The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 28, 1925, Page 3

arsenal, m THE DAIEY WORKER AMERICAN CAPITAL 10 MOBILIZE LABOR FAKERS IN FIGHT UPON INTERNATIONAL LABOR UNITY (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, May 26.—The labor fakers, big business men and bankers associated in the National Civic Federation are all heated up about the DAILY WORKER and.the story it car- ried recently on the possibility of the issue of International trade unlon unity being brought into discussion of the American labor movement by the fraternal delegates from the British Trade Union Congress who will visit the A. F. of L. convention next October. Ralph M. Hasley, chairman of the, executive council and one of the leading exponents in America of the open shop movement, in a statement Sunday to the New York Times, ‘declared the “labor members” of the Civic* Federation were very much worried at the prospect of A. A. Purcell, president of the Am- sterdam International and leader of the British unions in the Anglo-Rus- sian committee for International Unity of all unions, coming as dele- gate. Hasley announces that Hugh Frayne general organizer of the. American Fe- deration of Labor, and Peter J. Brady, president of Federation Bank in New York City, are going to explain the danger of getting a breath of sense and solidarity into the American la- bor movement to a meeting of the startled members of the Civic Fede- ration. To Mobilize Labor Fakers The inference of Hasly is that the two mentioned labor fakers and all the faker family would be mobilized by the American capitalist to prevent the British delegation from making any speeches to American unionists in fayor of the uniting in one great international organization all the un- fons of the world, upon a basis of the class struggle for the overthrowal of capitalism. In his statement to the New York Times, Mr. Hasley quotes at length from the DAILY WORKER, but does not indicate what measures, whether of deportation, imprisonment or a@ “Karolyi gag,” shall be used on the sedato representatives of several mil- lions of British union men to keep them from bringing the message of unity to American labor. A Mean Dilemma Another angle of the dilemma is the fact that both right and left wings of British labor is to be represented, and while the open shoppers and labor fakers can get elong amicably with Ex-Premier MacDonald, the difficulty of shutting out Purcell of the left wing while admitting MacDonald and his kind, {s sure to cause an interna- tional scandal if carried out. The world seems, to Mr. Hasley, to be controlled by a malevolent deity ent on making trouble for American capitalism. Blast Kills Five Coal Miners in Pennsylvania Pit (Continued from page 1.) bled over the body of another miner. He attempted to carry the uncon- scious miner to the fresh air, but his strength gave out and he was forced to abandon his fellow worker. The miner he tried to save died later in the hospital. After the blast of the explosion, the mine became dense with smoke and fumes. Concussion and the afterdamp (poisonous gas) are believed to be what killed the miners. Find Motorman Dead. Workers on the following shift, on their way to the foot of the slope, found an electric motor, demolished and off the track, with the burned and mangled body of the motorman, a 26+ year-old youth, underneath. A jack was necessary to extricate the body., This explosion is a total of three within a month, costing the lives of eight unfortunate miners, with misery and hardships to the seores that were injured. Gas explosions would not oc- cur if the bésses would see that suffi- cient brattices are built in order to insure sufficient and proper ventila- tion. ‘The bosses do not care. They care rr the profits that will accrue from 6 life blood of their underground es. They do not care for the y little children and dependents ose ‘who have been killed in their ice, they care only for returns on their investments, piously pretend- ing not to see the blood upon the coal, the blood of an oppressed work, ing class. Bullding Unions Drive Against “Open Shop.” The building trades unions of Chi- cago will make a general drive for the closed shop on June 1, the “citi- zens’ committee for the enforcement of the Landis award” declares, The committee, which fights unionism for the contractors, issued a statement which sald, “The committee will not stop so long as the contractors call for the support it has been giving them.” Chinese Explosion Kills 300, PEKING, China, May 26-An ex- plosion in the Mukden arsenal is re- ported to have ,killed or wounded three hundred persons. The blast oc- curred during the night and wrecked buildings half a mile away from the The cause has not. been ro- OUR MARTYRS COMRADE SIMEONOV GEORGIEV Young Communist Student Murdered by the Bulgarian Terror Regime. Los Angeles Meet | for Famine Relief to Hear Tom Lewis LOS ANGELES, May . 26+-Tom Lewis, Workers Party district organ- izer for California, will be the, prin- cipal speaker at a mass meeting for Irish famine relief to be held. here on Monday, June 1, in the Music “Arts Hall, at 8:30 p. m. In addition to the speaking! a ‘one- act play entitled “The Happy Prince” will be staged. Admission free. The affdir is. organized by the local!éom- mittee of the Irish Workers and: Peas- ants Famine Relief Committee, Letters to Soviet + Union Must Bear the Country’s Full Name The postal authorities have made public a protest from the. Soviet Union declaring that no letters will be accepted if addressed to “Russia.” They must be addressed to the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. The abbreviation U. S. S. R. is not suf- ficient, the note stated. Seventeen Members of I. W. W. Expelled from Denver Union DENVER, Col., May 26.—Seventeen members of the carpenters’ and join- ers’ local union have been expelled from the organization on the sole charge that they are “members of the Industrial Workers of the World.” FAIRY TALES FOR MAYOR HYLAN HAS H. Y, JOBLESS ARRESTED FOR ANNOYING RICH SHARKS (Spectal to The Dally Worker) NEW’ YORK, May 26—It has been the custom for restaurant workers to gather around the corners of Ful- ton and Nassau Streets for the pur- pose of securing (commonly called a dinner trick) short days’ work of about three or four hours, the min- nimum wage being one dollar and two meals. Thus the workers save the 10 per cent employment fee extracted by the employment sharks. For the past twenty years it was a general thing to see from one hundred to one hundred and fifty gather around daily In accordance with the eco- nomic conditions prevailing in the country. Some of our select citizenry own- ing real estate in the neighborhood sent In a complaint to Mayor Hy- lan, who turned the matter over to the polloe department. The result was a. wholesale arrest this morn- ing of these workers. At least now they are sure of their subsistence. They do feed you in Jail. : Trotzky Refutes Attack on Russian Communist Party (Continued from page 1) no means be interpreted as acknowl- edgement of the superiority of free trade over socialism, because the the point at issue is the gradual and pianless tranaition of the village to socialism by means of measures adaptable to the economy and psy- chology of the peasant. “In my book, now ready for the press, I analyze the questions of dem- ocracy, dictatorship and free trade, in relation to conditions in Britain, and reach the conclusion that the further development of the British empire is incmopatible with economic and polit- ical conditions created by bourgeois parliamentary democracy. “The whole trend of historic devel- opnient not only does not refute, but positively confirms the fundamental principles of proletarian revolution as theoretically formulated by Lenin and practically applied by the Communist Party.” “Signed: TROTSKY.” se * Trotsky in Supreme Economic Council LONDON, May 26.—Leon Trotsky will be appointed a member of the supreme economic council as director of the electrical industry or president of the concessions committee, says a news dispatch froth Moscow today. Erie Wins Division of Profits. WASHINGTON, May 26.—The in- terstate commerce commission order- ed that the Erie railroad receive a division of the 3 cents a 100 pounds on all fresh fruit and vegetable ship- ments coming into its Duane street station in New York City over trans- continental lines. The commission ordered that on the remainder of the revenue, the lines east of Chicago shall receive 27.5 per cent and the lines west of Chicago 72.5 per cent. The order made retro- active and will take effect as of Sep- tember 13, 1922. Several hundred railroads are af- fected by the decision. Insatiable Greed of Food Manufacturers. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26—The food trade industry “has been demor- alized by the insatiable greed of the manufacturers and distributors,” J. H. McLaurin, president of the Ameri- can wholesale grocers’ association said before that body’s convention here. WORKERS CHILDDEN BY HERMINIA ZUR MUHLEN ‘TRANSLATED BY WDA DAILFS Pagé Threa BRITISH GOVT, THREATENS WAR ON UNEMPLOYED Churchill’s Contemptu- ous Sneer at Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON,—(By Matil).—Churchill’s jibe at the unemployed as “learning to qualify for the dole” is more than a piece of ill-mannered abuse. It is symtomatic of the intention of the conservative government to give ear to the shrieks of its supporters and begin the offensive on the dole at the same time as ‘they start the offensive on the waged! The period from 1919 on, has she @ tendency on the part of the unemployed, especially those in Teceipt of*#iny*benefit at all, to take the side of'any section of workers on strike. This healthy attitude on the part of the unemployed is of course hotly re- sented by th® capitalists. Only fear of agitation has prevented the wiping out of the dole hitherto, but now that the labor government has prepared the way for the conservative re-action- aries there is'going to be a tightening of the screw on the unemployed. This can be affected without any new legis- lation, the mandate of the minister of labor enables him to erase practically every person in receipt of what is known as uncovenanted benefit, that is benefit over and above what the de- ductions from wages while working entitle a recipient to draw. Churchill's fudgeteering prepares the way for dividing the workers along the line of covenanted and un- covenanted benefit receivers, and bases his new insurance proposals on a solvent unemployment fund, which can be secured when the unemployed drawing benefit number not more than 800,000. Removed Thousands The capitalist press has been howl- ing for a drastic use of the powers of the minister 6f labor to cut down the numbers of the dole, and Sir S. H. Maitland the minister in question, has removed eleyen to twelve thousand from the register of those entitled to draw benefit. Solvency is to be secured at..the expense of the most poverty stricken workers. These in turn it is hoped to use to break all the strikes that are bound to occur in resistance to, the new offensive being prepared against miners, engineers, railway workers, etc, Fortunately the unemployed are rousing themselves a little, stregf demonstrations are be- coming mt common, and there is talk of another hunger march on Lon- don, to compel, the,.conservative gov- ernment to Keep its hands off the dole. —R. Stewart. 4 Foster Speaks this Evening on British Minority Movement The fact that the combined forces of American capitalism and labor bureaucracy. is alarmed over the prospect of the visit of British labor union leaders who have moved to the left and are actively championing world trade union unity, is sufficient indication of the importance of the left wing in the British unions. Tonight, Wednesday, May 27, Wil- liam Z, Foster, who attended the con- ference of the British minority left wing while on a recent trip to Europe, will speak on the Minority Movement in the British Unions at Northwest Hall, corner of North and Western avenues at 8 o'clock. This is the regular monthly meeting of the T. U. E. L. in Chicago, and other interest- ing reports on union matters are also up. There is no admission charged and all workers are invited to come. This book of Fairy Tales is the try to really fill the urgent need for children’s stories from a working class view-point. The author, Herminia Zur Miihlen, is recognized in Ger- many as a writer of children’s stories of the highest order— stories that are distinct from any ever written and carrying a promise of the new proletarian literature of the future. The tranglation by Ida Dailes brings out in bold relief the beauty ofthese stories. This American publication is also enriched by four, full page, beautiful drawings and cover designs by Lydia Gibson—in addition to many smaller drawings from the original Ger- man edition. Size 9x12 inches, with large clear type. 75 CENTS (with Duroflex Cover) $1.25 Cloth Bound if THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. CHICAGO, ILL. any wey ‘ AUSTRIAN WORKERS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST FASCIST MURDERERS VIENNA, May 26.— Members of the Austrian nationalist organiza- tlon, which Is a part of the “Rhein- land” branch of the Rossbach Ger- man fasclsti, have been arrested charged with participating In the riot at Moediing. Fourteen wounded -are In the hospitals as a result of the clash between the fascists and the workers. Workers turned out by the thou- sands at the funeral of one of the workers who was killed in the fight- ing. Most of them carried revolvers in their hands. CAL AIDS WHITE TERROR AGAINST ESTHONIAN REDS Workers ‘Party Paper Barred from Reval NEW YORK, May 26—The “Uus Ilm,” the Esthonian organ of the Workers (Communist) Party has re- ceived the following communication from the United States post office:, “This office is advised by the postal administration of Esthonia thru the office of the second postmaster gen- eral that copies of the “Uus Ilm” ed- ited by the American Esthonian So- ciety, this city, is prohibited by the sentence of the court of justice for a period of two years and that in execu- tion of said sentence and in conform- ity with Article 18, section 4 of the Postal Convention of Madrid of 1920, all numbers of the weekly mentioned, upon arriving in Ethonia will be con- fiscated. “Please take due notice of the in- formation furnished regarding the prohibition against copies of your pub- lication addressed for delivery in Esthonia. “Respectfully yours, “J. J. Kiely, Postmaster.” This communication proves con- clusively that the United States gov- ernment is acting in alliance with the hangman government of Esthonia in order to keep the workers of Esth- onia ignorant of the Communist Party’s program. The United States government believes that, in this way, it will keep down the revolution in Esthonia. The Esthonian government has a good white guard agent in the Esthon- ian ambassador, Professor Antonius Piip, who is publishing a white guard paper in this country and doing everything in his power to caluminate the Communist Party and to distort the intentions of the Communists. Afraid of Truth. This persecution of the Commun- ist press will not keep the Commun- ist press from operating. The perse cution in itself proves that the gov- ernment of Esthonia and of the United States are afraid to let the workers know the truth of the system under which they live and suffer. This joint persecution is in line with the alliance of all capitalist governments against the Communist parties, just as they are conducting a joint cam- paign against Soviet Russian and the Communist International. The “Uus Ilm” will continue its work, despite this decision. Spanish Balloon Sinks. PARIS, May 26.—The Spanish ob- servation balloon Jupiter, was seen to sink early today during a severe storm which carried her out to sea, according to a Barcelona despatch to Le Journal. The entire crew are be- lieved to have drowned. first ever issued in the coun- CARMEN DEMAND BETTER WORKING | CONDITIONS, PAY Corporation Would Re-| duce Their Wages eet car men will not The Chicago vote on the wage controversy between the Chicago Surface Lines company and the union, at their meeting in Carmen’s Hall Monday night, William Quinlan, president of the union, told the DAILY WORKER. The contract between the union and the utilities corporation expires on May 3 nd the union has demanded a fiv an hour increase in wage T face Lines made a counterp' that the wages be reduced fi an hour in the new contr; union meets on Monday 1 sider the new contract That a new agreement will be reach- ed without permitting the street car workers to vote to fight for their de mands, which include better condi- tions as well as the wage inc: e, was indicated by Qu n, who told the DAILY WORKER, “President Blair of the Chicago Surface Lines will be in town Wednesday, and I ex pect him to telephone me. I will not take the matter to the men Monday night for a vote but will discuss the agreement with Blair,” | The 18,000 employes of the com- pany: voted three weeks ago for the increase in wages. They also asked | that night runs be closed at six o'clock | in the morning and for the inaugura- tion of an insurance plan to be paid for by the company. Quinlan declared a strike would not | be called, “Until the men have had| an opportunity to vote on the pro- | posal of the company.” Mellon Would Repeal Tax Publicity Law | to Shield Wealthy| (Special to The Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, May 26.—Adminis- tration officials indicated the treasury department would ask congress to re- Deal the publicity clause following the decision of the U. S Supreme Court upholding the law. This would be in line with the known opposition of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who himself was hurt by the publicity as it revealed his huge income, as head of the aluminum trust. The treasury department which along with Coolidge, is opposed to the law announced that the 1924 income tax payments will be released for pub- lication some time between August 1 and September 15. Officials explained that returns both for the calendar year of 1924 and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, will be included in the payments published. It was charged that undue delay had been Permitted in the hope that the sup- Teme court would hold the law constitutional. It is harder for the millionaires to Hodge income tax payments then pub- licity is allowed. The | t to con- un- To Investigate “Heretics.” COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 26—Com-| Plete investigation of all charges | against the New York presbytery in- volving the Fosdick case and alleged licensing of ministers failing to af- firm certain tenets was recommended to the presbyterian general assembly by the committee on blils and over- tures today. Report will be made to the assembly next year. Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your sbopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch. GREEK WORKERS OF YORKVILLE, 0.,. GIVE $14 10 GROUGH CASE YORKVILLE, Ohlo, May 26—The Greek workers of ‘Yorkville, at a meeting here to protest against the imprisonment of Walter Trumbull and Paul Crouch, U. S. soldiers sta- tioned at Hawali, donated $14.00 for the defense of the prisoners, and forwarded the money direct to the Schofleld Barracks guard house. Crouch was sentenced to 40 years, but his sentenced was later cut to three. Trumbull’s sentence was re duced from 26 to 2 years. The sok diers were arrested solely because they are Communists. Rebels Continue Fight in Albania Against Government LONDON, May 26—Dispatches from Tirana, Albania, confirm continued fighting today in Southern Albania be- tween insurrectionists in the Toska tribe and government troops, accord- ng to Belgrade dispatches to the Oen- News. Bosses Manas to Get Amalgamation; So Why Don’t Labor Unions NEW YORK, May 26—Three boss coat associations have consolidated into the International Jo: Board of Coat Contractors of Greater New York Eight-hour Day Buried. GENEVA, May 26.—Speaking of the Washington convention of six years ago which provided for an elght-hour day as a “workers’ victory,” M. Jou- | haux, French delegate to the league of nations international labor conference, urged ratifiecation of the convention. The convention has had not the least effect in securing the eight-hour day for the workers, Close Up Bucketshop. Twelve employes of the Jack H, Davis & Co., alleged bucketshop at 332 S. LaSalle St., closed by federal authorities who charge that down- state small town investors have lost $250,000 thru the firm, have been subpoenaed for questioning about the crash by Federal Judge Wilkerson, A lawyer, Harry’ Z. Perel, also has been subpoenaed to explain what he knows about the operations of the firm. Arthur S. Gerson, manager of Davis & Co., meanwhile fs being held by United States Marshal Anderson, who questioned him in an effort to learn the identity of the real heads of the firm. Letterheads gave a frank Thomas as president and an August W. Pearson as vice-president of the company. WORLD WAR VETERANS DEMAND THAT FRENCH TROOPS LEAVE AFRICA MINNEAPOLIS, May 26.—~ “We ask all organizations te join with us in requesting Pres. Coolidge to call upon France to withdraw the troops and permit the natives of Morocco to rule their own country,” asserts Emii E. Hopkins, national president, world war veterans. “Reparations payments to France by Germany under the Dawes plan are being used for the French army in bringing the free natives of Mo-, rocco under subjection. Germany ls paying the bills for the terrible , French outrages in Morocco,”