The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 6, 1925, Page 5

TAKE APPEAL ‘TO MENBERS Scores Johnston at His Hearing WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.—(F.P.)—-J, F. Anderson, former vice-president and recent candidate against Wm. H. Johnston for the presidency of the Intl. Assn, of Machinists, announced on Sept. 30 that he would appeal to the bership against the decision of the general executive council which sustained Johnston's order suspend- ing Anderson’s membership. The vote in the council was 8 to 1, Ten ber cent of the active lodges must second the appeal before it can be sent to a general ballot for decision. A Pungent Statement, Appearing before the council at Washington headquarters in response to a formal summons, Anderson read to the members a pungent statement in which he denounced the order against himself as tyrannical and in defiance of the will of the rank and file of the machinists. He reviewed the history of the un- jon’s struggle to establish democracy in its own affairs, and demanded that any charge against him be tried by his own fellow-members in his own lodge, and not by the council which is his accuser. Membership Rule Lost. He declared that the disclosures of recent months concerning the elec- tions held in 1920 and 1922 and 1924 have disillusioned the membership as to their own control of the organiza- tion. Johnston’s demand that Anderson apologize to the council he character- ized as “a ridiculous proposal for me to recant,” and “adding insult to injury.” Rich Orientalia of Ancient Date Is on Exhibit in Moscow MOSCOW, Oct. 4.—An exhibition. of Chinese ancient books dating from the period between the 2nd and the 8th centuries is being organized in the Asiatic Museum of the Russian academy. An inscription carved a polished stone plate and bel to the 2nd century which Professor V. M. Alexeev found in Central China in 1907 will be displayed among the most valuable exhibits. A rare collection of about two thousand Chinese books in the Tang- out language belonging to the early era of Chinese printing art, found and excavated by fhe explorer P. K. Koslov in the Mongolian dead city, Hara-Hota, will also be exhibited, as well as samples of Chjur-jen manu- a te and other species of Chinese ot writings, r ‘ose who work hard for their i ney, | wil save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street PITTSBURGH, PA. Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 350 N. FIFTH STREET, LADIES’ DRESS, 6142. Cut in elght sizes: 40, 4, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 inches bust measure. To make as illustrated will require 1% yard of plain material 40 inches wide and 2% yafds of figured for a 44-inoh-size. The width at the foor is 2 yards, with plaits extended. Price 120, Crepe ee ee eens andi heb (Continued from page 1) Clusive monopolies—each in a par- ticular branch of service but very often having interlocking director- ates, ‘Traction vs, Realty. One of the contradictions inherent in capitalist development here arose. It was to the interest of the great traction trust that fares be increased so that their rate of profit rise, It was on the other hand of the great- est interest tothe realty corporations that the fare be held at a low level so that they could continue fleecing the gullible with their land boom schemes from which they harvested millions. Thereby these two groups of capital- lists were brought into active conflict. The dominant party on the New York election scene is the democratic party. This city has not had a re- publican mayor since Seth Low who was a fusfon candidate in 1902, It was therefore logical that the war- ring economic groups use their most energetic efforts that this party nom- inate a candidate for office who will favor the one or the other group. This was finally crystallized into the Hylan-Smith fight. Who is Smith? Alfred B, Smith is a director of the Hlectric Transport company which has interlocking directorates with the Interborough Rapid Transit com- pany (operating New York subway and elevated lines) thru Cornelius Vanderbilt and Horace M. Fisher, which in turn has interlocking direct- orates with the New York Central, the Biltmore hotel, Armour and com- pany, etc, ad infinitum. He is also a director of “the Morris Plan com- pany which has workers in loan schemes and is also chief shareholder and chairman of the board of directors of: the U. 8S Trucking corporation. He therefore represents the traction group. » He supports Walker as candidate who while on the agricultural committee to prepare food control bills accepted fees from the meat trust. Who is Hylan? Hylan on the other hand is closely boiind up with the realty interests. It is not permissable that while in of- fice he himself should engage in busi- ness. However, the Sinnots, members of his famliy, are all owners of large insurance and realty corporations and we suspect that the mayor himself has more than just a sympathetic share in these enterprises. It is therefore logical that he should champion this great @nancial group against Smith. Hylan’s strength comes from Rich- mond, Queens and the rapidly grow- ing sections of Brooklyn, because he used his office to build subways, bridges and to give the realty sharks every facility that the city could of- fer them. He got the endorsement of the Staten Island businessmen’s league, a powerful organization con- sisting in a large measure of real es- tate men, He also got the support of the Five Cent Fare club, a tempor- ary election organization which is be- ing financed by the same group. Walker's Record. Walker (Smith's puppy) gets his strength from the greater aggregates of capital—from the public service corporations and the meat trust— thru men like Arthur S. Somers who is a director of the Brooklyn-Manhat- tan subway system. Because of his recent victory in the democratic par- ty Smith becomes the angel of the great trusts and will undoubtedly gain substantial financial assistance from them when the problem of nom- inating a presidential candidate in 1928 arises. Already during the campaign period he got a suite of rooms and meals free from the Bilt- more which is owned by the méat OUR DAILY PATTERNS (OUR DAILY PATTERNS | Boy’ suIT 4829, Cut in four sizes:2, 3, 4, and 5 years. A 3-year size requ: 2% yards of 36-Inch material. Pri¢e 12c. NO's eee wings ine api ring nis! or ae of pattern ICR overs” as re- Pa eee The Seca not keep @ stock Gee at Pi is from the date of impatient if your pattern is Soe apregpt mao aed hc cise and com ve. m > pee Ri Pee Points i 1 anus shina the Campaign Issues in New York been fleecing the| and a labor party, packers and the N, Y,.Central which have interlocking dir@torates with the I, R, T, as has been shown above. Millionaire Waterman. Waterman is the clearer symbol of Wall Street. He is no mere hired servant of Wall Street—he is one of the crowd. The party feels that they must do something to prove that they can serve big business better than the democrats can and this is their method. Their candidate can be counted on never to yield to popular Pressure as even the most loyal of the professional politicians must sometimes do, The average wage in his plant and offices is $18 per week. He discrim- inates against Jowish employes hir- ing only enough to keep the charge of anti-Semitism from, beign flung at him. He was chosen because he can lose nothing by being defeated as he undoubtedly will be. Sky-Pilot Candidate, The socialist party has this year completed its swing to the right. They chose Norman Thomas, a sky- pilot who has been using the social- ist party as a splendid pulpit from which to preach to his lowly (in more respects than one) flock. Several weeks ago a manifesto fa- voring Cal Coolidge’s pet scheme, the world court, was published in New York newspapers and among the dis- tinguished signers were Thomas W. Lamont of Morgan and company and Norman Thomas of the socialist party. Hiliquit for League. Morris Hillquit, another bourgeois who is boring from within the ranks of the workers for capitalism came back from the congress of the Sec- ond International (incidently on a scab ship) in favor of a league of na- tions somewhat “democratized.” The same league which the S, P. in 1919, when it still had some militant elements in it, called an organization of “blackguard reactionaries.” The Burns Coal company whose leading lawyer and one of whose most influ- ential politicians is our old friend Morris Hillquit, is importing coal from Wales to break the anthracite strike. ie successive betrayals that the socialists have committed in the past few years with an almost bewilder- ing rapidity has so thoroly discredited them in the eyes of the workers class, especially in view of the recertt needle trades struggle, that their vote will fall to a negligible point and I dare say were it not for the support that the petty-bourgeois cockroach shop and store keepers are still giving them, their vote would be very close to zero, The Issues. An extremely careful scrutiny of the program of the two major capi- talist parties reveals not a single point which might differentiate one from the other. They are conducting their cam- Paigns on the purely personal basis that, Walker can serve (Wall Street) better than can Waterman and vice versa. “The socialist party has taken the camouflage issue—the five cent fare— and is copducting their campaign on that. basis. It*is curious to note how elose the socialist platform comes to Hylan’s. The former advocates mun- icipal ownership of the subways, the latter municipal control. If municipal ownership were accomplished it would Jhaye the effect of guaranteeing the ‘profits of the ptesent owners. Why? Because in order to take the subways over the city would have to float a bond issue and the same crew which owng them now would buy the bonds | and get their profits anyway, in the! w, from of interest on the bond loan. The socialist party failed to make} Morit: as its major issue the real problems confronting the workers, such ag in- junctions in strike, pergecution of the foreign-born, the increase by 100% of the child laborers in the last three years alone, etc, Instead they show their confusionist character by fight- ing on the ridiculous camouflage is sues proposed by the major capitalist parties, Communist Candidate, That each of the candidates sym bolizes the character of the party that nominated him can very well be seen from the above, The Workers (Com- munist) Party as is fit for its class | 4 character and vitality, has nominated Ben Gitlow whose “jail” record speaks ‘for the fighting makeup of the party that he represents. The party program has ‘refused to take up the fake issues that the cap- italist parties have set forth but have entered the campaign on a program which ought to rally large masses of the workers because it meets their everyday needs, Proposed Unity. The Workers (Communist) rary has earlier in the: campaign issued a call for a united labor ticket the organization of which was effectively blocked by the yellow socialists who have made it their special job to keep the workers from solidifying their even if only on particular is- We now enter the campaign un- der our own banner, tho we continue our fight for a united labor ticket The enthusiasm displayed everywhere augres well for +} the ddded success that we are sure to achieve during this struggle. We |; hope to be able to count many new members and much new support be- | fore this campaign is (The ‘complete progr: ty will be printed in ‘ot the par- r issue.) ‘ ae. “TRIGA PLAS TOFINGERPRINT WORKING CLASS Make Easy Frame-up ‘of Radicals NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—Police Com- missioner Enright of New York would outdo the French and German sys- tems of ticketing and docketing citizens, In an article in the Scientific Amer- ican he urges universal fingeprinting, not only of, aliens but of everybody, so that the police can keep tab on every man, woman and child. Enright’s plan is seen by the work- ers as a step towards a police author- ity to which the czarist system. will be considered quite mild. Fingerprints Forged. This would allow police to frame up on many leading working class fighters, by taking the forged finger- prints and using them in such a man- ner as to implicate the worker in crimes for which heavy penalties would be inflicted. Mexican Law Bans Foreign Landholding MBXICO CITY, Oct. 4.—The pro- posed law, in accordance with the constitution, regulating foreign acti- vities and possessions in Mexico, is certain to pass the Mexican chamber. The constitution provides that only Mexicans by birth or naturalization may acquire or exploit real property. The only change effected by the proposed law will be that members of stock companies will be made sub- ject to the same laws as individuals. One section of the law provides that all foreigners within one hundred kilometers,,of the border and fifty kilometers.of the sea must dispose of their holdings within three years. Soviet-U. S. Trade Increase. MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., Oct. 4—Trade with the United States during the last six months was several -mil- lion dollars greater than for the whole year 1924, totalling $58,779,736. Of this amount, only $6,000,000 worth of goods was sent to America. The chief imports from the United States and the percentages of each were: Cotton, 45 per cent; grain, 35; agricultural machinery and parts, 29 per cent. Take this copy of the DAILY WORKER with you to the shop tomorrow. ‘ STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT FU URATION: on: BY THE Act anes oF A Hever. 24, 1 912. WORKER published ier via bate Sundase and legal holi- days at Chicago, Ill., for October, 1925, State of Illinois, County of Cool Before “a Notary Public in and pon the bse’ nd county aforesaid, per- mally app Moritz J. 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LOEB, eos Manager. aharngand cukew ieee me this 26th or jeptet . r ghaks 3. T. Hammersmark 4 commission expires May 22, 1928.) Tatarbounar Peasant Trial On’ (Continued from page 1) teachers who escaped the bullets of the Roumanian bourgeoisie during the rebellion of September, 1924, are now brot to the bar. Third Degree Peasants. The accused underwent an inquiry as only the Roumanian police know how to conduct—lasting a whole year, The material for the indictment against the accused covers 70,000 pages, and the indictment itself, which displays the “understanding” of the royal commissioner of the courtmar- tial in matters relating to sociological and national questions—this indict- ment covers 700 pages. Not all the 1,000 accused, however are now on trial. Mercy was taken on a few, and over 200 prisoners, ow- nig to lack of “evidence” were re leased. There now remains 350 prisoners to be sentenced. The prisoners are ac- cused of “rebellion, robbery, murder and high treason.” These crimes are mentioned in the indictment. Officially, the rebels will be tried, and without doubt, be sen- tenced,,for rebellion against the state system of the Roumanian bourgeoisie, for “complicity, with and aiding a for- eign state’—which, in the present in- stance, is the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics towards which the Bessar- abian workers and peasants are look- ing for help. Importance of Trial. But he who probes deeper into the conditions today existing in Rou- mania, and especially in Bessarabia, will have to agree with the folowing fact, that in reality this trial will de- cide the fate of the agrarian reforms, of the national question and of the relations with the Soviet Union. The “agrarian reform” has been completed in Roumania in such a manner that the Bessarabian peas- ants have been expropriated, and the land which they had gained as the fruits of the victorious October revo- lution, Was taken from them and given back to the former big landown- ers. The national question has been so “decided,” that the lesser nationalities have been deprived even of those rights which they enjoyed during the czarist regime. The present trial has been brot about in order that, by means of a verdict against the prisoners, the idea of an agrarian reform and of freedom for the minor nationalities may be radically destroyed, The gov- ernment wishes, by means of this trial to emphasize the fact that Bes- sarabia happens to be in the power of Roumania, and will stay in Rouman- ia’s power—even tho this be against the wish of the population, even tho Bessarabia was “stolen” by the Rou- manians. Fulfil Allies’ Wishes, The Roumanian bourgeoisie wants to know nothing at all about the rights of the Bessarabian population to self determitiation, and Of its sym- pathy to the Union of Socialist So- viet Republics. This trial, now taking place in Kishinev together with court- martial, gendarmes, troops of occupa- tion, must prove that the bourgeoisie has no intentions whatsoever to let Bessarabia slip from its clutches, It is an open declaration of its unwill- ingness to live at peace with the Soviet Union, and that it will in the future direct a policy in the first place defending the interests of the entente imperialists, So we sée that this trial is clearly directed against the Soviet Union. Such are the intentions of the bour- geois government. But, whether the Roumanian government will after all remain vistorious or not—whether it will be victorious in the near future— remains to be seen, against this vic- tory speaks the present econimic and political situation of the country, especially in Bessarabia—-the asitua- tion; which the bourgeoisie itself de- fines as follows: Economic Bankruptcy Near. Bogos, the late minister in Aver- esku’s government, lord mayor of Kishinev, writes in the Roumania for the 22 ult.: “The support shown by the gov- ernment to the famine stricken suf- ferers is mostly nothing at all... The population refuses government aid, because the government maize is bad and dearer than the market maize... We are now economically on the edge of the precipice... An unimaginable terror is reigning... The peasants are fleeing en masse to the towns, where they receive the ‘constitution.’” (25 lashes with a rub- ber whip), The Aurora, organ of the peasants’ party, adds ‘This is simply prépar- ing for the revolution.” The Tatarbounar trial is directed against all the peasantry and all the minor nationalities, who are carrying the struggle under similar heavy con- ditions. Our feelings of solidarity are with the accused peasants and the whole Bessarabian population. ‘Teachers Honor Lenin. MOSCOW, Oct. 4.—(Tas: The delegation of foreign teachers now visiting Moscow called on the Central Committee of the Teachers’ Union where the Chairman of the delegation expressed his admiration for the achievements in economic and cul- tural life of U. 8. 8. R. The delega- tion laid a wreath on the, tomb of Lenin with the inscription on red ribbon: “To our leader Lenin from the first delegation of Western teach- ers.” Page Five reer PRODUCTION OF KUSTAR WARE IN RUSSIA MOUNTS Makes Up 40 Per Cent of Entire Industry MOSCOW, Oct. 4.—(Tass.)—The Kustar (Peasant handicraft industry) production for this year can be esti- mated at 3,209,000,000 roubles, which constitutes about 40 per cent of the entire industty of the Union. Of this total sum 2,406,000,000 roubles falls to the share of the peasant kustar industry and 803,000,000 roubles to the town kustar industry. The total number of people produce ing kustar ware reaches 2,180,000 men, The kustar industry plays a promi- nent role in Soviet exports. The ex- port of kustar goods in 1918 was estimated at 25,874,000,000 roubles. It has considerably fallen since the period war revolution. Thus, the last year’s export of kustar goods has been estimated only at 1,806,000. If has shown again a considerable in- crease during this current year and according to preliminary estimates it has risen to 7,500,000 roubles. The kustar ware is being chiefly exported to England, Germany, Turkey and Latvia. The organization of the kustar in- dustry on the basis of cooperative societies constitutes one of the chief problems of the Soviet government. Up to the present time, about 20 per cent of the kustar-ware workers are involved in the co-operative move- ment. Holyoke Weavers Continue Strike Against Wage Cut HOLYOKE, Mass., Oct. 4.—Strik- ing weavers of the Holyoke Worsted Mills, Inc., are still out, completing the fourth week of their fight against wage cuts. State conciliator Fred Knight, failed to settle the dispute. Superintendent H. W. Cowan of the mill denies the charge made in the Central Labor Union that Holyoke weavers are receiving 30% to 40% less than similar workers in other mills. The mili refuses to take back all the strikers in a body as demand- ed. 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