The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 9, 1925, Page 6

1 t t { Oi a AeAAsennneeeeceseeeesanat — oo & awe THE BATLY WO RKER THE DAILY WORKER ABROGATION OF I$ DEMANDED wa SUBSCRIPTION RATES | By mall (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): No Revision, But New Treaties, Chinese Cry $8.00 per year $4.50 six months | $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinois A EAS EER J, LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F, DUNNE MORITZ J. LOEB......csssssreesoee (Continued from page 1) |tive of the Soviet government syndicate. 4 «Editors oll Business Manager ———— f Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- Raw Frame Up by Imperialists. cago, lil, under the act of March 3, 1879. The Soviet government asserts that the frame up against’ Dosser is apparently a Fe American oil trust preventing the The Conflicts Increase Soviet government oil syndicate from getting any ‘foothold. in »China. Who can recall, since the mad days of August, 1914, a time, Moreover, the faree usually prac- when so many events of the gravest importance, and full 6f meaning ticed against a Chinese in the “inter- for workers and farmers, occurred with such lightning rapidity? esr ie Beat bie ehh rg The French forces are defeated by the colonial tribesmen Of | in ahteh habe Pull Seals tulation® Morocco, who fight for independence. Spain presumes to aid France| with China, accerding to which the and Britain declares that she will occupy Tangier rather than let Soviet government agreed that its any of her Mediterranean rivals menace her control of its western citizens in China are subject to trial entrance. |under Chinese law by Chinese courts Japan offers France an alliance against Great Britain. — Bly sgh neoneae ben aia The French government can get no general ‘of any standing to court” which, headed by a British take charge in Morocco. Evidently conscription does not apply to judge assumes the right to try a generals. citizen of the Soviet Union. Great Britain offers Japan a free hand in China in return for Forgerles Apparent. war on Soviet Russia. The supposed “documents” alleged Turkey deserts France and supports Abd-el-Krim and hfs fight- peepee dae peeaees ya ing Mohammedan tribesmen. |torgeries of the British secret serv- 50,000 more Chinese workers join the strike in Shanghai. Hee men who arrested, him, placed in General Feng Yu-hsiang issues a statement declaring that his evidence falsely as having been army is ready to fight Great Britain for China’s independence. . found upon Dossier’s person. The British coal miners have rejected the wage revision sub- tin tapehaie a ake uae aay mitted by the coal capitalists and are preparing for a strike. ne Paha cae x stiaasit Oak | 250,000 British textile workers have likewise refused to accept|onstration was held a student was a reduction in wages. | wounded by a bayonet thrust from The executive of the Miners’ Federation of the International |the British sailors posted at the Brit-| Federation of Trade Unions, in which the British: Miners’ Federa- 8h legation. tion is the most powerful unit, is meeting today to consider the crisis) Ch!!d!sh apt inl Bayonersiog which prevails in the industry in Belgium, Germany and France. The almost anhaligveehiy childish In all these countries the coal miners are demanding an increase in|story in the Shanghai foreign press | wages. |is,,that the students “thrust one of | The increasing intensity of the imperialist conflicts coincide with their number against the British bay: | the revival of militancy in the world trade union movement and the "ts 80 that he would be wounded ep 290 Advertising rates on application. EEE case ofthe British-| TRI-DISTRICT, DEMANDS CONSIDERED. BY BOSSES OF ANTHRACITE FIELDS PHILADELPHIA, Pa. July 7.— The demands adopted by the hard coal union miners at Scranton, Pa., last week were to be considered to- | day at a meeting here of the | anthracite operators’ conference, | formerly known as the policy com- mittee, The demands will be presented formally to the emplyoers at the Joint session of miners and oper- ators in Atlantic City, N. J., next Thursday. FRISCO SETTING "PACE IN T.U.EsL. “Hands Off China!” Is Popular Slogan SAN_ FRANCISCO, Cal. July 7.— The local T, U. E. L. group has made |a surprising come-hack recently, The | work in the local trade unions is | taking on a real militant form and the numbers in the group are increasing enormously, Saturday, July 11, has been set aside for an entertainment and dance, and from all indications this affair will be the success of the season. The Chinese, Japanese and other nationalities of Oakland will unite in a@ mass protest meeting Sunday night July 12, at Machinists Hall 434 11th St. Oakland. Speakers: James H. Dolsen, in English; Miss Sum Way Gum, President of the Unionist Guild, in Chinese; Cham Sut Yeu, secretary of Guild, and editor of, Kung Sing (Chinese Labor paper), in Chinese; and Marshall Jepg, vice-president of Guild and officer of Chinese Students Association of America,\in English. Shiji Matsui, Berkeley, will speak AND OTHER WORK failure of capitalism, particularly in Great Britain, to improve the economic conditions of the masses. Every imperialist nation, con- fronted with the need for greater markets, cheaper raw materials and lower labor costs, is forced to encraoch on the preserves of its rivals and at the same time make war on the living standards of the workers. . or killed and thus become a martyr.” |in Japanese. Clarence Tobey, of the The British sailors offered, appar-| Young Workers League “will be chair- ently, their full co-operation by hold-|man. The feeling for’ “Hands off ing the bayonets in a favorable po- China” is strong among the workers |sition to offer martyrdom to any of all nationalities. Thefrank and file |student who would be “thrust of the unions are demignding action. |against” them. | The enslavement of China means the |*« From+Kalgan reports state that | enslavement of America. Come, every countries with) the revolutionary Russian unions are a phenomenon | Millions of workers and peasants, never before touched by the General Feng Yu-hsiang, has issued a struggle, are now drawn into it. jmanifesto to the Christians of the| The support of the Moroccan workers and peasants by the | world, pleading for justice for Chins | French working class, the expressions of solidarity sent the Chinese |@"4 Saying that the Chinese are being | “ me . * 5 killed like’chickens and dogs. | workers by the British unions, the unity of the workers of all these | whéte-Are The Christians? | He remarks that while expressions of sympathy and vast material sup These demonstrations of unity mark a new development in‘ the |port«is. ‘pouring in from the Tevolu-| class struggle—the recognition of the identity of interest between paertnti berets of the Red In-| * dus * the im ialii _|ternational and the British unions, ee peoples.and the working class of the imperialist na o tied’ Week WOKAY Proms Chets. 4 Ss tans» He notifies the Christian That we are on the eve of world-shaking events cannot be doubted | world to respond to the appeal for| by any one who does not blind himself to facts. Nor is this a tempo- justice “or your day is at hand.” | | never to be seen before. rary phase of capitalist development. ‘The normal process of im-| ogc ca is ae oet ae tn on oe mentioned | Wheat Crop for 1925 | and thereby to spe e progress of the world revolution. | * ~ e * When the colonial peoples are awakening by the millions as they | Shows Big Gains = are today it is a sign that imperialism has reached the beginning of | Two European Countries| its final stage—a period of conflicts ending with its destruction and | WASHINGTON, D. C, July 7—The the rise of the working class. * $ : eae ay | Hungarian wheat crop ‘is forecast at! Stabilization and war are incompatible and this is a périod of | 55,115,000 bushels. compared with) wars. 50,386,000 bushels harvested last year, | according to a cablegram received by | the United States department of agri-| culture from the international insti- In the Illinois Coal Fields | | tute of agriculture at Rome. Rye pro- A trip thru the coal fields of southern Illinois is recommended by | duction is forecast at 26,376,000 us for anyone who doubts that the United Mine Workers’ Union is bushels against 22,858,000 bushels in being destroyed systematically by the shutdown of mines resulting |e prabaastnn ta teuhauidts in compelling miners either to move and secure-other jobs or starve. |¢, 4995 ig forecast. at 5,181,000 Mining town after mining town in the richest mining districts| bushels against 4,316,000 bushels in presents a spectacle of desolation. In some’ of them ‘one-half of the | 1924; rye 15,747,000 bushels compared houses are empty and in West Frankfort, fornierly one. of the OE cit SAbembo e Oemtoi ancien | prosperous towns, the largest wholesale house has failed because the 3,146,000 bushels; potatoes 110,928,000 fetailers cannot collect their bill from jobless miners. bushels against 98,969,000 bushels in The miners, still in camps in most instances, are ablé to live | 1924. A only because they cultivate a little patch of ground, raising potatoes, green vegetables and a few chickens and pigs. In St. Louis businessmen tell one of the strenuous efforts made by the coal dealers to get them to switch from Illinois coal’ to non- union coal from Kentucky and ‘other southern fields. Everywhere one finds evidence of the deliberate conspiracy against the union. But the union officialdom is complacent. In one district the miners point to a “legal investigator,” employed to take éare of cases under the workmen’s compensation law, who is drawing salary and expense at the rate of $10,000 per year while there ate injured miners who have waited two, three and four years for an adjustment of their cases. é . The officials of the union ceased long ago to enforce the provision of the agreement and the operators in many of the one-third of the Hold Wealthy Man for Robbery. WAUKEGAN, Ill, July 7.—Jack Du- rand came back today to Waukegan, in custody of a deputy sheriff and fac- ing charges of robbery. Durand is the foster son of the wealthy Scott S. Give this copy to your shop-mate, DEMANDS OF PROGRESSIVE MINERS TOLD TO SCRANTON ANTHRACITE worker, and voice your protest. The unions of San Francisco are rapidly lining up for the resolution “Hands :off China” pagsed by the re- cent mass meeting. ‘Financial sup- port is also being given by these unions. The following locals, up to this date, have passed the: resolution: Painters’ Local 19 Painters’ Local 11- 58; Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Cooks Loval! 44;Waiters Local 130; | Machinists ‘Local 68; Dregerman’s | Local; Carpenters 483. | MORGAN MONEY NOW BACKS THE YELLOW CAB CO. Scab Concern’ Merged With General Motors While La Salle St. financiers were certain of the rumored consolidation of the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Co. and the General Motors corporation, a formal announcement expected to be made simultangously in New York and Chicago Wednesday or Thursday morning was being awaited. At the same time Wall St. was ex- pecting an announcement that the financial back of J. P. Morgan & Co. and the powerful Dupont interests had been obtained for the Yellow Cab Manufacturing company. MacMillan Plows Way North, WASHINGTON, July 7—The fiag- ship Bowdin and the airplane carrier Peary of the MacMillan Artic expedi- tion are ploughing thrn ice headed for said a radio dispatch. picked up today by the navy dep; it. {an mines that still are working have a free hand. There are instances of men loading so much coal in one shift that the actual labor cost figures out at only 48 cents per ton. ; But in spite of the fact that continued unemployment and the joint blacklist of, the officialdom and the operators have driven thousands of the best fighters in the union out of the coal fields, there is a very decided purpose apparent in those who are left. The control of the union by the Lewis-Farrington gang is now purely a mechanical process—all faith in the officials has been destroyed and they only maintain their control by means that would put the most reactionary capitalist government to shame. A better organization of the left wing forees in the union is in process, determined groups aré forming in every camp and the rank and file have decided: us ‘ . First, that the union must,fight if it is to be saved, Second, that the fight must be started and the union saved in spite of the officials. The miners expect a strike this fall and are oir’ for it. ~ Get a member for the-Workers Party and a-mew subscription sor the DAILY WORKER, ‘ vtebitls bilan anil CONVENTION BY DELEGATE; TOOHEY SCRANTON, Pa, July. 7.—After making a vigorous speech in support of a labor party resolution at the Tri-District convention of the anthracite coal miners, members’ ofthe United Mine Workers of America, Pat Toohey, progressive coal miner’and member of the Workers (Communist) Party, was asked by the press for a statement, od Comrade Toohey made the following declartaion, telling what the pro- eta gressive miners stand for: ~ Born a Miner. “IT am the son of a miner, was born in a mining camp and entered the mines as a wage worker at a very early age. All my life I'have been in intimate contact with the workers in the mining industry inthis country in both anthracite and’ ous fields. I know the problems” confront the workers in this f their hopes since Iwas thing have only way able to been convinced’ for us to improy ditions is by fighting for a itant union or- nized thruout™ the “length and J drendin of the industry, ' “When I was elected by my local union, I stood on the program of the Progressive Miners that, in my opin- jon, If adopted, would strengthen the organization in its struggle against the mine barons, THis being a wage agremeent convention we emphasized the question of wages and hours. We demand an increas wages compat- ible with living and the estab- lishment of the day and 5-day week in order to employment to all miners in Seas of this convention, 4 ‘Abolish “CoRéiliation.” “Lam not alone ithese demands. These are tlie detadnds of all the THREE NATIONS PLOT WAR UPON Count on U. S. Coopera- tion When Begun (Continue from Page 1) demanding severance of relations was made “with the consent of the whole cabinet”, Chamberlain’s ridiculous claim that Soviet Russia is solely to blame for the uprising in China and the liberation movement, is definitely meant to lay a ground for war upon the Soviet power, France, thru.a conference of Briand | with Lord Crewe, British ambassador, | decided to join. the war movement to check the swift decline of French imperialism threatened with financial collapse and military disaster in the Riffian war. The British cabinet today announced that it “considered” the note from the Soviet Commissar of, Foreign affairs Tchitcherin, handed to British Ambas- sador Hodgeson at Moscow but not ar- rived yet in London, Soviet Russia Rebukes Britain Tchitcherin sharply rebukes Eng- land for its propaganda that the Soviet Government and not imperialist brut- ality and exploitation is responsible for the liberation movement in China. In addition he challenges the assumed authority of “mixed courts” of foreign- ers in China to try Soviet citizens and asserts that M. Dosser, was convicted by forged evidence before the illegal “mixed court” with a British judge at Shanghai on Chinese soil. To Act Without Consent of Parliament In reply to a question in the House of Commons, Chamberlain stated that the Baldwin government “reserved the right to'take whatever action it might think was required without consulting the Commons,” KLAN ATTACKER FACES JAIL FOR ENTIRE SUMMER Judge Refuses to Free Alleged Murderers NOBLESVILLE, Ind., July Y Fons Faced with the situation of havin; ‘their clients, David C. Stephenson factory * owner and \ex-klan dragon. Earl Gentry and Karl Klinck, charged, with the murder of Miss Madge Ober- holtzer, remain in jail thruout the summer, counsel promised a surprise either late today or Wednesday. The attorneys declare they will either ‘free their clients on bafl or get them immediate trial before enother judge. Legal jockeying and maneuvering |suddenly ended when Judge Hines arbitrarily took the case into his own hands and adjourned court until next October. Counsel had argued all day. The state wanted Stephenson, classi- fied as the reglyprincipal in the case, to go on trial’ first, while the defense counsel wanted” Gentry and Klinck to be tried before Stephenson. Defense counsel planned to go be fore the state supreme court on @ writ of habeas corpus claiming that their clients have been arbitrarily and autocratically denied their rights under the constitution and the state statutes by a judge whom they will demand be thrown out of the case and another substituted, Weeks is Recovering. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 7—Sec- retary of War Weeks. is recovering rapidly from the stroke he suffered in ‘Washington some months ago, accord- ing to reports reaching President Coolidge at the summer white house here. Urge Anglo-Russian Reconciliation, MOSCOW—A new organization has been formed in England, called the Anglo-Russian Reconciliation Associa- Durand of Crabtree Farm, Lake Bluff. | Hopedale or Windy Pickle, Labador,| tion, with the main object of promot- ing the final adjustment of Soviet- British inter-relations, the sublecthin ‘the-near future, Order a bundle to distribute there. progressive miners in this country, While we demand decent conditions from the operators, we, at the same time, strive to make our organization more effective by proposing the aboli- tion of the conciliation, board, which is and always has been unfair to the miners, Raa sus “We considerd this, board beneficial to the operators and. harmful to the miners. We algo insist,upon the elec- tion of organizers of the union, in- stead of their appointment. We hold that the custom of appointing organiz- ers tends to build up an official oli- garchy against the membership. For Union Unity. “Our interests in the miners’ cause extends beyond the borders of the United States and Canada and we in- proposition SOVIET RUSSIA GREAT BRITAIN. FACES BIG STRIKES: AGAINST WAGE CUTS: OF BOSSES LONDON, July ‘7—The British cabinet is today considering the crisis in the coal industry at the same time that the executive com- mittee of the International Miners’ Federation is also meeting with delegates present from France, Bel- gium, Holland, Germany, Czecho- | Slovakia and Britain to consider | the attacks upon the coal miners in every country where wages are be- ing cut and hours: lengthened. The British miners have refused to consider the operators’ proposal for reducde wages and longer hours and a strike may come at the end of July. Z Meanwhile England has 1,250,000 unemployed and 260,000 textile workers threaten to strike against a proposed wage cut. TOILERS SUPPORT COMMUNISTS AT STREET MEETING Junkers. Retreat Like Beaten Dogs By P. SECHAL, Worker Correspondent NEW YORK, July 7.—‘Pay-triots” who consider it their duty to always interrupt street meetings held by Communists tried their stunt last Sat- urday evening at a meeting held at 39th street and 8th avenue, under the auspices of the Greek branch of the Workers Party. Several legioners, and detectives tried by interruptions HOLD LEFT WING. . MEET TO BUILD. ' MPLS, UNIONS Rank and File Sees Need for Militancy (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July T— Plans are under way to revitalize the trade union movement of Minneapolis. The rank and file of the unions are conscious of the fact, that as the F trade union movement is, now con- stituted, it is divided; weak and in- capable of carrying on an effective F struggle against the attacks of the’ ( citizens’ alliance, chamber of com- merce and the manufacturers’ arg” sociation. The rank and file is becoming rest- less because of this situation, The Left Wing is going to lay definite plans to overcome this disgraceful con- dition.“ There is no question but ‘whet the progressive members of the trade unions must take the initiative in or- ganizing a fighting campaign to “Or- ganize the Unorganized” against wage cuts and lengthening of hours; itt mak- ing the trade unions real organs of the ‘class struggle instead of supporters of | the capitalist system which enslaves and oppresses. the great mass of the workers. And in fact, to utilize every means possible to build up and streng- then the organized labor movement. After preliminary discussion among the leaders of the left wing, the pro- gressive members of organized labor have reached the conclusion that a meeting should be called immediately to organize the left wing movement in the trade unions on a constructive fighting program. + Every progressive member of a trade union must recognize, that if _the weak and disorganized condition to. break up the meetings, but Cmrade | °f the trade unions is to be remedied, Clarence Miller who: followed Peter | S°mething more than mere talk is re- Yakoumis and Stanitsides, Greek |@uired; he must roll up his sleeves and speakers, showed up their patriotic | Participate, actively in the reconstruc- bunk. tion of the trade union movement. Lip Freaks of Capitalism. | service is not quite sufficient for this Comrade Miller pointed out that some of the intruders, in spite of their being in the ranks of the work- ing’ class permit themselves to be- come the tools of the bosses. The fact workers who blindly fight for the in- terests of their exploiters, when they should line up where they belong, on the’’side of their fellow workers, is due ‘to the bosses owning every ave- hue of policy. The press, the schools, the movies, sport organizations and the’ church are all spokesmen for fhe exploiting class and their minds are poisoned with capitalist propa- ganda. Comrade Israel Amter who was the last speaker continued along thé same lines, He produced fact af- ter fact to show the miserable condi- tions of the workers and how these are being made worse by the workers supporting the bosses’ organizations. Especially did he get the support of thée‘audience which consisted of a few hundred workers when he attacked defense day. Junkers Cali Cops. The enraged junkers not succeed- ing in breaking up the meeting be- cause of the support given the Com- munist speakers clled the police. But the-police only took the names of the speakers so that in case the fascisti want to prefer charges against the Communists they will know wherg to find them. GREAT BRITAIN PASSES BUCK OF HER DEBT T0 AMERICA ON TO ALLIES LONDON, July 7—Foreign Min- ister Chamberlain announced in the house of commons that Great Bri- tain in her note to her debtors had reiterated her insistange that In any settlements arranged, Britain must receive payments proportion- ate to any payments which the al- lies might make to the United States, - He said both France and Italy had responded expressing the hope that they would be able to enter into negotiations with Britain on previous to that American coal was shipped to British ports during the tiple alliance movement in England. This practice of, the workers of one nation scabbing upon those of another can only be stopped by the consolida- tion of all the tihlon’ of the world into one great International, Must Hold. Convention. “We are against the postponement of the International convention, as sponsored by our International offici- als, and consider the problems of the miners so pressing that a convention must be held this year in order to lay Plans for effective resitance to the assaults being made upon us by the mine owners, Demand Labor Party. - “We also propose that the miners and other workers fight the enemy on clude in our di ds, that the Unite Workers of|the political fleld-and in order effec. America fight Union unity. cause we have miners of one better condition} from other c Such was the in 1922 when coal to American International Trade is; essential be- he past when 8 shipped in on strike for| treachery of the tively to conduct this: political fight we demand the ation of a Labor Party that will fight against the nea ti / old parties whose en tory is myrecord of assaults “Furthermore, we demand the na- that in ‘capitalist countries. there are | the mines which|elementaty demands of the task. To the end, then, of laying a pey- _Manent foundation to work on, a meet- ing will be held Thursday evening, July 9 at T, M. A. hall, 816 Hennepin Avenue, segonil floor at 8 p. m. Every progressive worker is not | only urged to attend himself, but to al- |so bring with him several other mem- | bers of his union. It is time to be about and doing things. Leopold Sued for Auto Smashing. Ny Foreman Leopold, brother of Nath-- an Leopold, Jr., one of the slayers of “Bobbie” Franks, today was made de- fendant in a suit for $20,000 damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff, Edwin J. Gallagher, alleges he was permanently injured a week ago to- day when a small coupe in which he was driving was struck and demolish- ed by a big car, driven by a chauffeur OFFICIALS TRY TO DODGE BLAME FOR 43 DEATHS The Mayor of Boston Is Responsible, Charge BOSTON, Mass., July 7—With the | death toll standing at forty-three and | state and city authorities engaged in a controversy over responsibility, gril- ling of building commissioner John H. Mahoney was resumed by the special Suffolk county grand jury probing the Pickwick Night Club building col- lapse. : Police Force Used to Recover Gems Stolen from God ROME, July 7.—St. Peters was robbed of priceless relics because a |guard yielded to temptation and took a drink proferred by two “workmen” laboring there. head Write the story about your shop ship in this industry. We insist that the administration of nai mines to be in the hands of the work- ers, iy “We favor the recognition of Ras- sia, the release of class war prisoners | who are rotting in the dungeons of . this alleged democracy, the abolition of child labor; we oppose the Dawes plan as an ambitious dream of world imperialism which, if carried into ef- fect, means the enslavement and deg- redation of German workers and the eventual beating down of the stand- ard of livittg of all the workers of the earth. We also condemn the tend- ency of certain labor leaders to sup Port this Dawes plan, which i con- spiracy against the world’s “We further insist upon the tion of the anti-syndicalist la cause they are used to working ‘class. We oppose - called, Citizens Military ‘Training Camps asa scheme to militarize the workers. and further the interests of the “open” or scab shop in American industry. fy 5 “In fact we fight at all times for tt e