The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 28, 1925, Page 3

PLATOON SYSTEM “FOUND WANTING BY INVESTIGATOR Report Was S Suppressed by Supt. McAndrew "The Platoon schools which superin- tendent McAndrew wants to force up- on Chicago were termed as a time killers and makeshifts in a speech by Te SOVIET UNION EXPERIMENTS WITH ELECTRICITY FOR INCREASING OF CROPS—U. S. EXPERTS OFFER AID MOSCOW, June 26.—The Timirazey Academy of Agriculture here has carried out a series of experiments with the application of electricity in growing of certain agricultural products. The most satisfactory were the experiments with potatoes; the increase in potato crops was of 30 or more Per cent, This year these experiments are being continued with even more zegl and effort and the academy is trying to find out and ascertain, by careful | observation and analysis, the influ-~— DAILY WORKER J. J. Zmrhal, district superintendent, before the Chicago Teachers Federa- tion. Mr. Zmrhal headed a special committee appointed by Supt, McAn- drew to investigate platoon schools in Pittsburgh, Detroit and Akron last year. Altho he made his report to the superintendent because of its neg- ative nature it never saw the light, It was not made public and it was not submitted to the board of educa tion, « Recommendation by Supt. McAn- drew for the appointment of a dis- trict superintendent was not given support by the trustees at the last Meeting of the board of education. The superintendent wanted Arthur G. Deayer, an elementary school princi- pal, for the job while the opposition led by J. Lewis Coath was for Ernest E. Cole, former first assistant super- intendent of schools. se A building program for 1925, 1926 and 1927 which would involve the ex- Denditure of $51,000,000 and neces- sitate borrowing $14,000,000 in tax anticipation was recommended by Mc- Andrew to the board. It calls for forty-three elementary schools, twen- ty-six junior high schools, eleven sen- jor high schools and two special schools. * Tell other workers what hap- pens in yoyr shop. Write a story and send it in to the DAILY WORKER. Order a bundle to distribute there. IMPERIALISM For a better understanding of this subject of great and growing importance to the worker ence of electricity on the soil. Construction of Grain Elevator A port grain elevator is being con- structed in the port of Nikolaevsk. It fg supposed that its capacity will be about 2,500,000 poods; the cost of con- struction is 4,500,000 rubles; It is {n- teresting to bring out some facts in connection with the construction of this elevator. Before the world war, during the period 1905-1913, the average export of grain from the port of Nikolaevsk was 82,000,000 poods; the minimum of grain exports was in 1907 (55,000,000 Poods)—the maximum, in 1910 (118,- 000,000 poods,) Tt is also interesting to note that in 1910 17.7 per cent of all the ex- ports of grain from Russia were made from the port of Nigolaevsk. American Cotton Growers A group of American cotton grow- ers made an inquiry at the Central Bureau (S.T.A.S.R.) whether their experience in growing cotton could be of any value to Soviet Russia and, if 80, Whether they could apply it on Russian land. The answer to this in- quiry was that such groups are great- ly desirable and that their group will be given a track of ferttle land in Mugan (Republic of Azerbeijohn), but at the beginning only a group of not maore than 100 families will be ad- mitted. Cotton Growing in U. S. S. R. According the the report ot the| chief cotton growing committee 661,- 150 desiatins of land in tho regions of Middle Asia and Caucasia were planted with American cotton. A fi- nancial help of 17,317,000 rubles was extended to the cotton growers. It is expected that the constant and READ: IMPERIALISM, Final Stage of Capitalism By V. I. Ulanov (Lenin) STATE AND REVOLUTION... By V. I. Ulianov (Lenin) IMPERIAL WASHINGTON .........cssss00s By R. F. Pettigrew. OIL AND THE GERMS OF WAR.......... By Scott Nearing. 15 Cents 10 Cents DECLINE OF CAPITALISM .....sssssssssssesrsseerseeetseeseee 3S Cents By E. Varga. THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. The Issue ganda wi ver workers gather. 2 Cents a Copy THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington BI _ Street: sin SSS SSS Fight Enslaving Imperialism DURING ANTI-IMPERIALISM WEEK June 29 to July 4 Everyday during next week special articles dealing with anti-imperialism will be in the DAILY WORKER. additional features of educational and propa- value against imperialism. ‘For all week and especially July 4 which Bae been turned into a mobilization day. Take it to your shop, union or open air meeting— AT THE REGULAR RATES duly 4 Iss vd. Chicago, Ill. wwe for a bundle of ...... a DAILY WORKER during the week of June 29 to July 4. Send the bundle on Mon., Tues, Wed., Thur., Fri, Sat. to seasuasnnnannanunsnnnennanennnensoseees sesso State of July 4 BUNDLE 3/2 Cents a Copy . copies of the sesanenaneaneeannnnaneos ‘easeless work of the cotton growers ind their close co-operation with the yovernment will bring the cotton in- dustry in U. S. R. R. to a state far superior over that in the prewar timo. Crops in Ukraina The latest reports show that crops in Ukraina this year will be about the average in yield. The production of grain is estimated to be 786,000,000 poods. Sixty poods are equal to one English ton. The potato crop calculated in grain units will bring up the total produc- tion to 881,000,000 poods. (In Ukraina as well as in the U. 8. S. R.—for pur- poses of taxation—the various roots and cereals are reckoned in terms of “grain units,”) Out of this crop it is expected that about 240,000,000 pooas will be de- Uvered by the peasants for sale on the market. Conditions of the Crop According to the meteorological bureau of the department of agricul- ture the conditions of the crop all over the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- lies except in very small regions is fair, In the South region the crop is credited with four points (to a five -point system). Plenty or rain in May in the central region as well as in others assures a good crop and noth- ing yet could endanger it. Export to France In the last week of May 4,006 tons of corn was exported from Batum and Potu (Caucasia) to France. A third steamer is taking to France 500 tons of beans and 1,300 tons of corn. Try Priest For Prison Graft. ATLANTA, Ga., June 26.—Albert BE. Sartain, former warden at the federal Prison here, Mrs. R. K. Walthal, George Remus, and Mannie Kessler were among the important witnesses expected to be called by the govern- ment today in its efforts to convict Father Thomas P. Hayden, former chaplain, and L. J. Fletcher, former deputy warden at the federal peniten- tiary here, of conspiracy to accept bribes from wealthy inmates in return for special privileges in the institu- tion. Order C., M. & St. P, to Pay. An order commanding the receivers of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad to pay the United States $300,000 interest on the $10,000,000 note which the government holds was entered in federal court here yester- day. The government, the court was advised, would bring action in default if the interest was not paid. Dawes Shuns Coolidge. KENNEBUNK, Me., June 26.—Altho he is less than fifty- five miles from the summer white house at Swampscott, Mass., and altho he plans to motor to Boston tomorrow to visit Owen Young, collaborator in the Dawes reparations plans, Vice President Dawes does not plan to visit President Coolidge, it was learned, Gobble Another Rallroad. WASHINGTON, June 26, — The Chesapeake & Ohio railroad asked interstate commerce commission for authority to acquire control of the Sandy Valley & Elkhorn railroad by purchase of its capital stock amount- ing to $6,800,000. The road extends from Shelby Junction to Dunham, Ky, Cee aaa TO RENT. Housekeeping rooms, 811 E. 41st St. Newly dec., 2 block to park, surf., “L” and bus line; phone, elec., laun- dry. $6. Dr. A. Moskalik DENTIST 8. W. Corner 7th and Mifflin Sts. PHILADELPHIA, PA, Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 350 N. FIFTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. J. KAPLAN MERCHANT TAILOR Suits Made to Order at Reasonable Prices 3546 ARMITAGE AVENUE Phone Albany 9400 Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. Cor, Elizabeth St, Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice MELLON HAGGLES ON DEBTS WITH FASCIST BANKER Praises Risady Rule of Mussolini WASHINGTON, June 26.—Negotia- tions to agree upon terms for the pay- ment of the two billion dollars Italian debt to the United States have opened at the treasury department. The Mussolini government was re- presented by Giacomo de Martino, Ita- lian ambassador here, and Mario Al- berti, an officer of Il Credito Italiano, one of Italy’s largest. banks. The United States was represented chiefly by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, chairman of the American debt funding commission, with two other members of the commission— Secretary of State Kellogg and Sen- ator Reed Smoot—ready to join the discussion. Today’s meeting, which marks the first formal move on the part of Italy to discharge hér war obligations to the United States, was to be given over to a general discussion of the entire debt situation, with the Italian repres- entatives outlining the financial pro- blems of their government and the ex- tent of its ability to pay, and with Seer tary Mellon demanding payment. According to the treasury, the sta- tus of the Italian debt is now as fol- lows: Principal amount of obligation Interest accrued Total indebtness Payments on principal 164,852.94 Payments of interest 57,598,852.82 | The Italian debt is the second big- gest unfunded obligation owed the | United States. France leads with a total debt of $4,210,656,948.27. Sessions Secret Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, talking to newspaper correspondents | at the close of the session, said the de- tails of the debt discussion would not be made public. Secretary Mellon later issued a com- munique formally announcing the opening of negotiations and declar- ing that “the funding of the Italian debt would be based on Italy's ability $1,047,869,197.96 490,674,654.81 2,138,543,852.77 to pay.” Mellon, in his statement after the first session of debt conference, paid a glowing tribute to the murderer of the Italian workers—Premier Musso- lini—who has attempted to destroy the labor unions of the Italian work- ers, and caused thonsands of them to be imprisoned. FE “We have watched Italy emerge from the chaos of war, straighten out her industrial troubles, cut her ex- penditures, and put her budget in equalibrium, Mellon said, “All under the direction of one strong man, with sound ideas and the force to make these ideas effective.” The conference with the fascist re- presentatives marks a stronger alli- ance of the American bankers, repre- sented by Mellon and the Coolidge government, with the Italian capital- ists and the fascist government. The conference will meet again next Tuesday. Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, June 26.—Great Bri- tain, pound sterling, 4.85%; cable 4.86%. France, franc, 4.5714; cable 4.58. Belgium, frane, 4.5444; cable 4.55. Italy, lira, 3.62%; cable 3.63, Sweden, krone 26.73; cable 26.76. Nor- way, krone 17.34; cable 17.36. Den- mark, krone, 19.65; cable 19.67. Ger- many, mark not quoted. Shanghai, tael, 80; cable not quoted. LUMBER WORKER'S HEAD SMASHED, NO MONEY FOR BURIAL-WAGE CUTS AND UNEMPLOYMENT HIT CAMPS By R. J. JACKSON, ; (Worker Correspondent.) ins SKAMANIS, Wash., June 26.—As a member of the working class (I am a member of the Workers Party and a subscriber to the DAILY WORK®R), I am forced to work in this filthy, hay-wire lumber camp layout. Tiis morn- ing a slave had his head crushed. That is the result of the speed up system ‘PULLMAN FIGHTS the bosses are forcing on us. But the boss does not care for the heads of the slaves, All he has to do is to go to the streets in the towns and cities, and he can get thousands of jobless workers to take man’s place at the machine where he was killed. Wages Are Cut After this worker was killed, a re- actionary ku kluxer came along and said, “Look here, boys, how nice it would have been if this man had s.ved his money, in oider to get a de- cent burial, instead of depending on the state for the expenses of his fune- ral.” I stepped up and told him, “A fine chance a worker has to save anything when all the camps are closing down. And wages are being cut in the camps that are running.” What the lumber workers of the northwest have to do is to organize on the job in the I. W. W., and not only that, we have to organize where-ever the capitalist system is responsible for the damnable conditions that the oppressed workers are forced to live under. Must Abolish Profit System When we, workers, are sufficiently the dead +- organized and educated, then we can do away with this high-ball, hay-wire profit system, that is responsible for the workers losing their lives to give te bosses profits, and then more pru fits. The camp here is very much iso- lated from the so-called civilized world. Mail comes to camp every two days and all mail goes thru a censor- ship. Of course, that means no DAILY WORKER thru the mails in this camp or any other camp. It just shows how the bosses can unite on certain issues that are to their interests. Turn Tables on Bosses I often wonder when the workers are going to unite on certain issues that are to our interests, ahd censure the bosses’ mail. That day is near for | we are now in the last stages of cap- italism—a period of imperialism. U. S. Planning to Send New Note to Mexico Shortly WASHINGTON, June 26. — The state department has confirmed dis- patches of last week, announcing that Secretary of State Kellogg’s contem- plated note to Mexico probably would be withheld until the return of Am- bassador James R. Sheffield to Mex- ico City. The note will reiterate what Kel- logg said in his statement of June 12 —that Mexico must discharge her in- ternational obligations in order to re- tain the support of the United States, Sheffield is expected to return to Mexico in July. He is now in St. Luke's hospital, New York, for a minor operation. Ford is Extending Air Service. DETROIT, June 25—Ford Company officials at Dearborn today indicated that Ford transportation air service, which has been operating between Chicago and Detroit since April 13, may be expanded to Cleveland. Sev- eral other cfties have also been under consideration to receive the service, it was stated. CAN BE SEEN DAILY IN CHICAGO MUNICIPAL COURT OF EVICTIONS One need only stroll into Chicago a glimpse of how workers live in “our 's municipal court of evictions to get land of prosperity.” There landlords come to tell the judge why workingmen and women sitting around on the benches deserve to be ousted from their homes. Couldn't Pay June Rent. They sit waiting, A woman rocks her baby abstractedly, a Negro, visibly ill, wonders—a woman with her ingly at the judge. + two children at her side looks plead- . What do workingmen have to pay for rent in the poor districts of Chi- cago you wonder. Then you hear. One woman is to be evicted because she could not scrape up $42 in June; her husband was out of work. The Negro is a decorator, but he is ill. His rent is $85 a month. That’s what he must pay for being of dark skin. But his salary is low—also because of the col- or of his skin. Next case. She says her husband is a printer. They live in a basement. Her husband is ill. He must go away at once. They could not pay rent for their basement in June, The judge. He gives them all 30 days time to catch up. They walk out to make the best of the little breathing space given them. The little woman with the two chil- dren, the printer’s wife wonders, “How can I get that money in 30 days?” Anti-Evolutionist to Sanitarium, BATTLECREEK, \Mich., June 26,— Gov. Austen Peay Tennessee, who signed the anti-evoliition teaching act which resulted in the Scopes’ case, ar- rived at the Battle Creek sanitorium today for “a general upbuilding and rest.” , Other Titles Issued: No, 1 TRADE UNIONS IN AMERICA By Wm. Z. Foster, Jas. P. Cannon, Earl R. Browder, CLASS STRUGGLE vs. CLASS COLLABORATION By Earl R. Browder. No. 4 WORKER CORRESPONDENTS By William F. Dunne, ( 10 CENTS EACH 10 COPIES FOR A DOLLAR U, $. IMPERIALISM GETS ITS FANGS DEEP INTO CHILE AND ARGENTINA NEW YORK.—Negotiations virtu- ally have been completed by a New York banking syndicate for a $20,- 000,000 loan to the Chilean mortgage bank, known as the Cala De Credito Hipotecario of Chile. An early of- fering of bonds is expected. The bank is the second new bor rower from South America to enter the New York market this week. Another banking group announce ed yesterday that arrangements had been made to offer a $10,188, 000 7 per cent bond issue for the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, Ex-Convict Dies from Tuberculosis. PHOENIX, Ariz., June 26.—Donald Lowrie, author of two books on prison life in which he related his own ex- periences, died today a victim of tuberculosis. His last book was un- completed. He was released from the Arizona state penitentiary less than two weeks ago and was under the care of friends. His book will be com- pleted from notes he left. EXPLOITATION OF IMPERIALISM Rutheblbte Speaks at July 5th Picnic The annual picnic of the Pullman branches of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party will be held on Sunday, July 5, at Kareckas Grove, 128rd St. and Union Ave. Cc. E. Ruthenberg, executive secre- tany of the Workers Party, will be the speaker in English. Comrade Ruthenberg will include in his ad- dress an explanation of the purposes ot antiimperialist week, June 27 to July 4. At the last city central committee meeting it was decided to distribute three thousand leaflets to the factor- ies, exposing the bosses militaristic “defense day” program called for July 4, and advertising the July & picnic, Lynching of Negroes Almost Doubles in 1925 as Against 1924 DENVER, Colo., June 26.—There were twice as many lynchings the last half year compared the same period last year. This fact was brot out in a speech by James W. Johnson, New York, secretary of the National Association for the advance ment of the coloré@ people. Mr. John- son is attending their annual meeting in session here. Your neighbor would like te read this issue of the DAILY WORKER. Be neighboriy—give YOUNG AND OLD OPEN AIR PICNIC: given by the PROGRESSIVE BARBERS at FOREST PRESERVE IN THE MILWAUKEE WOODS * SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1925 ; The greatest fun—the pie-eating contest. Shingling contest by twe | well-know progressive barbers, subjects to be taken from the young ladies in the crowd. We need a good time and we are going to have it! We will have GAMES, AMATEUR WRESTLING and BOXING matehes,, : EVERYBODY REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE. Directione—Take Milwaukee Ave car, go north as far as it goes, a.eom- mittee will take WORKERS! ican capitalist terror. SUNDAY NIGHT, speak. This includes, thus Alexander Howat Principles of THis ment. This valuable booklet is 1113 W. Washington Blvd. RALLY AGAINST REACTION! i? Unite against criminal syndicalism laws, ansaid de- portation of foreign-born workers, prison sentences for labor leaders on trumped up “sedition” charges, frame- ups of strike leaders, and all other phases of the Amer- Come in masses to the great Protest Demonstration TEMPLE HALL, Van Buren St. and Marshfield Ave. Prominent representatives to the National Labor Defense Conference, and former political — will : Bishop William Montgomery Brown William Z. Foster and a member of the I. W. W. The Original Draft of the Communist Manifesto by Frederick Engels, With translation and historical notes by Max Bedacht. historical document—the first draft of the Com- munist principles formulated by Marx and Engels— is here published for the first time in the English language, It is not only of great value to the student of the rev- olutionary movement but is also a guide, for the worker, to the principles that have since led a great world move- No, 3 THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY The Daily Worker Publishing Co. you to the place. We 4A F er JUNE 28, 8 P. M, ¢ far: Communism in the pocket series of Chicago, Hl,