The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 25, 1925, Page 1

A Dally Worker Annual Sub- cription Drive Now on in Full Blast! NY GET IN ON IT! x AS WE" sy ae | By T. J. OF ay) 4 - PS. A Ven es was missing in the art of fighting when the world war came to an end is being supplied by the hitherto peaceful Chinese. There is novelty in the way the Chinese stu- dents in Paris stormed their ambas- Sador’s office and compelled him to sign several documents, already type- written by his countrymen. The Chi- nese minister's negligence in not hav- ing taken a more active interest in affairs in his native land was com- mented on by the students in no musi- cal lingo and his important decision to sign on the dotted line showed that he possessed more discretion than zeal, ey a IHINGS are going from bad to bet- ter in the, celestial republic. A hungry longshoremen . would not tackle a dinner of spare ribs and cab- bage with greater evidity than the Chinese masses are undertaking the task of ridding their country of im- perialist domination. It is character- eristic that the Chinese business ele- ments are trying to sabotage the na- tional struggle in the interests of their own particular business. The chambers of commerce tried to call off the strike but the workers gave the capitalist sucklings of China to under- stand that they had better bow to the popular will if they wanted to remain animated chunks of protoplasm. #4 UR HUNDRED million Chinamen cannot be fooled forever. With Soviet Russia as a friend at their back, they have everything in their favor. The capitalist governments are laying the blame for the giant strike on Soviet Russia. What liars they are? Not that Russia objects. The Soviet Union, from the start has made known its friendly intentions and its disinterestedness. But with children of six years working in British and Japanese-owned factories and adults working sixtéen hours a day, did the bourgeois gentlemen expect the Chi- nese to be patient forever? Well, the worm has turned. eee LL is not well in Italy between the vatican and Mussolini. Originally the pope was the fascist dictator's strongest backer, and several import: ant concessions were made to the . church in,returp for it’s valuable. sup- port. ‘The crucifixes were returned to the schools and laws were passed making the masonic organization ille- gal. In return, the pope used his in- fluence with the ignorant peasantry in behalf of the reregade Mussolini, and Father Sturzo, leader of the catholic popular party and foe of the fascisti was squelched. eee \AJHETHER his cutthroats have got- y ten out of hand or not is not yet clear , but Mussolini's followers have recently attacked catholic groups, one of those attacks taking place in the University of Rome. The pope, who remained silent while the workers were getting murdered has now come out in the open and denounced the fascisti for committing acts of viol- ence that are “neither human, nor christian, nor Italian.”* It will be in- teresting to watch the relations be- tween the vatican and Mussolini in the near future. There is a strong enti-catholic sentiment in Rome, and Mussolini would have no hesitation in exploiting it, if it suited his pur- pose. Cae ae HE officialdom of the Chicago Fe- deration of Labor, at last Sun- day’s meeting gloated over the paltry (Continued on page 6) Write the story about your shop -Order a bundle to distribute there, Vol. Il No. fe ip,SIRSCRIPTION RATES: FAURE IEEE WBS cece he emcice ignigaal rey + ENTION OF .. ALD'S BOSSES WARS ON LABOR Delegates Would Like to Amend Dawes Plan «Special te The Daily Worker.) BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 23—A war against labor was indicated as one of the most important functions of the International chamber of com- merce in a speech of the retiring President, Willis H, Booth, at its third congress which is now’ taking place here at the Palias des Acad- emies. Booth advocated the speeding up of the workers to make them pro- duce more goods per hour. At one point in his address Booth said, “It is hoped that the rehabilitation of the wealth destroyed by the war can. be optained without excessive working hours of labor, providing every indus- trialist adjusts himself to the best modern methods of production. Class Collaboration. “Our entire ingenuity must be di- rected to increasing the value of pro- duction per labor hour without plac- ing unreasonable burden on the em- ployes.” Then, evidently referring to the class collaboration moves of the trade union officials and social democrats, Booth added, “There are healthy signs of increased co-operation be- tween capital and labor in this direc- tion.” Would Amend Reparations. The speeches of the two Belgians, Maurice Desprets, president of the congress, the richest banker in Bel- gium, and Albert Jansen, minister of finance, showed that attempts will be made to force an amendment to the Dawes plan. “Is it really possible to pay and receive thousands of millions,” Des- pret asked. He declared that the pay- ment of reparations by Germany the same as the payment of Europe’s war debts, brings up many difficulties to the capitalists. “If the debtor coun- try pay in goods, to what extent can 16do..so without harming the creditor nation, which doubtless produces the very goods it must accept”?, Despret added. “Will there not be disastrous consequences to him who pays and him who receives, and failing in cash, how can he get paid”? Dictate to Governments. Sir J. C. Stamp, one of the concoct- ers of the Dawes plan, will spsak to the congress on the subject. The special committee of the inter- national chamber, which investigated the Dawes plan in Paris in May will report. This committee decided -that, “the allotment of consumable mer- chandise in payment.of reparations is illogical, and the flow of merchandise must proceed thru regular channels.” Whatever the congress decides will be practically an order to the various governments, as they are controlled by the capitalists present. In Chicago, by mail, Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.0C per year. $8.00 per year. CHINESE MAY SPREAD STRIKE LIBERATION MOVEMENT TO MANILA (Special to The Daily Worker) MANILA, P. I. June 23.—Attempt- ing to extend the antiforeign agita- tion to Manila, Shanghai radicals today cabled to comrades here urg- ing a general strike at Manila be- ginning on June 25, ° ‘ee Civil War Possible. HONG KONG, June 23.—Possibili- ty of a war between the Chinese Generals Chang Tso-lin, the Mukden dictator, and Sun Chuan-Fang, tuchun of Chekiang, was being more freely discussed by the foreign set- tlement today than the threatened nation-wide strike against foreign- ers. SOVIET ENVOYS MEET TO DISCUSS SECURITY PACT German Cabinet Faces Serious Crisis BERLIN, June 23.—The German cabinet is facing a serious crisis over the question of the security pact un- der which admission into the league of nations is granted Germany by the allies, provided she complies with cer- tain conditions. One of those condi- tions is that Germany enter a west European bloc against Soviet Russia. The hostility of Soviet Russia to this pact has thrown the German goy- ernment into panic. The nationalists and democrats are against the pact, declaring that Germany cannot afford to antagonize Soviet Russia. The so- cialists are for it. The Communists are carrying on a vigorous campaign against it, pointing out that it is aimed primarily at Soviet Russia. It was rumored last week that G. Chichrein, foreign minister of Soviet Russia was in Berlin and held con- ferences with Stresemann. The Soviet Representative Litvinov asked the for- eign office how far Germany will com- mit herself by entry into the league of nations. That, Soviet Russia .considers -the question of the security pact one of paramount importance is shown by the calling in of all European ambas- sadorgs to Moscow. Ambassador Kreskinski has left Berlin in an air- Plane, while Krassin, ambassador to Paris, and Rakovsky, envoy to Britain, hayefalready arrived. see French Diplomatic Move. PARIS, June 23.—The French gov- ernment today officially announced that the evacuation of the Ruhr would begin within a short time. This was understood to be a diplomatic move for the purpose of helping the security paet go over in Germany. The pro- posed pact provides for a free passage to. French troops across Germany, in the event of a war against Soviet Rus- sia. RUSSIAN WHITE GUARD ENLISTS BOYS IN CHINA WITH THE HELP OF CHINESE REACTIONARY OFFICIALS (ROSTA NEWS SERVICE) PEKING, May 26—(By Mail.)—In reference to the enlistment at Harbin of Russian youths under 17 years of age and even younger secretly from their parents, by agents of Netchayeff's white guardist detachment, an operation encouraged by local Chinese military authorities,—the following memoran- dum has been handed by the Soviet embassy to the ministry of foreign af- fairs: “The embassy of the Soviet Union in China has pointed out on repeated occasions that the existence in Chinese territory of an armed detachment of DUBBLER IN STEEL MILLS MUST NOW TURN LABORER OR LOSE JOB (By WORKER CORRESPONDENT) MONESGEN, Pa., June 27,.—The steel trust is always looking for some- thing that will sa loal dubblers in all its hot mills here. This new device will save the si them money, The local tin mill is going to put mechan- trust many dollars a day. Before the mechanical dubbler was invented they had to pay the dubbler from $8.00 to $10.00 a day, but when this new device is put into effect they can hire a man or a boy ot run it for labor wages, which is about 45¢ an hour. " Another new device that the trust is putting into their mills is a new box shear, Instead of cutting two bars at one time this new 8! So the dubbler will mechanical dubbler for less pay. SPEAKER H. V. PHILLIPS MANUEL GOMEZ WILLIAM F. DUNNE Editor of the DAILY WORKER Organizer, American Negro Labor Congress Secretary, All-American Anti-Imperialist League Oriental Speakers and Others. ir will be have to look for another job or else run this 8: avowedly hostile white bandits was a direct violation of Article VI of the agreement on general principles con- cluded between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the republic of China, on May 31, 1924, and the set of notes exchanged upon this agreement. Now, the enrollment of recruits to this detachment, effected by the chief's agents under a counter- revolutionary monarchist flag, ° other proof of the nature of such a violation and the grave responsibility which is assured by the Chinese gov- ernment supporting the movement contrary to its treaty obligation: Chinese Reactionaries Violate Treaty, “Accordingly, the embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics feels itself bound to re-assert most en- (Continued on page 2) i wo Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, *>*\~/y/TRHeR ow" THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1925 eS” Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKIIR PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blivd., Chicago, IIL NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents SHOE WORKERS |Great Britain and United MEET JUNE 28 AT BOSTON Lynn Stitchers Vote Down “B. and S.” By TOM BELL (Speciat}to The Daily Worker) LYNN, Mass., June 23,—The stitch- ers’ local af the Amalgamated Shoe Workers’ ion of L.ynn.voted nearly four to oné against joining the Boot and. Shoe: Werkers’ Union in the re- ferendum last ‘Thursday. The ques- tion on the is was: “Do you want the Boot ai ie? Vote Yes or No.” The vote a the Boot and Shoe was 410 and for it 115. This is mly locat“f the Amal- gamated hete which has refused to go t and Shoe. The other locals of asters, edgemakers, and cutters have @iready decided to leave the Amalgamated and join the Boot and Shoe. The business agents of the stitch- ers’ local, have issued the following challenge to the cutters’ local which has applied fora Boot and Shoe char- ter: “In 1903, when the cutters did not want the Boot and Shoe, the stitchers stood by them and won a victory against it. The stitchers at present do.not want the Boot and Shoe.-What are the cutters going to do about it? Will they stand by us now?” “Co-operate” to Cut Wages The Boot and Shoe is organizing a council in Lyna composed of delegates from the various locals which have joined that “union” q@uring the last two weeks. The bosses still continue to demand of the workers that they make application to the Boot and Shoe befor ing jobs. The T. J. ivan Shoe Co., which is now under the Boot and Shoe, has decided to run a “cooperative” plant. All workers have to buy $100 shares in the company. The Creighton plant is now working with workers who have made application to-the Boot and Shoe, ‘ Wage cuts Ay been Dut into ef- ‘fect in and in. other plants the question ef wage cuts have been put up to the state board of arbitration. This means that wage cuts will be put into effect. T. U. E. L. Shoe Workers Meet June 28 The conference organized by the Trade Union Educational League to be held in Boston on June 28th will rally the militant elements among the shoe workers for the struggle against wage cuts. Thegreat task is to organ- ize the militant elements among the s} -e workers so that leadership can be supplied tovthe workers in their struggle to preserve their standard of living. Jail Manufacturer. Indianapolis, Ind., June 23—Leon- ard Heckley of Earl Park, Ind., near Hammond, was sentenced to four years. at Leavenworgh and fined $500 by Judge Baltzell in federal court here today for using the mails to de- fraud in a _ glove manufacturing scheme, Railroad Man Decapitated, MATTOON, Ill, June 28—John F. Rogers, 66, was decapitated here to- day when he 'felh under a freight train. He lost his balance while try- ing to climb between the cars. Soviets Quiz Germany. BERLIN, Germany, June 23.—The Soviet representative, Litvinov, has questioned the German foreign office as to how far)Germany will conimit herself by entrance into the league of nations. “ Klan Eaters Elections. BINGHAMPTON, N. Y., June 23.— The state officials:of the ku klux klan, with headquarters in this city, an- nounce their plan to enter the fall election campaign, supporting their approved candidates, French to Leave Ruhr. PARIS, France, June 23. — The French preparation for ‘the evacua- tion of the Ruhr will begin within a short time, it ywas officially announc- ed here today. Under previous agree- ment, the Ruhr must be evacuated by August 16, ae States LONDON, June 23.—Grave find a solution for the peril to England and the United States. Some method of common ai of both imperialist powers are) frightened at the new develop-| ments in China. First, the spread to Hong Kong of the general strike and the effectiveness of the strike there and in Canton. Then, the} continuance of the strike at) Shanghai, which both Britain} and Japan had fervently hoped) would be ended by the reaction-| ary troops of Chang Tso-lin’s son recently sent there. But,| thirdly; and worse than all is| the defection of Chang’s troops} in Manchuria. Manchuria, under the military | rule of the Chang Tsolin, hsa} been regarded as the stronghold | of reaction, but it is now aflame | with riots and strikes, mutinies of troops and agitation for Chin- ese liberation from all foreign domination. This, of course, strikes most directly at Japan, who has long subsidized Chang and used him and his troops at will. Chang is still the tool of Japan, but his troops and the population seem to be falling away from -him. Manchuria is a most delicate’ sub-| ject in international diplomacy, yet here come student agitators and throw all the plans of Japan, not to say other foreign imperialists overboard by “bringing the word of the great movement to free all China from every alien exploiting interests, Japan Realizes Chang’s Plight. Chang's unhappy situation is recog- nized in Japan, which does not want to force him, into open and perilous conflict with the student-worker liber- -ation movement if it can help it, yet (Continued on page 2) ‘COLLECTION POOR AT S. P, CIRCUS IN MINNEAPOLIS “It’s a Financial Bloom,” Moaned One Faker (Special to The Daily Worker.) MINNEAPOLIS, June 23.—After six weeks of intensive advertising, in- cluding the posting of large bills all j foreign office, and in fact the whole cabinet is astounded at news from China. tempted as the highest officialsy ; Women were already inside the head- in Secret Move to Combat Rising China (Special to The Dally Worker) concern over the situation in China is pressing upon the British In an effort to western imperialism which is threatened with the national libera- tion movement in China, secret negotiations are going on between diplomatic representatives of ction against the Chinese independence movement is being at- The workers of America and her subject colonies and dominated nations are awake with energetic protest against the exploitation of American imperialism. The week of June 27 to July 4 has been set aside as a special anti-imperialist week, during which the workers protest against the brutal rule of American capitalists over foreign peoples. On Saturday, June 27, the DAILY WORKER will con- tain many important articles exposing American imperial- ism, which holds the Coolidge government in the hollow of its hand. Every issue next week will also contain special articles appropriate for this important Communist effort. Watch for the special anti-imperialist numbers of the “DAILY WORKER. Mail your orders to the DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, II}. CROWDS OF LOCAL 22 MEMBERS GUARD UNION AGAINST SIGMAN BETRAYERS OF WORKERS’ WAGES (By a Member of Local 22.) NEW YORK CITY, June 23.—Yes, we are holding the fort—hundreds of us—morning, noon and night. We sleep in relays or we don’t sleep at all. But all the time the headquarters of Local 22, International Ladies’ Garment Workers, is filled with members of the local—tired, hungry, fatigued, but all of good cheer—all determined to fight with the last drop of blood in their veins to retain what is theirs; guarding the headquarters against possible raids by hired thugs, keeping awake all night; filling the air with their rev- olutionary songs and then going to work again in the morning. I took my turn on Sunday, thinking that on Sunday the tired workers would retire to their homes for a day of rest, and that on that day a strict guard weala be mnont needed. + SAY “BUY HERE’; BUT THEY DON'T of Local 22 at 5 o’clock in the eve- They Live Far Away ning, prepared to spend the tight there, several hundred union men and from Dirt and Noise quarters, prepared to do likewise. found that I was not alone; that 1 was one of a large throng, playing games and engaging in all kinds of foolishment to pass the time alway, but alert for any unwelcome sounds and ready at a moment’s notice to muster soda bottles and other mis- siles to defend their home—the union headquarters, and the local itself, which had been built up with so much sacrifice of their energy and blood, to the last man and woman. There they lay stretched out on chairs and benches trying to snatch a moment’s sleep; or sitting in groups discussing the next move to be made, over the town, seven hundred people gathered to hear the erstwhile high priest of socialism. The managers of the enterprise confidentially expected no less thap ten thousand, as in for- mer days. , A large section of this crowd was tion of Communists, and were the usual non-descript elements that attend out of curiosity. Lynn Thompson, who in the past was connected with several co-oper- ative enterprises that blew up; and who as a candidate for sheriff in 1918, carried banners with the following re- volutionary inscription “Stand Behind the President and Vote for Lynn Thompson for Sheriff,” was the chair- man of the meeting. This is the same Lynn Thompson, who as a member of the board of county commissioners, voted the contract for the building of the Mendota Bridge, to a scab con- tractor. This contractor, as the build- ing trade unions of this city know is a bitter enemy of organized labor. When Thompson mounted the plat- form, many workers were heard to say: “What About the Mendota Bridge?” William Henry, the national or, izer of the defunct socialist party, was the first speaker. He said these great words: “It is. time for the common people of the great state of Minne- the topics of the day, the world eco- nomic situation, or mingling with the Internationale the folk songs and nursery rhymes they used to sing when they were children way back in | the old country. We had several interesting experi- ences. Once during the wee small comprised of Wobblies; another sec-| hours of the morning, when all was | the boys thought he saw a shadow thrown on the wall of unwelcome visitors in the yard. But a False One. Immediately all songs stopped, all laughing and shouting stopped, all games stopped, all noises of whatso- ever kind or nature ceased. All was |own a home out in By K., Worker Correspondent. MON ‘, Pa, June The |Board of Trade of Monessen insists !on loyalty to Monessen; they want it taught in schools, so our merchants can prosper. Most of these mer- chants do their buying out of town, jbut they are always yelping “buy in Monessen 23 They want the worker's money to |stay in Monessen, but most of our | business men own their property in |some other town, and pay taxes to elp keep it Sure, help them out now, and when |the next strike comes they will be there 100 per cent to fight against you as they did in the last strike we the rest] still, very dark and very still, one of lhad. | Wonder why these business men jdon’t want to live in Monessen? Well |it’s too dirty to suit them, toomuch | smoke, and that ore dust is awful, and jhow do you expect a business man |to rest in all the noise, and racket |that’s in town? Nope, it’s better to another town absolute quiet from top to bottom of | where it’s nice and quiet the four-story building, with its sev- (Continued on page 2) But let the workers Mve in Mones- (Continued on page 2) GOVERNMENT STRIKE CONCILIATOR TRIES VAINLY TO BETRAY STRIKE OF THE SHELTON TEXTILE WORKERS SHELTON, Conn., June 23.—The the Sidney Blumenthal Co. witnessed department of labor, has tried to bam! second week of the textile strike in a bold attempt to drive the strikers ‘gan-| back licked. Since Wednesday, Anna Weinstock, a representative of the boozle the workers, The Strike Situation. The weaving department was completely shut down, Mr. Clark, em- sota to get together. The socialist | P!¥oment manager, had opened a Scab agency in Providence and New Bedford, party is in many European countries | "iting men thru newspaper ads, without mentioning the strike. The Provi- the first party in parliament, and in| dence Journal ran such an ad. About 14 workers were fooled, ten of these (Continued on Page 4) Protest Meetin HANDS OFF CHINA!-- Withdraw American Troops and Marines From China! (Continued WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 8 p.m. ae HALL. Corner North and Western Avenues Auspices, United Front Conference. ADMISSION FREE. on page 4)