The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 21, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government * Vol. HL 8g,00. Subscription Rates: Suisise Gistea by tah, eo see yeu. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1925 ea” "et on x 3 se fo THE DAIL WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter Séptember 21, 1923, at the Fost Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act 6f March %, 1879. Blame “Majah” Berry’ s Gunmen for Shooting NETROMT CARPENTERS FIND HALL BLOCKED BY HUTCHESON FAKELRS IN COMMAND OF STATE COSSACKS (Sperial to The DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 19.—Hutcheson’s union wreckers, | Daily Worker) John Pests and Sam Botterill, having forfeited the confidence of the membership by their expulsion policy, having the refusal of the Detroit police department to do. their dirty work, recalling vith pain their sad injunction exp have turned to the last resort of force of the state constabulary. erience in Wayne county courts, entrenched privilege, the brute When the members of Local Union No. 19, Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, assembled for meeting, they found Potts and Botterill stationed at the door of the hall surrounded by the state cossacks, pointing out those’ who had earned the official cispleasure by remembering their manhood and refusing to sign AS WE SEE IT By T. J, OFLAHERTY ALVIN COOLIDGH lets it be known that he will lop another $40,000,- 000 off the tax bill of the wealthy own- ers of the United States. The plutes naturally make merry and plan to take long trips around the world and purchases new fineries for their wives and-other parasites. In the meantime the textile workers of New England are drawing in their belts and taking their ten per cent wage cut as best they can. se On of the readers of the DAILY WORKER does not like the way certain people are lacerated in this column, from time to’time, Recently a dead czarist was complimented for ‘putting ~his-eancass to- geod use~f0r: the first time, by supplying fertilizer to a few feet of Russian soil. Our sub- scriber objected to this on the ground that the language was a trifle coarse. Perhaps, but that is,how we feel about grand dukes.: *:.*).* RT BRISBANE says that European civilization is not perfect, but that it is superior to the Abd-el-Krim brand. "Therefore, observes Art, France is de- fending civilization, such as it is, and the Riffs must be slaughtered. Bris- bane inevitably ‘takes occasion to say @ good word for the airplane as a4) weapon of murder. One of those days the truth will break out that Art and William Hearst, his employer, have considerable money invested in air- | plane factories. ee a° is generally agreed that capital- ism in Great Britain is by no means as healthy as it used to be. The em- polyers are howling that they cannot make any profits. There are one mil- Non and a half of workers unem- ployed, This means that large per- centage of the working class popula- ~* Hutcheson’s yellow dog pledge, and ordering their removal from the premises. Insists on Gettting Pinched. After a dozen or so had been refused admittance, Jack Reynolds, former president of Local Union No, 19, in- sisted on entering the meeting. He was forcibly ejected from the entrance and bullrushed to the street. Return- ing to the fray and again demanding admittance, he was placed under ar- rest by orders of Pottts and taken to the 12th Street police station, where the inspector insisted that Potts swear out a warrant, This Potts, mindful of the opinion of Judge Hunt in the injunetion case which the inspector was reading, re- fused to do. It was then discovered that the jurisdiction in this case lay in another police precinct and Rey- nolds was removed to the Trumbull panied by Potts. A Left Wing White Elephant. ie a lengthy discussion {h which the inspector went into the métits of the case he suggested that théy Hunt. Evidently Potts dt, not consider Judge Hunt partial or credulotts enuf act upon the suggestion. After the inspector had washed his hands of the whole proposition it wamagreed between Potts and the captainpof the cossaks that Local Uniony:No. 19 should adjourn forthwith. ‘Thefi Rey- nolds was released. Fakers Leagued With state Police. It was stated by a member of the constabulary that there were twenty of them in and about the buflding and that they had come direct from Lan- sing for t' - ,vo by orders of Governor Grosbeck. The “cap in hand” attitude of Potts towards the police is typical of the petty tyrant who .cringes before authority and tyrannizes over those whose livelihood he controls and from whose sweat he lives. tion of England is starving. Yet, ac- cording to the newspapers the ruling classes of England are eating, drink- ing and making merry as never before. “ee ‘HE latest fad in London is giving freak supper parties at which the guests wear masks specially designed to accentuate their personalities. The supper usually starts at midnight and ends when the guests are all played out, Idle women of the bourgeoisie who claim they have peotic souls wear ivory white masks while those who consider themselves clever and ingenious appear with rosy cheeks and wide staring eyes. ar HIS is the way the capitalists frit- ter away the wealth produced by the workers, Yet, we, are told those who seek to put-an end to this hellish system, are foes of the family. Fancy men and women'Wwho never do @ stroke of productive work but live lives of sensuality and debauchery charging the revolutionary workers with a desire to destroy the home and (Continued on page 2) Potts represents that strata of the labor movement which has graduated so many members into the fink, thug, and “labor agent” fraternity. When the rank and file ends his career as a “labor leader” he will have qualified as a police organizer and may organ- ize a state constabulary for Indiana if it is not as yet so, “blessed.” Surpassed Expectations, We have remarked before that Hutcheson’s slimy crew in Detroit would continue to plumb new depths of infamy. We admit, however, that they have surpassed even our expec- tations in this direction. We urge the membership of the brotherhood to keep their eyes Detroitward if they wish to get the low-down on the black- legs who represent the general office in Detroit. Since Hutcheson’s tale of woe has turned the stomachs of the Detroit police officials he has earned the contempt and censure of a‘Wayne county judge, and must even revolt the state constabulary, there will be nothing left for the Fat Boys of In- dianapolis but to “tell it to the ma- rines.” GERMANS BEFORE SOVIET COURT ARE FASCITS, SPIES AND FORGERS COMMUNIST PARTY’S LETTER SHOWS MOSCOW.~A letter of Germany, read before rom the central committee of the Communist Party Soviet court trying the three German fascists for attempting terrorist, acts, disclosed that Kindermann and Dittmar were mem- bers of the fascist group, Organization Communist Party as spies. Germany. The fascists were, ar (Continued Consul, in Germany, and entered the Wolscht was unknown to the Communist Party of ed in the Soviet Union when it was found their | pI on page 3) station, under-police escort and x4 Jointly lay their differenres before” Judge for his purposes, for he deelined to EXCURSION STEAMER EXPLOSION KILLS 33; MORE THAN 60 SCALDED NEWPORT, R. 1, Aug, 19—An investigation was started today by the federal government into the Mackinac excursion steamed disas- ter which has brot death to 33 and injured over 60 people. A boiler on the Mackinac explod- ed when the boat was passing the Newport naval training station in Narragansett bay, bound from New- port to Pawtucket with 677 exeur- sionists Aboard. WORKERS’ HOME SHOTS ARE FIRED THRU WINDOW OF James King Active in Cuneo Lockout a What is betieved to be the begin- ning of a campaign of terror against WORLD POWERS TO MEET AT PEKING T0 DISCUSS “CUSTOMS AGREEMENT” WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, — The “International Conference for the readjustment of Chinese customs,” in conformance with the treaties negotiated at the Washington arms confreence and ratified on Aug. 5 last, will be held on October 6 next at Peking, according to advice to the state department from minister MacMurray. The Chinese. government has ad- vised all the treaty powers con- cerned of this date. MORE POWER TO HIS ELBOWS FRENCH MARKING TIME IN RIFF, SYRIANS FIGHT Report Troops Rushed to Damascus PARIS, France, August. 19—The foreign office denies reports that an offensive has been launched against the Riffians in Northern Africa.. Mar- shal Petain has left for Morocco, and it was announced he will have charge of the operations against the natives, Altho there are already 84 battal- fons of French troops in Morocco, the military leaders are clamoring for 20 battalions more. Premier Painleve has admitted that, if he is forced to keep the troops in Africa thru the winter it will be a tremendous ex- pense and the shaky financial situa- tion is expected to be made more acute. Reports from Jerusalem .state that fighting between 4,000 French troops and 20,000 Syrians is about to take Place. Troops, have been sent to Damascus by Gen. Sarrail, “to main- tain order,” High Wind, Hits Mine Town, MURPHYSBORO, Ill, Aug. 19—A real n wihd,”"'Which reached cyclonic portion 8, 6 ehiigea damage here esti- mend’ fo, exceed $30,000 the locked out employes of the Cuneo Printing company, happened last Tues day night whén the home@of James King, at 2622 North Austin avenue, ‘member of the Pressmne’s Union, and one of the locked-out Cuneo employes, was shot up by gangsters believed to ve acting under the instructions of mour “Stuss’. Singer and Sam ecb ae both tools of “Majah” Berry and both gunmen with unsavory repu- tations. Singer is superintendent at the Cuneo printing plant and Freeman is a sort of lackey ‘for Harrington, busi- ness agent of Web Pressmen’s Local No. 7. Had Narrow Escape. King did not get home until after twelve o'clock atenight. He was on the picket line until late and.he lives away out on the: northwest side. His wife had just left the dining room to go into the kitehen about 11:30 at night when shes heard what. she thought was the sound of the back- firing of an automobile. One of the explosions sounded like shooting and she went to the window, lifted the shade and looked out. There was no automobile in sight. Found the Bullet. She paid no more atention to the matter and when her husband came home she did not mention the inct- dent. But yesterday morning while going about her work, ‘#he lifted the shade on one of the dining room windows and found a bullet hole, The bullet, a thirty-eight slugg;was found on the floor where it félf after hitting the (Continuea wn Page 2.) OW ea Nate So LY bea SAB a At alacant iat ee cect ono Ea ZEIGLER INQUEST JURY NAMES KU KLUXER SLAYER Sarovich Killed by Far- rington Gunman ZEIGLER, Ill, Aug. 19—A dozen deputy sheriffs accompanied Sheriff Henry Dorris here yesterday armed with fifty warrants for the arrest of 25 miners, members of; the Zeigler} ‘® keep out’ of this struggle; (3) to | Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Warhington Bivd., Chicago, lL NEW YORK A siithil TION Price 3 Cents TLE BOSSES FACING STRIKE ‘THOUSANDS OF GARMENT WORKERS FLING CHALLENGE OF BATTLE AT JOINT BOARD AND MANUFACTURERS (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, August 19.—In answer to a rumor that employers are threatening to discharge all members of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union who stop work at 3 o'clock Thursday, Aug. 20, the Joint Committee of Action assured the members of the union today that if any employer attempted this an immediate strike would be called in his shop. The Joint Board officials, realizing that a mass of thirty or forty thousand workers are planning to walk out on Thursday, are making this last desperate effort to stem the tide by cons on the manufacturers to issue+— threats. “There is such a strong sentiment among the workers in favor of this stoppage that the union officials are frightened,” says Louis Hyman. “They realize at last that their machine is tottering and that the workers instead of being impressed by their terror- istic methods are all prepared to defy hem: “We have 10 meeting halls already engaged, and we are trying to find five more. If the Joint Board and the employers want to turn this two-hour stoppage into a permanent strike let them try to carry out their threats and see what happens.” How the garment workers are meet- ing the united front of the Sigman gang and the bosses may be seen by the following resolution of the dress- makers of Local 22: Resolution of Dressmakers. “We, the dressmakers of Local 22, assembled at a general membership meeting im Webster hall on Tuesday, tions: “Whereas, the clique of th Board and the International, int gether [with a few discredited members, of our. local, are now carrying thru a fake election for a new executive™board and manager of our local, without our consent and in the face of our most outspoken opposition; and “Whereas, thru this fake election they aim to take possession of the reeords and the property of our local, invorder to terrorize the membership | for their loyalty to our struggle for a union controlled by the rank and file, and ‘to force them to recognize and | pay dues to the discredited Joint Board; therefore be it “Resolved, that we most emphatica- ally condemn this fake election which is intended to force the membership to submit to the autocratic rule of the Joint Board machine; and declare this act of calling this fake election against the will of the membership a disgrace to the labor movement. “We hereby declare that we shall not recognize, nor have anything to do ‘with the fake executive board and manager, and call upon the entire membership of our local to do like- wise. “The only officers of our local rec- ognized by the dressmakers are the members of the executive board and Aug. 18, adopt the following resolu- | BERRY LOOKS ON UNION AS HIS OWN PROPERTY Reactionary Leaders in Jadas Iscariot Role This is the sixth of a series of arti- cles exposing the crooked career of George L. Berry, president of the In- ternational Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union. The members of the international union are now de- termined to get rid of Berry and Berry- | ism. “*-* The reactionary bureaucrats who control the policies of the American Federation of Labor usually cover up their treachery by constant tirades against the radicals. Today the Com- munists are the only radical group ytunctioning inside « and becatise they are constantly work- ing towards the alm of uniting the scattered forees of labor and giving the movement a militant character, they have drawn down on their heads the wrath of the reactionary officials. The Fakers’ Smoke Screen. One would imagine that those bu- reaucrats were paragons of personal virtue and nuggets of altruism, by list- ening to their speeches or by reading their articles against the radicals. They always charge the Communists, progressives afd the honest elements in general with being against the gov- ernment, which is the capitalists’ gov- ernment, with seeking to destroy the unions, which is a brazen lie, and also with trying to secure personal advan- tage at the expense of the rank and file. George L. Berry is only one of the species. The pressmen and feeders are certain that Berry is the most cor- rupt of the lot. But the progressive miners feel the same way about John L. Lewis and the carpenters the same about William Hutcheson. The dif. ference is only one of degree. Why is this the case? The fact is that those reactionary bureaucrats look on the labor move- the manager whom we fave legally elected and to whom we have given our most loyal support in the present struggle. Warn Bosses, “Hands Off!” “We give our most hearty approval to the Joint Committee of Action, of which our executive board is a part, ment in the same light that the demo- cratic and republican politicians look on the city of Chicago, for instance: “It’s a fine city to loot!” That is the attitude of the politi cians towards city, state and national governments. They seek election for the purpose of robbery. It is called graft nowadays, but only when they for its prompt and courageous action | are caught. in arranging a two-hour stoppage in our industry on Thursday, Aug. 20, at 3 p.m, a warning to the employ- ers not to take advantage of our in- ternal struggle to undermine our unfon standards; (2) to force our employers local of the U. M. W. of A., charged compel the officials of the Joint Board, | with conspiracy in relation to fight in the local union hall last week precipitated. by. the shooting down of the | Who have long beén repudiated by the members, to leave our union; (4) to lecide on a general stoppage in our} a militant miner, Mike Sarovich; by | "dustry should the Joint Committee Alex Hargins, a K. K. K. Henry Corbishley, who was de- posed by the Farrington gang of the Sub-District officials, from his posi- tion of local union president shortly before the meeting date, is among those arrested, but late yesterday furnished bonds at Benton, Ill. Coroner's Verdict Blames K. K. K. At the coroner's inquest on Sunday, a verdict was rendered stating that Sarovich came to his death from a gunshot wound inflicted by Alex Har- gis, the klansman, ~* Five witnesses testified. Clarence Strumm, John Korniski, Dan Radisin and Rado Jurvick, members. of the Zeigler local who atte! ded the local meeting called by th ub-district of. (Continued of" pake 2) of Action deem this necessary. | “We pledge ourselves us one man| to cease work at the call of the Joint} Committee of Action, and to remain | on strike until the united front of the | discredited officialdom of the Joint | Board and the bosses has been broken, | and our struggle for a strong and militant whion, able to defend the in- terests of our membership, has been crowned with success.” Fog Blankets New York. NEW YORK, Aug.’ 19.The heavi- est summer fog in ten years descend- ed on New York early today, blanket- ing skyscrapers in invisibility and tying up shipping. Incoming liners | to await the lifting of the mist. were compelled to lay off Sandy.Hook The Unholy Alliance. Berry, Lewis, Hutcheson and com- pany take the same attitude towards (Continued on page 2) TIRED OF POSING AS WORKER, FOWLER I$ PARASITE AGAIN “The Prince” has come back to ten-o'clock: For six long months “His Royal Highness,” Fowler McCormick, scion of Harold and Edith Rockefeller McCormick, has been living in that strange and uncomfortable country where people get up at 5:30 in the morning, where they ride street cars, instead of limousines, where they work eight hours a day, and consider the movies a. big celebration. In other words Fowler has been working in his father’s Interna- tional Harvester factory at Mil- waukee, After he spends a few days at home, resting, etc., he expects to take a vacation trip to the Canadian lodge of Mrs, Fifi St'liman,, bp