The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 30, 1925, Page 4

age Four il < L’ EMPLOYES T0 VOTE ON STRIKE THIS WEDNESDAY zuards And Motormen Demand 5C¢ ent Raise Employes of the Chicago elevated nes will take a vote this week on ‘Rether to accept the refusal of the G" officials to accept their demands wa five cents an nour increase in ages, or whether to strike for the ise. The surface car employes have “ted to accept the present contract ith the company for another year, at at a meeting in the Ashland audi- ium the elevated motormen and wards voted for the five cent in- ‘ease. max The voting will probably take place vesday. Voting will be in the fol- ¢ booths: LO — OAKLAND WORKERS PARTY PASSES RESOLUTION PRAISING WORK OF MOTHER BLOOR IN CALIFORNIA OAKLAND, Cal., June 28.—The 0: akland English branch of the Workers (Communist) Party has passed the following resolution expressing apprecia- tion of the work of California. “Mother” Ella Reeve Bloor for the movement in The English branch of the Workers Party of Oakland wishes to ac- knowledge its high esteem of the work done by Mother Bloor in and around the national office for lending us her services. Mother Bloor has shown her unselfish attitude by some $300 to this district which in return for her excellent work in organizing branches and Young Work- | sacrifice personal comforts has been this vicinity, District 13, and to thank +— ers’ Leagues. ‘ | Her enthusiasm and willingness to | a fine example for us, and we take this means of expressing our grati- donating | tude and respect for her. Trusting that we may be fortunate should have been paid her as wages | enough to merit her services again in the near future, we remain, Yours in Communist faith, Clarence Tobey, Sec’y. Eng. Workers Branch, Oakland, Calif. STEEL WORKERS AND COAL MINERS OBSERVE ANTI-IMPERIALIST DAY PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 28.—Despite the fact that Pittsburgh steel mills are below 70 per cent of capacity, most of them working only part time the double and three shifts system is st Particularly object to the double shif ill being maintained. Steel t system beginning on Sunday night. \Oak Park “L'" employes, 3842 However, it will not deter any of them taking a full holiday on Saturday, yake street; Metropolitan, the ye Auditorium; South Side, 313 yale reet. WAKE TOPPLES «BUILDINGS, AND oe Be BLOCKS TRAINS ntana Slide Fills of Jefferson River LEVINGSTON, Mont., June 28—Two ilwaukeé passenger trains are hem- Peatited reports. A special train has att for \the scene. bek fell into the Jefferson 6t been \heard from. The slide re- Juiy 4, Steel workers and coal miners are expecting to attend in full force the t street; Northwestern, 913 | July 4 picnic arranged by the Workers Party to be participated in by workers the Venue; loop, 80 West Wash-|from all over Western Pennsylvania. + — A contest is on amongst the militant | steel workers and coal miners as to who can bring most of their friends | to the picinc grove on George Zaar’s | farm, 10 Mile House, Middle Road. | Speeches Exposing the Exploitation | of American Imperialism Will be Made. | The clothing workers not to be out- | done, are to get in the contest. They | claim the fact that they have been able to elect two militants as busi-| agents of the Journeymen Tailors’ Union and \Amalgamated «Clothing Workers in Pittsburgh speaks well for them winning the contest even tho they entered late. On the grove other contests will be prepared for instance, a tug of war. between steel workers and coal min- ers, sack races, three-legged races, pie eating, etc. The great surprise is be- ing prepared but will not be disclosed until the day of the picnic. MOSCOW, June 28.—A discovery ‘SOVIET WATCHMEN DISCOVER JEWELS VALUED AT MILLIONS ed in by a rock slide, the Northern | rivalling in splendor the magnificance A mountain: of } of Arabian nights tales was made here today when watchmen employed in the river. | ancient palace of former Prince Yousoupoff encountered a secret vault con- The collection is said to be second in value only to that of the dispersed rain ie the Northern Pacific has} taining the ancestral jewels valued at $2,500,000, of the Yousoupoff family. uted from. an earthquake. Buildings at) Three Forks, ave collapsed: Railroad tuntels ha¥e caved in and iildings and pavements here were ! “ERS ANSWER Mont., Soupons Sor Merrick’s Defense Come In e first returns on the defense is sent to all Workers Party “Young Workers’ League branch- ‘or the purpose of raising funds tg meet the heavy expenses involved in the deportation cases and the burgh sedition trials of Fre er and nine other Communis ing to come in om the business of @ cases, the Labor eld a great nati June 28, in of uniting the work fcago for ll possible Labor De- returned ten he accomplishment conference. Never- are needed immedi- Honor Roll. ‘All pf#¥ Units and individuals who ow. ived the defense coupons “tite\cause of labor de- @ great service-by remitting for h as soon as possible. The honor of those who have been prompt in returns to date follows: lislaiares 4:00 New Youd city 4.00 Great Neck, N. Y.... 2.44 impetz, W. P., Yonkers, , L. D. C., Los Angeles, should be made and drafts made payable to Defense Council, 19 South neighbor would like to read e of the DAILY WORKER. y~give it to him! will be held by nine or 3 lin Grove. from New York will ission will be 36 \ | treasure of the Romanoffs. Former Prince Yousoupoff is now i (Continued from page 1) n the United States pressing a law suit growing out of the sale of one of his paintings by Rembrandt. SHUTDOWN USED AS THREAT State Police Enforce Open Shop. 100 bars for two men. Sometimes they are kept at this work four or five days at a stretch and one worker of that\department told me that thé A ruthless open shop policy has al- ways been pursued by the McKees Rocks .Préssed Steel Car company. Its own police force is ever ready to bat- «itt FOR FUNDS. (Special to The FIELD, Mass., June 28,—-A benefit picnic for the Sacco-Vanazetti rn rec sein highest point be and his Ludy €ould reach. was 2,000 bars a day by work- ing_real hard making $3.00 a day for both of them or $1.50 a day a piece. Riveters’ Starvation Wages. Riveters are not a bit better off. the Pennsylvania Railroad company netted each man of the riveters’ gang AO cents per car, 37 cents for fitters, ‘and 34 Cents for heaters. With the 6s and local labor defence councils}-yex+ order from the Norfolk & West- | hern*Railroad company the price was | péduced to 38 cents per man; riveters, 5 cents for fitters and 33 cents for heaters. With a third order by the Louisville & Nashville road the prices | }had become further reduced 36 cents per man, riveters, 33 cents for fitters | and 30 cents for heaters. Some time ago an order placed by | ule with discontented workers and the state police ready to help whenever necessary. That was amply proven | during the strike of 1909 when a num- ber of workers were killed. At the end of the last strike about a month }ago the company was compelled to |again reinstate men who had been | discharged and participated in the strike. It succeeded however in vic- timized one of the most active mili- tants of the strikers who was elected chairman of the strike committee and when reporting back to work was told that he would never be given work at |that plant. Now the shutdown will be the best means of the company to but into effect its desire for vengeance upon the workers who expressed dis- content in the past. GREEK CABINET WENT DOWN LIKE BOWL OF SOUP ‘Next Order Of Business Is Another Revolt «Special to The Daily Wurver) LONDON, June 28.—Greece may go down in history as having established a new style in revolutions unless the ousted statesmen change their minds and try a little blood emission, so that their successors will not run away evitable accompaniment of revolution is a thing of the past. The change in rulers came about as peacefully as an election of officers in a@ Rotary club. A brand new cabinet was sworn in and everything is all set for the next revolution. While the bourgeois bandits are scrapping among themselves and do- ing the bidding of rival imperialist powers both groups are persecuting ; the workers, who are roganizing fora | real revolution which will put an end {to the bloody antics of the capitalist desperadoes, aily Worker) ganizations of Springfield and vicinity can be reached by taking the Feeding Hill cars. Italian and ti address the meeting. with the idea that violnece as an in-| ELLA BLOOR TO SPEAK AT JULY FOURTH PleNle |Arrives At Kansas City On Schedule i | KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 28.— Traveling 350 miles in one day, to keep up the schedule arranged, Moth- er Bloor arrived in) Kansas. City on Saturday, completing 2,000 miles on the coast-to-coast trip for the DAILY WORKER. She addressed an enthusiastic mem- | bership meeting here of the Workers (Communist) Party on Saturday eve- ning and on Sunday spoke at a well- attended picnic together with C, E. Ruthenberg, party national secretary. Proceeding from Kansas City, Moth- er Bloor goes to St. Louis where a meeting is*planned by the local Com- munist unit on Wednesday, July 1. Still hitch-hiking, paying no railroad fare, but keeping on schedule despite the disadvantage, Mother Bloor will arrive in Chicago about July 3, and on July 4, a grand weleome will be ac- corded the veteran fighter at the Com- munist picnic to be held at Beyer's Grove, at which she will speak to- gether with James P. Cannon, mem- ber of the Central Executive Com- mittee. Shepherd Case Dropped. Following the acquittal of William D. Shepherd of the murder of his millionaire ward, William N. McClin- tock, it-was announced that Shepherd will not be further prosecuted. Charles C, Faiman, who runs a quack medical school, is still held. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or tive program of games and dances has been arranged by Na wenn 8 NNO Mem 6 (Wo will make a better Communist of you, | THE DAILY Rsanen BAR | ts 34 vente TENNESSE OPPOSE ON SCOF Speech For Science Is Cut from Records ¢ ITACK MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 28, — The Tennessee Bar Association, by a vote of 81 to 56 voted to expunge from the record an address by Robert S. Keebler of Memphis, attacking the state’s anti-evolution’ law Keebler said: “The law is‘a déliberate viola- | tion by the legislature ‘of its funda- mental duty to cherish science.” “If our constitution means any- | thing,” Keebler said; “it means that science must be free to pursue pain- staking researches;» that the legis- Itaure, instead of retarding and mak- ing a mockery of science, must sustain and nourish it.” He declared the law unconstituttional, The speech was wiped from the record after it had been characterized as “an attack on the legislature,” by workers | other members, FRANCE VOTES TO PRINT SIX BILLION FRANCS Caillaux Puts Bill Thru By Threats (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, June 28—With only the Com- munists voting in the opposition, Finance Ministér Caillaux put his fiscal program thru the chamber of deputies by a vote of 330 to 34. The main body of the :socialists decided to abstain from voting: Caillaux’s program was supported by the national bloc, his most bitter enemies _ politically, and in fact physically, for it was the leaders of this same bloc that tried to send him before a Vincennes fring squad for pursuing the same diplomatic policy during the war, that Hé is now on the road to realizing. Scared the Opposition. The bill authorizés"an increase of 6,000,000,000 francs ‘in’ currency. The government frighténed the opposittion into voting for the financial program without a murmur’ by the threat of closing the Bank of*'France on Mon- day unless the Céifaux plan went thru. A financial disaster *in France in the present state ,of) affairs would mean chaos in Kufope and the ex- plosion of the Dares plan. It is re- ported that in view of this possibility the American ply ent used its in- fluence with the natio the Caillaux plan bass without op- position. 2 London Is “Uneasy. LONDON, June “28, — Financial circles here were of the opinion that the inflation of the currency by six billion paper francs'Wwill not add to the stability of Frénth finances, tho it was admitted thé” Caillaux move would prevent a moré serious crisis. British politicians “are not at all Pleased with the developments which have returned Caillaux: to power and they fear that his suceess in putting thru his financial program will give him a prestige in France which bodes ill for British diplomacy on the con- tinent. It is no secret among foreign office circles that Caillaux's conception of a Franco-German alliance as a solu- tion of the Euorpean problem is en- tirely distasteful to British diplomacy, [is holds to the check and balance system, with England in charge of the checking. ‘8 « The Lira Takes a Dip, ROME, June 28,—The lira again hit the tobaggon yesterday, the dollar being quoted at 30.° The drop is at- tributed to the failure of Mussolini to convince the public of the stability of the fascist regime and to the con- viction that a civil war is a possibility in the near future. WORKERS STRIKE WHEN EMPLOYERS ~ FIRE ORGANIZERS TRENTON, N. J. June 28.—There is a strike on here in the largest cloth- ing factory in the city, located at 116 Factory street. The trouble started when eight employes were discharged for their activity in d?ganizing a union. When this news Péached the shop, 25 other workers walked out and called on all the others to strike in Protest against the victimization of the union militants. At the present time about half the employes of the factory are out and the entire working force is expected to be out in a few days. The strikers are demanding besides the right to organize, better working conditions and highét wages, ’ —— > Tell other workers what hap- pens in your shop.” Write a story and send it in t# the DAILY WORKER. Orde?! a bundle to distribute there. eae ’ : aie | AS WE SEEIT. -:- (Continued from page 1) By T. J. O'Flaherty and file by leaving the unions and unions. The members of both organ-| OWling like hungry timber wolves on izations are losing wages because their leaders cannot agree. As usual the rank and file suffer. of course draw their fat salaries, ree a the outside, or by leading a few pure radicals into some sanctified corral The officials | that is dignified by the title of union. We have seen enuf of this kind of strategy and it has been a dismal fail- HESE are not strikes against the] Ure. employers. If they were it is quite likely that the leaders would be break- ing their necks sending the men back to work. As it is when they made a bluff at seeking a settlement, who do you think they picked out for an arbi- trator? None other than Secretary of Labor James J, Davis, one of the scab- biest lickspittles of capitalism in the country. The Plasterers’ Union has 30,000 members while the Bricklayers have 70,000. Both are affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. ? see T the convention of the Bricklay- ers Union, held last year, a resolu- tion was passed branding the Plaster- ers’ Union as a dual organization and urging the amalgamation of both. The formed’ a’ rival” unton, idea is good, but the way to go about amalgamation is not by making war on the plasterers. The proper thing ‘or both organizations to do is to get ogether in a joint conference without recriminations and make an honest attempt to bring about unity thru amalgamation. There is plenty of room in one organization of the two trades for the necessary officers of both. ° se ! T is no exaggeration to say that craft unionism and dual unionism | are among the two greatest evils that | curse the trade union movement of this country. And the reactionaries are not the only ones responsible. There are some radicals or alleged radicals who have the virus of dual} unionism so deeply ingrained in their systems that they cannot tolerate the necessarily slow process of educating the rank and file of the craft unions to the necessity for greater solidarity thru amalgamation, ai HEY call the members of the unions “dumbells” and the leaders worse than that. It-is true that most of the leaders are fakers, but they are leaders and must be reckoned with. Their policy—or lack of it—cannot be exposed in its true light to the rank ee 8 | aid is not the only country where dual unionism and craft unionism have brot disaster to the workers. Tho England is making strdies to- wards amalgamation, even with the active and sincere support of the lead- ers of the official labor movement, the progress is slow and jurisdictional strikes occur. In Ireland the same malady is prevalent, tho the Irish Transport and General Workers Uniofs takes in all kinds of workers, skilled and unskilled, and is the most powerful labor organization in the country. a) UT last year, a section of the or- ganization in Dublin seceded and Since then several jurisdicitonal strikes have taken place, with both branding the other side as scabs. According to a Story of a recent strike there, when the members of the Transport Union went out, the boss filled their places with scabs. An organizer for the rival union came along and gave the scabs membership cars in his organ- ization. Then the boss threw out his chest and-said his strikebreakers were union men and the members of the Transport Union could do as they pleased. see UCH incidents are by no means rare in the United States, tho it is seldom that radicals are guilty of like conduct. Even the most inveter- ate dualist in this country would hesi- tate a long time before: committing such a crime against working class solidarity. Reactionary labor leaders ; have no regard for the welfare of the rank and file. Their actions are de- termined by their own interests. Hence it is futile to expect them to take the initiative in bringing about amalgamation. This is the task of the rank and file led by the progressives. Not only must the progressives sup- ply the rank and file with a program but they must also supply them with leadership. SUN YAT SEN’S FORMER SECRETARY TO SPEAK AT WORKERS PARTY PICNIC ‘seedy mene gu One of the features at the July Fourth picnic and Anti-Imperialist j demonstration of the ‘Workers Party in Chicago, will be the presence of a former secretary of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the great Chinese liberator. This Chinese brother is the editor of a Chinese paper. He has accepted the in- mal bloc to let) vitation to speak at the picnic. avenue car line. WORKERS TO HOLD ANTI-GAPITALIST PICNIC IN WSC, Milwaukee Communists Protest July 4th (Special to The Daily Worker) MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 28.—On July 4th the Milwaukee Branches of the Workers Party and the Young Workers League will hold a picnic at Tippecanoe Park. This will be a de- monstration ageinst the attempt of the imperialist powers to entangle thx. workers in new wars, and as a counter to the patriotic rallies that are held in the city on July 4th, Comrade Max Shachtman, editor of the Young Worker, who has recently returned from Russia where he at- tended the executive sessions of the The affair will be held in Beyer’s Grove, at the end of the California The picnic and demonstration will mark the end of Anti- + Imperialist Week, conducted by the Workers Party thruout the United. States. Among other speakers will be James P. Cannon, member of. the Central Executive Committee and one of the party’s delegates to the re- cent session of the enlarged executive of the Communist International. Decline U. S. Request. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 28.— Spain and Belgium have declined the request of the state department to give diplomatic status to American treasury officials sent abroad to in- vestigate costs of production for tar- iff making purposes. Tell other workers what hap- pens in your shop. Write a story and send it in to the DAILY WORKER. Order a bundle to distribute there. Young Communist International, will be the principal speaker. Andrew Overgaard, sub-district organizer of the Workers Party, will also speak. Workers of Milwaukee are invited to participate in this affair to demon- strate against Morgan's new prepara- tions for war, against the attempt of the imperialist powers to enslave the Chinese workers and for international solidarity of the working class. In addition to the speaking and de- monstration there will be all the usual amusements, dancing, games, and sports. Admission is 35c. Take Vliet street car marked Tippecanoe to the park. Foreign Exchange. 4 ain, pound, 4.85%; France, franc, 4.6044; cable, 4.61. Belgium, franc, 4.55%; cable, 4.56, Italy, lira, 3.52% ; cable, 3.53, Sweden, krone, 26.74; krone, 17.4 krone, 19.7 mark, no quote. cable no quote. cable, 4.86%. cable, 26.77. Norway, ble, 17.48, Denmark, cable, 19.75. Germany, Shanghai, tael, 80.00, Rush that Sub—Campaign ends July 1! . PITTSBURGH, PA, To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 60 per cent on all } thelr dental work, DR. - RENTIBT NEW YORK, June 27.—Great B: | . {i RASNICK | wherever workers gather. 2 Cents a Copy THE DAILY WORKER, Fight Enslaving Imperialism DURING ANTI-IMPERIALISM WEEK dune 29 to July 4 Everyday during next week special articles dealing with anti-imperialism will be in the DAILY WORKER. The Issue of July 4 will carry additional features of educational and propa- ganda value against imperialism. For all week and especially July 4 which has been turned into a mobilization day. ORDER A BUNDLE Take it to your shop, union or open air meeting— ff j AT THE REGULAR RATES July 4 Issue, 31/, Cents a Copy 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. «» for a bundle of ..... DAILY WORKER during the week of June 29 to July 4. Send the bundle on Mon., Tues., Wed., Thur., Fri., Sat., to i CHINA’S FIGHT ONIMPERIALISM GAINS STRENGTH Czarist Refugees Used As Strikebreakers (Special te The Daily Worker.) PEKING, June 28—The agitation against domination in China,is on the increase, according to reports reach- ing here from all parts of the coun- try. The national struggle is under the guidance of the Kuo Min Tang, which has not lost its grip on the masses thru the death of Sun Yat Sen, as the imperialists fondly ex- pected. Tho the American government has hesitated to interfere to any great ex- tent in the present crisis, American business men in China, at the solici- tation of British agents are making frantic efforts to induce the Washing- ton government to adopt drastic measures. The American chamber of commerce in Hankow, adopted a reso- lution condemning the statement made by Senator Borah, whieh urged the dropping of extra-territoriality laws and favored the treatment of the Chinese on an equal basis with other nations. Imperialist Diplomacy Cl: While it is believed Borah ,would not make such a statement without the sanction of the state department, the British believe their influence at Washington is strong enough to in- duce the Coolidge government to adopt an attitude towards China simi- lar to what Kellogg adopted towards Mexico. Neither the American nor the Jap- anese government have so far show- ed any intention of pulling the Bri- tish chestnuts out of the fire. Japan is deeply involved in China, but her diplomacy has left England the task of doing most of the dirty work, while the Mikado’s government has confined itself to making protesta- tions of friendship for the Chinese people. What the big powers may ldo later on is a matter for history © to’ record and not for prophecy. Shot by Foreigners. France is demanding an indemnity - of $500,000 for thewife of a French citizen who was killed during the recent hostilities in Canton. As it was proven that the initiative in the shooting came from the French and the English, the Chinese government - will be able to present a counter claim that will more than balance that of France. a « Another development which is caus- ing considerbale comment here, is the right-about-face of the Christian mis- sionaries who at first blamed the shooting in the Shameen settlement in Canton on the foreigners. Under pressure from the British they now changed their testimony and now blame the Chinese. see White Guards to Scab, SHANGHAI, June 28.—Attempting to break the shipping tie-up which has prevented sailing of many British ships, the Canadian Pacific line today sent 100 Russian white guards to Hong Kong to serve as a black leg - crew on the Empress of Asia. The Express of Canada sailed for Hong Kong from this port as British had loaded her cargo. ‘The general strike situation remain- ed unchanged here, shops remaining open but business virtually at a stand- still owing to the panicky feeling that exists. Give this copy to your shop-mate. oe Copies of the