The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 31, 1925, Page 1

[ W moron’s chief spokesman; now _ 290 million dollars. Britain Has Forty-Nine The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government THE DAILY “ey Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the! Poat Office at Chicago, Illinois, urfder the Act of March 8, 1879. Vol. Il. No. 172. (Special to The NEW YORK CITY, July 29.—A new turn in the fight of the membership of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers was | taken last night when Perlstein and Feinberg resigned their posi- | . LUG. W. at the meeting of the Sigmanite Joint tions in the | Board. The resignation of Perlstein was popular, even in the Joint Board, which accepted it, unanimously and with a sigh relief. me L *Feinberg’s resignation was ac-} AS WE SEE IT By T. J..O'FLAHERTY ILLIAM H, JOHNSTON, alias “B. and O. Bill” has decided to organ- ize a “third party” this fall. | Bill may need something to play with by the time the left wing in the Machinists’ Union gets thru with him. Judging by the names of those appearing in the publicity story on the third party venture, Bill’s plan will not get very far, but it will get Bill’s name in the papers. Ousting progressives from the Machinists’ Union and floating fake third parties should keep a man from dying of ennui, * Nace British government's new naval plan ¢alls for the ‘expenditure of That is a lot. of money for a tottering empire to spend on war vessels that may be out of date a few years after they are floated. But capitalism cannot help itself. It is a social madhouse. Amer- * Subscription Rates: ica is arming against Japan and Japan ig arming against © America. England is arming against both all. are arming against each other.| new How can such a system survive? Ppa e NE ne he was living, he was the that he is dead, he is the nation’s saint. This is Bryan, The theory is that a good Indian is a dead Indian, The morons are earnest in their grief over the death of the “Commoner.” One can respect the morons in their desolation, But what about those who spent their time dwelling on Bryan's colossal ignorance as displayed during the “ape” trial? They are now vie- ing with each other in heaping hon- ors on him as one of the greatest minds that the United States ever produced. . FVEN Walter Thomas Mills, organ- 4izer for the socialist party when he was not selling “colonies” to the easily coyinced, believes or pretends to believe that Bryan was the great- est figure in this country’s history. He said so at “Bug House Square” a few evenings ago. Perhaps Mr. Mills thot a follower of Bryan would be just the’person to fall for his colony scheme. Others, who make a living by following the masses, and also by (Continued.on Page 5) ** Daily Worker) cepted by a vote of 28 to 9. Feinberg made a declaration that} his resignation is for the purpose of | creating complete unity in the strug- gle against the Communists. This “altruism” on the part of an interna: | tional official was approved by Sig- man, ‘who stated that the general. ex- ecutive board recommends the accept- ance of the resignation. Sigman Hasn’t Resigned—Yet! Sigman, however, has not yet re- signed. On the contrary, he has taken over the administration of the New York joint board in an effort to save the pogrom gangsters from the com- plete debacle to which they have brought the New York joint board. Schlesinger, experienced reaction- ary and now improved in this natural reaction by considerable ‘training as Abe Cahan's business manager.on the Jewish Daily Forward, is being sought | by the Sigmanites to enter the fight | inorder that the Sigman right wing | machine which is going to pieces be-| fore the battering Of the left’ wing, | may be bolstered up again. } “Disorganization” Promised. This “reorganization” by the resig- nation of Perlstein and Feinberg is} jhatled by the Forward as meaning a a inst in. turn the class traitors at the head of the International to prevent the union be- ing controlled by its membership in its dealings with the bosses. | WOOD ENSLAVES. FILIPINOS, LABOR In Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per sear, Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. the] at T.U.E.L. Calling on the rank and file in the International Association of Machin- ists to rally to the struggle against the crooked Johnston administration, which has embarked on an orgy of ex- pulsions, by expelling J. F. Anderson, his opponent for the presidency of the union, the national committee of the Trade Union Educational league, has issued a statement setting forth the facts_in the fight in the machinist’ PARTY CHARGES Demands Control of the Government (Special to The Daily Worker) MANILA, July 29.—The Filipino la- bor party appealed to Gov. General Leonard Wood here today against the “existing semi-feudalistic syste: of labor in the Philippines which keeps laborers in semi-slavery and bond- age. Incensed at Wood’s lack of sym- pathy for a reorganization of the Philippine government system where- TORY CABINET QUIZZED ON Bie NAVAL PROGRAM First Class Cruisers LONDON, July 29.—Ramsay Mac- ‘ Donald, former labor premier, made'’ an attack in the house of commons to- night against the government’s new cruiser program, He asked the govern- ment against whom Britain was arm- ing herself. “We cannot say America or Japan ‘are our pos: enemies.” declared MacDonald, “and if it is France the problem is not naval but aerial. “We have forty-nine modern cruis- ers already, and the power next to us, is Japan, which has eighteen. “I demand to know what is the na- tional danger which is causing these ships to be laid down. I ridicule the idea that we spend the taxpayers’ money when there is no need for such MacDonald, in opening his attack on the proposal to lay down four cruisers this year, said if the money were spent in the development of Britain's natural resources, “it would do more to promote national security and pre- pare for a crisis.” When MacDonald ‘was premier he sanctioned the laying down of six new cruisers. by Filipinos would have greater con- trol of the executive department, majority leaders were planning to send a special envoy to Washington to appeal to President Coolidge, ‘The ‘politicos (the labor party) have proposed to Wood the creation’ of a cabinet of Filipinos enjoying legis- lature. This system, the politicos be- lieve; would be the only way of re- alizing the spirit of the Jones act, the organic governing law of the Phil- ippines, granting | Filipinos consider- able autonomy. . Gen. Wood, however, refuses ‘to make any change in the system of government in the islands, The present: break between ‘the governor general and the politicos re- sulted from the wholesale resignation of cabinet secretaries in 1923 as a pro- test. against General Wood’s usurpa- tion of governing powers, According to present plans of the politicos the Washington envoy will also seek to consolidate a plan to change the Jones act with a view to final declaration of the status of the Philippines, Senator Sergio Osmeha appeared almost certain today to receive the commission, as envoy, He is expected to arrive in Washington late in Sep- | tember, othe A large number of the. workers and peasants, fealizing that. mo hope can ‘de expected from the, imperialistic American government, are demanding a workers’ government, | Another new Sub—Makes an- ther Communist, © 9 <0" FRIDAY, IN WORKERS VISIT/RUS PERLSTEIN AND FEINBERG RESIGN AS LLG. W. RIGHT WING CALLS Against “4 SCHLESINGER TO SAVE SIGMAN JULY 31, 1925 CEE 290 PUBLI ns in Call fo union and outlining a program for the progressives to follow. The T. U. B. L, statement deflares that Anderson was elected even after the entire vote | of Anderson locals were thrown out | I by Johnston's selected ballot counters. | The statement iit Tull reads: | Anderson’s Suspension | HE suspension of J. F. Anderson from the Machinists’ Union by William H, Johnston is a brazen great majority of r Fight al Association of Machinists, Hav- ing completely lost the corifidence of the membership, Johnston is forced to do one of two things, either ac- | cept the defeat administered to him in the general election, or hold on to his official position thru crooked means and by launching a reign of terror against the militants and ex- pelling all those who attempt to ex- pose him. The Johnston machine has chosen (Continued om page 2) NEXT SUNDAY’S PICNIC EVENT. OF THE SEASON Prominent Speakers on the Menu Next Sunday, thousands of workers will flock to Riverview Picnic Grove, Belmont and Western avenues, to make merry at the Fourth Annual Workers’ Press Picnic. Besides the usual attractions that make conics what ‘they are, there will be a corps of speakers led by William 2. Foster, chairman of the Workers (Communist) Party of America. Ella Reeve Bloor, the champion hiker of the western world, will be there after beating the railroads over the continent. If the rest of the pro- letariat traveled like Comrade Bloor, railroad stocks would bring nothing on the market but contempt. Besides being a hiker Mother Bloor swings a vicious tongue and speaking for him- self the writer would rather listen to “Mother” Bloor flaying the ¢éapital- ists than play pinochle. H. V. Philips the genial young Negro revolutionist who is organiz- ing the American Negro Labor Con- gress, will be on deck,..Color will be given to the occasion by @ sprinkling of Negro comrades fromthe South (Continuea on pred 2) ALi Ake, DISTRICT GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEET IN NEW YORK SUNDA NEW YORK, July 29—~A district general membership meeting for the discussion of Party problems will be held Sunday, August 2, starting at one o’clock sharp; Webster Hall, 119 E. 11th street, New York City. The speakers will be C. H. Ruthenberg and Wm. Z. Foster. Auspices Dis- trict Executive ‘Committee District Two. Charles‘ Krumbein, orggn- izer, U. S. Makes Fuss Over. Kidnapped Imperialist PEKING, July 2%.—‘Money and bul- lets!” Manchurians bandits holding Dr. Harvey Howard of the Rockefeller in- stitute for ransom today demanded cash and. ammunition as the price of his release. Elbridge Greene, first secretary of the American legation, today was en- route to Mukden to secure the aid of Marshal Chang Tsolin, Manchurian war-lord, in effecting the release of the American. It is to be remembered that no such fuss was made bythe American gov- ernment to free the Chinese students illegally held by the foreign municipal police at Shanghai—mor any move made, even yet—to punish these for- eigh police troops Who continued mas- sacring Chinese for nearly two weeks. Yet their responsibility was certified by the Peking diplomatic corps, BELIEVE COAL BARONS WILL FORCE STRIKE Ope rators F ollowing Listening Policy ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 29.— No compromise! That was the at- titude unofficially expressed today by| miners and operators of anthracite as they resumed their joint conference They were as far apart as they were when negotiations were started more than two weeks ago. Upon the result of the negotiations depend whether or not there will be a strike in the hard coal fields Sep- tember 1. It wi freely stated this after- noon that, in the view of the way nego- tiations are procedeing, a “break” is inevitable, probably in a week or 80 when the miners will have finished joutlining their case. The union officials are getting net- tled at the policy adopted by the operators. The operators in the joint conference are “listening” “to. the miners’ demands—they are not ar- suing ‘against them, as in former years, They won't have any ‘reply until the miners have said their say. Then they will reply. If the answer is unsatisfactory to the apiners, the “break” will shel inevitable, those in close touch with the situation said. Ignoring Own Crimes on the wage question. Published Dally except Sunday by TH. 1 mm TL SHING CO. W. Washingto EDITION Chitga go, tn NEW YORK WORKER Price 3 Cents ARRIVAL IN THE SOVIET UNION (By International Pri MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., July German workers’ delegation demonstration of international proletarian solidarity. At nine o’clock in the morning the steamer with the delega- | the tion berthed in Kronstadt, wher ‘ess Correspondence.) 14—(By Mail.)—The arrival ot in Leningrad grew into a mighty e the delegation was greeted by the sailors of the Baltic fleet and by the whole population with | great enthusiasm. On the way meeting was held on the steam the following resolution and ap- *——--——— peal to the proletariat of the | Soviet Union: “We send you in our capacity as the first delegation of the workingmen and women of Germany, our proletarian ings and the greetings of the ‘working class of the German repub- | lic,” “First of all we want to thank you for your energetic support .for the | thousands of proletarians held in the prisons of the bourgeoisie, Despite the ; calumnies which the bourgeoisie has | spread about you, we have come to you to learn your real situation | “As honest workers we want to | know everything relating to the po- litical and economic situation and to the life of the workers and peasants in your country. Millions of German workingmen and working women await an objective and truthful report from us, the workers delegation com- posed of Communists and _ social- democrats, with impatience. We be- lieve and hope.that our visit to you | will strengthen the political and economic relations between the work- ing class of Germany and the work- ing class of Soviet Russia.” On the way to Leningrad thedele- gation, exchanged greetings with the Dassing steamers, The steamer berth. ed-in Leningrad ‘under the singing of the International on board anton the shore where many thousands of peo- ple had assembled including numer- ous delegations from the shops, the trade unions and the youth erganiza- tions, who greeted the delégation with enthusiasm. Moissev welcomed the’ delegation in the name of the trade uhion organ- izations of Leningrad and concluded his speech with a cheer for the inter- national unity of the world proletariat. The chairman of the German delega- tion, Freiberger, declared in his an- | swering speech that the German work- | ers were proud to feel the ground of the first red capital under their feet. The masses greeted this declaration with storms of applause and cheers } and accompanied the delegation thru | the town to the Palace of Labor. TEXTILE STRIKE IS. THREATENED IN NEW ENGLAND ‘Coolidge Busy Playing with Politicians (Special to The Daily Worker) SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 29.— The prospect of a new industrial pro- blem, comparable to the impending crisis in the anthracite industry, was | confronting President Coolidge today. The latest threat is that of a com- | plete tie-up of the textile industry of | New England, brought forward by the action of William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, in throwing the entire power of his great organization behind the textile work- ers in their protest against recently enforced wage reductions. This step by the federation head followed almost immediately upon the president's suggestion that he con- sidered the wage reductions localized, and Green's characterization of these cuts as unwarranted, unethical and a step backward is considered generally thruout New England to have solidi- fied the opposition of the workers. In the meantime, a political outing the annual. gathering of the Essex County Republican Club engaged the attention of President Coolidge today. It was reported here that the action taken by President Green was design- ed to assist the anthracite miners in their conference at Atlantic City. The méaers are demanding addition- al wages. The textile workers are pre- paring to fight,an ordered reduction. from Kronstadt to Leningrad a er which unanimously adopted EXPEL WORKER -FROW MD. CAMP FOR RADICALISM Read Young Worker, Officer Started Riot By IRVING SOLLINS, (Worker Correspondent.) BALTIMORE, Md., July 29.—Harry Miller of Philadelphia, citizens’ mili- ‘tary training camp student, was ex- pelled from Camp Meade, Md., today charged with reading the Young Worker and distributing leaflets call- ing for a boycott of the C. M. T. C., and demanding hands off China. He was declared “an agent of Russian Bolshevicks” by General Upton, coms \mandant of the camp. General Upton declared Miller was pies: by. Communist bunk ang.class, red and ordered him expelled from Camp Meade. Miller was arrested while reading the Young Worker toa group of students and was immedi- ately placed under a guard of four soldiers. The commandant of Miller's com- pany, Captain Turner, incited a group jof students to a riot against Miller but another group more sympathetic protected him from flying stones. It is sifinificant that a riot was incited while Miller was defenceless being under guard. Considering the fact that Miller is not a Young Workers’ League or party member but that he recognizes that C. M. T. C. students are future strike breakers and cannon fodder for American imperialism it is important to note that he is called a Russian agent because he has liberal views. Miller is a member of the Knit Goods Workers’ Union of Philadel- phia. ANTI-BRITISH SPEECH IS MADE BY ITALIAN FASCIST SENATOR HERE (Special to The Daily Worker) WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., July 29, —lItaly is dependent for her exist- ence upon England, because of Brit- ain’s control of the Straits of Gibral- tar and the Suez Canal, Count An- tonio Cippico, Italian fascist sen- ator, admitted in a speech here. He pleaded that Italy share in the domination of the Mediterannean Sea. WOOD CARVERS TO BUILD UP STRONG UNION Realize Need of More Perfect Union By F. HANZL. In order to accomplish this mos’ essential object of building, strength- ening and perfecting our union, it is necessary to clearly understand the cause of our present state of affairs and its effect on the membership and wood carvers in general. In order to do that it will be neces- sary to go into the history of its past struggles against the encroachments of the Furniture Manufacturers’ Associa- tion and the development of organ- ized capital in general, so I will point out the most significant events which I consider had the most demoralizing (Continued on page 4) (