The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 2, 1925, Page 1

| = f, y “ rate Anti-Imperialist ek by Distributing a “Bundle of Daily Workers in Your Shop or Neighby Outgide Chicago, by mail, $6.0C per year. hood. ” alent nee ere ent Henin remorse Vol. Il. No. 146. Sw Pac7 7a, I Chicago, by mall, $8.00 per year. Vey ° “ “4 4S ¢ POLIGE io OF 1. LG. W. EXECUTIVES , ON; JUDGES ALSO ACCUSERS; TRY TO REFUSE ‘NOT GUILTY’ PLEA (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, June 30.—How “fair” is the trial being staged by the low comedians of the International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers’ official machine led by Feinberg, Sigman and Perl- stein, may be seen by the fact that Israel Feinberg, general man- ager of the Joint Board and maker of the charges against the suspended executives of Locals 2, 9 and 22, is also the chairman of the “trial committee.” Did Not Want to Entertain a Plea. Another indication of the “open mindedness” of the machine toward the accused executives of the three largest locals of the organization is the adjournment of the “trial commitee” at 12:30 to deliberate among its members whether the defendants’ plea tga teat LO aE | AS WE SEE IT. By T. J. O'FLAHERTY EMPLOYMENT has reached the danger point in Britain and the tories who are in power can do noth- ing but twiddle their thumbs. They can help the unemployed only at the expense of the capitalists and the capitalists will not stand for that. In addition to unemployment a big coal strike threatens, and even Ramsay McDonald js obliged to talk about an “uprising of workers.” unless a cure is found for the industrial woes of the workers, *** IN MacDonald was in office the workers suffered from industrial woes only a little less than they suf- fer now, but MacDonald did nothing about it. There is only one way to cure the industrial disease that the @roducing classes of Britain suffer » and neither MacDonald ‘nor Baldwin will adopt that course. That cure is thru a revolutionary surgical operation, which must decapitate cap- italism and leave the road open for the workers to build up a socialist society on the ruins of the robber system. ¢ 8:2 HE Chicago Tribune is in hard luck. Most of its foreign corres- pondents have such a penchant for lying that they cannot keep from get- ting into difficulties with various gov- ernments, for exaggerating the truth. Not only the Soviet government but others have been obliged to kick out the Tribune liars. This does not prev- ent the Trib’s boys from sending home the news. All that glitters is not gold. Neither is everything we see in a cap- italist paper according to the facts. . 6% IN a Tribune correspondent was Kicked out of Soviet Russia, he betook himself to Riga, and from there sent over his observations of how things were going in the workers republic. And they were going—par- don our vocabulary—to hell. It is true that the things the Trib correspond- ent described never happened, but he drew his pay just the same and the Tribune editorial writers commented sagaciously on his dispatches and drew very logical conclusions from them. ee TERDAY’S issue of the Tribune carries a dispatch from some un- known stoolpigeon, dated Moscow, (Continued on page 6.) SAN FRANCISCO CHINESE WANT os FOR CHINA to > American PP Wanting Class “BAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 30— The Unionist Guild, an organization of Chinese workers in America, has sent to the labor unions of this region a letter and an oppeal to American labor unionist asking them to pass resolutions of protest at the imper-, falist brutality and aggression being practiced upon Chinese workers in by the foreign imperialist ex- q rs of the Chinese nation. ‘The appeal, signed by Alice Sum, enera! executive sceretary, at 1129 n street, reads in part as fol- te the Workers of , “America;— ill you not pause a moment in a and co-operative spirit, and Continued on pree 3) of “not guilty” should be given any consideration at all. This peculiar (to say the least) at- titude of a “trial committee” was based, so they said, upon the commit- tee’s contention that the defendants were already found guilty before the trial started, and the only thing the trial was to determine apparently, was whether the defendants should be expelled permanently. The accused members’ plea of “not guilty” evident- ly caused the fake “trial committee” to summon their scattered, but col- lective wits to determine what course to pursue. It was indeed aggravating. Here were some seventy-seven loyal union members, leaders of the locals mak- ing up sixty per cent of the I. L. G. W. in New York, and after the ma- chine had announced them guilty, the culprits had the audacity to dif. fer with the machine even in this matter, and had advanced a plea of “not guilty.” -Mictims Are -bmpolite. In fact, the statement placed be- fore-the*machine's- “trial committee” took exception to the whole proceed- ings. It was very rude of these pro- posed victims to fight back. The state- ment said, in part: “We deny that the meeting called by Locals 2 and 9 on May 1, 1925, at the Metropolitan Opera House was anything else but what it purported to be—namely, the usual May Day demonstration such as unions have been in the habit of holding for many years past. We deny that anything out of the ordinary vccurred at the meeting. “We declare that the entire charges are nothing but a ‘frame up’ and an attempt to pounce upon some false reports,.~which appeared in some of the newspapers, and which we believe to have emanated from the very sources from which these charges em- anate, ag a means of destroying the will of the membership of our local union in having elected us to office, and to illegally take possession of the offices and property of the local unions.” To Sell 200 United States Ships for a Song; Ford Keeps Out WASHINGTON, June 30.—Henry Ford failed to submit a bid today for the 200 ships offered for sale by the United States Emergency Fleet cor- poration, ‘ The largest bid was by the Boston Iron and Metal company, which of- fered $1,370,000 for all the ships with the understanding that some parts would be salvaged for future sale. FENG CALLS FOR WAR ON FOREIGN DOMINATION; IS DRILLING STUDENTS (Special to The Daily Worker) ~ PEKING, China, June 30—From Kalgan, headquarters of the famous general, Feng Yu-hsiang, comes the report that Feng has issued a circu- lar telegram to all Chinese govern- ors and military leaders calling for a war against foreign imperialist trespassers upon the sovereignty of Chin “1 would fight to the death,” says the call in part, “rather than be controlled or ill-treated, and, there- fore, | would like to see the militar- ists forget their factional differences and wage a war of avengement upon the imperialist exploiters of the Chinese people. | will not desert un- til the Jast man perishes.” ng has opened an officers’ train- ing camp at Kalgan, and 1,500 stu- de have at once joined his army. and are training at the school In in- tensive courses. THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 18' THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1925 =e” HE’S ON HIS WAY Japan Hints War on Britain; Canton Prepares for Battle (Special to The! Daily Worker) ‘TOKIO, June 30.—The report received here that the British government has landed an intéfVentionist force at Shameen, the foreign settlement at Canton, has provoked a swift threat of war with Great Britain from the unofficial spokesmen of the Japanese government. Thus the effort of Japanese imperialism totry to shift the mass indignation of the Chinese people on to the British alone, is cropping out in’ what amounts to a promise to the Chinese government that in a quarrel with England. Japan will take sides with China. Pressed with the threat of a devastating national boycott of Japanese goods in China, the ruling class of Japan is finding this Canton convenient material in- directly to notify China that Japan will unite with China against any serious war of ag- gression by Britain upon the Chinese nation. The report of a British landing force at Shameen ran like wildfire about Japanese political circles, and the anonymous “unofficial spokesman” | at once issued statements saying that such news was “sinister” but that Japanese government offictals “did not believe that Englana would dare to risk occupation of the city of Canton with all that this would imply.” The Japanese foreign office is ex- Pecting to confer with re new Amer- ican minister to China, John Mac- Murray, before he proceeds to Peking. The\second gentle hint of Japan to Britain was the claim advanced by un- official spokesmen that the Cantonese were remaining quiet in the face of British provocation, only because Gen. Chang Tso-lin, the Chinese militarist who is subsidized by Japan, had ad- vised @ passive attitude. oe # Knocks Gold Market Down HONG KONG, China, June 30.—Al- though the reports from Canton has sent even the gold market at Shan- ghai downward three points, the situa- tion at Canton is, so far as news re- ports get thru, the same as yesterday. The growing seriousness of the crisis-is plain, however, in the report that the Canton government, control- led by the militant Kuo Min Tang (People’s) party, had handed an ulti- matum to the British and French to get out Of the foreign settlement at Shameen, to make\an apology for the murder of the paraders shot down re- cently, to withdraw their war vessels from the neighboring waters lying jalong the province of Kwangtung and make compensation for the loss of Chinese lives and property—or face the consequences. “Since it was the British and French Marines who opened fire upon the paraders, the demands are made di- (Continued on, page 2) fad ‘ report tromr CHINESE RAILWAYMEN SEND APPEAL TO WORLD TRANSPORT WORKERS’ FEDERATION AT LONDON MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., June 10.—(By Mail.)—The Chinese Union of Railwaymen sent the following appeal to the International Transport Workers’ Federation at London: a ° * . 'HE international imperialists have dropped their masks and are now proceeding openly like vandals and robbers. The success of the na- tional revolutionary movement, the awakening of the Chinese people, the mighty strike movement, and the revival of the Chinese Railwaymen’s or- ganizations—all this strike terror into the imperialists who imagine they can throttle the @hinese revolutionary movement thru hitherto unparalleled brutality. ° New battleships are daily arriving at Shanghai, landing American, Japanese and Italian troops who are ordered to shoot upon the Chinese people who are struggling for nation- ¢——#__—_____—_—___— IN ANTI-IMPERIALIST WAR IN TODAY'S ISSUE peal to you, transport workers of the world, with the cry: Hands off China! The imperialists want to crush China with the armed ‘fist! Prevent the Turn to page three today and transport of troopsvand munitions to] yoy will find a full page of ammuni- China! : tion for Anti-Imperialist Week pro- Tell the transport: workers thruout| paganda. Spread this issue, in your the world what crimes the imperial-} shop or neighborhood, where it will do the most good, Another page will appear in to- morrow’s issue. Saturday's issue ists are committingyin China! will be an Anti-Imperialist Special. “Tell the workers in all parts of the world that the imperialists who Send in your orders immediately to the DAILY’ WORKER, 1113 West are oppressing and robbing China, are preparing new tortures for the prole- tariat in their own countries! We are convinced that the International Pee Part mives onienee, WU; Transport Workers’ Federation will give its utmost moral and material aa Micon bapa pr peasy support to the Ciinese ap orien Franco-Gernan negotiations for anew which is carrying on a life and deat! commerciyl treaty are again dead- locked nm agreement over tariff duties seeming impossible, struggle.— Lod-Shan-Lun, Secretary. Woman Kills Herself. Mrs. Catherine O'Connor, 75 years old, committed suicide by burniug herself to death.) She stood over a bonfire. Mrs. O'Connor lived at 690 Alcot St., Edison Park, Digappears After Accident, An erigineer disappeared after mak- ing a mistake that dropped fourteen men thty feet into a sewer excava- tion. None were seriously injured. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORK}R PUBLISHING betrosi 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL USED AS SCAB ESCORTS 'AMALGAMATED MEMBERS MAN THE NEW YORK if EDITION Price 3 Cents PICKET LINES IN STRIKE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TAILORING CO. The shops of the International Tailoring Company at Jack- son Boulevard and Green Street, were picketed yesterday by members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers who struck when |the clothing company refused to sign an agreement with the union and determined to run an open shop, under the camouflage led expired May ist. officials of this scab union are a a price so they willingly accey U. G. W. U. strikebreakers, they sent a letter to their former em- ployes which is printed here- with: The Scab Letter. TO OUR FORMER EMPLOYES: Our Contract with the Amalgamat: | After mature consideration, we de- cided it necessary to make certain ad justments before signing a new agree ment. The Union refused to consider our requests, and, as you know, ordered stoppage. Conditions during the past few years. have steadily grown worse, and as there seems to be no let up to the| destructive forces, which are sapping the very life out of trade, we find our- selves compelled to end it absolutely, and for good. Many tailoring concerns have al and others have been forced to re, move to other sections of the coun- try, and “it must be obvious to évery intelligent employe that such condi- tions must, inevitably, lead to their own lasting injury. Given the opportunity, we will, in time, get our business to its former success, but itcan’t be done with the intolerant conditions, under which we have so long been’ compelled to work A house divided cannot stand. En couraged, therefore, by the wel wishes and willing advice of many o our employes, we have decided to sever all relations with the Amaiga mated, and, from this day, we wil work under agreement with the United Garment Workers of Americz in affiliation with the American Fed. eration of Labor. First consideration will be given tc our former employes and we urge al! those who wish to continue in our service to associate themselves with the United Garment Workers and meet the requirements of the employ ers in their establishment. We believe we're in the right, and we sincerely hope you follow us. Sincerely, INTERNATIONAL TAILORING COMPANY. The International Tailoring Com pany has not been able to convince its employes thaot they should quit a la- bor union and join up with a scab agency. ‘The picket lines show that the workers remained loyal to the Amalgamated. Working in three shifts, the strik- ers kept up their vigil in front of the International Tailoring Company shops. A few scabs ran into a little eyclone with excellent results. The (Continued on page 2) Kluxer Charged with Murder Is Seeking to Postpone Trial, Rumor INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 30. With thé trial of D. C, Stephenson, Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry on a murder charge growing out of the death last April of Madge Ober- holtzer following an attack on the} girl, scheduled to start at Noblesville, Monday, prosecuting and defense at- torneys held conferences in their respectvie camps today, William H. Remy, Marion county prosecutor and Charles EB, Cox, re- tained by the Oberholtzer family to push the case against the accused men, interviewed, a number of wit- nesses who will be called on to testify at the trial, Elph Inman, chief of Stephenson's counsel, conferred with other defense attorneys, but refused to divulge the nature of the matters discussed. Un- confirmed reports stated the defense was contemplating seeking a conmtin- puance of the trial, reached an agreement with the ¢———— ready been forced out of vere 3 wages. of an agreement with the United Garment Workers’ Union, a notorious strikebreaking agency. When the Amalgamated refused to accept a wage reduction, the officials of the International Tailoring Company got in touch with the United Garment Worker with that body provided it accepted a reduction in wages. s and offered to sign a contract The ways willing to do anything for pted. W) Vhen the company had WALKOUT OF 400 SILK WORKERS THES UP MiLL Unorganized Lowell Strikers Out 109 Pct. By TOM BELL (Special to The Daily Worker) LOWELL, Mass, 30.—Last Tuesday 400 workers at the Lowell Silk mills went on strike against cuts dune The workers are unor- janized, and the waik out was com- plete. Not one worker threatened by thé wage cuts stayed at work. of the strikers are girls. Mass picket- ing of the mill gates has been kept up since the strike started. Last Saturday the agent posted notices of the wage cut to take effect the following week. The quillers were cut from 43 ents down to 28 cents a box, making their wages practically 28 cents an hour takes an hour to make a box. Winlers were cut from 90 cents to 60 cents a bundle. Workers Remain United Weavers who were receiving $2.24 per 1,000 picks were cut to $1.49 per 1,000. In a des ‘ate effort to split the forces of the workers the agent restored the old rate for weavers. In spite of this the weavers went out on strike with the rest of the workers. On Tu morning the workers elected a committee to interview the agent, and demand the return of the old rate. This he refused to do. He gave as reason for the e cut the usual hypocritical reason of ‘poor business conditions.” The failure of the negotiations with the agent resulted in every worker quitting the plant. The agent has fil led the local press with threats of moving the plant to some other town Toe this the strikers have replied in their mass meetings that if he did he would have to pay higher wages than he had paid them, as the Lowell silk workers had been lower than in other center, Mass Picketing At a mass meeting of the held in the stri Portuguese Club yes ; day a strike committee was elected, and instructed to get in touch with the agent and inform him that work would be resumed when he decided to abandon the wage cuts. The spirit of the girls is fine. They turn up in a body in the morning with their lunch under their arms and picket the plant. The threats of the agent does not have heard all that before. They are confident that the agent will be forced to forgo the wage cuts in face of the | Solidarity of the strikers. BATTLE AGAINST CHILD LABOR TO CONTINUE, TEACHERS ARE TOLD INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 30.— The battle to adopt the child labor amendment to the federal constitu- tion has just begun, John F. Sims, chairman of the committee of 1,000 on child labor, declared in his report today tothe official del es to the sixty third annual convention of the National Education Association of America, hee Most worry them as they