The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 25, 1925, Page 5

5 seo Ve veg SEIZE LAND AS TROOPS JAIL 50 All Labor Masses Behind Communists ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 23.—Peas- ants, led by the Communists, have re- volted in the province of Larissa, and seized the estates of the large land- owners, In the town of Liivadia the Peasants seized the land, and twenty Communists have been arrested. The towni'is now controlled by troops sent out by the fascist government. The executive committee of the Young Communist League of Greece is reported in prison, in Salonica foliow- ing the issuance of a statement jointly with the Young Communist League of Bulgaria, demanding that the fascist governments of both countries be forced to resign. The manifesto calls for the independence of Macedonia, and the revolt of the workers and Deasants of Greece and Bulgaria, Peasants Take Land. In Larissa and Kazaklar, under the banner of the world war veterans of Greece, led by the Communists, the Peasants confiscated the land. Fifteen have been arrested. The Confederation of Labor issued a manifesto pledging Support to the peasants in their fight on the land owners. The peasants took action after the laws passed for their betterment were not enforced. In Liivadia, Comrades Piliotis and Krompili were arrested for speaking at a meeting of the world war veter- anse after the police had ordered the meeting broken up. A crowd of 1,500 Peasants and workers stormed the jail, and after threatening violence to the police, secured the release of the two comrades, Another mass meeting was immedi- ately held, and the two liberated Com- munists spoke to an enorumous crowd which had gathered in front of the jail, The fascisti government immedi- ately. sent out four hundred troops who arrested twenty leading Commun- ists.of the district. The troops are ‘errorizing the peasants, Whole Labor Movement Aroused. The entire labor movement of Greece ls aroused, and peasants and workers’ organizations are flooding the fascisti government with telegrams demanding the’ release of the twenty arrested comrades. Members of the chamber of commerce of Liivadia, which had asked for the troops, demanded that the arrested Communists be shot. Twenty-five of the national leaders of the Communist Party of Greece are now behind the bars, as well as doz- ens of peasants and workers thru- out the country. The Greek branch of the International Workers’ Aid has secured the support of the masses of the workers and peasants in demand- ing the release of these prisoners. Fascisti Decide Against Ballot for Women in Italy ROME.—A commission of seven considering a fascist plan to have Women vote at provincial and local municipal elections decided against the plan by a viva voce yote. The minority included Signor Michele Bianchi, Mussolini’s confidential sec- retary. OUR DAILY A SIMPLE FROCK FOR A “LITTLE MISS.” song, This desirable model is simple of construction and very com- fortable. The long portions of the sleeve may be omitted, The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 2, 4, 6 and 8 years, A 4 year size requires 2 yards of 36 inch material if made with long sleeves and of one mater- fal. For collar, band cuffs and pocket of contrasting material % yard will be required. If the dress is made with short sleeves 1% yard will be Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Whe Fd FASHION BOOK NOTICE! i powanna, PLAY IT DA BOTS, | w A co TO BED ivs ter wares eat SES know DAT ANS iN GED MA ‘ oN EIGHT OCLOSK Copynght, STEEL TRUST IS Your Union Meeting FEEDING NATION Food Workers’ Union Warns Labor NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—Ward Bak- ing company, giant non-union bread and cake company, leads a scab list put out by the New York Bakers’ Council of the “Amalgamated Food Workers’. Unidn’ ‘in an appeal to the public to avoid non-label bakery products, ie Six Hundred) Million Dollar Trust. United Bakeries company, formerly Shultz, maker of certified bread and the mah Yeompany, bakers of bread, cake, ‘and fancy pastries, two more companies on the scab list are both part of the $600,000,000 Continen- tal Bread aggregation, the rising trust in the bakery intlustry. General Baking company (Bond bread), Cushman and Sons, Inc. (Bam- bee bread, cake, etc.), Franco-Ameri- can Bakery amd the Howard Bakery are other great;machine baking con. because of their, opposition to organ- ized labor. : Furnish 70 Per Cent of Bread. “The great wholesale bread compan- ies now supply 70 per cent of the bread consumed by the American people,” says Secretary-Treasurer Burkhardt of the union. The way the industry is consolidating and eliminat- ing the small producer is shown by government statistics which tell of 20,173 plants in 1921, falling to 18,739 in 1923, tho the number of workers Name of Local and No. 144 — 138 Place of Meeting. Amalgamated Clothing Work- Only Few. Wanted and for Open Shop ers, 1569 No. Robey St. “We'll take unemployed union min- Boot aoe imuoe Workers, 1939 Mil- 21 378 » 17th Divgrsey and Sheffield. toot E. 75th ‘68 Car ters, 141 Carpenters, ers in job lots of two or three or even | 272 Carpenters, Moose Hall, ‘Chicago half a.dozen and. if.they are easily | 461 Carpenters, Witten’e Hall, High. assimilated in.our great open-shop or- Carp tors, "springfield and 26th: Grocery, 59 W. Van Buren ganization then we'll take some more on the same basig,’'but nix on the wholesale business.” That’s the ans- wer of President, Buffington of Ili- nois Steel to the proposition of Chair- man Bynum of the‘Thiiana state in- dustrial board.’ Buffitigton stands next to Gary in *the “steel trust. Bynum spills thé whole deal in a letter to H. L. ‘Dynes, irepresentative United States depart it of labor.. at Indianapolis, ,. His, investigation show- ed about 17,000 out of 32,000 Indiana coal miners out of-wem’and a consoli- dation scheme under way which will close more mines. He learned that steel mills in the northwestern part of the state were treet. Conductors (Sleeping Car), Capitol Bidg., 10 a. m. . State St. , 741 S. Western Ave. (Loc.), 5058 Wentworth Engineers, 180 W. Washington St. ers’ (Loc.), 2438 W, Roose: Ri 2647 W. 36th St. 18 N. Clark St. 64'W. Randolph Street. Federal Union, 3046 W. 26th St. Firemen and Enginemen, Ogden Taylor. . ‘Trmmers), 166 W. Wash- 225 Pe 15th St., Chi- Mm. ‘bia W. Harrison 62nd and La Vergi rs, 814 W. Harrison St. Garment Workers, $28 W. F Workers, 777 W. Adams St. 15441 715 going to need men, ticularly 15,000] 94 tg tw ae to man a new ‘tue 1. So he pro-| 915 a a posed to the trgpt that’ it take | "33 Washington the unemployed mineri Vargas on Embassy Staff. 10 Musicians, 175 W. Washington 8t., WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Ganuto| s735¢ nurses, "Funk's Hall, Oak Park. Vargas, secretary of the Pan-Ameri-| 147 Painters, 20 W. Randolph St. 180 Pai N. E. cor. California and can Federation of Labor, has been ap- ‘Madison. pointed by Présilelit, Calles of Mex-|.184 Painters, ico as labor attaché to the Mexican| 39} Bain vs embassy at Washington. Vargas has been secretary of the Pan-American Federation of Labor since the death of John Murray of Los Angeles, fourd-|. er and first secretary of that body. | 1257 14 S. Halsted . W. cor. PATTERNS y Clerks, Moose Hall, Chi- cago Height Railway Clerks, 5438 &. Halsted St. bone A Clerks, 509 W. Washing- ton St. A COMFORTABLE SUIT FOR THE SMALL BOY. 375 Railroad Trainmen, 3359 W. Madi- son. Teamsters’ District Council, 220 Ss. “Ashland Blvd. sters (Auto), 220 S. Ashland B 67 Tile Layers, 180 W. Washington St. 7 ‘a 234 W. Rai (Note— meetings are Soviet Moving .. Picture in East a Pittsburgh Soon EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 23.— The performance of the moving pic- ‘ture taken in Soviet Russia, “The Beauty and the Bolshevik,” will be given in East Pittsburgh in Turner Hall, Feb. 28, 8 p. m. ts! 5006." ,Velvet and pongee, or velvet ‘ Two Die in Oil Blast and broadcloth may be combined for PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23.—Two thine nib Ne nod Slop for tinea, men were killed and four injured bey : ro he ep when the oil barn No. 9 owned by length. E 3 the crew Levick company, containing 75,000 gallons of crude oil exploded on the west bank of the Schuylkill river. ‘ The pattern is cut in 3 sizes: 2, 4, and 6 years. A 4 year size requires 1% yard for the blouse, and 1% yard for the trousers, cuffs and collar 36 inches wide. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps, Address: The DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd,, Chicago, Ill. NOTICE. TO. PATTERN BUYERS—Th pesierms being sold thru the DAILY OKKER pattern dei _ It's your paper—Build on it! kL. Where Food Is Good And the service is fine, Meet your friends at the Zlotins & Plotkins tment are furs E New ¥ firm of pattern eri ioracers, “Orders are tocwaided by the DAILY WORKER evei as ree Restaurant 100 Per Cent Union 29 South Halsted St. food at a moderate price does not keep @ stock of vatterns on hand. Delivery of pat- terne ordinarily will take at least 10 hy the date of org ay) the eet not jegorme impatient if your pattern rose from 148,500 to 162,615. The problem before organized labor is the problem of organizing the big companies which are absorbing the vin: - little concerns fiat dealt with the un- ions. PRODUCTION OF RAW MATERIAL ABOVE LAST YEAR Slight Inétease OverLast January Textile mills“consumed 589,725 bales cerns the public. is warned against‘ Moe BUI LDERS AT Detroit Is Going to Get It! HE next day or two will see a special edition of 5,000 copies going to Detroit. It will be paid for by advertising secured by the local comrades and will be widely distributed by them to further establish the DAILY WORKER in Detrolt—a city that right now fe one of the very best in the country in this respect. This alone is reason to congratulate the Detroit’ comrades. City DAILY WORKER Agent Alfred But Goetz and the local»DAILY WORK- ER committee and other comrades have made this gnly.as-ONE SINGLE ITEM .in their work. This “Detroit Special” arrives aga finishing touch to a local-subscription campaign, in were secured. which about, 300 new. subscriptions And when this work is over, the local comrades are going to celebrate a task well done at a DAILY WORKER ball to be heidion, March 1. They deserve the pleasure in store for them with all of the ‘grand and glorious feelin’” that goes with a Communist duty well performed. We are going to turn this column over to Comrade Goetz for the Detroit Edition, just as we will turn it over to any BUILDERS who have shown that they have done a job in fine fashion—or to those who can give a practical suggestion on how the task can be done. If you’have any way that will serve to promote the interests of “our daily"—send i in for others to learn how to do it. y column is for. That's what this Letters From Our Readers Editor DAILY WORKER: ° Silent Cal Coolidge broke his silence again by urging new reforms for inheritance taxes. Somebody in Morgan’s office pulled the string and Cal spoke again, This time Silent Cal, the great lead- er of American democracy, is shed- ding bitter tears for the unfortunate heirs of millionaires. He advises that the property of deceased persons and personal property of non-resident de- cedents should not be taxed. It seems to an outsider that 100 per cent of the 140,000,000 population of the United States consists of prop- erty holders and that the president, by making the new law, lightens the burden of American people. I would advise Mr, Coolidge to take a little trip in his Mayflower yacht to the slums and tenement palaces, where heirs of the working men dwell, heirs to their fathers’ hard life and starva- tion. He would see thousands upon thous- ands of little victims of our democ- racy, afflicted with tuberculosis, rick- ets and many other diseases. Speak- of cotton ‘in'Jahuary, as against 532,- 047 bales in December and 578,468 bales iti Janifaty, 1924.” Stocks of cotton at milfs and warehouses on Jan. 31 totaled%5,297,289 bales, in con- trast with 5;943/128 bales at the end of the previous* month and 4,610,807 bales a year go, while exports in- creased over “both comparative per- fods. So say@* the department of commerce in its summary of domestic conditions. Production of bituminous coal in “|January aggregated 51,900,000 tons as ‘contrasted with 45,780,000 tons in De- cember and :56)801,000 tons in Janu- ‘ary, 1924. Alithracite production in |January amointed to 7,400,000 tons, 4 88th, 88 against 7;876\000 tons in the prev- fous month and 7,924,000 tons a year , | 8BO. u January production of Portland ce- ment totaled 8,916,000 barrels as against 10,485,000 barrels in Decem- ber and 8,788,000 barrels in January, (1924, Italy Masses Its Troops Along the Egyptian Border ROME, Italy, Feb. 23,—Italy ..has, massed troops along the western borders of Egypt, a dispatch from Cairo states. Italy recently demand- ed of premier Ziwa Pasha that Egypt give up its claims to the Oasis at Jarabub. Theépremier refused, and it is thought that Italy is attempting to force Egyptian compliance by a show of arms?’ Aventine “Opposition Dropped The Aventing Opposition has an- nounced its desertion of the policy of abstention from parliament. Approx- imately 120 opposition deputies will now return to the chamber to fight Mussolini in. the parliamentary tribu- nal, it was announced, "ie Tram Crash Took Seven MANILA, Pydy Feb. 23.—The death of the Corregidor Island tram car crash today mounted to seven when Aberlino Lopes; a Filippino scout died. Yue Pca AS Sen TN UNCLE WIGGILY'S TRICKS ing about property holders the presi- dent refers. to a small class of hie Paymasters who are the actual mast- ers of this country and he leaves out the bulk of the nation—the great, struggling class of toilers who are pro. ducing all the wealth and property of the few the president is referring to. And then Mr. Coolidge goes on tell- ing us that if the states are to suffer. diminution in revenue from the new law they can make up their losses only by higher taxes in other fields. And the same president said a mouthful at that. “The other fields” is nothing else but the dry hide of the workers and poor farmers. Yes, it is always the toiler who pays and t Street is trying to squeeze out all it can from the mus- cles of the laboring class. When Mor- gan hired Coolidge as gold mine fore- man he knew what he was doing, he could not place a better man on that job. Coolidge is a good chemist: the gold goes to his bosses and the dirt to the workers. And this they call democracy! A large country governed by a gang of grafters and profiteers. It is not democracy but something worse than czarism. The difference is that czar- ‘ism rules with a bare bayonet and bullets and here, in this free country, this brutal force is covered with a thin coat of cheap, saloon diplomacy. Mr. Coolidge is going a little too far. Beware, the red monster is coming to life. Rasgon. Adherents of “Democra: To the DAILY WORKER: I attend- ed the nomination conference of the Workmen's Circle, a fraternal organ- ization, whose leadership is under con- trol of the Forward and the socialist party. I was there as a delegate from one of the branches. I want to relate an incident from ‘the “democratic” lead- ” ership oP those so-called opponents to dictatorships, When the left wing delegates re- quested the chairman of the confer- ence for representation on the com- mittee, the arch democratic chairman who turns pale at the mention of the word “dictatorship” answered that there are no factions in the Work- men’s Circle. He ridiculed the refer- ence to a left wing, despite the fact that according to their own figures one-fourth of the 621 delegates present were left wingers. The entire conference was a com- edy. One of the right wingers shouted: . “Hurrah. for America, down with Russia." The rest of them cheered, but their cheers, were drown- ed in an.-outcry of “boo” from the left and even some rights, for even they could not stand that. Of course:we retaliated by making a lasting ,;demonstration for Soviet Russia.: From all parts of the hal! came outeries: Long live the only workers’ republic. Down with the traitors! I write these lines not because this spectacle was a surprise to me, but to show the, workers once more, that those, who shout against the dictator- ship ofthe proletariat are not against dictatorship, but only against prole- tarian.,, :dictatorship. Dictatorship @ prefix of a capitalist. AB. (The following letter comes to us from a (Chitfese boy 15 years old whe signsjifs hame as Sinbad. This ex traordinary youth has sent us some other. articles on life in China toda; which‘ we will publish in the DAILY WORKER~Ed. Note.) China is Awakening. To the DAILY WORKER: is a land’ of 400,000,000 people. China The vast majority of the population is tied | down by ignorance and superstition. The inroads of missionaries (in many cases: unwittingly) have made paths whereby “commerical interests may and have to’some extent gained easy access to. the potent markets which can be made to deal and trade in for- eign manufactured goods. Not only is China an appropriate dumping ground for thé surplus production of the for- eign powers, but it is also a land of great potential resources which have as yet not been scratched (to use a phrase greatly in use by writers on China). Imperialism and capital hand in hand, have already commenced their influx. Treaty ports, concessions con- ceded under stress of military forces, land’ and naval, are already either completely the property of foreign powers or are the next thing to it. China is awakéning. She is slowly breaking the bonds which keep her bound. Progressive movements have been started. Leaders, men with un- selfish principles and high ideals are slowly coming to thé’surface. China has just emerged from a turmoil. The | imperial family has been ‘banished from Peking. The foreign diplomats are becoming nervous. Dr, Schurman, the United States’ minister to China) is just returning’ from a conference with. the officials in Washington. For- eign men-of-war are in all harbors, al- tho the war is over. How long is China going to stand it? long! Why! Because she is awaken- ing! A new dawning on the horizon! A new era of freedom! . Sinbad, Shanghai. Not very | OUR ‘DEMOCRACY’ SPRINGS A NEW ONE EVERY DAY Pink Count Has Lips Padlocked by U. S. NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—‘I'm sorry, but by agreement with the state de. partment I may not receive report. ers.” * Thus Count Mi¢hael Karolyi, former president of the Hungarian Republic, confirms his friends’ statements that he was allowed to enter this country to visit his wife only "on - condition that he seal his lips on political ques- tions. Karolyi is a socialist and a foe of the Horthy dictatorship. Something New In Tricks. “Insofar as the records show, this action of the state department is un- precedented,” declared the Liberties | Union. “There is no warrant either in law or policy for muzsling the oppon- ents of a foreign government, A Vanderbilt in the Game. “We assume that the reversal ia our policy is due to the’ financial re- lations between American bankers and the Hungarian government; which would prompt the present state de- partment to heed the Hungarian am- bassador’s protest against admitting Karolyi.” The Hungarian diplomatic represen tative who opposed Kearolyi’s entraneq is said to have considerable pull at Washington. He is the husband of Gladys Vanderbilt. Schenectady Workers to Hear Talk Upon | ie A Soviet Recognition On the evening of March 1, at 7:90, @ mass meeting will be: held im the Turner Hall, Albany. street, Schensc- tady, under the “auspices‘of the Schenectady Turnverein Forum “HL M. Wicks will speak on “Americas Recognition of Soviet Russia.” Ques 4 tions and discussion will follow. Bring Admission free, all your friends, THE WHITE TERRORISTS CRY FOR MERCY By MAX BEDACHT Is a néW pamphlet just off "the press. Contrasting the treat- ment of political prisoners in Russia with that given to ‘political prisoners in other countries— It is also an exposure of the counter - revolutionary activities of “socialists.” Filled with facts this little book will give you material for a subject so much in present disdus- sions. 4 5 CENTS EACH THE DAILY WORKER, Literature Department 1113 W. Washington Boulevard Chicago, Il. Enclosed $...c00. LOF seee COPIES of “White Terrorists.” Send to> Name: Street: ... | | City: State: .... | A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN -_