The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 5, 1925, Page 2

| ia 4 2 480,000. *only ‘a small portion of the newspaper Page ‘two PRESS HUSHED BY HUGE FUND OF EMPLOYERS Advertising Is Used Against | Labor By LELAND OLDS. The figures of the advertising bu- reau of the American Newspaper Pub- lIishers’, Association reveal the enor- ne mous hush fund lining up the news- papers of the country solidly behind the employers In every big Industrial crisis and Inducing them to poison the public mind against labor's effort for decent standards. The report shows 100 typieal cor- porations whose 1924 support of the press thru paid newspaper advertis- ing totals over $43,000,000. Official es- timates make this only one-fifth of the amount spent by corporations. Altho making sales is the ostensible motive of this expenditure, {t is in reality the newspaper publisher’s only sub. stantial ‘means of support. Newspa pers today are a parasite on the em- Ploying class and are not likely to bite the hand that feeds. Who Owns the Press? Among the 100 corporations lsted the following spent over $1,000,000 each on newspaper advertising in 1924, 1924 Newspaper Advertising. General Motors (partial $2,985,000 Ford Motor ... 2,000,000 Victor Talking Machine.. 1,900,000 American Tobacco .... 1,600,000 Liggett & Myers Tobacc: 1,500,000 Standard Oil of Indiana. 1,500,000 Calumet Baking Powder. 1,400,000 Wrigley Chewing Gum. 1,250,000 Dodge Brothers Motors. 1,200,000 Paige Motors 1,000,000 Other contributors listed are Post- um Cereal $875,000, Corn Products * $800,000, U. S. Rubber $750,000, Heinz 57 Varieties $600,000, Hart, Schaffner “and Marx $500,000, Union Pacific $570,- * 000, Quaker Oats $400,000, Shredded Wheat $350,000. Food corporations contributed over $6,000,000 of the total, the auto in- dustry over $9,000,000, tobacco $3,700,- 000, ofl $2,320,000 and railroads $1, The compilation represents advertisers many of whom spent just as.much as those on the list, Workers Foot Bill, Altho these funds are spent to per- Suade you to buy a Ford instead of a Hupp, Pepsodent instead of Pebecco, or gum and tobacco instead of food and clothing, the effect makes the press entirely subservient to the capi- talist interests. The enormous stream “of news and comment which issues “@ach day to form public opinion is subsidized to support the employers. Labor cannot get its side adequately presented, particularly in times of crisis. o And here’s the joke. The workers dre paying this ‘subsidy thru the ad- vertising charge which enters in the cost of every advertised product they buy. They are supporting the press “which poisons the public mind against *»their cause. Coolidge Approves British Rule Over Palestine Arabs| JERUSALEM, April 3.—Representa- tives of the United States government have again indorsed the oppression of the 600,000 Arabs in Palestine, by ap- Proving the Hnglish manipulation of the Zionist movement to perpetuate control of Palestine by British im- perialism. Oscar C. Heiser, United States con- bul in Jerusalem, took part in the opening of the Hebrew university here on behalf of the United States gov-| ernment. The opening of the school | was made the occasion for a demon: | Btration by the British imperialists, who sent Lord Balfour to officiate. The Arabs were on strike in protest | turing the ceremonies, Subscribe the “WORKER! Madison Pharmacy INC, BETTER DRUGS Light Luncheon Served 1154 Madison Street, Corner Ann for DAILY OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Four Phones Chicago Furnishings LADIES’ MEN'S INFANTS’ Where Your Money Buys the Most *Martin’s 651 West North Avenue East of Halsted St. , Trade SAM jtook occasion to again attack |be pushed again unless KOPP GOES TO TOKIO TO SPEAK FOR UNION OF SOVIET REPUBLICS (By Rosta News Agenoy.) MOSCOW, April 8.—Victor Kopp has been appointed ambassador of the Union of Soviet Soolalist Republics to Toklo, Kopp was born In 1880, His diplomatic career started In 1918, when he was called to the post of counsellor of the Russian Soviet embassy at Berlin. Then, from June, 1918, to May, 1921, he was representative of the Russian Soviet Republic In Germany. peopl Kopp is a member of the collegium of the commissarlat of foreign affairs of the U. S. 8. R. SHIPPING BOARD SALE TO DOLLAR ‘1S RESTRAINED Five Steamers Sold at One-Sixth of Cost (Special to The Dally Worker.) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.— Justice Hitz in the district supreme Herriot Dumps His Finance Minister to Save His Own Neck (Continued from page 1) Leon Blum, parliamentary leader of the French socialists, It is significant that all elements in the chamber, out- side of thé Communists endorsed his appointment. De Monzie was one of the most outspoken opponents of Her- riot’s vatican policy, in the left bloc. He favors having the charge d’affair- es at the vatican for the whole of France and not for Alsace only, The entire Herriot ministry ts ex- court here today issued a restraining | pected to resign shortly and it would order against the United States ship- ping board, preventing it from selling he five liners now operating in the *aciic to the Dollar Shipping Lines. rhe restraining order was sought by the Pacific Mail Steamship corpora- tion, which now operates the vessels under lease from the government, and which bid for the purchase of the vessels. the shipping board by a vote of 4 to 8, those voting against it demanding which cost $30,000,000 and which were sold for five, million dollars. Creates Monopoly. Commissioner Frederick Thompson, who voted against the deal, declared that the sale to the Dollar company “created a monopoly of American flag passenger service In the Pacific- Orient trade under one control.” Vice-chairman of the shipping board E. C. Plummer declared that the ships were worth at least double thé amount to be paid for them!” He showed that the profits Imst year were two million dollars, after paying all commissions; brokerage charges and operating expenses. Dollar Open Shopper. R. Stanley Dollar, who bought ‘the ships for his concern, is one of the richest capitalists on the Pacific coast. He was instrumental in send- ing Thomas J. Mooney to jail for la- bor union activity, and inaugurated the open shop drive to smash the la- bor unions on the Pacific coast. WAR MINISTER QUITS IN FIGHT. ON ARMY BILL (Special to The Dally Worker) ROME, Italy, April 3—The minister of war in Premier Mussolini’s cabinet, |General di Giorgio, has resigned, fol- lowing violent opposition in the cham- jber of deputies to Mussolini’s army bill. Mussolini was forced to request Postponement of a vote on the bill. Another Fist Fight. Another riot broke out in the cham- ber when Deputy Viola charged that the government had concentrated fas- |cisti troops at the polls in the recent jelection in the Caserta commune, thus intimidating voters and throwing out votes against the fascist candidates, Deputy Farinacci, secretary of the fascist party, who is in favor of ex- treme violence against the opposition, the Communists, but he was soon quieted. Sees French-British Menace, In the senate, Mussolini made a short speech, urging Italy to increase its navy and army against the British and French. “Today Britain brings her fleet into the Mediterranean and |France has her naval program, which includes the spending of five times as much as Italy,” Mussolini said. He urged a “security pact” with Germany. The proposal to reduce the standing army was made by de Giorgio, at the instance of Mussolini. The proposal was that the term of military service be limited to three months. This would have made the fascist militia the dominating force in Italy, and give an excuse for increasing this force, The government was about to be defeated until Mussolint’s plea that the vote be postponed. Deputy Viola is the deposed presi- dent of the veterans’ association. It is thought that the army bill will not Mussolini can make sure of mustering the votes |to pass it, Kluxer Held on } Five Counts for Kidnaping Girl David C, Stephenson, 33, ana, by the Marion county grand jury leged attack on Miss holter, sault.and battery with intent to kill assault and battery with intent not surprise political observers here to see Gaillaux finance minister in the next government as a preparatory. step to his assumption of the premier- ship. De Monzie is by no means satis- factory to the big capitalists, tho their representatives voted for him owing to his position on the vatican ques- tion, He took the lead in the negotia- tions that led to recognition of Soviet The transaction was accepted by | Russia. In Desperate Condition What led to Clementel’s resignation that the government keep the ships, | was the finance minister's statement in the chamber, that the treasury was in a desperate condition and that a new issue of bank notes to the tune of six billion francs was necessary. This information threw the bourgeois and socialist deputaties into an uproar and the resignation of the Herriot government was immediately called for. Herriot tried to calm the storm but his words failed to reassure the politically excited solons, neither did they please Clementel who could see himself being led up the mountain a la Abraham's son, to give up his pol- itical life as a sacrifice to the exigen- cies of Herriot’s administration. The inclusion of de Monze will not affect the financial puddle in which France is in. It is reported that a French commission is about to visit the United States with a view to seek- ing a way out the desert. There is talk of a Dawes plan for France, and with England and the United States turn- ing the screws it is hard to see what the French bourgeoisie can do except bow the knee to Wall Street. The only alternative to the Dawes plan is the workers’ and peasants’ govern- ment and the rule of the proletariat. Herriot Swallow Hard That Herriot ate a full dish of crow on the vatican question is proven by the statement of minister of the in- terior who said that the cabinet in- tended to withdraw from the budget the section dealing with the vatican and would consider the appointment of a charge d’affaires for France. So desperate is the financial situa- tion that the advocates of a state lottery are gaining new adherents The franc fell off six points when Clementel’s proposal for a new paper issue was made public, hitting a new low of 5.17% cents. see Take Your Choice PARIS, April 3.—The French for- eign office made the following com- ment on the vatican situation. “The government's vatican policy is unchanced. De Monzie accepted the ministry under the condition that the government would study the vatican question further, thus giving De Mon- zie an opportunity to attempt to con- vince the cabinet of his views.” 7h > Another Story PARIS, April 8.—De Monzie is re- ported to have accepted the post of financial minister with +the under- standing that the governments policy against maintaining an embassy of the vatican would be changed. “I obtained satisfaction on the vati- can question before accepting the ministry,” de Monzie told newspaper- man, German Socialists Support Catholic Party in Election (Special to The Daily Worker.) BERLIN, April 3.—The official count of the ballots in the recent Ger- man presidential election gave the Communist Party candidate, Ernst Thaelmann, 1,870,000 votes. Dr. Marx, the coalition candidate of the socialists and catholics, is expect- ed to be the next president, Dr. Jar- res will be the candidate of the fas- cists, monarchists and conservatives. Ernst Thaelmann will again be the candidate of the Communist Party. The candidate securing the largest number of votes in the new: elections, to be held April 26, will be elected, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 3—Five |according to the German presidential indictments were returned against | law. ex-grand | of all the votes cast was necessary to dragon of the ku klux klan in Indi | elect. In the first election a majority Otto Braun, the socialist, was se today following his arrest for an al-|lected premier of Prussia today, thus Madge Ober-|consummating the political deal be- The indictments charge as-|tween the socialists and catholics whereby Braun was made premier in to|return for the socialist votes for the commit a criminal attack, malicious |catholic candidate for president, Wil- mayhem kidnaping and conspiracy to|helm Marx, sa ‘aa CONTROLS CAL, SENATOR SAYS Wakes Up to “Plot” in Practice for Years (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3— Charging “big business” with cam- paigning to control the government, Senator George: W. Norris of Ne- braska, independent republican lead- er, issued a statement here today de- nouncing the United States chamber of commerce for attempting to organ- ize a “national propaganda bureau.” Rich Dodge Taxes. Norris declared he had information the chamber was sending out repre- sentatives to sign up new members for the “bureau” at $7 a head and that the money—which may total $165,- 000,000 a year—would be used to in- fluence legislation in congress. “In addition to sending out propa- ganda for the transfer of the tax bur- den from the rich to the poor,” said Norris, “the national chamber of commerce has launched a new scheme to secure’ control of our government and its legislative machinery. It pur- poses building up an organization, on fees of $7 a person, to provide mil- lions of dollars for propaganda pur- Poses to be used in influencing con- gress in the. disposal of Muscle Shoals, other similar natural resourc- es, repealing income tax publicity, eli- minating inheritance taxes and re- ducing sur-taxes.” Big. Slush Fund. Norris said he was informed the chamber sought to enroll at least 2,- 000,000 business men in the propagan- da “bureau.” “That fund of $14,000,000 would be the most sinister influence for bad government in the whole history of our nation,” he added. “It smacks to me of an attempt to buy out con- gress.” Norris appealed to business men generally to “keep out of the scheme” if they wish to continue “honest gov- ernment in Washington.” Norris’ speech appeared naive, in view of the ald already given big business by Coolidge, Hoover, Mel- lon, Weeks and the rest of the cabi- net. A Does your friend subscribe ti the DAILY WORKER? Ask him: CHILD LABOR IN UNITED STATES ‘STIRS GENEVA (Special to The Daily Worker.) GENEVA, Switzerland, April 3.— The rejection of any limitation of child slavery by the federal govern- ment of the United States is so scan- dalous that even the sleepy reform- ists of the ridiculous appendage to the league of nations which is known as the international labor office, is astir with chatter about child labor in the United States, Why Not an International Strike? Jan Oudegeest, ' president of the Dutch Labor Federation and Leon Jou- haux of France, president of the Gen- eral Federation of Labor, urged publi- cation by the bureau of all possible in- formation on conditions in America. He expressed the belief that world public opinion thus could be brought to bear on the Americans and culmi- nate in an improvement. No Right to Interfere, Says Traltor Thomas, Albert Thomas of France, who is director of the international labor or- ganization, answering laborite dele- gates, explained that the governing board had no right to interfere in what the United States government or state governments were doing on the child labor question. He said it was the bureau's duty only to pub- lish all statistical Information. The discussion of conditions in the United States was the sequence to the recent rejection by the Americans of an amendment to the constitution authorizing federal laws on the sub- ject of child Ibaor,. COLIFLICTING REPORTS GIVEN ON IN WEST Vl MORGANTOWN, W. Va., April 2. (By Mail)——Under the pretext that they could no longer compete in the market with the product of non- union mines, the 18 mines in this district employing union men have suspended operation, throwing 4,500 men out of work, This fact confused the evidence as to how many of the thousands who quit work In north- ern West Virginia are on strike, and how many are f out. ri re rt that the call has has been angwered by a large proportion of non-union men. The operators that April is a holiday, it being the anniversary of the winning of eight-hour day in the Industry, and that they per- mitted a general By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Tenet with muffled appeals, the fascist American Legion calls for “fitting ceremonies” in celebration of the eighth anniversary of*America’s entry into the world war, April 6, 1917. James A. Drain, national commander, issues the com- mand to all posts and departments “to request churches, schools, fraternal and patriotic organizations to join in the observance,” but all he gets is a bare dozen-line notice in the New York Times, that is supposed to be “the record” of the achievements of American capitalist imperialism, For the workers and poor farmers, the only “fitting ceremonies” in memory of the American entry into the world war would be mighty exposures, at ten thousand demonstrations this coming Monday, of all capitalist wars; especially the wars begyeevcr | as a result of the growing ambitions of American imperialiom. e The last world war, 1914-1918, brought only increased agony to the workers of the United States and of all other capitalist nations, victors and vanquished. ~- In the United States, today, 2,000,000 continually job- less; 10,000,000 part-time unemployed; renewed attacks on the Communists, especially in the Michigan syndicalist case; redoubled war of the re shoppers against the labor unions; defeat of the anti-child labor amendment; intense propa- ganda for state.cossacks before the legislatures, accom- anied by attacks against legislation seeking “‘one-day-rest- in-seven” for all workers and the eight-hour day for women; three milliorh more bankrupt farmers; new assaults against foreign-born workers; wage cuts everywhere against the workers’ diminishing pay envelope. But for the great capitalists! The right to organize into ever greater mergers; the most recent being the absorption by Standard Oil of Doheny properties. Increasing profits on every hand for the already great rich. The whole power of the American government in support of American exploiters’ schemes abroad; like the Dawes-Morgan plan in Germany. Naval maneuvers in the Pacific to be in readiness against attacks of bette. imperialists; in this case against Japan, for the benefit of U. S. Imperialism. America’s entry into the war may best be remembered by the workers of this country as almost coinciding with the withdrawal of the Russian workers and peasants from the European slaughter pits. America’s workers, therefore, might not only celebrate the quitting of the war by the Russians, but also propagandize the whole American work- ing class with the Russian workers’ reasons for os The Russians learned that the war was not in their in- terests. They learned that it was war in the interests of Rus- sian bankers, landlords, the industrialists and the aristocra- cy, the pillars of the czardom. They quit and the czardom fell. They won their great victory by turning against the war. e America’s workers, in the ag 4 mass, have yet to learn that the last war was also for the interests of the Morgans, Rockefellers, Duponts, Garys and Mellons of the United States. They have yet to learn that the next great war, in which the United States participates, will be pe ot by the American capitalist government in the interests of the same bucaneering profiteers. The war's anniversary is a good It’s the 8th Anniversary of the American Entry Into Morgan’s World War||. DRIVE ON REDS: time to awaken them to these facts. America's workers and et for the war pressed for the oor farmers must also be enlist- ainst capitalist wars; the war of the op- Shine over of all power into their own hands. April 6th offers an opportunity for “fitting ceremonies” for a Communist inspired merican working class as well as for the American Legion, wrapped in fascism’s bloody mantle. BIG FAMILY UNABLE T LIVE ON $20 A WEEK GETS MOTHER IN COURT (Special to The Daily Worker) CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. April 4— Mrs. Frances Cisler propounded a problem to Judge George S. Light- ner that stumped him. Mrs, Cisler had been arrested for keeping her 15-year-old daughter, Malta, out of school. “We have nine children, my hus- band and myself in the family, and my husband earns $20 a week, Will you tell me how we can live on that amount, unless some of the children work?” Mrs. Cisler asked the court, “That is your problem,” replied Judge Lightner. “I'll admit | can’t solve it.” 4 * Mrs, Cisler has some difficulty in raising a $50 bond to keep from go- ing to jail, where the court had threatened to sénd her with ‘her baby, Victims’ Relatives Compensated. SULLIVAN, Ind., April 3-—Depend- ents of forty-eight of the fifty-one min- ers killed in the recent catastrophe at the City Coal company’s mine here, to day received checks from the state industrial board totalling $182,825. The state awards were granted under the workmen’s compensation act. The mine victims not represented in the money had no dependents, it was stated, GET A SUB AND GIVE ONE! Standard Oil Acts on Combine, The deal by which the Standard Oil Co, of Indiana takes over control of the Pan-American Petroleum com- pany from Edward L. Doheny was formally submitted to the Standard company’s board of directors here to- day by Col. Robert W. Stewart, chair man. The meeting was called hur- riedly as soon as Stewart arrived from New York. Get a sub—make another Com- munist! WILD SCRAMBLE FORPOWERBACK “OF PARLEY TALK (Continued trom Page 1). debt and a redivision of some of the colonial territories. In the same way the debts of Italy and Belgium to the United States wil! be used to exert pressure on these countries to support’ such a confer ence, Mask Is Dropped. The American capitalists suc- ceeded, thru financial pressure, in cur- tailing France's navy during the last arms parley, and it is now planned to make a drive on her air fleet, which is the largest in the world. France's submarine fleet is also said to be the largest. The mask has been dropped from the Coolidge government. The mealy mouthed terms of “world peace” and “good will” are being dispensed with and intrnational capital is engaged in a wild scramble to secure as much of the world’s natural resources as pos- TERROR MAKES Socialists Support Po- lice Brutality (Spe to The Dally Worker) WARSAW, Poland, April 8.—In the recent months white terror in Po- land is attacking with increased en. ergy. Thus for instance, in connec tion with the numerous Lenin memor- ial meetings arranged by the labor organizations in the Dombrow Basin, in Dombrow, Bendsin and Tschedadsi over 80 workers were arrested. The Warsaw police arrested two workers, the 20-year old worker of a wallpaper factory, Waltschak and the worker, Beberski of the union of the communal workers, on account of putting up red flags at telegraph and telephone poles with the slogans: “We- demand the liberation of Com- rade Lanzusky” and “Shame on the slanderers against Comrade Krulikow- ski.” The authorities have no evi- dence whatever against these arrested innocent workers, Mass Arrests Mass arrests have taken placc among the members of the socialist students’ organization, Schism. Some weeks ago the authorities had under. taken searches in the offices of the students’ organization. After this five students were arrested. Recently five more students have been arrested, Against all of them prooceedings have been taken on account of Com. munist propaganda and distribution of illegal literature. The Warsaw court has reconsidered the case of a workers’ group which is accused of having participated in the electoral campaign of “The Pro- letariat in Town and Village.” The court in Samostjo had sen tenced these workers to one and one half years of prison each. The ap- peal court of Warsaw considered this judgment too small and increased the sentence to five years hard labor. Expose Frame-Up. In Petkovo the trial against the workers who'are accused of plotting against the state according to para- graph 102 of the penal code has end- ed. In the_trial the provocations of the authorities and of their false wit- nesses were exposed. The greatest number of those accused were sen- tenced to three years’ hard labor each. At the same time the Lodz court sentenced 16 accused workers to one and one-half to five years’ hard labor. On account of offending the soctal- democratic party of Poland the work- er, John Franke, was sentenced by the Warsaw district court to one year of imprisonment. He was accused of having agitated on a journey as fol- lows: “The socialist leaders have gone into the camp of the bourgeoisie one can only trust the Communists because they fight really for the Cause of the workers.” Policemen who traveled in the same carriage ar- rested Franke and delivered him tc the court. i Police Brutality. Nearly very arrested worker ir subjected to brutal maltreatment. The recent interpellation of the white Russian parliamentary fraction states unheard of facts on the maltreatment of the inhabitants of the frontier dis- tricts: “Vizenz Lweiko, a white Russian o/ 18 years of age”—the interpellation states—“was arrested by a Polish frontier guard and taken to the estate of, Rodiwtschiana. There the police- man maltreated him with the accusa- tion that his mother had complained of the theft of food. Lowelko war then led to Janow. On the way his face was put into the dirt of the street, then he had to kneel down and his hair was cut off with a bayonet. In Janow Loweiko was again forced to kneel for a considerable time. Then he was transported to Sachat where a police agent maltreated him again; he was thrown 4 the floor and trodden upon till he finally made th« wrong statement and admitted that he had complained of the theft of food.’ Talk it up—your shopmate will sible and each imperialistic country is| subscribe! to secure financial, economic and military power over the other, GET A SUB AND GIVE ONE! IRISH PEASANT COMING TO UNITED STATES FROM FAMINE REGION TO SPEAK IN CHICAGO ON MAY 8 John P. McCarthy who Is coming to the United States from the famine district In Ireland on Invitation of the Irish Workers’ and Pi ants’ Famine Relief Committee, will be the principal speaker at mass meeting in Chicago on May 8 The meeting will be held in North Side Turner Hall, near Chicago avenue, Recent advices from Ireland indicate that the famine situation is growing worse, McCarthy comes from Killorglin, County Kerry, near the place where Roger Casement was captured by Bitish officers on his arrival in a German. submarine, Immediately before the ster week uprising. This is one of the disticts most severely hit by the famine, The Labor Defense Council which Is co-operating In Irish famine relief work will hold its next regular meeting at 722 Blue Island avenue on Friday, April 10, at @ p. m.