The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 27, 1925, Page 1

ey Werce dno Worker Annual Sub- scription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! Vol. II. No. 64. SUBSCRY RECORD OF STATL THE ~~ ATrO, hi Seep CEN pigtsn i Elont Ok 15.7 NEW rong “E So ws “Haed ¥ in Chicago, by matl, $8.00 per year. Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. VIOLENT TRADE OF BRUTALITY AND VIOLENCE. WAR IMPENDING AGAINST LABOR ORGANIZATION) BETWEEN RIVALS BY MANUEL GOMEZ, (Article IV.) “Organized upon a stricly military basis, it (the state constabulary) appears to have assumed in case of strikes that the strikers are its enemies and the enemles of the state, and a campaign should be waged against them as such.” So concludes the report of the United States Industrial Relations Com- mission regarding state police. This report was published in 1916. Since then strikes have been broken, union men clubbed and jailed, and radical meetings assulted, more than ever before. | AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY HE mine operators of the northern part of est Virginia are up to their necks in frame-ups against ‘the union miners of that region. In Grant ‘Town, a mining camp afew miles from Fairmont, a mine guard was killed outside the union hall. A union min- er also wag shot dead. The aftermath of the shooting affray is, the indict- ment of several union miners for the mine guard’s death, while nothing has been done by the state about the dead union man. Indeed, the news- papers circulated the report that the members of the miners’ union who al- so lost his life was hiding in the mountains. eet aa section of West Virginia was once, a stronghold of unionism. Now, the operators are out to crush every vestige of trade unionism there. A few miles from Grant Town an ex- plosion took place in a mine that was running open shop. It was a gas mine and the operators failed to take the. necessary precautions. Over thir- ty lives were lost. In order to cover up the negligence of the operators, several union miners were arrested on a charge of having dropped a dyna- mite bomb into the pit. oe : and state of West Virginia has long _ + been a fortress of reaction looks if the modi influe of the United Mine" ‘of Ameér- ica, is now disappearing. The al, talist press and all other agencies of publicity are speaking with one voice against the miners’ union and John L. Lewis who should be on his toes planning the fight of his life on the operators is whiling away the mono- tony of his existence granting inter- views to capitalist papers on the nec- essity of driving 150,000 miners out of the coal industry. * * HE coal barons in southern West Virginia have liquidated their war against the miners’ union, for the good reason that there is no longer a union, Even the notorious Don Cha- fin parked his gat. There are no tar- gets. But in the northern part of the state there is still some life left in the once powerful United Mine Workers of America. The bosses are determined to kill every trace of un- ionism and to kill those whom they know from past experience will never bend the Knee to the operators. “* © HIS does not look very much like a section of that American republic whieh the secretary of the socialist labor party praises so highly in his crawthumping whine for mercy in the case of Milos Vojovenic, a member of his little party who is threatened with deportation because the govern- ment made the mistake of taking him for'a Communist. After wading thru the bulky bundle of appeals to the (Continued on page 2.) MINE STRIKERS HELD. FOR GRAND JURY IN MURDER FRAME UP "FAIRMONT, W. Va. March 25. The preliminary hearings for 12 striking union miners arrested last ‘week by county officers and state on the framed-up charge of the murder of Ray Tobin, mine guard and gunman at Grant Town, were concluded this evening before a commission composed of three justices of the county. The men were all held for the action of the grand jury without bail, Those held for the murder are: James Ryan, John Hogan, T. C, Summers, Edward Rhodes, Joe Burk, Irwin Schafer, Jim Burk, Ceoll Harris, Victor Romaine, Mil- Cecil Haught, Julius Kolkral, Wm. Beckisk, Alias Yoka, Nick Serdich, the thirteenth men arrested, was released because of lack of sufficient evidence in the case. Tobin was shot after he had fatal- ly wounded John Kello, a union miner. Tobin was employed by the New E feat a ae company to help , It is not strange, because there are more state policemen now. +The political power of the capitalist class is becoming more and. more ilghly centralized. Raw force has be- come the favored method of dealing with working class opposition. Seventeen States Under Martial Law Seventeen states of the United States now have armed troops of state policemen. The bankers and business- men back of the Dunlap bill want to add Illinois to the list and they will succeed unless the workers and poor farmers of the state take active steps to prevent them, Previous articles in this series have exposed the consistent anti-labor tac- tics of the Pennsylvania state consta- bulary, the original and model force. It has been proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that in the 20 years of its existence the Pennsylvania constabu- lary has been purely and simply a militant jnstrument for use against the workers. But perhaps Pennsylvania is an ex- ception? How about the other states in which constabularies have been established? Is there a single in- stance in which the toilers are benefit- ed instead of regularly beaten up by the state troopers? There is not. Not- withstanding all the flamboyant pro- pagenda paid for by chambers of com- merce and rotary clubs, the facts prove that these state police have in no sense been used to “ fect rural communities” but merely to protect the ill-gotten gains of the rich against (Continue on Page 2) THN “AGAINST CUTS Baltimore " Strike of A. C. W. Growing BALTIMORE, Md., “Ma. March 25, (Bul- letin.)—The strike of- the clothing workers called by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union is developing hourly. Fully 2,000 workers are out. Lithuanian locals are all out, with the Polish, Bohemian, Italian and Jewish locals supporting them. The strike was called by the joint board for coat makers. But the pants and vest makers are joining the strike in sympathy. It is disclosed that the contractors have been forcing the workers secretly to accept lower prices and do more work. The union scale is demanded by the strikers, who organized secretly to combat this con- dition. Two conferences between the union and the contractors were held today. Meetings show that the workers are enthusiastic and militant, the strikers wildly applauding Anthony Jenkins, organizer of the strike. More shops are joining. “ee 8 The Strike is Called. BALTIMORE, Md., March 23.—(By Mail.)—At the meeting of the joint board and the shop chairmen of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers here tonight, a motion was carried unani- jmously to call an immediate strike effective tomorrow morning at 9:15 ‘o'clock, The shop chairmen and dele- gates were instructed to have all work stopped by 9:15 a, m. and ‘to have every clothing worker in the shops present at the mass meeting to held at 10:00 a. m, promptly. According to the official statement (Continued on page 2) Wahabis Attack Hussein, CAIRO, March 25—Guntfire today In- dicated that the Wahabis were at- tacking Akaba, where King Hussein lives. The Wahabi tribesmen were recently driven from Mecca. Workers Suffer As Big Plutes Compete (Special to The Dally Worker.) WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.— A great trade “conflict” is impending between the thief exporting nations of the world, but American business men can look forward to it-with con- fidence. This prediction was made by the department of commerce today simul- taneously with the publication of an analysis of foreign trade, which show- ed that the exporters of the United States are rapidly forging ahead in the great competitive markets of South America and the far east. Julius Klein, director of foreign trade, called attention to an.increase of $430,000,000 in America’s foreign trade last year, as compared to 1923, and gains in the early months of 1925. “These gains have.been offset to a certain extent by increasing doubts as to the dangers of competition from our European rivals,” Klein said. “So much misinformation, however, has been circulated on the subject, inspir- ed. in some cases by our rivals them- selves, that a calm, dispassionate view of the actual facts should be taken.” Plutes Will Gain. Klein believes that manufacturers of the country will reap a ripe bene- fit from increasing purchasing power of the competitive markets of Latin- America, Asia, Oceania and Africa, which took imports last year of $6,- 000,000,000 or more than double the 1913 figure. “The significant feature of this stim- ulated purchasing power is the fact that requirements are in a large meas- ure for the newer products of Ameri- can ingenuity,” Klein declared. He enumerated automobiles, electrical specialties, motion picture films, labor saving machinery, ready made clothes and office equipment. Analyzing the South American trade |. Klein said that the United States holding ‘the: for- eign trade, with Germany 13 per cent, since 1913, the United States has doubled her relative ———. in this market. Increased Investments. Among the factors contributing to the greater volume of Latin-American trade with this country is “our in- creased investment in commercial se- urities that territory,” according to Klein. Private investors of the Unit- ed States hold over $3,000,000,000 in Latin-American industrials compared to $1,000,000,000 in 1913. “In the far east a similar transform- ation has taken place,” Klein tontin- ued. “United States now holds 26 per cent of the Japanese trade; Great Britain 12 per cent and Germany six per cent. Our share of the Chinese trade is 16 per cent; Britain’s 13 per cent and Germany 3 per cent.” Klein believes that American ex- porters have little to fear from further price cutting in Europe which he said is on the wane because of high inter- est rat ecumulation of heavy taxes with no relief in sight for years, and removal of monetary advantages en- joyed by competitors thru currency stabilization. Japanese Peers, Sore at Workers’ Visits, Spurn Voting Bill TOKIO, March 25.—Because of fail ure to reach ag agreement with the house of peers for the passage of the suffrage bill, the government today de. cided to prolong the diet two days. ending the session Saturday. Refusal of the peers to take up the suffrage bill followed visits by crowds of workers to the homes of former Viscount Wanabe and Kusuziki, both members of the house of peers, which held the government responsible for the raiding parties, An explanation of the raids was de- manded by the peers from the govern- ment. + Get a sub—make another Com- munist! DAILY WORKER BUILDERS MEET AT ' NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS, MAR. 29 NEW YORK CITY, March 25.—8unday, Mare 29, all builders of the DAILY WORKER in New York City will meet at the headquarters, 108 E. 14th street, at 7:30 p. m. to hear a report on the results of the recent sub- scription contest in connection aes press pageant, and to consider plans for the future. After the meeting there willbe ny “old fashioned “Vecherinka” with PP Aes ‘on thellegality of the pro- day's affair. music, dancing and refreshments» During the evening the winners in the recent contest will be announced, the prizes awarded, Admission will be tweny-five cents. All New York RAIbY. WORKER buliders re bring tholr’friende. \ FIRST SOVIET SHIP 10 IGAN PORT INTO MOBILE (Special to The Daily Worker) MOBILE, Ala.) March 25.— The Soviet Russia jamer Watslav Vorovsky, the Soviet ship to enter a porteofi the United States since 1917, ig ding a part of its cargo of. kali ike here. The Soviet shi ip will leave for St. when the kain- will there load The ship came innah, ites immigration ‘to allow any of fand, confining jaiming that “im- " forbade a them to the sh migration landing of the. David Foster, \ ber, who was’ morning at the ¢ Jackson, while + was released yt ter ball see-saw sergeants. Harry Novak, Ricca in the Na- tiohal Tailoring company who claims that Foster a him with a dan- gerous weapon, Was reported to be one of the at ers. That Foster did not have a/knife or any other weapon made no difference to Novak and to his shyster lawyer who framed the case against the young Com. janist. Foster was booked yesterday af- ternoon on a charge of assault and it. By agreement attorney for Fos- lieutenant. turned with the: pan a cash there last Tuesday ner of Green and ibuting literature lay afternoon af- and reduced In ¥ Judges and police was ee lon tion who .insisted on holding him ir $1,000: bail. .A night court judge, how- was turned loose. © Up Again; Down Again. Yesterday morning when the de fendant appeared before police court Judge McCarthy and demanded a jury trial, which was granted, Novak's law- yer asked that thé/ bail be increasec to $1,500. .Attormey Bentail kad left for the federal building. The judge granted the request, and Foster war again trotted down to the “can.” When Bentall heard of the latest de velopment, he returned auu after he explained the situation to Judge Mc- Carthy, his honor:reversed himself and Foster again: was at large. The case will come up for trial within a week or two. Valeria Meltz who was arrested with Foster ala demanded a jury trial. She was re- leased yesterday afternoon. Novak is reported to be a member of the Levin gang. The case against Foster is a bald frameup. Seven Killed, Four Missing in Hamburg Harbor Explosion HAMBURG, Germany, March 25.— Seven persons -were killed and five injured ‘today when’ an oil explosion in the Hamburg harbor hurled a small freight vessel into: the air. Another fréighter’ was sunk by the explosion and fours of its crew are missing. Texas Lynching Expected. SWEETWATER,/iTexas, March 25. —One of the biggest man hunts in < 290 LEVIN MOVES TO FORESTALL MASS REVOLT Prepares to Expel Mili- tant Members (Special to The Daily Worker.) The Hillman-Levin machine in the Chicago Amalgamated Clothing Work- ere’ Union moves on to fresh crimes against the membership, deliberately depriving the members not only of their jobs, but also of their rights within the union. A sample of this attack, which Le- vin is making to forestall the mass protest against his outrageous auto- cracy in taking the bread and butter from the mouths of union members, was, seen Tuesday night, when at a meeting of Local 144, Levin sent in charges against Brothers Savanovsky and Rudman, asking that the local send in these two members to the next executive board meeting to ap- pear and hear the charges against them>- No Written Changes Furnished. This strange notice said not a word of what the charges are that are to be heard, where Levin himself in all hig despotism will prosecute the two brothers. When these two members demand- ed that the local machine use its good offices to request Levin that he should first put them back to work and then hear the charges against them, they were denied this elemen- tary right. Sam to Take God’s Job, Too, Birds of a feather flock together, and against this proposal to restore the members to their jobs before trial. Morris Spitzer, business agent, took the lead in opposition. His lipe of argument was not that Levin had a right to do as he did, but that simply because he has done anythihg, the lo- cal and the members have no right to “dictate” to him—because Levin is omnipotent, all wise, all just—in fact, he is thinking of taking Johovah’s the job from him if the dolly, denies Le- vin authority. - This sort of an offensive to his a was @ new man im charge of the sta-| Volt against his autocracy is thoroly understood by the workers in the shops and will meet its deserved fate ever reduced it # $600, and Foster|'% dye time, just as, the conspiracy between Levin and the bosses to drive the militant workers out of the trade | will be opposed by the rank and file. Conspiracy With Bosses. Another instance of ‘this secret agreement with the bosses is the de- priving of Brother Max Dorfman of his job at Hart Schaffner and Marx, who was taken off his job Monday. The “charge” against him is that he spoke to somebody uwout the leaf- let of Local 5 of New York. Brother Dorfman has worked for Hart Schaff- ner and Marx for nine years and is in good standing in the union with a clear record. The Kind of Members’Levin Wants. When Dorfman told Levin that he could bring the whole shop to testify tor him, only the workers are afraid to come before Levin for fear of los- ing their jobs also, Levin answered, “That's just the kind of feeling we Want our members to have!” In preparation for further crimes against the membership, the Levin machine, with its paid standing army of sluggers to terrorize the member- ship, has had the bright idea ang the peculiar good fortune to have a united front with the Chicago Tribune leading open shop newspaper. Did It Cost a Lot? Whether or not there is a financial arrangement between the Tribune and the Levin machine, Levin himself may »xplain to the workers who are amus- ed at the standing propaganda against (Continued on page 2) jural and eco! "| fort:toshasten ¥ DAILY WORKER. | ‘ Hiitéred-as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chic: FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1925 Ilinois under the Act of March 3, 1876, Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL SEAT SHORTAGE NOW 94,752 IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO There was a shortage of 76,619 seats for Chicago's public school children on Jan. 1, and this number will be increased to 80,160 next year, an engineering company employed by the department of education of- ficlally reports. ‘The above figures are exclusive hortage brought about by in population. When the growth of the city is taken into consideration, 94,752 school children cannot find seets In Chicago's pub- Ile schools. The finance committee of the board of education has postponed indefinitely consideration of salary Increases for public school teachers. DAWES PLAN T0 END IN REVOLT, German Workers Will Seize Power BERLIN, Germany, March 24.—The German workers must walt for friend- ly relations with America until the conscious workers of the United have gained power, Ernest Tha- elmann, Communist Party candidate for president of Germany, said here. “The United States is the strong- hold of world capitalism)” Comrade defender of the capitalistic net which has been thrown over the German workers. by the Wall Street devised Dowes plan.” Friends of German Workers. “Russia has the friendliest sympa- {thy of the German workers,” Thael- mann said. “When Communists con- trol the German state we shall form the closést union with Soviet Russia,’ he added, “For the exchange of cult- products in an ef- coming of the world revolu C = Thaelmann ddéclared the league~of mations to be “merely the larger of two capitalistic gangs de- termined .to exploit the workers of the world. The Communists oppose German entrance into the league of nations, and oppose the security pact, which isan ‘artifice for guarding the Versailles ‘treaty, and would rob the weaker nations of some of their ter- ritory,” he said. Comrade’ Thaelmann declared that the “experts’ reparation plan” could not be carried out because the money invested in Germany by Americans cannot be recovered from the impover- ished German workers. End the Reparation Plan “To pay reparations we must ex- port and produce more cheaply, That means longer hours and even lower wages. The German workers have had their patience exhausted and will not tolerate such conditions. The repara- tion plan will be ended when the German workers revolt and sieze power for their own interests.” Unemployed Men Seize _ Freight Train to Ride to Capital for Aid EDMONTON, Alta., March 25.—The vanguard of Calgary’s unemployed ‘army,” which started to walk to Ed- monton, the capital of Alberta, on Sat- urday, arrived 120 strong traveling on a freight train. A reception commit- tee of city, provincial, and railway_po- lice met the men and arrested one on a charge of trespassing on railway property. The advance guard of the “army” SAYS THAELMANN Thaelmann said. “America is the chief | Operation Kills Copper Magnate. | of 400 started to walk here from Cal- NEW YORK, March 25.—Newman| gary, a distance of 196 miles, but after the history of west Texas was being | Erb, millionaire railroad president and|a trek of twenty miles invaded the carried on in Taylor and Nolan coun-|copper magnate, died here today fol-|freight train, the crew of five being ties today for Juan Moral in connection withthe slaying late yesterday of Sheriff W. W. Satter- white of Howardocdunty and Deputy Sheriff Reeves of Taylor county. A lynching is expected. White Succeeds Harding’s Kin. 8, wanted |lowing an operation. powerless to resist. MAKE SETTLEMENTS THIS WEEK FOR “SUB” CARDS SOLD IN NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK CITY, March 25.—Every DAILY WORKER reader that) WASHINGTON, March 25.—Luther| sold subscription tickets for the press p C. White of Massachusetts, today was| comple: ant is once more urged to make ttlement for all cards sold THIS week, so that the record may be appointed superintendent of federal) compiete when the prizes are awarded at the “Vetcherinka” at headquarters, prisons ~ under justice. He succeeds H. H, Votaw, brother-in-law of the late President Harding. —_— Argue Over Picking Merger. posed merger of thé:Armour and Mor- the department of] jog € 14th street, Sunday evening, March 29, Settlement may be made either with the branch agents, or at the dis- trict offic: All branch agents are instructed to make complete collections as quickly as possible, and to bring in a list showing how many subscription tickets each member of the branch’ sold. This list will be compiled for the) WASHINGTON, .March 26,—Oral whole city and published in the DAILY WORKER immediately after Sun- ne Before the entertainment and “dance Sunday evening at 7:30 there will ris Packing companies will open be-| be a meeting of all DAILY WORKER! agents at 108 E. 14th street to hear fore Secretary of Agriculture. Jardine| @ report on the press pageant ahd'@ongidér plans for the future. Every on April 6, it was amnounced today, | branch must be represented there, ~NEW YoRK | YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents LEWIS MEN'S BIG FORTUNES EXCITE INVESTIGATION Millions of Relief Fund Mishandled | (Special to The Daily Worker.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 25—How the personal bank account of John O” Leary, International board member and personal representative of John L. Lewis in the Fayette county coal | field, and Bill Feeney, organizer from District 5 in the Fayette field, sud- denly swelled, is being investigated. Their trusteeship of the relief fund of the 40,000 miners in the Fayette | field is now being brought out by the investigation conducted by the inter. |nal revenue department. This depart- ment seems convinced that the income tax of these gentlemen does not cor respond with their heavy bank hold ing. Where did they get the money? This coal field is the source of sup. | ply of the best grade of coke for al) of the mills around Pittsburgh, which stretches for miles on both banks of the Ohio, Monogahela, and Alleghany rivers. When the call for the 1922 coal strike was issued by the miners organization with the appeal to the um organized miners for support of the strike, it was the coke region miners that responded by the thousands. Coke Region Struck to Aid Other Fields. The rallied to the support of the or ganized miners by immediately going jon strike and coming into the union The officialdom promised in return not jto make any agreement with the op }erators unless it would include the coke field. This promise was broken at the first available opportunity. The signing of the Cleveland agree ment on Aug. 17, 1922 leaving out the coke field meant the first step in the long chain of betrayals by the official- dom. However, they promised relief to these miners in order to enable them to continue the strike in that region. The Huge Relief Fund. An assessment was levied on each mifiér of the organization of $2 per month for two months, which is a to- tal of between $1,500,000 and $2,000,- 000. Besides this international assess. ment, the members of Sub-District 4 of District 5 assessed themselves 5 per cent of their wages for at least five pays, a total of about $95,000. Also an appeal for funds was issued by O’Leary and Feeney from which the (Continued on page 6) UNIONS GIVE TO STORM STRICKEN MINING TOWNS Red Aid Plea Brings Big Response Class lines are showing in the nas tion-wide response to the needs of the tornado victims of southern Illinois and adjoining states. The United Brotherhood of Carpen- ters and Joiners announces from its Indianapolis headquarters that $500,- 000 will be raised from its subordinate unions so that no union carpenter in the storm area need depend on stranger charity to rebuild his home. The brotherhood takes pride in caring for its own. The Chicago carpenters’ council has appropriated $1,000 from the district treasury and is calling upon its af- filiated local unions in Cook and Lake counties for the remaining $49,000 fixed by the international as the local quota. The Chicago district is éxpected topraise 10 per cent of the entire half million, Class Conscious Relief. More outspoken in its class-con- scious plans for storm relief is the |Chieago Council for Labor Defense and |Relief which is furthering a working |class relief fund thru'the International Workers’ Aid to be used particularly in, relieving the militant miners, “The storm that has just visited in- expressible suffering on a large sec- tion of the union coal miners and other workers in southern Illinois and the adjacent fields,” the Labor Defense ap- peal reads, “is likely to be seized upon by the capitalist class to further beat down the workers’ resistance and de stroy their union organization.” The appeal therefore asks that labor relief funds be sent to the Interma- |tional. Workers’ Aid, 19 South Lincoln street, Chicago, Illinols, |48 & means of counteracting “attempts to use the capitalist charitable agencies to discriminate against the more mili- tant workers,” Plutes Lose Interest. Although the Illinois house of rep esentatives at Springfield passed the (Continued on page 2)