The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 3, 1925, Page 2

Page Two LITTLE CONCERN ~ PAID TO FRENCH |_ GAINS BY RIFFS F rench-Spanish Navy Ineffective (Special to The Daily Worker) RIFF GENERAL HEADQUAR- TERS, TARGHZUIT, October 1.—The massing of 200,000 French troops on the southern frontier has wrought but little havoc on the Riffian tribesmen. Abd-el-Krim has been able to success. fully oppose them with but 500 Rif- flane supported by a force of Arab tribesmen numbering 18,000. Navy Ineffective, Little concern is paid to the small French last week. gains m the The staff is much relieved sinee they hnve séen the ineffectiveness of the Spanish and French warshisps. They had feared that the warships would do a great deal of damage. They have found out that the navy is useless tod the imperialists in their war against the Moroccans. The landing of the Spanish forces on the barren tock of Cape Moro Nuevo on Alhucemas bay ts laughed at as a military maneuver, as the troops must depend upon the fleet for food and other supplies. The Spanish and French fleet numbers about 60 ships of all classes. Telephonic connections are working with little interruption on all fronts. The general staff has constant inform- ation a8 to all moves of the Spanish and French troops and the moves of the Riffians. Frances Uses All Means. “France has employed every means in her power to defeat ws on the southern frontier,” declared Sidi Mo- hammed, commander of the Riffilan forces, “big guns, huge armies, in- tensive campaigns by airplanes, all the newest inventions in artillery and bombing of every sort, in fact the full water, Tesources of the greatest military power in the world, excepting only chemical warfare. “France has how roughly 200,000 Men on the southern front. Do you know what is the highest number we have ever been able to employ there? Only 18,000. “What has been the result? Victory! “Victory for us! I doubt whether anyone will deny that.” With the presence of the heavy winter rains the Riffs are making plans to get enough French and Spanish cannon and supplies to put ®@ successful climax to their struggle for independence. It sis possible for the tribesmen to move rapidly as they have no need for using food supply trains. Luscious cactus fruits, melons and ripe figs are piucked by the tribesmen along the way and they are thus able to move without stopping for any length of time to prepare meals. Jardine Refuses to Stop Grain Gambling at Chicago Exchange WASHINGTON, Oct, 1.—Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, who has never believed ill of the Chicago grain spe- culators, announces his approval of the program of reform which has been laid before the members of the Chi- cago board of trade, consequent upon an investigation of the wild artificial rise in May wheat prices during and after the presidential campaign of 1924. He wants the grain speculators to set up a business conduct committee which shall try to make the grain pit gamblers barely keep within the law And he wants the directors of the pit to limit the daily fluctuations of spec- ulative prices on grain in “emergency periods”—an intimation that he does not intend to so interpret and enforce the grain futures law as to stop the gambling. Foreign Exchange NBW YORK, Oct. 1.—Great Britain pound sterling, demand 4.83%; cable 4.84%. France, frane, demand 4.73; cable 4.73%. Belgium, franc demand 446%; cable 4.474%. Italy, lira, de- mand 4.05%; cable 4.05%. Sweden, krone, demand 26.84; cable 26.87. Nor- way, krone demand 20.22; cable 20.24. Deumark, krone, demand 24.17; cable 24.17. Germany, mark, not quoted, Shanghai, taels demand 79.50, Flintface and Grabbitt This Chap Evidently The Is a Strike Agitator, He Wants a Long One HOLYOK®, Mass.—(FP)—Tag days were denied the striking workers of the Holyoke Worsted Mills by the lo- cal commissioner of the poor, on the grounds: that the workers had not been on strike long enough to be poor. The weavers strack for a 15 per cent increase in pay four weeks ago. The mills reopened recently and claim to be operating at 60 per cent normal, but the strikers claim this is an ex- aggeration, DAWES PLAN GOT BLACK EYE WITH BRITISH UNIONS Exposed as Anti-Labor Campaign Basis By CARL BRANNIN, SCARBOROUGH, England.—(FP)- British Trades Union Ootigress went on record by a large majority vote as against the Dawes Plan. This is the first time that this matter has come before the official labor move- ment in this country. Previously when a similar resolution was presented io the Labor Party Conference ways were found to keep it off the agenda. It is a striking repudiation of one of the acts of the Labor Government which Ramsay MacDonald, and James H. Thomas and other labor statesmen have defended with vigor. Mr. Thomas sat at his seat as a delegate and never opened his mouth. The resolution declared that the low wages and long hours existing in Germany were directly due to the suc- cessful attempt of the employers to place the burden of this plan on the workers. The congress pledged itself, in adopting the resolution, to “assist the German workers in every possible way in improving their standard of life and to support the General Coun- cil in its efforts to obtain International Trade Union Unity which will enable the workers to fight on an interna- tional scale for the repttfliation of thé Dawes Plan.” A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners Federation, in supporting the motion against the plan pointed out that im 1913 Britain exported 73.4 million tons of coal. In 1925 according to present estimates she would not export 50 million. France and Italy which for merly bought coal from Hngland had been pushed out of the market by Germany’s reparation payments. “In England today,” said Cook, “there are 200,000 miners unemployed. We have lived to regret what we have done. It has damned German workers. It has damned us at the same time. We cannot hold the seven-hour day here if the German miners are forced to work 8 and 9 hours. The Versailles Treaty must be revised; reparations must be done away with.” Pollitt reminded the delegates that every capitalist government in the world supported the Dawes Plan, sure- ly it could not be very good for the workers. He read an item announcing that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald had been invited to address the Pilgrim Club, an exclusive New York institution, because of the valuable part he had played as the Labor Premier in getting the Dawes Plan accepted, Shipping Board Beats Fleet Corporation WASHINGTON, Oct. 1—Leigh C. Palmer, president of the Emergency Fleet corporation and central figure in the government's shipping controver- sy, virtually was stripped of all exe- cutive powers today by the United States shipping board, TH SENOR MORONES OPENS UP HIS BAG OF TRICKS Worries Lots About Our Bankers’ Interests MBXICO CITY, Oot, 1—Luis N. Morones, the “Gompers of Mexico,” wants to make his position of class collaboration toward capital and his class treachery toward labor clear. Asked regarding the supposed ap- prehension of capital of Mexican strikes and an advanced labor pro- gram, Senor Morones replied: “If foreign capital comes to Mexico with a spirit of co-operation and in harmony with the needs of Mexico and the necessities of the laboring classes here, such capital need not fear that organized labor in Mexico will place any obstacles before it.” Let Us See Some Proof. Senor Morones said the Regional Confederation of Labor and the Amer- ican Federation of Labor had reached an agreement under which Mexican workers in the United States*and all Americans in Mexico might join labor bodies in the respective countries, each organization guaranteeing the same treatment to native and foreign members, This will be news to the outrage- ously oppressed Mexican workers who have come into the United States, only to find that not only the -Amer- ican government and state authorities regard them as the scum of the earth and subject them to dastardly persecu- tion, but that the labor unions, partic- ularly in the southwest, regard Mex- icans as “spi¢cs” who are quite out- side the pale of even consideration and decent treatment on the jobs and socially, let alone as workers equally entitléd to membership on a par with others in the trade unions, A Two-Edged Sword, Senor Morones says that during his recent visit to the United States he “convinced some of the American bankers and businessmen that the Mexican labor movement is not an- tagonistic to ¢apital.” Opponents to Morones point out that the reverse side of this is that he has convinced American bankers that the leadership of Morones IS antagonistic to the in- terests of labor. Craft Unions Based on. Skill to Discover Open-Shop Shrewdness ‘NEW ORLEANS.—(FP)—Backing Up ‘the open shop interests the state of Alabama has organized at Gadsden the Alabama School of Trades and Industries and proposes to teach in three months the rudiments of a trade which the trade unions demand three years shall be taken in order to thoroughly school the apprentice. Fifty young Americans are on the ground from various sections of the state. All trades will be taught. St. Louis Tailors Strike Is Half Won ST. LOUIS-~-(FP)—The backbone of opposition to the striking tailors of St. Louis was broken when nine em- ployers settled with the union, send- ing half of the 500 strikers back to work, The strike has been in effect two weeks. The union demands the 44-hour week with the same scale of pay, $40.80 a week. An early settle- ment is anticipated since some of the leading bosses broke with the anti- union lineup. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. READ SAKLATALA’S SPEECH TOMORROW! Shapurji Saklatvala, Communist member of the British parliament, was excluded from the United States by.the state department be- cause, according to Secretary Kellogg, of a speech he delivered in the house of commons on India. The DAILY WORKER will re- produce the speech ‘in question in Saturday's 190K FOR IT! Bea oy ig, (thay: ae fh bias ’ E DAILY WORKER White Scissor Bill Picked Much Cotton But He Died Young NEW ORLEANS. (rfp)-L-alabame and the entire south ts mourning the untimely death of )JokngDider, a na- tive of Gadsden, Ala. jrijo though ‘but in his twentieth year @ record of picking 750 pounds of cotton in a working day from sun-up to sundown. As @ pace maker he was a valuable asset to the planters, Bilder was a white man, Colored labor is’ of the opinion that he worked himself to death. DIFFERENGE IN DICTATORSHIPS SHOWN BY ITALY Wages Cut; WhileSoviet Union Raises Wages MILAN, Italy—(FP)--How Fascist union-smashing has affected the wages of Italian workers is shown by care- fully compiled statistics published in a recent issue of La Giustizia, organ of the Reformist Socialists. Since the time when the Fascists seized power, breaking up the bona-fide trade unions and attempting to substitute for them the class-collaboration fascist “un- fons,” wages have fallen steadily and the eight-hour day has in ‘fact been abolished in nearly every industry, al- tho nominally it is still supposed to exist. The average reduction in wages. as between 1921 and 1924 in some of the principal industries was: Textile -18 per cent Machine .. Chemical Building Wool Food Taking into account the cost of liv- ing, La Giustizia finds that whereas the trade unions had forced real wages on an average thruout the coun- try to a standard above that of 1914 in the years following thé war, in 1924 after several years of Fascist dic- tatorship real wages had fallen to as low as 79.66 per cent of’ the 1914 standard. The heavy reductions in wagés have compelled the workers to accept two, three or even four hours a day over- time in nearly every industry. in or- der to live. In the iron and steel in- dustry 75 per cent of the workers per- form three hours’ extra work per day and railwaymen, post and tele- graph workers, employed by the state, work 10 hours or more a day. A 12- hour day is now tie pe for agri- cultural labor while seamen on some Italian ships work 16 hours a day. Chamber of Commerce Called ‘White House Addition” by’ Guides WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 1—-The chamber of commerce building front- ing the White House and the state department across LaFayette Square, is being announced by guides in the city of Washington as the “White House addition.” The utubual display of interest by the chamber of com- merce to the purely state a@ffair-of the interparliamentary union «ongress to be held Oct. 1, has caused thany Wash- ington workers to see the close con- nection between the financial interests in the chamber of commerce building and their executive committee of lackeys in the White House. Demand Teacher Be Dropped LINCOLN, Ill, Oct. 1—Parents of the Broadwell School signed a petition requesting the immediate resignation of Clyde L. Stone, principal, for in- fileting physical punishment on one of the pupils in the school, Clifford Benner, 13, Labor Goes In For Radio Representatives of the Chicago and the Illinois Federation Labor met yesterday to devise mekns for open- ing up several radio bi asting sta- tions to be used in the Jnterest of the labor movement. 300 Rebels March In Brazil. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct. 1.— Reports received here tell of a force of 300 revolutionists tod came down from the mountains wheré they had been coticentrating for several days and invaded the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil. Build the DAILY WORKER Scared by Scarborough Must Organize Labor Party to Fight Wall Street in Wisconsin By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ‘ODAY, the Wall Street crowd gets ready to receive “Bob” LaFollette, Jr., in Washington as the youngest senator the United States has ever had. The money power did not oppose the election of Wisconsin's “crown prince” to fill the shoes of his father. It can expect that LaFollette, Jr., will not give them much trouble. ¢ * * ° * One of the big facts about last Tuesday's special sen- atorial election in the badger state, that cannot be empha~ sized too strongly, is that LaFollette, Jr., ran as a regular republican. The so-called “LaFollette candidate,” who will appear next year in an effort to unseat Seriator Lenroot, will also appear On the ballot as a regular republican, whether it is Governor Blaine or Attorney General Ekern, both ’ field marshals of the late LaFollette. With the elder LaFollette resting peacefully in his grave it can be depended on that any claims to “progressiveness” will rapidly be dropped by his successors. Governor Blaine started this backward march long before the senator died. * * * * The vote last Tuesday was: LaFollette, Jr., republican, 223,308; Dithmar, independent republican, 89,036; Work, socialist, 11, 085, and Bruce, democrat, 10,395. This shows that there will not be much left after the fusion of the LaFollette-Dithmar forces, ‘which will un- doubtedly take place after the republican primaries in next years’ elections. The “‘socialist” vote falls to a level with that of the candidate of the democratic party that has lost its legal standing thru scarcity of ballots supporting it. Work, the “socialist,” polled barely one-tenth of the vote cast for Victor L. Berger, as “soclalist” candidate for United States senator in the special election of 1918. The .“‘social- ist” vote outside Milwaukee county jas under 3,000. * * The lesson here for the class consclous workers and poor farmers of Wisconsin is that they must organize to break away that large section of labor support that has been following blindly the LaFollette banner in the mistaken be- lief that it meant progress for its cause. 4 Unorganized workers and poor farmers have given their backing to LaFollette during half'a century, with the result that today Wisconsin is in the lead among the non- union ‘states of the nation, while the ,orop of mortgaged farms is steadily on the increase. * * . * The campaign just over has sadly soiled the “progres- sive’ mantle that LaFollette, Sr., bestowed upon his son. Even the public ownership of railroad’s plank was dumped, along with measures to curtail the power of the capitalist courts. When LaFollette, Jr. thru his actions in the U. S. senate at Washington, conipletely glivests himself of the magic robe, that has won so many: political victories for his father, then the Wisconsin clty and<land workers will be forced to look about them for new means of carrying on the struggle. ere ie The workers will learn that their great reliance will be in a Labor Party, that can win the support of the poor farm- ers, landless or staggering under épfifiscatory mortgages. The conditions in Wisconsin are ripe for the fight of the Labor Party against Wall Street's republican party, to which the LaFollette political generals are s| vient, but in which they cannot hold the working and ing masses of the state. The organization of the ri ¢ct Labor Party forces in Wiscon- ‘sin is the big task that awaits fulfillment before the congres- ear. The Workers (Communist) sional elections of next worker$“in accomplishing that Party will aid Wisconsin's task. 20 Die In Japan Floods TEAR BOMBS AND THE RESERVES IN NEW YORK STRIKE A. C. W. Makes Fight on Scabby Concern NEW YORK—(FP)—After bring: ing a truck load of tear bombs and reserves from a dozen stations to scatter a masg of workers who gather- ed in front of the International Tailor ing Co, factory here, the police next day raided the offices of the Cutters’ union on the pretext that weapons would be found in the possession of some members. None of the ged weapons were found, and no arrests were made, The raid followed a spontaneous demonstration of the striking taflors in front of the shops of the tailoring company. It was caused by the ac- tion of 175 workers in the struck plant, who abandoned work in the morning and came to the union office to join the other strikers. The workers who were around headquarters immediately started a demonstration, marching around the corner to the plant and gathering in the street in such a large crowd that all traffic on the busy thoroughfare was completely stopped. Police re- serves came and drove away the strikers, without resorting to the use of the truck load of tear gas bombs they had brought along. The strike against the International Tailoring company is one of the most bitter the Amalgamated Olothing Workers has ever conducted. Barly in the strike the company obtained an injunction which, if enforced, would have prevented the workers meeting in their own halls, Despite this drastic injunction the union has kept its strike up, with five pickets on the line before the plant of the company. The pickets have been un- usually successful, déspite rigidly enforced rules of siléficé, in’ getting workers in the shop to’quit and join the union, : TOKIO, Oct. 1—Twenty known dead were sted by Japanese news- papers today As the toll of the thirty- six hour rain just ended and the re- sultant floods and landslides. No fore- igners were endangered, according to reports. Yoyr neighbor will appreciate the favor—give him this copy of the DAILY WORKER. * HELP CHINA! 'RAKOSI FACES: EXECUTION BY — HORTHY REGIME Communist Leader and 100 Others on Trial (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Oct. 1—Mathias Rakeo- si, jér of the Hungarian Commune, who has fallen Into the hands of the Horthy agents in Budapest, and who, according to information recelved by the International Labor Defense, has passed thru a severe third degree in which he suffere worst of the white terror brutalities, le now in dan- ger of execution. The Hungarian government, in or- der to wreak vengeance against the Communists and to stop the growing movement of workers against the Hungarian agents} are threatening to rush Rakosi thru a sham trial and execute him. ° Big Demonstration The International Labor Defense has called 4 demonstration against the threatened execution and the arrest of 100 workers in Budapest and is de- manding the freedom of all political prisoners in the Horthy dungeons. The demonstration is arranged particularly in connection with the visit of 7 Hun- garian white terrorists to. the inter- parliamentary union. These have rived to tour the country on behalf of the Horthy regime. The Interna- tional Labor Defense has invited ali labor organizations to participate in the demonstration to be held in Union Square on Monday, October 5th, at 5:30 p, m. ¥ Take this copy of the DAILY WORKER with you to the shop tomorrow. TURKS PREPARE TO RESIST ALL BRITISH ATTAGKS Hold Reserves in Readi- ness for War CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 1.—Mobil- ization of the Turkish army is under way to resist any attempt on the part of England. to, attack the Turkish frontier, Four classes of Turkish recruits, ranging from the ages of 22 to 25 years have heen called to the defence of the interests of the Afigora govern- ment. The officers of the first and sec- ond reserves ate to undergo a strict medical examination and are to be prepared to answer the call to arms at the first possible sign of British troops crossing the Turkish frontier, Demand Mosut Turkey is much ‘aroused over the question of Mosul, which was taken away from Turkey and handed to im- perialist Great Britain in the mandate for Iraq. Turkey does not expect the British controlled league of nations to give her a satisfactory settlement. Tho The Hague is discussing the cas¢ now, there is no doubt in the minds of either the British or the Turkish statemen that Mosul will be given to England again. “Turkey will not stand by with her arms folded,” says one of the Turkish newspapers, “and permit England to acquire Mosul for the benefit of her petroleum kings.” Insall the principal cities of China today, the workers ising revolt against their oppressors, feeling the breath of bea S comes to them from the workers’ government of Soviet Russia, they too, want ‘to’ be free. ; The iron hand of internatibnal imperialism is pressing harder and harder upon their throats in an effort to starve them and keep them fn submission, abject slavery and servitude, The success of international capitalism spells starvation, e: tion, imprisonment and death for the workers of all countries. pecs Don’t Let Them Starve THE CHINESE WORKERS ARE WAGING A BATTLE AND FREEDOM TTLE FOR LIFE THEIR VICTORY WILL OUR VICTORY, A LIBERATED CHINESE WORKER, MEANS A WORKER EVERY WHERE. tae Cee THEY NEED OUR HELP—MORALLY AND FINANCIALLY, } THe MUST RALLY TO THEIR SUPPORT AND HELP FEED IN RUSSIA, ENGLAND, GERMANY, FRANCE, AUSTRALIA, EVERYWHERE THE WORKERS ARE SUPPORTING T - ERS OF CHINA. ee - DO IT NOW! 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