The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 26, 1925, Page 2

2 Pog ed Page Two Jury Gets. the Wheeler Case PR SHOP NUCLEUS ISSUES FIRST FACTORY PAPER Westinghouse Workers Anxious for More PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 24—The firat shop nucleus bulletin of the Workers (Communist) Party in Amer- jea has appeared at the Westinghouse works of Pittsburgh. This marks a step’ in the Bolshevization of the Workers Party and its entry into the lives of American workers at their most vital spot, the point of produc- Many Brief Pointed Articies. The bulletin, a four-page printed leaflet carries nine brief and pointed articles dealing with the most burn- ing interests of the Westinghouse workers. Tt leads off with an article against wage cuts, and says that the corpor- ation is preparing to slash the work- efs’ wages. Then there are articles on piece work, the relationship of capital and labor, an article favoring a real shop committee instead of the fake one now established, and an ar- ticle opposing slave-driver foremen. Besides, there are write-ups on the films shown by the International Workers’ Aid and the DAILY WORK- ER. Workers Ask For More. The Westingohouse Shop Nucleus promises to lead the way in activity for the numerous other shop nuclei of the Workers Party. This first bulletin was distributed at the plant to 1,000 workers who read it eagerly and who @isplayed great interest in what was to come next. Canadian Workers Hop from Nova Scotia Fry + Pan to U. S. Furnace MONTREAL, Que., April 25—Resi- dents of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, continue to leave for the United States at the rate of twenty-five per day. The American consul at Syd- ney states the majority are from Glace Bay and the surrounding col- liery districts. They include rail- way employes and men of the, me- chanical trades. The greater pro- portion will settle in Boston and vi- cinity. Since the last of June, 1924, over 2,000 Cape Breton people have moved to the United States. A great num- ber who had been looking forward to a@ settlement of the coal mine tieup and had their hopes blasted by the failure of the Halifax conference last week are now arranging for depar- ture. Anti-Semite Speech Creates Excitement at Plute Conference WASHINGTON, April 24— The meeting of the American society of in- ternational law was thrown into a tur- moil today when Professor Philip Marshall Brown of Princeton untver- sity, delivered a speech contaning harsh criticism of Jews. Brown's criticism of the Jews was directed at what he called thefr “in- ternationalism.” They do not, he gaid, give whole hearted allegiance to any one land. Arthur K. Kuhn promptly took ex- ception to Prof. Brown’s remarks. Prof. A. B. Hart of Harvard defend- ed the argument of his Princeton colleague and finaly the proceed- ings were becoming so heated that the chair admonished the convention that it would hear no more remarks on the subject. This offended Prof. Hart and he threatened to resign from the society. Machinists’ Union of Los Angeles Endorses Communist Candidates LOS ANGELES, April 24.—At its regular meeting, held April 20, 1925, the Machinists’ Union Lodge No. 311, ot Los Angeles, endorsed’ the candi- dacy and program of Emmanuel Levin candidate for the board of education. The body also endorsed the candidacy of Edward Harris, member of the same union, who runs for office as alderman in District 15, San Pedro Harbor. The meeting was well attended and those present listened very attentive- ly to Comrade Levin who presented the program and important issues of the present campaign. After his talk the endorsement took place. Turns Down Educational Bill. ALBANY, N. Y., April 24.—Gov- ernor Smith vetoed the Nicoll-Hot- stadter bill which called for the es- tablishment of additional colleges in Greater New York. The bill was favored by the educators of the city of New York. It was opposed by Brook- lyn business men including Borough President Joseph A. Guider. Smith said he needed another year to de olde whether the “people of the city ‘wero for the bill.” a a TIE i SR a er St Sad ET Dc nce i SOD TRE bv pe (Continued from page 1). forced to demand order and settle dis- putes. Telephone Records Destroyed Decision to go ahead with argu- ments was reached only when Judge Dietrich interposed to break an im Passe between rival attorneys that threatened a recess until Monday to await the appearance of new witnes- ses from the east. The fight was precipitated over the defense’s eflorts to smash the testimony of George B. Hayes, New York attorney, star wit ness of the prosecution. Hayes provided the big sensation of the trial when he testified that Wheeler, in a New York hotel lobby, in March, 1923, urged him to replace the senator in handling Campbell’s oil permits and litigations before the interior department. Edwin S. Booth, formerly solicitor of the department, arranged the meeting over long dis- tance telephone, Hayes said. Both ‘Wheeler and Booth denied any know- ledge of the meeting.or of the alleged offer. . Telephone officials first reported to the defense there was no record of a call from Booth to Hayes. The pros- ecution told the court that the depart- ment of justice had conducted an in- dependent investigation and found no call because telephone records had been destroyed. Neither side would admit the otfier’s telephonic infor- mation into evidence. The court re- cessed four hours. 2,000 WILLIMANTIC TEXTILE. STRIKERS: STILL FIGHT CUTS (Special to The Dally Worker) HARTFORD, Conn., April 24— (FP)—Strikers at the Willimantic plant of the American Thread Co, are In thelr seventh week out pro- testing against the last wage out proposed by the employers. Flood of Protests Against Fleet War Reach Washington (Special to The Dally Worker.) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24.— Protests against the maneuvers of the United States Pacific fleet have flooded the offices fo the secretary of the navy here. So many protests have come in that the department is sending out.a form letter, signed by Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, which attempts to an- swer them. Most of the letters protesting the action of the Coolidge government in sending the fleet into Pacific waters for maneuvers declare the action an unfriendly act toward Japan, Japanese Consul Probes Death of 38 in Sinking of Maru NEW YORK, April 24.—The Jap- anese government, thru its consul general, is investigating the circum- Stances of the sinking of the Raifuku Mary, when 38 Japanese sailors were drowned while the English liner Homeric stood by, but made no ef- fort to lower life boats. Many of the passengers charged that Captain John Roberts could have saved the crew had he lowered boats, H. Saito, consul general, said that his office is working on the case, in conjunction with officials of the Kok- usai Kisen Kaisha, owners of Raif- uku Maru. Cram Constitution Down Throats. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 23.—The senate today passed a bill making compulsory the teaching of the consti- tution of the United States in all pub- lic schools. The anti-klan bill intro- duced by Representative King was re ported favorably into the house by the judiciary committee. The bill, however, was amended to include all fraternal organizations and*not the klan alone. Blue Laws In Action. GUILFORD, Conn.—(FP)— Ancient blue laws are being revived by mod- ern New England puritans in Guil- ford to close two fruit and candy stores of the town on Sundays. Drug stores are to be closed, filling stations and fish and oyster markets in the sluice basin. Fishermen and farmers are likely to be prohibited trom work- ing on Sunday. Vandervelde Promises Cabinet Friday BRUSSELS—Belgian political cir- cles today predicted that premier-des- ignate, Vandervelde, will announce the formation of his exclusively “so- clalist” cabinet today. Catholics and liberals refused to co-operate with him. Briand Goes to See Chamberlain. PARIS — Aristide Briand, new French foreign minister, was expect- ed today to leave for London soon for conferences with Foreign Secretary Chamberlain, on the proposed secur ity pact. Actors Organize In Germany. BERLIN, Germany, April 24.—Thé leading actors of Germany are solidly organized in opposition to the agree- ment of theater managers not to pay any singer or actor more than 300 gold marks (about $75.00) a night. sa yin oe rs as hm She AE EEA Bi IE tit SR AR I eT A ns a A Ss AES en Ate nee Sen Wheeler Faces Second Charge Finally telephone officials sent an- other message to the defense, very- tying the government’s information that the records had been destroyed. Immediately Walsh rested for the de- fense. Without offering rebuttal, Slattery anounced the government also closed. Subpoenas isued for the addition- al witnesses were revoked. After this trial Wheeler faces a sec- ond indictement in Washington, char- ging him jointly with Booth and Campbell with conspiracy to obtain Montana oil and gas lands from the government, see Prosecutor's Plea GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 24.— The trial of Senator Wheeler entered its final stage with closing arguments by opposing counsel. The jury was expected to get the case before nightfall. Picturing Wheeler as a ketrayer of his public trust, John L. Stattery, United States district attorney closed the case for the goversment with an appeal for a verdict of guilty. Esperanto Used for Radio. NEW YORK, April 24.—Hsperanto has been adopted as the official lan- guage for radio broadcasting by the amateur radio congress in Paris, France, according to a cablegram re- ceived by the Esperanto Club ‘here. More Laws for Labor All Right; But None to Limit Profits (Special to The Dally Worker.) AUGUSTA, Ga., April 24.—Emphatic protest against the tendency of the American @meople to demand the en- actment of laws “for all sorts of problems better handled without go- vernment interference,” was voiced before the executive council of the American Bankers’ Asen., in annual session here. The speaker wes Merle Thorpe, editor of the official magazine of the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce. He ax gued that business was becoming so complex that these new laws create misunderstandings. Sound business, for instance, could not see the logic of asking for lower freight rates and at the same time endorsing higher railroad wages. Government should leave business to run things its own way. Airplane Carts Off Plano. MINEOLA, N. Y., April 24—Carry- ing two pianos and six men, the Si- korsky bi-plane left Roosevelt field at 8:55 a. m., to day for Bolling Field, ‘Washington, on its pioneer trip. Igor Sikorsky, designer and pilot, was in command. The purpose of the trip was to demonstrate the bi-plane’s * freight carrying capacity. Pass Buck on Redistricting SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 24.—Agi- tated because the senate “had passed the buck” to the house, the lower branch of the general assembly, today for the second time, defeated a senate joint resolution calling for the ap pointment of a legislative committee to redistrict the state. The vote was 75 to 54. Butte Digs Out of Snow BUTTE, Mont. April 24.—Butte this morning was digging itself out of the greatest spring snow storm in the city’s history. More than 20 inches of snow fell during yesterday and last night tieing up street car and auto- mobile traffic and seriously impairing telephone and telegraph service. Two Silk Firms Now One. INDIANAPOLIS, April 24.—Details of a $1,500,000 transaction were made public here today with the announce- ment that the Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Indianapolis, had purchased the Theime Brothers Co., Fort Wayne. The latter concern is said to be one of the country’s largest silk hosiery manufacturing firms. Job For Birth Controller. ANDERSON, 8, C., April 24.—-The birth of triplets this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Clarence Fields of Anderson county, establishes a record of five children born to them in ten months. Twins were born to them June 19, 1924. Mr. and Mrs, Fields are 30 years old each. CAPITALIST PRESS 1S SUSPECTED OF MAKING READY FOR OPEN SHOP (Special to The Daily Worker.) NEW YORK CITY, April 24.—The American Newspaper Publishers’ as- sociation, at its 39th annual conven- tion here, put thru a resolution which took away the power of the convention itself to negotiate con- tracts with organized labor, and placed that power In the hands of the board of directors, While the actual ratification of the contracts Is supposed to remain in the hands of the membership of the asociation as before, the move Is looked upon by workers on news. papers as a step to concentrate power In the hande of the reaction- ary directors preparatory to an open shop drive on the unions engaged In newspaper production. Se u WORKER TWICE\ CAPACITY, FEAR EPIDEMIC Government Gives No Relief to Inmates LEAVENWORTH, Kas. April 24.— The federal prison here is becoming so crowded that special relief has been asked from the department of Justice. It was also admitted by prison of- ficials that other federal penitentiaries were just as crowded. Three thousand one hundred and thirty-one prisoners is the population of the institution, with two carloads on the way from California and In- diana, Danger of Epidemic. There are only 1,400 one-man cells here and it has become necessary to double up and put cots in basements to take care of the overflow. No ground remains within the prison walls to construct a new cell house. The huge dining hall accommodates 1,240 and three breakfasts, dinners and suppers are necessary to serve all. With the danger of epidemic pres- ent, some relief must be obtained quickly, for McNeil Island, in the west, has discontinued receiving pris- oners and Atlanta, Georgia, is report- ed to have at least 200 more than capacity. All Prisone Overcrowded. Stx hundred more convicts are ex- Pected to “dress in” at Leavenworth by July 1. All state institutions are reported taxed to the utmost, and no state at Present can take over any prisoners, 48 js sometimes done. Two years at least would be re- quired for the construction of a new penttentiary due to conZressional en- abling acts and red tape. Dever and Small Fight to Become Bankers’ Servants The city council is acting on a resolution calling on the state legis- lature to exempt Chicago from the state commerce commission, and place a@ committee appointed by the mayor in charge of the Chicago traction franchise, The state senate is now considering a bill introduced by Richard -Barr, which would allow the state com- merce commission to issue permanent franchises to Chicago's traction com- panies, f Mayor Dever “atid Governor Small are now engagedjin a fight as to which political group will turn the traction lines over to the bankers, and receive favors from them in re- turn. The Barr bill was framed by Samuel Insull and his fellow traction magnates, Senator Barr admitted. Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, April 24.—Great Bri- tain, pound sterling, demand 480%; cable 480%. France, franc, demand 5.20; cable 5.20%. Belgium, franc, demand 5.0534; cable 5.06. Italy, lira, demand 4.10%; cable 4.11, Sweden krone, demand 26.93; cable 26.96. Norway, Krone, demand 16.32; cable 16.34. Denmark, krone, demand 18.53; cable 18.55. Germany, mark unquoted. aoe tael, demand 73.75; cable 74.00, Keep Up War on Home Brews. WASHINGTON, April 24—Federal prohibition authorities will continue their campaign against home brewers in spite of the decision of Chief Jus- tice McCoy of the district supreme court that homes cannot be searched for liquor law violations unless previous sales of liquor can be proved, Death or the Movies. Early Neilson, 12, was near death today from a self-inflicted gunshot wound because his parents had re- fused his permission to go to the movies, The boy’ shot himself with a small calibre hunting rifle given him a tew weeks'ago on his twelfth birthday. ui" Battle Blaze In Berlin. BERLIN.—Miilions of dollars dam- age was done by a fire which started last night and burned out only today in the General Blectric company. The entire Berlin fire department bat- tled the blaze all night. One fireman was seriously injured. Baby Airplane Ready. DAYTON, Ohio, April 24.—A tiny airplane weighing only 838 pounds, driven by a 22%4 horsepower motor will make a no: p flight from Day- ton to New York and return within ten days or two weeks. France Has Money for War PARIS, April 24.—The second halt of the naval program calling for an appropriation of 3,194,000,000 francs covering a period from 1925 to 1932 was adopted by chamber of deputies today, 422 me . “Unknown Soldier” Gets Wreath. PARIS.—King “George and Queen Mary of England placed a wreath on the grave of the ‘unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe this morning, fol- lowing their arrival from the Rivera, and later lunched ‘with President Dou- mergue, wt n aed mee ISGNS JAMMED | John D. Jr. Presents to the World the “Model Father” of Capitalism By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ‘ODAY, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who competes with Edsel : Ford as heir to the greatest pile of riches in the world, relieves himself of another paternalistic sermon to the effect that John.D. Rockefeller, Sr., is a “model father.” It would certainly be gross ungratefulness on the part of John D. Jr., who has-never performed a real day’s work in all his life, to argue otherwise. Life has been pretty soft for John D. Jr., outside of the terrific exertion it takes to lecture a bible class in a Fifth Avenue’ baptist church, in New York City, occasionally. ° e ee John D. Jr. has kept up the christian end, while John Ds Sr., has kept up the killing end of the Rockefeller business. “Jr.” may be godly, but “Sr.” was the go-getter, and still is, under a capitallst system that demands the subsidizing and corruption of a subservient government, to maintain an op- pressive rule over the wage working masses, in order that private property may thrive, and profits flow in unstintingly. John D. Sr. may be a “model father.” He is a “model capitalist” as he is a “successful capitalist.” But there are 100,000,000 workers and poor farmers, with their children, in this country who are rapidly learning that the model and successful capitalist is their worst enemy, that John D. Sr. may treat his own children well, but that doesn’t lift by the smallest iota the great burden of misery that crushes heavily upon the children of the working class. What labor is look- ing for are working class “models” of perfection and not capitalist class “models.” eeee John D. Jr. says, “I cannot remember hearing my father say a harsh word to any of his children.” Why should he? If any were to be spoken he could no doubt hire nurses and governesses to do that. But the harsh words of the Rockefeller fortune are continually dinned into the ears of workers, the world around, by the lash wielding taskmasters. Whether in the oil refineries of Bayonne, New Jersey, the coal fields of south- ern Colorado, the oil fields of a dozen countries, or upon the oil ships that sail all the seas, all belonging to the Rocke- feller Standard Oil trust, there the curses of the Rocke- feller wealth are heard in an unending stream, urging labor at break neck speed to produce more wealth, greater pro- fits, for the Rockefeller family. ene @ @ John D. Jr. adds, “I cannot remember him ever critic- izing us.” But the working class has heard. Whenever it has sought to better its conditions, on the job, or In legis- lative halls, there Rockefeller money has been on hand to wield its anti-labor whip. |, John D. Sr. may not have criticized his own children, but his thugs and gunmen,:in the uniform of the Colorado militia, or otherwise, murdered the women and children, not to mention the men of thé Colorado coal fields. If the lips of the oppressed of Rockefeller oll could speak, their utterances would frame tales of horror that would outmatch those of any oppressed class since history began. It is not the model father that the workers are Inter- ested in. Labor struggles for a model social system that sloughs off class oppression forever and makes it possible for all to live happily. Annually, around his birthday anniversary, John D. Sr. goes, of a Sunday, to the church at Tarrytown, N. Y., and delights the children of the neighborhood b: ——s brand new silver dimes among them. That is the price that the czar of oil places upon the affection of the children— a thin dime’s worth, But the children of this generation, in the pulsating working class sections of the nation and the world, are dis- covering different values. Not in the my of the High- land Park, lilinois, Press, declaring that, “the red workers have numerous agents at work in various ways, trying to teach the youngster that patriotism is something to be ashamed of, that the American government means bond for the workers and that the on y system of government is that which is now in vogue in Red Russia.” Capitalism itself, with its oil czar, and heir en with its flivver king and his crown prince; with its whole retinue of money monarchs and industrial kaisers, is even arousing the children to the real nature of the social system under which they live. These children will grow to consider only those fathers, as “model fathers,” who organize and struggle for the ending of this Rockefeller-Ford- in capitalist social system; for the Communist victory of the working class. For such “model fathers,” John D. dr., like the ruling oppressors of all cap- italist nations, open prisons, gates swinging inward, and call on firing squads to do their murderous work. Yet these are the “model fathers” of the future, the future that be- longs to the working class, Labor Daily Bares Bulgar Plot — (Continued from page 1) The Handy Professor, Against Individual Terror. The press of Soviet Russia flercely attacks the capitalist papers for the new lying campaign against Russia in connection with the latest terror in Bulgaria. The Pravda says: “We Com- munists are resolutely opposed to in- dividual terror. We call on all sup- porters of the Comintern not to lend themselves to provocation, and to rely only upon the movement of the masses, organizing them against all government licentiousness, The Comintern never, nowhere, has plan- ned individual terror,” . The Soviet press expresses the be- Nef that the bomb in the cathedral is a manifestation of popular wrath against the white terror of the gov- ernment. Comrade Koralov, an official of the Communist International and 4 Bulgarian, in an article declares that the attempt on the life of the Bul- rian king was the work of Zankov agents, as the king opposed the ter- roristic policy of the government and refused to sign the death sentences. It is reported that the British and American ministers in Sofia have pro- tested against the severity) of the white terror. The American sald it might cause a widespread revolt of labor in Hurope against the capital- ist class, ee inate satay. One of the leading fascist sheets in Bulgaria urged the appointment of Prof. Constantine Stephanove, of the Sofla University, as minister to the United States, The professor is Bul- garian correspondent for Hearst's in- ternational news service and appears to be a staunch supporter of the Zankov government. This professor is sending out lurid stories of Soviet plots, of Soviet bombs captured and statements de- fending the actions of the Zankov regime, ntfs, BM The workers of the United States are warned against accepting as facts the news of events in Bulgaria ap- pearing in the capitalist press, par- ticularly stories with a Sofia date- line. Nothing can get out of Sofia that does not meet with the approval of the government military chiefs, Professor Stephanove's dispatches ap- pear in the Hearst papers. Lisbon Rebels In Fortress. LISBON, Portugal, April 24.—Thir- ty-elght officers who took part in the recent revolt of several army regi- ments have been transferred from the warship Vasco da Gama, where they were being held, to the fortress of Elvan Hantarem, FASCISTS PICK FIGHT ON REDS: THREE KILLED Paris Police Fired on Commanists PARIS, April 24—Considerabte ex. cltement prevails here today over the result of a battle which took place yesterday between young Communists. and fascists, in which three of the black-sHirts were killed. The ‘trouble came to a head wher & meeting, ,to which a Communist woman was invited to speak, broke up in disorder. The meeting was ad- dressed by a nationalist or fascist deputy and his followers caused a riot when the Communist tried to speak, When the crowd was leaving the hall the"fascisti attacked the Com- tmunists, using revolvers. The latter, having secured arms, returnedsand a regular street battle took place: The chief of' police was ‘routed out of his bed and when he arrived on the scene of battle, he ordered the police to fire on the Communists, Governor Smith Dumps Ricca Teachers’ Salary Bill in Waste Basket ALBANY, N. Y., April 24—Governor Smith vetoed the Ricca teachers’ salary bill. The New York teachers have put up a hard battle to get an increase in their salary to correspond with the present cost of living. They have been fought viciously by the United Real Estate Owners’ asgocia- tion of New York and Mayor Hylan who has lined up with the real estate men against the teachers, They placed their hopes on Gor érnor Smith. They sent petitions to the governor signed by teachers, by parents and by all those who believed the teachers should get their’ raise. They went in a body of over 1,000 to Albany to personally convince’ the Nhe of the justness of their But Stewart Brown, president. of the real estate owners, confidently poasted that their efforts were all in vain. He is quoted us saying on one oceasion that one word from him to the governor would veto the bill. The governor did veto the bill. . French Government pip, en cr Ah in ber of Deputies PARIS, April 24.—The government under the newly appointed premier, Paul Painleve, won a vote of confi- dence in the chamber of deputies this afternoon, 380 to 204. : A resolution to have the address which Herriot, new prosident Of the chamber, delivered yesterday, posted on all public buildings, was carried by a vote of 318. The minority would not vote, . —__. Stronger Guard on Mexican Border. WASHINGTON, D. ©., April '24.— President Coolidge took steps to enact &® more careful guard for American imperialism on the Mexican border. Representatives of the departments of state, justice, labor and the treasury have been called into a joint confer- ence to take means of strengthening the guard at the border.’ Rallroad Negro to Prison An insane Negro who was a pat ient in the Cook County hospital, was sentenced to thirty years in prison in Chief Justice Hopkin’s court for an alleged attack on a woman patient, The jury deliberated only fifteen minutes. The evidence brot out that the Negro, William Smith, had not been normal for some time. There was no thot of sending the Negro to an dpe hospital, however, and he was railroaded to prison with it consideration, = een, Hunt for “Baby-Farm” HAGERSTOWN, Md., April 24,— Authorities today were investigating the possible existence of a “baby farm” near here following the finding of the body of a murdered day-old girl baby. The infant, its throat cut, had been tossed into a vacant lot in a burlap salk. It was the fifth slain shild found heré since March, +f Truck Holds Its Own f NORWOOD, Mass,, April 24—Two unidentified men were killed and their companion, Joseph King of New- ton, was seriously injured today when their automobile crashed into the rear end of a motor truck driven by Wil- fred Mahen, The truck driver escaped unhurt, ne oan Urge Long Water Route SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 24.—U. s. Senator Charles Dineen of Chicago, addressing @ joint session of the Ili- nois state legislature today, expressed firm beliet that @ water transporta- tion route from the St, Lawrence river to the seas and the Great Lakes to the Gulf of lexico, soon would reality. i “ib Report MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 24,— La Ceiba has been reported by Honduran revolutionis "hag ea im ; Ke * CUS Se