The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 30, 1925, Page 2

fee Page Two xi * Bi AS WE SEEIT_ -:- (Continued from page 1) the inevitable tendency of capitalism to grasp for more and more profit, throws millions of American workers permanently on the sidewalk, as has happened in England. The owners of the textile mills that cut the wages of their slaves ten per cent have noth- | ing to worry about. Perhaps they are | over in Buckingham palace waiting to kiss the king’s hand or to take a drink of his champagne out of golden ves- sels, Wherever they may be, they are not producing wealth, but wasting it. eee NEW EVOLUTION CASE PROMISES PYROTECHNICS Daring Treasury Clerk May Lose His Job WASHINGTON, July 28—Washing- ton’s evolution case assumed a na- tional aspect today. Reiterating his intention to “flight to a finish,” Loren H. Wittner, treas- ury clerk who filed the suit, announc- ed that a dozen leading scientists and educators from all over the country were prepared to testify in his behalf that evolution was taught as a fact and not merely as a theory in Wash- ington schools. y EB foreign expert on the Milwau- kee Leader accuses the Commun- ists of inconsistency, because they op- posed the Dawes plan for Germany while they demanded loans for Soviet Russia. Only a social democrat would see anything inconsistent in this. | The Leader editor cannot see what Wittner’s suit is based principally | the British trade union delegation saw on the charge that the theory that/ a+ q glance, namely, that Russia is man descended from a lower order of | meq by the workers and not by the animals constitutes disrespect to the | capitalists, Loans granted to Russia bible. will go towards the building of indus- try for the use of the producers, while loans granted to Germany under the The names of the scientists Wittner | der al a pe bead eeiaer oye Dawes plan or to any other country, ea ag - hans eee 1 win | to stabilize capitalist economy and “When granted a i ‘ .|crush the workers. The Dawes plan Bkve ao: Saposing: astey Of capa. ae |helped to enslave the German workers, known scientists to back me UD."|mnis the German wage slaves will said Wittner. readily admit. Ask For Dismissal. Li . But it developed that Wittner may OVIET RUSSIA is getting along not get his hearing. When the suit very well without loans, tho had comes up before’ Justice Siddons in| she been able to secure them, the proc- the district of Columbia supreme | oss of reconstruction would be accel- court tomorrow, the government at-}erated. Russia is not so very anxious torneys handling the defense will ask | for loans now. A big Berlin bank has for its prompt dismissal on technical} put up a guarantee of $1,500,000 for They will not attack the/the export of Russian sugar. The tionality of the legislative | workers’ republic is ready to buy sev- ider” to the district appropriation | eral million dollars worth of machin- bill, which Wittner is attacking, and | ery in England, and Chamberlain does they will seek, if possible, to avoid a| not know whether to bite his tongue hearing on what constitutes “disre- | off or not, for his threats of war. Noth- spect to the holy bible” in the cur- ing succeeds like success. Even the riculum of Washington schools. leaders of the reformist unions of ee France and Belgium who were bitter The defense expressed confidence . bas 1d grant its re-|foes of the Soviet Union had their ¢ +P atahareas Pea th . | eyes opened by a visit to that coun- oe ver veo va try. They went to scoff and returned preme court has held that a taxpayer who has no material personal inter- est cannot enjoin public funds. Wit- tner would stop salaries of Washing- ton science teachers. If the suit is thrown out on techni- calities, Wittner declared he would file another petition in an acceptable legal form and continue the battle “to take religion out of the schools of the country.” * grounds ec (Continueé from page 1) we'll be nearly back to our normal schedule.” WASHINGTON, July 28—Asserting “What's the trouble? Our agree that “disrespect to the holy bible” is]ment with the Amalgamated Clothing not being taught in Washington | workers of America expired May 1st, schools, District of Columbia legal of-j} and they insisted that we sign a new ficers #oday filed a motion to dismiss | one.” ‘Pie evolution suits, instigated by] auwer? Glad To Be With Them” Horgan ‘H. Wittoer, treasury clerk. “The Amalgamated Clothing Work- The suit was assailed chiefly on ers of America are not, and never technical grounds, the principal con-| aye been, recognized by the Amer- tenyon being thet Wittner has 0} ican Federation of Labor (this is writ- rights before the district supreme/ten in capital letters). As a matter court as he is without material per-|o¢ fact, perhaps you read it in the sonal interest in the case. papers, William Green refused to sit The filing of the dismissal motion | 4» the same stand with Sidney Hill- took Washington by surprise a8 #|man. Mr. Green is president of the had been expected such a mOV@/ American Federation of Labor, and would be postponed until tomorrow, | mr. Hillman is president of the Amal- the last day set by Justice Siddons} ¢amated Clothing Workers.” to receive the answer of the defense| «rom now on we are operating to Wittner’s petition asking that sal-| with the United Garment Workers af- aries of Frank W. Ballou, superin-| fliated with the American Federation tendent of schools, and W. P. Hay,/of Labor. It’s an entirely different head of the biology department, be/ organization; WE’RE GLAD TO BE stopped because capital children} wITH THEM, and you'll be glad that were being taught disrespect to the!we are with them, because you'll get bible thru the teaching of natural| better service all along the line.” science. “We Need Time” Le SNORT RRP ae egetal “Pxplain things to your customers Get a bundle for every meet-|and give us a few extra days, THAT ing of your trade union local. | WE NEED until we have them on tne The Official Report of the British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia RUSSIA TODAY, is the official report of an im- partial official body of British Labor—who (with special experts) have travelled unhindered thru every section of Soviet Russia, and in their report give a complete picture of life in the world’s first workers’ government. No book in years has received so much attention from the world trade union movement. In Eng- land alone over fifty thousand copies of the book were sold, All workers who wish for world trade union unity have given high praise to this book. Capital and its henchmen have denounced it bit- terly. RUSSIA TODAY should be in the hands of every worker. $1.25 (Duroflex Cover) $1.75 (Cloth Bound) Publishers also of FLYING OSSIP (Stories of New Russia) $2.50 LITERATURE AND REV- LUTION, By Leon Trotsky $2.50 A book of the INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS COMPANY Order from The Daily. Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Illinois By T. J. O’Flaherty would follow Russta’s éxample. HO has not heard about Armenia? What Belgium was to the Allies Armenia was to the Greeks. The capt- talists of the world have been using Armenia as a blanket to cover their crimes. They were out to save the soul of Armenia from the terrible Turks and the Bolshevik Russians. We don’t know what is taking place in Turkish Armenia, but an English woman nominated by the British gov- ernment to serve as joint secretary of the Armenian Fund, declares that “Moscow has saved Russian Armenia.” Her interview to The Daily Herald will be found in another section of this paper. a EOPLE are still babbling about the League of Nations and even po- litical wise acres are thundering against foreign entanglement as if the United States were not up to its ears, not only in Europe but in every other part of the world. It was American finance together with the American government that brought pressure to bear on Germany in favor of the se- curity pact, which provided for en- trance into the League of Nations, The bankers put over the Dawes plan with- out the sanction of congress even tho the power and influence of the administration was behind it. The bankers are running things in this country so boldly that they no longer try to hide the fact. OUNT Ilya Tolstoy, degenerate son of the great novelist whose writ- ings are being published by the Soviet government for distribution among the peasantry whom he loved, spoke re- cently before a gang of bankers in Glacier Park, and ruled the Bolshevik outside the pale of civilization, at the same time predicting their speedy de- mise. After dwelling on the atrocities committed by the Bolsheviki and ap- plying the rod of castigation to the hide of the proletariat, the count ex- pressed his fear lest the people when overthrowing the Bolsheviki should massacre them. Thanks for small praying, that their own countries | mercies Mr. Count of no account. RICKERT’S A. F. OF L. “UNION” REFUSES T0 QUIT SCABBING ON AMALGAMATED UNION STRIKERS Tun good and plenty. Explain things to your oustomers and send us your business. We'll take darn good care of it, (Signed) Ray Reeder, Intérnational Tailoring company.” A dispatch from New York sta ting that the A. F. of L, union had withdrawn its scabs, was no doubt circulated: to enable William Green, president of the A. F. of L., to hide the scabbery of the United Garment Workepr§,sofywhich Thomas A. Rickert, vice-presi@ent of the AF. of L. is president.” » Gtden Still for Scabbery Thé dispatch state, “The Chicago strike against the International Tailor- ing’ dompany and the J. L. Taylor conibine 4s reported in good shape, with the company discontinuing tne use of the United Garment Workers label.” Green has not changed his position since he wrote the Chicago Federation of Labor that the Amalgamated was a “dual” organization and he would not take action against the Rickert scabs. Rickert Agreement in Court The International company has pre- sented a copy of the A, F. of L. union’s agreement as evidence against the Amalgamated in their effort to se- cure an injunction restraining the strikers from picketing. Yesterday the high priced attorneys for the firm began their fifth day of argument be. fore Judge Hugo Pam, room 941 county building. They said they would conclude today, when William A. Cun- nea, will take up the case for the strikers, Police violence has temporarily aba. ted, no arrests being made yesterday. Many sluggers and police are kept on the picket line at 847 W. Jackson Blvd., but they have failed in their attempt to intimidate the strikers, a a Many Strikes In New York NEW YORK, July 28.—Strikes con- tinue in the New York clothing indus try, with fifteen more walkouts called by the Amalgamated to unionize shops previously unorganized and to enforce union standards in delinquent shops. Six of the 18 strikes previously callea have been settled with victories for the union, ‘The Amalgamated has gone Into the capitalist courts and has applied to supreme court Judge Churchill for an injunction restraining the Internation al Tailoring company, from attempt- ing to “injure, disrupt break up, terfere with and destroy the Amalga. mated Clothing Workers Union.” Nothing From Employers Court Farlier in the week the Internation- al got out a temporary restraining order against the Amalgamated, and it is now seeking to have thts made per. manent. Of course, the Amalgamated can expect no aid from a court the chief purpose of which {s to upholé the employers and the capitalist system, U, S. Envoy Dies In Japan WASHINGTON, July 28,—Unofficial reports reached the state department today that “Edgar A. Bancroft, Amer- ican ambassador. to Japan, is dead. The state department,,was without confirmation of the reports, HE DAILY JW/ORKER + soem annette ube he mec antn WEST VIRGINIA MINERS FIGHT LIKE HEROES While Traitor to Union (By. Worker Correspondent.) SHINNSTON, W. Va—For the last thre months | have been looking for work, but | can’t find anything except scab mines. They are. working every day. Just the other day | went to Mor gantown. section around Scott’s Run. | heard Gilbert Davis was to resume operations on union. bi » but when | got there | learned different. miners went to work and did not know whether they were going to re- ceive the Baltimore contract. When the minerg went in the com- pany succeeded to load three railroad cars mut when the miners heard that the company wanted to establish a company union tlivy all at once walk- jed out in a body. ‘The miners are 100 per cent on strike, I succeeded in bumming my way \from Shinnston to Morgantown. But was disappointed after I got there. The boys told me they are out for the Baltimore agreement and nothing else. So, naturally, I had to come back home, back on picket line the next morning at Owings, W. Va. George Dorsey, former member ot the U. M. W. of A, is now going in the mines scabbing for the Consoli dation Coal company. I suppose they got tired of paying him for yellow dogging for them. So George, rather than quit, went scabbing where he is protected by the state police. We have an Italian scabbing here at Owings, but it is understood that if he don’t work, he would go to jah on account of peddling moonshine. So jwhile he is scabbing for ‘the Consoli- dation Coal company he is O. K. otherwise he would have to serve twe years in prison. Our former board member of Sub District No. 4 got ‘his leg smashed « little, but as usual he’ is out every morning in the company store. His name is John Kostelac and everybod; knows that bird. EUROPE SHAKES ‘ RI (Continued from page 1) tion with Premier Baldwin thru Lord Stamfordham, the king’s private sec- retary. All Unions Meet Thursday Thursday, all the executives of thy trade union movement of Great Bri- tain will meet to discuss the aid to be given the miners in event of a strike. The Transport Workers’ Union and the Railwaymen have already pledged not to move coal by rail or water dur ing the miners’ strike, ‘Speaking here yesterday, J. Bromely, labor member of parliament, alluded to the demands of the railway companies for a five per cent wage cut. He insisted that such demands be resisted to the uttermost, that the railwaymen and the miners "| were both involved and each mus: stand by the other against the greed of capitalism. Big Profits—Cramp Talks Rall Action Stephen Walsh, a member of the former Labor cabinet, speaking at Wigan, told how the operators’ own figures show that they had mate au average profit of $80,000,000 each year since the 1921 lockout, yet pretendec to be too poor to pay the present lov. wage scale. _ C. T, Cramp, secretary of the Rail waymen’s Union, declared that tne matter might not end with the rail and transport workers merely refusing to move coal. If men,were suspendea or blacklisted for refusal to handle coal, all of the railwaymen would } ordered out. y FR SIBERIA cae CEON TROTSKY $1.00 A story of escape from exile. To those who work hard for their money, | will gave 60 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIS’, 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. Officials Play Fascism Ousts Chicago|UROUCH IS HURT, Tribune Writer But it} OFFICERS HOLD By J, LOUIS ENODAHL. Topay, the fascist government of Italy ousts George Sel- des, the correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, because Mussolini rule feels hurt at some of the news he has cabled to the United States. The Tribune settles the matter in a wire to its Wash- ington bureau that will be presented to the Italian ambas- sador declaring, ‘We don’t care to stand on Seldes and will be willing to send another one of our experienced correspon- dents in his place, but not if he is subject to censorship.” Another correspondent will be sent. He will be a little more tender with the Mussolini government, meekly submit- ting a little more to its wishes, and all will be well. The Tribune has no differences with Italian fascist rule. They are birds of a feather. But even the Tribune gets a cor- respondent that occasionally wants to send out some of the news as it really happens. Its weeding out process, against these writers, is therefore a continuous one. What has hap- pened to Seldes is not an isolated case. * * * * It is interesting to note that the American ambassador to Rome, Henry P. Fletcher, is an agent in aiding the Mus- solini government to suppress news hostile to it. It was to Fletcher that the fascist foreign office turned when it wanted to get Seldes, because Seldes was presenting in his dispatches to the United States the views of the political antagonists of the dictator. Not the views of the Italian Communists, to be sure, but simply those of the bourgeois opposition. It develops that the correspondents in Italy of the As- sociated Press and of the New York Times are both Italian subjects. These two most important sources of American information on Italian developments are therefore directly under the thumb of Mussolini. Neither one dared sign a meek protest to Under Secretary Grandi of the fascist for- eign office, protesting against Seldes’ expulsion. It can thus readily bé seen how this news is badly tainted at the source. * * * * The Italian correspondent of the DAILY WORKER, more than a year ago, was evicted from Italy. He was seized, es- corted to the border and put out of the country. He was given no notice. Fascism wanted to get rid of him, for he spoke for a class that is directly hostile to, and seeks the overthrow of Mussolini rule. So it acted quickly, once the decision was made. Since then no correspondent of the DAILY WORKER has been able to function openly under the fascist dictatorship. That is the difference between the DAILY WORKER and the Tribune, that openly espouses the social system that fascism champions. * * * * The Tribune tries to cajole Mussolini with the threat that it is “getting more interesting news on Russia than an other newspaper with a correspondent accredited there.” [t infers that it is not compelled to have a correspondent in a country to get “the news.” This is quite right. The Tribune \can, and it does manufacture news about the{Union of Soviet Republics in its own office. It wouldn't print the facts if it had them. At first blush the editor woul say that the facts about the economic reconstruction in the Soviet Union are not interesting. The readers of the Tribune want some- thing thrilling, riots, counter-revolutions, bloodshed; but the facts about conditions in the Workers’ Republics do not yield such thrillers. * * * °@ Only the DAILY WORKER publishes the facts about Soviet Rule. It alone gave space to the encouraging report of the Franco-Belgian trade union delegation, Published yes- terday, not only about conditions in the Soviet Union, but also about the struggle for world trade union unity. That news came slowly, by mail. But news is anything interest- ing that has not been published before, and the American working class receives it exclusively thru its own paper, the DAILY :;WORKER, while the high-priced correspondents, with unlimited expense accounts and the cable at their Fone continue to send piffle and prevarication as it suits them. Mussolini isn’t worried that the Tribune will continue at all times to attack proletarian rule in-the Soviet Union. Mus- solini also doesn’t worry that the Tribune will send another correspondent to Rome suitable to the purposes of the fascist dictatorship, and the incident of the expulsion of Seldes will be quickly forgotten. In the language of the Tribune’s own comics, its little friction with Mussolini “doesn’t mean anything.” SIBLE FOE IN TREASURY MAY LOSE HIS JOB Nittner Did No Want “Help from God.” WASHINGTON, July 28~—The pub- deity which Loren H. Wittner has re- seived since he started his anti-bible controversy in the district courts may cause him to lose his government job. Tt was revealed today that Wittner, who admits he is an atheist, struck out with a pen the words, “swear,” and “so help me god” from the oaths which he took at three separate times in the government service. The solicitor of the treasury depart- ment, who is an official of the depart- ment of justice, has been asked to rule on the question of whether or not Wittner is legally an emptoye of the government since he failed to make the required oath. Freight Hits Work Train, CARLINVILLE, IL, July 28~—Three men were injured early today when a Chicago and Alton work train car- rying 200 laborers crashed into a string of freight cars on Bierd Crossing. siding near An open switch was Foreign Exchange, NEW YORK, July 28—Great Brit ain, pound sterling, demand 4.86 8-16; cable 4.85 9-16,, France, franc, demand 4.72%; cable 4.72%. Belgium, franc, demand 4.62; cable 4.62%. Italy, lirt demand 3.67%4» cable 3.68. Sweden, krone, demand 26.83%; cable 26.86%. Norway, kron lemand 18.36; cable 18.38. Denmark) krone, demand 22.78; cable 22.75. 4)Gexmany, no quote. 4301 8th Avenue Shanghai, tael, 78%; cable, no quote. rw n ~ = a i Vinee ‘ the Meat Market IN THE OMAHA LOSES ACTIVE COMRADE OMAHA, Nebr., July 28.—Comrade Arthur P. Kramer, a young and actlve member of the Omaha English branch of the Workers | Party, died at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, fa., from tuber- culosis. He was stricken with paralysis about a week before he died. Comrade Kramer attended the Federated Farmer-Labor :Party con. vention, also the St. Paul convention, labor movement, a member of the Railway Clerks’ Union, and had been delegate to the central body where he hi measures taken from the left wing program. coming a recognized leader in the unions; of a cheerful disposition, had many friends and his influence had already made its mark, He about 24 years of age and had been a member of the Workers Party for over two years, or since our E iglish branch was organized. BROOKLYN, N. Y., ATTENTION! CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY RVICE OF THE CONSUMER, Bakery deliveries made to your home. FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Inc. (Workers organized as consumers) Communist Waits Hours for Army Doctor By WALTER M. TRUMBULL. FORT SHAFTER GUARD HOUSE, Honolulu, Hawall—The stupidity and lack of logic used by imperialist offi- cers and their subordinates in the capitalist United States army is about unbelievable. Soldiers In the army see examples of this stupidity every day. In the army if a man is ill he re- ports to the first sergeant of his com- pany on battery and the sergeant places the man’s name in! the sick report book. In the guard house the provost sergeant or the sergeant of the guard has this duty. The sick re- port book is sent to the dispensary at ; Seven o'clock and the prisoners who jare ill report for treatment after completing the morning work at elev- en o'clock. Stone Falls on Crouch. It happened that Comrade Paul Crouch was injured while working on the stone pile at the quarry. A rock weighing between fifty and seventy- five pounds fell on his foot. The accident occurred at about eleven o'clock in the morning, just before time to stop work for the noon hour, Comrade Crouch reported to the iigpensary for medical treatment but because he had not had his name Placéd in the sick report book he was refused treatment. He was notified that he would have to walk to the guard house, a ten minutes walk, have his name placed in the book and come back for treatment. Injured Untreated, Upon reaching the guard house Comrade Crouch was informed by the officer of the day that he would have to wait until one o'clock before he would be permitted to report for treatment. At one o'clock he was told that he would have to wait until the following day. Lt. Kreuter and Sergeant Gaddy, the prison officer and the provost sergeant, have given orders to sen- tries prohibiting a man from report- ing for treatment unless he has been enrolled in the sick report book. It amounts to this: Aman must be possessed of supernatnural powers and must be able to tell at six thirty a. m. that he is going to be injured in the course of his work, ‘have his name placed in the book and thus be able to obtain medical treatment that same day. Otherwise wait until the following day for relief. Does it sound logical? Medical Attention A Joke. This is the formula, however, that must be complied with if one wants médical treatment while in the guard house. Furthermore, it is the formu- la laid down by men from West Point —Men who have been called the “Pride of America.” Crouch returned the next morning with his name on the sick report book. “A very bad foot.” This from the doctor. He ordered that Crouch be kept in quarters, Crouch had already worked two half days with the injured foot, and then when the authorities finally condescended to give him attention, he was told that he had a bad foot. “The bes: of medi- cal attention!” Thus it is with men in the service, They are not allowed to know or do anything for their own comfort. They must await the pleasure of their su- periors even tho these superiors have nothing more to do than a round of golf. He was active in the local Put forward a few He was a student, be- blamed for'the wreck, Those hurt were: Joe Novak, chest injuries. Jess Sones, fractured collar bone. Victor Chism, badly bruised about body. Restaurant Brooklyn, N. Y. Naver