The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 29, 1925, Page 2

“SOVIET TRADE Mass Demonstrations Led by Communists MOSCOW, U.S. S. R.—An article in the Pravda on the special conven-| tion of the British trade unions, which tells of the recent unemployment dem- onstrations, declares: “The decision of the general coun- cil of the British trade unions to cal a Special congress at the end of July, is an immediate result of trémendous | manifestations whieh took place all over England and the general coun- two cil intends to have only one question! on the agenda of this speci the question of unemployme res, UNEMPLOVEDIN \"aswesee ir ENGLAND FORCE (Oontinue from Page 1) eration of Labor introduced a Dill in, he legislature making strikes under certain conditions illegal. With that kind of 4 socialist president, the bank- ers have no quarrel, 0 ca ae y | HEN Kellog issued/‘the uncouth statement: against the Mexican | government, the DAILY WORKER jexpressed the opinion that it was a put-up game between Washington and Mexico. Calles was doing well by his | friends They could have no kick against his conduct. But the workers jand peasants that he betrayed were | kicking and were rapidly learning | that their one time god had feet of |clay. It was necessary to create a | diversion that would make the masses believe Calles was still an enemy of | the bankers. ME statements were made and there the matter rested. Calles re- plied to’ Kellog. The latter went on a “ vacation. The pacifists and pseudu- The London Times rf ©} revolutionists were so busy praising seemplovinent demonsttee | Calles that they did not notice his con- most tremendous in the last e paper is especially disturbed the | slogan: | of the demonstration, ‘Long| duct subsequent to the note-passing incident. using the army against the peasants Since then, Calles has been Live Soviet Russia,’ ‘Thieves, Hands! who wanted to take over tho land, Off China,” ‘When the Next Comes We Shall Be In the Ranks of the Red Army,’ ‘Capital is Bankrupt,’ ‘We are the Creditors,’ ‘All Power to the Workers.’ The resolution of the general coun- cil contains only two points. The first point concerns matters of state char- for the: decrease of unemployment, namely, the develop- ment and utiliatiqgn of the productive forces of the country. Recommend Trade With Soviet. “The second point speaks of inter- national measures of the struggle against unemployment and contains the recommendation for the” develop- ment of commerce generally and es- tablishment of: favorable commercial conditions for trade with Soviet Rus- sia in particular. “The moderate resolution of the gen- eral trade union council and the rad- ieal slogans of the unemployed is ex- Plained by the fact that the initiative in organizing this demonstration came from the nafional committee of the unemployment movement. The move- ment consists of two parts. One part is chosen by the local committees of unemployed which are controlled by Communists. “The second part is composed of delegates appointed by the general council of the trade unions. The Movement i actually guided by the local Ccongthittees. The two leaders of the moyement are comrades Hen- nd Holt, who played an ex- "aftly prominent role in the or- izaticin of the tremendous marches of unemployed during the first years of the a ‘war, “In order\ to receive the sanction of the gener: council for these recent demonstrations, the local committees were willing to accept this conserva- tive resolution and thus make the mass demonstrations possible.” acter necessary AAAAAAMBAABABAREABABARAA AS, War and the workers who went on strike against the oil companies and the banks. Calles is the Mexican edition of strikebreaker Coolidge. Is it any wonder that the socialists should praise him? es E Progressive Barber is the lat- est addition to the flock of left wing trade union publications that newcomer is in every way worthy of its comrades. It is a lively paper, because it is well edited and it has things to talk about and to tell. For instance, we notice that a member of the barbers’ union went to pay his dues to the local office of the union. While there, a business agent and a gangster dragged the barber out of the union office, took him into the hall- way and beat him into insensibility, The barber who got the beating hap- pened to be against the bureaucracy —that’s all. Mh ae, 3 'HILE speaking about the Prog- ressive Barber, the case of Con |Foley of Pottsville, Pa. comes to }mind. Con is a national institution in the trade union movement. He is known widely as the “Pottsville Bar- ber”. He was connected with the so- cialist party, when that organization enjoyed a real existence and he was a thorn in the side of the fakerdom of the American Federation of. Labor. But his long years of servi¢e to the workers did not save him grom the wrath of the officials of the bargers’ union, and he was kicked out from the organization he helped to build, by Mr, Shannessy, the present inter- national president, who by the way was nominated for his office by Foley: e958 Lega Foley was general organizer, he travelled thruout the country And associated with radicals wherever | President Green of the American Fed-| wormwood to Shanessy. In a series of have been appearing of late. And the} By T. J. O'Flaherty he found them. This was gall and létters which were published in one of the barbers’ journals, Foley was warned to keep away from the radi- cals. He was told that a responsible official like him, should have nothing to do with people who did not believe in the bible or in the present social order. Con's refusal to heed this warn- ing put him outside the union. There is no room in the unions that are gov- erned by reactionaries for honest of- ficials. It is not Communists only they are out to expel. They want to expel every active member who re- fuses to play their crooked game, ** & Mab hundred thousand British work- ers were unable as a result of in- juries they suffered in the war to take their places in the industries they left when the imperialists put unifofms on their backs and riflés in fHE DAILY WORKER TRIPLE ALLIANCE OF MINE, RAIL AND MARINE WORKERS (Continued from page 1) tense suffering is general thruout the anthracite afid the miners are deter- Mined to fight for the wage increase demands formulated at the recent Tri- District Convention. In this prospective industrial bat- tle of the anthracite miners, the field of battle must be enlarged to include the bituminous field. ‘The social and economic conditions of the bituminous miners are even worse than those of the hard coal mefi. Never in the history of the mining industry has a better ‘opportunity pre- sented itself for united *action. The miners of America aie starving. The British miners are oft thé verge of a general strike. The miners of Belgium their fists. This is one of the blessings of war. The British government spent in the vicinity of one billion dollars refitting those wrecks for the slave pens. It is significant that there is less unemployment among those re- habilitated slaves than among the un, injured. One guess is that they are forced to work for less wages. What is your guess? ‘a E law is majestic! Woe unto the worker who disobeys the injunc- tion against picketing! But judges are immune from the law. Take the case of Judge Holmes of Hattiesburg, Miss. The judge was making good time on his way to a ball game. A cop held him up and handed the judge a ticket. The latter immediately held court, pleaded guilty before himself and fined himself $5.00. We are, awaiting to hear whether the judge and the cop went to a “blind pig” and drank the five bucks, That would put the finishing touch to a good story. But isn’t the law majestic? Franco-Belgian Del- egation at Moscow Call for World Unity (Continued from page 1) capitalism and the rule of the work- ers! “Woe to them who attempt to bar the way to unity!” The declaration closes with the slo- gans: “Long Live working class Rus- sia! Long Live labor! Long Live the freedom of the working class thru the overthrow of capitalism!” Following the receipt. of the above quoted declaration, chairman Tomsky made a short address, in which he expressed the/conviction thet in the near future uf cae of ei OF 8 trade union ufity will be aclileved. “Nothing to Hide From Workers” “The workers of all countries, ir- respective of their political or trade union opinion, are always welcome to the Soviet Union,” said Tomsky. “May the foreign comrades see our stccess- es and point out our-deficiencies. We shall always value their suggestions. Because, to the world proletartat, we have nothing to hide.” SOLE CLL Now being published serially in the DAILY WORKER by arrange- ment with the Inter- national Pub. Co. PULL of report... RUSSIA TODAY $1.25 Durofiex Cover $1.75 Cloth Bound | The Official Report RUSSI y.% The British. Trade TO DAY The official report of the British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia, including trade union leaders and experts who -travelled to every seétion and observed every phase of Soviet. life. A most complete report, with graphic charts and maps covering Politics, Finance, Army, Religion, Education, Trade Unions, Wages—by a Non-Communist, impartial and official body of British Labor. WM. F. 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WASHINGTON BLVD., CHICAGO, ANTE UUEUAAAASGEEEEUAHAEE EOE This book will be off the press about AUGUST 15 SUONUUUUCPOOGEUELEUOOEEELEO ATA Union Delegation to Soviet Russia A Book of the INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS CO, Publishers also of FLYING OSSIP Stories of a Russia LITERATURE AND REVOLUTION and France have decalred their soli- darity with the minets of Britain. A méeting between the British, French and Belgium miners is being called on Thursday July 28, to consider joint action in the international struggle. The British miners have arranged a working agreement with the Bfitish railroad men, transport workers, engi- neers and shipbuilders for the pros- pective strike of British miners. Demand No Scab Coal to Britain. The American Miners’ leaders or their representatives must be forced to join this conference. We, the prog- ressive miners’ committee of the U. M. W. of A.; call upon the workers of America to line up with their brothers in this impending struggle of the work- ers of Europe and America for better living conditions. Already the state- ment is made by the American coal mine owners that they will exploit the situation created by the British strike, and they are preparing to ship coal across the sea to defeat the British miners should the strike mature. This tiust be defeated by all means and the coal mine owners must ‘not be per- mitted to ship any coal to defeat our brothers across thé sea, From far off Siberia comes the first Pledge to the coal miners of Britain and the world. The Russian miners promise that no coal will be shipped to defeat the miners in any place, and pledge to aid in every way the strik- ing slaves of the picks. The anthracite and ‘bituminous min- ets of America, Canada and British Columbia must stand reddy to aid in every way at a moment's notice. This pending struggle is the concern of all the workers in America and Burope, it is an international struggle of the workers of the world ‘against capital- ist exploitation. No Compromise of Anthracite indi cent increase in wages to better their living conditions; $2.00 per day increase for day labor and-a change in several working conditions designed to make life a little less hard in the mining industry. Coal is at present droduced at the mine fdr $4.00 per ton and sells for $15.00 per ton on the market, and the progressive miners’ committee have produced the coal companiés’ statistics to show that these demands are very«conservative indeed. The hard coal:miners’ wage averages about $20.00 per week. Militant leadership of! the progres- sive miners is developing and must continue to develop for the carrying out of our program, andthe class co- laboration officials ofthe United Mine Workers of America must not be permitted to compromise our de- mands as they have done before. The government is threatening in- tervention. We remember the inter- vention of Judge Anderson and the surrender of Lewis—‘We cannot fight against the government”—at a time when victory was in our grasp. We remember the Boston police strike and we know that the present govern- ment threat is but another instance of the iron heel of capitalism. For An Inter-Union Fighting Alliance. The progressive miners’ committee stand true to their ideals and program. We will fight for solidarity in this struggle that threatens the workers of the country. We are the ones who do all the suffering in these strikes, the starving and the dying. We are the ones who have to work and starve while the owning class never knows the pangs of hunger. This strike must be made a national géneral strike of the miners, , The bituminous miners must not be permitted to scab on the hard coal miners. “An injury to one is an in- jury to all.” We demand an iminediate confer- ence of the miners, railroad and ma- rine transport workers to negotiate an agreement for mutual aid during the strike, ? Ringling Circus Gtaft Exposed Editor The DAILY WORKER:— You ought to give’ Mr. Ringling a jolt iu your paper, and distribute some of.the papers near the stake and chain wagon, which is located where the managerie joins the Big Tent, Ring- ling is showing on city property with scab labor. + What does Ringling pay? Ringling is a partner of Tex Rick- ard, the prize fight’ promoter, who was indicted and fined $7,500 by the United States government for bribing U. 8. officers. i In the Big Top you will see that all the space all the way down the middle contains reserved seats. With- out reserved seats! sit on the end and sbé only one ring. You might also notide the high price of tho refreshments. Ringling sure gets his, eh PHILADELPHIA Fights Firing of Fellow encouraging example of workers’ soli- darity was shown by the workers of the Philadelphia Leather Goods com- pany on Broad and Wallace streets when they went to the boss and told him that if he insists on discharging two militants, they would all strike. But it seems that the boss could not conceive of such a thing happening, and so he told them they could go. But all thees workers laughed in his face, took their belongings and walk- ed out leaving only a few, but the strikers are determined to get them out also. Fighting Leadership in This Union| already out with one of the executive members of the union which was or- ganized about three months ago. The workers all felt in good spirits and each one of the men present showed a determination’ to stick to the end. you have to Sam Whitenta@f; took the chair and ce Huai gttaeo, hopslained we suaion aux Bryani’s Record Teaches Workers and Farmers to Build Own Class Power By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. it Report preparations are being made for the burial of William Jennings Bryan, who believed every word in the bible, fh Arlington National Cemetery, where lie the “heroes” of America’s wars, those who went forth to murder that the American empire might grow. It is said that this was Bryan’s wish. The wish typifies the man, who leaped from one stand to another in order to exploit the public whim that might. place him in public .., power or prominence. ‘ + * * * . Charles N. Wheeler, of the Hearst newspapers, helps bare the soul of the man who was preparing to launch a campaign to smother progress, if he could, with the cloak’) pf religion, when death silenced him. H f Wheeler points out that Bryan had a passion for ac- cumulating money, that he had a firm, belief he would live to be president of the United States, while his so-called affection for his brother led him to compromise with the in- terests backing John “Wallstreet” Davis for the presidency, so that “Charley” could become the vice-presidential can- didate, * * * J Bryan’s right to be buried in Arlington cemetery grew out of the fact that this man of god, who claimed loyalty to the ten. commandments one of the most important being “Thou Shalt Not Kill!” joined American capitalism in its first really imperialist and most dingy | war, the Spanish- American struggle, that brought the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico into the American domain, and opened the way for greater imperialist aggressions, Bryan was colonel of a Nebraska regiment and prided himself on the uniform of Wall Street that he wore and on his military title. Again the Nebraska “commoner,” who was secretary of state in Wilson’s cabinet, when Morgan's loans to European powers were rushing this country into war in 1915, when he might have carried into action his most boasted burst of oratory, “You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold,”—then he resigned. An effort is being made now to lift Bryan to the pedestal of one who would give his life “in defense of the Christian religion,” but he quit Wilson’s war cabinet because he could not afford to keep the job at $12,000 per year. He could make from $75, to $100,000 writing and lecturing and selling Florida real estate to the parasite rich. So the “man of the people” died a millionaire and “the man of god” will be buried in an imperialist soldier's grave. , * * *. * In Bryan's drive for the White House, he trekked along his own chosen road with stopping places at “free wool,” “free silver,” government ownership, a fake pacifism, an equally spurious anti-Wall Street position, “grape juice” prohibition and finally his Armageddon,—the ee enn., attack on evolution and defense of revealed religion. It is taken He apap dl that, had he lived, Bryan would have found other i if gc Bi _ Bry: death, no doubt, will impede War against the teaching of science in the public schools and universities, so auspiciously launched in the South. But the avalanche once started will have its way for a time. The same in- tolerance that gave great political eet and temporary strength to the Ku Klux Klan which had Bryan's support at last year’s national democratic convention, will find this new avenue of outlet available to it. The issue once raised will continue to play a role in the chaotic ranks of the democratic nw where Bryan was becoming less and less of an influential figure. eee ¢@ Another Bryan epi ram, that now receives wide pub- licity, declares that, ‘The individual is but an atom; he is born, he acts, he dies. But principles are eternal.” Bryan's career typified exactly the oppos' With him, principle was a coat to be worn and cast away. During his life in politics he passed all the way from radicalism, as it is accepted in the American political arena, to rank conserv- atism. Only an oppressed class with its loyal spokesmen carries on an eternal fight for vital ee les. Oppressed labor, in the cities and on the farms of the United States, has never seen its cause championed in the least by Bryan, who was used like LaFollette, in some instances, to betray the dis- content of the downtrodden when it took organized form. If labor reads the life of it bn correctly it will find many reasons for cutting itself completely free from the old polit- ical parties and building its own class power, to triumph over the capitalist social system that Bryan so assiduously sought to protect and perpetuate. gently, asked the men to stand to- gether and also pointed out that it is necessary for every one of the men to be on the picket line every day. He also ‘mentioned that three years ago he was of strike for 26 week: Altho he is still young, I am sure that with such an element, the work- ers in that shop are sure to win, and this is a real beginning for organiz- ing the entire leather goods trade in. Philadelphia. Backed by Union, 1% The representative from the execu tive board of the union, J. Sklar, also @ member of the Young Workers’ League who is enthusiastic and very much liked by ‘the workers, took the floor and assured the workers of the shop that they are not fighting alone; that they will have the other work- ers of the union back of them and that the New York local is going to help in every way. He also sug- gested that the workers of the shop elect a strike committee which will meet with the executive board of the union to work out further plans for action. With this, the first meeting of the workers on strike closed and all united they went back to ¢ to get the other workers out. . MacMillan in Greenland LEATHER SHOP UNION STRIKES Militants By LENA ROSENBERG. PHILADELPHIA, July 27—A most They called a meeting of all those doin and the Peary of the MacMillan Arctic: expedition arrived Sunday. evenifig at Upernetis, Greenland; a radio dispatch to Vis aavy depart One of the'rdischarged workers, , WASHINGTON, July 27.—The Bow-|. NEW PERIL ~ ENDANGERS ~ LANZUTSKY White Guard Poland Thirsts for Blood WARSAW, July 27.—On August 4th in Warsaw will be opened a. new i“teial’? against Stanislav Lanzuteky, Communist member of the Polish par- llament—the “Sejm.” , Lanzutsky was freed in his tfial at Przemysl, where the prosecution de- manded the death penalty. But the jury by 10 to two freed him. Now in Prison at, Warsaw After that, he was arrested in the court room on charges of having ad- vised the peasants not to pay taxes, From Przemysi he was transferred to Warsaw, and lodged in the infamous Mokotowo. prison. At the coming trial Langutsky will not have the slight advantage evew of a jury. The trial will be before a single judge, But—~even if Lansuteky should be freed from this charge, the Polish white guard government has still another charge against him. White Guard Determined to Kilt Another trial will be awaiting Lan- nutsky at Lodg, center of the Polish textile industry and known as “the Polish Manchester” and a revolation- ary center. At Lodz, Laneutsky is charged with having made another speech, The workers of Poland are onee more appealing to the workers of the whole world to save their fighting leader, just as they have saved him before when the workers of both Europe and America demonstrated be- fore every Polish constlate demand: ing freedom for the greatest living leader of the Polish workers. Stani- slav Langutsky. Mass Picketing on 5th Week of Garment Strike; A.C. W. Fight: (Continued from Page 1) derly as it has been, since the strike began and there can be no shadow of an excuse for Judge Hugo Pam to issue an injunction against picketing to the garment bosses. No Injunction Yet The attorneys for the International company t their fourth day in ar- ment before Judge Pani’s court, 941 Gounty yesterday on thett Application to secure an injunction against picketing. They based their principal arguments on the case of the United States supreme court. However, reasons given tor scrapping the law were that it contained a pro- vision on the boycott which does not appear in the Illinois law which the tailoring company is endeavoring to have declared unconstitutional, Court adjourned at 3.30 William A. Cunnea, attorney for the Atnalga- mated Clothing Workers, had not yet begun his arguments against the is- suence of the injunction. By agreement, a test is being made of the constitutionality of the anti- injunction law passed by the recent session of the legislature, and the false charges of violence placed against the pickets by the Internation- al will be taken up later. Strikers Read DAILY WORKER The strikers continue to buy the DAILY WORKER. They express great isfaction that ‘there is one daily paper in the city which gives their side of the news in the struggle to wrest decent conditions from the garment bosses. The strikers were particularly in- terested in the story which told how the International admitted before the court that they were doing no busi- ness and that they had been forced to: cancel orders, This story, which was read to the striker: their meeting in Hod Carriers’ Hall, exposed the rumors spread by the bosses that they were doing business, and condemned from their own mouths their state- ments outside their courts as cross lies. Bendani roe Scientists Talking About His Predictions ROME, July 27.—Prof. rthquake yesterday morning at four o'clock, ere @ Prof. Bendani has become a contro- versial figure in scientific circles in recent months. He came recently in- to prominence because of his claim that he had predicted the recent earthquakes would ocour this month in all parts of the world, Scientists both in Italy and the United States have declared since the Santa Barbara shocks that there has been little relationship between Sig, Bendani’s forecasts and subsequent earth tremors. Library Employes Denied Raise WASHINGTON, July 27, —(FP)— Increase in salaries which ordinarily would be granted under efficiency id] rathing “step-ups" will be denied 112 employes of the Carnegie Public L& brary. i es) : >. bee tiet hip on,