The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 15, 1925, Page 1

} | i i | | Daily Worker Annual Sub- cription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! Vol. II. No. 105. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: PF. a e. v0 ear &e oe ny So HE newspaper ~ sey" clined to be criticw denburg before his election «. veering gently with the breeze cou ing from the counting houses of the bankers who supply the political wind to the sails of the kept press of Am- erica. Evidently the old field marshal has agreed to the terms laid down by Wall Street, and if he keeps his word, or if those who put him in the presi- dential chair keép their word there is no reason in the world why our bank- ers should be particular whether a so- cial-democrat or a monarchist occu- pies the nearest thing to the throne in the royal German republic. © GORE OSEPH CAILLAUX is by no means as unpopular with the American newspapers editors as he was during the war when Clemenceau went after ltis scalp and almost got it. It is quite likely that the old “tiger” now regrets that he did not get his fangs into Caillaux’s jugular vein when pas- sions were high and blood was cheap. Dead men tell no tales. Caiflaux was a “traitor” during the war. He want- ed peace with Germany and an anti- British entente. But now he arrives to bring France out of the financial) muddle and favors paying the French debt to the United States. tention wipes out a multitude of sins. oe IORMER Grand Dragon Stephen-| son, of the K. K. K., realm of In-| diana is being prosecuted for murder | and rape and indirectly on the ground | that he is a moron. This sets arather troublesome precedent. Several mil- lion of one hundred per cent Ameri- cans passed thru the klan klavern at one time or another since William Simmons first conceived the idea of reping in the gentlemen with ten dol- lar bills and no gray matter. Every one of those per centers are subject) to. prosecution, if being a moron is/| illegal. ae 4 URING the last international con- vention of the United Mine Work- ers of America, I attended an open meeting called by the K. K. K. to discuss the position of the klan rela- tive to the miners’ union, The chair- men of the meeting read a_ letter). from. the grand. dragon, of Indiana, | to the effect that the klan was not -op- posed to the miners’ union on princi- ple but that it was against strikes and instructing Its members to agitate for mine committees that would prevent strikes and co-operate with the coal- operators. The grand dragon was none other than Stephenson, himself a-large coal operator. Several of the kluxers in protesting against the clause in the constitution of the min- ers’ union penalizing klan member- ship by expulsion, said that the union | would apply for admission into the klan before long. see LECTURER on the klan cricuit gave a talk at that meeting, and the gist of it was that the “cleaned up” a certain town in New Jersey, drove all the bartenders and keepers of bawdy houses out, made war on Jewish businessmen and or- ganized a campaign to expel all Irish policemen from the force and boy- cott every Italian barber. Since then practically every well known klan leader’ has been indicted for every {Continued on page 2) That in-| Klan‘! eS /™ pane Entered as second-class. matter September 21, 1923, at ~ BRITISH RULE ANDS EGYPTIANS “PEACE” IDEAS Parliamentary Illusions Destroyed by Tyranny | By A. R. CAIRO, May 13.—On March 23rd at 10 a. m., all the correspondents of European newspapers who were in Egypt telegraphed to their editors: “The Egyptian parliament has just been opened.” On March 23rd at a few minutes past 8 p. m., the same correspondents of the same papers telegraphed to their editors: “The Egyptian parliament has just been dis- | solved.” | Egypt is a land of miracles. English technique increases these miracles, nevertheless this “rapidity” and this “rush of events” was something un- fathomable to the Egyptians who are prepared for anything. | ’ English Trickery Facts. Things occurred as follows: when. after unspeakable terror, bribery and impudent cheating at the ballot, which were employed by the present guvern- ment of Siwer and Sedki (the direct |and open agents of the English resi- dency in Egypt) in the election cam- |paign, it nevertheless became evident that Zaghlul had the majority (117 to 89), the minister of interior declared: “If the new parliament does not ex- hibit more ‘sense’ than its predeces- sor, we shall dissolve it and call for new elections.” From March 12th (the day of elec- tions) to the 23rd there were eleven whole days, and what could not be done in this space of time! We must give the minister of interior his due |—render unto Caesar the things that (Continued on Page 4) FORGET WORKERS IN sOSelr AT HARRISBURG, Pa., May 18 At the opening of the convention of the Pennsylvania State Federation of La- bor, James Maurer, president, warned the delegates that the workers must go either forward or backward against international capitalism. Maurer spoke of the unemployment |in the textile and mining industries. |He submitted a report containing a | eriticism of the unfriendly acts of the | legislature,’ but gave no solution for | organized labor’s problems. The re- | port contained on mention of the in- dustrial problems of the workers. Kate Richards O’Hare spoke on prison godds and the effects of con- | vict labor in cutting the living stand- ard of the “free” workers. Other speakers touched on nearly every- thing from prohibition to children’s playgrounds, but’ the strengthening of the power of the workers was not dis- cussed, In the evening a session of the Pennsylvania state labor party was held. WILLIMANTIC TEXTILE STRIKERS JEER SCABS; COSSACKS RUSH IN (Special to The Daily Worker) HARTFORD, Conn., May 13.—Twelve state policemen had to be hurried In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. GOVERNMENT RUSHES POLICE’ CLUB NEGRO STUDENT STR REACTIONARY KELLY M. (Special to The Daily Worker) - WASHINGTON, May 13.—Police reserves were operated Howard university. The students are striking in pro! FRANCE WILL NEGOTIATE CONDITIONAL SECURITY PACT WITH GERMANY (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, May 13.—France is will- ing to negotiate with Germany re- garding Germany's security pact proposal, but the negotiations must be based on the Versailles treaty, said a high official of the foreign office today. Foreign Minister Briand’s note would courteously and concisely state this premise, he said, even tho Germany is not yet a member of the league of nations. FRIDAY, MAY and have halted all classes by picketing the university answering Germany’s proposal * at Chicago, { test against y dings. ifthe students, both oO get together in university build- y the police, who @way under pen- Every_effort men and ‘wom the vicinity of ings were bi ordered the alty of P Dean Kelly | was hissed to tell a € r of the university en he attempted ‘the students that Capt. Robert le, in charge of the police Was their “best friend.” ‘i “If I were y | Captain Doyle told dents, “I would go back to school Bet the education you are paying f “If education | n't include stand- uciples, we don't as the reply of g. leaders. ing with the stt BULGAR REGIME PLOTS FURTHER BLOODY RULE Minister Visite London for Aid (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, May 13—The foreign minister of the white guard Zankov government of Bulgaria, C. Kallov, will arrive Friday in London for con- ference with the reactionary foreign secretary of England's government. Kallovy comes strangely for a sup- posed “free and autonomous nation” to report to the British government, The report is unquestionably to be the basis of asking further continuance of the additional 10,000 white guard troops recruited largely: from the rem- addition the league of nations kindly offered the murderous Zankov govern- ment,to help massacre the rebellious workers and peasants. The Bulgarian army was fixed at a set'-number by the treaty of peace, and ;the additional 10,000 troops were given as a special favor by the league | of nations and against the wishes of Jugo-Slavia, Bulgaria’s hereditary foe. The: conference between Austen Chamberlain and Kallov will certain- ly result in further murderous of- fensives upon the workers and peas- ants of the Balkans. Feels Safe Under Mussolini. LISBON, May 13. — The former Crown Princess Cecilie of German; accompanied by her sons and Admir. von Karpf landed at Lisbon today en- route to Hamburg. The former Crown Prince Wilhelm is said to be negotiat- ing to buy a villa in Italy for his| family. BULGARIAN MONARCH ADMITS SOCIALISTS AID MURDEROUS TERROR (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, May 13.—King Boris of Bulgaria, in an interview with LONDON, Chronicle said‘ ish go 48.— The Daily that the Brit- decided to “thin ‘ranks in Eng- it said, was can- many Russians being permit- untry. Scotland ive raided offices juting Commun- Ordered byiBig Business to Kill Bill (Special to The*Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 13.—The 8-hour bill for women, one of the laws | promised to organized labor for the support of the republican candidate, Goy. Small, when he ran for a second term, was killed im the house. The bill failed ‘by four votes receiving 73 out of the necessary 77, a majority of the house. This labor bill is one of the lead- ing measures of:treform with which |the Chicago labor »officials came be- fore their memberships to win votes for republican politicians. It was em- | bodied in a plank in the republican platform framed at Kankakee in Aug- | ust, 1923, Mrs. Lottie Holman O'Neill, sponsor of the bill, in discussing the vote said that she is now convinced ‘that in Illinois “the big money interests wield a powerful influence in the leg- islature.” She said she herself. wit- nessed a concerted drive of the big money interests in all parts of the state within the last few days. Mem- bers of the house:were commanded by powerful constituents that they must not vote for this bill. A similar bill, for the 8-hour day ‘> “haterical outcry against the “agrarian ‘pression to the rage and the lust for to Willimantic to help local police control demonstrations of strikers at the plant of the American Thread Co. The company is trying to use strike- breakers and is housing them in company boarding houses. Strikers jeer at the strikebreakers as they pass on the streets, hence the police! ZANKOV BUTCHERY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CATHEDRAL BOMBING IN SOFIA By BOYAN (Special to The Daily Worker) ‘The outrage in Sofia is no ordinary event, On the 15th of April Reserve General K. Gheorghieff, the president of the “Kubret” ( a conspiratory military organization which really governs the country) was murdered in Sofia, During the funeral service which took place the following day in the “Sveti Kral” cathedral, an infernal machine exploded. The explosion was terrific. The cathedral was almost destroyed. There are over 200 killed and 500 wounded, Who has committed this terrible outrage, which constitutes a blow at the heart of the official government in the country, the government of the — professors and generals? . ‘The PR ootpaicgth h — he erefore. the egro Kea: Third Reading in House is very great; hence therefore the SPRINGFIELD, Ml, May 13.—After hours of wrangling, the anti-klan bill introduced in the house by Represent- ative W. EB. King, Negro of Chicago, demanding that all organizations hay- Communists.” The bourgeois press of whole world once more has the “opportunity of launching a furious attack against “bloody” Bolshevism, ‘against Communism, The rage of the Kept press of Bulgaria knows no fies The bourgeois press gives ex- (Continued on page 4) passed to third reading today, the London Express admitted that the socialists and other ‘democratic’ bourgeois parties are aiding the murderous Zankov white terror. “The struggle has been wholly in- for women in industry is pending in the senate but the chances. of its passing at this session are nil. Sugar Trust Cuts Mellon. ternal and solely against Commun- ism,” Boris said. the American Sugar Refining com- “The government has the support | pany declared the regular dividend of of the other parties and there Is no |stoa cents a share on the preferred NEW YORK, May 13.—Directors of truth in the suggestions that we tock today. No action was taken on have signs against Serbia and | resumption of dividends on the com- Greece mon stock. UNEMPLOYMENT REQUIRES TREATY WITH SOVIET RUSSIA, DECLARE BRITISH TRADE UNION LEADERS (Specia\ to The Daily Worker) ~ LONDON, May 13—The eral council of the British Trade Union Con- gress has passed a resolution, in which, “in view of the abnormally pro- tracted unemployment crisis in England and the impossibility of rapidly restoring British industry to its prewar level without the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics being admitted without any reservations into the ‘com- mittee of nations’—the general council urges the British government to resume negotiations with the Union with a view to finally settling the questions of normal intercourse in its full scope, and, in»particular, adjusting the question of extending to the commerce with the U. & 8, R. the applica- tion of, the overseas trade facilities act.” Soviet Russia tas already received de jure recognition, but there is no treaty negotiated. The general,.council of the Trade Union Congress further stresses “the ing more than twenty members, file a| 'MPortance.of.ingluding the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics in the family roster with thé secretary of state, was | of nations, withia view to creating more tangible pooaibitities of a stable) peace in the Oriental countries.” WORKE Ilinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, ES 29 Published PUBLISH COMMUNIST CANDIDATE MAKES GOOD SHOWING IN-MPLS, ELECTIONS (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Mina., May 13.— Dan Stevens, Workers (Communist) Party candidate for mayor in the non-partisan primary elections, was credited with 1,658 votes. Comrade Stevens, according to the figures as counted by the politicians In con- trol of the balloting, ran fifth in a field of eight candidates. Cc. A. Hathaway, Communist can- didate for alderman in the first ward, was credited with 55 votes. L. A. Roseland, Workers Party can- didate for alderman in the 10th ward, was given 197 votes, Many votes for the Communist S were thrown out by the ins, it is thought here, USSIAN TRADE MISSION VISITS PACIFIC COAST Seattle to Be Center of Increased Soviet Trade By AARON FISLERMAN. (Special to The Daily Worker) SEATTLE, Wash., May 13.—In the first interview granted to a newspaper | in America by Comrades Rasumovsky | and Levanoff, representatives of the} Far Eastern branch of the Soviet | Russian department of foreign trade (Dalgostorg), Haborosk, East Siberia, just arrived on the President Jeffer- son for the purpose of establishing a| commercial shipping point in Seattle for the Far East, stated to the DAILY WORKER correspondent that appar- ently some of the businessmen in| )America are opposed to trade with | Soviet Russia, hut overproduction of commodities and necessity of foreign This is the first time such a-mis- sion’ has ‘come here and the “Dalgo- storg have met with great success. ‘A largé number of répresentativés of the business concerns of this city ex- tended them the greatest courtesy and signified their willingness and anxiety to enter into negotiations with the Russian representatives. To Make Seattle Shipping Point. “We are accorded the finest cour- tesy by local businessmen,” said} Comrade Rasumovsky to the writer “and the more we meet them the} better and greater understanding and the more anxious are the American businessmen to do busingss with us.” The desire of the Dalgostorg rep- resentatives to make Seattle the ship- ping point for the Far East is because (Continued on page 2) STRIKERS WIN FIGHT AGAINST THE ‘OPEN SHOP’ The strike of the union building trade workers employed at the new | market being constructed at 14th St. and Racine avenue, by the McLennan Construction company who walked out against the “open shop,” has end- ed with a victory for the striking electricians, bricklayers, ironworkers, tile setters, plasterers, and plumber- ers, according to J. J, Conroy, secre- tary of the building trades council. The men were ordered back to work yesterday, The strike was called in order to force several hundred unorganized la- borers, cement finishers and carpen- ters into the union. One report given the DAILY WORKER by an official of the bricklayers’ union was that the cement finishers and laborers will be brought into the union, but that the carpenters, because they are not affi- liated with the council, remain outside the union. It was stated at the offices of the building trades council by Conroy, the secretary, that President Sullivan, head of the building trade council, has the complete terms of the settlement, but that Sullivan w till in confer- ence,and could not be reached. Bulgaria Holds Onto Army. LONDON, May ibciocsign Min- ister Kalkoff, of Bulgari: ving to- morrow, will seek Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain's approval for re- tention of added forces in Bulgaria beyond May 31. It was believed at the foreign office the extension, affecting NEW YORK EDITION daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER ING CO., 1118 W, Washington Blvd., Chicage, Ill. PROTEST OF AMERICAN WORKERS FORCES GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE RED SOLDIERS’ PRISON SENTENCE (Special to The Daily Worker) HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 13.—Forced by the protest of the American workers to reduce the sentences of Paul Crouch and Walter Trumbull from 40 and 26 years at hard labor to three years and one year respectively, Maj. Gen. William R. Smith, com- mandant of Schofield barracks, has referred the case of the Com- munist soldiers court martialed for forming the Hawaiian Com- munist League, to the judge advocate general at Washington, Price 3 Cents who will review the case. The young red soldiers hav obtain this “leniency.” In the | ER, the young soldiers declare, “ an Communist League to agitat ism which makes wage slaves t— of Hawaiian workers. “Because of our efforts to combat lies about Soviet Russia and to tell the truth about the American dollar- ocracy to Hawaiian workers, we were sentenced to 40 and 26 years in pris- on, We expect to be sent back soon to the mainland to serve our sen- tences.” “But even in prison we will con- tinue to preach the principles of Len- inism to our comrade fellow prison- ers—victims of the present system of social injustice. We do not yet know the place of our future imprisonment. “Of course, we are atheists and con- sider religion as one of the principle props of the brutal capitalist system.” | Protest to Continue. The reduction of the sentences by the army authorities does not change the status of the case, Altho the gov- ernment is running for cover from the storm of protest that arose against the inhuman sentences, the reduction can- not change the fact that these soldiers are to be sent to jail by the United States government for expressing their adherence to the principles of Com- munism. The young Communist soldiers were confined to the guardhouse for several months, and deprived of the comforts and privileges accorded to the ordinary prisoners. The official “stenographic” records of the trial-were doctored by the gov- reporting. that le found 79 lies in the records after a hasty examination. Lies about the Communist soldiers have been spread in the capitalist press, and Crouch and Trumbull have been forbidden to an- swer these attacks. Demand Immediate Release. The Communist soldiers do not ask for a reduction in their sentences. | They do not ask for a “pardon.” They | demand their immediate release on the ground that.they have a right to| express their opinion; that their court | martial “trial” was illegal, that the records of the case have been chang- ed, and their defense papers stolen. The reduction in the sentences of these Communist soldiers will not halt the protest of the American workers against the imprisonment of the Communist soldiers who are be- ing persecuted for fighting the oppres- |sion of American imperialism and de- fending the workers’ government of Soviet Russia. The campaign for their unconditional release will con- tinue. e not changed their principles to latest written utterance of Com- jrades Crouch and Trumbull, just received by the DAILY WORK-— It was‘the purpose of the Hawali- e against the American imperial- BRYAN CRUSADES TO KEEP TRUTH OUT OF SCHOOLS “Hand that Writes the Cheek, Rules Schools” (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 13.—“The hand that writes the teacher’s pay shecn is the hand that rules the | schools.” These words were not spok- en by a “red” this time, but’by none }other than William Jennings Bryan, in a speech before the Pittsburgh presbytery. William Jennings Bryan was tell- ing them that he has been chosen |and has accepted the “call to cham- | pion the of the holy bible” against the teaching of evolution. The scratching of a pen on the dotted line of a check has a particular appeal to Bryan, and he is pleased to peddle the religious dope of the check writers, Bryan will represent the christian” [estoy ot 3. association in the prose- Cl ution of J. T. Scopes, Dayton, ‘Tenn. school teacher charged with violation of the Tennessee law which forbids ‘the teaching of evolution in sehools supported by the state funds. This association is promoted by . bankers | and manufacturers who are afraid the country’s potential workers will learn the truth in the public schools. Bryan called the teaching of evo- lution a shocking decline in the spir- itual life of our schools and colleges. | He bewailed the census report which shows that at least 45 per cent of | the students in colleges do not be- lieve in religion. “If you allow them to put the hypo- thesis of science above the word of God, what is to become of the church?” Scientists, he said, should be kept out the schools, J. T. Scopes is charged with teach- ing evolution in his biology class at Rhea Central High School, Dayton, Tenn, The American Civil Liberties Union is raising funds to carry the case awaiting action by a Rhea county grand jury to the supreme court, if lost. SPANISH MINE OWNERS SEND YOUTH TO DIE IN MOROCCO AT HANDS OF OPPONENTS OF WORLD IMPERIALISM Since 1909 the working youth of Spain have been shedding their blood on the rocks of Morocco—for such is the. command of the Sindicato Minero del Rif (now the Cia de Minas des Rif); such is the demand of the monarchy and the army. The events of 1909, , Which marked the commencement of all the Moroccan campaigns, were due to the:greed of the mining companies of the Rif, The ostensible cause, however,,was the justifiable demands of the native workers of Morocco, The company exploited the mining Works of Beni-Bu-lfrur ‘which’ are the richest districts of Morocco, An accident occurred during the work (Continued from \page 5) CAL WANTS LARGER APPROPRIATION FROM CONGRESS FOR WAR PLANS WASHINGTON, D. C., May 13.—President Coolidge, as part of hig drive to push larger military appropriations thru congress, announced that he is ‘not in favor of holding a national defense day military demonstration this year as we have done in 1924, Instead, Coolidge said, the war department should take up the ques- tion in congress, nd adequate appropriations made so that expenses of the day will be charged against the @#————_____________. war department as a regular part of Government to Buy Planes, the national defense.” hb : The war department, backed by the | WASHINGTON, May 13,—Postmos- capitalist press, is spreading propa-|teT General New announced. today ganda for the further militarization | that bids will be opened here on July of the Pacific territories of the United | 15 for supplying whatever number of States. Coolidge and his followers are | Planes are needed by the postoffice mouthing the wishes of the big busi-| (epartment for the air mail service. ness interests for a larger appropria-| The department has $2,600,000 tion for Hawatian fortifications, in| available to equip and operate the air order to protect the property of the| mail, but it has not been decided 10,000 troops, will be'favored by Eng- land, ve tJ sugar trust and other business in-| how much of this will be expended terests there, for planes,