The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 24, 1925, Page 3

SES ' U,S,$,R, DECLINES INVITATION TO “ARM CONFERENCE Chicherin “Tales Smash at League of Nations (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW,—(By Mail).—The follow- ing telegram has been sent by G. Chicherin, ‘People’s Commissary of Foreign Affairs, to the General Secret- ariat of the league of nations in reply to the latters’ invitation extended to the Soviet government to join the pending international arms traffic con- ference; “In reply to your letter of January Sth last, in reference to the invita- tion extended to the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics to take part in the interna- tional conference for studying a draft eonvention on the international arms traffic, I have the honor to bring to your ‘notice the following: “The Soviet government has on re- peated occasions stated its negative attitude toward the league of nations as it is actually constituted; and while, in minor questions of a tech- Nical order as well as on certain oo- * easions with a purely humanitarian purpose, the Soviet government con- sented to co-operate in certain dis- cussions held under the auspices of the league of nations, such consent ‘on its part did not in any way modify the general negative attitude of the Soviet government with regard to the league—which circumstance this goy- ernment always took care to put into relief. ~ “However, in the present case, the government of the Union does not find it possible to co-operate with the of nations in the examination of a question entailing the interfer- of the league of nations with the ernal affairs of the Soviet Repub- Hos. Neither does the government of the Soviet Union deem it possible to be subordinated to the decisions and intervention of the deague. “In view of the above motives, the Soviet Union is constrained to decline to participate in the conference to be convened on May 4 of this year.” AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) fie official leaders of the German trade unions, are the servants of the house of Morgan and of the Bri- tish bankers in trying to make the Dawes plan work. Remember that the profits from the Dawes plan must come out of the bodies of the German workers. This gang are in accord with the social-democrats who murdered Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. The story of their crimes would take up too much space here. ND France! One of the most fero- cious of the “moderate” socialists of France is M. Jouhaux, secretary of the General Confederation of Labor. He is against unity between the work- ers in the Russian trade unions and| the workers in the unions afiiliated with Amsterdam. But he is not against unity with the capitalists. There he was at the arms parley in Geneva bellowing like an ox in behalf of French interests. Jouhaux, the social- ist and labor leader defending the most militaristic nation on the con- tinent of Hurope! Isn’t this a sight for the gods? And only last week, Paul Boncour, prominent socialist leader delivered a speech at the same conference, that won the applause of leading American politicians. Social- ism no longer has any terror for the bourgeoisie. eee pas list is not complete. There is no country no matter how small where the capitalists have not their “trusted labor lieutenants” play- ing the role of the trained rams in the Chicago stockyards. They are part and parcel of the. capitalist system and will go down with it. Russia is the only country in the world free from that type of pest. Russia got rid of them when the fires of revolution were raging. Today, the labor leaders of the Soviet Union are servants of the Soviet Union, which is the republic of the workers and peasants. Yellow socialists and anarchists will say: “What's the difference? Are not the labor leaders in Russia in alliance with the government?” Sure thing, but the big difference is that the goy- ernment in which they are in alliance with is a workers’ government. NOVY MIR INVITES YOU TO TAKE A TRIP UP THE HUDSON RIVER S. S.. AIDA (one of the finest of the Hudson River fleet) THIS IS THE FIRST GRAND SPRING ROUND TRIP EXCURSION under the auspices of the “Novy Mir” and will be a memorable occasion Steamer will leave Pier 43 from Christopher St. Ferry, FRIDAY EVE., MAY 29th, 8 P. M. SHARP and will arrive back Sunday Midnight. CONCERTS—DANCING—CAMPING—FISHING Excellent and wholesome food prepared by our own chefs will be served at reasonable prices. NO OVERCROWDING allowed, and, In order to insure comfort, tickets have been Ilmited to 350 persons. TICKETS $4.25 EACH (including round trip, berth, camp, lodging, auto rides and rowing) Tickets obtained at NOVY MIR, 30 Union Square, New York Come and spend Decoration Day with us in the moon-light, sailing up the Hudson River. REGISTER EARLY to get the best berths and best camp accomodations First Come—First Served. Don’t let the Tobacco Trust bunco you. Get your tobacco direct from the farm and SAVE MONEY *: rea workers and we farmers can join hands and beat the capitalistic tobacco _trust at their own game. i Do you know WHY you have had to pay 0 much for your tobacco? We used to have to sell to the trust or , ee, rot tobaceo rot on our hands. us next to nothing for our finest + Hy sometimes mixed them with a jot of alfalfa and dope and Sweenines, 1, dolled “them up in fancy bagr © warriee sweat shop labor in stinking lungeons make unfit cigars—and charge oon fancy prices—and made millions— that it fat trust! But those days gone forever. The U. §. Government. now ell direct to you without obACCO revenue tax on t hea whieh th the trust has to pay, “Save Your Mone Help Us BUST_ the TRUST! tha “anno aati po orael Piet from tion hard-working f ve Farmers who the best eat to tobacco in the world send you the choice extra sel leat tobacco—the kind we smoke and chew ourselves. Don't gong any, money. ‘We'll Cian fs ‘ou wh Le 7 ages for bi . at's eno ‘or ol Sry. Whole ‘wash’ boiler almost ‘ull ot pe tobacco moked. ‘ttre pe rhacie Yot ore mee , erumble ‘ti into Lt pipe or t twist ito shape for chewing. 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Fee} selected Leaf Tol & bottle of ad Flavorimg Lge Bok. Kwon Package Sa sess enna eeennnnn ane sans cons ees AAA OBH scssscrsenetassonetensronessienssossenusssussssouassnes CY ve sssernerscraserrnnssese BEMLOssvessnsssgrssnnes WORKERS’ HEALTH BUREAU DEMANDS LEAD GAS PROBE A Menace to Life, Tells Govt. Conference (Continued from page 1) fare division of the war department, the U. S. bureau of mines and the commercial interests directly in- volved. Control of Industrial Poisons. Charging that the bureau of mines report is scientifically unsound the workers’ health bureau calls for an impartial, scientific investigation of tetra ethyl lead and the prohibition of its sale until it has been proven harmless, The bureau will also ask for some form of government control of all industrial poisons. Tetra ethyl lead is a liquid com- bination of lead and the ethyl group to which grain alcohol belongs. After going thru a series of changes it be- comes tetra ethyl lead. The Stand- ard Oil company and the General Mo- tors Corporation who were looking for some method of stopping the “knock” in gasoling engines, have de- veloped tetra ethyl lead to add to gasoline, Extremely Poisonous. Tetra ethyl lead is extremely poi- sonous. Poisoning occurs when the liquid is absorbed thru the skin or when its fumes are inhaled. In its concentrated form as pure tetra ethyl lead, it affects workers engaged in its manufacture. When it is mixed with certain other chemicals and be- comes ethyl fluid, it is «4 danger to anyone handling it. In distributing and filling stations where it is mixed with gasoline, it affects not only work- ers in those places, but garage work- ers or others liable to handle gaso- line; chauffeurs, car owners, etc. Finally the health of the general pub- lic as well as that of garage workers, chauffeurs, teamsters, traffic cops, may be affected by breathing lead dust from the exhaust gas of engines burning ethyl gasoline, Tetra ethyl lead is so poisonous that it was considered by the U. S. gov- ernment for possible use in chemical warfare, Experiments by the chemi- cal warfare service showed that four dogs and eleven guinea pigs died from absorbing tetra ethyl lead thru the skin. The dogs died after exposure of from twenty-four to one hundred and eighty hours; the guinea pigs af- ter from twelve to sixty hours. Dangers to Motorists. Attention was focused on the dan- ger in manufacturing tetra ethyl lead last fall when five men died from handling the fluid at the Standard Oil company’s plant in Bayway, New Jer- sey. During the past seventeen months the total number of deaths from tetra ethyl lead has reached eleven. The method of mixing ethyl into gasoline involves considerable dan- ger from splashes of the poison, as well as from inhaling the fumes. Ex- posure to repeated doses of small amounts of tetra ethyl lead cause mild symptoms of lead poisoning which would only come to light after years af exposure. Studies of medical ex- aminations of workers exposed to this risk, have not been’ made. Ethaust gases from engines burning tetra ethyl lead contain lead com: pounds in the form of dust. The dan- ger here is from repeated small doses liable to result in chronic lead poison- ing. Since 192% the U. 8. bureau of mines has been carrying on investi- gations of the danger to the public from exhaust gases containing tetra ethyl lead. The report was undertak- en at the request of and paid for by the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation which is owned and operated by the Stand- ard Oil company of New Jersey and the General Motors Corporation. The company continued the manufacture and sale of tetra ethyl] lead during the investigation. Government Probe a Farce. In December, 1924, the bureau of mines made public its report with the conclusion that there was no dan- ger to the public from breathing ex, haust gases containing tetra ethyl lead. On the strength of this report the ban which had been placed on the manufacture and sale of tetra ethy! lead and ethyl gasoline in New York and New, Jersey was lifted in both states, The bureau of mines réport is based on experiments on ninety-seven ani- mals, At least half as many animals were used as “controls”; that is, they were kept in fresh air, while the test animals were placed in rooms to which a certain amount of exhaust gas containing tetra ethyl lead had been added. Investigations were started December 6, 1923, and were complet- ed July, 22, 1924, the purpose of the investigations being to determine wether the test animals, exposed to tetra ethyl lead, showed signs of lead poisoning. However, such poor stock was used that 50 per cent of the rabbits, both test and control, and about ‘25 per cent of the exposed guinea pigs died from accident or disease before the #8 is degree could be completed. This left too few animals over too short a ai | period of exposure for proper con- clusions to be made, Give Horthy King’s Power BERLIN, Germany, May 22.—A bill has been rushed thru parliament making Admiral Horthy, the fascist dictator, the “first peer” of Hungary for lite * ‘ THE DAILY WORKER Vancouver Workers Hold_ Tag Day for Nova Scotia Miners VANCOUVERSB. C.,May 22—True la- bor solidarity Was shown in Vancouver when both Japanese and white union- ists worked together on a tag day for the relief of the destitute Nova Scotia miners and collected $1,319.73 in one day. Side by side with the white women collectors 17 Japanese women assisted in the Japanese sec- tion of the city. Among these were the wife of the editor of The Daily People, Japanese labor daily published here, and the wife of the, president and the wife of the vice-president of the Japanese Workers’ Union. The wife of the secretary of the Vancouver Japanese consulate algo assisted. There wag a notable absence of the usual “nice” ladies who for weeks past have pestered people to buy tags for more “respectable” causes. Had the city council permitted the work ers to hold their tag day on Satur- day instead of Friday, the amount collected would have been far greater, FARM SLAVERY CLAIMS ORPHANS FROM NEW YORK Thoudsnds of Children Slave in Texas Fields (Continued from Page 1) ers who use them for heavy farm work,” Mrs. Smith claims. “There is no careful selection of homes for the children,” she says and they are adopted “into a condition which amounts to child slavery.” Mrs. Wet- more asserts that parents of adopted child slaves in Washington and other Northwest states evade compulsory school laws. They send agents east “to arrange for wholesale transporta- tion to great apple orchards and truck farms.” Mothers and Children Toil. The National Child Labor Commit- tee’s booklét “Child Labor Among Cotton Growers of Texas” tells of cotton farm conditions which are shared by children adopted and other- wise, in six Texas counties, mittee’s investigators do not mention the use of adopted children but report vicious endugh conditions for all children, especially those of Negro croppers and tenants. Children of 6 to 16 are stidied and reported “not just temporary or emergency workers, but are regular hands, determining in a large mea the extent of the cot- ton crop.” are almost a ‘half of the ate dabor supply, Over half the mothers, work in the fields. More Than Half-Under 12. More than:half the children work- ing are under 12,. They work between 9 and 11 hours a day, and from 52 to 93 days a year. “The administration of the school attendance law makes it easy for cotton growers to keep the children from school.” The parents received little schooling and do not appreciate that their children are much. retarded. “Trying to make a living crows almost everything else out of life,” the committee reports. Death Falls on Children. Houses of tenants and croppers, especially of Negroes, are poor and many unfit for human habitation, for which the committee blames owners. “The congestion here is quite as real in regard to rooms and lack of privacy as in the cities, altho the houses are widely separated from each other,” says the booklet. “Almost all the fam- ilies lack adequate household conven- iences, Most families lack fresh vege- tables, depending chiefly upon cheap grades of canned and dried food ob- tained at the country store or com- missary. The goods are bought most- ty on credit, and therefore the amount and variety of food depends largely upon crop prospects. ... The food is usually poorly cooked and served because the mothers are busy in the fields.” Morbidity and mortality rates are high: “Over 35 per cent of all per- sons had been ill during the past year, the percentage for mothers be- ing highest. There were 8 per cent more of Negro persons ill than of white, .. Death falls most heavily upon the children.” * Emigres Must Take New Road MOSCOW, May 22.—It is proposed this year to direct emigrants from So- viet Russia to United States thru Leningrad. Ip this reference the nor- thern board of the State Commercial Fleet 1s taking up the question’ of carrying to America about 4,000 Me nonites (German sectarian colonists living mainly in the Azov Sea and the river Don districts.) The Leningrad papers remark that this will be a novelty, as previous to the war the flood of Russian emigration to the United States went thru two ports only, namely—-Odessa, in the south, and Libau (near Riga), in the north. U. S. 8. R. Denies Break With Finns MOSCOW, May 22.—In an official communique, there are denied the re- ports having appeared in the French press, alleging that the Soviet-Finnish relations are strained. It is announced that relations between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Fin- land are normal now as heretofore, ap Talk it ne eeen shopmate will The com-; Page Three CHICAGO CITY CENTRAL ADOPTS POLICY OF ACTION DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN A. C. W. LEFT WING A spirited discussion took place at the city central committee meeting ‘Wednesday, May 20, Workers (Communist) Party Local Chicago on the situation prevailing in the needle trades and on ways and means of building a strong left wing block in the Amalgamated, I. L. G. W. At the conclusion of the discussion, a resolution was adopted trades union. and other needle by the C, C, C, endorsing the campaign of the C. E, C, against opportunism in the needle trades by a vote of thirty-nine to one (39 to 1). “WHEREAS, the enlarged meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the party adopted a resolution condemning the support given by certain comrades in New York City to the right wing opportunists in the needle trades, and sensuring Comrade Gitlow foreviolation of the discipline of the central executive committee in lead-¢—————_—____________ ing the fight against its policy, com- bining with the so-called Lore group and thereby defeating the resolution of the central executive committee, which has previously been adopted unanimously, and “WHERBAS, such tactics are noth- ing more or less than support of the right wing in the party which the C. I. has categorically condemned, therefore be it “RESOLVED, that we endrse the action of the central executive com- mittee in this matter and pledge it our fullest support, and be it further “RESOLVED, that we hereby call the attention of the central executive committee to the somewhat similar situation existing in Chicago in the Amalgamated and the support, active or passive, given by certain’comrades to the right wing Shneid group, in and out of the party, and urge the central executive committee to conduct a thorough investigation of the Chicago needle trades situation and take such action as may be necessary to elimin- ate all opprtunistic tendencies in the local party organization and unite the party against this danger which the C. I. has pointed out.” Building a Left Bloc in The Trade Unions Excellent program on the indus- trial field in other unions was report- ed by Comrade Jack Johnstone, in- dustrial organizer. In I. L, G. pre- parations are being made to enter a slate in the elections, and the left wing can be expected to put up a stiff fight and to get results for the left wing. I. L. G. left-wingers are meet- ing now and are drawing up a pro- gram and slate. In the Amalgamated the party mem- bership is responding to the necessity of eliminating confusionism and op- portunism among some elements, as the resolution passed charged, and a sound left block in the Amaigamated will surely crystalize itself. In the Machinists elections the vote of 4 to 1 for Anderson as against B. & O. Johnston shows that the left wing conducted a strong campaign of propaganda for its program. In the Barbers’ Union where our comrades have been developing 4 strong sentiment for the progressive group, the machine is now retaliating with charges for suspensions and ex- pulsions, with our comrades resisting to the full. Resolutions against the class colla- boration scheme of Scabby Bill Lee are being brought up in various rail- road and machinists locals, In the painters, Comrade Johnstone, re- ported, first signs of a small develop- ing left wing are to be noticed and in the carpenters, progress has, of course, been much more marked of recent. Course of Lectures for Worker Correspondents Planned A series of lectures for workers correspondents is to be given, starting the first Thursday in July, by Com- rade William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, as a means of get- ting more working class news direct from the shops. Comrade Dunne also gave report on the work among the Negroes, espe- cially in relation to the coming Amer- ican Negro Labor congress, stressing strongly the need of conducting the agitation among the trade unions, Unions and other working class bo- dies are being visited by members of local Negro committee on the Negro Labor congress. The greatly increasing ‘sale of liter- ature, such as the Little Red Library, Workers Monthly, etc., by the English units especially was commented on by Comrade Hammersmark. The house to house and factory drive for DAILY WORKER subscriptions are bearing fruit, though hundreds more of party members must be drawn in- to this most important elementary work of building and insuring the DAILY WORKER. The recent Irish, the Balkan protest and the Jewish left wing Workmen Circle protest meetings were reported on in conjunction with Labor Defense Council. The party and Y. W. L. are to\hold soon a protest meeting for the release of the Communist soldiers, Crouch and Trumbull. Report on the miners situation and party activity in Illinois was given by the secretary. Applications were received from the Greek, Mid-City English, Lake View Scandinavian, Czecho-Slovak Brook- field, Italian West Side No, 1, Dougles Park English, South Side English. See other columns for announce- ments and details about the T, U. E. L, and July 4th Picnics. Book Store Campaign On The Book Store campaign for $2,500.00 is now under way and every party and Y. W, L. branch and nu- cleus is receiving the campaign books. Free speech scraps for the right to hold street meetings are being con- ducted. Fundamental party activities, such, as trade union work, building the DAILY WORKER, etc., is on the in- crease and more and more response to party work from party comrades must be got. The next meeting of the city central committee will be held on Wednesday, June 3rd, 1925 at 722 Blue Island Ave. Martin Abern, Sec’y, New York Downtown Branch in Drive for Daily Worker Subs NEW YORK, May 22.—All members of the Down Town English branch will be mobilized by the literature commit- tee to assist in soliciting renewals of subscriptions to the DAILY WORK- ER obtained at the Press Pageant, Sunday, March 15th, Also a mobiliza- tion of the branch will take place to distribute free copies of the DAILY WORKER each day for one week straight, from May 25 to May 30, to be followed by a subscription drive. SPORTS RUNNING FOOT BALL TUG OF WAR WRESTLING BOXING HAMMER DRILL Speaker: WM. Z. FOSTER Ready SSE Ee a T. U. E. L. Picnic Saturday, May 30, 1925 SUBJECT: “RUSSIA 1925” ALTENHEIM GROVE Take Madison street car, transfer to Suburban car or Forest, Park “L" to end of line. Admission 50 Cents SSS SSS, OT nN ME FAIRY TALES WORKERS CHILDR He The Workers’ Will Have a Picnic Saturday, May, 30th House The first Russian PICNIC of the season will be given Saturday, May 30, (Decoration Day), by the Workers’ House, at National Grove, Riverside, There will be speakers, games, etc. Russian and American Grove open from 10 a, m. Admission with special tickets 35 c. At the gates without the special tickets—50 c. The special tickets may be obtained free of charge at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. and from members. The following organizations are members of the Workers’ House: Rus- sian Workers’ Co-operative Society, Whiff Russian Peoples’ Society, Rus- sian Branch W. P., Society for Tech- nical Aid to Soviet Russia. Directions how to reach the grove: Take any car to 22nd St., then 22nd St. car to end of.the line. La Grange car to grove, Dr S.. ZIMMERMAN (DENTIST 2232. N. CALIFORNIA AVE. 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