The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 28, 1925, Page 1

Le bd | The DAILY WORKER a, Workey and Farm- ers’ Government Vol. il. No. 143, SUBSORIPTION RATES: BRITISH LABOK=- ‘CING CRISIS NEARS CLASH wiTH EMPLOYERS: GOVERNMENT TURNS DOWN UNIONS (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 26.—Pressed by the unemployment result- ing from the Dawes Plan, and with the employers taking every advantage to attack the unions in a sweeping campaign for the “open shop,” the British unions face a crisis of the gravest character. _ On Tuesday the joint inquiry into industrial conditions con- ducted by the representatives of the Miners’ Federation and the coal mine owners, broke up when the operators stated that on June 30 they would give formal notice that on July no longer conform with the existing agreement with the coal Se ee ee gmtiners’ union and: would. insist ‘\}on an increase of hours and a \| lecrease in wages. Want to Break Seven Hour Law. Since the miners’ seven hour day | AS WE SEE IT. ! By T. J. O'FLAHERTY the operators are confronted with i bi revolt of the masses in the|the necessity of forcing the miners colonies of the imperialist powers |to accept a longer day than the law is causing deep concern among the | Permits—or the alternative of geting ruling classes of the world. Every jit changed. And it is doubtful that capitalist government is between two|even the tory government wants to fires: that of the most class conscious |challenge labor so flagrantly as to in- of the workers at home and their|troduce a measure lengthening the revolting slaves abroad. In China|miners’ work day. in Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year, Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.0¢ per year. 31 they would} THE DAIL FASCIST WHO SLUGGED GOWEN FORGIVEN BY WASHINGTON, D. C., June 26.— The state department has informed the Mussolini government that the assault upon Franklin C. Gowen, American vice-consul at Leghorn, by a fascist youth, has been forgiven, and that “this government is highly appreciative of its expressions of concern and regret.” Gowen was slugged on the head by Fausto di Suolo as he was walk- ing along the streets of Leghorn. The fascist, who was taking part in a fascist demonstration, stated he did not know that the man hé brutally slugged was a consular of- ficer. He was laboring under the impression that Gowen was an Italian worker, All has been forgiven, Coolidge officials highly Mussolini’s “forceful rule.” and the praise German Nationalists Attacked BERLIN, Germany, June 26.—The nationalist deputies in the German reichstag were attacked today in the lobby of the parliament building, by about 200 former supporters who had obtained admission ticket.. They char- ged the deputies with violating elec- tion pledges to revalorize government @ French government was driven } the demand for a war with Great Britain is growing stronger every day. Britain is in-no position to crush China. Her own working class would never stand for it. t Sie OTHER, revolt is threatened in India. The British foreign office is getting ready to unload the blame on Soviet Russia. There are over 200,000,000 of people in India and 400,000,000 or more. in China. Quite a formidable army! With the Chi- nese masses moving and defying the power of the imperialists, the Hin- doos should not hesitate to tackle the job of freeing themselves from the yoke of Britain. John Bull stands to be the biggest loser in the big game now being played in the Orient. ar . N northern Africa the Riffians are |* more than holding their own. The in desperation to arrest over one hun; dred Communists on ‘Charges of aid- ing the Moroccans; What a crime, | considering the fact that Caillaux, the | real leader of the present French government, was , admittedly in cahoots yith the German government at a critical period of the war. The Communists of France support the! Riffian tribesmen in their war for lib- | eration, even tho they are fighting against France. Communists know no | country but the welfare of the work- ers of all lands. * N England the class conscious workers are supporting the Chinese | even tho the Chinese are demanding war against Great Britain. But the Chinese are not demanding war ageinst the British workers. They will fight the British imperialists and their agents. This alliance between the colonial slaves and the industrial workers in the heart of the imperial- ist powers is a very cheering phe- nomenon. * * oO of the most remarkable meet- ings that I have ever attended was held in this city a few evenings ago, when workers of all races and almost all colors gathered together to raise their voices against world im- perialism, and—as the meeting was held in the United States—particular- ly against American imperialism. The thairman of the meeting was a young Negro who showed by his beaming countenance that he appreciated the significance of the “occasion. More than a score of young Chinese at- tended, and three of them took the platform and spoke, one of them speaking in his native tongue. 2 ee * Was a protest against imperial- ism in China, but not the usual kind of an academie contest. Repre- tatives of the most oppressed vic- _/ “tims cf imperialism were there: Ne- gro and Chinese workers and stu- dents. Many comrades who have at tended thousands of radical meetings Said that a thrill such as they only experienced rarely stirred their emo- tions when the voices of white, black But the menace is real enuf to the (Continued on page 4) war loan securities. Several blows were struck before the netionalists re- treated. CALL TEXTILE WORKERS OF EAST TO CONFERENCE OF MILITANTS IN NEW YORK CITY, AUGUST 9 The textile Workers of the mills in the east, especially those of New England, have suffered defeat after defeat, owing largely to their ineffective organization. The International Comm’ ittee ‘for Amalgamation in the Textile Industry is endeavoring to rally all militant workers for resistance against the wage cuts, speed-up systems and other evils, and has addressed the fol- lowing call to the textile workers: * TO ALL TEXTILE UNIONS, * AND * © ORGANIZED AND. UNORGANIZED WORKERS IN THE TEXTILE MILLS: The workers in the textile industry have for months been going thru one of the worst crises in their history. In this crisis it-can be plainly seen that the textile bosses have learned from the militant struggles of the work- ers against former wage reductions, the history of Mass struggles against The textile industry is replete with the employers. The names of Law- ‘ _* Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under. the Act of March 3, 1879, SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1925 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKJUR PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, HL CENTS Ineluding & Saturday Magazine |) Section. 4 On all other days, Three Cents per Copy, Price 5 Cents R 5 BATTLEFRONTS |American Imperialism in OFLLGW.UIN) Fear of SHOPS, AT TRIAL Thousands of Workers WASHINGTON, June 26.—D m Broadway Turnout States is not yet ready to adopt declared officially here today. Di (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, June 26—The battle between the Sigman! machine in the in. the: winnie to co-operate+ International Ladies’ Garment Work- with the other governments re-| ers’ Union and the membership of | presented at Peking and to leave | the three expelled locals continueson|the Chinese problem to be two fronts: in the shops and at the|handled largely by the diplo- trial now. going on in the Cadillac|mats in the Far East. Hotel. At both places the. workers “For the Time Being” are demonstrating their determina-| This policy is being adhered to for tion and fighting spirit, that guaran-|‘he time being chiefly because, « 7 hine is fac. |CovUBs to Officials here, it is the only | tees that the Sigman machine Is fac-| policy that the United States can have ing its supreme crisis. in the circumstances. Secretary Kel- Yesterday morning thousands of flogg is now awaiting the arrival of workers. demonstrated before the |the new American minister, John V. Wittenberg shop on Broadway against ]A. MacMurray, at Peking, and does | the discharge of Syanzer on order of} not want to take any new step until Perlstein and machine who tried to |he has given MacMurray an opportun- break up the. demonstration with ity to’survey the situation and report gangsters and police. Lena Kleinjupon the new political conditions JAPAN REFUSES CHINA REVISION War with Japan, _Hesitates with Chinese (Special to The Daily Worker) : espite the growing gravity of the Chinese situation, the United an independent attitude toward the Peking government, it was sregarding the official reasons, fear of war with Japan is seer behind the hesitancy of the United States. ; Hoping from day to day that order will be restored in China without further Intervention by the foreign imperialist powers, Secretary of State Kellogg says that America plans to continue OF TREATY; BUT “SYMPATHIZES” TOKIO, June 26—The Japanese cabinet met today to consider the Chinese demands for a revision of her foreign treaties and also the thirteen demands made in connection with the Shanghai trouble. It is understood that decision was reached and instructions wired to Minister Yoshizawa in Peking, but the nature of the decision was not an- nounced, The most reliable of the Japanese papers says-Minister Yoshizawa was instructed to refuse the demands for treaty revision on the grounds that the time*and conditions are inopportune, but to assure China of Japan's syms pathetic attitude toward her aspirations. was struck by a thug and taken to Roosevelt Hospital with five stitches in her head. At the Frederick shop in 39th St. gangsters tried the same tactics but got the worst of the affair. There were eight arrests: Sonia Chaikin, Pauline Schulman, Mollie Scherin, William Sumerhouse, Sonia Miller, Hartman, Mollie Rosen, Ida Katz. They are out on bail. All shops where discharges take place on the are of the Sigman machine are being paralyzed by re- volt of workers. The trial at the Cadillac Hotel is turning into a farce. The questions asked would not even be allowed in a capitalist court. Provocation and clownish stupidity rule. The trial is held behind closed doors, The Sig- man machine thought they could-con- trol publicity but all workers are en- raged against the star chamber pro- ceedings, so much so that liberal growing out of civil war and anti-im- perialist movements in coastal cities. Pressure is being brought to bear upon the government, however, to take @ more aggressive attitude to- ward China, such as the serving of formal notice on the Peking t-reign office, direet from Washington, that the United States expects its interests in the orient to be fully protected at all times. An appeal to this effect has reached here from the American association of China, the petitioners charging that China is failing to live up to her treaty obligations and that it is up to the United States to make her do it by force of arms if neces- sary. He Wants To—But Dare Not There is no doubt that Secretary Kellogg would be pleased to take any action that would accomplish such a purpose but-in view of present condi- tions in China-he does not feel that much would be accomplished by di- recting a sharp note to the Peking rence, Paterson,,Fall, River; Pawtuxet Valley, etc., are vivid in the memory FIGHT AGAINST —+ of all who follow the history of Amer- ican labor. Putting It Over Smoothly The latest wage-cutting schemes of the textile bosses are being put into effect in such a manner, so as to ndt hourgeois ‘papers; are joining in de-| government. .The difficulty is, accord. nunciation “of proceedings. ing to official statement, that the When local 41' voted unanimously | Peking government has little or no last week to support the three locals, [authority outside of the city of Pek- the reactionary machine thru Leftko-|ing and that separate demands from | vitz ordered another meeting, to. re-] Washington might only stir up more verse action threatening the local with |trouble for the diplomats in the arouse mass protest, but to even more effectively enslave the workers. In- IMPERIALISM IS expulsion from international. A spe-| Chinese capital to deal with. The real cial meeting was held last night with | reason, however, is the fear that Jap- and yellow workers were raised against the-common enemy. i a) + AS the meeting was in progrésd battles were raging in the Orient that will have a very important effect (Continued on page INSWING TODAY Workers Refute Move For Capitalist War Anti-imperialist week, when the mil- itant workers of this country Mice their protest against the exploitation imposed on them and their fellow workers in America’s po: ions and dominated countries, begins today. The Coolidge government, taking orders, as always from the United States Mnanciers, are beating the war drums. The military training camps are being filled, many workers being sent to learn the American goose step under pressure from their employers. Overwork the Radios, The governors and mayors have taken Wall Street's orders and have | repeated Coolidge’s call for a mili- tary demonstration in July 4. Radios are to be overworked. Business men are to be admitted into the schools, along with the army officers, All this is in preparation for the coming imperialist war. The workers of America are to be made ready to go to Mexico, Hawaii or China, and Slaughter other workers whose inter- ests are the same as theirs, 4 Plan Many Meetings. But then workers of America dur- ing this anti-imperialist week, are protesting against the oppression of the imperiailst exploiters. Meetings are to be held, resolutions have been passed by trade unions condemning the imperialist moves of the Coolidge government, and thousands of copies of the DAILY WORKER will be dis- tributed. The American workers will not will- ingly march to their death merely to make bigger profits for the bankers who control the ronment. BISHOP MONTGOMERY BROWN WILL SPEAK HERE TOMORROW EVENING Prominent re be the principal jak are: 8 of the World, i of the National Labor Defense Conference will the mass protest demonstration which will be emple Hall, Van Buren street and Marshfield Bishop William Montgomery Brown, Howat, Benjamin Gitlow, William Z, Foster and a member of the stead of as formerly announcing a drastic cut in. wages, the bosses are now engaged in cutting wages by the latest and most scientific methods, namely, making the wage cuts small and frequent, and in certain mills at a time. Along with this goes the other counter part of the wage cutting cam- paign, which is the intro@uction of “efficiency methods.” The Multiple Loom The-efficiency expert as the agent of the textile millionaires is creating almost as great a revolution in the dustry, as the introduction of the au- tomatic loom itself. The multiple loom (Continued on Page 4) WRITS ISSUED TO FREE CROUCH FROM PRISON Communist Soldiers to Be Produced HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 26, — Writs of habeas corpus against Maj. Gen. Edward M. Lewis, commanding the army’s Hawaiian department, were issued, ordering him to produce Paul Grouch and Walter Trumbull in fed- €ral court at 2 p. m. today, to show cause why they should be held in Schoffield barracks guardhouse, The writs were issued by Federal Judge John T. Debolt. Walter Trum- bull and Paul Crouch were arrested last March, charged with being mem- ‘bers. of the Hawalian Communist League. After a court martial they Were sentenced to 26 and forty years im a federal penitentiary, The sen- tences were later reduced to one year and three years, respectively. Crouch and Trumbull were held in a guardhouse for many weeks, without trial, in violation of army law. They were sentenced on the sole evidence of an army spy, whose testimony was contradicted by defense witnesses, The records of the trial were doctored by the army officials. . The Labor Defense Council, 19 8. Lincoln St., Chicago, is contributing to the defense of the Communist, sol- diers, international officers present but the local again voted to reiterate its pre- vious stand, only three votes being cast for the Sigman machine. After the vote was taken the members chased the officials from the hall. The Mystery Solved. The Jewish Forward writes about tremendous mass demonstrations, that at great furriers’ meetings only cloak- makers and dressmakers attended, mystery of where furriers were is cleared up by story about shop chair- man meetings which says: ‘Furriers, fish peddlers, chicken pickers and sim- ilar people by the thousands jammed both halls in Manhattan Lyceum.” MANY DELEGATES TO ATTEND JUNE 28 CONFERENCE Unions Take Part in Workers’ Defense Meet The Labor Defense Council is pre- paring to welcome a large delegation of representatives of workers’ organ: izations at the National Conference for Labor Defense to be held in the Ashland Auditorium here next Sun- d Workers’ defense bodies, frat- ernal and benefit organizations, Cen- tral Unions and many local trade unions are expected to be represent- ed. The last organizations that were heard from, the Detroit Federation of Labor, the Joliet Central Labor Union and a number of local unions in Iili- nois, all promise to have delegates present. Out of deference to the aims of the conference there will be seated individuals who have distinguished themselves by their efforts for Labor Defense as Well as ex-class war pris- oners, who will take an active part in the proceedings, For Defense of All Workers. The conference, which will last all day Sunday, will occupy itself pri- marily: with the business of forming 4 permanent national defense organ- ization pledged to defend the interest of all workers engaged in the class struggle, | (Continued on page 2) | | | ON MACHINE OF INTERNATIONAL Shop Chairmen Show Fi aith in Members (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, June 26.—The DAILY WORKER"gives herewith the text of the resolution carried by the Shop Chairmen of the {nternational Ladies’ Garment Workers Union from | atl over a thousand shops in the city New York at the meeting held Tu day night. From the way the hall was packed with shop chairmen ‘and enthusiastic active members participating in the fight to prevent the I L. G..W. from being wrecked by the autocratic Stg- man machine, it is plain that no mat- ter which» way the, unfair farce of a “trial” may go, the suspended local executives of Locals 2,9 and 22, have (Continued on page 4) PLEDGE FIGHT (COAL DIGGERS NEET TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY Anthracite Convention Has Many Problems (Special to The Dally Worker) SCRANTON, Pa, June 26—The Tri-District convention of the anthra- jcite miners will begin next Monday here. The agreement between the miners and the operators terminates on Sept. ist, and one of the princl- pal problems before the convention |will be the formulation of demands on the bosses. Aside from the demands on the joperators, the rank and file of the janthracite unions have many bones toy pick. with their leaders. A. regu- jlar reign of terror has been con- ducted in District 1, by the renegade Capellini. The members revolted more than once and John Lewis (Continued on page 2) THE COAL MINER TALKS Dedicated to the Tri-District C Scranton, Pa