The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 26, 1925, Page 2

RSE Page Two ~ aoa STRANGE ACTION OF PRESIDENT AWES POOR FISH But Cal Makes Good with His Notebook By THE POOR FISH En Route With Economy Cal.- (Special)—I almost fainted when pre- sident Coolidge tossed out a handful of cigars to a bunch of cops who were standing on the plaiform as the presi- dential train passed thru Norwich, Conn., on the way to Swampscott. The cops were about to pull their guns thinking that somebody was imper- sonating the president, but on second thot they decided to use the cigars for the fourth of July celebrations in- stead of poison gas. They might come in handy when on criminal hunts, ™ case the gun- inen barricaded themselves in cellars and there was no mustard gas available. Half dozen cops smoking Cal’s gift cigars would make the out- laws wish they were defending Verdun against the German army or furnish- ing a target for Abd-el-Krim’s sharpshooters in the Riff. Of course, there is the danger that the cops might succumb sooner than the bandits, but some device could be invented that would blow the fumes in the right direction. Cal Was Himself The president took out his note- book, after he dropped the cigars and marked down: “Expenses Norwich, Conn., 5 cents. Charge to campaign.” ‘We all felt better after this as we imew that our president was himself and. that he were not traveling with Dan Cassell the spendthrift boy mil- lionaire or somebody who does not take his money seriously. We arrived at Swampscott this morning. The village babbits were on the job to meet us. Frank Stearns and William M. Butler are there. What their business is will be dealt with in a special article. I expect to go swim- ming with the president this after- noon. Hear! Hear! Hear! NEW YORK.—All aboard for the big Bronx library affair, Sat. evening June 27, 1347 Boston Road. Music free, dancing free, games free—everything free but the air, and you can take that if you want it. Favors will be dis- tributed, prizes given; and general jollity and good cheer will prevail. Watch the fun; come well prepared to laugh until your buttons burst. Don't forget the date, Sat. June 27th, or you will be out of Inck. What's the occasion? The formal opening of the Bronx Workers’ Library. AS WE SEE IT | (Continued from Page 1) in Kurope, with a few exceptions. Yet we hear no loud outcry raised by the profesisonal pacifists of the United States against the brutal persecution of the workers. But the yellow social- ists miss no opportunity to attack Soviet Russia simply because some enemies of the revolution are still in Soviet jails. They gloss over the fact that Russia is a workers’ republic and condone the action of the traitors who would turn that country back again into the hands of the czarists, who have trampled on the Russian workers and peasants for centuries. “* * NE of the Most ignominious spec- tacles that Negroes are treated to in the United States, is the side show at circuses and amusement places where the public is invited to throw tennis balls at. Negroes at, 80 much per shot. A similar side show was closed up in Paris on the ground that a French citizen of no matter what color could not be treated in such an ignominious manner. American Ne- groes could do worse than protest against these performances in Amer- ica. see HE Christian missionaries in China, who are supposed to be so anxious to go to heaven, are showing a decid- ed aversion to remaining in the vicin- ity of the theater of war. A stray bul- let might send one of them to make his final report to his heavenly mas- ter, and it appears that our mission- aries, like some war time patriots we know, prefer ot worship their god at a distance rather than at close range. se BOUT one hundred and fifty em- ployes of The Fair, a large Chi- cago department store will share a gift of $200,000 from the Lehmann estate family, formerly owners of the store. Only those who have served the family for over fifteen years are to participate in the gift. Several of the “lucky ones” have slaved for the company for over forty years. Div- ided equally among the 150 deserving ones, the $200,000 which sounds so big will give each one a little over $130. Not so much as a bonus for a life time of toil is it? Had those slaves had a union, they would have compel- led their benevolent masters to cough up that much extra every year, OCIALISM Has “better luck in Eu- rope than socialist parties, says Emil Vandervelde, one of Belgium’s “King's socialists.” What Vander- velde actually means is that company unionism and the trustification of in- dustry, brings employer and employe to gether making for better under- standing, etc. Shades of Marx! Floods Sweep Australian Town SYDNEY, N. S. W.—Nearly half the inhabitants of Forbes, a small Australian town 287 miles west of here, were homeless today as the re- sult of floods which swept the place. Dispatches said that 1,500 were driven from their homes by high water. Write the story about your shop— Order a bundle to distribute there. ELLA REEVE BLOOR AIDS DENVER GO OVER TOP WITH 51 SUBS FOR DAILY WORKER; OMAHA NEXT STOP (Special to The Dally Worker’ 7 DENVER, Colo., June 24.—At the meeting addressed by “Mother” Ella Reeve Bloor on the left wing in the labor movement, Denver filled its quota of subscriptions in the second annual DAILY WORKER subscription cam- paign, going over the top with 51 subscriptions. Denver's quota was 60. When “Mother” Bloor reached Denver, nine subscriptions for the DAILY ‘WORKER had been secured. “Mother” Bloor spoke at the DAILY WORKER picnic, and gave talks at the labor ¢———#——_______ oentennial booth rented by the DAILY WORKER. Comrade Bloor is now enroute to Omaha, Neb., and Kansas City, on a hitchhiking trip for the DAILY WORKER from Los Angeles to New York. Comrade Bloor is due to ar- rive in Chicago on July 3. Jack Wilson, formerly of Seattle, ‘was chairman of the meeting on the laber movement addressed by Com- rade Bloor. When she arrived at Den- ver only 18 per cent of the quota had been filled. Now, stimulated by Mother Bloor’s visit, the DAILY WORKER picnic and the labor centennial, Denver passes all the other large cities in the contest in percentage of subs secured. In the actual number of subscriptions, Den- ver, with 51, is ahead of St. Louis, with 23, Kansas City, with 20, Los Angeles, 48, and Toledo, 45. The Rose Bush Pinched the Rich Lady’s Nose! This and other things happen in the delight. ful working class stories in the book Fairy Tales for Workers’ Children By Herminia Zur Mihlen. (Translated by Ida Dalles) With four color plates and cover designs by Lydia Gibson. 75 Cents Duroflex Cover THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. $1.25 Cloth Bound bring ately — THE: CATCY WORKER SEER GERMAN COAL AND FRENCH IRON UNITE Agreement May Scrap Versailles Treaty (Continued from page 1.), her most dangerous military and com- mercial rival. Until the world war crushed Germany, England was the ally of France. Now the tables are turned and since the end of the war the old rivaly between Britain and France has increased with intensity. England has posed as Germany's friend and made every effort to iso- late France. If the proposed agreement is con- summated, it will mean the victory of the old Caillaux policy of a rapproach- ment with Germany. It is significant that Premier Painleve should have held out the olive branch to Germany a few weeks ago and that during the discussions on Morocco he repudiat- ed the suggestion that German offi- cers were aiding the Riffians against France, What will happen to Britain’s se- curity pact which provided for a West European bloc composed of Britain, France, Belgium and Germany is doubtful. It is certain that Britain will fight desperately against the proposed Franco-German union and will exert pressure in both countries to prevent ratification of the pact. The agreement shows very clearly that the powers of government in capitalist countries are in the hands of the great industrial magnates. Workers who fought in the world war for “democracy” and “civilization” whether in the German armies or in those of the allies now see the cap- italist enemies uniting over the graves of the millions who laid down their lives on the gory battlefields of Europe, in a struggle between rival groups of exploiters for the spoils of industry. The importance of the proposed “business marriage” cannot be eas- ily over-estimated, and considerable diplomatic shuffling is on the cards. It can reasonably be expected that Britain and the United. States, the two main rivals for world supremacy, will arrive at a common understand- ing against the merger of French iron and ‘German coal. Macedono-Bulgarian Workers’ Picnic Comes Off Sunday, June 28 GARY, Ind,cJune 24.—The Macedo- no-Bulgarian Workers’ picnic given by the newly organized Bulgarian branch of the Workers (Communist) Party, will be held on Sunday, June 28, at 47th and Madison street. This is the first pienie given by the branch and no effort hasbeen spared to make it full of interest and entertainment. There will, be plays, games, songs, dancing and plenty of refreshments and good things to eat. Speakers will address the picnic in Bulgarian and English. If you are Bulgarian, come to the picnic and if you are not, come too—you will enjoy yourself and you will help make this first affair given by our Bulgarian comrades a success. Something Went Wrong WASHINGTON — (FP) — Political Washington is trying to guess what went wrong in the editorial office of Ned McLean’s Washington post, when its issue of Sunday, June 21, went to press with an editorial demanding justice and liberation for Haiti, sand- wiched in between an editorial de- nouncing Mexican labor as Commun- istic and a cartoon representing Secretary Kellogg driving a huge truck, loaded high with “American In- terests in Mexico,” rapidly across the These stories will make your children proud of being in the working class—and ranks of the future. Rio Grande bridge, while a dog, “Calles,* barks impotent protest. Just why the organ of Fall and Do- heny and Sinclair and of American propaganda for “firmness” with Latin America should enter a_ protest against the crushing of Haitian free- dom is a mystery unsolved. it will them into its fighting 4,4 ANOTHER SHO BY LIAM O'F NEXT SATURDAY'S ISSUE Next Saturday's supplement to the DAILY WORKER will contain another short story by Liam O” Flaherty, whose latest novel “The Black Soul” published by Boni & Liveright has been highly praised by some of the leading writers in Europe and the United States. “The Outcast” which appeared in last week’s supplement was favor- ably recevied. The coming story Is called “The Discarded Soldier” and is a graphic description of a worker shattered In health’ In ‘the world war dying in a garret, deserted by those for whose interests he fought. The story will surely. makesa hit with ex-soldiers who have experi- enced the cold shoulder of the capi- talists for whom they risked their lives. : Police License for N. Y. Taxi Drivers Aid to Yellow Scab Outfit (Continued from Page 1) lucky to have made $40. Fines of Alt-Kinds. All that the driver takes in is not clear money. If he is fined for speed- ing—and the nature of his work, catch- ing trains and so forth, compels him to speed—he has to pay his own fines, and these may amount to one or two weeks’ pay. And what amounts to a company fining system prevails with the Yellow company thru the merit system. Hach month a driver is credited with 50 merits and, if he still retains his 50, 30 days later he bocomes one of the beneficiaries in the much ad- vertisde profit sharing system. His share runs to about $6, and of course this sum is already part of his wages. Ten Cent “Merits.” But if he has lost any merits under the system of discipline the company enforces, he loses a,. proportionate share of this $6. If he is fined 50 merits it means losing his job. On the other hand for scoring the highest bookings, and thus making a lot of money for the company, he is awarded 30 merits, or alightly more than $3. Stock in the company is sold to drivers at so much a weok, this is a Poor investment for the driver. A friend of the writer holds Yellow stock he bought at $85 a share, while in the employ of the company, two years ago. It is now worth about $10 a share. The old game of financial juggling to freeze out small stockholders. Minimum Needs.of Workers. Taxi work is injuridus to the health, leading to nervous disorders and the complications that grow out of kid- ney, bladder and intéstinal troubles. The union sentiment that is growing among the taxi ch@uffeurs is linked up with the need foria shorter work- ing week and the better wages that will enable better care of their bodies and families. *. Official union demands await further organization effort but a’ polling senti- ment shows the individual chauffeur’s demands to average about as follows: A guaranteed six-day» week, with a limited number of hours daily, and a wage guarantee of four dollars a day, with 40 per cent of takings above $50 weekly, in place of the sheer piece work system prevailing at present. Great Demonstration Held byI.L.G. W. Shop Chairmen in New York (Continued from page 1.) are those of the suspended locals, fur- ther declares that this is not a strug- glie of Communists, but of the entire membership against a group of para- sites assuming right to raise dues, levy assessments, call) and settle strikes on their own terms, without consulting the membership. Pledge to Prevent Official Terror. The resolution fur declares, “As chairmen of shops will not allow the machine to terrorize workers. We pledge ourselves to use all strength and finances to assist the three locals to win the struggle’and to follow decisions of the joint action commit- tee.” 04 Mass demonstrations°were held yes- terday at the shop of Wittenberg and Sheinberg, also the shop of Fredericks on 39th street, against the removal of active members from shops by joint board, > Other shops where the joint board made the same attempt, the action was successfully resisted. Every day witnesses greater soli- darity and enthusiasm,of the member- ship in support of the suspended o' cials of Locals 2, 9 and 22. This is a true mass revolt with the member- ship determined to rid themselves of the reactionary machine. Cal Bids For Farm Support WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24,— Catering to the wealthier class of farmers, the department of agricul- ture has recommended that the taxes on farmers be decreased. Health Conference at U. of C. Tonight's speakers at the fourth annual health education conference which is being held in the Ida Noyes theater at the University of Chicago will be Miss Emma Dolfinger of the American Child Health association and Dr. Franklin Bo! college of }| education, University of Chicago. nee Give this copy to your shop-mate, { ) Need’ et of Amalgamation for Railroad Labor Is Shown on Northwestern| By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, “Amalgamation Planned” appears as one of the subheads in a news story about changes made in the con- duct of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, one of the most powerful transportation systems in the land, But it is not the officials of the trade unions who are planning amal- . gamation as a weapon to wrest better working conditions, increased wages and the shorter workday from this great. employer of railroad tabor. It is the usual story of the bosses — amalgamating their forces to enhance their profits. The amalganiation process on the “Northwestern,” which recently laid off thousands of workers in its carshops, is the same process that is being carried out on the other large railroad systems under the direction of the Wall Street financiers. Little railroads are being absorbed and control is centralized; all with a keen eye for “prosperity” and pro- fits for the stockholders, in this case on the 8,402 miles of road operated by the “Northwestern,” with a property value of half a billion. ° e Petty jealousies between the reigning officials of rival trade unions constitute one of the obstacles to the amal- gamation of trade unions. Some of the union officials fear the loss of their meal ticket. Therefore they continue the divisions among the workers in order to hold their own jobs. Wall Street, i its amalgamation plans, to safeguard its profits, sweeps aside such obstacles as part of the day's work. The Vanderbilt interests and the First National Bank groups in New York, that control the “Northwestern” rail- road, quickly put aside Marvin Hughitt, chairman of the board of directors, and W. H Finley, president, when it was decided that other managers could increase the flow of gold on “dividend day.” Hughitt and Finley suddenly discover they are incapaci- tated by “age” and “ill health,” and need a rest, and F. W. Sargent, vice-president and general counsel, is given both their jobs, becoming president of both the “Northwestern,” and its big subsidiary, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, in spite of the fact that the Interstate Commerce Commission has not yet given the two roads the requested privilege to complete their financial consolida- tion. Sargent is looked upon as a “financier” who will cut down wages and shove up freight rates, affecting the city worker at one end and the poor farmer at the other. The “increase in wages” won during the war is listed as the first reason for the failure of the Northwestern” to live up to the expectations of its private owners. « If the officials of the trade unions in the railroad industry cannot take a lesson from these developments on the “North- western,” and on other railroads, and it seems they cannot, then the workers must.awaken to this developing threat to their working and living: standards. The nation’s trans- portation system, under the guidance of the most ruthless “open shop” Wall Street financiers, is going thru a process of amalgamation, with the aid of the Interstate Commerce Commission, that will solidify railroad capital into a stone- wall united front against railroad labor, which is now divided into many craft unions, with large masses not even organ- ized. “Amalgamation of craft unions!” is one of the slogans of the Workers (Communist) Party that must be accepted by the workers, in the. railroad as in all industries, if en | would not see their forces annihilated in the struggle wit! capital. CAL STRIPS U. S. SHIPPING BOARD OF ALL POWER Palmer to Dictate on Merchant Marine WASHINGTON, June 24.—The U. 8S. Emergency Fleet corporation today was vested with complete administra- tive control of the government's mer- chant ships. The United States ship- ping board will continue to operate, but largely as a regulatory body in giving formal approval to the actions and policies of the fleet corporation. The change thus effected is in ac- cordance with the demands of Presi- dent Coolidge for the re-organization of the Merchant Marine under the direction of Admiral Leigh Palmer, president of the fleet corporation. Under the new operating plan, all ship sales will be handled solely by the fleet corporation and after bids are received and action taken upon them, the shipping board will have the power only to approve or reject the contracts. Coolidge will be unable, under the present Merchant Marine act, to divest the shipping board of any of the powers conferred by congress, but will, so far as it is possible, leave the management and operation of the Merchant Fleet to the Fleet corpora- tion. N. Y. Yiddish Art Players Here. Members of the Yiddish Art Thea- ter Company of New York, under di- rection éf Maurice Schwartz, will open a four-day engagement at Glick- man’s Palace Theater Friday. “Moshke Hazir” will be presented as the opening number and will be re- peated later. Y. W. L. Activities THURSDAY, June 25— Working Area Branch No. 4, 3118 W. Roose- velt Road. J. Louis Engdahl, Editor of the DAILY WORKER, will speak on “The Revolt of the Chinese Work- ers Against Imperialist Rule.” Everybody is welcome, FRIDAY, June 26—Working Area Branch No. 1, meets at Room 506, 166 W. Washington Blvd. Barney Mass, acting national secretary of the Young Workers League, will speak on “The Revolt of the Chinese Workers Against Imperialist Rule.” All workers are invited to attend. Working Area Branch No. 2, meets at 1910 W. Roosevelt Rd. Max Shachtman, Editor of the Young Worker, will speak on “The Revolt of the Chinese Workers Against Im- perlalist Rule.” All workers are in- vited to attend. Working Area Branch No. 5, meets at 19 So, Lincoln St. Sidney’ Borge- son, will speak on “The Worker Cor- respondent.” Comrade Dunne’s pamphlet, called the “Worker Corre- spondent” will be used as a basis for discussion. Working Area Branch No. 6, 2613 Hirsch Blvd. W. F. Dunne, Editor of the DAILY WORKER, will speak on “The Revolt of the Chinese Work- ers Against Imperialist Rule.” workers are invited to hear Comrade Dunne. Shepherd Trial Nears End. The trial of William D. Shepherd, charged with murdering his million- aire ward by feeding him typhoid germs, is nearing its end. Defense attorney William Scott Stewart de- manded freedom for his client, As- sistant States Attorney Charles Gor- man demanded the gallows. Write the story about your shop— Order a bundle to distribute there, MEETING OF Y. W. L. AND PARTY INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZERS SATURDAY _ Branch industrial organizers of the Workers Workers League cal meet next Saturday afte: he meeting Is of the utmost Importance and organizers Lincoln Street. Party and the Young on at 2 P, M. at 19 South are advised that excuses for non-attendance will not be welcome, é . All) COMMONS HEARS Foreign Minister Faces Strong Opposition LONDON, June 24.—Austen Cham- berlain, foreign minister, defended the proposed Anglo-French security pact in the house of commons tonight. Confronted with the open hostility of the liberals, the laborites and part ) of the''conservatives, the foreign mini- ster defended the pact as a great forward step in preserving the peace ‘ wrope. Chamberlain seemed to be ‘on the defensive. |. “E can assure the house,” he said ‘there has been nothing in private conversations regarding the pact which impairs the fullness of the in- formation given in the commons. “The suggestion has been made that I have been pursuing a personal policy and that I have fallen a victim to the seductive wiles of M. Briand, Such ideas are purest moonshine. “Our policy toward the pact,” Cham- berlain continued, “Is the policy of @ united cabinet. We have only one ob- ject. That is to make peace secure and war impossible—at least make war as remote as possible. The Bri- tish government cannot consider any unilateral pact nor any alliance against a third party.” Great Britain is not obligated to asssist the Franco-Polish military al- liance in the event of war between Poland aud Germany over their east- ern boundary, foreign minister Austen Chamberlain said. While admitting that a Polish-Ger- man war would embrotil France, if Germany was the aggressor, Chamber- lain assured parliament that Britain’s obligations would be limited to her obligations as a member of the league Doriot, Communist, Demands an End of North a Africa War (Continued from page 1) another “Moscow plot,” charging thet the Communist International was aid- ing Krim, and that “Krim is surround- ed by a group of German and Russian. adventurers.” Painleve told the chamber that his government would keep the French troops on African soil, in an attempt to conquer the Riff country. Soctallete For War. In spite of the fact that the social- ists have withdrawn their formal promise to support the Painleve gov- ernment, only one ‘socialist joined the 29 Communists in voting against Painleve’s imperialistic war policy. Painleve was given a vote of con- fidence, 510 to 30. Painieve’s Drivel. Painleve silenced the socialists by telling them that thc war against Morocco “is no longer a colonial war, but a war by Huropean civilization against the Moscow utopia and the dark ideas of the Orient.” Painleve’s speech showed that the government supperted by the same elements which less than a year ago approved Herriot’s recognition of the Soviet Union, and the signing of a treaty promising mutual friendly rela- tions, hsa taken a definitely hostfle attitude toward the Soviet govern- ment. Goaded on by zeal of the French imperialists to conquer the rich na- tural resources of Morocco and yoke the Riffans to the wheel of French capitalism, Painleve made a hysteric- al anti-Communist speech. Painleve Represents Bankers. “It was not Abd-el-Krim who be- gan the offensive against us,” said the premier. “Abd-el-Krim ‘merely acted as the tool of the plotters who rule Moscow and the Communist In- ternational.” Painleve added that, “such are the fruits France has reaped from the recognition of the Soviet govern- ment.” The Communist deputies replied, showing that the Painleve government. is guarding the interests, not of the workers, but of the French bankers. / The French workers have nothing but / poverty and death to expect from a | — continuation of the invasion of the Rifflans’ country, ee Tangier Near Revolt. TANGIER, June 24—A general up rising of the natives of this city threatens, and the Spanish Directory has asked that five hundred Spanish troops be permitted to land. Great Britain has refused to allow the land- © ing of more troops, however. Tangier is ruled by the Spanish, French and English governments under an inter- national agreement, The peasants have protested against raids on their homes by Span- ish soldiers stationed along the inter- national borders. They also protest against the heavy taxes levied by the international government, Mexico Appoints Labor Attaches, — MEXICO CITY, June 24—Mexico has sent a “labor atache” to Buenos Aires, and will send such represen- tatives to the United States, the So- viet Union, and Franoe, shortly, to gather information about labor conditions. CHAMBERLAINON SECURITY PACT *, ed