The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 16, 1925, Page 5

~ i : | | i | i i ] cummin \ | * war. _ one thousand employes. GERMAN PLUTES ) IN NEAR PANIC ~ AS CRASH GROWS Thousands of of Workers Laid Off in Ruhr BERLIN, June 14.—A condition of near panic prevails in financial circles here as a result of the crash of large industrial concerns built up since the The failure of the Stinnes inter- ests has rocked the stock market and sent industrial issues to the rope. Stocks are on the toboggan and there is no relief th sight. The Dawes plan is grogey. Ruhr and Rhineland firms are lay- ing off men; one plant turning loose Several oth- er concerns have laid off their help. The industrialists are planning to use ‘the present industrial crisis to re- turn to a ten-hour day without an in- crease in wages. The German steel concerns have failed to negotiate a deal with the French magnates and are now turn- ing to England, Mopping Machines Replace New York City’s Scrubwomen NEW YORK, June 14.—The scrub- woman in the large skycrapers of New York are being replaced by men who operate an electric scrubbing machine. Each machine requires a three-man crew and cleans corridors and main halls where most of the foot traffic tracks in the dirt, The motor- serub is followed by a rubber “squee- gee” which draws up the water and the last man finishes with a dry mop. The scrubwoman herself still does the hand work in wash rooms and tidying up office while the heavy labor is giv- en the men. Three men do the work of 20 scrubwomen in the halls of the Equitable building, Son Light by. Radio. NEW YORK, June 14—Lighting your house by radio is predicted by Bernays Johnson, radio engineer and wireless inventor, on his departure for France where he will buy mineral salts and chemicals for use in his new transmitter. The electrical worker will no longer have to wire the house to provide electrical illum- ination but bulbs will be lit any- where in the house, even when you are carrying them in your hand, by means of radio. By connecting John- son's transmitter with outside current feed wires, the bulbs will be lit all over the house. The new system can be installed for $22 the inventor claims. Boston Teachers Get Raise BOSTON—(FP).—Ten per cent pay increases begin Sept. 1 for all Boston teachers from the elementary grades up by action of the school committee. Cambridge school teachers were denied pay increases by the Cam- bridge school committee with the ex- euse that that the city has “no money” for such use, New York teachers are still trying to get the wage increase granted by the legislature, vetoed by Governor Al. Smith, and now under consideration of the school board. Every sub you get during Red Week of June 15 to 21 is a sub to “make another Communist.” SCRANTON POLICE SUPPRESS PAID PATRIOTEER WHOSE RED-BAITING ROUSED SLAVES By AUGUST VALENTINE, Worker Correspondent. SCRANTON, Pa., June 14.—When Greek meets Greek it is nothing com- pared to. when a yellow Irishman collides with a red Irishman. J. Robert O'Brien, who is better known as “Soap-Box Jack,” capitalist lackey and anti- Soviet lecturer got the surprise of his life when he attempted to lie Abramo- vich ‘style about the Soviet rule and the Communists. O’Brien, speaking thruout the country under the auspices of the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs and representing the “Constitutional, Educational and Defense League” found the sledding extremely rough even in the boss controlled city of Scranton and ton in the past few months. Your Union Meeting Third Monday, June 15, 1925, Name’ of Local and Place of Meeting. 89 Bartenders, 123 N, Clark St., 8:30 P. M. and Struotu Monroe St, oe, 1939 Milwaukee Av rew, 3420 W. Roose- Bohemian, 1870 Blue Is- & Dyers, 113. S. Ashi orkers, 1710 N. Wine ters, 1860" L) Sherman A Fd Roosevel W. 38th ron Work. agian st heat St. ve. . B80 fe 505 _S. State St. Bly id Clybourn West St., Wau- 2040 W. North rt Exsqutive, "Beate, 18'S, Throop. gt." aati 7832 S. nginemen, 4th and vo. and Enginemen, Madison 0. tors, 1710 N. Winches- jers ay Y Heralg St. ma an 7% estern Aye, $55 N ‘Clark 265 t. and: Dobson 387 Bthinose, 1638 N. Halsted St. 378 Maintenance of Way, 1543 W. 103d Street lenance of Way, 202 W. 47th Wi Ww. p Wieshingte St. Madison ane (btn Ave. 205 E. 115th Bretis s. Kedzie “Ave. 159 lancet Great Lakes, 355 ‘k Street on W. Washington St, 8, 11626 Michigan Ave. Feamtere, 220 S. Ashland: Bivd., 220 E. Ashland Bivd. SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES a Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein Fortschritt Meets every ist & 3rd Thursday, was challenged and defeated by an Irish red, Pat Toohey, Many Communist meetings have been broken up by the police of Scran- Workers’ organizations are refused the priv- jlege of even holding a membership meeting, as demonstrated when the ,| Communists.” t! izations as the fascist | Told, and quoted figures N-/ against the Communists. at's Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. State Highway Men Strike TREVORTON, Pa. —(F.P.)— Men employed by the state highway de- partment at Trevorton are striking be- cause they have not been paid for a month and a half. They are supposed to be paid every two weeks while con- structing the road between Trevorton and Dornsife. The state auditor gen- eral is supposed to be holding up pay- ment but his reason is not known. OUR DAILY PATTERNS A NEW SKIRT MODEL. 5123 sar 5123, Sports satin, or silk, kasha, flannel or crepe are excellent mate- rials for this resign. The pattern is cut in seven sizes: 25, 27, 29, 31, 38 35 and 87 inches waist measure, with corresponding hip measure, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45 and 47 inches. To make the skirt for a 40 inch material, The width at the foot is 2% yards. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. see BU monicn ro PATER PUEEOE Ie pattern department are fur- stare Um, New at og of Cat does not keep a stock WORKER ¢ avery acy day a “tye ite ts the Sane cs ha at Abet4 . eee eo piace a] ge A DAINTY PARTY FROCK 5182. Crepe de chine, voile or chit or scalloped lower edge. Lase and insertion or ribbon and embroidery will be an effective decoration. The pattern is cut in four sizés: 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 10-year size ‘BY | Tequires; 2% yards of 82-inch ma- terial. FASHION BOOK ee Send, 10 Iver or ps for o a ana, a tas police refused to permit the Commun- ists to meet some time ago, Labor Baiter’ Welcomed, O'Brien, however, was welcomed to the city, given the privilege of speak- ing on any street. O’Brien challeng- ed the radicals of every belief to de- bate with him on the liberties of this glorious land, At his first street meeting, protected by several police- men, many of his lying statements were challenged by the workers pres- ent. He stated any one in the audi- ence disagreeing with him could take the platform. This offer was immedi- ately accepted by Pat Toohey, sub district organizer of the Workers Party. Flatters O’Brien. In a 20-minute speech Toohey re- futed the argument of the fascist. O’Brien immediately recognized Too- hey and introduced him to the crowd as “one of the young red leaders of America, who comes from Pitts- burgh, and who is in the pay of the Toohey exposed to the 500 people the function of such organ- represented, how the workers’ government was progress- ing, how the Russian workers fought for their revolution and how they are fighting to build a new society. He challenged the fascist to go into the hell holes of West Virginia and shout his “liberties” where the miners are being hauled to prison by the hun- dreds, to the steel mills, textile and cot- ton fields, and assured him the work- ers would treat him kindly indeed (?) Toohey then challenged O’Brien to a formal debate on “Cnostitutional Government vs. Proletarian Dictator- ship.” The damagogue could do noth- ing but accept. Capitalist Press Hysterical, | The slimy press of Scranton has/ opened a barrage of filth and slander Disregard- ing the indisputable evidence that the crowd was with the Communist thru- out, the Scranton Times states “that the constitutional crusader appeared to have been able to get the edge on the flery and emotional young Com- munist.” The Scrantonian, ever will- ing to serve the boss class, charac- terizes Toohey as “an uneasy off-: spring of degeneracy” as a “blatant demagogical agent of the cheka,” “a red vampire” and many other titles. Another yellow sheet states: “It has been something of a surprise to learn that the Philadelphia social- ist who has been endeavoring to con-| vert Scranton is named Pat Toohey. We would have wagered that the name of the propagandist was Ivano- vitch Slobschycz Kanowitski or some- thing equally Russian. You do not often hear of a man by the name of Pat finding fault with the American government.” Press Popularizes Communism. The issue of Communism and Com- munists has been on the tongues of the workers of Scranton for the past week. This has worried the authori- ties and to stop the publicity ac- corded the Communists, they have decided to stop O’Brien’s meetings. At his meeting, the day before the debate with Toohey, the chief of po- lice and a detail of officers swopoed down on his meeting and commanded THE DAICY WORKER BRINDEbK TRIED TO REGAIN UNION BY GAUCUS AID Rival Leaders Spy on One Another NEW YORK, June 14. — Robert P. Brindell former president of the Dock and Pier Builders Union is stepping dangerously near the portals of Sing | Sing as a result of his alleged efforts | to regain controk of the union which | he lost when he went to jail. Brindell was jailed a few years ago after a trial on chrages of extortion. His nemesis was ‘Samuel Untermeyer. Brindell was paroled in the custody of a catholic charitable society Brindell promised, in return for parole that he would keep his) hands off the union's affairs. His succéssor in the union's leadership is Chatle Johnson Jr. Brindell Had Minority Caucus The latter claims that Brindell has sought to influence the dennerations of the union thru’a caucus organized in the Dock Builders Old Timers Club. x | Brindell appeared at the hearing to investigate the Charges of parole vio- lation in his limousine dressed like the queen of Roumania’s favortte lounge lizard. The ex-labor czar is wealthy as a resul of his grafting act- tyities, He wants to add to his wealth. Employed Detectives It developed during the testimony that Brindell is reported to have re- ceived $2,000 recently for calling off a strike. This information was given to Johnson by Ernest Boehm, secret- ary of the Bookkeepers and Steno- graphers Union. Johnson testified that Brindell had employed a detective agency to pry into his. private life. Johnson went ahead and secured the services of an- other stool pigeon agency to spy on} Brindell. But this spy, not having | received satisfactory compensation for | his services from Johnson got in| touch with Brindell. The stoolpigeon | Valenitine O'Toole, is a catholic and| so is Brindell.. Of course that would | not influence the fink’s position in the least. The only argument a fink will listen to is money. O'Toole was ar- rested recently for running a boozery in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The hearings are still proceedings. Judge Who Opposed Rape of the Virgin Isles Fired by Cal WASHINGTON, June 14. — Judge Lucius J. M..Malmin, who was ap- Pointed for life as federal judge of the Virgin Islands by the Admiral— Oman—whom President Wilson put in charge of that purchased territory in 1917, has been trying to get posses- sion of his bench, by appealing to the law. Admiral.Oman, acting as gov- ernor, dismissed Judge Malmin, and the third circuit court of appeals, at Philadelphia, issued a writ of manda- mus requiring \that the navy permit Malmin to hold court. President Harding ordered Admiral Kittelle, who followed Oman as governor, to obey the appellate court. Then he sent a radiogram, ordering Kittelle to disre- gard the court. Malmin, appealing to Secretary Wil- bur on June 9, asked for the removal of his successor and for obedience to the appellate court’s writ. Wilbur re- plied “we didn’t think that was good law,” and turned the whole thing off as a joke. The navy dictates in the islands. Wilbur was recently chief justice of the California supreme court, which has upheld the imprison- ment of Mooney and the persecution of the I, W. W. Malmin tried to protect local self- it to disperse. It was an amusing sight to see an exhibit of the “freo- dom” dished out by the police, The workers of Scranton, particu- larly the stréet carmen and employes of the Lashawanna shops, daily re- ceive a dose of the liberty preached by this lackey of the capitalists. The @arbers who have just returned to work after a long strike, the striking plemabers, the striking carmen, the ill- paid workers of the many shops of Scranton certainly in their hearts despise this flunkey of the ruling class, The workers of Scranton will hear more of Communism and of the Communists. Bosses Form & 8 W. U.” LYNN, Mass.—The new modern fac- tory of the A. M, Creighton Shoe Co., employing 1,000 to 1,200 workers, an- nounces that it wilt’ open as a Boot and Shoe Work: stamp factory, Preference to members holding cards in the Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union, affiliated with the American Federa- tion of Labor, will be given preter- ence in jobs, A. M. Creighton says after his conference with Charles L. fon could be used for this style. The | Baine, general secretary of the union, skirt may be finished with straight |A number of workers in the factory have been members of the AAmal; ated Shoe Workers’ Union whose agreement with the manufacturers ended May 1, and was not renewed, Can't Pick the Third Member. BOSTON.—The Boston Street Car- men’s Union and the Boston Blevated Co, are still at odds over the choice of a third member of the arbitration board that will act on the new con- tract to replace the present agreement «| which expires. July 1, Five thousind subs for Red Week. Red Week of June 16 to 21, government in the islands to some ex- tent. WANTED: F ainisheil eons North- west Side, by young woman. Tel. Brunswick 6813. GET IT! The June Issue of WORKERS: 'S" MONTHLY Now On On Sale Dc S. ZIMMERMAN DENTIST) 232.8. CALIFORNIA MY NEW LOCATION ial X-Ray joes pe Gas Workers Given BSTABLIS: My Examination Is Free My Prices Reasonable My Work Guaranteed Extractii ialist _ DELAY. BUILDERS AT WORK THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY Do It This Week! With the privilege of taking subs during this week—June 15 to 21— at the special rate of two months for one dollar, every local can fill thelr quota of new subs. During this week--RED WEEK—you can secure the new subs to lay a ba for increasing not only the DAILY WORKER, but also the Com- munist movement with new readers to the DAILY WORKER. There is still time left. If you need more free copies to distribute or special sub cards to use—rush your letter—OR WIRE—and your needs will be taken care of. RED WEEK can’t be a success without YOUR help! In the Second Anaad Sik Campaign On Friday, June 12, these new subs were received: OAKLAND, CALIF.—P. B. Cowdery. (13); Freda Kaplan, BERKELEY, CALIF.—Lithuanlan Branch, PORTLAND, ORE.—A. Ozeransky (5). NEW YORK, N. Y.—Wolinchek; Beatrice Vogel; Sam Slegal (4); Katterfled (3). YONKERS, N. Y.—S. N_ Greene (3). PHILADELPHIA, PA.—Lena Rosenberg (3). CHICAGO, ILL.—Fahle Burman; Chas. Erickson. MONESSEN, PA.—Leo Kaupilla (7). AMSTERDAM, OHIO.—Luigi Capitanlo (5). ST. PAUL, MINN.—Abe Roast (3); Gustave Skandera, KANSAS CITY, MO.—Eleanor Massey. SEATTLE, WASH.—John Lawrie. RACINE, WIS.—Erle Gottoway. PONTIAC, MICH.—A, Christoff. CHRISTOPHER, ILL.—Mike Blazevich. CAMDEN, N. J.—A. J. Pranitis. WHITE TERROR OF CAPITALISM WORSE THAN CZAR’S WORST DAYS, SAYS ZINOVIEV TO THE RED AID MOSCOW, May 18 (By Mail).—Comrade Zinoviey addressed the First Congress of the International Red Aid in the Soviet Union, dealing with the white terror and the tasks of the International Red Aid. The speakaer greets the congress in the name of the Comintern and the Central Committee of th C. P. R. He points out the rapid organizational growth of the I. R. A. which now comprises several million members and constitutes a section of practical Internationalism and Leninism, The Inter- national Red Aid in the Soviet Union is one of the organizations whose task it is to. do -everything possible to¢——__________ Anton Foders; facilitate the victory of the working | class in other countries. Worse Than Czardom. Due to the temporary stabilization of capitalism, the Communists aré being persecuted more and more furi- ously. The stabilization of capitalism means the stabilization of the white terror; for this reason the work of thé International Red Aid is more} needed today than ever. The Com- munists in Europe and thruout the | world are living under worse condi- tions than the Russian Party in the} darkest days of czardom, The speaker then passes to the Planned public executions in Sofia and points out that this was the best proof of the baseness of the capitalist sys- tem and of the collapse of bourgeois civilization and culture, at the same time revealing the weakness of the bourgeoisie, The speaker mentions the great sacrifices made by the I. R. A. in the Soviet Union. The Russian revolution is flesh of the flesh of the international revolu- tionary movement; Bolshevism is not exclusively Russian, it arose out of the international revolutionary move- ment. The somewhat retarded pace of the European revolution only in- creases our duties and obligations as international revolutionists. The speaker then greets in the name of the Comintern the prisoners languishing in capitalist prisons. The International Red Aid is not a philan- thropic organization but a link in the international proletarian movement. | Prisons must be turned into educa- At the so-called “Tcheka trial” the social democrats attempted to rob the Communists of their faith in the revo- lution; hence the great significdnce of your work which is part of the great cause of the Comintern. The speaker then points out the importance of prison libraries. The tional institutions turning out real | Leninist students. The more furious the persecutions of the vanguard of the international proletariat, the greater will be the militant determin- ation of the broad masses, The more Communists the bourgeoisie throws into its dungeons the sooner will the walls of these dungeons burst asunder and the more Communists will emerge out of them. With a socialist order established everywhere the International Red Aid will become superfluous, but as long as capitalist prisons exist, it is the duty of all of us to create even a mightier organization for the relief of revolutionaries, and to proceed with the Communist work begun by Lenin. Canadian Wheat Crop Bigger. Ottawa, Canada, June 14. — The Canadian government report, issued here, placed the condition of wheat in Canada, with the exception of Bri- tish Columbia, at 102 per cent of the average condition for the past ten years. Page Five TEUT PEASANTS FACE RUIN; NO HELP FROM GOVT. |Communist Deputy Ex- A A poses Their Plight By ALFRED KNUTSON, (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Germany (By Mail).—The farmers of Germany, just like the farmers of America, have to fight against high taxes, high rates of in- terest and high prices for industrial products. Ernst Putz, Communist | member of the reichstag, himself a working farmer from Bayarn, on May 15, delivered a speech before the ple- num of the reichstag on the bad con- dition of the farmer in Germany and showed how little the government is doing to. alleviate the evil. During the speech, he read a statement which said in part: “Because of. high prices of indus- | trial products, high taxes, interest and | rent, as well as because of the dam- age done to .crops, by unfavorable weather conditions, large numbers of small farmers. in all parts of Ger- many are faced..with utter ruin. Peasants Face Ruin. “The situation’ in many places is already such that houses and barns are deteriorating, land and cattle be- ing sold and the children becoming sick from under-nourishment. Num- berless families of small farmers have for months eaten only bread and pota- toes. It is to be expected early in the year, when the slim and half-spoiled food supply is used up and the taxes fall due, that the condition will be still worse. Large Landowners Favored, Putz also read several letters he had received from his farmer constitu- ents, one of which read as follows: “You have no idea of the great poy- erty in the. farmers’ homes. Our | Principal food is thin coffee, bread and potatoes. We work merely that taxes might be paid. Is it possible that there is no justice in the world?” The big.landowner in Germany is sitting pretty. He does not suffer like the small farmer. Putz showed, for instance, that “der Groszbauer (the large farmer). paid in taxes only 3.60 marks (about 90 cents) per unit of land surface, while the small farmer paid 24 and 25.marks ($6 and $6.25), and also that six-sevenths of the real estate taxes were paid by the small and middle farmers and that the big land-owners,. who dispose of most of the land paid: only one-seventh of such taxes. Get no Credit. The government was stingy with the working farmers, said Puts, point- ing out that the farmer who had asked for.a.credit of 60, 80 or 100 marks, in order to be able to put in his crop, actually received the magni- ficent sumsof 6, 8 or 10 marks $1.50, $2.00 or $2.50). Answering his enemies’ criticism of conditions among the German colon- ists on the Volga, Putz stated, that during the hard times of last year, nine-tenths of the farmers in the northern districts of the Volga repub- lic did not pay any taxes, and that Plenty of credit without interest was furnished them so that there might be no delay in acquiring the necessary quantity of seed for putting in this year’s crop. Don’t you be a campaign shirker— get subscriptions for the DAILY WORKER! PITTSBURGH, PA, To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST ary Get A Sub And Give One! 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