The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 25, 1925, Page 1

i 5 : : : The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 218. ring of the Communist member purji Saklatvala, from America, general secretary announced. Sanz Pp “Hinell ¥ UNITED FRONT Wem THRUOUT COUNTRY AGAINST BAN ON SARLATVALA CALLED BY W. P. United front mass meetings participated in by numerous working class organizations, have been initiated by the Workers (Communist) Party and are to be held in the large cities and in- dustrial centers thruout the country, in protest against the bar- ae > In Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. O p BO x 1559 ak p3 ° 3 Uli Doe IONS of the British parliament, Sha- C. E. Ruthenberg, the party's Meetings will be held in Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh, Minne- apolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and other large cities, to demand that Saklatvala, who was to come here as a delegate to the interparliamentary union in Washington, be admitted im- OH ———— AS WE SEE IT By T. J, O'FLAHERTY ANIEL J. TOBIN was re-elected president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters at that or- ganization’s recent convention in Seat- tle, Washington, This was not all. Tobin had his salary increased from $9,000 to $15,000 a year. No ten per cent raise for Brother Tobin. After all those things happened, Tobin made a speech thanking the teamsters for their generosity and telling the world that it is a splendid organization. So it 1s, for Tobin. oo USTAVE B, RUEGER, a member of the Barbers’ Union in Seattle, took it om himself to circulate a pe- tition among loop} barber shop pro- prietors urging that the cost of a hair cut be redu to 50 cents and a neck shave tg ¢ents, Hig local union tried ig paing and placed him on tion for two years. Rueger 5 the srroes of an at- torney and Gpoyne the interna- tional exeoutive board, Mr. Cc. Shanessy, international resident, gave the local whfon a slap in the face and overruled their decision, ee |S base Rueger been guilty of advo- cating policies that would benefit the barbers, it is quite likely thet Shanessy would give him the same kind of medicine he Joe Gigan- ti-and others here 5 Here: the local union ited Giganti and his comrades of the charges made against them by the fakers, but Shanessy overruled their decision. Gi- mediately. A highly successful demonstration has already been held in New York. A Chicago meeting, conducted un- der the auspices of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League, will be held Monday evening, Sept. 28, at North- west Hall, North and Western Aves. The speakers will be Manuel Go- mez, secretary of the league, and Wil- liam F. Dunne, editor the DAILY WORKER. There will be Hindu and Chinese speakers representing other organizations, and several working class groups will take part, Admis sion will be free. Parade 12 Men Condemned, Shanghai, Sept. 23.—Twelve con- victed robbers, scheduled for execu- tion at Lungwha arsenal, furnished the principals of a parade thru the main streets of Shanghai today. | BRITISH LABOR FAKERS HAVE HARD TIME WITH NAUGHTY ‘OUTLAW’ MEN LONDON, Sept. 28.—A boatswain from London Dock addressing a meeting of striking seamen in front of the N. S. U. Hall on Well street, was denouncing the scabbing role Of the N, 8S. U. officials when the N. S. U. delegate opened fire on the meeting. He was arrested and charged-with attempted murder. The Minnuwaska sailed from Lon- ‘Foor el ‘don with the made up of pensioners from thé Royal Naval Barracks ef Chatham and the deck crew made up of Trawlee men from Grimsby and ganti was fighting for shorter work- ing hours and more pay for the bar- (Continued on page 6) Yarmouth. All unemployment doles are being stoppéd against the se: men in London, CALL FOR THIRD GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE Oo" November 14 and 15 the Trade Union Educational League will hold Its third general conference in Chicago. Representation to fhe conference is based upon rate of two dele: from each functlon- ing local industrial group in the United States and Canada. ‘These delegates shall be elected by the local general group where ‘such exist. Each local general group is entitled to a minimum of six delegates, including those of the local industrial groups. The agenda for the conference is as follows: 1. Economic and Political Situation. 2, Report of Secretary. 3. Reports of National Industrial Committsea, Organization of the Unorganized. Amalgamation, The Labor Party. The Class Collaboration Movement, Company Unions. Shop Committees, The Struggle Agalnst Imperialism, Unemployment. The Negro Workers. Youth and,Women Workers. The Independent Unions. Problems of the Canadian Movement, - World Trade Union Unity. Organization of the T. U. E. L. Financing the T. U, E, L. ‘The League Press. Election of National Committee. The labor movement is in a deep going crisis. The reactionary ade union officlaidom are showing themselves completely Incapable ‘of meeting the difficult situation. Under their guidance the unions are either falling to pieces or rotting with B, & O plans and oth ichemes of class collaboration, Upon the left wing falls the full burden of giving a lead to the organized workers and of laying the basis of organ- ization among the vast masses of unorganized. In fulfilling this task the left wing, weak in numbers and attacked on every side, has In- numerable problems to solve and obstacles to overcome. To meet the situation, it is necessary that there be a great national conference of trade union progressives and revolutionaries, which shall map out the program of the left wing and strengthen its organization. The T. U. E. L. general conference offers such a meeting. Therefore, let every locality send its full quota of de! os to this third general conference, which must be made the largest and most Important In the history of the Trade Union Educational League. National Committee, Trade Union Educational League WILLIAM Z, FOSTER, Secretary. ~~ and elsewhere. THE DAIL Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at U. 8, CONFERENCE ON CHINA URGES AMERICA ACT INDEPENDENTLY (Special to The Daily Worker) BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 23— Forty Chinese officials, educators and students attended the four-day conference on American relations with China, held here under the aus- pices of the Walter Hines Page Foundation. The discussion indicated that American business men in China are divided as to whether further attempts to maintain foreign im- perialist domination by force will =e” a\." add to their profits, since the Chi- nese nationalist movement is grow- ing. The conference voted, after long and fruitless filibustering by a die hard element in its-managing com- mittee, to urge upon the state de- partment that the United States act independently in giving up extra-ter- ritorial rights and restoring tariff autonomy to China, if the other powers fail in these conferences to co-operate. INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY {8 WT. W. SLOGAN I. S. U. and Wilson Try Hard to Break Strike (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 23."As the end of the second week of the 1. W. W. Marine Transport Workers’ strike approaches, the strike com- mittee in this port considers that the strike is getting organized and under way. ‘ With the notorious. British labor faker, J. Havelock Wilson joined with the officials, big and little, of the In- ternational Seamen’s Union of this country, all broadcasting the lie that there is no strike among seamen here ‘bles have tio easy task, but with keen instinct for their class obligations on the international field, these obstacles only stimulate their determination to stick with their fellow workers of England, Australia, South Africa, A Long Hard Fight The strikers realize that the power- ful international shipping interests will not be brought to their knees in a day, but that the world trade of Great Britain is suffering seriously from the tie up. The organization of the strike is undoubtedly making a great impres- |, sion on the seamen in this port, as shown by the steady stream of new members joining the union as they come off the ships and learn of the strike. oe J. Havelock Wilson, following his unpleasant experience when Ke tried to talk to the crew of the Olym- Pic, has not had the nerve to try to address any more ship crews. New Zealand Ship Meets M. T. W. Captains of the picket squads re- port that as soon as the S. S. Piako Tuesday afternoon, the whole crew came off. This is a ship of the New Zealand Shipping company. When she reached England en route here, the strike had just begun. The offi- cers with the help of the British police in London succeeded in keeping the men aboard ship. When the I. W. W. pickets went aboard the ship here in Broklyn and told of the extension of the strike to this country they quit CA SPEC TESCT ese NERA MPO Ly ORKER.. it Office at Chicago, Hilnois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., or elsewhere in ithe world, the Wab-}.4. NEW YORK EDITION 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, IL Price 3 Cents CONFERENCE OF NEEDLE TRADES SECTION OF 7. U.E.L. INDICATES GROWTH OF LEFT WING UNIONISM | (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK GITY, Sept. 23.—The Needle Trades Section of the Trade Union Educational League closed its third national conference yesterday at 1347 Boston Road. : The ninety delegates who attended represented the left wing of the needle trades of the principal garment centers of America, such as Chicago, Montreal, Rochester, Baltimore, Cleveland, | Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto and New York City. ‘ The delegation was representative of the left wing groups in the various needle trades unions as follows: 36 of the Amalga- | mated Clothing Workers, 35 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, 9 of the Furriers’ International Union, 7 of the Cap and Millinery Workers’ Union, and 3 of the Journeymen /Tailors’ Union; 90 groups in all.+— ° Foster Makes Extensive Report William Z, Foster reported for the Trade Union Educational League na- tional committee, his report dealing extensively with the complete bank- Workers Are Subject to Martial Law ruptcy of the present trade union jleadership and the complete demor- {alization existing within organized labor due to the leaders’ policy of class (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Sept, 23—A prop osal to “militarize industry,” whieh will give the president the power to ‘ollaboration, “B. & O.” plans, bank- ng, business, etc, Fact after fact was induct men into the army, in time of war, and then grant them “industrial ited. and agricultural” forloughts is being Foster further stressed the neces- sity of making the Trade Union Educa- drawn up by a group of militarists to be presented to the next session of tional League a mass movement on the same lines os the British Minority Movement, which is the only factor capable of giving stiff resistance to the capitalist open shoppers and the henchmen of the union bureacracy. congress, in order to crush strikes during war time. The “industrial and agricultural” furloughs could be re- voked at any time that the president may see fit. No conscription of wealth is planned. This conscription act would apply to all workers’ between the ages of 18 and 45. The only exceptions to the draft act would be the clergy, necessary mariners, and a numbers of classes of federal, state and municipal employes; o ‘ Conscientious objectors to war would not be compelled to participate in combatant service. The president would have the power to decide in An Important Development In view of the recent campaign, in the L G, W. against the left wing, said Foster, and the general attempt by certain labor officials to wage war upon these rebel elements, the broad | character of the conference takes on additional significance. It marks the growing development of a left wing in an important section of the Amer- ican labor movement—the garment trades. After passing a resolution of pro- test against the exclusion of the Brit- ish Communist, SaklatVala, the con- ference adopted the “Progressive Needle Trades Workers’ Progfam,” which. demanded the “Amalgamation of all needle trades international un- ions into a departmentalized. indus- trial union” and the “democratization of the unions thru the reorganization tied up at the Bush Terminal wharf} ERE are sketches just arrived from Moscow of incidents attending the welcome given in the Soviet capital to the Japanese aviators who had winged their way from Tokio. The greeting to the Japanese aviators inscribed above in both Russian and Japanese declares: “Long live the friendly relations between the peoples of the Union of Soviet Republics and Japan!" The sketches are of M. Litvinov, Soviet spokesman, left; M. Tanaka, Japanese ambassador in Moscow, right, and below, Dr. Okannya, the organ- izer of the expedition. Below are sketches of a Japanese flier and his mechanic. SYRIANS CAPTURE FORTRESS OF in a body. The whole crew of the American Farmer is now on strike 75 per cent coming out Monday and the rest Tuesday. Worse Than Usual When the Norwegian steamer Sext- ant arrivel in port Tuesday morning the entire black gang and half the deck department came ashore. Wages were withheld, but the men came anyhow and say they will libel the ship if there is much delay. The con- ditions of the Sextant are described + (Continued on page 3) Boston Taxi Drivers Strike Against the Checker Cab Company BOSTON, Sept. 23.—-Between 175 and 200 taxicab drivers of the Checker Taxicab company struck Saturday over working conditions, Company of- ficials said that the strike was witht out warning. The drivers said they were required recently to purchase uniforms and later ordered to buy uni- form overcoats, or be discharged. In March 200 Premier Cab company drivers stopped work because of viola- tion of a union wage scale agreement. \ ‘ SUEIDA FROM IMPERIALIST ARHY OF FRENCH; TAKE 500 PRISONERS (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON; England, Sept. 23.—The Syrians have captured the fortress of Sueida from the French garrison, taking 500 French prisoners, capturing two armored cars, artillery muni- tions, and twenty-six thousand pounds in Turkish currency, it is reported from Constantinople. The revolt of the Druse against French imperialism in Syria has received a tremendous impetus as a result of the victory. see co a French Position Desperate. PARIS, France, Sept. 23—Both in Syria and Morocco the French imper- jalist ventures are “faring badly. The loss of Sueida is a heavy blow to the French bankers who have been ex- ploiting the Syrians. In Morocco hopes of finishing the war before the rainy season have been abandoned. The French advances in Morocco have merely brot them to the line they , Cooupied earlieriin the war, apd now jon are in the hands of the Riffians they He iy roadisss and mountainous jgnd the Spaniards have been unabl coun: 4m whidh {t is tmpossible for ‘to capture them. {their armies to maneuver against the natives, The Spanish offensive, on which |Marshal Petain was counting to pro- jduce an effect has been a total fail- jure, A new landing west. of Cebadilla beach has’ been effected, but {t has even failed to relieve the pressure of the Riffian troops who have been desperately striving to hold their own for the last ten days. The only water supplies in the reg- (Continued on page 3) RAID ANGARANO HOME: KEEP HIM INCONMUNICADO Attempt to Procure Habeas Writ James M. Angarano, one of the active strikers in the International Talloring company strike, was pulled out of his bed at five oclock yester- day morning by a squad of detect- ives and uniformed police. The police refuse to book Angarano and are hold- ing him incommunicado. According to the information gathered by the DAILY WORKER representative he is being held in the detective bureau, which is known for the brutal treat- ment it accords workers caught in its clutches. William A. Cunnea, attorney for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Un- ion, is attempting to procure a writ of habeas corpus to force the police o book Angarano. It is not known what charge will be lodged against Angarano. The police arrested Izzie Miller, Phillip Nochonson and Tony Gollota, as they were peacefully picketing the plant yesterday, The police that ar- rested them have charged them with disorderly conduct. The union has had them released on bail. There were more than 150 pickets on yesterday's line. The picket line remained unbroken and the Amalga- mated members on the line picketed all the more vigorously when the police arrested three of their number. what ron-combatant service to place them. Aliens who had declared intention of becoming citizens could escape the conscription by . withdrawing their declaration. This would bar them from ever becoming citizens. The conscripted men are to be used in the military service, army reserve, coast guard, lighthouse service, coast and geodetic survey, public health service, diplomatic and consular service, IMinois Bank Closes DECATUR, IIl., Sept. 23.—By a vote of the directors, the Farmers State Bank and Trust company was closed today pending investigation by the state bank examiner, one of four per- sons to whom Frank E. Harrold, 54 cashier of the institution for 12 years, addressed letters shortly before shoot- ing himself to death in a cottage of his 120 acre farm near Dewitt, Ills LEONARD WOOD POURED COLOSSAL FORTUNE INTO BID FOR PRESIDENCY The threat to “blow the lid” off the campaign of Gen. Leonard Wood for the republican presidential nom- ination in 1920 was voiced here by attorneys for Col. A. A. Sprague, defendant in a suit for $50,000 brot by William Cooper Proctor, of Cin- cinnati, which is on trial in federal court Proctor seeks to recover half of a note he paid and half of which he says Sprague, treasurer of the Wood campaign fund, promised as a con- tribution.. Sprague’s defense is that he merely signed the note as an indorser. On cross-examination today Proc- ter admitted that he had contrib- uted $300,000 to the fund but could not recall if he had given twice that much. SEAMEN REFUSE NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL PRISONERS ARE FREED (Special to The Daily Worker) SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 23-—The government effort to get a confer ence between the ship owners and the striking seamen got a pointed rebuke when the e: lia Is conducting the strike, declared refuse to enter into any negotiations since the strike began have been released. The Australian seamen and side workers’ organizations are affiliated with the Red Transport Wor vere and cutive committee of the union, which In Austra- emphatically that the strikers would whatsoever until] all men imprisoned Section of the Red international of Labor Unions