The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 4, 1925, Page 2

Page Two —— JUDGE SHIES AT - RED'S MAY DAY PIN AND MAIL But Finally Sticks to Minor Charge The three members of the Young Werkers League who were arrested for distributing circulars in front of the Boston Store exposing miserable conditions there, were given small fines and forced to pay the “costs,” in Judge Gentzel’s court, room 1106, city hall, yesterday, Valeria Meltz and Joseph Plotkin were fined. $1 each, and Benjamin Vogel was fined $5. When asked why he had been fined more than the others, the judge said that Vogel was from St. Louis and therefore should not have “mixed up in any Chicago affairs,” Letters Ruled Out, The prosecutor tried to drag the letters, which were taken from the three Communists when they were ar- rested two weeks ago, into the trial as evidence, but upon objection of David Bentall, attorney of the Commun- ists, such evidence was ruled out. Benfall showed that the charge was disorderly conduct and the question of the beliefs of the defendants was not involved. The judge seemed inscensed that Comrade Vogel should be wearing a May Day button with a red ribbon on it in court, but was finally persuaded to mind his own business and stick to the disorderly conduct charge. Arrested at Boston Store. The three Communists were ar- rested by the private detectives of the Boston Store and turned over to the central station-house police. They were threatened with deportation charges, but upon investigation by the federal authorities it was found that there was no evidence against them and they were held on the “disorderly conduct” charge. French Students to Call General Strike to Get Dean Back PARIS, April 1.— Students of een universities in France were ed today to join the entire Paris University, including the Sorbonne, in a forty-eight hour students’ strike be ginning Thursday as a protest against the suspension of Dean Berthelmey of the law college. The dental, pharmacy, medical and Political science colleges already have ,agreed to the strike. The action follows the student dem- onstration Saturday in protest against Professor Scelle delivering a lecture on international law because he was an appointee of Premier Herriott. Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to get his subscription. “UNITY!” an English publication of the National Minority Move- ment that is now sweeping all England, is THE LATEST PAMPHLET WE HAVE RECEIVED. Besides statements by GEORGE HICKS, EDO FIMMEN, TOMSKY and others, this pamphlet of 40 pages includes 14 PHOTOGRAPHS PITTSBURGH T. U. E. L. GENERAL GROUP MEETS MONDAY NIGHT, APRIL 6 PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 3.— While the trade unlons have not succeeded in gaining a solid foot- hold In the industries In Pittsburgh, Pa,, the militants nevertheless are quite alive. The metal trades have for some time been a leading factor carrying on actual work for the establishment of the left wing. The militant steel workers are actively repairing for the coming convention of their union the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Stee! and Tin Workers. The militants in the needie trades have control of the local unione and even the bullding trades are getting on the Job mak- ing a beginning in ordering and act- ively distributing 300 copies of the pamphlet “What Wrong With the Carpenters’ Union?” The various groups will meet jointly in the general T. U. E. L. group Monday, April 6, to esta- blish the proper connections be tween them as individual groups. The meeting will be held in the In- ternational Socialist Lyceum, 805 dames St., N. S., 8 p. m. Arne Swabeck, district organizer will speak on “Late Developménts in the American Trade Union Move- ment.” The regular T. U. E. L. busi- nees will also be transacted. British Protest Seen as Counter to U. S. Objection LONDON, England, April 2.—Fol- lowing the protest of the American government to China regarding the punishment of a steamship captain who had caused the death of several Chinese, the British imperialists, thru the Baldwin government, have also ‘lodged a protest with China. The protest-sent by the British ob- jects to the use by Chinese troops of the Chinese railroads in which Eng- lish stockholders have holdings. The British claim these Chinese railroads are still indebted to British stock- holders. The protest is seen as a counter protest to the American objection. The British are anxious to keep the American capitalists from gaining too much control over the Chinese. Vaccinate Mill Slaves. PAWTUCKET, (R:.1., April 2.—Be- cause one of their employes contract- ed smallpox, 2,700 employes of the Manville-Jenckes. textile mills here were vaccinated with smallpox serum. The vaccination was compulsory. Vote On Women’s Bill Soon. SPRINGFIELD,, UL, April 2.—The bill limiting the hours of labor for women in industry to eight hours per day, with exceptions in seasonal and public utilities occupations, will be voted on by the house on April 14, it was agreed by house leaders. A. J. COOK, TOM MANN, of the authors and the British trade union delegation in Russia. 15 CENTS EACH. We have received only a limited number—requests will be filled in order arriving in the office, THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. 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Y, TEACHERS’ FIGHT FOR WAGE RAISE STILL ON NEW YORK, April 2—The Ricca teachers’ salary bill, inadequate as it is to meet the present-day cost of liv- ing and giving only the miserable in- crease of $25 a year to the large bulk of the teaching staff, is meeting with much opposition now that it has reached the final stage of its fight and awaits the signature of Governor Al Smith. * The joint salary committee of the teachers’ organizations composed of William R. Lasher, chairman, Anna R. Pettebone, secretary, and Benjamin Mandel, publicity director, have issued the following statement ‘on the latest development in the New York teachers’ struggle to get an increase in their wages: Altho the Ricca teachers’ salary bill was passed unanimously by both houses of the legislature, the bill is by no means out of danger. Before Governor Smith will affix his sig- nature to the measure,,he must be convinced that the taxpayers of the | scognize the justice of the teach- ers’ claim, Mayor Hylan has come out on two separate occasions against the mandatory character of this legis- lation, alleging that it will increase the city’s tax rate. Reports are being circulated in which the cost of the bill is inflated from $1,500,000 to $17,000,- 000. Altho the teachers are asking for an average increase of but 15. per cent, which is far below the increase in living cost, yet it is being widely spoken of as an increase of 20 per cent. Teachers and parents who want to see the Ricca bill signed by the governor should immediately secure the passage of favorable resolutions by influential local organizations— civic, political, labor, fraternal and social. Copies of these resolutions would be forwarded at once to the governor, the press and to Mr. William R. Lasher, chairman of the joint salary committee, 3177 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn. Plutocracy Steals Native Riches in the Philippines ‘Continued from page 1.) Stephen Duggan, member of the com- mittee, said here, “The American system provides a;ladder from kin- dergarten to university up which any boy or girl may rise according to na- sive capacity.” Bootblack to President. But the facts give the lie to Dug- gan’s familiar “from bootblack to president” bunk, An analysis of the lumber indus- try, made here recently, discloses that all but three Filipino lumber ompanies have been driven out of the field by foreign concerns.. There are three large Chinese lumber con- cerns, four Spanish, two English, and ‘our American, the largest on the is- lands. Incite Fishing War. | The fishing fleets of the Philfppines are controlled almost entirely by the Japanese, including the large fleet in Manila Bay. The American con- trolled papers here, and the Wood dictatorship are urging the Philip- pines to gain control of the fishing industry. The Americans of course, plan to have the natives do the dirty work in a fishing war, and then take over the control of the industry, thru Wood's dictatorship. Such is the mé- thod of the capitalists to “American- ize” the Philippines. Robbed of Language. The Filipinos find themselves rob- bed of evem their language The fed- eration of women’s clubs, one of the many American organizations form- ing a part of the foreign dictatorship, are engaged in a campaign to make the English language the sole medi- um of expression, “If the people of the Philippines are to develop national feeling, and na- tional institutions, there must be a common tongue—English,” said Vice- governor Gilmore, speaking before this club. The American capitalists have tak- en a cue from the Brittsn imperialists and are displacing the existing com- mon tongue of the natives with the tongue of foreign imperialists in or- der to make control of the dependent nation more secure, Steal Native Riones, American imperialism is bitterly combatting the independent party, un- der the leadership of Manuel Quezon, because the Philippine Islands are is- lands of rich in hemp, tobacco, hard woods, tin, rubber, rice and sugar; because they are the distributing point for United States commerce with the Orient, and are the militar istic base for the furtner enlarge- ment of the sphere of American im- perialism in the Pacific. Leonard Wood, whose constabulary are even now chasing the Moro na- tives, and who have killed scores of Peasants who were fighting for a de- cent; wage, declared in a speech here ‘before the American bar association, Manila branch, that these bloody acts are attempts to instill in the \public @ respect for law enforcement.” He said th Catholics, Fortified in Church, Fire Upon Mexican Troop Patrol MEXICO it aot 2—-In a clash between federal}soldiers and catho- lic civiliang in jascalientes ‘five sol- diers and & number of civilians were wounded. A group of catholics was stationed fn the tower of a church. As the mounted patrol neared the church the men in the tower opened fire. The troops retreated without an- swering the shots*until the command- er received orders from General Tala- mantes to capture the church. After an exchange of shots the church par- ty was dislodged. A Spanish priest named Giraud was arrested, charged with inciting to riot. ‘ POLITICIANS IN EFFORT TO DENY PROSPERITY END Scurrying About to Prove “Prosperity” poe lh 2G WASHINGTON,—(F. P.)—April 2.— Stock market collapse and the severe reduction in purchase of soft coal by the industries of the country are two elements in the creation of a series of rumors in Washington that the busi- ness outlook is not good. Secretary of Commerce Hoover has felt it wise to announce that business prices are no true index of the indus- trial outlook. Secretary of the Treas- ury Mellon made a similar statement some days earlier, Still the pulse of the commercial speculators in Washington is jumpy, and a regiment of statistical experts for bankers and manufacturers is studying the latest reports to gain an impression of what is coming next. Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor is likewise watch- ing the turn of affairs, as reports come in from many directions indicating that unemployment is growing. He says he has no proof that the total of unem- ployment is greater than has officially been estimated; trade unions do not maintain a service news of unemploy- ment. Nevertheless, the soft coal situ- ation is not indicative of an early de- crease of the army of unemployed, Tells Combine to be Good. WASHINGTON,:'D. 'C:, April 2.— Ten coal dock operating companies, handling 80 per cent of the bituminous and anthracite coal pr¥duced in Penn- sylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, are ordered by the federal trade commission to, “cease and de- sist” from certain practices, designed to drive’ ali Illinois coal and other all-rail coal and the distributors of such coal from the market in Minne- opolis and St. Paul. The combine is known as the Northwestern Coal Dock Operators’ Association. It is ordered to refrain from efitering into any sgreement or combination to restrain or suppress competition in the sale of coal at wholesale or retail. Illinois coal is union mined. The combine has been dominating non- union fields and foréing Ilinois min- ers to hunt new jobs. eae EARLS Judge Backs Phone Trust FRANKLIN, Ind., April 2—The charter of the Indiana Bell Telephone company, remained intact today fol- lowing the verdict of a jury which deliberated only 20 minutes before de- ciding against the state. The judge told the jury that the |: evidence in the case was not sufii- cient to warrant the death of the cor- poration, The state sought to have the charter of the company forfeited and a receiver appointed on the grounds that some of its contracts re- strained trade and created a mon- opoly. British Dislike Greco-American Loan. ATHENS, Greece, April 2.—The Hambros banking interests of Eng- land have objected to an agreement recently completed by the Greek gov- ernment for a loan from an American Wall Street concern, it is reported here. ° The objection was on the ground that under the last convention dealing with loans for refugees. Greece was prohibited from concluding any loan without the consent of the league of nations, Blame It on the Girl. INDIANAPOLIS, April 2—John C Klein, driver of the motor car which struck 5-year old Jeanette Hedrick, resulting in the child's death, today was charged with manslaughter. The charge was changed to involuntaty manslaughter after witnesses told po- lice the girl stepped into the motor ist’s path and that he was driving slowly. Soviet-Chinese Trade MOSCOW, April 2.—To encourage Soviet-Chinese trade and also to assist the Ekaterisburg Fair, which {s an important event in the commercial life of all the Ural district, the Soviet government has ordered that goods sent to this fairfrom China proper and Mongolia, be passed free of duty. counseled, Get a sub—make another munist} is still sound, and that stock market |” THE lh WORKER Church Backs Bosses in Fight ‘to Maintain Seven-Day Work-Week By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. TODAY, the same aggregation of “open shoppers” that made war on the anti-child labor amendment to the federal constitution, is now opening an offensive against the fight of the workers for one day's rest in seven. Up close to the head of the procession in both these anti-labor drives are to be found the religious reactionaries who cloak the blackest crimes of capitalism under the mantel of “freedom” and “liberty.” It is now hypocritically argued that grown workers, men and women, should be allowed to toil any hours they choose, just as it was urged that children must not be robbed of “the god-given right” to'enter industry any time they desired. * * * . . In Washington, D. C., there has actually been set up an organization that sends out its propaganda attacking all ef- forts to shorten the work-week. It parades under the euphonious title of “Religious Liberty Association” and is out to save, as it claims, large sections of the American working class from being compelled to toil six days instead of seven days each week. Its philosophy is summed up in this paragraph: . “The right to work and the right to rest are natural God-given rights ‘which are left with each Individual to decide for himself, just the same as the number of hours he is to sleep at night, when he is to retire, when he is to arise in the morning, and how many meals he should eat a day and what combination of food he should take for the benefit of his health, To compel a man not to work when he wants to work, is the exercise of arbitrary authority.” That is the basis on which the big profiteers in the steel trust insisted on keeping the seven-day week going in that industry until they realized they could no longer keep the workers in leash. They claimed the twelve-hour day and the seven-day week were good for the workers; that the work- ers liked it, thrived on it. But, rather peculiar, they never permitted the men in the mills to speak their views on this matter, ° ° ee $ The employers and their subsidized organizations, like the “Religious Liberty Association,” are ae an, increas- ingly hard time of it trying to delude workers into believin they have any rights under capitalism. Increasing masses 0’ workers know that they eat, sleep and work at the will and the whim of the bosses’ dictatorship, except where they are able to thwart its edicts thru their own organized strength. If there are any “god-given rights” the boss has them. It was the Pennsylvania mine owner, Baer, who once claimed that he ruled over the mine workers thru divine right. Only the powerful organizations of the hard and soft coal miners in that state have liquidated that dream. * * Many workers do not know what is meant by capital- ism. It is a Bolshevik word they do not fathom, But they instinctively know that it is the bosses’hand that sets the alarm clock. The fight of the workers for one day’s'rest in seven is an example of this fact. This shorter work-week fight involves hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of workers, in many industries. It parallels the five-day week fight in other industries. There is only one pou that permits John D. Rockefel- ler, Jr., to pray in his Fifth Avenue’Church in New York City, on Sunday, while armies of workers toil at their jobs in the oil fields, or other branches of the oil industry. That is the power of dollars in Rockefeller’s grip. Perhaps, in the words of the “Religious Liberty Association,” Rockefeller, Jr., mum- bles this lie: ‘ “It must always be remembered that every man has a natural, in- alienable right to work at any time he wants to work, as well as a right to rest when he wants to rest, without let or hindrance on the part of the state or an industrial commission.” That is the usual frandulant propaganda of the open shoppers. oee#e? Workers have only those rights that they fight for and win. Today the big fight is to win power from the capitalists who control the lives of the workers under capitalism. Struggles for the eight-hour day and the six-day week, are but small preliminary skirmishes in that long war. The war nears its victorious ending for labor in Soviet Russia with the © building of the Communist Society. The church in Russia, before 1917, was all on the side of the czardom. Yet the capitalist world feels shocked to think that the Russian workers and peasants should now, in the day their victory, have no use for the church. The “Religious Liberty Association,” in its fight against the “one-day-rest-in-seven” movement, also helps open the eyes of workers to the real mission of the churoh under American capitalism. It is thus helping teach the workers a lesson that the church is their enemy. Let the workers profit by this lesson to the limit. Trust Plans New Road. SAN FRANCISCO Y. W. L. Branches Meeting Friday Night| All branches meeting tonight will hear the reports of their delegates from the city central committee meet- ing which was held Tuesday. Vital problems of activity discussed at the city central will be before the branches for action, Questions of organization of shop nuclei, the Young Worker sub drive, the Negro work and many other equally important matters are on the order of business, All branches have reported increase in membership and activity and we can well expect good business meetings tonight. The branches meet as follows: Are Branch No. 1—6th Floor, 166 W. Washington St. Area Branch No, 2—1910 W. Roose- velt Rd. Area Branch No. 88116 So. Hal- sted St. . Area Branch No. 6~2409 No, Hal- sted St, Area Branch No, Bllyd., basement. Everybody is welcome, 6—2623 Hirsch Joseph Montana, borer, was shot in the hall of his home at 1123.8, Pet oria St, The cause of the shooing is unknown. Montana is oxpected to re. cover WASHINGTON, April 2—Reporte were curent in Washington today that the New York Central was behind the project to build 344 miles of new rail- road across Pennsylvania east and west and to be known as the New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago rail- road. Railway men saw in the proposed new construction a plan of the New York Central for a shorter route to Chicago. Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to sge him the next day to get his subscription. i only. GETS RECORD IN SHOWING MOVIES “Beauty and Bolshevik” — Draws Big Crowd SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.—C. J. Read, secretaty of the San Francisco conference, International Workers’ Aid, reports a record breaking suc- cess at the recent showing of “The Beauty and the Bolshevik.” “Every seat in California Hall was filled, and the biggest crowd that. was ever seen at that hall stayed to the dance. The pictures were highly appreciated and already people are asking when the next one is coming. Show Big Success “If you have time you might let all Chicago -know that the San Francisco show was one of the biggest sticcesses we have had for many a day. We feel encouraged over our success with the picture, and by the spirit shown by the spectators.” ¢ It should be noted that the San Francisco committee has shown every film put out by the I, W. A., so pro- letarian movies are no novelty there. Yet “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” . met with this sensational success and gut everybody on the lookout for the next film, Should Book Movie There are several hundred cities in this country where this Russian film masterpiece has not yet been shown. {n some of them are committees ex- perienced in running workers movies, in others there are able comrades who, if they once try, will find that it is easier to run a ‘successful movie than to put on a good meeting. Every local, large or small, should book this movie at once, by getting in touch with the movie department, In- ternational Workers’ Aid, 19 8. Lin- coln St., Chicago, Ill. Red French Deputy Repulses Attack of Upholder of Police PARIS, France, April 2—The Com- munist deputy, Renaud Jean, was at- tacked in the lobby of the chamber of deputies by the nationalist deputy, Perinard. Comrade Jean had de- nounced ice interference with Com- munists who were staging a demon- stration at the Sorbonne university. Perinard shouted vile names at the Communist, and when they met after The Communist repulsed the attack with one well-timed blow full in the face which shook all the fight out of the nationalist and forced him to hastily withdraw. Bankers Reorganize Packing Companies in 3rd Big Merger Following the establishment of a gigantic automobile combine by the merger of the Dodge, Packard, Hud- son and other auto manufacturing companies, with the Briggs Body com- pany, and the Goodyear Tire company by Wall Street bankers, and the com- vine of the Standard Oil with the Do- neny Oil corporation, comes the an- nouncement of the reorganization of the Wilson Packing company. The packing concern, one of the “big four” members of the packing trust, will be taken over by a group of bankers, headed by the First Na- tional bank. Important Young Workers League Meet in New York NEW YORK, April 2—On Sunday afternoon the Young Workers’ League of New York will hold a membership meeting at 105 Eldridge St., to dis- cuss the past work of the league and our present tasks in this district. There will be a general report by the district organizer and discussion of the report. Every member of the Young Work- ers’ League of New York must attend this meeting. There will be taken a roll call, and all those absent will be disciplined. Out of town branches of Distriot No, 2 ¥, W. L. are invited to attend this meeting. The out of town adjournment in the lobby, Comrade j tive to the meeting, Admission by membership , ee oO Among other subjects: the recognition of a view of the developments in Soviet Russi Mexico; the Negro and situation in the miners-and the textile industry; a discussion of different views of Leninism— plus poetry, photogrophs, cartoons and an inter- national review section—combined in the April issue (and as interesting as eleven other issues in one year) make THE well worth the subscription price of $1.25 for six months and $2.00 a year. the trade unions; the WORKERS MONTHLY so ea nee