The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 25, 1925, Page 2

Page Two ABRAMOVICH AT (TcDisie..... [GIRL STRIKERS — CONVENTION OF U.S. SOCIALISTS Debs on the Platform; Hillquit Translates (Continued from page 1) road brotherhoods and the soctalists. He predicted a “rebirth” of the third party. Johnston did not seem to be disturbed at the withdrawal of the la- bor elements and the socialists. “The new third party will incorpo- rate progressives and liberals and will not indicate an extreme movement such as ‘labor’ or ‘farmer-labor,'” Johnston said. Johnston said the party will be a LaFollette party which will be named at a convention, the date of which has not been set. He said the various states will hold conventions before the national convention ane “an exe- cutive committee of five will be an- nounced in a few days.” Consider Secondhand Broadcaster. Only one resolution was adopted in the early hours of the convention. It dealt with the purchase of a second hand broadcasting station in Phila- delphia, advised by Leo Harkins, “so- cialist” organizer. In his speech Debs was strong for starting a weekly paper and getting hold of a printing plant. Both these steps indicate the utter bankruptcy of the “socialist” movement, which is frantically striving for some sort of expression. Report on the “C. P. P. A.” Debs heads a sub-committee that will bring in a report on “socialist” participation in the conference for progressive political action. Hillquit had assured the convention that the “socialists” had wisely participated in the 0. P. P. A. Locomotive Leaves Rails in Kentucky CINCINNATI, 0., Feb. 28.—Caught beneath their overturned locomotive after it left the rails, J. C. Maringer, 40, engineer of Covington, Kentucky, and Leroy McKinley, 27, fireman of Latonia, Ky., were crushed to death on the Louisville and Nashville rail- road, eight miles south of Covington, Kentucky today. Herbert Darnes of Lima, Ohio, was found seriously in- | pured near the wrecked engine, He lis thought to have been “beating” his way south, As the engine reached a curve near Grants tunnel, {t jumped the track. The train was the second section of the southland limited. The first sec- tion, a well’ filled passenger train, took the curve safely ‘a few minutes before. COOLIDGE USES AIRCRAFT PROBE TO FOSTER WAR WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23.— After their work was effectively stop- ped by the Coolidge administration, the house aircraft committee com- menced drafting its report. The in- vestigation conducted by the commit- tee into aircraft conditions is being used by the corporations controlling the Coolidge government to speed up the building of a larger army and navy. “Scandals” aiming to show that both the army and navy are too small were presented to the committee, and immediately the kept press got busy with cartoons and headline stories meant to force the American workers into another mad “preparedness” drive which would lead to war. tips as to the future disposition of these lands which he learned thru his position in the army. When Washing- ton, who was the father of capital- ism in the United States, died, his stolen lands, exclusive of his wife’s Mount Vernon estate, were valued at five hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Married Stupid Woman. Washington was satisfied to go thru life with an admittedly stupid and homely woman, Mrs. Martha Cus- tis, because when he marfied her hie took charge of her fortune of fifteen thousand acres of land, in addition to three hundred Negro slaves and thirty thousand pounds, In his first letter to William Craw- ford, dated Sept. 21, 1767, Washing- ton outlined his pldt for the seizure of western lands. He first cautiously requested Crawford to stake out for him, with the utmost secrecy as to who was behind the plot, “a tract of about fifteen hundred, two thousand or more acres,” “Could such a piece of land be found you would do me a singular favor in falling upon some method of securing it immediately from the at- tempts of others,” Washington wrote, “As nothing’ is more certain than that the lands could not remain long un- granted, when once it is known that rights are to be had,’, Washington had learned from his official friends that land was going to be granted, by (Continued from page 1) Easy to learn on the Remington Pine Because it has the one and only Standard Key- board—exactly like the big typewriters. Its ease of operation and beautiful work make writing a pleas- ure, Price, with case, *60 Easy payment terms can be arranged when you Order from The Daily Worker 1113 W. Washington Bivd., CHICAGO, ILL. JULIN’S SHOE STORE AND REPAIR SHOP 3224 W. North Avenue Chieago Phone Belmont 2713 Plutes Remember George Washington the state of Pennsylvania and imme- diately sent Crawford out’ to secure it for him, in the approved tea-pot dome style. Thru the next ten years Washington stubbornly fought, both the Indians and the white settlers, to maintain these lands. He later made use of “tips” obtained thrif his posi- tion as general of the American army to make more secure the lands which Crawford had staked out, on a per- centage basis. Get Around The Law | “It is possible,” Washington con- tinued, “That the custom in Pennsyl- vania will not admit so large a quant- ity of land as I desire. If so this may be arranged by making several entries to the same amount, if the ex- pense is not too heavy. ~ “All I want if the land can only be secured from others, that is.all I want at present. By this time it may be easy for you to discover that my plan is to secure a good deal of land. You will consequently come in for a very handsome quantity. I recom- mend that you keep this whole matter secret.” Crawford replied that the staking of land had been “stopped by the In- dians” as “the Indians are not paid for the land.” Nevertheless, Craw- tord set to work. He asked Washing- ton as a favor, to secure for him the title of a Negress who had run off and taken refuge with the Indians, “The wench I have ran away from them and came to Fort Pitt,” Craw- ford wrote, “I am afraid there are some scheming already to purchase her.” It was only thru the aid of Lord Dunmore, governor -of Virginia be- fore the revolution and a notorious lackey of King George, that Wash- ington was able to secure his land. On June 16, 1794 Washington wrote, “My land on the Ohio and Great Ken- hawa rivers amounts to 32,373 acres.” Upon a second survey, however, it was found that Washington's land was even greater in extent. Sordid History The sordid history ef Washington's land grafts is written in’ his own hand in letters to his agent Crawford. These letters show how Washington pitted his Negro slaves:and his white convict laborers, who Were also used as slaves during their term of im- prisonment, against 'the westérn white settlers and against the Ne- groes, They’ show how Washington drew governors, army officers and agents into his plots, and bought them off on a commission basis. They show the cunning and cupidity of the first big American capitalist, To Serve His Country Is to Neglect Himself, Says McAndrew of Boy (Special to The Dally Worker) CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 23.—“A boy should have it drilled into him that he enters school for the same purpose as joining the army, to serve his country not himself.” said William McAndrew, superintendent of Chi- cago Public Schools and president of the department of auperintendents of the National Education Association today at the opening of the 61st an- nual convention of that organization | hore, axsscntttttis Antal toe 0 aervrnere SHOW SPEED IN NEW YORK STRIKE Scabs Afraid to Go Out for Lunch (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 23.—Hight girl pickets were brought into various courts Saturday from the garment workers’ strike lines where 20,000 workers, mostly girls, are fighting for organization and better conditions and wages. Sara Platkin-of the Bronx, was ac- cused of attacking a scab. The scab was trying to go to work at the Pearl- man Dress company, 55 West 16th street. The judge in the Jefferson Market court held Sara for $500 bail on a charge of “disorderly conduct.” If scabs are to be beaten up, it must in an orderly manner, apparently. Workers Party and Trade Union Edu- cational League members are leading the rank and file fighters. Sylvia Goldstein, Anneida Mazzei and Marie Absepin were other girls haled before judges, Anneida draw- ing a hold over for $200 bail, the other two being dismissed after non- appearance of the complainant. They had upset a fine tray load of sand- wiches being taken into a shop for the scabs who were afraid to go out to eat lunch. Four other girls who had entered a shop to do a little or- ganizing were dismissed with a judic. ial bawl-out. An organization committee of 300 was sent out with instructions to or- ganize every shop not pulled out by the strike on Thursday. Two Workers Fired for Aiding Rescue Work at Sand Cave CHICAGO; Feb. 23—Two of the volunteer “miners” who left their work here to go to Cave City, Ky., to aid in the rescue work for Floyd Col- lins, cave explorer, imprisoned in Sand Cave, returned today to find that their absence had cost them their jobs. They are: E. F, McIntyre and Al- fred Woolven. Both carried “honorable dischar- ges” from the Sand Cave work signed by H. T. Carmichael, general super- visor of operations which stated they had done “heroic and valuable work in connection with the attempted rescue and deserved every consider- ation tor their service” but these availed naught. Migratory Birds, Not Workers, Are Government Pets (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Feb. 23.—Among radical labor circles there is some amusement and much indignation at the Calles government's announce- ment that it would “offer every assist- ance” to the “special representative” of the American government to ar- rive at an agreement upon the “pro- tection of migratory birds.” It is pointed out that while Calles and the Yankees are solemnly chat- tering about protecting migratory birds, thousands upon thousands of migratory workers, who pour into the United States are treated worse than cattle, half-starved, over-worked and driven from steel mills to beet fields, extra gangs on the railroad or to the stopes of metal mines of the west. . : . Sinclair Oil Thru : . in Soviet Russia MOSCOW, ..Russia, Feb. 23.—The Sinclair Oil company failed to Nive up to its agreement with Soviet Russia, and its concessions in Saghalin are virtually dead, Gregory Pyatkov, chairman of the concessions commit- tee, is quoted as saying in press dis- patches. The Japanese are given con- cessions in the Saghalin territory by the terms of the Russo-Japanese treaty. The Soviet government is reported to have donated more than 100,000,000 gold rubles for buying seed grain to insure a plentiful crop next year, KNIT GOODS WORKERS STILL ON STRIKE IN NEW YORK SHOPS (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 23.—The knitted underwear workers, those in the spring needle trades making fabrics for knitted ga continuing their strike in Brooklyn and Manhattan shops under joint jurisdiction of the International ’ Garment Workers and the Textile Workers. The union, until late independent, is growing in spite of the dull season in the trade. Arrests of pickets occur in this strike, but not so frequently as in the white goods and children’s dress workers’ strike where several times as many workers are involved. Rec- ognition of the union and generally improved conditions are sought by the StNORee 6 ; THE DAILY WORKER Tae a (Continued from page 1) scene or else submerge themselves in the mulligan. y 4 . “ RGET that class conscious stuff,” said McKaig, of Idaho. A delegate from the north side of the city of Columbus, Ohio, warned the socialists that unless that party dis- apeared from human ken, the people living on the north side of Columbus would have nothing to do with it and without the northsiders, the thing would not go. This delegate had no particular objection to labor but he wanted a party for “independent Am- ericans.” He was’ tired of listening to Hillquit’s internationalism he said tions between Ramsay MacDonald and King George a glowing terms. . . 'HERE were many twitching’ lips and itching palms in the audience at the thot of kissing some royal anat- omy, as the millionaire socialist law- yer dwelt on the rise to office and governmental honors of the British la- bor leaders, “B,& O, Bill” was not in &@ very happy position. Motions, points of order, questions of parliamentary inquiry flew around him. Sometimes he harpooned them, but they usually went by him. Several motions were lost and the delegates were too busy trying to get the floor to bother about them. 8 © ‘HE way Johnston was treated by the body won the sympathy of Leo Harkins of Philadelphia, who used to be a leftwinger a few years ago. He made a spirited speech which was not listened to, while the delegates were leaving the hall, urg- ing them to be nice to “B. & O, Bill” when they met on the following day. “Bil” did a lot of thinking while he was seated behind the presiding table. Some observers thot he knew what he wanted. Others thot that he was in a daze. Heiwas very much alone anyway. Avifew of the lesser lights in the sixteem standard railway organizations were there to keep the home fires burning’ Their main ob- ject was to see that nothing tangible came out of the convention. They succeeded admirably. one ABOR was conspicuous by its ab- sence there. Ifthe sentiment for the formation of a labor party can be measured by the» representation from the workers and farmers at that convention, it must be placed at zero. The only organized! element that fav- ored a labor party im ‘the slightest de- gree were the ts" they used it only aga After the convention wags:over delegates shook their heads when asked for their opinion of theqchances of the new and nameless patty. Old and sin. cere veterans in ‘thé! socialist move- ment who have looked on helplessly at the way the partytraveled from its original moorings “were disgusted. The shyster lawyers, shoddy intellec- tuals and homeless political wander- ers, found themselves no worse off than when they came, es oe evresn of the conductors has a wholesome respect for money. He must be a disciple of Napoleon Bonaparte. “Nap,” ageording to Shep- hard, once said that ;there were three essentials to success. The first was money and so were the other two. He charged the delegates with an indec- ent exhibition of poverty when the chairman appealed for a collection to pay the deficit. The brotherhoods would no longer play the role of rich uncle to this bunch of deadbeats. Yet there was at least one millionaire among them, brother, or Mr., but not once Comrade Hillquit. 2. 'T Was @ good convention, the most entertaining I ever attended. One delegate from the needle trades ad- mitted unofficially that it was the big- gest collection of renegade socialists that ever gathered ‘together. But they were more intent on spiking the plans of the socialist party than ac- complishing anything’ of value. It was a splendid victory for political hygiene; two rotten ‘political organiza- tions were buried if one day. Probe Deaths of Four Run Down by “Big Four” Train HARRISBURG, Hitnois, Feb, °23.— Deaths of four coal miners, ‘killed when they were struck by a Bir Four train while sitting on the track near here, Sunday night, will be probed at a coroneré inquest. The dead we William Quinn, 40; Luther Foster, 56; Henry Cooley, 39; and his brother John Cooley, 37. All were Saline county miners, A body believed to be that of James McCurt last night, was identified as Quinn to- day when McCurt was found at his boarding house, ‘The tracks where the accident oc- curred were lined with the curious today, Parts of the lies were scat- tered along the on an eighth of a mile, The engineer of the train said all four men ‘eo ait on the west rail and were not’'seen until the engine was almost di them. ail Get your tickets s3fe 4 Revel Ball, which consisted of painting the rela-|' LaFolletté “Progressives Never Heard of Loans to Anti-Soviet Agent Here By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL ODAY, a little more of the truth about America’s partici- pation in the world war comes to light when it is shown that President Woodrow Wilson ordered $1,500,000,000 loaned to the bankrupt nations of western Europe, im- mediately following the war. The Hearst press is getting very excited because this was done illegally. The money was raised thru the sale of the so-called “Liberty Bonds” for war purposes. Congress had voted against the after-the- war loans. But Wilson, in Paris, at the Peace Conference, building his League of Nations—the Black Capitalist Inter- national—ordered the loans put thru. Capitalist Europe had to be bulwarked against the threat of the social revolution over all Europe, in the winter months of 1918-19, following immediately on the heels of the war. * * * @& The excuse for extending aid to Czecho-Slovakia was typical of all the rest. It is declared that advances were made to provide “food and food products urgently needed in Czecho-Slovakia as a military measure to prevent the spread of anarchy.” Everywhere that the foundations of capitalism were melting away, these Wilson was on the job with Amer- ican gold to bolster them up. * * * * Additional facts come to light as to the careful solicitude harbored by the Wilson regime for Boris Bakmeteff, who ar- rived in the United States as the Kerensky spokesman after the Bolshevik revolution had placed power in the hands of the workers and peasants. Altho without a government Bakmeteff became one of Wilson’s petted darlings. American gold was lavishly show- ered upon him. Loans were made to him on his own “I. 0. U.” while the United States government joined the other nations of the Versailles Peace in a feverish effort to over- throw Soviet Rule. * * * * Much of this has peer | been pointed out in the col- umns of the DAILY WORKER. It has been broadcasted to the nation in the educational propaganda of the American Communist movement. One of the surprises of this latest “scandal” is the ad- mission made by two members of the foreign relations com- mittee of the house of representatives that they knew noth- ing about the loans to Bakmeteff. They are.now “surprised” to hear of them. They confess: HENRY ALLEN COOPER, republican representative from Wis- consin, LaFollette supporter: “I was particularfy astonished at the news of the loans to Bakmeteff. the so-called Russian ambassador, who really represented nothing but a government on horseback.” EDWARD E. BROWNE, also republican representative from Wis- consin, and also a LaFollette supporter: “I knew that we had sold our surplus war supplies in Europe at an extremely low figure, but the other facts came as a surprise to me. | am at a loss to understand why we lent money to the Russian ambassador after the Russlan government had collapsed.” s * * @ Both Cooper and Browne have been in capitalist politics for a long time under the tutelage of LaFollette. Cooper was the LaFollette spokesman on the floor of the national republican convention, at Cleveland, last summer. Both of them, actually members of the house foreign relations com- mittee, now confess that they were ignorant of the current information that the American capitalist government at Washington was carefully nurturing the interests of an agent of the Russian counter-revolution. in this country. And Browne, even now with this information thrust upon him, doesn’t understand why American capitalism should do such a “naughty thing.” It is beyond the infantile compre- hension of the capitalist brand of democracy that parades as “LaFollette progressivism.” Yet it is only another dis- play of their usual childish faith in capitalism. * * Wilson not only backed the Bakmeteff mission in this country, but the money turned over to the fake “ambas- sador” also helped finance his counter-revolutionary embas- sies in Norway and Belgium. Bakmeteff also tried to get money to support his embassies in Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay, where the pro-Bolshevik sentiment, capevially in the trade union movements of those countries, was ver strong. It is claimed that these ambitions of Bakmete were not satisfied. But any honest worker may have his own doubts, : ** 8 @& Yet there are capitalists and their political lackeys in this country who claim Soviet Russia ought to repay the czarist debts as a preliminary to recognition by the United States. Instead the workers of this country should vehemently demand that the United States government indemnify the Russian Soviet Republic for the damage it has done thru supporting counter-revolutionary activities against it. This would easily mount into billions of good American gold dollars. , Cer aK wee Cooper and Browne, speaking for their brand, of “pro- essivism,” offer their usual remedy, in the words of the ‘ormer, “a comprehensive investigation.” Let the workers and poor farmers, who supported this cheap LaFollette by-product of capitalist politics at last fall's elections realize that what they need is comprehensive ac- tion under the leadership of the Workers (Communist) Party. And the only worth whilo action is for the workers and farmers to struggle as vigorously for the overthrow of this capitalist system, as Woodrow Wilson labored to main- ban it, especially in the days of peace negotiations at Ver- sailles, Warren’s Name Held [War in Air Boosters in Senate Because | Would Pay for Probe; of Sugar Connections » | GARPENTERS DETROIT JUNK A FAKER MACHINE Prepare to: Fight for More Wages DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 23.— Either the police have abandoned Hutche- son’s fakers or Hutcheson’s fakers have decided that the police cannot be used effectively against the rank and file. Perhaps it is a combination of both. Suffice it to say that when the dele- gates gathered for the district council of carpenters’ meeting Thursday, Feb. 19, they found the gallant toreadors Must Be Money in It WASHINGTON, Feb, 23.—The no- mination of Charles B, Warren, as attorney general today again was held up in the senate judiciary committee. Warren's objected to because he was active as lawyer for the sugar trust. He was president of the, Michigan Sugar company, , ee After a two hour session, \the com: mittee could not agree on/a report and another meeting was summoned for tomorrow when administration senators announced they would make a final drive to get Warren's. name before the senate for confirmation, WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb, 23.— Offers of personal finances to enable the house aircraft committee to con- tinue the investigation into aircraft conditions in the army and navy comes to the committee today. The committee abruptly terminated its sensational investigation giving as the reason “lack of funds,” but more reliably understood to be opposition trom the White House, war and navy departments. \ Red Revel Masquerade Ball, 37 South Ashland Avenue 7 (bull throwers, not bull fighters) Sharrock and Botterill, minus their usual police guard. “Brother” Sharrock mounted the president's stand, ordered Reynolds.to leave the hall, and when his command was not obeyed, he emulated the Spanish dictator, Primo de Rivera and beat a strategic retreat, calling on all the faithful to follow him. Five dele- gates from his Local Union, 1808, and “Jelly” Fish, the secretary, also of that local union, followed the whipped cur out. Council Gets Down to Business, After the meeting had been purged of this excrement, the solid delega- tions from five local unions and the one man representing Local 1805, as a delegate, held a meeting at which they discussed ways and means of ousting Sharrock from office so that the rank and file sentiment might be carried into action by the district council without further sabotage by Sharrock and his co-weakling secre- tary, “Jelly” Fish. After some discussion, a committee of six, one from each local union, was elected with instructions to bring charges against Sharrock for violat- ing the constitution and by-laws of the district council and to institute recall proceedings in case the little czar in Detroit or the big czar in In- dianapolis might overrule the trial verdict. This committee stands in- structed to visit all local unions to acquaint the whole membership with voiced the opinion that the letting the matter take care with the passage of time wearing out of the rank and a mistaken one, and that he them (Sharrock and Botterill) on leaving the meeting that unless the matter was settled quickly, it would be settled by others than themselves. it was pointed out to Fish by Rey- him a rare opportunity to square him- self by returning to the meeting and producing the minutes. He recognised the opportunity, but refused to avail himself of it. The sentiment of the delegates showed clearly that Fish is thru serving them. Perhaps Hutche- son will reward this act of treachery to the rank and file. Must Prepare to Fight Bosses. On Friday night, Local Unions 1884 and 420 carried into effect the policy adopted by the district council dele- gates by demanding the removal of | Sharrock and instructing their dele- gates to take action to that end. Lo- cal Union 420 elected by & committee of three to visit Local 1805, to ascer- tain if the rank and file of 1805 sup- ported the action of their delegates and of Sharrock and Fish in sabotag- ing the district council meetings and holding up organizational work at this critical period of the year in the build- ing industry. The rank and file in Detroit have voted overwhelmingly to increase their wages on May 1, and they wish to see action taken to support this demand for an increase. Another Liar for Sale—Cheap! Last Wednesday night, Reynolds brought the matter of his expulsion, the injunction and police, and other phases of the situation to the atten- tion of the Detroit Federation of La- or for the first time. In reply, Shar- tock, who is also a delegate, brazenly admitted these acts which constitute treason to the labor movement and said he had no regrets whatever. He lied like hell. He turther stated that “When the federation got ready to kick out the Communist elements, which it in- evitably must,” (77?) he would assist them by advising them of what mis- takes he had made in kicking out Rey- nolds. The federation should request him to write a book. Mussolini, Still in Bed, Faces New Crisis in Cabinet LONDON, Feb. 23,—Premier Mus- solini, fascist leader of Italy, faces another small cabinet crisis which may materialize soon, according to reports reaching London today, Minister of War Di Giorgio is ex- pected to resign, the reports said, be- cause of new opposition forming to his army reform bill, Cadorna will be invited to succeed him, Finance Minister De Si also probably will resign and be succeeded by Min- ister of Justice Rocco, Premier Mus- solini was still in bed today, aie od