The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 13, 1925, Page 1

Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER’ for 1925! Vol. Il. No. 28. DAILY it Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the: Post Office at Chicago, Ilfnols under the Act of March. 3, 1879. << In Chicago by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicage, by mail, $6.00 per year. COMMUNISTS FIGHT MANO, TO SUBSCRIPTION RATES: as we ¢ , , »,,@QN WORKERS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1925 FRANCO-BRITISH — Bit «' “TKE JOBS , NEGOTIATIONS IN By CARL, SKOGLUND, (Special to The Daily Worker? MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb, 11.—The Hennep! tee of the farmer-labor federation at its regular m the question of expelling Communists and of call! the federation on March 19. Mahoney, the state ch the state secretary, were present to defend the un March 20. Among other things Mahoney made a statem not sincere and made a great complaint against e party who had taken part in building the farn organizing the June 17 convention. An attack was made by the Commun- ists on the state executive committee for their usurpation of power in ex- pelling two regularly elected members of that committee because of their membership in the Workers Party. Both Mahoney and Harmon took the floor and stated the committee had never contemplated expelling J. 0, Johnson or C. R. Hedlund and in their speech they tried to crawl out of the hole that they found themselves in when they had to face the Tae and file. They boldly stated “in spite” of statements issued to the press the. day following the meeting of the state committee by Mr. Mahoney these comrades were never expelled. Getting Seated Another Question Mahoney and Harmon both spoke defending the unity conference called for March 20 and stated that the rep- resentation from trade unions and other working class organizations would not be impaired. The sole aim, so they said, was to secure rep- resentation from.the farming coun- ties in the state, which according to them, did not have any faith in the industrial workers in the cities, They also stated. Communists can be elect- ed as delegates to this state confer- ence, but that the convention will have to decide as to whether they will be seated. To any worker who has participat- ed in movements of this kind it be- comes quite apparent that the state- ments made by these officials were pure. camouflage thrown out to de ceive those in attendence at the meet- ing. As a matter of fact the conven- tion is iron bound against rank and r ‘Conveittion of Cadkrehchees Delegates can be elected from Hen- nipin, Ramsey, and.St. Louis countic which are the principle industrial dis- tricts of the state, who support the farmer-labor federation, but accord- ing to the terms of the call, the farm- er-labor politicians, cockroach busi- tess men, bankers, etc., who gather in the various outlying counties can elect their representative to the convention who in turn cast the vote allotted to his county. By this method neither the workers or farmers can control this convention—it will be a conven- tion of middle class politicians. Mahoney and Harmon are develop- ing a line of strategy which they hope will pacify the left wing elements un- til after the March 20, convention. They realize that a concerted attack by all real working class elements CARPENTERS’ LOCAL 19, DETROIT, MAKES HUTCHESON OPPOSITION UNANIMOUS; LAWYER IS OUSTED (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Feb. 11—Carpenters’ Local Union No. 19 went on record as to its attitude towards Czar Hutcheson’s expulsion policy today after the reactionaries had held down the lid for a month by arbitrary control. After President Ball, following the bureaucracy’s policy, had refused to recognize a motion and an appeal from his decision, a brother lost patience and gently lifted him from him chair, while the appeal was put by the vice-president. After this little expression of sentiment, President Ball “saw the point” and could almost anticipate the will of the ¢#————______________ body in his zeal to serve it, day, Feb. 26, Lawyer Carson of In- Support Reynolds. dianapolis, Sam Botterill and Shar- With the lid once off, a resolution|Ock, were hooted and jeered at the London again after his Fe fits visit to the Bermudas. J. H. Thomas former Colonial minister returned with him. Both have improved in health, so the papers say but the same cannot be said for their political prospects, Since the labor government moved its furniture ou of Downing street, in- teresting developments have taken place in England, developments that do not promise to place much to the credit side of MacDonald's ledger. ** ‘HE British trade union delegation that went to Russia to see what it could see, has returned, and with the exception of one, who has thrown his lot in with Emma Goldmann, they have unanimously agreed that Soviet Russia is making wonderful progress and that the workers and peasants fee] that they have a little heaven upon earth all their own since the ezar was turned into manure. se E delegates grabbed an eyeful of Russia and a headful of new ideas. When these ideas were imported into England, quite a hor- net’s nest was turned loose but the left: wing elements are in the lead and it looks as if unity between the Rus- sian unions and the trade union move- ment of the rest of the world, barring the benighted states of America, is now a foregone conclusion. =e 8 ‘'VERYTHING considered, events are moving rapidly in England and England is still the big frog in the Buropean capitalist puddle, Zino- viev delivered a speech in Moscow recently during which he said that it was quite likely England would make another attack on Russia in the near future thru Poland and Roumania. The British ruling class are the most accomplished and shameless liars on earth and the recent assurances given Rakovsky by the British tory foreign secretary, to the effect that England was not organizing hostile forces against Russia are not worth the breath on which they were carried. © Be Vu Soviet Russia by the British govern- ment either directly or thru its political ‘prostitutes, on the border of | tory. Russia, will be a very serious under- taking indeed, considering the fact that in the last elections seven million votes were cast for the labor party, and that the leadership of these’ masses is rapidly passing into the hands of that element which looks to strong friendly relations between the workers of England and Russia as of vital necessity. Britain fears on the other hand that unless she crushes Soviet Russia now, the propaganda of the Communist Inter- national in India and among the hundreds of millions of exploited British colonial slaves will bring the robber empire toppling to ruin. Like the religious fatalist, Britain is "damned if she does and damned if she don’t.” ity central commit- on Feb. 9 took up State convention of and Ralph Harmon, mference called for I NEW YORK 2,000 Men Out So Far Against Open Shop NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Attempts by the Iron League to use non-union men on the new Standard Oil sky-scraper going up at 26-30 Broadway and on 23 other New York buildings are re- ceiving a set back with the walk-out of ornamental iron. workers, riggers, derrick men and machinery movers. May Spread Strike Nearly 2,000 men are out of the call of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers and the union is’ con- sidering spreading the strike to other cities to include the men on all jobs of the‘Iron League members or their sub-contractors. In the meantime organizers are visiting the other centers and calling for iron workers tos tay away from New York till the strike is settled. Some Struck Jobs The Brooklyn court house and an addition to Bellevue Hospital, a city institution, are among the struck places and the Bank of America build- ing at Pine and William streets and the Knights of Columbus Temple at Prospect Park Plaza are alsa includ- ed. Only the iron workers are on strike bug other crafts. will be affect stoppage of, derrick ‘men halts. th hoisting of stone and thus holds up bricklaying operations. The walkout is called in support of the fight the structural steel men be- gan last spring for recognition of the union. The strike means that the men who do the grill work, the work on fire escapes, elevator enclosures and’ iron stairways; the derrick men who do the hoisting; the riggers who instal tanks, boilers and meeesinery, and the SECRECY SHROUD Conflicting I nterests Can’t Be Reconciled (Special to The Daily Worker) _ PARIS, Feb. 11.—While ‘hostile blasts from the foreign offices of the British and French governments keep the political atmosphere charged with electricity, secret negotiations have been going on between the two coun- tries for several weeks. Shrouded In Secrecy. So private have these negotiations been that even the governments of both countries outside of the lead- ing government officers on both sides and the necessary naval and military experts have not been let in on the developments. Unless England and France can li- quidate their differences, war between the two countries can no more be avoided than could the conflict be- tween Germany and England which broke out in 1914. Seasoned diplomats of the old school and political economists of the Marxian school agree that the conflicting interests of France and England cannot be reconciled. Both Deny Negotiations. The French and British govern: ments have both denied that negotia- tions are taking place, but it now definitely known that Lord Crewe, the British ambassador to Paris, and Herriot are the ringleaders. The proposal is that the military staffs of Britain, France and Belgium work out a common agreement for the defense of both countries against Ger- man aggression. Britain is no longer afraid of Germany, but France is. 8 are making every | France, however, feels that he alliance rank and file in aj with Czecho-Slovakia and Poland are |sufficient to enable her to take care of Germany, provided England remains neutral. This England is not liable to do, however. at Communists are own member of the federation and in tional: Seamen's Union, predicts an- other world war. He sees no altern- ative to such. a confilct in the next few years exeept a voluntary aban- donment; by the powers, of the Ver- salliles treaty, Untill. that:war ghall come, he as- serts, America and Europe will move steadily away from democra- cy and into fascism. With war, the armed forces may hand. Revolutions then, and despotism Of capitalist imperial- may be shaken. eir conference. They that ifthe March 20 pulled successfully developed for the li- federation, the left can then yell their vention of the far- mer-labor m, while they laugh up their with the new organ- ization in free pockets. Ramsay MacDonald initiated is caus- (Continued on page 2) Half Billion Dollar Bread Trust Sticks Finger in Chicago Pie WITH HERRIOT (Special to ‘The Daily Worker) PARIS, Feb./11.—After listening to ‘M. Blum and other high moguls of the socialist party, defend the united front with Herriot the socialist congress voted to continue the present alliance. There was some opposition to the present role of the parliamentary fraction of thersocialist party at the opening of the congress but it died a happy death under the blasts of Blum and others. On. Swapping Mules The main reasons given by Blum for his aversion to making a change were that it is bad policy to switch order once an army is on the march and secondly because the country in gen- eral would not understand the social- ists. Two very profund arguments indeed as any general not in his dot- age will admit. The socialist party of France under the generalship of Blum, is like its sister socialist parties, on the road to destruction and its leaderg are’ willing to allow it to perform the function of depositing them (the leaders) into the laps of the bourgeoisie. The country may not understand the socialists but the workers are learning tc under. stand them, thanks to their treachery and to the Communists. Dictatorship Was ‘ Light During 1924 Scab fron’ League Firms Members: of thé's¢ab Iron League against whom the Aght for union re- cognition. and “indééd union survival is being directly ‘ittied are the follow- ing, and the Iron Workers’ Union wishes all unioh'men of every. craft to note them’ Well! Levering and Gar- rigues, Post ani Mécord, Hedden Iron Construction compahy, Harris Struct- ural Steel company, A. E. Norton and company, Hinkle Iron Works, George A. Just company, Bigelow and Nich ols, Hay Foundary and Iron Works, McClintock and Marshall and Million Brothers. Disclosures of a startling nature may follow the federal trade commis- sion’s investigation of the merger of the Livingston bakeries of Chicago and the Calumet Baking company of Hammond with the Continental Bak- ing corporation, it was reported last night. Nearly a score of agents of the fed- eral trade commission are investigat- ing the merger and the price of bread. The Continental Baking corporation is a $500,000,000 concern, incorporated in Delaware. Threatened Strike Gains Chilean Port Workers 60 Pct. Raise VALPARAISO, Chile, Feb. 11— A threatened ‘Strike of Chilean customs hotise employes in all ports was avert- Build the DAILY WORKER! ee ‘HE members of the United States army may be interested to know that their business is now on a cash basis and that its activities are boom- ing, if we are to believe the headlines in the New York Times. Not 80 comforting is the news that 83 na- tional cemeteries are now maintained in the United States and eight in Burope. Cemeteries like warships are intended for use and not for ornament. But according to the patriots, all soldiers use up most of their mental energy wishing for an opportunity to die, so the prospect of getting into a good properly gardenered cemetery will appeal to their sense of the seen fitness of things, ed a 60 per cent increase in salaries. (Special to The bibsa bd to support Local Union 2140 in sus-|88me time being told to get out of OU may have heard of the] aining Reynolds in his membership} the meeting and stay out. Three new Says Last Report Chemical Warfare Service. Ii] ind rights, condemning Hutcheson’s| ‘delegates who line up with the left NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 11— A sharp decline «in interference with civil rights is reported by the Amer- ican Civil Liberties Union in a survey of conditions durisig 1924 as compared with the two previous years. Fewer ‘ree speech prosecutions, police in- terferences with!'metings and casos of mob violenceshave been reported than in any yeer since the begin- ning of the war.” STRIKE CLOSES 14 SILK FACTORIES IN NEW YORK CITY (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK; Feb. 11.—Fourteen silk knitted fabric factories are com- pletely tied upi by the strike of the Knitted Garment Workers’ Union, wing were elected to the district coun- cil. A $1.26 ‘wage scale opposed by Sharrock was carried by'a 6 to 1 vote. Every Local Against Botterill. Botterill’s tactic now is to give his consent to $10.00 initiation fee in ft the six-months’ dues in ad- arrangement now in vogue! by der of Hutcheson as a sop to buy thé “support of the members for the expulsion policy of the general exe- ‘@ative board. This parasite Botter- ill’s removal was asked by the dis- trict council and every local union in the city of Detroit. In answe' Hutcheson said that he had done such good work in Detroit that he would be kept there. It is assumed that Sharrock will be rather careful next Thursday as ta how he thwarts the wishes of the digtrict council delegates. If he isn’t, ae tbody will find ways to assert its will, sounds wicked. People connect it up with posion gas, tear gas, mustard gar and carbolic acid gas, But if we are to believe the publicity agents of the war department, the C. W. 8. is engaged in such civilized work as making the boll weevil weep, and} curing hay fever. The boll weevil activities may be by way of an exper- iment to try out new gases which we are informed are being developed as “an aid to law and order.” The war (Continued on Page 6) policy of expulsions, and calling on the G. EB, B. to immediately reinstate Reynolds, was quickly adopted. A motion recalling all delegates to. the district council was adopted, and a complete new set who are in ac- cord with the sentiment of the local union was elected. A trial was drawn to hear the charges against Pres, Ball to the effect that his ar- bitrary rulings have defeated the will of the body, “Yellow” Sharrock and general parasite Botterill sat mute while their virtues were e: in reverse English with an eloq sel- dom equalled even by trade union orators. It is alleged that when Sam Botterill jostled a member 66 years America, with headquarters at Mun-| old, the aged follower of the lowly cie, Ind., is in no way affiliated with) Nazarene swung on his cheek with the ku klux klan, several local Ne-| the result that Sam held his jaw in- groes have expressed a desire to join.| stead of the members listening to it. the Abraham I4incoln auxiliary, a Oust Lawyer and Fakers. .. spokesman said today. } At Local Union 420 meeting Fri- classes, generally with a higher I. Q. ing. jor environment whose intelligence quotient happens to be higher. “This difference may be due to dif- ferent interests engendered by dif- ferent environments or different eco- nomic status, or to marked physical defects due to low wages or poor sani tary conditions, or even to foreign at- mosphere which often means lan- guage difficulties. “To use tests given under such Yary- ing conditions as a basis for classify- ing children for vocation or cultural’ courses, is to introduce a caste sys- tem into our educational and eeonom- ic life.” ¥ Start Rival Klan” SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 11.—De- claring the independent klan of _WORKE Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W, Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. ed today when the government grant- | administrator of Cook county. There ROB WORKING CLASS CHILDREN OF EDUCATION AND FORCE THEM INTO WAGE WORK BY CASTE RULE ———— NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Workers are Particujarly urged to combat the Present tendency of school systems to use intelligence tests “to shunt their children into vocational courses while the children of the so-cilled better cultural courses.” The New York Teachers’ Union bulletin issues the warn- “Though children from crowded and undesirable and foreign sections of ability than the children of a super-¢——————_____ NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents PRAGUE WORKERS BATTLE spimme || STRIKE AGAINST MH CST CF i WAGE CUTS GETS (Special to The Dally Worker) GREAT IMPETUS PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, Feb. 11.—Striking workers protesting Stirring Meeting Held at Middleboro, Mass. agalnst'the high cost of living, (Special toe The Daily Worker) against which a campaign is be- ing waged by the Communist Party MIDDLEBORO, Mass., Feb. 11—The strike at the Nemasket Worsted Milis yesterday made the whole city a fierce battleground, when attacked which has been bitterly fought for five months without a break In the by police. Police fired into crowds ranks received: new impetus at a ef demonstrating workers, who fought back stubbornly and many mass meeting at Owls’ Hall in Middle- boro. \ were injured on both sides. The strikers resolved to redouble In a police charge upon a crowd in the vieinity of the American em- their efforts on the pick line, to in- tensify their efforts to interview the bassy, an American bourgeois near- ly received one of the bullets meant for the workers, when a policeman’s bullet sma: thru a oafe window. Everywhere the crowds of unem- secant Walplllan betes ame ossts scabs at their hotel quarters, and to simultaneously, taking necessities of take marsh steps to widen the life.in-an orderly way so long as | "°!4 of operations. they were net opposed with violence Urge United Front. by troops, police or shopkeepers. It was decided to propose a united Only tate at night did the crowds |front arrangement with other mill disperse. Troops now patrol the | (owns where strikes are on or where streets and guard government bulld- | wage cuts have been made, and with all textile workers’ organizations in New England covering both woolen and cotton mills whether affected or not by the wage cuts. Robert Minor, present as corres- pondent of The DAILY Y/ORKER, ings. gave a review of the entire New Eng- _ SPLIT ON ISSUE land textile wage situation, pointing out that the Middleboro strike is not OF KEEPING LOOT an isolated incident, but that by con- necting up with other mill towns the movement could be made a quarter (Special to The Daily Worker) million strong, and could then be WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11] made irresistible. The mill owners’ A clear cut difference of opinion be-| talk about meeting competition of southern cotton mills could be an- swered, said Minor, by extending the labor organization to the southern mills. This could be done only if the textile workers compelled the ex- isting many small unions to amalga- mate into a single industrial union and to bring in the unorganized. Talk of foreign competion should be an- swered with extending the organiza- tion internationally, a work which. is ilready being done by.the Red Inter- ternational of Labor Unions. Reid Addresses Meeting. James P.- Reid; @ «Workers Party. — 0», leader of Providence and former pres- ident of the old National Union of Textile Workers, explained the united front committee arrangement row be- ing pressed by the Workers Party, by ich the resistance to the Wage re- luction drive could be co-6rdinated thruout New England, and urged a strengthening of the picket line. Orville J. Remillard, chairman of the Nemasket Couneil of the Amal- gamated Textile Councils, and many Middleboro strikers, as well as visit- ing weavers from Plymouth, spoke for holding fast. tween’ President Coolidge and Secre- tary of State Hughes has risen over the question of returning German property now held by the alien proper- ty custodian to its German owners, it developed today, Secretary Hughes holds that wheth- er the property should be returned immediately,'as provided in the bill introduced by Senator Borah of Idaho, or held ip status quo as security for the payment of German repara’ i Prehlanah scene's view, as ex pressed -b¥>@5 White Howse spokes~ man, is that it is primarily a diplo. matic jisaye and.that if the United States should.return the property in face of t that enemy property has been eontls seated by all the allies, it would complicate the reparations problem. m The president, it is said, feels that the allies would insist that the United States has.no, tight to call on them for a share in the reparations pay- ments while deliberately returning German aseérts. which are under American control. Await Kellogg’s Advent. Since Secretary Hughes will retire from office March 4; and be succeeded by Ambassador Kellogg, there is con- alderable spectlation as to whether the new secretary of state, who assist- ed in making the “Paris agreement, will hold the same views as his pre- decessor or whether his coming will be the beginning of a new policy with regard to alien property. Contractors Oppose Five Day Week for Electrical Workers NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 11. — The conference of electrical construction companies representing contractors from different sections of the country, in session at Biloxi, Miss., a few days ago, decided to oppose the inaugura- tion of the five day week. These con- ferences are held four times a year, the next being scheduled for White Sulphur Springs, Va. The New York Bazaar New York’s annual bazaar to raise funds for the defense of the victims of the class war is one of the big events of the metropolis. This year, in view of the threat- ened offensive of the American brand of the white terror, should see it bigger than ever. Coffin Gets Another Job. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 11—By a vote of 40 to 0, the senate today con- firmed Governor Small’s appointment of Percy B. Coffin, of Chicago, public was no debate, Daily Worker) Workers of all nationalities will participate in the four-day pro- Gram that opened at the Lyeeum on Wednesday. Workers speaking all tongues should ‘swell the thongs in attendance. This is the joint bazaar of the International Workers’ Aid and the Labor Defense Council; two organ- izations that have stood in the vanguard receiving the brunt of the capitalist attack. They can only succeed in their efforts as they are supported by broad masses of workers. The bazaar at the Lyceum offers another oppor- tunity to reach workers who but dimly see the meaning of the re- peated onslaughts of the exploiters against the organization of labor. Draw these workers into the strug- gle for the defense of the whole working class. That Is one way to support the defense bazaar now being held in New York City, (Intelligence Quotient), are given the The Teachers’ Union does not op- pose intelligence tests but does at- tack their misuse, especially in con- demning workers’ children to trade courses instead of giving them every opportunity they wish in all fields of education, The union asks that at least if such tests are to be used that “partial jus- tice to children born in unfortunate environment or under adverse eco: nomic circumstances” be given: “That their physical defects be reme- died, and that their environment, both economic and cultural be ascertained and evaluated in the final result.” Days Wiore at the 86th STREET AND THIRD AV. DEFENSE BAZAAR! ™° sy ana Feb 13.and 14 | is -eceeemaemennnpmtrim on ee ng ~orvemmenmnenanenaee toe trates ent eT SE SRNR