The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 9, 1925, Page 1

eee os Ge Worker Annual Sub- scription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! Vol. IL No. 100. = RATES: In Chicago, by mail, Outside Chicago, by rn e é Ld FI ey Minneapo AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. OW would you like to read an original draft of the Communist Manifesto? Perhaps it never occurred to~yorthat such a treasure existed, but it does, and the Daily Worker Publishing company has done the trick of making, this historic document available to the workers in a neat, artistic and cheap form, thru its Lit- tle Red Library series. The little book is entitled, “Principles of Commun- ism.” It was written by Frederick Engels, the co-worker of Marx and’ one of the founders of modern socialism. ae ee To little book costs only ten cents. You can buy one dozen of them for one dollar. Thousands of this booklet should be distributed among the workers of the United States. And it is a simple matter. How could any member of the Workers Party or any reader of the DAILY WORKER who is in sympathy with our movement, spend a dollar better than by. invest- ing it in a dozen of those little books and distributing them among the wage slaves? eee HOUSANDS of those little trouble makers for capitalism have already been sold. The figure must reach hun- dreds of thousands. The American workers can be reached and one of_the most effective ways to get them think- ing about their status in this cap- italist world is to pass them a piece of literature that is easy to read, ‘con- ism,” merely an announcement. Read this little gem and pass it along to your fellow workers. eee Ea States of this. union have ‘passed Jaws making it unlawful to teach the theory of evolution. One of those places for morons is Tennessee. A teacher of biology in the local high school at Dayton violated this Jaw by telling his pupils that man was not fashioned out of a fist-full of earth, by the hand-of God, but was the product of evolution from a lower form of life, a process that went on thru millions of years. see IHE teacher was arrested. He is a lucky teacher that he did not live a few hundred years ago. Had he made such a statement, his ears would now be decorating the cross on some Dayton church and his infidel tongue would be securely nailed up on some wall, where the sight of it could be enjoyed by the pious townspeople. As it 1s, nothing worse than a little publicity will happen to the teacher. The supreme court will finally hear the case and say whether the law under which the teacher was arrested, is. in conflict with the basic law of the land or not, It is quite likely that the learned judges will bring God a little more. up to date. Capitalism no longer has much use for the old specimeh. A good capitalist God can believe in evolution in the field of biology while renouncing it sociologic- ally. 8 AR was not such a bad thing after all, declared Commander Evange- line Booth of the salvation army. Not (Continued on page 2) vineing and revolutionary. This is not a review of “Principles of Commun- REDS CAMPAIGN UNITES WORKERS IN MINNEAPOLIS Challenge Labor Fakers in Election Fight (Special to The Daily Worker.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 7—The workers of Minneapolis are being | aroused to a realization of their class | interests in the city election cam-| paign now going on. It is the first) campaign that a frontal attack on the citizens’ alliance has been made and the class issues emphasized. Dan “W. Stevens, the Communist candidate for mayor is speaking to the workers every night, he being the only candidate that ever shows him- self before the workers. The others are trying, to buy the election with high priced campaign posters. Unions Grow Smaller, Since 1920 the labor movement has all but been destroyed in this city. From a membership of 25,000 the un-| ions are now ‘down to about 5,000. The campaign of the Communist candi- dates is clarifying the workers as to the cause of this weakness, The workers show great eagerness in learning the facts as put forth by our party. Our advocacy of industrial unionism to be brought about thru our amalgamation, our campaign in behalf of a class labor party, our de- mand for higher wages and improved working conditions and the defeat of | the “open shop” are reaching the ears ‘Jot’ the workers ‘sich as they onde 2 did. before... Unity of Labor Against Capitalists. The reactionary labor officials such as Cramer, Van Lear, and others of the same type are being called upon by the Communist speakers to explain their efforts to deliver labor. hog-tied to the present republican mayor— Leach, and also to explain their re- fusal to fight in the interests of the workers on the industrial field. The Workers (Communist) Party is setting forth its demand for unity of all the forces of labor in the strug- gle against capitalism, the speakers (Continued on page 4) COURT T0 DECIDE ON ANCIENT INJUNCTION AGAINST MINE UNION WHEELING, W. Va. May 7— Judge W. E. Baker will announce his decision upon the demurrer filed in the contempt case against officers and members of the United Mine Workers of America, tomor- row, he announced today. Argument in the case, which has been interrupted by routine matters was closed yesterday. Operators contend that efforts of union miners to organize the non- union mines of the Panhandle dis- trict constitute a violation of the in- junction granted many years ago. The miners’ attorneys filed a demur- rer, on which the court will rule, 20,000 UNEMPLOYED IN MAY DAY FRANTIC RUSH FOR 700 FORD JOBS » (Special'to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 7.—The Minneapolis plant of the Ford Motor Co. began operations here May 1, with a crew of 700 workers, Officials of the company announced that altho only 700 were needed to start this new plant in operation, over 20,000 workers applied for jobs. S. A. Stellwagen, manager of the Minneapolis assembling plant an- nounced that ultimately 15,000 workers would be employed, but that the process of setting the many wheels in ¢#—————____________ motion would be a gradual one, re- sembling the slow projection of a picture on a screen. Work at the plant during May will be confined to assembling cars and trucks, but this operation, beginning on a 11 scale, will be inereased gradually as the machinery gathers speed and momen- tum, until a production rate is attain- ed which will result in an output of 2,500 cars for tho month of May. Off: cials of the company have declined to state when the process of manufac- turing cars in their entirity would be _ undertaken in the Twin City plant. 'Thix, however, is not likely to be very soon, Bver since the building of the fac- tory was started, about a year ago, the citizens’ alliance and the “open shop” bosses of the Twin Cities have used stories of Ford's “high wages” to flood the labor market so that they could further enslave the workers of the Northwest. In this they have been successful, thousands of work- ers having been lured here in the hope ‘of securing a lucrative job in the Ford factory, only to find on their arrival that they had been goats. Many of these workers could not get out of town again and have been fore- ed to accept the wages and working conditions that the bosses were will: ing to give. The city officials of both St. Paul and Minneapolis have aided in bringing these men here, $8.00 per year. mail, $6.00 per year, SN LANDI L. A. ROSELAND For Alderman, 10th Ward THE PLATFORM OF THE COMMUNIST CANDIDATES PARTY PLATFORM. HE Workers (Communist) Party, of which the above candidates are members, has persistantly fought to unite all the forces of la- bor in the struggle to prevent the capitalist class from reducing the wages and living standards of the workers. In Minneapolis the boss- es organized in the citizens’ alliance have waged a ruthless war against the? workers in an effort to. destroy their organizations thus rendering them helpless in the struggle. In this attack they have been to a very great extent successful due in part ‘to the ‘inactivity ofthe trade union.’ ‘officialdom and to e capitalist control of the present city and state governments. The socialist labor group in the council, instead of fighting to protect the interests of the workers, have used their offices to serve only their own political in- terests. The Workers (Communist) Party knows that the working class is capable of successfully defending itself against the capitalist attack and calls upon the workers to or- MOROCCANS TAKE|S MORE OUTPOSTS LICKING FRENCH intbetialiean. i Africa Defended by France PARIS, France, May 7.—Thirteen more French. soldiers were killed when the Riffian natives of Morocco attacked French block houses along the border of French and Spanish Mo- rocco, according to a foreign office statement. The number killed must have been considerably higher, according to re- ports from Morocco. Capture Nine Forts. The foreign office admits that the Moroccan natives have swept past nine French outposts, capturing the blockhouses, and cutting the soldiers off from food, water and supplies. The battle line between the native North Africans and the French army which is fighting in the interests of French imperialism, extends along a front of more than 100 miles along the Bibane mountains. The fighting continues north of Fez, the key to the interior of French Morocco, Socialists Fight Colonials. The Spanish, who have been beaten back to the frontiers, have given over the actual defense of European con- quest in Africa to the French. The Painleve government, which includes the socialists, are the chief champi- ons of European imperialism in its fight to conquer the native Africans. Marshal Lyautey, the military dic- tator of the North African colony, now has eighteen battalions of infantry, six squadrons of cavalry, twelve bat- teries of artillery, and a well equipped aviation corps in the field to subdue the native: Moroccans. Charged With Killing Stack CAIRO, Egypt, May 7.—Nine natives has been placed on trial here charged with the murder of the former British Wictator, Sir Lee Stack THE DAILY WO! Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the SATURDAY, MAY , 1925 ganize their forces: ut the lead- ership of the Communists on the basis of the following program: (a) The imm launching of a.campaign to the unorgan- ized workers. ‘fh (b) Day labor on all city work, with union wages ‘working con- ditions, instead of the present prac- tice of “selling” contracts for city jobs to the contractor who is will- ing to pay the most graft to city officials, (c) Capitalism is ini able to use the unemployed’ workers to lower wages and to force unbearable working conditions upon the work- ers in the shops, re we d mand either work wages forthe (a) A campaign torwipe out child labor in all department stores and factories. In order ‘that \ workers may send their children to school instead of into industry, we de- mand that the city give full main- tenance to all workers’ children at- tending school. (e) The socialization of all pub- lic service corporations with their control and administration vested in the unions. Ey 290 PLAN lies to Communists | Cc. A. HATHAWAY For Alderman, 1st Ward (f) The use of the police and military forces as instruments in the hands of the workers to be used by them in their struggle against cap- italism instead of vice versa as is the case at present. (g). The abolition of the injune- Published: daily except Sunday by , PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Blyd., Chicago, Ill, OWING ER. pmee at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, 1} WIN STRIKE AGRINST DISCHARGE OF MAY DAY DEMONSTRATORS (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, May 7.—The striking ci- ty_ transport workers who struck Tuesday against the discharge of 200 workers who had led the May Day strike demonstration are back to work after complete surrender by the company. The strikers were informed by their delegates that the company hgd agreed to reinstate, without ex- ception or punishment, all the men who quit their jobs on May Day. The 200 men who were under sus- pension are to receive pay for the two days they were laid off. LABOR FAKERS TRY PRAYER IN MINERS’ STRIKE tion in labor disputes. (h) The release of all workers imprisoned because of their ac- tivity in behalf of their class. (i) The recognition of the first workers’ and peasants’ government Soviet Russia, (j) The formation of a labor par- ty to inelnade all working class groups both economic and political. (k) The amalgamation of the craft unions into industrial unions. (l). The establishment of, unity " the International tyade union OTe Wanker: Teekay ray knows that these demands cannot be secured by the workers under capitalism. We set forth the above demands because we know they represent the needs of the workers and we therefore pledge jthe entire power of the Communist movement to bring about the overthrow of the present capitalist government and the establishment of a government of workers and poor farmers in its place. OCIALIST RENEGADES, VAN LEAR AND HARTHILL, COMMIT TREASON AGAINST WORKERS OF MINNEAPOLIS NTRODUCTION.—In the present city campaign, both Van Lear and Lewis Harthill, are supporting the entire reactionary ticket headed by Mayor Leach. Only a few years ago, Van Lear was elected mayor of the city as an avowed socialist. baiters. nunciation, misrepresentation and Today he is in the camp of the red- They both are engaged in an unscrupulous campaign of de- yillification of the Communist and progressive movement of the working class, The “Minnesota” is the official organ of this pair of labor blackbirds. It is financed practically by the Citizens’ Alliance. It was not go very long ago, when Van Lear advocated the amalgamation of craft unions. ~ This he did at the Kansas City convention of the Machinists back in 1912. On the strength of his milita: nt attitude on questions affecting the welfare of the working class, the workers reposed faith and confidence in him as a@ leader. The article which follows is evidence of the fact that when these renegades commence to desert the class struggle, they don’t stop on this _ side of hell. The Facts About the Minneapolis Daily Star 1 by 1919, Van Lear became one of the principal promoters. of the Daily Star. It was his contention that the workers needed a daily paper. He used to call both the Journal and Tribune, “capitalistic rags,” which, in| fact, they are. Therefore, he main- tained, it was the duty»of the workers to establish a “workers press.” This Daily Star business was a gi- ganti¢e proniotion scheme, Van Lear took it upon himself to win the faith and confidence of the working class, for the new enterprise, And he did. That was because the workers trusted him. It will-be remembered the kind of campaign that Van Lear conducted among organized and unorganized la- | bor. He told the unions that this would be a genuinely co-operative pa- per, He stressed the fact that “I will protect the interests of the workers in the paper.” The workers believed him. They poured their money, rep- resenting as it does, self-denials, sac- rifices and family struggles of econ- omy, into it, at the behest of this arch (Continued on page 3) COAL MINED IN UNITED STATES HELPS BREAK STRIKE ON BESCO (Special to The Daily Worker) SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, May 7.—The first consignment of coal from the United Stat » imported to beat down the strike of miners of District 26, arrived Monday on the steamer Suffolk. The coal is imported from the states by the British Empire Steel cor- poration, the most bitter foe of the United Mine Workers and other unions in the dominion. Thewargo contains : s 7,000 tons. 1 ; Starving, Evicted; Are Expelled If Armed (Special to The Daily Worker) FAIRMONT, W. Va., May 7.—If the West Virginia miners are inspired with spirit of battle against the sav- age oppression of the operators and their servile state government, it is not by reason of any militant leader- ship. Thruout the strike the Bittner international leadership, together with the district and sub-district bag ers have si most craven Oh ie aren. he get cra Sta ue poorly clad and desperate ate noble and determined. God and the Devil. Last Saturday, Van Bittner spoke to a packed theater in Fairmont. The meeting opened and also closed with prayer, led by Rev. M. Taggart. In the course of Bittner’s speech, the following pearls of wisdom were dropped: “We realize that in our ranks little children go to bed hungry. We realize that miners must sacrifice. But we do it with the spirit of patriotism. The United Mine Workers is a God-fearing, Christian, American institution. I be- lieve that God will finally triumph ‘ov- er the Devil. Union Expels Any Armed Worker. “They say the mine workers are Bolshevists. I stand here pledged to the government of this state and the government of the United States of America to maintain the government. I don’t want any of you to commit a breach of the peace. We promised the governor that any man found on the picket-line with a gun would be ex- pelled. We are doing that.” Meanwhile the capitalist papers were gloating at the way the strikers parading to the picket lines were con- fronted by the armed force of the capitalist dictatorship. Here are some (Continued. on page 2) ‘LABOR’ BANK OF PHILADELPHIA IN RECEIVER'S HANDS Claim Frozen Assets Enough to Cover (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, May 7.—The’ Pro- ducers’ and’ Consumers’ Bank, a “la bor bank” established by the efforts of one hundred and thirty labor organ- izations, is in the hands of a receiver, Albert M. Greenfield, a real estate operator appointed by the court on a petition filed by creditors. The bank was organized by promi- nent labor leaders and opened on February 1, 1922, with $500,000 de- posits. It now has 7,500 depositors and the sum owing them is $1,413,540.51. The trust assets are $2,732,607.28,. The liabilities are $2,456,238.62, The assets are said to be incapable of immediate liquidation. When founded, it was thought to secure a majority of labor men on the board by the charter provision that three-fifths of it should be labor rep- resentatives. THE DAILY WORKER NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents STRIKE SPREADS ON “OPEN SHOP” MARKET PROJECT Carpenters, Laborers Join Builders’ Walkout Construction work on the new Chi- cago market project, at 14th St., and Racine avenue, where close to two thousand bricklayers, plasterers, elec- tricians, plumbers, sheet metal work- ers, structural iron workers and tile setters are on strike against the open shop, was at a standstill yesterday. The strike was called by the Chi- cago Building Trades Council, in an effort. to unionize several hundred common laborers, carpenters and ce- ment workers, who were hired on the non-union “Landis award” basis. Cement Machines Idle The huge cement mixing machines, . which until the strike had. been pour- ing a steady stream of cement into the walls of the twenty million dollar structures, were idle yesterday. A large number of carpenters, who were at work on the non-union basis, joined the walkout as did some of the labor- ers. Some of the laborers at work yester- day declared they would join the strike this morning, while others will finish out ‘the week and walk out Monday. Thruout the day, laborers and carpenters were straggling away from work, when they realized there was a strike on, 2Scab Company Asks Conference Rumors, were being spread that the Building ‘Prades Council had" effected * a settlement and would send the strikers back to work, but J. Conroy, secretary of the council, denied this, declaring, “There is no change in the situation.” The McLennan Construction com- pany, which is constructing the huge market to replace the old S. Water St. market, has been conferring with the ‘building trades’ representatives, but no statement was issued as to the results of these conferences, The building trades unions have thus far made no attempt to picket the struck project, and the unorgan- ized laborers who joined the walkout declare that if the union men were allowed by their officials to picket, every man on the job could be brought out on strike immediately. Police Called Out Several flivver squads” were in evi dence around the plant, which covers four blocks. There were numerous armed plain clothes detectives and private guards. The construction work will be com- pletely tied up by Monday if the build ing trades union officials keep the union men from their jobs until that time, The strike of the iron and steel workers has tied up carpenter work and cement work, together with most of the common labor work. The “Landis yard,” non-union workers, are highly dissatisfied with the conditions, and are anxious to join the union. They declare that the boss system,’ with numerous bosses to speed them up, prévails. Since the work began, they have been watched by armed, guards, the worn de- clare, ’ Senator Wheeler’s Client Found Guilty in Oil Fraud Case (Special to The Daily Worker) GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 7— Found guilty of the illegal use of the mails in promoting an oil syndicate, Gordon Campbell declared he will ap- peal_to the circuit court at San Fran- cisco, Senator Burton K, Wheeler was Campbell's lawyer in his oil deals. Wheeler was found not guilty when tried for misusing his office to aid his client, International Plunderers Meet WASHINGTON, D.«,, May 7.—The Pan-American union has selected Aug. 2, 1926 as the date for the assembling of the international commission of jur- ists at Rio de Janeiro for consideration of the codification of international law, The main task of the jurists will be to formulate laws whereby Amer- ican imperialism can legally plunder the Latin-American countries,