raphael Abramovich tonight. The request of the socialist party committee for delegates to welcome Abramo- vich was defeated by a vote of fourteen to ten. ~|familiar with the numerous attempts _ YOU MUST HELP! Ruthenberg in: prison!’ Thirty-one more trials ahead. Ten thousand: dolla 1 avec by February 15. to help mail out tens of thousands of letters for the Michigan defense. at t. Bi others. ster Dory Tsay 166 West Washington Street, (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—Alexander Bittelman, speaking for the central executive committee of the Workers (Communist) Party before a conference of active party workers here tonight, exposed the ee tenery mission of R.Abramovich, Rus- n ited States organizing against the revolutionary workers everywhere and against the Soviet government of Russia in particular. Full of facts and information disclosing the true role of Abramovich, Bittelman’s speech was also a rallying cry to the revolutionary workers to resist and overcome the propaganda of Abramovich, and to acquaint the workers of America with the Prertvsrneanary. > ddeaandtnanfer an darani mae true facts of Soviet Russia, Georgia, Armenia and the strug- gle for world unity of the trade unions. Comrade Bittelman said: A Missionary of Counter-Revolution. “R, Abramovich, a prominent men- shevik and a leading figure in the Second International, is now paying a visit to the United States. The pur- pose of his visit is quite obvious. It counter-revolution. It is to continue the struggle against Soviet Russia which Charles E. Hughes was com- pelled to give up. It is to defame and to discredit the revolutionary work- ing class movement of the world, and, incidentally, to raise money for the Russian counter-revolutionists. The International of Traitors. “Abramovich is a well-known figure in that international fraternity of renegades and betrayers of the work- ing class which parades in the world under the name of the Second Inter- Only with this difference—that Noske, Ebert and Scheidemann are still in power by the grace and in the home of the bourgeoisie, while Abramovich was ignomindusly defeated and thrown into the waste basket by the successiul mighty uprising of the workers and peasants of Russia. H “Now Abramovich and his kind are; trying. to come back. They have been trying to do so for the last seven! years. In company with Lloyd George and Churchill, Clemenceau and Nolens, Horthy and Masaryk, these Russian mensheviks whom Abramovich repre- sents, have been conspiring and plot- | ting against the Soviet power by ail means at their disposal. They have been inciting the rich peasants and | expropriated bourgeoisie to uprisings and insurrections against the rule of the workers and poor peasants. They have been receiving large sums of meney from the imperialist govern- ments of England and France to finance expeditions of bandits into the cities and villages of Russia to plun- der, burn and murder. They are con- tinually agitating in every capital of Europe against recognition of Soviet Russia and for new murderous inter- ventions, The Soviet Government is Now Stronger. “As you know, the European im- perlalists have been doing all in their power to ‘oblige’ the Russian men- sheviks and their neighbors to the right, the Russian white guard, and incidentally to reduce Russia to the state of a colony for imperialist plun- der and enrichment. You are well by the capitalist governments of Europe and the United States to over- throw the Soviet government and to reimpose upon the Russian masses the (Continued on Page 4.) phone State 5959 if you will English branch wants to know. He writes Saturday to the DAILY WORKER enclosing $25 for insurance Policies, brifigitg-thé branch's total remittance MURDERER OF EUROPEAN WORKERS) BY PROSECUTION Ruthenberg’s Warden 24 12014 that if 1 couia not sell at Is Fired by Governor (Special to The Dally Worker). LANSING, Mich., Jan. 23,— The trial of Robert Minor, who was scheduled to appear before the Berrien county court of St. Joseph, Mich., will be: de- layed until the United States supreme court finally acts. on C. E. Ruthenberg’s. appeal for a reversal of his sentence, George Bookwalter, prosecuting attor- ney, has announced. The United States supreme court has been asked to reverse the decis- fon of the Michigan state supreme court, which affirmed the sentence im- posed by Judge Charles White on Ruthenberg. Brandeis Takes Next Step, C. E. Ruthenberg, national execu- tive secretary of the Workers (Com munist) Party, has signed the. bail bond of $7,500 necessary for his re lease, and he will be released as soon as Justice’ Brandeis of the Unite States supreme court formally issues the writ of supersedeas which he has granted. Comradé Ruthenberg who has served two weeks of a throe ‘to ten year sentence imposed on him ‘by the Berrien county court at St. Joseph, Michigan, will be released Monday or Tuesday. ‘ Warden Harry 8. Huthert of the ickson penitentiary has been fired. warden of the ¥ n tuth berg is confined because ‘he was an able to speed up the prisoners enuf to suit Governor Groesbeck and the state prison commission. The govern. cr met with the prison board here and decided that Hulburt was not get- ting enuf work out of the prisoners Hulburt was then ‘requested’ for his resignation to take effect Marsh 1. Wanted $1.20 Profit per Prisoner. Hulburt was receiving a salary of $15,000 a year, $7,500 as wardenof the Jackson prison, and $7,500 as head of all the Michigan state prison indus- tries. The state of Michigan, under Groesbeck, wrings the last drop of Profit possible from the prisoners of the state. Groesbeck announced when calling for Hulburt’s resignation, that the prison industries must be made to pay the state a profit of $1.20 for every prisoner. in the state. Hulburi jhas been able to get 60 cents per pris- foner profit, and hence has been fired Ruthenberg Sends Greetings, Comrade Ruthenberg sent his greet- ings to all members of the Workers Party and all sympathizers who have been aiding the Labor Defense Cour cil in the Michigan cases, when yis- ited by George Maurer, secretary of the Labor Defense Council, Maurer then hurried to Lansing to secure the proper signatures of the Michigan su. preme court authorities, and the cler! of the Michigan supreme court then dispatched the bail bond to Justice Brandeis, who will issue the writ that will release Ruthenberg pending hie appeal. The Jackson penitentiary where Ruthenberg is imprisoned is one of the oldest and most unsanitary in the (Continued on page 2) to $125, which is over $10 a member. “Do you remember, he asks Moritz J, Loeb, business manager, “that in the Pittsburgh gemeral membership meeting I pledged $100 for our branch least $100 worth of les, ‘I'll sell my hat and coat?’ Now that I have al- ready sent you §; tnd will soon send $25 more, I want to know that J still haye my old hat and coat! “Thanks to the ©ommunist move- ment, it has given m@ a little knowl edge and plenty of'¢ 8 with which to carry on party ity. We mili- tants have decided that the DAILY | WORKER must If it will! “i claim that the 1 ‘East Pittaburgh, Pay | wins the Red Star’ imbers of the glish branet Peelling ‘the mos’ policl p to their num- ber,” Kaspar. “1 would like to hear contributed (In proportion) as much as our branch. If 80, | challenge them to beat us!” Re i And are the Pi igoing to stop with complishment? breath! = “Very $25 more,” says it doubly eure, he Job selling subse: surance drive is ; comrades top-netch ac- fot even to take r you'll receive jar. And tomake B, “I'll be on the Is after the in- slegation to Quit predicted by Congressman Stephen G. Porter, chairman of the delegation that the American delegation “may withdraw from the opium conference and return home.” Porter’s declaration came as a ing a deadlock situation in the opium dramatic climax to what was apprach confercnee. + ° “We have stayed here more than two months with no results,” Porter said. “When we eeme we hoped to strengthen the Hague. opium agree- ment but it begins to look as if our presence in Geneva is weakening in- stead of strengthening it. As soon as we ere convinced of this we will leave. “The opium ‘bloc’ is still fighting the ‘competency’ of this conference tc discuss opium smoking. I abstained from the committee meeting this morning because I want this questior settled.” Bronx Section Activities. NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—A. B. C. of Communism, every Tuesday night. I. Stamler instructor, 1347 Boston Road Every comrade who has mot had a thoro training. in Marxian. economics take this course. English, elementary, Monday night, 511 E. 173rd St. English advanced, Saturday after- noon, 24, 611° E. 178rd St. Ely Jacobson, instructor. Lectures. Lectures every Sunday night at 1347 Boston Road, 8 p. m. Affairs. Section vetcherinka, concert anc ball, Feb. 28, for purpose of raisin funds for library. N. Y. TO HAVE RECORD BREAKING DEMONSTRATION AT THEIR LENIN MEMORIAL MEETING ON FEB. 1 NEW YORK, Jan, 23.—Twenty:five thousend men and women staged a tremendous demonstration under the leadership of the Communist Party of Berlin this week. The occasion was the first anniversary of the death of Lenin. The outstanding feature of the demonstration. was a huge parade including a number of revolutionary fldats representing events in the history of the German proletariat. Poignant Pageant . There was a tall figure representing Uncle Sam dragging a German worker in chains, This represented in very graphic form the ens! ment of the German worker under the Dawes Plan. Another float represented the class war prisoners behind the prison bars. As they went by they called upon the assembled workers to free them. A group of boys and girls dressed in scarlet cried, “Give us back out father”. Thus they demanded amnesty for the political prisoners of Germany. Simultaneously a squad of speakers ment and the infamous Dawes Plan. N. Y. Demonstration Feb. 1 This powerful display of strength is 4 stirring example set for the workers of New York, who are also about to celebrate their own Lenin Memorial on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 1, at Madi- son Square Garden. There is no doubt that the workers of this city will be aroused to the highest pitch of enthu- siasm by the story of the German ce- lebration and will do their utmost to outeide them in the size spirit of New York demonstration can now bo addressed the crowds at the street | obtained at the following stations: Of- corners, calling upon the masses to| fice of this newspaper and all Party govera:! headquarters in New ’ & Oy oi, their demonstration, for the; MANY CRIMINALS MERE BOYS, SAYS HY. COUiMISSION Cannot Understand the Crime Among Youth By H. M, WICKS. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—The New York state commission of prisons, in a report just made| sets forth facts regard. |& ing an astonishing increase in| crime among boys, especially | public, dealing with boy criminals of the larger cities. John S. Kennedy, president of the commission, after making public the findings of that body, Suggests that “some great foundation” might make efforts to overcome the alarming in- crease in crime among boys -|from 16 to 21 years of age. Today in the Tombs prison, accord- _|ing to the report, there are 122 boys, years, of age, charged with sérious crimes. The report expresses graye concern over the fact that the boys assume an air of bravado and defiance “which 2ugurs badly for their future usefulness as citizens.” Continuing, the report reveals constant increase in crime among youths between 16 and 21. A three years’ survey shows figures for 1922 to be 1,559; 123,°1,854 and for 1924 2,238. These are confined exclusively to crimes of @ serious nature and do not include midemeanors, petty of. fenses, and disorderly acts. “Geography of Crime.” ‘The report of the commisison em- Phasizes the fact that the youthful criminals come from. certain well-de- fined areas in the city. The largest single area furnishing this class of criminals is that section from Bat. tery park to Thirty-seventh street on 70th to East 121st street; and the third from 18th to 60th street on the West Side. Instead of talking nonsense about the geography of crime the state prison commission would pursue a more intelligent course by conducting an economic survey of the condition of the working class in these districts. It is precisely in these sections that the poorest families of this seething city live; it is there that child laboy is widespread, that children are de- nied opportunities for elementary educational pursuits. Permanently undernourished, offspring of parents whese lives are blighted by the de- mands of modern industry, many of the children in these sections die in Infancy and early youth; some of them survive and become uncomplain ing slaves. But among this strata o! workers there are always a number who are more aggressive than others and with proper training would be- come useful members of society. De nied elementary education and an op portunity to get out of their miser- able condition they endeavor to prey upon society. And then the official apologists for capitalism stand appal led at the spectacle of crime increase among these unfortunates, and sug: gest a foundation supported by men of wealth to “investigate.” Instead of writing reports on the “geography of crime” the commission would get closer to the problem by surveying the economic conditions of the families from which these crim- inals spring. But then those who point to the economic foundation of crime are de- famers of the home, contemptuous of “law and order” and, anyway, it would be against religion, which holr that all crime is the result of being possessed of a devil. Furthermore such people are quito likely to be Communists and they, as everyone knows, essail the foundations of ail i glorious institutlons—including sii ee —— the East Side; the next is from East} NEW YORK, Jan. 23-—The con. ference for all workers at Lenin me. morial meeting will take place on Sunday, Jan. 25 at the Labor Tem- ple, 243 E. 84th street at 12 noon. All comrades willing to work at the Lenin memorial meeting must be present. This is very important. Our meeting will be held In Madi- son Square and we cannot have too mahy: people on the arrangements committee to assure the success of the meeting. PLATOON SYSTEM IN SCHOOLS RIT BY COMMITTEE Does Not Recommend This Change in Schools The committee appointed by Super. intendent William McAndrew to study platoon schools after visiting De- roit, Pittsburgh, Akron and other cit- ies where the system is in operation has come back with a negative report This report has been in the hands of McAndrew for two weeks. He has not given any verbal indication of his reactions to the report. Perhays his recent solicitation in regard to in- ecroasing some teachers’ salaries, which by the way is another one of his dead secrets which only comes jout in leaks here and there, may jhave some connection with this com mittee’s report. Of couree no one expects that Me- Andrew will drop the platoons. We have seen that McAndrew recom mendation gets thru no matter how unjustifiable and detrimental from a publie utility point of view. The committee that investigated the platoons was composed of Miss Mar. ro, adden, principal of Doolittle school; Mies Genevieve Melody, Park Manor school; J. H. Hauch, Lloyd acbool and Miss Gertrude Corrigan Nobel school. The committee’s report presente numerous reasons why the platoon schoo!s decided upon by the board of on last summer should not be ished in Chicago. Principa g them is the warning that Chi ‘o's problems should be solved in its own way. The platoon will not be an improvement on Chicago’s school system. Its installation will be very costly, it wiil keep the children in | School long hours thru waste of time and it will not add to the cultural edu cation of the children. Costa Rica Quits the gue.” GENEVA, Jan. 23.—Costa Rica to- day notified the league of nations that it would resign from the league ef. fective with January, 1927. The announcement was contained in a communication from the Costa Rican minister in Paris in which he en- closed a check for $15,667 in payment oi league dues for Costa Rica from 1921 to 1924. When you buy, get an “Ad” for the DAILY WORKER, ILLINOIS YOUTH Extract Millions from Toil Worn Bodies (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 23.— The most bitter contest of the present session of the Illinois general assembly is loomin; over ratification of the propose: twentieth amendment to the constitution of the United States, which empowers con- gress to regulate child labor. Tho Illinois manufacturers’ associa, tion is vigorously opposing even this mild amendment, and child labor com- mittees representing women’s cluba, and trade unfon organizations ave fighting for ratification. The anti-child labor committee far oring ratification by the Illinois legis- jlature declares that the amendment is |“an enabling act only.” “It pre [scribes no particular kind of child |labor law,” says the pamphlet which |has been widely circulated in MMlinote | by this committee, “except to fix an upper age limit beyond which con- |8ress may not legislate.” Communists Lead Fight. Meanwhile, the Young Workers’ League is leading the fight to compel congress to enact laws for the full maintenance of all youth while they jare securing an education. The Young Workers’ League will soon is. sue @ program, and call upon all mili- tant workers to fight for the abolition of child labor and control of industry \by the workers to prohibit the exploit- ation of the youth of the country for all time. Western Electric Enslaves Youth. The Young Workers’ League points out that there are thousands of young workers in Chicago and thruout Iili- nois who should be maintained by the government so that they may secure an education. The Western Electric company employs thousands of young workers of school age, who are given much less pay for doing the same work that is done by men. These workers labor for long house stunting \ their growing bodies with arduous toil. The Younz Workers’ League de- (Continued on page 2) Bad Rails Wreck Rio Grande Train injuring Twelve GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Jan. 23. Twelve persons were injured, three seriously when Denver & Rio Grand Western passenger train No. 1 west- bound, was derailed near Ruby, 25 miles west of here today. The injured were brot to a local hospital and it is feared two may die. Eight cars of the thru train were de- railed after the engine had passed over a broken rail. The baggage car, two express cars, & diner and two standard Pullmans left the tracks, while two day coaches turned over on their sides. UNORGANIZED SALES CLERKS IN DEPARTMENT STORES OF NEW YORK WORK FOR MISERABLY LOW WAGES (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—The wealth of the large New York department stores are built on the low wages they pay their employs, R. H. Macy & Co., which is one of the largest, and at the same time Deys comparatively higher wages than the majority of them, can be cited as an example. are sales clerks; practically all being girls. How Macy Sweats Clerks. The average wage of the selesclerk is $15 a week, and a very small com: mission which is given on sales above a certain specified emount, which var- ies according to the department. It is always arranged that in those de- partments where the merchandise ir more expensive, that the quota which must bo sold before the commission begins, is higher; therefore keeping the commission down to a low level. ‘The average wage, including the com: miseion, very seldom goes above $1¢ a week. They have what they call the mut ual ald association, which every em ploye must become a member of. Ii is used to pay the doctors and nurses in the store hospital. Two per ceni _& the, monthly wages of every em: | diifloulty, It has about 6,000 employes, of which approximetely 4,000 ne a EN ploy is deducted regularly to pay for this service, which the store uses for the relief of their patrons, Fifty special store policemen and detectives keep a constant lookout im various parts of the building. Need Union Badly. The above picture can be duplicated in any of New York's department stores, many of them pay even lower wages. When the employes ask for.a raise, they aro told that they should be glad they are working, as many unemployed are waiting to take their places; in many cases at lower pay. As there is no union, among the de- partment store workers, the manage: ment can “hire and fire,” and reduce woges at their desire, without aay Nr one xt