The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 26, 1925, Page 2

Page Two FRENCH LEAGUE WOULDPROBEU.S. RULE IN HAITI Washington Shocked at the Suggestion WASHINGTON, March 24.—The ac tion of the French league of the rights of man in initiating a move to bring the question of the United States’ in- vasion and illegal occupation of Haiti, an independent nation, before the league of nations, created a sensa- tion in government circles here. Seventy-five, per cent of the sena- tors and deputies are members of this league and its demand that the French government bring the Haiti grievance before the league council, is only short of being an official ac- tion of the French government. That the Washington government will con- sider itself affronted provided Herriot complies with the demands of the league, would be putting it mildly. Haiti is affiliated with the league of nations but the country is unable to pay the expenses of a delegate as its funds are controlled by the Wall St. bankers. The black republic of Haiti was in- vaded by American marines under the reign of Woodrow Wilson, in 1915, Once they got in, they refused to get out and have ruled with an iron hand, inaugurating a reign of terror which ‘was not surpassed by the bloody rule of the Spanish in Cuba. Rich “Statesmen” Would Guard Their Millions from Taxes WASHINGTON, D, C., March 24.— Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon, multi-millionaire banker and head of the aluminum trust, conferred with senators here in a further effort to reduce the income tax on large’ in- comes. Mellon has already saved himself and his millionaire friends millions of dollars by reducing their income surtax. One of those who will benefit by the cut in taxes, Senator Smoot, also a wealthy man who was on the “in- side” of the Teapot Dome oil scandal, has joined forces with Coolidge and Mellon in advocating the lowering of income taxes. Fight Over Phone Charter. FRANELIN, ind., March 24.—Coun- sel for the Indiana Bell Telephone company objected strenuously this af- ternoon when Attorney General Gil- lion questioning George G. Hall, Evansville, formerly a director, at the hearing on the state’s suit to revoke the phone company’s charter, sought to bring out that the directors were little more than figureheads in trans- acting the firm’s business. A DAILY WORKER sub means another Communist. PICTURE MAKER FIRED FOR PROTESTING AT BAD WORK CONDITIONS When Isidore Lebovitz asked the management of the Illinols Moulding company of Chicago, manufacturers of picture frames, to either give him material that was not rotten, or in- crease his wages, the superinten- dent, Jake Molnar, immediately dis- charged Lebovitz as a “dangerous Bolshevik.” Lebovitz was paid three cents a frame and could make at most only 36 cents an hour with the faulty material given him. Lebovitz asked for better material, and was curtly told that the company was in busi- ness to make money, and was going to make lots of it, regardless of the Pay given the employes. A few minutes later Lébovitz was given a check for his wages and told to get out and not come back, Two hundred men and women, mostly of immature age, are em- ployed In the factory. (Continued from Page 1) could make the resolution read bet- ter but it was not too strong for him. When the local finally ended the war on Kjar and his rellow work- ers there was great enthusiasm, but pot among the few followers of Harry Jensen. Altogether it was a rather bad eve- ning for the fakers. Lackey, one of the vice-presidents of the brotherhood presided during the oarly part of the meeting, and saw the fakers getting trounced. When turning over the gavel to the newly elected president, he expressed the hope that in the fu- ture the problems of the local would be thrashed out on the floor and ‘would not be taken outside. Tho he did not mention the DAILY WORK- ER, he hinted that the publicity it gave to the cases of the five “ex- pelled” members and to the struggle against Hutcheson, was not appreciat- ed in Indianapolis. But the militants ‘wppreciate it and know that the Com- dally was a tower of strength Only. Frighten (Continued from page 1.) leaflet of Local Five of New York has been made an excuse to take down members from their jobs. “Fellow Workers! “Do we intend to stand for this rule of the gun and blackjack for- ever? “Have we no rights at all in the union that we built? Is the money we pay as dues to be always used against the membership? “Is the Hillman-Levin machine to destroy the union without protest from the rank and file? “Last night the whole machinery of the Hillman-Levin administra- tion, business agents and shop chair- men forced the manager of Temple Hall towclose its doors to the mem- bers who had come to hear Brother Sam Liptzin of Local No. 5. The manager either had to keep the hall closed or have it wrecked. Manager Levin was in charge with a squad of policemen at his back. “Remember! It is the Hillman- Levin machine that denies the right of free speech to members in halls they have paid for themselves. “Organize the members in your shop t» rrotest. Carpenters in Local No. 181 Win tm thelr vietorious fight. | “Keep up the fight in your local. Get ready for the next meeting. “Support Local No. 5. Hall Manager ‘ “We are met with machine slug- gers when we meet to protett wage- reducti-1s and tyranny, “Tas Hillman-Levia’ machine is afraid tc allow discuss‘os of these matters. “Let's save the Amalgamated. “Tt is our union and we must pro- test it irom the disrup‘ers and fak. ers, “Committee of Members Taken Down From Their Jobs. The Class-Collaborationists. The Hillman-Levin combination in the Amalgamated not only carries on a policy of expulsion, even going to the extent of pulling the militants off their jobs but they are trying to tie the union to the clothing bosses more effectively, because more cleverly than ever the old and corrupt United Gar- ment Workers did in its palmiest days, 4 The militants in the men’s clothing industry under the leadership of the Trade Union Educational League are carrying on a nation-wide campaign against this class collaborationist con- spiracy. This is the reason why Hill- man and Levin are engaged in the task of trying to get rid of all those who will not agree with them in this poli- cy of betrayal. Another leaflet on the agreement was distributed at every shop yester- day morning. CLOTHING COMPANY BOSS FRAMES UP ON WORKERS PARTY MEMBER Dave Foster, member of the Workers Party, is held in the Des- plains street station on a com- plaint signed by Harry Novak, fore- man at the National Tailoring com- pany, charging Comrade Foster with assault with a deadly weapon. Foster was distributing leaflets at Green St. and Jackson Blvd. when he was arrested. Detective Norton who is working out of the Des- plaines station made the arrest. David Bentail, Labor Defense Coun- cil attorney who is looking after the legal interests of Dave Foster and also of Valeria Meltz who is held in the West Chicago Ave. station, was informed by the: police that Foster would probably be booked on a disorderly conduct charge. The most deadly weapon on Fos- ter’s person when he was arrested was the leaflet. McAndrew Gets in Bad with School Board Trustees This afternoon the school board will vote on Superintendent McAndrew’s recommendation for his new teach- ers’ councils. This matter came be- fore the administration committee meeting Monday afternoon but the superintendent failed to get it thru. The vote resulted in a tie. At Monday’s meeting the superin- tendent came in for censure for what the board together with the business manager considered the superintend- ent’s arrogating to himself the right to give power to the principals’ club to make decesions on matters coming strictly under the duties of the board and the office of the business man- ager. The crash came when the su- perintendent recommended, that the principals’ club be furnished with copies of bulletins sent to school en- gineers and that bulletins be submit- ted to the superintendent for approv- al when regulations which might af- fect educational work were being made. Trustee J. Lewis Coath charged that the principals’ club was trying to run the board of education. Busi- ness Manager Byrnes said that the Tule if put into effect would subordi- nate the business manager's office. Breaks Down Second Time SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.—The possibility that ‘Dorothy Ellingson 16- year old matricide, may not be able to go thru her trial, now in its second day, loomed today when for the second time she broke down during the pro- cess of selection of a jury. Jensen Was Angry. Girls sold the DAILY WORKER outside the hall and scores of copies of a booklet exposing the expulsion policy of Huteheson thruout the en- tire Carpenters’ Union, Even Jen- sen was asked to buy some of the literature. He was so excited that he expressed his regret the news girls were not of the opposite sex, so he could beat them up. But the “oppo- site sex” was well represented at the meeting inside and Harry did not show any desire to test his pugnaci- ty on them, Ina Larson, secretary of the local who was instructed at a previous meeting to reply to queries from oth- er locals regarding the situation in Local 181, read his reply last Monday, but the members voted it was unsat- isfactory and advised him to throw it in the waste basket. They then instructed him to tell the enquiring locals the truth emphasizing the fact that Kjar and the four other broth- ers were not expelled by the local but by the president of the local, JOBLESS INCREASE AS LIVING COST SOARS IN ENGLAND (Special to The Dally Worker.) LONDON, March 24.— The per centage of unemployed among 11,- 500,000 workers, on March 1, 1925, was 11.6, against 11.5 per cent on Feb. 1. At the end of Jan, a ye: ago, 10.7 per cent were unemploye: The cost of living is 79 per cent above the pre-war figures. Carpenters To Care For Members The Illinois Carpenters’ Union has sent out a call to its members in the United States and Canada for a col- lection of a $500,000 fund for the pur- pose of rebuilding carpenters’ homes destroyed in the tornado. The Chica- go Carpenters’ Council has collected $1,000 of its quota which is $50,000. ‘This includes 40 local unions in Cook and Lake counties. The-fund coblect- ed will be distributed thru the general office. Farmers Get Little In 1924 WASHINGTON, D. C., March 24.— American farms produced $12,404,000,- 000 in 1924, according to the U. 8. department of agriculture. The farm- ers made ‘a very small percentage of profits many of them going bankrupt. The railroads, the bankers, and large city merchants received the bulk of the profits on farm products, Report Spanish Steamer Sinking. MARSEILLES, March 24—The Spanish steamer Guipuzida was re- ported sinking today near Whale Point. The distress message received here gave no further details. Whale Point is located on Long Is- land, a member of the Bahaman group in the West Indies. Fire Destroys Forest Land. PROVIDENCE, R. I, March 24.— Thousands of acres of forest land in ten Rhode Island towns were destroy- ed today by a fire which has been rag- ing for three days. Several towns in western Connecticut also are suffer- ing from forest fires, Kurd Chief Held In England LIVERPOOL, March 24.—Prince Mohammed Said who, backed by the British, stirred up an unsuccessful revolt against the Turks in Kurdistan, was arrested. here on his arrival on the liner Celtic, and held pending in- structions form the home secretary. Mussolini Congratulates Hearst. NEW YORK, March 24.—The Hearst papers are boasting that they have re- ceived a cable of congratulatiomr from Premier Mussolini for sending the first newspaper cable message over the new Italy-America direct subma- rine cable, a Hawall Remains Separate HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 24,— The house of representatives of the territorial legislature has tabled a re- solution proposing to make Hawaii an integral part of the state of Call- fornia, Tenement Fire Endangers Lives A fire in the forty-flat tenement at 225-8. Central Ave., almost cost the lives of two children, Betty and Rich- ard Gordon, They were rescued just before the fire burned out the apart- ment, Jewish Students Strike JERUSALEM, Palestine, March 24. ~The Hebrew university here was closed following the strike of students as a protest against the visit to the school of Lord Balfour from England. Minneapolis Grain C! March 24, ‘Wheat, May, 165 July, 166%. Oats, May, 40%; July, 42%. Rye, May, 1168; July, 110%s, Flax, March, 287%4n; April, 287n, May, 288%. July, 289s, Barley, May, 83%8, July, 83s, 16,000 NEW SUBS BY.4UNE 161 f THE DAILY wo REDS TEACH LAW TO CICERO COPS AND STOP. GRAFT Police First Learn of the} 18th Amendment The eighteenth amendment saved the Workers (Communist) Party of Cicero, Ill, twelve dollars, and the secretary of the entertainment com- mittee from going to jail. This sub- urb of Chicago has the reputation of being much more than moist, so it is to be expected that the city attor- ney’s knowledge of: law includes only the pre-Volstead period. When Comrade John Danta, who was arrested last Saturday for refus- al to contribute to the police depart- ment, came.up for trial, the city at- torney ‘claimed that there was a city ordinange which provided for the paying of police at every social gath- ering. The only disagreement seem- ed to be over the price, the cops claimed six dollars per man, the city attorney said that five was the rate. The ordinance later read, called for three. The judge’ decided that the difference must be overtime, since the Police are always right, City Attorney Disappears But David J. Bentall, lawyer for the Labor Defense Council, had done a little advance investigation, He sug- gested sweetly that if there were such an ordinance of course we would obey it, but the city should be compelled to produce the law. So the city attorney went out to look it and the court and case waited. A half hour passed, an hour, still no word from the law. The court disposed of some other cases, the day’s work was over, and still no law. So the police were sent after the city attorney and finally brought him back, triumphantly bear- ing the law. Case Dismissed But Bentall showed that it provided that at entertainments where intoxi- cating liquor was sold there had to be police. Sincethe 18th amendment there were no more’ such entertain- ment, hence the law could not apply. The cops felt foolish. As if the 18th amendment made any difference to Cicero or its laws! “Are you trying to kid us?” asked one of them. But the judge and the city attorney and the bailiff held a caucus. “Discharg- ed.” And the Lithuanian Workers’ Hall will get along nicely without hiring police in the future, Milwaukee Workers in Sentence on MILWAUKEE, March 24.—Resolu- tions condemning the Polish govern- ment for its death sentence on Stanis- lav Lanzutsky, the Communist deputy and splendid fighter for the working class and against the international white terror, were passed at a meeting held here on Saturday evening, March 21, to commemorate the Paris Com- mune. The meeting was held under’ the auspices of the Workers (Communist) Party. Comrade J. G. Gibson presided and T. J. O'Flaherty of the DAILY WORKER staff was the principal speaker. The Ukrainian Singing Society ren- dered the International. Refuse Rate Increase. WASHINGTON, D, C., March ,24.— The interstate commerce commission today refused to permit the railroads to increase the freight rates on fenc- ing material, reinforcement steel and related afticles from St. Louis, St. aul, Peoria and Chicago to certain destinations in southeastern Kansas. Write us a letter—tell us how you work, what are your wages and shop conditions—and then order a bundle for distribution in your shop, bir Chicago, Notice! On Sunday afternoon, March 29, at Ashland Auditorium, there will be an international unity demon- stration and benefit entertainment. No branch is permitted to arrange any conflicting dates of any kind whatsoever. Affairs already fixed must be changed.» The complete strength of the party must be mobilized at this affair as a fitting answer to the Abramovich attack. Blast Kilis Six. . MONTICELLO, Ky., March 24.—A nitro-glycerin blast set off in the yard of his home at Frazier, near here, killed Peter Franklin, 65, and his five young children. “YOUNG WORKER” AND DEFENSE GET PROFIT OF CLEVELAND DANGE (Special to The Bally Worker) CLEVELAND, March 24, — The Young Workers League will hold a dance here for the benefit of the weekly Young Worker and the La bor Defense Council, v The dance will be held at the Fin nish Hall, 12303 West day, March 29, at 8p. | will be 80 conte, = RKER to Jerusalem in Cause of British Imperialism By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL g Mand Lord Arthur James Balfour, known as “Bloody” Balfour because of his support of ‘brutally coercive measures against the Irish peasantry, was due to enter Jerusalem, on his visit to the Holy Land, on behalf of the British Empire’s interests, * @ ° All is not going well with British rule in the Near East. So the lion must take this way of showing his paw. British aid to Sheik Said and his Kurds, also supported by big Turk- ish capitalists, against the Turkish Angora government, has proved of no avail. The aggressiveness of the Angora gov- ernment is shown by its threat to seize Mosul, one of the big keys to control of Near East oil. The British stool pigeon here was King Hedjaz. He was forced to give up Mecca to Ibu Suiad, supported by Angora. Suiad is now the domi- nant figure in Arabia. \ One of the contributing causes of the world war was German ambition for “The Berlin to Bagdad Railroad,” opening the way to the Persian Gulf and India, competing with the British all-sea routes. Now the, Arabs threaten this self-same route to India,—one of the brightest jewels in the British imperialist crown. * * ° e On his way to Jerusalem, Lord Balfour also gets the bad news that the anti-British bay taping spokesman, Zagloul Pasha, has won a notable victory in the Egyptian parliament. The British puppet king, Fuad, has been forced to dissolve parliament, calling for new elections May 23. This would indicate that the recent crisis in Egypt, punctuated by the assassination of Sir Lee Stack, the sirdar, has in no way abated. London sees black clouds along the Suez. e * * * Balfour enters Jerusalem with Arabs and Jews alike heatedly spurning his coming. The British lord’s reliance, however, as always is on the king’s troops, in this case the Ninth Queen’s Royal Lancers, who shift from Palestine to Egypt, and back again, as the occasion warrants. * * J The Palestine Arab Congress has issued an appeal to all Arabs to strike on the occasion of Balfour's visit. The more militant elements among the Jews, have also posted a rocldmation, not only protesting against “the deceitful Bal- our, imperialist and chauvinist,” but also denouncing “im- perialistic Zionism.” It would seem there is something more that is hot in the Near East besides the desert’s sands. 2 * * * Balfour first got into British politics during the Russo- Turkish war, nearly 50 years ago. But the British have a different Russia to deal with today. In: fact, all London- inspired propaganda insists that the Bolgheviks are behind all the anti-British moves in the Near East. The London imperialists cannot understand why these subject nations do not enjoy and welcome the British tyranny. Terror and suppression sation the Irish, the bloody war against the Boers in South Africa, which had not only Balfour’s consent, but his active direction, were but steppin stones on Balfour's way to the prime minister's seat o power, first held yy him in 1902. The inhabitants of Pales- tine, over which the British now exercise a “protectorate,” are well aware of his past history. They know that his com- ing bodes them nothing that is good. * The Near East, with its oil, is a powder barrel set down in the midst of the conflicting imperialist interests of the great capitalist nations. While Great Britain struggles to rotect her interests, the diplomats of France, Italy and the nited States are no less active. It is, therefore, very significant that London has been forced to send Balfour to Jerusalem at this time. It no doubt fears that the peoples of the Near East intend that they shall no longer be crucified on the British imperialist cross, ‘ (nee nem at ame a a semana ° jody” Balfour Goes. LABOR DEFENSE FLAYS GAG ON FOREIGN WORKER Pushes Unity Pageant for Irish Relief The Holiday bill, which provides for the deportation of any foreign-born worker convicted by a capitalist court of a “crime,” and which was rushed thru the house of representatives un- der gag rules that limited debate to forty minutes and ‘forbade amend- ment, was the subject of a resolution at the last meeting of the Chicago Labor Defense Council. * The council pointed out that “the real purpose of this measure is to help the bosses to get rid of active foreign-born workers, as well as to in- timidate the unorganized masses and foment differences between native and foreign-born, workers.” ¥ Ohio Workers Fight Cossack Rule (Continued from Page 1). the methods and purposes of the two proposed laws and a call to the work- ers for action against them. Alfred Wagenknecht, district organ- izer for the Workers (Communist) Party has sent the following letter of instructions to all city central com- mittees of the party: “We are sending you under se parate cover a package of two different leaflets. One leaflet ex- poses the state military police bill now before the Ohio legislature, The other opposes the bill for com- pulsory bible reading in the schools. “You are to AT ONCE carry out the following program in regard to these two leaflets. “1, You will sign and send to every labor union in your city a copy. of a letter addressed to unions which we are sending you in this same package. You are to include one of each of the leaflets in this letter. “2. You are to distribute the leaflets we are sending you with- out delay. The state legislature may adjourn in two weeks and we must get action on the leaflets be- fore these capitalist law makers go home. Especial attention is to be given to a distribution of these leaflets at union meetings and in labor temples and labor union meet- ing places. “3, You are to elect comrades to visit the unions and address them upon the subjects of the state mil- itary police, the compulsory bible reading bill, the voiding of the yel- low dog contract. “We repeat—this work, these tasks must be undertaken AT ONCE. Call a meeting of your ex- ecutive or your local officials and carry out the work without delay, “Fraternally, “Alfred Wagenknecht, “District Organizer.” Never have the unions and other workers’ organizations of this state | | had brought to their attention in such prcarbece "wlireied manor ta ine GET A SUB AND GIVE terial that is easily understandable such important issues of the daily struggle. A special section of the leaflet on the state police bill is written es- pecially for the exploited farmers. It explains how the industrial capitalists are trying to use the farmers against labor and calls on them to resist this plot of the industrial lords and their banker backers who exploit the farm: ers, The connection between the foes of the child labor amendment and thc authors and sponsors of the compulso |_ ry religious training ‘bill is shown clearly in the leaflet. It also shows the special interest the ku klux klan is taking in this legislation. Both leaflets carry an advertisement for the DAILY WORKER and it is un questionable that the Communist press will greatly benefit from the campaign as will the whole party. The energy displayed by the party on these issues nas given it the’ lea- dership in the struggle against these measures aimed to further enslave the workers of Ohio mentally and physic ally. The liberal friends of labor and labor officialdom are opposed to these bills but they fight them in a half. hearted and confused manner. The Communists have brought the issues clearly before large number of workers with a keenness of analys: is and a militancy that leaves no room for misunderstanding of the role of their party as the most conscious and active section of the working class movement, * Machine Companies Merge. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 24,—~ Secretary of State Frederick Schorte- meier today approved the merger of the Uloverleaf Machine company of South Bend, and the Universal Con- veyor company of the same city. The new firm will go under the name of the Universal Conveyor company and received authority to increase its capital stock from $25,000 to $76,000, nl ‘ Fs . All labor organizations, regardless of race, color, creed or politics, are urged to join hands in this new fight against the interests.of the workers, Protests should be sent direct to congressmen and senators in Wash- ington, and to the defense and relief council for publicity in the Labor Press. Act on Polish Murder, The threatened execution of Stanis- laus Lanzutsky, member of the Polish parliament, on the charge of making a Communist speech,was forcibly brot before the council by F. Gobert, of the Polish section of the Workers Party. The council went on record ag sup- - porting any campaign of protest and demonstration against this judicial murder, and pledged co-operation in any united efforts undertaken by labor organizations to this end. The case has aroused world-wide protest among the working masses and is being raised in every country by the International Red Aid. The work of the I, R. A. was endorsed by the council. Push Sunday’s Demonstration. The plans for Sunday afternoon’s International Unity Demonstration, at Ashland Auditorium, were gone into in detail. There is a very rich pro- gram, including three speakers of na- tion-wide prominence, opera singers and dancers, gymnasts, drama, pa- gentry, and a motion picture (the last it the censors and courts permit, but the information contained in the movie will be shown just the same.) Help is needed all this week at the headquarters, 19 S, Lincoln St., to get out the advertising material for, the big demonstration. This is no mere entertainment. It is a March Celebra- tion for the benefit of Irish Relief and Labor Defense—and it is at the same time a mighty demonstration against the Abramoviches, MacKenzies, etc., who seek to turn the American work- ers from their support to Soviet Rus- sia, All class conscious workers will turn out and bring a big crowd to the Ashland Auditorium on the afternoon of Sunday, March 29, K DEVER TRACTION BILL PERMITS USE OF SCABS Machinists Oppose Bi: Bankers’ Project 7 Four Chicago local unions of the International Association of Machin.’ ists, Locals Nos. 128, 134, 366 and 890, have voted against the Dever traction ordinance, which would give the bankers a perpetual franchise on the Chicago surface lines, free of city tax payments. Trade unionists point out that a few corrupt and conservative union officials, allied with the Tribune-De- ver-News political machine are at- tempting to swing the workers for the ordinance by promising them mil- Mons of dollars worth of work. This promise will not be fulfilled, union members say, because the bank- ers who are the chief support of the Dever ordinance are the same group who support the non-union Landis campaign against the building trades “Mons and who insist on the “open hop.” 3 ‘The promise of the politicians a de- / cade ago that if the workers voted for the ordinance giving the railroads the Union Station they would. get work, ig being recalled, As soon as, the workers passed thé ordinance, and work was begun, it was found that non-union labor had been hired at scab wages. Non-union painters, carpenters, plumbers, ete,, were employed to work on the new station, The same thing will hap- pen if the Dever ordinance is passed union men say. a See revencenae Farmer Ki! at Crossing. MATTOON, Il, March 24.—While funeral arrangements were made to- day for Eart 8S, Anthony, a farmer, of Matthews, Mo,, killed Sunday when a Big Four train struck the automobile in which he was riding, three com- panions, Paul B, Ryberg, Fred Glad and Carl Glad, all of Paxton, Ill, were recovering from severe injuries The * men were on their way to southern — Mi ri