The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 1, 1925, Page 4

CHINESE RAISE MILLION IN DRIVE FOR LIBERATION Chinatown, N. Y., Mass Meeting Gets $20,000 By ESTHER LQWELL (Federated Press.) NEW YORK, June 29, — Chinese workers, students and merchants in all North America are attempting to support the Chinese movement against foreign imperialists, .C. Y. Cheng of the Chinese consulate Is In- formed by the various groups partic- Ipating In the fund raising. The Chinese Students’ Alifance is calling a conference of students in eastern states, colleges and universi- ties to help. A similar conference will Probably be called of mid-western states’ students in Chicago and one on the Pacific coast. Students and Workers Help. A ‘mass meeting of Chinese in New York’s Chinatown raised over $20,000 with pledges of as much more Many Chinese are giving $1,000 apiece to help Chinese nationalism win over the present domination for foreign powers. Students who are working to earn their education are contrib- uting hundreds of dollars more. Chinese workers in this country, Canada and Mexico are giving what they can to liberate their nation by aiding their countrymen in Shanghai, Canton and other centers where the fight against foreign control is go- ing on. Cables of support and sympathy are being sent by various organizations of Chinese in this country. Consul General Chang Ziang-Ling cabled Chinese nationalist leaders that “Chin- ese thruout North America will sup- port your nationalist movement heart and soul, but you are cautioned to refrain from violence. Use civil methods only and discriminate be- tween those powers who have at- tempted to throttle China and those who have not. Don’t abuse the strength you have.” The Peking foreign office cabled the demands of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce formed in consultation with strike and student leaders and pointed out that the re- quests for apologies, indemnities, dis- missal of employes and punishment of slayers are the same, as foreign powers have often demanded from China for the accidental slaying of _s9me individual. The case of Charles Coltman, killed in China in 1922 when he refused to halt his auto, is cited by New York Chinese students because the United States obtained an indemnity of $25,- 600 from China and dismiasal. of of- ficials as.well as an apology. Urge Three Big Demands. The three main demands of the Chinese, which the foreign members of the investigating committee in Shanghai claimed were unreasonable and not bearing on the situation, were cabled to the Chinese consuls in America as follows: 1, Return of the mixed court to complete Chinese jurisdiction. 2. Immediate miprovement of labor co} ns. & ticipation by Chinese, as the heaviest taxpayers in the foreign in- ternational settlement, in the admin- istration of the city. There are 13 demands of the Chinese in all, including release of all Chinese arrested and restoration of Chinese schools; punishment of slay- ers of Chinese students and workers; indemnities for lives taken; apologies for killing Chinese citizens; reinstate- ment of all strikers without wage re- ductions or fines; permit those work- ers who want to quit their jobs with- out deduction for time lost in strug- gle; Chinese to have freedom ot speech, press and assemblage now de-| nied in settlement; equal division of | voting power in Shanghai municipal) wouncil between foreigns and Chinese | and permission for Chinese actually | owning land, whether in name of for-| eigners or not, to vote in municipal | elections; all roads arbitrarily built | by foreigners in Chinese territory at) Shanghai to be turned over to Chinese | diction; that the press ordinance | itting city council to suppress publications be rescinded and that | @dditional wharf duties imposed by municipality above government ies be cancelled; dismissal of the tary of the municipal council, a jh subject. y Give this copy to your shop-mate.! Sunday, July 5, 1925, - TICKETS 50 CENTS. All pre: NEW YORK, ATTENTION! Conference of Uj Elore and All Hungarian Workers’ Societies, Including Hungarian Dramatic Society Monster Picnic for the benefit of ihe revolutionary press. Good Music, Refreshments, Hungarian Goulash, Dancing, Games. KANSAS CITY REACHES QUOTA IN DAILY WORKER DRIVE; RUTHENBERG MOTHER BLOOR SPEAK AT PICNIC By ELLA REEVE BLOOR. KANSAS CITY, Mo., a big success, June 29.—The DAILY WORKER picnic today was Kansas City reached its quota with forty new subscriptions secured, in addition to twe!ve subscriptions for the Young Worker. Comrade Ruthenbreg made an especially fine address on Russia and America today. | spoke for the DAILY WORKER and secured many new subs and ereated new interest in our best party builder, (Continued from page 1.) work and would not resume work un- til the removed members were rein- stated. Cops and Gangsters Unite Before long the shop was surround- ed by sluggers who were sent by the pogrom leaders, backed by “law and order” in the form of masses of police. The sluggers were armed with various weapons, some carrying heavy bottles in their hands, with no objection being made by the police. The result was that when the-sluggers attacked the workers, several workers were beaten up by the sluggers and then eight were arrested by the police. The united front of the pogromist yellow machine gang and the police was carried out in action. The sluggers picked out the girls to attack. Lona Klein was beaten the worst of all. Her head was badly wounded by a slugger with a bottle and she had to be taken to the Roose- velt Hospital where her wounds were treated. Sonia Chaikin, Mollie Seche- rin, William Summerhous, Sonia Mil- ler, Hartman, Pauline Schulman, Mol- lie Rosen and Ida Katz were the eight arrested. Not Discouraged The attack of the sluggers and po- lice did not, however, help the bosses and thelr agents at the head of the machine, to make clothes. Many of the workers left their places and the work was crippled. Similar events happened at the other shop, with the difference that at Frederick's the slug- gers themselves got the worst of the beating from the angry workers. Far from being discouraged, the workers were only inspired to battle,. and declared that they will picket every shop where the agents of the machine try to take off active union members from the job just because they support the suspended executives of Locals 2, 9 and 22. In every case where the workers of the particular shop fail to defend the militants and their own interests against the bandit methods of the machine, the dress- makers will picket en mass. More demonstrations are expected around the two shops. Committee Issues Call The Joint Action Committee has called upon all workers to not permit discrimination against their brothers and sisters who stand in the vanguard for a better union. The committee asks all other workers to turn out every morning to participate in the picketing around the shops where no other method will stop the assaults of the machine. The other battle front was at the Hotel Cadillac. There the executives of the three locals,were subject to the lynch law of the machine. It was a wild and idiotic spectacle, stages by comedians. “They have long been guilty” said the “injustice” of Mister Yanovsky, speaking of the accused executives. But yet they stage a trial and pretend to “investigate.” They must do so according to the constitution. One has to appear to be “fair” before the world. It is neces- sary in order to deceive the union membership. “Trial” Begins The “trial” began at 10 a, m. and the accused came to trial disregarding the fact that they know perfectly well the fake nature of «ne proceeding. Louis Hyman, manager of Local 9, and S. Zimmerman were brought to ict as attorneys for the defense. At once they demanded that the trial should be open to the representatives of the press. This was refused. They then demanded a jury of pro- minent people such as Frank P. Walsh, Roger Baldwin and even Eu- gene V. Debs, who is chairman of the socialist party and friend of Sigman, Hillquit and others, This, too, was re- fused. Then they demanded to read a statement at the opening about the entire case and the accusations. This was denied, also. The only thing granted was that the accused should have their own stenographer. Did Not Withdraw The defendants did not, however, withdraw from the trial. Let the ma- chine have some fun and let the mem- bership and all honest members of the at Pleasant Bay Park nt will be assured a good time, Workers Battle Sluggers, Police working class see how both sides react to these farces, was their view- point. The questions began: “Are you a Communist? Do you belong to the Workers Party? To the Trade Union Educational League? Were you at the May Day meeting? Did you hear Olgin declare that ‘We must break the In- ternational with a hammer’?” Idiotic questions followed one upon the other. All put in a provocative manner. They did not ask if Olgin had spoken of the I. L. G. W. and what he said, but only if he had said “We must break the International with a hammer.” By five o’clock they had managed only to question a few members of Local 2. The first one was Berland. Then Bloom, Blagman, Block and Cooper. Anything To Fake A Story Another game was tried by the yellow Forwards gang. They tried to get several girls to carry signs and go to the office of Local 22, while the Forwards’ photographer would try to get a picture to show that the “Com- munist bosses” of Local 22 had locked out the workers of Local 22. The workers ridiculed this rumored “lock- out” which is mentioned in the For- wards, Plan Series of Five Lectures for Y. W. L. in New York City NEW YORK.—The course of sum- mer educational work for the Young Workers League in the New York district is now under way. A series of five lectures will be given to every unit of the league on timely subjects. The first of these, entitled: “Mili- tarism, Pacifism and the Role of the Young Communist League” will be given at the following branches in New York City. (Lectures in Jewish, Hungarian and Russian with places and dates is appearing in the re- specting language press): Branch 1, July 3, J. Cohen, speaker; Branch 2, July 3, G, Sisking, speaker; Branch 5, July. 2, H. Fox, speaker; Branch 6, July 3, W. Herberg, speaker; Branch 7, July 7, R. Grecht, speaker. Followmg this, there will be lectures on: Method and Content of Com- munist Education; Fundamentals of Communist Organization; Economic Struggles of the American Working Class Youth; The Role of the Party and the League. This work is being run under the direction of the national executive committee sub-committee on educa- tion. Extensive outlines on each sub- ject are being prepared for the speak- ers so as to insure uniformity in pres- entation of the basic points. Easily Satisfied. The Women’s City Club at a confer- ence expressed themselves satisfied that the legislature did not approve the proposed federal amendment to the constitution to prohibit child la- bor. They said they hoped it would pass in two years. 4 THE DAILY WORKER ‘AMALGAMATED’ STRIKE IS 100 PER TENT Strike-Breaking- . Help to Bosses (Continued i non page 1) mind about the strike, The shops of the Internatonal Tail- joring Company in New York were or- dered struck today by the Amalga- mated, it was reported. Girls Doing Good Work The girls distributing, the DAILY WORKER on the picket lines were helping to inform workers who came looking for jobs in response to the scab advertisements of the United Garment Workers,, that there was a strike. The strike story in the DAILY WORKER was read eagerly by the | AS WE SEEIT_ -:- (Continued from page 1.) worth prison and tell him the good news of what happened last Sunday. oe 8 OT since the great mass meeting that was held when news _ of Lenin’s death reached ‘this country was a revolutionary demonstration held in this city that approached last Sunday’s in enthusiasm and numbers. Two thousand workers were there and they did not come to get a thrill either, tho they got that, They came because they were seriously interest- ed in the object of the meeting. It was the crowning event of a day that was historic. a) HE confernece laid the basis for unity in the defense of class war prisoners. The need for unity is no greater in any other side of labor’s activities This is admitted by all who are seriously interested in the de- fense and release of our class war strikers. None of the capitalist pa- pers carried a liue about the strike. The action of the United Garmens Workers while eniireiy in accord with the past conduct of that scabby out- fit, has aroused iutense anger among the clothing workers, aud indeed ; among all trade unionists. This fink agency ran at least five, advertise. ments in the Sunday Tribune and almost one whole column in Mon- day’s Tribune. Here are a few samp- les of the ads, calling for scabs to break the two-Amalgamated strikes in the International Tailoring Company shops and those of the J. L. Tailor Company: SCAB ADS Factory and Trades. COAT SHOP HELP. UNION SHOP CONDITIONS Pocket Makers. Basters. Finishers. Off Pressers. Ete. Also ‘all kinds of help for Vest and Pants Shops—Cut. ters and Bushelmen. Come early and- secure per manent positions. INTERNATIONAL TAILORING CO., Affiliated with United Garment Workers of America, 847 W. Jackson-blvd., Chicago, Il. TROUSER SHOP HELP. Union Shop Conditions. Pocket Makers. Lining Makers. Joiners. Tacker. " t Buttonhole Maker. -» OPERATORS FOR ALL SPECIAL MACHINES. ae Also all kinds of Coat, and Vest Shop Help—Cutters, and Bushel- men. Come early and secure pertuanent positions. J. L. TAYLOR & co., AFFILIATED WITH UNITED GARMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, 315 S. Peoria-St. CHICAGO, ILL. Picket Arrested, One picket was arrested this morn- ing and taken to the police station. Bail was provided and the striker re- leased. George H. Slatter, General Execu- tive Board member of. the United Garment Workers is in charge of that organization’s scabbing aptivities here. Slatter is handing the job of drumming up scabs for the two cloth- ing factories whose employes are on strike. When called up at his hotel by a reporter Slatter referred his PERSIA’S DISCONTENT AGAINST BRITISH IMPERIALISM INCREASED BY LEAGUE’S ARMS RECISION TEHERAN, Persia, June 28.—Frequent attacks on Great Britain in the Persian press reflect the growing dissatisfaction of the Persian workers toward, the British imperialism and its medium for wielding power over its subjects countries—the league of nations. The newspaper Shafaghsork declares that the league of nations, pre-sum- ably brought into being to safegurad reality the imperialistic British gov- ernment under another name. The workers are criticizing parlia- ment for not even protesting against the traffic in arms conference decision to search Persian ships in the gulf of Persia. Because of this decision, Per- sia’s delegates withdraw from the conference, By the terms of the league of nations convention, which was signed by the United States, the English government controls the Per- sian gulf and fimits the country's ability to receive arms from Europe, to the will of the British imperialists, Rose Pastor Stoke: Denies Rumor, Comrade Rose Pastor Stokes has asked us to deny the rumor that she no longer is a member of the Workers (Communist) Party which has been circulated thru the capitalist news papers. The Chronicle Telegraph of Pittsburgh, Pa., carries not only an item but also a photograph of Com- rade Stokes under the ridiculous head- ing, Flag.” Comrade Stokes wishes it to be made known that “she has not changed her position one hair's “Rose Pastor Stokes Drops Red!® the interests of smaller nations is in questioners to the International Tail- oring Company, saying that he was not an information bureau. Slatter is a wandering scab herder having tack- led a job similar to his present one in Kan: City. He was chairman of the constitution committee at the last; convention of the Illinois State Fed- eraion of Labor, which shows that la- bor fakers and scabs «ot along alright. The United Garment,Workers have not a single local. They are just abbing on the regular finkeries like Hargreaves. Called In the Seabs. The officera of the International Tailoring Company, informed their employes that they would sign an agreement with any union that would accept a reduction in wages. Since the Amalgamated refused this con- cession, the company decided to call fn the United Garment Workers. ‘This | shop was one of the most difficult to anize in the Chicago market. When the first strike was pulled off there in 1919, the uniom had a tough Mn in bringing the workers out. prisoners. Unity has often been dis- cussed, but until now it has remained a pious wish. The controversial ques- tions that divide the workers into dif- ferent organizations prevented this unity, But necessity which is labelled mother of invention, finally trans- lates wishes into deeds. And unity was established on the one common ground where all class conscious workers can pool their resources to defend the members of their class who fall into the hands of the enemy. see EMBERS of the I. W. W., Com- munists, A. F. of L. militants and unaffilated radicals like Bishop William Montgomery Brown, joined in the common cause. There was no discordant note at the conference. It did not waste any time jabbering about little things It performed its work in record time. One felt that the once familiar names of Mooney and Billings, of Schmidt and McNamara, of the I, W. W. prisoners in San Quentin, Califronia, Walla Walla, Washington and in other jails, and of more others would be heard again, this time on the lips of millions. And the great burst of applause that greet- ed the appearance of the venerable old rebel Bishop Brown when he ap- peared on the platform might well have penetrated thru the grey walls of the dungeons where our class war fighters are held. see of Rantdite who have experienced the sensation of hearing the jailer’s key turn from the wrong side of the iron door, know that there is noth- ing more encouraging to a class war. | workers ‘than the knowledge that the workers on the outsidé have not for- gotten him, and that they have not forgotten or forsaken the cause which is more dear to the rebel than life or liberty. And when Ralph Chaplin, the rebel I. W. W. poet, poured out his soul to the audience in his story of the sufferings of our prisoners, everybody present felt that a new day had dawned in the history of the labor movement, so 8 ‘T was a great meeting. From the time William F. Dunne introduced bosses will try to get an injunction against picketing by hook or by crook, but the present temper of the strikers is that they would say to the injunctions as Admiral Farragut is supposed to have to the enemy’s tor- Dedoes: “Damn your injunctions, we'll go right ahead with our mass picketing.” Bosses Supporting One Another. It is reported that the manufactur- ers of men’s clothing, even those who have signed up with the Amalgamat- ed are secretly supporting the Inter- national Tailoring Company and the J. L. Taylor Company in their effort to establish the open shop or its equivalent by signing up with Rick- ert’s scab company union. Every worker should understand that the United Garment Workers is not a la- bor union but a combination strike- breaking and detective agency for the bosses. Every member of the Amalgamated in Chicago must real- ize that the very life of the union is at stake in this strike, and they must exert every ounce of power they pos- sess to defeat the bosses. The action of the United Garment Workers in advertising for scabs to break the Amalgamated strike is ex- pected to be taken up with officials of the American Federation of Labor. The next meeting of the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor may have something to say about this despicable piece of [Scabbery. Even tho the Amalgamat- ed is not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, it has always co- operated with A. F. of L. unions in their strikes and it is only fair to ex- pect some reciprocity along the same lines from the local labor movement that is part of the American Federa- {tion of Labor. Interesting Lecture at Downtown English Branch NEW YORK-—At its next educatio- nal meeting which will be held on Wednesday, July 1st, at the head- quarters 108 E. 14th St. the downtown New York English branch has ar- ranged a discussion on “The Tempo- rary Stabilization of Capitalism” led by Comrade Sparer, All members and sympathizers are requested to come and participate in By T. J. O'Flaherty Bishop Brown as “a gentleman of the cloth, whose occupation now is—he says 80 himself—banishing gods from the skies and capitalism from the earth” until Benjamin Gitlow’s rous- ing speech brought the meeting to a close, there was not a dull moment. On the platform were representatives of different schools of thought in the labor movement, but all agreed on one thing: the necessity for fighting the capitalists and wrenching our prisoners of war from their clutches. see HERE was a Negro, Otto Hall, representing the black workers that powerful battalion in the army of labor doubly oppressed by the rul- ing class and ignored by the reac- tionaries in the labor movement. And the genial giant Andrew 'T. McNam- ara of the International Association of Machinists from Gary’s balliwick in Pittsburgh, whose favorite indoor, and. outdoor sport, from boyhood has been: fighting the bosses showed that he had a sense of humor, which every revolutionary fighter must have, or suffer from irritation of the liver. McNamara fights Gary, Andy Mellon and Company, and in his spare time “Boand O, Bill” Johnston. But if “B. and: 0. Bill” was arrested for fighting the battles of the workers, McNamara would come to his defense as gladly as he now does for the Communists, I. W. W.’s and A, F. of L. militants. But there is hardly a likelihood that “B. and O. Bill” will gét pinched by the bosses. If there is any pinching done, the machinists will do it. ee 8 OMETIMES meetings generate enthusiasm under the spell of speakers, with golden tongues, but show no permanent results. A recol- lection is a good critterion of whether an audience is “sold” on the purpose of a meeting or not. And even James P. Cannon’s eloquence cannot be given more than its due credit for the fact that out of an audience of 2,000 more than eight hundred contributed to the collection, besides paying an admis- sion charge and also purchasing a de- fense futton. I believe everybody bought. one because the female bat- talion of death that stood at the head of the stairway had inscribed on their banner the business motto: “Thou shalt not pass without a button.” oe ee financial contribution made by the audience, as pointed out by Ralph Chaplin, proved that they meant business, and that they were behind the conference. And as the International Labor Defense will be a dues-paying organization, on a month- ly contribution basis of ten cents per member, I would not be surprised to see one hundred thousand American workers within its.ranks inside of one year. The organization got a good start and the national council which includes prominent leaders of almost every working class organization is to be congratulated on the selection of James P. Cannon as_ secretary, whose chairmanship at the conference was so marked by those qualities which are essential in the by no means easy task of steering an or- ganization coniposéd of workers who disagree on many points tho all agree- ing on one. We wish success to the ‘sean rrr tanner cre een en nN - ‘CALLES OBEYS STANDARD OIL TRUST'S ORDERS Federal “Troops Sent Against Strikers (Continued from page 1) ministry of communications announc- es that the case has been turned over to the attorney general’s office with instructions to “fix the responsibility” for the closing of the company, The strikers are to be hounded back to work by Calles, upon orders of the American magnates. Calles Aids Standard Oil. A dispatch from W,. Green, manag- er of the Standard Oil-Doheney Huas- teca Petroleum company, whose em- ployes in Tampico have been on strike, states that the company has received ample protection from feder- al troops. Be Calles Good Servant. WASHINGTON, June 29—Secretary of State Kellogg asserts that he knows nothing of the source of the information upon which McLean's Washington Post declares: that “The government of Mexico has a_ short time in which to change its course,’ and that if the Calles government is not “willing and able to perform its duties as a member of the family of nations, the United States will ascer- tain that fact and act accordingly.” Nor does he ratify its promise of “ef- fective action” beyond the presenta- tion of a list of complaints to the Mexican administration. No Chance of Getting Rule. Mexican newspapers arriving in Washington bring the program of land distribution, as set forth in a speech by Minister of Agriculture Luis Leon, some days before the Kel- logg statement reached him. Leon was touring the southern states, near the Guatemalan border, at the time, and this speech delivered at a ban- quet given him by business men at Papachula, Chiapas, was a warning to Mexicans of the policy their own gov- ernment would follow., He sald that land would be given every peasant family that could cultivate it; none would be distributed that» “could not and would not be cultivated, by the allottees. Mexico would not create a new class of landlords; it wanted working proprietors only.” Threatens Troops. Moreover, would not be tolerated; troops would be sent to evict and punish squatters. If landlords refused to permit the le- gal authorities to divide and distri- bute the land, troops w ld be sent to enforce the government 's program. Payment for land taken would be made by the federal ‘government, thru $50,000,000 worth ya Ponds soon | to be issued. It appears that rumors of impend- ing revolt in Mexico have been start- ed by Sherburne Hopkins, profession- al broker of Latin American intrigues, who recently took as a client’ the anti-Soviet junta of the republic of Georgia. Your neighbor would like to International Labor Defense, We be-| read this issue of the DAILY lieve our class war prisoners will] WORKER. Be neighborly—give echo this wish. WORKERS MONTHLY--JULY (Anti-Imperialist Number ) INCLUDES THESE FEATURES: ANTI-IMPERIALIST ARTICLES PHOTOGRAPHS ’ 1. Contradiction of Imperialist Capitalism, 2. The Negro as an Oppressed People, 3. The Imperialist Struggle in China, 4. Labor and Empi 5. The New America: the American Empire, 6. Bayonets in Peace and War, OTHER LEADING ARTICLES 1, Party Fractions in the Trade Unions, 2. Native Sins of the Golden West, 3. Left Wing Advances in the Needle Trades, 4. New Uses for Strikes, 5. The Longest Procession SHORT STORIES OF THE WORKSHOPS 1. Carbon Cakes, CARTOONS BY Robert Minor! Lydia Gibson, Mauurice Becker and “Hay” Bales. Striking and Timely 25 Cents a Copy $2.00 A YEAR it to him! -~ by Nicholas Bucharin. by William F. Dunne. by Max Shachtman. by Manuel Gomez, by J. Lovestone. by William F. Kruse. by William Z. Foster. by Miriam Allen de Ford. by Earl R. Browder. by “Audifaz.” in History, by Ruth Kennell. by Franklin R. Timmins, $1.25 SIX MONTHS ; illegal taking of lands — . THE WORKERS MONTHLY — 1113 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. ownea sui SPE Te hao ts jay the employes of the Inter- Tafloring Company are out per cent and ready to p Another new Sub—Makes an- shatst the clothing 1 Rs Communist, breadth.” this interesting and highly instructive DIRECTIONS—Take Lexington Ave. Express to 177th Street, then take ‘ discussion. 180th Street Crosstown Car to last stop. There society representa- tives will meet and direct you to destination. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or| 00° two will make a better Communist of| fight. you, ‘ It sak