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Page Two SAKLATVALA ISSUE RAISED IN INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION (Special to The WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. the council in charge of the interparliamentar to keep the exclusion of Shapurji Saklatvala, Daily Worker) 4.—Despite the efforts made by union congress ommunist mem- ber of the British house of commons, from the floor of the con- gress, Ben Riley, labor member speech scored the union for its vala incident. His speech followed the tra: of protest by Shapurji Saklatva sion. of the British parliament, in his 200,000 ANTHRACITE . } STRIKERS’ LEAFLETS TO BE DISTRIBUTED HE anthracite coal miners are on strike. They are using the strong- est weapon at their disposal at this time, to enforce their demands for increased pay, better working condi- tions, They are fighting a hard strug- gle. The American working class must help the miners win this strike. The workers must understand the basis |of this strike; they must give the strikers their support, moral and method of handling the Saklat- nsmission of the following letter la to'the congress of his exclu- Saklatvala Protests. “I submit for the special and emergency consideration of | °°™!ng of the craft division of la- the conference the question of the outrage committed by ‘the United States government upon the rights and prerogatives of our conference, and also of the honored usage respected by the hosts for all international as- semblages. “The validity of most meetings of members of an organization becomes doubtful if any member enttftled to at- tend the same is forcefully kept out of it. It would be impossible to ac- cept the invitation of a country for an international assemblage, if the hosts undertook the duties of careful- ly going thru the career of each dele- gate, and applied to it some peculiar national standard of fitness or unfit- ness, and assumed control over per- Mission of delegates to attend confer- ences.” To Expose Kellogg. Saklatvala in’ his letter offered to come before the committee that the interparliamentary union may appoint and show that the speech that he made in the British house of com- mons was garbled by the secretary of state in his exclusion of the British delegate. Attacks Union Conference. “We have no desire,” said Ben Ril- » labor member of the British par- Retieat in his attack on the failure ,@f the union to protest the Saklat- Yala ban and also to discuss other is- fues that contained dynamite for many of the reactionaries in the un- fon congress, “to enter into a discns- sion of how the exclusion of Mr. Sak- lntvala has come about, or to question the right of any country to administer its own laws; but we are concerned that unless the council of this union can make such arrangements as will enable all its members to enjoy equal rights, and make their particular con- vention to the great work for which the union exists, confidence will be destroyed and a great blow struck at the very basis and purpose of the ‘nion.” re Washington Protest. WASHINGTON, D. C., O¢t. 4—The workers of Washington protested against the exclusion of Shapurji Sak- latvala, Communist member of the house of commons, from the United Btates and the interparliamentary union congress now meeting at Wash- {ington at a well attended mass meet- ing held at 1337 Seventh St., North- ‘west. Comrade Bloor who was the main speaker, attacked the exclusion tac- tics of Kellogg to stifle an opposition to the imperialist rule of Great Brit- ain and showed how England had forced her imperialist policy on In- dia, Egypt, Ireland and other nations. Resolution Adopted. The following resolution was unani- mously adopted: “This protest meeting assembled at 187 Seventh St., N. W., Washington, D. C., Sept. 30, 1925, resolves that, “Whereas, Shapurji Saklatvala was excluded from America by an arbitr- ary act of British representatives In our Own government after he had been invited to this country by the interparliamentary union, and, For Indian Independence. “Whereas, we know that this act of injustice was to penalize Saklatvala tor his championship of the cause of serious violation of the time- leeeaoia for India’s workers and for his vigorous ptotests against British imperialism, Condemn Kellogg. “Be it resolved, that we condemn the exclusion of this representative of labor by Secretary of State Kel- logg as an act of collusion with the British empire, in its effort to subju- gate the workers of India, China, Ire- land and many other countries to its lust for world domination.” *e* ° Frisco Workers Protest SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 4—A united front protest meeting -held at San Francisco Sunday evening, Sept. 27, at which, speakers in Chinese, Hindu and English addressed the workers on the exclusion of Shapurji Saklatvala, Communist member of the British house of commons, from the interparliamentary union congress be- ing held at Washington, D. C:, adopte® the following resolution protesting his exclusion and demanding his immedi- ate admission: “Whereas: Secretary of State Kel- logg, having instructed the general consul at Lndon to revoke the visa granted to Shapurji Saklatvala, a member of the English parliament, and a representative of the organized workers of that country, from attend- ing the interparliamentary conference at Washington; and, Fights Imperialism. “Whereas: Saklatvala has carried on an uncompromising struggle against English imperialism in China, Egypt, Ireland, and particularly in In- dia; therefore be it “Resolved, That thru this mass meeting held in Workers’ Hall, San Francisco, on this Sunday evening, Sept. 27, 1925, we unhesitatingly pro- test the action of the administration thru its secretary of state, in exclud- ing Saklatvala, as an act of hostility against the labor movement of the whole world, and as a blow of dis- crimination against the foreign-born workers, and at the same time as a vicious blow to free speech in the United States; and be it Admit Saklatvala! “Resolved, That we demand the im- mediate admission of Saklatvala to this country, and be it further “Resolved, That copies of this reso- lution be sent to Secretary of State Kellogg; to Senator Hiram Johnson, and to the press. “Signed, CHAS. W. RILGRIM, chair- man of meeting.” Increased Sugar Output in Russia. In the next business year the pro- duction program of the Sugar Trust will be brought up to 58 million poods (1 pood—36 English pounds) of sugar, against 44 million poods in the cur- rent year. In connection with this, the Central Administration of State Industries will open in addition to the 125 sugar factories already working, another 26 factories from the list of those not at present working. This year’s splendid beet harvest guarant- ees that sugar will be of a superior quality. ATTENTION, NEW YORK! The following is a list of campaign meetings, with date, place and spéak- ers noted, being conducted in New York City by the Workers Party in sup- port of its candidate for mayor, Benjamin Gitlow: MONDAY, OCT. 5—14th St. and Irving Pl.: Weinstone, Brahdy, Mitchell, Bert Miller. 106th St. and Madison Ave: Poyntz, Sorenson, Powers, Landy, Harfield. 116th St. and Lenox Ave.: Poyntz, Powers, Grecht, Horowitz. Longwood and Prospect: Stokes, Pollak, Baum, Pasternal TUESDAY, OCT. 6—Columbus Circle (58th St. jentall, also Greek ers. 7th St. and 2nd Ave.: Brodsky, Grecht, Siskind, Bert Wolfe. 79th St, and Avenue Pollak, also Hungarian speakers. 110th St. and 5th Ave.: Weinstone, Benjamin, Royce, Markoff, Felshin, Bert Miller. Union and S. 2nd, Brooklyn, Rose P. Stokes, Valentine Nesin, Primoff, Chas. Raiss. Hopkinson and Pitkin, Brooklyn: Bert Wolfe,“Cosgrove, Mitnik, Rube in, Bath Beach (Place to be announced): Chorover, also Jewish kers, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7—104th St. and Madison: Codkind, Jampolsky, Powers, Horowitz, Landy. 106th St, and 2nd Ave.: Markoff, Powers, Italian speakers. Claremont Parkway and Washington Ave.: Undjus, Chorover, in. oF eabbay, OCT. 9—10th St. and 2nd Ave.: Stokes, Brodsky, Weinstone, Cohen, Chorover. 106th St. and Madison: Codkind, Bentall, Landy. 110th St. and 6th Av Bentall, Codkind, Benjamin, Stachel. Intervale and Wilkins: Grechf, Royce, Pollak, Pasternak. Grand and Reebling, Brooklyn: Poyntz, Nesin, Primoff, Rosen. : SATURDAY, OCT, 10—7th St. and Avenue A.: Clarence Miller, also Rus- sian speakers, 38th St. and 8th Ave.: Greek meeting, John McDonald. 110th St. and Sth Ave.: Codkind, Weinstone, Poyntz, Stachel. 103rd St. and Madison Ave.: Codkind, Weinstone, Poyntz, Stachel, Landy. 149th St. and 3rd Ave.: Baum, Chorover, Sorenson, Siskind, Grand and Havemeyer Brooklyn: Nesin, Primoff, Sherer, Stone and Pitkin, Brooklyn: Bert Wolfe, Lifshitz, J, Ruben- P 4G Mitnik. as otherwise. A Communist Duty. It’s the duty of the Communists and militants of the American labor movement, to bring the issues in- volved, the grievances of the miners, the struggle of the miners; the short- bor, the need for a militant leader- ship; the need for a labor party; the need for trade union unity nation. ally and internationally, to the atten- tion of the workers of this country. A Suitable Leaflet. The national office of the Workers Party, has issued a leaflet: “Stand by the Anthracite Miners.” This leaf- let is the best means thru which to speak to the working masses, in a brief way, about the miners’ strug- gles, against the coal barons, who are Jiving in luxury on hundreds ot millions of dollars’ profit wrung out of the blood of the slaves of the pits, ete. Has Your Branch Acted? It’s true, 200,000 of these leaflets have been distributed. But that ts not enough. Many more must be dis- tributed. It must be done now. The struggling miners need your moral support now. See to it that you place an order at once with the Supplies Department, National Office, Workers Party of America, 1113 Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. The price is with- in the reach of the poorest branch, namely: $2.00 per thousand, which includes express or postage charges. FRANCE MEETS GREAT DEFEAT IN SYRIAN WAR . . Tribesmen Smash First os Offensive ' DAMASCUS, Syria, October 4— France’s war against the Druse tribes- men is not progressing. She has met with a number of serious defeats, French troops have been ambushed, driven out onto the desert and heavy losses then inflicted on them by the rebels, who demand that France re- linquish her mandate over Syria. This Is Hell. Ten thousand flea-infested soldiers with blood-shot eyes, swollen and parchedglips, wish they had never en- tered Syria on this expedition to keep Syria for France. Many of the French soldiers are.saying: “This is the hell we get for supporting the French mandate in Syria,” The French are organizing a second offensive. The first offensive was smashed by the Druse tribes and many of the French soldiery fear that the second will meet the very same fate. French Fear Defeat. . The second expedition of the French has a caravan of 600 camels carrying water and supplies to last eight days. The first offensive was smashed by a.small band of Druse tribesmen when the supply of water that the French depended upon, was cut off. | (Continued from page 1) cur, Tony Wishtart, Al Schaap. Fraternal: M, Salzman, F. Cheloff, G. Greenberg. District 7, Detroit—Arnold Zekit, Barney Mass, J, Reynolds, Distriet 8, Chicago—M, Shachtman, John Williamson, Valeria Meltz, J. Harvey, J. Angelo, U. Zelesnick, G. Allard. District 9, Superior—M, Abern, A. J. Hayes, H. Rankeman, C. Forsen. District 12, Portland—I. Ganapole. District 13, Los Angeles—Anna Lyons. Unorganized Territory—Pat Toohey, (alternate, H. V, Phillips), P. Shapiro, Workers (Comunist) Party of Amer- ica—Max Bedacht, Robert Minor, James P, Cannon, Jay Lovestone, A minority -report on credentials was made on behalf of a minority of the credential committee, Youth Behind Anthracite Miners. Tony Wishtrat, a young coal miner and delegate to the convention from District 6,, spoke on the anthracite strike, calling upon the Y, W. L, to give its support to the striking miners. He also called upon the league to stand behind: Pat Toohey, one of the delegates to this conven- tion who could not attend because he is now in jail, together with Com- rade Alex Reid of the Workers Party, at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Comrade Wishtart offered the fol- lowing resolution, expressing: theoun: rrerer ar Convention of Y. W. L. Opens }the operators and rN - THE DATLELINORKER GREAT RUSSIAN POET INSPIRES LOCAL CROWDS Mayakovsky Tells of Soviet Culture By M. A. SKROMNY. r One of the miost enthusiastic, meet- ings ever held in the Russian colony of Chicago, took place Friday night, Oct. 2, jen a crowd of about 1,500 people jammed the Tem Hall to listen to the famous R jan poet, Viadimir Mayakovsky. Before the meeting was over the crowd unani- mously voted to Invite Comrade May- akovsky again to Chieago before he leaves this country. The meeting was opened with the International by the Freiheit Singing Society, and after a short introduc- tion by the chairman, Comrade Stolar, Viadimir Mayakovsky began to talk From the start until the end he held the crowd spellbound. At times they were cheering and at times they were laughing until tears streamed from their eyes. Plays WIth 40,000 Actors. He described the new theater, where Comrade Meyerchold, the great impressario, perhaps the great- est in the world, is staging shows in which 40,000 people are participating as actors, : He described a play about the gas workers which was staged at the gas works instead of an artificial stage with painted machinery. He told about many other things that are taking place in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, that would look grotesque and fantastic to the “sane and respectable” playwrights, poets and actors. Comparing Culture. Comparing, the interest that is shown by the wide masses to litera- ture and poetry in the “barbarous” land of the Bolsheviks with that of the “civilized” countries, he cited the fact that the powerful Chicago poet, Carl Sandburg, was able to draw a crowd in New York of only about 300 or 400 people, while the. Russian poets usually speak to crowds of thou- sands. As a matter of fact, there were about 1,500 people in the hall while he was talking. a He said that when,he ttied to find out how big the output of poetry was in this country, he was informed by a publisher that the so-called “intellec- tuals,” the dentists, physicians, law- yers, etc., are solmetimes buying books of poetry, not to read, bi keep it as furniture, to show “a good taste.” This, while the Russian poet Dem- jan Bedny has ‘had over © 2,500,000 copies of his works printed'since 1917, while the speaker (Mayakovsky) has over 1,500,000 copies of his books pub- lished since 1917, the bodks of the poets of the “civilized” cotintries are printed only by the thousands and even by the hundreds. Writes Poems on America. After a short intermission; between the sips of Russian tea, he answered questions, and read some of his own poems, not published yet. The audi- ence almost raised the roof by wildly cheering his American poems, The Discovery of America, The Woolworth Building and the Girl, and Havana Willie. Five hundred copies of his poems that were on hand, were sold out. To Speak Here Again. The next lecture by Comrade May- akovsky in Chicago, will be held Tues- day, Oct. 20, at Schoenhoffen Hall, corner Ashland and Milwaukee Aves- It will be his last lecture in the Unit- ed States as he has to return home. The request to speak here again post- poned his home going, as he was to leave this country in about a week. Comrade Mayakovsky promised an article for the DAILY WORKER on Russian literature, art and poetry. animous opinion of the convention: Whereas, Because of the urbear- able conditions prevailing..in the coal mining industry, the anthracite coal miners have been compelled to engage in an open struggle against the mine operators, and . Whereas, Four militant leaders of the striking coal miners, Pat Toohey, Atigust Valentine, Alex Reid and Alex Zarack, have been arrested by the po- litical hirelings of the coal operators and thrown into jail, because these workers are in the forefront of this struggle; and ‘ Whereas, This marks the beginning’ of a free speech fight im a sector of the country that is domitiated by the most ruthless and brut@l reaction; therefore be it Resolved, That the Third National Convention of the Young Workers League condemns this action on the part of the federal authorities who are nothing other than hirelings of ledges to give every possible financial and moral as- sistance to these valiant fighters for teh cause of the working class; and be it ; Resolved, That this resolution be sent to all our comrades, and the labor press, at . i That worker next door to you may not have anything to: do to- night. Hand him this copy of the DAILY WORKER, . |. Coolidge-Mellon War Debt Settling Plans Will Aid Only Capitalists ‘ By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. “TODAY: Joseph Caillaux, French finance minister, is on his way back to Paris to report on his debt negotiations at Washington with the American secretary of the treasury “Andy” Mellon,’ “the third richest man in the United States.” - he results of these negotiations may be summarized from information at hand, as follows: First, since Caillaux did not secure what he wanted, the French are of course, disgruntled. They wanted easy terms, feeling that the rich American uncle should willingly grant them. France needs money, not for useful purposes to bene- fit the French people, but to carry on her wars in Morocco and Syria, and to prepare for other wars. But in the words of James Hamilton Lewis, former United States senator, from Illinois, and very close to the top in the Wilson war regime, France will agree to Mellon’s proposals, “because she wants to share in the $300,000,000 loan to be floated here in behalf of Italy and France.” Second, the Wall Street bankers, like the French states- men, are not at all enthused by the outcome of the debt par- ley. Mellon is a Pittsburgh and’ not a New York banker. The international bankers would be happy if the govern- ment at Washington would forgive the beggar nations of Europe their debts. That would make these nations more able to negotiate new loans with these same international Shylocks, whose coffers are bulging with wealth stolen from labor. Altho, as Mellon declares, the result of the debt talks will not add to, the borrowing power of the French nation, nevertheless, France was doing pretty well in getting loans before Caillaux came to Washington. This it will, no doubt, continue to do “in the name of civilization.” Third, Mellon had but one aim in pressing for a settle- ment of the French war debt of $4,000,000,000 on the best terms possible.’ War loans repaid means a reduction ‘in taxes on American industry, the essence of Coolidge-Mellon: “economy.” This policy of lightening the burden of taxa- tion on busin has been one of the pet schemes of the “Andy-Cal” regime since it came into power. It scores in the debt parley with France. Fourth, but nowhere did’the interests of the workers of either France or the United States receive any consideration. Easy terms to France, or complete cancellation, would not help the French workers and poor farmers. It would merely strengthen French capitalism, the enemy of the workers and farmers. French capitalism will seek this strength thru riew loans secured from Wall Street, an added: burden upon the backs of the proletariat of France. American workers and poor farmers, the nation's producers gain nothing by the Mellon-Coolidge policy.’ Tax reductions, resulting in — profits for business, ‘are accomplished by wage-cut rives against the already low standard of living of the work- ers. The anti-labor attack is most vicious in the textile in- dustry of Coolidge’s own New England, an attack directed by the textile millionaire, Butler, who was Cal's campaign manager. This attack is being pushed vigorously by the great coal and steel corporations in the Pittsburgh district, in which the Mellon interests have a controlling influence. The, Coolidge-Mellon war debt settling policies are 100 per cent for the capitalists. ‘ * . * * American workers cannot suffer thru repudiation by the French working class of all the debts owing by Frante to both the United States government and Wall Street's in- ternational banking clique. . But such repudiation will only come by decree of a French Soviet republic. All American workers and poor farmers should join heartily. in declaring “Let it come!” For the victory of the French working class must weaken American capitalism, and bring American Sov- iet rule nearer. * ° ° e Let American labor take notice in the hour of the debt haggling between the beggar diplomats of capitalist France and the bandit statesmen of the United States, the Union of Soviet Republics, growing richer in its own right every passing hour, was te ing another order for $2,500,000 worth of wrought iron pipe with the Reading Iron company, a subsidiary of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron corporation. This is being followed by still other orders of greater proportions. Workers of America, march forward with your comrades under the banner of Soviet rule. TCHICHERIN HAS HOPE OF U,$,- ~~ SOVIET ACCORD Optimistic About Russ Agriculture BERLIN, Oct. 4—George Tchicher- in, Soviet foreign minister, in Ber- lin, conferring with German govern- ment heads over a RussoGerman trade agreement, said he was con- vinced the United States would soon give full recognition to Soviet Rus- sia. Negotiations he had conducted with American commercial interests and his observations of the American situation convinced him that Ameri- can busfhessmen were anxious to deal with the U. 8. 8. R, Tchicherin was optimistic about Russia’s rapid -agricultural develop- ment and said that the crops this year would be 26 per cent better than last. Tractors and other farm equip- ment are needed, however, said the foreign minister, and negotiations would start at once for credits if the U. S. recognized Russta, He agreed with the German for- eign minister, Stresemann, to send “un observer to the next Geneva con- gress if Germany joined the league of nations. Take this copy of the DAILY tomorrow. But by the Combined C1OBC Gercsseccecsececssces ERIS huis s csbabssssnstoyn Fatal Train Wreck. BESSEMER, Ala, Oct. 4— Two trainmen were killed and several of the crew were injured, one serlously, when a freight train of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic raflroad was derailed ut Parkwood, nine miles from here if City: Blvd., Chicago, Ii, «- q } ¢ ISAKLATVA NOT BY THE STROKE OF ONE Be Possible to Save THE DAILY WORKE. I am sending you my response to your appeal. I en- sannnennenenensesseesenneeesssassnsnseneesesseeedeenaeseesenenes Address letters and make checks and money orders payable to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Fo) renee V ~4 \ BAN RESENTED BY THE CHICAGO UNIONS But Communist Source is “Troublesome” The barring of Shapurji Saklatvela, the British Communist member of parliament from entry to the United States to attend the séssions of the interparliamentary union, was sub ject to the fire of many voices in the Chicago Federation of Labor, Sunday, The resolution to protest the high- handed action of Secretary Kellogg and President Coolidge in shutting out the Communist visitor tothe Washington gathering, was introduc- ed by Andrew Overgaard of the Ma- chinists’ Union, who put up a stiff fight from the floor and met with ~ wide sympathetic \response to” his appeal for action. The American capitalist government has no hesitation, he pointed out, in admitting without the slightest ques- tion all sort of enemies of the work- ers including the counter-revolution- ary generals who tried to drown the workers’ revolution in Soviet Rus- sia in séas of blood. The American government admits the most savage enemies of the workers from Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland. Now the American government was picking out a rep- resentative ‘of the workers to shut out. He protested against the open discrimination by the government against the workers, and pointed out the alliance against the subject peo- ple of India, between British and American imperialisms, Moved to Fumigate It. The resolutions committee moved to refer the resolution to the tedera- tion executive for further report, each committeeman, however, stating that he approved of the purpose of the resolution, but that the trouble was that a Communist introduced it, con- sequently, it would have to be sort of fumigated by” passing thru the hands of the executive of the federa- tion and again brot before the body. It came from a “suspicious source.” Speaking against the committee mo- tion to refer, Anton Johansen of the Carpenters, Shussler of the Photo Bn- gravers, and Arnold of the Painters, joined Overgaard in militant criticism of the action of the American govern- ment, tho the last two wished to make clear they were not in agreement with’ Communists on other things. Mead stated that in the past the ‘eration had been over hasty in oting down resolutions, just because y' were introduced by Communists. himself disagreed with Commun- ists generally, but there was a dan- ger of going too far on this path of oppostion to every resolution intro- duced by, Communists. Brother Ar- nold also remarked upon the inadvis- ability of this coutwe. Anton Johansen made a slashing at- tack on Secretary Kellogg tor hig ac- tion, which marked Kellogg as “the most servile tool of capitalism in the American government.” The action of Kelloggs, moreover, proved the inter- twining of British and American im- perialism and the control of the ene- mies of workers and oppressed peo- ples. Shussler remarked that thesact of Kellogg and Coolidge shows that in America we have “hypocricy” and not democracy. Fitzpatrick Makés Usual Attacks. John Fitzpatrick opened up his cus- tomary barrage on Communists and made the rather obviously uptrue statement that Overgaard was “dis- loyal to the trade union movement.”. Fitz said he would welcome a chance to deliver a blow at British imper- jalism, but did not want to be ticket- ed as Communist for passing a reso- lution introduced by Overgaard. The resolution was referred to the execu- WORKER with you to the shop] tive tor deliberation and further re- post. ‘ &, Efforts of All Will | se eeeeeeenerees esbavesisieg IUALES Kuiscssssvoessouncoostandtt =