The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 26, 1925, Page 5

RE J, BULL'S ENVOY MAY LET JOB TO OPEN SHOPPER Unless He ‘Whispers’ to Labor Fakers (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Mar, 24.—Sir Esme Howard, British tory ambassador to the United States, has been asked by the building trades council of the District of Columbia whether it is true that he has let the contract for the new $1,000,000 embassy building to a builder who refuses to recognize the, unions. If so, the council pro- poses to notify the British Trades Union Congress, and let) that body bring political pressure to bear upon the British government. Howard has replied that no contract has been let. He makes no pledges, This incident recalls the fact that’ the U. S. chamber of commerce, when it set out to erect a $1,000,000 head- quarters building opposite the White House, announced that from top to bottom it would be an “American plan” or nonunion job. Herbert Hoo- ver’s friend Julius Barnes was then president of the chamber of commerce. After much delay and many disap- pointments, Barnes and his building committee discovered that they could get quick results only by letting the job to a contractor who employed ex- clusively union men. Accordingly they made a secret verbal agreement with John Donlin, then president of the building trades de¢partment of the American Federation of Labor, under which a union contractor did the work and the unions refrained from calling attention to the defeat of the pro- gram of the open shoppers. s* * Sir Esme Howard is now a tory ambassador as the Federated Press correspondent points out but he was appointed to his present position by the so-called labor government of the yellow socialist Ramsay MacDonald. He was as much of a scab and imper- ialist then as he is now. " Engineer Attacks Van Sweringen Rail Merger Before I. C. C. WASHINGTON, March 23.——The first attack on the plan of the Van Sweringer interests to acquire control" by lease ‘of five big railroad systems was made before the interstate com- merce commission today by Albert I. Stiles, of New York, in a petition to intervene in the merger project. Stiles, who is an engineer and a holder of common stock in the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads, assail- ed the proposed Merger plan, cldim- ing that the promoters had grossly misrepresented the value of the stock of the dissatisfied shareholders. Get a sub “tor the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch. 4 | MARINES KILL CHINESE TROOPS (Continued from Page 1). fences just in front or behind them, they threw their self-assurance, that as they were foreigners they were more or less divine creatures, to the winds and flew for their dear lives. Then of course the newspapers (foreign) got busy demanding the consular body here: to appeal to the diplomatic body in Peking to stop hostilities here as several foreigners had been in danger of losing their precious lives. Marines Allow Slaughter Siccawei Creek which forms the boundary between part of the French concession and Chinese territory, was the place over which the retreating Chinese soldiers attempted to enter the concession. Foreign marines were landed and the volunteers and police forces were called out and the bridges crossing Siccawei Creek destroyed with the exception of one. The retreating troops were allowed to cross this bridge but were immediately disarmed and taken in trucks to several temporary intern- ment camps. At one time when the soldiers were hard-pressed and to save their lives were forced to /cross the bridge in large groups a machine gun was trained on them, by French marines ruthlessly killing many and wounding many more. A party of boys (American) who went to see the hostilities described the scene after the incident. The creek was discolored with the blood of those who had been killed and one or two of the dead were hanging from the bank with their heads in the water, The wounded lay on the bridge and on the other side, the red cross organization not being allowed to go to their aid. French Murder Chinese. After this the soldiers were dis- armed one by one and taken to the temporary internment camps. These camps were nothing but riding schools which, being close to the boundary, ~ afforded appropriate detention space, The first night the soldiers had noth- ing to eat and were forced to sleep on the muddy ground without blankets, They were on the point of rebellion, but nothing happened until the next day when at one of the rid- ing schools a party of shivering, hun- gry men attempted an escape. Two of the marines and one of the privates in the S. V. C. ran after them, The orders which had been issued that day were, in case of an attempted get-away the guard was to first fire on the ground and then at the fleeing sol- dier. The S. V. C.-ite lost his nerve, but the marines fired without. mercy and mainly without firing on the ground in the first place which would have in all probability scared the re- fugees, who would have returned, killed two and wounded the others so that none managed to make good their escape. The next day a rude mat Shed had been constructed and the Chinese chamber of commerce donated food to the starving troops. Then ar- rangements were made for the repatri- ation of the interned soldiers, The first batch of four thousand strong were put aboard the 8S. 8. Talma and were sent to Tsingtao from whence they went by rail to Tsinan, from where they are supposed to have been sent to their various homes, but rumor has it now that as soon as they had arrived at Tsinan they are im- mediately taken into the service of Lu Yung-hsiang, one of Chang Tso- Lin’s powerful generals. Fighting to Continue. Lu is coming south in order to punish and completely disable rebel- lious Chi, who besides being financed by foreigners, is disappointed at hav- ing been forced to resign his post at Nanking and who at the present time is near Shanghai and was the main cause of the scare Shanghai got last week. Chi is practically the only one who opposes Chang now, Wu Pei Fu being entirely off the stage by this time, Letters From Our Readers In Ford’s Sweatshop. To the DAILY WORKER: It is almost one year ago since Ford be- gan to lay off his employees as the result of glutted market for his “tin lizzies.”. Working days were cut down from six to three and two days per week. So it was impossible to live on such wages of three and two days per week in the city where cost of living is the highest. So thousands of workers were job hunting in vain all last summer. Those who were lucky to work part time were speeded up as usual. In the motor assembling department there are two shifts working 8 hours each, with half hour for lunch and recrea- tion. But that was last Decembef, and since this department has been transferred to River Rouge plants the new system has been set and 8-hour shifts are maintdined, but recreation was cut down first to twenty minutes and later to fifteen only. These slave drivers think that these few minutes are enough for another four hours of OUR DAILY PAITERNS A VERSION OF THE TUNIC 5014. In this model the tunic ef- feet is shown in the “apron” portion | The flounce and pockets may be omit- This slim-line style is | teq, youthful and becoming to slender and | of the front. -~ mature figures. The sleeve may be finished in wrist length, or short, as in the small view. The Pattern is cut in 7 Sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. A 38 inch size requires 4% yards of 40 inch material if made with long sleeves. With short sleeves . %yard less material is required, The width at the foot is 1% yard, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. FASHION BOOK NOTICE!” Send 12c in silver or stamps for Spring and Summer eee bs plates WO te A A SIMPLE APRON STYLE 6017. Figured percale, drill or ging- ham could be used for this design. The Pattern is cut in one Size: Me- dium. It will require 2% yards of 36 inch material if made with ruffle and pockets, and 1% yard if made without. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or starnps. : The DAILY WORKER, 1113 igton Bi Chicago, . * NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS— tterns being sold thru the D, Workin, pattern department dre fure oished by a New York firm of pattern manufact lers are forwarded by urer: customer, The 2 yg Oo ordinarily will take at leayt 10 items the ‘date’ of mailing: the order. become impatient if your pattern ts GET A SUB AND GIVE ONEI ett work. This motor assembling is the fastest work in this shop. Men have to work before moving line at terrific speed.. Yet there is one foreman to every few men. Some men were hired here this week but thousands are waiting to get jobs. I’ve seen men carrying blankets. with them about ten o'clock in the morning from one department to another. Some of these poor workmen have been wait- ing the whole night in the cold to be in line next morning. But many have been shivering with cold all night with hopes of: getting employment, only to be turned away next morning. Much could be said about working conditions here but some other time. Yours for overthrow of capitalist sys- tem.—Pleb., Detroit, Mich. P. S.—tI would be glad if some of this letter could be printed in the DAILY WORKER. From An Illinois Miner. To the DAILY WORKER:—As the workers should write of their work, I have decided to write the following concerning the working conditions in the Dowell Coal Co. About 18 months ago the company wanted to develop some territories and demanded of our local to let them work double shift gangs. After a pro- test from the local, the local finely agreed to let them develop the terri- tories, but with volunteers. - But when the company would hire a new man, it was the gang for him or no job. Also to the coal diggers that would finish his place, he was also told nothing but the gang. Take it or get your tools on top. But things are changing. The mine manager received a letter from the chief, Dr. Young of St. Louis, stating that there was too much screening and yardage, that a stop h:d to be put to the gangs. The mine manager de- cided to put a stop to the double shift, but leaving the one shift gangs. But that threw out 76 men, Now to replace these men the company wants to break our agreement, They want to put 24 men to each cutting machine instead of 20 mén, The local called a special meeting for the above con- dition. And the local voted down the, company’s proposition, The stand the local took was that they (the company) had enough territories in the mine to add more machines, And that would not break our agreement. A Coal Miner—G. R., Dowell, Ill. Sinclair Broke Soviet Contract. MOSCOW, Russia, March 24.—~The trial of the Sinclair Oil company here for their failure to live up to their contract, with the Soviet government regarding the Saghalin Oil concession, disclosed that. Sinclair had promised to induce the American government to force Japan to evacuate Saghalin, according to a news dispatch, If the Sinclair company failed to force Japan's withdrawal, according to the dispatch, the contract was to be cancelled after a year had elapsed. Get a sub—make another Com- munist! PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their will save 60 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK ' DENTIST 645 Smithfield Streot, teh THE DAILY WORKER FASCIST COMING TO LECTURE AT BARUCH JOINT Institute Proud of Black- ey shirt Guest —— (Special. to The Daily Worker.) NEW YORK,, March 24.—Fascist propaganda under the most respect- able auspices is the program for next summer. The propagandist is Count Antonio Cippico, Italian senator, fa- s¢ist and friend of Mussolini, who will deliver six lectures on'“‘Itdly and the Mediterranean’ Aréa” at the fifth an- nual sessions ofthe Institute of Pol- itics in Williamsom, Mass, High power piiblicity attends the sessions of the ifiktitute of politics end the workers of. rica next summer will be treated t6 feature news stories of the charms 6f.the Mussolini dic- tatorship, i) The announcement is contained in a publicity release received by the federated press of the list of lecturers and round table Idaders for the coming sessions, The count is given more space and attention than any of the other Europeans Scheduled to visit the institute. His fascism is empha- sized and the fact that he was ap- pointed senator by the king at the re- quest of Mussolini, Robert Masson, prominent French banker identified with the Dawes plan; Sir Frederick Maurice, Brilish strategist and director of military operations during the war; Dr. Wil- liam EB. Rappard of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations; Lionel Curtis of London University; Leo S. Rowe (U. S., dir- ector-general of the pan-American un- ion; Philip Marshall Brown, profes- sor of international law at Princeton University and Edwin F. Gay of the Harvard School of Business Adminis- tration are among the other lecturers and round table leaders. 4,891 Red Electric Stations, MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.—There were 4,891 working electric stations, of which 690 were ‘stations of public utilitiés, in the territories of the Un- ion of Socialist Soviet Republics by the end of 1924, according to figures com- municated in a réport presented at a spécial meeting of the presidium of the people’s supreme économic council by Golzman, head ‘of the central elec- tricity board. The state commission for electrification has drawn up a plan providing for the é@reation of 38 more stations this year with an aggregate power of 1,500,000 kilowatts. be THE | ‘THE NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD DAILY WORKER Page rive K HERE IS ACTION IN A CHICAGO BRANCH Your Branch Can Do This! The Irving Park branch of Chicago is growing rapidly. It has doubled ‘its membership in the last three months and it is for reasons similar to this campaign they are now conducting: In accordance with the suggestions for the DAILY WORKER drive, the branch executive committee (on which are such live wires as Com- rade Walter Schuth and Sam Hammersmark—advertising manager for “our daily”) decided to secure a list of names and addresses of work- ers in their branch vicinity. ‘Then they ask that to each of these work- ers we send the DAILY WORKER for one week—and to pay for the mailing the committee collected among themselves enough money to cover the postage so as to spare the branch treasury. Then they gave each branch member ten names of the workers to whom these papers will go, so they can visit them when the week is up to “get a sub.” This meets with the national,plans of the campaign and on this method the. DAILY WORKER is only too glad to co-operate. Here is a plan for every single branch of the party thruout the country to follow and here is the field in which you will not only “Build the DAILY WORK- ER” but in which you will find membership for your branch to build the Communist movement in this country. If you fall to get subs or mem- bers the least you will do is to advertise the official organ of our party. * * These Builders sent in NEW subs to build “our daily” on Monday, March 23: ROCKFORD, ILL.—M. Lundquist (4 subs). CHICAGO, ILL.—A. Swanson, M. Krenn, NEW YORK CITY—Workmen’s Circle 386, Bronx, (4 subs J. Halebsky. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.—Esther Grobard; N. Mattson. POCATELLO, IDA.—Allen Blomquist. KANSAS CITY, KAN.—R. Osadchey, WORCESTER, MASS.—Wm. Mattila. McKEESPORT, PA.—Wm. Mikades, se = ® . . And in Conclusion— jot down this little reminder: Be sure that your branch members know that for each $6.00 worth of subs ($8.00 in Chicago) sent in they are to receive a splendid leather folder with patent clasp making all sheets detachable and containing a full descriptive catalogue of Communist books and pamphlets. It’s a complete “Tool Box De Luxe” for the busy bullder of the labor movement. Due to the prohibitive cost of these folders, naturally, no commission can be allowed on subs for which the folders are sent. Fight Unemployment. in. Australia. MELBOURNE, Australia —(FP)— The unemployment policy urged on the government by the. Melbourne Trades Hall council includes national unemployment insurance, national la- bor exchanges, stabilizing production, government construction and relief. RED REVEL of the FOSTER JUNIOR GROUP at COLUMBIA HALL of Brooklyn, N. Y.—March 28,8 P.M. Stone & Blake Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y. | ers. RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RUSSIA GREATLY URGED Increasing Interest Growing Trade in (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, March 23,—The con- tinuous and constantly increasing de- mand for recognition of Soviet Russia, which is expressing itself on all sides and especially in the labor movement, took on the form of a virtual demon- stration at the gigantic mass gather- | ing at the Paris Commune Pageant in Madison Square Garden on Sunday, at ich 10,000 workers were present. Chafing Under Delay The response of the vast audience showed that the working class of America is chafing under the unseemly |delay in opening trade with the first Workers republic, which has control of one sixth of the earth’s surface with resources almost unlimited wait- ing for the hand of labor to turn them els of use for the masses of workers thruout the world. All the leading capitalist nations have been forced to open trade rela- tions with Russia and full recognition has been accorded by many, while the United States is still holding back to the detrement of the entire nation and retarding development of industry and | agriculture in Russia. No reason whatsoever has been pro- duced except that Russia is controlled by a government of workers and farm- The workers and farmers in all countries can see no danger in this and are crying loudly for uncondition- al recognition of the new republic of the working class. Will Soon Compel Action With sentiment expressing itself as it now does in the larger cities as well as in rural communities the toiling masses feel that their voice must soon be heard and that the capitalist rulers must soon be compelled to take action in conformity to the universal demand that is now heard on all sides where workers gather to consider their high- est interests. Unemployment and Open Shop Drive Face Hatters Union ORANGE, N. J., F. Berg &* Com- pany, big hat manufacturers, announce | plans to move to Norwich, Conn. and go on an open shop policy. Resistence by the United Hatters’ Union is ex- pected. The transfer will leave near- ly half the Orange hatters unemploy- ed. - tachable. The Arsenal of a Communist This patent-clasp,leather binder, reproduced in actual size (adjoining) is of grained leath- er, gold-lettered and with a pocket for re- ceipts. The clasp allows all sheets to be de- | Due to the prohibitive cost of the binder no commission can be al- lowed on subs sent In for which a binder is to be sent. serve you as your proof ; NAME RATES FC00 a yoar §250~-6mmtts $200 F WIAGO ~f Soo a year F450 6 morlls § 250 Send this PROPAGANDA SUB to a worker to “Make Another Communist” The binder will be sent with- out charge to every worker sending in a year’s sub to the DAILY WORKER—or two 6 month subs, or four 3 month subs or a total of $6.00 worth of subs, ($8.00 worth in Chi- cago) AT ONE TIME. The Binder Will Include A full descriptive catalogue of all literature, information and prices of all Communist publications in all languages, advertising and printing, and note paper for your use. Here Is a Full Communist Arsenal to help the busy worker in the labor movement to fight for his class and to guide him to a full study of every phase of the principles and practice of Communism. This will also of service rendered to the labor movement when you “Build the DAILY WORKER,” GET A LEATHER BINDER and build the DAILY WORKER with these sub bricks sent to: THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, III. oe