The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 17, 1925, Page 1

Daily Worker Annual Sub- scription Drive Now on: in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! Vol. Il. No. 82. SUB AS WE SEE IT By T, J, O'FLAHERTY. bi ¥. O'CONNOR, chairman of the U. S. shipping board seems: to..be in a hurty to lose his job, a rathet*un- usual malady to afflict a labor faker. Tr: V. was until recently head of the international Longshoremen’s Asso- ciation. The board, by a bare major- ity vote, sanctioned the sale of sev- ral first class ships to the Dollar ine, for a price far below what the ships could be built for today. In ex- plaining his vote, O’Connor says that the Dollar Line is ome hundred per cent. American. Hearst backs him up on this, tho Willy is playing possum more or less. * * * % Ae T. V. persists in getting rid of the government owned ships to, private interests at the present rate, he will have no shipping board to preside over, but then, the Dollar Line, is known to appreciate labor leaders who do not lead but hinder the work- ers. T. V. is of that type. He is un- questionably America’s champion la- hor traitor. The Dollar Line inter- ests are the bitterest foes of union labor, going to the extent of hiring literary” hacks to write magazine stories in glorification of the owners and “belittling strike leaders, and un- ions. PE. RTHUR BRISBANE does not see any reason why Morgan should not grant a good loan to Italy, the land that “discovered this country.” Brisbane is one of Mussolini’s most fervent admirers. He is the literary expression of the American fascisti and never tires of singing the praises of the big American plutocrats, such as Ford, Gary, Schwab, and Rockefel- ler. A good name seems to stick to some people as long as a bad name sticks to a dog. Brisbane still gets away with being considered a “pro- gressive” in some quarters. But he is worse than a reactionary. He is a mental prostitute. * s . H, THOMAS, well-known British labor faker and imperialist, is be- ing widely quoted in the capitalist press because of his speeches decry- ing strikes and urging round table conferences instead of industrial struggles. “Give us a little of the spirit of 1914” squawks this arch-trai- __tor, while speaking om “thé” present peak was the time when the workers gave their lives to be shot and: mangled on the battlefields of Hurape, in a war that increased the millionaire popula- tion one hundred fold and left seven million workers dead upon the battle- fields of Europe and Asia. Thomas wants more of that spirit. ee auk HE London Daily Herald carries pictures of the Russian trade un- ion delegates arriving in England for the historic conference which had as its object the development of a plan to bring about a unified international labor movement. While J. H. Thomas, Philip Snowden and the yellow social- ist wing of the British labor move- ment are urging class collaboration, the militants are pressing forward, and taking’steps to strengthen the un. ions with a view to more effectively fight the bosses and ultimately solv- ing the social problem, thru the elim- ination of the capitalists. * * © HE following incident did not hap- pen in County Cork, but in Butte, Montana. Con Lowny, barber, was charged with the serious offense of having. insulted @eputy sheriffs Paddy Holland .and ‘Jack Kelly, by del liberately and with malice afore- thought placing his thumb at the right side of his nostril and wagging the disengaged members provocative- jy at the deputies, in the meantime making’ vocal noises that carried an unpleasant intonation to the ears.of the pillars of the law. Timothy Nolan defended Lowney but Justice McNam- ara, fine him $25.00. Con appealed, evidently with the hope of running into a, Nordic judge, or at least into: one who is not.a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, it " ee 1 é HE democrats are still on the hunt | for a savior who will lead them “Sout of the wilderness, The leadership ot\progressive democrats is .consid- essential in the next presidential ign. McAdoo is the favorite of estern progressives while:. Al looks good to the eastern var- t Al likes his beer and admits it, while MeAdoo may like it just as darling of Tammany Hall, and the catholic machine. McAdoo is the re- verse. Watch them get together. ' S$ SHA; “I Gen partes EIGHTH pate YORK yy Se well but does not admit it, Al is the- GERMAN SOCIALIST LEADER PRAISES HINDENBURG, REGRETS HE’S CANDIDATE BERLIN, April 15.—"“We all honor Hindenburg’s patriotic good faith and THE 9 BOK Iso i <25 "tyO'eago, by mail, $8.00 per year. hicage, by mail, $6.00 per year. MMUNIST) PARTY IN “MAY var-wREETINGS TO WORKERS OF LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES) PETC TRIMMED First of May greetings voicing the solidarity of the Communist workers of the United States with those of Latin-America, have been voiced by the Workers (Communist) Party in a May Day manifesto just issued as follows: * * May Day Manifesto to the Workers of Latin-America. REETINGS FOR THE FIRST OF MAY! This is our day, workers of all our struggle and our aspirations. countries; it is the perfect symbol of Out of the very bitternesses and hard- ships of the struggle we have created a workers’ holiday which expresses the glorious purpose of the struggle. Greetings for the First of May! The observance of May Day began in the United States 39 years ago, when on the first of May, 1886, three hundred and fifty thousand workers thruout the country went on strike in support of their demand for an eight-hour work-day. The brutal acts of repres- sion performed by the American bour- geoisie in this strike—the Haymarket police raid in Chicago, the bomb ex: plosion frame-up, the execution of Par- sons and his comrades, the closing of union, halls and the breaking up of strike ‘ meetings—have graven the First of May into the minds of class conscious workers in every country on earth, and have given it a new meaning. May Day no longer means merely the struggle for an eight-hour day under capitalism. It is the ex- pression of the mighty movement of the workers of all countries which will do away with capitalism, wipe it from the face of the earth by the (Continued on page 3) Austrian Socialists And Pan-Germans in Favor of Annexation VIENNA, April 15.—Austria will be united with Germany if the plans of the Austrian socialists and the pan- Germans are realied. Even the so- called christian socialists, hitherto op- posed to German annexation, are in favor of it since the Danube confer- ence fizzled out. Dr. Frank, leader of the pan-Ger- mans, expressed his opinion that the monarchy would be restored in Ger- many following a successful monarch- ist victory at the polls. The leader of the social democrats, Dr. Leuthner, also favored German annexation. ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONFERENCE FOR TRADE UNION UNITY IS IMPORTANT EVENT IN BRITISH LABOR WORLD . (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, April 15.—Leisure class scandals, the approaching crisis in the mining industry, settlement of the co-operative lockout and negotiations with the Russian trade unions are outstanding facts in the British labor world, The meaning to labor of such cases as the Dennistoun military sex mart is their revelation of the rottenness of existing society. The vivid picture of (Continued on page 3) INCITED ARABS AGAINST BRITON London Atigéret- ‘Over Lord’s Flight (Special to Thi ly Worker.) PARIS, April 15.-— The bitterly hostile feeling that exists between a section of the French bourgeoisie and the ruling class of England is ac- centuated by the severe criticism launched against French rule in Syria, by the London press as a result of the stoning of Balfour by a great mass of Arabians. The British are incensed because they believe the precipitate retreat of their ambassador will have a damaging effect on British prestige in the Near East, and will increase French prestige in inverse ratio. Hostile to Both Powers, It is even hinted in British official circles that the riot was instigated by the French. If this is true, it must be said that it did not require any great efforts to incite the Arabs against the Britsih., In fact, the natives are hostile to both French and British, but they hate the British more, because they see the latter’s power spreading out to bring under the imperial heel peoples of the east from the Golden Horn to the Straits of» Malacca. The Turkish government which is supported by France is making war on the opposition party, which is secretly supported by Hngland, The opposition is believed to be implicated the Kurdish revolt, a British un- dertaking having for its aim placing the rich oil territories in Mosul under the control of England. Would Annihilate Family, Charge. A possibility that the poison plot attributed to Mrs. Anna Cunningham, 47, of Gary, Ind, may have been aimed at annihilating the two remain- ing members of her family was raised here today when it became known that the daughter, May, 18, had un- dergone an examination here follow- ing the appearance of symptoms of arsenic poisoning, intentions, his personal purity and integrity,” declared Fritz Bbert, son of the late president of Germany, in an official statement given to the foreign correspondents ene quire of party strife.” today, relating to the election campaign. scans,” continued the socialist Jeader, “ospecialty the repub- lican war veterans are Vast. that the person of the aged field m to all Germans, is thus « oe dragged into the, -K. WHEELER GOES ON TRIAL TODAY LaFollette Opens Fire On “Cal’s’”’ Gang GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 15.— Burton K. Wheeler, vice-presidential candidate on the progressive party ticket in the last elections will go on trial here tomorrow charged with using undue influence to secure per- mits from*the department of the interior for the exploitation of oil fields in Montana for his friends and associates in business. Chief Figures in Trial The principals in the trial are: Frank S. Dietrich, of-Boise, Idaho, trial judge; Senator Wheeler, defend- ant; John L. Slattery, United States attorney of Montana, chief prosecu- tor and Thomas J. Walsh, senator, who is Wheeler’s counsel. Wheeler made public an editorial from the current issue of La-Follette’s magazine, in which the Wisconsin senator bitterly asseils the Coolidge administration. The administration is accused of having secured the in- dictment of Wheeler in order to block investigation of the departments of justice and the treasury. JENSEN REBUKED BY CARPENTERS’ DISTRICT BODY “Expelled” Member Of Local 181, Seated The Harry Jensen gang, that ruled Local 181 of the carpenters’ union here’ until recently, when the mem- bership elected a new president, is now quiet and peaceful and holds a meeting of his own in the rear of the hall while business is transacted up front. Jenseh was administered a severe rebuke recently at a meeting of the district council, when Brother A. Westerberg, one of the reinstated “ex- pelled” members, was seated against thedictator’s wishes. While Wester- berg was under the official ban in Local 181, he coulft not sit on the dis- trict council, but on his reinstatement e_returned. The overwhelming ma- ity of the delegates voted to seat AiguTensen only drumming up five supporters. BULGAR KING WITH BULLETS “Barber” Did Not Use Mach Lather (Special to The’ Baily Worker.) LONDON, April 45—According to reports of the | shooting fatality in Bulgaria, King Boris had a close shave. This. must taken literally, as the royal personage had his mus- tache partly amputated by a bullet which missed penetrating the august anatomy by several hairs. | The capitalist ss have blamed the shooting on Communists, tho they admit the ksmen were not lvisible. The kingjwas on his way to the capital when the incident took place. Two of his aides were killed and his chauffeur was wounded. One of the gi als prominent in the movement ‘tl overthrew Stam- boulisky in 1928 Was killed in the streets of Sofia lerday. The pres: mnt government ‘ Bulgaria holds | power by the x and the bullet ind it seems ll the bullets are not flying one SR RS Eine — SEND Tere een 2 Sh SO ea On the streng! f inspired rumors that a revolution was scheduled to take plate in aria on April 15, the council of permitted the recruit an addi thousand soldiers: vossible uprising. J The remnants of Baron Wrangel’s ops are quartered there and are available for any dirty work that may be undertaken by the fascisti. Coolidge Note To Roumania Pleads For Big Business WASHINGTON, D. C., April 15— The Coolidge government has ad- dressed a note to Roumania’s white guard government. anding the pay- ment of the fo: ‘0 million dollars owed to the Uni tates. The note panies which merican oil com- their rights ser- iously jeopardized by the’recent Rou- manian mining law.” The government also brot pressure upon Roumania_on behalf of the Bald. win Locomotive Works, the Interna- tional Harvester. company, and the ‘Wall Street bankers, who had also made loans to Roumania, The capi- talists, in‘their loans to Roumania, in- sisted on receiving large orders for American products to be paid for out of the loans. The American note objects to recent financial arrangements between Great Britain and“ Roumania. SMALL PUSHES COSSACK BILL TO 3RD READING Will Provide 750 Armed Strike-Breakers SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 15.—Gov- ernor Len Small’s state police bill, in- troduced into the legislature by State Senator Barr, was advanced to the third reading and seems sure of pas- sage by a large margin on Thursday. The Barr bill was amended to pro- vide a force of 750: state “highway” police, who will have full power to act as sheriffs, to make arrests, and to act in aid of the employers to break strikes. Small’s bill was made the order of special business today, and with the governor's support will pass. The state police will be operated by the state department of public works, according to the bill, and as the de- partment is ruled by a governor ap- pointee, will be under the direction of Small himself. The women’s eight-hour bill, which has received scant consideration from the present legislature, will meet a flood of amendments when it comes before the house for second reading on April 28. Mbassqdors in Paris government to 1 force of three put down any oeceraryenansnfel i pis iorttnindioatssienstamageasitassaetiesi ieenantsttnisacnah ities pte New Medical Achievement. Medical science made fresh strides today when for the first time the neg- ative of an X-ray photograph taken in New York city was received here over telegraph wires. It demonstrated, X-ray experts said, the possibility of an X-ray diagnosis:of an injury or DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Officer=t. Thicago, Ilinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1925 SS Workers of the United States the Workers (Communist). Party America to send assistance. This Ask your local union to donate cial assessments be levied. Make wire to Nova Scotia, because it is tions to J. B. McLachlan, P. O. Box 260, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Central Workers eo Greetings of Solidarity and $100 J. B. McLachlan, P. O. Box 260, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. WORKERS (COMMUNIST) GREETINGS OF SOLIDARITY TO NOVA SCOTIA MINERS WITH OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIGHTING FUND. WE ARE CALLING UPON WORKERS OF THE UNITED CONTRIBUTION STATES TO SEND AID. Earl R. Browder, Acting Secretary, Workers (Communist) Party. SEND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE NOVA SCOTIA MINERS ‘OMEN and children of the Nova Scotia coal miners are starv- ing, locked out by the British Empire Steel corporation in its effort to destroy the United Mine Workers’ Union, and to reduce wages that are already below the subsistence level. Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W, Washington Blvd., Chicago, IIL must send aid. Many weeks ago called upon the working class of call is repeated and emphasized. from its treasury. Ask that spe- collections. Send the money by urgently needed. Send contribu- Executive Committee, (Communist) Party of America. ° . PARTY OF AMERICA SENDS AMERICAN SECTION OF WORKERS INTERNATIONAL AID SENDS GREETINGS TO COMMUNIST DEPUTY IN POLAND In the name of the revolutionary jvorking class of the United States the International Workers’ Aid and the Conference to Aid Political Prisoners in Poland, cabled pa, ag to the Polish Communist deputy, Stanislav Lan- zutsky, in his prison cell in Przemysl, and expressed the solidarity of the American workers with the persecuted workers of Poland. The cablegram GOOD REASON FOR CHINESE HATRED OF FOREIGNERS 22,000 Children Under 10 Doomed to Mills (Special to The Daily Worker.) SHANGHAI, China, April 15.— Quite to the expectation of the Com- munists among the Chinese workers in the textile mills of Shanghai, but coming as a surprise to the liberals who, in the so-called “anti-child labor committee,” proposed that the annual meeting of foreign taxpayers approve of a law forbidding children less than 10 years old to work in the mills— the said foreign taxpayers simply boy- cotted the meeting and thus defeated the law. reads: ee Prison, Przemsyl!, Poland. Deputy S. Lanzutsky In the name of the many thous- ands of American workers who have met and demonstrated in protest against the oppression and murder of the Polish workers and national minorities and the persecution of their leaders, at which meetings de- mands have been and are being made for your full freedom and that of other deputies, Communists and workers in Poland we send you our greetings and expression of solidar- ity. In all American cities and in- dustrial centers workers are pro- testing against the terrorism against the Polish workers. International Workers’ Aid, Mau- rer; Conference Aid. Political Prisca in Poland, Gebért. FARMERS LOST 5 BILLION LAST This is possible because, under the beautiful arrangement of the interna- tional capitalists’ rule over Shanghai and its hundreds of thousands of Chi- YEAR, IS REPORT nese wage workers, no municipal ordi-} Average Income $671 nance is effective in the international settlement without the foreign taxpay- ers’ meetings, held annually, vote ap- proval. So the law—even though it limited the age of child workers to no higher than 10 years, and permitted chil- dren over 10 years to work along with other’ workers and fixed the mill work- ers by law to a 12-hour day and a seven-day week with only one day off in two weeks, failed. The municipal council invited the foreign taxpayers to the regular an- nual meeting of taxpayers so that the easure the council was willing to pass might be considered. The lib- erals awaited the meeting of taxpay- ers with fond hopes. When it was ap- parent that the foreign taxpayers were boycotting the meeting, the attend- ance falling 300 below the necessary number to make a quorum, the hope- ful committee became indignant, but remained helpless. The 22,000 Chinese children under 10 years of age now working as long as 14 and 16 hours a day in the Shang- hai textile mills will keep right on doing so if they can stand it and live. This 1s the verdict of the foreign tax- payers. Bishop Raps Anti-Evolutionists, Rev. Thomas F. Gailor, bishop of Tennessee, who is here on a visit, rap- ped the anti-evolution law passed in his native state which prohibits the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. “William Jennings Bryan seems to be disturbed lest a single dot or punctuation mark of the bible shall be misplaced,” said Gailor, “I think it is a sign of decadence when the church runs contrary to the most en- lightened scholarship of the age.” Greet Wall Street's Cuban Chief WASHINGTON,, D. ©., April 15.— Gen. Gerardo Machado, president elect of Cuba, arrived here today, and was accorded full diplomatic and mil* itary honors by the Coolidge adminis- ailment by a specialist distantly re- tration, which controls his govern- moved from the patient, The picture requited seven minutes in transmission. Specialists said it ment, Population of U. S, Increases) | was received so cloatly and distinctly} WASHINGTON, D, ©., April 15—~ that it could readilf be used by any| The population of the United States surgeon or doctor fbr diagnostic pur-| will be 113,500,000 by July, figures poses, ue 1 compiled here indicate, per Family (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 15.—Ameri- can farmers actually ran behind, in the year 1924, at lea&t $5,144,000,000, despite all the hue and cry about their restored prosperity, says Benjamin C. Marsh, managing director of the Farmers National Council, analyzing reports from the federal department of agriculture. Marsh shows that the combined value of crops and live stock was $12,404,000,000 in 1924, while the ap- proximate cost of producing them, ex- clusive of labor of farmers and their families, was $8,248,000,000. This left an average of $671.93 per farm family. Federal taxes, payments on interest and principal of $13,000,000,000 of mortgages and short term debt, pay- ment of insurance, purchase of clothes and food not produced on the farm, upkeep of farms and buildings, sup- port of churches, ete., and savings for old age had to be covered by this pitiful sum. Figuring the minimum average return for the labor of each farm family at $1,500 for the year, the total due for this farm labor was $9,300,000,000. Taking from it the $4,156,000,000 actually received, we have an unpaid difference of $5,144, 000,000. Marsh argues that if the adminis- tration now permits the modification of the packers’ consent decree, which now restrains the operations of the food trust, a deadly blow will be dealt the farmers’ co-operative marketing enterprises. -————_ NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents PAINLEVE MADE FRENCH PREMIER; CRISIS STILL ON Predict New Cabinet Will Soon Fall (Special to The Daily Worker.) PARIS, France, April 15.—President of the Chamber of Deputies Paul Pain- leve this afternoon accepted the ap- pointment as premier, and immediate. ly commenced an attempt to call a cabinet. The appointment of Painleve mere ly prolongs the crisis in French fin ance and politics, as Painleve belongs to the same coalition which made Herriot premier, and a Painleve cabi- net will met the same opposition in the senate that caused Herriot’s down fall. Caillaux After Job. Reports that Painleve had graphed Joseph Caillaux to come to Paris and would offer him the minis. try of finance were confirmed when it was learned that’ Caillaux left Ma- mers at toon fteday for Paris. He announced he would accept as minis- ter of finance if offered the job. Predictions are made that any cabi- net formed by Painleve, who is a member of the radical socialist party, will not last a month. Painleve had previously declined the thrice repeat- ed offer of President Doumerge to form a cabinet, as he knew a stormy time awaited’ him. Socialists in Bourgeois Coalition. The socialists, who have been the bulwark of the bourgeois rule of France by the French bankers and industrialists and whg have allowed foreign capitalists to gain greater con- trol over Freneh finances, belong to the majority block of the chamber of deputies. The socialists hold 104 seats, the republican socialists 46, and the radical socialists, who are really the conservative socialists, 149 seats. All are upholders of bourgeois rule. Painleve did not accept the premier. ship until he had been assured by the sogialists that they would support his bourgeois cabinet, and participate in his government. Under Premier Her- riot, the socialists, altho they sup- ported the premier, did not accept places in his cabinet. The socialists made a deal with Painleve that they would take three positions in the cabinet in return for their support of the new ministry. Crisis Merely Prolonged. It is being rumored that Herriot will be offered the portfolio of for- eign affairs in the new cabinet. The senate has already made it known that it will not support a left bloc government, and thus the present crisis is being prolonged. Further Ilegal Inflation. The senate is to meet this after- noon to “legalize” an increase in the paper franc circulation by four_bil- lion ($200,000,000). This will cover tele ; the present illegal inflation which was recently exposed. The officials of the Bank of France refused to issue an- other weekly statement, which it is ad mitted will show still further illegal circulation, and threatened to close the bank, unless the illegal issue was “legalized.” America Owns Ruhr. M. Colrat, who was a minister in Poincare’s cabinet, said in a state- ment on the control of France by in ternational bankers by means of the Dawes plan: “The Ruhr now belongs to Americans and Englishmen. It would be folly to install a govern- ment in France which might cause prejudice to Anglo-Saxon invest- ments.” tee ae Chamber for Inflation. PARIS,’ April 15.—An effort by Dep- uty Louis Marin to have the-four bit loti franc increase law of the Bahk pf France declared illegal was reject- ed by the chamber with a vote of 388 to 164. Allen Angry at Losing Pet. WICHITA, Kan., April 15.—Former Governor “Henry J. Allen, who was defeated for re-election because he supported the industrial court law, dedlared the decision of the United States*supreme court abolishing the power of-his pet was “most reattion- DECIDED 40-YEAR SENTENCE HIT POPULARITY OF MORGAN’S ARMY WASHINGTON, April 15.—Word from Honolulu that Major General W R. Smith, divisional commander at Schofield barracks, of his intention to cut the 40-year and 26-year sentences of Crouch and Trumbull, Communist soldiers, to not more than 3 years each, caused no surprise at the was department, in Washington. Headquarters had communicated to Hawaii its opinion that the originalSaction of the court martial had been dangerous to the popularity of the army with congress On the other hand, Judge Advocate authority to stop the trials of the remaining accused radicals at barracks pending final review of the Crouch and Trumbull cases, the public, A I Hull finds that he has no c Schofield h case will be tried and reviewed independently, but sentences in the remaining cases will probably be light