The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 4, 1925, Page 3

suonoeentneemenenuerncicsoe HEAVY RAINFALL IN ERIN MAKES ~ FAMINE WORSE Boston’ Committee for Relief Organized (Special to ‘The Dally Worker) DUBLIN, June 8— Owing to the continued wet weather, a poor har vest Is expected thruout Ireland this year and the famine which Is now confined. to the seaboard counties on the west coast Is expected to become more widespread. Large numbers of cattle are dying In the south and west. The Irish section of the Workess’ International Relief is negotiating with the Free State government for the Hfting of import duty on ship- ments of food and clothing sent from other countries to relieve the suf- fering in Ireland. One thousand dollars was received by the Dublin committee from the Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ Famine Relief committee in the United States. As thousands of workers from the west of Ireland live in the United States it is expected that the re- sponse to the famine appeal will be generous. ees By GEORGE KRASKA. The Boston branch of the Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ Famine’ Re- lief committee was formed Wednes- day, May 27, in Paine Memorial Hall. After brief introductory remarks by the temporary secretary, Dr. Gibbs, John Lucey was elected chairman for the evening. The chairman then in- troduced Joseph Manley as a mem- ber of the national committee, who gave a very impressive and convino- ing talk as to the extent of the.suf- fering in the famine area, and also gave the reasons why the capitalist papers are ignoring the facts, namely that the Irish Free State is trying to get a loan from America and the truth about the famine would cer- tainly not be in their favor, so the best thing then in order to get the loan, and to keep the workers in sub- jection, and in suffering rather than to lose the opportunity of getting the loan. He then urged that a confer- ence be formed to carry on the much needed relief work. John P. McCarthy recently return- ed from the west of Ireland was the next speaker, and he certainly paint- ed a word picture of the horrible con- dition under which the population in the famine area are living or rather existing. As an eye witness, he stated “that owing to the heavy rains the peat bogs were all soaked, and could not be used for fuel (which is the fuel used in that section) thus causing untold of suffering from cold, and hunger” he also urged that the con- ference take definite steps to raise funds for the Irish ‘workers’ and Peasants in Ireland. The credentials committee report- ed that there were 26 delegates, rep- resenting 12 organizations, that rep- sentatives from the Cigarmakers’ Union 97, Engineers’ Union 849, Jew- elry Workers’ Union and Longshore men Union, were there and also Workers Party, International Work- ers’ Aid and Labor Defense Council. The executive committee consist- ing of Secretary Dr. Gibbs, Treasur- er Dr. Geo. W. Galvin, Financial Sec- retary Michael Moore, James Con- nelly, John Lucey, James Lacey and Casey Blockland, who were then elected by the conference, were in- structed to make plans for a mass meeting at once and also tag days and house to house collections. With an executive committee of this make-up Boston is assured of getting at the head of the line in re- lief work for the Irish workers and Peasants in the west of Ireland. Pay envelopes were distributed among the delegates to take back to their organizations or shops and have the workers contribute 1 per cent of their wages weekly and turn {t in with their name and address to the secretary, Dr. H. A. Gibbs, 876 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. —ARED Will Be Held from Every reader of the DAILY WORKER; every Communist in and out of the Workers (Communist) Party; every sympathetic worker— that makes thousands of thinking and ACTIVE workers _in this country who will do this— Peeeee&arsswwvw eee erence AT WORKERS’ HOUSE ON NEGRO LABOR CONGRESS Comrade Lovett Fort-Whiteman will speak ténight at the Workers House, 1902 W, Division street at 8 p. m. on the coming Negro Labor Congress. After his talk there will be a general discussion In which all present may participate. All work- ers living In the neighborhood are Invited to attend this Interesting meeting arranged by the Russian branch of the Workers Party, if you do not know anything about the Negro Labor Congress this Is a splendid opportunity for you to get real information and you should not miss It. Comrade White- man has Just returned from a tour thru the country organizing and speaking on the congress. WOMEN'S EIGHT ‘HOUR BILL DEAD IN THE SENATE SPRINGFIELD, IU, June 3—The senate passed the Barr bill creating a commission of seven senators and seven representatives to investigate the question of terminable permits for utilities and report to the next regular session, The senate has passed bills appropriating millions of dollars but has no time to consider the workers. Legislative observers believed that all efforts to regulate the working hours for women were irrevocable and dead issues. After several fruit- less efforts to obtain a quorum of the senate committee on corporations and industrial affairs handling the senate 8-hour bill, friends of the is- sue were fearful that both it and the modified 8% hour bill now in the house were dead. The senate today passed the Hicks reapportionment bill and sent, it to the house. The vote was 32 to 14, The measure provides for a cOmmis- sion of four senators and four. rep- resentatives, half of them to be; ap- pointed from Cook county and) the other half from downstate, to. inves- tigate the redistricting proposition and submit proposed constitutional amendments to the next general as- sembly. Luebbe is Re-elected. Harry Luebbe, business agent: of the painters’ union, local 47, and chairman of the board of business agents, was re-elected for the fourth time at a meeting of local painters, defeating John Wood by @ vote of 560 to 347. (Continued from page 1.) violation of the International consti- tution. The progressive miners are demanding the impeachment of Lewis and the re-instatement of the mem- bers of Local 699. Edmunds, the, constitutionally elect- ed president of the local, has been thrown out of office by the Lewis machine. This, too, must come before the international convention. This, too, is another count in the indict- ment against Lewis. This, too, is a reason Lewis postpones the conven- tion. Many Reasons for Convention, The case of Alex Howat and the Kansas miners, the Jim MacLachlan case, the Illinois and Pennsylvania cases, all have struck Lewis with fear to face a convention. He sees his big salary and fat expense ac- count vanishing and he is determin- ed to cling to the presidency by fair means or foul, by hook or crook. That is why he has postponed the convention.” . The progressive miners demand the convening of the international con- vention in January, 1926, as consti- tutionally provided. The progressive miners demand that our grievances be heard and adjudicated. upon their merits; that the charges against Lewis be taken up and he be expelled, while the injuries done to the union, including the expulsions of our broth- June 15 to June 21 They will ask for a bundle of the DAILY WORKER (which will be sent free of charge) to distribute door-to-door, in shops, factories, union halls— to get subscriptions during this week at the special rate of two months for one dollar, WILL YOU DO IT? This is the final week to complete the Second Annual Sub Cam- .paign to build YOUR paper. Jandiive address ‘onHow copies will we send YOU every: Saive auniber, and how many igen Tra Ui during this week? ; HM Lid FORT-WHITEMAN SPEAKS | [BANKERS TAKE OVER C., M. & ST. P. RAILROAD Stockholders ‘Assessed on New Shares Issued WASHINGTON, June 8.—The plan of New York bankers to refinance the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- road, forced into receivership on March 18, will not interfere with the Plan of the interstate commerce com- mission to make a thorough investiga- tion of the “history, management, financial and other operations, ac- counts and practices,” of the road, it was learned today. This general investigation was or- dered by the commission on May 12, and it was said, dates for hearings bearing on the subject would be or- dered within a few days. Coal Miners’ Meet Is Postponed by the Lewis Regime (Continued from page 1) The reason given by Lewis for post- poning the convention for another year, is, that the existing wage agree- ment terminates on March 31, 1927 and that January, 1926 would be too early a date to consider new wage agreements. As a matter of fact the coal operators have made a joke of the Jacksonville agreement and 2 real president would have called a special convention immediately to deal with the situation. No Time for Discussion. In order to prevent unfavorable ac- tion on the postponement, Lewis sprung the proposition on the locals as a surprise giving them no time to discuss the matter. The first the mem- bers knew of the postponement was when they saw it published in the offi- cial journal. In view of the fact that the members have expressed them- selves in favor of a special convention it is not likely that the proposal for a@ postponement will go down well with them. Lewis in private conversations ad- mits that the radicals have made con- siderable progress since the last con- vention and that the propaganda of ,|the Progressive Miners’ Committee is now making more headway than ever, despite threatened expulsions on a large scale. The 66,000 votes cast for his Communist opponents Voyzey in the last election put an end to any large scale expulsion plan. Mobilize the Red Army for Red Progressive Miners Demand Convention nih P , Week. ers who have fought the machine, be remedied, and these brothers re-in- stated and Voyzey declared the In- ternational president on the basis of having won the last international election. Organize the Unorganized. The U. M. W. of A. is being cut to pieces while Lewis and his ma- chine does’ nothing to organize the vast unorganized fields which must be organized before the union can effectively fight the closely combined operators. The progressive miners demand that the international con- vention be held in January, 1926, as provided for, to formulate steps to wage a militant campaign to union- ize every unorganized coal field and make the U. M. W. of A. 100 per cent strong in the coal pits of the United States. Miners everywhere! Demand the international convention for January, 1926. Progressive Miners’ Committee, Alex Reid, Secretary, 7020 S. Chicago Ave., Chicago, lil, | Y. W. L. Actioities Thursday, June 4. Barney Mass, acting national secre- tary of the Young Workers League, will speak on “The Bolshevization of the Young Workers League” at Area Branch No. 2, 1910 W. Roosevelt Rd. All young workers are invited. Area Branch No. 4 will hold a bust- ness meeting at 3118 W. Roosevelt Road, Friday, June 5. Area Branch No. 1 will hold a bust- ness meeting at 166 W. Washington 8t., Room 606, Area Branch No, 5 will hold a busi- ness meeting at 19 So. Lincoln St. Max Shactman, editor of the Young Worker, who has just returned from Russia, will speak on “The Bol- shevization of the Young Workers’ League” at Area Branch No, 6, 2613 Hirsch Blvd, All young workers are invited to attend. The follow! committee meetings will be held at 19 South Lincoin 8t., on Saturday, June 6: 1:00 p, m, — Meeting of Y¥, W, L. local Negro committee, 2:80 p. m, — Meeting of June 14th Y. W. L, picnic committeo, 4:00 p. m. — Meeting of all branch organizers and all comrades working in the printing trades, Hersh Lekert memorial meeting will be held at 2038 W, Division St, on June 6th at § p,m. Max Shachtman will speak (in Wnglish), There will be Jowish speakers and entertainment, . ‘cash en THE BURDENS OF IMPERIALISM Page Three i dad Bis mis POWER OF WHIC (Federated Press). From Niagara to the Gulf of Mexico the distribution of the power on which Industry and employment will depend is being rapidly monopolized by the General Electric Co, Recent negotia- tions for purchase of the Southern Power & Light Co. by Electric Power & Light Co, represent an important step in the unification of this super power trust, Electric Power & Light is a subsidi- ary of Hlectric Bond & Share Co., a General Electric dummy which in turn controls a series of electric power companies serving territory with a population approaching 10,000,000. Says The Wall Street Journal: A Nationwide Trust. “One of the biggest super power projects is approaching fruition. It will tie in stations from Niagara Falls to Houston, Texas, Leading factors in this unification are the companies owned or operated by the Electric Bond & Share Co. The grouping now under way will run thru 14 states with ramifications possible in every direc- tion except where the Atlantic ocrean and the Gulf of Mexico mark the boundaries.” The properties. include part of the holdings of the Electric Power & Light Co., American Power & Light, National Power & Light, Southeast- ern Power & Light, American Gas & Electric, Carolina Power & Ligth, Le- high Power Securities, and Buffalo, Niagara & Eastern. Morgan Dictatorship. The area served by Southern Power & Light, which is being added to the chain, is bounded by Little Rock, Ark., Memphis, Muscle Shoals ,and Jackson, Miss, Speaking of the ap- proach to, Muscle Shoals The Wall Street Journal says: “Completion of plan will mean the consummation of another important step in the acquisi- tion by Electric Bond & Sare inter- ests of control of the electric power situation in the vicinity of Muscle Shoals, The Morgan interests behind Gen- eral Hlectric are creating a dictator- ship over what is coming to be the prime essential of the mechanical age. They are establishing themselves where they can levy a twofold profit, first the profit on the huge quantities of electrical equipment they will man- ufacture in their role of ‘al Blec- tric and sell to themselves in their role of the power combine, and sec- ond, the operating profit from the sale of power, Immense Profits, General Blectric profits for 1924 show how large the manufacturing profits will be, With a record buat ness of $299,251,869 it reported a man- ufecturing profit of $34,342,331, After adding other income and subtracting de) federal taxes and inter ost charges there remained $39,235,- 548 for the stockholders which meant $21.09 a wl for the holders of com- mon. Blectric since 1899 has distributed ‘dividends totaling 830 per cent. It isthe third largest holder of bod eountry's industrial MORGAN ELECTRIC TRUST GRABS H INDUSTRY AND JOBS DEPEND, IN ALL STATES —$—$ corporations with $117,713,797 in this account. Ahead of it stand only U. 8S. Steel and Ford Motor Co. The huge profits realized on the sale of electrical energy appear in the review of 1924 by The Blectrical World. This shows gross revenue from the sale of electrical energy by central station power companies at $1,335,100,000 while only $690,000,000 was required to meet the cost of op- eration and maintenance. Financier Gets Columbla Degree NEW YORK, June 3.—Honorary degrees were given to Owen D. Young, millionaire head of the General Elec- tric company, and Maj. Gen. Robert L, Bullard, at Columbia graduation exercises. : Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two, will make a better Communist of you. Dear Comrades: In this part of the country there is no Commun- ist movements. So all of my school friends have different po- litical views. The people of this town go in gangs and sets and as I belong to none of these because of our financial position my friends are = GENERAL STRIKE OF BARBERS IN HARLEM LOOMS Barbers Thruout New York Talk Union NEW YORK, June 3.—While own- ers of barber shops were reported | by union officials to be acceding to }union demands thruout the city, a general strike in Harlem was threat- ened. A meeting to discuss the unioniza- tion of west side barbers has been | called for June 10, at Bryant Hall. | Plans for the unionization of all Manicurists in beauty parlors are being drawn up by officials of the| barbers’ union. | Flood At St. Joe ST. JOSEPPH, Mo., June 3.—More | than 200 homes are under water and | are being pumped out here today fol- | lowing a cloudburst that struck here about 1 o’clock this morning. COLUN ~ outsiders also. I have a very good friend who feels that if she could only get into these gangs she would have a very lonely time, but she would have a “cat and dog” time. One day our conversa- tion drifted to economic prob- lems. She asked me why her father worked hard all day and made so little money while the rich work very little and get lots [FASCISTS HURL soloicars SKuLh Fen sake Wly #eo. wHe DEPUTY’ BODY INTHE CANAL Morgan Pours in Gold to Check New Crisis — LONDON, June 3—The polftical) situation In Italy |s becoming tense, according to private advices recelved here today. Fascisti extremists took the body of the slain deputy, Matteottl, from a tomb In the Fratte Polesine cemetery near Venice and threw It Into th@ canal, the advices sald. The fascist extremists were sald te have declared after disposing of the body: “Matteotti shall not stay tn Polestna, dead or alive.” June 10 is the anniversary of Mat teotti’s death, opposition parties are preparing memorial services in me which it is probable the government will suppress, Mussolini Killed Mim, © b The kidnaping and mutder of thé socialist Deputy Matteoti following hia opposition to fascism has been one of the principal political problema with which Premier Mussolini hag had tq contend. The fascist party and Mus solint had Matteotto killed because of his increasing influence, | uf} rarer oasilatha a Morgan’s Huge Loan °°’ NEW YORK, June 3—J. P, Morgan and company have established a $50, 000,000 revolving credit for Italy, loaning the money to the Bank of Italy, the Bank of Naples and the Bank of Sicily, in conjunction with the Italian government. Th ~ Lamont, partner in the Morgah hats issued the announcement of thé loan, The Morgan loan is the third large credit to foreign governments within @ year and a half which has been made public. Morgan has loaned $100,000,000 to France, and $100,000. 000 ot Great Britain, in addition te other loans to smaller countries, % The reason for the loan was sald to be an attempt to stabilize the Italian lira on the exchanges. Gunmen Attack Iron Moulder in Berkeley As He Leaves Home OAKLAND, Cal., June 3.—A pitched gun battle between Emil Hall, 64, fron moulder andagunman operating in an automobile was fought when Half left his Berkeley home to board a ferry train for work in San Fran- cisco, Motor Stock Speculation, |)” NEW YORK, June 3.—S; interest in the stock market today converged @n the motor stocks and most of the spectacular price mo ments of the day occurred in a smi number of these stocks. The high priced industrials, whipped up ta @ still higher level by the bullish pooly gave additional strength to the market and assisted in the “campaigns” of the professional bulls, who remained strongly intrenched in their posit of leadership. of money. I answered her as best as I could and told her about the capitalist system and how Russia was remedying it. She became interested, so I read to her the am ticle by Anna Louise Strong wrote on Youth on the Volga, I said that some day I hoped to go to Russia and she said she wor go with me. | Our teacher asked for a cartoot on the world war, She would noi accept this one, I am sending ii to you. wt Your comrade, if IDA CALKINS, 14 years old Deming, N. Mexico,