The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 14, 1925, Page 5

x \ CZARISTS GIVEN MONEY BY NEW YORK ‘SOCIETY’ Parasites Hold Dance for Russia’s Enemies NEW YORK, March 12—More money will be raised here tomorrow in the interests of the deposed czar- ists, when the wives and daughters of the exploiters of American workers, hold a ball for the benefit of counter- reyolutionary Russians who would again impose the yoke of czardom on the Russian people. The dance, given under the auspices of the “Russian Refugee Society of America,” will be entitled, “Dance of the Cherry Orchard,” and will glori- fy the period before the Russian re- volution, when the aristocracy enjoy- ed luxury and the expense of the toil- ing Russian peasants and workers. “Grand Duchess” Maria of Russia, “Baroness” A, L. Frederiecksz, “Prin- cer Yousoupoff, and “Princess” Iri- na, are patronesses of the ball, side by side with the American society parasites. Included among the Americans who are helping to raise money for a further attack on the workers’ and peasants’ government of Soviet Russia, are Mrs. George Gor- don Battle, Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, Mrs, J. Boarden Harrison and Mrs, Charles Dana Gibson. Italian Rail Union Headquarters Burned by Fascist Gangs ROME—On the night of January 3, a band of fascisti invaded and sacked the headquarters of the Italian Rail- ‘waymen’s Federation at Bologna. The usual methods were employed. After forcing the door the furniture was thrown out of the windows, sprayed with petroleum and set on fire. The building was also seriously dam- aged, and not one of the eight rooms is in a state to be used. The damage is estimated at 150,000 liras. In a report the committee of the federation states, “The result of 30 years’ constant effort has been de- stroyed at a single blow. We are left with nothing but the faith and will that have hitherto helped us to overcome all difficulties and carry on with our work. We shall carry op in the spirit of the Italian railwaymen who honor us with their confidence.” 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 —- The Little Red Library The Workers Monthly The Daily Worker WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME COURT DECLARES ALL PICKETING ~ ILLEGAL IN UNANIMOUS DECREE OLYMPIA, Wash., March 12.—The supreme court of the state of Wash- ington by unanimous decision practically forbids picketing. unions to place any signs, or to post It forbids the Pickets carrying any signs within 100 feet of the entrances of the place being picketed, and declares that there is “no such a thing as peaceful picketing.” ‘This reverses the lower court’s decision which mérely prohibited the pickets from trespassing on the prop- erty picketed, or from blocking en- trances. The Name Doesn't Matter. The case at issue was that in which John Hanz; who operates four scab second run, ten-cent movie houses in Seattle, 4s fighting ‘the Musicians’ Un- ion. The fight against his scab houses has been ‘dragging: on for over’ two years. The Seattle union has tried to evade the anti-picketing law of 1919, by placing “observers” to report on union men going into.the shows. The decision says that the name don’t mat- ter. 4 This decision follows’ one handed down in 1922 by the Spokane courts in the case of Dempsey’s Pastime restau. rant vs. the Cooks’ and Waiters’ Un- ion, and reverses the King County court decision in the Danz case. All Picketing Is Violation of Law. If allowed: to stand, it means that picketing is made wholly illegal. It is somewhat doubtful if it will go un- challenged by the unions. Hanz operates four theaters, two up- town, one downtown, one on the skid road. His audiences are made ur chiefly of workers. His Star Theater, on the skid road, is always crowded, neither the A. F. of L. boycott on the theater, nor the I. W. W. boycott on California movies seeming to interest the workers. Lumber Trust Gives Lessons on How to Beat the Law SEATTLE, March 12.—Announce- ment has been made that at the an nual meeting of the Douglas Fir Ex- ploitation and Export company, E. C. Griggs of Tacoma was re-elected pres- ident. The federal government started ac tion against this company as a “com- bination in restraint of trade,” about a year ago, but with no results to date. The reason for no results’ mayb that Griggs, a democrat, was running for congress last fall on that ticket. Then, when it was too late to put any: one else up, he withdrew, leaving the fields clear for the lily of reaction, Johnson, the author of the antffor- eign-born immigration bill. sai BUFFALO, NOTICE! International SOCIAL AND DANCE given. by the Workers Party, Local Buffalo Saturday, March 14, at Labor Lyceum, 376 Willlam Street. Fine Program — Music — Dancing Refreshments. All radicals in Buffalo will be there. ADMISSION 50 CENTS. OUR DAILY PAT1ERNS A PLEASING HOUSE OR MORNING FROCK. A NEAT AND COMFORTABLE PLAY SUIT WOBBLIES ARE PARDONED BUT STILL HELD May Still Be Deported, Tho Unaccused NEW YORK, March 12.—The cases of the five Industrial Workers of the World, war-time political prisoners who were pardoned by President Cool- idge but are still being held held for deportation by the department of la- bor, will be argued in the federal dis- trict court in Chicago on March 17. Attorney Isaac Shorr will repres- ent the wobblies and endeavor to have the men released. He argues that there is no justification for the deportation warrants since the pres- ident has pardoned the men, can- celling their alleged offenses. Herbert Mahler, Joseph Oates, Pietro Nigra, and William Moran are the men in- volved, If the federal judge decides against the men and remands them to the department of labor, writ of habeas corpus proceedings will be instituted immediately for the release of the men, According to the New York branch of the general defense committee the department of labor is unwarrantedly blocking the release of the men which should have followed the president’s pardon. Sabotage of Bosses Is ‘Good Business” ; of I. W. W., a “Crime” . (Special to The Daily Worker) VANCOUVER, B. C., March 12.— Pacific coast logging production is to be eut one-half for the next two Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Pprofit,.as in America, not for use, as in, Soviet Russia. This is clearly a combination in re- straint of trade, but needless to say neither the American or Canadian gov- ernment will bother to interfere. They are too busy framing up cases. against rebellfous workers: When a worker slows down on pro- duction, he gets fired. When the work- ing~ class organizations agree that slowing down on production would be a good idea, as the I. W. W. has been accused of doing, they are charged with sabotage, criminal syndicalism, ete., and are apt to be sent to prison. When the bosses do exactly the same thing, it shows what good business men they are. This is typical of capitalism which but protects their exploiters. - Write us a letter—tell us how you work, what are your wages and shop conditions—and then order a bundle for distribution in your shop. Re-opened GHESKS CHESKIS months by agreement between loggers, lumbermen, and bankers of British California, This is necessary in order to.keep prices high on building mate- rial, and the logical result of an eco- nomic;system based on production for makes laws to oppress the workers, | THE DAIL¥! WORKER PLENTY Of REAL | PERSECUTION IN THIS COUNTRY 83 Communist.Cases Alone in 5 States That the criminal syndicalism laws of the various states of this country have not been dead letters on the statute books, is proyen by the fact that since the war there have been at least 83 Communist cases alone on which indictments have been secur- ed in at least five States. This has been gleaned from a re- cent survey made “by’the Labor De- fense Council to Weférmine the ex- tent to which proséctition under the criminal syndicaligm* laws has gone on. This estimate does not include many cases in which people have been seized and held under the criminal syndicalism laws of‘various states for numbers of days, Wné have been re- leased because of ‘thé complete lack of evidence. From Coast to Coast The eighty-three. cases include only those where indictments have been actually secured and where the cases have either been concluded or are still pending. Of these eighty-three cases, there have been thirty-two in Michigan, eighteen in- Illinois, sixteen in Pennsylvania, flve in New York, one in West Virginia and eleven in California. California, of course, has imprisoned seores of I. W. W. under this law. Due to the fact that the defense of these cases has been spread thru the period since the war, it was not definitely known until this survey was made how far-reaching the prosecut- fons under these laws were, In fact, this survey is in itself as yet not complete, inasmuch as there are cases in a number of states, the complete details of which have not yet been received. U, S. Not Behind In Persecution Taking into consideration the many hundreds of.,deportation cases, a comple survey. of which has yet to be made in the future, also a number of cases.coming under an assortment of other laws which have been utilized for the purpose of prosecuting those who have opinions other than those of the powers that be, we find that the United States ig by no means the last among those. countries which have a tremendous, mass of political prosecutions to their credit. An outstanding fact of great import- ance is that there are still forty-three cases to be tried im the courts, that, there are at least;three cases that are being appeale@,to various state courts and three that are on appeal to the United States supreme court. Couple of this withythe news already published several times, that various states, among them.notably Idaho, are putting even more,,teeth into their criminal syndicalism Jaws than they have at the present time, this brings home the nature of the work that still has to be done both morally, and financially as far as concrete defense is concerned, to keep these political defendants from jail and to fight the criminal syndicalist laws. New York Tenants ° Demand Action on : : : Housing Crisis NEW YORK, March 12—In spite of the fact that statistics show that the number of dwellings in New York is 434,175, and the number of families 1,555,000, the legislature at Albany has failed to provide any rent or housing regulations. The Audobon Community council, the Washington Heights Tenants’ as- sociation, and the Tenant-Taxpayers’ Protective league have sent resolu- ‘tions to the legisfature protesting against that body's finaction in the face of the New York City housing crisis. at | English Firm Gets Zinc Concession Page Five Q Py BUI IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT— — sure to send us all details with every letter. If you have sent us money for subscription and your paper does not arrive within a week be sure to write us about it and mention the date the money was sent, the name and the receipt number—if you got one. Or send us the receipt and we will return it, Don’t wait and become dissatisfied. regularly, send us the exact dat with the post office. If your bundle order does not arrive regularly—remember we must have the dates and address it Is being sent to. And if you want fast service on all these complants and any others you may have, you can get faster service by putting all complants on Separate sheets. Place the bundle order complaints on one sheet; sub complaints on another, etc. But do not fail to complain! We want to notice all irregularities whether of our office or the post office for we want to give every reader and agent the best service possible. In sending subs or complaints be sure to send us your address written very plainly as this is the reason for most complaints. Whatever the reason you may have for feeling disatisfied be sure to write us. We want the best working class newspaper to have the best service. And remember it is impossible for us to know of our errors un- til you write us about them WORKERS CO-OPERATIVE OF GARY RUNS MODEL RESTAURANT, USING PROFITS FOR EDUCATIONAL WORK GARY, Ind., March 12.—One of the main activities of the Gary Workers’ Co-operative Society. which holds a mass meeting here on March 15, is the running of a co-operative restuarant at 1733 Broadway. The society charges ten dollars per share for its stock, but in order to keep the organization entirely in control of the workers, al-¢— lows every member only one vote, re- gardless of the number of shares he holds. No protfits are allowed sharehold- ers, and no interest is paid on ‘the stock. The food is sold at low prices, and is kept at a high standard of If your paper does not arrive missing so we can take the matter up Your Union Meeting | SECOND FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1925. Name of Local and No. Place of Meeting. quality. The profits are put into edu-|" 237 Bakers and Confectioners, 3420 W. cational work among the Gary work- Roosevelt Road. ers, and for mutual aid to the workers| 12 ee Serene, ©. Agptand belonging to the society. 429 Boller Makers, 105th and Ave. M. Isted. All workers interested in furthering as Boller, 3 nese Seth and oleae the interests of their class are invited Building Trades, Council, 180 W. Washington St. to attend the mass meeting which will Carpenters’ District Council, 180 be held at 2:00 p. m,, March 465, at WK. Weshingten Se. 4 + 2200 Ci ters, 4339 S. Halsted St. 215 West 18th avenue. Speakers will! 14286 Commercial Portrait Artists, 19 . Adams St. tell of the work of the co-operative) |: .9: miectriciang, 2901 W. Monroe St. in both Russian and English Jam-} 182. Electricians, 19 W. Adams St. guages. Admission is free. 2 nie All workers are invited to buy,.a ue Pasincers, re LA Paiioston 5 , nginemen, share.of stock in the Gary Workers’ Weateete Ave: Co-operative. 45 Fur Workers, % sieesgiaibiendinel 12117 Gardeners and Florists, Village 21. Garment Workers, 175 W. Wash 4 armen! orkers, * - pe bo: ington St., 6 p.m. Pa “Pe, Lie A put sid a Giann Workers, Emily and Marsh- rosperity,” But 118 Hod ‘Carriers, 1850 Sherman St., Evanston. Janitors, 166 W. Washington St. Ladies’ ‘Garment Workers, Joint Board, 328 W. Van Buren St. Lithographers, 639 S. Ashland Blvd. Poor Seek Charity ries TACOMA, Wash,, March 12.—Taco- a , 113 S. Ashland Blvd. ma papers constantly tell of the stead- 13 Pre ertn 113 S. Ashland Bivd 492 Machini 55th and Halsted Sts. ily increasing prosperity of this city. % Hachin gd Ro Ba pe But the county charity commissioners ana W: ern ve ated 1225 Machinists, 53 . and Halsted. ohne pryran that they Te. ® Metal Polishers, 119 8. ‘Throop St. The past eleven months show 584] ¢37 Painters, School and Sheffield Ave. 73 Pattern Makers, 119 8. Throop St. cases of outdoor relief and 1,905 coun- 5 Photo Engravers, 814 W. Harrison ty hospital cases. This almost doubles St., 6:30 p.m. Plasterers, 180 W. Washington St. the figures for the preceeding fiscal], 319 Plumbers,’ 6212 S$. Halsted St. year. This February shows double 612 Plumbers, 9251 S. Chicago Ave. Railway Carmen, Blue Island, Ill. Railway Carmen, 524 and Robey. Railway Clerks, 9 8. Clinton St. Rope Splicers, 5608 Milwaukee Ave. ee (Men), 315 Plymouth Ct., Pp. m. Telegraphers, O. R. T. Cort Club, Atlantic Hotel. 111 Upholsterers, 159 N. State St. 301 3749 8. ‘atchmen (Stock Yards), ‘Halsted 8t.. 9 a. m. Local 269, A. C. W..—Meets every 2nd Friday, 1664 No. Robey. otherwise stated all 8p. m.) who wish to enter the county hospital and the county poor farm, both ‘of which are overcrowded now. And this relief, does not reach the hundreds of migratory workers who drift thru the city, vainly seeking work, sleeping in box cars, pool halls, ete., and begging for food, Their only job is keeping cool with Coolidge. os i FOR RENT. A BEAUTIFUL ROOM. All modern conveniences. 2736 Evergreen Ave. Mrs. Rodinovic. Tel. Armitage 7879. Steel Workers Lose $1,500,000 to Bosses By Clever Little Cal WASHINGTON, D. C., March 12.— President Coolidge did not sign the bill, passed by the house and senate, for payment to the former workers in the Bethlehem Steel company’s plant the raise in wages granted them by the war labor board and repudiated UNEMPLOYMENT IS EXTENSIVE, STATE REPORTS But Points | Hopefully to 4,301 New Jobs Factory industry, at least, is ex | panding slightly in Illinois, according to the estimate of the general advis- ory boafd of the Illinois state depart | ment of labor. But the report admits |that there is “extensive unemploy- ment.” The 1,188 manufacturers who re- port to the department, had on the Day roll for .the week ending the middle of February, 285,398 workers, jor about 40 per.cent of the factory workers of the state, This is an in- crease of 4,301 workers since the prev: ious month’s report. Some Very, Very Thin Gaine The report says, “of forty-four ont of fifty-five industries, practically all recorded a gain.” Presumably, how- ever, the 4,301 re-employed. workers, when spread over these forty-four in- dustries, make the.gain thin in each, or very thin indeed in most. The de- partment does not elucidate these fig- ures except by indirection, The leading increase was tm the metal industry, automobile and acces sory products adding 11.6 to the Jan. uary payroll. Jn agricultural tmple- ments, the report states, “In recent months the payrolls have been stead- ily increased until operations are now 47 per cent above the low point reach- ed in August 1924, The Rate of Men to Jobe “Operations of the free employment offices showed there were 178 persons registered for each 100 jobs in Febru. ary, a8 compared with 188 in January. “In Chicago, 1,418 building permits authorized $27,220,450 worth of work, which was about $9,000,000 over the figure of February 1924. In the res- idential suburbs of Chicago, principal- ly Oak Park, Evanston and Berwyn, the new projects were exceptionally extensive.” Silent On Miners The report is as silent as the grave on the terrible unemployment rife among the coal miners of the state of Illinois. In explaining, “the anomaly of ex- panding industry and extensive un- employment,” the report says; “When business after a period of decline changes for the better, all the workers are not taken back at once, but the process is slow and gradual.” Coolidge Demand for Discharging Workers Hits Printers’ Union WASHINGTON, March 12.—Colum- bia Typographical Union has protest- ed to President Coolidge the sudden dismissal of 175 of its members from the government printing office, which is almost solidly organized. Public printer Carter is accused by President Smith of the union with violation of the law in this summary move in the so-called “economy” pro- gram. The fact that veterans of the Railway Carmen, 59th and Halsted| world war are among those laid off is further complicating the situation. Carter replies that he was ordered to reduce the force to 4,000 men, and that he did so as humanely as was possible. The White House demanded a reduction in operating costs; it is now up to Coolidge, 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. For Communist Clarity— from Soviet Russia HARBIN, March 12—The conclus- fon of a big contract is reported for by Chas. M, Schwab and his company. Some $1,500,000 due these steel work- ers is involved. Payment was to have been made from the treasury, and Leninism or Trotskyism By 4619. This model provides a sepa rate blouse. The Overalls are sleeve less and the body portion of the back RESTAURANT _ receipt of 12c in silyer or stamps. 4887, Linen, could be used for this design. It is a good model for stout figures. The pattern is cut in eight sizes: 36, 38, 40, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48 and 60 inches bust measure. A 38-inch size requires 4% yards of one material 32 inches gingham, or crepe wide. If made as illustrated it will require 3% yards of plain material and % yard of figured material. The | tern: width at the foot is 1% yard. Pattern mailed to any address on FOR RENT. FURNISHED ROOM with all modern rs conveniences. Party member d Add pre- Very reason: ress Box is buttoned to the Seersucker, denim, or gingham could be used forthe ovéralls, and cambric for the blouse, or’the entire suit may 7 4 and 5 years. A’4 year size requires waist portion. be of one material. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 2, 3, 1% yards for ‘the overalls, and 1% yard for the blouse. Pattern miailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. DAILY WORKER, 1113 Th T Bivd., Chica Ts 4 O PATTERN BUYERS— sold thru the ed by ig deged re. man- not Baits $e the order. . t ¥ tte! the’ various 3124 W. Roosevelt Road Ce TTT - Dr. S. ZIMMERMAN MY NEW LOCATION L ren X-Ray rices _ to Workers ies My Examination is Free My Prices Are Reasonable ‘at My, Work 1s Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY. ‘ the exploitation of the Tetukhe zinc ore mines, by which the concession- aire, Brunner, undertakes to set up a blast furnace and generally to run the enterprise in such @ manner as to have zinc exported as a finished pro- duct and not in the shape of crude J ore, as it was done ‘before the war of 1914, when the said mines were UNCLE WIGGILY’S TR worked by a German firm. Mthood for a food shortage. the government was then to have sued the company for reimbursement. Russia Buys From Persia TEHERAN, Persia, March 12.— Large purchases of foodstuffs” are being made in Persia for the areas the expense of last February. There is a long waiting list of applicants in Soviet Russia where there is a = Gregory Zinoviev, I. Stalin and L. Kamenev. 20 CENTS A COPY Order from the Daily Worker Literature Dept. ICKS * But I don't eat Sol A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN