The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 14, 1925, Page 5

DEFIANT; URGES SPEEDY TRIAL Will Testify Before Court on Shenandoah (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 12.—Col. William Mitchell, stormy petrel of the U. 8. army, and publicity agent for airplane manufacturers, whose sensa- tional charges against his superior of- ficers and his severe criticism of the army and navy has brought him face to face with court martial, renewed his attacks today, following testimony, of Mrs. Margaret Ross Lansdowne before the Shenandoah court of in- quiry. “t am much impressed with Mrs. Lahsdowne’s testimony,” Col. Mitch- ell declared. “She testified under oath that the ship in which her hus- band and crew perished was sent to the midwest against her husband's wish and for political purposes only. Thus far everything in my original charges at San Antonio has been proved in the court proceedings.” Anxious to Testify. In spite of his refusal last ‘Thurs- day to testify before the court of in- quiry, Mitchell asserted that when the charges against him are aired before a court martial he will insist upon his testimony being heard. ‘ He asserts he will prove that not only ‘was the Shenandoah 50 per cent over- weight, but that other disasters were the direct results of incompetency, criminal negligence and almost treas- onable administration of the national defenses by the army and navy de- partments. Interviewed by Congressmen. A number of congressmen and sen- ators arriving in Washington for the opening of the next sessions of con- gress have interviewed Mitchell, it became known today, preparatory to airing the whole affair before the country. Mitchell has convinced them that the airplane is the best weapon for imperialist warfare. . Administration for¢es are: also lin- ing up floor leaders to try to avert the avalanche of criticism that seems about to fall upon the Coolidge gov- ernment. Workers of Northern Caucasus Increase Number of Schools MOSCOW, Oct. 12—In 1909 the en- tire expenditure on popular education in the northern Caucasus amounted to 108,324 rubles. There were 3,725 pupils in the elementary schols, 536 in the intermediate school, and 44 in the craft schools, In 1925 the expenditure on popular education in the northern Caucasus reached the amount of 1,519,738 rubles. There are now being taught 31,915 pupils in the elementary schools and 4,961 in the intermediate schools, which means an increase of 800 per cent as compared with 1909. There are 1,219 pupils in the craft schools, which means an increase of 2,700 per cent. Furthermore, educational facil- itles are provided for the young Cau- casians at the labor colleges and uni- versities. There are now 351 stations for the elimination of illiteracy. Special liter- ary schools have been organized for the women, which were attended by 6,025 native women during the cur- rent year. wns NONE RMB oc ators OUR DAILY PATTERNS LADIES’ APRON. ‘+ 5040. Cut in 4 sizes: Small, med- ium, large and extra large. A medium size requires 244 yards of 36 inch mat- ih of patterns Baits ston SATURDAY, OCT. 17 na ABHION, nego peor , | fer ora At Tenat 10 . "4 Are, soot bate rie ei Deer soir eaten 8) CLEVELAND tae had chlldsente: rey He SUNDAY, OCT. 18 Saute sean sie tee feaakt , The, DAMA QREEE. vob dressmaker, coercion BB ¥ E DAILF™WORKER Page Five ARBITRATION BY RAILWAY LABOR BOARD KEPT WAGES DOWN AND DISCOURAGED STRIKE ACTION By LELAND OLDS {Federated Press Industrial Editor) The futility of government arbitration to establish just wages is em- phasized in interstate'‘commerce commission figures showing changes in wage rates of eight classes of railroad employes since 1921. The wide variation in the treatment accorded shows that, except as moderated by organization among the workers, supply and demand determines railroad wages. The judi- cial atmosphere of the U. S. rail labor board has been a pretense to discourage strike action. Variations Mostly Downward. Changes in average hourly straight time earnings in the last four years, according to the figures, vary all the way from a 6 per cent reduction for freight car repairmen to an increase of 2 per cent for section foremen. The contrast in the southern district is even more striking, the variation in treatment ranging from a reduc- tion of 9% per cent for carmen to an increase of 4 per cent for section foremen. In the eastern district every class was receiving higher straight time Day in July, 1925, than in July, 1924, except freight carmen and section la- ‘bor. Section labor after a slump from $9.9 cents an hour in 1921 to 35.8 cents in 1922 was restored to the 1921 level. Carmen after slumping from 72.2 cents in 1921 to 67.2, cents in 1922 have only partially regained their position, receiving 70.2 cents an hour in July, 1925. Wages Slump in Sout and West In the southern district every class shows considerable decling in earn- | ings between 1921 and 1925 except section foremen and _ telegraphers. The most serious reductions are sec- tion labor from $2.9 cents to 30.1 cents, machinists from 77.3 cents to 73.2 cents, blacksmiths from 78.6 cents to 74.2 cents, boilermakers from 78.1 cents to 73.4 cents and carmen from 72.4 cents to 65.6 cents. Tele- graphers have advanced from 60.9 cents to 62.5 cents an hour.. ~.In the western district the four shop crafts and section laborers show lor imilar to those in the south; clerke and section foremen have just about held their own; and telegra- phers have gained less than 1 cent an hour. ‘The changes from year to year for the United tates as a whole have been: Average per hour in July Clerks (class B) Section foremen Section labor . Machinists . Blacksmiths Boilermakers Carmen Telegraphers, towermen No More Wages Than Unorganized Average earnings in factories in July, 1925, were 11% per cent higher than in July, 1921. .The contrast with the railroad employes emphasizes that the return to. normalcy following 1920 included a letting down of union standards on the, railroads to the levels prevailing in unorganized out- side industry. “ A. F. of L. Discovers That the Army Is Not Friendly to Unionism (Special to The Daily Worker) ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 12.—On com- plaint of the Trades and Labor Coun- cil of Greater New York, the A. F. of L. convention here has instructed the executive council to ask the war de- MILITARIZE ALL PRIVATE (MR FIRMS: (Continwie@ from page 1) had appropriated a total of $1,997,370,- 000 for military aviation during the war and $434,383,287 more between 1919 and 1924, In the last five years, he added, congressional appropria- tions for aviation averaged $86,676,657 a year. Enormous Expenditures, This sum, Madden declared, was $3,252,000 more, than Great Britain spent in, 1923 and $75,146,000 more than Japan spent in the present fiscal year. Despite’ these huge appropria- tions for the American air service, Madden said “the bungling experi- mental” work of army and navy of- ficials had reswlted in a record of partment to hold an “unbiased” in- vestigation of the labor policy pursued by the army at the West Point milit- ary academy, It seems that in the construction work at the school for future generals of the U. S. army, the quartermaster, Colonel E. J. Timberlake, is, accord- ing to the complaint, paying scab wages and “in order to carry out a non-union policy, he was employing non-citizens.” In a letter to the New York Council, Timberlake is said to “have clearly in- dicated that he was an opponent of the organized labor movement and is aligned with the open-shoppers.” Geological Survey Planned at Request of Mongolian Heads MOSCOW, Oct. 12—A scientific ex- pedition, led by Z. A. Lebedev, is leav- ing for northwestern Mongolia to. or- ganize a geological survey of the coun- try, at the request of the Mongolian government. The expedition is to con- tinue the systematic geological survey of the country which was started by the géologist I. P. Ratchovsky in 1923 Build the DAILY WORKER 1922 1923 1924 1925 58.0 58.9 59.7 59.9 54.4 58.0 57.0 57.5 32.3 35.4 35.5 35.5 74.3 74.3 75.3 75.9 74.3 76.3 76.8 17.3 74.6 74.5 75.9 76.6 65.9 66.3 67.3 67.9 61.7 61.2 62.5 62.7 Pere Zionist Protests Lies Spread About Jewish Colonization in Russiz MOSOOW, Oct. 12—Dr. Shlyapotch- nikov, one of the founders of th Zionist govement and a delegate at six Zionist congresses, now living at Kharkov, has sent a message to the 14th Zionist congress now meeting at Vienna, in which he protests against “the malignant lies, venomous calum- ny, flithy insinuations and senseless hostility with which irresponsible Zionist advocates are struggling against the measures taken by the Soviet government to assist the set- a tlement of Jews upon the land.” He demands from the congress “to rec- ognize the need of supporting the col- onization of Jews in the Ukraine to the same extent as the Jewish colon- ization in Palestine.” To Save THE DAILY WORKER | . si Savi Land for industrious Jews. MOSCOW, Oct. 12.—In order to in- crease the area of land available for colonization by Jewish agriculturists, there is to be assigned another 350,000 dessiatines in the Ural region, on the Volga, in the Salsk district and on the Black Sea coast, in addition to the land already assigned in the Ukraine and in the Crimea, ame LADIES’ SLEEVELESS JACKET If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Send for a catalogue of all Com- munist literature. ; failure so far as the development of aviation was concerned. The congressman's proposals for a new military air policy included: 1, An air budget of $87,500,000 a year for the «purchase of 1,500 new planes annually from private manu- facturers andthe maintenance of 1,500 commissioned officers and 15,000 enlisted men. 2. Use of enlisted men as pilots wherever possible. 3. Abandonment of all aircraft ex- periments and manufacturing. by both army and navy. Aid Private Graft, 4. Delegation of experimental and manufacturing work to establish com- mercial aircraft companies in order to build up these concerns as a reserve force for use in time of war. 5. Creation of a civilian “procure- ment officer,” who would purchase all governmental aircraft, supervise its construction and direct experimental work by the private companies, tak- ing these duties away from the army general staff and the navy bureau of navigation, 6. Elimination of some existing government) aircraft fields, but main- tenance of two on the west coast, two in the Mississippi valley, one on the south coast and two on the east coast. Opposes Air “Joy Rides.” 7. Prohibition of all air stunts, in- cluding “joy riding cruises around the world, jumps.aeross the Pacific and at- empts to reach the North Pole,” so chat all military. air training will be levoted to war tactics. Madden cited testimony given by oth Major General Mason M, Patrick, hief of the army air service, and by ear Admiral ; William Moffett, head the naval air service, to support 3 charge that the two services had | iled in the efforts to develope mili- | ry aviation. Patrick, he said, had told a con-| ressional committee last fall that he army had placed’in the “second ‘ne of defense” nearly all the pursuit planes purchased in the preceding two years beeause they were anti- quated by latér inventions. The army air head, he added, also testified that | 262 Thomas Morse planes had been! bought by the army which were “de- ficient in speéd* and particularly in vision, because it is very difficult for | the pilot to see out of them.” | Charges Criminal Waste. “I have heard something of a charge of cfiminal negligence,” said Madden, ‘teferting to Colonel Billy Mitchell’ charges, “but*this’ borders on criminal waste.” “It credit is to be given to the testimony of many of the witnesses | here,” Madden added, “the last five| years of development and experiment- | ing have been productive of very little, | if any, advance toward a permanent aviation plan which might be ac- cepted by congress. You have been| told no real steps forward have heen made. mt | “I cannot help but conclude that. the technical development of this new art may not be safely left to the armed forces if we are to take our place among the countries of. the world in the air. I can but conclude | that millions dollars have been) squandered in a urposeless, meaning- | less, endless é imental orgy. Sure- ly it is not too the millions should have purchased more than 19 in evidence in tangible; results.” sa . of the Official Body 4703. Cut in 6 sizes: 34, 36, 88, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. A 38 inch size requires 1% yard of 40 inch material, anager gta Bie fer et' teats poy: 4 NEW YORK FRIDAY, OCT. 16 - PITTSBURGH honor roll, Is your name on it? J. LOUIS ENGDAHL Editor of the DAILY WORKER With First Hand Reports on the Decisions Speak on “THE A. F. OF L. AND THE AMERICAN COMMUNIST MOVEMENT” MANHATTAN LYCEUM, (HALL TO BE AN INSURANCE EX@HANGE, Hall, 11th and Walnut Street ALL MEETINGS AT 8 P. M. SHARP! of American Labor— CONVENTION 66 East 44th Street. LATER) FOR INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY DURING NEXT ECONOMIC YEAR NEW YORK, Oct. 12.—Much has been said by various capitalist papers in America of the failure of the American colony in the Kuzbas region in Sovigt Russia. The following excerpts from a letter by Simon Hahn, chief of the purchases and sales department of the Kuzbas- colony, gives the lie to the yellow sheets of the capitalist class: “As much as one may hear about the slowness of our progress, no one can deny that we have decidedly moved ahead, and that we moved and expanded at a faster rate than Rus-* sian enterprises in the same indus- || try,” writes Simon Hahn. “People for- Kuomintang Party joint army and,navy flying force ot | Shout 10 kopeks. The cost of coal in} get that we are not in America but in Russia and that is impossible for our productive apparatus to do more than meet market requirements. Maintain Privileges Indefinitely, Delegation on World Tour Visit Russia (Special to The Daily Worker) *“A special committee from the gov-| MOSCOW, —(By il)—The dele- ernmental organs have recently vis-|gation of the Kuomintang party of ited our region and after a thoro in-| China, now’on <a’ visit to the Union vestigation they have recommended) 95 goyict socialist Republics, had an Yhat, due to the approval of our work, interview with Madame Kamenevay the that our special privileges be main-| jesident of the Union of Soviet So- tained indefinitely. “We are now in a posotion to sup- ply cheap products and good ones. Kemerovo cost price for coal is 9 ko- peks per pood F, O. B. ($2.70 per ton). The cost to us of Klochugina coal is about 8 kopeks and Prokopieva is cialist Republics’ Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. The members of the delegation ex- essed their gratitude for the assist- of the-society in their getting acquainted with the cultural institu- | tions of Moscow. Among other things the delegates declared ‘that after having studied the parliamentary . tem of politics in the civilized un- triés of western Europe, they came to the conclusion that the Soviet Union was the most progressive coun- 1923 was as follows: Kemerovo 18 kopeks, and at Kolchugina in 1924 was 18 kopeks and Prokopieva was 12.9 ko- pek: Industrial Products, Cheaper, “This reduction in costs does not|try in the world from the political merely apply to coal for our coke | standpoint. costs have been reduced from 32 to 26 Madame Kameneva, responding, pointed out that the recent events in China should have demonstrated to the Chinese people the real aspect of ivilized parliamentarism as applied on Chinese territory. She also drew kopeks. Our chemigal products are selling at cheaper prices than- those | of. any similar plant in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. And this in | the face of the fact that the wages | of the workers have risen from 22/the attention of the delegates to the rubles per month to 38 rubles in Kem-| need of taking into consideration the erovo and 35 rubles in the other dis-| great variety of races inhabiting the tricts. ; Soviet Union to be able to judge about “Our treasury was not boundless; the political system existing in the and many times we have had to get} Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. along without American equipment Continuing Madame Kameneva ad- which we simply did not have the} vised the delegates to get acquainted money to’ buy.. I am now gathering} With a number of cultural establish- together a fairly large order of equip-| ments in Moscow, particularly with ment to be placed in America. Our| the cultural and educational activities purchasing capacity is getting | carried on at factories and workshops. greater. After visiting a number of cultural institutions, the Kuomintang dele- gates expressed their wish to become acquainted with the constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics, Building Program. “The programs for our different areas are as follows: “Kemerovo—Now mines 1,000,000 poods of coal monthly. Beginning with October. production. will be in- creased to give an output of 16,000,- 000 poods for the coming production year. The second battery of coke ovens is near completion and it will probably be January before a move is made to operate. Coke is in great demand and the sooner the new, bat- tery fs operating the better for our financial position. Our by-products will then naturally be doubled. “Our building program shows that 45 different types of houses have been built this year. This will continue. A new “Narodny Dom” (Peopie’s House) is being built and elso an all- concrete bath-house. To Increase Wages. | “The average wage of the workers |is to be increased to 45 rubles a {month besides the usual sorvices of housing, light, water and fuel, Kolchugina, (Leninsk) — Monthly production of coal, 1,300,000 poods. Coolidge Trying to Find Qut Why He Was Defied by Ship Board (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D.°C., Oct. 12— | Presiaent Coolidge is still much agi- tated over the affront he received at the hands.of, the shipping board in re- moving Admiral Leigh C. Palmer as president ,of the Emergency long conference with Mr. Palmer and later calle Attorney General Sargent to cbnfer With him on the question of his legal powers over the board. Meanwhile from New York comes the assertion of Elmer E. Crowley, ap- pointed by the. shipping board to re- place Mr. Palmer, that he has no in- Fleet | corporation. This afternoon he had a| ich to expect | Program for 1925 will be 18,000,000 poods. This can be easily increased S| in case fo demand for the railroads or {the Ural steel organizations, which use this coal for their gas generators. The building program shows that a new 500 K. W. station will begin to operate in October. A few new houses have been built, but many of the old ones have been repaired. Next year, 26 new houses are to be built upon a model which has proved satisfactory in Kemerovo. Good Grade of Coa South Group (Prokopieva)— The present output of coal is only 600,000 poods per month. ' The program for next year will be 12,000,000 poods. A new mine has to be designed here, and the work on this has already started, A new electric station and boiler plant will be completed here before winter. Twenty-five workers’ houses are near completion. This mine has a great future om account of the high coking and steaming quali- ties of its coal which satisfies the very high requirements of the Ural blast furnaces and the Baltic war fleet. Foundry Production. Guriev—The output of pig-iron at this plant is from 40,000 to 50,000 poods per month. The foundry pro- duces 6,000 poods of castings per month for the market besides meet- ing local needs and our own mines. The machine shop building is under repair, the machinery is old and must beg replaced. Fifteen houses have been built and more will be erected during the winter. Market conditions are very bright and most of our pro- ducts are already sold in advance, “The most important developments in Kuzbas‘are still to come. We are going to bring aqeoss many more en- gineers and expert workers to Kuzbas from America.” A good book on Communism will make you a better Com. munist. Wanted: HOUSEKEEPING ROOM by a comrade. Addre : co Daily Worker. ‘ tention of resigning in spite of the fact that President Coolidge was not consulted about his appointment and has indicated displeasure over the ap- pointment. - As usual, “Cautious Cal” is baffled and doesn’t know what to do even tho he has been openly and flagrantly defied. Br 16 pages with cover photograph of the speaker in action, , Price: Single copies, 10c¢ each 25 copies, - 8c each 100 copies or more, 5c each ILY WORKER no PUBEISHUNG JgOMANY isn Rule in India Speech delivered in the House of Commons, duly 9, 1925 by Shapurji Saklatvala eee em me cm ee ee enantio ERIN ant '|KUZBAS COLONY PROGRAM CALLS Your Union Meeting Second Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1925, Name of Locat and ce No of Meeting. 183 Boot and Shoe Workers, 1939 Mil- waukee Ave. Calumet Joint Labor Council, 514 Wi: 117th Street. 461 Carpenters, Witten’s Hail, High land Park, iil. | Clerks, Grocery, 59 W. Van Buren Street. 302 Engineers (Locomotive), 6058 Went- worth Ave. 826 Engineers (Locomotive), 2647 W. 36th St. 281 Electricians, 505 S. State St. 8705 Ega Inspectors, 418 N. Clark St 27 Hod Carriers, 62nd anc La Vergne Avenue. Federal Union, 3046 W. 26th St. 12 Leather Workers, 777 W. Adams St. 17 Leather Workers, 777 W. Adams St. 84 Machini: 25 Machinists, 4126 W. Lake St. Amalgamated Clothing Workers 409 S. Halsted St., 5:30 p. m. Garment Workers, 175 W. Wash- ington St 21 Bricklayers, * 58 Carpenter Carpenters, Carpenters, Heights. Carpenters, 912 W. Monroe St. Diversey and Sheffield 1023 EB. 75th St Moose Hall, Chicago Springfield and 26th. Engineers.’ 180 W. Washington St 5 Hod Carriers, 225 E. 15th Street, Chicago Heights, Ill. 6 Hod Carriers, 814 W. Harrison St., Chicago. 81 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren St 1494 Machinists, 6234 Princeton Ave. 546 Meat Cutters, 175 W. Washington Street. 571 Meat Cutters, 9206 Houston Ave. 17358 Nurses, Funk's Hall, Oak Park 130 Plumbers, 1507 Ogd Ave. 402 Plumbers, 4111 W adison St 1170 Railway Carmen, 11037 Michigar. Ave. 1257 Railway Carmen, 5324 S. Halsted Stréet. 739 Railway Clerks, Moose Hall, Chi- cago Heights. 906. Railway Clerks, 5438 S. Halsted st 375 Railroad Trainmen, 3359 W. Madi- son St. Teamsters’ District Council, 220 $s. Ashland Boulevard. 67 Tile Layers, 180 W. Washington Street. 415 Railway Carmen, 8617 Vincennes Ave., 7:30 p. m. 614 keg lee! ly Clerks, 549 W. Washington treet. Marine Fire and Oilers, 357 WN. Clark St. 147 Painters, 20 W. Randolph St. 180 Painters, N. E. cor. California and Madison. 184 Painters, 6414 S. Halsted St. 191 Painters, N. W. cor. State and 88th. 275 Painters, 220 W. Oak St. 521 Painters, Trumbull and Ogden Ave. 502 Plasterers, Monroe and Peoria Sts. 2219 Railway Clerks, 509 W. Washing- ton St. 7 Waiters, 234 W. Randolph St. Art Exhibitions ia Soviet Union Show Progress of Nation MINSK, Oct. 12—The first White Russian art exhibit will open Oct. 15, showing the achievements of the White Russian artists and also those of the national minorities, such ag the Poles and Jews. There will be ex- hibits showing the history of the coun- try, and also a history of the revelu- tionary movement. eee Saratov Exhibition SARATOV, Oct. 12.—At the exhibi- tion of paintings in Saratov every art tendency has a place. From the “travelling artists” (a name given to @ group who had broken away from the academic salons) to the most ex- treme modern “left” tendencies were given a place at this exhibit. Correction. Tn the issue of the DAILY WORKER for Monday, Oct. 9, a resolution against the barring and for the admit- tance of Shapurji Sakiatvala appears as being passed by Local 429 of the United. Brotherhood of Carpenters Chicago, The énvelope which came with the resolution was lost and the comrade who handled the preparation of the news item for the printer took it for granted that the resolution was passed by a Chicago local. It was passed by a carpenters’ local in some other city. It is important that all resolutions and news items bear the. city from whence they are sent. ‘afk American Imperialism aids British Imperialism by keeping out the man who made this attack. You can bring. into the hands of every worker this brilliant exposure of Imperialist oppression.