The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 5, 1925, Page 1

rere Daily Worker Annual Sub- scription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! Sampy: ‘3 tage ss GEN 24; : Vol. Il. No. 96. SUT eleuty ac go, by mail, - yd Youy Ve So “tage” ¥ MILLIONS MARCH INStinsc. AY DAY DEMONSTRATIONS—WORK IS ‘STOPPED AS WORLD CELEBRATES MOSCOW, Soviet, Russia, May 3.—All work was suspended thruout Soviet Russia for three days, during which millions of workers and peasants and children, celebrated International May | Day with huge demonstrations, meetings and parades. All offices, stores and factories were closed, while the work- | ers flocked to the streets, to march behind red banners in parades that were miles long. Red Army Parades. In Moscow thousands of Red Army soldiers and sailors of | the Red Fleet filed past the tomb of the dead leader of the Russ- | jan revolution, Vladimir Lenin. In the Red square, facing Lenin’s | ——*tomb, Red Army recruits took nnn {the oath of allegiance to the world’s working class, and to Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. THE DAIL $8.00 per year. TUESD CAPITALISM SAVED AGAIN! LESAN ya te ee AY, MAY. 5, 1925 THAN THE REVOLUTION 1s PREVENTED AGAIN AND WE CAN SLEEP AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. NCE upon atime a fox saw & bunch of juicy grapes hanging on a tree, Being a foxy fox he took a lik- ing to them and jumped up so often in an effort to get the luscious fruit be- tween his teeth, that he got weak in the hind legs. So he quit, and quitting madé some uncomplimentary refer- ences to the grapes. This story is re- sponsible for the retort uncourteous “sour grapes.” Primo de Rivera, Mus- solini of Spain, declares that Spain can’ never find economic compensa- tion in Morocco and that the cen- tury old’ campaign of Spain there, is folly. se ad Et is only a few months since the dictator went to Morrocco with loud boasts about what he would do to the Riffian tribesmen who were making things uncomfortable for the Spanish troops, But while Primo was shooting the “bull” the Riffians were shooting bullets. They shot so effec- tively that Primo de Rivera and his troops are hanging on to the shrub- bery on the shores of the Mediterran- ean Sea., There is little left of Spain’s farmer pOssessions excepting a bare strip along the coast. This being so de Rivera is quite justified in casting ALKING of Spain, our readers recollect that a fascist dictatorship exists in that country: “Th View of this fact, it is . interesting to note the praise showered on United States Am- bassador, Moore, by Hearst’s papers. Moore represents the capitalists of this country in Madrid. Certain poli- ticians in the great manufacturing state of Pennsylvania, want to recall Moore and put somebody else in his place. This only means a quarrel be- tween rival capitalist politicians. oe * EARST goes to bat for Moore. He points out, that this man Moore is a very efficient servant of American capitalism in Spain, that he ison good terms with King Alfonso and was the first ambassodar to congratulate Pri- mo de Rivera on his successful over- throw of the parliamentary govern- ment. Nice democrat, isn't he? Be- cause. of this foresight, Moore is a close friend of de Rivera, besides be- ing so close to. the king that he calls him by his favorite nickname. Why should such a fellow be recalled, ask- ed the “progressive” Hearst. Indeed, why should he? : * oe UNDREDS of thousands of work- ers are afflicted with the delusion that Hearst is a radical. There is no doubt, but he is thoroly despised by che iegitimate burglars of Wall Street, the fellows who draw up the code of ethics that must be observed by ‘the insiders. Hearst does not always’play the game with them. He breaks “cau~ cus” whenever it suits his pocket. In fact Hearst is.a typical fascist. Lud* endorf and Hitler are not the darlings ‘of the German bourgeoisie just now, tho they may need them later on. Fyety one of Hearst's leading spécial writers is pro-fascist and Brisbane ‘is the leader of the 4 : * . 1S fear td favored the election of von Hindenburg in Gérmany. He has. not yet claimed credit’ for’ the (Continued on page 4.) COMMUNIST PARTY CALL FOR UNITED FRONT AGAINST BOSSES, ZIONIST TOOLS (Special to The Daily Worker) JERUSALEM, Palestine, May 3.—The central committee of the Com- munist Party of Palestine on the occasion of Lord Balfour's visit, has issued the following appeal to the workers of Palestine. BRITISH To all workers and Fellahin: “ English imperialism is becoming continually more insolent and un- c | Fule in the colonies is on a level with sea pirates who have robbed hundreds of countries and thousands: ashamed, the history of Bng! that of of people. During the war English against the Turks, and impé¥laliem stirred up the Arablan magsée Raclish |. 9 now the war has ended with the victory of (Continued on page 4.) the Russian revolution, em- bodiéd in the workers’ and peas- (Continued on page 2) COMMUNIST MAY DAY MEETINGS STIR WORKERS Estimate 109,000 Audi- ence in 200 Cities It is estimated that at least 100,000 wage workers of America stayed away from their work on International La-| bor Day to attend demonstrations con- | ducted by the Workers (Communist) | Party in every industrial center and in two hundred cities and towns thruout the country, from’ the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. In Chicago, over two thousand work- ers crowded the Temple Hall, Van Buren and Marshfield streets, to over- flowing to hear James P. Cannon, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party, Shach editor of the Young orker, and C. E, Ruthen| These three just returned from attending the ses- sions of the enlarged executive of the Communist: International and the Young» Communist International, and they» described conditions prevailing in Soviet-Russia and the European countriesy recounting the struggles of the European workers against the white terror, Speak to Jobless. Im the-afternoon the Chicago section of, the: Workers Party held a May Day demonstration at the gates of the Chicago .and Northwestern railway shops, where six thousand workers/ had been laid off indefinitely: At the Forty-second street gates, on Kedzie avenue, Arthur Henderson, William F. Kruse and Karl Reeve spoke to the crowds of workers from,a “flivver,” telling of the significance of May Day, and pointing out that at the same time the workers were thrown on the streets without jobs the bosses have piled up a large surplus of supplies (Continued on page 2) “Barbarous” Mexico in Protest to ‘Civilized” U. S. on Race Murders SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 3.— San Quentin prison’s murderous race | rioting took on an international as- pect today when it was learned A. Lubbert, Mexican consul general in San Francisco, has demande@ an in- vestigation, asking punishment for the death of two Mexicans in prison yard fights. ‘The Mexican ambassador at Wash- ington has been appealed to, Lubbert said. ‘The riots, starting a month ago, between Mexicans and other prison- ‘ers in the jute mill of the prison, ¢limaxed-this week. Micheel Gomez, 18, and Frank Williams, lifer, were stabbed to death yesterday and Law- rench Mahach, an Indian, was knifed fatally the day before. OF PALESTINE aioe i aglone occurred, killing 172 and 24 ,, men recnectively, while this year WORKER. Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the POst Office at Chicago, lilinois under the Act of March 8, 1879. ccs 290 PUBLIS: K GoD! 50 YounG! AND SUCH A HARDENED THE 44-HOUR WEEK WITH NO. WAGE CUT; IN AUSTRALIA! BRISBANE, Queensland, May 3.— The 44-hour week for all workers comes into Operation in the labor state of Queensland on July 1, 1925. The labor premier stated that there would be no Feduction in wages be- SEEKS ‘PLOTS’ Disperses Class and Makes Vain Search |"*"* __ (Special to The Daily Worker.) NEW YORK CITY, May “vne GREEN'S MAY New York sherlocks were not going) 2 Z to be outdone by the European plot-/ Begs for Their Aid manufacturers, as was shown on the | eve of May Day, when .the “bomb Against Reds (Special to The Daily Worker) of Gegan and Brown, Wisited! the Workers Party headquarters at/ KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 3.—The | national convention of the Railway 108 East 14th St., searched the dis- trict office of the party and dispersed Weinstone’s class in Communism. They threatened violence to the stu- dents who were studiously engaged in their books and class papers, and or- dered them out of the building. William Z. Foster, with a committee of local Communists, was holding a committee meeting in one of the Gjerks opens here tomorrow, and the Jude Wikths Gabiandad a hears waré delegates and labor fakers are flock- rant. “Where do you get that stuff?” a candy ahi dara was the reply of “democracy's” brass-| Among the fakers is Bill Green, the bound protector. Foster did not leave, | Beeskiens soa: 1: Pecan Eenereus’ however. But the meeting was dis-| % Labor. Green made two speeches persed, | here on May Day, but they were not Later these agents of capitalism May Day speeches. He nay 5 erick called at Young Workers League head- tion that it was International Labor quarters at 1347 Boston road. Here | Day, and confined both talks to busi- of the Y. W. L. mass meeting anthalso| At the city club, to an audience of visited the Workers Party branch | capitalists, Green gave his usual talk meeting, but made no arrests at either | inviting class collaboration. One bour- place. geois asked, “What do you think of The district office of the Workers | William Z. Foster?” Party is sending a committee com-| Green replied, “Foster is opposed to posed of Foster, Krumbein and Wein-| the purpose of the trade unions as I (Continued on page 2) and other union officials understand i them.” ‘BOMB SQUAD’ OF NEW YORK rooms, Gegan ordered him out. Com- they took the name of the chairman | 2@88 men only. ee “What is the purpose of the trade Expert Imperialist | unions?” was asked. Sent to China Post} “We think that the unions exist to |help business. purpose that you business men have. Lockhart, chief of the division of Far| We are against the reds, Yet a few Eastern affairs in the state department | business men fight the unions, But has been appointed as consul-general | what if the unions were destroyed? at Hankow, and his place in Washing-| Do you think the workers would re- ton will be taken by Nelson Johnson, | main passive and quiet?” who has been inspector of consulates, Evidently Green wished the capital- with the rank of consul-general, in the ists to understand that by permitting Far East. the unions to exist and by allowing Lockhart goes back to China with| his sort of leadership to prevail, the his former chief, MacMurray, who has | capitalists would defeat the interests been named as minister to China un-| of the workers far better than by der the Kellogg reorganization of the | open war on the unions to destroy diplomatic staff. them, EACH MILLION TONS OF COAL IN MARCH KILLED FOUR MINERS WASHINGTON, May 3.— Acci- dents in the coal mines of the coun- try brought death to 181 men in March, as compared with 339 in March, 1924, the . interior depart- ment announced today. On the basis of a production of 44,684 tons in March, the number of fatalities per million tons of coal produced was 4,05, as compared with a fatality ite of 7.19 In March of last year. Reduction in the fatality rate was eaused mainly by the fact that in March last year two .najor explo- WASHINGTON, May 3.—Frank P. “Czar,” Broke, ‘Defies Press Agent BERLIN, Germany, May 3.—‘Czar” Cyril, has beem sued by his publicity man, Snessarev, for services in writ- ing the proclamation of the Russian monarchist which declared him “czar of all the Russians.” The press agent ¢laims no one would have taken the claims seriously, had he not written reams of anti-Soviet propaganda for the “ezar.” He declares that his writ- ings roped in American society wo- men to the tune of $40,000 and that he wants a share in the haul. Cyril denies he has any money. No Cabinet For Belgium BRUSSELS, ‘May 3.—Efforts to form a new Belgian cabinet have so tar failed, King Albert has been in- formed by BaroneCharles de Broque- ville, who has been trying to form a new cabinet for several days. Emile Vandervelde, thessocialist, also tailed to form a cabimet, ly one major explosion occurred, swith @ lose of 33 lives. We have the same} ‘ALLIED NATIONS ~INCITE BULGAR WHITE TERROR | Combine to Force War Upon Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) VIENNA, May 3.—It is revealea | that at the instigation of the United | States government, acting thru | Charles S, Wilson, American minister |to Bulgaria, the leading imperialist | Powers of the League of jations joined in coercing both Jugo-Slavia and Bulgaria to intensive the white | terror against the workers, and sent the whole allied diplomatic body in | both the Serbian and Bulgar capitals to the foreign offices to compel obe- | dience to their orders that a massacre | upon Communist workers be substi- | tuted for war between the two hostile | countries. Jugo-Slavia Caused Explosion. Despite the fact now known that | Jugo-Slav groups and not the Com-} | munists were responsible for the ex-| | plosion at the Sveti Kral cathedral, as | proven by the first confession of the Published dai NEW YORK EDITION y except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER HING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvyd., Chicago, Ill. Price 3 Cents THREE THOUSAND STRIKERS PICKET LINE AT McKEES ROCKS CHEER WORKERS PARTY SPEAKERS By IRWIN, Worker Correspondent, McKEES ROCKS, Pa., May 3.—Three thousand strikers early Thursday morning went on the picket line to watch if any rats wete willing to crawl back and accept the nine and a half- hour workday which the Pressed Steel Car company here has been attempting to enforce. After having performed that duty they marched in a.body to the base ball park at which the strike metings are being held. There they cheered the speakers, Arne Swabeck and John Otis representing the Workers Party and McNamara and Gibson representing the machinists’ district council. Communists Urge Class Solidarity. While the speakers urged that the strike be conducted on an effective basis and complete class solidarity in the struggle, the militant members from ranks of the strikers presented a plan of committee organiza- tion based on representation from the various departments. A representative committee wes quickly elected and despite the drizzl- ing rain the workers stuck it out un- til all had been completed, determin- ed to seriously contest the self-as- sumed right of the company to arbit- rarily set the working hours. Strike Committee on Job. The strike committee immediately settled down to take up its business. Everybody knew precisely what they were out for and it became a question only of formulating the exact terms of their demands and present them on such a basis that every striker would understand the true meaning of the fight. The committee concretely formulat- ed its two outstanding demands, to be reported back for approval at the next strike meeting and upon such approval to be presented to the com- pany. Two Main Demands. ening of working hours above the existing nine hours a day,” and the second, “No discrimination against any member serving on the commit- tee or against any man or woman par ticipating in the, walk-out.” About three’ hundred women were as rivet heaters, ‘but generally doing. heavy. manual laborsfor smaller pay than the men. However, at the in- stant notices ofthe Ionger workday were posted these “women were among the first to. walk out. Women Workers Stand by Strike. They recognized as well as the men the truth of the’ statements brought out by the speakers: at the strike meetings that it is ‘fot only that half hour additional work is so important to the company, but the fact that it wants to force thru a*continual down- ward slide. Now it demands the nine and a half {church sexton Peter Zagorsky, and| hour workday, next the demand will |the fact that the bomb itself was a Serbian army bomb, with the original instructions in the Serbian language | | still adhering to the discovered trag-| ments, and the wholesale smuggling | of Serbian arms into Bulgaria by} Jugo-Slav patriots, together with the | open preparation of Jugo-Slavia, in-| volving the mobilization of several| army corps and the concentration of | (Continued on page 2) Bulgarian Fascists Murder Dorossiev Communist Leader | SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 3.—To the in- |; numerable losses which the Bulgarian | proletariat has to undergo daily, there is added yet another: Comrade Janko Dorossiev has been shot down in broad daylight in the streets of Sofia by agents of the government’s murder organization, A teacher by profession, Comrade Dorossiev had already as a student, devoted himself with the greatest en- thusiasm and self-sacrifice to the cause of the working class. As a teacher he was persecuted on account of his opinions and his propagandist activity, and finally discharged, Since 1922 he was secretary of one of the district organizations of Sofia. After the dissolution of the Communist Party of Bulgaria by the fascist gov- ernment he worked in the illegal C. P. of Bulgaria. The party has suf tered a severe loss by his death. Labor Defense Meets in New York Confab on Tuesday, May 5 NEW YORK, May 3,—The next con- ference of the Labor Defense Council, New York section, will take place on Tuesday, May 5, 8 p, m., at 108 Bast be the ten, the eleven, and the twelve- hour day while the ‘pay will travel as fast in the opposite direction—one wage cut after another while the company continues to pile up its mil- lions of profit. That is, if the com- pany has its way; and a change in favor of the workers can only be ob- tained thru their own united active struggle. A lesson in the class struggle is being taught these strikers, many of whom thru their poor clothing, show the unmistakable signs of the effects of the heavy wage cuts and the miser- able working conditions. Brazil Revolt Grows BUENOS AIRES, May 3.--Border advices say that the Brazilian rebels in the state of Sao Paulo, who retired to the interior after the failure: of, their last outbreak, are showing re- newed activity, and are preparing to attack the port of La Guayra, on the Parana River. The government forces at La Guay- ra, which is fortified, are said.to num, ber about 2,000, while more than 1,200 rebels are already gathered at various points up the river. The advices indicate that if the .re- bels are successful they intend to in- vade Matto Grosso state and also to ces in Rio Grande de Soul. abated. and usually pass death sentences. 14th street, Room 23. All delegates should be present as there are some urgent matters to be taken up. Branches should settle for tho bazaar tickete still outstanding. fighting on December ist of last y “The United Front of Workers and beloved peasant leader on the island Ocsel, the > Their first demand is “No length: | of employed in these ear shops, mostly | Pa! SOCIALISTS OF ITALY ESPOUSE MILLER, NOSKE Workers Turn from the Traitorous ‘Democrats’ By EDMONDO PELUSO. (Special to The Daily Worker.) ROME, May 3—Periods of great re- action are at the same time periods of the liquidation of certain parties or certain persons. The unitarian social- ists, as the group of reformists like to call themselves, who for many years led the socialist. party of Italy and among whom are Turati, one of the founders of the socialist party, Modi- gliani, Treves, and the present leader the Confedrazione General del Lavoro (general labor federation) D’Arogna, Buozzi etc., decided at their recent party conference which took place in Rome to consign socialism to b ages heap and to take up as a ew banner—Noskeism. It will be remembered that at the ty “conference~-.in-. O¢tober, 1922, which was also held in Rome, the last Banner bearers of the “glorious party” split into two groups: the maximilists and the unitarians. The unitarians now claim to have 30,000 members (there has been a cer tain influx of young intellectuals who have recently gone over from fascism into the camp of reformism), 24 mem- bers of parliament and 423,000 elec tors. Praises Murderer Noske. Their secretary, Professor Basso, who took Matteotti’s place after the latter has been murdered by the bands of, Mussolini, at least has the advantage tliat he goes straight to his aim, When he delivered his report om (Continued on page 4) Wagon Drivers’ Union Officials Give in to Manufacturers The 350 striking ice cream wagon drivers and chauffeurs were ordered back to work, after the officials of the Ice Cream Wagon Drivers’ Union accepted a compromise wage offer from the manufacturers. It was declared that the agreement was prac‘ically the same as the old contract, and the one day rest in sev en clause was refused by the manu- facturers. JAPAN'S UNEMPLOYED ARMY GROWS TO THREE AND ONE-HALF MILLION TOKIO, Japan, May. 3.— Japan now has the largest number of un- employed workers of any nation in the world, it is announced here, Three million, four hundred thou- sand adult workers are now jobless, reports state, effect a junction with other rebel for- |. A few days ago the court martial in Reval condemned the and the peasant Ulgekutt to death, solely on the basi by spies to the effect that Welt and Ulgekutt had been ir, England is a close second with three million unemployed. ESTONIAN WHITE TERROR MURDERS : WORKER AND PEASANT LEADERS ON “EVIDENCE” GIVEN BY LYING SPIES (Special Cable to the Daily Worker.) ‘ MOSCOW, May 3—In Esthonia the terror of white justice is raging un- In Reval and Dorpat the court martials are permanently in session worker. Welt of, testimony. given nin the street Last year Welt was a member of parliament, representiqg the league of Uigekutt is a known and jasants.” ee