The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 4, 1925, Page 1

Insure the DAILY WORKER. To. the Last Spike! Before March 5 Vol. IL. No. 44. AS WE SEE IT By T. J, O'FLAHERTY ‘HERE is food for thought for Ne- groes and other oppressed. peg- ples under the yoke of American im- perialism, in the following excerpts from a lecture delivered by Albert Bushnell Hart, professor of govern- ment at Harvard university, in Wash- ington recently: “The United States has taken over the government of six of our neighbors—Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Porto Rico, Cuba and Panama. Marines are located in each of these nations to protect native presidents who were friendly to the United States. Uncle Sam does not intend to tréat these people of dark- er races as equals, for there are cer- tain interests which he feels must be protected regardless of other moral considerations.” oe * 'HIS is illuminating. Of course, it is no surprise to those who have studied the methods of American im- perialism. But it is refreshing to have a blunt, goosestep professor say right out in meeting what this government has been practising. The DAILY WORKER has repeatedly pointed out that most of the South American re- publics were but the puppets of Wash- ington. Now comes one of the money power's paid professors and admits it. ‘Thanks professor. , ate ANY conflicting statements are emanating from Washington relative to the recognition of Soviet Russia by the Coolidge administration. Despite the knowledge that conversa- tions are already being carried on be- tween representatives of both coun- tries, the capitalist papers opposed to recognition continue to suppress this news. eee ‘HE death of President Ebert of Germany adds to the worries of the bourgeoisie of that country, and to those of the rest of Europe. The yellow socialist was a faithful servant of capitalism and his loss will be felt. Perhaps they can afford to lose him now better than at any time since the kaiser fled to Holland. Not that Ebert was possessed of extraordinary intelligence. His usefulness lay in the fact that he was a leader of. the a 9 the German workers e had confidence, in which large masses still have confidence despite the orgy of treachery thru which it has passed sinee the standards o» war were un- furléd in Europe in 1914. 2 * T was Ebert and his colleagues of the social democratic party ‘who saved Germany for capitalism when the kaiser’s armies were defeated on the western front in 1918. The bour- geoisie admit this, tho they have now recovered sufficiently to dispense with their services as government functionaries, But at the first sign of danger, the socialists would again leap to the rescue of the master class. Note the defense of the British royal family by Ramsay MacDonald and company. The German workers have learned a good deal since 1918 and it is not likely that the social democrats will be as suecessful in playing the role of trained rams that lead the shéep to the slaughter, as they were in the past. eee 'HE report of the British trade un- ion delegation to Russia is now (Continued on page 2) SUBSCRIPTION yea THE Trtt~-Chicago, by SHAFER e 9 Eien 8Ox NEW roa AVE HUB OF TEXtILE INDUSTRY IN U.S. Anti-Labor Plans Are Hatched in Metropolis By ROBERT MINOR (Special to The Daily: Worker) NEW YORK, March 2.—Not Boston, not! Providence, not New Bedford or Fall River—but New York, is the center of the American. textile indus- try. All Refer at New York The fact that the big American “Rome” is now the. managing center of all things financial, technical and mercantile—all phases of the cotton and woolen industry (except labor's own organizational phase!)—is a fact vhich disturbs all of the past reckon’ ings on the prospects: of the textile jabor movement. The spreading of the textile industry to the South, and the strengthening of | finance-capital control have shifted the center to New York. Thru the city of Boston, the old “hub” where the local merchants with patriotic bravery display the woven wares “made in New England’”—you may wander in vain to tap the origin al sources of ipformation on the big anti-labor plan in reference to some source “in New York.” Even the big library of old, spectacled Boston is cold to the trail. “In the once tradi- tional center of all things textile of the Western hemispHere, you cannot even buy or borrow a look at most o’ the textile journals. Old Providence, too, whose’ sur- rounding Rhode Island textile mills once move upon their looms the very history of the American capitalist re- public, is now only a provincial out- Post of the textile industry. You can- (Continued on page 5.) Joins “Bill the: Fat” on Supreme Court'Bench WASHINGTON, March,’ 2—Harlan Fisk Stone, of New York, resigned today .as attorney Beneral and was sworn in at noon as an associate jus- tice of the United States supreme court. The oath was _. administered by Chief Justice Taft. Garbed for the first time in his black judicial robes, Justice Stone took’ the chair at the extreme left of the chief justice and participated in the day’s progeedings altho he had no part’in the rendering of decisions or opinions. Solicitor General James M. Beck will act as attorney general until the nomination of Charles Beecher War- ren to that post is confirmed by the senate, Talk. it up—your shopmate will subscribe! | MARCH IS THE MONTH OF REVOLUTION ARCH is here—the Month of Revolutions! . The world’s greatest revolution, under the leadership of the Communist International, daily grows in strength, Thursday's issue of the DAILY WORKER will be a special 12- page edition to celebrate the Sixth Annivresary of the Communist International. it will also deal with the significance of International Woman's Day, March 8th. it will contain articles about the Paris Commune; the struggle of the French workers to ‘win power, March 18, 1871. There will be other articles—AND PICTURES, This is the special issue every militant worker will want to dis- + tribute among his fellow workers. Order your bundle today! Price: 2 cents a copy in bundle orders, Give us your order NOW! Fill out, clip and attach your remittance to this blank. rrr rrr cero crooroerreocors THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blivd., Chicago, III, Enclosed $... for. copies of the SPECIAL ISSUE OF MARCH 5, the Sixth Anniversary of the Communist In- ternational, to be sent to: “| in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter September at, 1933, at the WEDNESDAY, MA mail, $6.00 per year. 150 ° SUPREME COURT STRIKES AT LAI THRU UPHOLDING “COMPAN ON ‘THE PENNSYLVANIA. (Special to The WASHINGTON, March 2.—The Pennsylvania rail: “company unions” with joint committees to arbitrate’ and was held legal today by. the supreme The test of the legality of the plan was backed eration of Labor, thru the Brotherhood of Rallway ¢ injunction restraining the Pennsylvania system from of its employes from expenditure of rai or permitting any officer of the railroad from serving: ploye committees. © It was claimed the Pennsylvania s: GIVE RAPHAEL WARM WELCOME IN PITTSBURGH Next Sunday to See Big ‘Counter Meet (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 2.—Three hundred workers were denied admit- tance to the meeting of Professor Raphael Abramovich, menshevik counter-revolutionary, by several vigi- lant socialists serving in the rolé of St. Peter at the entrahce of the meet- ing hall last night. Denied admission, these hundreds of workers began a demonstration out- side the hall. At the request of the yellow socialists the police attacked the demonstrators, several were beaten by the “allied interventionists” and six were arrested, including one the,eapitalist, girl, Just Ltke Intervention. All arrested were held on a charge of “inciting to riot” in spite of the fact that it was the socialists who in- cited all the riot there was. Certainly it was the socialists—just as Abrams vich and his ilk in Soviet Russia, called in the capitalist governments to shoot down the workers—-who urged Police force to, workers on the street who were peacefully and legally, even under cap- italist definition, demonstrating. Those. arrested were later released on $1,000 bail each. ~Capitalist newspapers this morning sive lurid details and streamer head- lines, saying, “Bolsheviks Storm Anti- Soviet Meeting.” They say that brick- bats were thrown thru the windows and that police squads responded to the request of the socialist counter- revolutionaries and put down the rebel- lion with riot guns. Somebody Smuggled In Brains. Even with the immigration officers guarding the door, eyeing everyone and questioning a great many who looked intelligent enough or prole- tarian enough to be a Communist, still all was in vain. Somebody had smug- gled their brains in with them, and when Abramovich spoke there were cries of “Scab!” “Traitor!” and other unsweet appeliations directed at his head, A considerable part of the audience prote’ted his lies with the usual re- sult, socialist stoolpigeons and capital- ist cops rough-housed and ejected them. A rousing meeting is expected to be held here next Sunday, when Bob Minor will address,a great mass meet- ing and tell just who this Professor Abramovich is who, like the Raphael in the Book of Tobit, has come to overcome the demon of American Bolshevism, but has instead been over- come by it. British Sit Tight and Keep Mum While Waiting for Calvin cial to The Daily Worker) LONDON, ‘March wer foreign office announced here today that Jreat Britain had formulated no polli- cy regarding the publication of the report of the German control com- mission, the French demand for security or the Geneva protocol. The disarmament conference ques- tion, a8 has been indicated many times, is held in abeyance, awaiting a move from President Coolidge. TRUTHFUL REPORT OF UNION DELEGATES TO RUSSIA , ATTACKED BY CAPITALIST PRESS OR hj Daily Worker) pany’s plan of Yabor' disputes ites. } American Fed- It sought an associations if this purpose, company em- court of the Uni me lroad company fung NEW YORK, Borglum, noted’ Georgia on a | charge, began’ hei characterized ag the Stone Mo: confederacy enemies.” He arrived } ‘to complete thout baggage ©; where he he would of my life” a@ chance to “rot in jail for rather thi be. complete his ai Worker) I, March 2—A the wollen and asé meeting of one white loom. A committee ‘eam sieahel to notify the agent of theseompany. There is already placed about’ten sets of looms ready with this kineof work in them. This is the same kindof work against which the Nemasket mills of Middles- boro has been on: strike for the past six months. Until.now the Plymouth workers never considered making common action with the Middlesboro strikers. This morning the committee noti- fled the agent of the decision of the weavers. The looms in which is the work in question, will be suspended; no one will touch them. On Wednes- day night, if the work is not taken out by that time, amass meeting will be called. Any strike movement starting here, is expected to spread to all other woolen and worsted mills and to be as successful as it is widespread. James Reid of the Amalgamated Tex- tile Councils spoke at Sunday's meet- ing. House Gives Shoals Project to Coolidge Until Next Congress WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2.— With the Underwood. Muscle Shoals bill dead for this session, the house this afternoon adopted by a vote of 173 to 3 a resolution fathered by Rep- resentative Madden; republican, of Illinois, directing the president to ap- point a commission of three members to investigate the Shoals project dur- mendations to the new congress next fall as to the ultimate disposition of the project. Child Suicide Grows in Japan. TOKYO, Japan;’March 2.—In the last tem years 2,316: children have tak eir own lives, and child sui- cide is sharply on thetincrease in Jap- an, according to a report issued here by the psychological bureau of the department of education. OF BRITISH pecial to The Daily Worker) LONDON, March 1.—The final completed report of the ddlegates from the ing the summer and submit recom-' || British general council of trade unions to the Sixth Congress of the All-Rus- sian trade anions, is just avialable and is meeting with a tonrent of hostile at- ta¢ks from the capitalist press of Britain. This, of course, ‘a not unexpected, in view of the abuse these delegates received a few week ago, when the preliminary summary of their finding on what they saw in Géviet Russia was iver out. ¥ The final report is an illustrated volume of 350 pages) containing great detail of conditions cencernine the workers of Soviet Russia mand the achieve- (Continued on page 5.) fe ceo 290 vions” |CARPENTERS OF evo? DETROIT PLAN WAR ON FAKERS Mass Meeting Demands Recall of Officials (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) DETROIT, March 2.—At a meet- Ing of carpenters of the Detroit dis- trict of the Brotherhood cf Carpenters and Joiners of America held in the House of the Masses yesterday, a resolution Was unanimously passed demanding the recall of the present officials of the district council, who have done nothing for the benefit of the membership of the organization, but have injured the unton py devot- ing their time to securing injunctions in capitalist courts against loyal and active members of the brotherhood. Hutcheson’s Rubber Stamps. Aside from drawing their salaries these officials, according to the speak- ers did not even obey the constitu- tion. They were acting as rubber stamps for “Czar” Hutcheson, presi dent of the international, who acts as if the union were his personal property. The officers of the district council who are paid to attend to the needs of the membership were charg- ed with gross negligence. Several speakers told of calling up the office and receiving no answer. The present trouble in Detroit came to a head when William Reynolds, president of Local No. 2140 was expell ed without trial. The entire member ship rallied behind Reynolds who was dragged into a capitalist court by the fakers under an injunction, which seeks to prevent him from attending meetings of his local and of the dis- trict council of which he was presi- dent. Comrade Reynolds was in equrt last Saturday but the trial was postponed until today. As this is being written in the morning the developments are not yet known. The Chicago Cases. Nels Kiar of Chicago, was ope of the principal speakers, Kjar showed how ‘five. members of- Local 181 were illegally expelled by the local officials under orders »from Harry Jensen, president of. the district council in Chicago, and by “Czar” Hutcheson. The international president was car- rying on a pogrom of expulsions thru- out the country, Kjar, one of the “ex- pelled” members, said and urged the 2arpenters in Detroit to keep up the fight until the fakers were thoroly | defeated. A committee was organized at the meeting to fight the Reynolds case. The secretary of the local of which Reynolds is president, paid a tribute to the work of- its presiding officer, declaring that Reynolds had done more work voluntarily for the organ- ization than Sharrock and company did for pay. Officials of practically every carpenters’ local in Detroit were present at the meeting. The meeting pledged a fight to the finish fom Reynolds and against the fakers. Sixty-two locals from all parts of | the country have endorsed the fight in behalf of Reynolds. The committee that is handling the Reynolds case is notifying “all locals. Many letters were read at the meeting winding up with “we are with you in a fight to. the finish.” ‘The meeting made it quite clear that the real union men were out to get rid of the fakers who were draw- ing good pay and doing nothing but providing jobs for lawyers and hound- ing good trade unionists out of the industry. Another mass meeting was arranged for next Saturday in the House of the Masses at which every carpenter in Detroit is expected to be present. REDS’ PROTEST AGAINST RETURN OF MILLERAND PARIS, France, March 2.— Huge demonstrations were held by the Communists here and in other cities in France, against the return of for mer president Millerand to active po- litical life and against his “national ist” declarations defending a govern- ment ruled by bankers and industrial- ists. Millerand spoke at Chateau Marseilles, while Senegalese troops patrolled the streets with fixed bay- onets to protect the upholder of the capitalists. M, Caillaux also spoke in Paris. He declared that “the present goverm ment is the only chance the country has to keep on its feet at present.” Caillaux sald he expected to succeed Herriot as premier, Marshal Foch’s military committee has charged Germany with extreme violations of the disarmament provi- sions of the Versailles treaty, Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blyd., Chicago, IL MINERS’ LEADER HAMMERS SPIKE IN “DAILY” DRIVE George Voyzey of Veroria, fil., the progressive candidate for president of the United Mine Workers, who got over half as many vote: John L. Lewis in a bureaucrat-counted contest, sends in his dollar Tuesday for a last drive at the spike to In- sure the DAILY WORKER for 1925. “lam very desirous of meeting the comrades of the YVAILY WORK- ER,”-he. writes. “The DAILY WORK- ER is the life-blood of our party. While it is healthy, our organization can function best, “Inclosed ig one dollar for anot.er blow with the hammer. The last spike must be driven home.” 600 TOILERS DIE 2,000 INJURED IN RIO DE JANEIRO C atastrophe Takes Big Toll in Brazil RIO DE JANIERO, March 2.—More than 600 persons, nearly all workers, were killed and more than 2,000 were injured in the! explosion of tons of dynamite and thousands of litres of gasoline on Caju Island, Police Com- missioner Salvador of Conceiicao es- timated today. At this time an official government bulletin announced that 316 of the dead had been. identified and 1,811 injured tabulated, Many bodies, it was feared, were burned to ashes in the fire that followed the devastating blast. Commissioner Salvador made his estimate after a visit-to the smoulder- ing island. “It will be possible to draw up an official death list only when itis noted (Continued on page 2) a) Scandals : Revealed in Niwa es “Suicide” Probe NAPA, Calif.,, Mareh 2.—Charging that he was locked. up as insane in order to pad oh bd scandals in the navy alleged to have’“occurred when the fleet was in ASiatic waters, Lieutenant Frank Kennedy will be brought before the superior court on a writ of habe- us corpus to determine whether he is insane, Kennedy's attorney charges that he was spirited away from Mare Island navy yard to the Napa state insane asylum, following the apparent suicide of his friend, Lieutenant Albert Bur- leigh at the navy yard on Feb.. 15. Kennedy charges he was locked up because he resented attentions of his superior officer Lieutenant Christie to his wife. NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents COAL BARONS IN PRELIMINARIES AT CLEVELAND Arrange for Opening of Anti-Union Drive (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, March 2.—Prelimin: ary conferences are being held here by the coal operators responsible for issuing the call for the conference which will be held here next Friday, of the coal barons of Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and as many of the other bituminous fields as wil! send deelgates. Would Revise Wage Scale, The object of the conference is to open war on the miners’ union thru a revision of the Jacksonville agree ment, which was entered into one year ago. The Ohio operators initiat- ed the battle and the western Penn- sylvania operators have joined open- ly with them. So far the Illinois and Indiana operators have not decided whether to join in or not, but Phil H. Penna, secretary of the Indiana oper- ators’ association, has called a meet- ing of the members of his association to decide on what steps to take. Penna is the Judge Gary of the coal industry and he is one of the most bitter enemies of the coal miners’ union, At a conference held in Mil- waukee a few years ago, Penna made a violent speech denouncing the un- ion and upbraiding the operators for their lack of militancy. “You will indulge in all kinds of threats but in the end you will walk up and sign on the line dotted by the union,” he bel- lowed. An associated press reporter who was present, immediately dashed for the door, knowing that he had a first page story, but he was caught by the operators before he reached a telephone arid the story was killed. Whatever Penna will decide on doing will be given careful consideration by the entire coal industry. tall for the meeting to be held Mere next Friday did not mention the revision of the wage scale. Its object ‘ensibly"is to “discus® the ‘situation in the coal industry of the central competitive field.” Two members of the Illinots opéfa+ tors’ wage scale committee’ have’ writ- ten the Ohio committee for furtier information. Por Tie Indiana Operators Confer. TERRE HAUTE, Indiana, March’ 2 —-A conference*of Indiana coal operh® tors met here today on the call of Phil H. Penna, secretary of the ass0- ciation. It is yet too early to ascér- tain what their action will be rela- tive to attending the Cleveland con- ference next Friday. Indiana opéra- tors complain that the Jacksonville agreement makes it impossible for them to compete on the market with coal mined under non-union condi- tions. One of them said: “It is not at all unlikely that ac- (Continued on page 2) JUDGE SUPPORTS GAS COMPANY NEW YORK, March 1.—That the judge is the handiest thing the cap- italist class possesses is again evidenced in the findings of the Kings county court in favor of the gas company. The legislature, to make a showing, passed a rate bill in 1928 fixing the maximum charge for gas in New York City at $1 per thousand cubic feet. The company brought. suit to show that the dollar rate is confiscatory, has taken: the court two years to de- cide the case during which the comp- any has charged $1.15. The judge found that the cost of making and distributing gas was 84.5 sents for 1924. By some hocus method of figuring he finds that this ‘profit of 15.5. cents on every thousand feet would be confiscatory. How he makes out that it would give the company only 3 per cent on the investment is not easy for the ordinary worker, who must use gas for heat, light and cook- ing, to ‘see, One way to make the dollar rate in- sufficient for the gas company was to increase the valuation of the prop- erties, This the judge did while he ate breakfast one morning. By maintaining the $1.15 charge it would appear that the gas company will have to worry along with a profit of only a little over 18.5 per cent, which is as near to the brink of con- fiscation as a New York judge can safely allow the company to be forced. Not that the state: wants to menace the gas company, but it is nice to have something to show the people, knowing that the judges always take care of the profiteerts. As is always the/ case, the workers are the sufferers, Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER for 1925! It NEW YORK CITY Party Activities Get Your Ticket Now NEW YORK, March 2.—Tickets for the Paris Commune Pageant Concert and Dance on Sunday, March 15 are being sent out to all party members. Since the tickets are really subscrip- tions to the DAILY WORKER, and since this will help to expand the circulation of the only Communist daily in the world, every comrade should get behind this affair and seil tickets in his shop, union, fraternal organization, etc, see Election of Officers The Downtown English branch will hold its election of officers at its meet- ing on Wednesday March 11 at the new headquarters, 108 Hast 14th St. All members should be present to take part. Wahabi Tribesmen Active LONDON, March 2.—The Wahabi tribes, recently driven out of Mecca, have renewed their shelling of Jed- dah, the foreign office announced to- day. Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to get hie-subscription. -*% } | | > ao