The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 21, 1925, Page 4

PHILLY DEFENSE COUNCIL BAZAAR FOR APRIL: 3-4 P Fun il nteed While Raising Funds (Speotal to The Dally Worker.) PHILADELPHIA, March 19.—At the last Defense Conferense meeting it was clear that the Defense bazaar on April 3 and 4, at the New Tray- more Hall, Franklin and Columbia avenue, will be a great success. Numerous articles of value have been donated. Many branches have committees elected for the purpose of soliciting articles and are pushing ahead vigorously towards the goal. Russian and English branches have definitely decided to have booths and reports showed that many other branches will do the same. The sale of tickets is in full swing. Hundreds of ticket books and serial sets, are in the hands of comrades and the race is on. At present Armenian branch leads the race with 60 per cent of their quota reached; Esthonia fol- lows with 20 per cent; German 14 per cent; N. W. 10 per cent; English 9 per cent; Lettish 7 per cent. Sold bazaar tickets must be returned at once, so the branches could be quoted correctly as to the work ac- complished. If any comrade failed to get any list for donations or bazaar tickets, rush to. the office and get them and go to work for the defense. The program of the bazaar will be promising and interesting. The con- ference is aiming to get the services of Freiheit Singers, Lithuanian Chorus, some well known vocalists, dramatists and classical dancers. And above all, there will be dancing every evening to the International Orches- | tra. The admission is 60 cents for both evenings; 50 cents at the door tor single admission. All the radicals of Philadelphia wil! be there. ‘BEAUTY AND BOLSHEVIK’ AT THE WICKER PARK THEATER IN CHICAGO The famous movie “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” which has drawn a gathering of 7,000 people when it was shown in Chicago sometime ago, is coming back to town for one evening only. It will be shown on the Northwest side, at Wicker Park Theater, 1139 Mil- waukee Ave., on Wednesday, April 15, from 6:30 to 11 p. m. conti- nually. The proceeds will go to the International Workers’ Aid, the Russian Communist daily Novy Mir, and the Polish Communist paper Tribuna Rabotnicza. All friendly organization are re- quested not to make other affairs or mettings on that date. (Continued from page 1) Forward writer says that one—and only one—delegate, John Turner, is alleged to say that he saw. There is not one word of either the summary of the findings of the Brit- ish Labor @elegation, as signed by Purcell and Bramley, or any intima- tion of even the existence of the com- pendious report issued later, and signed by the delegation as a whole, Turner being the only one not sign. ing it. Why this twisting and distortion? Why this making of Turner into the voice of “British Labor”? Why this silence and suppression of the collec- tive voice of the British delegation, headed by no less a person than A. A. Purcell, president of the International Federation of Trade Unions—the Am- sterdam International? The answer is, that the mean and lying reactionaries of the A. F. of L. bureaucracy, will stop at nothing to the conditions of their brother work: ers in Soviet Russia. And to do so they make use of John Turner, who seems to be unable to say the same | ion. All to try to prevent-the recog- nition by the United States of the workers’ and peasants’ republic. Turner and his friends on the A. F. of L. executive council may say what they will, but the letter written by John Turner to the Pravda, daily or. gan of the Communist Party of Rus- sia, stands against them. A photo- graph of this letter is in the posses- .|Sion of the Workers Weekly of Lon- don, England, where it has been pub- lished—much to the discomfiture of Mr. Turner. The letter follows: John Turner's Letter. “In saying farewell to Russia I will only express my opinion on one or two points. “1. The British delegation, of which I am a member, came here, not in an individual capacity but representing the General Council of the Trades Un. ion Congress, which body sent us on a two-fold mission, viz.: “(a) To attend the All-Russian Trades Union Congress at Moscow ar ‘American Federationist’ Twists Trath delude the American. workers as to} thing about Russia twice in succes-} PERSECUTION BY FRANCO-BRITISH Imperialist E ntente Hounds Hindu Reds general conclusions can, therefore, be safely drawn from the information ob: tained. “(1) The material conditions of the country are being steadily improved. All the big industries visited indicated clearly the progress being made. Every increase of production means the improvements of the conditions of | the wotkers, It is this fact which has | impressed the delegation very | Note—M. N. Roy, writer of the strongly. following article, was the represent- “It is realized that Russta still re- | ative of the Communist Party of India mains relatively poor. This was so be- |*t the Fifth Congress of the Com- fore the war. And productivity is not | | munist International in’ Moscow. Com- yet, after 7 or 8 years of turmoil, up| ade Roy was expelled from France to the pre-war standard. The improve- | 9 Jan. 30th, by order ‘of the Herriot government, under pressure from Bri- ments in the conditions of work for i the workers have, in themselves, help. | ti8h imperialism. The following art- ed to create this position. But pro-|i¢le is issued as an appeal to the ductivity is steadily increasing, and|French workers to protest against there is every prospect that before |C°™rade Roy’s expulsion. long the pre-war output will be reached in a number of industries, and from that point Russia will go on im- | proving her industrial position till it which he claimed at the hands of the becomes one of the best in the world | French Savernman. Peis: vapletion —or at least, that is how it appears to | of tne Tight of asylamien “Bats eat the British delegation. I cannot go|°olmcides must .aptly with similiar without placing on record how much violations “now takiggs place in the We appreciate the many kindnesses French’ colonies of Pondichery and shown to us during our visit. The re- | Chandersanses sees. 10 pptat 168 pute of Russian hospitality had pre-conceived policy inspired by the reached us before we started! But | ‘loser Franco-British entente. the reality has been for greater than ane ghee eon ney BE ything we could have imagined.| “ith the expulsion of Mr. Roy; stron) No words of our can express our feel. pressure 16: Selah neers 10 Dene tot ings of gratitude for the great hospi the expulsion of all eae nOnERY SO tality shown us in every town we vis- be associated with him in his work ited. It has been almost overwhelm- for the liberation of India and the ing. Indian pecnle. © eed “We shall, however, do our best to convey to those who sent us some idea By NO ev erat noe, of the desire on the part of the Rus-|_ On January 30th I was arrested in sian workers for a full and complete understanding among the work-people jall over the world. And if our visit shall have done ever so little to hasten this longing for solidarity then it will not have been in vain, “Goodbye, John Turner,” expulsion of M, N. Roy is a rank viol- ation of the right of:political asylum, expulsion signed by the French min- istry of the interior on January 3rd, and was immediately conducted to the frontier, without having been in- formed of the reasons for my expuls- ion, and without being given ¢he means to consult a lawyer for my de- fense. Thus, by one stroke of the pen, the right of asylum for Indian political refugees has been destroyed, and with this right, the idea which Indian re- 15,000 NEW SUBS BY JUNE 15! Breakfast F ‘code, Razors or Candy, fraternal delegate in return for the ergo visit of Comrade Tomsky and his colleagues to the British T. U. C. at Hull last September. “(b) To investigate the Industrial, social, and political conditions at pres- ent existing in Russia, and to report on same to the general council, “Our work is now complete and we leave today for England. “It would, of course, be foolish to imagine that our investigations have covered the whole ground. Russia ie far too large for any mission ‘to’ be able to do this in four or five weeks “But we have had every hélp and assistance in getting .at the facts. Fa cilities have been placed at oii? dis. posal by which we have secured as much information in the short time at our disposal as would have been ‘pos sible in four or five monthg without that help and those facilities. ‘Certain |sanve-. OUR DAILY FROCK FOR MANY OCCASIONS. PATTERNS FOR MOTHER'S GIRL, 5027. 6022. Figured crepe or chiffon may be combined with satin or plain chif- fon. One could also use two con- trasting shades of one material. If made with long, sleeves, the style is good for taffeta, satin or crepe satin- The pattern is cut in four sizes: 14, 16, 18 and 20 years. If made as illus- trated in the large view for a 16-year size, it will require 1% yard of plain material and 2% yards of figured ma- terial 32 inches wide. If made with long sleeves 1% yard of the plain material is required. If the godet is made of contrasting material it will require % yard cut crosswise, If made of one material and with long sleeves, the dress will require 4%4 yards. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! 2c in silver or stamps for our te Spring and Summer 1926 Fashions, shest ra color plates ‘containing 600 of ladies’, », and dren's Dattorns, & con. comprehensive aetiole on dress. also some ints for the needie various al Au vallabie hints to the home ‘ cotton or wool rep, for poplin, pon- gee and for flannel. A good develop- ment will be brown flannel with bind- ing of tan suede or sateen.» | The pattern is cut in four sises: 4, 6, 8 and 10 years. A 6-year size re- quires 2% yards of 36-inch material if made with long sleeves. If made with short sleeves 2% yards of 36- inch material is required. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or ‘stam NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS—The tterns being sold thru the DAILY Workin pattern department are fur- oished by New York firm of pattern manufactur Orders are torwarded the DAILY WORKER ry day as oe. and Se od by the ma: dirs the customer. DAILY. WORKER ‘aves not keep of patterns on hand. Delivery ot terne ordinarily will take at least 10 from the date of mailing the order, not become impatient if your pattern te delayed. Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 350.N. FIFTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa, nab saeneslilin ne volutionaries held, that France is the home of liberty and! democracy for all the oppressed peoples of the world. Hounded From India For twenty years, that is to say since the age of fourteen, I have fought in the ranks of Indian revolu- tionaries to free ourselves from for- eign rule. My activity, dedicated to the cause of the 320,000,000 oppressed people of my country, has brought upon me, as upon all'Indian revolu- tionaries, the brutal persecution of the English police, [\have been im- prisoned several times:. In 1915, I was forced to fly from India to escape the extreme penalty of the so-called “law” which holds the-Indian people in their present state of slavery. The British police have not left me in peace, even in my exile. They have pursued me step by step, from one country to another, from Java to Jap- an, from China to the Philippines, to America, to Mexico and thru most of the countries of Europe. Having tak- en refuge in Mexico in 1917, President Carranza, then at the head of the government, gave me protection, and twice refused a demand for my ex- pulsion, presented by the British au- thorities. The exigencies of a revolu- tionary life have forced me on several occasions to adopt different names. The sympaty of the Mexican people and government enabled me to live and travel with a Mexican name, which protected me to a certain ex- tent since 1919, when I left for Europe with my wife. Since that time, we have lived and travelled in most of the European countries, writing, stu- dying, organizing and making pro- paganda for the liberation of India. We left Switzerland for France in 1924, and have lived here six months, working for our cause, without ever mixing ourselves in the internal polit- All Sure Things By LELAND OLDS Every time you eat a bowl of Quak- | er Oats you contribute your share to the profits of a corpuratton which in 1924 rolled up a net income of $5,286,- 923, giving its common stockholders a return of over 37 per cent on the par value of their holdings. As $5,- 500,000 of the $11,250,000 outstanding stock was issued as stock dividends, 1924 profits represent a return of nearly 100 per cent on the money the owners put in. The Postum Cereal Co. takes an- other bite out of your food dollar if you use such products as Grape Nuts or Post's bran flakes. Profits for 1924 amounted to $4,574,194, giving com- mon stockholders over 94 per cent on their investment. Compared with 1923, sales increased only 9 per cent, but profits increased 42 per cent indi- cating that the gain was made at the expense of workers and consumers. How many men paid their share of the $10,000,000 tribute exacted from self shavers by the Gillette Safety Razor Co. can only be guessed from the fact that in the last three years it has sold 20,000,000 razors and 1,063,- 780,228 blades. The stockholders’ re- turn amounted to about 27% per cent on the nominal value of the stock. Tracing: the various recapitalizations, however, it appears that a person with a cash investment of $9,000 in the company received a return of about $4,400 in 1924, or 49 per cent. Con- sumers and underpaid workers have increased the value of the original in- vestment over 550 per cent in seven years and in addition have paid the owners in cash dividends $1, 075 on each $1,000 invested. In soft drinks and candy the Coca- Cola Co. and Bunte Brothers featured This model is excellent for |tion of a trade-mark arttcte through in 1924. Coca-Cola made a net profit of $5,700,993, equivalent to about 35 per cent on the value of the stock. Bunte gave its common stockholders a return of over 41 per cent. Those are typical of corporations which live by creating mass consump- ics of this country, Expelled at England’s Order My expulsion can only be attributed to foreign pressure brought to bear upon the French government, as it was brought to bear upon the Amer- ican, Mexican, German and Swiss gov- ernments. The French authorities know whence this pressure comes, but it is difficult to believe that France has voluntarily agreed to become an instrument of British imperialism. My case is not the only one. Acting under British pressure, the govern- ment of M, Poincare expelled and in- terned.Indian political exiles who-had sought asylum* in Pondichery and Chandernagore. Can the revolutionafy traditions of the great French people accept such acts of oppression aginst Indian pol- itical refugees, seeking shelter from British persecution on French soll? In the name of all Indian revolu- tionaries, I call your attention to this violation of the right of asylum, and demand the annullation of the order of expulsion against me, and the right to enter and to live in France. Labor Defense the expenditure of tens of millions of dollars in advertising and sales cam- paigns. Both the cost of the sales campaigns and the exorbitant profits constitute one of the great wastages of consumers’ income, produced by the profit system. Subscribe for. the DAILY WORKER! MY NEW LOCATION Special rices to Workers All de! ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination Is Free My Prices Are R inable My Work Is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY. 4 8 p. m. sharp. Evelyn Roy, in Paris, declared, “The | Paris in fulfillment of an order of} RUSSIA EXEMPTS THIRTY MILLION FROM TAXATION Begins to “Daily Workerize’’ the Local: HE comrades of Local Milwaukee got out to “get a sub” on the first day of the campaign and got a goodly portion of their quota to start with. The local secretary, Comrade spirit of the local shows a splendid “first step” that it country to follow. To say that this Party of our Workers Party goes without saying. Comrade Shklar’s let- ter leaves little to be said. Read it: Dear Comrades: Inclosed you will please find my check and a statement of 14 NEW subscribers—11 from Sheboygan leaves a balance of 11 mew subscr and Milwaukee comrades say that for the balance of our quota. The most important problem before us is to make every member of the party a subscriber to the official party paper. Every member of the party s' and latest developments in the i movement; he should also understand party probems and major cam- paigns undertaken by the party. Naturally no member. of the party can do so unless he is a readér of EVERY MEMBER OF THE PARTY SHOULD LOGICALLY BE AN ACTIVE AGENT OF THE DAILY WORKER, and this cannot be done unless every member is a subscriber to the paper Himself and always has a copy to show to the prospective subscriber. salesman always carries his sample: his line of merchandise. In view ofethis as a first step in the building up of the paper we should open a campaign to DAILY WORKERIZE THE ENTIRE PARTY. This will make up for a broadening of the influence of the Communist movement and for a better and greater party. Has your local prepared such a Shklar to them—to your branch and to the C. C. C. DAILY WORKERIZE YOUR BRANCH AND LOCAL and munist units of them, but you will soon fill your. campaign quota as well. Lek . BUILDERS AT WORK Milwaukee Local Ses: Campaign with 14 Subs on First Day. DAILY WORKER committee, writes a letter that Only Richer Peasants Must Pay Soviets (Special to The Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, March 19,—The People’s Commissariat of Finance has worked out a basis for the reorganization of farmers’ taxes, the plan ‘for which will be put in operation this year According to this plan 30 million of the poorest Russian peasants will be completely relieved from taxation and the taxes of another 35 million middle grade farmers will be appreciably lowered. The first development in this re duction of farmers’ taxation was made on August 26, 1923, when the state authorities were empowered with the privilege of lowering tax In 1924 the privilege given to the authorities to decrease the taxes 6% per cent. The state, however, did not take advantage of this right, so the law now makes the exemption of certain classes. of ~peasants and the lowering of the taxes of other classes of peasants compulsory. At the same time the law provides that the most prosperous classes af farmers shall not have any reduction on taxes. There are about 22 million Yndependent farms in Soviet Russia Of these 6 million are rated as poor. est grade, 7 million are rated as be tween t poorest and the middle grade farms, 7 million are rated mid- dle grade and 21-3 million are rated first grade farms. Agricultural Taxation. By February 7th, 1925 there were collected 305 million gold rubles from one agricultural tax. The Russian Soviet Socialist Republic contributed 205 million of this amount; 10 qillion came from the White Russian Re- public; 7 million gold rubles from Transcaucasia and 1% million from Ukraine. G. Shklar, who is also the guiding would do well for every local in the plan will make a better Communist and three from Milwaukee. This ibers to be secured from thig city you will not have wait very long hould follow closely the problems nternational and American labor the party paper. A good 's with him and he generally knows larger cifculation of the press, for Fraternally yours, G. S. SHKLAR, Secretary. plan? Read this letter of Comrade . Winter Crops | According to the reports from the inspection of crops which took place during February the results of the harvest of the winter crops are ex- pected to be very fair. you will not-only make better Com. Your Union Meeting THIRD FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1925. 937 Bakers and Conf., 3420 W. Roose- velt. aa ae ee: 175 W. Washington +» 6p. ms Broom Makers, 810 W. Harrison St. Building Trades Council, 180 W. Washington. Carpenters, 175 W. Washington. Carpenters, 2705 W. 35th St. ers’ Dist. Council, 180 W.| ington St. 4339 Ae Halsted St. Ww. pera | * a W, = By s Firemen and Enginemen, yee St. Workers, Emily and Marsh- Se et J. 8 fi Hod Carriers, Monroe and Peoria Garment Workers, Joint Van Buren St. “ig E Ashland Bivd, Machin Ashland Bivd. Painters. ‘os4s 80. Kedzie Ave. Painters, School and Shefield Ave. Painters. 3140 Indiana Ave. Painters, 3140 Indiana Ave. Pattern Makers, 119 S. Throop St. Pi 9251 S. Chicago Ave armen, Village Hall, Kol- Raltway Carmen, Village Hall, Kol- Railway" Carmen, 5445 S. Ashland ve. Railway Clerks, 20 W W. Randolph St. Railway Clerk: Clinton St. Railway Cler! panes Hotel 4 Railroad Traini en, 1536 E. 64th St. be Trainmen, 3849 North Ay Railroad Trainmen, 9120 Commer- Maden abe Ashland and Chicag jo. Trade: ee Comi and Labor Ave. (WwW nm), Women's Os Glub "Rooms, 4:30 p.m. Testtaphore, (Com.)” 312° 8. Clark 19 W. Adams Street, ; Union Label League 220 land Bivd. otherwise stated all at 8». m) Co-operative Farms in Ukraine. KHARKOV, March 19—At a confer- ence of the representatives of co-op- erative farms, held in February, the fallowing information was given about farming in Ukraine: There are 5,400 co-operative farms, occupying an area of 422,000 dessiatins, on which there are 322,000 workers. The crops of these farms are 40 per cent greater than the crops on indepehdent farms, of which there are 4% million in Ukraine. ¥ Machinery for Ukraine. KHARKOV, March 19.—Funds to the amount of 4,312,000 gold rubles have been appropriated for agricul- tural machimery in the Ukraine. One million gold rubles of this amount have been granted already on long term credits. GET A S$ Meets Tonight AND GIVE ONE! es from trade unions and fraternal organizations as well as those from Workers Party branches are expected to. attend the second general(Councll for Labor Defense and Relief to be held gotten from the local office, 19 So. Lineotn st. | next Friday night at Greek Workers’ Hall, 722 Blue Island Ave. A well attended committee meeting was held last Saturday at which the detall the March 29th affair were gone over. Posters a ni Qunnusenavvsvtnitneetvncvnrsiivrcvvritcaeccitanvvcvninavnn nt The Young Worker Fights Militarism This organ of the revolutionary young workers of America-is the only paper of the American youth that car- ries on a° persistent fight against capitalist militarism and wars. .NOW_A WEEKLY PAPER 2 i The YOUNG WORKER is more interesting than ever = before with? more news, an improved international news = service, and interesting articles by the leaders of the Com- ‘ munist moyement in America. 4 Every worker young and old will want to subscribe for himself or for a friend. THE YOUNG WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. z Enclosed find ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF to cover one year’s subscription to the (weekly) YOUNG WORKER. Address... City ..... a “CHILD LABOR IN U. 8." MASS MEETING “COME TO HEAR BARNEY MASS, Acting National Secretary of the Y.W. kL, | AND E. R. BROWDER, Acting Executive retary of the Workers Party Sunday, March 22, at the SSS Es NORTHWEST HALL (Western and North Aves.) : Join the Young Workers League in Its Fight to Al Ge ohild Lebort ero ADMISSION 10 CENTS. 5 per cent. *