The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 27, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Governnient Vol. Il. No. 220. Subscription Rates: Susia hele s Yo! o a “LET INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY BE YOUR SLOGAN,” SAYS R.LLU. COMMITTEE TO STRIKING SEAMEN The Red International Affiliation Committee, credentialed by the Red International of Labor Unions to represent its Executive Bureau in its relations with the I. W. W., Thursday issued the fol- lowing statement concerning the part played by the I. W. W. sea- men in the international strike: * e Every worker who pretends to be informed of the events of the world labor movement and who claims the honor of being a revolutionist, will know and be glad that the call for international solidarity sent out by the “outlaw” striking British, Danish, Chi- nese, Australian, New Zealand and South African seamen found an iminediate response from the class conscious members of the AS WE SEE IT | By T. J, OFLAHERTY, [ee Scene Serres: hind the scenes in the tremend- ous business institution originally known as the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engimecrs, As is generally | kmown, Warren 8. Stone led the union | fmto the banking, investment and coal- Virginia were operated non-union Bat Stone was a radical it seems com- pared to those who came after him, eae fARREN S, STONE had his weak and labor fakers came to the conclu- that their game was to play with capitatizts and forget all about the ot co-operation, He pioked epee i tf | im to say kind ey, redicals in the off- of the |. Tadeed E HH it nf Pad he was so capitalist class that it a keen eye to see any dif- ference between himself and the Wall gentlemen who ran the Empire Company in which the B. of L. BH. had considerable interest. What- ever the trouble is, Stone’s appointees aré getting the bum’s rush out of the Brotherhood’s business. institutinos, is a suspicion that ail is not well with the business ventures of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers However, it is a fact that A. R. Stone, nephew of the late Warren §S. Stone, founder of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Co-operative Trust Co. has resigned his position as vice president of that institution and will be succeeded by George P. Webb, vice president of the Cleveland bank, Miss Helen Varick Boswell vice chairman of the New York County republican commit- tee, and vice president of the bank is also resigfiing. More trouble. It is also announced that Samuel R. Stone, brother of the late Warren S. Stone, has resigned as vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (Continued on page 2) CONVICTS MUTINY AT HOLY GROSS JAIL IN KIELCE if gS iF s i (Special to The Daily Worker) MOBCOW, U. 8S. S. R.—Reporty reaching Russia from Poland tell of a mutiny among the convicts in the Holy Cross prison located at Kielce, The prisoners disarmed some of the guards and seized twenty rifles and a quantity of ammunition, The surviving guards overpowered the convicts any cut off the escape. In the course of the mutiny, six prisoners lost their lives and one g darmée was killed. Two gendarmes and’ twenty prisoners were seriously wounded. minister of the |. Marine Transport Workers’ In- dustrial Union of the I. W. W. International Claes Interests First. For more than two weeks now the M. T. W., particularly on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the union leads all other organizations in numbers, ability and the spirit of struggle, the M, T. W. has carried on a magnificent battle against the heaviest odds. ' Wile the union’s strike demand: have not mentioned it, the whol strike movement is built upon th striving toward international unit; tor which every worker with the in terests of bis class at heart stands irrevocably committed. The battle flag of the seamen of the world has inscribed upon it “International Solid- arity” and no ‘one hag need to hold this bantiér any higher than the sea- men of the I, W. W. The demands of the English, Australian and South African seamen is the revokal of a wage cut of $5 a month. We are not familiar will all the demands of the Danish and Chinese seamen. The M. 'P, W. has a Hist of ten demands, every one of which’ the national Affilia- STRIKE TACTIC Prepare Organization for ike on Job’ NEW YORK ‘crTy, Sept. 26—The seamen of the I, W. W., on strike for two weeks, during which a spirit- ed battle was put up by tho usual picketing and strike tactlos, particu- larly in thie port, Baltimore and Phil- adelphia, yesterday issued thru the strike committee the folloWing t.ews to the DAILY WORKER “In a meeting unexampled in en- thusiasm and intensity in the I. W. W., at least in the recent history of the organization, the New Pade branches of the Marine Tran: Workers, with the approval at "ae general officers of the M. T. W. lo- cated in New York by a unanimous vote transferred the strike in this port to the job, the branches in other seaports of the country being at once notified of the action taken. “It was the regular weekly meet- ing of the New York membership and it crowded the large hall at 405 Broad street to the doors. A large organization committee was elected and old members say that with the determination displayed in t0day’s meeting and with the strike taken on to the j b, this port will see such an organizational and educational campaign ag it has never seen be- fore, Short Strikes the Role, “The strike was catried on longer than the usual wobbly strike. The strike call went out two weeks agd last night. The general strike prac- tice of the Wobblies is t@attack with great incisiveness and suddenness, gain what can be gained quickly and then withdraw as suddenly as they attacked to await andther favorable setting of circumstances, in the mean- time building constantly the strength of the organization. “The occasion for the enthusiasm of the membership meeting today seemed to be the sense of a duty well done for the time being toward the international strike of seamen now in progress in England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other international ports, and the strong * @ontinued on Page &) r) 4 year. 0 per year. Need Big Army to Save Irish Free State Heads from ‘‘Admirers”’ NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—Ready to prevent any repetition of the attack on General Richard Mulcahy last week one hundred armed policemen and a dozen detectives met the liner Presi- dent Harding when it docked at Hobo- ken today and before a large crowd, waiting at the dock were aware of the move, has whisked three high officials of the Irish Free State away to New York, New Industry Prospers NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—Startling re- velations, showing where one of the arrested bootleggers deposited $200,- 000 in a bank in a single month and another took orders for 4,800 cases of Scotch in a single day, followed fur- ther inquiry by prohibition men today into the activities of the Times Square bootlegging ring. SUNDAY, Si < DAIL * Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, ! (Special to The PATNA, itish India, Sep’ committee Gondemns the action ment in barf British: house EMBER 27, 1925 Vinols, under the Act of March 3, 1879. =” a IA CONGRESS PROTESTS fALA'S EXCLUSION FROM ARLIAMENTARY CONGRESS Dally Worker) t. 25.—The All-Indian Congress of the American state depart- Shapurji Saklatvala, Communist member of the f commons, from the interparliamentary union congress at fashington, for the speech in which the indepen- dence of In fought for tl Was championed by this fighter of the workers, in ssued on the Saklatvala incident. aklatvala, born in Bombay, India, has always y independence of the Indian workers not only from the yoke of British imperialism but also against the caste system maintained dia. The workers of India know his record and in now when 4 barred from attending the conference of the in- The British Lion Has WORKERS WALK OUT AT CHICAGO PLATING WORKS Refuse to Handle Work from Struck Shop. The metal polishers at the Chicago Plating Co., 351 West Superior street, have thrown a picket line in front of the Chicago shop, following a walk- out yesterday. The polishers refuse to handle the work sent by the struck Cribben and Sexton Co., located at Sacramento Blvd. and West Chicago Ave. Since the polishers and buffers at the Crib- ben and Sexton Co, have gone on strike, the Universal stove and range inspiring fo see young boys and girls rts have been plated and polished iegoas Chicago Plating eanbhaa! for- | part in a strike and willing #9) fight merly knowa as the Plating Co. Make Strike 100 Per Cent. The strike which was called by the Chicago Plating company workers had been planned a few days ago. The bosses got wind of the strike and fired those who were suspected of be- longing to the union. other workers seeing had fired the men for refusin, the scab work, walked out. A few polishers and buffers are still in the shop. These are expected to join the strike before the day is over, Co-operative A picket line has been establish-|it (the DAILY WORKER, not the ed and will be on duty from seven in} lunch) to your shop-mate Some of. the | individuals. that the bosses | go into any conference except thru % 40 40! their union representatives, UNITED FRONT FOR (Continued on page 4) Good Reason to-Roar. PUBLISHING CO., Published Daily except Sunday by THD DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. NEW YORK EDITION Price 5 Cents Repast; May Consider It Unfriendly Act WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—Joseph Caillaux, is said to regret that he was not able to come here on a debt fund- ing mission during the Jess Smith- Harding-Daugherty days, when the “little green house on K. street” was the scene of gay parties and a ren- devous for those who like to hear the pop of champagne bottles and to look on the wine when it is red. Caillaux dined last night at the Coolidge table and among the deli- cacies he missed most was his favor- ite brand of wine. Caillaux does not remember when he last dined without the inspiring assistance ofywine. Cail- laux does his best financial juggling when under the influence of refresh- ments it is repofted. This fact may be responsible for the studied policy of the Mellon whiskey ring to keep him “dry.” Caillaux Eats Dry | WILLIMANTIC STRIKERS BRINGS FUNDS TO AID FIGHTERS AGAINST A WAGE CUT HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 25.—A Ss a result ‘of the conference which Tepresented eleyen organizations, such as the Workers (Communist) Party, the -Young Workers League, Painter: ‘s’ Club, Workmen's Circle, Bakers’ Union, Literary’Circle and a few others, for the purpose of aiding the Willimantic strikers, $600 were collect ed in a house-to-house collection, These strikers; who are out now for 26 weeks against the ten per cent wage cut which the American Thread are still bravely fighting against the+ slave conditions the company tries to force on them, Forty workers of Hartford, together with as many strikers who came from Willimantic, went out to raise the money. Whencthe strikers came to Hartford they were welcomed to the Labor Educational Alliance where the committee had: prepared a hall and refreshments for them, A spectator could not help noticing the fighting spiritoof the strikers and the great solidarity they showed to the Hartford workers. It was most the morning to 5:30 in the evening. | Bosses Refuse Conference. The bosses in the Cribben and Sex- ton plant have refused to go into conference with the representatives of the union. The firm refusés to deal with the union, but expressed its willingness to deal, with the men as The «strikers refuse to Wrap your luneh in a copy of the DAILY WGRKER and give company is trying to force on them, of sixteen and seventeen years taking the bosses to the end. It is a great lesson to the American working class youth to realize that only by bitter struggle and great sacrifice shall they .be able to im- prove their conditions and free them- selves ultimately from wage slavery by overthrowal of the whole capital- ist system. Help the Willimantic strikers to carry on their fight, for their victory is our victory and their defeat is our defeat. If their bosses succeed in their attack on wages, your wages will be cut next, ayy’ WHITE TERROR LAYS VIOLENT HANDS UPON HUNGARIAN COMMUNISTS VIENNA, Sept. 25.—Reports from Budapest say that the Horthy dic- tatorship of Hungary, has arrested the former commissar under Bela Kun’s Soviet regime, Mathias Ra- kosi, along with forty-two other Communists. The Hungarian police report that they were informed. Ra- kos! had just arrived from Vienna. TURNS DOWN FRENCH OFFER Both Sides I Now Busy Haggling Over Terms WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—In plain language, Joseph Cailiaux, the French finance minister, was formally ap- prised today that his initial proposals for paying the $4,000,000,000 French war debt are not satisfactory to the American government, and do not, in Wall Street's opinion, afford a bai upon which a funding agreement can be worked out. This notice upon the French was speedily followed up by the present- ation of ae¢ounter plan, worked out by the American debt, commission, containing terms that Wall Street be- lieves France can meet, and which at the same time will be acceptable to congress. In order to give the French time to digest the American proposals; the debt conference adjourned, this after- noon until tomorrow morning when, it is expected, the French will give their answer. The terms proposed by the Amer- ican negotiators were not officially re- vealed, but it was learned that the American proposition is an approxima- tion of the British settlement plan, with only such departures from that plan as are applicable to France's fiscal and economic situation, — | DAILY WORKER READ TO THE R.R. CARMEN Bat Ryan Had to Read More Than He Liked By WORKER CORRESPONDENT KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 26.— sensation was treated In the convene tion of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen on Wednesday morning by President Ryan, who read a news item from the DAILY WORKER to the convention. It was written in the records and held up the ae t to get it In. Ryan read the headlines from thé issue of Monday, Septmeber 21, shows ing up the machine work of the big guns visiting the convention. He read “By Workers Correspondent,” then he said: “Someone in the convention must be writing for the DAILY WORKER.” ae ‘ Ryan Forced to Read it All, Then he read a part of the prticle and remarked that he didn’t stppose they wanted to hear the whole of it, but the delegates yelled, ““Read it all! Read it all!” So Brother Ryan read some “Communist stuff,” as he called it, to the convention, He read the paragraph giving the number of members in years gone by and the much smaller number today. Then he said: “See how they gloat over our misfortunes. I consider that an insult to this Brotherhood.” But evidently there were those who con- sidered it otherwise, for only a few unthinking members had anything to say against the article. Progressive Rallies Big Vote, In the afternoon, Frank Paquin, vice-president. who “exposed” William . Z, Foster from the convention floor the other’ day for previous relations to the I. W. W. and forgetting to men- tion his own work with Debs in the A, R. U. troubles, came near being defeated by a progressive named Gipple. Gipple had 1,141 votes and Paqin 1,395. Paquin was the first grand lodge officer to have any opposition up to his time of election. Four grand lodge officers before him had previously been elected by acclamation. Canada’s Bread in Hands of Monopoly with Profit Hunger MONTREAL—(FP)—While there are complaints about the price of bread, the Ogtivie Milling Co., Ltd., a large Canadian concern last year paid 26 per cent dividends. The stock was split up on a three-to-one basis, In the milling year just closed the com pany paid dividends of 5 per cent and a bonus of 3 per cent, equivalent to 24 per cent on the old stock. And this old stock, included a stock divid- end of 100 per cent, given stockhold- ers in 1908. So holders of the origin- al stock really received 48 per cent this year and 50 per cent the year be- fore. Montreal consummation of an as- bestos merger places under the con- trol of @ group of American and Can- adian capitalists 80 per cent of the world production of that commodity. DUKES AND LORDS 10 GO T0 WORK; TO SCAB ON BRITISH WORKERS (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 25. — Britain's dukes and lords are preparing to work with their hands for the first time in’ their luxurious lives. But It is honest labor—No, They only in- tend to scab on workers on strike, euphemistically put—to mbet a na- tional crisis. A volunteer organization, aimed to supply the necessities of life In the event of a coal strike followed by other strikes, has been organized by some of Great Britain’s leading men and It is reported that Lord Harding of Penhurst and Lord Jelli- coe, of Jutland fa are at the head of the organization, Many so- ciety folk have joined the organtza- tion, it is said, and if a general strike comes they will man railroad trains and load coal and perform all sorts of menial tasks, In order that British capitalism may not be paras lyzed, \ |