The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 28, 1925, Page 1

RAPE ne Wile Vere i r THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1925 Ee” Call is Issued for Party Convention on August 21 The call for the convention of the Workers (Communist) Party has been issued setting the date for August 21, instead of August 9, as previously announced. The call as issued includes the agenda, the distribution of delegates, who will total 54, the regulations for holding city and district conventions, and other provisions for the carrying out of a successful gathering. The decision of the Parity Commis-+= t —__— - |sion is published on page 3 of|held in Chicaga, III, beginning August | cause of necessary preparations for . 'W this issue. The convention call |21, 1925. ¢ |the convention the original date set rapidly forming in the face of the recent employer offensive in | fojjows: To all members of party branches, |for August 9 had to be changed. } the coal, railroad and metal industries. It is trying to raise a| sues shop ae city “inte ee | The Sxsnda of the convention will i i ion leaders in ing once more | and district organizations. e as follows: The cry of Bolshevik has recently served the purpose as the | ; M Pb brsen eae gags ' a) Presen' ual cry Taconin ad in the days of the French revolution. Many labor |munist) Party of America. To be! Chicago beginning August 21. Be- (Continued on page 3) leaders will run to support the present government to avoid the bolshevik label. It is possible that the British masters are hold- ing a break with Russia on the Chinese issue up their sleeve to The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government NEW YORK EDITION Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Price 3 Cents SCAB A. F. OF L. UNION PROMISES TO AID CLOTH BOSS; AGREEMENT USED IN COURT AGAINST A. C. W. Vol. II. No, 769. . Subscription Rates: Suiiie Giese ty Bet ee year. Pi JCP Te he, 8n ORR Po + 77S SOUDLY me. OF BOSSES: AGAINST As NEW ALLIANCE OF GREAT UNIONS . By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) The British master class aims to split the labor front now The agreement between the International Tailoring Com- pany, and the United Garment Workers of America, signed on June 29th after the employes of the firm, members of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers of America, had gone on strike for union conditions, is one of the worst scab agreements in labor history. The American Federation of Labor clothing union, which has not for many years done any organizational work in Chicago, sells the International bosses the union label. The scab union further agrees to do all in itsf power to aid the clothing bosses. While the striking employes, 800 the THE BRITISH COAL MINE CRISIS spring it at the psychological moment. Foreign secretary Austen Chamberlain’s statement that he “must reserve to his majesty’s nics are government full liberty to take | whatever action they think~is sa + a AS WE SEE IT By T, J. O')FLAHERTY MERICAN warships have reached Australia and the capitalists have hung out the flags to welcome them. | Great consternation was caused among the babbitry thru the action of the street carmen in calling a strike. “What?” said the “insult our American friends. in this fashion!” Perhaps the strikins street carmen did not know what the naval visit was all about, but they knew in- stinctively that it was not their show. They also raised their voices in behalf | of the political prisoners heid in Am- erican dungecns and made the visit of Morgan’s fleet the occasion for making their protests heard. 2 oe FF is a long hop from Australia te Chicago. Here the street carmen have a magnificent building, which is used by many organizations for the purpose of holding meetings. Rep- resentatives: of the joint council of :ction of three New ,York locals of tae International: Ladies’ Garment \/orkers Union hired this hall for the purpose of holding a meeting to pro- . st against the expulsion policy of }- gman, Perlstein and company, “he r_actionaries,-got Edward’ Nockels (2 \Sincago Federation of Lat_ ¥ dd wires. ° ent. : 2 hall was retused to the rank and +2 8 Marx raised the slogan of: “Work- ers of the, world unite” for the peoletariat, the unwritten slogan of ur reactionaries is: “Fakers of the scorld unite.” They have certainly vnited here in America, The labor tik have a vested interest in ‘the <apitaiist system. ‘Their ideal of trade unionism is co-operation with the bos- ses. This means comfort and idleness tor them. But the workers cannot af- ford co-operation with the bosses, no saatter how much they like peace. The takers will get the worst of the fight in the end. oe * HE campagin of vice-president Dawes for revision of the senate rules is doomed ot failure, according to reliable reports ¢oming from Swampscott, Mass., where Coolidge 4s holding his summer court. Calvin does not care much about the senate but he cares a lot about the 1928 republican nomination for the presi- dency. It is no secret that Dawes’ and Cal don’t get along very well to- gether. Dawes likes to talk and Cal does not. Dawes makes better copy than Cal and the little Vermont poli- tician wants to keep his rival out of the limelight. The big business men preter Calvin to Dawes. Cal does the job very nicely for them. Charley might hop over the traces occasion- ally. se IOMPETITION between Britain and the United States is intense, An old law was dug up in London as an excuse for banning American cigarets off the British market, This law for- bids the use of sugar in any form in the manufacture of tobacco, This is (Continued, om page 6.) development a part of the Communist | | | required’? sounds ominous. Unionism In War Was Sedition. The entrance of England into the | war against Germany in 1914 applied a similar check to the vigorous growth of the first industrial alliance of coal miners, railwaymen and trans- port workers, To push labor's offens- ive became for the next four or five years tantamount to sedition and the label pro-German tended to silence most opposition to capitalist exploita- tion.: Now a more powerful quadruple al- liante of miners, railway men, trans- port workers and shipbuilders is being perfected. Meetings on July 4 and 17 of the representatives of these unions with a membership of over 5,000,000 approved the constitution of the New Consolidated Indsutrial Alliance. The London Daily Herald understands the outlines to be: New Alliance’s Provisions “Any union in trouble shall first ex- haust its own procedure in negotia- tion. If deadlock is reached and the union needs assistance the executive of the alliance is to be notified. Such steps shall then be taken by the allied | unions, including strike action, as/ may be necessary to insure victory for the union in dispute.” The constitution has been referred to the unions with the recommenda- tion that they speedily ratify. Mean- _the-ainers. are placing their chief hope in the support pledged by scheme to capture control of British trade unions. The press hopes to widen the split between the MacDo- nald-Clynes-Henderson-Thomas group in control of the Independent Labor Party and the Purcell-Bromley-Tillett- Thorne group in the trades union con- gress. Purcell Now In Parliament This breach was apparent in the re- cent election of Purcell to parliament from the Forest of Dean. A. A, Pur- } | IN SOVIET COURT Plotted Murder of Soviet Officials MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.—The trial of cell is vice-chairman of the Trades|the three German fascists who came Union Congress and president of the | to the Soviet Union to practice espion- Amsterdam Internationdl, Although | age and attempt the assasination of not_a Communist he led in bringing } high Soviet officials has brot out that abott an understanding between Bri-|the plot was no mere adventure, but tish and Russian trade unionists and|an organized attempt to undermine was chairman of the British delega- tion which made a remarkabie report the Soviet Union. Yaroslavsky, chairman of the trial on conditions in Russia. The cautious |here, when questioned by representa- labor party chiefs, further irritated} tives of the press, replied showing by Communists attacks, refused to|that the evidence conclusively proves support his candidacy. Fewer Spindles Working. the guilt of the three fascists, who posed as students on a scientific expe- dition. They also forged Communist WASHINGTON, July 26.—The cen-| documents, sus bureau announced today that 37,- The questions put to Yaroslavsky, 858,211 cotton spinning spindles were| together with the answers, follow: in place in the United States on June 30, of which 32,500,896 were in oper- Forged Communist Documents. First question: What points does ation at some time during the month,| the court consider as decisive against compared with 33,147,652 in May. The} the accused? aggregate number of spinning hours in June was 7,600,315,825. Danish Port in Flames. Answer: Naturally, the statements of Kindermann and his letters to Djerjinski and Kalinin, were decisive, COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 26. as these statements moved Dittmar —The whole waterfront of the. port of | 2% Baumann to open confession. The Odense was aflame today. Soldiers have been called out to keep order and prevent looting. Odense is a port in the province of the same name! It was the birthplace of Hans Christian Anderson, the children’s story writer. It has a pop- ulation of 50,000. RED INTERNAT IONAL OF LABOR UNIONS GREETS WORKERS OF PARIS statements of the latter are valuable because they corroborate the first statements of Kindermann. During (Continued on page 5.) Street Carmen of Massachusetts Ask The mineowners want the miners to Pe ¢ k to their chains. The miner's reply “Never!” From the London Daily Herald.) ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 26. —Reports that the present wage j¢ would. be renewed for eighteen months pending an investigation of freight rates and other factors en- tering into the price of coal, have caused the miners in the anthra- cite region to swamp the union dele- gation with telegrams demanding that there be no crawling by John Ly Lewis on the demands formulat- ed at the Tri-District Convention. The operators made their usual demand for abolition of the check off, yesterday. It was, of course, refused. THREATENED RIFT IN TORY CABINET IS COMPROMISED More Money for War as Unemployment Grows LONDON, July 26—W. C. Bridge- man, first lord of the admiralty had actually resigned before the compro- mise on the naval building program was worked out. Bridgeman was per- suaded to withdraw his resignation. The government decided to lay down two new cruisers in October; two more in February and three an- nually thereafter during the life of the present parliament. A program calling for nine destroyers and six submarines annually was also adopt- 12c an Hour Raise}. BOSION, July 26. (FP)—-Twelve hundred and fifty union carmen of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co. ask increase in wages MOSCOW, July 3,—(By Mail)—The executive bureau of the Red Inter-| from 63 to 75 cents per hour from a national of Labor Unions sends the following greetings to the workers con- gress of the Paris district: " ’ The executive bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions greets the representatives of the proletariat who have come together at the work- ers congress of the Paris district and observes with satisfaction that despite the social democratic leaders, various working class organizations are taking part in the congress. It congratulates the organizers of the congress on the results which have already been obtained in the efforts for the esta- blishment of the united front against the Morocco war which is demanded by French imperialism alone, and requests the participants in the congress to work for the quickest realization of trade union unity. Long Live the workers congress of the Paris district! Down with the Morocco war! Long Live the unity of action of the working class! special arbitration board consisting of a@ representative each of ynion and company, with a third arbitrator cho- sen by the first two. Any increase granted will be retroactive to May 1 last. Storms Damage Crops PEORIA, IIL, July 26.—Reports to- day indicated great damage was done last night and early this morning to corn and other crops in Know, Henry, Warren and Fulton counties by a series of wind, electrical and hail storms. q This expenditure is taken at a time when one million and a haif workers are unemployed and the nation is faced with a gigantic coal strike thru a determination on the part of the Operators to make reductions and wages and extend hours, Safe Return from China NEW YORK, July 26.—Walter Porth, of Milwaukee,. who went to China as an engineer for the Rocke- feller foundation came back to Amer- ica today as a stowaway aboard the liner President Harding. Porth said he left Peking when the revolution broke out and toured Hurope where his money gave out. When Porth avas found on board he worked his passage out as a deck- hand. TRAITORS 10 STRIKE RAIDS: Reactionary Troops in Strikebreaking Move SHANGHAI,: China, July 26.—The expected and long brewing attack by the combined forces of imperialism working chiefly thru the traitorous Chinese generals and the even more treacherous Peking government against the national liberation move- ment is beginning with the raids and assaults of reactionary Chinese troops upon the Shanghai strike organiza- tions. The Fengtien military authorities Friday raided and closed the Seamen’s Union headquarters, the Amalgamated Union of Commerce, Labor and Edu- cation and the Students’ Union, ar- resting many of the leaders of the strike and posting proclamations that attempts to continue the strike would be met with death for all union and strike organizers. Big Capitalist Play Traitor That the big Chinese capitalists or- ganized in the Shanghai chamber of commerce, as distinct from the small shopkeepers in the Federation of street unions, are beginning to play into the hands of foreign imperialism is seen by the demonstration of work- ers who attempted to storm the cham- ber of commerce building, demanding the strike support it had promised. The Chinese chamber of commerce is more and more dissociating itself from the strike demands of the work- ers and students, being willing only to carry On a consumers’ boycott against British and Japanese goods for the compromise demand of joint control of the so-called “mixed court” and for limited Chinese representa- tion on the municipal council as heavy tax-payers. They are divorcing them- selves from the, demands of the work- ers and students for abrogation of all treaties and a complete withdrawal of foreign troops and rule. Crisis Grows Between Classes The failure of the Shanghai cham- ber of commerce to carry out its pro- mise of supplying strike funds to the unions is exciting the workers and students, and the refusal of the Peking government to aid them—and its conspiracy with the Chang Tso-lin troops to suppress them gives the strike a new and more bitter crisis, strong, were walking the picket line, thé United Garment Workers signed is agreement, promising not to strike, to furnish employes (strike- breakers), to sell the struck firm the union label, and to “do all in its prov- nce as a labor (?) organization, TO ADVERTISE THE GOODS AND OTHERWISE BENEFIT THE BUSI- NESS” of the International Tailoring {company. William Green, president of the A. F. of L. when asked to prevent this organized scabbeny, instead attempted to stick a knife in the back of the striking union. At the same time that the International Tailoring com- |pany was presenting the scab U. G | W. agreement in court, AS AN ARGU | i |MENT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE STRIK- | ERS, Green denounced the Amalga-| jmated as a “dual union” and refused jto take action against the U. G. W.| \scabbery. | The agreement, which is one of the | rottenest milestones in the history of | the corrupt A, F. of L. officialdom, is iprinted below in full for the first time, just as it was presented before Judge Pam: | | “IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF COOK COUNTY, In Chancery. No. 422520. AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTAL BILL OF COMPLAINT FILED BY LEA OF COURT FIRST OBTAIN- ED. Sell Union Label. “This agreement ' entered jmto by | and between the firm of the’ Interna- ‘Jackson Bivd., party of the first part, And ‘the United Garment Workers of merica, Party of the second part. “WITNESSETH: THAT IN CON- SIDERATION OF THE USE OF THE | TRADE. UNION LABEL OF THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART, the part of the first part agrees to | abide by’ the rules and _ conditions | governing the party of the second part, as prescribed by the Interna- tional céOnéstitution, and this agree- ment. “1-All employes engaged in the manufacture of garments for the jParty of the first part shall be not less than sixteen years of age, and must be good standing members of the party of the second part. The party of the first part further agrees that during the slack season the work will be so divided that each employe will receive approximately an _ equal amount of work. “2—All proper sanitary conditions shall be observed in all shops manu- facturing goods for the party of the first part, who agree to comply with all requirements of the state laws relating to workshops. “3—In all working shops and cut- _ Company, 847. W.| CHICAGO HEARS STORY OF LL.G.W. STRUGGLEINN. Y. Successful Meet Held In Spite of Opposition Chicago members of Interna- {tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Un- ion heard the story of the illegal ex- pulsion of 77 executives of locals 2, 9 and 22 from their offices by the Sig- man-Peristin-Feinberg, junta, despite the local agents of Sigman, who got Edward Nockles, secretary of the Chi- cago Federation of Labor to bring pressure to bear on the manager of Carmen's Hall so that the contract for the holding of the meeting in that hall was concelled. Forced to secure a new hall at the eleventh hour and after all the ad- vertising was out, the Workers’ Ly- ceum at 2733 Hirsch Blvd., was packed to the doors with cloak and dressmak- ers that came to hear Charles L, Zim- merman, secretary of the Joint Coun- cil of Action, and Louis Hyman, chair- man, both officials of Local 22, until the illegal expulsion took place. The members of the three locals have not recognized the legality of the expul- sions. Unanimously Endorse’ Struggle. The meeting Went unaniméusiy ‘on’ ecord endosing the fight of the New ‘York dress and cloakmakers and funds were collected to help carry on the- fight. A few misguided tools of Sigman were present with questions but those were well answered by Louis Hyman, who has the history of the I. L. G. W. U. at his finger tips. Shortly before the meeting conven- ed police came to the hall and in- formed the organizers that a call for police protection was sent in, and that violence was expected. Needless to say no such call was sent in by those who arranged the meeting Zimmerman Is First Speaker. I.. A. Davidson, active member in the local organization of the I. L. G. W. U. until his expulsion by Meyer Perlstein, introduced Charles: L. Zim. merman, as the first speaker. He was received by a great ovation. Zimmerman briefly related the his- tory of the straggle between the radi cals and the reactionaries. He told of the fight made by Dr. Hourwich, then an official of the union, to put an end to grafting in the organization. The bureaucratic officials could not under- stand how one of the family could ting rooms, regular time of employ- ment shall be forty-four (44) hours fight for the interests of the member- ship and Hourwich was bitterly at- per week, to end Saturday, twelve ;tacked by them. o'clock noon, Eight hours per day the Expulsion was always the punish- first five days’and four hours on Sat-|ment meted out to those who raised urday. Scab Union Collects “4—Garments shall be manufactur-|in 1917 who w (Continued on page 2) their voices for progress in the union. Me recited the case of Morris Rubin expelled from the (Continued on page 2) WAGE CUT OF WOOL BOSTON, Ma: lower living standards by their emplo: Co., Strong-Hewit Co., and the Hoosa EN WORKERS SPREADING OVER NEW ENGLAND v i» July 26.—(FP)—More than 10,000 additional woolen and worsted workers of New England have been sentenced to 10 per cent yers since the American Woolen Co. popularly known as the Woolen Trust, set the pace last week. Wage Cuts Spread Everywhere Latest to be affected are four thousand in the mills of the Blackington i¢ Worsted Ca. ef North Adams; the Sawyer-Regan Co. of Dalton; James & E. H. Wilson Co., S. N. & Co., and the W. E. Tillitson’Manufacturing Co. of Pittsfield. Cuts take effect August 3, a week after the trust’s date. Twelve hundred are cut July 30 at Ware and Gilbertville in the plants of the George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Co. One thousand are cut in the International Worsted Mills and the Selden Worsted Mills at Methuen and at the Smith & Dove Manufacturing plant at Ahdover, where linen thread is manufactured. Cuts start August 3 at Andover and July 27 at Methuen, Lawrence Begins Cutting Earlier in the week four thousand workers in the worsted department at Pacific Mills, Lawrence got notice of a July 27 cut and a similiarly timed reduction was posted in the Hockanum Mills Co., the Rock Manufacturing Co., and the James J, Regan Manufacturing Co. plants of Rockville, Conn., and by Talcott Bros. of Talcottville, Conn, NEW INSTALMENT EVERY DAY OF THE BRITISH TRADE UNION'REPORT ON “RUSSIA TODAY”! WATCH FOR IT! PAGE 4 TODAY)