The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 25, 1925, Page 5

THE DAY WORKER . & 2S ei. aac SRNR ie \ Page Five SUPPORT TO ENEMIES OF SOVIET MUST CEASE, PRISONERS HUMANEL Y TREATED, SAY GERMAN DELEGATES) (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U. 8S. S. R., Sept. 23.—The German workers’ delegation to Soviet Russia has addressed a manifesto to the Soviet Union and the Second International, declaring that the Soviet treatment of political prisoners is humane, and calling on the Second International to reply to the notes from the Soviet Union, The statement follows: “During its stay in Soviet Russia, the German delegation visited a num- ber of prisons. During these visits the delegation paid special attention to the political prisoners, especially in Georgia. The delégation has come to the conclusion that the treatment of prisoners is humane. The delega- tion is fully aware that political of- fenses committed in a state where the power is practically in the hands of Your Union Meeting Fourth Thursday, Sept. 24, 1925, Name of Loca! and Place the working class, deserve to be | io. of Meetin; judged differently from similar of- “Gent "Beara, Clething | Weckers, fenses committed in capitalist states. y iJ . “Everyone participating in meas-| 548 ‘ ie W. Washington St., ures directed against Soviet Russia or} 576 supporting them is thereby support-| 342 newex a » 180 W. Wash- ing the greatest enemies of Soviet | 454 Boller rs, 75th and Drexel. Russia—the capitalists. Whether he | $7) eer Maitre eee te ane does this consciously or unconsciously ington St., 2 p. m. is immaterial. In both cases the re-| 1, , Av ry Workers, 1700 E. 2t9t St sult is the same, 6 Brick and Clay, Leavitt ang perey. Demand Liberation of German oS 3 ee. a Workers. 63 Bridge and 180 W. Washing- “However, the German workers’| 13 any delegation is of the opinion that some Ai fH sort of steps should be taken in the| 434 South Bites: 11037 question of political a lente For | 504 ¢ ie and Kedzie. several months there has been a move-| 578 ashington ment in Germany on behalf of political | 11¢ Randelph St Helpers, 128 prisoners. This movement must at Ef 166 W. Cee RE all costs produce good results. ve. “The delegation has come to the un-| 7% My 71st and Cottage animous decision to approach the Ger-| 115 9223 Houston Ave. man trade unions and the party close-| 38 ly connected with the proposal to make the German government liber- vad p.m. ate all political prisoners. We there-| 715 pane Enginemen, Ogden fore also approach the Soviet gov- ernment with the question: Is it will-| 17010 oa estas nes), 0 Wi Waa ing, on the strength of the manifesto} 33 nt Vgnke » $11 S. Ashland addressed by the I. R. A. to the Sec-| 76, vie Wy; ftarrisgn St. ond International, to which, unfortun-}| 18 ers, 328 W. Van 8 i ately, no reply has yet been received, rg) a "Way, 318 W. 63rd to express its readiness to effect an exchange of political prisoners, pro- vided the Second International ac- cepts the conditions put forward by the IR. A.? The main questions men- tioned in this manifesto can be for- mulated as follows: Exchange of Prisoners Sought, “Firstly, the fate of the political prisoners in all countries should be decided on the basis of mutual agree- ment. The I. R. A. makes itself re- sponsible to obtain the consent of the Soviet. government. for the of political prisoners. At the same time the Second International must make itself responsible to bring pres- sure to bear on all governments in which its members participate, in or- der that the exchange should take Place on a mutual basis. “Secondly, in the event of the ac- ceptance of the above mentioned pro- posal both sides undertake to ex- change notes about the position of political prisoners and to take fur- ther steps in the direction of mutual tance to these prisoners. ‘The First German Workers’ Dele- gation: (Signed) Freiberger, Hans- beck, G, Meile, Arthur Leckert, Thomas Staudt, Edward Marro, Willie Benevitz..” M. schiniats R R., 113 S. Ashland office ningun St, 6 Assn. 166 w. " counell; 14 1446 W. Bute Hall, Chicago % W. North Ave. ks Randolph St. 417 ~S. Halsted = St., Pri neing, “Pressmen Box Wk Ww. Washingto St. 549 ton St... Railway Clerks; 57 E. Van Buren Railway Cle Railwa. ts cata lor’ ve. ag re Sreaiamen.” ia? Sheet M Switchms Saat N. Fran- and_Taylor. Si Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the lunch) to your shop-mate. PREPARE FOR DISTRICT CONVENTION OF YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE IN N, Y, NEW YORK, Sept. 23—The Sec- ond District Convention of the Young Workers’ League of New York will mark a new stage in the history of the revolutionary youth movement in this city and the com- rades in New York are making elaborate preparations to greet this convention in the proper way. This Saturday evening, Sept. 2, there has been arranged a grand banquet in honor of the Second Dis- trict Convention of the New York district. This banget will take place at the Freiheit Gesangs Fer- ein Hall, 133 Second Ave., New York City. The preparations that are being made for this convention give good promise for making it worthy of the occasion. Of course every member of the Y. W. L. and its sympathizers in the New York District will want to be present. All of the revolution- ary youth of this city will rally to the call of the Y. W. L. and come to welcome its Second District Convention, PRIESTS ENJOY LUXURY WHILE MINERS STARVE Holy Parasites Give Blessings for Cash By REGINA MYORSKI (Worker Correspondent) MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va., Sept. 23. ~—Religion, as has always been the case, is also today a paying proposi- tion. If you want to have a nice com- fortable home, a sporty little car, and if you are of a roving disposition, fond of wandering into Europe and other continents occasionally, just join the ecclesiastical: order of Rome and be assured that all your desires along this line will be gratified. Just recently, in the September 17, 1925, issue, of the Catholic Observer, a priestly controlled organ in the vicinity of Pittsburgh, carried items to the effect that Rev. Charles Doyle, of the St, Peters church of Fairmont, W. Va., is spending the summer months in visiting the different countries. of Europe, and that Jeremiah O’Cénnell of the vicinity of Wheeling has just returned from a trip to Europe. It stated that they both had delightful times. Without doubt they did! Has there ever been a time when a person didn’t have a delightful time on some- body else’s money? Even tho the parishes may be bur- dened with debt and the poor, unsus- pecting working people giving their last cent to the church—money which they need badly enuf for proper food for themselves—it seems that the priest always does mahage somehow or other to scrape up enuf to have a royal time in Europe. Take for instance this city. The debt on the catholic church and school is enormous. The bulk of the parishoners are poor working people having a blinding trust in the church and doing all in their power to insure its autocracy, yet within the last few years the priest managed to make two European trips, lives in one of the best homes in the city, and has a nice little car, And yet in spite of all this they try to tell us that religion demands that you deprive yourself of the fiesh- Pots of the world. Yes, indeed, relig- jon is a paying proposition—but not for the working class. es SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES JTAH {UNIONS FIGHT “ILLEGAL EXPULSION PLAN Labor a Loses in Federation Meet By M, P. BALES SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 23. 2ist dhnual convention of the Utah State Federation of Labor has just adjourned with the conservatives in control by a slight majority. A. P. Goodmansen, conservative member of the Typographical Union No, 115.wasy elected president, and F. G. West, fairly :progressive member of Barbers Local. 377, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. The first vice- president, Con D. Silva, Meat Cutters of Ogden, is-a, real progressive and can be depended on to stir things up occasionally. Big Fight ‘on Disruptive Expulsions The big fight of the convention was on resolution No, 7 which condemned the growing tendency of the trade union officialdom to expel bona-fide members without due trial and strict compliance, with their constitutions and by-laws governing expulsions. It also cited the fact that these ex- pulsions were usually justified on the grounds of the expelled member being a member of 4,radical political party. This seemed..gomehow to smack of Moscow gold, One delegate demanded to know what “lay back” of this resolution. Your correspondent then took the floor and made a lengtly talk outlining the left wing program. Tabled By Tricky Talker The resolution after nearly two hours debate was finally disposed of by a parliamentary ruse of A. P. Good- mansen who declared that while this might be a meritorious matter it was taking up tod much time of the con- vention and he therefore moved to table it. This’ motion carried 19 to 15. Labor Party Voted Down The spétter of Communism again hovered ovér the convention when re- solution No. 17 calling upon the feder- ation to issue an invitation to all State Federations and city central bodies to meet and lay the foundation for an American labor party was re- ported back to the federation with the unanimous concurrence of the re- solutions committee. The Salt .Lake Tribune repeshadl that “this was suspected of being an- other moye of the Communists and was promptly voted down by the dele- gates.” It was by a small majority. One ft Motion Carried Resolutiggs No. 16, which was copied almost verbatim from, Foster's article in )the September Workers Monthly condemning company unions, was the onlyyresolution from the left wing that got over. It carried un- animously. Ogden got»control of the executive council when: W. M. Piggott was elect- ed 7th vice-president giving them five members ofthe council to Salt Lake’s 4, Something may come of this as the 1st vice-president Con Silva of Ogden, is a militant. The balatice of the resolutions and actions of ‘tle convention pertained to inspection of meats, prison-made goods, legislation, etc. Next year’s convention will be held on the 2nd’ Monday in Sept., 1926, at Salt Lake City, Utah in the Labor Temple. H AS WONDER-WORKING RADIUM ANSWERED THE PYORRHEA RIDDLE « Will Mysterious, Marvelous check and eradic: Kain germ is? Will it hy hh? Many for: ers say that it does! Would you protest yourself from int nal poisoning resulting from hidden gums? Will it ~The | Radium PYORRHEA? Will it causing diseased gum condi- “PEOPLE FIT ONLY TO WORK,” A PRODUCT OF MILL TOWNS WHERE EDUCATION YIELDS TO PROFITS By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Popular education is ladled out in the cotton mill towns of the south in just such quantities as are necessary to meet the demands of the masters “Why Cot- Edmonds for the for a cheap labor supply. This is shown in a series of articles on ton Mills Have Been Moving South,” prepared by R. W. Boston News Bureau and Wall Street The written to counteract recent unfavorable comment on the ditions of the industrial south ———— — Education If Expedient. Journal. series is evidently of its most capable youths or girls, for The prime interest of the mill own-| he largest mill has only one super- | ers is an adequate reserve supply of} utendent and seven overseers and native labor, If it is shown, says Hd- | ‘ew other positions “attractive to am- vitious and capable men. The result will always be that the majority monds, “that educational efforts are actually cutting the mills off from a future supply of their highly satisfac- | the most intelligent and capable ones | tory native help there will be a,cur-| Will leave the mill village while the | tailment of educational effort in some | Ones left behind )/to reproduce in th quarters. village will be the less capable and | “It is useless to talk about duty to, |less ambitious; 4nd on the whole their and the rights of the helpless mill | Progeny will be like them.” people; southern mill men are like | This, he thinks, will be the rule other business men, and the major- | 48 long as the’ mills of the south con- ity will not deliberately pursue ajtinue to maintain villages course they believe to be harmful to their personal interests. On the other hand if it can be shown that the edu- cational efforts are not likely ever to cause a serious shortage of mill- village bred boys and girls the work will be continued with ‘increasing en- thusiasm.” Dividends First. Southern mill executives, accord- ing to Edmonds, “are business men looking primarily for dividends from their mills, and they will not indulge in social service work if they are con- vinced it cuts too deeply into divi- dends.” Some. mills are evidently experi- menting to see how far they can pro- fit from the increased efficiency due to education without going so far as cause the young people to leave the mill towns for wider opportunity. A leading mill is shown as having re- cently debated whether to add 8th and 9th grades to their schools. Some di- rectors objected. But when a survey showed, “that 75 per cent of all those who were graduated from their schools in the past 5 years were in the mills, and that they were from 60 per cent to 75 per cent more ef- ficient than those who had not finish- ed the school course, it was decided to add the two additional grades.” “People Fit Only to Work.” The author's observation is that these mill villages will always tend to produce an adequate supply of mediocre people fit only to work in the mills. The proportion graduating from the schools is always small, the ‘majority dropping out in the 4th or 6th grades and another large group in the 8th grade. Practically all of these enter-the mills. The abler ones who zo on to graduate from high school or college do not return to the mills. Says Edmonds: “No mill can hope to retain many BARBERS LOSE MOST OF WHAT THEY DEMANDED Into Accepting (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 22.—The strike of the Journeymen Barbers’ International Union, Local 900, which began Sept. 1, ended Saturday after- noon with what the striker aid was a victory, although the Master Barb- ers’ Association, the employers’ organ- ization, did not grant all their de- mands. The employers, at a meeting Thurs- day night, mapped out their program and reported just what concessions they would give. The union men met yesterday at Leslie Hall, Kighty-third Street and Broadway, and voted to ac- cept the employers’ proposals. The agreement was signed and the barbers returned to their shops. Although the barbers demanded a day off each week and a shorter work- ing day, they accepted an 8 a. m. to 8 p .m. day (instead of 8:30 a. m. as heretofore) on all days except Satur- days and Sundays, which remain as they were. They also accepted the old day off in two weeks arrangement. On Saturdays they will work until 9 p. m.,-and-on Sundays ‘until? p.m. Under the new wage arrangement they will receive $30 a week, as wa- ges, and “split fifty fifty with the bosses” all earnings weekly above $45. BRITISH UNIONS FACE TO LEFT! The British labor movement is “turning to the left.” What makes it turn? You will not know unless you read the article by Carl Brannin in Friday's DAILY WORKER. Brannin’s article gives you a close up on the National Minority Movement within the British trade unions. Don't miss Friday's DAILY WORKER. semi-feudal con- | But a Ave Talked | FRANKLIN UNION TO AMALCAMATE WITH PRESSMEN More Aggressive Union Is Plan Unity between the Printing Press- {men’s Union No. 3, and the Franklin Union No, 4, is nearing attainment. _|This move was accelerated by the re- vocation of the charter of the Press- men’s Union and the attempt by Berry pressmen’s and feeders’ Cuneo, Sears-Roebuck to smash the union in the har ant The following petition is being cir- beuiated among the members of Frank- jlin No, 4: “Petition to Chicago Printing Press- | men’s Union No. 3, by members of | nklin Union No. 4. | “We, the undersigned members of |the Franklin Union No. 4, hereby pe- | tition the officers and members of | Chicago Printing Pressmen’s Union }No. 3, to consider our requ that | you take us into your organization in | order to mutually. protect the interest of both the assistant’s and press- men, for the following reason: “1.—Being uhited in one organiza- | tion we can esent a solid front to {any force w n tries to impose un- sonable conditions on us. Under the present conditions, one union is used against the other | in trouble, “If we were united this practice would not prevail. -The International Union is placing men in the Cuneo Press and the Cuneo Printing corporation their, qualifications as stants, giving them working under po- re- gardless of lice protection, violating all union principles.” This petition to unite the two lo- cals has been signed by over 600 members of the Franklin No. 4, and so far 85 per cent of the workers, in the shops that have been approached 2 petition board of the Printing en’s Union has been ¢ ider- ing the question of uniting the two locals for sometime. A special meet- ing of the membership of the Press- men’s Union is being called for Sat- urday, to discuss the question of unit- ing the feeders, pressmen and their | assistants. |American Consulate Admits Prying into British Businesses LONDON, England, Sept. 23.—Altho denying the charge of British manu- facturers that the American consul- ate is engaged in trade espionage for the benefit of U. S. capitalists, the consulate admitted that it had sent out circulars asking a number of firms to supply numerous particulars about their businesses, The information was wanted “to de- velop an international directory which is being prepared by the department of commerce at Washington,” the con- sulate said. Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. save PYORRHEA suffer. of poison in the mouth, rk eet ” of germs inset aes. from gum conditions, VOHRNEAT “wate fe void or are ai weary of loose, wob- teeth? Would you save those precious ‘hen end your YORRHEA! How? 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