The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 13, 1925, Page 1

ees Daily Worker Annual Sub- scription Drive Starts on March 15! GET IN ON IT! AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O)FLAHERTY HERE is considerable consterna- tion among movie fandom in the United States. over the rumor that Gloria Swanson, instead of hitching on to a bonafide marquis in her latest hymenial adventure, only succeeded in drawing an unsoused banteider from the matrimonial grab bag. Some peo- ple are uncharitable enough to believe. this is why Gloria got sick, just about the time Ebert of Germany Branting of Sweden, King George of Englarid and Mussolini of Italy either, passed im their checks or looked as if they were On their way. —_* 8 A | LORIA is not so bad in the movies. | At least there are worse. She was popuplar at the ticket office, but what couldn't she do to the dollars of the rotarians if instead of plain Gloria Swanson, the name “Marquise de la Falaise” could be blazoned from the electric signs? The sad news has gone out from no less respectable a French journal than the Quotidien, that the marquis turned out to be an ex-bartender. He revealed his real identity when he accidentally got sober. “ee - ‘HE Polish socialists are somewhat ; worried over the intentions of Ger- many towards certain territory which was allotted by the treaty of Versailles to Poland. Premier Grabski assured the socialists that everything would be alright, that. France would take care of her vassal. Just the same the socialists were not satisfied, so they cabled to’Leon Blum, chief of the French socialist parliamentary. frac- tion, asking him to use his good of- fices with the French government in behalf of maintaining the treaty of Versailles in all its pristine iniquity. ** 8 T the rate things are going in A America, the Civil Liberties Bu- reau will have nothing to do but send’ representatives to bourgeois banquets to give tips on how to extract the teeth of radicalism or act as a defense committee to protect the stoolpigeon Abramovich against the heckling of the American workers who resent this gentleman's crusade against the first The following statement attributed to Roger Baldwin, director of the Liberties Bureau, is taken from the Great Falls. Town Topics, and is worthy of reproduction: — ‘ 7. * “HERE has not been a single case since May of a department of justicé representative acting as a pro- yoeative agent or engaging in’ un- lawful searches, or seizures in connec- tion with radical or labor activities, or gathering evidence- by such unlawful means as tappihg telephones or open- ing mail. There have been no raids on reds and no effort to Interfere with the ordinary activities of radical par- ties and publications. The reversal of he Daugherty-Burns policies has been complete. se 8 s OST of the detectives whom Burns brought into the depart- ment have been let out and their places have been taken by investiga- tors with law school training. The files of the department have been closed to the professional ‘patriotic or- ganizations which formerly got so much of “their inspiration and misin- formation from government secret service reports. We note these facts with satisfaction and with the hope that the new system is strong enough to weather the accidents of political change.” see © the golden millenium has ar- rived! The capitalist beast has been transformed into an angel and immediately after Wall Street got such a stranglehold on the govern- ment that even the anarchists gasped for a little while. But after all, the anarchists are easily handled. Let the employers fleece the working class; let their government deport radicals; let them suppress meetings, as they are doing right now, let them send finks into the unions and working: class organizations as they are doing now, but let them do it in a “ladylike 'manner” and the ferocious powder puff ‘anarchists of Greenwich village wil! p to sleep with their heads resting sds in the fatty wrinkles of capital. ism’s belly, *** 'HE leopard has changed his. spots and the polecat no longer stinks. (Continued on Page 6) JAPAN'S 3,400,000 UNEMPLOYED 40 PER GENT INTELLECTUALS TOKIO, Japan, March 11.—Unem- ployed in Japan now total 3,400,000, according to figures compiled by the union chambers of commerce. The report sys that 40 per cent of the out of work are of intellectual or non-manual labor class, and these find it Virtually impossible to get even parttime work, ‘ sande Vol. Il. No. 52. -_ SUBSCRIPT workers’ republic in see Bing 8 eo & ER ery. 6 eo BIG UPEIV oto: DRIVE STARTS INGREAT BRITAIN Bosses Cut Wages and Increase Hours By LELAND OLps, (Federated Press Industrial Editor.) A conflict between labor and capi- tal in England involving tne entire trade union movement is thinly veil- ed in wage negotiations now in pro- gress. The industrial crisis created by foreign competition is giving the employing class a toehold to resist the efforts of labor to secure decent standards, Bosses Propose Wage Cut. Railway managements counter the claim of the unions for an advance in wages with a proposal for a whole- (Continued on page 6.) "mail, $6.00 per year. $8.00 per year. ee g 8 matter September 21, 1923, ‘at FRIDAY, MARC CAPITALIST PARTY TOOLS AIDING ~ SHYSTERS, BOSSES, LABOR F AKERS, RAPE FARMER-LABOR FEDERATION By C. A. HATHAWAY. (Special to The Daily Worker) - MINNEAPOLIS, \Minn.. Mar, 11.—Last Saturday the reactionary politi- cians within the farmer-labor party made their first effort to destroy the farmer-labor federation and to steal the farmer-labor Party away from the rank and file workers and farmers ‘and turn it over to group of middle-class office ‘seekers. County conventions were held’ in each county thruout the state to elect delegates to a state convention to be held in the Lal on March 20, x Temple at St. Paul it { In the farmer-labor conventions *in the’ past, delegates have been elected from labor organizations, co-operatives. and from coumty organizations of the farmers’ nonpartisan league. that was tinged very strongly with left wing sentiment. bor party as a result of this was mak- ing rapid progress toward the left. Was Rank and File Body. A year ago the Minnesota farmer- labor federation was formed, made up purely of rank and file elements and gave expression to somewhat of-a class program. This rarew conster- nation into the ranks of the petty bourgeoisie leadership that had con- (Continued on page 61 This has always resul The farmer-la-, in a state convention Kurd Rebels Defeat Turks. (Special t6*The Daily Worker) CONSTANTINOPLE, March 11.— The Kurdish rebels under the Jeader- ship of ‘Shefle Said attacked the town of Diarbekar Where 5,000 Turkish cav- alrymen: were garrisoned, and inflict- ed heavy I on the Turks. They made no att ipt to hold the town, but left after demoralizing the garri- son. ; Don't BEA You SEE Ps LOPPING ¢ THE LEFT VK. A Swan Organized Labor and the New Deportation Law. DAILY WORKER LOCAL AGENTS LAY PLANS FOR BIG SUB DRIVE), *35#%670%, Dc, soren 11— TRAGTION TRUST GUTS SERVICE AS PROFIT AID Buffalo Monopoly Pays No Heed to Protests By FRANKLIN P. BRUCE, (Special to the Daily Worker) BUFFALO, .N. ¥., March 11—The ;| People of Buffalo, N. Y., have for the past week been in the throes of an excited discussion over the threaten- ed abandonment by the International Railway Co. of car service on five trolley lines, patronized chiefly by workers. Meetings by civic and busi- ness organizations have been held, protesting against discontinuance of service. Even the chamber of com- merce, the trusted guardian of vested interests, ostentatiously “protested” and surprised the gullible ones by ap- pearing for once to espouse the cause of the “people.” New York state, like many of the other “sovereign” states, has a public service commission whose function ostensibly is to regulate uttlity cor- porations and protect tne people, but in fact, was created to stabilize the securities and legalize the piracy of all utilities in the state. In this cu- pacity it has admirably succeeded for the past 15 years, , Mayor Schwab swore by the beard of the prophets that he would see to it that the “people got service if he had to declare an emergency,” and would permit jitneys to operate. Com- missioner Perkins, whose obsession is municipal ownership as a panacea, lampooned the railway officials in a (Continued on page &) =” ROOKS CHANGE SIDES OVER THE TRACTION STEAL “Labor” Officials Drop “in Soft Place The ‘mayoralty campaign in Chica- go thas begun, with a re-alignment of the political gangs on the issue of the traction ordinance. The Hearst news- Papers, supporting Thompson as their next candidate for mayor, are oppos- ling the traction ordinance. Mayor Dever has lined up the Tribune, News and Post and the bankers who are trying to retain control of the traction lines for a long term of years. The Chicago Federation of Labor continuing its blundering policy of supporting the friends of the bankers and the énemies of the workers, fol- lowed Mayor Dever right into the camp of the traction magnates. Olan- der, Walker, Fitzpatrick and the labor burocracy were loath to break with Dever. They postponed action on the traction ordinance until the last min ute. While the Workers (Communist) | Party in the aldermani¢ campaign was exposing the traction steal, and de-| manding control of the traction lines by the workers who run them, the IIl- inois and Chicago Federation of Labor were begging Mayor Dever for “more time” to consider his traction pro- posal. Now, however, these labor politici-| ans have found a soft place to land| and have flopped to the Hearst-Thomp- | son combination just as the Tribune flopped to the support of Dever. The “labor” officials have taken part in the re-alignment of crooks, and have Presumably decided to support a different set of crooks. Mayor Dever, speaking before the| Rotary club, declared that “The most careful and conservative bankers of Chicago say the plan is feasible.” It has been disclosed that R. R. McCor mick, who dictates the editorial policy of the Chicago Tribune, acts as at |torney for the Chicago surface lines as‘head of the law firm of McCormick, Kirkland, Patterson and Fleming. The Chicago Evening Post is owned by the Teapot Domer, John Shaffer, who is a heavy stockholder in the traction lines. The editor of the Chicago News is also said to be owner of a large block of stock in the traction lines. All these papers are supporting Dey er’s ordinance. Mary McDowell, Raymond Robbins and other “liberals” have given theii support to the Dever-Tribune alliance and are working for the success of the traction steal. CAL AND DAWES. VAINLY DEFEND AGENT OF TRUST Seek Servant Whose Corruption Is Unknown President Coolidge will decide at breakfast tomorrow morning whether “Every party member at least one sub,” is the slogan of the DAILY | or not he will again submit the name WORKER branch agents in local Chicago. Tuesday evening the branch agents held a joint meeting with the new city propaganda committee to plan Chicago's part of the national subscription campaign being conducted by the | general. DAILY WORKER beginning March 15. of Charles Warren of Michigan, to the senate as his choice for attorney Warren's reputation re- ceived a severe battering in the sen- The first consideration before the meeting was house to house sub-get-|4te prior to the vote to reject him. ting. The DAILY WORKER promised to send a bundle‘ order of 100 dailies One-Half Million Illinois Women Ask Eight Hour Day SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 11.— There are 536,990 women working in industry in Illinois and nearly 100,00‘ of them are married women, argu- ments for the eight-hour day for wo- men before the joint senate and house industrial affairs committees revealed. The joint house and senate commit- tees on industrial affairs, will hold an- other public hearing on the bill on March 18. B. F. Johnstone, of the Belden Man. ufacturing company of Chicago, in op- posing the bill, stated that “My 600 women employees do not favor an eight hour day.” It was noticeable, however, that none of the 600 employ- es were brought in to corroborate the statement, 23 Harry P. Hill, secretary of the Ill inois chamber of commerce, has ar- rived in Springfield to*lend his sup- port to the state police bill, aimed to provide «constabulary force to help the employers break strikes. Get.ay sub for the DAILY WORKER, from your shopmate and youowill make another mem. ber for your branch. | to any address. designated by any branch. These are to be distributed to one hundred» houses, the same houses, every day for one week. At the epd of the week those houses are to be solicited for subs by the branch members. The plan was adopted by the meet- ing. But that wasn’t enough for the propaganda committee. The commit- tee decided to begin with a territory of its own next Monday, distribute the papers for a week and go for subs a week from next Sunday. The com- (Continued on page 6) STEEL ORDERS SHOW INCREASE FROM BOTH LAST MONTH AND 1924 NEW YORK, March 11,—Forward Grders of the United States Stee! corporation increased 247,448 tons " in the month ended Februaty 28, according to the) monthly statement of the corporatian published today. Unfilled tonnage February 28 was 5,284,771 tons, against 5,037,321 tons on January 31; and 4,81: cember 31, 1924, One year ago the corporation reported unfilled orders of 4,912,901 tons. This was 371,870 less than the ‘evders reported at pree ~? ' Even the republican senator from Warren's own state, Senator Couzens of Michigan, declared he thought War- ren unfit to be attorney general. One senator declared he “Owed it to Michigan and to the United States to reject Coolidge’s choice.” Coolidge called Warren on the tele- phone immediately after the senate had slapped him in the face, and ar- ranged for one of his famous break- Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WOAKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL GERMANY PAID DEARLY TO BURY TRAITOR 10 WORKING CLASS, EBERT BERLIN, March 11.— The Prus- sian diet was thrown into an uproar today when a deputy asserted that the funeral of President Ebert cost the reich 3,000,000 marks or $750,000 which he called “an irresponsible waste.” Socialist “Scoundrel!” The resultant tumult forced an adjournment. deputies shouted: GARPENTERS ARE CURIOUS OVER |Refused to Pay It Unless Itemized Chicago carpenters are keenly inter. ested ‘in an expense bill for $5,000, sub. mitted by Attorney Hope Thompson to the carpenters’ district council for services rendered to the union, to Hary Jensen and divers others. Skeptical carpenters suspect that this is the third time the same bill has been submitted after being twice paid Perhaps they are mistaken. It may be However, the delegates to the district council refused to recommend pay. ment despite a big fight for the $5,000, | waged by Harry Jensen, who is a very particular friend of Hope Thompson’s. The delegates insisted on securing an itemized bill. It may prove interest ing. For Hatching Plot. It is rumored in carpenter circles that part of-this fee is for legal ad- vice given by Thompson to Jensen when he was hatching the plot to ex pel the militant carpenters from the union. All this may come out in the wash, The Daily Worker was informed yes. terday by an old timer in the carpen- ers’ union that Secand Vice-Presideni Lackey, who presided at last Monday night's meeting of Local 181, came to Chicago. with the object of using rough house tactics on the local, but when he got acquainted with their attitude, he changed his mind and brought out the soft soap. An Appropriate Man. “No man ever had a more appropri ate name than Lackey has,” declared the carpenter. “When he learned that he could not intimidate the member- ship, he switched around and begar to pull the Pollyanna stuff. Every- thing was alright or would be alright. It was alright, I suppose to take the bread and butter out.of the mouths of the active members of the local who were railroaded by his underlings But we will teach those lackeys of ‘Czar’ Hutcheson, that the rank and file are not as dumb or as meek as they thought they were.” The Daily Worker was sold outside the meeting place of Local 181 last Monday night, and Lackey warned the members against believing everything they see in the papers. There is a rea son as “grape nuts” used to say. The progressives have the reactionarier on the run. TEAPOT DOMERS IN MOCK TRIAL USE WHITEWASH CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 11-~ Government officials themselves have blocked the return to the government ex-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Fall was bribed to turn over to the Sinclair oil interests, This was revealed by Owen D. Rob- fast parties with Warren to decide ,Tts, one of the lawyers appointed by on a course of action. Coolidge wants | President Coolidge to take part in the jdeath of the social-democratic Presi- to re-submit Warren's name, but the |mock trial How going on here, republican senators have had enough of the sugar trust lawyer and are urging Coolidge to select some cor- poration lawyer whose adherence to big business is not quite so well known, The senate will probably adjourn for the summer shortly, after consid- ering the Isle of Pines treaty ceding the island to Cuba. The treaty is twenty years old. Coolidge’s hobby, the “world court,” another method of chaining the work- ers of Europe to the gold of American financiers, has been buried in the for- eign relations committee for three years, and will probably not be brot on the senate floor until the next session, Sen's Forces Take Town, CANTON, China, Maréh 11—Sun Yat Sen's headquarters here ‘announce he peaceful occupations@t Swatow, Kwantung province 500 COMRADES WANTED FOR BIG PARIS COMMUNE PAGEANT MARCH 15 HE workers of New York saw a the Paris Commune, the Garden will their followers. In order better to portray the action of the worke: the bourgeoisie whose embly was r _ ATTORNEY'S BILL an exact duplicate of the two others. | ° of the Teapot Dome oil leases which | Mi. lhte. NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents RANK AND FILE REPUDIATED BY LEWIS FAKERS Refuse Seat to Duly Elected Unionist BELLAIRE, Ohio, March 11.—Thé refusal of the tellers wo declare John Buksa, veteran coal miner, elected ta | the office of trustee, was upheld at | today's session of the annual conven- | tion of the eastern Ohio coal diggers, | despite very strong opposition from | the rank and file delegates. The importance of this subdistrict to the Lewis machine here is attested |to by the presence of Lee Hall and his forces. Hall was in the chair when the motion disqualifying Buksa was jammed thru. Ledvinka Attacked Buksa. A bitter fight occurred on the tell ers’ report. Ledvinka, renegade so- cialist, charged Buksa with villyfying him, and with distributing Commun: list propaganda. Buksa is partially paralyzed, but this did not deter Led. vinka from taunting him with the ability to pass out Workers Party leaflets. Costello, a delegate from a's local, charged the fakers with ing Buksa because he opened the eyes of the workers. Buksa was a member of the union for twenty years, declared Costello. He took an active part in the 1922 strike and went to West Virginia when the big fight was on. Costello told how Buksa prevented imported workers from scabbing on the strikers and declared that instead of Buksa being condemned for dis- tributing Communist literature he should be honored for bringing the propaganda of the Workers Party home to the workers and bring them the message of international soli- darity, Ks An Old Veteran. One of the arguments used against Buksa as an excuse for declaring him ineligible to office after being elect- ed by the rank and file was that he is not working at his trade. J. J, Hoge, asked, Ledvinka why this rule did not apply to the cockney-visaged morocle-eyed Ellis Searles, who edits the Miners’ Journal, tho he could not tell a coal mine from a cess pool and was not a union member. Ledvinka did not reply to this query, but Roy, jone of the district office, gang said Buksa had no right to be a member of the union, and should be distribut- ing the Miners’ Journal instead of | Workers Party literature. The morning session was occupied with speeches by Lee Hall and his | good man, Roy, preparatory to open- jing fire on Buksa. Hall told of the leplorable conditions in the mining | fields. Only one-half of the mem- | bership in the Ohio district are able | to pay dues. Roy attacked the progressives with. out mentioning names and charged them with disrupting we union. In- ternational board me:nser, Watkins, | talked on conditions in West Virginia. He then traveled to Nova Scotia and lied about the progressive leaders there. Watkins declared the radicals forced a wage reduction on the min ers. The fact is that the radicals were removed from office by Lewis for resting the wage cut forced on the miners by the British Empire Steel company. Watkins did not tell the convention that the miners of Nova Scotia kicked the stoolpigeons of John L. Lewis out of the district at the first opportunity and elected a complete progressive ticket to of- fice. This same progressive leader- ship is now engaged in a mighty bat tle with the great coal and steel cor- poration. New German President, BERLIN, Germany, March 11.—Dr, Walter Simons, former foreign min- ister, will be sworn in as acting presi- dent of Germany tomorrow. He will serve only until the election of a new president, made necessary by the dent Ebert. wonderful spectacle on Feb, 1, when 15,000 Communists and Communist sympathizers crowded Madison Square Garden in the name of Leninism. On March 15, in celebration of again be filled with Communists and of Paris against gathered at Versailles, the committee in charge has arranged a pageant, that will excel anything attempted by the Communis » Hundreds of comrades and sympathizers will participate in one of the finest spectacles that New York has ‘er witnessed. The pageant will require a good-seized band and above all a large number of comrades to act in the Workers (Communist) Party, the Y. mass scenes. All comrades of the W. L. and the Junior groups, who are willing to devote themselves to the pageant and to participate in it, should report AT ONCE to Comrade Fraikin, at the district office of the party,