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

Ses “the Pekin unity conference. Page: ‘Four CHINESE UNITY CONFERENCE LED BY KUOMINTANG Embraces All Parties and Factions “By JACK ARMITAGE. SHANGHAI, China; April 2.—The Chinese Labor party (Kuomintang) seems likely to dominate in large part ‘ Peace in the orient depends largely upon the outcome of the Pekin conference, In preparation for this the Kuomintang has been strengthened in every way. Tho prolonged illness, followed by the death of Sun Yat Sen has been re- sponsible for the postponement of the conference. Sun’s successor has not yet been chosen, though it is likely that the mantle will descend upon Leu Chung Koi, an ex-governor of Canton, who is chairman of the Kuo- mintang committee of control. To Hear All Views. The Kuomintang has insisted that it be a conference representative of every opinion in China. The Chinese Labor party has nv foolish notions re- garding the position of the oriental workers. Asia’s teeming millions of workers are the proletariat of the world, and its efforts are bent upon the reunification of China the first step in the betterment econ- omic status of the Chinese werker. The control of the Kuomintang is vested in a committee elected by its members. It is usually assumed that the Kuomintang is controlled by pol- iticlans and milit ts at Cynton, to whom the term Bolshevik is applied. As a matter of fact, Kuomintang has its headquarters at Pekin, and the committee of control is drawn from w which radical influence is gaining ground. The party has a big following and. receives a strong sup- port from overseas Chinese, particu- Jarly in America and Australia. ates to the Pekin confer- ence aré now assembled to put forth a workable reunification. The dele- gates represent induetfy, commerce, education, student organizations, pro- vincial associations, labor unions, and agriculture. Tao Quan and Wu Pei Fu will attend as representatives of the military parties, and the political parties “having representation will be the Anfui, Chihli and Kuomintang. Financiers Against Conference. Most foreign financiers hold that their interests demand the disunion of China. It is true that an outcry is raised every time foreign property suffers the slightest damage at the hands of contending military factions, but while many of these factions re- ceive foreign support, and are sup- plied with munitions of war in direct contravention of the arms agreement, such outcries must be logked on as camouflage. ‘ Chang Tso Lin, the Manchurian leader, has declared he will give un- qualified support to the Kuomintang. This will not only strengthen the hand of the labor delegates, but neu- tralize the attempts of foreign fin- ance to bring about disruption. At the outbreak of hostilities last Au- gust, it was freely asserted that Chang would endeavor to replace the Manchus on the throne of China. Be TTL LOL LCCC Number One-- Is a task Getting a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shop-mate or member of your union is a task for the very best kind of a Communist organizer. You must must place before the uninformed worker every argument as to why he should sub- scribe to The DAILY WORKER—and to the Communist principles it advocates But it is the task of every Communist. This is the field in which are found not only the future members of the Workers (Communist) This is the developed the Organizers. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub is a task of no small importance! Try it on your shop-mate—it munist of you! If You Suceced—Use This Blank RATES FE00 a year § 8.50~6 mouths £200 9 months CMO -! F00 ayear F450 6 months NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO THE DAILY WORK NAME STREET. ely scattered provinces, in all of! steadily | BUILDING TRADES UNIONS IN | NATIONAL CAPITAL FACE OPEN | SHOP DRIVE RUN BY BANKERS ‘ co (Special to The Dally Worker) | WASHINGTON, April 2.—Hundreds'?of strikebreakers have been re- | cruited in Richmond, Baltimore and the Master Pai association of Painters’ Union | likewise being listed to replace union men who may go out when their own | demands are rejected within the cqm- | ing fortnight. é W. T. Galliher, chairman of the board ‘of directors of the Federal- American National bank, one of the largest in the city, presided at a meet- ing on March 30, of a special commit- tee of the bankers, real estate men, | speculative builders and sub-contrac- tors, at which plans were laid for the struggle to break the building trades unions in the District of Columbia un- less the unions drop their demands for a raise in pay. All the allied in- terests pledged support to sub-con- tractors who should refuse to pay the higher scale and take the conse- quences, The painters and other unions in- volved in the demands refuse to give up hope that the bosses will agree to a peaceful solution involving some degree of incfease in wages. They recognize that’ there is cheap labor available in cities south of the Poto- mac, but they do not believe it can be imported to Washington and main- tained here as a strikebreaking force with any success to ‘the actual build- ers.. They consider this maneuver a | bluff. Wieden Party of Milwaukee Holds. . Membership Meet MILWAUKEE, ..Wis., April 2.—In | accordance with the decision of the | district executive committee, a gen- | eral membership meeting of all party members will take place Saturday, April 4, at 7:30-p..m., at the Miller | Hall, 802 State. street. The attendance at the meeting is compulsory for all party members. | Branch secretaries:are instructed to cancel all meetings scheduled for that date. All members must attend with- out fail. Only party members in good stand- ing will be admitted. Admission to the meeting will be by membership cards only. The following order of business will be submitted: 1. Industrial work: A-—Shop nuclei. B—Trade union activities. Report on the trade union activi- ties will be made by Comrade Jack Johnstone, acting secretary \of the Trade Union Educational League. The report will include the situa- tion in the machinists, building, needle trades~and other unions. 2. The DAILY WORKER. 3% May Day;celebration. 4. Sub-district conference. 5. Report on party problems by the representative of the district ex- ecutive committee—G. §. Shklar, Secretary. GET A SUB AND GIVE ONE! of no small importance. state, prove, convince—you Party, but also— field and work in which are highest type of Communist . will make a better Com- Philadelphia, according to officials of Washington, to replacé members of mS68 in the event of a strike on April 6 in support of the | demand of the union for a wage of $10 a day. Non-union painters in Rich- mond are said to be, getting only $6. 60. Men of other building trades are CLEVELAND HAS COSTUME BALL SUNDAY, APRIL 5 Dancing, Music, and Gymnasts on Program CLEVELAND, April 2.—More feat- ures are being added to the program | for the international entertainment, | bazaar, and costume ball, to be held on Sunday, April 5, at Grdina’s Hall, 6021 St. Clair Ave., by local Cleve- jland, Workers Party. The Lettish Singing Society has agreed to appear, in addition to the German, Hungarian, Jewish, Lithuan- jian, Finnish, and Ukrainian choruses. Nell Amter and Jerome Land will be among those who will provide instru- mental music. Finnish Gymnasts Appear. The Finnish gymnastic teams will appear, the women’s team being es-| pecially proficient in calisthenics, and | providing a novel and very interesting | drill. The Russian Mandolin Orches- tra, which always receives an ovation, will also be on hand, The committee is arranging for re- freshments during the evening inter- mission, so that anything from coffee | and a sandwich to a substantial meal at a very moderate price, can be se- cured. Award Prizes. Dancing is scheduled for 7:30, and the evening will be featured by the numerous national costumes which will be worn by the dancers, for the best of which individual and group prizes will be awarded; and by bal- let dancing by Lillian Krestan, one of Cleveland’s leading artists in this line. Jack Bros. peppy union orches- tra will provide the music. | Child Workers Ruined in Health’to Pile Up Profits for Employers NEW YORK, April 2.—Half-of New York’s working children of 14 to 15 years have physical defects, said State Industrial Commissioner James A. Hamilton, and these defects are ag- gravated by the work they are doing. Half of the children wfth flat feet must be on their feet most of the day; one-quarter of the children with defective eye sight work under eye strain; more than half the children | with heart defects worked under con- ditions of nerve strain. | Almost half ‘the children working, entered industry because the money | was needed at home, In summing up his report Hamilton remarks: “Sub-| jJecting the child under 16 to condi-| tions of work which tend to break | down rather than strengthen his phy- sical equipment would seem to be false economy.” Prison Strike Against Contract Slave System Was Fully Justified CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 2.—An investigating committee of the West Virginia legislature reports that the recent strike of convicts at Mounds- |ville penitentiary against illegal changes of tasks in the contract la- bor shops was “morally justified”— jalthough many of the convicts have |meanwhile been punished. The com- mittee also declares that the contract: secured by Isador Gordon, the Bard- j all and the Kleeson companies were \illegal. Gordon is one of the heads of the prison contract labor trust, of which the two companies are known as subsidiaries. The legislative com- mittee finds that the contract labor system itself was responsible for this prison strike, and it recommends that the system be abolished. Records Go to Italy, PARIS.—The international " aero- nautical federation awarded to Italy today six world records for weight carrying by airplanes and seaplanes formerly held by Lieuts. MacReady, Henderson, Stanley, Hardison and Holland of the United States. Get A Sub And Give One! Chicago, Illinois. containing a full descriptive g FUNIOR GROUP ‘PUTS ON PLAYS’ AT PARTY pals us rac Have Big Program for First Anniversary The first anniversary of one of the brightest, most energetic and militant groups of the Juniors was celebrated by the Foster Juhior Group of Browns- ville. This group, which has parti- cipated in many party affairs, de- monstrated that the. boys and girls composing it, fot only understand what Communism means and what }ts aims are, but also that they pos- sess the energy to go forth among the boys and girls of this country and do the propagan@a‘and organizational work necessary to build up a power- ful youth movement in the United States. 4 ? Shows Fighting Spirit. The Foster group showed its fight- ing spirit in the tableau “Slavery and Freedom” and im the two-uct playlet “The School.” The young comrades played with zest; and understanding. in the tableau they showed that they well understand the struggle that the workers are engaged in, and the dy- namic enthusiasm’ with which they gave the tableau was catching. The playlet is very effective and was played with wonderful clarity and precision. This little play should be given by every group in the organiza- tion, The three main roles were played by three comrades of the Jun- iors, Louis and Sadie Mikells and Anna Rishen. These three boys and girls played with splendid finesse. We older comrades who haye gone thru the American schools and know what they stand for, once more lived thru our own youthful experiences. It is said that the two young comrades, Louis Mikells and Anna Rishen, in giving definitions of the world capital- ism, parasite, Communism and So- viet, supplied their, own. definitions, which were as correct as Marx him- self has put them,’ 7 Performance Captivating. The verve with which the children played was captivating: Do Commun- ist children excel? “Have they the mil. itancy that children. should have who are not spoiled by the vicious school system? Is there’ atty substitute for the Junior Groups}in this country to train children into militants and fight- ers against the ° ing capitalist system? There is-“none, despite the fact that some comfédes not only do not appreciate the work that is being done by the Junior (Groups, but also seem to be opposed» to the Junior Groups as a matter/of principle. The Junior Groups of New York, and particularly the Foster Group, have been given good leadership and training by the “Young Workers’ League of New York. Their conscious- ness has been intensified, their vigor increased. The matural, instinctive fighting spirit has**been increased. Pay Heed to Juniors. If comrades of the Workers Party would only pay more attention to the splendid work that is being done by the Junior Groups, particularly of New York City, if they would criticize less and help more—if, they would answer the appeal of the Young Workers’ League and of the Junior Groups, to send their children into the groups— just as the Juniors and the league ap- | peal to the non-party proletarians to do, then the movement would groW|tion, hygiene, etc., and there is also a with greater speed and enregy. substitute for the Young Workers’ League. Therg is also no substitute efor the Junior Groups, despite all sug- gestions of non-partisan schools of every character. Israel Lifschitz was chairman of the meeting, which he conducted like an adult. During the evening, which was one of tremendous enthusiasm, Com- rade I, Amter spoke about the youth movement in Soviet Russia, and Com- rade W. Herberg-addressed the assem- blage in the name of the district com- mittee of the Y. W. L. The evening was instructive, elevating, inspiring. All hail to the Juniors! “Albanian Garibaldi” Killed. ROME.—A message from Tirana, Albania, today anfounced the death in a fight with Albanian gendarmerie of Bajram Kurf; known as the “Al- banian Garibaldi” He had sworn un- remitting opposition to Premier Zogu after the overthrow of Bishop Fan Noli as premier, y Give your shopmaté this copy of the DAILY‘ WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to get his subscription. WORKER sae INSTITUTION FO. CHILD LENINGRAD, April 2.—In., spite of extreme economic conditions, much was done in Leningrad during the years of revolution with respect tf pro- tection of motherhood and childhood. But the greatest achievement of all was the establishment of the Institute for Mother and Child Welfare. The premises of the institute consisted of 17 pavilions spread over an area of ten dessiatines. There are at ren’s cots in the institute, present about 700 mothers’ and child- The institute is really quite a little township with various types of in- stitutions, whose business it is to look do everything for the protection \of motherhood. The work of the institute is under the direction of the council consisting of prominent medical men, jurists, biologists, and social workers. The institute has a considerable number of departments. There is a consultation room for mothers with children, and pregnant women, Nurses Are Fully Trained In the consultation room, there are fully trained nurses who give the mothers advice on sanitation, hygiene, ete, The waiting room is a large, light circular hall, Its walls are covered with picture posters dealing with the protection of mothers and children. The room next to it is the weighing room which is provided with a special children’s weighing machine. Chil- dren suspected of suffering from in- fectious complaints are not allowed into the general waiting room, but are taken to a special room divided into. separate little .boxes. From the weighing room the children go with their mothers into a large light cor- ridor, from which a number of medi- cal consulting rooms may be entered. The waiting room for pregnant wo- men is at the other end of the cor- ridor and has a separate entrance. Its walls too are covered with slogans and posters, : In the same building is the chil- dren’s clinic for special complaints (therapeutic, surgical, nervous and eye and ear complaints). It has also a special entrance. In the main building there are: a surgical department with a splendidly equipped operation room, Rontgen rays cabinet, department for internai complaints, a clinic for nursing chil- dren and a distributing department for children under 12 months. Here the Children are examined, kept under observation and then sent to the spe- cial mothers’ and children’s homes. In the large two-storied pavilion to the right of the big avenue the ma- ternity department occupies the first floor. It is well equipped and very light, clean and comfortable. The newly born babies are put in a spe- celal ward away from their mothers. On the second floor is the department for pregnant women to which women are admitted two months before their confinement if they are in poor cir- cumstances. And then there is an- other department where mothers stay with theid babies for two months after their confinement, also in cases of economic hardship. Here too, every- thing is clean, light and comfortable, white furniture everywhere, slogans and ‘posters on the walls. Separate bed-rooms and a separate dining-room. Five of the pavilions are hotels for mothers with their children, and then there are three pavilions for children only. y Instruction Given Mothers The mothers take duty in turn. They look after the children, work in the linen and in the dining room, and are also encouraged to work in the sewing room, which is in a separate building. Mothers get instriction in sanita- hool for the liquidation of illiteracy. | sc There is no substitute for the Work-| There is a milk center in one of the ers (Communist) Party; there is n0| pavilions, which 48 beautifully equip ped,—a special room to which the milk is delivered and where it is cooled, a room for the sterilization of milk and for the preparation of milk foods. These rooms are provided with special sterilizers, cooling -appar- atuses and separators. Here too the milk is bottled, There is a special bottle-washing room and a waiting room, also a laboratory with the ne- cessary aquipment for scientific work. after healthy and sick children and to GALA SPRING DANCE BY WORKERS’ SCHOOL SATURDAY, APRIL 11 NEW YORK, April 2.—The Work- ers’ School will hold a gala spring entertainment and dance on Satur- day evening, April 11, at 108 -East ~14th street. This Is the first affair arranged by the school at the new headquarters and promises to be a prize event at our workers’ house. Among the many _ interesting features of the evening will be an exhibition of Armenian folk dances by Varya Stepanian, well-known Armenian dancer. Music will be furnished by the orchestra of the English William burg branch, the farge of which has spread among our ranks thruout the length and breadth of the city. Comrades and sympathizers are urged to make no other arrange- ments for the evening of April 11, and to come to the Workers’ School at 108 East 14th street. Ce A anne enenene enone ized shortly, consisting of represent- atives of factories and works situated in the Viborg district, as well as re- presentatives of social organizations. This nucleus, as a proletarian social organ, is to establish contact between the institute and the factories and works. The social-judicial department which is being organized in the in8ti- tute will make it its business of study and to realize the lega] rights of mo- ther and child, Finally, the institute is undertaking to be the patron over one of the uyezds, to give instruction.and render help in uyezds mother and child wel- fare work, and first and foremost to organize medical conéuitation in the villages. I t¢ The institute is closely connected with all Leningrad mother and child welfare institutions, and is, so to speak, their scientific*and leading center.—Yasnaya. : Chicago Activities Friday, April 3. Greek Branch, 722 Blue Island Ave. | Polish North Side, 1902 W. Division St. Monday, April 6. Douglas Park English Branch, 3118 W. Roosevelt Road, business meeting. North Side English Branch, 2409 N. Halsted St. . Nineteenth Ward Italian, 921 8S. Loomis St. Get a sub—make another Com- munist! Communist—in or out of have met. ‘ The outstanding feature of this de- partment is its scrupulous cleanliness, which equals that of the operation room. At present this milk center pre- pares about 60 different foods for nursing children who have to be arti- ficlally fed, The tasks and possibilities of this institution are enormous. The idea is to train in the institute a cadre of mother and child welfare workers for work in the country.’ The institute most become a center for the further development of the science of bring- ing up healthy children, a science which is yet in its itifancy. Social Work Big Task ty Apart from scientific work the insti- tute makes social work one of its main tasks. A motherhood and child hood protection nucleus will be organ:/ And While You Build the Labor Movement— For every $6.00 worth of subs ($8.00 worth in Chicago) we will gladly serid you a leather-binder with patent clasp making all sheets detachable; with pocket for reeeipts and note paper for your use catalogue of all Communist books a publications from “The Source’ of All Communist Literature in ‘ Country”.the DAILY WORKER, 1113 West Washi Bly iene te ee succeeded—let the DAILY it; you can do it better with pocket (if you can) to the you want to convince, With the aid of the best munist.” Zee 5 CALAN Send this PROPAGANDA MOTHER AND ELFARE IN LENINGRAD TACTICS OF G.l. TAUGHT AT N.Y. WORKERS’ SCHOOL Classes Held in Bronx, Harlem and Brooklyn NEW YORK, April 2.—The Work- ers’ School announces that a course in the Principles and Tactics of the Communist International is now being given under its supervision in the Workers’ Educational Centers of Bronx, Harlem, and Brownsville. To Trace World Situation, Beginning with an analysis of the world economic situation and the crisis of capitalism, the course will then take up the problems of Com- munist tactics and the building up of mass Communist parties. A study will be made of the organization of the»: The second task that is asked of every (Communist) Party—in the Second An- nual Sub Campaign is very much easi You have no doubt tried to convince; you have surely stated the Communist princi- ples and program to many workers you You did this as the task of a Communist. But where you may have not as yet Pay for a subscription out of your own Communist principles and practice in the DAILY WORKER reaching him every day —you will surely “Make Another Com- ’ In Order to Succeed—Use This Blank —— PATE S - @ yoar § 250-6 months $200 9 montis a F450 8 months $25, F: to “Make Another Communist” i NY Communist International and the Com- munist Party, devoting special atten- tion to shop nuclei reorganization, propaganda work of the Communist Party, the winning of the peasantry, the national and colonial questions, work of co-operatives, among the youth, etc. The course will close with an analysis of the special problems and tendencies of the Communist \par- ties in the leading countries. The chief text tT be used fe the theses of the Fifth Congress of the Cdmmunist International, as contained in No, 8 of the “Communist Interna- tional.” This will be supplemented by other important documents. Classes are as follows: Bronx Educational Center, 1847 Boston Road—Hvery Tuesday evening, 8 p. m. Instructor, I. Stamler, Harlem Educational Center, 64 Hast 104th street—Every Tuesday evening, 8 p. m. Instructor, Rebecca Grecht. Brownsville Educational Center, 1701 Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn—Every Monday evening, 8 p. m. Instructor, George Siskind, Everyone Can Enroll. Comrades ..and ‘sympathizers are urged to enroll at once. In the prev- ious term classes in the Elements of Communism were conducted in the ‘Workers’ Educational Centers. The course now offered supplements this study of Communist theory, but may also be profitably taken by those who did not follow the other course, This course will also be given by Comrade Joseph Brahdy at the West Side headquarters, 345 West 39th St., date to be announeéed. A course in the Elements of Com- munism, with Ray _Ragozin as in- structor, will be given every Friday evening, 8 p. m.,. at 64 East 104th } street. For information and registration in- quire of secretary, Workers’ School, Room 34, 108 East 14th street, or of the Workers’ Educational Centers. \ Uruguay Women Ask Vote. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, April 2.— Within a year women will be given the right to vote here, according to Baltasar Brum, former president of Uruguay. French Stay in Germany. PARIS, France, April 2.— That France will not evacuate the Cologne area in Germany was intimated by a member of the Foch commission. ieiianineneenen crn aciclimiaianaiiaimaaaiaa aii eleals Number Two-- Is just as important—but it’s easier. the Workers WORKER do “Our Daily.” worker whom expression of —— SUB to a worker