The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 17, 1925, Page 3

ee: ZANKOV TROOPS MURDERED 4,000 WITHOUT TRIAL British M. Ps’ Report Exposes Murder Rule LONDON, England, May 18.—The report of the three labor party repre- sentatives who were visiting Bulgaria at the time of the Sofla outrage takes occasion to repudiate the ridiculous and malicious suggestion that they went out on “some advance tip” from the Soviet minister in this country. And they point out that the sources of their Information—apart from per- sonal observation—were almost en- tirely of an antj-Communist character, Serbia's Part. It was—they further note—general- ly stated by officials and by the social- democrats that the outrage was insti- gated by Serbia. This view was also expressed by General Rousseff, the minister “of the interior, in the s0- branje, on April 21. The chief conclusions which they reached are as follows: “The recent outbreaks of violence are not an isolated happening. A gov- ernment which came to power thru a series of murders beginning with the assassination of Stambulisky, the prime minister, in 1923, and against which there is overwhelming evidence that continuously for the last two years it has been guilty of ruthless tyranny—murdering its political op- ponents, having them strangled and pounded to death and making use of torture—in all causing to be done to death many thousands of presons— such a government will surely ultim- ately arouse a volcanic upheaval. “The government is a military junta, which uses as a cloak the politi- clans, who have no real power. We had proof of, this. M. Kalfov told us that we could go anywhere and see anything or anybody, including the prisons. “Subsequently the military authori- ties stepped in, overruled him, and re- fused to premit us to see the prisons. Thruout the country power is in the hands of the Koubrat or Military Of- ficers’ League. Killed Without Trial. “We regret that it 1s perfectly clear that widespread reprisals are taking place. Whilst figures are difficult to estimate, from what we iearned from many reliable sources already at least 4,000 persons have been‘in prison and niany hundreds killed without any trial. “Mackinder and Malone went to the bureau of public safety and witnessed a continual stream of prisoners, in- cluding women, being brought in, on foot, in cars, and by motor-lorry loads. Other prisoners were being taken away from the bureau to what destin- ation we could only imagine. “It was commonly reported that the prisoners are taken to this bureau to be tortured and examined, and sub- sequently taken to a secluded place just outside the town where they are done away with. The looks on the faces of those We saw leaving the bureau’ would be enough to melt a heart of stone. Call for Protest. “Public opinion in England and America can exert a great influence on what is taking place in Bulgaria. We urge that lovers’ of humanity of all parties should use tnetr influence: “1, To protest against the execution or imprisonment of any man or wom- an without a just and fair trial. “2. To obtain a visitation of the pri- sons by some responsible persons de- puted by the British and American ministers in Sofla. “3, That the increase in the armed forces, whose enrollment have been permitted up to May 31 by the allies should not remain under arms after that date, and, that steps should be taken to see that any such troops are not recruited by conscription among the unarmed peasants without legal ' ipeagreste “4, That the allies should urge the jolding of the freest possible general ection at an early date with the view to the establishment of the civil p-Wer in democratic form.” THE DAILY WORKER “PLEASE, MISTER ROCKEFELLER!” IS TIMID PLEA OF HIS COMPANY UNION REPRESENTATIVES IN N. J. (By The Federated Press) f NEWARK, N. J., May 14——Three speakers chosen by employes’ rep- resentatives from Bayonne, Eagle Works and’ Bayway refineries of the Stand- ard Oil of New Jersey dared to criticize—politically—the management-em- ploye conference plan of the company. All ‘three asked for an extra week’s vacation for ten-year service employes of the refineries, Such workers have been getting one week off per year. Wants a Regular Boss. Thomas O'Brien, employe representative from Bayway, agreed that the company’s original plan was not so bad, but that the management has been drifting away from it to the disad- vantage of the workers. He mention- ed the disturbance caused by the turn- over in the personnel manager's of- fice: that official position has been held by four differerit people in five years, Frank Spears of Bayonne cautiously urged the longer vacation but took pains to add that everyone should “understand that out deliberations are based upon mutual consideration of the rights of all concerned” and that the management-employe conferences were “not to be regarded as a signal for calling out opposing forces in bat- tle array.” Robert Haggas of Eagle Works questioned the efficiency of a 65-year old boilermaker who had spent 40 years at his trade and sug- gested that the age limit for pensions was a little too high! Dinner With the Manager, Ah, Boy! The occasion of the employes’ re- marks was the eighth annual dinner preceding the joint conference of re- presentative of the three New Jersey refineries. Company officials bragged about the conference plan, the amount of money spent in sick, accident and death benefits, etc. C. J. Hicks re- ported for the company that the 1924 labor turnover was less than 25 per cent, using that as an argument for the success of the company union plan. He stated that from 94 per cent to 98 per cent of the employes par- ticipate in elections of representatives for these conferences, SAYS GOVERNOR SOLD PARDONS, ACCEPTED BRIBE Kansas Politician Is Caught with Goods TOPEKA, Kans., May 15.— When court resumed today it found A. L. Oswald, attorney of Hutchinson, the man ‘who filed the complaint against former Governor Jonathan M. Davis, again on the stand for cross-examina- tion by Davis’ attorneys. The former governor is charged with conspiracy and soliciting a bribe and selling pardons to convicts. The ery of a political frame-up edged into the case when defense counsel suc- ceeded in having introduced in evi- dence a telegram sent by Oswald to Hutchinson December 18, the day he professes to have been solicited for a bribe for a pardon. The telegram read: “The plot thickens. It was sent before the time Oswald says the alleged solicitation of a bribe was made. Oswald testified that he originally was for Davis, but that af- ter he began to hear stories of pardon sales and scandals, he decided to help clean up the democratic party. Give 28 of Mob That Mutilated Man from Two to Thirty Years WILLIAMSON, N. C., May 15—Sen- tencing of the twenty-eight convicted and confessed members of the mob that removed Joseph A. Needleman, tobacco salesman, from the Martin county jail on March 29, and miutilat- ing him, by Judge N. A. Sinclair, marked the first time in the history of North Carolina that a mob had been indicted, tried and convicted en masse. Prison sentences, ranging from thirty years down to two years, and total approximately sixty-three years, were imposed on the five prin- cipals in the case. Patronize our advertisers, Sunday, May Road; Daily Worker Office, TEN YEARS OF LABOR MUSIC! A Concert in Honor of JACOB SCHAFER Director of the Freiheit Singing Society and the Freiheit } ' Mandolin Orchestra COMPOSER OF WORKING CLASS MUSIC First Appearance of the Freiheit Children’s Chorus at the Studebaker Theater, 418 S, Michigan Blvd. \ Chicago Tickets for sale by Fretheit Singing Society, 3887 Roosevelt Local Chicago W, P. Office, 19 8, Lincoln St, 24, 2:30 P.M 1118 W. Washington Blvd.; Amalgamated Metal Workers Continue Old Affiliation NEW YORK CITY, May 15.—The secretary of the United Labor Council has received a letter from J. Geraghty, secretary of District Council No. 1 of the Amalgamated Metal Workers of America, stating that District No. 1 voted to continue their affiliation to the United Labor Council of Greater New York and authorizes each of their locals to elect two delegates each who will. be sent to the council thru Dis- trict No, 1, WOMEN'S COUNCIL ADVISE SUPPORT OF WORLD COURT Convention Winds Up Midst Usual Discord WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.— Support of the world court was the keynote of five speeches at the closing session of the quinquennial conven- tion of the International Council of Women. Resolutions were passed among which was one for “equal pay for equal work” urging “wages be established on the basis of occupation and not on the basis of sex.” Another was on suffrage proposed by Frau Betzy Kjelsberg of Norway and passed. This resolution calls upon women when they are enfran- chise to join political parties and form groups within their own parties for discussion of the women’s point of view. It also advocates a united front of women from all parties on matters of common concern. Resolutions on morality and on the drug question were passed. ‘Thruout the ten day session a con- tinual attack was directed against the International Council of Women by patriotic ladies of Washington who charged the convention was a propa- ganda party for pacifists. While the council was holding its last meeting a meeting by these patriotic ladies was staged just across the street in the auditorium of the department of the interior. The chairman, Mrs. No- bel Newport Potts of Washington de- clared the “red flag of Russia ought to be flying over the auditorium on the opposite side’ where the Inter- national Council of Women was in session. However, the honor of, Commun- istic tendencies bestowed upon the council by the patriotic women was entirely undeserved. Thruout its en- tire ten day sessions not one measure was passed by these bourgeois women showing the slightest indication of a desire to consider the conditions of the woman of the working class, The resolution for equal pay for equal work applies to’ professional women only and it does not in one single instance say how it shall be achieved. New Jersey Board O. K’s Use of Poison Gas Despite Deaths NEW YORK, May 15.—Despite the fact that tetraethyl lead gasoline— “looney gas”—has been declared a menace to the life of those coming in contact with it, the New Jersey state labor commission has given the BE. I. du Pont de Nemours company per- mission to produce the poison gas, Five employes of the Elizabeth plant of the Standard Ofl company were killed as the result of working with the gas, and fatalities have occurred at the du Pont plant at Deepwater. A conference of health officers and scientists has been called by the gov- ernment at Washington to discuss the effects of the gasoline, French Defeated In Morocco TETUAN, Morocco, May 16.—The French have suffered severe reverses to their 30,000 men, and further rein- forcements are being rushed from southern France, a dispatch from Ra- bat states to engage in a counter at- tack on the Rifflan tribesmen who have entered French Morocco, greg other attractions arranged for the T. U. B. L. picnic to be held on Decoration Day, May 380, at Altenheim Grove, is a hammer drill by the Finnish Athletic Club and a wrestling match between J. Paivin- Hammer Drill at T. U. E. L; Picnic on, central states welterweight ama-| works, WEST: VIRGINIA MINERS FIGHT UNDER HANDICAP Van Bittner Careless and Inefficient (Special to The Dally Worker) WHEELING, W. Va., May 15.—The strike at Warwood, West Virginia is not going in good shape, because, although we came out on strike on April 1, the wmion officials did not ad- mit us to the union until April 18th. That was too long. When we came out, we were out 90 per cent, and about 30 per cent are Negro miners, so we asked for a Negro organizer, But the internation- al organizer, Van Bittner, said the union had no Negro organizer. Jos- eph Angelo is our organizer in War- wood. But after the Negroes went back to work they got a Negro organ- izer. Too Late But it was too late, and the men went back because they saw no work going on from the union officers, Now the ones who are still out are given relief only grudgingly and insufficient- ly, They give single men from $1 to $2 a week, and married men from $2.50 to $4 a week. It appears that the U. M. W. offi- cials do not care much about organ- izing the West Virginia miners, be- cause the officials are co-operating with the police and we have to kiss their hands to get organized. No Bittner on Picket Line Van Bittner is chief international organizer, but we have not seen him on the job, He only came to Wheeling for trial in the federal court, not to talk to the miners or share the hard- ships of starvation and the danger of slugging on the picket line. However, the strike is reported to be better in other parts of the panhandle. CONSIDERS RADIO STATION OWNED BY THE AF. OF L Chicago Federation in Initiatory Effort WASHIN( IN, May 15—Organized labor may undértake to broadcast its own version lustrial disputes and its own station, to the millions of radio receiving sets in the United Si 5 The Chicago Federation of Labor and the executive council of the American Federation of Labor have been inquiring into costs of a sending station. Secretary EB. N. Nockles of the Chicago central body has been in Washington on that errand. Estimates of the cost of installation of a broadcasting station at the A. F. of L, building in the capital have ranged upward from $25,000 to $100,000. Cost of operation is figured at about $45,000 a year. Advantages of direct talking by la- bor officials to the general public over the radio are evident, especially in time of strike, if a large majority of the workers are radio patrons. Dis- advantages are inherent in the cost of the equipment, and in the inconveni- ence of making sure that a message spoken at a given time has been re- ceived by the largest possible audi- ence, U. S. Is Watchdog for Wall Street, Not for World GENEVA, May 15, — The United States is not willing to act as an “in- ternational watch dog” at the Panama Canal and violate the flags of other nations to search for arms, Congress- man Theodore Burton, chairman of the American delegation to the Ge- neva arms traffic association, told the committee on arms today. Burton declared the United States was willing to inspect domestic and foreign shipping only for the purpose of preventing liquor smuggling but believed that ~ mutual confidence should govern’. internationals arms commerce, making the searching of ships unnecessary, Two Die in Wreck. SUNBURY, Pa., May 15.—Two men were killed and two others seriously injured here today when, according to authorities, ear in, which they were traveling ata high speed, struck the others beneath the wreckage. The dead are Homer Amy, 39, Uniontown, Pa; Benjamin ba guia Shamokin, Pa. Talk it up—your shopmate will subscribe! / teur champain P. Kolko of Wau- kegan, Wis. committee on ar- rangements claim that this picnic will be so full of doings that it will be long remem! as the best one day open air affflr ever given by the T, U, B. L, and60e gets the whole J - PHOTO WORKERS’ ORGANIZATION JOINS A. F. OF DRIVE TO REMEDY CONDITIONS By ESTHE (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, N. Y., May 15.—The Photographic Workers’ America is completing its affiliation with the American Federation of Labor after having added the Amateur Pho ization. the union, it nationally effective will be made la May 22 in Bryant Hall to boost the organization of amateur photo finish- ers, Hours of Labor Extremely Long. The summer season is the busiest work period for amateur photo finish- ers while the work of professional photographic workers goes on all the year round. Some of the amateur finishers, the men who make the prints of our snapshots, say that they are forced to work continuously for up to 86 hours, during these busy months. fj The union is demanding a 44-hour week for all photographic workers with a $45 minimum wage for skilled workers and $30 weekly for assist- ants, Ten holidays. including May 1, are sought and time and a half pay for overtime; double time for work on days off. Insanitary Dark-Rooms Breed T. B. In addition the union is demanding improvement of sanitary conditions in photographic laboratories. Many of the dark-room where developing and finishing are done are needlessly in basements and are damp and poorly drained. Few of them have adequate ventilation and they are seldom prop- erly aired between work periods. Electric fans are needed, the union says, especially for work in summer. Because of'the bad conditions photo- graphic workers tend to develop con- sumption. Eye strain, particularly among retouchers, is common. These workers seldom are able to work more than 10 year at the trade. Metol poisoning is another serious hazard of the industry. Handling deadly chemicals is part of the work. Child Labor a Real Menace. The abolition of all child labor in photographic laboratories is demand- ed by the union. In the busy summer the larger studios hire high school boys and girls for as little as $1 a day to do the simpler operations. Child workers are used to replace older skilled men and to beat down wages to $20 or even $15, as adver- tisements in New York classified ad columns testify. Boss Wanted Pay! Since most photographic studios are still independently owned, no photographic trust—outside of East- man’s in thé manufacturing end—yet existing, the introduction of improved machines is not rapid. Machines that carry the film thru the whole process from development to print are used in large studios and laboratories, how- | ever. In these shops such a close check is kept upon the workers’ productivity that when one of the men recently asked for a raise in wages his em- ployer counted up from charts the amount of time the worker was sup- posed to have lost on the job and an- nounced that the worker owed the firm money! Various Bad Work Rules. Hiring and firing at the whim of the employer is another evil which the union is endeavoring to overcome, Ending of piece work for retouchers is sought in order to give the workers a decent wage instead of having them employed by the week and then given too little work to enable them to make wages. Louis Baum, organizer, claims that there are comparatively few re- touchers and most of them have come from Europe. He is making a special effort to get them into the union because of their strategic importance in the industry. Over 200 members are already in the union, which is only a few months old, and thru meetings of all kinds, including educational demonstrations pertaining to the industry, more and more members are being attracted. They are of all nationalities. Zaritsky Again Heads the Capmakers’ Union NEW YORK, May 15.—(FP).—Max Zaritsky ts still president of the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers’ In- ternational Union. The 15th biennial convention of the organization re- elected Zaritsky. Max Zuckerman re- mains general secretary-treasurer. Attempts to make the jobbers res- ponsible for the industry were ap- proved by the convention and action during negotiations next year for a new agreement is expected. A budget plan and increased per capita tax of 6 cents were adopted by the conven- tion before final conclusion. New York Registers Quake. NEW YORK, May 15.— An earth- quake of moderate intensity traced its zig-zag record on the seismograph of Fordham university today. The first tremor was noted at 8:07 ern daylight time. The tensity was reached at 8:15 and the entire quake lasted forty minutes, The distance from New York was approximately 4,600 miles, The Aleu- tian Islands in the northern Pacific, a territory subject to shocks, are this distance from New York, Does your friend subscribe to the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! The amalgamated unions are conducting a vigorous organization campaign under the direction of Louis A. Baum, secretary and organizer for At present the union is local to New York but efforts to make Page Three L. AND STARTS R LOWELL Union of to Finishers’ Union to its own organ- ter, A mass meeting is scheduled for AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) a famous American surgeon is now in Rome, ready to perform an operation on Mussolini. Here's hoping the “oper: ation” is a success. sr @ IFTY “gold star mothers” have sailed for France to visit the graves of their sons who died for Morgan’s gold dollar during the world war. Not very many mothers of dead heroes can afford to visit the battlefields of France and the graves of their loved ones. Only very few can have this Satisfaction. Thousands of mothers whose sons are pushing up French lilies have not enough money to pay their fare to the nearest poor house. oe Set | HERE is nothing an American babbit will not attempt except think and act intelligently. A glove manufacturer of Des Moines, Iowa, secured world fame by walking up to the king of England at the Wembley exposition and grabbing the royal mitt shook it warmly saying, “How do you do, king; shake hands with America.” No doubt the poor king was as help- less confronted with this sudden crisis as Harry Thaw when out of the range of his lawyers for a few minutes, Per- haps George thot Morgan was hanging to the end of his paw and not a Des Moines babbit. So George wrig- gled his royal fin as best he could and drew back his face into the caricature of a smile. eee IHE glove manufacturers name is Cownie. He stands a good chance of being candidate for president—at least of the Des Moines Rotary Club. His glove business should take a de- cided upward swing. When Cownie’s son shook hands with the king and both posed for the camera the elder declared: “Now we've shaken hands with the king of England and Jack Dempsey and we’re happy.” There was a life’s ambition realized in one fell swoop. oe ENERAL BORIS SAVINKOFF, anti-Soviet plotter who confessed to his crimes in August of 1924, com- mitted suicide by throwing himself from the window of his cell in a Moscow prison a few days ago. Savin- koff told of his relations with the gov- ernments of France, Checho-Slovakia and England, during the early days of the Soviet regime; how those govern- ment financed revolutions against the workers’ republic and instigated plots to murder Soviet leaders. The con- spirator was first sentenced to death, but the sentence was afterwards com- muted to life imprisonment, which is in harmony with the policy of the Soviet government of not inflicting capital punishment unless the ex- treme penalty is essential to the in- terests of the workers’ and peasants’ power, esr 8 IDMOND VANCE COOKE, the jingle mongering poet, has been poison- ing the minds of the school children of Chicago for the last two weeks with recitations of his own composi- tion. His tour was conducted by the Chicago Daily News. Another after- noon newspaper, a competitor of the News, protested on the ground thai Cooke’s poems were not patriotic. So the Daily News came back with a headline: “Cooke's patriotic poems are cheered,” and published a rhyme called “All For America” which makes the German “Deutchland Uber Alles” look like the “Red Flag.” It's tough on the kids. J. KAPLAN MERCHANT TAILOR Suits Made to Order at Reasonable Prices 3546 ARMITAGE AVENUE Phone Albany 9400 By Wm. Z. Foster THE GREAT STEEL STRIKE (Cloth)................60 Cents THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION ......ccssesesenne 50 Conts THE RAILROADERS NEXT STEP. 25 Cents BANKRUPTCY OF THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT .......... opiboonnsenps ence sound Cents CHICAGO YOUNG | WORKERS LEAGUE PLAN ACTIVITY Numerous Campaigns in City Program At the meeting of the city central committee of the Young Workers’ League, local Chicago, held on Wed- May 13, the following matters were taken up with special interest and emphasis: Division of league branches into factory committees, assigning each group a factory in which the commit- tee is to take charge of a campaign until a nucleus is established there. To assist in the most advantageous division of the branch into such com- mittees, the city organization commit- tee is to meet with the B. E, C.’s of Branches Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 6 during the coming week. Membership Drive. In connection with the membership drive, the need for increased outside activity was stressed and the Work- er§8 Party branches also will be visit- ed by our comrades in an effort to get their co-operation in our mem- bership drive. The organization of a working area branch in Pullman, IIL, and in Cicero, ll. The organization of a campaign in the heavier industries to begin early in June. League Picnic June 14, Election of a committee to begin immediate organization of the league Picnic to take place in the Beyer’s Grove, on June 14. Committee con- sists of Al. Meltz, Weintraub, Mela- med, Katilus, E. Bern, Letchinger, Bo- risov, Gomez and V. Meltz, with exe- cutive committee consisting of A. Meltz, N. Gomez and V. Meltz. Election of comrades to assist the party in arranging their big picnics in the summer. Support of the Champion, the offi- cial organ of the American Negro La- bor Congress. Participation in the campaign to es- tablish a party book store in Chicago. Participating to the fullest extent in the mass demonstration arranged by the party city central committee protesting against the white terror in the Balkans. Meeting to be held on Sunday, May 17, 1925, 2:30 p. m. at Hod Carriers’ Hall, 814 W. Harrison St. Attending the party branch indus- trial organizers’ meeting on Friday, May 15, at 19 S. Lincoln St., 8 p. m., by all league branch organizers, A date of July 19 is, reservedfor an outing and picnic together with the Waukegan comrades. Intensive Training Class. The organization of an intensive training class for a score of leading comrades in the league who are need- ed to immediately take care and full responsibility for the various nuclei and potential nuclei. Class to begin on May 25, Monday, at 2613 Hirsch Blvd. and to continue for six weeks, On finances, a thoro discussion took Place and a meeting of all financial secretaries is called on Saturday, May 23, at 3 p. m. to work out a uniform system of handling finances. The Junior director had a report of good work. The branches reported on their ac- tivity and their problems, with an excellent report of activities coming from Branch No. 5. On the Negro activities, the commit- tee has been functioning well, leaflet is gotten out and factories at which campaigns are to start assigned to branches. Dr S. ZIMMERMAN DENTIST 22352. N. CALIFORNIA AVE °Phone ARMITAL MY NEW LOCATION Special X-Ray Prices pee to Gas Workers Given ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. { My Examination ts Free My Prices Are Reason: My Work Is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist 1113 W. Washington Blvd, THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, Chicago, IilInole Pe