The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 19, 1925, Page 2

clans. _ Page Two POLITICAL HACK IS NOMINATED BY, CARPENTERS Hutcheson Makes Offer to “Expelled”? Members Nominations to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the president of Local 181, of the Carpenters’ Union, was made at last Monday night's weeting. The reactionaries nominated one Jacob Olson, a discredited political hack who has been a bootlicker for the repub- ltcan party for several years, and now does odd jobs around the city hall. According to the constitution of the Brotherhood, a member must work at his trade or be employed by the or- ganization in order to qualify for an elective office in the union. This clause disqualifies Olson, but what is the constitution between friends? as Theodore Roosevelt once said. Violating Constitution. The progressives nominated Bill Flettner, who is a working carpenter. The chairman of the local ruled that any member not attending the next meeting would be fined two dollars. This is a scheme to get those never attend a union meeting except under compulsion to come and vote for the city hall hack. This ruling is unconstitutional and a member raised a point of order against it. The constitution only provides for a call meeting to elect officers, but leaves the question of penalty for non- attendance to the local. This did not bother the chairman in the least, who maintained that his ruling was in or- der and would accept no appeals against his decision. Hutcheson’s Conditions, A letter was received from General President Hutcheson, giving condi- tions which must be complied with by the five expelled members before they can be reinstated. Those condi- tions are that they sever all connec- tions with the Trade Union Educa- tional League and that they excuse themselves to the local for signing the resolutions criticizing Hutcheson and Jensen. The five members were never legally expelled and therefore cannot be reinstated. Hutcheson is evidently frightened at the rebellion that has overthrown his regime in Detroft and does not care to have a similar revolt take place in Chicago. The five “expelled” have an appoint- ment with the volunteer commiftee which is investigating the cases, next Saturday. What answer they will make to Hutcheson’s terms is not known. Harry Jensen attended last Mon- day night’s meeting of Local 181 and in the absence of the five “expelled” members, delivered a tirade against the Communists, even blaming them for the Landis award, tho the Com- munists were the leaders in opposing it This was the second meeting from which the five members voluntarily ab- sented themselves, Mussolini Will Not Die. ROME, Italy, March 17.—Mussolini, who is said to have been suffering from ulceration of the intestine, is out of danger, according to his physi- Mussolini “became ill at the same time that the charges of Rossi that Mussolini ordered the murder of the socialist deputy Matteotti were who j 10,000'N. Y. Workers Join in Big Paris Commune Celebration (Continued from page 1) Red Aid. “The bourgeoisie of France, upon returning to Paris,” said Com- rade Gitlow, “slaughtered 30,000 work- ers and deported many more. This same bourgeoisie now talks of demo- cracy and free speech, and is attack- ing Soviet Russia for putting into prison counter-revolutionaries active- ly engaged against the Soviet govern- ment, There are more than 100,000 political prisoners in the capitalist dungeons, where they are subjected to the vilest torture. The capitalist Press says that there is no freedom of expression in Soviet Russia. “How much freedom of opinion is there for the working class of Ger- many, where there are 8,000 political prisoners, of Hungary where there are 10,000 prisoners, of India with her 25,000 prisoners? The capitalist press indicates that when the Communists went fnto power in Soviet Russia, they instituted a reign of terror. This is a base lie, that history refutes. “The socialist party and the Second (Socialist) International are carrying on an energetic campaign against So- viet Russia, They say nothing about the offer made by the International Red Aid to effect an exchange of the | counter-revolutionaries in the prisons of Soviet Russia for the Communists in the capitalist prisons. They say nothing about a joint committee of the Communist International and the Second International to investigate conditions in the prisons of the So- viet Russia, The Second International is assisting the capitalists in attack- ing Soviet Russia, despite the fact that Soviet Russia is the only country in which workers have the right of |open expression. We Communists de- \clare that we are the only ones inter- ested in the question of political pris- | oners. : Speaks for Communist Youth “A new committee has been formed in the United States, but this commit- tee does not differentiate between proletarian prisoners in capitalist prisons and counter-revolutionaries in Soviet Russia. The liberals in this committee are the tools if the counter- revolutionary socialists in a campaign against Soviet Russia, If they wish to assist in real help for proletarian prisoners, let them join the forces of the International Red Aid.” Herbert Zam, of the Young Workers League declared that the “arrest of the three comrades is a repetition of the arrest of Leo Granoff, a thirteen- years old boy, last year for ‘conspir- ing to overthrow the capitalist gov: ernment.’ One of the differences be- tween the Communist and the social- ist movement is the attention that the Communists pay to the youth movement. Leaders like Lenin and Liebknecht organized the youth, move- ment, recognizing the importance of youth in the revolutionary movement, The Young Workers. League, as the American section of the Young Com- munist International, is ready to do its duty in the revolution. Long live Leninism, the guide of the struggling workers.” Comrade Zam was greeted. with great applause. J. O. Bentall, in making an appeal for support of the Communist press, declared that once a journalist said “give me the headlines and the first paragraphs in the papers and we will make the revolution in a week. If we recognized the possibilities of the ptess, our DAILY WORKER would corroborated by other Mussolini lHeu-|have a circulation not of 15,000 but tenants. A DAILY WORKER sub means | singing another Communist. of 500,000.” The Ukrainian and the Hungarian societies sang some folk songs, and danced the beautiful Ukra- FASCIST UNIONS SCAB IN\METAL STRIKE; BUT MOST STRIKERS STICK (Special to The Dally Worker.) ROME—The metal workers’ strike gained new recrults and lost many who returned to work today. The metal workers of Turin, the majority of whom are soc walked out. At Milan, 6,000 fase! returned to work and 30,000 social- ists remained away. The employers view with alarm the association of fascist and anti- fascist unions, expressing the opin- ion that It means the entering wedge of unruly radical elements in- to Italian Industry, while the strik- ers assert they have been made the scapegoats in the fascist Industrial- ists’ “patriotic program of discl- pline.” The deadlock between the two viewpoints, difficult to break, was partly solved by offering the fascist union special terms. Seven thousand ship yard work- ers of Trieste have Joined the strike. pein tnsinensaeteatendaneenentsiinenenesiinao inian and Hungarian folk dances. The applause that followed showed that the workers recognized real art, The Finnish Athletic society performed a most unique exhibition with hammers and sickles ending with the crossing of the hammers and sickles. The ap- plause was tremendous, The Freiheit Singing society sang some numbers for which it is famous. Pageant Wonderful Spectacle All expectancy was centered upon the Paris Commune Pageant, for which the comrades had been rehears- ing so faithfully and which had re- ceived so much notice in the capital- ist press owing to the recent arrests. The reporters of the capitalist papers were there in full force, to witness the “overthrow ‘of the American govern- ment.” ¥ This spectacle was wonderful, The scenario by Comrade Carlin dealt with the outstanding features of the Paris Commune—the proclamation of the Commune, two sessions of the revolu- tionary council, the last one ending with the announcement that the troops of the enemy had taken Paris and the struggle was coming to an end. The slaughter of the workers of Paris and the execution of four of the heroes depicted the gigantic struggle of the workers to establish their power. The prologue showed the workers of Moscow assembled before @ memorial column on which they laid a wreath in memory of the comrades who died in Paris in 1871, the story )being told by Comrade Carl Brodsky. The scenic and lighting effects were excellent. The pageant was directed by Dr. Arkatoff assisted by Comrade Sadie Amter. Thunderous applause showed the appreciation of the huge crowd assembled. This first attempt by the Commun- ists of New York to stage a mass pro- duction has been very successful and is the beginning of mass productions of a similar and larger nature. Cal Transfers Aged Chinese Ambassador to Fill German Post WASHINGTON, March 17—-Dr. Ja- cob Gould Schurman, present minister to China, was nominated today by President Coolidge to be United Staes Schurmann will succeed Alanson B. Houghton, who was transferred from Berlin to London, following thé ap- pointment of Ambassador Kellogg as secretary of state. Schurman is ZU years of age. Battle Rages in Amalgamated Over Expulsions (Continued from page 1) that the T. U. E. L. and the Workers Party are with Local 5 of New York in this fight against the reactionary bund who are now using the once militant Amalgamated as a milch cow. Levin cannot blind the membership with this kind of a smoke screen. The leaflet which so aroused the wrath of Hillman and his Chicago lackey Levin, tears the progressive camouflage from the faces of the class- collaborationist leaders of the Amal- gamated. It says: “Now, after ten years’ existence, we will do well to soberly look into the affairs of our organization. When we observe closely the events, we find that with the birth of the Amalga- mated, its gaining of members and prestige, it also carried with it a large number of the professional officials of the United Garment Workers’ Union. This degenerated element never gave up the hope or turning our union intd the paths of the old corrupted machine. It ts but now that they commence to come into the fore. during the last lockout account not only for the dangers, but also the causes of the growing discontent and lack of confidence and demoralization which is evident among the member- ship. “The membership was never given an accounting of the money in the property fund. A lot was bought in New York, a fence put around it, and that was all we know aoout ft. The Amalgamated Temple was bought in Brooklyn, and it has become the seat of those who are engaged in conspir- ing against the membership, to find ways in which they can more easily take advantage of them. All this costs money and the deficits are covered by the membership, “In order to maintain their power, the officials skilfully created groups, among which they could spread dis- sension so that the membership would be so divided that they may not have the united efforts with which to op- pose the harmful policies which have been carried out in our union by our leaders. “The result is that the union is for- “Instead of fighting against the getting and ignoring the interests of bosses, instead of seeking to improve | the workers, and the bosses no longer the conditions of the workers in the! fear the union. shops, our union officials are under- | taking business ventures. They seek) prestige thru the maneuver of money which the workers invest in the various business: enterprises, instead of seeking prestige thru carrying on a fight in the interests of the workers. | And so they lose out. H “The $42,000 lost by the organiza- tion in the so-called co-operative shop, the $27,000 lost in the sad venture of the New York Leader. The sums of money lost in the grocery business; “What do we demand? “1, The throwing of workers out of the shops should cease, We believe that if our leaders would co-operate less with the bosses and co-operate a little more with the workers in the shops, this can be carried out. “2. W demand. that reductions should ‘not be made, The old story is being used. The tailors in New York are being told that the cities out of New York compete for the work by cutting the wages, and if they con- sent to wage reductions the work can be brought back to New York, This same story is being told to the cities out of New York by our faithful rep- resentatives. A production inquisition goes on while thousands of workers are walking the streets idle, hungry and destitute. A stop must be made to this harmful policy. “3. We demand that the two New York joint boards, including the cut- ters, amalgamate into one joint board. We hold that the organization must be unified before we can be successful in our fight against the bosses. We cannot and should not permit the con- tinuance of a situation where in one firm one section of the trade goes out on strike while the other remains working. “4, We demand that the locals in a given branch of the industry be amalgamated into one local. We be- lieve that if it is possible for. the Italians, Lithuanians in Chicago, Cleve- land, Rochester, Pittsburgh, Boston and in all other clothing centers, pressers, operators and tailors in the same branch of the industry to belong to one local, there is no reason why it cannot be done in New York, The division of the workers into separate locals benefits the bosses and is ad- vantageous to the politicians of the various locals. It brings only disaster to the workers in the shops.” The names of the seven Chicago members ,of the Amalgama\ who were taken from their jobs a H. Bromorski, Helen Kaplan, J, Lieber- man, 8. Miller, Sam Simonian, H. Kahn and J, Pinto. Levin sneeringly told them, that if they wanted jobs they. could go to Local 6, New York, and get work. oi tie THE DAILY WIN JOB STRIKE OF 30,000 DRESS GOODS WORKERS Stoppage Alsons Brings Victory —— (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, March 17.—.Not a wheel is turning in the dress goods industry since Tuesday in perhaps the most novel strike in the annals of the class struggle in this city. Thirty thousand workers,; mostly women, have downed tools and are striking on the job, without actually leaving their places of employment. Altho the strike is won by the jobbers sur- render, not until after the shop chair- men accept the settlement today will work be resumed, i They are striking to enforce the agreement gained last February 2nd without a struggle, partly because theiremployers knew the helplessness of denying the demands of 30,000 workers solidly organized, but more because they hoped; as of old, to re- duce the agreement to a scrap of paper. * The clause in the agreement that means most both to.the workers and their exploiters from diametrically op- posite points, of course, is the one establishing a uniform schedule of piece work prices for all classes of work, guaranteed by the jobbers, which next to week work would once and for all put an end to cut throat competition between the workers in the different shops of different con- tractors working for the same jobber. The clause was to have gone into effect February 24 and the jobbers proceeded to junk it as has always been their custom, with the tolerance and connivance of the union official- dom. The newly elected left wing exe- cutive committee of local 22, Inter. national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ union, however, determined that the workers should enjoy the fruits of whatever advantages they had gained from their exploiters, insist that the jobbers live up to the agreement. The jobbers point blank refused to do this and the strike on the job was ordered immediately. The workers in the shops responded at once to the order in a splendid and universal solidarity, Confronted with this upheaval, the jobbers cowe- red and after conference with the officialdom of the International, try- ing somehow to patch up the differ- ences, gave in, the union agreeing, however, to give up its demand for @ piece schedule mission. A most disgusting and enraging fea. tures of those conferences is the fai- lure of the officials to bring into these conferences members of the executive committee of the locals involved in the strike or of the strikers them. selves, Sigman atld Feinberg alone taking it entirely upon themselves to patch up the matter in star chamber proceedings. Thousands of strikers are violently protesting against this high handed method and demand that their exe- cutive committee be consulted before action is taken. In the meantime, the women sit at the machines or stand around in th shops with folded arms while the bosses wring their hands in utter helplessness, not even being able to introduce scabs as'the places are oc- cupied by the regular workers who have decided not to make profits for the boss till the jobbers capitulate. Already over $5,000,000 worth of dresses are held up in the shops of the contractors, and this string of dollars are serving as a picket line that the police are not able to hit in the head. Thread Strikers Welcome Speaker for Communists (Continued from Page 1) elderly women to grind their lives in- to surplus value for the absentee stock holders. He urged them to stand together even after wianing back the robbed 10 per cent and to/fight on for better conditions, until their Hves were made happier, until they ceased to be mere “help,” mere appendages to the ma- chine. He was given a rising vote of thanks and amidst loud applause, was invited to come back. Future .Meetings. It was announced that Workers Party speakers would be present at future mass meetings. The strikers have at their command the Gem and the Strand Theaters for morning meetings, but the Strand {s too small to accomodate them, The present Willimantic strike is the first, extensive protest against a wage cut and its outcome will:have a great effect on other situations, There is urgent need for speakers, Splendid Solidarity. Additional information shows that on Tuesday morning just before the mill was shut down the yard boss asked about twelye laborers (yard- men) whether they would take the place of the firemen in case the latter quit. Unanimous refusal. The boss went to other yeriineti-—the same re- sult. They tried the men in the works department, carpanters and other tradesmen and refused, ‘The works d had not been aanenes World Has Not Yet Been Made Safe for Workers; So the Fight Must Go on. By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL ODAY, it may seem that it is a far ery from an Abramo- vich meeting against Soviet Russia, in Chicago, and the Kurdish revolt against the Angora Turkish government in far Asia. But these two events may be brought together for the purpose of belt fe and a better understanding of the far-flung capitalist front against Bolshevism. It is easily understood why out-and-out Boushevik haters, longing for the overthrow of the Russian Workers’ Republic, should be ardent supporters of the Anti-Sovietist, Abramovich, He is one of them. They bitterly resent any Communist interference with their schemes. They rely upon the American capitalist state, with its police, to help them put their lies over. ’ eeee b But there are a few workers, including some who still follow the grounded “socialist” banner, who feel that no attempt should be made to reply to Abramovich’s attack. This is on the theory that Abramovich should be allowed to have his say. It is argued that the Russian Soviet Republic. is now strong enough to tolerate free discussion; that Com- munist workers and their worker sympathizers should sit idly by and hear Soviet Rule assailed, because the Workers’ and Peasants’ Government is “safe.” * * . Around half the globe, however, comes the quick shat- tering of this spurious attitude as the Turkish government, at Angora, is forced to vote $44,000,000 ostensibly to carry on its war against the Kurds. It was the Angora government that ousted British imperialism from Constantinople. When the Angora Turks drove the Greek lackeysof London out of Asia, it might also have been argued that Angora rule is “safe.” But it is British imperialism that inspires the Kurds to rise against Angora, not for the benefit of the Kurds, but in order that the British flag may return to Constantinople and the Dardanelles, precious key to the domination of the Near East. To be sure, the Turkish workers and peasants will never win their complete freedom from oppression until they have created their Turkish Soviet republic, with the red flag of Communism flung to the breeze over its domains. The present Angora government dreads this develop- ment. It fears the Communists. It puts them in prison and persecutes them. But Communists see in the present Angora rule a trench against British Imperialism, the beginning of the road leading to the final victory. The vision of the Brit- ish imperialists is equally keen. So they plot against An- gora rule, using the Kurds today, or inflaming some other people tomorrow. Let those who would be so lenient toward Abramovich, remember that the British inspired attack on the Angora government is not an end in itself but merely the building of / another front in the ceaseless attack on the Russian Soviet Republic. British imperialism entrenched in Constantinople Once more, opens the way fornew interventions in Soviet Russia from the south. f The lesson to be drawn is that the victory of the Rus- sian Soviet republic has not been completely consolidated. It is not delivered from imperialist attack. In fact imperial- ism is continually, ceaselessly plotting against it. The struggle not only for the protection of the Russian Soviet republic, but for the spreading of Soviet Rule, must there- fore become more, not less, inténse. Labor's triumph must not be confined and “made safe” in Russia. Labor must conquer the world; not permittting, in the name of “free speech,” but everywhere and all. times suppressing every imperialist and counter-revolutionary assault in the cause of the world proletarian victory. . ee. @ @ It only needs a complete understanding of this situation to swing working class support in favor of the Communist position. The capitalist press,—note the editorial expressions of the whole pack,—understand the situation and attack the Communists. Let the workers understand just as clearly and join their own liberating struggle. For instance, a new Japanese ambassador comes from Tokio to Washington, and his first move is to secure Wall Street aid to wrest control of the Chinese Eastern Railway from Soviet Russia. That should’ make the issue clearer. It brings it nearer to home. The imperialists never sleep. Let the workers be just as watchful. There will be time for the enjoyment of free discussion, and all that it means, when capitalist imperialism has been destroyed, and the emanci- pating banners of Communism wave over every land. There will‘not only be time for it, but it will only then be possible for the first time in human history. er rr organized, but ‘they disliked the dirty work of being a scab, With all these refusals, the jig was up; it was im- possible to keep the mills open. The company admitting defeat, closed the mill. ‘ Fifth Day of the Strike, The strike lines are still solid. And the strikers are learning about their enemy. They are being taught to do their utmost. They have with them young and old, the bitterness from years of exploitation, and the deter- mination to fight on until this first skirmish is won. In that fight, the Workers Party of America pledges them its solid support. Demonstration in. Peru Against Cal’s Tacna Arica Award (Special to The’Daily Worker.) BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, March 17.—Passengers arriving at Santiago from Peru report that serious dis- turbances have broken out ag protests against Coolidge’s award in the Tac- na-Arica dispute, Hostile demonstrations have oc- curred in the streets of Lima and Callao against the United States, and the crowd destroyed the coat of arms over the American embassy at Lima. Six thousand women demonstrated against the United States in Lima streets, i A DAILY WORKER sub means another Communist...” tusiin dove Employers Spend Thousands Fighting Workers’ Legislation (Special to The Daily Worker.) SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 17.—The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association is TEAPOT TRIAL NEAR COLLAPSE FROM SABOTAGE All Concerned Unite to Kill Evidence (Special to The Dally Worker.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 17—Fed- eral Judge T. Blake Kennedy is sched- uled to rule this morning on the ques- tion of whether Mahlon T. Everhart, wealthy cattleman and son-in-law ot Fall, may be excused from testifying regarding his delivery of $230,000 in Liberty bonds to the First National bank of Pueblo, Colo., that are said to have been deposited to the credit of Fall. These bonds are supposed to have passed between Sinclair and Fall in connection with the Teapot deal, fol- lowing their distribution by the Con- tinental Trading Co., a Canadian will- o’-the-wisp corporation that Had a hazy career before its records were destroyed in August, 1923, after a profit of some $2,000,000 had accrued from its brokerage of millions of bar- rels of oil. Everhart, a sour looking individual, refused to answer government attor- ney’s question regarding the bonds on the ground that such answer might tend to incriminate him. Without Everhart’s testimony, which is a highly important link in tracing the bonds from the Continen- tal Trading company thru Sinclair to Fall the government will admittedly be confronted with seemingly impass- able barriers, and it was hinted that the fraud and bribery charges of the government’s case might be faced with collapse if Everhart’s testimony is not secured. After a few preliminary questions Everhart was excused by the court from answering questions on the ground that hig testimony might tend to incriminate hini. War Vets Can't Sell Bonus, WASHINGTON, March 17.—It is il legal to sell soldier’s bonus eertifi- cates, the veterans’ bureau ruled to- day. Last November the bureau held that persons, for valuable considera tion could be made beneficiaries but Director Frank T, Hines today over. ruled the earlier decision and held that the rights to the adjusted com- pensation cannot be sold. Reporte have been reaching Washington from mary places that veterans were of- tering their certificates to the highest bidder’ and in some cases the veter- ‘ans’ bureau hus been asked to redeem the papers. Under today’s decision all such transactions are illegal, Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1.) aversion to freedom of expression on ; general principles. Aside from the fact that most of those resented the foul presence - of the fink Abramovich were neither Russians nor Asiatics, (in fact, there were many Swedes and Irish there); it takes a lot of impudence for any editor to make the claim that this is a land of free speech. What about the numerous raids on meetings by gov- ernment agents, and so-called patri- otic organizations like the American legion? What about the criminal syn- dicalist laws that adorn the statute books of the majority of the states? 8 HERE are hundreds of workers in United States jails for exercising the rights of free speech. Those who have followed the Irish movement here in America, know that meetings called by one group have been cap- tured by another group and turned into a counter demonstration. Many stratagems have been used to accom- Plish this purpose. What happened spending thousands of dollars to de-|@t the Abramovich meetings is that feat the bill now before the Illinois legislature to limit the labor of women to eight hours per day, six days per week. The manufacturers are con- ducting a strong lobby at Springfield, and are sending a “legislative service” the majority of those who purchased tickets to see him, became incensed as soon as he barked his first curse against the Soviet Republic, for which the class conscious workers have a reverence that the stool pigeons of to all manufacturers within the organ-| the capitalist class fo Ant understand. * ization, free of charge, The latest letter sent to all mem- bers of the manufacturers’ assocjation shows that the manufacturers are in-|mad because the only terested in only one thing at Spring- Oe of the staff correspondents of the Chicago Tribune was clean Communist haled into court was let off free by fleld—in guarding their profits by op-| the judge when he looked at the gas! posing bills aimed to raise the living standard of the workers. - on his forehead inflicted by some ye! low socialist slugger. As it wag th “The Illinois Manufacturers’ Asso-| casualties were not all on the side of clation is watching your interests at|the pro-Soviet sympathizers. It ap- Springfield very carefully,” says the| pears that the police, when in tloubt, letter to the manufacturers, “You are swung their clubs. The Abramovich urged to read diligently the pink sheet | supporters made the mistake of wear- as it comes to you following each legislative day, Let us know regarding any bills in which you are especially ing red instead of yellow ribbons. The police evidently connecting red with Bolshevism, connected their interested. Many matters of vital im-| hardwood with the heads of the mem- portance to the Industries are being considered, and the only way that the legislators can act intelligently is to get your expression of views.” | : ‘The Ilinols Manufacturers’ Associa- bers of the arrangements committee. Abramovich may like to talk, but ii looks as if the American workers o' the Jewish race do not want to hear him, And nobody else can understand tion admits that the lobby against the| him. He might apply for a job as 8-hour day for women is being carried | Calvin Coolifige’s interpreter. Cal ig on “under the leadership of the as-|dumb by nature and Rafael by cir- cumstances, sociation.” 4 es