The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 6, 1925, Page 3

WAR VET FRAUDS GET THOMPSON, FORBES 2 YEARS Appeals Halt Grafters Going to Prison Col. Charles R. Forbes, former head of the veterans’ bureau and John W. Thompson, Chicago and St. Louis mil- lionaire contractor, who were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government by a federal jury last Friday today were each sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in Leaven- worth penitentiary. This is the maxi- mum sentence under the law. Sentence Too Limited. In pronouncing sentence, the court denied a motion for a new trial, a plea for mitigation, and declared that it believed the maximum sentence “too limited.” Attorneys for the defense immedi- ately declared the case would be ap- pealed to the supreme court of the United States. A thirty days’ stay of sentence will be granted, the court stated, to file an appeal, and the usual 90 days to per- fect a bill of exceptions, The Case WIIll Drag. The appeal will be based on the al- leged illegal seizure by the govern- ment and introduction into the evi- dence of private papers belonging to the defendants. Plea for mitigation was based on the poor physical condition of Forbes and Thompson. After sentence had been passed, their friends in court declared that imprisionment probably would prove fatal to both men. Priest, Pastor and Rabbi Unite to Get Religion in Schools NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 4.—With the knowledge that religion is really the opium of the people and will keep them in subjection to “authority” and loyal to a god of vengeance, Cardinal Hayes appeared at a meeting in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, together with @ protestant minister and a Jewish rabbi to foster a movement to give at least one hour’s religious instruction to public school children everyday. There were about 2,500 public school teachers, nearly all catholics, present. The occasion was the an- nual meeting of an association of, catholic school teachers. The speakers declared that because of the crime wave there is a general demand for the /teaching to. publia school children that they have a soul and that they are responsible for their acts. The Rev. Walter M. Howlett, sec- retary for religious education of the N. Y. federation of churches made the declaration that there is satie lead- ership in the board of education and “they want this systematic week-day religious instruction for the children as much as we do.” The reverend doctor said that only 400,000 children in New York are get- ting religious training and that 800,- 000 are’ without it. Cardinal Hayes said at one time: “Instead of being antagonistic to public education, which is the right and duty of the state, the catholic church is in sympathy with it.” Then in the same breath he said: “All we ask is that the state may see clearly that public education is bound to fail unless it brings into the soul of the child a proper idea of his relation and obligation to religion.” The Machiavellian cardinal will be sympathetic towards the state if it agrees with his views of religion as the opium of the people. Rabbi David De Sola Pool for the Jews said that Christian and Jew are alike in this “sacred duty” as he termed it. ~ Class Collaboration Raises Its Head in Pretentious Banking NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 4.—The presi- dent, the secretary and other officials of the New Jersey State Federation of Labor are behind a new so-called “labor” bank, known as the Labor Co-operative National Bank of New- ark, with a capital stock of $500,000, which labor organizations are asked to buy at $200 per share. Red Revel Masquerade Ball, 37 South Ashland Avenue Corner of Monroe and Madison Ste., February 28. Are You Going to the Open Forum Sunday Night? THE DAILY WORKER Minneapolis Communists Take Offensive (Continued from page 1) of the 10th ward (Minneapolis) local of the farmer-labor federation, pro- test this unwarranted assumption 0° authority on the part of the state exe- cutive committee and demand that the members of the state executive com mittee who were unseated be giver their seats to which they weer elected by the state convention, Signed: I. G. Scott, L, A. Roselan¢ and Emil 8, Youngdahl. Gondemn Middle Class Conference. A resolution was also introducec condemning the purported call fo: the former-labor party conference o1 March 20 denying representation tc trade unions and other working clas: political organizations. This resolution is as follows: ‘Whereas, there {is called a conven- tion purporting to be of the farme) and labor elements, constituting the farmerlabor party for the date o* March 20, 1925, and ‘Whereas, by the very nature of thi call and the qualifications of dele gates, the actual dirt farmer and trade unionist as such will be entirely eliminated, and Whereas, the election of these dele gates will be at county convention: held thruout the state made up almos! entirely of professional men, little bankers, merchants, and office seck ers, and ‘Whereas, we believe that the funda- mental principle upon which the labor movement is founded is that it 1s t« be an organization representing or Look for it every day beginning with next Saturday's paper. Mal ichcrsvdles A series of short sketches on outstanding characters in the American radical and labor movement. Skidmore, Wietling, Sorga, Silvis, Powderly, Parsons, Most, De Leon, Debs, Mitchell, Gompers, St. John, Bill Haywood, Joe Hill, Frank Little and John Reed are some of the interesting personalities in the labor movement that will be treated in this series, the political fleld the class interest 0’ working farmers from every distric: and the bonafide wage workers from the cities, and Whereas, such delegates as whe should truly represent the elements for whose benefit the fermer-labo: party was organized cannot attend po litical conventions unless they do s¢ at the expense of their respective in- dustrial units and are thereby exclud- ed when their organization is denied representation, therefore be it Resolved, that we condemn the cal! of @ convention which is not of ance for the benefit of the producers on the land and in the industries and by the nature of the called unity confer ence, March 20, representation will b: from office seekers and other middlc class elements and politicians wh« have the necessary leisure and funds to attend, and be it further Resolved, that we are opposed tc the liquidation of the farmer-labor federation which may in some meas ure represent the class interest of th« farmers and wage workers of Minne sota if the control of the workers and farmers’ organizations is main tained, and be it further Resolved, that we condemn the un warranted authority assumed by th: convention in their arrogant, self/ap- pointed, and usurped power in calling a convention which intimates the ne cessity for the possibility of liquidat: ing the farmer-labor federation with. out first consulting the farmers and wage workers of Minnesota in aregu lar called convention of these groups. and be it further Resolved, that a special committee shall be elected of this committee in structed to call a conference of dele gates of all farmers’ organizations and labor unions to meet on the 19th day of March for the purpose of taking such action as is necessary to protect the farmer-labor federation from all attempts now being made to liquidate it, which attempts are against the in terest of the workep and farmers and in the interest of bankers and profes: sional politicians who have wormed their way into the party. Signed: C. R. Hedlund. Investigation Committee Appointed. This resolution was laid over until the next meeting and a comittee of three was selected to inquire from the state office of the farmer-labo: federation as to whether they were in tending to liquidate the federation The sentiment expressed in this meet ing condemned the action of the state rexecutive committee for its usurpa tion of power in calling a conventior and denying representation of affiliat ed working class organizations in the farmer-labor federation. The opinion was expressed that the farmer-labor federation must be kept alive and that the middle class an¢ professional politicians must be kept away from leadership of the farmer labor party in Minnesota if it is to b« a live instrument functioning in the interest of the working class. A special meeting will, very likely be called for the purpose of discuss ing and acting on this important ques tion. L. A. Roseland, Communist nominated by the 10th ward local of the farmer-labor federation was alsc endorsed -by the Hennepin county committee together with the endorse. ment of John Peterson, Theodore Jensen, and Louis Beneke, the two last named are at the present time aldermen from their respective wards elected on the socialist ticket. ‘“Min- nesota,” the official mouthpiece of the reactionaries in Minneapolis har slated these two for exclusion and are in the field to put up candidates that are in their liking. The Communists put up a fight for the maintenance and preservation o the farmer-labor federation and urged in case that the state executive com mittee will not call a state convention of the farmer-labor federation, that the Hennepin county committee ‘0 the farmer-labor federation will un- dertake to call such a convention in order to be able to sidetrack ‘the moves of the middle class elements tc founders of the call for the March 20 destroy the farmer-labor federation. RE ANE. SS ER YELLOW CAB SETS POLICE ON WORKERS nee (Continued from page 1) Picket line, abusing the workers and particularly their leader. +» Summarily Fired When the men refused to return to work unless they were informed about the wages they would receive, they were summarily fired and the time- keeper was instrcted to pay them what was coming to them under the new system. When they received their envelopes they realized why the bosses were so averse to giving them any information. Instead of the $6.21, which was the average pay in the enamel department for a nine hour day’s work, they received on an aver- age of $6.00 for TWO DAYS WORK. While the timekeeper was getting ready to pay the men off, the motorcy- cle policeman kept up his steady bar- rage of abuse. He looked much the worse for wear, having black eyes and a broken nose. He threatened to get the workers who had committed the offense of asking a little information and swore that he would have the spokesman driven out the country. Efficient Spy System There is no union in the plant of the Yellow Cab Manufacturing company. Under their efficient spy system every worker’s movements are closely watched. It is reported that the chief house detective beat up an employe who was fired a few years ago. The company is wealthy and their thugs seem to be immune from the operation of the law.. They can violate it with {mpunity. A workers was recently fired on the spot for going to the rest room ten minutes before quitting time. The Yellow Cab company also has several garages around town which are distinguished the slave driving conditions under which the men work. Another brilliant scheme of this FRENCH DEBT, GERMAN DEFAULT, IS ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR BRITISH LONDON, Feb. 3.—The problem of what will happen if Germany de- faults in its payments under the Dawes plan, became a stumbling block today when the British cabin- et considered the French debt sit- uation. The cabinet failed to reach a de- cision upon the memorandum which was to have been transmitted to France, today. Generally, the British policy will be, it was said, that Britian wants from Germany and France a sum equal to what Eng- land is paying to the United States. company to get money out of its slaves is an insurance scheme which takes fifty cents a month out of their pay but when they get sick they have an awful time trying to get any sick benefits. Two years ago the company an nounced that it would make its em ployes shareholders and offered stock to them. They found that it was not a voluntary “gift” but compulsory. If you don’t buy a share, you don’t work here,” was the way the foreman talked to those who did not want to become shareholders in the Yellow Cab Manu- facturing company. Keep Up Fight for Water. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 4.—By a vote of 100 to 31 the house suspended its rules this afternoon and adopted 4 joint resolution introduced by Rep- resentative Thomas Curran, of Chi- cago requesting the secretary of war to permit the sanitary district of Chi- cago to continue the diversion of 10,000 cubic feet of water per second from Lake Michigan pending construc- tion of sewage reduction plants. The proposal now goes to the senate. Plan Money for War Vets. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 4.—Three mililon dollars representing the unex- pended balance in the Illinois soldiers bonus appropriation would be re-ap- propriated for the adjustment of com- pensations under the terms of a bill introduced in}the house by Represen- tative BE. W. Turner, Chicago. Time for filing applications by ex-service men, would be extended to July 1, 10aa, i BLACKEN EYES SECOND: TIME IN JAPANESE DIET Uproar Subsides Only After Two Recesses TOKYO, Feb, 4—Black eyes and bloody noses were much in evidence in today’s session of the Japanese diet following the free-for-all fight that broke out in the chamber yesterday as a climax to one of the bitterest parliamentary controversies ever to rage in the Tokyo national assembly. It was the second fight to take place within a week. The tumult yes- terday broke out diring debate on a resolution demanding increased sub- sidies for compulsory education spon- sored by the Selyouhonto members, resenting charges made by members, of the Kenseikai party that the Seiyu- honto was supporting the measure for purely selfish reasons, attacked sev- eral Kenseikai debaters. The speaker of the diet was com- pelled to order two recesses before the uproar subsided. 7. Jap Legislators In Fist Fight Over School Subsidies TOKIO, Feb. 4—Members of the diet injured in Tuesday’s session dur- ing which there. were several fist fights, today threatened damage suits against their attackers. Several of the members received bloody noses and other injuries. The fight started during debate on a reso lution demanding increased subsidies for compulsory education. BIRTH CONTROL ADVOCATES KEEP UP THEIR FIGHT “The rich are not interested in the public necessity of birth control edu- cation,” says Dr. Rachel Yarros, “be- cause they get all the information they need from their private physi- cians. It is the poor we are trying to protect by. our efforts.” This was the woman physician’s comment on the latest decision in Chi- cago’s birth control war in which the city health commissioner is trying to choké' off thé public distribution by a! free clinic of information that will permit normal married life without the fear of unwanted children. The commissioner claims that immorality among the young and unmarried may result. An appellate court decided that the commissioner may forbid a license if he desires. “Those who are not rich,” says Dr. Yarros, “often get no information from their doctors or inadequate or useless advice. Parents of two or three healthy promising children do not want to jeopardize the youngsters’ prospects of education and a start in life by having more babies come to take a‘slice of the limited income. Wives with heart trouble, tuberculosis or kidney ailments often risk their lives thru pregnancy. It is frequent- ly also a supreme matter of health to avoid pregnancy. Some’ become temporarily insane at each child- birth. They could lead normal happy married lives and be'a blessing in- stead of a burden to their families if they and their husbands had the simple information necessary to pre- vent conception.” Free literature is distributed by the national organization, the American Birth Control League, 104 Fifth, Ave., New York City. Once in 60 Years. VANDALIA, Ill, Feb. 4.—A. J. Bu- ser, aged 73, was killed today when he was struck by a Pennsylvania freight train while crossing the tracks near the Vandalia station. Buser was in the hardware business here for 30 years. He had crossed the crossing where he was killed al- most every day for more than a half a century. AND THEY HAVEN'T CHARGED YET THAT IT 1S A ‘RED PLOT’ BOSTON, Feb. of Hundreds of pupils in two public schools were endangered today by a bomb ex- plosion. A boy, cleaning the room of a man who had died in a Warrenton street lodging house, found a pipe- shaped instrument and tossed it out of a window. It exploded with a roar, shattering many windows In the neighborhood. Page Three dustrial Worker,” workers. * periled. Year after year its precarious life was always sustained by the loyal mass of members who looked upon as their expression and who believed in it as they believed in the principle of the class struggle. The Basic Cause. Today, the “Industrial Worker” is in danger, only because the mass of members no longer receive it as their expression, but as an opponent of what they believe in, as a censor gagged organ of a clique. Only because the workers have lost faith and lost confidence in the “In- dustrial Worker,” only when the mem- bers of the I. W. W., to whom it is supposed to belong, reject it as alien to their ideas, could the capitalist class dare to strike the blow. Quite a time ago, the “Industrial Worker” began advertising a boycott against a certain business place of Seattle, called “Our House.” It is not in the scope of this committee to dis- cuss. the merits of this particular boy- cott. Errors of Policy. It is only obvious, however, that in the craze of the I. W. W. to ignore political questions, and to turn every- thing into an “economic” action, the fellow workers of the northwest fail- ed to make the release of the Cen- tralia victims a paramount political is- sue and, instead, turned to the mere fruitless and alleged “economic” task of punishing some particular bour- geois—without, take note, any realis- tic conception that a consumers’ boy- cott is only a weak and usually futile substitute for organized strike action at the point of production. But whatever the mistakes of the I. W. W. in laying down the boycott on “Our House” or any other bour- geois, the Red International Affiliation Committee declares that the recent injunction asked for by “Our House” against the “Industrial Worker” to give control of the paper, the paper of the workers, into the hands of the capitalist class, this injunction must be fought against tooth and nail by every worker, member of the I. W. W. or not. ‘The “Our House” injunction is as damnable a blow at the work- ing class as was the injunction asked for by Jim Rowan against the I. W. W. Impossible Leadership. Every worker, every member of the I. W. W. must rally to the sup- port of the “Industrial Worker” and save it for the working class. It is a sign of the utter incompetence of the present general executive board, and the criminal spleen of the general secretary treasurer, pro tem, that when appealed to in behalf of saving the “Industrial Worker” they refuse all assistance, and manifest a cynical indifference toward the life of a pa- per which is the embodiment of the sacrifices of the workers of the north- west. And this, merely because they are opposed to its present policy. It is. sufficiently well known that the Red International Affiliation Com- mittee is completely opposed to the policy of the “Industrial Worker” as it has been for some years. The “Industrial Worker” under the guid- ance of stupid ignoramuses of fanatic sectarianism, has become the shame- ful mouthpiece of Russian counter- revolution, of slander against the workers’ and peasants’ Soviet, of hackneyed capitalist lies, of pacifism in the class struggle, of hair-brained philosophies against the dictatorship of the proletariat and continuous mis- representation of the Red Internation- al of Labor Unions and the Commun- ists. Save the Paper; Change Its Policy. Against such ideas, which are dan- gerous to and against the interests of the working class, the Red Interna- tional Affiliation Committee has not ceased to struggle. We urge that those branches which are mistakenly withholding funds and assistance from the “Industrial Worker” imme- diately reconsider and render the pa- per every support, demanding, how- ever, that a complete reversal of pol- icy be guaranteed as follows: 1. No support of Rowan, his in- junction or “Emergency Program” calling for split—or any other split in the I. W. W. 2. No attacks on Soviet Russia or any other workers’ organizations, political or industrial. 3. No more pacifism and non-resist- ance, but class struggle. 4, No cen- sorship against any member of the I. W. W. writing upon policy. 56. That THE REAL STORY OF HERRIN 43 The DAILY WORKER is sending a correspondent, to “Williamson cownty to get the real story of Herrin—inter- views, sketches; investigations of the forces at work. in and the background story of the struggle that has given the name of “Bloody Williamson” to the coal district round about ‘Herrin, Illinois. shortly in subsequent issues. The stories will appear SAVE THE “INDUSTRIAL WORKER” WHILE CHANGING ITS POLICIES, SAY RED INTERNATIONALISTS The Red International Affiliation Committee of the Industrial Work- ers of the World has issued the following statement upon the struggle going on in Seattle between a capitalist business concern and the “In- against which an injunction and damages have been asked which will give it into the hands of capitalist enemies of the EVOLUTIONARY workers everywhere should be alarmed at the danger | now threatening the existence of the paper known as the Worker,” published by the I. W. W. at Seattle, Washington. Established many years ago as a militant fighting organ of the I, W. W. in the days when that organization was the unquestional leader of the revo- lutionary struggle in America, the “In- + dustrial Worker” is now gravely im- | “Industrial | “NOT GUILTY,” BY BLATCHFORD, WANTED A fellow worker in Walla Walla penitentiary, one of the numerous I. W. W. prisoners, wants a copy of Robert Blachford’s book “Not Guil- ty.” Can any reader of the T. U. E. L. section supply this want? The book is out of print as far as we know. If you have a copy, donate It to the cause. Send it in to the T. U. E. L. office, 1113 W. Washing- ton Bivd., Chicago, Iil., and we will forward it to this victim of the class struggle. it print the appeals and statements of the Red International of Labor Un-| ions in full. Beat the Injunction! But there can be no hesitancy in the minds of revolutionary workers. | The “Industrial Worker’ must be} saved! The “Our House” injunction must be defeated decisively! ery | worker should support the “Industrial Worker” in its fight against capital- ism, Every I. W. W. must see that his branch send all available funds— that it pay the bills now owing the paper, Every I. W. W. should also demand that the general headquar- ters cease its sabotage and aid in saving the “Industrial Worker.” “very worker must aid the “Indus- trial Worker” while it fights against capitalism. And must demand that it then continue to fight against capital- ism, and not against Soviet Russia, the R. I. L, U. and the Communist movement. Brownsville Open Forum. NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—On Sunday evening, Feb. 8, Comrade Israel Am- ter will deliver a lecture on “The White Terror in Europe,” at the Brownsville Workers Hall, 1844 Pit- kin Ave., Brooklyn. The capitalist and “socialist” press is constantly harping upon the fact that there are political prisoners in Soviet Russia, and always forget about the political prisoners in all capitalist countries. Comrade Amter will show the difference in number and kind of prisoners, and why those in capitalist jails are there. The forum is under the auspices of the Brownsville Section committee of the Workers Party. Another Appeal for Cook. FORT. WORTH, Texas, Feb. 4.— Attorney for Dr. Frederick A. Cook, whose sentence to federal prison for | fraudulent oil stock promotion was | affirmed yesterday by the appellate court at New Orleans, were preparing today to appeal, probably to the Unit- ed States supreme court, it was an- nounced. HAVE A HEART! Put Your Interest For Our COMMUNIST CHILDREN INTO ACTION Come to The JUNIORS’ DANCE FEB. 14, 1925 Workers’ Lyceum | were | commissioner’s office. CAMPAIGN ON FOR ELECTIONS TO CITY COUNCIL Comenuiiel. Comdillates in Seven Wards Petitions to place seven aldermanic candidates endorsed by the Workers (Communist) Party, local Chicago, filed last week in the election The elections are to take place on February 24. The seven candidates are Victor aitis, 11th ward; Louis Cejka, 22nd ward; Hyman Epstein, 24th ward; Nicholas Dozenberg, 28th ward; Harry Brooker, 84th ward; J. Louis Engdahi, 356th ward; J. W. Johnstone, 44th ward. This is a pretty good job thus far and now the election campaign can “ take on a new phase. Meetings are being arranged in the respective wards and the program upon which the candidates are running and which was printed in The DAILY WORKER is being distributed by the tens of thousands in the shops, factories, mills and houses. A Communist Program. The election program of the can- didates endorsed by the Workers (Communist) Party is one which ful- fills the immediate as well as the tu- ture requirements of the exploited workers of Chicago and as such should serve to bring more workers to the Communist standard. Many comrades were on the job Zo | in getting the petitions to place the ndidates on the ballot filled out with signatures. Now that that job is over, the party organization expects even greater co-operation and effort from all of the party and Young Workers’ League members in the sup- port of the election meetings and wide distribution of literautre. Literature Distribution Planned. A systematic plan of distribution te cover the entire city is being worked out and no doubt, before the election campaign is over thousands of work- ers will know what the Communists have to offer in the way of solution of problems of unemployment, wage cuts, child labor, housing, race dis crimination, contract letting, govern- ment by injunction, use of police against the workers on strike, the right of the workers to vote regard- less of so-called citizenship and many other issues put forward by the Com- munist candidates. Debate Shows Workers Want Neither Dollar Democracy Nor Kings An interesting debate was held at Trachniak Hall, Noble and Huron Sts., on the question “How Should Ukrainia Be Ruled?” Three speakers, one for the Soviet Ukrainian, one for a “de mocracy,” and one for a Hetman (one- man rule—king) defended their po- sitions. About 300 people packed the hall and listened attentively to the speak- ers. A short discussion followed in which the audience participated. Then the vote was taken. Poor old “democracy” did not get any votes at all. The Hetman rule re- ceived only one vote from its defend- er. All the rest of the people in the hall voted for the Soviet form of government. Comrade Kniazevich defended the Soviets. Fliers Reach Goal. DAKAAR, French West Africa, Feb. 4.—The Frenchmen Aarchard and Lamitre bettered the world’s non-stop aeroplane record whem they landed here this afternoon. * The unofficial flying time of the French fliers was twenty-four hours and 51 minutes. ACT NOW AT ONCE READ THE DAILY WORKER International Workers’ Ald Segd Contributions to 208 &, YOU WILL BE THERE! Where? JOINT BAZAAR of course! Concert and Enter. tainment Every Evening! February 14: Saturday Afternoon “Junior Day” February 14: Saturday Night Grand Costume Ball CAFETERIA REFRESHMENTS FUN Joint Bazaar LYCEUM, 86th Street and 3rd Avenue FEBRUARY 11-12-13-14 Labor Defense Counell 12th Street, New York City,