The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 30, 1925, Page 1

_ JRKER: ~ for 19251” Voli, No. 16. SUBSORIPTION RATES: By T. Jy O'FLAHEATY. ~ ONSIDERABLE. mystery veils ‘the arrest of two Irish workers held by the British government on»charges HUNGARY UNITE ~ WITH FASCIST Sign Pact with Terror Rule of Horthy of espionage. One ‘of’ the two, ‘Jere; miah Joseph O'Leary, is. a shipwright In a Portsmouth. navy yard andthe other, Cyril McGough, is, a civil. serv: ant of London, They are charged by the admirality with securing import; ant official secrets much sought. after by. a certain foreign power. The sus: Wy pects are reported to be agents of} . .By EUGEN. LANDLER. the “Irish republican government,"| BERLIN, Jan. .<d.—The cen- which does not exist, unfortunately:|tral organ of the social-demo- The whole story looks like 9 typical| cratic party® of riungary © nas frameup to feed the anti-Irish senti- published the text of the pact ment which has been on, the wane which the leaders of the party among the working class of Great Bri: goncluded with the Horthy gov- ARGARET SLACHTA, a | : ie declaration 0! e prime ian christian socialist ie thir | Minister Count Bethlen,, which country doing her bit in behalf of the} @ppeared in the Christmas num- bloodthirsty Horthy government. . Bhe| 2er of the “Neue Freie Presse, urges the women of America to form} hat in the event. of the resigna- @ party of their own if they, want to| ion of’ the. social-democratic be of service to their country, She i#|members of. parliament he 4 member of a catholic order and {8/would consider it necessary to true to the reactionary role played by bli +t concluded with the church to which she belongs. , ‘I polish He past ons am a, great. admirer. of, America’s achievements, and all her demogratic, A achievements,” she chirps. Perhaps the social-democrats to publish the sister never heard of the ku klux Sonera document” them- klan, our record for lynchings of Ne re groes and the criminal syndicalist| When one now reads the text of oe laws. But perhaps these things don’t |P8et ne perceives. that only the mos bother the lady. E ai «" |desperate situation could have com- oie re . \}pelled the social democratic white HE battle over the rattfication ‘of! ont 8 of Bethlen to ‘publish this the child labor ‘amendment *is{42eument. i ¥ oe These “Hungarian scoundrels, with growing in intensity with the capital- the sighing of this Judas < inat ists doing ‘most of the fighting. The or-| Pee a 5 ery only) surpassed Noske's record,, but ganization that should take ‘the lead also thoir own openly is A eae ‘record in this fight is the American Federa- 3 oe ies tion of Labor, is doing nothing. As pach Seen eaten: ty toate parginsne usual the Workers Party ts Teading| 122.18 the Aras, Moody ay aged the workers in this fight. Every cap- bloody : ‘ - itallst paper im the’ country 18 full of], tn the bloody treaty whieh was con: reasons why the proposed law is bad | ° fT ~ bead Seat 8 d great agrar- for the nation ‘and particularly anya orca of the one part ane children, One plute” Mreling ‘is ‘at | the leaders of the social a forward something novel when he kaunibera hai co Ag ely z class, that the passing of this law woiild pre- |Deme of the Hu faspat vent our youth from an | t ot the sonar pasts. , i to develop. their pranabegyt| Bee" compelled ‘the party leaders of said pre- tunity tly days ago, premier , of ..8} 1, |trangition demands, so is it-also the | was unable to be present at the Rome case in this program, and it is dimeul’ | Meeting of the council of the League lt decide which part of the. socia’ | of Nations, because of illness. He demdcratic “Christmas program ot commissioned his’ deputy, the foreign!1921 constitutes the ‘greatest. crime minister, to put a wreath oni! Matte-|agciist the Hurigarian, proletariat. otti’s grave. On the streamers of this} When one? reads the 12 points of wreath was the inscription: * “Matte the ‘agreemént ‘contained in*the pro oti, who died for the ‘freedom of: his }toeot-and which: contain the practicas native country. — Branting.” ‘° Mark ‘demands, one sees that all theory is you,, not for the freedom Of’ his gray. Here, among other things ther» “class.” | However, when Museolin’)is sanctioned thé continuation of the In‘Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. © Outside Chitago, by ‘mail, $6.00 per year. ~ as we see it \SOCIALISTS OF the | social-democrats’ in’ 1921,, heard it, he felt like*biting Sweden off the continent of Europe ‘and notified the Swedish embassy’ to that effect. The wreath’ remained’ in obscurity. This is the way ‘social democrats hon or their dead. f : eels Dot ‘HERE was much dispute over the real reason for the klan outrages committed in Herrin, when Glehn Young brought his hired assassins‘ in there, shortly after the affair with the stcikebreakers. The DATLY WORK: ER held from the start that the-klans- men were acting with the sanction of the local coal operators, bankers and business men. The’ story of the re- cent shooting -which’ ended’-in’ the death of Glenn Young and two 6f his gunmen and of Ora Thomas, - anti- klensman, confirms this view, Young started the hostilities when he ap- proached the secretary of the ‘local | miners’ union and threatened to. kill | him, charging. the. miner. with »ha: | denounced’ Young: and the klan-at un- |ton meetings. It was during the ar. | gument between Young and’ the: coal digger that ‘Thomas’ came’ on the | Seene and put-an | career. |Uon, on the. identity of ‘interests be- (Continued on’ 6. mi BOSTON, Jon, 28—Professor ‘Catl-|. world |os E. Conant, 54, ‘author, committe sufelde today ‘leaping from the roof of an apattment f bouse. He was instantly killed. _end to Yontig’s |; internments andthe compulsory pol ice. registration and control of thon sands. of: workers; here the robber: of the right of combination of the railway men is approved in black ana white; here the exceptional court tr Justified as against the thousands whu have already been condemned and ‘the tens of thousands who have not yet been sentenced, but are’ in ‘prison awaiting trial; and here it also stated that the freedom of the press is re- stored in Hungary. ~- In-order, to justify their shameful white guardist conduct, this, treacher- ous gang tried to, put forward three ¢ Th that their Tre- lations ‘with the Bethen government were such that they had .no. other ch that they did: not fulfill the ie Continued ‘on page 4) “) S@rganize ‘Harvest-Hands. ‘SYDNEY, Australia—The” Austral- ving |fan Workers’ Union has organized’ the men handling the wheat harvest in Ne ith Wales. ‘The workers now for 12 men in'a mess, ‘tor each addi Entered ‘as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at, the P \Fight This | New Attack | in Michigan; Build Party! | | Statement by C. E. RUTHENBERG. | ‘HE ‘threat of new trials in’ the Michigan case which. has become | definite in setting the trial of Robert Minor :for February, 2, should be a clarion call to our whole party for a) renewed, energetic. fight against the Michigan persecution and for: the up- Building of the Workers (Communist) Party. It is apparent that the capitalist class, which is behind the prosecu- tion in the Michigan case, as has ‘been definitely established thru the open statement at St. Joseph thatthe mon- ey for the prosecution has come from | capitalist sources, sees in the Michi- | gen case the opportunity to cripple! the Communist movement in this country. t ‘There are involved in this ease 76 of the most active workers for Com- munism in the United States. If the capitalist qlass can remove these 75 active workers from our party it will mean at least temporarily ‘a set-back) for .our movement. Evéntualiy’ the party would ‘trumph even over such a successful attack but for a time .at least. our work would be greatly handi¢apped. Victory Ours Thus Far. Thus far the victory in the Michi- gan case is on our side. The best that the capitalist class has been abic to do two years and five months after the raid on the Communist conven tion at. Birdgman is to put me in prison for three weeks. It has only one conviction to its credit. The situation stands’ thus because of the fight which was’made against the Michigan persecution during 1922 and part of 1924. The work of the Labor Defense Council was one of the major achievements of our party. Thru arousing the labor movement again and a mass movement develop- ed against the new persecutions. The. collection of funds must be undertak- en with the same enthusiasm and ergy that brot the great results’ us in the’early days of the Michigan, cases. We must make the persecutions as difficult for the capitalist class as pos- sible. The. stronger the movement against it, the greater the possibility of stopping it. Bulid the Party. While we undertake this work of defense, we must not overlook our fundamental task in connection with the: persecution ahd the party work generally; Our strongest defense against persecution, against all , at- tacks by our capitalist enemies, is thru building our party. The greater our party, in numbers, organizational efficiency and fighting spirit, the less , the danger to our movement from the }attack of its enemies. We have not always taken advantage of our oppor } tunities to increase the membership, to’ increase the organizational ‘ efici- Fency, and the fighting spirit -of “our movement. The Michigan attack on into this work with new enthusiasm. Comrades! Let us make a°~Com* muhist anéwer to the attack upon the Communist Party. Let us throw our- selves into all the work of our party | with renewed energy and enthusiasm and build the militant fighting Com- munist Party of America,’ the ‘Work The afirmetion.of the conviction: in my case by the supreme court of the state of Michigan has given new im- petus to the efforts to railroad the other defendants to prison, Evidently the prosecution believes that with this decision ‘to. its credit a. trialcand con- viction will mean immediate imprison- ment of the defendants brought to trial since the Michigan supreme: court must be appealed to before the con- stitutional, question can: be raised in the United States supreme court. + This danger to the-comrades who are threatened with immediate trial will arouse every unit of the party. to a new effort to halt the second attack against our movement as we wero sne- cessful in halting the first attack, | OFFICIALS OF ~ THENSELVES IN Win by F raud, Declares T.U.E.L. Leader (Sprgiat to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 28. —All international officers of the United Mine Workers of Ameri¢a were reelected for a term of two years at the Decem- ber election, it was announced at the union’s headquarters here today, following final tabu- lation of returns, John I, Lewis, president; Philip Murray, 1 president, and William Green, © ar madd were to Start their new terms of office April 1,. Thomas \‘ennedy, appointed suc. cessor to Green when the latter be- Game president. of the American Fed eration of Lobor, will serve Green’s two year term. Jack (Johnstone, assistant secre tary of Trade Union Educational League, inan interview to the DAILY WOR! with reference to the offici- ‘ost Office at Chicago, Wlinois under the Act of March. 3, 1879. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925 oI 290 ib Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKIUR PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. HAS IT EVER OCCURRED TO YOU? NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—Has it ever occurred to you that hundreds of thou- sands of revolutionary workers and Peasants are in the capitalist prisons of Europe? Do you know that their only CRIME is having fought for the interests ot} the working classes of their country? Do you know that these revolution ists are suffering the torments of hell because they refuse to give up their revolutionary ideas? Do you know that they are brutally beaten and maltreated, the hope-.of the wardens of these capitalist dungeons ‘being that they will be able to break down the fighting morale of these comrades? Do you know that they are deprived of all contact with the outside world not even getting papers or literature? Do you know that they are starvec in these prisons, being given foot that an animal cannot live on? Do you know that there are 8,000 of these revolutionists in the German prisons? Do you know that 4,000 are lang uishing in the prisons of Poland, 5,00¢ in Bulgaria, 4,000 in Italy, 1,500 in Roumania, 1,500 in Esthonia, 2,000 in Spain, 1,200 in Finland, 500 in Lithu- ania, hundreds in Jugo-Slavia, Czecho slavia, Hungary, Greece, Turkey? » Do you know that there are 25,000 revolutionary workers and peasants al report of the re-election of John L. Lewis and his reactionary machine said: 4 “Had. votes cast in’ the recent in the vile dungeons of Indie, 5,000 in Java, thousands in Korea, China and Japan? Do you know that in Palestine anc elections for officials of the Unitea|Eaypt, the world imperialists think Mine Workers of America been prop-|they can crush the revolutionary erly counted, the slate of the progres-| movement by imprisoning the best sive miners’ committee would have }Tevolutionists? been awept into office. “In Do you know that tens of thousands to rob the progressives of }°f the beat. proletarian fighters have been murdered inside and outside the ‘well In leaders in the left wh bee el thelr candidates, Lewis |Prisons for battling for the working took care that such veterans as Alex. |°!#88? ander Howat, Jim McLachlan, Dun- can re. @xpelled from the union so that heir Hames could not appear on the slate ag candidates for election. (Ruled Off Ballot. tire “progressive slate was haliot in Di © reason what except that _ “The use of fraudulent ballots and’ the votes, of skyblue locals weré tricks used. by reactionaries to win. ‘The progressives in southern Ilinois dis- covered 600 fake ballots which were pritited by the reactionaries. Over fifty candidates were ruled-off the bal- ‘[lot in Kansas alone, ’ ,"Th spite of all these obstacles the work of the Progressive Miners’ Com- mittee was so effective and, the oppo- sition inside the United Mine Work- ers of America so strong that had the votes bheén counted honestly, Lewis aid, and Tom Myerscough | Do you know that the families of these revolutionaries are being ner: secured, being unable to get any work and thus are left to starve? Do you know that in many Ccoun- tries of Europe it is.a-crime to, take ILLINOIS DRIVE ON CHILD LABOR ‘Manufacturers Boast of Slavery for Children The Young Workers League aid of a revolutionary relief organiza. tion, the recipient of the aid being sent’to prison also? Do: you’ know that the ‘children of these fighters are suffering and hun- gering? Do you know that in the United States tlie best revolutionists are fac ing long setitences in the capitalist prisons? Do youKnow that the imprisonment of ‘Comtade: Ruthenberg, secretary of the Workers Party, to 3 to 10 years in the state ‘of Michigan; the coming trial of’Comrade Minor; the arrest ol Comradé John Lassen, editor of the Uj Blore, the Hingarian labor paper; the arrest for ‘deportation of Comrade us is a call to us to throw ourselves |), and his geng would -have to openly|and the Workers (Communist) take taeir positions behind the deske Party have taken the lead in of the coal operators whom they ars|demanding that the Illinois Gr a a legislature abolish child labor and that children of workers be “The Progressive Miners’ Committee which has done such splendid work in maintained by the government while attending school. the last elections has only begun to ae: Wee oboe alas eat obec They demand that the funds for are daily widening the scope of. their maintaining the youth while being operations. Attacks aro being made educated be obtained by taxing the on’ the’ wage and working conditions large incomes of the rich of Chicago 1 e _jand Tiinois. SR eetog pitt te Pkg ‘The special Child Labor Edition ot more critical. The Progressive Min. the Young Worker is being distribut- ers’ Committee has the task of organ- ed_by the thousands of copies thruout izing the militant miners to. take the Iitmois. Speakers’ are being routed eadership of the unionout of the by the Young Workers’ League to tel) Hands of the fakers who now manage unions and sympathetic bodles of the it as‘en auxiliary of the.coal operat-|?T°8t@™ proposed by the league te ors, "They must do this because only fight child labor and the exploitation Emantel -Vijtaner, editor of the Czecho-Slovakian labor paper; and the deportation warrants hanging over the heads of hundreds of workers in thi country for their militant work in the labor -movement—all mean the be- sinning ‘of a brutal offensive of the employers and the capitalist govern ment against the workers of this coun try? Do you know that the defense of the Michigan and the other cases de pends on what you, the. labor. organ izations and the sympathizers with our movement do? Do you know that the prisoners in the bastiles of Europe and Asia and their families look to the workers of the United States for help? Did it ever occur to you that you may not be doing your share in this work? But you can do so by lending FULL co-operation to the Joint ‘Bazaar, ar rangéd by the International Workers’ Aid ‘and the Labor Defense Council which will take place at the Lyceum 86th St. and ord Ave., from Feb. 11 to 14. The ‘reyolutionists in the capitalist prisons of Europe and Asia and the Tevolutionists before the capitalist courts of the United States DEMAND your help. DO YOUR PART. Get your trade union and fraternal organization tc contribute, buy tickets, donate articles and so forth: DO YOUR ‘PART. NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents MAYOR REMOVES FIRE CHIEF FOR PALM BEACHING Fails to Be Present at Promotion Meeting (Special to The Dally Worker} NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 28.— | Palm Beaching by New York of- |ficials received the nearest thing \to a death blow last night when Mayor Hylan huffily removed Fire Commissioner Thomas J. |Drennen for absentee fire-fight- ing at the famous Florida bath tank. To direct the assault on a New York fire im some tenement where women and children burn to death from the southernmost penninsula in the United States has been the sport of the fire commissioner for some time, but has made no inroads on the business-like temper of the mayor until the time came for a set of promotions in the corps of fire extinguishers. That was an event that could not be neglected by the commissioner, the mayor as- serted. Failing to be present and make the necessary promotions of fifteen fire- mento the rank of lieutenants, drew fire from the mayor and he removed the said Drennan and appointed in his stead J. M. Hannon, who, before mid- night, made the called-for promotions. Political circles are rife with gossip as to the possibility if not the probabil- ity of the removal of the mayor him- self by the governor if the mayor |should continue his practice of mayor- |ing the city of New York from the |millionaire infested winter resort of jthe south, and the fear has spread to the snow shovelers who stand a |good chance to be discharged if they jattempt to shovel New York snow while hobnobbing with the aristocracy of Palm Beach. TO CONTINUE, ~ BLOODY DOLLAR RULE IN HAITI (WASHINGTON, Jan. cation of the killing of thousands of patriotic Haitians by the marines un- der conditions of combat which left the Haitians absolutely at the mercy of the conquerors. King asked how Latin America would ever have faith in the friendiy pretensions of our state department, when before their eyes was so im- préssive a demonstration of the fruits of imperialism. Because the Haitians are predominantly of African blood, the southern democrats in the ‘senate are indifferent ‘to their fate. These southern democrats remember, too, that’ William Jennings Bryan and Josephus Daniels were the cabinet of- ficers. who ordered the marines to take possesion of Haiti. when. the vnien is under the contro} |°! ‘¢ young workers of Illtnots, and ‘direction of progressive Jeader- ship will it become an effective fight- ing instrument against the bosses,” Classes. A. B.C. of Communism,: every League Leads Fight. The Young Workers’ League calls for the establishment of permanent child labor committees, With represew tatives from youth organizations, In- bor, unions, and working class fra- Tuesday night.. I. Stamler, instructor, ternal organizations as well as poor 1247 Boston Road. . Every’ comrade |fTmer organizations. whd has not had a thoro training in The employers are marshalling their Marxian economics, should take this ey to protect their supply of child English, Elementary, Monday night, 611. 178rd st. f bor in Illinois and are making » drive to infuence the vote of the In- nois legislators against ratification or ‘English Advanced, Saturday after- the child labor amendment, noon, 2-4, 611 E. 173rd St.; Ely Jacob- son, instructor. — fide Lectures. 1347 Boston Road, 8p. m. ‘Affairs. * Section Vetcherinka, concert and bail, Feb. 28, for purpose of raising funds for library, , The fight for the ratification of the child labor amendment was brought to Chicago, yesterday when Owen]. Lectures every Sunday night at Lovejoy, secretary of the nationar! (Continued on page 3) Lrsune Ree Casts thrher tr Me2g NEW YORK BUILDERS’ CORNER Conducted by KATTERFELD. (By The Federated Press) 28.—Withdrawal of American military forces from Haiti, where they have maintained a dictatorship. of armed force since 1915, was defeated without a record vote by the senate. Senator Oddie of Nevada attempted the customary eulogy of the marines? regime in the Negro republic, but Senator King replied with a scathing denun- _» Armenians to be Militant The Armenian branch of the Work- ers Party at, its meeting Sunday night went on record as pledged to pay $30 on February 8 to buy policies to In- sure the DAILY WORKER for 1925, according to report of the secretary, A. Chuchian. The branch expressed deep regret at its inability to help out sooner. But they mean to be militant, nonetheless, and will soon have their name res moved from the list of those wha have not aided in the insurance drive, When you buy, get an “Ad™ for the DAILY WORKER. FIRST OVER THE TOP IN DAILY WORKER CAMPAIGN. The first New York branch to turn in Its full quota is the Scandinavian South Brooklyn branch. This branch of fifteen members had bought $22.000 worth of Insurance policies before and pald in $30.00 at the general membership meeting Friday night, making a total of $52.00 on a quota ‘of $45.00.. The hustling DAILY WORKER agent of this branch, Comrade C.. 0. Peterson, ays that they have only just started, and promises to sell at least another fifty dollar book of policies to non-members. What this’ branch-has done, the others can do and WILL * * | “HARLEM ENGLISH GOING STRONG. The Harlem English branch, under the inspiring leadership of Com- rade Hirschman, e| trified the gene membership meeting by reporting an additional $108.00 worth of policies sold, making a total of $336.00 to in the olty, If there is any better | it, as the Harlem English branch date, or about $4.60 per member. This is the best average of any branch in the United States we want to hear is determined to beat it. Comrade Mins of this branch has sold his second book of policies and is now work+ ing on the third. Says he isn’t near s * thru yet. se A PRETTY FOOT RACE. The Downtown English and’ West Side English branches are having a pretty little race all of their own. According to the report ma at the gerieral membership meeting the Downtown branch of 65 members had paid $143.00 and the West Side branch of 60 members $144,00. Whig be ahead at the next lap? h will FULL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FREIHEIT CHORUS—400 VOICES Admission 50 Cents TICKETS ON SALE AT ALL WORKERS PARTY HEADQUARTERS