The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 31, 1925, Page 1

| | d ) Daily Worker Annual Sub- scription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! THE DAILY Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the P Vol. Il. No. 67. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: VULTURES OF CAT OVER STORM ARER tre ag an ight ake x sso MM fll aa Ari: . ee GRABS AS DEAD LIE UNBURIED “The class struggle is showing clearly in the storm area of southern \llinois,” says E. B. Hewlett, a coal miner from West Frankfort, now seeking work in Chicago. “While the bare necessaries of life were furnished tem: porarily to the ones directly struck by the tornado holocaust, the merchant capitalists immediately raised the prices of food to the whole community.” The labor fakers of the U. M. W. of A. also saw and are profiting by another dig at the treasury. The Dead Are Workers. Figures of the dead given so far are approximately correct, says Hewlett, errr AS WE SEE. IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY a HE French and British govern- ments are still “feeling each other out” onthe German offer for the ba- sis of a security pact. Like pugilists mm a ring they shake hands, more or less cordially, and then try to sneak the horse shoe into the gloves. Brit- ain favors the German proposals prin- cipally beeause France does not. itrance now has the draft of a counter- proposal ready and is sounding out its ‘ormer allies with a view to unanimity jin offering it to the German govern- ment. A rather frank Paris dispatch tells us how France regards the whole besiness. “The French negotiators view the German proposals as valu- yble only insofar as they reaffirm ,in- violability of the Rhineland as a neu- ral zone and comprmise England in case of German aggression.” How those capitalist nations love each other! ewe HEY love each other like hungry dogs qparrelling over a bone: Bu’ yet they can always find a basis for unity in their hostility to the interna- tinonal working class Movement. It is reported that Poland and Paris have patched up their differences~ again. Millerand, who was recently kicked out of office of president of the French republic is “agitating for breaking off. relations with Soviet aig ‘ HERE is no ri of France sev- ering diplomatic relations’ with the Soviet government—at Teast. not at this time. France's big fight just now is with England, and England is the most powerful enemy of the workers’ vepublic and the most dangerous. Those who have developed a taste for reatling foreign news may note that the Kurds and Turks are waging war on each other. England as usual is on the side of “self-determination” end supports the Kurds. Being rather suspicious of British gifts we learn that there is lots of oil in the ground where'the British want to see a native vovernment established. England wants the oil. sae ORD BALFOUR is wandering thru the Holy Land on business bent. He is one of the best trained political bagmen of the’ British ruling class. Balfour went to Egypt and took the Port Said express from Cairo to Pal- estine traveling in a special car sent by the Palestine government. This is he British government’s Palestine government. It is so thru right of purchase. The British paid pounds sterling for it. They own it in the same way that the Irish Free State end the governments of Jugo-Slavia, Esthonia and Greece belong to them, and as the Polish, Checko-Slovakian and Turkish governments belong to ike French. eo 8 * B !T Balfour did not find an enthusi- tic popwlace turning out to greet Bi He was well protected against the D ople he went to honor with his preser *e... Soldiers guarded him. His route. as suddenly changed for fear of untoward incidents. Jerusalem, which,did not cut much of a figure in world history since the crusaders stopped, fighting over the route to Asia-is onde more breaking into the news. Balfour was scheduled to ay rive in Jerusalem from Cairo but he changed his mind. +s ‘ wte ee was & general strike in the holy city so the noble lord thot the longest way around was the shortest It is a far cry from Rich- to George the imbecile, but the mission of the former Was no different fundamentally to that of Balfour, who is the latter's envoy. Richard went to the Holy Land, ostensibly to wrench the sacred sepulchre from the hands of the infi- del Turk, Balfour goes to assure the people that the mighty power of the _ British empire is behind them , and thelr” erereences: °* @ BR" unfortunately—tor the British empire—the people don’t believe Balfour, They were not so numerous and not so skeptical in the days of » (Continued on Page 6) but the capitalist papers do not tell you that the dead are only from the ——— —~+ working class, and that far from los: ng money, the capitalists are making and intend to make money from the great misfortune. The next day after the tornado, meat prices increased 20 per cent; fresh vegetables 40 per cent; eggs from 23 to 35 cents per-dozen. Armour and company donated a carload of storage eggs, then at once raised the price three cents a dozen. Miners Suspect the Red Cross, The most immediate conflict is be tween the union miners and the Rec Cross, which is viewed with grave sus- picion by the miners for its past and present record of “relief.” While the working people, espec- ially . the miners, were heroically working among the ruins day and night to rescue the dead and dying and bring order out of confusion and ruin, the Red Cross, in practical sec- recy, called together a “citizens’ meetings” of the town’s busitiess men, merchants and exploiters, and had them “elect” a citizens’ committee to supervise the rehabilitation and rer construction of the destroyed area. Secret Meetings Gave Capitalist Control. These citizen’s committees were, in West Frankfort at least, already se- lected before the working people even knew a meeting had been held. They were not invited. Consequently, in the cities the citizens’ committees are almost wholly the very capitalists whose pockets may be filled in one (Conunued on page 6) im Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicagc, by mail, $6.00 per year. STUDENTS FORGE HALT TO. OFFICIAL’S PARIS SPEECH DESPITE POUIGE| | Nf) PARIS, March 29—A crowd of students estimated at 5,000 battled with police today in the Place de Medicis when the police attacked their demonstration in protest against the engagement of Georges Scelle, a high official of the ministry of labor to make a speech on inter- national law. The schedule was postponed. Wales Leaves for Colonies. PORTSMOUTH, England, March 29. —H. M. S. Repulse, carrying the Prince of Wales on his 25,000 mile journey departed from Portsmouth. RUSSO-CHINESE UNITY SUN'S LAST MESSAGE Urged Kuomingtang Pact with Soviets MOSCOW, March 29.—The central executive committee of the Union of Soviet Republics has made public the death bed message to the committee of Sun Yat Sen, leader of the op- pressed peoples of China against for eign imperialism, which urges a closer unity between the people of China and the Soviet government after his death. Sun Yat Sen’s message to the So- viet Republics gives the lie to the capitalist press of the world, which declared that Sun repudiated his friendship for Soviet Russia, and shows that at his death Sun’s most vi- tal hope was that the Soviet and the Chinese people would draw closer and closer together. “Sun's message to the central exe- cutive committee of the U. S, S. R. (Continued on page 3) iat ia! SI CATION IS. FAVORABLE, SAYS DEFENSE COUNCIL The last group of cases cafaing under the survey of the Labor Defense Council has made of the Communist criminal syndicalist cases since the war, are the Michigan cases. Of these cases a great deal has been heard recent- ly, due to the recent Conviction of C. E. Ruthenberg, secretary of.the Work- ers Party, by the supreme?eourt of the state of Michigan. To appreciate the backgrotind of this conviction, However, it is well to recall some of the inci- dents that led to the arrest of some 17 Communists in the small town in Bridgeman, the later apprehension of five more and the self-surrender of ten (Continued on Page 3) WORKERS PARTY IN MINNESOTA WARS ON FAKERS Inaugurates Gigantic Publicity Campaign (Special to The Daily Worker.) MINNEAPOLIS, March 29.—Follow- ing the fake unity convention held in St, Paul on March 20, by the politic- al lackeys of the capitalist parties and the ambitlous schemers who want to ride into office on the backs of the exploited workers and poor f 5 ate of Minnesota, by getting a s' igie- hold on the Farmer-Labor Federation, the Workers (Communist) Party, in this district organized the biggest literature distribution campaign in the history of this part of the country, to expose this piece of treachery. In an open letter to all local unions, farmers’ organizations, co-operatives, workers and farmers, the Workers (Communist) Party declares that it stands now as in the past for the farmer-labor party of Minnesota, that it stands for the unity of all workers and poor farmers in a party based on the class interests of the toilers, but that it is opposed now as in the past to the capitalist political traders, to the sleek lawyers and the careerists, to the business and professional ele- ments, to the job holders and job seek- ers and to the labor fakers who only see in the movement to organize the workers and farmers the vision of a (Continued on page 4) Members Downtown lish Braneh, NEW YORK, March 29—Very im- portant branch meeting this Wednes- day pvening, April 1, All comrades must come. The meeting will begin not later than 8:30 regardless of the | ed Inumber of comrades present, COMMUNISTS WIN A SMASHING VICTORY IN SOVIET ELECTION (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, March 29.—Commun- ists gained a heavy victory in the Soviet election, returns today show- ed. They captured 373 seats, while independents took 127. The Com- munists thus had a clear majority of 246 over the combined opposition. THIRTY MILLION VOTES CASTIN GERMAN CONTEST (Editor's Note:—This issue of the DAILY WORKER went to press too early to give the first results of the election. They will appear in tomor- row's issue.) eee BERLIN, March 29}—Thirty million workers are expected to cast . their votes in Germany’s first presidential elections today. None of the seven candidates are expected to poll a ma- jority of the votes cast, which will necessitate a run-off election wherein only a plurality of the votes cast is required to elect, according. to the German law. The seven candidates are . Ernst Thaelmann, Communist Party; Erie Ludendorff, fascisti; Karl Jarres, mon- archist, backed by the coalition of the nationalists and the Stresemann industrial party; Dr. Held, monarchist backed by the Bavarian people's par- ty, and the catholic party of the south; fom ‘Prussian premier, Otto Braun, socialist; Dr. Marx, republican, cand’ ite ‘of the catholic party; Will- jam democrat. 6 caudéane Party, whose can- didate | 1 tier Thaelmann, is expect: fon pause! bétween two and three mil- TUESDAY, MAR GOVT. | WRECK UNION Carter Is Pliant Tool of “Open Shop” Senators wee jal to The Dally Worker.) HINGTON, DB. G., March 29— A union wrecking precedent in the of the govern- ment printing is been launched by Public Printer JGeorge H. Carter, an appointee of be 4 eorrupt Harding administration, ps Under the guise of enforcing the “economy” program of Cal. Collidge, Carter is relentle: aly exterminating paign without = More Miners Killed in America Than in Any Other Country WASHINGTON.—Lives of coal min- ers in the United States are less safe | than the lives of coal miners in any of the other large coal-producing coun- | tries, engineers in the U. S. bureau of mines admitted, when questioned in connection with the Fairmont disaster. But, argued a government engineer, who admired the coal companies’ effi- ciency, there’s less blood on a ton of American coal than on a ton of Brit- ish or German, because American ma- chinery permits the mining of three times as many tons per man as does | the British system, or the. German. Therefore, even though more men, per hundred employed, are killed by acci- dents in American mines than in those of other nations, our business men must be congratulated! tho: employees. is department that endeavor te maf in union con- ditions in the o' 167 Are Discharged. At one blow 16%) were discharged two weeks ago @ veritible reign of terror prevails. Time was when employees of this department of the government who ‘Were fairly com- petent to do: thi ork enjoyed a security of em! ent not found elsewhere Advancement ¥ government instit sure, while work ity of employment w vacations and a) slow, like other ons, but fairly pleasant. prior- recognized and ities were enjoyed. mished and every Now all this has worker that ‘stand for decent conditions has threat of dismissal hanging over And éince Wash- ington's prin dustry is the go- vernment, dis¢ governmental employes mu mye the city. In- stead of the employment fas frequently the Fadministrations of the government. g office, Carter has ‘instituted a cy of applying the lash and speed: jp, combined with widespread espiol A Tool of ¢ Shoppers. For years the employees of the government c hg rooms were members of } Typographical © union had strong duct of the estab- ition irked the of the, scab, conspiracy was set on foot to *place the control of the printing. office in the hands of reliable labor hating elements. The political culmination of this conspir- acy occurred with the placing of Reed Smoot, the Mormon Senator of Utah and Senator Moses, the flunkey of the New Hampshire textile aristocracy of child labor exploiters, in prominent places on the committee on public printing. The inauguration of Warren G. Harding, March 4,+192%1, was the signal for a concerted drive against organized labor in the government printing office. George H. varter, formérly a mem- ber of the Newswriters Union of Milwaukee, Wis., but who had been clerk of the committee on printing for (Continued on page 6.) Union No, 101. | influence in the e« lishment. ‘This ARABS’ STRIKE DRIVES BALFOUR TO JUDEA HILLS Police Walk Streets As Moslems Protest (Special to The Daily Worker) JERUSALEM, March 29. — Gen- darmes patrolled the streets during the “nen day of Lord Balfour's visit and me! the Arab strikers who are protesting against domination of Palestine by British imperialism. Lord Balfour recovered from his “sea sick- ness,” which, together with the strike of the Arabs, had “indisposed” the representative of British imperialism, sufficiently to allow Balfour to motor outside the hostile city, and into the hills of Judea, The Arab shopkeepers closed their stores in protest against Balfour's vis- it. The heads of the zionist movement which is being used by the British as a weapon to keep the Arab races in subjection, were theonly ones to wel- come Balfour. Many Jewish stores also closed here. ewe Mosiems Protest Visit. GENEVA, March 29.—The league of nations has received two telegrams from Palestine. protesting against Lord Balfour's visit, and the British practice of fayoring one race to the detriment of another, The telegrams were sent by the Palestine Moslem league and the Moslem christian so- clety. England is angeréd at these pro- tests, declaring that under the pro- visions of the only mandatory powers may protest the league. Get a su another Com- munist{ SOLDIERS FACE FIRING SQUAD FOR COMMUNISM Spies Frame | Up 8 Reds in Hawaii (Special to The Daily Worker.) HONOLULU, Hawaii, March 29.< Paul Crouch, and seven other soldier members of the Hawaiian Communist League, an organization including United States soldiers stationed at Schofield Barracks, have been arrest- ed and face courtmartial on charges involving the death penalty and life imprisonment. The sole evidence against the United States soldiers is that they are Communists. Those who have ‘been arrested by the United States government for their political views are;—Private Fred Creque, 27th infantry, a young working class writer, who studied at the University of Idaho, Washington jand Oregon; Private Walter M. Trum- bull, 21st infantry band, formerly a prominent sculptor of Boston, Mass.; Corporal Roy F. Ebert, 35th infantry, graduate of Iowa dental college; Ste- “(Continued on page 5.) ey WORKER. | Wie at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. ~NEW YorK | YORK EDITION Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WO.iKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W, Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL ‘AMERICAN WORKERS JOIN IN Price 3 Cents GROWING WORLD LABOR CRY, “LANZUTSKY MUST NOT DIE!" “Stanislav Lanzutsky must not die!” “Release the victimized workers of Poland’s white guards!’ “Down with Poland’s murderous government of Grabski! Hail to the coming Soviet Republic of Poland!” capitalist dictatorship! “Long live the international solldarity of the workers! Russia!” e * These were the challenges hurled Down with the Long live Soviet * e into the face of the emissaries, con- suls and agents of;the white guard Polish government yesterday in demon- strations taking place in all the largest cities of the United States. They were staged by American workers before the doors of all Polish consulates and in front of the Polish legation in Washington,"D. C. The demonstrations were to protest in the name of the American work- ers against the sentence of death by Stanislav Lanzutsky, a railroad work-+— er now a member of the Polish parlia- ment, whose lifeblood is sought by the white guards of Poland because he delivered a speech before the striking Railway Workers’ Union in the city of Przempl on Noy. 11, 1923, eee Police Attack Washington Demons- tration WASHINGTON, D. C., March 29.— With banners and placards bearing denunciations of the Polish govern- ment’s attempt to murder Stanislav Lanzutsky, Communist member of the Polish parliament, sentenced to death for a speech; the members of the Workers (Communist) Party of Amer- ica picketed the legation of Poland here yesterday afternoon and were driven away only by the assaults of the police of the capital of American democracy. The police were summoned by Dr. Ladislas Wroblewski, the Polish minister, who denied to the newspa- pers that he knew anything concern- ing the railroad worker whose life is sought by the Polish bourgeoisie be- cause he made a speech during the general strike of railway workers in 1923. The Communists promised further picketing of the legation if the Polish government proceeds with its an- nounced design of crushing out the working class movement of Poland, A mass. meeting is being arranged at which protest will be sent to the gov- + > (Contings on: Page 2) passage of suppressive legislation in declaration of the Proletpolitical Ori pushed the legislation thru the diet anese labor. ment, fs to be introduced into the 50th lature, now in session at Tokio, suppress every legal as well as illeg: Judge Told Fellow Grafter to Take $1,000 Per Month EAST: ST. LOUIS, IIL, March 49— The scene of the congresional probe into the official conduct of federal Judge George W. English was shifted to East St. Louis where the sub-com- mittee examined data bearing on the services of C. B. Thomas, former ref- ereo in bankruptcy. Thomas, close friefid of Judge English, resigned when his conduct was oubereres to severe criticism. Court records showed cases where Thomas served as receiver and where he also acted as attorney for the re- ceiver. The first case considered revealed that Judge English had ordered Thom- as to pay himself $1,000 a month as receiver in the failure of the Chicago Fuel company, filed by Jacob Hand- elsman, Elmer Webber, co-receiver, re- ceived a similar salary. Testimony has already been intro- duced indicating that Judge English promised certain East St. Louis bi ers the privilege of handling bank- ruptcy funds in return for positions in their banks tendered his own sons. Saved $30,000; Count Insane. TAYLORVILLE, Il., March 29-—A tragedy of lonliness thru long years of toil, was revealed here today in an at- tempt to declare William Bailey, 62, Hermit plasterer, of Pana, insjne, He is said to have $30,000 saved, from wages on deposit in a Pana bank. De- of Japan ready to be used whenever necess: The declaration of Japanese labot follows: "| tion. JAP WORKERS WAGED BIG STRUGGLE AGAINST PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO AID EMPLOYER’S WHITE TERROR That the workers of Japan waged an energetic struggle against the tended; to crush all attempts of the working class at organizing their forces, is seen in the accompanying ganization of Japan. The Workers (Communist) Party recently issue a manifesto declaring its solidarity with the Japanese workers ‘in their struggle. The ruling class of Japan and itvigmew on the statute books y, ta,combat militant Jap- To the Workers of the World, We Appeal! Ww. ‘the proletariat of Japan, are threatened with a regime of white terror. The, peace maintenance bill, which seeks to supervise all social move- session of the imperial national legis- The bill, under the excuse of maintaining the peace of the land, seeks to al movement of the workers, and of (Continued on page 3) LEADER ILL, THE FASCISTI FACE WORST CRISIS 80 Per Cent of Workers Oppose Rule (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Italy, March 29.—With over eighty per cent of the industrial work- ers of Italy lined up against fascism and the opposition aggravated by the unsavory publicity shed upon Premier Mussolini’s part in the Matteotti mur- der, Mussolini himself afflicted with cancer of the stomach, faces the de- feat of his dictatorship by the ‘work- ers of Italy. Mussolini is in a weaker position at this time than at any previous period of his rule. Mussolini was placed in power by big business. His troops are being fed by money sup- plied by the manufacturers’ associa- But with the strike of even the fascist metal workers union recently, the manufacturers decided they were not getting their money's yorth and demanded one-third of all the seats in the chamber of deputies. The opposition to Mussolini is ex- pected to reach its height with the Matteotti trial, which Mussolini has time and again been postponing, Red Deputies Returned. More complete details of the Com- munist demonstration fn the cham- clared insane, he is to testify for “| new hearing ber of deputies on the occasion of the SContinaed on page 2.) Poland’s capitalist dictatorship upon RED STUDENTS GIVE SCHOOL HIGH PRAISE Pledge to Work Hard for Communism Enthusiasm prevailed at the closing session of the Workers School when a résolution was introduced by one of the students, expressing gratitude to the central executive committee of the Workers (Communist) Party, Dis- trict No. 8, and the Chicago central committee for the opportunity to study Communism and the methods by which the party brings its message to the masses. The resolution also expressed the appreciation of the students for the instructors who so willingly gave their time to make the school a success. The resolution which was passeé una- nimously reads: The Lenin School in Chicago will resfain a handmark in the history of our party. We, the students of the School, appreciate the efforts of the €.B, ©, District No. § ahd the ©. 0, @ of Chicago in bringing this great event abont;.We consider it a great step forward in the bolshevization of our party, and express the wish that it will be possible to make it a perman- ent institution, therefore be it RESOLVED: That, we, the direct beneficiaries of this school, go on fecord as heartily endorsing the idea of the school, and extending our thanks and appreciation to those res- ponsible for it, We wish especially to express our appreciation and regard for the instructors, who, already over- burdened with party work have so willingly given their time that the school, might be a success, And we pledge ourselves to our party that we will go back to our tasks in our respective units to multi- ply our activities and efforts a hun- dred fold. We promise to show by our work, that the school and the sacri- fices which it entailed, will be justt- fied by the results, Women Now Compose Nearly One Half of England’s Workers LONDON, March 29.—The design of capitalists to replace male work- ers with un-organized, and hence low- er paid, women workers, regardless of “breaking up the home”—is shown in the issuance by the government of the 1921 census returns, It shows that there is not a single division of industry in England and Wales in which women are not em- ployed while only 30,000 fewer’ wo- men than men are connected with one or other of the professions, Altogether, 17,188,050 persons were employed in industry at the time of the census, 12,112,718 men and’ 5,065,- 332 women. This is an increase of 234,580 women compared with the census of 1921, Women completely out-numbered men in many industries, including the textile trades of Lancashire, the china and porcelain trades, and the making, of pins and needles. State School Burns. LINCOLN, Ill, March 29—One hun- dred and twelve patients were led to safety here when fire broke out be- neath the floor of the state school and colony for feeble minded. Red Killed in Bulgaria. SOFIA, March 29,— A Communist and a policeman were killed in a street battle betweem workers and po- lice who attempted to break up their meeting, Several were injured. MADRID, Spain, March 29—Premier Primo de Rivera has refused the re- quest of the liberal party to assemble in convention 0S, teenie cites etl an a aN ; \ ae cb Lcd Ss ¥ ss ie Lait tat