The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 27, 1925, Page 1

| | The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 195. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY N amazing discovery that would do credit to Tic Toc, the mythical French detective, was emblazoned in the columns of the Chicago American last Saturday. Under several double column heads the story was told of a deep seated conspiracy, with head- quarters on-the South Side of Chicago, , which had no other aim than to ovet- shop throw the capitalist system, to estab- lish a Soviet Republic in the United States and to emancipate the Negroes from wage slavery as well as from the race persecution and discrimina- tion to which they are now subjected. oo 8 'HE sleuth who snuffled this piece of intelligence out of the revolution- ary labyrinths was a colored fink by the name of Brusseaux, who runs @ confidence game under the comic weudonym of the Keystone Detective Agency. Whether Brusseaux is trying to outdo the Keystone Comedies or not may not be learned until the great dick begins to write his autobiog- raphy or perhaps until somebody else writes his obituary. It can be said, however, that Mr. Brusseaux is one of the country’s greatest snuffle hounds and can smell a Pullman blanket farther than a prohibition agent can smell a bottle of synthetic gin. ASKS BOSSES TO FIRE MILITANTS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, August 25.—Several additional dress and cloak is discharged workers this morning as a result of last Thurs- re 8 stoppage called by the Joint Committee of Action of Locals 2, 9. and 22, and nine more shops reinstated the workers they had locked out last Friday. Altogether, about 50 shops have been affected by the stoppage and settlements have been made by the Joint Committee of Action in half-of these. There are still 25 shops on strike. The discharges today, according to Louis Hyman, chairman of the Joint Committee of Action, were made with the direct “2 * RUSSHAUX’S finkery is somewhere on the South side of the city. When he’is not holding up women of easy virtue for part of the wages of their misfortune, he is employed ran- sacking the kitchens of Pullman port- ers for forks, spoons, and other art- icles that employes of the Pullman company may confiscate in lieu of wages. Colored workers from the South side say even worse than that of Brusseaux. Unfortunately the postal laws prohibit a certain kind of language from going thru the mails and the record of Brusseaux can only be told by the use of the prohibited language. Our readers will have no difficulty in believing anythng about a detectve except something good. = © y dbicerss is going to be a Negro La- bor Congress in Chicago next Oc- tober. How this news trickled out re- maffied a mystery for several half sec- authorization of the Joint Board. In many of the shops now on strike, the employer is perfectly willing to take back his workers but the Joint. Board threatens to take away the cutters if the 1 operators and finishers are re- turned to their jobs. . shops, where the whole shop refuses to answer the call of the Joint Board to attend a shop meeting, the Joint 2 . Board, is reporting to the jobber that this is not a “nion shop any longer and if he deals with it he is violating his agreement with the union. “Such are the tactics President ° | to the world that he will ask the em- F inds Favor at London’ pioyers not to penalize workers for le last week’s stoppage,” says Louis Anglo-French Meeting Hyman. “The employers want the workers to work; the Joint Committee LONDON, Aug. 25.—THe question of Action wants the workers allowed whether the United States cannot be| ‘© Work—all workers regardless of brought into the Anglo-French war| Whether they side with the Joint debt conversations to the end that a| Committee in this fight, or not. But for the liquidation of allied liabilities| Jobs away from everyone who will hag entered without delay into the| °t sive them support and pay them discussions which are being contin-/ ues. They will use every sort of ued today between Winston Churchill, ‘rforism to gain their ends. But chancellor of the exchequer, and M.| Stead of gaining what they want Caillaux, French finance minister. they only make enemies for them- States may be brought into the par-|| Most of the employers are willing leys is being broached so cautiously to live up: to. their agreement with that probably soon after this is in the union. It is only the Joint Board type, there will be the usual diplomatic Officials’ same old policy of looking Sentath, out for themselves first and ths work- Nevertheless it 1s understood today | °T last, that is creating the present In the case of certain contracting | Sigman uses after he has announced tri-partite agreement might be made the Joint Board is striving to take The questions of how the United selves both inside the union and out. that M. Catllaux and. Charchill én- difficulties in the industry. r immediate]; it to onds until it suddenly dawnéd on the a discuseh 4 Pigievictsod ay per to. have straightened out very initiated that Negro labor organizers; }o5 "the Ualten 4 io. seanl “Ag to. the -tr0 the progressive kind, were spending consderable sums of money advertis- ing the fact. In fact they have a pa-' per known as the Negro Champion, which comes out twice a month and ‘into the parleys. _ Ask U. S, to Come In. a While no decision was reached as'to whether the United States shall bé} The Group of Progressive: Pressers tells the world that the Negroes are} invited immediately to join the par-jof Local 35 have called a general out to organize and to fight for their| leys it was said that the French min-/ membership meeting for Thursday, rights regardless of the opposition ister and the English chancellor were] August 27, in Webster Hall right af- placed in their way by the capitalists} of one mind that American participa-| terj work. and their white and colored stoolpige-| tion would expedite a settlement; first] At the last regular membership ons. of the question of France’s debt to} meeting of Local 35 this progressive ee England and secondly, a general ad group rolled up a large vote against WO columns of space in Hearst’s| justment of the whole problem of ii}the Joint Board resolution «nd voiced rag told of the conspiracy to radi- ternational war debts. " Ey strongly the sympathy of a calize the Negro workers and make Conference Marking Time, ‘ge Portion of the members with the them acquainted with the progress} Little progress is being made.in the}|7OMt Comittee of Ac‘. being made in the Soviet Union. A| parleys. Both parties to the conver-} Ths8aay’s meeting will discnss picture of a colored comrade seated|sations seem to be marking time, Plans ise further co-operation with among a number of red soldiers was} seems to be marking time. It seems HUccals, » 9 and 22 in their fight featured as evidence that the Ameri-|to be already determined that a final|48#inst the corrupt officials of the can Negro Labor Congress 1s~a con-| settlement of the French debt to Dng-| "/cn : spiracy hatched in Moscow. It proves| land cannot be made in advance of ‘4e one thing to the Negroes, and that is,| French settlement with the Uni.ed that in Soviet Russia the Negro is not] States to be undertaken in Washing: looked down upon because of his color] ton next month. The French adhesion but is given a place of honor. (Continued on page 3) a aK i bejaag Negro workers who are en- gaged in the task of helping to emancipate their people from racial J discrimination and wage slavery should be grateful to Hearst’s filthy rag for the advertising, tho the publicity STR i was not intended a favor, If stool- a on the Hearst sheet. Anybody who POLICE COUR wants to learn all there is to be fe learned about the Negro Labor Con- P ae gress can do so by subscribing to Re te Amalgamated to Show pigeon Brusseaux got paid for his rub- the Negro Champion, ready to comply with ovr demands.” Pressers Meet, Radio Experts. Elated. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—A revolu- tionary advance in present day meth- ods of radio reception has been ob- tained thru the new high power ex- perimental broadcast tests now in Progress from station WGY, Schenec- tady, experts of the department of mae se believed today. British Accept Peking Bid. LONDON, Aug. 25.— The foreign office today formally accepted the in- vitation from the Chinese government at Peking for Great Britain, to send representatives to the customs con- ference to be opened in Peking Oc- tober 26. bish, he was putting something over ee . d to Show! (EveRY N.Y. DAILY mat te sean ot stort semen] Picket Not “Violent” | |" wopven iecur BE AT Ladies’ Garment Workers Union is ex: tremely delicate is proven by a long mated Clothing Workers Union, part wail which he sends forth in a-recent] 9¢ the g00 striking employés of the issue of Justice, the official organ of) | tayloninternational Tailoring the union. Sigman declares that he Company, will appear in Sie eninge! has no thtention of expelling anybody | court at city hall this morning:to-ar because of his or her opinions but) swer to charges of violating the Cuth- Communsts are traitors antl spies and| pertson. “peaceful picketing” law. so on ad nauseum, “I am a socialist) nose strikers wel in the wider meaning of the word” picket line at 847 West Jackson boule- declares Sigman, Just like Ramsay| yarq quring the last few weeks, and MacDonald, his conception of social- thrown into jail by the police on the ism is so wide that he walks right) oompiaint of the tailoring company. bday Pa ioe dora This is the first time a case has come before the courts where an em- HB reason why Sigman uses up 4! dover charges strikers with violation whloe front page of his sheet in an/ of the law which allows picketing. In appeal to the members of the interna-| order to prevent the strikers from tional not to join the Joint Council of) warning away strikebreukers, the com- Action is not far to seek. The great) pany has made numerous charges of fnajority of the membership have re-| “assault” and “disorderly conduct pudiated him. At first he publicly {8-) afmed to ostablish that the picketing nored the opposition. Non gear is “violent, it the htshest compliment issulng | Attorney Ryan, a frenzied tirade against it, Sigman] 9q, wil Hag pes ofong Prsron ‘s is a living example of what will hap-| iawful and that no violence was in- pen to others of his tribe when the) dulged in except by the poli The workers whom they have betrayed! case will be heard in room 1106, city wake tp. fuss halt ‘before a jury, Thirty-five members of the Amaig MEETING MONDAY NITE é NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—New York DAILY WORKER Agents will hold a most important meeting next Mon- day evening, August 31, at eight o'clock, at 108 East 14th street, to make arrangements regarding the DAILY WORKER excursion to take Place just one week later, and de- clde on plans for the future. Every branch of the Worke Party and Young Workers League in Greater New York, and every shop nucleus should be represented at this meeting, as the tickets for the DAILY WORKER excursion will be distributed there, According to unanimous vote of the last DAILY WORKER agents’ meeting every DAILY WORKER agent wishing to go on the execur- sion MUST attend a DAILY WORK. ER agents’ mi ng. If you want to see the Com- munist movement grow—get a sub for the DAILY WORKER. HE DAIL Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 192%, ae ce aw when the union officials are UGGLE WI PHILADEL the expiration — between miners stave off the expeeted strike on Septe broken off three w their stand, John Le Iga report on the ide by Comrade or, at the Work- ths of experience ir daily organ has enabled us to tinnumerable prac- tical instances: which to judge the way to bi dd d stimulate our press into what Comrade Lenin said it should be, the tive organizer of the party he masses. These | have been of many kinds and im almost every fleld of mass activity, Yanging from our national election n, thru cam- Arade union bu- reaucracy, to spokesman of thousands of is engaged in the struggle with » dealing with the smallest # shop and job news and lences of the working what do these experiences 2 First, that our daily paper, is very far fro Second, that and a majority” think, do not tant function BERRY | A The nineteen we have had: too » Particularly XY WORKER, mass press. as a whole comrades, I ulize the impor- nunist press ‘ “Most of these dificulties wercx-b_ <a > © } 5 God of Good Luck This is the eleventh of a series International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union. _* © Article XI. Besides being an industrial magnate “Majeh” George L. Berry can also lay claim to being a farmer. Berry ,“bor- rowed” $12,000 from the International treasury. According to the auditor's report made in 19i9 Berry still owed that money to the Union. Later on the indebtedness was assumed by the Clinchfield Hydro-Electrie Company, another one of Berry's handy institu- tions, which was alleged to be owned by the international union. This was a case of “robbing Peter to pay Paul.” Berry’s farm is five hundred acres in area and much of the labor done on the farm is supplied by me union and most of the supplies and materials used are purchased with union funds. Berry was in the habit of stabling his live stock in the barn and feeding it at the expense of’the niternational Union, and for this there has never been any compensation, Capitalist Minded Leaders. When Communists’say that the labor fakers have a vested Interest in the capitalist system, they are not merely using a figure of speech. There is no doubt about it. The workers would be just as well served! by the leadership of Henry Ford, Charlie Schwab, Judge Gary or John D. Rockerfeller jr. as they are by William Green, John L. Lewis, James Lynchor George L. Ber- ry. The latter aresjust as capitalist- ically minded as the former, but they are not as wealthy They believe in perpetuating the capitalist system, be- cause under this social order they can get along very well, without rendering any useful service 40 society but living at the expense of ithe workers, “Majah” Berry, was also a printer. He owned the Knoxwille Printing Com- pany. It is true his “Good Man Fri- day” Joseph Orr was also one of the incorporators, In 1910 the printing company was owned by the Interna- tional Union. The Board of Directors, for reasons which they failed to divul- ge to the membership decided to dis- continue the business. This was a golden opportunity for Messers Berry and Orr. It is said that opportunity knocks at least once on everybody's door, Berry is ndt hard of hearing. Not only does he hear the knock but he supplies the knoeker. Messers Ber- ry and Orr actually;comprised the so- called Board of Dinectors which is in session whenever Berry happens to be (Continuedcon page 6) ZENA, x“ |A, Ra., August 25.—With but five days remaining beforé he present anthracite coal agreement, secret meetings Goal operators were reported here. today in an effort to sonferences have attained no more success than the articles exposing the crooked career of George L. Berry, president of the } \EL A Pts . NEW YORK EDITION Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Warhington Bivd,, Chicago, UL COMMUNIST CONVENTION HEARS REPORT ON THE PARTY PRESS; BIG DEMONSTRATION FOR UNITY The demonstration which marked the opening of Monday's ea” Price 3 Cents TH THE OPERATORS mber 1. eeks ago at Atlantic City. president of the-United Mine Workers, Is continuing his | Session of the Fourth Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party over the determination of unity in the party against all possibility of a split, as told in yesterday’s DAILY WORKER, was followed by the reading of communications. A telegram was read from an assembly of Communists at a pienie in Cleveland, Ohio, urging unity of the party and assert- ing the purpose of those sending the message to work for unity within, to carry on objective + and do not as yet understand the A mighty weapon that the Communist work outside the party. press 1s in every field of party actiy-| _ADPpeals were read trom Comrades ity. Candella and Presi concerning dis- Now, why {s our press not a mass|iPlinary measures taken against press? Well, the answer of course is| them, also from the South Slavic easy if one wants to be formal. We| Bureau against the seating of. Com- can say that it is because our party | "de Fisher as fraternal delegate. All is not a.mass party. But this is an| Were referred to the appeals commit evasion of the real issue and it is| te. CHINESE BOYCOTT OF BRITISH PORT IS CAUSING WORRY (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON—Dispatches from Hong Kong state that the English popu- lation of that British controlled port are becoming very much concerned over the Chinese boycott of the con- cession. British business Interests held a mass-meeting and demanded of their government an ultimatum to China threatening a British navel blockade of Canton unless the bay- cott Is lifted. British business te at a standstill in Hong Kong. to 21. POLISH TERRO ADOPTED BY W. P, Appeal Which Poland Cynically Denied The following resolution on the Pol- only by a clear and merciless criti-| Comunications were read from the cism. of our press,an appraisal of, its | Mothers’ League of Massachusetts and weaknesses and shortcomings as well| the United Workers’ Co-Operative As- as substantial appreciation of -its| S0ciation of Beacon, N. Y. A com- strong points and its services to the| ™umication from Comrade Fislerman labor and revolutionary movement| Contesting the seating of Comrade swer to this question. The party or-| committee. gans have not as yet accustomed Honor Polish Victims. themselves to using the DAILY| The convention was notified by the WORKER as their principal weapon | chair that the three comrades, Kniev- in every struggle. The party as a| ski, Rutkovski and Gibner, members oases whole and individual comrades, have} of the Communist Party of Poland, not as yet realized that it is jost a8| whose death sentence by drumhead TRY T0 BLUFF much the duty of Communists to write | court martial the convention had pro- read it. ecuted by the Polish white guard gov- There are innumerable instances of | ernment. both of these weaknesses I have men- By unanimous agreement the con- tioned. Let me cite a few, and I hope| vention assembly arose and stood that the comrades when I pick out! siient as a mark of grief for the death ‘i ’ (Continued on page 3) of these comrades and of honor to Organization of Conventton Rules. puesta The convention then began consider- 2 ARRIVED MT MOSCOW ag me the rules 4 the aes of John Hays Hammond m the subjects upon the agenda. Com- GET WARM GREETING radeg Lovestone, Cannon, Statchel, Grand Stand for Bosses Bittelman, Ballam, Weinstone, Manley, “ Minor, Bimbo, Kruse taking the floor BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 25.—I have MOSCOW, Aug. 25— Two Japan no fear of an anthracite strike,” said ese airplanes on a flight from To- {agenda or the composition of com-|John Hays Hammond, former chair- to London arrived at Moscow | mittees. today. The Soviet officlais extended |, The proposals, of Comrade, Mallam ion. “Two years ago! told John a fe to. _alrmen. 10 time L. Lewis, president of the United Mine ? Workers of America, that 1 would defy him to call a strike. | said to him: ‘Mr. Lewis, you are; an intelli- gent man. You can‘ecall a strike, but Officers and Committees. Il find there will be no anthracite As permanent officers of the conven-|market left.” ion the following were nominated and| | John Hays Hammond is in New those receiving the higher vote gland working for the gas and coke lecte For chairman, Foster, 40, mpanies, who are taking advantage fitlow, 21; for vice-chairman, Wein- the present coal situation to propa- ecretary, Baker, 40 votes; Benjamin,| Lewis calls a strike,” Hammond said, 21; for assistant secretary, Grecht,| ‘J don’t think the miners would stay 40 votes, Benjamin, 21, Quy they would go into the nonunion The committee on reorganization| mines to find work.” and constitution, consisting of 13] At the same time that Hammond members, was finally composed as fol-| made the above statement for public ish white terror was presented by} jows: Proposed by majority, Cannon,| Phia was t the miners and opera- B. K. Gebert, fraternal delegate from Abern, Hathaway, Bell, Burman,| tors are more estranged than ever. Polish section, W. P. of A., to the Lowrie, Karath and Sjoman; pro-| Last-minute efforts are being made by fourth national convention, Workers posed by minority, Ruthenberg, Love-| the business interests in the anthra- (Communist) Party, Aug. 21-25, 1925: | stone, Ballam, Jakira and Zelms. cite field to effect a setlement and “Whereas, Three Polish workers, The resolutions committee was| Lewis has obliged the coneiliators to have been sentenced to death for de-| and three from the minority as fol-| Called to find means of stopping the fending themselves from a murderous | jows: Dunne, Johnstone, Owens, Sul-| ‘tTike. But the men in the anthracite attack by the police; and ivan and Levine; minority, Wein-| elds are firm and have no intention “Whereas, The death sentences| stone, Bedacht and Minor. of backing down. Lewis is in constant given these brave workers mark the Askeli Speaks, telephone communication with the opening of a new offensive against the Comrade Askeli being present, he coal fields and there is no Indication than that which filled the jails with] motion deferring his speech from the | fle sentiment among the miners as to workers and in which Lantsutsky,! previous day. He explained briefly | #¢eede an inch of the demands, champion of the Polish workers, was] that he had not been “hiding” the day| The capitalization of the substitute saved from the gallows only by the! previous, but was working at his edi-|>luft by Hammond and the coke com- united efforts of the labor and revolu-| torial tasks at his hotel for the|P&mies will have no effect on the an- tionary movements of all countries; | Tyomies. In regard to his article, thracite miners, who know very well “Whereas, The Polish cobeciseat, est criticism, he alone was respon- | ‘ity. Nevertheless, Coolidge at Swamp- fn {ts ceaseless warfare on S6viet| sible. He contended that altho there|%°tt has given his support to the Russia and the Polish workers and{may have been errors in the style | Propaganda by stating he hoped the peasants, is acting as the tool of| and. working of his article, the theo-| "8° of substitutes and the refusal of French and American imperialism; | retical line was thoroly Communist, |C"Sumers to pay high prices would therefore be it in answer. to a question upon his posi-|!" @"¥ case make the strike of short vention of the Workers (Communist) 4 pte dered es Sores ated gp pe Barty’ ot Aphacian daclanea tis 'xevcles (Continued on page 3) forward to a strike resignedly. tionary solidarity with the condemned comrades and the Polish working HEAD OF NEW YORK FEDERATION OF class, calls upon the American work- ers to protest against these atrocities LABOR FORCED TO ADMIT DAWES wont mre tie iver of tase ve| PLAN RECRUITS U. S. JOBLESS ARMY tims of capitalist class justice; and ve Recolved, That a telegram of pro.| SYRACUSE, N. ¥., August 25—The Dawes plan is responsible for the test be sent the American govern: | Wav of unemployment in this country, James P. Holland, president of the ment, the Polish president and ambas- tate Federation of Labor here today, in a report which also reiterated demand for passage of a child labor law. Holland charged Germany is paying her reparations in goods which are being dumped on the American markets with large profits to international financiers and a resulting decrease activity in American manufacturing estab- ishments. that we can arrive at the correct an-| Lowrie was referred to the credential for their press as it is for them to} tested at its first session, had been ex- U their memory. to. propose or argue changes in the man of the United States Coal Com- you win you will lose, because you tone; elected without opposition; for Iwi for anthracite substitutes. “It lows: 8 majority, 5 minority as fol-| Consumption, the word from Philadel- Gibner, Kniewski, and Rutkovski,| lected with five from the majority| the extent of going to a conference Polish working class even more brutal] was given the figor by rule of the|that he will so far defy the rank and and which had been subjected to the sever- that anthracite is an industrial neces- ‘tank duration. The president seems to “Resolved, That. this national con- | ‘fon"in regard to the resolution of the othe a to be and to unite with the workers of the fe sador, and the Communist fraction in » On the child labor amendment, he said: the Polish diet. “Freedom for Gibner, Kniewski and Rutkovaki! “Freedom for the Polish Workers and peasants! “Down with the Polish terror go | “Need for such a national law:grows with every day that delays ite nactment, and New York 6 should not be denied its proper place as a ratifying state by the machinations of disloyal partisans hooked up with profit-taking debauchers of child labor, Children of tender a are being dwarted and deformed by long work days and dangerous employment, and deprived of education in a number of backward states, where the whip of ernment! “Long live the international solidar- greed is the coptre of authority.” {ty of the working class under the banner of the Communist Interna. tional!” Build the DAILY WOR! with subs, ition, was forced to confess at the opening of the convention of the —