The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 16, 1925, Page 1

= Ri. oo a ee a { —— | os DAILY WORKER Raises | ce , NEW YORK the Standard for a Workers’ ; . { } and Farmers’ Government 6, ig eye i EDITION ‘ | “ah EN p NAR eis | 8 | re Ne ce) 8 Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post OMce at Chicago, Miinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. goss yw « ~ 1 1 Vol. Il. No. 210. AS WE SEE IT By T. J, O'FLAHERTY | NTERESTING things are happen- ing thruout the world, yet the ac- tion of four southern governors in ap- pealing to the people of their respec- tive states to pray for rain is entit- led to attention. In ancient days, the gods sometimes nodded even if they did not sleep. Those old pagan dei- ties were human souls and some- times got drowsy because of their li- bations. The christian god has no such excuse for somolence. Accord- ing to the most reliable information he neither eats nor drinks. He is abstemious enuf to satisfy the most exacting food faddist, yet in a large section of god’s own éountry the ground is parched for want of moist- ure and he does not even shed a tear. Pee ene | IXTY thousand tons of Welsh an- thracite coal have been ordered for jhe American market, because of the strike in the Pennsylvania fields according to news reports. John L. Lewis is hobnobbing with republican party politicians. He is not taking any steps to prevent the transporta- tion of European coal to the United States. He is taking no steps to se- cure the support of the workers in the transportation industry, as the British miners did. Lewis is not seek- ing the support of labor. He prefers to jockey with the capitalists. ee * HE United States light cruiser Denver and the gunboat Tulsa have arrived at Nicaragua, ostensibly to protect American lives, but really to protect the interests of American capitalists. This government cares very little for lives. It cheerfully sent over one hundred thousand of them to their doom in the late war and is willing to send twenty times that many to a like fate in the fu- ture. The army is organized and built to protect the interests of our rulers from their foes, which are sometimes the slaves whom they ex- ploit. es #8 EN the advertisements tell the jobless worker that he can see the world by joining the navy, he is not being bamboozled. Surely he may see the world, because the world is Wall Street’s country. There {s hardly a spot on the earth where the dollar is not invested and the flag follows. the dollar. To protect that dollar and its family of nickles, dimes, quarters and half dollars, the lives of American workingmen hre offered up on the sil- yer altar of mammon every year. ese ‘CH PHILIP of Hesse, a protest- ant, is engaged to marry princess Matelia of Italy, a catholic This is a damnable alliance in ‘the official eyes of the catholic church and should the daughter of a bricklayer or plumber contract it, her soul wonld be immediately consigned for all time to an atmosphere of brim- stone, unless: she succeeded in bring- ing her spouse to recognize the pope as the successor of St. Peter, the Jerusalem mackerel catcher. eee Ts the past, when the vatican grant- ed permisison for a catholic cere- mony uniting two of diverse faiths, the nuptial mass was omitted. But those wero the days when dough was not as scarce as it is now. So inthe marriage of the protestant prince and the catholic princess, his holiness re- verses himself Iike a good politician, and allows 2 nuptial mass to be cele- brated. There was a time when a pope could have torn the protestant prince’s tongue ont of his infidel head with red hot pincers, and in the name of god too. The world does move fast the same. eee HE antiimperialist resolution passed by the British Trade Un- jon Congress was one of the most im- portant ever passed by that body. It hits old J. Bull right where he lives.) It shows that the British workers have finally lost confidence in *the ability of the pirate empire to do anything for them. This news was considered. iniportant enuf to be placed on the front page In the early edition of last Sunday's Herald-Ex- er, of Chicago. But it was care: “omitted from later issues, and the}story of a gang fight was put in its place. This is the way capitalist papers handle labor news. ee iS may be a good time to call your attention to the appeal for funds now “made by the DAILY WORKER. We would much rather use the space for news about the class struggle, but we have no choice. Unless you send us the money to keep going, there will be ,no DAILY WORKER to tell the truth about the labor movement here and all over the world, It is good to read the lists of contributors and learn that the workers are responding so generously to the appeal. It shows that the DAILY WORKER fills a need and|’ that it has friends among the work- ing class who are ready to make sac- rifces"for it. Bfing on your dollars. > On Subscripw8~1; nd My te %0 by mail, $8.00 per year, cago, by mail, $6.00 per year, s j STRIKE OF 1... SEAMEN TIES UP BOATS IN NEW YORK HARBOR; SPREADING TO OTHER SEAPORTS (Special to The Oaily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 14.—The strike called’by the Marine Transport Workers of the |. W. W. is rallying an ever increasing number of seamen as crews walk out and strikers pack the |. W. W. halls cheering the speakers who call for a show down with the shipping bosses while their fellow workers over sea are battling in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Penmark. Especially fine work was done in winning over seamen of the White Star liner Majestic, from which some of the crew is leaving as a result of the spirited picketing. The M. T. W. picket captains report from the S$, S. West Kedron, half of the crew left immediately on strike call; the —*S. S. Cape Cod gave six men to DEFENSE BREAKS f= %=2% =: IAIL BARS, SAYS (C.E RUTHENBERG: I. L. D. Mass’ Meeting . Hears Zeigler Case The need for the International La- bor Defense proves that the class struggle in America has developed to the point where the ruling class must imprison the leaders of the working class In order to keep thelr power, C. E. Ruthenberg, general secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party declared at the mass meeting of the 1. L, D. held at Temple Hall, Van Bu- ren and Marshfield Sts., William Z. Foster recited the history of the per- secution of working class leaders of the past, many of whom have ali but been forgotten as they rot in prison. Other speakers were George Maurer, Henry Corbishly, who told of the frame up of the 18 Zeigler miners by the ku klux Klan and the mine union officials, Robert Minor, noted Comu- munist cartoonist and Osear Brown, miner from Arkansas. “The. persecution of tha... miners fs an example of the manner in which the government ‘is: ‘today ing its ‘power against the” workers, th the aid of the reactionary’ offi- clals of the labor movement,”Comrade Ruthenberg told the large and enthu- siastic audience. “It shows we are entering the period which leads to the final struggle and the victory 6f the working class, The capitalist’ dicta- torship in the past hid itself in’ fair words. The constitution seemed to giveetertain rights of free ‘speeoh, as- semblage and freedom of the press.” Can Break Prison Bars Comrade Ruthenberg then — traced |the history of the criminal syndicalist laws which were passed after Amer- ica’s entrance into the world war and after a wave of revolution had swept the working class thruout the entire world. He told how the espionage law passed by congress in 1917 was the first of a series of measures to take the freedom of speech from the (Continued on page 2) The back, ler~ round of the “democratic” _ gendarme, agent-provodateur an: Santa Eulalia crew will leave when paid off, same with the crew of the Cristobal and the River Del Rio. Fine spirit was shown by the erew of the S. S. Republic, where sea- men dropped everything and walked out on a moment's notice in both engine and deck departments. Tugs and Steamers Tied Up. | The Mark Williams tugs are all | tied up, three. Red Ball tugs are | stuck, At Hoboken the whole crew of the S. S, Mongolia walked off. Crews came off in a body from the following vessels: Guantaunamo, Lil- lian, American Merchant, Sisko, Bo- livia Colombia lines. The Ossis sailed three men short. But the biggest hit was ‘the walkout of additional sea- men from the Majestic which got away from Southampton strikers only to meet a picket line in New York of combined I. W. W. and Comnmn- ists. The spirit of solidarity with the fellow workers striking oversea is shown in the following cablegrams ex- changed between the continents. The British strikers sent the following: Messages of Solidarity. “Marine Transport Workers, No. 3, Coenties Slip, New York City. Un- focial seamen’s strike in England. Ships leaving with non-union and naval ratings. All genuine seamen on strike, Can you assist? Stop ship- ping at all cost. Fight like hell.” (Signed) Central Strike Committee, Canningtown, London, England. ““The'T. W. W. seamen’s answer war: “Are givin: Strike called."» (Signed) Marine Transport Workers’ Industrial Union No. 510 of the I. W. W. From the British strikers came back the following: “Bravo! Glad to hear good news. Stick together.” Strike On at Other Ports. - The headquarters of the M. T. W. has received wires that the strike is in full force in the following ports, where the I. W. W. seamen have branches: Boston, Philadelphia, Bal- timore, Mobile, San Francisco, Ta- coma, Seattle, Galveston, Houston, Portland, Ore. and New Orleans. Others were not yet heard from. The Philadelphia longshoremen are tak- ing a strike vote to support the sea- men. Strike Spirit Good. On Manhattan, seamen pack the hall at 105 Broad street and street meetings before the M. T. W. head- (Continued on page 2) government of Poland: the old ozarist cosgack, Yau all possible. aid.| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1925 ~<qgg*” Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W, Washington, Blvd., Chicago, Ill, Price 3 Cents Hime ~||TAMMANY TODAY|Rail Progressives BILLION MARKS FROM GERMANY THRU DAWES (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Sept. 144-Germany paid one billion gold Marks, under the Dawes plan, during the first year of the operation of. the plan, according to the report pf Parker Gilbert, agent general for Peparations, made to the reparation’ commission and published by that body. The billion gol! marks. paid by Germany consis of 800,000,000 gold marks raigeg;) by an external loan and 200, yO as partial in- terest from rallwa@yidebentures, ae The .best way to support the DAILY WORKER is to subscribe —and get otherd to subscribe. a = CLOTH WORKER Raid on Amalgamated Inspired by Bosses Business AgentiPyzak of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers’ Union was held on $16,000 bonds on a oharge of “assauult with intent to kill” when | he with nine other Amalgamated union business agents was arraigned in the Chicago avenue police court yesterday. £ The nine business agénts who were charged with “disorderly conduct” were discharged bY Judge Morgan who held that the police had failed to prove the existence of disorder. The raid, as was the former one, is said to be inspired by the Internation- al Tailoring Co., Whose employes have been on strike for twelve weeks, The court cases grew out of the raid on the Amalgamated offices con- oe Saturday and led by Captain O'Malley, of the Chicago avenue sta- tion. The charge of assault with in- tent to kill was placed against Pyzak by a tailor Rosenstein, who claimed to have,heén ®hot by “a busi- ness agent, of the Amalgamated.” Business Agents Pyzak, Skala, Dunn,»Roceo, Smith, Hubacek, Jani- cek, Kirés, Cooper‘and Bobroski were 4 FIGHTS BITTERLY OVER N.Y. LOOT Badger State Indul ges} in Political Catfight NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Whether William Randolph Hearst, Hylan's pol- itleal godfather, shall run city hall for the next four years or whether the running shall done by Al Smith thru Jimmy Walker will be decided at to- morrow’s primari after the most bitter battle ever waged in the metro- polis. That the fight is a “family affair” adds to the bitterness. Hylan is a Tammany man, but has wandered far from the Wigwam since former boss Charles Murphy helped to lift him from an obscure judicial bench and put him in the way of becoming a national figure and a commuter be- tween the Battery and Palm Beach. Tammany’s Tricks Senator “Jimmy” Walker is Tam- many’s candidate and Tammany is another name for Al Smith. Tammany has a powerful organization and un- less all signs fail, Hylan will bite the dust in the primaries. There is some- thing paternal about Tammany which counts heavily on election day. It opens jail gates, appeases greedy land- lords at times, slaps the meanest de- mocrat on the back, and in many ways fastens its gelatinous fingers on the Political affections of New York City’s 794,652 enrolled democratic voters, ex- cepting those who know that it pays better to make a little, but not too much trouble for the machine at times, than to be chronically loyal. Five Cent Politician Hylan is a five cent politician, but those who ride in Gotham’s subways and receive their osteopathic treat- ment while rushing up and down thru the subterranean passages of Manhat- tan island, as guests of the traction barons, lend a willing ear to the pol- itical tune played on Hylan’s nickleo- deon. Passengers, get massaged too much, and tho an alcohel rub is said to be good for the skin, the odor of second hand moonshine is mot so pleasant when wafted to the nostrils ;from some strange pair of lips; foreed to Aid Anthracite Coal Mine Strike In view of the fact that the great anthracite mine strike which involves 150,000 miners, may be won or jost according to support given it by the railroad men, the following resolution passed Sunday by the Second Railroad Amalgamation Confer- ence has a significance on the part to be played by the progressive element among the railroad unions. It says: Whereas. over 150,000 anthracite miners in Pennsylvania, confronted by the determination of the employers to reduce thelr standard of living, have gone on strike to protect their Interests against the rapacious em ploiters; and Whereas, the attack of the employers upon the anthracite miners ie only a part of their general attempt to destroy the United Mine Workers of America, further evidence of this being the crushing of the bituminous miners’ organizations in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Cok» rado, and other states, and their weakening In Ohio, Illinols, Indiana, eta, and art of the employers’ larger scheme to destroy the trade un Whereas, the attempted destruction of the United Mine de pe industry and thus to etsablish the “Open Shop)” with Its ye company unionism and slave conditions for the workers; therefore be it Resolved, that we progressive railroad workers recégnize the struggle of the anthracite miners to be the cause of the working clans ae a whale and we call upon the workers everywhere to lend their active #uppom in every available form to the anthracite miners; and be It furthe, Resolved, that we specifically call upon all rallroad men té al refuse to haul scab coal from the anthracite mines; and be fu: Resolved, that we declare in favor of an alliance, defensive and offensive, of all railroad unions with the U. M. W. of A. and*oall upon the progressive delegations in the conting railroad urion conventions to fight for the formation of such an alliance, In addition, the conference expressed by resctution, its opinion that the general chaos in both the mining and railway industries could be remedied, and these industries taken out of the hands of capitalist exploiters and made to serve the interests of the workers, only by nationalization and with workers’ trol. The conference then pledged itself to work for this program. Many important resolutions were passed by the conference, including resolutions opposing the expulsion campaigns against progressives in the I. A. M. by William H. Johnston, a re- solution support Johnston’s recall, a resolution against racial discrimina- tion in the unions, a resolution favor- ing trade with and recognition of So- viet Russia, one favoring autonomy of Canadian unions, for the release of labor prisoners, opposing syndicalism” laws, and endorsing the movement for international. trade union unity. Seek Wage Ralse The conference took a stand ‘by re- solution for a united campaign of all ‘unions to get a generalWage raise of into @isagreeable proximity by the desire of the aforesaid barons to make a little profit out of the transportation business, since Hylan will not let arrested in the raid. They were tak- en by the polloe squad to the County Hospital, where ‘Rosenstein was ask- ed to identify his alleged assailant. He charged that Pyzak was the man. Then the ten men were taken to the them raise the ante so that they can purchase enough space to let each passenger enjoy his own smells, what- ever they may be. To put the issue in plain language, Hylan will ‘stand or fall on the five bureau of identification where their |Ce@t fare and his opposition to the finger prints were taken. From the | imterests.” Tammany will win with bureau of identification they were |the aid of its precint, ward and dis- again taken to the County Hospital. trict captains, friendly cops, gangsters There it was found that Rosenstein | bootleggers and the labor fakers, who had been taken to his home. The | failed to get on Hylan’s payroll, Hylan prisoners. were taken there and Ro- | Will have the support of some of the senstein repeated his charge that Py- | capitalists. zak had assaulted him. Tammany will have the support of the bigger ones and Water- They were then taken to the Chi-|man, the republican who makes your cago avenue station, where Pyzak was booked on the assault charge and the others were charged with Wisor- derly with disorderly conduct. Pyzak doesn’t take the against himself seriously. tion is won. The International is desperate. They are not making clothes so they try to make trouble for the union. When they discover that we are not to be frightened by such charges and frame-ups, they will have to settle. If this sort of thing will help to bring the strike to} 415,000 equipment trust certificates a quicker end, b am ready to face}|and to sell them at 97 per cent of these framed-up charges.” Franklin Union Rejects Anti-Communist Letter Franklin Union/“No, 4 of the Inter- national Printing Pressmen and As- sistante’ Union, voted to reject the anti-Communist red-baiting _ lettter sent out to all its affiliated locals by the officials of the Chicago Federation of Labor, In an effort to curry favor with William Green and the other grand dukes of thesA. F. of L. As soon as the letter was presented a motion: was made to return the document with an appropriate gesture, to Fitzpatrick and Nockels, The chair- man, a Berryite, declared he could not receive the motion in the form in which it was presented, so after some strong language was indulged in, a motion to reject the document made by Brother Jimmy Barndt was carried unanimously, » During the discussion Brother Brandt defended ‘the Communists against the charges: of union disrup- tion contained in the Fitzpatrick- Nockels ie | He declared that the Communists ndver scab or break strikes or favor suchia policy whether ’ charge |and St. Paul were authorized by the “Part of |interstate commerce commission to the strike tactics of the bosses,” he jissué $9,279,000 of equipment trust said. “We can expect anything be- | certificates and to sell them at 97 per fore our strike against the Interna- | cent of par. (Continued on page 2) St. Paul R, R. Issues Stock WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 14.— Receivers of the Chicago, Milwaukee Northwestern R. R. Gets Request WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 14.— The Chicago and Northwestern rail- road was authorized by the interstate commerce: commission to issue $5,- par. those on strike be members of the A. F. of L, or of any other union. He was referring to the action of George L, Berry of the pressmen and Tom Rickert of the garment workers, Defended Communists, * He said they don’t go around put- ting bombs in the homes of good union men or firing shots in thru their windows. Brother Brandt re- ‘cently found a bomb in his own home and Jimmy King, a member of No. 3, had his window pierced by a bullet from a gangster’s gun, believed to be in the employ of the\ international gangsters, Both were active in the Cuneo lockout, Brandt challenged the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor officials to debate the question of unionism with rep- resentatives of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, The meeting went on record approv- ing the joint agreement drawn up recently between ‘the pressmen and (Continued on page 2) Pee aarti SEARS Bt 5 PR NA EE BIE BRAS AS 0c PRCRSARD. >» <_< Ah A Ee eo 20 per cent, with a minimum of 75 cents an hour for unskilled workers. In addition resolutions “were passed on company unions, organization of unorganized workers on the railroads, demanding a convention of the rail- way employes department of the A. . of L., organization of bus and elec- tric transport workers, concerning labor banking, unemployment, for a Labor Party and for amalgamation, particularly calling upon the progres- sive delegations at the conventions of the boilmakers, carmen and mainten- ance of waymen to adopt constitution al amendments to start their unions definitely on the way to amalgamation. The program of the amalgamation movement was adopted as follows: The Amalgamation Conference Program “The international railroad amalga- mation movement {s not a trade union, or dual organization. It is an educa- tional movement and works for the building, strengthening and educating of the railroad unions on the follow- ing basis: For amalgamation of the existing railroad unions into a departmental industrial organization covering the entire industry. (a) “For a united and militant struggle of all railroad trades to pro- tect and improve wages, hours and working conditions. (b) “Against company unions, “B. & O. Plans,” “industrial peace” sche mes, and dual unions as substitutes for fighting trade unions. (c)..“For an immediate joint. camp- aign participated in by all 16 unfons to organize all unorganized railroad workers into the present trade unions, (d) “Against the money of the unions being used to establish ‘so- called ‘labor’ banks, insurance sche- mes, and real estate deals which are in reality only capitalistic business enterprises; and for the re-organiza- tion of these existing institutions upon a co-operative basis, thereby placing the control of them back in the hands of the union membership, (e) “For development of the shop committee system to increase the re- presentation of the workers in the management and control of the indus- try. (f) “For a National Labor Party with the affiliation and participation of the unions as organized bodies, (g) “For international unitye to bring about closer affiliation of all trade unions of the world in accord- ance with the contemplated plan of the Anglo-Russian Trade Union Unity Commission.” Officers Elected Near the end of the conference, which adjourned Sunday evening in order to allow delegates to reach their union conventions in other cities, con- GOVERNMENT BEGINS TO DEPORT CHINESE WORKERS WHOLESALE NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Fifty- three Chinese, rounded up by feder- al officers, were ordered deported from the country immediately when they were arraigned before United - | States Commissioner Garrett Cotter. ‘criminal They were taken to Ellis island. Six others caught in the raids were freed when they established citizen. ship. Nine others who asked for hearings were held over without bal! until next week. The excuse given for rounding up ‘the Chinese was the: government's drive to deport all Chinese connect- ¢d with the tong outbreaks.” FAKERS BUILD FINE HOUSES; MINERS STARVE Traitors Thrive on Union Treasury By HARRY P, SHAPFER (Special to The Dally Worker) PHILIPSBURG, Pa, Sept. 14-—This is District No. 2 U. M, W. of Al and it is as dead as the stones that are going into the fine big residence John Brophy, president of District No. 2 is building in Clearfield. John has done Well for himeelf slick and fat and well kept, while the miner’s children of this district run after the btéad wagons crying “Bread, Bread,” Brophy has done well, He is a auc- cessful business man, and he has de- termined that he must-live like other successes even though children cry while father pays dues to build houses (Continued on Page 2) for labor fakers, Like Lewis, Brophy blames the fact. that this district is dead upon. increased railroad rates, and not upon the sell out of the Jack- sonville Agreement, Since the Jacksonville Agreement was brought forth upon the earth, this district is dead; and now their only hope Iles in the fact that-miners here are hungry to mine coal to take the Place of anthracite upon the market, to scab! Miners here under the Jack+ sonville Agreement have become sea- vengers upon the blood spilled upon the battlefield of labor. This is what the policies of Lewis have brought the ‘union to. And yet prosperity reigns among the labor fakers and houses continue to 60 up, like stinking tombs, marking the betrayal of labor, God, how long will these things be? There has never been any one in this district to stay the hand of the faker, Their sway has been absolute and prosperity smiles upon them while they suck dry the treasury of the miner's union. Floods Drown 3,000 in China LONDON, Sept. 14.—More than three thousand Chinese have been drowned by floods in the Shantung province, where broken dykes released the high waters of the Yellow River, Hundreds of villages have been swept by the flood waters, which reached fifty miles back from the river's normal course, he \ 1 aN — SS