The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 13, 1925, Page 1

. Vol. II. No. 103. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Daily Worker Annual Sub- cription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! Outside Chicago, by McKEF® RACKS STRIKERS BACK SO! a zi = AL VICTORY: cRA Sven ST STRIKE UNITY McKEES ROCKS, Pa, May 11.—By unanimous vote the strikers of the Pressed Steel Car company of McKees Rocks, Pa., decided to go back in a body on the basis of the concessions offered by the company. These concessions were: 1, Recognition of the workers’ committee in taking up griev- ances of the men. 2. Reinstatement of men discharged during the strike. 8. No further wage reductions. The company also gave a tentative promise that the 914- hour workday would remain in effect only for the period of the Lc! Mest eic oaks 22 iaraoe RRR In Chicago, by mail, $8,00 per year. mail, $6.00,.per year. RAILWAY WORKERS OF GUATEMALA DEMAND 8 HOUR DAY, PAY BOOST GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, May 11.—The employes of the In- ternational Railways company of Central America have demanded a 33 per cent increase in pay, an eight- hour day, a six-day week, better living quarters, and better working conditions. RED BAITERS IN MINNEAPOLIS IN WEDNESDAY, (Special to LONDON, & there is little” “democratic fascist mur means of the European cou from C. L. Mal fe Daily Worker) land, May 11.—That lerence between the jocialists and the "Ss who are ruling by ite terror in many 8, is seen in a letter » former member of AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. IRENCH and German steel mag- nates are planning a giant trust which is expected to knock the British manufacturers out of the Huropean markets and even out of the markets of India and Asia. , If blood is thicker than water profits are thicker than both, Jingoistic morons who shouted their fool heads off against the “Ger-} man Hun” during the war would bash out the brains of anybody who fore- told then that French and German capitalists would forget the hatreds generated during the, war, once they found it to their interests to do se, « @ T is reported that Saar steel will be allowed into Germany duty free. Saar is a part of the former German cmpire now in French possession but, to be returned to Germany after a certain period. Lorraine steel will have to pay duty up to a certain emount. But the Saar capitalists will reimburse the Lorraine steel men for this outlay. Ingenious solution! Saar being technically a part of Germany, British manufacturers cannot object to this most favored nation treatment. Lorraine gets around the law very cleverly. What have the million French poilus whore pushing up the lilies to say about this fraternization? daylight saving system. Altho the men made a splendid fight despite the complete lack of union or- ganization amongst them, the mistake made in electing one of their ranks who turned out to be a company agent as chairman of their strike committee, seriously hampered the conduct of the strike before this tool was exposed and driven from his position several mén had, by his false representation, been induced to go back to work be- fore the end of the strike. ‘ That the company, once the men again are back, will have no scruples whatever in breaking its promises and start a campaign of victimization, and if possible new wage cuts, is to be ex- pected and will only be prevented to the extent with which the men -con- sciously use their mass power. Craft Separation Prevents Unioniza- tion. H (Continued on page 2 mously the following resolution: “Whereas successful negotiations are conducted for some time to unite the existing workers’ oe Into one powerful world international of labor unions, . . “And whereas thru the organization of such an international the work- parliament, se: ed in the Daily Malone tells _ Bulgaria, in t the white te against them, cists in murd .j children kno’ the workers. Malone tells the fascist -Zan- kov government ds torturing and mur- dering Communiiits and other militant workers by the Himdreds, and how the socialists are approving of this bloody assault upon the Bulgarian workers. The letter walle: Matone’s Letter. “In Sofia no- is allowed out after 7 p. m, without®a special pass. We went out last night, but were stopped every*20 yards soldiers with bayo- nets and hand des, irom Sofia, and print- jerald. w the socialists of cowardly fear that might be inflicted up with the fas- men, women and be champions of INTERNAL WAR Anti-Commanists Fight Each Other Over Graft (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 11,— This Wednesday evening will witness another bitter clash in the meeting of the Minneapolis Trades and Labor Assembly, now known as the Minne- apolis Central Labor Union, because the old name was tainted with Com- munism, But instead of a united front against the Communists, as organized and car- ried out by the Gompers regime, more recently displaced by the equally con- servative reign of “Bill” Green, there will be revealed the first open man- During the strike a pahng senti- | ifestations of an internecine struggle PAINTERS’ UNION LOCAL CALLS OTHER UNIONS TO PLEDGE LABOR TO INTERNATIONAL UNION UNITY LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 11— Painters’ the occasion of its celebrating the International May Day, adopted unani- “Of course, le things have hap- pened since the) bomb outrage. All Communists or ple suspected o Communist opi have been round- from 500 to 4,000. shot, strangled or . have seen some- (Continued cn page 2) thing in the Socialists “At first the government gave permission to go everywhere, including the prisons, but Local Union No. 1348, on its against the Published WILLIAMSON COUNTY BOARD AGAINST THE RETURN OF GALLIGAN HERRIN, IIL, May 11.—William- son county is not seeking the return of Sheriff George Galligan, now on vacation with pay at the request of Governor Small who sought to set- tle the klan and anti-klan dif- ferences there. It was reported today that the new county board, dominated by anti-klan members, would pass a re- solution this afternoon, opposing Galbigan’s return. The exiled sheriff recently visited Governor Small pre- sumably to discuss his return. Gal- ligan has a year and a half to serve in office yet. POLICE CLUBS GUARD GERMAN FASCIST CHIEF Bayonets ‘Halt Protest Against Hindenburg (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Germany, May 11.—The monarchist-fascist presidentelect- of Germany, Field Marshal von Hinden- burg, was protected by the guns and clubs of sixteen thousand police, the Jargest police force mobilized since ) he republican revolution, when he nade his entry into Berlin this after- toon. The police, at the last moment pro- hibited the three monster open air meetings arranged by the Commun- ist Party to protest the election of the kaiser’s war lord. Socialists Accept War Lord. The police force was under the di- eon of the democratic vice-com- °* sslice, who was in the mclaiisposaae ~-alition which cam- the election, The socialist officials, directing the laxapst single political party in Ger- PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK EDITION daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Price 3 Cents MONARCHIST AND WAR DANGER IN GERMANY I$ DUE TO SOCIALISTS, SAYS COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL (INPRECORR CABLE) MOSCOW, May 11.—The Executive Committee of the Com- munist International has issued the following appeal to the work- ers of all countries, entitled, “Thru Noske to Hindenburg”: “Hindenburg has been elected’ president of Germany. The ‘peaceful, democratic and unbloody evolutionary tactics’ have helped Hindenburg to the throne. Noske and Ebert led to Hin- denburg, the forerunner of the new Hohenzollern. “During the years of the imperialist war, the social-demo- crats had celebrated Hindenburg as the ‘national hero, the great- est figure in the history of the world, the noblest saviour of the Fatherland, and the most prominent statesman of Germany.’ “The social-democratic party of Germany shares the respon- sibilities: for the circumstance that the backward section of the ma: as a national hero. Caused by the Robber Peace of Versailles. “No less have the entente imperial- ists contributed to this: circumstance. fourteen and one-half million votes were cast for Hindenburg.’ A part of these votes was cast not so much for Hindenburg as against the entente, against the creators of the Versailles peace, and for the idea of revenge. In the hands of the Hindenburg clique, these votes become weapons of social reaction, white terror and monarchy, “There are two ways of fighting the monarchy, The first way was de- monstrated by the Russian workers in 1917 and 1918; the other way, that of evolutionary democracy, was to be demonstrated by the Second Inter- } national thru the medium of the Ger- man social-democracy, “The German social-democrats re- fused to overthrow William II, but they were the first ones to help over- throw the German soviets; they over- threw the workers’ and soldiers’ coun- cils in 1918. ‘Noske is working for democracy and against all dictator- ship,’ the German social-democrats had told us. Even the Blind Can See. “But now even the ‘blind can see that Noske and the social-democratic party of Germany are not opposed es look upon Hindenburg? SOCIALISTS’ GO DEMOCRAT AND G.0.P. IN MPLS. Funny Animal Awaiting Visit by Eugene Debs Editor’s Note:—Today’s issue of the DAILY WORKER went to press too early to get the returns of the Minneapolis municipal primary elec- tion. They will be published in to- morrow’s issue. * ** (Special to The Daily Worker.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 11.—To- day's municipal election, with its many conflicting political alliances, reveals the material with which Eugene V. Debs, chairman of the “socialist” party, that still maintains a hectic na- tional existence on paper, hopes to re- build his organization at a so-called membership meeting to be held here later in the month, The size and nature of the corpor- al’s guard left fo Debs was in fact revealed during’ a recent aoe re here by And the Germans who pushed the kaiser's flag almost to the walls. of Paris? They are dead. es HE little entente, composed of Czecho-Slovakia, Jugo-Slavia and Roumania, are holding a conference in Geneva, that international rendez- vous for political crooks. They would like’ to adopt a united policy against Soviet Russia, but they are deterred by fear of the Red Army. These ban- dits are usually busy applying the cut- lery to each others’ throats. The only time their fingers loosen on the dagger hilt is, when they sing the hymn of hate against the workers’ republic in unison. None of those countries have as much independence as a prostitute who pays toll to the local police cap- tain for protection. As long as they do the bidding of the big capitalist powers they are allowed to strut and pose as independent governments. But if they get back in their install- ments the lash falls and they squirm. se 8 HE Bulgarian foreign minister is running around Europe looking for help. A substantial part of the help this panhandler is after can be ex- pressed in gold coin of the realm. If those bandit functionaries of the Bal- kan nations escape the coming debacle with their heads they should be fully qualified to make a good livelihood with the tin pan and the bandaged eye on the’ corner of Forty-second street and Sixth avenue, New York, the premier stamping ground for beg- gars. see HE Federation News, official organ of the Chicago Federation of La- ‘bor, did nt have much backbone even ‘when it bore another name, but since Robert Buck deserted its editorial page it is entitled to the beerless stein, first prize for the bonehead championship of the journalistic pro- fession. A few weeks ago the “know- nothing” who edits the “Fakeration News” rewrote a yarn that appeared (Continued on page 2) ing ‘class. of the whole world will Fs a mighty force for sraantzgtion anc “their: education and a “Therefore, be it resolved that we pled, port to these efforts for world trade union unity, We denounce each and every one who is trying to block or to hinder this world labor unity movement. iso call upon all labor unions to do the same. “This resolution to be printed in all labor newspapers. “Painters’ Local Union No. 1348, “$. Solomon; “H. Fish, We SOVIET STEEL INDUSTRY IN BI EXTENSION New Railways Unite Coal and Iron NEW YORK, May 11.—Investment of 35,000,000 rubles in development of a great steel industry for Siberia lis contemplated by the council of labor and defnse for Russia, reports the New York offices of the Kusbas colony. The proposed project would, unite coking coal of Kusbas with iron ore of the Tablass region to the south. The series of railroad lines that is expected soon to be laid across central Siberia, communicating witn China, Persia and the North and Northwest would consume the pro- duct. Central Siberia, say Kusbas men, will be to the coming Asia what Pennsylvania is to America, The Kusbas office officially denies an Associated Precs dispstch saying that the Lena Goldfield corporation, an English concern, has secured con- cessions for Kusbas coal. Soviet Rus- sia is willing to farm out some gola mining lands but is keeping tight hole on coal and iron, the basis of modern ‘industrialism. . ARMY AUTHORITIES FORGE FALSE RECORDS OF CROUCH AND TRUMBULL “TRIALS”, SUPRESSING EVIDENCE HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 11—The United States army authorities, who sentenced Paul Crouch and Walter Trumbull, Hawaiian Communist soldiers, to 40 aud 26 years in federal prison for their Communist views, have issued af “stenographic ments presented by the pea of Crouch’s trial, lefense are not even mentioned, Crouch’s testimony In this false report, docu- ig perverted, and whole passages changed entirely, The t revealed their complete ignorance of timony given by Crouch, in answer to questions of army officers, working class organizations. Crouch’s testimony would have hurt the government as it showed up the absurdity of the court martial, The government authorities issued these froged docu- ments and manufactured reports to the newspapers, and issued orders that * (Continued on Page 4) eee actual clase struggle, our full and undivided sup- “Press Committee.” FLAG WORSHIP CULT EXCITED AT SACRILEGE Cal’s Bunting Hung at Wrong Angle (Special to The Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, May 11. — Since Mitchel Palmer and W. J. Burns joined hands with the late Security League to enforce a ritualistic treat- ment of the American flag, there has not been such a hubbub over irrever- ence to that much-abused bunting as the one-started by the American Flag Association because two flags were draped in front of President Coo- lidge’s box at the opening baseball game of the season. Coolidge is hon- orary president of the flag-worship- ping association, but that did not save him from the protest of his profes- sional priests of the flag religion, It seems that true. believer in the American Flag Association will not permit a flag to be draped, or bunched up in any way, or hung in any fashion except with the stars at the left. Draping two flags with, their star fields next to each other maybe ai istic, but it is sacriligeous and trea- sonable, and smacks»of pro-German- ism and Bolshevism. The White House has declined to comment on this protest at the mis- treatment of the national emblem. Un- official apologies are made by under- lings—for instance, that under these rules it must be wrong to let the wind whip the flag about on a pole, and that pretty soon we will have to paint the flag on the White House front, to be sure that it stays in a correct attitude, However, the president ‘will not pub- licly laugh at the crafty hypocrisy involved in the whole ‘flag etiquette system, Nothing that is effective in creating awe and a sense of in- feriority in the minds of millions of the people will be laughed at by the chief of the administration, Zankov regime. The social democrats attack the work of Russia and attrib- ute everything to Moscow. The gov- ernment, however; attributes the out- rages to Serbia rather than to Russia. Torture: Women. “The protests made on the initiative of Colonel Wedgwood by the Ameri- can and British ministers to Zankov against massacres may save some lives, but I fear that when we arrived on Saturday many hundreds had al- ready perished. I understand that the British minister is sending a strong report to the foreign office. “This evening we saw some women being taken to be tortured at the Bureau of Public Safety; and many lorry-loads of poor wretches being taken out to be shot, which has made the blood of one of my companions boil so much that he wanted to take off his coat, altho the street was thick with men with automatic pistols who were longing to use them.” India to Export Little Wheat; Held for Home Markets WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11.— The Indian wheat.crop is forecast at 322,000,000 bushels, compared with 364,000,000 bushels. produced in 1924, according to a cablegram received by the United States department of agri- culture from the Indian department of statistics, The production reported is just about sufficient for home require- ments leaving little or no grain for export. The Indian people, however, are not dependent upon wheat as a food grain, and should good harvests be obtained for other grain crops such as rice and millet, some Indian wheat may find its way to the world markets. The Indian cotton crop for 1924-25, according to the April official estimate, amounts to 5,069,000 bales of 478 pounds, which is an increase of 58,000 bales over the February estimate and agrees-exactly with the December es- timate. The 1924-25 acreage is placed at 26,461,000 acres, which is 12 per cent more than in 1923-24, f Recover Dead in River Tragedy MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 11.—-The superstructure of the ill-fated steamer M. B, Norman, sunk late Friday in the Mississippi, 16 miles south of Memphis, was being ripped apart this afternoon by powerful derrick boats in an effort to release the twenty-one bodies believed imprisoned 26 feet be- low the surface f the water in the cabins of the boat’ Dynamite may be use in caso grappling hooks fail to tear the ship toypleces tion in halting the Communist meet- ing. Hindenburg Well Guarded. Along the monarchist line of march, seven miles thru the streets from the Herr Strasse station to the chancel- ylor’s palace, police kept close watch over the crowd, ready to shoot ‘down any observer who showed disfavor against the kaiser’s friend. Forty motorcycle police guarded Hindenburg’s automobile, and police reserves were stationed at many points thruout the city in trucks, ready to pounce upon any workers who might hold open air meetings not approved of by the fascists. Two Workers Killed. On Saturday there was trouble at Odengurg, an outlying town, where two workers were killed by the po- lice. Tacoma Workers’ Meet Demands Two Jailed Soldiers Be Released TACOMA, Wash., May 11.—At a mass meeting of workers, held here under the auspices of the Workers (Communist) Party, a resolution was unanimously passed, demanding the immediate release of privates Paul |Crouch and Walter Trumbull, Com- munist soldiers sentenced to 40 and 26 years for organizing a Hawaiian Communist League. Glasgow Workers in Poor Health. GLASGOW, Scotland, May 11.—The Glasgow board of health has issued a report showing that the city’s work- ers are in poor health with many workers in impaired physical condi- tion and struggling to make both ends meet. The cost of living has gone up, but wages are pitifully inadequate. Irish Republicans Have Envoy. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 11.—On orders from Eamon de Valera, Irish republican leader, permanent head- quarters have been established in Washington, Sean T. Kelly, has an- nounced. Kelly will act as “envoy of the Irish republic and personal rep- resentative of De Valera.” Fire Destroys Ship. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. May 11— An official report received by the Clyde Steamship company today con- firmed reports that the freighter Mo- higan was scuttled last night to ex- tinguish a fire in its afterhold. The crew of the Mohigan was taken off by the steamer Tulga, No one was injured. Don't you be a oi ign shirke get subscriptions for the DAILY WORKER ever Sintatarab ps: they. are fightigg | Birch. Wilson} one: “socialist” against the dic! rship of the pro! state secretary/for eens who tarlat only, and for the dictatorship | came on as an advante agent. of the bourgeoisie, with the result] Wilson Meets “Socialist” Alderman, that Hindenburg has ascended to| In response to Wilson’s. appeal four power. By crushing the Spartacus | “socialists” did meet with him; four uprising, and by murdering Lieb-| “socialist” aldermen in the city coun- knecht and Luxemburg, the social-| cil, hangovers from the municipal re- (Continued on page 2) (Continued on Page 4) YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE N. E. C. IN SESSION RECEIVES RESOLUTION ‘OF CONFIDENCE FROM THE Y. C. I. The plenary session of the National Executive Committee of the Young Workers League was held on Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10, Both of these sessions were public for all league and party members, The agenda as adopted by the session included reports on the Y. C, I. bureau sessions, the Young Worker, Leninist education, past and future activities. Comrade Shachtman reported at length on the sessions of the ¥y C. I. bureau. The important points considered by the Y. C, I. were the immediate Bolshevization of the leagues, Lenin-¢——————_____________. ist education anad the activities of the : Russian Young Communist League. Chinese March in Y.C. 1. Upholds National Executive Protest at Murder of Three Students Committee. A lengthy resolution adopted by the Y. C. I. on the American League, reviewing the past activ- PEKIN, China, May 11,—Twenty ity, was read, which expressed ap- thousand students demonstrated to- roval of the past activities as well day before the residence of China's as expressing full confidence in provisional executive, Tuan Chihjui, the N. E. C. and repudiating the demanding the dismissal of Minister criticisms of the minority group, of Education Chang Shih Chao. The centered particularly in New York protest against the new education min- ister grew out of the breaking yp of a students’ demonstration a few days ago by police, who so severely beat City. The resolution further outlined the up some of the student demonstrators that three of them died. future tasks of the league at the com- ing convention. A resolution accept- ing the Y, C. I. report and approving hrs ee polnts~inelnded "was Only three hundred students took part in the first student demonstra- tion, in which seventeen students were arrested. A delegation of one student from each school was finally admitted to present a petition demanding the dis- \missal of the ‘education minister. Teachers in the government schools fook part in the parade before the xecutive’s offices. Many Reports. The reports of Comrade Mass, the acting secretary, supplemented by re- ports on the east by Carlson, Ohio and Pennsylvania by Salzman and an es- pecially interesting report on the Ne- gro activity by Comrade Phillips, showed that during the past four months, despite many obstacles, a (Continued on page 2) SIX POLICE KILLED IN PROTEST OF SOUTH AFRICANS AGAINST THE VISIT OF WALES, BOSSES’ LACKEY (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, England, May 11.—In a clash between hundreds of native Africans and British police, who commanded native soldiers, in a suburb oj} Johannesburg, six native soldiers were killed. The prince of Wales is touring Africa on behalf of British imperialism endeavoring to pacify the restive natives. The demonstration of the South Africans which the police attacked is thought to have been against the prince’s visit, which the native Africans regard as a symbol of the yoke @ their slavery to the British capitalists,