The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 13, 1925, Page 5

DEFENSE IS NOT POLITICAL BODY Issues Statement on Its Independence The Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Com- mittee has issued the following state ment relative to the meetings held thruout the country on March 1 de- manding the liberation of the two la- bor leaders who have been sentenced to die because ‘they dared to help or- ganize the workers of New. England into unions. The statement declares: “To Whom It May Concern: “The Sacco-Vanzetti Central De- fense Committee of Boston, Massa- chusetts, “Composed of, elements belonging to many different organizations, “For truth’s sake, and in order to ‘void, prevent and stop any particular speculation of the Sacco-Vanzetti case, on the part ofa certain political party “Publicly and emphatically wish to state: “(a) That this committe is not a subordinate to any particular po- litical or economic organization, “(b) That the International dem- onstration of March 1st on behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti was moved and carried at the meeting held by this committee in the evening of Dec, 23, 1924. Subsequently all the political and economic or- ganizations interested in the case, were instructed and informed to act in accordance with such resolution. “The Sacco-Vanzettil Defense Committee.” deterestional SOCIAL AND DANCE given by the Workers Party, Local Buffalo Saturday, March 14, at Labor Lyceum, 376 William Street. Fine Program — Music — Dancing Refreshments. All radicals in Buffalo will be there. | ADMISSION 50 CENTS. Chicago, Notice! The local DAILY WORKER AGENCY (Thurber Lewis, Agent) * has moved to 19 SO. LINCOLN ST. Phone Seeley 3562 Call or write for all Communist Books and gt one The Little Red Library The Workers Monthly The Daily Worker PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all ) their dental work. | DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street. A DAINTY AFTERNOON OR EVENING FROCK, || 6838 Chiffon, crepe or crepe de | efine embroidered or beaded would be attractive for this model. It is out the sleeves. The pattern is cut in three sizes requires 4% yards of 32-inch material if made with sleeves. The width of the dress at the foot is 1% yard. yards. i Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. SACCO-VANZETTI. |¥E GRO PULLMAN WAITEK IN CHICAGO AFTER FROM FLORIDA SLAVERY FARM Henry Elligan, the Negro dining car waiter on. the crack Illinois Central fiyer, “The Floridan,” who was kidnapped: on Jan. 26 as he stepped off the train at Jacksonville, Fla., is back in his Chicago home. Hlligan was spirited away to a peonage farm, where his clothes, containing $100.00 were. taken from him and he was put to work cutting vegetables and building roads. Eliigan was found only after a stubborn search conducted by three private } ni urers. also nice in satin or taffeta, The de-|:he DAILY WORKDR every sign may be developed with or with- btacturer alect eh 16, 18 and 20 years. An 18-year size | trom Without sleeves it will require 4% | up- detective agencies and the railroad. Two years ago the United States convicted officials of these Florida prison camps for killing Martin Taber, a white boy who was “hoboing” thrp Sy the south, The Negroes charge that many of their race are murdered in these camps, their bodies being hid- den in the swamps. Dlligan’s story of his capture, when interviewed at his home here, follows: “On Jan. 26, two men drove up in an auto near the Union station at] No. Jacksonville and told me I was want- ed on a charge of vagrancy. I pro- tested, but they put me in’ the car and drove off. The next morning I was sent with about eight other men to the prison farm about six miles from the city. We had no trial, but |? were spirited away and put in over- alls to do work on the roads and cut vegetables in a big field. There were about 35 men already at work there. I talked with several of them and none had committed any offense, and said they were Gust picked up on the streets and sent.out there.’ We all slept on a cement floor and in the clothes we worked in during the day. The meals were horrible. “I asked the guard to let me get some money out of my clothes that I had worn there, but he told me they had taken it for themselves and that it wouldn’t do me any good any- way. When kidnaped I had over $100. After I had served about six days I asked one of the guards why they had brought me out there. He said, ES 2 TR Your Union Meeting | Second Thursday, March 12, 1925, Name of Local and Place of Meeting. 5 Brick and Clay, A. O. U. W. Hall, Dolton, Tl. 18 Carpenters, 113 8. Ashland Blvd. 2 Carpenters, 6416 S. Halsted St. 341 Carpenters, 1440 Emma St. 484 Carpenters, South Chicago, 11037 Michigan Ave. 604 Carpenters, Ogden and Kedzie. 115 Engineers, 9223 Houston Ave. 836 Federal Labor Union, 2110 N. Robey 9 Firemen and Enginemen, Spring- field and North Aves. 340 Hod Carriers, Harrison and Green 18 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren St. Marble Polishers, 810 W. Harrison Nurses, 771 Gilpin Ave. Painters’ District Council, 1446 W. Adams St. Painters, Dutt’s Hall, Chicago ights. Paper Rulers, 59 E, Van Buren St., 6:30 p, m. Park Employes, 810 W. Harrison Railway Clerks, 65th and Black- stone. Railway Clerks, 3124 S. Halsted St. Railway Clerks, Harrison and Green Sts. Railway Trainmen, 64th & Univer- sity, 8:15 p. m. Signalmen, 180 W. Washington St. Teamsters, 9206 Houston Ave. Wood Turners’ ' Union, Liberty Hall, 3420 W. Roosevelt Rd. (Note—Unless otherwose all meetings are at 8 p. m.) (Note—Unless otherwise stated all meetings are at 8 p. m. 3 17320 371 26 17301. U4 1269 1844 877 130 42 ‘When we fall short of help we pick] Many Organizations up all the stray niggers we see.’ Again Threatened. “On Feb. 6, I was called into the quarters and told to ‘Get the hell out of the camp.’ I later learned that this sudden decisiom was prompted by the rigid investigation friends were making to find me. I was denied the privilege of changing clothes, and had to walk six miles to town in shabby dress. I was again threatened with arrest because of my’ untidy condi- tion when I reached town, but luckily evaded it. There aré men on the farm who told me they had been there for four years. They have never been tried in court. When help fells short on the farm the guards wire to Jack- sonville that they need ‘some more niggers’ and the authorities imme- diately begin a round-up. “In Florida this is the’ modern and legal method of slavery. “Nothing is thought of this procedure by the citi- zens of Jacksonville, and they ‘take little interest in protecung strangers from such vicious tactics.” Auto Kills Girt WEST FRANKFORT, Iil,,March 11 —tLaura Vivian, six-year old, daugh- ter of James Flyn, was Yun down and killed by an automobile’ driven by Clarence M. Rice, Carmi, here today. An inquest will be held. -~ FOR RENT. FURNISHED ROOM with all modern conveniences. Party. member pre- ferred. Very reasonable. Address Daily Worker, Box 1 FOR RENT. A BEAUTIFUL ROOM. All modern conveniences. 2736 Evergreen Ave. Mrs. Rodinovic. Tel. Armitage 7879. |. OUR DAILY PATTERNS A DAINTY DRESS FOR THE “LITTLE MISS.” 5049, Voile, dimity, batiste, crepe de chine and China»silk are’ good ma- terials for this style. The yoke and sleeve portions are made in one piece, The pattern is cut in four sizes: 2, 4, 6 and 8 Years, “A 6-year size re- quires 2% yards of 36-inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or starnps. Address: The DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd. eS UTS NOTICD PATTERN BUY: tterns being sold thru the DAIL Workmn pattern department are ais! by a New York firm of pattern mat i Orders are forwarded gf nd 12c in silver or stamps for out er 1925 fe Re isses’, and @ on: ise and comp: dress. manin a needio titches) alt dome dressmaker, ‘ Donate Money to the Labor Defense Council Donations from unions, workers’ or- ganizations, and Workers Party branches continue to come in to the national office of the Labor Defense Council, but there are still very many branches and organizations yet to be heard from. : The Defense calls upon all workers and workers’ organizations to send in their donations or moneys collected on contribution lists without delay. The following. organizations con- tributed during the first week of March: Buska Defense committee, Bel- laire,’ Ohio $171.16 Finnish Labor Society, Superior, Wis. Finnish Bureau, Workers Party, Chicago Finnish Branch, New York Cy. Finnish Branch, Duluth, Minn. Lithuanian Br., W. B. South Bend, | Indiana 29.00 Jewish Br., W. P., Pittsburgh, Pa, 19. Finnish Branch, W. P., W. Frank- fort, Il. Workers Party Branch, Haver- hill, Mass. Turnverein-Fritz Weigel, Lawr- 116.56 26.65 17.79 ence, Mass. ° Workers Party Br., N. Cohoes, N.Y. 14.79 Finnish Reading Circle, Mass, Michigan 10.00 Granite Cutters Ass’n., Buffalo, N.Y. American Lith. Liberty Ass’n, St. Englewood, Colo. Swedish Study Circle, Superior, Wisconsin Hod Carriers’ Union, Rochester, Minn. W. S. & D. B. F.,. 249, Forest Park, Illinois, Finnish Br., Telluride, Colo, W. C., Na. 94, Stamford, Conn. Cc. C. C., W. P., Duluth, Minn, Finnish Branch, Frederick, S. D. Ukrainian Branch, Hickville, L. 1. N. Y. Arbeiter Liedertafel, Cenn. 5.00 W. C. No. 228, Binghampton, N. Y 5.0( Newton Branch, W. P., Boston, Mass. W. C. Br., 261, New York City W. C. Br. 131, Chicago W. C, Br. 496 Kansas City, Mo. W. C. No. 704, Revere, Mass. W. C. No. 14, Providence, R. I. Hartford, 4.20 3.00 E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS) -rnere is tne Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren 42 W. Harrison 169 N. Clark 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State 2348. Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 86 Specialties: ceary and Bakery 0 GHESKS CHESKIS RESTAURANT . 3124-°We Roosevelt -nvommanoad 10.00! lasts; the Phone West 2549! the interest of the w AS PROFIT AID (Continued from page 1) fiery resolution—all for political ef- fect, however, for the city council has not a vestige of jurisdiction over the operation of any utilities, having been robbed of all home rule by the crea- tion of the P. S. C, and other commtis- sions, : Appeal was’made to this P. S. C. which “ordered” the'l. R. C. not to discontinue service on the advertised lines and the I, R..C. reversed its previous order, “for the present.” Apparently the . “people had triumphed” over the arrogant officials of the I. R. C. Mayor Schwab was “elated”; Commissioner Perkins smil- ed; the chamber of.commerce modest- ly shared in the credit for the “vic- tory.” But disillusionment followed when intimation came from the P. S. C. that possibly if the I. R. C. would be authorized or permitted to raise the fare, service om the five lines in question cquld be indefinitely con- tinued. Gossip and speculation held the stage for’ about 48 hours when ) suddenly a decision from the P. 8, C. was handed down authorizing an eight-cent fare—and the plot was out. It was seen that the whole play, from the first announcement by the L R. C. of intention of discontinuance of service, the protests of “representa- tiwes of the people” and-of the ©, of C. was a conspiracy for the purpose of providing a club with which to force higher fare from the patrons of the road. ee ‘The International Railway company of Buffalo, is a scab road, and with- out question, is the most poorly equip- ped and most inefficiently managed of.any road in a first or second class city in the country, The present head, Herbert Tully, is a highly paid strikebreaker imported from Philadel- phia, Pa., where about eight years ago with the aid of the Pennsylvania state troops ,he broke the strike of the employes of, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company. His reward was the presidency of the Buffalo system. In this capacity he proded the employes into a strike which proved to be one of the most stub- bornly fought conflicts in recent la- bor battles. State troopers were call- ed out, and, upholding the record of brutalities of these American cos- sacks, they terrogided the people by clubbing them in front of their busi- ness places and some cases fol- lowing the fleeing citizens into their homes. 3 For months the people refused to 25.00} Tide the street cars but patronized privately run taxis “until the courts drove these off the streets by fining the drivers and owners by the hun- dreds. Every municipal institution and bureau of authority were mobil- ized to break the strike. The officials of the road boasted.that they had a 15.85] rund of $4,000,000 with which to break the endurance of the strikers. 00) They finally succeeded; they smash- ed the union but the finances of the road went down in‘the crash, and to- Finnish Br., Commonwealth, Wis. 12.25 | a, approaching bankruptcy is writ- U.. M. W. No. 685, Collinsville Ill. 10.00) +. across every ear and along most of routes traversed by the cars. The rails curl and<twist alomg the streets because of sunken roadbed 10.00 and frequently jump the tracks and crash into store fronts or telegraph 10.00 | poles. From the greatest number of the cars the paint is pealing and 10.00 | they present a most drab appearance. Cracks in the floors let in the icy roofs leak like sieves, and the motors work in jerks so that 10.00] only the most rugged of the patrons 8.00/can remain on their feet while the 8.0C | cars are in motion. 6.85] cars seats lack backs and are broken 6.2C |so that one end of the seat rests on In many of the the floor and the other end clings 5.40] »recariously to its rotten support. For a quarter of a century the sys- em has been in a semi-bankrupt state vad bankers have, by crafty “reor- | ganization” schemes endeavored to inject new life into the dying enter- prise. But the public service com- 3.0¢ | mission has been obliged to come to 2.00 | the rescue by twice permitting a raise 1.00 |in fares. .6c | Will follow and the pliant commission In due time, another crisis will again throw out the life line. e 2:9 usual lesson for the workers in this experience. It is one of many experiences that should con- vince them that their solution will be found, not in regulation, not in col- laboration with the ryling class rep- resentatives, but by the seizure of po- litical power by the workers and de- termination to administer municipal state, and federal affairs wholly in Page Five AT WO A DAILY WORKER AGENT REPORTS And We Add a Word or Two. OMRADE Alfred E. Goetz, city agent for Detroit, who with his com- mittee has placed his local among the best in the country for the DAILY WORKER, writes us of what he considers is “all in the day’s work” of a BUILDER. He says: “So far we have no great plans. We are going to concentrate on renewals as that seems to me to be of the greatest importance. If we can stop the leaks in our mailing list we will always be able to make gains and | think it is more important to retain an old subscriber than to gain a new one. Secondly | am going to get some kind of a registration list out and try to ascertain what per- centage of the membership subscribes to the paper. | am also going to try and arrange some kind of a mass meeting for the DAILY WORKER with an outside speaker, someone quite promi- nent nationally in order to get more spirit for the subscription campaign. We are also going to run anothér special edition of the DAILY WORKER. The distribution of the last special was a real success as almost every copy went into the hands of a factory worker.” These, he sa: “are no great pians.” But they are among the things that can “build the DAILY WORKER” and we offer them to other locals for action. As comrade Goetz has listed them they are: (1) get renewals; (2) check up the party membership; (3) arrange a DAILY WORKER meeting; (4) a 5 edition. No “great plans” among these, but measures that require slow, hard (and heart-breaking) work that will help so much to build up the Com- munist movement. : LOCKED OUT WORKERS AND RUHR AND RHINELAND CHILDREN ARE HELPED BY RED AID IN GERMANY BERLIN, Germany, March 11.—At the meeting of the enlarged German central committee of the International Workers’ Aid recently held here, the work of the organization was gone into in detail. The chairman, George Ledebour, prominent left independent social demo- erat, reported that special help had been extended to 36,000 locked-out work- ers and their children over the Christmas holidays. He commented enthusiastically on the constant growth of membership of the International Workers’ Aid, the only non-party organization in Ger- many, where members of differing political views are working together for a common end. This proves, he said,¢———————_____________ that such an organization is not only) taken up in detail. A resolution greet. a@ necessity, but that it is a possibility./ing the efforts of the Anglo-Russian German Children’s Homes. Unity Committee was carried. The One of the first tasks to which the| agitation for the realization of rights K committee devoted itself was the rais- ing of funds for the establishment of a children’s home in Grossenhayn, Saxony. The district committees of Berlin-Brandenburg,- Saxony, Thurin- gia, and Laustiz, were obliged to col- lect money needed in their districts. The committees for the Rhineland and Ruhr were put in charge of the home to be opened at Remscheid. A motion to name this new home the Klara Zetkin Home was carried unanimously. Work within the factories and trade unions, whence most of the German I. W. A. membership is drawn was UNCLE WIGGILY'’S TRICKS paigning against the world’s first workers’ is today poisoning the minds of American workers— For your party branches and International Work- ers’ Aid groups—and in. your shop and union— ORDER A BUNDLE! Now at 3 Cents a Copy Single Copy 5 Cents Each conferred by the social-welfare legis- lation was supported and efforts will be made to get direct representation of the I. W. A. on these committees of action. During the month of March every I. W. A. member in Germany is expted to enlist a new fellow-member. The meeting closed with three cheers for international solidarity of the working class. Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your. branch. | NEW FLARE-UP WRECKS HERRIN GROCERY STORE Klan Gunman’s Family, Severely Injured HSRRIN, Ill, March 11, — H. D Fowler and Gleen Fowler, klansmer who accompanied 8, Glenn Young on thany of his raids into union miners’ homes, were severely injured and Mrs H, D. Fowler painfully hurt in a dyna mite explosion which wrecked their grocery store here early today. ~ The explosion demolished the twe story brick structure, hurling the Fowlers from their sleeping quarters on the second floor into the street. The blast was heard for miles around, and brough a rush of men to Herrin from the surrounding mining towns. Huge crowds gathered in the Streets The elder Fowler, who is now it the hospital, has been active in klan circles. He belongs to the body o! business men who have no sympathy for the miners’ union, and who are the backbone of the klan murders and raids here. The cause of the explo sion has not been ascertained. Two men, Escoe Landford and Pau Riddle, both of Marion, in an alleged stolen car were arrested shortly afte? the explosion and spirited away t Marion, it was learned. The klan au thorities believe the two might have some knowledge to the bombing. Herrin was again seething with ex citement as word of the explosior penetrated the surrounding country. Talk is up—your shopmate wil) subscribe! Miners Like Movies __ of Workingclass in Bentleyville, Pa. BENTLEYVIRE, Pa., March 11— Bentleyville is going to celebrate May Day with a working class movie show. These militant miners have ran every film but one that has been offered by the International Workers’ Aid, and now they want that one. Bentleyville is not a very big. place and it is just as hard-boiled as any mining town or manufacturing town in America. But the workers know from exper- ience that nothing draws as solid a working class support as a movie show with a working class viewpoint. Recently “The Beauty and the Bolshe- vik” was shown to packed houses and with many turned away, to the intense envy of the regular showmen. who were offering the best of the movie trust pictures, at lower prices, in com- petition. x The May Day picture program con- sists of “Polikushka,” “Soldier Ivan’s Miracle” and “Life of Lenin.” Any local wanting to book movie films to liven up May Day or other programs should get in touch with the International Workers’ Aid, 19 8. Lin- coln St., Chicago, Il. WHEN— Send. for $... Street WHITE TERRORISTS | ror russia— ASK FOR MERCY— By Max Bedacht. Against Its Enemies! the counter-revolutionists are cam- government, and Abramovich, arch-iraitor, This splendid pamphlet should be in your hands and widely distributed. It is not only an exposure of counter-revolutionary forces, but a splendid argument for the recognition of Soviet Russia. A timely propaganda pamphlet contrasting the treatment of political prisoners in Soviet Russia and the treatment of working ¢lass prisoners under the White Terror, THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd., copies of “White Terrorists” . enclosed to: TR alec qua seressiolichovsoceneesd “My! Howhard this||i carriage pushes!” Chicago, III. , Bs. ereesgerr haere sep nates oe!