The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 7, 1925, Page 1

ae I> i i THE DAI | Entered as Second-class, matter September 21, 1028, at Vol. II. No. 178. | Subscription Rates: f j The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ NEW YORK EDITION and Farmers’ Government WORKER. © Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, E> 290 EPARE FOR FIGHT LOCKS Alliance of Railwaymen- TWARON' With Hard and Soft Coal DBATERS Diggers Is Great Need Pan Federation and ' pe William Z. Foster, secretary of the Trade Union Educational League yesterday, when _inter- Johnston Attacks iviewed by the DAILY WORKER upon the possibility of a strike of 158,000 miners in the an- ‘ |thracite fields in Pennsylvania. ; At the fast meeting of Lodge 390, | “Not only must the miners in the anthracite be ready to strike, but the bitumlnous miners |. A. of Ms a motion was made, and/ must also make common causey Published Dally except Sunday by, THE DAILY WORKER In Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per . "76.00" be PUBLISHING CO., 1112 W, Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. Price 3 Cents | . er v0 WILL NOT STOP Fitin, TO RID LLG... OF WHOLE SIGMANITE GANG, SAY LEFT WING LOCALS | (Special to The Daily Worker) | | | COOLIDGE PUTS 0. K. ON MORGAN'S BILLION in DOLLAR RAIL MERGER WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Backers of the proposed Van Sweringen “billlon dollar Nickel Plate rallroad merger,” backed by J. P, Morgan, involving the consolidation of five big ratiroad systems with more than 9,000 miles of trackage, were elated today over the announcement from the summer White House that the administration favors the con- solidation of the railroads, Coolidge statement is looked on as an order to the interstate commerce commis, NEW YORK CITY, August 5.—That the members of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union in the city of New York are hot at all deceived or placated by the resignations from the Joint Board of Perlstein and Feinberg, is seen from the fol- lowing statement of the Joint Action Committee of Local 2, 9 and 22, just issued: * * ° * ‘ (BY THE JOINT ACTION COMM ITTEE OF LOCALS 2, 9 AND 22.) In order to satisfy and quiet the members who are dissatis- fied with them, the Sigman machine told Feinberg and Perlstein to resign. The same Sigman who has just assured the public that all is normal, and that just a few and that at our meetings there AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY HERE may be a general strike in the coal industry unless the hard coal barons and the miners’ union can come to terms before Septem- ber 1. There are hints that a natjon- wide stoppage will be called by the mine leaders, for the double-barreled purpose of forcing the anthracite own- ers to come to terms and also to halt the demoralizing effects of the Jack- sonville agreement on the unign. in the bituminous fields. This would be good strategy. sos NDEED if the miners’ union had militant, class conscious leadership, they would not allow the situation in the soft coal fields to exist twenty- four hours without a fight. It is gen- erally admitted that only 30 per.cent of the bitumineus-coat hoisted téday im the. U, S,. comes -out pits. At the rate of progress madé_ by the open shop, another year would see the entire bituminous industry mined by jscab labor. This process should be halted at once. A general strike in the coal industry, hard and soft, is the way to tackle the problem. ee 8 IHE American miners might take a \esson trom their British comrades | in the matter of preparing for a strike. | Ever since “Black Friday” when the British coal diggers were betrayed by Frank Hodges and J. H, Thomas in 1921, the miners of Britain have been preparing for the next tussle with their masters. Under the leadership of the left wingers, end_basing their policy latgely on a Cominunist trade union program, the British unions suc- ceeded ‘in perfecting an alliance, so powerful that even the mighty British government was afraid to buck up against it, “et * ‘OT only were the million . union miners, led by “an humble dis- ciple of Lenin,” A. J, Cook, ready for action, but five million railroadmen, transport workers and engineers had pledged themselves to walk out with them. No coal was to be moved by union labor, either from the pits or the sidings, or by sea. The govern- ment was faced with the prospect of a revolution and it could not stomach that. It gave in: “2 ‘HAT will happen in the United States if the miners strike in both hard and soft coal fields? There are tremendous piles of coal on the sid- ings. Sixty per cent of the soft coal Communists are making noise, are no cloakmakers, now this ——*same Sigman is forced to dis- miss his two principal tools. Feinberg’s and Perlstein’s resigna- tions are only throwing sand in the eyes of the workers. They think that the cloak and dressmakers are an en- raged mob that can be quieted with the bluff of his resignation. The cloak and dressmakers’ know that Feinberg and Perlstein were only two of the so much trouble, Not Ready To Correct Crime The fact that these two are taken away from the official leadership of the joint board does not change the situation. The corrupt machine re- (Continued on page 4) BALTIMORE BUILDING TRADE WORKERS STRIKE AGAINST CITY WAGES BALTIMORE, Aug. 5—The may- _o%..Mr. Jackson, and Charles H. mii: ab ess “misston, Baltimore was too poor, jon wages to electricians union. workers in i trades. The Building ” cil replied by calling: | begins August 1. Over five million dollars of city building operations will be tied up, and . union workers will be on 8 7 ye The Baltimore Federation of Labor is behind the se and Ed. Bieretz, business agent for the Elec- trical Workers’ Union “says. that ‘the strike will undoubtedly spread | to the private jobs being’ done by contractors or on whi¢h= contrac- tors are employed who scab labor on city jobs. leaders of the clique which has caused } sion to approve the Morgan merger. ARMY'S TYRANNY IS EXPOSED IN CROUCH APPEAL Court Martial Unfit to | Act, Judge Told | By GEORGE W. WRIGHT. (President Honolulu. Central Labor 5 Council.) HONOLULU, Hawail—The Crouch case opened before Judge Wm. T. Rawlins in the federal court with a demurrer by Patterson to the returns made by the army, overruled. Ex- ceptions noted, and case opened for argument. Patterson presented a petition from Trumbull asking a dismissal of rec- ord, and the Trumbull petition for writ was withdrawn without preju- dice. This was done after congulta- tion with Crouch and Trumbull and on the request of the latter, } who tated, he wanted to go to Al ek his own ahd mal © ho fight in the California courts. Pat- terson stated that the disposition of the court. here made it very doubtful whether Trumbull could get a favor- able decision, and an appeal from this court to the 9th circuit court in California would drag along until his sentence was practically all served. The present arrangement will enable him to institute immediate proceed- ings in the California jurisdiction if he so desires, withthe breaxs more in his favor, and the general advan- tage of continued publicity. The ac- ‘Jon come as a great-surprise to the government and they are anxious to (Continued on page 4) WORKERS FROM ABROAD ALWAYS WELCOME TO SOVIET UNION TO SEE THE TRUTH WITH OWN EYES MOSCOW, July 15, (By Mail).—An article in the “Isvestia” greets the workers delegations to Soviet Russia and writes: “De- spite the campaign of the bourgeoisie, despite the calumnies, de- spite the difficulties which the bourgeois governments have put in the way of the d tions, despite the threats of dismissal etc., the workers from abroad tohalder it their duty to see with their own eyes the first country of the workers and to discover on the spot whether the representations of the social democrats and the bourgeoisie are upon the situation in the Soviet Union are correct. “We will show our class comrades the whole truth and tell is-dug from scab pits. Are the union- ized rail workers going to haul this (Continued on page 2) Belgian and other delegations. GERMAN FASCISTS CONFESS FORGED LETTERS TO SOVIET UNION, MOVE TO SABOTAGE TRIAL COURT FAILS MOSCOW, U. S, S. R.—The trial proceedings brot here against the Ger- man fascists, Kindermann; Wloscht and Dittmar, who, came here to carry on anti-Soviet activity, including the murder of govrenment leaders, revealed that the fascigts sent forged letters to the Soviet Republics. They confessed to the Soviet court that they were not really on a scien- tific expedition, that they were paid well for their terrorist activities by the German fascist group, Organization Consul, and that they were treated excel- (Continued on page 3,) Ger “ ‘to Leningrad Trade Union Council. assure you that should an attack be made upon them everything as we have done to the English and Franco- “Working class delegations are always welcome in the Soviet Union. p “May our class comrades see in this moment: when the forces of the International bourgeoisie are being mobilized, that the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union are engaged in the peaceful work of reconstruction, may they ato see who is interrupting them in this work, and why the enemies of the working class hate the Soviet Union,” Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two will make a better Communist of you. e throat,) Soviet Union, ll break his own neck in consequence. of Labor against its uncalled for and | unjustified denunciation. of the Com- munists and asking the Federation to Pay more attention to the fundament- al issues. fronting the labor move- ment at this time instead of devoting its time t@ attacking one section of the labor movement, In the @iseussion on the question, Was called especially to the the Federation upon the Labor Defense, Council, which organi- zation Lo 90 has participated in and he to build, and which the} Federation was one of the first to| endorse, — The also protested to the Grand. je against the expulsion policy adopted by the G. E. B. against the Communists and advertized thru- out the eountry in the capitalist press. The petition for the recall of all present: national officials, sent out by Le@dge 1154 of Jersey City, was tempting t6 sidetrack the issue of the eléetion and drive it into other channels, the) locals are not going to be fooled by this attempt, and are no “to endorse the petitions of all offcers declared ‘vison thru his manipula- .a*bundle for every ‘meet- ing of your trade union local. FRANCE DENIES ANTI-SOVIET CONSPIRACY Officially Notifies Soviet Government NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 5.—The New York bureau of the Telegraph Agency of the Union of Soviet Social- ist Republics (formerly “Rosta”) to- day received the following cablegram from the Moscow offices: “MOSCOW, Aug. 5.—M. Herbette, ambassador of France in Mascow, after consultation with his govern- ment, officially informed the Commis- sariat of Foreign Affairs that certain recent radio reports from Paris about Franco-Soviet relations are without foundation. “These reports claimed that the French government intended to ob- tain clear ‘evidence regarding the nature of the ties between the Soviet government and the Communist Inter- national before starting economic ne- gotiations with the Soviet Union; also that France, Great Britain, Bel- gium, Italy and the little entente would hold a conference in September for the formation of an anti-Soviet bloc.” Motormen Fatally Injured in Crash of Trolley Cars A score of passengers suffered cuts, bruises and‘abrasions and two motor- men were perhaps fatally injured to- day when two trolley cars collided unarmed te sends inter with thom=-and there must 6°) MINERS AND TRANSPORT WORKERS an immediate effort to form an} alliance. with the railway un-| ions, who need the miners’ help when they strike,” said Foster. “And not only must prepara- tion be made to struggle against The lesson of the recent events and, not to speak of the danger the coal barons, but the fight) of their recurrence in a renewed assault on the wages and hours of the ooal must go on more vigorously | miners. has given rise to a movement of the left wing groups of the coal against treachery and timidity | miners and transportation workers in this country to unite their forces in than ever within the U. M. W. | their/own defense and in behalf of their brothers overseas, The following of A.” (Continued on page 2) | (Continued on page 4) THE COAL MINER OF AMERICA CALLED TO UNITE FORCES WITH EUROPEAN WORKERS From the Weekly Worker (London) THE BOSS: Push harder, you lazy brute, you're too well fed; you're becoming a positive burden CAPITAL POLICE : | FEXTILE WORKERS OF LAWRENCE T0 PROTECT Ki) | CHEER START OF UNITED FRONT KLUXERS’ PARADE’ CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT WAGE CUTS By TOM BELL (By Worker Correspondent) Wetec. Officials. Are Partial to Klan (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—The en- tire police force of the national cap- ital will be mobilized on Saturday to | LAWRENCE, Mass., August 5.—The mass meeting of textile workers called by ‘the United Front Committee at the Winter Garden in Lawrence | was a great success. Over 1,500 workers were present and greeted with enthusiasm the speeches calling for unity |and struggle against the wage cuts. Victor Romond was the chairman. Speakers included Joseph Salerno, head on in a*theavy fog in the Calumet district. The crash occurred where the cars use a single track, One of the motormen had both leg severed. The other suffered a fra tured skull, man Workers Pledge Aid to:S cope with any disorders arising from the parade of ku klux klansmen down Pennsylvania avenue. Acting Supt. of Police Evans said today he had been informed by klan representatives that #35 special trains would be run into Washington during the night, bringing klansmen from | New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, | Delaware, Maryland and Virginia od the conclave and parade. | The ‘police are preparing for a) parade of from 8,000 to 10,000 per-| sons, although it is reported that no more than 2,000 will be in the line of march, The police will be stationed at short intervals along the line of march. The anti-klansmen were denied per- mission to parade. oviet Republics : hop in Germanywhich would not spring to the defense of your working class coun- oe oon ah ann Sohal Democrat, Lehner, of German Workers’ Delegation, speaking in Italian, Oliver Christian, president of the American Federation of Textile Operatives; Emil LeFaire of the Franco-Belgian Club; John Ballam, Jim Reid and Tom Bell. The slogans of the United Front Committee calling for an industrial union, for shop committees and a general strike of all New England textile workers against wage cuts and the speed-up system. were wildly applauded. This\is the awakening and start of the textile workers in the fight against the attacks of the manufacturers, “RUSSIA TODAY”—TOMORROW! Technical difficulties have kept out today’s instalment of that great = document RUSSIA TODAY. Tomorrow—and everyday following—a generous instalment will be printed. Look for it—and pass it on to the men in your shop!