The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 2, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY W » *©R Raises the Standar: $08 asker and Farr Mees oe, onae k; 252% oa Vol. Il. No. 22%. Very ion Rates: United States. Amalgamated Clothing Workers in United States. imperialism. Make the For labor or for imperialism. Open the gates for Saklatva SIR ROBT. BRITAIN'S RED HATER, COMING Refu sed to Go with Communist M. P. (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 30—A few days after the main party of the British dele- gation arrives in New York to attend the inter-parliamentary union sessions at Washington, imperialist England’s most distinguished delegate, Sir Ro- bert Horn, will land. Sir Robert is one of England’s most deep-dyed tories and one of the two M, P.’s who Geciared they would not g6 to Wash- ington if Saklatvala were In the party. The baronet is a former chancellor of the exchequer and retired from the ministry to accept the cnarrmanship of Baldwin's Ltd., perhaps the largest steel and iron corporation in Britain. Next to the home minister he is Eng- land’s most enthusiastic red-baiter. To Save Britain Horne, it js rumored, is being prim- ed to prevent “catastrophe” in” the | mining industry when the present subsidy of $50,000,000 wrung from an unwilling government by the might of organized labor, expires. The British tories have confidence in Sir Robert's ability to be ruthless in such matters and place hope in him to save “Brit- ish labor from going red.” Chinese In Moscow +», MOSCOW, U.S, S. R., Sept. 30. Muiitary representatives of the Chin- @ “christian general,” Feng Yu- Hsfang arrived in Moscow to study military and educational conditions. The American Federation of Labor begins its In Chicage, by mall, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. ~ Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Mlinols, under the Act of March 3, 1879. FRIDAY; QETOBER 2, 1925 FEAR BAD PEA Demand That the A. F. of L. Wage Fight For Saklatvala STATEMENT OF CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE OF THE WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA a bila of local unions are adopting resolution# against the exclusion of Shapurji Saklatvala from the The New Yérk Central Labor Council has adopted a protest. Chicago has denounced his exclusion, These organizations realize that the exclusion of Saklatvala ig a blow at the labor movement of the Saklatvala was. excluded because he spoke for labor, because at the congress of the inter- parliamentary union he would have raised his voice in the interest of labor. The great British Trade Union Congress denounced that very British imperialism for fighting which Saklatvala was barfed from the United States because the agent of Morgan \in the White House and state department wished to stiffle his voice. in the interest of imperialist looting of the capitalists. Union Congress in fighting imperiatiom or with Morgan’s ew ace in the fight to support and protect Every labor union that stands for the interest of labor should demand that the American Federation of Labor. go on record on the question of the exclusion of Saklatvala. to the A. F, of L. convention at Atlantic City demanding that it take Its stand for the right of a spokesman of labor, a fighter against imperialism, to enter the United States. labor bureaucrats show their color, CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA, ©. E, Ruthenberg, General Secretary. UNITED STATES GUNBOAT STEAMS UP CHINESE ‘RIVER TO PROTECT sessions next Monday. The reactionary bureatcrats who control the American Federation of Labor have in the past shown themselves as the agents of Amer- ican imperialism. The labor unions of the United States should put them to the test. They should compel Green and his cohorts to go on record as to whether they will take their stand with the British Trade The joint board of the Pass resolutions, send telegrams ‘ INTERESTS OF AMERICAN BUSINESS SHANGHAI, Sept. 30.—An American gunboat, the Palos, was ordered 1,400 miles up the Yangtze fiver“t6 Ichang, where a river craft owned by the American-controlied Yangtzé Rapids Navigation company, is reported by company officials to have been fired on by Chinese soldiers. No questions were asked, the gunboat being sent on the long voyage inland to act as con- voy for the comp: BORAH DEMANDS {BOSTON C, OF C. FRANCE CEASE | ASKS SELECTION WAR ON RIFFS OF IMMIGRATION Stop Wars, Pay Debts, Ultimatum (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, . Sept. 80—Every time a French soldier firés a shot at the Riff hillsides, or drops a bomb from ari airplane on a Riff village, or discharges a piece of heavy artillery toward a Moorish trench, he is using up American loaned money, and is making less possible the payment of the French debt to'the United States. That is the posjtion which the Borah-Norris group will take in dis- cussing the Mellon-Coolidge | agree- ment with Caillaux for the possible future- satisfaction of America’s $4,000,000,000 claim against the French national treasury. Since France cannot pay the United States because she keeps an army of 700,000 men ready for imperialist raids, such as the present attack on ‘the Rifflan Moors, Borah and his. as- sociates propose that the American licy be one of forcing the French to pay their debts first and then main- tain a huge army afterward if she can, POPE THROWS ANOTHER BULL f TO SAVE COST OF CEREMONY ROME, pt. 30.—The pope will save money in terminating the present holy year. Instead of closing with a feat day in honor of world peace, the: pope will issue a bull, This bull will say that until the world recognizes christ as its king there can be no universal peace. The general: impresaion is that such’ a proclamation comes several thousand years too tate, To Pick Workers by Pro- ductivity Standard BOSTON, Sept. 30—The chamber of commerce committee on immigration and Americanization submitted a recommendation for selective immi- gration. # proposes that immigration laws be devised to allow only those workers come to America who can guarantee the greatest productivity to capital. There are thousands of idle work- ers in the coal fields. These can be drawn on for agricultural ‘and other industries that show a shortage of unskilled labor and thus make up for the shortage caused by restricted im- migration. The committee’s report talks of shifting and selecting work- ing class populations as if they were cattle. Unemployment in N. Y. NEW YORK, Sept. 30—The unem- ployment report for the city. of New York states there was a decline in employment during August. Many workers are unemployed in the ex- Press transportation lines and in the building industry. A falling off in the demand for labor is noted in the metal trades and a large surplus of clerical help exists. Tchitcherin In Berlin BERLIN, Sept. 30.—Without fanfare ostentatious reception George Tchi- tcherin, commissar of foreign affaiss in the U, 8. R., arrived in Berlin at a suburban station and was greeted by a group of friends, * COMMUNISTS No Change in Rule, But . . Issue is Communism (Special #6) The Daily Worker) LONDON, 6épt. 30—On motion to rescing the order of the conservative labor party e@xecutive that no indi- vidual Communist’ be entitied to be- come’ a member of the local branches of the labor party, there were 321,000 votes gast for the motion against 2,870,000 opposed in the labor party epngress at Liverpool yesterday. This is he! far and wide as a “crushing defeat” of the Communists, but while this is formally true, the essence of the contradiction between ;the action at Liverpool and the ac- tion of thé Béitish unions at Scar- bourough, ig that~the labor party congress i§ Not as representative of the real lon of the British rank and file wor as the Trades Union Congress. lese workers are no more “to the Communists to- day than were three weeks ago. Same | They Started From. The iwever, altho a defeat, is but a repulse of an attack, which leaves the Communists in the same position ‘ag before, so far as reality is concerned, for there is no guaran- tee that they will now be expelled from local Tabor party branches that refused. jously to carry out the same order. The. nently soci 5 ef preemi- lemocratic and bitterly opposed to. the Communists, took great pains to show their hatred which some ‘of them’ who got to the Scarborough congress had to stiffe be- hind their teeth. Cramp, Ramsay MacDonald and Ernest Bevin went the limit in»yverbal attacks. Pollitt Says Something. Gallagher, 4 Scotchman, and one of the approximately thirty Commun- ists present: representing trade un- ions, was ‘eontinually interrupted. Harry Pollitt, a London Commuist, could not shame these delegates rep- resenting “labor” by his remark: “If this movement is wide enuf to go yatching with’ Lord Inchcape, it is wide enuf for: anybody.” He added that, “No barrier is strong enuf to keep the Communists out. We will get in ohe way or another.” This seems to be the truth, since he was there despite the rule barring Communists. Further, if the labor party executive tries to carry out the order they have previously feared to carry out, the labor unions will be the scene of some violent opposition to the Ramsay MacDonald leadership of the labor party. Paris Bank Clerks Lose Strike, Going Back to Starvation | PARIS, Sept.:20.—After fighting un- aided for. manyweeks; the Paris bank clerks have been forced to return to work without any substantial gain. Some of the:: smaller banks have granted an increase of about $1.10 a month, and a) coaleallowance during the winter, but the big establishments have not only:refused to grant an in- crease, but have victimized many of the strikers, UNEMPLOYMENT ON THE INCREASE ALONG WITH BRITISH SH LIVING COST LONDON, Sept, 80- 30.—The percent- age of unemployed among 11,500,000 British workpeople by the last. re- yturn Ie 12,5 against 11.6 a month variler and 10,6 a year ago. Cost of living averages, as issued by the ministry of labor at the be- ginning of September, show retail prices 7# per cent above July, 1924, as compared with 73 per. cent in August, 80 in. January and fe In September, 1924.” ee. PUBLISHING CO., Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents 9,000 UNEMPLOYED IN LONDON DEMONSTRATION DEMAND WINTER RELIEF (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 30—Banners with such inscriptions as “Work or Main- tenance” and “Better be Fighting than Starving” were Carried iftva procession of 5,000 unemployed when they marched to the office of the West Ham board of guardians. The purpose of the demonstration was to secure for the unemployed additional allowances of coal during the winter, The crowd was addres- sed by speakers, including several local Communists. More than 200 mounted police were stationed along the route of the procession. FLORSHEIM SHOE CO. ATTEMPTS 10 CUT WAGE SCALE Werkivs Resent Slash in Wages Workers in various departments. of the Florsheim Shoe Co., Adams and Clinton Sts., have been called together by the bosses in an attempt to slasti wages from 10 to 25 per cert. The workers at these meetings have been addressed by the bosses and asked whether they agree to the proposi- tion of taking a slash in wages. Sev- Gralof the workers objectéd, sirowing the utter impossibility of living! de- cently under the proposed cut. 4 The bosses then produced ‘@ gheat of statistics comparing the shoe’ Work- ers’ industry with that of unskilled labor and other lower-paid industries, showing that if these workers, can live on what is paid them, why,so can the shoe workers. . This attitude of the employers agreement which will dvoid a Gil wages, The bosses have expressed will ie ness to enter arbitration. The work- ers on the other hand do not want to go into arbitration as they realize that any arbitrator that may we agree- able to the bosses is on the side of the bosses and their case will ‘not get a thoro hearing, The Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union has control of the shop, KELLOGG RULES AGAINST DEMAND FOR ELECTIONS WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.— Secret- ary of State Kellogg refuses to pay any attention to the Haitidn demand for new elections, next. January. Borno, the present president of the Haitian government was placed into office by virtue of American machine guns. His opponent was forced to leave the island during’the American occupation for refusing to do the bid- ding of the bankers of America. The state department, states that the constitution provides“or elections on “even numbered years” and that it is up to Borno, whether an election will be held in. 1926 or not. It ex- ‘| presses, it will be satisfied if Borno intends to remain two or more years | longer. Borno refuses to hold an elec- tion of the legislative body, as this | body elects the president and he fears that he would stand no chance of, get- ting the presidency, STRIKE OF CHINESE gressive miners are being held leaders, together with a striker, the anthracite. Lewis Confers With Chamber of Commerce On Tuesday, after a three hour con- ference between John L. Lewis, presi- dent of the United Mine Workers, and a committee of three elected by the Scrantoh chamber of commerce, it was intimated that negotiations would soon be resumed between the oper- ators and the union officials. What is in store for the striking miners may be seen from the char- acter of the committee from the chamber of commerce, and the cham- ber’s complete endorsement. of the arguments of the coal operators. Fine Lot of Mediators On Monday the chamber of com- merce met and passed a resgjstion favoring mediation and arbitration in the present dispute, Then it oppoint- ed R. E..Weeks, president of the In- ternational Correspondence Schools; E. J. Lynett, owner of a local capital- ist newspaper, and R. A. Amerman, a banker, as a committee to bring about renewal of negotiations between the miners and operators. After warning the miners that “sub- stitutes” would put, anthracite out of the market if the strike was continu- ed, and expressing approval of the operators’ offer to submit their case to “impartial arbitrators,” the cham- ber’s resolution specifies that the com- mittee it elects shall—‘“use its efforts in bringing about the adoption of a new working agreement containing a clause providing that in the future when differences arise that cannot be adjusted in joint conference or thru mediators, these differences shall be submitted to impartial and competent arbitrators.” Sell Out Ahead This perfectly expresses the argu- ment of the operators, and. the fact that John L. Lewis held a “satistac- tory” conference with them shows clearly that Lewis is laying the ground to accept the operators’ prop- osals and betray the strikers by drop- ping the miners’ demands for a wage increase in exchange for the check-off being granted by the bosses. This view is strengthened by the outbreak of publicity thruout the an- thracite capitalist press setting forth that there is no chance at all for a wage, raise, but that the check-off is a demand wholly justified and “right- eous altogether.” Try to Jail Opposition . The arrest of the progressive miners is a move on the part of the coal operators and the corrupt Lewis machine to prevent any serious op- position to the contemplated betrayal of the’ wage demands. However, the progressives declare that they cannot be silenced by prison or otherwise, and will raise a storm of protest against Lewis’ sell out and Cappel- |lini's playing the stool pigeon for cap- | italist jailors and mine owners. The | militants will not permit a check-off settlement and will attempt to block any settlement that does not include the wage increases demanded by the ‘miners when the strike began. TELEGRAPH OPERATORS PARALYZES NATION SHANGHAI, Sept. 30.—The entire Chinese telegraph system has been paralyzed by a walkout of the telegraph operators, No messages are being received at over 400 stations. E IN COAL WAR 'NEGOTIATIONS FOR BETRAYAL OF ANTHRACITE WAGE DEMANDS LOOM AFTER LEWIS MEETS “MEDIATORS” (Special to The Daily Worker) SCRANTON, Pa., Sept. 30.—While four leaders of the pro. in jail in the drive against the | Progressive Miners’ Committee by the combined forces of police, |labor fakers and mine operators, preparation is being made to. sell out the strike, by a conference between Johh L. Lewis and a’ committee elected by the Scranton chamber of commerce. Alex Reid, secretary of the progre: Pat. Toohey and August Valentine, strikers and local progressive ssive miners’ committee, Alex Vareck, who tried to offer bail and was arrested, remain in prison while the International Labor Defense is perfecting legal and financial measures to fight their cases and others arising in the terrorism being practiced against the militant miners int BRITISH FAKERS ATTACK SEAMEN STRIKE LEADER Calling Hardy “Spy” Is Resented by Unionists (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 30.—Despite the reams of propaganda of the reaction- ary National Sailors’ and Firemen’s | Union leaders, spread gladly by the capitalist press to defeat the “outlaw” strike of British seamen, the strike holds fast to British trade with in- visible talons. According to the fakers and the press the strike is “wanitfg,” but-ain- fortunately a score of big passenger liners ‘due to sail from England for the dominions are unable to sail at all, Cargo steamer lines are wholly disorganized and cables tell that eighteen steamers are tied up in So, Africa and fifty-six in Australia, Wilson Attacks George Hardy Havelock Wilson, cabling long dia- tribes against the strikers from Can- ada and the United States outdoes all former slimness, The Sunday Worker, reprints a quo- tation from a leaflet printed in red and distributed around the docks by the traitorus officials of the N. S. U. inciting the sailors as follows: “Will you follow the lead of a spy tho helped the Germans sink our ships and send thousands of our brave lads to their death?” The “spy” mentioned is George Hardy, and he is so termed by Have- lofk Wilson because, in 1918, Hardy as a member of the American I. W. W. was imprisoned under a sentence of a year and a day at Leavenworth, having been convicted by a war-time jury before Judge Landis of Chicago along with one hundred other I. W. W. on all sorts of fantastic charges un- der the infamous “espionage act,” nothing being proven except that the I. W. W. had called some strikés for economic demands which, incidental- ly, were stated to be justified by gov- ernment investigathing commissions, Hardy Among “Outlaw” Strikers After Hardy’s prison term was up, he was elected as general..secretary- treasurer of the I. W. W,, but was finally deported to England, his native land, after concluding his term of of- fice with the I. W. W. As one of the leaders of the “outlaw” strike of sea- men protesting against Wilson’s sign- ing of,an agreement with the ship owners. cutting the seamen’s wages $5.a month, Hardy has been made the center of the most despicable at- tack of Wilson and his tribe in Eng- laid and.Furuseth, Qlander and com- pany of the International Seamen's Union in America. The caliber of Wilson's’ attack can well be judged by his statement to the capitalist press that “Not one of the reds’ private characters can stand up for five minutes,” and his launching of the most personal sland- ers upon opponents of his labor union policies. The Sunday Worker, organ of the progressive center of British unionism observes that “Wilson's un- fon must be hard hit to stoop as low | a8 this,”