The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 13, 1925, Page 5

} ‘ con! | Sint Saneranenly area aru rating 8, of ‘the. various. simple 1 valuable hints to the. home ROUMANIAN REDS. STRIKE AGAINST PRISON TORTURE Five Hundred Refuse Food in Jilava (Special to The Dally Worker) BUCHAREST, Roumania, Feb. 11. ~—In the prison of Jilava there are at present about 500 prisoners on hunger strike. They demand com- Densation for the maltreatment suf- fered and that they be placed before the court. The 500 prisoners are workers who were arrested in the last raid of the Roumanian government against the Communists. In these raids whole- sale arrests were made even women and children being thrown into pri- son. Brutally Maltreated In order to force the prisoners to “confess” they were brutally mal- treated. The limbs of many prisoners were broken. The judges took the in- quisition of the middle ages as their example. Thus the leather worker Josef Csetry had his arm broken dur- ing the investigazion. Comrade Ladis- laus Luka was fettered and beaten and trodden upon till he lost cons- ciousness, The same was done with Comrade Stefan Jakob. One. finger nail after the other was pealed off the hands of Comrade Stefan Toth in order to compell him by the horrible pains to make the confession. The lawyer Dr, Stefan Gyongjyossy from Hernannstadt was tortured so terri- bly that he had to be transferred to the hospital with serious wounds. Also women and children were mal- treated in order to force them to make statements against their hus- bands and fathers. The workers of the whole world must rise against the Roumanian hell and rush to the aid of the brutally tortured class fighters by protests and practical solidarity in the Red Aid. Abramovich’s Pal Hopes He Gets Cash For Needed “Supplies” WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11.— Sherburne Hopkins, Washington re- presentative in past years for a long succession of revolutionary juntas in Latin-American republics, and at one time chief counsel for Bancho Villa, is now promoting the fortunes of one Vassily Dumbadze, who claims to. re- present the Transcaucasian repulies of Georgia and Azerbaijan. Hopkins denies that Dumbadze has yet sought recognition of his claims, but says that when the situation in Georgia is “clarified,” and the people get supplies with which to manage @ revolt against the Soviets, applica- tion for recognition of a social-demo- cratic republic wil be made. Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, February 28. A PRACTICAL UNDERGARMENT. 4587. This pretty model comprises a vest and “step-in” drawers. The vest portion may be finished with “camisole” top or with shaped shoul- ders. If desired a closing may be effected at the side of the panel. Crepe crepe de chine or nainsook is suitable for this design. OUR DAILY PATTERNS \ MEXICAN COMMUNISTS GREET DAILY WORKERSAND TELL OF MANY VITAL DEVELOPMENTS By C. DEHESA. (Special to The Daily Worker) VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Feb. 11.—We send our cordial and effusive felicita- tions on the first anniversary of our beloved daily and at the same time our admiration that the American workers have co-operated in giving the daily its own building. The Vera Cruz section of the Mexican Communist Party held an enthusi- astic meeting in memory of the leader of the world revolution who died January 21, 1924. DAIILY WORKER on Mexican Walls. The meeting was held in the school of the Cocal Agricultural Colony, on the south side of the Port of Vera Cruz, The hall was much too small for the great number of comrades. There were red flags in profusion, grouped around pictures of Lenin. The Communist publications, the DAILY WORKER and El Machete shown from the school house walls. The program began at 8 o'clock, commencing with the International, the war song of the working class. The first speaker was Jose Valerio, member of the Millers’ Union of Vera Cruz. He was previously an anar- chist, After paying his respects to Lenin, Comrade Valerio gave an ex- planation of the crooked work of the Cc. R. O. M. (Mexican Federation of Labor) leaders in the local unions. He was loudly applauded. Galvan on Lenin and the Peasants The big event was a speech by Comrade Ursulo Galvan, president of the League of Agrarian Communes of the state of Vera Cruz. For more than an hour he held the crowd breathless as he developed his theme, “Lenin and the Peasant Problem.” He com- pared Russian peasant life to the present peasant’s existence in Mexico, told of what he saw during his visit in Russia, thd great All-Russian Peas- ants’ Exposition, of the abolition of property in land, of the Red Army of workers and peasants that defends the interests of theproletariat of Rus- sia and ‘of the world. He received thunderous applause and many vivas for the Soviets of workers and peas- ants. ; The meeting, with other speakers, among them a sympathizer who is an agrarian deputy: im the Mexican par- liament, who praised Lenin and the Soviets of workers,,peasants and sol- diers, lasted until one a, m., and closed with.the International, Almanza Gone to, Moscow. Comrade Manuel Almanza, secretary of the League of Agrarian Communes, left recently for Moscow to attend the Second Congress. of the Peasants’ International. Comrade Almanza took }with him samples,.of- many kinds ef. grain that serve our, Mexican peasants as miserable substitute for food, such as the black and yellow bean, chile and even the tortilla,4n order that af- ter eating they may; work from sun- rise to sunset under the government of the so-called “Socialist” Calles. This Calles, General Calles, has be- gun a reign of terror over the unions of the Mexican republic to force his “re-adjustment” ‘of wages and reduc- tion of number of employed workers. AN UP-TO-DATE PLAY SUIT FOR MISS OR MASTER DOLLY 3790, Here is the popular style, that will be comfortable and attrac- tive for big or little dolls. The entire suit may be made of one material, or the smock could be of material con- trasting to that of the “knickers.” Gingham, chambrey, crepe, batiste and lawn are easy for little sewers. to handle. The suit will require % yard of 38 inch material for a 24 inch | size. Cut in 5 Sizes for Dolls: 16, 18, ‘| 20,22 and 24 inches in length, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Address: The DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, lil, NOTICE TO PA’ ‘The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: Small, | ceived, and 84-86; medium, 38-40; large, 42-44, and | DAILY Wo! etra large 46-48 inches bust measure. A medium size requires 2% yards of |trom the da' 864nch material. Panel of embroid- ery requires 4 yard 9 inches wide.» Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in allver or stamps. . . FASHION BOOK NOTICE! te ns and Summer F how! lor plates ning 060. Gosighe of ladles’ ne children's patterns, Your Union Meeting Second Thursday, Feb. 12, 4925, Name of Local and Place of Meeting. Brick and Clay, A. O. U. W. Hall, Dolton, Il, Carpenters, 113 S. Ashland Blvd. Carpenters, 6416 S. Halsted St. Carpenters, 1440 Emma St. Carpenters, South Chicago, 11087 Michigan ‘Ave. Carpenters, Ogden and Kedzie. 115 Engineers, 9223 Houston Ave. Federal Labor Union, 2110 N. Robey 9 Firemen and Enginemen, Spring- field and North Aves. 340 Hod Carriers, Harrison and Green 18 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren St. Marble Polishers, 810 W. Harrison Nurses, 771 Gilpin Ave. Painters’ P paid Council, 1446 W. Adams St. Painters, Dutt’s Hall, Chicago Paper Rulers, 59 E. Van Buren St., Heights. Park Employes, 810 W. Harrison eer, Clerks, 55th and Black- stone. Railway Clerks, 3124 S. Halsted St. Railway Clerks, Harrison and Green Sts. Railway Trainmen, 64th & Univer- sity, 8:15 p. m. Signalmen, 180 W. Washington St. Teamsters, 9206 Houston Ave. ‘ood §=Turners’ Union, Liberty Hall, 3420 W. Roosevelt Rd. (Note—Unless otherwose all meetings are at a m.) (Note—Unless stated all No, 3 17320 371 26 17301 714 1269 1344 877 180 742 otherwise meetings are at 8 p. m.) SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES MEETING TONIGHT. German-Hungarian—634 Willow St. John Freifogel Sec’'y, 3741 Semi- nary Ave. It is much like Mr. Harding’s cam- paign for open shop “normalcy.” Marine Workers Attacked. The new regime of Calles over: the unions began with the Union of ,Mar- ine Workers and the Confederation of Railwaymen. In the ships, controlled by the Union of Marine Workers of the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific, which ships are owned by the govern- ment, the government has tried to reduce wages, but the Union of Mar- ine Workers will triumph on all coasts of the gulf and the Pacific by the good. organization, and will show General Calles what:he cannot do. The Railway Workers’ Confedera- tion also opposes reduction in wages, and perhaps may stirke, because the “labor” government is going to turn over the lines to private companies, and these will receive them only on condition that the wages of the work- ers must be reduced. For that reason theworkers will not consent. Coslidge in a Hurry To Give Away Shoals . - Resources Property WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. — White house opposition to public ownership of any kind is carried so far that Cool- idge would even eliminate from the Muscle Shoals leasing bill the clause permitting the goverment to recapture the property and improvements at the end of the 50 year lease period. Moreover, he dislikes the clause re- quiring the building of an additional dam to develop more power, because he wants the gcvernment to rid itself of title as soon as possible. of “‘socialists’’ an capitalism. — Cry For of Soviet Russia. THE DAILY WORKER, » 9 Literature Department, Ready Now! The new pamphlet exposing the treachery P qt their service as chief aids of “The White Terrorists By MAX BEDACHT is an exposure of the horde of counter-revojultionists rush- ing in to stem the rising tide of sentiment ‘fer recognition Facts Are Here for Workers! Single Copy 5 Cents 3% Cents in Bundle Orders CREDIT ORDERS honored only when received thru our authorized DAILY- WORKER agents. 1113 W. Washington Blvd,, Chicago, I. PSYCHOANALYSIS LURES HUNDREDS TO BOX OFFICE Producer Knows What ' the Morons Like The ad cost at least one hundred dollars and it was worth every nickel of it, at least for the advertisers. An entire column in a capitalist news- Paper, appealingto the curiosity and the sense of séx!of the populace of Chicago; that portion of the populace with the brain’ dapacity of a newt and at least enough, Honey in its pocket- book to pay thre or four dollars for a theater seat,,from which it can get a good view, of as much of the female form divine, untramelled by lingerie as. the: requirements of venti- lation, fear of qimeumonia and Mayor Dever will permit) Proceed’ With The Story Be that ag.,it may and as this is not a story but an advertise- ment, a certain, theatrical producer who frequently gets into trouble with very particular.females of both sexes, has a show which runs to crowded houses for so; many years that his chorus girls get ‘bald and lose their affinities long before the public loses its taste for thé’ show. This means & good ‘box office report and plenty of money to pay’ for advertisements. Now, how does this capitalistic pro- ducer intrigue the public into patron- izing his eyful of concentrated wick- edness? The ad headline reads: Three reasons why you should see. blankety blank show.” First comes @ girl or the picture of a girl with bobbed hair, a pair of shoes and some- thing around the waist held in place by a pair of hands, carelessly. One naturally lowers his eyes to the next picture. There-she is a girl, with bob- bed hair and # pair of shoes. The third picture ‘leaves~everything to the imagination. It ‘simply ien’t there. Freud, And The Box Office No doubt -the advertising manager read Freud aod Jung and ali the other psychodnalyists, in order to get a slant onthe collective mind so as to figure*out what kind of an ad would attract’the greatest number of dollars. Wéej believe he hit the mark and that this snappy show will be running in icago long after Mayor Dever bégins to dig a subway or even after the police have stopped arresting the murderer of Dean O’Ban- ion, 31 But Chicago is,not entirely populat- ed by morons. « is a large por- tionof the- of this city, which, tho not ‘a¥erse to an optical cargo of physical beauty, appreciates mental exercises jand for that reason the Red Revel publicity experts feat- ure those aspectg of the. bill of fare atothe Masquer Ball, that appeals to the head as ‘well as the heart. Lonely Greenwich Village The Red Revi} Marquerade Ball, on February 28,|will be one of the greatest social gatherings in the his- tory of the radical movement in Chi- cago. There is not a studio or a nest of literati on the near North Side that will not empty dtgelf on that night and send its freight:over to 37 South Ash- land Avenue to spend a night of hec- tic gaiety. And:iwhy not? Get an “Ad” for the Dally Worker. Kenosha, Wis., Attention. The famous movies “Polikushka”, “In Memoriam-Lenin” and “Soldier Ivan’s Miracle” will be shown in Ke- nosha Saturday, Feb, 28, from 4 to 11 P. M., at the German American Home, 665 Grand Ave. All labor or- ganizations are requested not to ar- Tange any other affairs on that date, tt Mercy” ou: 19 od THE DAILY WORKER W. P. BRANCHES—ATTENTION! PF RHAPS in your branch it happens there is a lack of life—a sluggish- ness that prevents snappy action. If this is true then two other things are very likely true as well, First, it is just possible that you have no DAILY WORKER Agent in your branch; second, the agent you have, may, because of ability or inclination, not be suited to the job. In either case you will quite likely find the reasons for the sluggish- ness in your branch. Action comes of understanding—of understanding that without the most effective means of propaganda two things will happen: your branch will not be a branch of thoro Communist under standing—and lacking that, your branch. will not add to its numbers as effectively as it possibly could. In the DAILY WORKER, the Workers Monthly and the Literature Department is all the very best expression of Communist principles and tactics. You will Bolshevize your branch when you give it these three “teachers” of our party. \f they are subscribers to each of the official party organs—the DAILY WORKER and the Workers Monthly—these will come to their homes and each day their interest in party problems is alive. The books and pamphlets of the party are for their education whenever they have the time for them. A branch member does not become a thoro Communist thru branch And even intense activity needs the background of a clear knowledge of Communist principles, Your branch DAILY WORKER Agent must be one of your most alert, best grounded comrades to take full advantage of the possibilities in his work. Take this question up at your next branch meeting. If you have no DAILY WORKER Agent—elect one. —give him one. If he is in action or not—get a report of hig activities at each meeting. Do all this and you will see your branch grow—that’s meetings alone. a sure way to build our party! vania Railroad company is stronger even than the United States govern- ment. It does not care a rap for de- cisions of the U. S. government when such decisions are against it. The railway labor board decided that the employes themselves. should decide whether they would be repre sented by their national union or by the company union. The telegraphers decided by a vote of 4 to 1 to be repre. sented by their own union. The Pennsylvania R. R. Co. does not care what its employes deciie— nor does it care about the decision of the railway labor board. It sent out a notice to the telegraphers that “any one accepting the nomination must: be a company union representa- tive and not a representative of the union. ” The company intends to deal only with representatives of the com- pany union and not of the bonafide un- ion to which the telegraphers belong. What will the railway labor board qs 2 SHOP TALKS ON for workers. on Marx's theory of crises, ist pa RENEE a Order from Minidoka THE DAILY WORKER Literature ‘Department PENNSY FLOUTS LABOR. BOARD NEW YORK, Feb. 11—The Pennsyl-]do to the Pennsylvania’ R. R. com- 4 By Mary Marcy. Marxian economics explained in simple language THE PEOPLE'S MARX By Julian Borchardt. An abridged, popular edition of Marx’s three vol- umes of Capital. Composed of choice and im- portant extractions, presented in a sequence that will assist the beginner in the study of Marxism. It is supplemented by an essay of Borchardt’s 1113 W. Washington Blv., If he needs a committee pany? It will do nothing. The com. pany will continue to do as it pleases. The capitalists use the government to fool the workers into the belief that it is @ “neutral” government, whereas it is clearly.a government of the bosses against.the workers. What do the Pennsylvania.employes intend to do? Aré they going to fight or sub- mit? If the Pennsylvania can flaunt the U. 8. govefnment and the railway labor board, why don’t the employes flaunt the decision of the Pennsyl- vania? It.is.yp to the workers. Don’t Miss Junior Dance. The Junfe? section of the Y. W. L. invites you to‘attend their Valentine dative ‘on adty 14, at 1902 West Division St. There will be mass games every half hour, lots of fun and sou- venirs for all» » The dance wis supposed to be held at the Workets Lyceum, but will be held at the Soylet School instead. Three Books for Beginners on Marxian Economics WAGE-LABOR AND CAPITAL By Karl Marx. Short and simple explanation of the origins and working of capital in relation to wage-labor. ECONOMICS (Mark (X) on Choice) Wage-Labor and Capital Paper, 10 Cents. Shop Talks on Economics Paper, 10 Cents, The People’s Marx Paper, 75 Cents. T enclose So. www for the above marked books. Page Five “UNEMPLOYMENT GETTING WORSE IN ILLINOIS Exceeds 1923-4 Rate, But Under 1921-22 The unemployment situation in Mili nois as shown in the January reports of the free employment ofices was worse than in January, 1924 and much worse than in 1923, according to the monthly report of the state depart ment o f labor. This large surplus of men looking for jobs existed in spite of a gain of nearly 1 per cent-in fac- tory employment which is. estimated to have given 6,000 jobless: persons work, Not Yet to 1921-22 Figure In the state as a whole there were 188 applicants for each 100 jobs. The Chicago office reports 201 applicants for every 100 jobs or more than 2 unemployed for each opportunity to work. In previous Januaries the number applying for each 100 jobs were 1924—166; 1928—132; 1922—232; 1921—275. The level of factory employment tn January was still 7 per cent below that of a year ago meaning over 40, 000 workers added to the ranks of the unemployed. Average weekly earnings amounted to $27.64 as compared with $28.77 in December and $27.27 a year ago. Heavy Industry Best The most important gain was re ported by the iron and steel industry which added 7.1 per cent to its work ing force between December and Jan uary. Other industries reporting im- provement were machinery, railroad car building, agricultural implements, leather, paint, job printing, knit gods and clothing. Industries reporting decreased em- ‘ployment include food, building mater. jals and furniture, 4,000 Garment Workers in Canada on Strike ; (Special to The Dally Worker), TORONTO, Ont. Feb. 11— Four thousand cloak, suit and skirt work- ers, niembers of the’ Montreal and Toronto locals of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, have declared a@ general strike, The garment workers demand _re- establishment of the 44-hour week in the 100 factories in Toronto, recogni- tion of the union, and the establish- ment of a joint board of sanitary con- trol to work out a code of sanitation for the industry. The strikers declare that standards of work have been reduced to an un- bearable level and that the bosses have refused to discuss their griey- ances. [] [] [] Hep svenene sree SUL Orsrerrerrnntens