The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 19, 1925, Page 2

— | t Ae. Page Two TRIPOLI JOINS ATTACKS ITALY Native Jold the Main Caravan Route PARIS, France, Aug. 17.—The revolt | of the African races against European imperialism has spread to Tripoli, 7 Senussi Arabs are iff nst the rule of Italyy Sine n it n column was wiped out south of Benghazi, by the natives, i¢ révolt has not been put down. n was proceeding south ih on under the command of ro, and its supply caravan d. Two hundred: Italiaa killed or wounded. The ontrol the main caravan ween Tripoli and Egypt. * Riffs Attack Melilla. 3. rance, Aug. 17.—The Riff- nched a new offensive e French invaders and are Melilla, the Spanish neh and have made efforts to break the sbli- darity of the Moroccan groups by jof- tiea ut ihe offer h d economic autonomy, as been refused. Spaniards Shoot Women. The chief of the Spanish general taft has admitted the truth of reports t Riffian women were killed under orders. “Our sentries have shot en when they were in gun-running sot much of their ammu- nition from the neutral Tangier zone, and at night women laden with arms and cartridges, with a few armed men scouts around them, have crossed the border. Our sentries have shot and | killed in s' cases.” Sei | Build the DAILY WORKER. France, Many Drowned in 1 stics publish-| PARIS, 7.—Sta ed by the F and Life | Saving Fe on y showed that | more pers were owned during | summer months than were killed in| railroad, motorcar or airplane acci- dents. ) | GITY CENTRAL, LOCAL | GHIGASD WORKERS PARTY | MEETS WEDNESDAY MIGHT The next meeting of the City Cen- tral Committee will be held Wednes- day evening, Aug. 19, at 722 Blue island avenue. The meeting will open prompily at 8 p. m., and all Spanish age®ts | elected. | | In New York the vote was 107 for} the majority against 98 for the minor- | jity, The delegation of 11 will be di | vided 7 and 4. Buffalo supported the majority by a vote of 25 to 3, electing two major- ity delegates. Detroit was divided majority, 23 minority, electing 2 ma- jority and 1 minority delegates. | Cleveland stood 36 against 17, elect- ing 3 majority and 1 minority. The Minnesota district elected a full m jority delegation of 5, and the Cali fornia district followed suit with a} delegation of 8. The contention of the Oregon and Washington district, | by a vote of 34 to 2, elected 2 ma-/ jority delegates. Connecticut elected | 1 majority by a vote of 12, tone against, two abstaining. Philadel- } phia is sending 1 majority and 1 minority to the convention. The third | delegate is contested. The minority elected 3 delegates from Pittsburgh, while the Boston delegation was divided 3 minority against 2 majority. “BEST PEOPLE” FORBID STRIKING MINERS 10 PRAY FOR SCABS’ SOULS NEW YORK, August 17—Wire churches here or Rotary Club or Lions Club or Chamber of Com- merce,” J. W. Hinton, secretary Henryetta, Okla. Coal Associa- tion, telegraphed to the American Civil Liberties Union, in asking them to investigate how the best people of Okmulgee, Okla., are sup- porting sheriff John Russell’s ban on miners’ outdoor prayer meetings for the souls of scabs. Four miners have been arrested for violation of the sheriff's order and will be assisted in defense by E. C. Marianelli, Civil Liberties legal representative in McAlester, Okla. Marianelli informed the Civil Lib- erties Union that “This is not a strike but a lockout. The miners worked nearly one year. They are still willlng to work under the ex- isting unexpired wage agreement. The o ‘tors have repudiated same arpa. ~wfhey ‘have cut wages 30 per cent, evicting miners from company houses and prohibiting public meetings, picketing, parades and public prayers. The latter means, on the part of the miners’ wives, delegates are requested to be there promptiy at that hour. Where Labor Makes Its Own Laws The book—-bound in. attractive duroflex covers— makes a permanent record of this historical Official Report of the British Tr Soviet Russia. RUSSIA TOMORROW— And everyday—all the news and direct correspond- ence from the fields and the factories—and articles from the pens of Russia’s Tu: Dany “No better opportunity ha records of the very first thesé special offers: “RUSSIA TODAY” The Daily Worker for 8 m (6 mos. in Chicago) ... 1113 W. Washington Blvd. For the enclosed $.......04. and the DAILY WORKER for Name: Street: City: . | allow every worker to have both past and current THE DAILY WORKER was most effective in inducing seabs to quit work.” vil, a TODAY ade Union Delegation to leaders—all can be found _ Fa Wore s ever been presented to workers’ government in Chicago, Illinois ~- $end RUSSIA TODAY... » months to; i DISTRICT CONVENTIONS OF WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY ENDO CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE In eleven district. conventions of the Workers (Communist) Party h@ld thruout the country on Sunday, the policies and leadership of the Cent®al Executive Committee of the party received endorsement by a very large majority. 4 The Chicago convention, with 101 delegates, voted for the resolution the C, B, C, majority by 73 against 28 for the minority. seven supporting the C. E, C. was¢—--——— ‘ national officials. RSE} | A full delegation of Berry Hatches Plot on Union in Bawdy House (Continued from page 1) men into violating the laws of the international union so that he and his tools could step in and take the charter away. This is the policy he has followed ever since. Berry Getting Rich. While the members of the union were turning over their hard earned mohey to the international, thinking it would be used to better their con- ditions and provide for supperannuat- ed members, Berry was building up a big industrial machine in Tennessee with union funds. It was his political ambitions that first brought the situ- ation to the attention of the Chicago pressmen. An editorial printed in the Rogers- ville Review a paper owned by Berry, proved to the pressmen that Berry was blossoming out into a second Henry Ford at their expense. The editorial which is given here prompt- ed the members of local No. 3 Chi- cago to start an investigation into the business methods of the inter- Here is the article as it appeared in Berry’s paper on THE DAILY WORKER BRICKLAYERS: ON STRIKE INN. Y, AGAINST FULLER Company Advértised for Non-Union Workers ~. WASHINGTON, August 17.—Altho the Bricklayers’ International Union has maintained a policy of refusing: to call strikes on hospital construction jobs, all members of the organization have quit work on a big pospital ad- dition in New York city acéording to General Secretary J. J. fpegon They stopped. work when ‘a _ individual member showed to the: ¥ in advertise- ment published in a .néwspaper in Florida, advertising for bricklayers to work “open shop,” 9 hdtirs°a day, on a job which the union hid struck. The firm publishing this advertisfment was the Geo, A. Fuller Co.—ths same firm that has the hospital contract in New York. A copy of this Advertisement is show in Gleeson’s office. The Fuller concern jg the largest involved in the jurisdictional dispute between the Bricklayers and, the Oper- ative Plansterers’ international; it became a party to the troyble when it signed an agreement, with the Oper- ative Plasterers recognizing their jurisdictional. claims as against those of the bricklayers. Reports reaching the bricklayers’ headquarters in Wash- ington indicate that the work struck by them remains tied up, except for the employment of four non-union men in Florida to replace 25 bricklayers. Carpenters Own April 4, 1918: “A suitable candidate for the demo- cratic nomination for governor is of first importance to the commonwealth. The successor to Governor Rye should embrace his war time policies and should likewise be a man of es- tablished business ability in order to successfully cope with the many vexing questions that confront the government. Phe Hon. George L. Berry of Hawk- ins County, and a native of Hast Ten- nessee, embodies all of the requisites necessary to properly fulfill the func- tions of chief executive of the state. “Ma; Berry’s record in support of the goverment is second to none in America. As a member of the Com- mittee. on Industry of the National Council of Defense he has put forth possibly as great effort next to pres- ident, Wilson as any one in maintain- ing. industrial peace and a continuous industry, in support of the war pro- gram,,,. His time and services/ for month have been given to the goyern- imént' ‘work without compensatio: “His" Selection as a member of the executive committee of war saving stamps’ movement indicates the fact tha the goverment appreciates his serviees'in the promotion of this great finimefal program. “gb'this writing Mr. Berry is in Europe, as a member of a war com- mission appointed for the purpose of ¢o-ordinating the industries of our allies ‘with that of the United States. No commission has been tendered to any man that is of greater importance in the furtherance of the war pro- gram of this country than that on which Mr. Berry is serving at this time. i He's a Financial Wizard! “The financial condition of the state and business judgement necessary for its conduct require the services of a man who is not only familiar with business but one who has made good in his own behalf. In this regard Mr. Berry is aptly suitable. He is one of the most extensive farmers in the state of Tennessee, one of the most extensive lumbermen, the director of a large mercantile corporation, the builder and owner of a large hydro- electric plait, a newspaper publisher and the founder and builder of a mo- del little city, Pressmen’s Home. His business success has been due to his great energies founded upon life’s ical experience. He is distinctly ‘if-made man; there are no failures chalked against him. There is no record of inefficiency in any walk of life. He is a leader in his party, hav- ing taken part in the last three pres- idential elections as a speaker for the national party. He was a can- didate for governor in 1912, but after being defeated for the nomination by Governor Rye took the stump in be- half of the nominee and rendered the greatest support in the matter of speeches of any man in the common- wealth in the interest of the demo- ‘| cratic party. Not Popular In Union, Tho! “His loyalty to the gevernment is needed by the state. His experience as a man of national activity is needed by the state. His business know- ledge will constitute a valuable asset for the state government. There is not a more popular man in Hast Ten- nessee than George Berry. As the democratic nominee for governor thousands of republicans will support him. He is eminently the strongest man the party can offer in November for the governor of the common- wealth, Sullivan county, the dem- ocratic county of East Tennessee of- fers George L. Berry for governor.” When the pressmen in Chicago, who furnish a large part of the interna- tional treasury, saw this article, they naturally were surprised, where did this “extensive limberman” and this director of a large mercantile corpor- ation, a hydro-electric plant, a news- paper publisher get the money with which he become so famous? (To be continued.) | Business Agent Is Tool of Employers (Continued from page 1) hood” of long duration and in good standing. They may have been born in America, North or South, yes, even in the U. S.A, but if now for any reasons whatsoever, © anes Without the rights of citzie! y} are| with- out the right to earn a living by fol- lowing their trade, under; union or any other kind of conditions; accord- ing to him. Russia, I am told, gives;;workers citizens’ rights the moment they: put foot on Russian soil, without-any red tape, regardless of nationality, race, or creed. Our business. agent goes. so far as to deny members of his own “Brother- hood” the right to work for a living because of cireumstances over which they had or have, in the last analysis and majority ef cases, no poptrol, Fi re efor, Ch: He‘recently pro, Council, t they bi flowers and present. si anem- ployer at the opening ofam auditorium at 18th and Grand, thereby: showing our appreciation of himehawing hired union carpenters. The council turned it down. He then bought the flowers with money from his own pocket and presented them as comingidrom him- self and the carpenters.siy © When the business agent took the matter before his own docal and the bill was allowed, he expressed re- gret over the inability ofthe council to buy flowers for their friends be- cause of lack of money, On the job in questign the carpenters worked for one dollar per day less tham the scale. Said a carpenter: “I s¢e no sense in giving a boss, paying dss than the union scale, flowers, wl those who pay the scale and live up.to union rules, receive nothing. None of them should get anything. The carpenter, or any worker for that matter, is en- titled to all he gets and then some.” Chicago Federation of Labor Surrenders to Scabby Bill Green (Continued from Page 1) to keep their hands off the Amal- gamated strike situation,’ On on aye and nay!vote the motion to accept Green’s letter appeared. de- feated, but the maghfae stuck by President John Fitzpattick in the rising vote, ov A little later one délegate asked, “Are we to undrestand*that we are to approve the strikebréaking of the United Garment Workers?” and Fitz- patrick answered: “That! matter has been referred to the exéettive board.” Thus the Chicago Federation of Labor refuses to take decisive action against the tactics of the A, F. of L. union, and actively support the strike of the Amalgamated, déspite the fact that the International ‘failoring com- pany is advertising for #trikeberakers under the name of the ‘A, F, of L. se * Vind Appeats at . : Chicago Federation of Labor Meeting Theodore Vind, labor official re- cently pardoned by Goy. Len Small, after being sentenced to Joliet on a charge of extortion, appeared at the Chicago Federation of, Labor Sun- day. “It cost me,more than $30,000 in lawyers’ fees and much of that money came from you, iVnd said in commenting on the fi of the union officials to escapa the penitentiary, ——— If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communigm—study it. Jmunist lit Peed American Workers Must Fight Plan to Enslave China with Dawes Plan By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. a Ur ha the pendulum swings back from the occident to the orient. When the Dawes plan was imposed on Ger- many, the German workers charged that they had been Chinafied; that they had been reduced to the slavery of Far East coolies. Now another Dawes plan over. China is pro- posed in an effort to Germanify the restless oriental republic. The whole plan for subduing China is given serious con- sideration at the Institute of Politics still continuing at Wil- liamstown, Mass., where cures are offered for. discontented peoples everywhere, to salve their chains,,and content them with their slavery. * * Lionel Curtis, of London, raised the question that the | League of Nations should be the instrument to net China into Dawes slavery. A Britisher should be the last to make such a proposition. an English port, and with its It is the British that have made of Shanghai imperialist, allies have turned the streets of this Chinese city into a charnel house, staining crimson the pavements with workers’ blood. British bait will not attract the Chinese to these new imperialist schemes. Dr. William E. Rappard, Swiss member of the permanent mandates commission of the League of Nations, very evi- dently an inspired spokesman, declares that, “the league would be delighted to assume the task (of Germanifying China), on two conditions: first, that China should not only accept, but welcome, and, indeed request intervention of the league; second, that the United States government should assure its co-operation.” e * This is an artful play with words. Yet their meaning is very clear, It is not difficult to buy up a few Chinese “gen- erals,” win over native capitalists in league with foreign profiteers in the exploitation of Chinese labor, and thus pre- sent the appearance of a Chinese appeal to the league, de- nounced by revolutionary workers everywhere as “the black capitalist international.” There are always-anti-labor traitor elements in every country “willing and anxious” to sell out to foreign exploiters. That is the maneuver on which im- perialism rides into power over many subject nations. Mexico, Central: and South America have had their experi- ences in this hemisphere, from which all peoples threatened with subjection under the American dollar should profit. The working class elements in the Chinese Republic have pro- fitted by these experiences and they will not easily be led astra) by alluring imperialist subterfuges. r. C. C. Batchelder, who is considered fit to be a profes- sor on international relations for New. York seahvr offers it as his belief that China will accept intervention by league.” “the He bases his conclusion on his experience as a “commercial attache” in China. His inspiration explains his conclusions. But it does not give a true interpretation of the developments that may be expected. 2 * * * This interve to i ion of the League’ of Nations in China, * the Tet ose a Dawes Plan over the Chinese people, bore is a threat to’ tighten the imperialist grip not only upon China but upon the whole world. American workers are even now suffering under the effects of the Dawes plan, that they did not combat effectively, altho the Communists every- where energetically urge them to action. Another oppor- tunity to fight now offers itself. American labor must fight all intervention in China, under the direction of the League or Nations, or from any other source... They must fight the effort to impose a Dawes slave plan on China. ASWESEEIT -:- (Continued from page 1) those. of the Soviet Union and the United Statess, Capitalism is still powerful here... But; it is bound to disintegrate. The same fate will be- fall it as befell the system of Europe. And when Europe. goes down to rise up as a federation of Soviet republics, the process of disintegration of cap- italism in the United States will pro- ceed by leaps and bounds. @ HAT religious people do and get away with, beggars description. In New York a policeman saw what he thought was a man dressed in white clothes walking along Fifth Avenue. Thinking it might be some millionarie taking a stroll, the cop touched his hat respectfully, but on looki#tg more closely he was convinced that the pedestrian was even minus a string of beads. The policeman of- fered the nude traveler his coat to protect at least some portion of his indecency, but his generosity was spurned by the naked one, who de- clared that he was on his way to the Waldorf Astoria to: meet the Lord, and he wanted the Lord to get an eye- full, This was too much for the cop who had a different conception of what the same Lord would like to look at. He took his charge to the station, eee HE writer once knew a perfectly sane person in Boston. At least outside of the fact that he went to church regularly, he acted normally. But one Sunday afternoon this man took a little catholic prayerbook and went out on the street preaching the “word of god” like a Salvation Army exhorter, An Irish policeman, hear- ing the name of Christ mentioned rather too frequently thought the of- fender was swearing. dom use the name Christ outside of a church except for emphasis. Think- ing was acting and the cop brought his club down violently on the head of the over-enthusiastic christian, who went to heaven shortly afterwards. The cop thot he had finished off a protestant and was perfectly satisfied that he had done his duty. e. 6,4 NOTHER . clergyman is arrested and charged with sodomy. Every day stories of this kind appear in the Send for a catalogue of all Com- | ress. Yet there are no editorials Kepaturd, * OE ag PS a 8 ee Catholics sel- th By T. J. O'Flaherty | dency to incite those suffering from it to sodomy, Had all those clergymen who violate the moral code, been atheists or agnostics, the air would be filled with the shrieks of raving preachers advocating the execution of those found guilty of doubting the authenticity of the bible, UNION DRIVERS MAY REFUSE T0 CARRY SCABS (Continued trom page 1) then went into the printing - business for himself, but he was equally unfor- tunate or rather his creditors were. He trimmed them all. “Yellow Kid” Weil, the famous confidence man, who checks on imaginary banks had noth- ing no Linderman allias Lindy. After leaving his creditors holding the bag, this incurable .strikebreaker even went so far as to separate a friend of his from his violin. This got Lin- dy alias Linderman into the toils of the law, but a legal understudy, in the office ofa well known lawyer got him out of the toils, This understudy is a brother-in-law of “Stuss’ Singer, scab superintendent in the Cuneo plant. \ Singer’s brother-in-law got the job in the lawyer's office thru the influ- ence of Shurford “Marble-top” Marks. Linderman beat it out of Chicago but he was brot in here again and is work- ing at his favorite profession, which is strikebreaking. Among the many changes made by e against Seymour “Stu Singer, is that he was the cause of Johnny Grant’s death, a pro- gressive pressman who was fighting Berry during the 1919 strike in New York City. Singer is reported to have blackjacked Grant, the beating bring- ing fatal results, Another rat is “Zeb” Maranville, from Kansas City. “Zeb” brot twelve men into the Cuneo plant to scab, but ten of them returned when they learned the cause of the trouble, Policemen armed with rifles are CHARGE AGAINST W. P, ORGANIZER IS. DROPPED (Continued from page 1) hours, but this w@uld not do. A Rus- sian comrade working in one of the mills offered. a’ bank book that night, but this would jeopardize his job, and his offer was not accepted by Simons. The result—a little stretch of 18 hours in the coop. At 9 o'clock Monday morning, Sim- ons pleaded not guilty to the charge as stated above. They tried to rush the thing thru, but Simons demanded, a continuance till Wednesday. Appear- ing with Attorney Somers of Meriden on Wednesday, Simons was informed that the Monday morning charge. was dropped, and a charge placed of vend- ing merchandise without a license. Al- tho the prosecuting attorney admitted that a newsboy needed no license, yet Simons was fined $10 and costs, amounting to $22 in all. Appeal was taken to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven, the case coming up early in September. | While the New Haven and Derby papers featured the radical propaganda distribution, they did not tell the truth, omitting en- tirely the dropping of the silly, pre- posterous charge first made. It is ap- parent to the workers that the Derby authorities tried to drive the Workers Party out of that city, Shelton is the home of Blumen- thal’s. The local police chief, taking orders from the mill owners, desired to designate the corner for us to speak on. He told us to come to him before 12 o’clock on the day we wished to speak, which makes adver- tisement among the mill slaves im- possible. The Workers Party could not consent to such a ruling. Since there is no city ordinance, it is not necessary to get permission from the police chief. Such is our contention. The first noon meeting, the first held in years, was not stopped; the reason, it appears now, being that the cops were asleep at the switch, not even knowing it was going on. Last Tuesday the workers were informed about it, and about 450 were listening to Simons tell about the insipid charge over in Derby, when the pompous chief arrived, enraged, and arrested the speaker for speaking without a permit. Simons was released after two hours on bail of $100 cash. (In the Derby case the court reauved the bail to $300.) rae At the back of these arrests is the story of the Shelton Looms, of the Workers Party aid to the strikers six weeks back, of carrying on propagan- da thru leaflet distribution and speak- ing to the Weavers’ Social Club. The ~. Weavers have decided to participate in the Textile Workers’ Conference in New York on Sept. 6th. This propa- ganda is becoming a thorn in the side of the Shelton Loom owners. And the police of the two neighboring towns are co-operating with the mill magnates. The effect of the arrests has been to show the Shelton workers that the. police and the courts are against them and on the side of the boss. Never have those workers heard more about the Communist message, They are beginning to understand it and sympathize with it. No Production in Struck Shop of Tador Boss (Continued from Page 1) bail with the exception of John (Pat- sy) De Rosa. De Rosa, who is in the Maxwell street station under $100,500 bail, refused to allow the Amaigamat- ed to put up this bail, declaring he would rather stay in until Friday, when the case comes up for a hearing before Judge Lyle. William A. Cunnea, attorney for the Amalgamated, will ask for a change of venue on the ground that Judge Lyle has shown prejudice. Judge Lyle stated he thot De Rosa guilty. Bernard Raeling, one of the strik- ers, who was charged with “malicious mischief,” appeared in the Maxwell police court yesterday, and his case was continued until Friday, when the sixteen other union officials and strik- ers will appear on similar charges, The union officials are also charged with “conspiracy.” Raeling is out on $3,000 bond. Two pickets, Sarah Mondella and nother girl striker, were taken from the picket line by police yesterday and arrested. They are charged with “dis- orderly conduct.” : The strike benefits were paid as usual yesterday, $12 to strikers with dependent families and $8 to the oth- ers, re: @ NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—(FP)—All injunctions in recent New York labor history are outdone by the amazing decree issued by Supreme Court Judge Churchill against the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union in its strike against the International Clothing Co, The writ not only forbids “picketing, in any manner whatsoever,” but bans congregating of strikers within eleven city blocks of the plant. Judge Churchill's injunction is first aid to the firm, following a second walkout which stripped the plant of most of the strikebreakers imported since the original walkout seven weeks ago. In reply the union an- hownces it will keep the strike flag flying ix New York as ‘n Chicago, where success Spproaching, "