The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 18, 1925, Page 4

“ fab Page Four JAILED MINER PRAISES WORK OF MILITANTS Letter Gives Lie to the ‘Faker’ Pat Fagan (Continued from page 1) ing in the Temple at Bellaire and do whatever good you can. “There is some controversy going on in the order between certain of- ficials and some of our members known as progressives, therefore I desire to make known that those whom the officials would censure are some of the best, truest and most loyal men we have. Good workers for the cause, true to their brethren in adversity and loyal to the principles of right and justice upon which our order is founded. “They have heard our cry behind the prison wall, responding nobly to the call. ‘Twas they who visited us and ministered unto our every need. “It was these men, the progressives, that stirred the membership to act- ion, finally opening the prison doors to twenty five of our brothers, while some of the officials proclaimed that It could not be done. “I cannot meet the brothers at the | Temple and attest’ in person to the | fine and manly way in which they ful- filled their obligation to ug men be- hind the walls in Moundsville, I can only hope that the assembly will be imbued with a spirit of fairness and uprightness and sufficient in numbers to sustain those brothers against any unfair attack that may be launched against them and to rebuke those who would attempt to expel from our ranks even the least among us, an act which in itself would violate the obligation, intent and purpose of our noble order to uphold for freedom of thought whether expressed by tongue or pen, and to have all mine workers join our (Continued from page 1) lots exactly will pass to China, those lands remain under the control of the line, and no one has the right to seize and dispose of them by violence or with the help of armed police force. “In their desire to hand over the lands in question to the Chinese au- thorities, the Russian members of the ; board of directors made a proposition to that effect as early as November last, but as the Chinese members of the board had no instructions from yourself they failed to endorse the Russian proposal, which resulted in| the issue having been protracted till now. It was only after the misunder- standing with the ‘District No. 8’ had occurred that, aceeding to the urgent proposition of the Russian members, the board, on January 12, decided to constitute a commission for the delim- ination of the lands and handing them | over to China, “I have approved this decision of the board and appointed a person to be on the said commission, and I may hope that you will also appoint a dele- gate-to represent the Chinese side, there will be a prospect then of set- tling the land question within the briefest space of time. I feel certain that the solution of this question wil: offer no difficulty—not only because FETE eeREayS managen indeed showed maximum len- iency. “General” Breaks Agreement. “Ifthe merchants are dissatisfied, the fault thereof is entirely General Chang Ho-hsiang’s, who disrespects the Mukden agreement, the existing laws and regulations and the board of directors of the Chinese Eastern Railway, half of whose members con- sists of your own appointees. If in stead of aiming at a friendly under- standing and a respect for mutual rights, General Chang Ho-hsiang chooses to have recourse to sheer force, it will be really difficult to fore- see all the consequences of such vio- lent actions. “I thay be allowed to voice my deep | regret that you should so light-heart- edly make charges against the general manager, Ivanoff, who has, during his short term of office, put the railway under his charge into condition which ought to call forth nothing else than feelings of sincere appreciation on the part both of the Chmese and the Soviet governments. It will suffice to point out that within three months of his management of the line, Ivanoff has brot down the floating debt of the enterprise from 10.5 to 4.5 million rubles, which evidently testifies to an economic and competent management. However, if military officers will per- the matter is provided for in thi treaty but also because we think it just and fair that land taken from China should be restored to her. Somebody Butting In. “As regards the charges you bring against the general manager of the railway, Ivanoff, you have no doubt been incorrectly informed by inter- ested persons, seeing that your com- plaints are disproved by all the real facts, documents and the acting status of the management of the railway. “As a matter of fact, Ivanoff has all thru acted legally and in the limit or rights conferred upon him. The tax which was ordered to levied in ‘Dis- union.” “With best wishes to you personal- ly, I remain faithfully, “Joe Ragus.” Officials Let Down Prisoners trict No. 8’ exists in all the other dis- tricts to analogous intents and pur- poses. The district in question had been exempted from that tax for the sole reason to help it develop. The administration ofthe railway had This shows that it was the progress- |spent big sums of money to equip the ives who drove the machine into ac-|district and the royalty paid by tne tion. The men themselves say so. In|merchants concerned went to defray spite of the fact that the machine |the expenditure of the railway which promised to take care of the men,/ran up to about half a million roubles. at a meeting held in Charleroi on Feb. “Now after the Chinese authorities 15th, two men who were released from | seized ‘District No. 8’ without any pre- Moundsville due to the pressure of |}iminary agreement with the adminis- the progressives, stated that the offi- |tration of the railway and then resort- cials never gave the men the aid they |eq to police measures to prevent the promised them. : merchants from paying the money due It was hy stories like these thatjto the railway, the general manager Fagan did his work. His statements |should have—on the strength of the so enraged one of the delegates that | existing regulations—caused the car he called him a liar from the floor. |service to be altogether discontinued. He was followed by Hargest, secret-| However, being reluctant to cause ary of his district, who made the |ruin to the merchants he limited him, same type of talk that he did, thus | self to ordering such taxes to be lev- greasing the machine for the attack |ied as are enforced in all the other that was to follow. |thorities and the population had to sist in interfering with the commerce. ial business of the railway, a situation is bound to arise that will indeed be threatening to both parties. Quickly Forgets the Past. “Your parallel between the actions of Ivanoff and those of Russian mon- archists only tends to show how rap- idly the memory has been lost of the regime established on the Chinese Eastern Railway by the monarchists—~ 4 regime under which the Chinese au- obey-the will not of their people but of the czarist officials and when not only the merchants but the Chinese authorities as well depended on the management of the railway. The Rus- sian revolution swept away the acts of oppression of the czarist govern- ment over the rights of the Chinese people, and this consideration alone should have moved you to refrain from making uncautious charges against those whom the revolution has quali- fied for friendly and brotherly work with the Chinese people. “Referring to your request that ¥ wire to the general manager and sus- pend the levying of the taxes, I regret to say that I have not the right to do > a Bh -) ee Your Uni | eeting | Third Tuesday, Maréh 17, 1926. Name of aljand Place of Meeting. i 912 _W. Monroe St. Diversey and Sheffield. 23;'E, 75th a Moose Hall, Chicago » Springfield and 26th. 180 W. Washington St. 5438S. ! Employes, Great Northern Joint Council, 1710 er Ave., 5:30 p.m. 225 6. 15th St., Chi- 1. $14 W. Harrison St. Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren St. ~ i , 387 N. Marine Fire and Oi Clark. ” 20 W. ‘Randolph st. N. E. cor California and n. 6414 $! Halsted St. N ie wor, State’ and and Enginemen, d_ St ters, Trumbull and Ogden Ave. Monroe and Perio Sts. and DiewStampers, 19 W. Adams St. Railway Carmen, 78th and Drexel ve. Railway Clerks, Railway Clerks, ton. Teamsters, 159'N. State St. Waiters, 234 W. Randolph St. Upholsterers Union, 180, W. Wash- ington St. Amalgamated Clothing Kedzie and Ogden. 152 Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 1534 N. Robey St, (Note: Unless otherwise stated, all meetings are at 8 p. m.) Roman Catholics Balk at Ownership by State in Mexico MEXICO CITY, March 16.—The Soledad church has been closed to worship by orders of President Calles in settlement of the conflict created by the Knights of Guadalupe, follow- ers of the Mexican catholic apostolic church, who recently took over the building by force and ejected the Ro- man catholic priest, Father Silva. President Calles declared Patriarch Perez of the new sect and his follow- ers had broken the ¢onstitution by taking national property under the keeping of the Roman’catholic church without fulfilling the requirements of the law. 14 E On the other hamd@: the president found the Roman catholic clergy had declared themselves in open rebellion against the constitution, “despising the authorities throu their most prom- inent spokesman.” The Roman, catholic clergy, the statement continued, refused to re- cognize state ownership of the church building and the government’s ‘right to exercise control over church wor- ship and practices, 9,8; Clinton st. 609 W. Washing- Workers, so as it would constitute a violation of the Mukden agreement. Indeed, the meral manager being subordinate to @ board of directors, I cannot give him any orders over the heads of the board. The only way of settling the matter is that the merchants con- eerned negotiate directly with the management of the line. If instead of teéubling you with unwarranted ana unsubstantial complaints—doing it under pressure from outside, those railway districts. By doing so the OUR DAILY weet PATTERNS A POPULAR STYLE WITH NEW FEATURES. 5037.. The stright line dress is still a general favorite. In the model here shown checked flannel is combined with plain flannel. One could use wool galine with satin, or, have one ma terial, and decorate the flounce, col- Jar and suffs with braiding or stich- ery. The pattern is cut in 7 sizes: 34, 86, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. If made as illustrated, for a 88 inch size, 3% yards of checked material and 1% yard of plain ma terial 40 inches wide is required. Width of skirt at the foot is 1% yard. If made of one material 4% yards is Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. ee i FASHION BOOK NOTICE! ook ie or and hl article on dress- Kel Sag ag | pointe for the emg valuable ite to the home MI A SEASONABLE STYLE 50657. 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Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to get his subscription, re agement. merchants had started negotiations with the management, the question at issue could have been settled long ago “That, however, they refused to do in spite of the suggestion of the man- Constantly encouraged, a» they were by unfortunate counsels, the merchants failed to avail ‘them- selves of the week's term accorded them by acting chairman, Mr. Yuan, and vice-chairman of the C. HE. R., Mr. Pozdeyeff, for negotiating. Neverthe. less, I wish to ask you to advise them| are workers who were shell shoked in to choose the lawful path of negotia- tions with the general manager, such way being the only one that can lead to a settlement of the matter. “I may assure you that the Russian members of the board of directors arv working in a friendly manner together with the Chinese members of the same and understand each other thoroly well. Their joint work, which is done in the interests of both countries, really should not be interferred with by uninvited intervention from out side. “I wish to ask you, in conclusion, to give orders to the Chinese authorities at Harbin: (1) that they should not interfere with the commercial busi- ness of the railway and violate the Mukden agreement; (2) that a dele- gate be appointed for the delimitation and handing over to China of the rait- way land, (3) that the merchants con- cerned be advised to come to terms with the management of the railway; (4) that the actual assumption of of- fice by the chairman of the hoard o? directors be expedited, and that fati- ing this a new person be: appointed to the post of chairman, as otherwise his absence is harmful to the busin Hopes He Likes Frankness. “On my own part, I have sent in- structions to the members of the board and the general manuger of tne railway that they be considerate towards the Chinese merchants, who were made a tool of alien influences interested in bringing matters on the Une to a head and whose fault 1s thus less than the guilt of those who are behind them. m4 “L hope you will appreciate the frankness of my message.” The Soviet ambassador's telegram was sent under date of the 28rd of last month. Earthquake in Italy. ROMB, March 16.—A fairly severe earthquake was felt today in the region of Florence. Some damage to property was reported, but no lives were known to be lost, - *8-/of the DAILY WO) oo at Insane Victims of. s. ae Capitalism"Crowd : State of Ohio COLUMBUS, Ohio, ¥ ‘ch 16.—The judiciary committee ofthe state house of representatives has recommended the passage of the bill,introduced by Representative Knapp,,requiring that all epileptics criminals and feeble minded persons, before being released from any state institution, shall be examined by a competent physician or neurologist. + There are thirty one.thousand fee- ble minded men women, and children in this state, according to a survey made by the Cleveland Press several weeks ago. ates: : One need not be a professional neu- rologist to know that the vast major- ity of these unfortunate individuals Madison Square Garden. Chas. Musil, Czecho-Slovak the war, or were driven insane thru intense suffering in. the hell holes of the steel mills and factories of the sovereign state of Ohio. The vast majority of the thirty one thousand are at large, because the state refuses to provide homes and institutions for them, while the lot of those who are imprisoned is even worse. Inadequate and unsanitary buildings are used to house them, many of the buildings being fire traps. Feeble minded morons, epllentigs and criminally insane people will found as long as workers are ruth- lessly exploited and ground down, long as capitalism remains the ruler and the workers are aymiserable, im- poverished subject class. 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. Give your shopmite this copy ER—but be Delloff, M. Marlash, L. Hirschman, Harlem English. branch.. H. 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Altho most members confined their energy to selling the special one- month subscriptions during the contest, the comrades mentioned below also sent in the following regular subscriptions during this same time: branch... What Bromley (Continued from Page 1) and the medium in Russia was an ex- tremely happy one. Dealing first with the defects which he had found in the Russian system, Mr. Bromley said that it was true that there was neither free speech nor a free press. The Russians frankly ad- mitted this, saying that they refused to allow European capitalism, which had failed to defeat them with the bayonet, to subsidize opposition presses and imported speakers. Political Prisoners. When they saw the menshevik lead- ers in prison Mr. Bromley said that imprisonment of: opponents would jar on the British people, and that we would not like our labor party execu- tive to be imprisoned for-holding dif- ferent views from the government. “I received the reply,” said Mr. Bromley, “that if the labor party exe- cutive in this country passed a reso- lution meaning ‘death at sight’ to the leaders of the present government, they might not be long out of prison, even in Britain. “Honestly,” he declared, “I think J have said all I can against Russia, and now I have much to say tn favor of it.” The Trade Unions. The explained that trade unions in Russia held a different position to our own. They were not instruments for fighting capital, but really the instru- ments thru which the Soviets gov- erned. They provided the workers with houses and medical attendance, and any worker could, in addition to his annual holiday, be ordered by a doc- tor to a rest house or convalescent home for any period up to six weeks if exhausted by work. He saw many of these rest houses. They were scrupulously clean and very beautiful, being mansions of the de parted nobility. Such benefits, he urged, must be taken into account when considering the wages paid. An American woman stenographer told him that £7.a month in Russia was as good as £7 a week in New York. Cheap Food. He explained how, thru the trade unions and co-operative stores, food could be obtained by the workers at cost price, and declared, “There is plenty of food in Russia, not only wholesome food, but even luxurious. “Even in the prisons the prisoners have co-operative stores where money earned by prison work at trade union rates may be spent on cakes, fruit, cr gars and tobacco.” One point in which Russia is in ad- vance of our own traffic regulations was the law that insisted that, if peo- Ple were getting out of a stationery tramcar, all other traffic must stop till it moved on again. It was untrue, he said, that Russia had suppressed religion. It had simp- ly diseastablished the state church, and spent no money on religious teach- ing. All religions were, however, free, and worship went on in the churches as before. He strongly denied the re- ports of the destruction of statuary and art treasures. Woman's Moral Status. sure to see him the next day to] Mr. Bromley described as “a terrible slander” the suggestion that woman's NCLE WIGGILY'S TRICKS get his subscriptions Ui “Just a ee Uncle Wiggrly, till { play this record 5 Saw in Russia moral status had been degraded in Russia, Marriage was certainly a ci- vil contract, and divorce, tho only if both parties were willing and desirous was fairly éasy; but woman's moral status was good, and a remarkable change in general morality was evi- dent. There were now no houses of ill- fame, which undey czardom were offi- cially opened and “the rooms and wo- men blessed by priests.” Prostitu- tion had now been wiped out as near- ly he thot as was humanly possible. ; The care of the children was re- markable. They looked happy, well clothed, and well fed. The peasants had had the land of the old landowners shared out amongst them, according to the num- ber in the family, and were being edu- cated in agricultural science and as- sisted with motor-ploughs. “T have told you tonight,” cancluded Mr. Browley, “what I actually found. -L have told you the black side and the bright ‘side, and I firmly believe that there is ‘a’ great future before Russia, and T'am satisfied that a combination of all the capitalists in the world will neve “take it back from the people who have won it.” (Applause.) “B.& O.” Johnston to’Read the Will of ‘the Dead C, P. P. A. CLEVELAND, 0O., March 16,—The stillborn progressive party of Cuya- hoga county is importing the leading pall bearer at the Chicago funeral of the LaFollette movement to try and reyive the dying spirit of a political hybrid. This individual is no~ other than “B. & O. Bill” Johnston, of class collaboration fame. The advance publicity sent out by the midwives, declares that Johnston is a “fighting leader of the Machinists’ Union.” If Johnston has been doing any fighting it has not been against the bosses, as the decreasing member- ship of his union will prove. Instead, he has been instrumental in forcing the B. & O, plan down the throats of the railroad machinists, forcing them to give up working conditions wrested from the bosses after hard struggle: and practically forcing the men in his union to give up the right to strike. Johnston has been a consistent op- ponent of amalgamation, even after the disastrous shopmen’s strike of 1922; he has expelled militants and active members of the I. A. of M. for advocating measures which would make the Machinists’ Union a power that the bosses would fear and he has worked hand in hand with the middle class politicans of the LaFollette type. Trade unionists of this city have been invited to attend the meeting in the Engineers Auditorium, to be held March 20, at which Johnston, will re- port on the conference for progressive political action, held in Chicago last month, ‘ ; Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 850 N. FIFTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. ‘A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN DASTS OF 4,448 DEPORTATIONS IN LAST SIX MONTHS Numbers of Alien Work- ers Turned Over by Spies (Special to the Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16— “In the last six months the deporta- tions amounted to 4,448, an inorease of about one-third over any similar per- iod of our history.” Such is the boast of Senator David Reed, a republican of Pennsylvania on the floor of the United States senate yesterday. | Perfectly satisfied with this accomp- lishment of the capitalist white terror against alien workers, the senator went on to say that not only, were more workers being deported from this once heralded “refuge of the op- pressed,” but that far more were leay- ing for southeastern and eastern Eu- rope than were arriving, evidently not so enthusiastic over American democ- racy as to wigh to stay, while the net gain from all Europe of arrivals over departures in the last six months is only 19,203. America Not So Popular, It was revealed that during the last six months no less than 48,120 aliens shook the dirt of democracy off their shoes for good and left for Europe to stay, while only 67,303 of Europe's population, supposed to be wailing at the gate trying to get in, really came.* When this figure is compared with the fact that in 1914 alone 801,000 immi- grants arrived from Europe over and above the aliens who went back, the full force of the international working class’ disillusion about the charms of living in America and enjoying the rule of Open Shopper Dawes, the $28 a week avergge American wage and the lynching ‘parties of the ku klux klan, may be realized. “We Get 'Em with Spies.” For those brave souls who try to burglarize their way into the paradise of the 12-hour day and the seven day week of Judge Gary, Senator Reed boasts that an effective net has been put up at the border, and enuf spies and sneaks stationed at points in the interior, to prevent the hardy alien from getting away with it. “There are not enuf of them coming to bring the numbers that are said to be smuggling themselves in, The rum fleet off New York smuggles in a few. There are a few smuggled across the Canadian border. It is very easy to come across on a Detroit ferry, for in- stance if one speaks English and looks like an American. The inspectors ; don’t have time to examine them very’ carefully. Lots of Walls to Climb Over. “We are guarding against smuggl- ing by locating our inspectors in Can- adian seaports and Mexican seaports, infinitely better than we could by try- ing to police the border. We have re- cently established a police force of about 250 border police. The Canad- ian border is 3,980 miles long, the Mexican boundary 1,744 mines, the Gulf of Mexico increases the frontier by 7,600 miles, which is comparitively easy for an alien to cross in safety. Stool Pigeons Everywhere. “But it is practically impossible for an immigrant to smuggle shimself in and stay hidden. It is not always that our inspectors get him, but somebody whose job he has takén or somebody who has a personal reason for telling on_him always informs immigration authorities, and in the end they get him. “We have picked up a surprising number on applications for citizenship. After a few years they apply for citt- zenship, and then to their astonish- ment théy are arrested and deported.” America for “Americans.” The senator, after stating that Ast- atic immigration was no problem be- cause fewer Asiatics want to come to America than are leaving America to go back to Asia, sat down, thoroly Pleased that the American Indians are all confined to reservations and are not allowed to drink moonshine or vote for Coolidge. Kurds Forced to Retreat. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 16.— Kurdish troops have evacuated ‘Varto’ and are in a precarious situation at Palco in Diar Bekar, as the result of resistance offered by local inhabitants, said dispatches received here today. Pick Assistant Farm Secretary. WASHINGTON, March 16.—Refick W. Dunlap, of Kingston, Ohio, was nominated today by President Cool- idge to be assistant secretary of agri- \eulture, Well, this bresks the record |”*