The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 14, 1925, Page 2

a atl ~ ~y léry~ gilard house “was placed \in soli- Page Two apne PAUL GROUCH, COMMUNIST SOLDIER page 1) Workers were left no other recourse but to strike; and WHERBDAS, the Chicago Federation of Labor, some fifteen years ago, in conjunction with the Women’s Trade By PAUL CROUCH Union League, organized the garment HONOLULU, Hawaii, Fort Shafter Guard House, (By Mail)—| industry of Chicago and after a strike Army officers who have retained their instincts of justice, and pene Py argere ae pati Li almost the entire personel of enlisted men, are aroused against waits ot ares a dal Aaron the present autocratic and unjust system that exists in the Am-| sustain the strikers and finally com- erican army. ing out of/the strike with an agree- “Crouch and Trumbull are making a lot of trouble for milit- | ment cowering some ten thousand ary awthorities, but I don’t blame them, Their sentences were | members, whom we organized under intended to bully the soldiers.” + the Unfted Garment Workers of This statement was made by a | capitalist system is different, and| Americas and captain at Fort Shafter. Kuhn is now in comenand 9 the First U. G. W. Disfranchised Members Officers Mistreat Soldiers Corps Area of the U. S. Army. a J The sentences of Comrade Walter} Officers who do not like the present ee travel permet M. Trumbull and the writer, tho they | brutal om are foroay 5K Et) ] at ak womans Sek valle ea have received considerable ‘publicity, | Silent. Most of them have been edu-| 0 J 7 thousands who came in later, , . eated along lines useful only for milit- are not exceptions to the policy of Mees gail and if they ei “freq” | to Temain with the Garment Workers BY U.S. GOVERNMENT ~ PRISONERS military anthorities regarding soldiers 4 ® és who dare think for themselves. Hun-| fom the service, would find it d at cach recurring convention of the cult to earn as much as they receive | Gatment Workers; the laws were con- dreds of men guilty of no crime are ved and tortured in disciplinary 3 «ami penitentiaries, The ment inflicted by courts mar at present. Many officers would find | 8traed so as to disbar representatives it difficult to compete with enlisted | °f ‘these groups until finally, through men in civilian life. The army officer | 20 choice of theirs, and in order to is a product of capitalist imperialism. |T@main organized, they were com- tial for trivial offenses is so great that many ‘victims are driven to de-| Soldiers When “Free” In Same Fix psp bt ve ee speration. Altho the examples given above} Ons Workers o waihsaut deseribe the prison life of the soldier,| _WHWRWAS, since the inauguration his treatment when free is but little | 0f the Amalgamated they have main- better. In fact, many soldiers say life { tained a strictly trade union organi- field Barracks, an officer, who stuck | in the guard house is even better than, j 2ation with skill and ability and have a prisoner-in the back with his sword, | when “on duty” in the service. practically succeeded in organizing was found “not guilty” by a court) ‘The American military autocracy|the special order and ready made martial after only five''ininutes con-| has gone so far in its brutal treatment | clothing industry of America, and no For the purpose of being shown to | mental and physical slavery. Military | the strikes and difficulties of the gen- “investigators,” prison regulations are | authorities are greatly alarmed by“the | eral labor movement; and half hours daily, are to receive all . See rearere t find the deplorable condition, no mail (except that money is to be CAFE WORKERS matter what the pretext, of the Unit- matter, etc. strike, and further we find the Inter- In reality, the prison officer is the national Tailoring company advertis- guard house, no reading matter is per- mitted. Newspapers intended for pri- women ,to take the places of those on, General Walkout Off itie:%na Prison Tortures By ate acee, sa: aay |, See Hotel Employes | wH=nuas, the executive board of | protested against this abuse, the|P.)—Hotel, restaurant and tea-ncom| ‘TOVersy between employers and em- Colonel told them that df they refused |6mployees, barmaids and barman, and ployees unless first requested to do them to sleep without matresses and|the breweries have ceased supplying inaiter, ‘without Deving. renepen. The Diankets. liquor. The strike arose over the |Comlusion that the very foundation rooted and in jeopardy: therefore be it ers and Tearoom Employees’ Union y % demanded, under the preference to Not Responsible night, while the employers held that | ve of the United Garment ‘Workers it was sufficient if the empolyee made, this strike; and be dt further Labor is being used publicly to make ted as a memb' it. geting oS pha sh Peace pir aio ; it appear that there is no labor difi- It is almost Impossible to bring an officer to acenunt for crimes against soldiers. In a ‘recent trial at Scho- tary confinement, given only bread and water, and was forced to sleep on | the stene floor with no protection from mosquitos. When he protested to tho regimental adjutant, the offi- cer remarked: “I.am sorry there are no rats to eat you.” Another Communist Prisoner A typical case of army brutality is that of Richard Agnelli, sentenced to mprisonment at hard labor. 3 against him were that sideration, of the enlisted men that they are tuna-| organization has been more willing to prepared which state that prisoners | rapidly growing support of Commun- Use A. F. of L. to Hide Behind kept in the hands of the prison offi- ed Garment Workers trying to fill the law and prisoners are at his mercy. } ing in the daily newspapers, using the W AUSTRALIA name of the United Garment Workers e and the American Federation of La- soners are opened, read and destroyed bo! work during the day but also this federation has no desire and will to work after supper he would force | brewery employees aro out on strike. | °° by the employees, and certainly A prisoner in the 11th Ficla Artil- | question of union labor in cafes and the very fundamental practices of unionists clause, that persons engaged] RESOLVED, that we disclaim any formal application for membership in| ®SOLVED, that inasmuch as the ‘body, and were followed by the bar- culty in this situation, that we call up- Prisoners At Officers’ Mercy ing to Communism for freedom fram] co-operate morally and financially in are to be worked about seven and a | ist ideals among the soldiers. WHEREAS, in the present strike cer) that they are to have reading places of the men and women on As an example, at the 35th Infantry r in an effort to induce men and by authorities. two hours after supper. When they| PERTH (Western Anstrialia)—«p,|2°t inject themselves into any con- them to work without shoes and force |All cafes and hotels are closed, and | Y°U4 20t inject themselves into this Tho Hotel, Restaurant, Club, Cater-| ‘voted and in jeopardy: theretere bo must become unionists within a fort-|TeSPonsibility or atuhority in the ac- the union, irrespective of whether hej=#™e of the American Federation of on President Green to investigate the maids, barmen, and brewery employ- after being deprived of his dinner, he | manner in which the name, of the refused to work without eating and |©¢s. Several attempts to settle the, irican Federation of Labor is being when ordered to do so, said: “To hell |Strike have failed. used in this instance; and be it fur- with the god damned officers and the ther THE DAILY CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR SCORES UNITED GARMENT EDS REVEALS TORTURING OF MILITARY | SUPPORTS tHE AmALCAMAT TRIKE BS; J American Federation Labo: feel that this can be accomp! without injuring in ‘any way any or- ganization now affiliated with the A. F. of L. and we request and urge the president and exectuive council to take such action as will within their judgment be most practical to obtain the desired results, EXECUTIVE BOARD CHICAGO FED- ERATION OF LABOR. (Signed) John Fitzpatrick, Pres.; E. N. Nockels, Secretary. At Local 113, Tool and Die Makers, a member of the left wing made the following motion, which carried: “1 move that the delegates to the Chicago Federation of Labor be in- structed to request the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor to condemn the ac- tion of the United Garment Workers in scabbing on the Amalgamated Clothing Workers who are on strike.” Reports state that the Federation passed the resolution as a reply to the formal complaint sent Fitzpatrick by the Amalgamated Joint Board of Chi- cago on July 1st. Saturday was a busy day, as usual, for the pickets and for their enemies the scabs, tho the latter were so few that great rivalry developed among the strikers to see who could get at a scab first. Scab Missed Teeth Somewhere between her scabby home and her scabby job, a scab lost her teeth Saturday morning, and altho ac- companied by a few cops and a private slugger she rode around the block in an auto for an hour or so, looking for two girl strikers she thot might have found her teeth. She was unsuccess- ful, and so drove off to get some lew ones from the dentists. The St. Louis strikers are taking part in the picketing, singing some songs they cooked up in that city and wearing their buttons “Curlee—We Are Out to Win!” Their enthusiasm was good but not altogether. necessary, since the Chicago strikers don’t need | any inspiration or prodding. Their spirit is high amd full of fight and they expect the Amalgamated ufion to win by their solidarity. The union has reported arrangement for financial re- Hef. Five Arrests Picketing was carried on Saturday un- til 2 p. m., then only a small committee was left to make gure that if there were any scabs left to sneak out, there would be someone left to wel- come » There was some doubt 6 8 left. ‘ | Saturaay, among them Mary Despensa and Dom- inick Convera. : i “Bill” Bryan Seeks to Bar Scientists From Scopes Case (Continued from page 1) that the theory of evolution does not conflict with the fairy stories told in the bible, of the world’s miraculous creation. Bryan, after parading in a pith hel- met to the accompaniment of a brass Japanese “Big Biz” Well Schooled in Bandit Lore By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, the Japanese pour out their grievances against American capitalism thru the medium of the Institute of Pacific Relations ending its meeting at Honolulu, Hawaii. The delegation at the institute for all purposes is official in its character and is in constant touch with the government at Tokio. It is the only delegation that occupies this position. * * * * The Japs want it understood that they are not so much troubled by the exclusion act passed by congress a year ago. They claim this is not the real issue that is fomenting strife between the two countries. The actual stake is the place of capitalist Japan among the other great capitalist nations, notably the United States, “whatever the Japanese nation stands on an equal footing with western powers or is to be denied fellowship and driven back upon a purely oriental! policy and theater of operation,” in the words of Yusuke Tsurumi, semi-official spokesman of Japan. . * ° Tokio has ambitions for world empire and world domina- tion, just as much as Washington. The Japs at the Honolulu conference urge a gentlemen's agreement for the plunder- ing of the world, declaring that if this is not granted the Japs, it will give strength to a new party rising in Nippon that will resort to the sword to win its rightful place in the sun, as it believes. The Japs give thanks to the United States for having opened it to capitalist “civilization” eighty years ago, in 1846, and not only introducing steam engines, telephones, parlia- mentarism and laboratories, but also armaments. After three centuries of peace, the Japs now boast of having won three international wars during the last half century, giving her, as she feels, not only supremacy in the Orient, but also the right to a big place in world capitalist councils. Here, ——_ is one of the questions that the Japanese are asking: “What is the moral difference between the policy of America’s ex- tending her dominion over the Caribbean, protecting her capitalists and Latin-American investments, and the policy of Japan In widening her sphere of empire In Asia and supporting her capitalists in their forward-looking enterprises?” ee ° ° - It seems that the Japanese plutocracy has learned too well. It realizes to the full one admits what the “demo- cratic” statesmen of the United States try to hide, that the capitalist state is but an instrument in the hands of the im= perialist oppressors. 4 The Japs feel that they have a primary right to the Orient as their sphere of influence, believing that the United god damned army.” Agnelli, who is a Communist, -wish- es to hear from his brother, Paul, an agent for the Daily Worker, Novy Mir, and other Communist publications. Mail for him should be sent in care of his wife, Mrs. R. J, Agnelli, 1123 Kamehameha IV Road, Honolulu, Hawaii. Efforts are being made by Maj.- General Smith to have the stockade at Schofield Barracks reopened and prisoners sent there instead of to-the mainland. To the soldiers in Hawaii, the hofield stockade 4s a synonum, of hell. years ago, the brutalities perpetrated’ within its grim walls could be eqnal- ed only by going back to the days of the Inquisitjpn. The cruefty of Capt. Hall, the pri- Before it was closed, a tew’| Tell other workers what happens in your shop. Write a story and sendit to the DAILY WORKER, Order a bundle to distribute there. “Stand by Soviet Russia!” Demand “Hands Off China!” Mass meetings and demonstrations have already been arranged as follows: ST. LOUIS, MO—Mass meeting, Friday, July 17, Labor son officer, would have put Nero to shame. Hall felt secure as he had the Support,of Gen. Kuhn, then command- ing the Hawaiian division. Prisoners were forced to work long hours at the Teck pile, using a heavy hammer with @ nocked handle so as to cut the hands. They were marched to and from work at double time, forced to Stand at attention from supper until bed time, and to get up at four o’clock in the morning. When a prisoner fainted at work, a bucket of cold water was thrown in his face and when ho regained con- Sciousness he had to pick up the heavy hammer and continue with his labor, For those driven to despera tion who refused to work under such cruel conditions, a much worse fate was in store. They were sprayed with formaldehyde. One man died as a re sult of burns from it. Three others lost their sight. After these conditions had existed for a long time, details reached the war department. This was too much for those accustomed to the milder form of anilitary autecracy found on the mainland. An investigation was held and the stockade closed. The only punishment for Kuhn was 4 transfer and a slight reduction in rank. Oapt. Hall is said to have been killed by one of his former victims after his return to the mainland. I Rewarded For Murders believe that a commander in the Lyceum, 1243 N. Garrison. Speaker, J. Louis Engdahi. PITTSBURGH, PA.—Mass meeting, Sunday, July 19, 2:30 p. m., Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St. peaker, en le MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—Mass meeting, Monday, July 20, 8 p. m., Finnish Hall, 1317 Western Ave. No. Speaker, William F. Dunne. ST. PAUL, MINN.—Mass meeting, Tuesday, July 21, 8 . m., Minnehaha Hall, 160 W. 9th St. Speaker, jam F, unne. KANSAS CITY, MO,—duly 15th, 8 p. m., 12th & Forest. Filipino, Chinese, Japanese and English ers, BUFFALO, N. Y.—July 15, Labor Lyceum, 376 William St. ker William F. Dunne. ITHACA, N, Y.—Cosmopolitan Club, July 16, Speaker William F. Dunne. YONKERS, N, Y.—Saturday, July 25, at 8 p. m., 23 Pali- sade Ave. WASHINOTON, D. C.—July 17, 1814 N. St, N. W. Speaker, Rebeoca Grecht. ZEIGLER, JLL.—July 16, 7 p. m., Pavilion Park, open air meetin eaker, J, W, Johnstone, ROCHESTER, N, Y.—July 17 at 8 p. m, Labor Lyceum, 580 St. Paul St. Speaker Wm, F. Dunne, NEW YORK, N, Y—July 17 at 6 p, m. Union Park, 17th and Broadway, open air demonstration, Speaker, Wm. Z. Foster, PORTLAND, ORE.—July 19, at 8 p, m., Workers Party Hall, 227 Yambiell St, aker, Stanley J. Clark. BOSTON, MASS,—Sunday July 19, Hall to be announ- ced, & er, Earl R. Browder, YONKERS, N, Y.—July 25 at 8 p, m., 23 Palisade Ave. Speaker to be announced. CLEVELAND, OHIO—July 25. Hall to be announced. Pesos ANGELES, CAL—duly 17 Meeting. ANGE ul —United Front PO cod Kuo Min Tang, Civil Liberties pers Workers Association, Workers Party, at Muslo Il. on SEATTLE, WASH—uly 18. Speaker, N. H. Tall RBPSOLVED, that every-effort possi- ble should be exerted to the end that the Amalgamated Clothing Workers be brought within the fold of the band on his arrival, released some of his typical bold sounding “thunder,” to the effect that science and the bible are directly in conflict and that the teaching of science must go. To this Darrow answered that the de- fense would endeavor to show that the theory of evolution and christian- ity do not conflict thus taking a ty- Pical liberal “class collaboration” policy. The defense, of course, is contesting the constitutionality of the law as a denial of the rights of free speech. Stewart declared, “The state will insist as vigorously as it is possible to do so that evidence by scientists or bible students with reference to whether the theory of evolution as taught by science conflicts with the story of man’s creation, is absolutely incompetent in this cage.” Tt is the claim of local business men that there is no chapter of the ku klux Klan in Dayton. But this is a strongly masonic comm 3 more than one hundred thirty: degree men in this town of 1700, + Jury of MoseBacks A total of 400,000 words have been wired from Dayton all over the world on the proceeding of the trial before Jadge Thomas Raulston, The jury is made.up of consery- ative, religious farmers, including three mothodists, eight baptists, and one disciple. One of the jurors, Capt. States should confine itself to its own western hemisphere. But when the American fleet left Chinese waters and sailed down into Manila Bay, in 1898, and won the first battle of the Spanish-American War, not in West Indian waters, but in the far-off Like Zain the war clouds sailing the stars st, J ‘ ‘ ‘ pad ieipen hemp to, ico ond daar 's horizon. And they have se * ° The he eran gathered in the Honolulu talkfest were bluntly told that “there is a large and powerful party in dap- an that confidently expects the United States to challenge Japan's economic advance on the mainland of Asia as a hos- tile move,” and that means war. There is only one power in the United States and Japan that can halt the inevitable slaughter, and that is the joint power of the workers and poor farmers of these two coun- tries. - Against the imperialist rivalries of both countries there must rise the irresistible solidarity of the toiling masses of both countries, rising in both countries to displace the contending capitalist dictatorships with their own co-operat- ing Proletarian Dictatorships. There is room for but one flag in the Pacific, as in all the other oceans over the earth. of World Imperialism| NO WAGE RAISE AND NO STRIKE SAID COMMISSION Expected ‘Swindle And Got It, Say Workers NEW YORK CITY, July 12~—The report of the governor's advisory commission in the cloak, suitand ckirt industry, given Friday. to represen- tatives—Hillquit and the Sigman gang—of the unfon and the jobbers and manufacturers, turned, ont, as expected by all left wing workers in the International Ladies’ Garmnet Workers’ Union—to be a swindle, There are nine points, and nowhere is there any indication that the com- mission recognizes the demands of That is the Red Flag of Communism. Ro anatacaninsandin: btn csi: uA SOME FISHER AUTO BODY WORKERS IN __ DETROIT FIGHT WAGE CUTS (Continued from page 1 the three days are up the men now taking their places will quit due to their imability to make more than $1 or $2 a day on the new piece rates. On the old rates the men made from $5 to $8 a day according to the kind of work and the amount of it. From now on with the hardest kind of work, even the most capable men will not be able to make more than $4 or $5 a day. Once Got Twice As Much In 1918, '19, and '20 when the Auto Workers Union of Detroit had a strong organization most of these workers re- ceived exactly twice as much for about half.as much work as they are now doing. In those days instead of the oil sanding process now in use, the bodies were rubbed by varnish rubbers with pumice stone and water. The work was much easier than the present rubbing with the oil sand pa- per but the men received $9 for three cars. Now that the work is far more stren- J. R. Thompson, a rich berry growing | uous than before, because the workers Plantation owner, is the only juror | have no organization to protect them who admitted he does not attend |jand fight for them they are turning out church, 5 French and German _ Representatives Sign Commerce Pact PARIS, France, July 12—Premier Briand and Minister of Commerce | Chaumet for France, and the German ambassador, yon Hoesch and Dr, Trendelenburg, German controller of exports and imports, have signed an arrangement concerning commercial exchanges between the Saar basin and Germany, 18 cars for $9.37. Five Times the Work for the Money In other words they are turning out five times as much work for the same amount of money, one man now doing the work that he and four other men used to do, thereby increasing unem- ployment and laying the foundation of present and future wage cuts, During the days when this industry was org! the workers received from $10 to $16 a day and today with a far higher rate of production they are lucky if they can earn $6 or $7, What this means to these men and their famiites 1s easy to be seen, They The accord, which was retified by | ®¢ simply using up the men as quick- the French Derliame Vaelivtles pid ly as they dan get them. Cliaeas to. sar. the exportation to thonware, porcelain, metallurgical productg tro and importation into (he 4 (men foodstutts, i 4 Killing Pace the work is so great yan stand tt for any the workers are Seu ceed | company seems to be aware of this and they are careful to hire none but young workers as an older workers cannot keep up the killing pace that must be maintained if he is to “cut the buck” and make enuf to keep him- self and his family alive. Besides the oil sanders, the spray- ers, doorhangers, panelmen and cusion makers were also cut. In almost every case the cuts amounted to from 10 to 20 per cent of the wages and means a decrease of about Tic to $1 a day when the men are only making $6 or $7 at the most. Men Expected to Unionize The Auto Workers’ Union Local’ 127 has been carrying on a campaign in front of the various shop gates for the last two months. So far most of the strikers are not yet organized. But if the company keeps up this reckless campaign of wage slashing long enuf, the men will be forced to organize in self protection and in- stead of this or that department going [ i and the boss will have to treat with them if he wants his orders filled. The workers are beginning to realize this and many of the strikers are. ex- Pressing themselves in favor of organi- zation. They recognize their helpless- ness in the present isolation and they feel confident that the other depart- ments will follow them as soon as the cuts in the other departmants are det- initely made known. Men Asked to Join Union The organization campaign of the Auto Workers Union Local 127 is bear- ing fruit. Noonday factory meetings before the Fisher Body plants receive & Breater response than ever before. Local 127 will redouble its efforts to bring the message of organization to tho workers engaged in the auto indus- try in Detroit. Open meetings of the Auto Workers Union are held every Friday evening at 5 Adelaide St. All auto workers are invite! to attend, 4 the workers or their needs as super- ior to all other factors in the indus- try. Besides the many other fasnes in which the interests of the workers and their union organization’ is ig- nored, the announcement by Chair- man George Gordon Battle, that the commission “does not find it practic- able to propose any change at this time” in the wage scale, was just the kind of hokum that the garment work- ers expected, since the Sigman gang have openly betrayed the demands off the LL. G. W. membership to the commission and both have .‘orked in concert to deprive the workers of their needs and influence the mem- bership of the union in an effort to break the force of the left wing fight led by Locals 2, 9 and 22. The report will be published in the DAILY WORKER tomorrow. STRIKEINHARD LOOMING STRONG Operators and Lewis Confer at Beach ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Jnty 1&-—~ With their joint session adjourned until Tuesday, operators and miners” representatives debating the wage: - issue which threatens a nation-wide anthracite, coal strike Sept. 1 were am, far apart today as they were the deliberations were started last Thursday. The situation was: John L. Lewis, Internationsl president of the United Mine Work ers, declared that Friday’s confer ence “did not change the opinions formed by the miners.” (The miners had expressed themselves as beliey- ing ther would be a suspension of work August 31, when the wage con- tracts expire.) 2.—The operators asserted that if wages were advanced the cost of coal would go up; that the public t# “tired of high coal prices” and want the price to go down; that they “are so poor they can’t afford to pay the hard coal miners more money be- cause of the competition the anthra- cite mines are getting from the manu- facturers of oils, coke and electric~ ity” The miners have put twelvp de- mands up to the operators, the prin- cipal demand being for an increase of wages of 10 per cent for anthracite miners and $1 a day for other classes of labor. Most of the poverty stricken oper- ators left for their palatial summer homes to be gone Sunday and Mon- day. Lewis remained here, at. ons of the nation’s finest beaches. He said he would have no statements to make over the weekend. The min- ers—they, of course, are still in the little coal camps nefther im palaces or fine hotels—hut shacks unfit for habitation. : \ Of course, if they work thay can go underground and risk their Ives in hard labor below the surface. R B ' evamped Brokerage , Reopens Today; Bankers Aid The reorganization of the broker- bee hease.ot Dest, Onativia and Co. which was placed in recetvershfp ten days ago with abilities of thirty six million dollars, has been completed, with the help of Chicago and New York bankers. The company will re- open its doors today, PITTSBURGH T. UE. L TO HOLD MEETING. ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 12— here will be a meeting of the Pitts- burgh Trade Union Edugational League on Wednesday evening, duly 15, at 805 James street, "Tell other workers what happens your shop, Stele » eoerr-ank ee to the DAILY WORKER. Order bundle to distribute there A ) COALREGIONIS