The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 7, 1925, Page 2

4 : i ean sere ete ml Page Two THE DAILY WORKER WANTS MILITARY DICTATORSHIP OVER WORKERS “War Emergency” Act Aimed at Labor (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D, C., Feb. 5.—How vicious a so-called “radical” scheme for alleged “conscription of both labor and capital” for war purposes may be, is shown by the provisions of the bill, much touted by the supposed “pro- gressives” of the LaFollette stripe, introduced by Congressman Royal Johnson of South Dakota. Here are some of the provisions of this bill: May Milltarize Strikers “Be It Enacted, That in the event of a national emergency declared by con- gress to exist, which in the judgement of the president demands the im- mediate increase of the military esta- blishment, the president be, and he hereby is, authorized to draft into the service of the United States such members of the unorganized militia as he may deem necessary; provided, that all persons drafted into service between the ages of 21 and 30, or such other limits as the president may fix, shall be drafted without exemption on account of industrial occupations.” That last sentence permits the mili- tarization of all shops, mines and other industrial establishments, in case of wage demands. President Dictator Over Wages The bill proceeds to authorize the president, in case of war or when the president thinks war is imminent, “to determine, proclaim and conscript the material resources, industrial organ- izations, and services over which gov- ernment control, is necessary to the successful termination of such emerg- ency,” and he may control these re- Sources as may suit his judgment. Further, he is authorized to take “such steps as may be necessary to stabilize prices of services and of all commodities declared to be essential, whether such services and commodi- ties are required by the government or by the civilian population.” If that means anything, it means that wages may be held down by White House decree, while living prices go up, as was the case during the past war, when the “Food Control Act,” instead of restraining profiteers and keeping down living costs, allow- ed Hoover ang his crew of “dollar a year” pafriots"from the Chicago pack- ing house ring, to fix it so the packers and other profiteers cleaned up im- mense profits. ORGANIZED FINKS INFEST RUBBER TOWN OF AKRON AKRON, 0.—A complete contract, the first signed with any company in the bitterly anti-union Akron district has been signed with the Tuscan Tire and Rubber Co. covering wages, hours and conditions. A Dealer in Rats. Such complete industrial espionage has been instituted that so far little headway has been made in Akron— this firm signed voluntarily. Shortly after the unionization of the plant, the manager was offered the help. of the Corporation Service bureau of Cleveland, an industrial spy outfit, in stamping out the union. Having voluntarily signed the union agreement, the manager turned the letter over to the secretary of the Akron Central Labor council. Parts of the letter follow: “Weare prepared to furnish you with skilled rubber workers, who are thoroly trained as investigators, and who are capable of working among your em- Ployes for the’ purpose of getting definite information on this subject _ for: you, and moreover, for the pur- pose of directly combatting what- ever forces may be working against you. ‘aere is no means by wu.ch or- ganized labor can be so successfully combatted as by the use of proper secret service. “Entree” in Labor Unions. “You can readily appreciate that by » having @ large number of operatives employed in practically all of the dif- ferent walks of life, that we are nat- urally a clearing house for informa- tion. There is hardly a labor organ- ization of prominence where we do not have an entree.” POLITICS is a most interesting game .. . and labor politics is more so. You will learn many angles of if trom “A Conference of Progr: ive Reactionaries” by Alexander Bitteiman ‘in the February issue of the Workers Monthly. If you don’t aubscribe—you surely will after | Peading this article in order to get others of such interest. NEW MORGAN MERGER MAKES RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION OF THE SOUTH PROSPECT OF IMMEDIATE FUTURE NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 5—The Morgan banking interests are at work on a gigantic scheme for the industrialization of the south by merging under Morgan’s financial control a whole series of corporations of the Birming- ham, Georgia, district into a vertical monopoly covering steel, iron ore, coal, chemicals, fertilizers and the electric power of Muscle Shoals. Monopolist capitalism is throwing its financial tentacles around the natural and human resources of the south, ending all remnants of feudal agrarian control and reducing to the common divisor of + industrial wage slavery the popula- tion, both white and black. SmaN Mergers Finally to Be One. Negotiations now on depict the plan as one of the greatest of mergers, far excelling the combination made by the Morgan. financial ring previously in the Van Sweringen (Nickel Plate) railroad merger. The definite plan is withheld by close-lipped bankers, and in its fullest is known only to a few of these. The completion of the com- bine may take some time, and a series of preliminary small mergers may be expected which will lead eventually to one giant monopoly. Among the companies mentioned as the first ones to enter into the new combine, or into the first series of combines, are the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company, the Woodward Iron company, the Gulf States Steel company, the International Agricul- tural Chemical corporation and the Tennessee Chemical and Copper com- pany. A Four Billion Dollar Trust. These are to be finally consolidated with the United States Steel corpora- tion into the most gigantic monopoly of America. The U. S. Steel corpora- tion is a two billion dollar concern, and with the new combine to be final- ly effected, a four billion dollar cor- poration will result in the most pow- erful combination in the world. All these mergers and the super- merger are to be based upon another basic monopoly of electric power from Muscle Shoals. Electricity is to play an increasingly important role in steel manufacture, and the Birmingham dis- trict, the heart of the new combina- tion, could easily be served with pow- er by transmission lines from Muscle Shoals, the power itself, of course, be- ing furnished by @ subsidiary part of the new corporation. The Birmingham District. The Birmingham district has been selected as the field for immediate development, banking interests hav- ing long coveted its natural resourc- es as a steel manufacturing center, particularly for developing an enlarg- ed export trade. Birmingham has the advantage over the Pittsburgh district of great de- posits of raw materials in its own area, and also proximity to the sea- board, with water transport to the seaboard by way of Warrior river. Then cheap water haulage is possible via the Panama Canal to the west coast of both North and South Ameri- ca and to the far east, with cheap water transport possible to all for- eign markets. Not the least item is the resource of man power in the fairly plentiful supply of cheap unor- ganized labor of the extreme south, Combines’ Stock Going Up. That the great banking interests of Morgan are actively working on the project is apparent in the stock move- ment during recent days of the se- curities of the companies mentioned. Tremendous buying is quietly going on in all of them, and some have ad- vanced in spectacular fashion, Tuesday, the common stock of the Sloss-Sheflleld Steel and Iron com- pany jumped up on the New York ex- change to 96, or 944 points from Sat- urday and 11 from last week's lowest point. Common stock of the Wood- ward Iron company is up 10 points from last week. Gulf States Steel is up 5% points and the others also have been boosted. Educate Yourself for the Struggle— Attend the Open Forum. * : Silk Workers’ Union A . Plans Organization * : Campaign in East PATERSON, N. J., Feb. 5.—Asso- elated Silk Workers’ Union is now na- tionally organized and will conduct campaigns among silk workers in Al- jentown, Bethlehem and other Penn- sylvania towns, in New York and Con- necticut as well as continuing in Pat- erson, National headquarters will be main- tained at 201 Market street, Paterson. Organizers are now working out plans for affiliating independent locals and forming new ones in the Associated, When you buy, for the DAILY t an “Ad” ORKER. 200 NEW MEMBERS WON FOR PARTY AT N.Y, LENIN MEMORIAL The Workers Party of District No. 2, extends its heartiest thanks to all who helped to make the Len- in Memorial meeting at Madison Square Garden, February 1, a great success, The Workers Party gain- ed 200 new members thru this meet- ing. ‘ We request all party branches, other organizations and individ to eettle for tickets immedia' that we can close our accounts for this affair. Charles Krumbein, District Organizer, Dist. Ne. 2 HERRIOT FORCES DIVIDED OVER VATICAN ISSUE Premier’s Compromise Splits Liberals (Special to The Dally Worker) PARIS, Feb. 5.—Herriot’s com- promise on the quarrel with the Vatican drove another wedge into the left bloc which presages the early fall of the present government. The French state and the Holy See, but Vatican was suppressed, thus official- ly severing the final tie between the Franch state and the Holy see, but by agreeing to maintain a charge d’af- faires at the Vatican to look after the affairs of Alsace-Loraine, the left ele- ments fear that the suppression of the embassy means nothing but a gesture, Radical Socialists Herriot announced that he would ask a credit of 58,000 francs to main- tain the charge d'affaires and some members of the radical socialist party to which the premier belongs refused to vote this credit, The catholic church is organizing the opposition of the backward peas- antry in Brittany against the govern- ment, The military leader of the catholics is General de Castelnau, who is also the leader of the fascisti. HOOSIER SOLONS APPROVE BILL AIMED AT POPE “Ls Would Prohibit Teach- * * ar ing in Religious Garb INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 5.—The anti-catholic forces in the hi show- ed surprising strength today when that body adopted a minority report indorsing the bill prohibiting the wearing of distinctive religious garb by teachers in the public schools. The motion favorable to the bill was passed 64 to 27. The measure, as sponsored by Rep- resentative Clyde F. Cooper, republi- can, Terre Haute, has been generally considered an anti-catholic bill. It would prevent teachers wearing re- ligious garments which would impress upon the pupils the religion of the wearer. The bill was submitted fol- lowing withdrawal of a former mea- sure in which wearing of religious symbols by instructors also was bar- red. New Haven Comrades Hold Demonstration For Lenin Memorial NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 5.—The New Haven Lenin memorial meeting Sunday, Feb, 1, was a splendid tribute to the memory of our leader, Nicolai Lenin. Hermansohn’s Hall was packed as at no party meeting before. Over 450 workers attended. Enthusiasm ran high, as the achieve- ments of the Russian revolution recounted. The speech by Alexander Chramov, in Russian, was well re ceived on his first appearance in New Haven at a meeting of this kind. The speaker in English was the district organizer, William Simons, who after reviewing Lenin’s life, men- tioned the recently published soctal- democratic treaty with Horthy as a sign of that treacherous collaboration with the bourgeoisie which was fought by Lenin all his life. He re- viewed the accomplishments of the party during the last year, and made a plea to all class conscious workers to join the party. The program arranged was the best of its kind. Comrade Sophie Hubel- bank, of the Junior group of the Young Workers League, added lustre to the group by her recitation, “To Labor.” The Maennerchor gave two numbers. The Schiffrin sisters gave violin and singing selections, which were admired by all. The Jewish branch of the socialist party deliberately planned an enter- tainment for that night, but the won- derful attendance at the Lenin meet- ing and the few present at theirs, shows the spirit of the Jewish worker in New Haven. Wheat $1.92'4; Off 7%% Cents. May wheat suffered another setback todgy and closed on the Chicago board of trade at $1.92%, a loss of 7% cents a bushel compared with the closing price on Wednesday, July wheat drop- ped to $1.62%, a loss of 4% cents a bushel. Spend Your Sunday Evening at the Open Forum, nme fle } SHERIFF LEAVES FE 10 END "KILLINGS Agrees to Suspend Exer- cise of Power (Special to The Dally Worker) SPRINGFIBLD, Il, Feb. 5.—Sherift George Galligan, of Williamson coun- ty, agreed to emporarily quit his. of- fice and the county at a conference to- day between himself and Governor Small. Galligan has not resigned, but agreed to a temporary suspension of the exercise of his power. Galligan’s decision was made dur- ing a discussion here between the two rival factions fh an effom to bring peace and order to “bloody William- son county” where a total of 14 lives have been snuffed’ out in shootings growing out of ku klux klan raids. Galligan agreed to turn over his of- fice to Deputy Sheriff Rendall G, Parks, giving Parks full and absolute control without interference. He fur- ther agreed to revoke all special depu- ty sheriffs’ warrants outstanding ex- cept the regular deputies authorized by the county board of supervisors and himself to leave the county im- mediately amd remain away until such a time that the governor sees fit to permit his return. To Stop Gun Toting. A commission representing the klan agreed to cancellation of permission to carry weapons. Hundreds had been armed by permission of justices of the peace merely on application and upon the payment of a stipulated fee. The klan spokesman also agreed to abandon the practice of conducting raids, leaving such operation entirely within the hands of properly constitut- ed authorities. After announcement had been made at Harrisburg, ML, that Mrs. S. Glenn Young of Herrin, widow of the slain klan raider, was to appear at a local theater Friday afternoon and deliver a lecture, members of the opposing faction here Miced they would have Mrs. Ora Thomas, widow of De- puty Sheriff } speak a few days later. As the news spread, citizens began to express disapproval of either wo- man speaking here. Mayor Patterson and Sheriff Smallwent to leaders of both factions and ordered both ad- dresses cancelled, which was done. The agreement in’ which Galligan consented to “step*aside” was signed by himself, Governor Len Small, At- torney General Oscar HE. Carlistrom, Adjutant an board of supervisora, They also sign- ed the agreement for the klansmen. BREAD GOST AND UNEMPLOYMENT MOUNT IN ITALY (Spectal to The; Daily Worker) ROME, Italy, Feb. 5.—There were 130,445 unemployed workers thruout italy on Jan. 1, 1925, the official sta- tistics of the fascisti show. The fas- cisti figures show that at the end of November, 135/785 persons were out of work, The price of bread here has in- creased two lire 10 centimes per 2.20 pounds. Wheat has gone up from 185 lire per 220.46 pounds to 200 lire, and is still going up in price. The re-opening of the chamber of deputies has been postponed. At first it was announced that the chamber would be opened about Feb. 10, but now the fascisti press announces that the chamber will not open before the end of February. One of the first bills on which there will be heated disenssion is expected to be the press control bill. The sen- ate has passed several amendments to the Mussolini electoral bill. The split betweem the Piedmont fascisti and the of the fascist par- ty has widened. fascist deputies with large local followings have re- signed trom the faseisti party. At a meeting in Alexandria these fascist! and their followers expressed open dissent with the aims of the directorate of thé’ fascist party, and declared their intention of establish- ing a separate fascist organization. The leaders'of the withdrawing movement are ties Torre, Boido, Rebora, and Gemelli, All but Gamelli resigned from the fascist party. Ga- mell! also resigned trom the chamber of deputies. ' _—— Russian Crops on Increase. MOSCOW, Feb. 5. — No anxiety should be felt with regard to the con- dition of the winter crops in Russia at the present juncture, was stated by Mr. Latais, member of the collegium of People’s commissariat of agriculture. The total area sown under these crops exceeds last year’s by about 4.8 per cent, while in some places, in Ukraine, for instance, the area is more than 6.6 péY cent larger than in 1928-24. The weather conditions up till now have on whole been quite favorable; it not been excessively cold, and there been plenty of snow to cover the winter sowings. kh pn ee Soviet Russia Was Right As Usual; the Geneva Opium Meet Blows ‘Up By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL TOPAY the profiteers are hanging crepe on the Opium Conference that has been meeting at Geneva, Switzer- land. This development comes as predicted. Great Britain, at the head of the “Opium Block,” is successful in opposing any interference with this lucrative business, that also helps her subject hundreds of millions of peoples, in Egypt, India, China and other lands to her imperialist will. * Soviet Russia refused to participate in the Geneva opium debate. Its spokesmen months ago declared that no sincere measures would be taken against the drug traffic. It was shown that nothing would be done by nations whose com- mercial and financial interests are largely bound up in the trade. The verdict of Soviet Rule against the Opium Con- ference was summed up in these words: “The drug conference cannot—to judge by the work of its pre- paratory committee—yield positive results of any kind whatsoever. “The government of the Union of Soviet Soclalist Republics has come to the conclusion that in connection with the task undertaken of fighting the cpread of opium and other drugs, the various states are striving to satisfy their own commercial interests and gain material, benefits. Under such circumstances, Soviet Russia considers that its Participation in these committees or conferences would be useless.” *. *¢ & & Members of the American delegation at Geneva, notably Representative Stephen G. Porter, have paraded as enemies of opium. But their position may be regarded as anti-British rather than anti-opium. The American program “to reduce production of opium to — medical and scientific needs” won the support of the anti-British delegates from China and Egypt. But little was said about American ambitions to use this support for the advancement of the imperialist ambitions of the United States in the orient. That will come later. Four other nations were willing to accept the American program in “principle”; but as usual with the nullifying re- servations. The Greeks wanted to consult Athens. p Bog Slavia has a lucrative traffic of her own and wants it pro- tected. Persia wants to be bought off, by whom is not clear- ly seen. Turkey also wants some renumeration for chang- ing from the planting of poppies, from which opium is secured, to other crops like sugar beats. India comes out with a flat-footed rejection of the American program on the round of “unwarranted interference with domestic. prob- lems.” Her poppy fields must not be touched. To be sure, it is not the workers and farmers of these different nations that speak. It is their respective ruling classes, that are as much interested in keeping the masses in leash to their rule, as British imperialism is anxious to lord it over all. att : The British plan to meet the opium problem is charac- teristic of the big business out! at rules in the foreigi office in London. The plan would create a monopoly for drug-producing countries, including certain British domin- ions and colonies, which would be able to raise prices at their own discretion. This sounds like the business ethics of the American steel or oil trusts. ** ¢ & Not until the profit incentive is taken out of the opium traffic, as Soviet Russia points out, will it be possible to solve the world drug problem, This urge will not disappear until the social system—capitalism—that breeds it, as been overthrown. When International Soviet Rule has been estab- lished, then it will be possible to hold the first effective Anti- Drug World Conference. In the meantime Soviet Russia will continue to point the way. DOHENY’S OILY DOLLARS SMOOTH WAY IN MEXICO Petroleum King Extols President Calles (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5.—Edward L. Doheny is not losing much sleep over the Teapot Dome and Elk Hill oil liti- gation. A dinner given in honor of the oil king by his general manager, was attended by the elite of Mexican society and by members of the diplo- matic corps. The staff of the United States embassy was invited, but had other engagements. It was whispered however, that this did not mean any hostility on the part of the U. S. gov- ernment towards Doheny, but that the presence of Coolidge representatives at such an affair would give a handle to the democrats to reopen the Tea- pot Dome controversy in the senate. To Operate on Constitution. Doheny has informed newspaper re- porters that he expects the famous ar- ticle 87 of the Mexican constitution, which nationalizes Mexican mineral resources to be soon abolished. The oil magnate is loud in his praise of the Calles government and declared that he had loaned Mexico much mon- ey and would continue that policy as long as the government showed a friendly attitude towards the oil in- terests. JURY PROBING DEATH OF 7 IN FATAL FIRE MAKES LITTLE HEADWAY Defective electric wiring caused the fire at 5832 Blackstone avenue, which killed seven people, John T. Miller, commissioner of gas and electricity told the coroner’s inquest yesterday. The inquest, made up of five fire in- surance business men and one doctor, has emphasized probing the immedi- ate cause of the fire. The effect of the age of the building and inadequate fire escapes, has not been dwelt upon by the inquest, which is meeting in room 900, county building. Two girls, Libby Anderson and Laura Karsgaard, who disappeared shortly after the fire, are expected to appear and give their testimony this morning. PROFITEER POT AND PATRIOTEER RETTLE, QUARREL War Baby and Tax Dodging Contest (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.— Colonel George Harvey announces in an edi- torial that he now, for the first time, disgustedly and unhesitatingly sees in the official French discussion of the Pret debts in the past week a sneaking desire to ultimately repudi- ate that debt, © He refers bitterly to the war pro- fiteering fortune piled up by Lou cheur, former finance minister at Paris, and to the tax dodging policy of the French, ~ “We are considerate,” he con- “we want (o help; but we will put up with no more nonsense, “Does France mean business? », “America must know—and soon,” Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, February 28. Muscle Shoals Again WASHINGTON, . Feb. 5.—A new compromise for the disposition of the Muscle Shoals property has been reached by thé senate and house con- ferees, Senator Keyes, republican of New Hampshire and Representative Me- Kenzie, republican of Ilinois, mem- bers of the conference committee call- ed at the White House today and sub- mitted the new plan to President Cal. 18° 1A ut 30TH CAPITALIST PARTIES WORKING FOR POWER TRUST Muscle Shoals a New Teapot Dome (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5.—The possibility is that congress will be called into special session during the summer to make some. gestures to- ward aiding the farmers, but chiefly to dispose of the Muscle Shoals’ pow- er plant to the Morgan combine— which has plenty of influence in both the republican and democratic. par ties. All Roads Lead to Wall Street, The southern delegations in both houses of congress are thirsting to hand the gigantic power resources of the shoals over to Morgan, and their enthusiasm—altho democrats—is run- ning neck and neck with the republi- cans of the north, All and sundry are working hard for Morgan, This may be seen by the following exam- ples: Underwood and Heflin, both of Ala- bama, and both of course, democrats, are busy as the very devil with one of Morgan's best republican public utility grabbers, Senator McKinley of IIli- nois, who was put on the conference “ to draft the plan which will put Muscle Shoals into Morgan’s hands, An Electric’ Teapot Dome. And then Pat Harrison, democrat, who sounded the horns of scandal over the republican scandal of Tea- pot Dome, is as thick as thieves with the arch reactionary Senator Smoot, Utah republican, to put over a bigger steal than Teapot Dome by giving Muscle Shoals over to the Morgan power trust. RUSS COMMISSAR SAYS IMPORTS WILL INCREASE (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Feb. 5.—In an interview on the economic and financial pros- pects of the U. 8. S. R. for 1925 Sokol- nikoff, people’s commissary of finance, Stated, that it was proposed to pro- mote imports and that 48 million roubles were assigned for this pur- pose, this sum to be subsequently in- creased. In spite of the failure to raise a Joan in England, it is expected that the total import and export turn- over in 1925 will reach the .milliard’ roubles mark, so that the non-receipt of credits’ from England will not materially affect the supplying of the Russian home market. Now Money in Circulation Touching on the subject of fiduciary circulation, Sokolnikoff declared that while any new issuance of treas- ury notes was absolutely out of the . question, bank notes would further be issued by the state bank of the U. S. S. R. in a quantity correspond- ing to the growing commercial turn- over of the country. This larger vol- ume of money in circulation, he added, is but another proof of sounder con- ditions of the economic life of Soviet republics. In conclusion, the people’s commis- sary of finance told his interviewer's that it was contemplated to lower certain taxes, more particularly the rate of the agricultural tax. Drop World Court WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—After two hours discussion, the senate foreign relations committee today indefinitely Postponed further action at this session on world court legislation. Senator Swanson, democrat of Vir- ginia, author of the regolution to ac- cept the Harding-Coolidge-Hughes plan, announced he would not “press for action longer either in committee or in the senate.” : ving Cross Word Puzzles? Aren't the workers crazy enough already? If you have any ideas use them in bringing custom- ers to the Red Revel Ball, Feb. 28, at 37 S. Ashland Avenue the Daily Worker _ Workers Monthly can be purchased at E Bus Station, 508 W. 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