The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 5, 1925, Page 4

Seem seeeneeeeeenneneenneteeenr een ns ronsnaennnenraesnnanentnatetet THE DAILY WORKER Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Al13 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, IL (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: $6.60 per year = $3.50....6 months —$3.00...8 months i By mall (in Chicago onty): $8.00 per year $4.50....6 months $2.50...3 months pce ae eee AQdress all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W. Washington Bivd. 3, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. DUNND {naan ALORS MORITZ J. LOBB.......usmese- Business Manager Chicago, tilinele Qntered as second-class mat! Sept. 21, 1928, at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 8, 1878. <p 290 Advertising rates os application The Communist Press and Latin-America San Salvador,-March 19, 1925. Comrade Editors: Each week | have been receiving the daily that you publish, The DAILY WORKER, also the copies of the magazine supplement and a copy of the Workers Monthly. We are very pleased for these favors, because, altho they come In English and there are only a few here. who translate from English, nevertheless 1 give.them to some comrades who belong to the exeoutive here and work as organizers of the Regional Federation of Workers of Salvador. These have given close accounts of your activities and sincerely admire your fight for Communism and the dictatorship of the proletariat, and your ad- herence to the teachings of Vladimir Lenin, the greatest of the heroes of our time, who knew how to lead the most.colossal struggle in the history of humanity—the fight between the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie and the dictatorship of the proletariat which. will Inevitably end in the reign of Com- munism. Down with the false anarchists, such as Emma Goldman! Comrades! Address your greetings to the Federa- clon Regional de Trabajadores of Salvador, which Is the only proletarian union organization In Salvador. Yours Sincerely, David Ruiz. The above letter shows that the influence of the DAILY WORKER is not confined to the United States and that the fight it makes on American imperialism is not a mere shouting which does not reach beyond the boundaries of this nation. Every statement of the party, every act of the workers here against the Wall Street domination of Latin-America is read by and finds a response in the hearts of the most militant of the Latin- American workers. The DAILY WORKER is uniting the advance guard of the Latin-American workers and peasants with the Workers (Communist) Party for the struggle. The American Communist press is the most effective weapon of the workers of-both na- tions. Some day we may have a Latin-American edition. Stranger things have happened. The Freiheit’s Third Anniversary The Freiheit, the only Jewish Communist daily in America, celebrates its third anniversay today. This is a bald statement of fact, but it carries with a world of meaning to the Jewish workers of America and the working class movement in which they play so large a part. The three years of the Freiheit’s existence have been years of struggle and achievement. It came inito the life of the Jewish workers at a time when the labor and revolutionary movements were suffer- ing from the effects of the socialist betrayals and at the same time struggling to learn the great lessons of the Russian revolution. Out of confusion it created clarity and the recent repudiation of Abramovich by the Jewish workers of the United States is proof that in its three years of existence the Freiheit has understood and worked unceasingly at its task—that of bringing the masses of Jewish workers to the Communist Party and the world revolution. In the trade unions where the Jewish workers predominate—the needle trades—the Freiheit has been the sole voice of the left wing organized around the Workers (Communist) Party and the Trade Union Educational League. Against the counter-revolutionary Forward, organ of every capitalistic and corrupt element in the labor unions and, working class movement, it has waged a cam- paign that has destroyed the influence of the Jewish counter-revolutionists among large masses of workers. Handicapped by lack of funds, depending solely upon the workers, the Freiheit has nevertheless conducted a campaign for its own building and plant that has rallied to its support the best ele- ments in the Jewish labor movement in every ‘city in the United States and that will make it inde- pendent.of capitalist printing concerns. The struggle of the Freiheit for revolutionizing that part of the working class which it reaches. is just beginning. Its third anniversary opens an era of new efforts, new problems and new victories. To the Freiheit.on its third anniversary the DAJLY WORKER extends its Communist greet- ings. The DAILY WORKER is little more than a year old and the experience of the Freiheit, gained thru its longer life, has been of immense value to it. Both carry the same program to the workers, the revolutionary program of the Workers (Com- munist) Party of America, Both fight for the world revolution, for the victory of the working class expressed by the dictatorship of the proletariat. Both are young, but all the more virile for that. The Belgian cabinet is all set to resign, but who cares about a little thing like that nowadays? ie ge ee ee neue ove The French Cabinet Crisi The failure of the negotiations between France and England for a security pact against “German agression” could not fail to result disastrously for France. The expected has happened and another cabinet crisis, precipitated by the proposal | of Finance Minister Clementel to issue 6,000,000,000 frances in paper currency, has occurred. Clementel has resigned. During the stormy scenes in the chamber’ of deputies that preceded Clementel’s resignation, the Dawes plan came in for bitter denunciation. It is not getting results quick enough to save the im- periled credit. French capitalism and the franc totters on the verge of a precipice. Once more the French government turns to the House of Morgan. Another loan-is needed and from this source alone can it be secured. The French financiers who speak so arrogantly to Ger- many will be quite humble when they approach the Morgan throne. They will get some financial aid—at a price— because American imperialism does not want a financial panic to add to the chaos in Europe; especially does it not want additional confusion at a time when the German elections are in the offing. But the terms will be heavier this time. France will be brought still farther into the circle of American imperialist influence, and the way paved for some sort’ of a Dawes plan that is intended to make the House of Morgan the dictator of French finance and foreign policy. Right at the present moment the French ruling class sweats huge drops of blood every time it thinks of what will happen if the House of Morgan calls a few of its short term notes. It may yet oceur that French capitalism will make the des- perate gesture of war in a mad effort to free itself from the clutches of American finance-capital. Another invasion of Germany would seem to be utter insanity, but more than one straw shows that this is the way the wind is blowing in France. Individual bankrupts often commit suicide. That the French ruling class might so decide is not beyond the bounds of possibility. Two Police Bills The utter futility of the methods used by the labor officials in the state of Illinois in their at- tempt to defeat the state constabulary bill is shown by the nature of:the “compromise” measure that the struggle in the legislature has produced. If passed, the proposed law will create a force of “highway police” whose functions are somewhat vaguely described, but who are nevertheless real policemen with all the usual powers—which means in the United States that they occupy a position somewhere between a district judge and the presi- dent. This bill is the Small administration concession to the labor leaders who supported him and if it THE DAILY WORKER ; fore each meeting that they must ac- passes will be recorded as another “victory” for non-partisianism—until strikers encounter these highway police protecting scabs—as will occur in- evitably. The Communists are described by the more honest labor leaders as individuals slightly cracked because they say it is better to fight for something you want and not get it than to fight for something you do not want and get it. No worker wants the state police in-any'form, but a lot of labor leaders are urging the passage of the Small bill which will give them something the workers do not want. It seems that it mever occurs to the misleaders of the labor. movement that it is far easier for the capitalists to make a deal with Small or any other capitalist candidate than it is for the unions. The Small bill may not be all that the bosses want; but they will find some way to make it serve them. ; : ~~ Disarmament and the Franc “Disarmament Conferences Increase Danger of War,” might well be the headline for the story of the conflicts arising out of the international dis- cussion of military and naval reductions tentative- ly proposed by Coolidge. France, with her ring of vassal states closing in around Germany, with her air fleet a real menace to Great Britain, dare not reduce her forces. Her only hope for stalling off her British creditors is by a threat of force, yet if she refuses to make certain reductions she faces an assault on the france that may mean disaster. Her whole social structure depends now on force and force alone. If she is unable to give Poland, Roumania and Czecho-Slovakia the military assist- ance on which her alliance with them is based she cannot dominate central Europe. Her American creditors are also pressing her. Armaments cost money and the House of Morgan would like to see some of the military appropria- tions used to pay the overdue interest on enormous loans. France is in a bad way. Her dilemma is part of the process by which she is being brought into the cirele of American imperialist enterprise. Once that process is completed she will be allowed with- in reason to arm, just as she allows her vassals to arm—for war against the enemy of the overlord across the channel. Implement Trust Does Well The International Harvester company, after charging off everything it could think of, including its investment in its Russian plant, made a profit ot $13,037,395.08 last year. H This will be good news to the farmers, a large part of whose ingreased returns from higher prices went into the treasury of the implement trust. The board of directors of the trust, in making public the financial statement congratulates: the farmers on a return of prosperity. Congratulations are the only thing the harvester trust dispenses free of charge. ee eee OLD ARBITRATION TRICK PLAYED ON UTICA STRIKERS Rob Textile Workers’ of Their Victory (Continued from Page*1) them a leader of the scab American legion and a preacher. They are William Ross Lee, Moses G. Hubbard and Rev. Philip S? Bird. Arbitration to Rob Striker of Victory. This committee had not the slight- est notion of restoring the ten per cent taken from the pitiful wages of the workers and ‘ovér which the strike was beng fought and won. They ignored’ the strike committee of 18 members and were directly aided in their betrayal by Organizer White of the United Textile Workers, who made no effort of ingistence that the strike committee be ja party to any and all discussion between the mill owners and the “atiitrators.” Instead of this,“ Organizer White mill owners and his good friends, the mayor's committee. ‘What his share in the benefit to thé/mill owners may be can only be conjectured, but his share in putting the betrayal across is not the subject of any doubt. The militant union members are demand- ing that the union discharge him in disgrace and refuse to approve of the terms. Putting the Deal Across. However, White managed to cover his traitorious tracks with a camou- flage of seeming “approval by the membership.” By separating the dif- ferent crafts, each meeting away from the others, he contrived to put across the agreement after reading it and telling the strikers in~a speech be- cept. By this trick he got a vote of 426 in favor and 259 opposed to the agreement. The terms of the agreement in brief are that the wage cut of ten per cent shall be reduced to a wage cut of five per cent, until May 80; that be- tween now and May 80.conferences— “for the purpose of improving pro- ductive efficiency | . . whereby production may be increased, waste eliminated or the cost of productive labor be decreased, and if they. result in a decrease of 10 per cent in the cost of productive labor, the wage Japanese papers, and their influence ment. TONIGHT KARL MARX BRANCH DANCE FOR LABOR DEFENSE AID The Karl Marx branch dance, proceeds to-go to the Labor Defense Council, will be held tonight at 8 p. m. at the Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Bivd. Olgin Gives Second Lecture on Russian Literature, Tuesday NEW YORK, April 3.—Moissaye J. Olgin will give the second lecture in his series on “The New Era in Rus- sian Literature” on Tuesday, April 7, 8 p. m., at the Workers’ School, 108 East 14th street. In the first lecture, Comrade Olgin discussed, pre-revolutionary literature, and showed how the Russian revolu- tion marked the turning point in lte- rary conceptions and achievements. Next Tuesday’s lecture will deal mainly with present-day Russian lite- rature. Comrade Olgin will take up, the outstanding writers of the Soviet Republic, take up their works, and describe how the new-found freedom of the workers and peasants of Rus- sia, the new organization of society, the revolutionary Communist ide- ology, is reflected therein. Olgin’s lectures on the Russian re- volution have been meeting with great success. Militant workers of New York should not miss the opportunity of hearing him. COMMUNISTS JOIN WITH scale in effect prior to January 26, 1925, shall be restored.” The terms provide for an examina- tion of the company’s books by a supposed “impartial” accountant, and if the report shows that the company made money during 1924, the wage cut shall be revoked. The joker comes in the ability of bookkeepers of the corporation to prove anything they wish with figures without the workers or even the accountant de- tecting the deception. Back to Where They Started. Then, the agreement says, “If the report shows that eompany lost approximately $2650, “in: operating its plants for the year 1924, the em- ployes on June 1, 1925, shall accept a further wage reduction of five per cent, making a total of 10 per cent.” The three gentlemen who engineer- ed this dirty deal .magnanimously volunteer to stick around. and arbi- trate any difference until the final ad- justment is made. © | « . In the afternoon’ 6f the day the agreement was reached, White and the “arbitrators” met with the strike committee of 13 and the strike com- mittee for the first time heard what treachery White and the arbitrators had been busy with. The “arbitrators” insisted that they had “worked hard” for both sides! 3 Bouzan Urges Rejection. James J. Bouzan, militant member of the strike committee urged the re- jection of agreement and refused to sign his name to the paper which he regarded as a betrayal of the strike which the textile workers were win- ning. He said: ‘ “I was elected by tthe workers to represent them in any arbitration, just as the rest of the strike committee was elected for to trate with the bosses, but I have never been called into conference with, the mill owners on this agreement, @nd neither have the strike committe@; The agreement is a betrayal of the strike which the workers have won. ‘Now this mayor's committee comes im to save the mill owners and to do nothing else.” SS REEEEEEEDSEEEN Pittsburgh T. U. E..L. Meeting Mon. PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 3.— The various groups of Pittsburgh T. U. B. L, will meet aoa April 6, in the International ‘Socialist Lyceum, 805 James St, N. is at 8 p. m. Phily T. U. &. Lo Meets Monday. PHILADELPHIA,” Pa., April 3.— Joseph Manley will address the gen- eral membership meeting of the Phila- delphia T. U. EB. L. which meets Mon- day, April 6, at 521 York Ave. Wobbly Dance Tonight. Dancing, drama and sing: will be the variety of ent ents at the wobbly dance ton’ it the West End Women's Club at i Boulevard and Monroe St. ge Get a sub fob the DAILY WORKER fr - shopmate and you will another mem- ber for your a AMERICAN KUOMINTANG IN MEMORIAL MEETINGS (Special to The Daily Worker.) SEATTLE, Wash., April 4.—Me- morial meetings arranged by the Workers (Communist) Party of District 12 are being held in the cities of the Pacific northwest, In honor of Suh Yat Sen, the great Chinese revolutionist. __ Tomorrow Norman H. Tallentire, district organizer of the Workers Party speaks at a Sun Yat Sen me- morial meeting in Portland, Oregon. On Sunday April 12, Stanley J. Clark will speak at Tacoma at a similar meeting, and the Seattle meeting is being arranged in expect- ed co-operation with the Seattle branch of the Kuomintang. All these meetings will be devoted to the subjects of the life work of Sun Yet Sen and the significance of Soviet polloy in the Far East, CAL’S GANG FREES OIL BANDITS (Continued from page 1.) Doheny and Fall, but the judge allud- ed to the separate indictment of Sin- clair on similar charges, and the quashing of Sinclair’s indictment along with the rest was included in the court’s order. The court upheld two contentions of the government and two of coun- sel for Fall, Sinclair and Doheny. The challenge of the oil men that Pagan was unlawfully in the jury room was upheld on the ground that the senate resolution authorized the appointment of special counsel to prosecute the Teapot Dome and Elk Hill cases had taken away the privi- lege of the attorney general or any of his assistants to appear before the grand jury. This was the chief rea- son that motivated McCoy in quash- ing the indictment. The court is of the opinion that Pagan had no authority to appear before the grand jury as an attorney ‘or the government, McCoy said. In answering the attack upon the indictment because it was signed by Pomerene and Roberts as “special assistants of the attorney general,” the court held that so long as the in- dictments were endorsed by the fore- Workers Party—Local Chicago Activities Monday, April 6. Douglas Park English Branch, 3118 W. Roosevelt Road, business meeting. North Side English Branch, 2409 N. Halsted St. Nineteenth Ward Italian, Loomis St. Tuesday, April 7. Roumanian Branch, 2250 Clybourn Ave. 921 8. ko-Slovak Town of Lake Work. ers’ Home, 51st and Whipple St. look upon the DAILY WORKER as.a necessity, and feel that by donating the prize to the DAILY WORKER they are best serving the Communist move- a 6 ORIENTAL NEW YORK PARTY BRANCH DONATES PRIZE TO DAILY WORKER The Oriental Branch, which won a hundred dollar radio outfit in the recent subscription contest for selling the largest number of subs per mem- ber, has voted to donate the amount of this prize to the DAILY WORKER insurance fund. The branch has no headquarters of Its own, meeting at the rooms of its members, but is very active in various lines of work. bers of this branch are constant contributors of Communist propaganda to The mem- is felt even across the ocean. They Ukrainians Hold Mass Meeting Denouncing Polish Atrocities ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 3.—Many Ukrainian residents of this city and vicinity gathered at a mass meeting in the Hungarian Hall, 520 Union St., where resolutions were adopted pro- testing against the Polish occupation of Hastern Galicla, The meeting which was sponsored by the members of the Solidarity Society, was addressed by prominent Ukrainian speakers. The following resolution was adopt- ed: “We, the Ukrainian workers of Al- lentown, Pa., have discussed the tyr- annical conditions under which our brethren and countrymen are living on territory occupied by Polish im- perialists, and WHEREAS, The Polish occupation rule holds in enslavement ten million of Ukrainian workers and peasants and the Ukrainian productive masses are forced out.by violence from their home by the tyranny of the Polish colonists on Ukrainian soil, and, WHEREAS, In political life the Ukrainian citizens are all dependent upon the Polish usurping authority and are terrorized during the national elections, and WHEREAS, In cultural life they are oppressed by the Polish authorities who have suppressed the press, librar- ies and other educational institutions, and WHEREAS, The prisons are full to capacity, filled with Ukrainian work- ers.for the mere reason that they have different beliefs or have dared to criticize the Polish authority, there- fore, be it 3 RESOLVED, That in the light of this oppression and tyranny we are raising a voice of protest, asking the workers and citizens of all countries to assist our brethren and fellow citizens of Western Ukraine who are now under Polish domination. We are also ask- ing the assistance of the Union of So- cialist Soviet Republic to use their influence to effect the freedom of Ukrainian workers under the Polish regime. The resolution was unanimously adopted. New York Spring Dance April 11. NEW YORK, April 3.—The Work- ers’ School will hold a gala spring entertainment and dance on Saturday evening, April 11, at 108 East 14h St. . This promises to be the prize event of the school. Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to. see him the next day to get his subscription. man of the grand jury the signatures of counsel were not necessary. Burglars Enjoy Booty. These are the technical reasons given for quashing the indictments. But every normal person in Washing- ton is commenting on the coincidence of the decision coming on the heels of the announcement that Standard Oil has gulped down the Doheny oil interests in Mexico. Whether the government will make another attempt at prosecution is a political question, If it does, the gesture will mean noth- ing and Doheny, Sinclair and Fall may enjoy their loot in peace. Such is capitalist justice! on Labor's still—tell it to your fellow worker, working class. vincing way—namely: give them a Day. Order from National Office, thousand. DOWN TOOLS ON MAY DAY!” “Come, Out of the Shops and Mines, Workers, Keep on saying the above and there will be something doing. Better. Tell them about May Day in the be: ON MAY DAY.” The best ever. Do it now and watch results on May Use the order blank below. / MEMBERSHIP MEETING IN ELIZABETH, W. J., TAKE UP SHOP NUCLEI On Wednesday evening, April 15, at 8 o’clock sharp a very important party membership meeting will be held at Lutwin Hall, 39 South Clark Street, Elizabeth, New Jersey. The question of the reorganization of the party on the basis of shop nuolei will be fully discussed. Federation secretariés and branch organizers are urged to co-operate in. every possible way to make this meeting a success. ‘The discussion will be led by Comrade Israel Amter, who recently returned to this. country from Russia. He will give his ex- periences with the Russian, Com- munist Party organization which Is based on. shop nuclei and. will ex- plain why our party must reorgan- ize on that basis. All members of the branches that belong to the city central committee of Elizabeth are urged to be present at this meeting. Engdahl to Speak at St. Louis Mayoralty Campaign Meeting ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 3.—J. Louis Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORK- ER, John Mihelic and John Braun candidate for mayor on the Workers Party ticket will be the speakers at the mayoralty election campaign meeting in St. Louis on Sunday, April the 5th at the Unity Hall on Grand and Page avenues, St. Louis. In spite of the extreme difficulties placed in the way of our comrades in placing our candidate on the ballot, our comrades in St. Louis have made a gallant showing in this election cam- paign. Leaflets Announce Meeting Thousands of leaflets were distri: buted, many workers’ homes visited and now a mass meeting is being ar- ranged at which the comrades men- tioned before will speak. Street meetings are being arranged in afl parts of the city and no doubt before the election campaign is over thousands of workers in St, Louis will be familiar with the Workers Party program and its activity. Everyone is urged to attend Sun- day’s meeting which will be held at the Unity Hall, Grand Ave. and Page street, St. Louis. The meeting will start promptly at 8 p. m. Milwaukee Meeting Today. MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 3— A general membership meeting of all party members will be held this eve- ning at 7:30 p. m. at Miller Hall, 802 State street. Cleveland Costume Ball Tomorrow. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 3,—Inter- national entertainment, bazaar and costume dance will be held tomor- row at Gardina’s Hall, 6021 St. Clair Ave., by the Cleveland local Work- ers Party. New York Y, W. Le Meeting Sunday NEW YORK, April 3— Tomorrow - afternoon, April 5, the Y. W. L. of New York will hold a membership meeting at 105 Eldridge St. A roll call will be taken and members ab- sent will be disciplined. N. Y. Wofkers’ Aid Meets Monday. NEW YORK, April 3.— Branches are urged to send delegates to the conference of the International Work- ers’ Aid on Monday, April 6, at 8 p. m. at 108 East 14th St., Room 82. N.Y. BRANCHES SEND DELEGATES T0 LABOR DEFENSE CONFERENGE NEW YORK, April 3.—The next conference the Labor Defense Coun- cll, New York division, will take place on Tuesday, April 7, 1926 at, 8 p. m., at 108 E. 14th St., Room 32, All party branches should see to it that their delega are present. Holiday!” brother unionist—to the American and most “DOWN TO! 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