The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 29, 1925, Page 3

RAID ON PICKET. |=" LINE FAILS, PAT DE ROSA FREED Grady Again Arrests Strikers in Frame-up Another raid on the Amalgamated Clothing Workers picket line, In front of the struck shops of the J. L. Taylor. International Tailoring Company, con- ducted by the slugging cop, Mike Gra- dy, failed when Judge Lyle was forced to release Patsy De Rosa, 21-year-old picket, De Rosa was released with- out booking after spending the night at the Maxwell street sta- tion. The detective bureau tried to frame up De Rosa for acid throwing, but no one could be found who would Identify the young striker as “crimi- nal.” Two other strikers were arrested , including one woman, Lucille Orlando. Both were released on bail. Strikers Secure Continuance. John A. Ryan, one of the Amalga- mated attorneys, secured a continu- ance for the thirty-five strikers who appeared to answer to charges of “violent” picketing. The strik- ers were charged with violating the Cuthbertson “peaceful picketing” law, the complaints charging “assault” and “disorderly conduct.” The cases will come up in the municipal court at city hall on Sept. 8. Sidney Rissman, assistant manager of the Chicago joint board of the Amalgamated, will appear in the Wau- kegan court Sept. 2nd to answer to charges of “conspiracy.” Rissman was arrested upon orders of the cham- ber of commerce, which is attempting to connect the union with acid throw- ing in small tailoring shops. Grady-Lyle Plot With Boss. The arrest of De Rosa is one more attempt of the Grady-Lyle combination to break the ranka of the striking garment workers. The International is trying to force tht Amalgamated to put up large sums of money in bonds, and Grady shows a significant willing- ness to take any action ordered by the clothing manufacturers. Judge Lyle, on his part, takes every opportunity to show his loyalty to the bosses, and it was only when the Amalgamated lawyers threatened to secure a second writ of habeas corpus that the Maxwell police released De Rosa. A few days ago Lyle held De Rosa on $105,000 bail on charges of “assault.” s+ Amalgamated Calls Off Strike. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27.—(FP)—With the close of the busy season the Amal- gamated Cfothing Workers have called off their strike against the open shop Curlee Clothing Co. of St. Louis. The strike began June 1 for a 25 per cent ‘wage increase, 44-hour week, improved conditions, recognition of the union and general wiping out of the degrad- ed circumstances in which workers are held by the Curlee concern. One hundred individuals had previously been dismissed for belonging to the (By Rosta News Agency.) MOSCOW —(By Mail) —Before| crossing the frontier at his leaving the Union of Soviet Republics, General! Hsu Shu-cheng addressed a telegram | to Georg Chicherin, people’s commis-| sary of foreign affairs, thanking for | the hearty reception General Hsu and} his mission in the U. S. S. R. and | expressing his warmest wish that the/ good relations between the two coun-| tries become still closer, In reply, Chicherin wired that he was happy to welcome, in the person of General Hau Shu-cheng, a repre- sentative of a great friendly people, and expressed his ¢onviction that the latter’s visit to the U. S. S. R. would} effectually contribute to the further strengthening of sincere friendship between the two peoples. ERAL HSU EXPRESSES HOPE FOR GREATER UNITY BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND CHINA In another telegram, addressed to the war and navy people’s commissary | Frunze, General Hsu Shu-cheng- con- veyed thanks for the military honor) | rendered to him and expressed his) best wishes for the further progress |of the Red Army, To this telegram} Mr. Frunze sent the following mes- | sage to the head of the Chinese mis- | sion also by wire: “The Red Army was happy to wel- come in your person the representa- tive of a great friendly people, which isso gallantly struggling for its na- tional unity and rights. In this heroic effort the Chinese people has the greatest sympathies of the peoples of the Soviet Union, “Please accept my best wishes and convey to the friendly people and army of China the brotherly greetings of the Red Army.” Young Workers to Have Big Outing on Next Saturday Area Branch No. 6 of the Young Workers League is giving an outing to Braeside on Aug. 29th. All League members are invited. We will meet at 2613 Hirsch boulevard at 7:30 in the morning. Take along a blanket and plenty of eats. A good program is arranged. Carlson Will Speak at Muskegon Picnic Sunday MUSKHGON, Mich., Aug. 27—The Workers Party of Muskegon will hold a picnic at McGraft park Sunday, Aug. 30th. Oliver Carlson, now of New York, formerly of Muskegon, will speak. Having recently returned from Europe, where he visited Germany, England, Sweden, Norway, spending most of his time in Soviet Russia, he will have an interesting story to relate to the Muskegon workers. Ed- ward Kosten, a well known labor man of Grand Rapids, will also speak. The day will open with games, en- tertainments, jollification. Dinner will be served at noon. A large crowd is STATE GOSSACKS PROTECT FAKERS FROM MEMBERS Detroit Carpenters in Revolt Against “Hutch” (Special to The Dally Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 27.—Hutche- son’s prize dumbbells, Potts and Bot- terill, have proven themselves incapa- ble of shame or reason, for despite the fact that the whole labor movement of Detroit is revolted by their use of state cossacks against the membership of the Brotherhood of Carpenters they continue their stupid policy of at- tempted coercion. Tonight six plain- clothes troopers and eight uniformed men imported from Flat Rock, Mich., were present to carry out Potts’ auto- cratic order that none but those who have signed their rights away by ac- cepting Hutcheson’s. yellow dog pledge may enter the union meeting hall. Old Timers Arrived. After many had been turned away, two members of thirty years’ stand- expected to turn out as McGraft is an, ideal place for recreation. In case of rain the festivities will ‘be held at the Norden Brothers hall on Palmer road. Scandinavian Artists in Russia. MOSCOW, July 27. — (Delayed.)— Leningrad reports that a group of eminent Scandinavian art museum) workers, all of them members of the reeent Scandinavian museum cop gress, have arrived there on a study, trip. Among the arrivals are Profes-, sor Wettergroen, director of the Swed: ish National Muséum; Professd: or Schlehmann, director of the Danist! Museum and a number of other per- sonalities well-known in the world of North European arts. union. The union’s action ts only an. armistice. The strike ruined the Cur- lee busy season in spite of utmost efforts of police sluggers to break up the picket line. Nearly 1,000 workers remained out to the end. die the other day. His pa spill over with eulogy and lamentation. flight could have caused no more commotion. But after the flood sub- sided, even the Daily News itself admitted that Lawson's demise didn’t make a dent in the “brass check.” “The Illinois Merchants Trust company is made executor and trustee x - ass BUILDERS AT WORK icToR F. LAWSON, owner of the Chicago Daily News, happened *o V ing out caused the capitalist press to An unexpected comet in its obhy ie Who keeps the DAILY WORKER? ‘This is a different question, and face. And its owners, the militant laborers of America, say to those i, Oy sik .pf the estate, with full power of management of all properties, both real and personal,” it states. “Thus did Mr. Lawson, with the advice of his lawyers, guard against the vicissitudes of human existence and tablish stable control of the Daily News and his other properties under expert financii | supervision.” And John J. Mitchell, president of the Illinois Merchants Trust Co., is quoted as saying that “The late chief of the organization is dead, but “ the organization that worked under his guidance remains intact and “will go on funetioning in full strength.” Newspaper men may come and go, but the kept press is still “kept.” it has been answered hundreds of times. It is the readers, the workers, the most enlightened, who keep the DAILY WORKER. The DAILY WORKER is run for its readers and the readers run the DAILY WORKER. | 3 Readers are purchased by the capitalist press. It has been estimated - that, on the average, every $6.00 subscription costs the kept newspaper as much as $8.00 to obtain (by means of contests, premiums, collecting agents, etc.) Advertisers pay for the subscriber: well as for the news and they pay so much that a newspaper man like Lawson is able to " eave almost $5,000,000 to line up the churches and schools along with the press on the front trenches of capitalist defense. DAILY WORKER readers need not be bribed into subscribing, but they must be reminded constantly of the fact that they are its only possible sourde of financial s pport. If subscriptions do not come in, bills cannot be paid, paper cannot be bought; the machinery stops; the Illinois Merchants Trust is interested in its destruction, not in its continuation. The DAILY WORKER is the clock of the world’: tells the time for all workers; the seconds, minute everything that effects the lives of workers, finds. If reflected in its workers who have not yet become regular readers of. the paper: Send subscription today help us wind up the DAILY Wonkan weeges fen SS Co., three and four days a week. ing, Oliver and Jim Mullins, arrived and pushed Hutcheson’s bloodhounds aside and entered the hall. Potts followed them in and informed them that no dues would be accepted from them until they signed the yellow dog pledge. )'OWhen he came out, Oliver Mullins remarked that “they didn’t have the moral courage to put us out.” He then sproceeded to air his opinion of union fiicials who stoop to such dirty tac- tics. Potts and Botterill stood with downcast eyes and a “whipped cur” ttitude and answered not a word. Even the police smiled contemptuous- ly and edged away from the two rene- gades they had been detailed to serve. Honest Unionists Disgusted. After the meeting, the police-invited the excluded members into the hall and literature was passed out con- demning the attempted expulsions and the use of police powers. All present except the yellow job holders were thoroly disgusted and many voiced the intention of going over to the “ex- pelled” locals to get back into the company, of union men. The process of disintegration which is inevitable under these conditions is proceeding apace. Already 200 have transferred to Locals 1191 and 2140 and hundreds more have stated that they have paid their last dues until every parasite connected woth this scandal is removed frowt é%cfal pose tion in the distriey Suicide Saves State Money and Prosecutor Thinks it ‘““Very Nice” LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27—District Attorney Asa Keyes, in command of the prosecution against Dr. Thomas W. Young, who today committed suicide in his cell at the county jail, when told of the sudden end of the case, declared: “It can be reckoned as, first of all, a great saving of money and trouble for the state of California. Dr. Young was as fully aware as we that he THE. DAILY WORKE ai io ee Page Three ‘MOTHER BLOOR NOW ON ROAD TO THE EAST Carries Daily Worker from Coast to Coast By ietiva REEVE BLOOR. In summing up the results of the | western part of my “hitch-hiking’ | campaign for the DAILY WORKER, | the outstanding facts are these, that our daily,ig absolutely INDISPENSA- BLE for every party worker. It would.seem unnecessary to state | such a patent fact, but in many towns— | where branches were unusually inact- ive—it became necessary, first, to in- stitute a subscription campaign among party members; second, to impress upon the organization that the DAILY WORKER agent must be the most re- sponsible member. So far, with a few notable excep- tions, we find the DAILY WORKER handled in a careless, indifferent man- ner by the literature agents and com- rades. | Co-ordination. | We should somehow make the mem- | bership visualize the vital necessity of mobilizing every comrade, every week to secure new readers, and new correspondents to develop intelligent co-ordination between the activities of the workers and their pres». In the intensive industrial districts like Akron, Youngstown, Cleveland, and the mining districts we found the workers especially eager for our paper. The bundles sent me in every town for free distribution helped a lot in securing the large number of sub- ized a League in Toledo, sold many copies ofthe Workers Monthly and the Little Red Library. Asks Support in East. As I am about to take to the open road again for the eastern part of my trip, I hope all the comrades along the line will'make the most of the oppor- tunity for rousing good meetings and renewed educational activities. Subjects of my lectures will be: “The . World Labor Movement,” “Hands Off China—Stand by Soviet Russia,” and “Proletarian Education.” In membership meetings my subject will be “Shop Nuclei, Discipline,” and first, last@nd_all the’time, our best party builder, the DAILY WORKER. The route will be: Buffalo, Aug. 29-30. Rochester, Aug 31. Syracuse, Sept 1. Utica, Sept 2. Albany, Sept. 4. Troy, Sept. 5. Schenectady, Sept. 6-7. New York City, Sept. 9-10. | Newark, N. J., Sept. 11. New York City, Sept. 12. Boston, Mass. (Special Labor De- | fense), Sept. 13. Boston, Mass., Sept. 14. Providence, R. 1., Sept. 15. Hartford Conn., Sept. 16. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 17. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 18. New York City, Sept. 20. Philadelphia, Sept. 22-24. Wilmington-Arden, Sept. 26-27. Baltimore, Sept. 29. Washington, Sept. 30. In October I hope to spend the en- tire time with the miners of Penn- sylvania, Ohio and Illinois. So far I have covered 4,516 miles, literally by the way of the highways, and have demonstrated that good re- sults can be achieved without cost to the party, with no expense account for the DAILY WORKER. All I'll ask is your loyal co-operation. Predicts Collapse of Rail Company Unions; 6 Out of 63 Now Alive WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—(FP)—) Vice President Conlon of the Inter- national Association of Machinists has received notice that a call to all rail- road company unions to meet in the parlor of the Laclede hotel in St. Louis would end on the gallows. Our case was too strong, too complete.” Shoe Workers Strike Against Cut. WEBSTER, Mass,, Aug. 27.—(FP)— The 500 workers of the A. J. Bates shoe factory are on strike against 10 per cent wage cuts.- Piece workers are affected by the reduction, the sec- ond in two months. Pay was lowered 5 per cent previously. About 100 day workers did not walk out. Work More—Less Pay. WOONSOCKET, R. I.—Some 2,000 workers employed at the Alice mill in Woonsocket and the Millville, Mass.,, plant of Woonsocket Rubber re notified that the 5-day work week is in force and wage reductions with it. Mills have been operating Jaffa Exhibition Postponed. — MOSCOW, Aug. 27.—The Jaffa exhi- bition having been postponed until the beginning of October, the Ukrainian economic organizations, which will be fairly well represented, have decided to increase the number of exhibits and on Sept. 1 has been sent out by R. R. Hunter, secretary to the company union on the Great Northern. Inform- ation comingyto machinists’ headquar- ters is that not more than six or eight of the 63 company unions established by the railroad managers in the past | few years are now alive. Those still active are maintained by the Pennsyl- vania, Southern Pacific and similar large systems as a weapon against trade unionism. The purpose of the proposed confer- ence of company union delegates at St. Louis appears to be discussion of the way in which they can best aid the management of the railroads in fighting the Howell-Barkley rail labor bill before congres they may asgist the rest of the legis- lative program of their employers. A hint has heen given, however that some of the delegates will raise the issue of the refusal of the companies to permit a transfer of cards from one company union to another thereby en- abling the nonunion worker to safely quit his job and seek work on another nonunion road, STRIKE ORDER scriptions secured thruout my trip. | I have;held over 50 meetings, organ- | | is starting a new Baltic sea freight | origin, ete. | Stettin and back to Leningrad. | duration. of the entire frip is to be| Labor would make to a representative | IMPERIALIST POWERS ATTACK SOVIET UNION IN EFFORT TO DODGE DIFFICULTIES | FOLLOWING WAR to aavioabiniees allies presente! the the question, put to him by represent: | bills which the western powers jiad atives of the Moscow press, as to why | signed; and while the colonies set {o there actually is a noticeable recru-| work to gain more independence, the MOSCOW, (By Mail.) Renvine: to | descence of a calumniatory campaign | states of Asia put their ever-increas- } | and general attempts against the|ing energies into their demands of Union.of Soviet Republics, Rakovsky, | abrogation of unequal treaties. | Soviet plenipotentiary rep entative| Quite naturally, Rakovsky goes on in London, expressed his opinion that | to say, the imperialists wish to shift such a campaign was but a diversion|the responsibility and make us re- made to alleviate the difficulties and| sponsible for the inevitable crisis complications facing the big colonial| which not only arose out of the war, powers ‘as a result of the imperialist | but was at the same time the logical war. result of all the capitalistic develop- Indeed, ment of Asia, the pri s there this war had demanded the | | development of all the centrifugal | commerce and indust the forces of the world, and as the maxi-| of a national home bour' mum amount of human and material} as a big layer of intellectuals and an resources was wanted for waging it, the belligerent states made lavish promises wherever they could. Then, after their own countries had been drained of the said resources, they had to rely on their overseas and ever growing ¢ of proletariat. This part of his interview Rakovsky concluded by drawing attention to the fact that the struggle in Asia is be- ing conducted not for Communism, | but for national state independence. ter the hid of me war, all these wheels of history, turn back the | AS WE SEE IT (Continued from page 1) viet Russia respectable in the eyes| DUE, LEWIS AND of the capitalist world is not whiskers or their absence but power. * * BOSSES CONFER : IS Imperial Majesty Grand Duke Cyril Vladmirovitch, Czar of all} | the Russias.” This is what Grand} | Duke Cyril calls himself. He lives in |a small palace in Coburg, Germany, has plenty to eat and drink and ex- pects some day to get back on the (Continued from page 1.) additional reserve of large quantities him. It is interesting to know that Cyril has the same opinion of the British Trade Union delegation’s re- port on Soviet Russia that is enter- | tained by Ramsay MacDonald and by socialists in general. eee Must Organize Kentucky, While all this propaganda about) | substitutes and smokeless bituminous constitutes a campaign of bluff in an attempt to scare the rank and file of) the anthracite miners, whose un-| animous demands are responsible for |the stiff resistance being displayed by the. mine union officials, there is neverthleess some danger. from this source. This is especially true of the) scab fields. The bituminous miners of a the central competitive:field have had| "Port was “laughable, grotesque. a taste of what scab field competition | iereryihing it Coatsine (ie: Cesicey gives the impression that it is meant 'N reference to the report, the duke declared in an interview to a news- paperman who was out for a lark and thought of no better way to get a kick out of his spare time than to interview the grand duke, that the & | nand was asked how Communism was MOSCOW, Aug. 27—The Northern| progressing in Bulgaria. He said it Board of the State Commercial Fleet | was a foreign importation, of Russian | Our readers can supply the rest of Ferdinand’s speech. It was just like what President William | The | Green of the American Federation of | and passenger shipping line, the ports | of call being Stockholm, Copenhagen, fourteen days. The press notes the above facts with considerable satisfaction, as up till now the trans-Baltic sea communi- cations were mostly in foreign panes. of the Ladies’ Home Journal. Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. SPECIAL NOTICE All delegates to the T. U. E. L. picnic committee will meet at 8 p. m. Sautrday—Tomorrow, Every branch and federation should be represented. . Die an Sie eo erea STFRRN Se throne of the Romanoffs, that is, un- non-union fields of Kentucky and West| jess some other equally ambitious pol- | Virginia, 9 itical dead beat, throws a bomb into| means. for home consumption in England.” It is the opinion among the miners Exactly what Ramsay MacDonald | in the hard coal region that these} says. ; Scab fields will have to be unionized eee at all costs. HILE the reporter was speaking to the “czar,” another royal bum | appeared in the person of former Open Baltic Sea Freight Line. Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Ferdi-| FRENCH-BRITISH BREAK IN DEBT NEGOTIATIONS France Cannot Meet Charchill’s Demands (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Aug. 27.—Great Britain's of | final proposal has been made to France creation | for the settlement of her debt, Win- oisie as welll ston Churchill, chancellor of the ex- chequer, announced tonight. Britain asks that France pay 12% pounds sterling annually for sixty-two years upon her debt to Great Britain, Churchill stated that Great Britain insisted that the payment of the debt other dominions, finally knocking for| It is really ridiculous, he remarked,|must be the sole yesponsibility of succor at the @oors of the Asiatic |to observe how naively the imperial-) France. states, thus, it should be mentioned, | ists imagine or profess to believe that Proposals-made by M. Caillaux that in particular, that China was, during | if. it were not for our existence in|France transfer to Great Britain the war, an ally of the entente. this world, they would be able to! fFrance’s share of the receipts under | the Dawes plan were rejected, Church- ill said. | M. Caillaux has received these final proposals from Great Britain, but has reserved his decision, Churchill stated. It is understood that Caillaux informed Churchill that he could make no reply ‘to the proposals until he submitted them to his government for considera- tion. “The position is further complicated by the intended negotiations for the settlement of the French debt to the | United States,” Churchill said. “Great Britain must receive propor- tionate paripassu payments to any France makes to the United States,” | the chancellor added. M. Caillaux's best offer was the re- | payment of ten million pounds annu- jally upon the sole responsibility ef France, Churchill revealed. It is un- derstood that Churchill's first proposal was titat France should pay between fifteen and twenty million ‘pounds yearly. Great Britain’s request would mean that France would pay Great Britain annually a sum of approxi- mately $60,000,000, which, spread over a period of sixty-two years, would about equal the British debt payments to the United States. The Anglo-French debt negotiations are not broken off, Churchill said. “The negotiations will continue,” he said. | DANCING AND POETRY AT Y. W. L. AFFAIR |] \ IN MINNEAPOLIS SUN, ~ MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 27.— The Y. W. L. has prepared a gala night of entertainment for Sunday at the Finnish hall, 1317 Western avenue. The program begins at 8 | p. m. The famous Y. W. L. band will furnish the entrancing music. Mar- | garet Hellander will deliver an ora- tion befitting the occasion. Helen Toivenen will exercise her elocu- tionary powers with a recitation as only she can. There will algo be a dialogue by the well known Y. W. L. poet, Les- | ter Maddock, There is going to be some dancing that is dancing. A bevy of Bolshe- | vik girls will be on hand to do the | latest Moscow steps, with proper Minneapolis modifications. If you miss this entertainment, it is only because you don’t know about it. | Yes, $urely-- and how best|& MY FLIGHT FROM By Leon Trotsky 3 Months Subscription to THE DAILY WORKER... for $2.50 RUSSIA TODAY 8 Months Subscription to THE DAILY WORKER (6 Months in Chicago)... The heavy expense of securing more subscriptions by giving away such worth-while books as “Russia Today” and ‘My. Flight from Siberia” cannot be continued for long. But the DAILY WORKER MUST secure more new subscribers (and more renewals!)—at almost any price. The DAILY WORKER MUST grow to build the Communist movement. Since the opportunity is open.to all workers—don’t fail to take advantage of these offers at once! Aalkecrcte/ SIBERIA THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. 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