The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 31, 1925, Page 1

6 1 i 4 1 i } 4 | ' The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farm- ers’ Government Vol. I. No. 119. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: AS WE SEE. By T. J. O'FLAHF Wey & ae 1 Begala of varying pulchritude were on x early yesterday selling “poppies, ns are proceeds to go to the wounded Wa. veterans, who received their service stripes, in the form of absentee limbs, copper plated skulls—or toher addi- tions or subtractions to or from their original anatomies—serving the House of Morgan in France in 1917 and 1918. ‘The poor swindled wrecks of human- ity have plenty food for thought on Ahis bright Mya day even if their stomach fodder is not always to their liking: ‘ ees OW many “poppies” did J. P. Mor- gan purchase? Or Schwab, Ford, Rockefeller, Mellon? Those fellows are now talking kindly to the Germans —the “Huns” of 1918. They are not so nice to France, the. “glorious France’ of the war days. Then it was Dillions for France and cannon balls for Germany. Today it is millions for Germany and bills—not dollar Dbills—for France, In the meantime Mr.’ Forbes, the war veteran bureau chief, who made free with several millions of dollars that was to provide the heroes with wooden legs and ‘skulls is somewhere in the United States, with a sound body and enough ‘to fill it with. see HH Rifflans are leading France a merry dance. In the days when the imperialist powers were. confront- ed only with bows and arrows and warriors whose only assets were calm nerves, the job of assuming a new siice of the “white man’s burden” was comparatively easy. It was com- peratively easy to kill the black men or ‘the yellow men who insisted on carrying their own burdens. But the conquerors nowadays face weapons equal to their own and men trained in the art of war, trained by the con- querorssthemselves im their wars upom other capitalist competitors, se IRANCE has no picnic in Morocco. The Riffians are putting up a good fight and are not slow to take ad- vantage of the complications in which France finds herself in at home. Strartge that our volunteer lovers of liberty and the “rights of peoples to determine under what. form, of gov- ernment they should live” have noth- ing to.say in behalf of the Riffians.}. The Communists alone stand out as the allies of the beleaguered natives. In the chamber of deputies Commun- ists rise and demand the withdrawal of French troops from Morocco. What do the socialists do? se HEY follow the same cowardly policy they adopted in the German Reichstag. When an important ques- tion came to a vote, the socialists absented themselves. In France they promised to support the Painleve gov- ernment claiming that the Moroccan war was a defensive one, that is, a war to, hold all the loot that the French imperialists already had, But the socialist politicians feared that this attitude would ruin their chances in the next elections, so they decided to absent themselves when the yote (Continued on page 2) First Break Appears in the Government Coalition in Japan TOKIO, May 29.—K. Inukai, minister of commissions, resigned today. The resignation was the first break in the present cabinet since the merger of the Seiyukai political party and the Kakushin club. Setection of Inukai’s successor is expected to involve great difficulty as his post is the pivotal one in the bal- ance of power between Kato’s coall- tion Seiyukai-Kenseikai cabinet, BILLY SUNDAY oe Fra o ‘* “oe ASSING FROM FLO» “> REVIVAL Thoisdnds I Invited to Hit Sawdust Trail (Special to The Dally Worker.) CLEVELAND, May 29.—One of the biggest revival campaigns since Billy Sunday retired to his farm, opens here tomorrow, with 'Gene Debs taking the place of Sunday. Aside from this substitution, there Is no fundamental differences between the two revivals. Tt is true that the socialists have not put up an arena specially for the occasion; neither is there a sawdust trail for the penitents to walk on as they proceed to purge themselves of sin by shaking hands with Debs. But Billy Sunday had stronger back- ers than the socialists and even the Jewish Daily Forward, which is financing the campaign, draws the line somewhere. Abe Cahan is. un- doubtedly anxious to see his bedrag- gled army marching towards Zion, but his pawnbroker soul loves the dollars hardly less than he loves yellow so- cialism., The Demooratle Socialists, The socialists are making a virtue of necessity, Why must they have “mass conventions”? Because they are “democratic” of course. In reality because they have not enough menibers in Cleveland to hold a branch meeting. Anybody can par- ticipate in the mass convention, pro- vided he has a dollar to pay for a red card and provided he is not known to be a Communist. Christian scientists, bush-baptists chaw thumpers, crystal gazers, palm freaders, clairvoyants, and chiropractors—all are welcome. But no revolutionists must be allowed to enter the sacred precincts. The old socialist party is dead, the social- ist party of pre-war days, that ysed to participate in strikes and ‘talk about the class struggle is no more. Enter the revamped socialist party, jazzed up with the hope of class col- laboration. ‘Say 1t With Flowers, The anestion: arises, (Continued on aes 3) SAILORS SCRAP WITH OFFICERS ON OIL STEAMER Fuel intended for War on Riffs By L. P. RINDAL, (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, May 29—(By Mail) —Two sailors are in irons on bgard the French naval oil tanker Merope and one more is in the San Pedro jail ‘for their alleged refusal to man the |ship after they discovered that she was bound to this port for a load of oil for the air fleet that is bombard- ing the villages of the Rifflans in | Morocco. This is all that can be gathered from the fragmentary stories of the |affair given by the captain. Captain Robert Andrade, declared that the ship was only to ‘sea a few |hourse when the crew mutinied. Two of them were’ Frenchmen, one a Mor- jocean and one a Norwegian. The lat- ter had made good his escape. The others may be taken back to France for court martial proceedings. CHINESE TROOPS JOIN JAPANESE WARSHIPS IN ATTACK ON STRIKERS AT TSING-TAO MILLS KILLING TWO (Special to The Dally Worker) TSING-TAO, China, May 29—Two Chinese strikers were killed and ten were seriously wounded here today when Chinese troops descended on several Japane: following refusal of the strikers to evacuate the mills. Many minor c: were inflicted. The situation continues serious but so far no Japa Two Japanese warships are standing by In the harbor. sailors have landed. ‘ Speaker: Subject: * Chairman: WILLIAM Z. FOSTER “RUSSIA 1925” WILLIAM F, DUNNE COME OUT EARLY! owned cotton mills held by the strikers and opened fire jaltie: In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. the. acea- . SOVIET SHIP GREETED BY URUGUYAN REDS; INTERNATIONAL PLAYED BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, May 29.— The arrival of the’ Vatzlav Vo- rovsky, the first Soviet ship to ap- pear at Montevideo flying the red flag, was greeted by an enthusias- tie crowd of workers among whom were many Communists. A band played the Internationale as the ship appeared. A Uruguayan Communist boarded the ship and gave a welcoming speech, The ship’s cargo was American lumber, loaded at Pensacola, Fla., and consigned to an English firm in Montivideo and Buenos ie ang poetics. ee WORLD FARMERS’ CONGRESS MAPS FUTURE ACTION Peasants Need eed Workers, Moscow Meet Detides By ALFRED KNUTSON. (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. 8. R. (By Mail)— The Farmers’ International held an enthusiastic and constructive meeting at Moscow, April 9-17. That the inter- national movement among the exploit- ed farmers is growing in influence and power is testified to by the many delegates from the various countries who made up the plenum of the Inter- natonal. ; Delegates were present from 24 countries, namely: France, England, Canada, Austria, China, Turkey, Ru- mania, Poland, Sweden, Japan, Egypt, the Soviet Union (all Soviet Republics had sent delegates), America, Italy, Bulgaria, Java, Jugo-Slavia, Czecho- Slovakia, Latvia, Turgestan, Malay sfates, Ireland. he sessions were held in the So- viets’ agricultural building. After a fine Russian band had played the In- (Continued on psge 3) FIGHT 70. FREE KLUXER CHARGED WITH SLAYING INDIANAPOLIS, May 29.—A miniature trial will develop in the hearing of the bail motion at Noblesville on June 11, of D. C. Stephenson, former kian leader, Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry, charg- ed with murdering Madge Oberholt- zer, according to indications today. day. Miss Oberholtzer’s parents, her brother Marshall! Oberholtzer, police officers and other witnesses will be examined, It was stated by Ira M. Holmes, attorney for the accused trio. FIND MUTILATED CORPSES OF 34 MINE VICTIMS Only Battered Bodies Greet Rescuers COAL GLEN, N. C., May 29—With thirty-four bodies removed from the Carolina Coal company’s mine today, Coal Glen's weary populace staggered intothe third day, with all hope for the lives of the entombed miners van- ished, but with a determination to bring to the surface by nightfall all the bodies of the victims, believed in- stantly killed when a series of ex- plosions occurred in the mine Wed- nesday. Between 30 and 35 weer sthill be- Meved buried in the mine, The last eleven bodies were found near the 2,300 foot level of the mine, An ‘additional crew of ten miners from the Cumnock mine went into the shaft to search for their dead com- rades. (Continued on page ri) TODAY OF CAPITAL “Union Drive” Leader Attacks the Reds (Special 19 The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich. May 29.—The much heralcied rganization drive of the Detroit) Federation of Labor un- der the leadership of Wm. Collins, general organizer *of the American Federation of Labor was launched Wednesday evening, May 27 at a well attended meéting held in the Detroit nee ‘headquarters. platform: was occupied by many of ake national’figures of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor including pry Woll and William Fitzgerald, ice president of the Street Railway- Sect Union. Collins acted .as -chiar- man. The meeting was chiefly taken up in a diseuSsion of plans and de- tails of the drive; The only set speech of the e ing was delivered by ;Mathew Woll. a it Is a Marvel, Indeed! In his opening remarks Woll im- plored those assembled not to be con- cerned about or interested in what methods groups of workers in other countries were using to solve their problems, It Was obvious that the back of Brother Woll’s mind was the spectre of the dictatorship of the pro- ietariat of Russie solving the pro- vems of the Russian workers in a manner not considered kosher by Bro- ther Woll, He said: “We believe the trade union method is the best designed in- strument and that the accomplish- ments of the American labor move- ment was @ standing marvel of all countries in solying the problems of labor.” In the mext sentence he ad- mitted that >this. marvel of achieve- ment ineladed the organization of less than one fifth of the workers eligible to membership. Capital Combines—Therefore—What? His concern for capitalism found ex- pression im various ways. He said: “It ill beco! Ws to condemn capital- ism for our. He then proceeded to hold the and file of the work- ers responsi| the deplorable con- ditions they’ in, pointed: ‘out “that capital cdm- bines in gigantic organizations, but that labor did not adopt the same (Continued on page 4.) STRIKE HUNG ON BOSTON BUILDING BY FIVE UNIONS But Paintin Go Back as Others Walk Out BOSTON, Mass., May 29.—(FP)— Ranks of striking building tradesmen are swelled by the building laborers whose 5,000 members have walked out on all but the few construction jobs that are meeting the laborers’ demands for 80 cents for the semi- skilled and 77% cents an hour for the rest. Conference Settled Nothing The strike follows an unsuccessful eleventh hour conference between the Building Contractors’ Association and union representatives, consisting of a committee from the five local untons of Hod Carriers, Building and Com- mon Laborers’ Union, and Dominic D'Alessandro, international president of the union. Bosses stood pat at the conférence, offering to sign a 3-year pact, con- tinuing present wages of 70 and 65 cents for one year, with arbitration in 1926 and 1927. Union representatives refused, and the strike, sanctioned al- ready by a strike referendum, was called. Unskilled Eat Just As Much — Building laborers are resentful of the fact that their-wages have not risen in proportion to that of other building tradesmen, They say that the ‘solidarity In the ranks of thoir union and the boom in construction sives them confidence of success. Many of the 2,000 striking painters ire back on the’ jobs at the scale of $1.26 an hour, which they demanded. EB 290 EXTRADITE A. F. OF L. LEADERS 10 BUFFALO ON DYNAMITE CHARGE DETROIT, Mich. May 29.—Will- iam B. Fitzgerald, vice-president of the street. and electric railway em- ployes of America, and William P. Collins, general organizer of the American Federation of Labor, both of Detroit, were to be extradited today to Buffalo to face charges of complicity in wrecking the Niagara Falls high speed international train with dynamite three years ago dur- ing the Buffalo street railway strike. Fitzgerald and Collins, indicted with six other national officials, sur- rendered to the-United States mar- shal’s office here after learning of their indictments? » They will have a formal hearing; June 11. MOROCCAN WAR PUBLISHING CO., IN INDORSED BY PINK’ TRAITORS Reds Alone Oppose French Foreign War (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, France, Mya 29.—The social- ist (refomist) bloc in the French chamber of deputies, supported the Painleve government in its invasion of North Africa, and the premier was given a vote of confidence in his conductance of the Moroccan war by a vote of 537 to 29 today. The 29 Com-/ munists were the only group to op- pose the imperialistic invasion. Side by side with the socialists, who, after their mild criticism of yes- terday capitulated and openly - sup-J, ported the colonial exploitation of foreign peoples by French imperialism were the nationalist, right wing par- ties. The coservative, imperialist de- puties found common ground with the socilaists in indorsing the murder of the native Riffans, ~ + Communists. Demand Peace. By the vote of confidente.the it ai ists: gaye approval of ~ “thee French-Spanish alliance’ for the of ploitation of the ¥ich natura) resources of North Africa, 4nd for a war of ag- gression aga@imst the native North Africans to wrest their, land from them and divide up the spoils. The Communists bitterly opposed the foreign invasion, called upon the French troops fighting in Morocco to fraternize with Abd-el-Krim’s native forces, and attacked the imperialistic policy of the Painleve government, supported by the socialists. The Painleve government has an- nounced a war to the end against the North Africans, and Painleve is aid- ing the North African syndicate of capitalists to secure mining and other properties and exploit the native workers. The indorsement by the socialists was assured earlier, when a delegation of the majority party deputies called on Painleve and announced their un- animous adoption of the text of the order of the day. Corruption in State Office During War Disclosed by Probe SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 29—Legis- lative investigation of irregularities charged to Dr. F. A. Laird’s conduct of the state veterinarian’s office dur- ing the war was scheduled to be re- sumed next week as the committee pondered today over “peculiar pro- ceedings” brot to light by prelim- ary examination. The committee is probing allega- tions that thousands of dollars were paid to persons by the state in rep- aration for the slaughter of glandered horses, and that there was consider- able uncertainty as to the disease of many animals killed and also to whom they belonged. Pershing tn Another’ Outburst WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29,— Gen. John J. Pershing advocated con- tinuation of day in a speech here be- fore veterans of the first division. Pershing advocated the further mili- tarization of the United States, ALTENHEIM GROVE Take Madison street car, transfer to Suburban car or Forest Park “L” to end of line. Admission 50 Cents. Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicage, Ill. CENTS Including Saturday Magazine Section. On all other days, Three Cents per Copy. Price 5 Cents J WEST VIRGINIA JAILS PACKED WITH STRIKING MINERS; JAILED BY GUNMEN IN DEFIANCE OF LAW utes (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 29.—Iron heel terrorism by West Virginla authorities against the United Mine Workers members In the Fairmount-Morgantown coal strike zone is protested by the American Civil Liberties Union in a telegram to Governor Gore, demanding that the constitutional right of peaceful picketing shall be permitted. The Union’s wire follows a report from a New York writer, arrested at Grant Town for “intimidating non-unfon miners.” — He told the Union: Private and Official Armed Force. “In Northern West Virginia coun- ties affected by the organizing drive of the United MineWorkers, civil lib- erties for union miners and sympath- izers are non-existant. ‘Heavily arm- ed deputies, private guards and state police patrol the roads leading to non-union mines and make wholesale arrests of unarmed miners under blanket warrants charging intimida- tion or contempt. “These arrests are directed by op- erators’ counsel, who on Saturday or- defed the arrest of miners’ counsel and myself standing on the public road apart from the picketers at the open shop mine at Grant Town. Jails Packed with Strikers. “We are held for the grand jury on charges of intimidating non-union men, tho we spoke to no strikebreak- ers,, and I had identified myself as the correspondent of a New York newspaper. “We were jailed in Fairmont county jail, where 200 union miners are im- prisoned on similar charges. The jail is so full that many sleep on the bare floor, and other county buildings are being prepared for more prisoners. Judge Makes His Own Law. “The Marion county grand jury has indicted 142 union miners for picket- ing, on-instructions of Judge Schwenk, who interprets the law to read that not more than three can picket at a mine, despite the peaceful persuasion ;Tuling ‘of -Federal Judge Baker, “Sheriff Rigging says he will ar- rest all-newspapermen found near the nines’ in Marion copnty without Per m is offes.” gt An imi@dtato! ‘executive investiga- tion from the governor's office is called for by the union, with action that will check violations of civil lib- erty by arbitrary court orders. One Killed, Three Injured, When Train Jumps Into Ditch WORCESTER, Mass., May 29.—The ditching of the locomotive and three mail cars of the State of Maine Ex- press today, with the loss of one life, the injury of three men and the. shale ing up of passengers, is undergoing the usual “investigation.” Much of the stock in the railroad is owned by Ogden Reid, also owner of the New York Herald-Tribune. ‘ECONOMY CAL’ SPENDS $10,000 TO JAIL WORKER Postal Clerk for 22 Yrs. “Stole” Rhubarb WASHINGTON, D. C., May, 29.— President Coolidge announeeg today that his aim Is to effect a 10 per cont reduction In the operating ¢oete of the United States government, and on the same day comes word from Kan- sas Clty that the United States gov- ernment has spent ten thousahd dol- lars in sueing postal employe Max Rope, because he took home nine stalks of rhubarb that had fallen out of a bundle, Rope had served 22 years faithfully in the United States postoffice at Kansas City, and was looking forward to receiving his pension. He has al- ready been discharged by the gov- ernment, and his chances of a pension have been cut off. Rope found a bundle of rhubarb one day that had come untied. He re- wrapped and readdressed the bundle to its destination. As he was leaving for home, he noticed that nine stalks of rhubarb had fallen out of the bundle on the floor. He picked them up and took them home, Now he is penniless and Jobless, “We are sueing Ropé betause of the principle involved,”. said C. C. Madison, United States district at- torney. He did not say whether the principle had anything to do with Coolidge’s much written about “econ- omy program.” Madison demands that Rope be sent to prison for five years for “stealing” the rhubarb. Meanwhile, Coolidge announcés a two per cent reduction in appropria- tions to government departments, which, if possible, will come from the payroll of government employes. Al- ready many workers have been dis- charged by the government, and the added burden placed on the already overworked and underpaid govern- ment workers. Coolidge’s “ecomony” mania is be- ing used as the opening wedge in his drive before the next congress to abolish the surtax on high incomes. BILL LEE, ANGERED BY FOSTER el SPEECH TO LEFT WING RAILWAY MEN, IS CONSOLED BY BOSSES (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, O., May 29.—Angered by William Z. Foster's address to the radical bloc of delegates to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen convention in Cleveland, Preident W, at a luncheon of the Hi-Noon Club. G. Lee fired his answering broadside Addressing a thousand bond salesmen, bankers and industrialists, Lee denounced his accuser, who had charged him with collaborating with rail- road magnates, and admitted that he was working toward class harmony. He aroused a salvo of applause when he declared that the trainmen’s union “always has and always will believe #————_______________., in the open shop.” Bankers Applaud Attack on Foster. The aged labor official shouted his defiance of “Foster and my other ene- mies,” including with a vague sweep of his arm the officials of the other standard railway unions with whom he has refused to co-operate in labor and political affairs for years. Applause was unrestrained except from one table where officials of the engineers’ labor banks felt obliged to temper admiration with sagacity. Lee and Pres. Warren 8, Stone of the loco- SSR NT TTT EET NUTR TT SUE U TRATES SENSES SESS SSA SS SAS SSAA SESS ASA AS TENTS A ESTEE SSS SST ST SET TT TT USES US SENTRA SS SESS SS ST ES ENE E RENN NTNU AS SU VUNTAN TT TTT TNT Nee Ne T.U.E.L. PICNI SPORTS MUSIC BY I. motive engineers, have been at swords points since Lee assumed the presi- dency of the trainmen. Neither Stone nor D. B. Robertson, head of the’ firemen, has given the slightest heed to Lee’s overtures. If there is to be harmony between rail labor and the rail executives, the olf branch will have to be waved by some figure in better grace with labor officialdom than Lee. Fakers Quarre! Over a Pottage. Vigorous opposition has developed (Continued on page 2) * DANCING GAMES LETCHINGER ORCHESTRA Gates Open 10 A. -. am atta MS ht aceasta Bm