The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 4, 1925, Page 2

FOR CHINESE IS HELD IN BERLIN Workers’ Relief Aids Oriental Strikers BERLIN (By Mail.)—More than 1,000 people attended ‘the interna- tional conference held in Germany in the Prussian house of representatives here by the Workers’ International Relief for the purpose of establishing united action for the relief and aid | of the Chinese workers, students and | intellectuals who are waging a de- termined battle against foreign cap- italist and imperialist invasion. George Ledebour, the old veteran of the alist league, presided and in} his speech called upon the delegates to unite their forces solidly behind the people of Chi in their struggle for self-determination. | Pledge Support to Strikers. | Among the countries represented | were Germany, France, England, | Austria, C ho-Slovakia, Russia, Bel- gium, Holland, Switzerland, Ireland, Iceland and Ame’ Telegr: were received from ma labor frat 1, and benefit organiza- tions from all over the world, pledging their financial and moral support and approving the stand taken by the conference in its “Hands off China”| demand | The conference unanimously adopt- ed a resolution of fraternal greetings | to the Chinese people approving their | struggle for national and social free-| dom; warmly commending the frater-| nal relations existing in the action for | reliet carried on by the W. I. R. com- mittee and pledging its individed sup- port and further calling upon the people of Europe and China to join hands in fraternity. American Branch Campaigns. The Workers’ International Relief y has already opened many soup kitchens and calls upon all fair-minded people to suppert them in their work. The American branch of the W. I. R. with headquarters at 1553 West Madi- son St., Chicago, Il, is now carrying} on a campaign for relief of Chinese sufferers, and calls upon all friends of the oppressed to send in their con- tributions. INTERNATIONAL COAL OPERATORS | TO FORM GIGANTIC COMBINATION IN FIGHT ON ALL MINE UNIONS (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 2.—While the United States suffers an anthracite coal strike, negotiations are under way between owners of the German and British coal mines to reach an agreement for co-operation and control of export coal prices in the European market. The United States coal operators may be invited to join in the combine, as the British mine owners are fearful that an Anglo-German combine might lead to a price cutting war with the United States. Proposals for the agreement came from Germany, and includes not only control of export prices, but limitation of coal exports, division of markets and the fixing of minimum Each party to the agreement would agree not to invade the other's al- lotted territory. That common at- tacks against the living standards of the miners of all nations will result, is foreseen as a certainty. In view of the perilious situation which the British coal industry is in, and mindful of the severe competi- tion which it has had from the Ger- map coal fields, the British coal barons and the government agencies dealing with coal are inclined to look with favor upon the proposal. It is held in some quarters, however, that a mere agreement between Britain and Germany would not be sufficient, and the United States would have to be brought into the agreement to make it effective. By this means also a fight against the miners’ unions will be carried on upon an international scale by @ united front of European and American operators, Prémier Baldwin’s ten months’ truce, arranged with the miners and operators at the price of a subisdy, still continues a truce and offers no prospects as yet of definite peace. prices. + MELLON ONE OF WORLD'S RICHEST MEN, INCOME TAX FIGURES REVEAL WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2— Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury, stated today that he be- lieves the publicity clause of the revenue act should be repealed. Mel- lon opposes general publication of CALLES MAKES HIS. BETRAYAL MEXICAN LAW Mexico Now “Safe for Democracy” MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2—President Calles: has gone beforé' the Mexican congress with recommeridations de- signed to make capttalism safe in Mexico, especially the éapital furnish- ed by American imperidli¢m. Now that he has sold 6lit to Amer ican imperialism, Calles’' is under- taking the problem of ya workers and peasai interfering in thelr ow! the interests of capital both foreign and domestic. kdb Calles is asking for »!interpreta- tion” of the oil, land and ldbor clauses of the Carranza constitution such as will “attract” foreign capital. tax returns on the ground that “this intimate detail of personal business should not be aired in public.” When it is remembered that Mel- lon paid an income tax of $1,882,- 609,25, revealing him as one of the richest men in the United States, his annoyance can be well under- stood. The income tax publications show that the government is run by mil- lionaires in the interests of big busi- ness. Berwyn Car-Riders Force Trolleys Off Streets, Cops Active Berwyn will have no traction barons dictate their transportation needs. Two policemen, Frank Prezek and James Hodowal, stood guard today over the wrecked street car of the Chicago and west town railroad under orders from Chief of Police James Mikes to prevent any movement of traffic on the lines until further orders. And just to insure the execution of orders, three automobiles were run on the tracks to prevent cars from tun- ning in éither direction. This action was forced by car-riders who wrecked the car. International MOSCOW, (By Mail.)—Never since the great war came to an end in 1918 was the fearful danger of a new world slaughter so near to us as at the present moment. Situation in Moroceo War is raging in Morocco. Thous- sands are falling as victims to the robber-greed of the French and Span- ish bankers. All the means of de- struction of modern warfare are be- ing brot into the field by French im- P sm in order to crush the brave | free Riff people and convert their land into a colony. | lt appears as if this war is only be- | ing carried on between French im- | perialism and the people of the Riff. | But behind the scenes of this war it | is already clear that a number of other imperialist states, even if only | indirectly, are involved in this con-| flict and that therefore the Moroccan war bears the seeds of a great inter- | national conflagration. This war will not be of short duration. The pre- carious situation of French imperial- ism compels the French bourgeoisie | to mobilize fresh and new classes | of young workers and peasants who | are doomed to perish in the tropical heat of Africa. And in China. HINA is all ablaze. A people num- bering hundreds of millions is car- rying on its struggle for emancipa- tion against the imperialist invaders, before all against the yoke of Eng- lish and Japanese rule. One can al- ready see England and Japan again at work in order to plunge this un- happy country again into a fresh civil war from which the imperialists hope to gain advantage. But divided as they are among themselves and jeal- ous as to who is to have the greatest share of the booty, the various powers can at any time come into collision with results which cannot be -fore- seen. The struggle in Morocco, like the events in China, are only the com- mencement of a fresh wave of im- perialist conflicts, of a new and fright- ful world war. The socialist working youth who. only a year ago expressed their (pact fist) attitude in innumerable demon- strations (No More War), in all coun- tries are marching at the tail of the cond International, are marching nd in hand with those people who st recently, in the French chamber, ed for the war credits for the [rocean war. Only the Young Com- nist International and the Comin- are at this moment fulfilling international proletarian duty, fuelto the attitude of the bolsheviki ik the world war, as their various ns in all the imperialist coun- , & the event of a new war, are ring with all means to do nin and bis followers did in Youth Week Attack on Soviet EHIND all this there looms the new attack upon Soviet Russia. For many months past the reaction- ary English government has been sys- tematically making every preparation for this purpose. ‘Sometime it seems that the matter is postponed for a time but the danger, the facts still remain and are becoming ever more threatening. A new war against the first workers’ republic of the world is being prepared. Fellow workers, comrades! Shall the lives of hundreds of thou- sands be again sacrificed on the bat- tle fields of an imperialist war? Do you wish to be used as cannon fod- der in a war against your beloved workers’ republic of Soviet Russia? We call upon you. No, and again, no! Fight against the imperialist war! Peace for the Workers’ Republic! Freedom for the peoples of Morocco and China! Forward to a powerful demonstration against the imperialist war in the week of the anniversary of the last world ‘war. ussia. ORWARD to a great week’s cam- paign before the International Youth Day from the 31st of August to September 6, 1925! Forward to the fight against war, now, in this very hour! Young socialist workers! Socialists! Your leaders and organizations, what are they doing? Feeble resolutions here and there, demonstrations in order to keep up appearances, But in reality? Support of the robber war in Morocco by the French socialists. Approval on the part of the German social-democracy of the security pact and war against Soviet Russia, Shameful indifference towards the struggle for freedom of the Chinese people. Complete inac- tivity in the face of the real danger of fresh wars. 1914 is coming again, is already here, Comrades! Put an end to this! Set up the united front against the imperialist war,‘ whether you are workers, ap- prentices, soldiers or peasants! Down with the imperialist robbers! All for Soviet Russia! The Conference of the Young Communist Leagues of Europe. The Executive Committee of the Young Communist International, Strike Threat Gets Concessions for Textile Toilers PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 2— Concessions to the workers in the shape of improved working conditions have averted a strike in the full fash- joned hosiery mills of Philadelphia. e; to organize the defeat of bourgeoisie nee rms pai Build the DAILY WORKER \with subs. YANKEE LOANS GREASE CALLES, U.S. RELATIONS Sheffield to Return to Mexico City WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—A number wf problems in connection with the relations between the United States and Mexico are to be discussed here next week at a conference between Secretary of State Kellogg and James R. Sheffield, American ambassador to Mexico, who has been in this country since last June. i It was stated officially today that there has been no change in the plan hack to Mexifo ‘as ambassador despite of oto Mex aa to send Sheffield the. fact thdt certain elements there would like to have him declared per- sona non grata, but reports persist nevertheless that Sheffield will not stay in Mexico City for very many weeks after his return there. “Strain on his Health” Not only must Sheffield face open hostility in some quarters close to the Calles administration, but the high altitude of the Mexican capital has been a severe strain upon his health. Since the exchange of public state- ments last June by Secretary Kellogg and President Calles of Mexico, rela- tions between Washington and Mex- ico City have been without incident, but there have been indications that the two governments are quietly ap- proaching an understanding—which translated from diplomatic language means that Calles has surrendered to Yankee imperialism in exchange for loans. One of Kellogg’s principal reasons for complaint was that the Mexican government was not giving serious consideration to the adjudication of claims of American citizens whose Property was seized under the agra- rian laws. Within the past two months however, progress has been reported in that direction, Calles has given evi- dence of complete submission with the result that relations between the United States and Mexico appear to be improved even if they are not as satisfatcory as the Coolidge adminis- tration would desire. Pepper Wins Freedom for Prisoners in Clever Jail Break CARROLLTON, IIL, Sept. 2.—Fred McLane, one of two prisoners who es- caped from the Green County jafl by throwing pepper in the eyes of Sheriff Thomas Conlee after calling him to their cell on the pretense of needing medical attention, was captured here today. Charles Clowers, McLane’s companion, was captured in a corn field. Both men had been held on a charge of forgery. P Manganese Ore Is Exported in Large Quantities by U.S.S.R. MOSCOW, Sept. 2. (Tass)—Accord- {ng to Soviet customs reports, 225,000 tons of manganese ore valued at about $4,500,000 were exported from the Soviet Union during the first halt of the fiscal year, Oct. 1 to April 1. Most of the ore came from Chiaturi fields. , By April 1, over half of the Chiaturi manganese planned for export during the current fiscal year had been sold jou contract to foreign firma, : ‘ Calles is asking that the agrarian law be modified s6~that limits be Placed on expropriations «in the in- terests of the landlord olass. In labor legislation, Calles recom- mends similar fake reforms to those in the United States, such as em: Ployers’ liability, labor insurance, per- sonal injury Jaws, etc., but also he in- tends to turn all of the nationalized industries, railroads, telegraph and telephone lines over to the hands of private exploiters, mostly foreign capi: talists, and designs by this complete grovelling to American: and British imperialism to get loans from the in- ternational bankers to strengthen his position, fit out his army for repres- sion of the discontent his program prodtces and furnish the Yankee im- perialists with a strangle hold on the Mexican people. ‘ INDIAN COLLEGE TRAINS STUDENTS TO USE WEAPONS British May Oppose Native Decision NEW YORK, Sept.\2+~The Indian independence «movemest welcomes compulsory militray training because it believes the wledge gained will sonje be din de- fense of India. . ‘So exilés in New York, commenting on news that the huge University cutta has for the first time detlaitd for com- pulsory military training|for its host of students. The univetsity is the largest educational instithtion in the world in point of numbert, 83,000 stu- dents having matriculatel last year. Indian Labor Leader No}! Strong for Soft Stuff. }” The military training fécision was taken by the university) senators, a body of 100, the univerdty’s govern- ing body, and this actionhhas the sup- port of the Swaraj (Itlependence) Party. In a recent stafpment Moti- of the Indian labor movment said: “To my mind the addtion of one Indian to the number those cap- able of taking part in the defense of their country is woth more to the nation than the apwpintment of ten Indians as governds of proyv- inces.” British May Inte: In contrast to the ni dians’ desire for the mil! their movement may som for its fruition the Bi ment has opposed gen training for the subject dia, The University of government controlled in the decision of the sen sidered as a case where tiese Hindoos re. fionalist In- ry training day require got out of hand. Tt is\jossible that the. British governmen' (will inter- fere with the carrying/out of the policy. Unemployment Great in Shoe, Si WASHINGTON, Sept. lace, field representatt! Federation of Labor, about 40 per cent of ers are idle, 50 per cent workers have no steady and that steel plants ai lishments are running | cent capacity. Soft ment this summer, he fot a few degrees worse tha American ports that shoe work- the textile iF ight Secession Brotherhood of Railwi disapprove the secessit “Socialists” Show Selves Staunch Allies of the General Electric Trust By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. 'ODAY, the latest issue of “The Citizen” of Schenectady, New York, arrives as usual in an envelope with the return address of the publicity department of the “open shop” Gen- eral Electric Co., of that city. The electric trust is entitled to have its own official organ, but it just mene that “The Citizen” is also a mouthpiece of the “socialist” party, with the “socialists,” Herbert M. Merrill and Hawley B. Van Vech- ten, as president and managing editor. It is interesting for the workers to know that “socialists” are espousing the cause of the great anti-labor electric trust, aiding it in camouflaging its crimes. lal Nehru, president of t]6 party and |. Enclosed with this issue of “The Citizen” is the latest propaganda of the electric trust to the effect that altho the total amount paid in wages to workers has increased during the years 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924, the profits taken by the stockholders have practically ramained stationary. To be sure, the publicity agent of the electric pienocely does not stress that the number of employes has increased, that the 61,638 workers employed in 19 received only $87,448,000 in wages, less than the $87,505,000 received by a smaller number of workers, 59,233, employed the previous year, showing that wage cuts must have been put into force «somewhere, For the two following years, the wages merely kept abreast of the increased number of workers sent upon the treadmill of this industry. * . Statisticians and publicity ints are, of course, hired to make figures lie. The effort is made to show that the parasite stockholders have been forced to be content during this four-year period with an aver: profit toll that fluctu- ated annually between 16 and 17 millions of dollars. But this does not tell the whole story. The electric trust has issued another table of statistics, no doubt intended for stockholders, but not for the eyes of its wage workers. It is shown that during this four-year period the Gen- eral Electric Trust completely wiped out $46,000,000 worth of notes, while outstanding bonds were reduced from $35,- 000,000 to $2,000,000. This monopoly, therefore, started the resent year $79,000,000 to the good, over the same date ‘our years ago, enabling it to issue $26,700,000 special six per. cent stock at par, to pay dividends on which the lash must fall heavier upon the backs of the “General Electric” slaves, ° * ° ° Thus do the corenecteny “socialists” glorify the profit achievements of the General Electric Co., surrendering com- pletely to this voracious corporation, while making no effort to fight for increased wages and better conditions for the workers. The “socialists” no doubt believe that the continued growth of the electric eh will eventually result in its peacefully falling into the hands of the workers, thru some form of public ownership. They vision the super-power monopoly as something that will be natio struggle, for the beneftt greatest strength. ‘ . . e ° Under the slogan, for instance, of “public ownership should be obvious to all,” James H. Maurer, “socialist” head of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor, in this same issue of the “socialist” Citizen, expects to win control of super-power under the present c list dictatorship. : Taking this view, Maurer, with his friends in the “social- ist” pay and in the American Federation of Labor, attack the Communists for wanting to disturb this utopian dream by calling the workers to battle against the capitalist state, for its overthrow and abolition, The capitalist dictatorship is the political instrument for the protection of private property in the great mono- polies, like the General Electric Co., and for the enslavement of the workers, including the 75,000 amployes of this ele trust. One hundred per cent trade union organization in the shops is one of the first requisites for the workers’ suc- cessful pes for power. The workers’ political organiza- tion, that is firmly rooted in industry, thru its shop nuclei, is the ag | that will. lead the workers to victory in this struggle. That organization is the Workers (Communist) Party, that wages the war upon the capitalist dictatorship and its “socialist” allies. Berry Boosted Anti-Union Official | (Continued from page 1.) point George Carter public printer. SHOP CHAIRMEN REJECT SIGMAN PEACE’ PLAN Resolution Calls It Fraudulent NEW YORK CITY, Sept, 2—At the meetings of the shop chairmen of the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union called by the Joint Action Committee of the suspended locals, 2, 9 and 22, the following resolution w: adopted after enthusiastic applause for the similar sentiments expressed by the speakers who adress the meet- ings—there were two halls filled to overflowing: “ee a ‘We, the shop chairmen of the cloak and dress industry of New York City, assembled at-shop chairmen meetings in Webster Hall and Manhattan Ly- ceum on August 31, 1925, at the call 6f the Joint Committee of Action of Locals 2, 9 and 22, I. L. G, W. U, lized without a “of the workers, in'the hour of its world, the public printer of the United States, and, as I indicated, a member of the I. P, P. and A. U. You who at- tended the last convention will recall the splendid address he gave upon that occasion, and I venture the pro- phecy that his message today will be equally interesting. “T recalled to you then that a pecu- Jiar circumstance arose in connection with his selection as Government printer of the United States. There were two men in America who felt that George Carter should be the pub- lic printer. There were a great many others, but these two were particular- ly anxious that he should be appoint- ed. These two were actuated by some+ what different motives. One was act- uated by the fact that Mr. Carter and the other gentleman had been friends for a period of years. That gentleman was the secretary to the president of the United States at that time, George Christian, The other energetic and actively interested person was the president of your international body. I was interested in order that we might place in that position a press- man for the first time in the history of the republic. As a result of our joint interest we conspired together, and conspired against the lovable character who has passed to the great beyond, President Harding, “Two weeks later I was ushered into President Harding's presence, ac- companied by George Christian. The the express workers fromthe brother- hood in protest at tacties Inployed by Pres. FitzGerald at. mt con vention in Kansas City, dpy that the seceding body will numbe|more than 6,000 men, Y president arose and said: ‘George, how are you?’ “I am fine. ‘And what brings you here? “I responded by saying: Mr. Presi dent, I have come to ask you to at iat | eee He said: I shall permit no East Ten- nessee democratic hill billy to come up here and tell this republican ad- ministration what I shall or shall not do. If you will recall, I said some kind things about Jimmy Cox during the campaign, but I had said nothing unkind of Mr. Harding, then Senator from Ohio. “We sat down and talked the mat- ter over, and it became a contest be- tween the president and myself which might say the nicest things about George Carter. When I arose to go he said: I suppose I must appoint him. He did, and Mr. Carter had the honor of being confirmed in the open session of the senate, without having his name go before a committee, I am glad he has come here and I will take pleasure in presenting George H. Car- ter, public printer.” ‘This eulogistic speech was delivered by Berry after Carter had committed the acts which brought down on his head the condemnation of organized labor. Does Berry still sponsor George H, Carter? Foreign Exchange, NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—Great Brit- ain, pound sterling, demand 4.65; cable 4.65%. France, franc, demand 4.69%; cable 4.75. Belgium, franc, demand, 4.48%; cable 4.49, Italy, lira, demand 3.95%; cable 3.96. Sweden, krone, de- mand 26.81; cable 26.84. Norway, krone, démand 20.48; cable 20.50, Den- ‘nark, krone, demand 24.40; cable ‘442, Germany, mark, not quoted. shanghal, tael, 79% adopt the following resolution: Whereas: Morris Sigman, having failed in his campaign to terrorize our members into submission to his lead- ership by the use of gansters, whole- Sale discharges, arrests and injunc- tions, has now come forth with a so- called “peace” plan embodying a pro- gram of fake reforms; and Whereas: This plan completely ig- nores the repeated demands of the great mass of our membership for the resignation of Mr. Sigman, the rein- statement of the expelled officers of Locals 2, 9 and 22, and the reorgan- ization of the Joint Board on the ba sis of proportional representation; Therefore be it resolved: That we, the shop chairmen reject thse pro- posals as a method of bringitig peace in our union and brand them as a fraud intended to mislead our mem- bership into believing that the officials of the International and the Joint Board actually desire peace; and Be it further resolved: That we pledge anew our loyalty to the Joint Committee of Action and shall refuse to consider any peace terms not di- rectly negotiated with the Joint Com- mittee of Action which has been au- thorized by the great mass of our membership to carry on our fight to a successful conclusion. DEATH OF HOORGIN AND AID MOURNED BY N. Y, WORKERS Skliansky Was Red Ar- my Aide to Trotsky NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—Isaiah J. Hoorgin, late chairman of the board of directors of the Amtorg Trading Corporation which acts as purchasing agent in America for the Russian gov- ernment and Efraim M. Skifansky, former assistant to Leon Trotsky in the red army, both of whom were drowned at Long Lake, New York, are mourned by New York Russians who visited the funeral parlors where the bodies were lying in state preparatory to cremation, Both men had brilliant careers. Hoorgin, 38, was originally a profes- sor of mathematics at Kieff and since the revolution has risen rapidly to Posts of increasing responsibility. He served with distinction with the em- bassy in Poland and in the economic department in Moscow, finally coming to America where his keen business ability and industrial understanding made him invaluable in the extensive financial operations the Russian gov- ernment had been conducting in this country. Skiiansky, 33, graduated from the University of Kieff as a physician, joined the army in 1916 and as a dele- gate to the army committee in 1917 took’ part in the October revolution that seized power from Kerensky. Later his organizing genius brought him to the front as Trotsky'’s assist- ant. Transferred at last to the econ- omic department he was sent to ‘merica to purchase machinery for «te state woolen trust. Big Business Turns ~ i to Latin America, ; Investing 4 Billion WASHINGTON, Sept. 2—More than $4,000,000,000 of capital from the United States is now invested in Lat- in American countries, according to an estimate by the department of commerce, This is about 40 per cent of the total of foreign investments of American financiers, It is represent ed by railroads, hydro-electric power ulants, streetcar lines and other pub lic ‘utilities, and by mines, factories, ttle enterprises and ship- Bees banking and insurance compan- es. If 8 ved to thoroughly un- derst ‘Communism—study it. Send for a catalogue of all Com- munist literature. | — aaa Sa