The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 20, 1925, Page 2

Page Two BRITISH LEFT WINGERS FIGHT FRANK HODGES Black Friday Betrayer Put on Gridiron LONDON, Feb. 18.—Frank Hodges, civil lord of the admiralty in the Mac- Donald government and former secre- tary of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain was recently nominated at a secret session of that organiza- tion for the post of international sec- retary Federation. The British T. U. E. L. The British minority movement, which corresponds to the Trade Un- fon Educational League in the United States is circularizing the miners of Great Britain calling attention to the reaction: character of this notorl- ous lackey of the employers. The miners are urged to raise the | question of Hodge’s appointment at a national miners’ conference to be held on Febri 27. The secretary of the National Miners’ Minority Movement is Nat Watkins. The fol- lowing circular is being distributed among the members of the miners’ un- ion: Fellow toilers in the mines of Brit- ain! According to a report in the Daily Herald, January 26, Mr. Frank Hodges was elected by a secret vote of members of the executive commit- tee of the Miners Federation of Great Britain as the British nominee for the secretaryship of the International Miners’ Federation. This vote was ac- tually a minority vote, Hodges having only nine or ten votes out of a pos- sible 24 or 25, several members of the executive being absent when the vote was taken. Will the Miners Stand for this Bu- reaucracy? So far as our knowledge of the af- fairs of the executive committee goes this is the first occasion such a ques- tionable method has been adopted in the appointment of any official to an important position, much less to the increasingly important position of In- ternational secretary. We therefore ask you to challenge their right to put this decision into operation, and utilize every legitimate means at your disposal to prevent this from materi- alizing, until the question has been raised and discussed at a national con- ference and the British nominee elect- ed by ballot vote. Britain’s Quota Towards Upkeep of Miners’ International Will the British miners silently ac- quiesce in the payment of £2,500 ant nually in creating a position for the man of black Friday fame? The man who made possible the noxious agree- ment, following the sad and terrible weeks of 1921; the “political career ist” who preferred the ministerial po sition of civil lord of the admiralty to the secretaryship of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain; the as sociate of royalty and their hangers- on, whose trip in an aeroplane to Vienna in 1924 cost the British Min- ers’ Federation £35 or £40 when he was in receipt of his ministerial sal- ary, whilst hundreds of thousands of the miners were struggling to pay their contributions to their respective unions out of 40|- per week. Let every intelligent miner in the British coal field raise this matter at his next branch meeting and de- mand that a resolution be sent to his respective union, urging them to press for the matter to be taken up at the national conference on Febru- ary 27 with a view to securing a bal- lot for the position. Remember that the position of in- ternational ‘etary is the most im- portant position in the miners’ move- ment and have the right to elect the nominee for Britain. Building Before Students NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 18.— .. Funds for assisting poor students thru college instead of donations for more expensive buildings is the advice of Robert M. Hutchi ecretary of Yale University, to prospective benefactors of the college. “Yale costs an under- graduate about twice as much now as in 1916,” he claims. If help is not given the men who must earn their way thru college wholly or in part the school will become a college of rich men’s sons exclusively, he warns. PHILADELPHIA, of the International Miners’ | COMMUNIST ‘CHARGES T “PROGRESSIVE” OPPONENT HAS NO AID WORKING CLAS PROGRAM TO (Continued from Page 1.) “Machinist by trade—borne in Riga, Latvia, 1882, supported by Commun- ists.” Alderman Maypole, however, Dozenberg’s opponent for re-election, was declared by the league to have &@ very bad record. On the matter of the traction issue Brooker explains that the Workers (Communist) Party stands for: “(1) Public ownership of public utilities. “If elected, I will work for the im- mediate removal of all public utilities |from ownership of private capitalists |and confiscation of franchises, direct public management with workers’ con- trol, service for use, not profit. “As a Communist, I stand for a uni- fied surface, “L” and subway, muni- cipally owned, with operation thru special workers’ committees and ex- jisting transportation unions of em} ployes, reduction of fares, and better }service. The Dever plan is only a scheme which aims to deliver into the hands of capitalist politicians and bankers of this city the franchises of the surface lines, ‘L’ structures and prospective subways. | “In MeVey’s platform he speaks about taxes dnd profit, neither of which concerns the workers, for the problem of the workers is the prob- lem of the job and political power by the workers. As a self-styled pro- gressive, McVey does not even stand for municipal ownership.” Brooker then stated his program, extrats from which are given below: “I am entering the aldermanic con- test for February 24, in the 34th Ward with a set of principles and a plat- form, and not, as every other candidate running for alderman in this ward on a platform of phrases and hot air. As a candidate endorsed by the Workers (Communist) Party, I stand for a pro- gram which will rally the working men and women in Chicago for the struggle against capitalism on the basis of the immediate interests of the workers. “T am partisan for and in favor of the working class only, the producers of all wealth. I am not interested in the welfare of business, big or small, (Continued from page 1) But neither did Margaret Haley of the Teachers’ Federation have any opinion on this matter. Altho she agreed that the teachers should be consulted, she did not think it worth while fighting for as they were “sure not to win anyway.” A few quotations from a report of he New York Teachers’ Union in- vestigation of the Julia Richman h School of New York, a new high school building recently erected there, will throw a light on the im- portance of consulting teachers on the matter of school buildings: The report says in part: “Two biology rooms visited faced north and west, thus making it im- possible to grow anything or to carry out experiments requiring sunlight. The Second Ave. elevated as it went rumbling by created a terrific din— this in the main building, not the butf- fer building. The biology instructor said that she was utterly discouraged. First, the noise of the trains makes it hard for her to teach, hard for the pupils to concentrate. Second, the location of the room makes it im- possible to conduct experiments. Third, the 40 odd unique chairs and desks make the constant scraping of chairs and spilling of ink a source of great irritation. These contrap- fons are movable chairs to which he desks are attached at one side; eaving the other side open for en- rance, In the drawing rooms, the |sun streaming thru the windows | throws bars of light and shade on the children’s papers, a source of great irritation. No provision has been made for platforms for models. “And now we come to one of the most serious problems being faced in the Julia Richman High School— the traffic problem within the school itself. “There are three bridges leading from the buffer building to the main building. The bridges run into nar- row passageways just about wide NOTICE! FIRST ANNUAL Daily Worker Ball The only Revolutionary Working Class Daily Paper in America Friday Evening, Feb. 27th NEW TRAYMORE HALL Franklin St. and Columbia Ave. DANCING TO 1 A. M. TICKETS 35 CENTS Arranged by the Workers Party and Young Workers League, Local Phi ladelphia “I of the bankers, landlords and privil- eged interests of the city. On every vital issue before the workers I take the stand of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party. “As a worker and Communist, I stand for Immediate Improvement of working conditions: “(1). Not less than union wages for workers, eight-hour day, five-day week, proper factory sanitation, “(2). Equal pay for equal work for all workers, regardless of race, age or sex. “(3). Maternity period for working women with full pay, Maximum siz- hour day. Against Child Labor. “The use of any child labor under capitalism is a crime against the work+ ing class. I stand for the abolition of all child labor, up to the age of 18, with full maintenance at municipal expense, money to be obtained thru taxing corporation profits and high in- dividual incomes. “Six-hour day, five-day week, one month’s vacation with pay for all workers under 21 years of age. “Children to be maintained by the city, thru the year with text books, food, clothing, ete. Equality of Races. “In a city like Chicago the problem of race discrimination is of the most vital importance. As a Communist I stand for unqualified social, economic and political equality for all workers, irrespective of color, race or creed. “As a Communist appealing to you workers for support, I declare that there can be no real solution to any of the problems of the workers until capitalism is destroyed, and the work- ers in Chicago and America have set up their own political government, a Soviet municipality, state, or United. States Soviet. “My final appeal to you is: together, as workers, under the leadership of the Workers (Communist) Party, unite in the struggle against capital- ism! Don’t Consult Teachers About Buildings “Harry Brooker, Candidate 384th Ward. “Endorsed by the Workers (Com- munist) Party—Local Chicago.” enough for one group to pass in single file. Yet it is necessary for pupils to pass both ways. Hence two lines must pass each other. If one girl steps out of line (and it happened While we watched) the entire line is held up and the hallway becomes con- gested. “The visitors wish to report the following conversations with teach- ers on the physical and psychological effect of the building on them. Miss A. told the visitors that since Sep- tember, due to the nervous and phy- sical strain of much travel within the building and constant noise, she had lost ten pounds, (she could ill afford to lose it). She stated that al- tho she is a normal, healthy being, she resents the fact that by Friday night she is so worn out that she has to spend most of her week-end in bed in order to recuperate sufficiently for Monday morning. Miss B. said that she never feels rested. She be- lieves she is becoming a nervous wreck. By the time the eighth per- iod comes around she is too tired to accomplish anything. She spoke of another teacher who told her that in her eighth period she is no longer a thinking being. She feels that if she can assign her homework lesson, that is all she can do intelligently. Miss C. said that the vastness of the build- ing, the noise, the rush, the tear had a very definite effect on her pupils who are doing inferior work. Miss D. reported that she has figured that she spends one hour out of every six in traveling thru the building, Miss HE. said that in five years’ time she will have aged so much and will be so tired nervously that the board of education cannot possibly compensate her sufficiently for her general loss of vitality.” Business Agents of Local 39 A. C. W. Try To Disrupt Meeting When the chairman of last Tues- day night’s meeting of Local 89 of the. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ruled that charges against one of the members of the local must be made in writing in order to be legal, business agents tried to break up the meeting and failing to do this called on those present to leave the hall. , When the reactionary business agents and their henchmen left the hall, a committee was selected with instructions to draw up charges against the disruptionists. When you buy, get an “Ad” s| OF NOMINATIONS BY MACHINISTS Opposition, Exbected to Beat daston WASHINGTON, D. ©, Feb. 18-— Secretary Davison’s official summary of nomination totals for sll cand!- dates for international office, as re ported to him by all lodges of the International Association of Machin- ists in preparation for the election in April, is in general harmony with the preliminary report published by the DAILY WORKER. It shows that 405 lodges named for the presidency Wil- liam H. Johnston; 183; named John F. Anderson and 18 named J. F. Emme, For secretary-treasurer, E. C. Dav- {gon received 482 neminations, Geo. Stilgenbauer 188, and Tim Buck 14. For editor of the Journal, Fred Hew- itt had 429, Dave Willlams 158, and A. Overgaard 11, . For Vice Presidents For the six vice presidents to be filled in the United States, the candi- dates stand, in order of strength: P. J, Conion 447, H. F. Nickerson 414, J. T. Thorpe 409, R. Fechner 384, H. W. Brown 878, F. Laudeman 349, Wm. Hannon 191, J. A. Taylor 180, M. J. McMahon 179, A. T. McNamara 169, W. R. Knudsen 147, C. T. Nicholson 139, H. J. Carr 65, F. Nolan 30, F. Jennings 24, P. J. Jensen 20, Me- livaigh 17, J, Otis 18, Garner 12, A. Goetz 11, Slavens 11. For Canadian vice-president, J. So- merville has 253, J. McClelland 184, and McGovern 159, For the law committee the five ad- ministration candidates have from 400 to 424 votes, their opponents having: Hoch 174, Huttell 155, Valvano 140, Stricker 188, Kerrigan 160, Rankin 41, Hatch 22 and Carrigan 10. For delegates to the A. F. of L., the score stands: Haggerty 445, Larkin 425, Wills 420, Marshall 417, Fry 233, Dalton 197, Mitchell 167, McGillvray 111, Tucker 83 and Henning 26. State Cossack Bill Hangs Fire hl Legislature SPRINGFIELD, ML, ‘Feb. 18.—Intro- duction of the state police bill, which was scheduled for this Week, may not take place before next, week, Senator Henry Dunlap of ‘declared, be- cause members of the house have asked that the bill beointroduced si- multaneously in the house and sen- ate. , The women’s eight-hour bill was introduced in the senate today by Senator W. 8S. Jewell of Lewiston. Representative Oneil. Brown, of Ot- tawa, charged in the assembly de- bate on Devine’s report that “an at- tempt is being made to give George Brennan, of Chicago, and a Chicago newspaper, control of the state.” Merge Bus Lines. The Illinois commerce commission today announced authority for the merger of the Peorla White Star bus company and the Peoria and Farm- ington Coach line company, the new consolidation to be known as the White Star Motor Coach Line of IIli- nois, the corporation was granted au- thority to issue and sell $28,000 aggre- gate par amount of its capital stock. The passenger and express service of the two concerns was to be continued. Congresswoman to Vote with Coolidge SAN. FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 18.— Having defeated three men and her nearest opponent by nearly 20,000 votes, Mrs. Florence. Kahn will on March 4, take the seat in congress occupied by her late husband, Julius Kahn, for many years. “It will be my aim to carry on the policies and idgals of: my husband,” Mrs. Kahn s today. She is ex- pected to vote with the Coolidge ad- ministration. BOOTLES PRISONER ‘LOAHED’ DEPUTY $5,000 FOR IGE-BUSINESS ATLANTA, Ga, \Feb. 18—An- other “loan” to an lal of the United States penitentiary here was piaced In the re today at the trial of Albert E. in, formerly Warden and L. jetcher, his chief deputy on charges of conspiracy to solicit and accept bribes. Mannle Kessler, New York boot- legger, serving a sentence at the testified he had “loaned” her $5,000 with which to to enter the loe busi- ness In Miami, Fla. COMMUNIST DEPUTY IS MURDERED BY THE FASCISTI IN JLGARIA PARIS, Feb, 18—The Communist deputy Todor Strashimiroff was as- sassinated last night In one of the principal streets of Sofia, Bulgaria. Todor is a brother of the famous dramatist. On the faselsti side the losses were two, one the chief polle and a companion Li uu of ipolice of Phillo- o ut Moscow and Chichen -. City of Communist Dawn, City of Capitalist Decay By J. LOUIS ENGDAML ‘ODAY, It Is definitely stated that within a short time the opulation of Red Moscow, capital city of Soviet Russia, and at present the home city of the Communist International, will reach the two million mark, On July 15, 1924, the population of Moscow numbered 1,772,000 inhabitants. Its rapid growth will. soon place. it on a par, so far as population Is concerned, with Berlin, Paris and Chicago, eae Thus another fable of the counter-revolutionary propa- gandists is shattered. They have been trying to tell the world, these past years, that Bolshevism had destroyed Rus- sia's great cities. It is true that in the early years of the revolution, many workers returned to the land, due to the temporary collapse of industry. But they quickl returned with the revival of industry, following the liquidation of civil war, counter-revolution and intervention, These facts were never pointed out by the anti-Soviet- ists. They always pictured the ag anand of the cities, especially of Moscow as decimated Utter nonsense. ** y plagues and famine. The influx of new inhabitants Into Moscow from the provinces has now practically ceased. The increase in 4 agro now is almost exclusively due to the birth rate e ing higher than the death rate, fer THE WORLD KNOW THAT, AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE DEATH RATE IN MOSCOW IS LOWER THAN THAT OF LONDON, PARIS, BUDAPEST AND WARSAW. THE FALL OF THE DEATH RATE HAS BEEN PAR- TICULARLY SHARP AS REGARDS MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN. IT IS SHOWN THAT BEFORE THE WAR INFANT MORTALITY STOOD AT 268-280 PER THOU- SAND, BUT IN THE PAST TWO YEARS IT HAS BEEN 160-180 PER THOUSAND. IN THE PROVINCE OF MOSCOW, WITH ITS 2,250,- 000 POPULATION, THE DEATH RATE HAS ALSO DE- CLINED. IN 1914, THE YEAR THE WAR STARTED, OUT OF EVERY 10,000 THERE DIED 301 PERSONS. IN 1923 THIS HAD FALLEN TO 172, ALMOST ONE-HALF UNDER SOVIET RULE OF WHAT IT HAD BEEN UNDER CZAR- ISM. But this is only the beginning. Soviet Russia has only begun to fight disease. Soviet Rule has only been able, very recently, to begin grappling with the problems of its But progress will be more rapid henceforth. municipalities. * # reat Contrast Moscow with Chicago. Moscow is doing everything it can to solve the housing problem for its workers. Chicago perpetuates its slums. Chicago looks first to the gilded palaces of its “Gold Coast.” Its least care is the housing of the poor, Moscow has taken the palaces of the once rich and is using them for the bene- fit of the many; usually for the children. Chicago sees great mansions built for the parasite few and then permits them to be boarded up most of the year while the owners are away in Florida, California, or at the fashionable watering places of Europe. In the meantime Chicago's workers continue to huddle in their shacks and tenements. Moscow is solving its transportation problem. It plans its transit system to benefit its and elevated railways and its b population. Chicago's street oe las operate for the bene- fit of the bank accounts of the transportation profiteers, Moscow is being rebuilt. appear. A city beautiful will arise. The scars of czarism will dis- It will develop into an ideal municipality under Communism, Chicago will continue to grow with the one object in view of making mone for its capitalist overlords. it will always be the blotch that it is on the shores of Lake Michi- gan until profit rule is wiped out by Workers’ Rule. * These are some of the things for the workers of Chicago to think about as they study the issues in the present municipal political struggle, Only support of the Workers (Communist) Party and its candidates in this campaign will aid in hastening the day when workers will dominate and rebuild in their interests the city of Chicago, as labor is now doing in Red Moscow. MOB HANGS TWO NEGROES FOR FIGHTING BOSS GREENWOOD, Miss., Feb. 18.— Cager, in Holmes county, near here, was reported quiet today following a wild scene of disorder last night when Hal Winters and his brother, Negroes, were taken from authorities and hanged by a mob which charged them with murder and attempted murder. : The negroes were taken from coun- ty officers after they had been cap- tured in a swamp to which they had fled after Hal Winters was said to have shot and killed Wiseloy P, Mar- tin, 65, a plantation manager. Washington Senators Urge Humphreys As U.S. Attorney General WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18— Democratic Senators Dill of Washing: ton and Mayfield were active in be- half of William F, Humphrey, ship- ping lobbyist and lumber trust lawyer, when Humphrey's nomination to the federal trade commission which if ratified means the control of that body by tho trusts—was favorably re- ported from the senate committee on interstate commerce, on Feby 16, | Nomination of Thomas Woodlock, former editor of the Wall Street Jour- nal, was held up by agreement until next congress, because the democrats insist that a southwesternwman be next selected to that commission, Ysa ! Len Forces Capture Tam-Sui SHANGHAI, Feb. 18.—Forces form- erly led by Sun Yat Sen have captur- ed Tam-Sut, the headquarters of Chen Chui Ming, it was learned today. _—____ Subseribe for the DAILY WORKER. with the union. BUNCO COMMUNISTS WIN FIRST PLACE AT SOCIALIST BALL * “She Ain’t What She Used to Be” MILWAUKER, Wis., Feb. 18— “She ain't what she used to be.” Suck was the general opinion of observers at the eighteenth annual “socialist masked ball.” This is an institution in Milwaukee, which brings back fond memories of bye-gone days when the Milwaukee workers mistakenly thought that Victor Berger and Dan Hoan were raging revolutionists. Brrrrr.... Hats ‘em alive revolutionists. But, as stated, “She ain't what she used to be.” Though the old socialist “leaders" were there (except Victor, who is enjoying @ trip to Panama ai government expense) and tried to make things look natural. The crowd was there, too, pretty girls and fine boys and all that. But, nevertheless, “She ain’t what she used to be.” This was evident to all and embar assing to the yellow secialists who, when the time came for the “grand parade portraying historical, polities! and economic features,” The grand march brot teara to the eyes of the remnants of the remains of the so cialist party. For there, in the forefront—in fac spread all over the grand march—se ‘}nothing much else was to be seen, were Communist banners borne by most of the marchers. “Long Live Soviet Russia” read a placard carried by a pretty girl dress ed in red—not yellow. “Lenin is dead—But Leniniem Lives? said another, And so on down the line. Nope, “she ain’t what she used to be.” House and Senate Play Football with Postal Salary Bill WASHINGTON, D. G., Fed. 18— The postal pay increase bill was sent department of public Unbearable Conditions, Carrozzo, telling of the unbeatable conditions imposed on the aetreet cleaners by the city, declared that it is impossible for them to make a living wage. Those street cleaners who work outside the loop do not have steady work.” Discharged 32 Union Men. Carrozzo answered the charge of Commissioner of Public Works A. A. Sprague that the strike was called without notice by declaring that Sprague fired 82 repair foremen in violation of his verbal agreement PARTY for the benefit of COMRADE ANDREW GRAHAM Member of Workers Party who has been crippled for life Sunday Afternoon, February 22, 3 o'clock at STISKA'S HALL, 4021 Drake Ave. TICKETS 85¢ Auspices, Committee of Friends of Graham NEW YORK CITY, NOTICE! GYMNASTIC EXHIBITION AND DANCE will be held Saturday, Feb. 21, 1925, starting 8 p.m. at LABOR TEMPLE, 15 W. 126th St., near 5th Ave. EXCELLENT BUFFET IN BUILDING Tickets, 40 Cente in Advance At the Door, 60 Cents Auspices, Workers’ ‘Sport Alliance