The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 31, 1925, Page 2

i PD ck soenaeeasCaPRMANIN 89 te OUR aT Am =e - BRITISH NAVY TO BREAK STRIKE, IS THREAT; TRANSPORT WORKERS COAL FROM EUROPE’ - PLEDGE ‘NO (Special to The LONDON, July 29.—That th ing to break the great coal strike—if it comes—is disclosed by the statement of the cabinet that Premier Baldwin is willing to take over the mines, if the conference being held today has no results—and the exposure of pla the strike with sailors and marines landed from the British fleet. Mr. Montague, labor membe: West Islington quoted on the floor what he claimed as a copy of a seeret admiralty fleet order, containing an instruction by the Auditor-General that—“extra pa credited to naval personnel employed on or standing by for work on railways, light and power} works, motor transport or pumping out mines.” This is a plain case of the British war office preparing for war against its own working class by forcing the members of the navy to scab on theiz brothers of the unions. In Connection With Strike. Reading from the document Mon- tagne stated that it related to the— “remuneration of maval personnel employed on, or standing by, for in- dustrial work in connection with a strike.” Double rates were to be paid these scabs, but only single rates paid those unloading foodstuffs carried in government ships. Similar applica- tion was to be made in respect of purely local strikes. “I would like to draw the atten- tion of the house, Mr. Montague said, “to the fact that this so far goes beyond any national emerg- ency.” The document, he went on, stated that it was clearly understood that repayment by the firm or undertak- ing concerned for the services ren- dered would be made direct to the accountant-general of the navy. Sailors and Marines Drafted as Cheap Scabs. Officers and ratings, before being drafted for emergency duty, were to be informed that in no case was pay- ment to be accepted by them from the firm or its representatives unless this payment had been authorized by the admiralty. Montague declarc® that no “national emergency” existed to justify such activities. He protested against—“private firms being protected at their own request upon payment at double navy rates—which will probably mean cheap strikebreakers, and against the services 9f officers and ratings of the kover mt being entirely at the dis- ee tke firms, whether it is a question of nation@l emergency or not.” The First Lord Speaks. “I think we ought to have from the first lord of the admiralty a very complete statement as to the precise way in which naval ratings are to be used. Trade unionists are fearing this danger. It is an extremely im- Portant question to trade unionists.” The first lord of the admiralty, Mr. Bridgeman, declared that break- ing strikes was a—‘“totally false im- pression of what the order means. The order refers to a general dis- turbance.” Take Sid 2? Not at All! Mr. Montague: (Quoting the or- der) “Local strikes.” Mr. Bridgeman: “I think not. Well, perhaps he may be right, but the main intention of it is to regulate the action of officers of the navy and the men in a general strike, the object being to exert what power the govern- ment can in preventing the general public of this country having its food supplies cut off. To say that the navy would take part in the strike T. U. E. L. IN RINGING Dally Worker) e British government is prepar- ns of the British navy to break r of the house of commons for y at double rates was to be A CHINESE CONFERENCE OF THE POWERS? MAYBE, BUT WE WON'T SWEAR IT WASHINGTON, D, C., July 29.— While the time of meeting has not yet been determined, all the powers, including Great Britain and Japan, have signified their intention to ap- point representatives to a confer ence on the abolition of extra-ter- ritoriality in China, it. was an- nounced at the state department to- day. Cae, Ue The DAILY WORKER wishes to point out that altho the above an- nouncement is the official statement of the state department, it fully ex- pects an equally official statement of the state department tomorrow de- nying the first official statement. We donot, of course, infer that the state department of the U. S. government is conducted by liars, but from the frequent contradictions put out by it upon this matter of a Chinese conference, we are bound to observe that if they are not able liars they are excellent diplomats. on one side or the other is totally wrong.” aor oo mange: T , | 31, The present! ¢onférence was ob- tained only after difficulty, since the miners were unwilling. to meet the owners, telling Baldwig that, the own- ers’ proposals for a 20\per cent wage cut and longer hours would first have to be withdrawn before they would tall to them. International Union In Action. The miners are facing the situation with stout hearts, cheered by the conference of the Miners’ Interna- tional at Paris yesterday, which made the decision to “Undertake interna- tional action in the event the British mine owners put their threats against the miners into execution on August 1.” European transport unions have promised to see that no coal shall reach Englnad from the continent, A, J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation, declared when leaving Paris that he thought a strike was in- evitable, if it does not come now it will come later a week or two, Hall Caine Godsakes the Owners. The conference today is regarded as a last hope of bringing an agreement before the strike begins. How it is regarded by the British nation may be seen by the fact that the distin- guished novelist, Hall Caine, has writ- ten an article in the Evening Standard entitled, “For Gods’ Sake Stop!" Sir Hall declares that if the mine owners allowed the strike to come with the whole strength of the trade unions standing behind the miners, they must not expect the miners to go back to the pits “beaten and crushed.” Predicting a national upheaval, the great novelist says: “There will be but one end and the coal owners—as owners—will not be here to see it. They will have lit their fires and perished in the flames.” Premier Baldwin is attending the conference between owners and has notified every cabinet member not to leave the city, but to hold them- \selves in readiness for instant call, KLUXERS DENIED BAIL, AFRAID TO COMMENCE TRIAL Just Scab—Nothing Worse! Mr, Montague: “May I ask the first | lord how it is that the order states | the method by which the accountant-| general of the admiralty should be reimbursed by private’ firms.” j Mr. Bridgeman: “The firms aight | be millers, handling sacks of flour} necessary, for food for the people. That might be a private firm, but that makes no difference to the duty! of the navy, which is not to ‘take part in the strike on one side or the other.” ¢ Labor Party Never Revoked It. Mr. Batey (labor, Spennymoor): “Will he let us see the order? Will he let us read it?” Mr. Bridgeman: “I am quite ready to send around a copy of the order. It has already been quoted. I am not in the least ashamed of the order. It is not a new one issued by me. It was issued in 1919, and I think it has been revised since, in 1923, and it is now in a revised form and reissued.” “The labor party,” added Mr. Bridgeman, “when it was in, office would have been perfectly justified in revoking the order if they had felt it was unfair, They knew it was not. They knew that it was only in the in- terest of the general public, and the defense of those interests is the duty of any government, whether by us or by them.” Hope that a strike will be averted is growing in view of unofficial state- ments that the owners will give in 'May Appeal to State Supreme Court NOBLESVILLE, Ind., July 29— Judge Fred Hines in Hamilton Coun- ty circuit court ‘today overruled the motion of attorneys for D, C. Steph- enson, Earl Klenck and Bar! Gentry for a hearing om a:petition to release them from jail‘on bail until they go on trial for the alleged murder of Madge Oberhotzer. ; = Afraid 6f Trial. Simultaneously Judge Hines paved the way for ati’ ‘immediate trial fo? the trio when le ‘announced his readiness to call a special term of tie Court “at any time” to permit the defendants to face the murder charge before a jury. “The court is willing at this time to call a special term to try these de- fendants,” the judge said. “They could have been tried at any time thy were ready, ,By their own con- duct the defendants chose to remain in jail rather.than be tried. To Appeal for Bail. Judge Hines emphasized that no grounds exist for admitting the ac- cused meiMfo bail because an immedi- ate trial is open to them. “The court,” he continued, “is willing to take up all of ®%s time if necessary between now and October for this trial.” : A request for time to prepare a bill of exceptions was made by Ralph Waltz of defense counsel, This ac- DECISION T0 ON INJUNCTION AGAINST A.C. Strikers Continue a Solid Picketline A decision as to whether or not the International Tailoring company is to secure an Injunction to restrain their striking employes, members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, from pleketing will be rendered today by Judge Hugo Pam, Room 941, County building at 2 o'clock. William A; Cunnea, .attorney for the Amalgamated, surprised the court by stating his case against the outlawing of the strike in one hour, whereas three high-priced lawyers for the tailoring company had argued for four days, The strike meeting yesterday was as enthusiastic ag on the first day of the strike, the workers singing songs, and enthusiastically applauding the speeches. No arrests were made yesterday, the police violence having been at least temporarily curbed, following the slugging of three strikers, two of whom were girls, last week, The Amalgamated protested to Chief of Police Collins and Mayor Dever against the outrage, and the protest has cowed the sluggers for ‘a time. Cunnea Closes, Case. Cunnea in his defense of the right to strike, declared that the Cuthbert- son anti-injunction law was constitu- tional, Replying to the case cited |by the clothing bosses’ attorneys in which supreme court Justice Taft |vendered a decision declaring an‘ Ari- |zona anti-injunction law »unconstitu- tional, Cunnea said that the law was not similar to the Illinois law, Cun- nea said that in the Arfzona case, where striking restaurant workers were. restrained from pitketing the question of the boycott was involved. Taft's decision was upon the fact that the pickets were advising cua- tomers not to eat in the restaurant. The boycott is not involved in the Illi- nois law, Cunnea said, ¥ Insits on Right to Strike. Cunnea pointed out that the decis- \fon rendered by Taft was a four to |five decision, Justices Holmes, Bran- |dies, Pitney and Olark bringing in a dis opi co! the United States courts. In the decision of Barnes vs. the Typographical Union,’ on which all further applications to Illinois courts against strikers is based, Cunnea said, “The decision of. the Illinois supreme court will not ,stand as a limitation upon the rights of the workers, restraining them from pick- eting.” Law Is Constitutional, The Cuthbertson afti-injunction law is not contrary to the constitu- tion of the state of Illinois, Cunnea argued. The legislature has a right to prescribe remedies and proceed- ure, Cunnea cited several cases to show that th law is coristitutional. Workers Are Aroused. “It is the duty of the court to de- clare a law constitutional unless it is unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Cunnea, “These five to four decisions of the to Premier Baldwin's appeal that they|tion, believed to be the forerunner supreme court against the rights of withdraw their notices ending thejof an appeal to be filgd with the! workers to demand the limitation of present working agreement on July CALL FOR FIGHT AGAINST “B. & O. BILL” (Continued from page 1) the latter course, and has entered into a ruinous expulsion campaign with J. H. Anderson as the first victim, Wholesale Expulsions Johnston is a tricky politician. sion of Anderson, accord- ement made by E. C. Davison at a meeting of Lodge No. 491, is to be followed by a whole- sale expulsion of militants, center- ing the attack upon the Commun- ists, The excuse to be given for these expulsions is that the Work- ers Party is a “dual union.” T T Union Edueational League warns the militants in the Machinists’ Union not to allow John- ston or his aides to sidetrack the issue. The Workers Party is a pol- Itical organization and it is an insult to the intelligence of the members of the Machinists’ Union to think that under this crude and stupid lie Johnston can divert attention aw from his betrayals of the inte 3 ef the workers and from his flagrant stealing of the election to an attack upon the Communists. In Desperate Fix This latest move of Johnston’s shows that he realizes the desper- ate situation that he is in. Accus: of stealing th ction, he practical- ly admits that It is true by refusing an honest tabulation of the votes east. If the Johnston machine were really elect they claim, John- ston could very easily diseredit the Communists, the T. U. E. L., and ~s : the Anderson group, and strengthen his own position In the union by submitting to a recount or to a new election, But, instead of doing that, he sus- pends J. F. Anderson without a trial and starts an attack upon the militants because they have gather- ed the facts which prove conclusive- ly that Johnston and Davison stole the election, “1 will never be defeated as long as | count the votes, ys E. C. Davison. “1 will expel any member. from the union who attempts to expose my election steal,” 1s Johnston's at- titude to be carried out under the cloak of “the Workers Party is a } dual union,” Rave Against Communists In the struggle that will follow, Johnston will rave about the Com- munists and the T. U. E. L., but the left-wing will keep the real issue before the membership. Here are facts in the election that Johnston must answer. 1 Anderson's tellers were refus- ed the right guaranteed by the con- stitution to supervise the totalling of the votes cast. } 2. In spite of the large number of, Anderson lodges whose votes were thrown out illegally, the rea count shows that Anderson received 18,179 votes and Johnston 18,171, 3. The votes of 12 lodges were thrown out by Davison illegally, which showed that Anderson re- ceived 1,174 and Johnston 39 votes state supreme court. The excuse given for this was that they had cast more votes than they had members. 4. The votes of 10 lodges were thrown out on the flimsy excuse that they had béen delinquent in their reports. T lodges cast more votes for Anderson than for Johnston. 5. Davison refused to allow the clerks to count the ball of 10 lodges on the grounds it he did not receive the tally sheets, 6. In the case of Lodge 441, it shows how the Johnston machine was elected. There were 277 votes for Johnston and only one for An- derson, While the record of the Lodge shows that only 39 votes were cast and they have still the blank ballots sent to them less the 39 votes cast. A Few Strong Points. These are a few of the points that militants must press home. The suspension of J. F, Anderson, the removal by the Ge tive Board of Andrew T, as business agent, the removal of Hannon, a member of the Anderson group, from Chicago and sending him out to the sticks, the launching of an attack upon the left-win; that the Johnston machine intends to launch, A strong fighting alliance must be set up between the left-wing and Anderson group. Thi the united front. must b call of the Entire General Executive Board.” Follow this.upywith an hon- est election, and the Johnson ad- ministration will be swept out of office. a The removal of the Johnston bu- the powers of the supreme court.” reaucratic machine, however, is not an end in itself. More than ever should the left-wing program of ac- tion be placed before the member- ship, There are over 800,000 work- ers who ai gible to become mem- bers of the Machinists’ Union, yet the Johnston administration has re- duced the |. A. of M. to a mere skeleton organization. Endorsed Amalgamation. The Machinists’ ‘Union was one of the first organizations in Ameri- ca to endorse amalgamation. John- ston was elected on this program. Yet, he has not even made a gesture in this direct! ‘On the contrary, th rried on the most bitter fight inst every progressive mi re. There are almost 000 workers in the metal industry that if welded together into a ful industrial union would Ne to make an fective struggle inthe interests of the rank and file. The Johnston administration, how- ever, believes in class collaboration. In fact Jo! thruout the world has become the symbol of class colla- boration and betrayal of the working class. He is better known as “B, @ O. Bill” than as Wm. H. John- ston, He would rather make the Machinists’ Union an auxilliary to the Employers’ Association than to develop it into a’fighting organ of the class struggle. Johnston more than any other man, deliberately blocked the labor party movement. His policies in the C. P. P, Aare chiefly res: sible for the swinging of the lavor Party sentiment into the middle- class reformist LaFollete camp. The left-wing must push vigorously Must Send An American Trade Union Delegation to Visit the Soviet Union By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Tee" a delegation of German workers, spokesmen for the mighty battalions of organized labor in the Dawes- enslaved republic, is visiting in the Union of Soviet Republics. Received at Kronstadt, the scarred Bolshevik fortress, ac- claimed at Leningrad, they passed bial eit on to the red capital of the Workers’ Republics—MO8CQ f Ci ae This is the third delegation of labor from the major capitalist countries of Western Europe to cross the Soviet frontier to investigate for themsel the progress made under Workers’ Rule. First the British, then the Franco- Beigians and now the Germans, : These delegations, notably the British, have been made up of labor officials affiliated in no way with the Communist movement, except thru their realization that the Soviet Union is the expression of the indomitable will of the Rus- sian worker and peasant masses to conquer and hold all power, and that the desire of the Russian workers for world trade union unity must be realized if labor is to successfully combat the international forces of aggressive capitalism. That is a SR Seep relation that has as yet not even touched the officialdom of the American labor movement. * * * . The report of the British Trade Union Delegation on its visit to the Soviet Union has already been spread to the world. .It has been a crushing blow to the Anti-Soviet pro- paganda circulated so assiduously by capitalist interests the past eight years. American workers should feel glad that they have the DAILY WORKER to give serial publication to this historic document that meets with no dispute os from the “open shop” press and “bitter-end” socialist pub- lications that have lost all influence. It is the reading of this report mene the workers in the mines, the mills and the factories of this nation, that must give birth to the sentiment expressed by the Franco-Belgian delegation, speaking to the chairman of the All-Russian Trade Union Council, Tomsky, saying: “Every honest worker, after he has seen what is being done in the Soviet Union, must fight still more energetically for the unity of the international trade union movement.” The delegation went even further when it declared that, “in our opinion, many of the fundamental principles which are applied in the Russian trade unions would be very much in place in the trade unions of ourown countries.” * ° In other words, the workers of all countries must not only close ranks for the protection of the Soviet Union, but to build their own power to achieve their own victory, and they are advised to build, even in their trade unions, accord- ing to the Russian example. In the United. States, the officialdom of labor with its “socialist” supporters, is still in open alliance with the gov- ernment not only in ‘its attacks on the Union of Soviet Re- publics, but in the;war waged against militants in the left s of the American/ldbor movement. This alliance must be broken” up. reports of the ish, Franco-Belgian and German trade union delegations on the conditions with- in the-Soviet Union will help do it. Under pressure of the-left wing, the American trade unions must also send a delegation to study conditions with- in the Soviet Republics. Let the trade unionists of the United States follow in the footsteps of their British, French, Bel- gen and German brothers in taking their stand with the oviet victory of Russian labor. Lloyd George Says U. S. and Britain Will Fight Against Japan (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, July 29.—Lloyd George, Britain's prime minister at the time of the negotiation of the Washington agreement for the limitation of naval armaments threw a bomb into the dis- cussion of the government's naval construction program this evening by the declaration that if there were any trouble on the Pacific Ocean England and the United States would be on the same side. Party based upon the trade unions. Burning Questions. The program and policy of the left-wing must be presented during the recall campaign. International Trade Union Unity, recognition of Soviet Russia, hands off China—all of these burning questions must be discussed. These are the real is- sues and the left-wing, led by the E. L., will not allow them to be side-tracked by Johnston's rais- ing the “red” scare. The Trade Union Educational League calls upon all militants to unite in the struggle against the re- actionary Johnston administration on the basis of the following plat- form: (a) Abolition of the expulsion policy and reinstatement of expelled. (b) Recall of Johnston, (c) A special convention of the 1. A. of M, (d) Recount of the election vote. (e) A national left-bloc-progres- sive conference. (f) Abolition of the B, & O. Plan, (g) Campaign for amalgamation, (h) Organize the unorganized, (i) For a Labor Party. The National Committee Trade Union Educational League. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, July 29,—Great Brit ain, pound 4.85%, 4.856%, France franc 4.73%, 4.744%! Belgium franc, 4.62, 4.62%. Italy Tira, 3.6614, 3.66%, Swed- en krone, 26.85, 26.88 Norway krone, 18.44, 18.46!" Detimark krone, 28,03, 28.05. Germiiny miark, no quote, Shang- the organizing of a national Labor hai tael, 78.60, no quote. rampabe Z FASCISTI MOB ROMAN SENATOR AFTER SPEECH Italy Stirred by the Latest Outrage (Special to The Dally Worker) ROME, July’ 29.—The attack on former Premler Orlando on the Corso Ruggerio, Palermo, after his criticism of the Mussolini government had an unfavorable reaction here today even in conservative circles. Anti-fascisti were vigorous in their denunciation of interference with free speech, While the speech which the former premier delivered yesterday, has not yet been circulated here in printed form, it is understood that he merely told his Palermo audience that the opposition to the Mussolini regime, would signalize its disatisfaction by putting tickets in the field in the ap- proaching municipal election in an effort to defeat the fascisti candidates. For this and for expressing general dissatisfaction with the governmental methods of the fascisti, Signor Orlan- do's automobile was attacked and it was necessary to call out troops to quell the riot which ensued, Judge with Lessees in School Board Fight Judge Joseph B. David issued a temporary injunction restraining the board of edugation from cancelling the leases of tenants in its loop property under dispute. The renters refused to pay the new rent levels established by revalua- tion of these holdings, They based their refusal on the ground that the revaluation was iffvalid since the com- mittee of appraisers had not been ap- pointed in accordance with the 1888 lease provision which fixed the man- ner in which they should be selected. The lessees were instructed by RIFFIANS TAKE POST IN THREAT ON KEY SECTOR French Invaders Fall Back Before Attack - (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, France, July 29—The Riffi- ans have launched a heavy attack against the French front at Wezzan, key position of the western section of the invaders’ front. The Jebalia natives, who made the att hay twenty thousand men in action, hav- ing successfully completed their har- vest. The Riffians captured the fortified post of Zendoula, six miles north of ‘Wezzan, and are now before the city. West of Wezzan, the Moroccans have pushed southward, threatening the vital line of communication. between Wezzan and Kenitra, Marshal Petain has conferred with the Spanish dictator, Primo de Rivera |il Jan endeavor to induce Spanish co- operation, but the Spaniards are not aiding the French invaders in Africa to any great extent. Next Sunday’s Picnic to Be Big Event of the Season of 1925 (Continued from Page 1) Side and by Chinese sympathizers from the environs of 22nd street. Over the oratorical battalion will preside William F. Dunne, who is known from Butte to Boston *and from Swampscott to Seattle, as one of the best presiding officers in the labor movement. The most important feature of the picnic is the business side. Frankly the affair would not be arranged at all but for the purpose of making money to keep the Communist press from wobbling financially. Even the writers for Communist papers need money with which to purchase the necessities of life, strange tho it may appear, and printing presses and printers use up an awful lot of dough” during the year.” Not that we grudge it to them, but it must be stated here for the sake of the record, Hence the August 2nd pienic. About it being a suce there is no doubt, The very fact that a conven- tion of the Workers Party is ap- aching is an added reason why © party membership should be well esented there, . It. is. mo... jat there is considerable discuss! in the party at present, and Ike all discussions there are two sides to it. We hear that both sides will be yie- ing with each other in contributing to the sticcess of the picnic. Long Drainage Commission Awards $90,025 for Overflow of Canal The second batch of awards on \claims for damages against the sarfl- tary district as a result of the over- flowing of the Illinois river Pecause of the great volume of water poured into it by the drainage canal several years ago, was announced today by the commission named to hear the cases by the legislature. In claims for $90,026 the commis- ion made awards for a total $24,915. Last week awards of 52,000 were made. Some 250 claims, totaling $10,000,- 00 are still to be heard. Awards tius far average about @ third of the fnounts of the claims. If the same ritio is continued the sanitary dis- tict will have a total of between $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 to pay with- fn five, years after the awards are made. Soltis Speaks at Minneapolis Street Meeting Sunday Ave. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 29— The regular Sunday evening mass meeting of the Workers (Communist) Party, will be addressed this Sunday by John Gabriel Soltis on “Post War Capitalism.” Hathaway will talk on “Amalgamation. beds dite Square (Seven Corn- ers: the place. Come yourself and bring others with you. Forest Fire In Idaho LEWISTOW, Idaho, July 29,—Light- ing struck suddenly today in White Pine forests between Kiamiah and Kooskia, Idaho, and turned 100 acres into a roaring inferno, according to word received here, Several hundred men are reported to have quit work in n y harvest flelds to fight the flames which are out of control, A light breeze is blowing and is carry- ing the fire toward the heavier white pine belt. Tell other workers what hap. pens in your shop. Write a story and send it in to the DAILY Judge David to pay the rent based on| WORKER. Order a bundle to previous valuations to the etapa 2 tge court, distribute there, OnE mesg