The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 22, 1925, Page 1

Nak, Natit” Worker Annual Sub- cription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! Vol. Il. No. 111. SUP, 4 ma RATES: (MUITARY ST“ See oo STATES MEET TO ri. \ THE DAILY Bntered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Z. FOR NEW WAR AGAINST SOVIET RULE (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.—(By Mail)— The Russian Com- munist press has revealed the fact that a short time ago a con- ference of the general staffs of the so-called border states took place in Riga, in which representatives of Poland, Roumania and the Baltic States participated. Everyone knows what this means. it is the duty of a general staff to elaborate military plans. pct tabla Salleh I fais, J AO A EC AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. RESIDENT CALLES of Mexico is doing well by his new masters. The bank clerks in the capital made certain demands on their employers recently. The banks superciliously turned their requests down and threat- ened to move out of the city unless the workers kept civil tongues in their heads. Calles went further than that. He threatened to throw them into jail unless they behaved like gentle- men towards the benefactors from Wall Street. e * #8 HE workers in certain oil fields demanded more wages and better conditions. The property is owned by American capitalists. Immediately the labor fakers, who arg under the thumb of Calles and the Wall Street bankers got busy and brought down the weight of official disapprobation on the heads of the workers. Calles threatened to call out the army and give the workers a dose of lead un- less they cease making “extortionist demands.” There you are. Don’t for- get that Calles is a socialist presi- dent and that the socialist party of New York organized a parade in his honor thru the pawnshop district with red flags at the head of the parade. se 8 ‘HILE thousands of girls are toil- ing in sweat shops thruout the country producing profits for the mas- ter class, thdt enable their female ites to see the world and all the “are worth ~ seeifig, everal U. lebutantes” are paint- ing up, preparatory to being present- ed to the queen of England. It is quite possible that while those useless females are decorating their carcass- es to catch the eye of some broken down British aristocratic degenerate, their fathers are resisting the de- mands of their American wage slaves for a little more bread and butter. ene é HE second number of the maga- zine published for the purpose of bringing about international trade union solidarity is snappy and force- ful. There are articles by A. A. Pur- cell, the editor, and by several British leaders including A. B. Swales, who was one of the fraternal delegates to the American Federation of Labor convention last year. There is also an article by Comrade Tomsky, chair- man of the All-Russian council of trade unions, with his picture. The movement is gaining headway and the anti-Soviet prejudices fostered by the reactionaries are being broken down. “ee THER countries are watching the progress of the movement for one united trade union international with interest. The Voice of Labor, official organ of the Irish Transport and Gen- eral Workers’ Union, has the follow- ing comment on Trade Union Unity: “Trade Union Unity, if it lives up to|’ its title,’ ought to find a welcome wherever conscious working people are thinking out the problems of their class. It is edited by A. A. Purcell, president of the International Feder- ation of Trade Unions, Edo Fimmen, secretary of the International Trans- rt, Workers’ Federation and George icks, a substitute member of the ex- ‘utive of the 1, F. T. U., all three of ‘tom have been working hard to \ (Continued on shia Bsr tel cr OY 3.) Ww When the general staff of different countries negotiate amongst themselves, there can only be one object in view, that of a common plan for war oper- ations. And when the general staffs of Esthonia and Roumania, Fin- land and Poland sit together round the same table, everyone will grasp the fact that it is a ease of planning a war against the Soviet Union. The governments of the border states made use of the usual official and unofficial apparatus of contradic- tion, in order to deny even the. fact that this conference of general staffs had taken place at all. But the deni- als, as often happens when the im- perialists try to deny their war policy, once again confirmed the revelations of the Russian press. It happened as in the wellknown story of the borrowed jug. First de- nial: there was no jug at all—no con- ference took place. Second denial: the jug had always been broken—the Polish General Kessler had only gone to Riga to visit some friends. Third denial the jug was whole when it was returned—the Latvian commander in chief admitted to the Latvian parlia- (Continued pn page 3) STARVING IRISH PEASANTS TOLD TO-GAZE ON SKY Beautiful ‘Scenery Not Appease Hunger By ROBERT STEWART. DUBLIN, (By Mail)—The much disputed question as to the extent of acute distress, as to the difference be- tween acute distress, semi-starvation and famine, is not allowed to inter- fere with the work of the Irish sec- tion of Workers International Relief. There is, of course, no doubt that the deliberate minimizing of the ex- tent of the area of want has had its effect on the flow of funds for relief. If the Workers International Relief had not its base in the labor move* ment, the situation would have been very much worse. Our committees in all countrfes are so well used to the attitude of governments and _ their press, agencies and propagandists, that we are able to discount before- hand the lies, and truth suppressions, which are become a commonplace in these days; nevertheless we heartily wish, for the sake of the suffering peo- ple that the actual truth of the situa- tion could have wider circulation. I feel sure that thousands of people in (Continued on pege 5.) LEGISLATOR OBJECTS TO KLAN PROPAGANDA CIRCULATED IN HOUSE SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 20—Cir. culation of an S, Glenn Young edi- tion of the Herrin Herald, caused a furore in the house today when a representative from Chicago, to a question of personal privilege and demanded to know who was respon- io ee for the distribution, MERICAN SOLDIERS ARE WORKERS WHO MUST FIGHT DOPE OF LACKEY PREACHERS AND THEIR MASTERS by WALTER M. TRU M. TRUMBULL, HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 20.—1 w 0 a soldier of the U. S. army in Hawaii a short time ago and the topic came up of reasons for enter- ing the service, Discussing the conditions in, civilian life that had a bearing on his entrance into the army, he said: “You see, | was a caal miner, a ‘mucker.’ face of the drift after it had been ‘blown.’ wages as it was but they intended to cut the wi -_--— — strike. “The strike lasted for four weeks and money was getting low. Then the mine owners forceg the few stores that they did not own to refuse to sell us anything at all and gave the same orders to their own stores. We nearly rt ed and almost froze from the . We tried to get coal from the I cleaned the coal from the We were getting small enough again, We went on ‘muck dump’ but the owners had riflemen there and they were not afraid to shoot either. ~ “One Sunday, the prea¢her in our church gave us a long talk about’the |man strike and proved from the bible that we were in the wrong. He called on (Continued ou page 3) In Chicago, by mall, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. CHARGES THREAT UPON SOVIET BY ALLIES 10 SUPPRESS COMINTERN LONDON, May 20—The labor pub- lication, the Daily Herald, reports that a concerted drive is on, started by British diplomats and joined in by all the allied powers to demand of Soviet Russia the suppression of the Communist International, upon penalty of breaking off diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia. The Daily Herald says that the matter was discussed with the French and with the little entente at Bucharest. The British under secretary for foreign affairs denied the charge in the house of com- mons. FOSTER SPEAKS TO RAILROADERS IN CLEVELAND Invites Trainmen Del- egates to Attend CLEVELAND, May 20.—Wm. Z.|from Fez, which e: Foster, national secretary of the Trade Union Educational League, will speak in Cleveland, Sunday, May 24, at 7:30 P. M., in the Labor Temple, 2586 Euclide Ave. This meetirig will be under the auspices of the Cleve- land Group of the Trade Union Educa- tional League, and will be for the Purpose of getting under way a cam- paign to expose the infamous scheme of Bill Lee, president of the Railway Trainmen, now in convention here, to turn the railroad unions into company unions, for which he has announced the calling of a conference between the unions and the railroad executives. One Thousand Delegates. The Convention of the Trainmen is attended by about a thousand dele- gates, and in the week or so of its existence, has occupied itself chiefly with listening to fine speeches on class peace. Lee announced with pride that this conventino was the first. to be|dence in the t in which they addressed by the labor secretaries of |are particlpariny n ated time overnments of both the U.S. and ay which, took: -places-the:-other } day. “Our own” James J. Davis delivered one of his customary diatribes against the foreign-born workers, demanding their registration, in order to prevent what he claims to be a large amount of “illegal” entry. According to Davis, the standard of living of the American worker is. ‘depressed by this great in- flux, etc., _etc.,,etc. Fed Up On Class Peace. After seyeral\days of such soporifc wind-jamming from various “friends” of labor, the corivention is now in a frame of mind to proceed with its work of haltering the Trainmen ever more firmly to the chariot of the rail- Toad magnates. The Foster meeting will represent an effort on the part of the militants of Cleveland to arouse the rank and file of the Trainmen here as dele- gates, as well as the thousands of rail- road workers resident in Cleveland, to the threat which Lee’s proposal makes to the existence of the unions as true labor organizations. Not only the railroad workers, but the entire working-class is vitally in- terested in the question of whether the large group in the railroad in-}French oppressors. dustry are to abandon the strike as a weapon and serve as a demoralizing example to the entire labor move- ment. Foster has just returned from Soviet Russia, where he studied in detail the workings of the railroad and other unions in that country. He is also a special student of railroad unionism, from his membership in the Carmen’s Union, as well as of the entire labor movement of America. Foster without doubt is the one most qualified in the whole country to discuss and expose the nefarious Lee scheme, and the Cleveland Trade Union Educational League urges upon the railroad workers and other work- ers of Cleveland and the Trainmen delegates to turn out in full force to this meeting. Admission free. Lobby of Labor Officials on Last Legs at Springfield SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 20—Efforts were being made to line up factions of | and the co-operative trade had been organized labor behind a comprehens® considerably consolidated during that ive legislative objective. John N. Walker, president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor, was said to be striving for centralization on the in- junction limitations bill now pending in the senate, while Miss Agnes Nes- tor, Chicago, head of the women’s la- bor organizations of the metropolis, endeavored to throw the weight of the entire aggregation behind Lottie Hol- man O'Neill's 8% hour bill. Immedi- ate conferences of the two groups with a view to baat bogey were scheduled, FRIDAY, MAY at Chicago, 1 NATIVES FRENCH Li SUPPORT RIFFS Cabinet May Fall on Moroccan Policy ss (Special to The Daily Worker.) PARIS, France, May 20.—Native Moroccans behind thé lines of the in- vading French army jare sympathetic to the Rifflan defenders and agita- ition for Abd‘el-Krim; leader of the Riffians, has gaine@ugreat headway. The French are gngtituting a reign of terror behind thg@if ines, among the natives of French {M@rocco, the mili- tary dictator of nh Mordcco, Mar- shal Lyautey annd , “steps are being taken to clea pactfic regions of of Abd-el-Krim, wl spreading insidiouw French dictator fe thruout Morocco. 3 The Paris newspapers, ‘especially those controlled bythe left parties, are filled with istic reports anxiety over the Moroccan invasion, which is lead- fg to a prolonged ahd costly war. France, the war offies announced, is seeking @ combined three ‘power offen- sive against the Moroccans, with Bri- tain using her navy, and Spain anu France supplying the ‘troops. The war’ ministry, 4s still surpres- sing all news of the extent of the casualties to the soldiers, and is maintaining sile: on the number of French troops im The Communist is wagitg a campaign to prevent the further slaughter of young workers in the invasion of | Riffian’s native land. When p: nt opens this | month a defeat ve government | at the hands of list bloc fs | @ possibility. At time the social- | ists must either { the impertal- istic invasion of ment or must ¥ Out from the co “ad Ase gai n agenda” The ; general revolt PARIS, walls are plastered witht Communist posters demanding: that the French France, May 20.— Paris workers unite to appose “this mur- derous and fratricidal war.” Thou- sands of pamphlets are being distri- buted to the soldiers who are to be sent to Morocco. .“You will be com- pelled to march under a blazing sun until you fall from exhaustion,” says | one of these pamphlets, “and then if your brutal officers do not shoot you mercilessly, you are bound to be killed by Abd-el-Krim’s sharpshooters, hid- den behind the rocks of their native land.” The Communists appeal to the sol- diers to refuse to’ fight the North Africans, to either surrender to Abd- el-Krim or turn their guns on their officers, according to press disp. “hes. The entire population of the Frenc> colonies has grown resti;e and in many places is on the verge of re- volt, since the Riffan defense against the foreign imperialists. In Algeria and Tunisia, the natives have display- ed a growing disquiet, and are ready to join the uprising against the (Continued cn page 2) FAR EAST SHOWS GAINS IN COAL AND COLD MINES Forestry and: Fisheries Also in Good Shape | WEST VIRGINIA POLICE AID WHITE TERROR OF POLAND, CLOSING RED AID MEETING WITH GUNS IN HANDS WHEELING, W. Va., May 20- ‘When minérs and workers came to the (Specidt to The ‘The sBaity Worker) HARBIN, (By Maél).—In a press interview with the lowal press repre- sentatives on the general situation of the Soviet Far-Eastern region, Mr. Gamarnik, president of the Far-Hast- ern revolutionary committee (who re- cently visited Pekin), pointed out that thé commercial turnover of the re- gion had gone up from 138 million gold rubles, in 1923, to 151 million, in 1924, and that, generally, the state period. The financial reform was now consummated in the Soviet Far East, and the “chervonetz” (10 gold ruble bank note) and the Soviet treasury note had finally secured legiti- mate place in the monetary circula- tion, Gains in Industrial Fields. Substantial gains ought to be noted, too, in the industrials field, the oe and gold mining industries havin, benefited the most, with aad fisheries also in good shape. The Su- (Continued onspage 3) ilinois under the Act of Mgfch 8, 1879. Published WORKER CORRESPONDENTS TO HEAR JACK GARNEY IN NEW YORK ON SATURDAY NEW YORK, May 20.—Jack Car- ney, one-time editor of Duluth “Truth,” Butte Bulletin, “Rank and File,” and other working class pa- pers, will lecture before New York Workers’ Correspondents next Sat- urday, May 23, at 7 p. m., at the party headquarters, 108 East 14th street, on Communist Journalism. All workers Interested in this sub- Ject are invited to attend. Those that heard the very practical lecture by A. Bimba, editor of Laisve, and the speech by Carney at the Work- ers’ Correspondents meeting last Saturday evening, will need no urg- Ing to come this week. The meet- ing will begin promptly at seven o'clock, and will adjourn in time to enable those present to attend other affairs the same ee ee FASCIST CHIEF FORCES GAG LAW THRU CHAMBER Anti-Secret Society Bill ‘ Hits Masonry (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Italy, May 20—Premier Mussolini has forced the passage of the bill which outlaws secret socie- ties, The fascist head was: forced to bring discipline upon the deputies be- fore they agreed to vote for the bill, which is aimed particularly at treema- sonry. Mussolini made a violent speech for the bill, and demanded that it be passed within five minutes. But while he was talking, the deputies slipped ;out of the chamber, and an adjourn- ment had to be called. When the deputies were against assembled, they voted for the bill by a vote of 304 to 0. The fascist papers are little con- cerned over the demand of the United States that Italy pay her war debt to America. “It would be no use for It- to promise to pay» 1f py so doing Were toe Taced “With Coristal peril,” says the Corriere, reflecting the Mussolini position. “We could not keep the promise.” THE RULERS OF THE U, S. NAME NEW DIRECTORS (Special to the Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, May 20—New di- rectors of the United States chamber of commerce were nominated today as fellows: Stanley H. Bullard, Bridgeport, Conn.; Philadelphia H. Gadsden, Philadelphia, John W. Arrington, Greenville, S. C.; Frank Kell, Wichita Falls, Tex.; J. G. Leigh, Little Rock, Ark.; Max W. Babb, Milwaukee; Ed- win T. Meredith, Des Moines, lowa; Dwight B. Heard, Phoenix, Ariz.; Everett G. Griggs, Tacoma, Wash.; all from chmabers of commerce. Charles W. Lonsdale, Kansas City; James P. Orr, Cincinnati; A. J. Bros- seau, New York; John J. Lonsdale, St. Louis; Paul Shoup, San Francisco; Harry A. Smith, Hartford, Conn.; Milton E. Marcuse, Richmond, Va.; A. L. Humphrey, Pittsburgh, all repres- enting trade associations. The nominations were made by 1,400 counselors representing all af- ‘iiated organizations in the national chamber, The 17 directors nominated will serve for two years. The total mem- bership of the board is 33. ORKE®. PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blyd., Chicage, Ill. [NEW YoRK | YORK EDITION daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Price 3 Cents 'B. & 0. JOHNSTON’ LOSING ELECTION IN MACHINISTS’ UNION DESPITE WHOLESALE FRAUD IN BALLOTING (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20.—Altho only 14,786 out of the total vote of about 35,000 ballots cast in the election going on in the International Association of Machinists have been counted up to May 17, it is apparent that “B. & 0.” Johnston, the incumbent president, has been decisively whipped by Anderson, the opposi- tion candidate. Anderson will be elected providing a fair count of the votes are given, as with the 14,786 counted, Anderson is leading by 100 votes, while wholesale frauds have been practised by the Johnston machine. , Among the other outstanding swindles, is the throwing out of San Francisco Lodge 68, which cast 700 votes, 90 per cent, favoring Anderson. Some of the Johnston agents in the local, (apparently framed up an objection to the whole 700 votes being members sent in because’ of a small number of ballots cast by not in good standing, and man-+- cr eealas IN STRIKE OF COAST TAILORS The Frame-up In Frisco. As the union law provides that if Bosses Use Gunmen and Professional Scabs ballots are not sent in within three days after voting ends, they are thrown out automatically, the John- ston machine thus managed to disfran- chise the hundreds of San Francisco I. A, M. ‘members whose votes went to Anderson. It is even charged that the Johnston agents in San Francisco themselves framed up to have the il- legal ballots cast in order to have By PAUL C. REISS the complaint raised against the| (gpecial to the DAILY WORKER) whole vote and get it thrown out. LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 20—The The Johnston agents in Lodge 68 in the Golden State Tailors’ of San Francisco, even tried to expel 206 Court street, is progress- Knutson, the Anderson centrist sup-|ing well. The company succeeded porter, of stuffing the ballot box with the few illegal ballots. But upon trial before the local, he was acquitted by the local and another man, a Johnston supporter, was forced to admit that he marked the ballots that were cast illegally and which are used as an excuse to disfranchise the whole lo- cal, in getting about 20 scabs, six of whom are professional and have scabbed in more than one shop before. They are known tools of the bosses and as soon as they will not be need- ed at this place, they will be trans- ferred to some other shop. The others are weak sisters of the union. The pickets are strong on the job. pickets were arrested but the ca were dismissed as no definite charges were pressed. 4 Slugger Goes Free. The business agent of the local . union, Bastano, wasattacked by. one of the sluggers hired by the bosses {named Julius. Petino- A suspended sentence of’ ninety days was set by Judge Richardson. All the sca) Anderson Ciaims Election. “My information is that I have won,” gaid Vice-President Anderson, {Continued on page 2) KLUXERS HURT IN FRAY WITH ANTI-KLANSMEN AFTER K.K.K, MEETING | e working for about one-third less than the, union scale and according to the union men, are MILLBURY, Mass., May 20.— |not efficient in their trade. These Four members of the ku klux kian | scabs are being brought to and from were seriously injured, several anti- | work in special automobiles supplied klansmen were less seriously hurt | by the bosses early in the morning and scores of other combatants re- | and long after quitting tima and are celved scratches and bruises in a | housed in separate shacks. free-for-all fight in Worcester coun- | Scabs Held Prisoners. ty early today, They are not permitted to talk to Sticks, stones and wrenches taken | ¢ach other on the job. So far the from automobiles figured in the | local press has been silent on this fray, according to chief of police, | strike because they want to keep the C. A. Dolan. | white spot white. The gathering of the klansmen at | The geferal board of the union a meeting started hostilities, it is | Promised finan id and also moral said. support by sending a representative “The klansmen carried clubs,” | from the national office. This has a Said the chief of police. “They told |ed new encouragement to the mem- me they had been stoned while | bers on strike. coming from North Bridge to their NE meeting and were going to put their Claim Deficit In Bankrupt R. R. assailants in the cemetery. They NEW YORK, May 20.—The Chica- even told me they were going to get |£0, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, me. whose receivership is now under in- “After the stoning at North |vestigation by the interstate com- Bridge, the klansmen and the anti- klansmen clashed in Millbury. “When I came up, clubs swinging right dnd left. “Somebody rang the fire alarm and the firemen came up. “The klansmen all carried clubs, some black jacks, others pick handles and still others long pieces of white birch. “As they moved out of Millbury the klansmen shouted that they were coming back to clean up the place.” merce commission, had a net deficit of $1,868,606, in 1924, according to the annual report made public today. LABOR DEFENSE ‘TO DISCUSS GROUCH CASE AT FRIDAY'S MEETING The Chicago Coealk for Labor De- fense and Relief will discuss plans for new work at its meeting Friday were meeting arranged at Benwood, W. Va., the International Red Aid, they found and six policemen and many detectives ready to act, The meeting was arranged by the Workers (C ommunist) Party branch of Wheeling, as one of the series of meetings being held thruout the ‘amber to expose the Polish white terror. All of the police in front of the hall were armed. When the workers in- quired the reason for closing the hall, the captain of police said he had “or ders from the court,” and if the work- ers tried to hold a meeting, all who attend would be arrested, The captain muttered something about the Red flag law, altho there was no Red flag present, As always, seeing workers embling, saw red. Once more America was saved from the revolution, this time in West Vir- ginia instead of New York, evening, May 22, at the Greek Hall, 722 Blue island Ave. Ait aetegates are urged to be present. One of the most important sub- jects to be discussed is the calling of a meeting in Chicago to demand the reelase of Walter Trumbull and Paul Crouch, United States soldiers arrested and sentenced to narc ta: bor for being Communists. The sen- tences were at first placed at 40 and 26 years, but were_later short ened to three years and one year. “The Defense and Reltef Council de- untty | mares thelir immediate release. WEST VIRGINIA JAILING MINERS BY HUNDREDS TO BREAK STRIKE (Special to The Daily Worker) FAIRMONT, W. Va., May 20.—Approximately 150 striking miners were arrested today near the Big Four Mine of the Clark Coal and Coke Co., here. Two international representatives of the United Mine Workers, Frank McCartnéy and 4 man named Williams, were arrested with the miners, who were charged with violating an injunction granted yesterday by Judge Max+ well at Clarksburg, W. Va. The strikers, with a band, had assembled near the mine and were cheer ing loudly, but no disorder was reported. for Comrade e.Radwanski, speaker for the hall closed ory by order of the police,