The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 29, 1925, Page 1

et Subscription Rates: Suisse Chicago, Vol. Il. No. 170, ea 2s i TRIPLE ALLIANCE ur J. 8. MINE, RAIL AND MARINE UNIONS, CALL OF LEFT WING MINE COMMITTEE By ALEX REID (Secretary Progressive Miners’ Committee.) No settlement of the wage controversy between the United Mine Workers of America and the anthracite mine owners is in sight at the time of writing. The tortured slaves of the anthra- cite coal fields of America, verging on physical collapse, because of insufficient wages for their labor properly to feed themselves, are now facing a bitter struggle to force the- murderous coal barons of the Pennsylvania hard coal to grant them a mere ten per cent increase in their wages. Owners in Luxury—Miners in Poyerty. Billions of dollars of profit were sweated out of the blood of the miners last year. The coal mine owners are living a life of In Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per year. ] | “NO COAL MOVED WHILE luxury. Men who never see the mines, men who don’t even know what a mine looks like, living in the great hotels of the Guna, Sa0- sane the high ———— seas in their yachts eating and ‘drinking of the bodies and blood of the murdered men sacrificed to their lust for profit. Over 500 men were killed last year and 30,000 men injured in the anthracite alone. In- (Continued on page 2) AS WE SEE IT By T. J, O’FLAHERTY (HE Chinese workers are assured of “affectionate admiration” of what is left of the socialist party of Amer- ica. Far be-it from us to spurn the affection of even an unrepentant pros- titute like the socialist party, in such a world skaking- emergency, particu- larly ‘when the messenger of good will is the Rev. Norman Thomas, whose saintly officiation teids to throw a helo of sanctity around the deed, But no sooner were we ready to say “hear, hear”.than another par- agraph in the same China. ‘Thomas in well have called on J. P. might as Morgan to start the social revolution} or on William Jennings Bryan to re-| fuse @ nomination to run for the presi- dency. 8 8 " E Chinese are getting along rather nicely in their fight for emancipation, but they are not taking much stock in resolutions of affection and admiration unless they are ac- companied by more tangible proof of sincerity. The Chinese have found that American capitalism has been just as subversive of their rights as British and Japanese capitalism, but it typically socialist that the Ameri- can brand should hand the task of “freeing” China to their own ex- Ploiters. The only country in the world that aided China is Soviet Rus- sia, Why does the Norman Thomas message ignore this fact? sf 8 By irs resolution passed by the national executive of the socialist party throws a big boquet of roses at Calles, president of Mexico. It brands him as a socialist. We have no doubt that he deserves the aspersion. He is as much of a socialist as Morris Sig- man or Victor Berger, Recently Calles called ont the troops to break a strike, ‘In fact his minister of labor, Morone (mot moron) under the tutelage of (Continued on page 2) oe a ission for sul inist) Party: 1. Th orld Situation, beret the assertions of the cap- italists and their agents in the labor movement (the leaders of the Second International. and the right wing of the Amsterdam International) that capitalism has emerged from its critical stage and has succeeded in stabilizing itself, the world situation continues to remein revolutionary. This imposes upon the Communist parties of the world the duty of edu- cating and organizing the working class for a struggle for power and for the establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat. The capitalists have been seeking for some means of avoiding the consequences of the in- ner contradictions of capitalism which threatens its destruction, The world war was a logical climax of these con- tradictions, The end of the war left capitalism economically weakened, yet with all the contradictions and conflicting “interests apparent in sharpened form, threatening a new French Army Leaves Essen. BERLIN, July 27.—In accordance with the announced purpose of France to evacuate the Ruhr, as stipulated under the Dawes plan, the withdrawal of military forces from Essen has commenced, according to advices which reached here today. Arrested for Sunday “Movies.” CHAMPAIGN, Ill, July 27—Propri- etors of two Urbana moving picture theaters were under $200 bond today for operating their theaters on Sun- day. It was the first Sunday in the history of the city that motion picture theaters were open and a test case will be made.. A city ordinance pro- hibits-Sunday movies. Both theaters played to capacity houses. A hearing likely will be held early this week. Phe following resdlution was unanimously adopted by the Parity Com- ission to the National Convention of the Workers (Com- catastrophe and complete breakdown @ capitalist system, @ analysis of the world situation given by the last plenum of the B, ©, C. I. has proven to be absolutely cor- rect. The so-called stabilization of capitalism is in reality very tempo- rary, partial and relative in ite na- ture. # World production in the cap- i countries of Europe during the first half of 1925 is still below the pre- war level and is continuing on a down grade, At the same time the political crisis are appearing almost daily. struggles in capitalist Europe are cop- tinually grown in intensity, New pol- itical crises are appearing almost daily. white terror in Bulgaria, the election of Hindenburg, the change. of govern- ment in France, etc., ete,, are the result of the continuing instabili- ty of gapitalism and the sharpening of the class struggle, » History proves, however, With in- * creasing certainty, that the’ prob- lome of capitalism ia the insperial- ro by mail, $6.00 per year. Entered as’ Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Pdst OMe Bt Chicago, Mlinols, under the Act of Mardi 3, 1879. -WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1925 -BELGIAN UNIONISTS IN RU Rublishe a” MINERS STRIKE,” WARN BRITISH RAILWAY MEN LONDON, England, July 27.—it is generally agreed that the labor si- tuation is bad as the crucial week opens before Friday’s threatened walkout in the coal industry. There is a serious threat of a general strike, as the railroad men have agreed not to move any coal if the miners go out. Prime Minister Baldwin admitted in a speech he made Saturday that “we are faced either by an abyss of despotism or an abyss of anar- chy.” Yet all responsible parties hope that the strike will be staved off and.that some last-minute com- promise will be effected. Lord Stamfordham, tne king’s private secretary, visited the prime minister, who spent all of Sunday at Downing street, and presented the royal views and desire for media- tion to-prevent a strike, Challenge Brookhart Ballots in Effort to Make Steck Senator WASHINGTON, July 27.—Attorneys for Daniel F. Steck, democrat, who is contesting the election of the in- surgent republican, Smith W. Brook- hart, to the United. States senate from Iowa, today challenged fifty bal- lots which had ‘been counted for Brookhart in Cedar and Serro Gordo counties. The ballots were marked at the top as a straight republican ticket and also had Brookhart’s name writ- ten into the progressive column, Several clerical errors were found, but the general situation was un- changed with Brookhart substantially in the lead. MASS PICKETING ON STH WEEK OF GARMENT STRIKE Amalgamated Calls Rock Island Bluff THe Amaigamated strikers employ- ed by the Tnternatibnal Tailoring company and the J. Lb. Taylor com- pany began the fifth week of their walkout yesterday with their picket line better organized and showing even more solidarity than when the strike began. Strike benefits 6f $12.00 to married workers and $8.00 to those without dependents were paid’ at the strike meeting in Hoff Carrfers’ Hall, 814 W. Harrison St. _ The Amalgamated: officials voiced the sentiment of ‘the strikers when ; they announced that if the Interna- tional Tailoring company moved its business to Roek Island, as had been announced, the ‘union would follow the company-there, and continue its picketing. ‘The strikers loudly appla- uded this announcement. The company’ hid spread rumors that the Boone Woolen mills had been bought and the concern would be moved. Two foreman. were sent out to Rock Island asa bluff to break the solidarity of the strikers but they were not fooled by this maneuver. Pickets Regularly Assigned The pickets’ are now being regular- ly assigned’ fo duty, and are given definite posts. The picket line is or- FRENCH FANATIC URGES POISON GAS AGAINST | | RIFFIANS; FRONT QUIET | | (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, July 27.—Warfare by poi- | son gas against the Riffs—a move | from which the French have frained—was urged today by Pro- fessor Jean Feure of the French Medical Academy.in an articte in | Figaro. The situation along the Fez front is quiet. + re- Much Fuss Over White | Guard Agent Who Took | All He Could in China (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKING, July 27.—American Con- sul Sokobin from Harbin, Manchuria, PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. | Belgian Trade Union Dleegation, | pleted a journey within the Soviet n, NEW YORK EDITION d Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1 | Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Price 3 Cents FRANCO-BELGIAN UNIONISTS AT MOSCOW CALL FOR WORLD UNITY ~ OF UNIONS AGAINST CAPITALISM ongence.) eo wMail.)—The Franco- o of eleven officials of unions, has just com- where it studied the factories, the trade unions and cultural institutions. The dele- gation has handed a-declaration, signed by all its members, to (By International Press MOSCOW, U. S. S.'R,, July the French and Belgian reformis the chairman of the All-Russian Trade Union Council, Tomsky, from which declaration the following brief quotations are taken: “We are fraternally welcomed in all the Republics of the Soviet Union. We are of the opinion that the trade union work in the Soviet Republic is logical- * ly thought out and that it has (Continued on Page 2.) THE AWAKENING GIANT ist era cannot be solved by the cap- italists. The temporary adjustment of the conflict over German reparations thru the Dawes plan and the tempo- rary and partial stabilization of the capitalist economic order in Burope had no soner been accomplished than the imperialist conflict broke out in 4 new form in the struggle of the Suppressed peoples of Morocco and China to free themselves from the exploitation and political dominati of the great imperialist powers, The war in Morocco and the st) * gle in China emphasize the 1 stability of the capitalist social or- der, They are the outcome of conflict- ing interests which characterize the imperialist era of capitalism. The peo- ple of Morocco and China are fighting against imperialist exploitation, with- out which capitalism cannot exist in the present period of its development. Capitalism must have investment op- erely | portunities which exist.in the spheres of influence of undeveloped countries and it must have the raw materials of these countries. The struggle for these between the imperialist powers and the struggle against exploitation and oppression by the suppressed peo- The Present Situation and the Immediate Tasks ples of these countries are the sparks which light the powdered magazine of capitalism, resulting in the explosion which brings the destruction of mik dons of lives and billions of wealth as in the world war, and the con- sequent reduction in production and the standard of life of the workers, The present world situation of * capitalism again proves that the only force. which can avert the men- ace of new wars is the working class. It is only thru a victorious revolution- Y struggle against the imperialist capitalist governments that the work- ing class can escape from the suffer- ing which the imperialist of cap- italism brings upon it. 5 In contrast to ,this ion in * the capitalist world, stands the Soviet Union. In spite of all the at- tacks of international capitalism made in an effort to destroy the Soviett gov- ernment and prevent the creation of a new social order, the creation of that new social order goes forward step by step. Already Soviet Russia has been able to raise the st: rd life of its workers higher than in nie while the balance of Eu with General Chang Kwong-Shang, | highest military authority of the three | eastern: Chinese provinces, today was | attempting to secure the release of | Drm Harvey Howard of the Rockefel- a just basis. “The masses of membership of the trade unions, themselves are responsible for the direction of the ler Institute, kidnapped by Chinese trade union work, and they them- last week. selves solve the most important Howard's place of imprisonment| q¥estions. was not known. “In our opinion, many of the funda- A representative of the Foreign Af- . mental principles which are applied fairs Commission at Harbin is assist-!in the Rugsian trade unions would be ing the consul and General Chang. very much in place in. the trade ge hed Sokonin reported that Mur- unions of our own countries. ray Palmer, who was murdered at the | aj, the various shops we have visit- | same sine pe epwast bse ee al ed, we have seen that the maximum hh ati fitieas a tant wag |0f Tesults is attained with a backward ee ae ee SARIS WO | nomi’ et production. Despite the killed and a Russian white guard thet Ghalbeait ates aciiaed 46 this bateast wounded by the Chine: eo 1 a ighienacte tes PansPoser i cism of world capital, you perform Shin Mb Apringteid, Macs. a ‘diel by Rirenyeaeae a) oe fully your national industry, despite | SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 27. —|/, "> the difficult heritage of the imperial id civil ckade. Damage estimated at half a million| dollars was done in Hampden county today by a severe electrical storm that culminated in a cloudburst here, | wars and despite the “Each honest proletarian, after he has seen what is being done in the Soviet Union, must fight still’ more energetically for the unity of the international trade ment, | “We no longer wish to bear the re- ~j sponsibilitvavith thags sections arhich cir mae Sates - ite eréat- est crime jagainst.the working, class movement. Great psychological mis: takes have been made“and still great er ones will be made unless the hate against imperialism and. the fraternal mity of all proletarians are once again re-established, union move- Unity and Revolution! “The ruptures and the difficulties |in the trade union movement are of} }advantage only to capitalism and are | me. (exploited by jt. Both must go. A ~ {minimum program must be discover- ed, and we must go after a loyal strug- | sle againstiall difficulties to the com- mon aim of all proletarians—the world revolution, the overthrow of | (Continued on page 2) Cal Cooks Up Bunk for Farmers; Plans ' Aid to Boss Butler SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 27— Agricultural matters were up for dis- | cussion today between President Coolidge and Representative Freder- ick Purnell, Indiana, ranking member of the House Agricultural Committee, a vistor at the summer white house. Wednesday the president will join other prominent republicans’ at the Essex County rally in behalf of the candidacy of United States Senator William Butler, of this state. ard of life of its workers. The Soviet Union thus becomes increasingly an inspiration to the workers of the cap- italist countries to enter the struggle to win their freedom from capitalist exploitation and oppression, We are today in a_ period * diminishing production, The pre. licted prosperity from the adoption of the Dawes plan has not developed in the United States. . Production of con on a downward grade. Wages are being steadily reduced while the cost of living is rising slowly. The coal industry finds itself in a chtdnically critical situation resulting in’ ‘thous- ands of miners being thrown out of employment. The general instability of the wheat market is seriously ef- fl. The Present Economic Sit- uation in the United States. The present economic situation in * the Unitefl States is marked by the following characteristic. The increas- ing export of capital during 1924 and tinues holtingly and hesitatiigly,. but | the beginning of 1925 continues still more deeply to involve the United States in every imperialist struggle of today. American capital, in its urge towards world domination, is thus be- coming involved in all the contradic- tions, crises, and struggles of world capitalism. This factor is also pro- ducing sharp conflicts within the cap- italist class of America on the one hand, such as the struggle between finance’ and industrial capital over the question of foreign investments and the tariff, and is intensifying the struggle between the working class and the capitalist class on the other {talist Hurope—has reduced the stand- hand, fecting the buying power of large sec tions of farmers, thus further aggra- vating the economic situation, General unemployment has become a chronic feature of the economic situation in the United States, Il, The Growth of Imperial- ism and Militarism, American imperialism {s extend- * ing its policy of the political and military conquest of its spheres of economic influence. Latin-America is evermore becoming a political and military dependency of the United States. This sharpens the relations of (He “Latin-American countries to the United Gtates and is creating the basis STAFFORD TORN FROM HIS FAMILY BY DEPORTATION Mystery Surrounds the Action Against Miner The why and wherefore of the hasty and secret deportation to Italy of Tony Stafford is still shrouded ‘in mystery. Stafford was a labor prisoner serving a long sentence in Mounds- ville penitentiary. He was one of the eight hundred coal miners indicted following the mine war in West Vir- ginia in the fall of 1921 during which a number of miners and company gunmen were killed. Three men, Tony Stafford, Edgar Combs and George Barrett were picked as the victims. Suddenly, on July 11, Tory Stafford Was rembved: from Moundsville by Federal officers and taken to Pitts: bush PaiintyiJail. Hey was hese ste no more than’a few hours when he was shipped off to Ellis,Esland, There Ye sent the following telegnam to his wife, “At Ellis Island, can-do nothing myself, do your best.” Shortly after sending this Aelegram he was put aboard thé “Giusseppe Verdi", bound for Naples. Stafford leaves behind a wife and four children whom he had not seen for years. Mrs, Mattie Stafford was destitute and powerless to help her husband. She wrgte a letter to the National Office of the International Labor Defense in Chicago asking for help.. The I. L. D. immediately noti- fied its New Yo « representatives. It was too late. A letter just received from Beckley, W. Va., by International Labor De- fense was written by Sadie Stafford. A photograph of the four children was enclosed. Sadie, the only girl, ap- pears to be no more than nine or ten years of age. Here is the letter. Letter from Miner’s Daughter. “Dear Sir:—We have just received your letter. Mother write just at present, but she me to send these pictures and cards to you at once. We are afraid it is too late now. We send you the last word we had from father (telegram enclosed). You may be able to see him yet. We wrote Secretary Davis the day we received wire from father, Mother will write you soon. We truly (Continued on page.) of the Party, ion by the United States against the republics of Latin-America. It also creates the basis for anti-imperialist and at the same time nationalist revo- jutionary movements among the peas- ants and workers of South America, 2 The. export of capital from Amer- * ica into Europe, thru the opera- tion of the Dawes plan and otherwise, has created new contradictions and conflicts. American imperialism in Burope is reaching a stage when po- litical and military interference in the affairs of Eurepe is becoming the or- der of the day. Hence, the tremendous srowth of militaristic propaganda and preparations in the United States, 3 American imperialism is also heavily increasing its export of capital to China and the whole Far East. Aniggica is winning a firmer) hold on the great Far Eastern market, The increasing interest of American imperialism in the Far East is shown by the recent gigantic American naval maneuvers in the Pacifie and the visit ‘of the United States Pacific fleet to Australia. In the present Chinese crisis the American imperialist gov- (Continued on page 6)