The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 31, 1925, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER FLOWERMAKERS 2 LOBBY ON CHILD SLAVERY BILL Offer Solons Bribe to Kill Measure ALBANY, New York, March 29.— Manufacturers of artificial flowers and feathers, who sub-contract their work to tenement dwellers in New York city, have lobbied at the New York as- sembly here so successfully that a bill to prohibit tenement house work will probably be killed. Charges that the bill was recommit- ted to t dustry assembly committee on in er cob de Jong, president of the American Association of Flower and F her manufacturers, had ap- proached assemblymen with threats and bribes were made in the senate. The bill, which has been killed at every session of the legislature for the past few years, would prohibit the manufacture of artificial flowers, feath- rs powder puffs and other articles for toilet and attire in tement houses. Altho the lobbyists blocked the bill in the assembly, it was passed in the 6, after one senator charged that ldren of tender age are being em- ployed in tenement house manufacture ‘n unsanitary and unhygenic condt- Hons,” ‘ “These articles,” he added, “are be- ing sold in Fifth avenue shops.” Although at a public hearing on the bill no one spoke in opposition to it Several senators declared they had been offered bribes to kill the bill. ae (Continued from page 1) t of Premier Grabsi thru the an state department. ee 8 Crowds Demonstrate In New York NEW YORK CITY, March 29.—A srowd of 2,000 workers appeared be- fore the Polish consulate here yester- day afternoon, and with banners and in speeches demanded the release by the government of Poland, of Stani- slay Lanzutsky, a railroad worker and Communist member of the Polish par- liament, from a death sentence im- posed for leading the railway workers’ strike of 1923. The demonstration was led by mem- bers of the Workers (Communist) Party, and the Young Workers League, Police were summoned hy the frightened consul, for the pur- pose of guarding the timorous agent of the Polish capitalists and..land- lords. oe 2-¢ Six Arrested in Detroit DETROIT, Mich, March 29.— Gordon Owens, district organizer of the Workers (Communist) Party, William Reynolds, president of the carpenters’ district council, and four other members of the Workers Party were arrested yesterday after- noon when they led a demonstration + of several hundred workers before the Polish consulate in protest against the imminent execution of Stanislav Lanzutsky, Communist member of the Polish parliament, sentenced to death for making a speech. eee Chicago Workers Challenge White Guardism An imposing demonstration against the murder by Poland of Stanislav Lanzutsky, was staged yesterday be- Polish consulate in Chicago, North Robey St., by crowds vorkers led by the Workers (Com- munist) Party and the Young Workers League A thousand workers cheered the many speakers who, voicing the pro- tests of American workers against the murderous capitalist dictatorship of Poland, demanded the release of Lan- tutsky and pointed out the hypocrisy of the “democracies” which pretend to represent all classes, yet which always surpress with violence workers’ or- ganization. The Fake of “Democracy” it was shown that even in the “de- mocratic” parliament the right of workers to raise their voices are choked by the hangman, Lanzutsky's repetition in the house of parliament nd on Dec. 18, last year of his c the railway workers made Przemp! in the railway strike of 1923, having led directly to the de- mand for his death by the Polish cap italist dictatorship. Leaflets were distributed calling all workers to the great mass meeting of protest arranged to take place Sun- .day afternoon at the Ashland Audi- torium, ‘The Polish counsel, George Barthel Weydenthal, called the police, but these did not interfere with the de- monstration to the extent of making Demonstrators Gather Eearly. ‘The demonstrators gathered early in large numbers at the Soviet School, 1902 West Division street. They in- cluded not only the members but also the sympathizers of the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers’ League. Arrayed with huge placards, carry- ing the slogans of the day’s demon. stration, the workers proceeded up West division street and then south, on Robey street to the Polish consu- late at 1115 N, Robey street. Hhere the demonstrators for Lanzutsky, sing- (. : TROIT POLICE SUPPORT THE POLISH HANGMEN OF LANZUTSKY IN ASSAULTS ON COMMUNISTS By EDGAR OWENS. (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., March 29.—A demonstration of Detroit workers before the Polish consulate, 80 E. Garfield, protesting against the proposed hanging of Stanislav Lanzutsky, Communist member of the Polish parliament, was brutally attacked by the police Saturday morning, March 28. But the attack failed of its purpose even tho nine of the demonstrators were taken to police headquarters where uniformed plug-uglies made a vain attempt to frighten them. Several hundred men and women gathered before the Polish consulate at ten o’clock and marched back and forth. Banners were displayed, carrying such slogans as, “Down with the+ Polish democracy which hangs its worker members of parliament,” “Polish democracy maintains itself EIGHT SPEAKERS AND with the aid of the hangman, save Lanzutsky,” “Hail to the Communist Party of Poland,” and others of a like nature. Wants to Tell Him Their Opinion. A committee of four of the demon- strators. went into’ the consulate and demanded to see’'the august repre- sentative of Poland, but this worthy sent an understudy to be interviewed. The committee presented the protest of Detroit’s workers against the pro- posed execution of Comrade Lanzuts- ky, and demanded that the sentiments of these workers be cabled to the white guard vassal of French imperial- ism in Poland. This the lackey promised to do and the committee came out of the con- sulate with Al Goetz, spokesman, at their head. While Goetz was an- nouncing the results of the conference to the crowd, a bull-dozing cop stepped forward and demanded to know if Goetz belonged to the consulate. Goetz was quick to deny this foul slander “Lanzutsky Must Not Die!” ing “The Red Flag” and “The Inter- national’ flaunted their banners in the face of the local representatives of the Polish reaction. These banners de- clared that, “American ‘workers pro- test against the murder of Polish workers by the Polish white terror;” “Long live the Communist Party of Poland—Long live the Workers (Com- munist) Party of America;” “Down with the Polish bourgeoisie and their white terror;" “Long live the Com- munist International;” “Save the life of Stanislav Lanzutsky, Communist member of the Polish parliament,” and many other similar appeals .. Then there was one inviting all workers to Sunday’s demonstration at the Ash- land Auditorium, called to demon- strate for the release of the political prisoners of the working class. Hold Open Air Meeting. While the paraders ‘carried the ban- ners with these slogans up and down before the Polish consulate, a large open air meeting was started by Mar- tin Abern, local organizer of the Work- ers (Communist) Party in such’ close proximity that the Polish consul, Weydenthal and his associates could easily hear the voices of the speakers denouncing the government that they represented. Among the speakers were Jack Johnstone, acting secretary of the Trade Union Educational League, J. Louis Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORKER, and M. Marck, co-editor of the Polish weekly, Trabuna Robotniza, and member of the bureau of the Pol- ish section of the Workers Party, Not the First Murder. “We are here assembled before the Polish consulate,” declared Marck, “not in order to petition the consulate to save the life of Comrade Lanzut- sky. We are here to protest against this dastardly outrage of the Polish bourgeoisie. “This is not the first murder of the Polish capitalists against the workers and peasants .of Poland, But never before did the Polish ruling class so openly tear to pieces the so- called immunity of a member of the diet as in the case of Comrade Lan- zutsky. “Comrade Lanzutsky. was the first one in the Polish diet to defend the rights of the workers and peasants of Poland. At every opportunity he tore down the mask of hypocrisy from the representatives of the middle class, bourgeoisie, and yellow social- ists who combined to keep the work- ers of Poland in subjection. “The ruling class of Poland can- not destroy the Communist movement in Poland. The historical words which Lanzutsky uttered in his last speech in the Polish diet are still ring- ing in the ears of the Polish bour- seoisie, that ‘Communism will defeat you.’” into Polish Business District. When the gathering had swelled to thousands, a parade was started thru the Polish working class district. It took the marchers down West Divi- sion street, to Milwaukee Ave,, where are to b¢ found the local Polish capi- talist dailies, the great banks headed by Polish capitalists, and other: busi- ness institutions of the district, es- pecially those of John Smulski, the Polish millionaire, grown rich thru the exploitation of the Polish workers. Thousands of leaflets were given out along the line of march and great interest was manifested everywhere by the Saturday afternoon throngs. The marchers went up Milwaukee ave- nue and then circled back to Division street and to the Soviet school. There the marchers were addressed by Lo- cal Organizer Abern, after which they dispersed, . A PARADE DEMONSTRATE | IN NEW YORK’S PROTEST (Special to The Daily Worker.) NEW YORK, March 29.—Demon- stration was staged against Lanzut- sky execution before Polish consul- ate at Fifty-sixth street and Third avenue, under the auspices of the Workers Party, Young Workers’ League and International Workers’ Aid. . Speakers were Gitlow, Manley, Chernenko, Weinstone, Amter, Poyntz, Brahdy and Fox. Resolutions were adopted. One thousand in a parade with banners followed, ending up at district head- quarters. There was no interfer- ence.—Charles Crumbein. and the cop informed him that he was standing on private property and would have to move himself hence, Goetz stepped off the lot on to the sidewalk and continued his announce- ment. “The inspector wants to see ye,” yelled the bull. “And I want to see him,” replied Goetz. And they IN IREGAND AS FAMINE’ SPREADS Cattle Are Dying in Thousands BELFAST, March 29—That the Irish workers and peasants who are suffering from hunger owing to the famine situation that exists thruout the western part of the country, may revolt, was the prediction of Col, George O'Callaghan Westropp, wealthy former from the County Clare who is attending a conference here. Cattle are dying at a tremendous rate and practically: all the sheep in many townlands are already dead and in other localities 80 per cent of the live stock perished. A traveler;could not journey along any road without meeting two or three funerals every day. *** That the famine situation in reland is growing more: serious is now ad- mitted by impartial observers. In a cable to the Irish Workers’ and Peas- ants’ Famine Relief Committee a few days ago, Helen Crawford, who is sup- ervising relief ,activities of the Work- ers’ Internatio Relief in Ireland, urged immedia¥e financial aid from the workers of this country to their broth- ers and sisters in Ireland. Free State Lies, The Irish Free State officials, tho obliged to make an appropriation for the famine stricken, still deny that there is a famine. The Free State government wants a foreign loan and a famine is not good for its credit. The Irish republican party of Ireland under the leadership of DeValera and the reactionary Mary MacSwiney in wended their way to the hoosegow. Then the fun began. Bulls, Beef and Bolsheviks, A couple of auto loads of bulls re- enforced by a gang of plain clothes dicks and department of justice stool- pigeons, arrived by this time and at- tempted to rush the crowd. But the crowd refused to be rushed. One of them bumped against Phil, Raymond and Phil made a most noisy obpection. “Come along,” bellowed the bull. Phil surrendered before a superior weight of beef, and was taken to keep Goetz company, Jack Reynolds, who loves a police- man like a cinder in the eye, likened these official disturbers of the peace to the hangman of Poland which made the gentle guardian of the law so in- dignant that le insisted that Jack take a walk to the bastile, which was but a block away from the consulate. »-Nok began the police onslaught to gain possession of the banners. A pretty skirmish ensued in ‘which the entire police department of the Can- field district was required to capture the banners from the women. The crowd continued to walk back and forth and absolutely refused to dis- perse. A display of sawed-off riot guns “failed completely to awe the crowd. Second add Detroit Police An Inquiry of Police. Edgar Owens then went to the po- lice station and demanded to know what charge had been preferred against the arrested demonstrators. This was a sad mistake, as Owen im- mediately discovered when he found himself cast in the midst of the other culprits. Next came John Rushton on the arm of a cop. “What did you do,” we asked. “I disobeyed the bull,” replied the indignant John wrathfully, Were Walking Toward Soviet Russia. A few moments passed and Bud Reynolds and Ruth Fern were brot in. “We were walking east towards Soviet Russia and a cop insisted that we walk west. We refused. We insisted on our constitutional rights to walk east. He informed us that the consti- tution was suspended. And here we are.” The party was ‘growing. Arnold Zekit and Arvid Owens caine to the jail in quest of information. “Get Morey Sugar on the phone and tell him to come down at once,” said old Ow- ens to Young Owens. Being a dutiful son he made a mad dash for the door, but a cop grabbed him and our party increased by one. Zekit made a side line drive but another cop tackled him before he could make a getaway. There were now nine “enjoying” the hospitality of the police, who make common cause with the hangmen of Poland. The Inspector Offended. | In the course of an hour the inspec- the United States, declared the famine is British propaganda, tho the Irish republican party has been collecting money in this country for several years “for the relief of republicans,” De- Valera’s cute for the misery of the Irish is to teach them to speak Gaelic and say their prayers in the native tongue, a language which he has not time to learn, But the famine has been principally confined to the Gaelic speaking west. The Workers’ International Relief has organized a branch in Ireland un- der the leadership of Robert Stewart, a Communist, which has already estab- lished relief stations in Donegal. The only organization in the United States which is making a serious attempt to collect money for Irish relief is the Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ Famine Relief Committee with headquarters at 19 South Lincol Street, Chicago. Leader Is Sick As the Fascisti Face Worst Crisis (Continued from page 1) appearance of Mussolini, show that after the Communist deputies, out- numbered ten to one, ‘had been thrown from the chamber by the fas- cist cut throats, they ieturned and stayed until the end of the session. The Communists had spoiled the fas- cist demonstration for Mussolini by singing the International and shout- ing, “Long live Communism.” Mussolini, who looked seriously ill, did not seem to be aware of what was going on around him. During the Communist demonstration Mussolini sat, pale and thin, staring straight in front of him with apparently sight- less eyes. The doctors attending Mussolini re- fuse to make any statement with re- gard to his condition. Mussolini made his appearance, his friends say, in a desperate effort to halt the growing friction between the “moderates” and “extremists” who have threatened to split the ranks of the fascisti, Join the Workers Party! Judge Rol Miners. EAST ST. LOUIS, Il, March 29.— Federal Judge Walter C, Lindley, test- ifying against his associate in the eastern district of Ilinojs, Judge George English, who is with graft, sores tyranny and incom- petence, decl: ‘that Judge English sought to have Him appoint his son, George English, Jr. as attorney in a bankruptcy case, It was generally understood thruout the district that English was appointing his referee in bankruptey, C. B, Thomas, to ‘umer- ous lucrative receiverships. Thomas wag appointed receiver for tor came in and began a browbeating| the Gem Coal company, which cheated harangue which seems to be universal with police guys. advised Bud Reynolds which threw the inspector off his line of argument and after a bit more blustering he took names and addresses and told the prisoners that they could go. They announced that they were returning to hold forth before the Polish consulate, which they did. The demonstration continued until the consulate closed about 1:00 p, m. It was a pronounced success in every way. The attempted disruption by the policé merely served to acentutate the fact that Comrade Lanzutsky rests in the shadow of the scaffold. Another demonstration will take place before the Polish consulate on Saturday, April 4 at 10:30 a. m. This demonstration will be given adequate publicity and will bring out great hosts of Detroit workers, otlog the miners of Sessor and Pinckney- “Get & soap box,"| ville out of thousands of dollars in wages, i — eis Avalanche. Kills 16 mussians, IRKUTSK, Eastern Siberia, March 29.—A train speeding for Verkne- Udinsk was overwhelmed today near Irkutsk by a great avalanche, Sixteen dead and thirty injured were recover- ed from the wreckage. ' Lay New Cable. NEW YORK, March 29.—Newcomb Carlton, president of the Western Un- jon Telegraph company, and important cog in the electric trust, on his return here from Londéf announced that he to a London of a new New: ik ie Crumbs ‘in Workers Must Reject . the Struggle || IN SECRET MEET For the Whole Loaf By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL "TODAY, another sob writer, so-called, turns loose his silly stuff in one of the local effect that court bailiffs in ellow capitalist sheets, to the hicago are organizing them- selves into a relief body to befriend poor workers, unable to pay their rent, whom they are forced to evict from their homes, It is to be doubted whether this fiction has’ any exist- ence outside the brain of the kept press hack who wrote it. Yet it is typical of the kind of material that dote on. * 8 prostitute editors If workers went out on strike for wages enabling them to pay their rent, then the mad dog press would turn upon them, as they always do, in bitter rage. Or if they sought unemployment relief, under the slogan of “Work or Wages!” then they would be charged with eing Bolshevists. But to have the bailiffs of a capitalist court throw a few pennies into a hat, to relieve for a few moments some extreme case of poverty,—that makes a good story—that's god-sent charity. COAL BARONS ~ AT CLEVELAND Intend to Break with ' Miners’ Union (Special to The Dally Worker) CLEVELAND, March 29—The coal operators of the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania are quietly holding ses- sions here with a view to evolving plans that will enable them to modify in their own favor the terms. of the Jacksonville agreement or else break completely with the union and run their mines open shop. The Jacksonville agreement, has two years to run, but the operators are not squeamish about breaking agreements. Only John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America con- siders it a mortal sin, for the miners, to seek modification of wage contracts |, It is the kind of charity that is peddled once a year, around Christmas time, in the form of a basket of stale food, by churches of all creeds, by the salvation army, the volunteers of America, and other organizations that thrive and grow rich off the agony of the poor. These are the profiteers in poverty. * * It were better if the Chicago court bailiffs, little cogs in some old party political machine, organized as workers and, among other demands, put up a fight for an-increase in wages themselves. Some of them receive as low as $166 per month to do the dirty work that is thrust upon them. If they organized as workers, which is not to be expected of _ them, they might realize their solidarity with the rest of the working class and refuse to evict workers unable to pay their rent. William Rooney, chief clerk of the muni- cipal court, for instance, rids himself of this apologetic philosophy: “Just because we're bailiffs, we're not the worst people in the world. There is nothing we hate to do more than evict worthy people just because of sickness or unemployment, or some temporary dis- ability they have gotten behind in their rent.” That is the bleating of a human slave in an ass’s skin. It is a cheap effort at excusing his own degradation. He Confesses himself worse than the profiteering landlord, whose tool he is. The landlord at, least ts the benefit. A terror is created. The poor renter, pays the landlord first; even if his children must go hungry and without clothes. But the bullying bailiff, usually picked because of his soft head and hard heart, like any police cossack, gets a mere pittance in wages that may stop ‘after the next election, when he must make way at the political pie counter for the . lackeys of some rival capitalist political master. Any self-respecting worker will spit in the face of the bailiff that offers his family a meal and at the same time » kicks his. broken furniture out on the the rain, often in the cold of winter. pride in his class, will reject all fotms of charity as an ef- fort of the great employing class to keep the rising working class contented with its lowly lot refs Mesimy in very worker, with aw In those revolutionary days in Russia between March and November, 1917, the world capitalists were willing to give the workers and poor peasants,-with their heels upon the fallen czardom, all the crumbs. the was one thing they would not wanted. But there HE WHOLE LOAF. ive; That was just what Russia's worbens and poor peasants de- manded, “ALL POWER"; and that.is what they got in the Bolshevik revolution, because they refused to accept the crumbs thrown to them by their masters. Let the workers and poor farmers of the United States reject the crumbs of American capitalism, whether they come in the form of pennies from bailiffs, or cloroforming legislation from the capitalist lawmaking bodies—congress or the state legislatures. Let them organize, carefully and deliberately, for the seizure of all power, for the whole loaf; for the Soviet rule of America's workers and poor farmers, leading the way to Communism. GAL SLAPS AT CHINA AS FLEET PRACTICES WAR American Forces Out to Intimidate Pacific (Special to The Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, D, C., March 29.— American imperialism, thru the Cool- idge government, is making an active bid to dominate and exploit the gov- ernment and people of China, The Coolidge government has filed a pro- test with the Chinese foreign office at Pekin, claiming that the Chinese vio- jated “American sovereignity,” when they arrested Capt, Hawley. Killed Chinese. Th# Coolidge administration is pro- testing Hawley’s arrest despite the fact that the way in which he steered of Chinese who were being unloaded his boat, the Chichuen, was’ respon- sible for the drowning of a number from the boat. Hawley started his steamer too soon, and the waves upset the Chinese sampan, drowning at least three Chinese. At the same time, it is announced that nearly 200 American battleships, almost the entire navy of the United States, will steam to Hawali for ex- tensive battle maneuvers, following which the battle fleet will go to Aus- tralia and New Zealand,‘not returning until Sept, 27, 7 Beat War Drums. ‘Wall Street is acceustoming the workers of the United Stites ‘to the roar of gung and the smoke of battle. War manouvers are being concentrat- ed in Pacific waters, wher American “vom jiu capitalists are competingwwith Japan | get his subscription, . and Great Britain for control of Pa cific markets. The big guns of the dreadnoughts of the battle fleet were fired again in the Los Angeles harbor yesterday, when the fleet for a second time en- gaged in battle practice, The administration congressmen are to use Gen, Mitchell's “exposure” of the alleged small size of the United States air forces, to conduct an ex- tensive campaign during the next ses- sion of congress to spéed up war pre- parations, it was announced today, The house naval and military affairs committee will “investigate” the air forces and no doubt, will recommend a larger air force. Military Bunk Here, In line with the nation-wide cam- paign of the capitalists of this coun- try to drum up a war spirit, the 65th cavalry division association will stage a “military show” in Chicago on May 22, 28, 24. The announced purpose of the military demonstration is to “stir up interest in the army, and stimulate enrollment in the citizens’ military training camp.” ; In Belleville, Ti., work is being rushed on the RS-1, the largest diri- gible attached to the United States army air corps. Wood Controle Manila Courts. MANILA, P. 1, March 29.—Manuel Quezon is making a sensational cam- paign in the elections, largely against the American dictator, Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Quezon has attacked the supreme court, claiming it is in the hands of American imperialists, The courts recently ruled against the independents with regards to election inspectors. Give your shopmate this of the DAILY WORKER—but sure to see him the next day to in their favor. Waited for Opportunity, The conference of coal operators of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and IIli- nois set for March 17, was indefinitely postpone owing to disagrement as to the methods to be used. John L. Lewis speaking for the mine workers stated that a conference between the officers of the International Union and the coal operators for a revision of the Jacksonville pact was out of the ques- tion. The Indiana and Illinois operat- ors thot it was better to wait awhile and let the policy of attrition wear down the strength of the miners’ un- ion before opening the grand attack. The DAILY WORKER representa- tive learned that the postponement of the March 17 conference did not mean the abandonment of the effort to break the Jacksonville agreement. The oper- ators in the south western territory had also sighed a contract with the union on the terms of the pact, but they decided to shut down their, mines and open them non-union on April 1. Came Unheralded. The latest conference of coal oper ators was not heralded by advance publicity as the two previous ones were, It met quietly and was in ses sion two days before the news leaked out. Among those in attendance is William G, Warden, chairman of the > board of directors of the Pittsburgh Coal company, Warden admitted when interviewed that he expected the rep- resentatives of the Indiana and Illinois operators to appear before the confer- ence was over, The operators claim that the low wagé scale paid by the non-union mines in West Virginia and Kentucky are making it impossible for them to hold their own in the market. On the oth@r hand Lewis and his crooked re- actionary machine refuses to organize the non-union fields, but uses up most of his energy driving the progressives out of the union. Open Shop Glass Firm Gets an Injunction Against Glaziers An injunction to restrain Glaziers’ Union, Local 27, and its business ag- ent, George H. Meyers, from interfer- ing with or conspiring to injure the business of the Ravenswood Glass company, 900 Eastman street, was asked in a bill filed in the superior court by Jacob I, Goldman, president of the company. Goldman charges that when he tried to work on an open shop basis glaziers told him they could work for no one unless Meyer permitted them to do so. Later, the bill sets forth, Meyer or- ganized an association for the fixing of prices and required contractors to pay him 1% per cent of their gross re- ceipts. Afterward, the bill states, Meyer changed the charge to $25 month for each the contractor. Hunger Strike of Red Prisoners in Hamburg atan glazier employed by/ / / The two-week hunger strike of German Communists, se long prison terms charged with part in last year’s revolt, has . The hunger strike stirred up a Pitter dis- cussion in the Hamburg council fer the persecution of tha’ Commun. ts. Three of the Communiéts were so weak they had to be taken to the pris- on hospital, Kerensky’s Wife Stays in Russia and Gets Divorce LENINGRAD, Russia, March 29— Mme. Kerensky, the wife of Alexander Kerensky, enemy of the workers and - peasants of Soviet Russia, secured a divorce from her counter-revolutionary husband in October, 1923, it was re- vealed here. , Kerensky is editing an anti-Soviet newspaper in Prague, and his wife, rather than betray the Russian people, Y jelected to remain here and secure a divorce, GET AS ‘ ws" R B AND GIVE ONEI