The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 24, 1925, Page 1

Insure the DAILY WORKER To the Last Spike! Before March 5 Vol. II. No. 37. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Outside Chicago, > SAAPF ER NATIONAL LABOR : a ee ri ae So OF CUBA IS C._:- “ew YOR 5 hey | =25 JOIN FIGHT ON | IMPERIALISM The communication below has been sent by the Pan-American Anti-Im- Perialist League to the Cuban National Labor Congress, now in session in the city of Cienfuegos, Cuba. The congress was called at a preliminary conference, December 14, 1924, for the purpose of establishing a national labor confederation in Cuba.» No AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY ‘HE conference for progressive po- litical action adjourned sine die after a short and sweet discussion during which words of praise were showered on the heads of the hard- boiled railroad labor leaders by the beaming Morris Hillquit, and the labor leaders had returned the favor by paying tribute to the mental nimb- leness of brother Hillquit. No doubt Morris had visions of briefs from the watchful labor fakers, which more than compensated for the regret a socialist would feel in seeing the work of three years of manouvering and belly-crawling going for nothing. ** * 'HE conference took place in a room at the Lexington Hotel. The walls were appropriately decor- ated with dead leaves. Whenever any- body passed by the leaves, they (the leaves) rattled, In fact the leaves were the livest things in the gather- ing, unless an exception may be made in the case of a vocal delegate from Idaho, who opposed everfthing that came from the direction of Morris Hillquit, until an S. P. lady delegate ‘ook the platform, made a few ap- propriate gestures and knocked the Idahoan as dead mentally, as the leaves on the wall. But he voted for her motion and_so did his wife. ._*. @ 'HE officials of the 16 rail labor organizations elt -nacomfortable trom the. start. Qne could with them. It was the greatest col-| lection of human freaks out of cap- tivity. The inevitable J. A. H.‘Hop- kins was there with his brief case and as usual he had an organization packed inside of it. He is head of the “committees of forty-eight.” That committee was represented by Hop- king and three telegrams, which Hop- kins read. “After Hopkins got the floor and floated his organizations, he was satisfied and did not care how soon it would sink. Indeed it seem- ed as if most the delegates came there to make the audience laugh, ery, cheer or go to sleep as it the case might be. After they had per- formed their particular acts, they went around bearing and air of satis- taction as if to say: “I have made a tipple in this little pond.” Wes HE conference was as cheerful when it reconvened in the after- noon as a condemned man giving his last interview to the press prepara- tory to going to the gallows. For one thing there was a burden of debt around the C. P. P. A’s neck. At first the figure was set at $5,000 but in the afternoon, bills began to emerge from all sides. It was learned that the ¢. P. P. A. had a skeleton to the tune of $8,000 in its closet for quite some time. This appeared to shock the socialists who expected in inherit a solvent organization. Various speakers mostly socialists, when delivering orations with the object of impressing the labor leaders with their technique, never failed to men- tion that besides rolling up votes for LaFollette in the last. election they also were adepts in the art of rolling up debts. This, was not so good to ears of the “business men.” eee 'HE writer had the pleasure of, seeing the great comedian De. Wolf Hopper play the leading, tho not | the title role in “The Mikado.” It was, an enjoable experience but for rib- tickling merriment the last act of the C. P. P. A. ran Hopper off the boards, Not that the stolid leaders of the brotherhood organizations with one exception, are comedians. No, they are very serious persons and stand on their dignity. They are not comedians, but there is one clown (Continued on page 2.) , 16 per cent. rer TOLEDO, Feb, 22.—Employment in Toledo is off more than 18 compared with February, 1924, The 51 plants reporting to nufacturers’ association show 22,816 employes, A year ago they h 27,919 on the payrolls. For the bela ity thie means 15,000 fewer jobs, Detroit and Toledo Jobs Disappear ' DETROIT, Feb. 22.—There are 50,000 fewer jobs in Detroit in February, 1925, than a year ago, according to the employers’ association. Members re-|_ presenting ‘about two-thirds of the total employment in the auto city have 207,107 on their payrolis compared with 241,402 a year ago, a reduction of such a central confederation now exists, altho the Cuban labor move- ment is strong and militant. At the December conference 70 la- bor organizations were represented. The yellow Brotherhood of Railway Employes boycotted it, however. The letter to the present congress is as follows: To the Cuban National Labor Con- gress, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Dear Comrades: Greetings! The eyes of all the workers of Cuba are upon you. And not only in Cuba, but thruout the length and breadth of the western hemisphere—yes, thru- out the world—class conscious work- ers who recognize the essential unity of our struggle are looking to you in hope and expectancy, confident that you will fulfijl the important task which history’ has assigned to you. It has been a source of wonder to the outside world that Cuba, despite its long record of labor struggles and (Continued on ga wi Ail ‘ MILITARISTS TALK PEACE: READY FOR WAR United States H. ogtieing Its Enemies LONDON, Feb. 22.7 government is willing to enter, into a disarmament conference the United States “no matter* how? Wide the scope,” it was said at the’ British foreign office today. ab The British government “has not, however, received from the American government any definite proposals for a disarmament conference, thé'foreign office asserted. It said ‘that’ England would “welcome” such am invitation from the United States. “Barkis Is Willin’” Great Britain is willing, too, that the conference should be held in Wasington. This is in contrast to the policy of the MacDonald government, which insisted that the conference must be held in Europe. " The conference should not be called until autumn because of the question of French security still being unset- tled, the foreign office pointéd out. Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, February 28, Another Communist. Killed by the Fascisti Near Serbian Border SOFIA, Feb, 22.—The struggle be- tween the Bulgarian fascist govern- ment and the workers, led by the Communists, is growing in intensity. A Communist has been killed at Vidin, near \the Serbian border. WOMEN LOSE FIGHT FOR IMMEDIATE RIGHT ~— TOVOTE IN ENGLAND LONDON, Eng. Feb. 22.—Women Jost her battle for immediate equal suffrage in England when the house of commons today passed the administration amendment to the electoral bill, 220 to 153, ~ This action has the effect of de- laying the electoral reform in behalf of women until possibly 1929, The “immediate suffrage,” amend. ment was submitted by Whitely, laborite. It provided for the enfran- chisement of all women over 21, ** the merchants’ t ship of about two They went thru the railroad shop- men’s strike with their locals almost intact. ping eo you can dance’ no more, You'll be the , | sorkfest animal this side of the Led cent tlatitie if you don’t come along.” _ > FALL Entered as second-class matter September 2, 1923, at the TUESDAY, FEBRt ee acetate rate ane con ae ea en # ae In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per year. TEXTILE BOSSES KILL CHILD BILL THEN ASK LONGER WORKING DAY BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 22,—Ratific- ation of the child labor amendment las defeated by a 33 to 1 vote in the State senate. An advisory referen- dum had already gone against the measure, at the November election. The lower house defeated ratific- ation by a vote of 204 to 9. Two bills for the termination of the 48 hour law are being supported by Massachusetts textile interests In hearings before the committee on labor and industries of the state up- per and lower Rouse. One bill would substitute the 54 hour law for the present 48 hour limit. The other would suspend the 48 hour law for a two year period in favor of 54 hours. The associated industries of Mas- sachusetts and the Arkwright club, an organizaiton of textile men, are furnishing the long hour arguments at the hearings. Organized labor is fighting for the retention of the pre- sent law. GOOD MEETINGS AT DUBUQUE AND CLINTON, IOWA Militants Heard First , Communist Speech By DAVID COUTTS. CLINTON, Ia., Feb. 22—Our meet- ing at the Labor Temple in Clinton was one of the best spirited we have had in the Iowa organization cam- paign which is now being carried on by J. E. Snyder, district organizer, as- fisted by David Coutts. | At this meeting the trade union members were in the majority and lis- tened attentively to the speakers. Clinton has a trade union member- thousand today. There was, at one time, a ood Socialist local here and follow- ig that they elected a number of workers to city and county offices on @ labor’ ticket. The experiences fol- (Continued on Page 4.) Whispered in Secret “Hello, will you be there?” “Where?” “Bronx Section affair, New York, 1847 Boston Rd., Saturday, Feb, 28?” “No, I won't. “Hush—I'll tell you a secret, You're to miss something great; all “York will be there. Wonderful ert; eats, galore and dancing ‘til |“Mianks for the tip. I'll be there. itor me. I'm the girl ver wears bbed hair,” THE END OF | rike Gets Howing New York Bigger. (Federated P 5! NEW YORK, Fe a 20 per cent wa shorter hours of to the non-union: dren's dresses and we muslin underwear” that daily ine to the ranks of 20 workers. striking | yorrespondent) The logic of increase and is appcaliing irkers on chil-, en’s silk and +g ich an extent numbers come ladies’ garment f these trades. To .many of) the - unorganized workers called © t by the Interna. tional Ladies’ Gi Workers’. Un- ion, wage in 120 per cent (Continued ‘Page 2) COOLIDGE MAY SOON BE EATING SPAGHETTI WITH FINGER NAILS WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Econo- my, like the cat, came back on Pres- ident Coolidge. Irritated by the extreme dullness of a knife eraser he had been us- ing “for some time, the executive sent into the outer’officer for a new and sharper one. 5 « “Sorry” was the, prompt reply, “but in the effort-to: meet the addi- tional economy program, tnere are no more knife erasers in stock.” SCAB CLOTHING MILL BANKRUPT —— The federal district court has ap- pointed a receiverisfor the Daniel Boone Woolen Millg(the concern that tried to fight its\#triking garment workers in Rock Island with injune- tions last summer... The receiver is Edward Brundage who has been out of a public job since he was defeated in his race for re-election as Illinois attorney general in 1924. Brundage is the man who tried to hank Illinois miners after the Herrin mine war of 1922. The jury acquitted all defend- ants. / Spend Your Sunday Evening at the Open Forum. “LOONEY GAS” VICTIM DIES LLL ne BRIDGETON, M J., Feb, 22.—Robert Huntsinger, 34, died as the result oo 290 ORKER, @ at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, 24, 1925 Published Daily,ex@épt"Sunday by THE DAILY WORKHUR PUBLISHING CO.,:1113»W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. 500 COMRADES ARE WANTED FOR PARIS COMMUNE PAGEANT, MARCH 15 The workers of New York experienced a wonderful spectacle on Feb. 1, when 15,000 Communists and Communist sympethizers crowded Madison Square Garden in the name of Leninism. On March 16, the Garden will again be filled with Communists and their followers. The Communist press has arranged a pageant, ball and concert. March 15 is the date the Paris Commune and the lessons of that historical event are TREATY GIVING ENGLAND PALESTINE MANDATE IS REPORTED FAVORABLY WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.— The Palestine treaty, between the Unit- ed States and Great Britain for the establishment of a British mandate in Palestine was favorably report- ed today by the senate foreign re- lations committee. The treaty provided for the es- tablishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine and recognized the Zionist organization as an offi- cial agency for the development of the country. CP. P. A. NEW YORK SHOP NUCLEI MEETING ON TUESDAY EVE Do You Work Between 14th and 42nd? The first shop nuclei organization meeting in New York City wil take place Tuesday evening, Feb, 24, at} 6:30 p. m. The meeting will be held in the club rooms of the Armenian Workers Club, 407 Fourth Ave. near 28th street. At this meeting efforts will be made to organize. into shop nuclei all the party members who work in the area that lies between 14th street. and 42nd street. aivery member of the party in Dis- trict 2 who works in this area must make it his or her duty to attend the meeting. The reorganization of the party on the basis of shop nuclei is one of the party’s most important tasks right now. Comrades of District 2, don't forget. | If you work between 14th and 42nd streets, the meeting concrns you. Our slogan in the campaign for or- ganization of shop nuclei is “On to the shops!” Let us start the march of the organized Communists to the shops by coming Tuesday evening to the Armenian Workers ull, Place, 407 Fourth avenue, Room 1, ~ate Feb. 24. Time right after woik, 6:30 p.m. of terra-ethy! leadq poisoning, following serious iliness and insanity. This industrial disease wetim got him death from employment in the DuPont plant at Penns Grove, New Jersey, + to be drawn once more—the lessons of the defeat of the workers of Paris— and the lessons that the Russian revo- lution has taught the workers—the lessons of victory. In order better to portray the action of the workers of Paris against the bourgeoisie whose assembly was gath- ered at Versailles, the committee in charge has arranged a pageant, that will excel for its magnitude. Hundreds of comrades and sympathizers, if not thousands, will participate in this grandiose pageant, which will be the biggest thing that the Communists of New York have ever undertaken, The pageant will be directed by Dr. Alexander Arketov, who conducted the magnificent production of “The Dawn” in Moscow. The pageant will require a good- sized band—and above all a large number of comrades to act in the mass scenes. All comrades of the Workers Party, Y. W. L. and Junior groups who are willing to devote themselves to the pageant and to participate in it, should report at once to Comrade Fralkin, at the district office. Little time can be lost, as there are only three weeks left. TAKE 49 MINERS’ MANGLED BODIES FROM MINE PIT Local Union Plans to Provide Relief (Special to The Daily Worker) SULLIVAN, Ind., Feb. 22.—Forty- nine, smashed and mangled bodies company mine and two more lie 300 Union Handles Situation Tons.of slate have fallen from the roof of the mine since the explosion which killed 51 members. of the Sul- livan Mine Workers’ Union. “There are about ninety three of us left,” O. C. Thomas, checkweighman for the union, who is identifying the bodies, said. “And we'll pay the expenses of the funerals.” The mine is about 320 feet deep and has been in operation for two years. Up until the time of the ex- plosion, the mine produced an aver- age of 1,000 tons of coal per day, most of which was shipped to Chi- cago. The ownership of the mine has nat been made public. Will Resume Operation Adjustant General: Kershner when asked whether the national guard would be called out said, “The Sulli- van county miners have a strong or- ganization which I believe will be able to cqpe with the situation.” Survivors of the disaster predicted that the mine would be in operation again within two weeks. Worst Disaster in Years A. C. Dally, state mine inspector, said that the disaster was the worst mine catastrophe in Indiana in many years. Dally has been in charge of the rescue work. The mine is com- paratively small, and had been work- ed intensively, with. modern machine- ry. Huge dynamos generate electric- ity to run the conveyor in which the coal is moved to the surface. The mine is located on a tract of land 277 acres in extent. National guard units will be dis- patched from Terre Haute to aid in relief work if Dally requires them. (Continued on page 2) have been taken from the City al NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents THIRD PARTY HOPES BLASTED BY RAIL CHIEFS Leave Progressives and Socialists in Squabble ‘The long-heralded convention of the conference of progressive political ac- tion was broken up by the railway brotherhood chiefs’ refusal to take part in a third party. A national provisional conference for the formation of an independent political party, which was held fol- lowing the adjournment of the C. P. P. A., was demoralized by the with- drawal of the railroad union heads and doomed by the tack of any sort of mass character, thus failing to ac complish its purpose. Shepherd Turns on Cold Water. From the beginning, the third par- ty was doomed. Delegate Shepherd, head of the railway conductors and spokesman for the recalcitrant broth- erhood chiefs, threw the first panful of cold water when he submitted a resolution that would have the dele- gates say: “It is the sense of this body that a new party should not be formed.” His proposal was not very well re- ceived and was followed by amend- ments and a substitute asking for the formation of all kinds of new par- ties. But the brotherhood chiefs were firm. Their better business judgment, they said, told them the time was not ripe for a new party and that for the present they were determined to continue the policy of “reward your friends and punish your enemies.” Hillquit Urges Labor Party. Morris Hillquit, fepresenting the executive committee of the socialist party, brought forward an amendment to provide for the immediate organ- ization of an American labor party. It should be patterned after the Brit- ish labor party and should be based on the principles of “industrial and political democracy.” yewhen charged that these were so- cialist principles, it was pointed out that the phrase is a common inhabi- tant of-American: Federation-of Labow. documents. When it was seen that the brother- hoods were definitely not to be con- sidered, a fight started between the progressives and the S. P. over the character of the new party. The progressives didn’t want another so- cialist party, they said. They wanted a party to represent the five million citizens who yoted for LaFollette. Hillquit saw the breakers ahead The wealthy New York lawyer sum- moned his greatest powers of ora- tory. Let us agree at least that we want a new party. Very well, the progressives said, we will agree to that, but we will insist on our own kind of party. Debs Speaks; Hillquit Dickers. The brotherhood chiefs had invited them to go and organize a new party if they wanted one. . Hillquit got worried. To give himself time to Plead with the brotherhoods to- get out and let the party boosters have the hall, he urged Debs to rise and (Continued on page 2) FORD EMPLOYES WIN STRIKE IN DANISH FACTORY COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb. 22.—The workers at the Ford com- pany’s motor works won a strike after twenty-four hours, when the Ford company gave in to thelr de- mands that a. painter who had beer discharged be put back to work. The Ford plant is swamped with quick delivery orders, and faced a serious situation. The reason given for discharging the painter was that he “s ee water an a newly paint: | ed car.” —— “THE YOUNG WORKER,” SOON TO BE WEEKLY; PROMISES TO BE KEEN WEAPON IN FIGHT ON CAPITALISM By BARNEY MASS Efforts are being made to have the ally. This bill provides that ten verses from the bible and become a regular item of the curriculum of the schools, before the Ohio legislature, New York and other states. spread to embrace the entire country. “bible-in-the-schools” bill adopted nation be read every day It is now up It is gradually being In Cleveland the national committee of the league has instructed the local organization to join up this issue with the struggle against child labor, To establish conferences with repre-4¢——-———_____—- sentatives from working class organ- izations to carry on the struggle. With the Young Worker to come out every week instead of once in two weeks, the fight against child la- bor, bible bill and the like, will gain a new impetus, It will contribute in a major degree to rally great num- bers of young and old workers for [Our fight. To fight effectively against sou'* euch arbitrary legislation, means also A HA ne working for the building up of the Young Worker. With a weekly, our message will permeate larger and larger numbers of young workers, As a means of abolishing child labor, preventing the enactment df the “bible bill,” opposition to state con- stabularies, Insure the life of the Young. Worker as a weekly organ of the militant young workers im thig country, ++