The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 22, 1925, Page 3

GUNS RUSTY BUT RELEASED REDS MAY BE EJECTED Labor Defense Council to Fight Deportation NEW YORK, March 20.—The three young Communists, Sol Zalon, Henry ‘Winogradoff and Aaron Dimen, have been released from the tombs, where they were confined since last Friday night, when they were caught by Captain Gegan and his bomb squad, “conspiring to overthrow the United States government.” The young revolutionists were re- leased on $2,000 bond each, the judge being forced to recognize that the charge of having “firearms in their Possession” was absurd, when the ‘weapons were produced in court. These old rifles could not even be used to discharge blank cartridges, let alone “destroy the government.” Celebrate Commune In Cells The three young comrades went , thru the usual procedure, at times, "being intimidated by the detectives. In thé cell, they celebrated the Paris Commune themselves, writing all over the wall “Long Live the Commune.” When Joseph Brodsky, the attorney for the Labor Defense* Council, ap- peared in court to have the bail re- duced, the judge declared that such people ought to be sent out of the country. “If they don’t like this coun- try, etc., etc.” Face Deportation It is clear that the government will try to deport the three young Com- munists, Quite contrary to what the warden thought that they are not done with the Communist movement, the young comrades declared that they are going to become even better bolsheviks. This is the spirit that pervades the Young Workers League of New York, of which all three com- rades are members. The Labor Defense Council intends to fight the case thru all courts, The | new deportation bill or its implica- tions may be invoked in order to get rid of these young revolutionists, whose “crime” consisted in participat- ing in a theatrical performance. Even the capitalist press was forced to ad- mit the absurdity of the charges, charging Gegan with endeavoring to burnish up his reputation and get into the limelight once more by a comic opera trick. Appeal For Funde The Labor Defense Counell, New York division, appeals to all comrades and sympathizers, to raise funds for the defense of these young revolution- ists, whose case cames up on March 80. This will cost thousands of dol- lars. Get your organizations to con- tribute. Collect among the workers in the shops. Send all contributions to the Labor Defense Council, New York division, 108 East 14th Street, New York City. Telephone Monroe 2284 Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. Cor, Elizabeth St. Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice Furnishings LADIES’ MEN'S INFANTS’ Trade Where Your Money Buys the Most Martin’s 651 West North Avenue East of Halsted St. f Dr. S. LIMMERMAN Silat Gas Given ESTABLISHED My Examination Is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY CRIMINAL SYNDICALIST LAWS USED AGAINST COMMUNISTS IN W. VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA Continuing the general survey made by the Labor Defense Council, of the Communist criminal syndicalist cases which have taken place in this country, the cases in Pennsylvania and West Virginia are interesting in review. In West Virginia a miner, living in Ohio, by the name of John Buksa, was arrested for distributing the program of the Workers Party while riding on an interstate car. ‘When the case came np, the jury gave very little consideration to the matter and brought in a verdict of guilty in very short order. The case was appealed to the higher courts of the state. No satisfaction was gotten there. In the meantime John Buksa has been sentenced to three months in jail and is due to go to prison in a short time because there are tech~ nicalities which make it impossible to appeal the case further. The West Virginia red flag law, which is the criminal syndicalist law of West Virginia, is indeed an inter- esting statute, While it does not prov- ide as severe a sentence as other laws of similar nature, it is all inclusive. Under it not the least vestige of workers’ rights remains if the powers that that be in West Virginia desire to utilize the law, That the law will be used again and again unless it is fought against and killed, is quite a possibility in view of the record of | West Virginia in industrial disputes. Another state which has a long re- cord of persecutions under the cri- minal syindicalist law, as well as other laws which can be utilized against the labor movement, is the state of Pennsylvania. This coal and steel state has to its credit no less than sixteen cases, thirteen of which are yet to be tried, two of which re- sulted in convictions and are pending on appeal, and in one of which the sentence has already been served (Blankenstein.) This state not only has the record of these sixteen cases, but of numer- ous deportations in the Palmer raids, numerous arrests of individual after individual on one pretense or another and a continuous terrorism applied to every section of the labor movement. The dark past of Pennsylvania in industrial disputes is a matter of his- tory. The first conviction under the Pennsylvania criminal syndicalist law was that of Blankenstein who served a sentence, The second group of cases grew out of a raid staged shortly before May 1st, 1923, all over Pittsburgh and on the headquarters of the Workers Party, on various pretenses, Number- ous workers were arrested and held on exorbitant bail. Finally, about nine were indicted. They are yet to go on trial. “Crime” to Belong to Workers Party The third group of convictions un- der the Pennsylvania laws was that of a number of Farrell workers in the steel town of Farrell, Pa. Two of these were tried and convicted by the same judge who sat in the Blanken- stein case. Four are yet to be put on trial, two of these are not mem- bers of the Workers Party, which is the “crime” with which these men are accused. In all these cases in Pennsylvania the department of justice of the U. 8. has been more than active. One of their “experts” is used as a witness against the men. It is difficult to tell what will finally be the outcome of all these cases, but the nature of this law in Pennsylvania is made drastically evident by them. In the next article on the survey we will deal with the last group of cases, those taking place under the Michigan law. Fascisti Anxious to Build Empire in North Africa (Special to The Daily Worker.) ROME, Italy, March 20.—Premier Mussolini has endeavored to secure England’s help in an attempt to fur- ther the fascisti’s imperialistic ambi- tions in Northern Africa and the Me- diterranean countries, Mussolini, it is learned, hag asked Foreign Minis- ter Austen Chamberlain for an alli- ance with England, France being ex- cluded, Chamberlain replied for Eng- lish imperialism that no agreement would be made with Italy to the ex- clusion of France. ‘The fascisti argued that Italy’s pop- ulation is growing, and many Italians are living in Northern Africa, and pleaded to be allowed to build up “a sphere of national influence.” Fascist! Accused. Vincenzi Enea has signed tate- ment at Bari, Italy, accusing the pres- ent fascisti leaders with sinking the battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Ta- ranto harbor on August 2, 1916, Two ‘hundred and fifty sailors were ‘killed. Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to get his subscription. NEW SU not reported and the republican as. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from Page 1) ernment must destroy itself. Students of the present gituation think the present form of Russian government is not final and that it will not turn into a democracy. The educational situation in Russia is pathetic. Schools and libraries have been des- troyed and in some localities the il- literacy is one hundred per cent. Some educated people have been executed in order to do away with learning.” Our case against Mr. Harvey rests with the above exhibits. “es 8 LEVELAND H. DODGE of New York recently gave $500,000 to the fund for Near Hast colleges, This sum amounts to one fifth of the operating expenses of the five American colle- ges in the near east during the next five years. There is oil in the Near Hast. Wherever there is wealth to be exploited you will find the heart of an American millionaire. ** 8 ‘HEN Jesus of Nazareth whipped the money lenders out of the Temple his religion was not very po- pular with the ruling classes. Not so today. His followers, particularly his leading followers are the strongest bulwards of the modern money lend- ers. They do not spurn wealth. It is seldom you hear a cardinal or a high prelate of any church preach a ser- mon from the camel and the needle’s eye text. A few weeks ago a catho- lic priest was found dead in a Coney Island, New York, hotel. He had $216,000 in deposits in four banks. It’s a long, long, way from Bethle- hem. BE EE ORD CURZON of Keddleston ain’t gonna cuss Soviet Russia no more! That highly respectable pusson has gone to his reward. Let us hope it is a hot one. Coolidge Attorney . General Is Servant his friend, Charles Beecher Warren John G. Sargent of Vermont, be con- firmed. Sargent is an old man, a grand- father, whose opposition to the soldier bonus bill was so sharp that he pro- posed to impeach or otherwise re- moye Sen. Dale, who voted for it. Once he was attorney general of Ver- mont, but most of his life has been spent in serving the textile, quarry Vermont, and in looking after rich men’s estates. He is just the mental] size of Coolidge and will fit the attor- ney generalship just as badly as Cool- idge fits the presidency. Coolidge is sadly shrunken. He looks smaller than ever, more petty and out of place than ever. on the bonus, driven to surrender on postal wages, twice beaten on his se- lection of an attorney general, he has had nothing but rebuffs from his first congress and his second senate. N. Y. Assembly Kills 8Hour Bill. ALBANY, N. Y., March 20.—The as. sembly committee on labor and in dustries has strangled the Mastick Shock 48-hour bill for women and chil- dren that the New York Federation of Labor and numerous reform organiza tions were supporting. The bill war semblymen on the committee say it will not be reported. On the other hand the Joiner bill giving tho industrial board power tc regulate hours for women and chil: dren in the various industries as it sees fit is being all the more ardent; pushed by representatives of the as sociated industries of New York and is especially sought by the canning in- dustry where very long hours prevail) during rush seasons. Czarists Seek Church. NEW YORK, March, 20.—The white ‘of Textile Trust WASHINGTON, March 20—Humili- ated and crushed by his defeat, twice within a week, on the nomination of of the sugar trust to be attorney gen- eral, President Coolidge acknowledged the constitutional right of the senate to take half of the responsibility in creating cabinet officers. And in its turn the senate took pity on Coolidge and agreed that his second choice, a lifelong friend and political adherent, and other industrial corporations of Beaten, Goo 0 a year ¢Bcccdmente 2 S200 Zmontie THE_NB CRIPTION THE DAILY WORKER guard Russians, followers of the czar, the counter-revolutionary generals and the socialists, who hi small colony on Fifth avenue, near 125th street, have had hard luck in finding a church to attend. They moved from their old building at 4 East 129th street, near 6th Ave., and have been using a “borrowed” church, Mortgages of $16,000 have accum- of the trans: from now. Lf { WORKERS OF NEW YORK DENOUNCE WHITE TERROR Meet Wednesday,March 25, at Opera House (Special to the Daily Worker) NEW YORK, March 20—The capi- talist governments of the world are engaging in a new offensive against the revolutionary workers. Workers in Bulgaria, Greece, Germany, Hun- gary, Spain, Poland, Jugo-Slavia and Czecho-Slovakiajare being persecuted with increasing brutality. During the recent railway strike in Greece, all revolutionary workers’ or- ganizations were attacked by the po- lice. In Germany, during a demon- stration, six Communists were killed and 40 wounded. When the worker: of Bbrlin protested against these bru- talities, more Wére killed and wound- ed. In Poland, the workers are being hunted down, ‘and the national minori- ties—especially ‘the Ukrainians—arc being suppressed. In Bulgaria, the hangman Zankow is taking advantage of the serious eco- nomic situation to demand mor: troops of the league of nations, in or. der to carry on @ campaign of exterm ination against the revolutionary workers and peasants. In Spain, the fascist dictatorship of De Rivera ha: crushed all the workers’ organizations clubs, papers and co-operatives. In Italy, Mussolini is using a savage hand against the rising revolt of tu revolutionary workers. Shoot 1,000 Esthonian Reds. In Esthonia, after imposing death and long-term sentences upon 142 Com munists, the white guard government made an assault on the rebelliou: workers and shot down or imprisoned more than 1,000 of them. These im- prisoned comrades were shamefully mistreated, being subjected to the third degree. Some of them were even scalped. This is a reminiscence of the wild west days in the United States—and of the ku klux klan. In Japan the most vicious anti-work- ing class law in history has been passed, In Lithuania and Latvia, Commun: ists have been arrested and all their organizations suppressed. In the Philippines, poor peasants are being shot down at the behest of the Ameri can capitalists. In Porto Rico and Cuba, the same. things are taking Place. In India, Java, China, Korea, in Egypt, Turkey and Palastine, the workers and poor peasants are being driven into open rebellion. New York Workers Protest. The worl New Xork must protest ag ése new torttires in fiicted upon the ‘workers and poor peasants of theworld. They must not let the challenge of the capitalist gov ernments pass by unheeded. The Work Party, Young Work- ers’ League amd the Internationa) Workers’ Aid have arranged a joint meeting, which will take place at the Central Opera “House, 205 Hast 67th St., on Wednesday, March 25, at 8 p. m. The workers of New York will ap- pear in their thousands and will dem. onstrate their solidarity with the fighters in the capitalist prisons. You must be there. Tell the work ers in the shops. Bring them to the meeting. Labor Fakers in Chicago Bite Greedily at Mayor Dever’s Plum (Continped from page 1) Possibility of William Hale Thomp- son and his Hearst backers getting back into the La Salle Street El Do- rado. Michael Boyle, also known as “Um- brella Mike” seems to have deserted his old love, Len Small. But Michael is nothing if not practical. His busi- ness is to furnish juice to the mem- bers of his union. As long as he can do that, his little deviations from the line of Jesus of Nazareth will be glossed over by his christian sup- porters. Christian Madsen of Local 894, is a member of the federation’s transpor- tation committee that handed tne lily to the Dever plan last Sunday. His local has 2,000 members and it went against the ordinance, But Arthur Wallace, business manager of the Painters’ District Council ala now seem to be worried about a little thing like that. “Labor ts for the ordinance” he said, “it means more work,” Doubts His Foes’ Honesty. Edward Ryan, president of the dis- trict council of the iron workers has serious doubts as to the sanity or in- tegrity of tho#é opposing the Dever plan. He did not say whetner they should be sent to jail or to a psycho- pathic ward. The Workers Party tells the work- ers of Chicago that the fight between Dever and Thompson is a quarrel be- tween two gangs of capitalist thieves who are jockeying for position. The Deverites want their graft now, out tion muddle. The Thompson backers not being able to t in on the ground floor now, must content to get theirs four years oF) The Workers Party urges the con- fiscation of the present street and elevated car lihes and their opera- tion by the ¢ ; thru the organiza- MLY WORKER Page Three WORKERS PARTY DEMANDS THAT RAIL WORKERS REFUSE THREAD SHIPMENTS FROM STRUCK MILL (Special to The Dally Worker) WILLIMANTIC, Conh., March 20,—The district executive committee of the Workers (Communist) Party for the state of Connecticut has sent a letter to several brotherhoods of railwaymen, protesting against the members of those organizations hauling cars containing consignments of thread shipped by the American Thread Co., at Willimantic, Gonn., where the workers are on strike, Three carloads of thread have been shipped out each day since the be- ginning of the strike. Several scabs in the shipping room, loaded the freight cars, and endangered victory for the strike. The letter calls upon the organ- izations to instruct their members not to do this any longer. Strike Lessons. The girls going to various cities for collections report good response from the mill workers. Thru an error, many girls entered stores, and re- ceived unwelcome greetings, and prac- tically no support. When near this city, a wrecking crew from the Reading Railway shops of the N. Y., N. H. and H. R. R. Co. was approached, they replied they had no money They were working over- time, the dirty scabs, who took bread out of the mouths of the railway shop- men, and would not aid the textile workers, An instance of working class soli- darity occurred before the strike was declared, One worker was ihformed that he had no right to strike (he fixed machinery) “because you are a part of the workers.” To which he re- plied, “When I worked three or four days a week like the rest, I was paid like the rest. I'll stick with the rest, now.” Picketing Goes On. At present, picketing starts at 6 a.m, There are pickets posted at each gate in two hour shifts. Will- iam Simons, district organizer of the Workers (Communist) Party volun- teered at this morning’s meeting to do regular picket duty, but Miss Kel- leher, the organizer in charge, de- clared that only American Thread Co, strikers were desired. The morning demonstrations before 7 a. m. continue in fine shape, This morning, there was @ march to the Ger Theater, where a short meet- ing was held. President McMahon, of the United Textile Workers of Amer- ica was expected at this morning’s meeting, but did not appear. He is expected tomorrow. The Company Stands Pat. The company is standing pat. It has sent out a ¢dmsiderable amount of the finished thread on hand. It has foremen and overseers in the plant, ready to help in the shipping. It has clerks (80 of them) who can be rung in. It is impossible to determine just how the company is preparing. A report from Holyoke is to the effect that the truck drivers refused to come to Willimantic to carry ma- terial from here to their city. A truck driver in this mill is still at work, on the flimsy excuse of being “on salary.” One sees this truck ride to and from the mill. The senile fa- ther of the assistant agent of the company snoops around to note the strength of the strikers. Rank and File Class Consciousness. The class spirit of the mill worker was revealed by a woman striker. When she saw for the first time the Textile Worker for February, 1925, the official organ of the U. T. W. of A, she spied an ad for The Star Needle- work Journal, a quarterly publication devoted exclusively to needlecraft, at 260 West Broadway, New York City. This address happens to. be the address of the New York office of the American Thread Co. where the strike is on. She spied the address, and immediately asked: “What is that ad doing in a union paper?” In- cluded also, are ads of various mills and companies. The DAILY WORKER Weil Received. The Saturday, March 14 issue of the DAILY WORKER was warmly welcomed tdday. 500 copies were dis- tributed after this morning’s meet- ing. Nothing but commendation has been heard about the fighting spirit shown in the articles and the editor- ial comment. The strikers liked to read about the splendid fight put up by the Nova Soctia miners. The pa- per will be on sale from now on, at Dehenny Brothers on Rallroad St.) Extend the Front. With the manufacturing depart- ment tied up, the American Thread Co. will undoubtedly try to do its work in other plants, While it is true that the Willimantic plant is the largest, still there are several others. In addition, the English Sewing Co.,, which controls the American Thread Co., controls 17 other cotton compan- ‘es. The need is a united front, The District Executive Committee of the Workers Party for the state of Connecticut has recommended to the Central Executive Committee to call upon the workers of these Bnglish mills (thru the Workers (Communist) Party) to strike in sympathy with the Willimantic strikers, A strike on the part of other plants of the American Thread Co, and all companies con- trolled by the English Sewing Cotton Co. would be the most effective Red Army Chief Tells Soldier Students of Russia’s World Aims MOSCOW, (Rosta)—(By Mail.)—In his first public speech since his appoint- ment as people’s commissary of war and navy, Michael Frunze dwelt on the international position of the Union of Soviet Republics, The speech was delivered to an audience of over five thousand students from various mil- itary schools gathered in the Moscow Big Theater. The very fact of the existance of a Soviet state, he said, naturally gives rise to various contradictions in its relations with the surrounding world. The Soviet government policy was simple however. It was a desire to prevent the aggravation of such po- tential conflicts, “What is most valuable to us,” he stated “is that our citizens should be able to labor in peace.” He then quoted various “foreign correspond- ents” who have been spreading ru- mors of vast war preparations being carried on the Union of Soviet So- clalist Republics. Europe knows per- fectly well that Russia is absorbed in the task of economic construction and must realize these stories are being sent out to mislead the European public. He referred to the Russo-Jap treaty as an event of paramount importance in world politics. He expressed the hope that mutual relations would soon be established with France whose in- terests do not conflict with those of Russia in any part of the world. In concluding he said, “The Red Army will continue to improve in quality, not for purposes of imperial- ism but for purposes of self defense. It will keep in mind that.a powerful Red Army is a guarantee of peace- ful recovery for the Soviet republics.” Two Investigations Ordered. WASHINGTON—Sen. Shipstead’s resolution asking the federal trade commission to investigate and report on American farmers’ co-operatives and the methods employed by their opponents to injure them, and Sen. Mc- Kellar’s resolution asking a similar in quiry into the illegal practices of so- | called open-price associations of manu- | facturers, were adopted by the senate | before it adjourned. Madison Pharmacy INC. BETTER DRUGS Light Luncheon Served 1154 Madison Street, Corner Ann OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Four Phones Chicago George E. Pashas COZY LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block from Imperial Hall CHICAGO British Unions in Move Toward Unity with Soviet Unions (Continued from Page 1) resolution was erroneous, After the speeches of Oudegeest and Stenhuis, after the attack of the Vorwarts, af- ter the declaration of the leaderg of the German Trade Union Federation, the British clearly perceived that they could not’follow the way of the Amsterdam resolution. “The general council decided to cal! together a conference of the repre: sentatives of the British and the Sov- fet trade unions. We heartily wel- come the decision of the British gen- eral council. It represents a real step forward to unity. “Sassenbach, a short. time ago, spoke sharply against the Soviet trade unions, against the Red T. U. International, against the British trade unions, against Purcell and Cook, The leaders of the German Federation of Trade Unions and the social Barmats stand in the front rank of the adversaries of unity. “They are for the unity with the capitalist governments, with the league of nations, with big business and trusts, for the unity with the Bar- mat, with Barmat’s money bag. They are against unity with the protetartat,. with the Soviet trade untons, with Purcell and Cook, with the left wing of.the trade unions. They are against labor and for capital, against Tomsky and for Barmat. “The decisions of the British gen eral council are not to the taste of the social Barmats. They will con- tinue their attacks, but will not stop the march of events. The working class will gather force and achieve unity, despite the hostile work of the Amsterdam International.” RED REVEL of the FOSTER JUNIOR GROUP of Brooklyn, N. Y.—March 28, 8 P. M. at COLUMBIA HALL Stone & Blake Aves., Brooklyn, N. 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