The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 14, 1925, Page 2

L.W.WS THIRD TRIAL BEFORE INFAMOUS JUDGE IS ASTOUNDING FARCE; RAILROADED TO PRISON (Special to The Dally Worker) SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 12.—No “mixed court” in China run by foreign imperialists, of which we have heard so much news in recent days, could be more brutally outrageous In Its Savage oppression of an oppressed race than has been the court of the Infamous Judge Busick of this olty In the trial of Tom Connors, L. W, W., whose third trial has just ended with his con- viction. Connors’ trial—the last one, as he had three and the state supreme court sent the case back on the ground of Busick’s behaviour in the previous ones—began on May 27, and proceeded with scarcely the forms of law, + altho Busick managed to evade some of the errors which voided the first trials. Tried For Dolng Defense Work Bear in mind, firstly, that Connors was being tried on a charge of “in- fiuencing @ juror” because, as a Means of conducting defense for other workers, he had—as all defense workers do—airoulated printed matter explaining the issues of the case to Great lists of people. Among the re- cipients of such circular matter, it appears was a venireman, Connors had never seen him, never talked with him. But the crowning point of the pres- ent judicial farce, and one which should burn its lesson into the minds of every worker, especially every I. W. W., that the present government is a capitalist dictatorship and that its “democracy” is a fraud—was the conduct of Judge Busick on the bench, Busick In Dual Role Judge Busick, without any suggest- ion or invitation from counsel, an- nounced that he would be sworn as & witness for the prosecution, All ob- fections and motions were overruled. Judge Busick—without leaving the , bench—was sworn as a witness. He ‘ testified, overruled objections to his own testimony, and supplied the mis- sing link that the prosecuting attor- ney lacked. Then he went on with the case. This came at a time when the dis- trict attorney and his assistant were hopelessly floundering in an attempt to show that a certain witness had delivered to the court and envelope received by this witness. Incidentally, the envelope was shown to have been mailed after Connors was arrested and during his confinement tn the Sacramento county fail. Patrlotism—As Usual ‘When the arguments olosed—and those of the prosecutor did not aeal with the issues of the case but was solely a flag-waving patriotic tirade usual to proseoutors—the defense counsel moved for an instructed ver- dict in favor of Connors, on the ground that Arnold, the complaining witness, had failed to identify a copy of the leaflet upon which the whole charge of the prosecution was based. Busick promptly denied the motion. The reversal of Connors previous conviction on the same charge was based mainly on the grounds that Busick had instructed the jury to find him guilty of a crime not charged in the indictment. Busick avoided this partly this time. When reading off the few passages containing mater that the jury might take as favorable to Connors, Busick spoke in a dead monotone, but when he came to me parts which told the jury to “find the defendant guilty,” he read slowly and impressively. The words—Find the defendant guilty’—were repeated many times and uttered with unction and gusto, Was the Judge Prejudioed? The jury returned the verdict of guilty in three hours, Busick imme- diately sentenced Connors to the maximum limit of the law. Notice of appeal and a motion for the court to set bail pending appeal was denied— all in one breath—and Connors rush- ed off to San Quentin penitentiary. At the opening of the trial the, defense moved for a change of venue, present- ing three affidavits of Busick’s pre- judice. Busick denied the motion. CHINESE BOYCOTT AGAINST BRITISH AND JAPANESE IS % REPLY TO FOREIGN THREATS (Continued from page 1.) indicates how flimsy were the charges against them, how un- justified the shooting down of their comrades. The “verdict” merely saves the face of the imperialists by formal attachment of blame to the students. Eight Killed by British Marines. HANKOW, China, June 12—Bight Chinese were killed today when Brit- ish marines opened fire on a crowd of strikes surrounding the munici- pal building, demanding the removal of all armed foreign troops from Chi- nese soil. Rioting started Thursday evening when the shore workers on the But- terfield and Swir wharf struck. White guard strikebreakers were mobilized and attempted to continue working. Later the workers made a mass attack, killing six Chinese scabs, wounding many. Marines landed from British gun- Boats set up machine guns and op @hed fire, The rioters first visited the Japanese concession and smash- up « number of shops. 72 * Ohiness Troops Enroute to Shanghal. MNANKING, China, June 12—The Chinese government ie sending 2,000 Picked Fengtien troops to Shanghal. They entrained at five o'clock last ‘might. It is understood that they are to preserve order along the line be ‘tween the foreign settlement and the Chinese section of the olty of Shang- hat. But as the foreign troops have been trespassing over the foreign line into Qhinese territory, and the most of the murders of students took place in Chinese territory, the Chinese troops may collide with foreign armed forces at once, Strike at Foochow. FOOCHOW, China, June 12-A general strike has been declared here against all foreign interets, The situ- ation is quiet but strained, Situation Tense at Chin-klang CHINKIANG, China, June 12—This city, a treaty port 166 miles up the Yangtsze river from Shanghai, where demonstrations in favor of the Shang- hat strikers were held and attacks made on foreign administration build- ings, 1s tense tonight, All foreign women and children have left the port for Shanghal, GET IT! The June Issue of THE WORKERS MONTHLY Now On Sale German Communists Fight Acceptance of Security Pact BERLIN, June 12—The Communist deputies were shut off from the busi- ness session of the reichstag com- mittee on foreign affairs when the security pact and league of nations membership were discussed. Destpite the boasts of the national- ists who are now ruling Germany it fs probable that Berlin will accept the pact with reservations. The Communists alone are making a fight against the acceptance of the pact. They show that it is an alliance against Soviet Russia hatched by Great Britain. RED WEEK—June 15 to 21. | will be fought RUTHENBERG SPEAKS AT YOUNGSTOWN, 0. PICNIC TOMORROW YOUNGSTOWN, 0,, June 12.—C. E. Ruthenberg, national secretary will be the principal speaker at the the Workers (Communist) Party plenic, Sunday, June 14, at Avon Park, Girard, Ohlo. Barbers Strike for organization NEW YORK—(FP)—About 400 bar- bers, most of them Italians, are strik- ing in the Borough Hall, Brooklyn, to get union conditions in all shops. Over 500 barbers gained thelr derhands ar the outset of the strike from the dis- trict Master Barbers’ Association. The strikers are members of the former Independent Journeymen Barbers’ Union which recently went into the American Federation of Labor. BUILDING TRADE COUNCIL FIGHTS THE “OPEN SHOP” Scabherding “Citizens’ Committee” Attacked The bullding trades eounell of Chi- cago met last night to duscuss the fight Inaugurated by the Chloago building trades unions against the open shop. A statement Issued by Patrick Sullivan, president of the building trades council shows that while the council officials have no Intention of formally declaring a gen- eral strike against the infamous Lan- dis award agreement, which is syn- onymous with the “open shop,” the statement means that strikes will be called on all new jobs let from the date of the statement on which non- union men are employed with union workers, If this threat is carried out, a war on the “open shop” will be waged by the building trades union, Sullivan charges that the building contractors have violated their Lan- dis award agreements not to form an alliance with the “Citizens Commit- tee to enforce the Landis Award.” Of course, this committee has been from the first an agency of the contrac- tors to feed non-union workers to them under protection of the Landis award, The building trades council takes the position that this alliance is in violation of the Landis award, and in the future by strikes. The statement of the coun- cil declares, “If outside influences continue to prevail in the building in- dustry, or if contracts are let for con- struction work in Cook county to un- fair contractors, the affiliated trades will exercise the right reserved to them and will quit work on every job where agreements are being violat- ed.” Meanwhile Federal Judge Page, “arbiter” in the structural iron work- ers’ dispute, is expected to give a decision. The iron workers’ union charges that contractors violated the agreement by employing nonunion workers. Page is expected by many of the iron workers to rule against their union in an effort to stem the struggle of the workers against the open shop. The “Citizens Committee” an- nounced that it will continue to fur- nish nonunion workers to the con- tractors. Three hundred Chicago plasteres are still off their jobs. They were called out by their international of- ficers in a national jurisdictional dis- pute between the bricklayers’ and plasterers’ international unions. COVINGTON HALL, I. W. W. WRITER, THE DAILY WORKER CANTONBATTLE STILE RAGING WITHOUT END Bat Reinforcements May Tarn Tide CANTON, China, June 12.—Forelgn steamers were fired upon today as they moved within the fighting lines established by rival military leaders who continued battling for Canton, which Is now held by the defending Yunnanese army... One Chinese stew- ard on the steamer Saion was wound- ed severely today when he was struck while aboard the craft. While the gunfire continued from both sides today after a night of con- tinuous shooting, neither army gained ground, The defending forces were anxious to attack Honam, but the pro- ject could not be promoted owing to lack of vessels, all of which are held by enemy forces, Steamers were proceding to Hong- kong today crowded with refugees. The movement of exports and imports is practically halted as a result of the disturbance. Silk shipments, how- ever, are moving under protection. Observers today reported that addi- tional forces would be necessary for a decisive battle. If the forces of Gen. Heu Chung-chi, who was reprot- ed nearing Canton, arrive in time and join with the forces of Chu Pei-tak in assisting the attack forces, the de- fenders may be driven out of Canton. Otherwise the Yunnanese will contin- ue to hold the city. “SECURITY” IN INGERMAN PACT ONLY TO ALLIES England Got “A Bad Bargain” Is Claim BERLIN, Germany, June 12— The German government has not been fool- ed by the reports issuing from the French and British governments that the proposed security pact proposal of the two governments assures “pro- tection” to the German government. It Is announced hére that the pact provides protection for Germany’s western frontiers only under “com- plicated legal stipulations which would mean no protection at all.” The Hindenburg government has at- tempted to revive the power of the crushed capitalist class of Germany, but facing an economic collapse at home rubbed raw by the French occu- pation and the disarmamént note, the industrialists here have practically no hope of regaining their powerful po- sition prior to 1914, see French Pass On Note. PARIS, France, June 12.— The French cabinet has unanimously ap- Proved the so-called “security” pact note to Germany, o 48 Mild Alterations. LONDON, England, June 12.—Alter- ations will probably be made in the Proposals of a “security” pact with Germany, due to the opposition devel- oped by the liberals against the ten- tative provisions of the proposed pact. The opposition does not object to the stringent provisions against Ger- many, but merely charges that the Baldwin government “made a bad bar- gain,” as Lioyd George's newspaper, the Daily Chronicle states, in allowing France to get more out of the pro- One of Morgan’s Banks in Wall Street Declares 100 Per Cent Dividend By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. TORay, the Morgan banking interests float another loan ‘* for Belgium, this time for $50,000,000. It was accom- plished without much trouble, and the international bankers in Wall Street pocket another neat and huge wad of profits. Business is good in Wall Street, especially in the Morgan end of it. This was clearly seen in the 25 per cent quarterly dividend declared by the First National Bank, which makes a 100 per cent dividend for the year, something that only a few banks can boast of. None of the stock of this bank is being sold to workers. It is carefully held by a selected list of great millionaires, headed by George F. Baker, the “silent man of Wall Street,” who is chairman of the bank’s board of directors. e * e e But Baker shines not only as banker. He is director in a multitude of corporations. He is prominent In the railroad world; considered to be the directing Influence in the so- called “Van Sweringen Merger,” the latest consolidation of railroad properties on a large scale, that has been brought under the surveillance of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion because of the complaints of minority stockholders. One charge is that the Van Sweringen brothers are making too much money out of “the deal,” which is purely a finan- cial transaction. But the little stockholders will find that the big banks are not in business to consider their claims. There is much money for the banks in the merging of cor- porations already in existence, just as there is in floating loans for bankrupt foreign governments that must accept almost any terms thrust upon them. And profits must not be interfered with. eoeee The important fact is not that the banks make ye dividends, but that they control the financial nerves of the capitalist system, nationally and internationally, dictating where and when gold shall flow, what great industries shall be supported when in financial stress, what industries shall be boycotted. It is in this way that the great financial interests wield their influence in promoting “open shop” drives against organized labor. The United States Steel Corporation was inspired by the great banks in 1919 to wage its “open shop” war against the steel workers. It was great finance that launched the ambitious campaign, following the defeat of the steel workers, to smash the coal miners’ union and establish non-union conditions in the coal fields. It was the militant spirit of the coal miners that won, and not because they had “labor banks” of their own, or had bought stock extensively in the coal companies, because they had done neither of these things. 7 0e@ @ But it was the railroad brotherhoods, that boast of their “labor banks” and that pride themselves on their railroad stock purchases, and whose officials are energetically urging the rank and file to “buy more,” that scabbed on the shop workers’ strike in 1922. Their holdings made them too timid to enter into a militant struggle against their exploit- ers. : eee##e The so-called “millionaires’ banks” constitute the golden heart of American capitalism. From this golden heart flows the precious stream of gold that tries to keep capitalism alive. It is by a process of transfusion, thru loans and credits, that American capitalism is trying vainly to get European capitalism out of its sickbed and into a period of convalescence, “Lebor banks” and small investments in big corpora- tions constitute a mirage that may fool some badly informed workers, but that quickly fade upon thoro investigation, in spite of the false and misleading propaganda of the corrupt labor aristoeracy. eeee#e The working of the capitalist financial 5 can only prove to awakened labor that capitalism itself must be destroyed, and a new social structure created with all finance in control of the workers. No one has ever heard of the Union of Soviet Republics allowing foreign capital to have even the smallest share in its financial system. U.S, GOVERNMENT|\~"Reapy now: REPORTS GERMAN LABOR CONDITIONS Low Wages,/High Taxes and Weak Unions June Issue of THE WORKERS MONTHLY 25 CENTS A Copy ENDORSES LABOR DEFENSE UNITY; URGES THAT I. W. W. PARTICIPATE The DAILY WORKER is in receipt of the following letter concerning the national conference called by the Labor Defense Council of all organizations and individuals interested in co-ordinating the work of defense and relief of all workers imprisoned for their connection and activities in the labor movement, regardless of their political or non-political views, ence will be held June 28, at Ashland Auditorium, Chicago, * . . * MENA, Ark., June 8, 1925. Editors, The DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il, Dear Comrades: I have just read in the DAILY WORKER of the sixth instant, of the call issued by Secretary George Maurer of the Labor Defense Council for a conference, as I understand it, of all organizations engaged in defense work for labor and class war prisoners, with the end in view of uniting them in one body, to the end that they may work more efficiently and effectively. To my way of thinking, this sfiould have been done long ago and I sincerely trust that all the organizations, and especially the general de- fense committee of the I. W. W. will have representatives present at the meeting of June 28, instructed to affiliate with the proposed United De- fense Council, 5 A recent experience, where I and another man were working on the fame case unknown ot each other, only serves to confirm me in the belief that the work of the different defense organizations should be co- ordinated as soon as it is possible to do so. As you know, I have never made any pretense of being a Communist and so can havo little influence there, but I may still have some with the I, W, W. members and, if I have, it is my desire to appeal to them to boost the move for a United Defense Council, for it is badly needed right now, Fraternally yours, (Signed) COVINGTON AMI HALA, °e The confer- posed pact than does the English government, Small Forces His Election Bills to Floor of House SPRINGFIELD, Ll, June 12.—Gov. Small completed a political “log- rolling” deal in the house, forcing the representatives in favor of the McCluggage “sanitary district” bill to support his bills requiring the rota- tion of Cook county candidates on election ballots, by threating to veto the McCluggage bill. Speaker Scholes announced that he would ask for a roll call on Small’s bills next Tuesday. 'The election bills which are being forced thru by Small subject circuit and superior court judges to election primaries, and all of them aid the Deneen-Small poli- tical alllance in Cook county. The McCluggage bill, supported by the sanitary district politicians, gives the sanitary district increased bond- ing power for the erection of sewage disposal stations, Spread Fame of the Dead. NEW YORK, June 12—Walt Whit- man, Henry David Thoreau and Sid- ney Lanier were authors included in &@ st of 27 names gubmitted for the Hall of Fame, New. York pniversity. — soldiers were, includéd in the I ¢ WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12.— The labor department of the United States has given out its findings on a survey of the industrial conditions in Germany. In the section given to the standard of living of German workers the survey s Low Standard of Living. “The general standard of lving among workers after the war was very low. Food, fuel and clothes were very scarce at first, and when imports began after the blockade ceased the low level of real wages prevented much improvement. “Rents in general have been low because the government rent restric- tion, The working class, however, did not actually profit by the low rents, as in fixing wages the employer took into account such low rents, e Robbed in Every Way. “The working class paid more in taxes in proportion to their income than the wealthy class, contributing in 1923 and 1924 between 45 and 95 per cent of the income tax as taxes on their wages were levied before the workers received them, thereby de- priving the workers of the advantage of the depreciation of the currency which other taxpayers had, “While nominal wages increased rapidly, real wages were much lower than before the war. The wages of bricklayers, for examplo,, which be- fore the war had been 45 per cent higher than the minimum cost of sub- mum cost of existence in twenty-eight of the months from January, 1920, to December, 1924. Low Wages and Weak Unions. “Of course, lower w: in German industry ($1.50 to $2 a day) can be maintained by the employers for a considerable length of time only pro- vided there is a large number of un- employed always waiting at the fac- tory gates for work. The treasury of most unions is too weak to with- stand any long continued strikes.” Jersey Builders Get Increase NEW YORK—(FP)—Striking Essex county carpenters gained 20 cents a day, raising their rate to. $11.20. Striking roofers who have been out since April 1 are to get 50 cents in- crease, $10 a day, beginning Aug. 1, thelr terms of settlement dictate. About 6,000 masons, plasterers, and bricklayers in Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, are to get $1 a day increase beginning July 1. The new rate is $13 a day and will be in- creased to $14 on July 1, 1926. Cal Rides in Style. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12.— President Coolidge has given up his idea of traveling in a public Pullman, and when he leaves June 23, for his GREAT BRITAIN WILL NOT AID MOROCCAN WAR Spanish-French. Force to Attack Ajdir (Special to The Dally Worker) PARIS, France, June 12—Premler Painleve Is in Fez conferring with his military chiefs on the further steps to be taken by the Invading French army. : Bo i | At the same time the Spanish gov- ernment has announced that a comi- bined Franco-Spanish offensive is about to be launched against the na- tive Rifflans, and the British gov- ernment has declared that it has no intention of joining in a blockade against the Rifflans. The British government will re- main aloof from the Moroccan invas- ion, it was announced, The Spanish-French combined as- sault will be against Ajdir, off Alhuce- mas Bay, toward which a Spanish fleet of thirteen merchant ships is now being directed. The island fort- ress of Alhucemas will be attacked. The Riffans are massing troops at Ajdir. Painleve will face the chamber of deputies on Tuesday. The Commun- ists are the only party in France op- posing the Moroccan war. The socialists after a meeting of their party leaders, announced that they had refused to accept Minister of Finance Calliaux’ financial program. The socialists insist that a levy be Placed on capital. It is that that they will do as they did in the Moroccan discussion, when they criticized the imperialistic campaign, and then, “in order to save the government,” lined up with the imperialistic policies of Painleve. MORMON SOLON GETS OUT SHEARS FOR TAX SHAVE More Relief Promise for Big Fellows WASHINGTON, June 12.—With the arrival here of Senator Reed Smooth of Utah, chairman of the sénate finance committee, for conferences with Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon and other officials, the adminis- tration’s tax revision program, to be submitted to the next congress, has begun to take definite form. Smoot probably will remain here for several weeks, not only to work on the tax problem, but to act with the American debt funding commis- sion, of which he is a member, in forthcoming negotiations with Belgi- um and other nations which may un- dertake funding operations. As to revenue legislation in con- gress this winter, Smoot agrees with President Coolidge and Secretary Mel- lon that the revenue act of 1924 is unsatisfactory in many respects and that a country-wide demand is devel- oping for tax revision or “tax reform” as the president describes it. This would include the elimination of the “discriminatory taxes” which aré now said to demand too great a tribute from the larger incomes. Reduction of surtaxes will be propos- ed along with more liberal exemptions for small incomes, altho the last tax jaw provided for greater reductions in the latter class ghan those origin- ally proposed\jn tle “Mellon plan.” BORAH REPORTED PUSHING SOVIET RECOGNITION Goes to New York on Hunt for Facts WASHINGTON, June 12.—Sena‘ Borah of Idaho, went to New Y ‘Tuesday to confer with authorities on ‘he Russian situation, ; Among others, he will discuss the question with Raymond Robbins, who- was sent to Russia by Woodrow Wil- son with instructions to make a thoro investigation of conditions under the Soviet regime and to make an un- biased report. But when Robbins returned and made his report, he was subjected to a fire to adverse cirticism, as ‘his con- clusions were considered too friendly to the Soviets. Because of his intense interest in thg Soviet republic, Borah is anxious to get from Robbins his impressions concérning recent developments in: Russia. Borah is laying the foundation for another drive for recognition of Rus- sia by this government, He ts con- vinced that such a move would prove of incalculable trade advantage to the United States, Distribute a bundle | during Hed Weok of June 18 te