The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 14, 1925, Page 4

Page Four —___ Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (In Chicago only): By mail (outslde of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months | $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2100 three months | Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd,, Chicago, IIlinols J. LOUIS BNGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB. .Editors jusiness Manager | Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application. <> 290 ] Socialists Proud of “Our” Democracy The truth is, of course, that the decision applies only to the New York state Even after this decision, therefore, America now has infinitely more freedom of speech and press than Russia. Thus the Milwaukee Leader, organ of the socialist party, on the supreme court decision in the Gitlow case legalizing all the state criminal syndicalism laws under which hundreds of workers were tried and convicted and under which prosecutions are still.in pro- gress in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and California. We quote two sentences and there is a lie in each sentence. The decision affects every state in which there is a criminal syn- dicalism law and all the rest of the states for that matter, because there is nothing to prevent any of them adopting such legislation now that it has been declared constitutional. That there is more freedom of the press in America is true only in the sense that the capitalist press has more freedom. In Russia the workers’ and peasants’ press enjoys the same privileges that the capitalist press does here. The Milwaukee Leader overlooks the important fact that Russia is a workers’ and peasants’ and not a eaiptalist government—an oversight which we have come to expect from sheets run by yellow social-patriots who join in the praise sung by capitalists of their government. When those who call themselves socialists sink so low that they refuse to see in the latest decision of the supreme court an admission by capitalism itself of its intention to suppress by force all attacks on its tyrannical powers, to admit that the constitutional privileges of free speech have been completely nullified, when they excuse’ the jailing of workingmen for the exprsesion of opinion, it is time to apply to them in the United States the same titles they have earned in Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Esthonia, Poland and other countries where the class struggle is sharp and clear—to brand them by their own utterances as jailers and hangmen working for the blackest forces of American capitalism. The Carpenters’ Election There are 26,000 organized carpenters in Chicago. They are electing officers today and a union election in which so many workers take part is of great interest in the whole labor movement, in and out of Chicago. Elections in building trades unions are proverbially barren of issues except the perennial differences between the ins and the outs. But this election is different. The left wing is active in the Carpenters’ Union. It has con- ducted a national election campaign opposing Hutcheson with a zank and file candidate on a militant platform. In Chicago the struggle in the union between the Landis award open shop machine element and the rank and file led by the left wing has been very bit- ter. Militant members have been expelled and reinstated by reason of the good fight made for them. Jensen, the leading candidate of the Landis award crowd, is being opposed by Stahl, running on a clean cut fighting program. It is the duty of every sincere unionist to get out and support Stahl and the left wing. The left wing carpenters tell us that Stahl has a good chance to beat Jensen and upset the contractors’ control of carpenters’ locals. We hope he is elected, but even if he is not the left wing program will have been brought to thousands of carpenters, the issues dis- eussed and a new principle laid down for the conduct of building trades union election—programs instead of personalities. Salaries of Labor Officials Salaries and expenses of officials are becoming a sore point with the rank and file of most unions. There seems to be no limit to the greed of the officialdom whose motto is “get it while the getting is good,” but the rank and file have more integrity. The convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and ~Enginemen, meeting in Detroit, showed thig the other day by turn- ing down a resolution raising the expense allowance of delegates from $14 to $16 per day. Undoubtedly most of the delegates, being human, would have liked to have the extra money—altho $14 per day is more than a liberal allowance—but it was felt that the officials would use the passage of this resolution as a ing a raise in their swollen salaries. This is a little thing, but evidently there are limits even to the patience of these workers whose wages are comparatively high. precedent for demand- Struggles in unions centering around issues like this are not im- portant in themselves, but they do give promise that at least part of the upper ta of the working class are getting away from the banker-businessman point of view that is the curse of thesAmerican labor movement. . Putting Pressure on Calles Wall Street is putting the pressure on Mexico and as if to make the connection between government an dimperialism plain, Secretary of State Kellogy has been selected to do the job. American rights have been violated, says the secretary, because Jand belonging to Americans has been seized by the Mexican govern- ment. In spite of the servility of Calles and his hangers-on—labor fakers and yellow socialists—he has not been aggressive enough in his attack on the workers and peasants. American imperialism is a hard taskmaster and demands speedy results from its henchmen, The statement by the secretary of state is notice served on Calles that he is supposed to work a little overtime without extra pay. ; “The land to the peasants” is no more popular slogan in Wall Street than it was in the Kremlin before November 1917. Imperialism needs a landless agrarian population. Troops have been sent to Henrietta, Oklahema, to combat half- starved miners who have refused to work for the 1917 scale. The company thugs have interfered with peaceful picketing and the troops are rushed in to aid them. The miners have a concrete example Of the way the govern- ment backs up the bosses in “democratic” America. It was Lewis, the reactionary president of the United Mine. Workers of America, who said in 1919, “We cannot fight OUR.governmen* " The Enslavement of China ARTICLE VI. N January 18, two months after the Germans surrendered Tsing- tao, Japan presented to Yuan Shih- Kai, president of China, that famous document known as the twenty-one points. This document in essence was nothing less than a notice served on China that Japan intended at any cost to make of her a colony as Japan had already done to Korea. The Japanese ambassador, insisting on dealing directly with the president and ignoring the Chinese foreign of- fice, also insisted that the whole af- fair be shrouded in complete secrecy under pain of immediate military ac- tion by Japan, N this enterprise Japan was on her own. She had fulfilled her treaty obligations to Great Britain and in- tended to cash in on the fruits of victory over Germany and her ally as well. Secrecy was necessary because Japan knew that the rest of the im- perialist nations would neyer consent to her raid on China unless she was in a position to present them with an accomplished fact. She had no sooner presented the document to China than troop movements began ind the principal strategic points oc- cupied in the territory she intended © grab for all time. AUL 8, REINISCH, American am- bassador to China at the time, says in his book, “An American CAL'S ELECTRIC STEED RELATES POLITICAL TALE How President Plans to Rope Farmers WASHINGTON, June 12.—Calvin Coolidge arrived from the borderland of the great open spaces considerably rejuvenated by daily exercises in front of pieces of beefsteak according to reports. Besides using up large streams of gastric juice the president also. had his political thinking cap on while in Minnesota and this is what he found according to an interview secured by your correspondent with Cal’s electric hobby horse who is not by any means the dumbest member of the president cabinet. Would Do It For Anybody Coolidge came to the conclusion that the Norwegians who clapped their hands when he appeared to speak, were under the influence of the great gods, Thor and Odin and would clap for anybody who showed up. He learned that the farmers were not nearly so happy over their prosperity as some of the fellow who made mil- lions-in-the Chicago wheat. pit a few months ago. e Vhen|the farmers have a good crop the gamblers give them little for their grain‘and when they have a bad crop the middlemen give them less. That's the Way the farmers are hit by the twin evils; prosperity and adversity. Just ke a pugilist at the medicine ball, ‘The ball gets slammed which- ever way it turns. Wants The Farmer’ Vote Coolidge wants the farmer's yote very badly, but if he is to buy that vote who’s going to pay for it? The railroads cannot be asked to lower rates. That would mean the disown- ing-of- Coolidge by his foster parents in Wail Street. The middlemen can- not stand the taffy. Neither can the banks. The profits of those industrial groups must not be touched. Cool- idge is in office to look ofter them. Well, what about the workers? Bright idea thinks Cal. according to his electric nag which did not care to be quoted, but why should a Com- munist reporter stand on his honor with a capitalist flunkey? Coolidge came to the conclusion that the wages of the industrial workers* must be de- flated. How can this be done without getting the workers on his neck is the problem that Cal must solve. He can’t get the aid of the labor fakers in this dilemma. Wage cutting is a fighting issue and labor faker don't want to lose their own heads tn or- der to save Cal's. Watch ‘Coolidge trying to land the argarian vote! New Agreement Brings No Raise in Wages for Rolling Mill Workers By WALLACE METCALFE YOUNSTOWN, Ohio, June 12,~ Wages of the puddiers and rolling mill workers under the A. A, of I. S. &T.W. contracts will be figured on the same basis as this year in the new contract term starting July 1st as the result of an agreement having been reached at the annual conference be- tween union representatives and the Western Bar Iron Manlifacturers’ As- sociation at Atlantic City, The base scale of boilng fron will remain $7.00 on the one cent card. The workers asked for a substantial increase in the base, Workers at the A, M. Byers co plant in Girard, O., the largest puddling works in the country are affected by the agreement, Five thousand subs'for Red Week. Red Weok of June 16 to 21 THE DAILY WORKE z Diplomat in China,”*Page 127: The British looked upon the new | adventure of Japan’ with a decided lack of enthuslasm. While welcom- Ing the losses inflicted upon their enemy in war, they were evidently fearful of the resulta that might come in Shangtung. It was quite plain that the Rue slans, too, while allied with Japan, were quite aware of the dangers inherent In the Chinese situation. Taken with recent Japanese ad- vances In Inner Mongolia, a situa- tion was created In northern China which would be regarded ae dan- geroug by the Ru fine, the general temper and direo- tlon of the Japanese action was not rellshed by the allies of Japan, Weer were thesd demands, so far reaching in their? import that Japan did not dare to make them pub- lic until she had ready the forces with which to jam them down the throats of her allies as well asChina? They were divided, not like Gaul, into three parts, but into five and each group was so organized as to support and strengthen all the rest. The first section legalized Japan's seizure of Germany’s: interests in Shangtung; the second extended the Japanese sphere of influence in Man- churia which Japan had obtained in the war with Russia and also in- creased the Japanese influence in In- ner WBastern Mongolia; the third strengthened the Japanese control of AS WE SEE IT (Continued from page 1) stood in the forefront of the battle have met not only the enemy's with- ering fire but the criticism of the cowardly hypocrites" who pretend to stand for progress yet, dare not risk the consequences. ae, ee decision of the United States supreme court means, that capital- ism even in America is’not so sure of its footing. It fears ithe advance guard of the workers; the Commun- ist movement. It knows that the ideas, the Communists’ propaganda among the workers are dangerous to the ruling class, Therefore, it secks to suppress them. It will fail. The czars of Russia failed: No ruling class in the history of the human race has been able to keep back the tide of progress. The ruling class of this country will be no exception. “ 2 2.8 HIS does not mean that radicals welcome the decision of the Unit- ed States supreme court. That the court could issue suth a drastic dect- sion striking at the roots of one of the most cherished constitutional guarantees, indicates the immaturity of the labor movement in America. It is a safe prediction that the bureau- racy of the American Federation of Labor, not only will not condemn the decision, but will weléome it. The fakerdom of the labor movement is part and parcel of the ®capitalist sys- tem and is just as interested in throw- ing safeguards around that system as are-the money barons fo Wall Street. ‘ oe 2 Ng decisino will not be received by the Communists; tho with re- joising they will také ff as additional proof that even their laws will be violated by the rulig class when they believe their rule fs threatened. A state “has a right to, protect itself against insurrection” declares the so- cialist Victor Berger, He concedes that right to the capitalist class of the United States but not to the workers and peasants of Ruésia. This fact the Communists do not deny: It bears out their theory that no matter what democratic pretensions a capi- talist state puts forth, when its life is threatened it will show the mailed fist and will use any means in its power to prolong its existence. In times of crisis all. governments let democracy go by the ‘board. **e HE workers might as well realize that there is no smooth road into the co-operative commonwealth. The declaration of independence states that a people are’ entitled to over- throw a government subversive of their rights by revoMition. The de- claration of independence, long a dead letter in practice if now a dead let- ter also in theory. The highest tri- bunal in the land has officially con- signed it to Limbd; Thus passes away another and perhaps the most formidable figleat that covered the nakedness of American democracy. The myth of “free speech” under capi- talism has received’a death blow. ee Food Swindlers "To Prison ° Sentences of five years in the pen- itentiary and $10,000, fines, imposed on Harry G. Tank, Edward Grieb and Ed- ward M, Berry, of Milwaukee, Wisc., by Federal Judge Ferdinand A. Geiger, of Milwauke, were upheld by the U. 8S. court Of appeals in Chicago today, Twenty others found guilty on the same charge of obtaining money un- der false pretenses and given lesser affected by the action ourt.' The original conyidtions and sent- ences were in conhection with the sale of stock when the Central West Co. took over the Union Food Stores Co, and put some $2,000,000 shares on the market, sell much of it in the northwest, oe ee the Hanyehping company, the largest Chinese industrial concern, and also granted Japanese concessions in the mining districts of central China in conficit with China's agreement with Great Britain; the fourth prohibited China from leasing any more islands or harbors to any third power. (HE fourth set of demands were the most audacious of all. They granted railway concessions in the Yangtze valley, which we have al- ready seen was a British sphere of influence, and recognized Japan’s premier position in the province of Fukien, But the climax of all this were certain stipulations as to the conduct of the internal affairs of China and the part to be played there- in by Japanese “advisers”—stipula- tions which reduced the Chinese gov- ernment to a purely colonial status. Reinisch, in the book quoted above, refers to a conversation he had with one of the Chinese ministers at this time: He finally confided to me, almost with tears, that Japan had made categorical demands which, If con- ceded, would destroy the Independ- ence of this country and reduce her to a servile state. He then told me in general terms their nature, say- Ing: “Control of natural resources, finances, army! What will be left to China! Our people are being punished for thelr peacefulness and sense of Justice.” HH imperialist world was stunned by the audacity of Japan. No other word describes the effect of the cabled. news from China—Japan en- tered simple denials—in the Huropean capitals and in Washington. Says Reinisch: » +, + Nothing was published for two weeks either In America or In England. The Associated Press with- held the report because Its truth ‘was categorically denied by the Jap- anese ambassador at Washington. Its Peking representative was di- rected to send “facts, not rumors.” On January 27, It was given out “on the highest authority” both at Toklo and Washington that Informa- tlon purporting to outline the basis of negotiations was “absolutely without foundation.” Only gradually the truth dawned on the British and Amerloan press. INTER the United States of Amer- ica. Official Washington had sensed at last the danger to American |’ ‘imperialism contained in this rapid and secret maneuver of Japan. It was too late for the jealous Yankees to do anything but protest unless they were prepared to go to war with Japan. So thru the medium of one William Jennings Bryan, then secretary of state, the following “identic note” was sent to China and Japan: In view the cirumstances of the negotiations which have taken place and which are now pending between By Wm. F. Dunne the government of China and the government of Japan and of the agreements which have been reached as a result thereof, the government of the United States has the honor to notify the government of the Chinese Republic (and of Imperial Japan) that it cannot recognize any agreement or undertaking which has been entered into between the gow ernments of China and Japan Im- pairing the treaty rights of the United States and its citizens In China, the political or territorial integrity of the Republic of China, or the International policy relative to China, commonly known as the open door policy, HES note, sent by a secretary of state who calls himsolf a pacifist, marks the real beginning of that hostility between American and Jap- anese imperialism which today is one of the outstanding causes of friction in the politics of the Pacific, American imperialism had decided to contest with Japan for supremacy in the Orient and this decision was made under the administration of a president elected as an anti-impe- rialist. We will trace in another article the further development of the rivalry between America and Japan and the methods taken by Japan to con- solidate the gains made by means of the twenty-one points at the time her allies were busy elsewhere, FOSTER SPEAKS AT MILWAUKEE PICNIC SUNDAY Comrade Overgaard to Lead Pie Eating Race » MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 12.—Wil- liam Z. Foster, national chairman<of |’ the Workers Party, who has recently returned from an extensive tour. thru Russia, England and Germany will speak in Milwaukee on Sunday, June 14, at Tippecanoe Park, located at the end of Vliet St. car line. It is ex- pected that a record crowd will turn out to hear Comrade Foster as the subject of his talk will be Russia and Germany in 1925. Comrade Foster will also speak on the recent deve- lopment for the world trade union unity and its growth and development in the British trade unions. Plenty of Good Time for Everyone The committee is busy organizing an exceptionally good program-te comodate a large crowd. Music fo! dancing will be provided by Holley’s Syncopaters whose enticing tunes. will draw young and old to the @ance floor. Freiheit Singing Society; which achieved great popularity among the workers in Milwaukee will render several selections, There will “be plenty of games and nice cool refresh- ments with comrade Babich ag the chief bar.tender. Comrade Kovach,’ag the general manager, promises .to keep things humming. Mrs. Kovach will have good things to eat and Com: rade Gibson as the chairman of the meeting will see to it that there will be an interesting program and that Comrade Foster does not speak over three hours. There will be plenty ot contests, the most interesting which will be lead by Comrade Overgaard. The Juniors, the Young Workers League and the party is turning out full force. Missing Shepherd Witness Returns to Germ Murder Trial Robert White, missing witness “in the Shepherd murder trial, walked) into the criminal court building ac- companied by his wife and two chil- dren, % “I'm here to fight this thing thru to a finish.” was White’s comment. “There's a whole lot more to this affair than any one dreams.” White disappeared’ about four weeks ago and the police of half the country had been searching for him, “Billy” McClintock died of typhoid fever after eating oysters a short time before the state-wide ban was declared on them to check the grow- ing epidemic, And young McClintock was deliri- ous when Miss Isabelle Pope, his flance, went to see him with the license for their marriage. William D, Shepherd, charged with the murder of the young millionaire, scored these two points in his defense today in cross-examination of the state's own witnesses, Soaking the Mexicans, WASHINGTON, June 12. — The United States has demanded from the Mexican government the payment of claims of American citizens whose property has been seized illegally un- der the Mexican agrarian laws, ‘sec- retary of state Kellog announced to- day after a lengthy conference with James R. Sheffield, American ambas- sador to Mexice. : & ‘speech fight. for this meeting, Jolly Good Time at Library Openin: in Bronx, New York NEW YORK.—The Bronx library committee is planning to give every- body a jolly good time, Watch for the announcements. Last Saturday in June—June 27th—dancing, entertain- ment, games and refreshments; plen- ty of good spirit and good fellowship, and everything free of charge. Keep the date in mind, June 27th at Bronx orkers Party ‘headquarters, 1347 t.| Boston Road; your face is your badge ‘of admission. If you look friendly we ill ‘ask you in; if you look like a ‘ick, we will ask you to stay out. * Incidentally don’t forget that we ‘want books and money; if you have any to spare bring them around to ‘our Bronx headquarters and leave them either with’ the committee or the house manager. Donations and contributions thankfully received, If you know of anybody who has any books or money to spare let us have their mames and addresses and we will have a committee visit them.— Library committee, Bronx. HOUSE RETAINS OPEN SHOP FOR ROADBUILDERS Millions Given for Offi- . . cials’ Salaries SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 12—With all the heavy issues out of the way, the house today settled down to the monotonous business of grinding out the “mine run” legislation left on the calendar of the 54th general assembly. The omnibus appropriation bill, to- | tailing $22,000,000, was reported to the senate today following its passage in the house, It provided an expendit- ure of $18,000,000 for the Great Lakes waterway project and $350,000 for con- struction of a “sea* wall” to protect | Beardstown from floods. Representative Leroy Green’s Dill requiring contractors on roads to pay the scale of wages prevailing in the community in which work was under way was tabled on motion of the Rockfrod member. Representa- tive Lee O'Neill Browne dubbed the measure “Bolshevistic and anarch- istic.” The house passed the Laporte bill, raising the salaries of the chief and assistant clerks of election commis- sions in down state municipahties, The house today adopted resolution for final adjournment Thursday, June 18. At the same time annow ent was made that all members would re- main Friday in an effort to hear bills now on third reading, It was:under- stood that bills not out of committee in time for cx eration be permitted to, Bai would} get subscriptions for the Attention! All Chicago Comrades. LL street meetings except the one on the corner of North Ave. and Orchard Stare called off for tonight, comrades ordinance declared unconstitutional thirty years ago makes It necessary for the local party to mobilize for a free- The arrest of five All speakers and all comrades are instructed to appear on the corner of North Ave. and Orchard St. before eight o'clock this evening All comrades with money or property deeds are to bring them to the meeting for bail. CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. CHECK YOUR BABY AT N.Y. PICNIC AND JOIN THE FUN Athletic Carnical Will Give You Many Thrills NEW YORK, June 12.—The second annual athletic carnival and picnic of the Workers Party, Local New York, will be held on Sunday, June 21, at Pleasant Bay Park in the Bronx and it promises to be one of the most successful affairs that the local has ever held. The park will accommodate unlim- ited numbers. The beautiful green groves overlooking the Long Island Sound should be tempting even to mothers and their children. Besides refreshments and dancing, there will be various athletic events, novelty races such as fat man’s race ,three legged race, races for children, for women and men. Prizes will be given to winners. There will be a water- melion eating contest, a newspaper popularity contest and numerous other amusements. An important feature wlil be a baseball team be- tween the Y. W. L. and W. P. Since last year both sides developed a crop of “Babe Ruths” and promise not to spend time looking for the ball in the grass, but to show some action, Our “Flying Finns” will be there with their interesting athletic stunts. Al Foreman will be there to make brace- lets out of car tracks. A section of the park will be roped off to be known as the “infantorium” where papas and mammas may check their babies. This department: will be in charge of Comrade Harry Winitsky, mmittee at the gate has The co been instructed to let no one in with- out a ticket no matter how important he may look, Therefore, get your,’ tickets in advance at the party heaa- quarters, 108 E, 14th street, office, in the office of this news: and from Workers Party mentee. The admission is only 85 cents. There will be free buses to take you to the park from the station. Take Bronx Park subway or “L” to 177th St., then take Unionport car to the end of the ine. Gates open at 10 a. m. EVERYONE PLEASE NOTE THAT THE U, S, KEEPS ON RECOGNIZING ITALY (Special to The Daily Worker) - FLORENCE, Italy, June 12.—Pro- fessors Pieraccini, Rosselli and Levi were arrested today while placing @ wreath on the Garibaldi monu- ment to commemorate the death of the socialist deputy Matteotti, who was murdered a year ago. Don’t you be a campaign shirken— DAILY WORKERI wi ea