The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 17, 1925, Page 4

Page Four COOLIDGE FOR - $350,000,000 . PROPERTY GRAB Thinks It All Right to TakeGermanBelongings WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—For eight tragic years the allied and associated Military powers have sought to crush, Bolshevism and to overthrow the Sov- fet government of Russia on the ground that the sanctity of private property was the very foundation of civilization. Confiscation by the Soviet regime of private foreign investments in Rus- sia was a crime that justified, in the opinion of the governments in Wast.- ington, London, Paris, Brussels and Rome, any measures which might be devised to punish the offense. War, blockade, intrigue, withhold- ing of récognition—all were tried in turn, in the hope that the world might be made safe for private capital re- gardless of national boundaries. Against this background of capital- ist ethics there was flashed, on Feb. 10, the authoritative announcement from the White House that President Coolidge does not believe that the $360,000,000 worth of private proper- ty of German citizens, seized during the war and now held by the lien property custodian, can be returned to {ts owners until some distant date when Germany shall have paid Amer- fean private claims amounting to $200,000,000. True, these American private claims are covered by the recent Paris agreement; they are to be paid from the reparations fund, over a long period of years, to the federal treas- ury. But the other creditors of Ger- many have not restored private Ger- man property which they seized, and they object to the United States hold- ing to its pledge to keep sacred the right of private property. They sug- gest that American must forget her idea of property rights for the indi- vidual, and consider the advantage of holding what she has grabbed. Secretary Mellon is known to be backing Coolidge, in refusing to agree to return the seized property until Germany has paid. The supreme court has held that depriving an in- dividual of the use or benefit of his property is confiscation. That is the status of this alien property. The ad- ministration confiscates it while bla@ndly announcing that it ts forcing Germany to maintain the sanctity of private property by repaying these citizens. Independent Barbers In New York Rejoin the A. F. of L. International NEW YORK, Feb. 15—Fifteen hun- dred new members join the Journey- men Barbers’ International Union as the Independent Journeymen Barbers’ Union of Brooklyn and Long Island mérges with the 4. F. of L. move- ment. The new members will belong to a newly chartered local, No. 913. The independent union grew out of the big barbers’ strikes of 1913 and 1916, which broke the back of the day and night working schedules of former years. Last summer another strike was won and agreement signed but the independent union found its treasury spent and applied for admis- sion to the A. F. of L. to gain the sup- port of the united movement. On the Manhattan side the imme- diate issue is the winning of the beauty parlor workers. It is estim- ated that there are now about 2,000 of these specialists in feminine charm, few of them members of any organ- ization, and nearly all working long hours for low wages that barely give, them strength for their daily task of dolling up the women of the leisure class. The joint board of New York, following the lifting of the ban on women barbers by the last convention of the union, has authorized an organ- ization campaign that will take the form of a series of mass meetings to show the beauty parlor workers the advantage of union conditions. The situation that created an independent beauty parlor workers’ union several months ago, has been changed by the convention's decision, said Merlino, and he declared that the international union could give a backing t othe campaign in this field that the prev- ious movement did not have. At Albany the barbers’ union is fighting a bill sponsored by the na- tional hair dresser’s association, a hosses’ organizaiton, that would pre- vent regular barber shops from doing beauty parlor work. big business. read after you have enjoyed it. ing the employment outlook. contrary. in four years. the number employed. CLINTON ‘LABOR’ LEADERS DESTROY WORKERS’ FAITH Hear Bolsheviks Who Speak Wednesday (Continued from page 1) of the workers and at last labor won control only to have their hopes crushed to earth. Not one of those elected knew anything at all about administering the affairs of a city; only the mayor appeared to have even a semblance of an idea of the duties of office. There was much wrangling and de- bate over minor matters while import- ant questions, such as franchises, were summarily dealt with and liter- ally given away. Handing out of appointments, the division of the spoils of office, result- ed in some who were practically il- literate being placed im responsible positions. At least one was placed in a lunatic asylum soon after appoint- ment. 100% A propaganda novel you can hand to your shop-mate to THE DAILY WORKER, Literature Department 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. At the following election the labor candidates were ‘sngwed under with the exception of the mayor. His at- tempt to run for a third term found even his friends opposed to him hav- ing the job permanently. Clinton’s first experiment with a union labor city administration ended in a debauch that made the workers blush for shame and lose faith in la- bor candidates. The only thing credited to the labor administration is that they paved more streets, and employed more la- bor in times of depression, than any former administration. Manufacturers Wanted Municipal Ownership. The question of municipal owner- ship of the water works has been twice up before the voters in Clinton. The last time the manufacturers and bankers put up a big campaign but it was defeated 5 to 1. ‘With control of the city adminis- tration the factory owners could get their water supply at nominal, cost and shift the burden of maintenance onto the city, thereby spreading their large volume of consumption over the entire population. Under private own- ership of the water plant they have to pay for what is delivered. The voters seemed to understand this and voted accordingly. Bullding Crafts Have Lost Heavily. During the past two years there has been almost a steady decline in mem- bership of the building crafts in Clin- ton. It is estimated that they have lost forty per cent and there are no indications of a revival, rather the re- verse. There is no semblance of co-op- eration between the building crafts and as far as modern building con- struction is concerned, they still act like the guilds of old, every craft do- ing its job and attending to its own little affairs as tho the contractor, the profit system, social labor and the class struggle did not exist. There is also a Boot and Shoe Workers’ Uniofi which is bought by the factory owner, on the 100 per cent plan, from the international union. The badge of their serfdom, known by the euphenomius title of the “union label” is sold along with the workers just as the serf went along with the land when sold under feudalism. These boot and shoe workers have conditions just’a little less irksome than the non-union factory. This is done to pad their collar of serfdom and fool them into the belief that they are the chosen of the masses. “B. and O. Plan” For Northwestern Clinton shop crafts put up a splen- did fight during the shopmen's strike on the railroads. Locally they had very able leaders who succeeded in salvaging something from the wreck. In spite of many sacrifices made by the few courageous spirits, the de- sire for overtime has played havoc with rules and schedules until the more ignorant of the masses have be- THE STORY OF A PATRIOT By Upton Sinclair. A most interesting story by a master-propagandist, built a- round a red-blooded “he-man,” a hundred-per cent American who turns out to be a spy of Paper, 25 Cents |'CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LIKES JOB OUTLOOK FOR CLEVELAND LABOR CLEVELAND, Feb. 15.—If you are writing publicity for the Cleveland chamber of commerce in this city, you will be distinctly optimistic concern- On the other hand, if you are stationed in the offices of the city-state employment bureau, your report will be quite to the While the chamber was declaring in its monthly review that jobs were Increasing steadily and that there would be “a return to normalcy by sum- mer,” the city’s employment bureau reported the highest figures of jobless There were 18,000 applicants for 6,000 jobs. as reported by employers were 48.9 a week, with averag wage for unskilled labor of 44 cents an hour. Steel and automobiles show a slight increase in a na ER a Aa a ea a ne AE TO ea WS asl lene. ib oS SES A THE DAILY WORKER Average hours AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from Page 1.) tribute to their health, vegetarians, notwithstanding. But perhaps they should not have eaten bread, fish or potatoes either. The air was good, | will admit, but the inhabitants never learned to live exclusively on it. “ee RELAND is divided into parishes by the catholic church, which is the strongest government in the coun- try. The parish in which I was born had a population of three thousand “souls.” Every year, during Easter, the archbishop of the archdiocese sent a pastoral letter to be read at all masses at the beginning of the “holy season of Lent.” This was the time of the year during which the sinners were supposed to do pen- ance for their sins. And a more sea- soned set of sinners it was hard to find. They were hardboiled, and pas- | toral letters had no more effect on their consciences than a plea for mer- cy has on a professional highwayman. Their sins were few because sinning was rather hazardous and difficult be- | cause of lack of opporiunity. So when the priest read the bishop's letter suggesting fasting and extra | praying, they immediately began | thinking of plans to circumvent the | spiritual proscription, while at the same time remaining technically with- | in the law. | ee ‘HE bishop was not accustomed to the native menu, so when his local agent read, “fish and flesh not allow- ed at the same meal” a titter went thru the little chapel. “We are darned lucky to get either one or the other” was the comment, in fluent Gaelic, thatodid not hesitate to Invoke the name of satan, the saints or the meek and lowly Nazarene inside the sacred precincts of the church. The priest was their political leader except when he» made a false move. Then he war likely to be given the same treatment meted out to the landlords. Just so long..as the church played the role of a benevolent Tammany Hall, every- ABRAMOVITCH IS FLAYED AT BIG BOSTON MEETING * Role of International Spy Exposed By LYDIA GIBSON. (Specia} to The ‘Daily Worker) BOSTON, Feb. 15.—Seven hundred workers met at Lorimer Hall in Bos- ton, on February 11, under the auspic- es of the Workers (Communist) Par- ty, to hear Robert,Minor and Mois- saye J. Olgin tell the truth about Ra- fael Abramovitch, the ‘counter-revolu- tionary “socialist” recently imported from abroad for an. ,anti-Bolshevik propaganda tour@ ih Simultaneously ABrditnovitch was speaking further down, the street to an audience which “Comrade Minor characterized in his’ Speecn as con- sisting of “fifty poli¢émen, some czar- ist refugees, the wife Of a wage-cut- ting mill owner, an@ ‘one baby who had gone to sleep.” “#"¢ When John J. Balai, district or- ganizer of district “i; "is chairman, opened the meeting” ahd introduced the first speaker, thébe!was wild ap- plause, which was /#@peated e many times thruout one /6f the most en- thusiastic meetings ever held in Bos- ton. oe Shows Capitalist Development. Minor pointed out the replacement of the old “simple” form or capitalism by modern finance capitalist imperial- ism, and with it the driving of the class war. into the international arena, The class struggle was now consciously on a world scale. He showed that Abramovitch and the yellow socialists are. scabs on the greatest strike in history, the Russian revolution which, as the beginning of the world revolution, has been un- sucessfully attacked the imperial- ist armies of the world, Quests of U. 5, A. Minor pointed out that the United States government Which welcomes grand dukes and duehésSes, ex-baron- esses and princes, arid Which perse- cutes revolutionists, als6 “laid down the doormat” and iédmea “Com- rade” Abramovitch; “cotirade of Abe Cahan, comrade of Hfilquit, comrade of Ebert and Noske, éémrade of Berg- er,” on “And now I may #ufprise you by saying that Abramoviteh is also a po- litical comrade of “Mr. Alexander Berkman and of Miss) Emma Gold- man, and a comrade ‘f the late Mr. Gompers,” said Minor,’ “For in a historical sense, in every- thing but a technigaky.sense, all of these anti-Bolsheviks até blood-broth- ers in the Second’ Intérnational.” With powerful iron Minor built up his denunciation ofthe whole’ in- thing went smoothly. The peasants did not concern themselves with rell- gion as such. The use of Jesus ex- cept as a peg to hang an oath on was considered an indication of spiritual debasement. Only protestants talked of Jesus outside of the church. ** 'HE people managed to exist on Potatoes, bread, fish and tea when- ever excessive rain did not destroy the potato crop or inclement weather make it impossible to catch fish. This year the excessive rain fall destroyed the potato crop and the British steam trawlers ruined the fishing tmdaustry on the west coast. Meanwhile the; Free State government is preparing to glut the gallows with the broken necks of those who are opposed to its exactions. And it is a catholic gov- ernment! come apathetic or cynical towards the union and the efforts of the local leaders to protect conditions won at great sacrifice. At the present time there is strong talk of putting the infamous B. & O. plan into effect on the Northwestern railroad. Those who are in a posi- tion to know, predict that it will be adopted within a short time. The shop crafts at Clinton are still fairly well organized numerically but the old spirit has apparently died. Muddlers and Middlers. In dil the small towns thruout Iowa, little sects from time to time assume importance. Here in Clinton we have the. bible students who have grown from a baker's dozen to a few hun- dred during the past few years. This hodge-podge of a little history and science liberally diluted with the su- perstition of religion, has apparent- ly appealed to the workers in their search for something to fill their emp- ty lives. The kluxets were also strong in Clinton, but now'the novelty has worn off and they are no longer a factor. Then there is another sect of bible students who teach from Karl Marx. known as the 8. L. P. There are about a dozen of them, but their side show simply amuses the workers. Into this confusion the Workers Party sends the message of the world’s proletariat when J. EB. Sny- der, district organizer, and Comrade David Coutts speak on the vital prob- lems before the workers today. The meeting will be held at Labor Temple, 613 Second street, Clinton, Towa, on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The DAILY WORKER will be sold for the first time in Clinton and an effort A made to organize a local unit of the ~ DRIVE i \ & ternational gang of s ‘1 democrats, who are forces of couhter revolution in the imperialist phas@ ‘of capitalism. He quoted Lenin: “Thé Second Inter- ntaional is dead. But,” “he said, “in nature there is no destfuction of mat- ter. The Second International is dead as one form, but full of life of another form. It is a huge corpse alive with loathesome worms. <One of these worms is named Abramovitch!” So scathing was his satir@;that it pro- voked a great burst laughter and applause. , Why Abramovitch? Minor said Abramoviteh had been chosen for his countét-tevolutionary mission because he was a Jew, and the imperialist governments knew and dreaded the heroie role of the Jewish workers in the working class revolutionary movement. They. want- ed to confuse the Jewish workers and make them indifferent to the new drive against Soviet Russia for which grand duchesses, baronesses, and a whole crew of refugees have been seeking help in America. After ex- Plaining the class nature of parties, andi the function of the:great working class Communist Party, Comrade Mi- nor closed with a challenge for a Sov- iet republic of Americas Olgin Arouses Enthusiasm. Comrade Moissaye JeOlgin arrived during Minor’s speech, and was warm- ly welcomed with applause. Olgin spoke first in Yiddish)and then in Russian, languages whieh the writer unfortunately does not understand. He spoke with much;fire, and his great gift for satire delighted the au- dience, and brought.pim much ap- plause. He pointed ou} that Abram- ovitch and company ayg,doing the dir- tiest work for the very. forces that used to oppress them, Comrade Olgin wag followed by Comrade Alice Biels pf the Young Workers’ League, whg gave a brief report of the Abramoyitch meeting, from which she had j me. Abram- ovitch’s speech ap to have been made up of the .ysual confused and lying polemics, invented express- ly to confuse and disunite the work- ers. May they turn a deaf ear to him! Fight on Radio Pir: LONDON, Feb, 15.—Radio “pirates” who have dodged payment of the gov- ernment license fee for listening. in will be hard hit if the bill proposed by the Baldwin government is enacted, It would give the pélice power to search homes for those who are “steal- ing” entertainment and would provide 4 year’s imprisonment: or $500 fine. DEEP THE i FIGHT OR SURRENDER? “Fellow workers! Comrades! Men and women and youth! Shall we sur- render, like sheep to the butcher? Shall we permit the capitalists, the in- satiable multi-millionaires, further to rob and exploit us? To steal the bread from our tables, the clothes from our and fearless leaders? “Never! blow for blow! Let us strike! We have power in our numbers Let us unite then! And strike! back and to imprison our trusted ’ Let us give And strike again! Let us strike against the men of millions with the united power of millions of men! “Beware of those who talk defeat! ‘Who wish you to surrender without a fight! Trust ne_leader who divides the ranks, who takes only one craft from a shop (or one shop from an industry) and leads one after another to defeat! STRUGGLE. Follow those only whose actions and slogans mean UNITY and “Do not think yourselves helpless! Trust your own strength! Rally your forces! lead; then. Lead the struggle! “Resist the wage cuts. In your shop, perhaps beside you, are other workers as willing and as ready as yourself to fight the bosses. To resist the wage cuts! Take the In the shop, at the factory gates, on the street or in mass meetings, call out to your fellows workers for unity and struggle. “Organize yourselves. Don’t wait for others, or somebody else from some- where else. Organize yourselves. mill gates, anywhere, and from each Meet together in your workroom, at the craft or department elect your most: militant fellow worker to a shop committee.” The above is from the leaflet, “Strike Against Wage Cuts.” So far only a few branches of the party have realized the importance of this leaflet and have failed to place orders, In the next issue of the DAILY WORKER will be published the name: whether your branch is in the list. of secretaries Particular. attention having sent in their orders. See is solicited from branches, C. C. C.'’s and D. 0.’s in the eastern section of the country, where the situation is more acute. The workers must be told the truth about the matter, They want you to tell them. Send all order to the National Office, Workers Party, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, III. Price, $3.00 per 1,000. Take Names of Three Communists Off Aldermanic List (Continued from page 1) nance as a gigantic steal, and call- ing on the workers of Chicago to sup- port the Communist aldermanic can- didates, who have the only true do- lution to the traction problem. “The Communist candidates for the coming aldermanic elections who are endorsed by the Workers Party, pro. pose confiscation of the whole trac- tion system with direct workers’ man- agement,” Swabeck declared. “The control of the operation to be in the hands of the workers, of hand and brain, to be exercised by control com- mittees elected thru the city trans- portation unions. Such control would easily make possible a reduction in fares and better service. It would be operation for service, not profit.” Sell Out to Bankers. Swabeck then analyzed the Dever ordinance, showing that it is in real- ity a plan to turn the traction lines over to the bankers for a long period of years, the city paying the expenses. Swabeck’s statement continues: “The traction plan recommended to the city council by the committee on local transportation is but another scheme to extend the present fran- chise held by the city bankers and refinance the present compantes also made up of the bankers. In addition the bankers will have complete con- trol of the management. Not Public Ownership. “It has nothing to do with public ownership. The whole difference from the present system is that the Dills become shifted directly to the masses while the bankers continue to clip the coupons. Ultimately the workers will bear the burden in increased car- fares and low wages on the traction system to provide the dividends on the bonds. “The city traction fund of approxi- mately $40,000,000: which is now de- posited in various Chicago banks at 2 per cent interest, will supposedly be invested to help provide dividends for the present and future bondholders. The bankers holding these deposits have formerly, moved by their great philanthropic urge, offered to again loan the amount to the city, but at a rate of interest of six per cent per annum.” Mayor Dever is trying to force a favorable vote on. his ordinance in the city council on Feb. 26, when it will be before the council, Oppon- ents.of the medsure are endeavoring to secure a postponement of the voter Little Entente to Take Up Question of Attitude to Soviets BELGRADE, Feb. 15.—The attitude of the little entente toward Soviet Russia will be determined at a con- ference here March 25, it was ai nounced today. Oppose Religion in Schools. NEW YORK, Feb. 15,—A meeting was held here to oppose the decision of the board of education to inau- gurate religious instruction in the public schools. German parents, rep- resenting labor unions) athletic so- cieties and language organizations met at the Labor Temple at 243 Kast 84th street. The meeting decided to ik the board of education for a hearing. Among those present were Ludwig Lore, Henry Ortlandt, Augus- ta Hubscher, Erich Sanger ahd I, Ko- nig. Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- day Night, the Open Forum. SPIKE ) eateeea ’ Larger Attendance Is Being Sought at Ohio Workers’ School CLEVELAND, Ohio Feb. 15.—The course of eleven Workers’ School lec- tures being given in five district 6 cities is now about one half complet- ed. The six lectures still to be given are: (1) Historical Role of the Re- volutionary Working Class Party; (2) The Party in the Political Struggle; (3) The Party in the Trade“ Unions; (4) Stretegy and Tactics of the Party, (5) The First and Second Internation- als.and the World War; (6)The Rus- sian, Revolution and the Communist International. As will be seen, these remaining six lectures are of first importance and should excite the interest of every party member. To gain a thoro un- RED REVEL BALL ONE OF BIGGEST PARTY AFFAIRS | Costumes, Dancing and Eats Scheduled The enlarged committee for the Red Revel Masquerade Ball, which will be held on Saturday evening, February 28, in Women’s West End Club. Hall, under the auspices of Local Chicage of the Workers Party, met last: Wed- nesday evening and made: final .ar derstanding of the role of the party today and in the revolution is the duty ], of severy. comrade. Local secretaries should make an especial attempt to increase the attendance at the bal- ancé@ of the course. sLectures for the coming’ week follow: Cleveland, Wednesday, Feb. 18, Headquarters, 5928 Euclid Ave., “The Party jn the Political Struggles.” Toledo, Thursday, Feb. 19, Head- quarters, 131 Michigan, same subject. Akron, Saturday, Feb. 21, Liberty Hall, 601 South Main St., “The Party in the Trade Unions.” Dillonvale, Sunday, Feb. 22, ssl noon, Co-operative Hall, “The irty in thé Political Struggles.” Canton, Sunday, Feb. 22, evening, Polish Hall, 1748 11 St., N. E. “His- torical Role of the Revolutionary Working Class Party.” . Cal Coolidge Puts Strikebreakers in A . His Secret Circle (Continued from page 1) being beld up by the senate, is an- other prize foe of the workers picked out by Coolidge. Warren was president of the Michi- gan Sugar company until January 24, 1925, after Coolidge had picked him as attorney general. This company, while Warren was president, was found guilty of “participation in an unlawful conspiracy restrain trade and com- merce” and was “perpetually enjoined from further conspiracy” by the United States circuit court in its deci- sion of May 9, 1922. Warren acted as head of the Michi- gan Sugar company, and other big sugar companies, as an agent for the Havemeyer interests, and the Amer- ican Sugar Refining company. The sugar trust has long been known as one of the worst exploiter of ‘child labor, making thousands of children jave on the western sugar beet fields. It is said that Coolidge sent Stone to the supreme court to end, the recent “trust-busting” activity of Stone, and to enable him to bring Warren, a “safe” man for the large monopolies, into the cabin Red Revel Masquerade B: Ashland Avenue Corner of Monroe and Ashland Bivd., February 28, |, 37 South rangements for the affair which; pro mises to be one of the most, success ful ever held by the party inthis city, Every language group in Chicago is co-operating. Hundreds of people will be in costume. Prizes will be award- ed to the best groups and individual costumes. ‘ An excellent dance orchestra, has been secured and the dancing: will last until one o’clock in the morning. The Women’s West End Club, hall is located at 37 South Ashland Boule- vard on the cornef of Monroe and Ashland Boulevard. Admission is 50 cents, y Should Sell Tickets Posters and other advertising mat ter is printed and can be secured at the local office of the Workers Party, 166 West Washington Street. Members © of the party and friends are urged to call for some posters aid see that they are properly displayed. Every effort should be made to sell as many tickets as possible in ad- vance. This is the best kind of ad- vertising. die Plenty To Eat Besides music and other entertain- ment there will be plenty of good things to eat and drink. The commit- tee in charge of this part of the affair has plenty of experience and we can guarantee that your palates will be tickled for a reasonable price. Mark “Red Revel” down in your note book for February 28 and do not forget it. Dan Ivasovich Is Expelled from the Workers Party Since January, 1922, Dan Ivasovich of Colinsville, Ill, has-been. a-mem+ ber of the Workers Party. For some time, however, he has been making the mistake of submitting contribu- tions to the South Slavic paper,. the Novy Svijet, a paper which is being published by a group in opposition to the Workers Party and which attacks the South Slavic Federation of the Workers Party and thereby attacks the party itself, its policies and its program. The district committee called the attention of Comrade Ivasovich to this mistake informing him that the party had definitely decided that no members could be permitted to give any support whatever to the paper, Novy Svijet, or to.the group which publishes this paper. Comrade Dan Ivasovich was asked to discontinue this support and to ac- cept sand faithfully carry out party decisions and party policies. How- ever, Comrade Ivasovich replied that he did not agree with the presenta- tion made by the D. E. C. and that he would continue his support of Novy Svijet because it corresponded with his views, the D, BE. C. therefore decided that Dan Ivasovich stands ex- pelled from the Workers Party. Arne Swabeck, district organizer, No. 8, NOTICE! Comrades and Branches holding Lenin Memorial meeting tickets, please settle! for them At once at the local office. We ‘want to-close the ac- ~ counts. Comé any day or evening to Room 303, 166 W. Washington St. and settle for the*tickets. © Red Revel Masquerade Ball, 37 South Ashland Avenue © *KELLOGG'S S TASTELESS CASTOR O}| Ga The Safety Razor that Sharpens Its Own Blades COMPLETE OUTFITS $1.00 & $5.00 ; —Sharpens Itself _For Sale at All Stores Selling Razors and Blades »UAWIER AND SPIKE ON PAGE 6) y,