The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 13, 1925, Page 4

hi Page Four ‘PAY DEBTS OR WE BREAK YOU,’ CAL TO FRANCE Threaten ye Withhold Morgan Credits MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, 11.—Speak- Ing on behalf of the Coolidge admin- \stration, as the mouthplece of the J. P. Morgan bankers, Senator Simeon Fess, in an address here warn- ed France that she would be econ- omioally rulned, and Indicated - that Morgan would withhold further credits from France unless negotiations are begun immediately for the settlement of France’a war debt to America. Fess included in his address a de- claration that “we are hopeful that under the leadership of Presidént Coolidge we may have another con- ference to do for armies what was done by the Washington conference for the navies.” In other words, the bankers con- trolling Coolidge are, thru financial pressure, forcing France to complete her dependence on Great Britain and the United States by smashing at a new “arms parley” the wir and land forces of France, just as the naval forces were smashed at the last con- ference. France is fast headed toward a posi- tion of subordination to the United States financial powers as complete as the subjection of Germany under the Dawes plan. NEW YORK HAT WORKERS VOTE FOR A STRIKE Demand Wage Raise of 15 Per Cent NEW YORK, June :1—Local 8 of the United Hatters of North America at a well attended mass meeting in Bethoven Hall decided by a vote of 443 to 78 in favor of calling an im- mediate strike in order to compel the bosses to grant thetr domand for a wage incerase of 15 per eunt, The demand of a wage increase was among others seut to. the bosses some time ago. To date the bosses hare not signified their willingness to even consider tho matter of an increase in wages despite the fact that the bosses have been piling up huge prof- its, and the man cannot get along on the old wages. In order to mislead the men from their main demand and fool them with promises the bosses proposed to grant the minor demands and promis- ed to use better hat bodies instead of the inferior ones now in use in or- der to-make it easier for’the men to work. The workers are, with good reason, mistrustful of this offer, because this is not the first time mey have heard this promise from the bosses, It has become almost a yearly yarn used by the greedy pack of exploiters to fool the workers with. All the men are determined to stick to their just demand of a 15 per cent fmcrease. The date for the walkout has been already set in case of the continued refusal of the bosses to meet that demand. The men are ex- pected to down tools and effect a 100 per cent walkout. RED WEEK—June 15 to 21. Young Workers to Hold Hike in New York on Sunday NEW YORK, June 11.—All mem- bers of the Young Workers League, as well as their friends and sympa- thizers will meet at 129th St. and 8rd Ave. at 8 a. m. sharp this Sunday June 14 from where they will go to Silver Lake on a hike, There will be games, entertainment, an educational program and also a surprise attraction which will not be announced. yh Those who have bathing suits should bring them along, as well as 50c, which will be the car fare round trip. MEMBERSHIP MEET IN YOUNGSTOWN SUNDAY, JUNE 21 ‘Hands Off China ! Mass Meeting at Nite YOUNGSTOWN, June 11,+-A gen- eral membership meeting of all Work- ers Party branches in the Youngstown steel sub-district will be held Sunday, June 21, at the Hungarian Hall, 3$8%,| West Federal St., top floor, starting | « at 10 a. m, sharp. Steel workers from | the Pittsburg district and the Youngs- | town sub-district will meet with Com- rade William F. Dunne of the central | executive committee and comrades Swadeck and Wagenknecht. Notices have been mailed out to every branch | and the sub-district secretary has or-| dered a general mobilization of all) party members fn the steel sub-dis- | trict to be on hand promptly at the hour set. Party members in Waren, Niles, Girard, Youngstown and East | Youngstown, Ohio and in New Castle, Bessmer and Farrell, Pa, take note. Important party work in steel industry is to be taken up and the D. O. directs a full attendance, Mass Meeting at Nite In the evening on this same date at the Ukrainian Hall, 52514 West Rayen | Ave., at 8 p. m. prompt a mass pro- test meeting against imperialist {n- tervention in China will be held with comrade Dunne as the principal speak- | er. This will be a “Hands Off China” mass meeting and in accordance with recent instructions by the C. EB. ©. to Protest against the slaughter of Chinese workers, peasants and. stu- dents. All party press readers are urged to advertise the mass meeting and bring along their worker sympa- thizers to the meeting. Party members in Columbiana coun- ty are invited to attend the general membership meeting in the morning so that they may be familiar with this phase of our party work. By order of C. E. C., D. 0's Wagenknecht and Swabeck sub-district committee, Wallace T. Metcalfe, S. D. Secretary New Treasury Loan. WASHINGTON, June 11—The gov- ernment’s offering of $120,000,000 three per cent certificates of indebt- edness was oversubscribed three times, Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon announced today. The issue will not exceed the offering. About $400,000,000 in securities will be retired from the proceeds of this issue and June 15 tax receipts, Another Investigation, WASHINGTON, June 11—J. P. White chief of the Coal division, commerce department, will leave tomorrow for Toledo, Ohio, and Chicago, to inves- tigate the serious depression in the bituminous coal industry, it was an- nounced today. THE. FIRST RED ATHLETIC CARNIVAL AND . PICNIC this season at PLEASANT ADMISSION Running events, base Party members, BRONX, N. Y. Spacious, shady, green groves overlooking Long Island Sound SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1925 ‘S Gates Open at 10 A. M. danoing, refreshmonts, games, for adults afd children will be some of the attractions where workers and their families will have an enjoyable time. 4 Auspices, Workers Party, Local New York, DIRECTIONS—Take Bronx Park subway or “L” to 177th St, then take Unionport car to Unionport (end of line), Free buses to park. TICKNTS for sale at Party district office, Fretheit office, and from BAY PARK 35 CENTS. THE DAILY WORKER , "TWO-IN-ONE? CONTEST-FOR WORKER CORRESPONDENT § IS ANNOUNCED Read Rules Canfalin-Tae Gel “a (Continued from page 1) By WILLIAM Fe DUNNE on for a two week period— make it possible for workers who have never written a news story in their lives, those who are just beginning to write and those who have had considerable experience, to compete on an equal foot- ing. These rules have been care- fully worked out and they make it easy for everyone ex- cept the judges—Comrades Loeb, Engdahl and the writer. They will have to consider the material as it is submitted, not after it is edited and pub- lished. A few words now to the workers who will take part in this contest. You will note that Rule 6 states: ‘Stories are not limited in length but those of 500 words and less will re- ceive preference.” Keep this in mind. It is quite plain that stories of 500 and less have much more chance of being read carefully than longer contribu- tions. One of the main purposes of | these competions will have been over- looked if the contestants do not take advantage of them to learn to write clearly—and briefly. Remember the complaint of Lenin after reading the long and wandering articles by sin- cere but very wordy revolutionary journalists: “Why” he said, “is it not pos sible to write In 10 or 20 lines in- stead of 200 or 400 of things with which the workers are familiar?” The $5 worth of literature that is to be awarded to the worker corres- pondent who turns in the best story can be selected from any of the pub- lications handled by the DAILY WORKER. The name of the winner, the title of his story and the reasons for award- ing the prize to him will be published every two weeks. The necessary criticism that will accompany the an- nouncoments of the stories submitted will be of the greatest value to all the competitors and aid them to do better work in the next contest. Send in your stories. Rules of Worker Correspondent’s Contest Every two weeks the DAILY WORKER will give a prize of $5.00 worth of literature to the worker who sends in the best Worker Correspond- ent story during that period. This prize may be selected from any books or pamphlets in the catalogue of the Daily Worker Publishing company or may be applied to DAILY WORKER or Workers Monthly subscriptions. 1. The first contest will commence June 15 and end June 27. New con- tests will be closed every second Saturday thereafter, 2. The contest is open to everyone with the exception of paid employees of the DAILY WORKER and of the Workers Party and its sections. 3. Manuscripts received up until June 27 will be entered in the first contest. Stories received subsequently will be considered during the next contest. 4° The stories must deal with act- ual events effecting workers. 5. Manuscripts must be written legibly on one side of paper, with one-half inch between lines if in hand- writing. Type written copy 1s prefer- red but not essential. 6. Stories are not limited as to length but those of 500 words or less will receive preference. 7. Only news stories, that is those dealing with what has happened or what is about to happen will be con- sidered, 8. Subject matter is limited only to that of a working cla: ature, but stories dealing with evenets and strug- gles of workers in places of employ- ment and in and by labor unions will be given preference. 9. While literary merit in the sto- ries is of course desirable, it will not be considered in determination of the best story. Those who have had little school education or no experience in writing will thus have an equal chance with experienced writers. The story which best meets the following re- quirements will be declared the win- ner: (a) Is the story of interest to the working class, either locally or na- tionally or both? (b) Has the writer done a good job in gathering the essential facts? (c) Will the printing of the story secure benefit to the working class? (d) Has he shown ability to esti- mate and emphasize the most !mport- ant facts? (e) Will the printing of the story increase the effectiveness of the DAILY WORKER or the Workers Party or the left wing in general? 10. All stories submitted for the contests must be addressed: “Worker Correspondents Editor, the DAILY WORKER. 11, The name and addross of the writer must be sent with each story. If the writers do not want their names printed in the DAILY WORKHR they should write at the beginning of their ‘sont, “Be eho am J | | (Continued from Page 1) By MORITZ J, LOEB in the shop or locality con- cerned, develops the _ best DAILY WORKER disribution. Worker Correspondents can enter the distribution con- test and vice versa. It is of course understood that the reason for encourag- ing the writing of worker correspondence jis not merely to give the militants an op- portunity to express them- selves and the experience so that they may write coherent- ly. The reason ‘for the crea- tion of a worker correspond- ence system is so that the DAILY WORKER may not only become the organ,of the militant working class in its ultimate goal but also that the DAILY WORKER may become the organ of all of the work- ing class in its broadest political and industrial struggles and in the every- day struggles in the shops and the unions as well. For this it is necessary for the DAILY WORKER to be distributed particularly in the shops and unions about which Workers Correspondence stories are written. Worker Correspondence avails little unless it is directly connected up with distribution. But Worker Correspond- ence in the DAILY WORKER which is followed up conscientiously and energetically with the sale of the DAILY WORKER will yield results for the Communists press and the Communist movement Which are be- yond measurement. In some places, and to a small degree, this connection has been made. In order to make the distribu- tion of the DAILY WORKER an in- tegral part of the system of which writing correspondence is the other part, the DAILY WORKER announces the contest between Worker Corres- pondence distributors which is to be held at the same time as the other contests mentioned above. The con- ditions are simple. Individuals or groups may compete. Workers in small cities or those who work in places Where there are few employees will have just as good a chance in this con’ as workers in the biggest cities and shops. Those who do the best work under the con- ditions which they miust face will be declared the-winner. Rules of Workers Correspondent’s Distribution Contest At the same time as the Worker Correspondent’s contest is held an- other contest will be conducted to de- velop the distribution of the DAILY WORKER in the cities and shops about which the Worker Correspond- ent’s are writing. Prizes of $5 worth of literature will be given the win- ners. 1. The first contest will end on July 4 and a new contest will there- upon be started immediately to end two weeks later. These contests will be continued every two weeks during the summer at least. 2. The contest is open to everyone with the exception of paid employees of the Workers Party and its sections and professional writer. 8. The prize will be awarded to the individual or group of individual which accomplishes the best results toward increasing the circulation of the DAILY WORKER on the basis of a Worker Correspondent story appear- ing in the DAILY WORKER. 4, The results secured will be measured in the light of the special circumstances; that is what advant- ages are taken of the opportunities for securing new readers for the DAILY WORKER by reason of’the Worker Correspondent stories. For instance: It a story is printed in the DAILY WORKER concerning a shop which has 1000 employees and on the basis of this story 100 copies of the DAILY WORKER are sold and 5 new sub- scriptions secured while in another shop which employed 100 workers 50 copies of the paper were sold and 3 new subs secured, it would be con- sidered that the comrades in the smal- ler shop were more successful than thosé in the larger shop. 5. It 1s not necessary for the con- testant in this contest to write the Worker Correspondence himself. He may proceed on, the basis of a story written by someone else in his shop or union or he may work in co- operation with a Worker Correspond- ent. 6. Entry into the contest must be made at the time an article of Worker Correspondence is sent into the DAILY WORKER, This is to be done by sending along with the story an order for copies of the issue in which the story is to appear which are to be paid for in advance at the rate of 2 cents a copy the week day issues and 3% cents’a copy for Satur- day issues. ¥ 7. Within one week after the ap- pearance of the er Correspond- ence story in the WORKER, the entrant must his report on his experiences and tho results of his Gistribution, ve FIVE THOUSAND WORKERS WANTED ON JULY FOURTH Men, Womer and Even Children Welcome This year, July 4 will be officially taken over by the jingoes and. war mongers. The Coolidge administration has set the seal of official approval on the deal. Not that July 4, has not always been used to bolster up the prestige of American capitalism. It has, but the ruling class is becoming bolder and bolder. In a few places July 4 will be ob- served, not as the bourgeoisie observe it now or in the past. it will be ob- served as a day of which the class conscious workers take advantage, to secure needed recreation and make a little money to carry on the work of spreading enlightenment among the masses. Beyers Grove, Chicago will be one of those places. Big Crowd Wanted The affair will be a Workers’ Party picnic. There are approximately 1,500 members of the party living in this city and it does not take an expert at figures to show that if each one of our’ members brings another worker to the picnic we will have 3,000 people at Beyers Grove, on July 4. And that makes quite a-crowd, tho there is no reason why we should not have 5,000. Cannon To Speak One of the attractions at the picnic will be a speech by James P. Cannon, member of the central executive com- mittee of the Workers (Communist) Party. Comrade Cannon attended the last session of the Enlarged Executive of the Communist International in Moscow and is able to tell a story in a way that is pleasing to the ear and instructive. The usual features common to pic- nies will be in evidence. Games will be indulged in and those who like to trip the light fantastic can do so aided by snappy music and supported in the terpsichorean effort by attract- ive partners. All other party units are advised that rival picnics will be verboten on that day. There will be a united front at Beyers Grove. In order to get there take a California Avenue car to the end of the line. The damages at the gates are fifty cents. Inside what you spend will be at your own discretion. The less discretion you use the better. New Crisis in Norway. OLSO, Norway, June 11—The Nor- wegian cabinet was defeated in par. liament on the trivial matter of free postage for state officials, and the government faces a serious crisis. It is thot that the “agrarian party,” will form a coalition cabinet with the support of the conservatives, to drive the Communists out of parliament. TAKE NOTICE! The Workers’ House has arranged picnics for the following dates: June 28 and August 9, at William Rimek Grove, Lyons, Ill. All friendly organizations are re- quested not to arrange other affairs on those dates. Get a sub—make another Com- munist! PHILADELPHIA, mobile bodies. Comrade Egavian was using a portable grinding machine and In this process came In contact with the badly Insulated 220 volt wire which caused his Instant death, hie friend and foreman J, Srablan came to his assistance and was likewise killed Instantly, The story given to the local pre ample of shifting the blame for the companies gross neglegence to the alleged inexperience of the workers and stated that Comrade Egavian had worked in the plant but a few days when as a matter of fact he has been employed for over six weeks, Comrade Egavian has been a charter member of the Workers Party and one of the leading figures In the Armenian branch. rade Egavian set an example of what a disciplined Communist can do. In all the party activities he stood in the forefront among the Philadel- His recent election as a DAILY WORKER Agent brought immediate and satisfactory results with the result that the Ar is in the Dally Worker subscription campaign. In the demonstrations of the Armenian comrades menian social-democrats Comrade Egavian took an active and lea ing part with the result that the Armenian workers in Philadelphia are looking to the Armenian Communists for guidance and leadership. The Armenian branch has lost one of its most active and In- a comrade upon whom they could always rely to carry out the most difficult and unpleasant tasks and who never yet has failed to comply with the instructions and discipline of the party. The entire membership of the Armenian branch will lay down tools on Wednesday, June 10 and participate In Comrade Egavian fun- eral as a last demonstration of their Communist solidarity to a com- rade who has fallen a victim to the pittiless struggle for existence, a victim of the greedy and merciless capitalist system that he has so ably and fearlessly fought side by side with them for over four years. phia members. menian branch | fluential worker DEMONSTRATE SUNDAY AT CHICAGO PICNIC IN ‘HANDS OFF CHINA!’ DRIVE The first “Hands Off China!” de- monstration will be held in Chicago this Sunaay, June 14, at the picnic of the Russian, Polish and Ukrain- ian branches of the Workers Party. The world imperiatists are just now trying to crush the revolt of the Shanghai workers and students. The murder of Chinese strikers by the foreign troops and white- guards spread the revolt all over China! “It's the Bolsheviks!” cries the prostituted press the world over. No, not yet—do we reply.—But Bolshevism is surely coming there. The Chinese workers and peasants had enough of capitalist imperial- ism and they are :ooking for a way to ape it. The only way out of it is Bolshevism. The Chinese people are already beginning to see in the Bolsheviks their only friends. The demonstration against the murder of the innocent workers and students in Shanghai is called by the Bolsheviks of Chicago. Come and make it a mass demon- stration! Let the Chinese workers and peasants see that they have friends here, in CHicago, who de- mand justice and “Hands off China!” Make this demand heard all over the country. Don’t forget, Sunday, June 14, at Marvell Inn Grove, at the end of Milwaukee Ave. Pa. — The American claimed another victim to Its merciless grind for profits when two workers at the plant of the American Motor Body Corporation were In- stantly killed by an exposed electric wire. M. Egavian member of the Armenian branch Workers Party and his foreman J. Srablan a close sympathiser of the Communist move- ment were the two victims of the companies greed for profits which neglected to safeguard the machinery used for the production of auto- COMMUNSTS MOURN M. EGAVIAN Industrial system has by the company was an ex- Com- jalnst the Ar . Morgan Agent In Berlin. BERLIN, June 11.—Nicholas Long- worth, United States congressional leader, who has been in Berlin several days, held a long conference today with Foreign Minister Stresemann on a subject which was not made publia Longworth next will visit Paris. He is touring Burope on behalf of the Mor- gan-Coolidge administration, Distribute a bundle during Red ‘eek. To Learn WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY HOW Get WORKER CORRESPONDENTS WM. F. DUNNE, . mh & of the Dally ee A book about this subject of grow- ing importance—and a pocket text book of another means to build the revolutionary movement. — No. 4 THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY 10 cents ench— 12 phores for $1.00. Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. 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