The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 16, 1925, Page 3

hy feet ~ BAR BRANNIN FROM ANTIOCH 2 COLLEGE CAMPUS Soviet Russia Makes Eunuch Profs Pale YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, Oct. 14. -—The great progress of industry, ag- riculture, education and social welfare in Russia was outlined by Carl Bran- nin before a meeting of students and instructors of Antioch college and town people in the opera house at Yellow Springs. The speaker spent ‘the summer in Ruséia ‘as a correspon- dent for The Federated: Press. "In every field of activity,” said Brannin, “one sees that the people * ‘are learning to run their own affairs. The fact that capitalist exploitation has been largely done away with and Production fs for the benefit of all and not for private profit strikes one with tremendous force wherever you “go. The people are getting the bene- fits of the revolution.” An effort to havyp Brannin speak before the regular student assembly failed after it was disclosed that he was friendly to Russia., Recent ad- dresses by Scott, Nearing and Paul Blanshard had provoked protests by employers and others who are the mainstay of Antioch college financial support. Recently the application of @ qualified colored student for admit- tance was refused. Australian Plutes Demand Deportation of Seamen’s Officials SYDNEY, Australia—(FP)—Arising out of the strike of British seamen in Australia, Tom Walsh, president Aust- ralian Seamen's union, and Jacob Johnson, assistant secretary, are being tried by a special board appointed by the Australian government to deter- mine whether they shall be ‘deported because of their support of the strik- ers. The board consists of 3 individ- uals chosen mainly because of their hatred of trade unionism. Many of the large unions threaten a strike if the men are deported. The Labor party announces that if the men are deported they’ will be compensated and brought back to Australia when Labor is elected to the federal gov- ernment. The prime minister was howled down at a big meeting at Mel- bourne Sept. 7. The seamen say they will not resume until the reduction of $5 per month Is cancelled. They say there was no talk of the reduction when they signed on at British ports and »they.consider it, unfair that. the. re- duction should be enforced while they are away. The rates are 45 to 47% * per cent below those paid to Austra- lian seamen, Important to All Members of the Workers Party of Pittsburgh, Pa. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 14.—On October 18 a gen- eral membership meeting will be held for thé purpose of reorganizing the party in Pittsburgh on the new basis provided for in the constitution—shop and street nuclei. This means that every party member belonging to any branch in the city of Pittsburgh must drop everything else and come to this reorganization meeting on Sunday, Oct. 18. The meeting will be held at the Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St., Pittsburgh,.Pa., at 2 p.m. All members must be present. IN HEAT OF NEW YORK CAMPAIGN ENGDAHL WILL EXPOSE SOCIALIST INFAMY IN A. F.. OF L. CONVENTION ¢ tat to The NEW YORK: CITY, Oct. 14.—The Dally Worker) wokers of New York, in the midst of the city mayoraltyscampaign, will have an opportunity of hearing first hand information off the’events of the American Federation of Labor convention, when J. Louis. Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORKER, speaks on Friday evening, October 16, at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th street. Particularly timely will be the exposure of the infamous role played by the yellow socialists at that convention, when they even outdid the bureau- cracy in reactionary performances. Communists Only Fight. The fight of the left wing at the convention reveals that it is only the Communists, who are capable of put- ting up a real fight for the elementary demands of.the masses of labor in this country, (10.054) . The yellow, sqcialists exposed at Atlantic City more;than ever the fact that they defend,.more viciously than any others the interests of the cap- italist class by fighting in the most vile manner the, left wing of the labor movement. { Drive'to*Win Unions. Facts revealed by Engdahl at the ‘Manhattan Lyceum will furnish the basis for a tremendous drive to reach every trade unionist in Greater New York in order to expose the treachery of the socialist party and win sup- port for the only party sincerely fight- ing the battles of the working class— the Workers Party, He will show why it is necessary for the workers to support the Com- munist candidates in the coming elec- tion in November. The full story of the convention wilt be told, from the day the gavel fell until the close, revealing the an- ties of those assembled at this annual pow-pow of the labor fakirs. Engdahl has for years observed these conventions and knows the de- tailed history of most of the actors, So any worker desiring a fuller knowledge of the American labor movement ‘should not fail to attend this meeting. Company Skins Scabs. EVERETTVILLE, W. Va.~—(FP)— That the coal operators mean to fleece the scabs doubly by controlling their purchases as well ag their wages is, evidenced by tle ‘experience of Dewey Miller, a. farmer living 2% miles from Bverettville. Miller com- plains to W. French Hunt, prosecut- ting attorney, that he has been order- bg ed off the property.-and roads of the New England Fuel and Navigation Co. for selling apples and beans to the local mining community. Miller charges that his low prices— in the case of apples, his offering was $1 a bushel in contrast to $6 per bushel charged by the companywere the cause. H. Clay Miller, a neighbor of Dewey Miller, made a similar com- plaint. The prosecuting attorney stat- ed he was powerless, ENGDAHL SPEAKS TO CLEVELAND WORKERS COMING SUNDAY NIGHT (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, Oct. 14.—A report on the proceedings of the recent convention of the American Federa- tion of Labor will be given by J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAI- LY WORKER, Sunday, Oct. 18, in the Insurance Center Bidg., 1783 E. Tith St, This report will no doubt interest all workers who realize the im- portant role that the American Fed- eration of Labor plays in the Am- erican labor movement. Th who have heard Engdahi before, will be particularly inter- ested in this meeting, as Comra Engdahi is regarded one of the best speakers as well as editors in America. ‘ All readers of this paper and their friends are invited to be present. The meeting is held under the aus- pices of the local Trode Union Edu- cational League group. Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Union Needs Laundry Help NEW YORK, Oct. 14—Some time @go a wet wash laundry co-operative was organized thru the initiative of the central bureau of the Soctety for Technical Aid of the Union of Soviet Socialit Republics. This co-opera- tive has been organized for the pur- pose of going to Russia and estab- lishing a finely equipped wet wash laundry. It has already sixteen members, but @ few more men competent in the laundry industry are needed. This co-operative requires also one fire- man, one plumber, and one steam- fitter. All information about the co-opera: tive can be obtained from the Cen- tral Bureau Society for Technical Aid, 799 Broadway, Room 402, New York City; or fromthe secretary of the co-operative, M. Rohinsky, 55 East Ave., West Haven, Connecticut. ' Riffs Prepare New Offensive Against French Mercenaries FEZ, French Morocco, Oct, 14.— Riff tribesmen, undiscouraged by the repulse of their attack yesterday in the vicinity of Adjir, are preparing for a new offensive. Aeroplane scouts reported that the Riffians are concentrating near Abou- Rekba, about twenty miles form Adjir, Moscow Fleet Visits Italy MOSCOW, Oct. 14.— (Tass)— Des- troyers of the Black Sea fleet, the Pe- trowsky and Nezamojnik, left from Sebastopol to Italy for the return call to the recent visit of the Italian des- troyers to Leningrad. THE DAILY WORKER Long Hours, Low Rates and Blacklist Rule MILWAUKEE, Oct. policies of the Nash Motors Co, at its main plant at Kenosha are reflect- 14,—Anhti-union ed in its Milwaukee plant. Con- ditions of employment that caused na- tional proteat.when discovered in the mills of the steel trust are reproduced by Nash. Slave Driving Firm The Nash plant in Milwaukee, ob- servers told the Milwaukee Federated Trades Council, runs 24-hours a day but has only two shifts of men. This means a 12-hour day or longer, tho the company pretends to demand only 9 hours of its men. The extraitime is exacted in {wo ways, first by keeping wages so low that more than 9 hours work is ne- cessary to get a living wage, and second by discharging men who do not volunteer for overtime. The dis- charges are, always made on other grounds. Low Ra! Force tong: Hours “A man has to work a day and a half for Nash to get a day’s pay,” says Sec'y. J. J. Handley, Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, Two men were seen to start work at 6 a, m. and did not quit until 7 p. m, a machinist official stated. The labor turnover, always a sign of bad work- ing conditions, exceeds any in Mil- waukee, The Trades Council adopted a re- solution that “vigorously protests the un-American, inhuman and unneces- sarily long work-day imposed by the Nash Motors Co. upon its Milwaukee employes in its greedy and ruthless pursuit of profit.” A number of dele- tes promised that their union would ist in the drive to shorten hours, raise wages and unionize the plant. Bincklist Aids Stock. At Kenosha last spring an exper- jenced diemaker was given a job by the Nash employment department but was fired without explanation two days later: He was an active union- ist in other cities but did not mention organization during his stay in Keno: and worked under an assum- ed name. The company’s blacklist de- partment identified him within 48 hours and out he went. Nash Motors common stock, which sold on the New York, stock exchange @ year ago for $150 a share, sold this week for $480 a share. Prison Faoritiem. SAN QUENTIN, Cal.—(FP)—Once there was a wobbl¥ convicted of criminal syndicalism in Los Angeles and sent ‘to San Quentin. The warden immediately made him his personal chauffeur, let him “drive all around the state, and sleep in a comfortable room over the garage outside the prison walls. No, that was a mistake; it wasn’t an I. W. W. criminal! syn- dicalism prisoner, but Harry New, convicted murderer, sentenced for life, who claims to be the illegitimate son of Postmaster-General Harry New. “Political pull has absolutely nothing to do with it,” warden Smith announces. DETROIT—Employment in member factories Was 64,400 more men than for the corresponding week a year ago, according to the Employers’ Asso- ciation of Detroit. The men now em- ployed total 230,316. The association members employ. three fourths of the Detroit workers. SOVIET UNION DELEGATES TO SCARBOROUGH TELL WORKERS OF MOSCOW ABO arived ig Moscow from Scarborough. ers’ Union and member of the genera’ studying the trade union movement in by the vice-secretary of the general ¢ that the ratification of the policy of GERMAN UNIONS ARE SMASHED BY DAWES PLAN By SCOTT NEARING COLOGNE, Germany — (FP) I spoke with a railway car cleaner at Cologne. He was a young man, with- out a family. For a nine-hour day, six days a week he receives 8.8 marks per day ($1.98). His fellow workers who do the heavy track. labor are paid 6.5 marks per day, ($1.55 Thus their weekly full-time éarnings are about | $12 and $9, “Is work easy to get here in Colo- gne?” I asked them.—"Very difficult,” they replied, “There are many men out of work? —‘Indeed, we are lucky to have a job,” “But can men care for families on 40 and 50 marks a week?”—‘Make it | 100 and a fellow would begin to have | a chance.” | “Do all the railroad workers work 9-hours? Where is the 8-hour day?” —‘“Flown away, we work 8-hours for the railroad and one hour for Dawes.” “But where are your unions,” I asked them. “Cannot they defend you?”—"Not a bit of it. Many have dropped out. Those who remain have lost hope. Our unions do nothing for us now. The bosses do with us as they will. Dawes? Yes, that is what the Dawes plan has dene to us.” Publish Anthracite Miner, HAZLETON, Pa.—(FP)—Recogniz- ing the need for a laborowned’ press in their local community, the miners of Dist. 7 have launched the Anthra- cite Miner, which is owned by the district and will be its official organ. Thomas Kennedy, secretary of the United Mine Workers of America and formerly president of this district, is president of the corporation publishing the paper and Llewellyn Richards, a local newspaper man, is editor. The paper begins in the heat of the anthra- cite miners’ fight for the checkoff and improved conditions. 1,500 Lumbermen Strike. ABERDEEN, Wash. — (FP) — The growth of the rebellion of unorganized sawmill workers against low wages is alarming Grays Harbor lumber lords. The strike which began Sept. 28 in a Donovan unit has spread until it includes entire day and night crews of the two Donovan mills, the Wilson mill and the Aberdeen Lumber & Shingle mill. Other little groups are joining the strikers which number approximately 1,500 men. Both A. F. of L. and company union agents are on the scene, studying the situation. The Loyal Legion of Loggers & Lum- bermen (the 4-L) is a flourishing company union established by some employers who compel membership of all in their plants, Take this copy of the DAILY WORKER with you to the shop tomorrow. id ——* trade union unity and the adoption of ABOUT CONFERENCE MOSCOW, Oct. 14.—The delegation of the Soviet unions to England has The secretary of the Building Work- 1 council of the Trade Union Congress in Great Britain, George Hicks, arrived at the same time for the purpose of the Soviet Union, He was accompanied ouncil, Walter Citrine. The chairman of the Soviet delegation at Scarborough, Tomsky, declared the general council on the question of he anti-imperialist resolution, proved the leftward swing in the British working class movement, One of the causes for this movement was the | visit of the British trade union leaders to the Soviet Union and the spread of truth concerning the work of the Rus- sian working class. The reports of the French, Belgian, German and Swedish workers delega tions support the conclusions of the British workers’ delegation. The deci-| sions of Scarborough have an historic significance as far as the British trade union movement recognizes its tasks, the struggle against) political reaction in the various} capitalist countries and the crea- tion of a-united trade union inter- national. The reformist hopes for the break down of the Anglo-Russian Unity Committee have collapsed. The committee representing the firm will of eleven million organized British and Russian workers for unity has become one of the most powerful fac- tors making for the unity of the inter- national trade union movement. It will use all its influence upon the working class in order to gain its ends, The question of unity is nothing but the question: Will the workers retain their rights and achievements won so bloodily by them? For Industrial Union | SYDNEY, Australia—(FP)—A con- | ference of the Building Trades Work- | ers group held at Sydney, unanimously | agreed upon one union in the building trades industry. Delegates attended from the Carpenters, Building Labor- ers, Painters, Quarrymen, Slaters and Bricklayers. | No Mine Strike in ‘Australia. SYDNEY, Australia—(FP)—A coal strike which was threatening in New South Wales, because of the Sullivan air-turbine type of coal cutting ma- chine was settled for the time when the coal tribunal decided to investi- gate. The miners contend that the machines are bad, and ending the |of their own free will? inquiry they will not work them. Raise Unskilled Minimum Pay. SYDNEY, Australia — (FPP) — The minimum wage for unskilled male adult workers in New South Wales has been increased 48c to $20.16 per week, and for female adult unskilled workers by 24c to $10.20 per week The increase was granted because of the increase in house rents. The cost of living remained practically un- changed during the year. The special editions of the Ford exposure. copies. Not Three Days—Only Two! day and Wednesday) will be the only ones containing Limiting this to two days is acting in accordance with the original plans made and later on the advice of comrades in different cities who are ar- ranging for the distribution of many thousands of DID YOU ORDER A BUNDLE FOR EACH DAY? PANAMA’S “FREEDOM” IS A MYTH Bayonets Rie Veil of “Independence” f By MANUEL GOMEZ, Sec'y., All-American Anti-Imperialist League ARTICLE |. me (Continued from page 1) ™ police power in any portion of the republic of Panama whenever public order is endangered. But how did such a treaty come about? Out of the pure generosity of the Panaman peo- ple? Do nations make such treaties No. There is more than @ treaty behind United States intervention in Panama. Look at the supplementary volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica issued in 1924 and you will find the follow- ing: Panama, the youngest of the Lae tin-American republics, is in reality a protectorate of the United States, Its constitution, which dates from February, 1904, states that in re turn for the guarantee of Panama's sovereignty and independence the United States shall have power te intervene “to re-establish public peace and constitutional order.” A close fiscal supervision is at the Present time being maintained, and more than once, when domestic dis- turbances began to threaten, the United States has landed marines, has supervised elections, and has as- sumed police power in the cities of Panama and Colon, Thus, not only a special treaty, but the very constitution of the “Repub- lic of Panama,” puts it directly under foreign imperialist rule. Panama is a protectorate of the United States, just as ypt is a protectorate of Great Britain, But ninety-nine out of a hundred Americans are ignorant of this fact. They have been led to be- lieve that Panama, Costa Rica and the other little nations to the south of us are free countries, living symbols, in fact, of American magnanimity and forbearance. They have been taught in school that the United States has no protectorates, that American cap- italism is innocent and virtuous and quite different from its wicked cousins in Europe. The United States has not one protectorate but many of them. The example of Panama is illustrative of the whole method of American im- perialism in Latin-American, Tailors in St. Louis Winning Strike; 15 Firms Signed Up. ST. LOUIS—(FP)—The strike of, St. Louis union tailors is progressing , with 15 firms signing the agreement for the 44-hour week and the present | pay, $40.80 a week. The settlements: send 400 strikers back to work, while} 100 still are on strike. The working members assess themselves for their} striking brothers. Strike benefits are being paid by the Journeymen Tailors Intl. union. 4 at Oct. 20 and 21 (next Tues- Vote for the Workers (Comm BENJAMIN GITLOW FOR MAYOR FOR MANHATTAN: ee EDWARD M. MARTIN......... ARTHUR §S. LEEDS.. FRANK J. VAN PRAE ROSE PASTOR STOKES..........0.... ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG. EBECCA GRECHT. ISSAYE J. OLGIN. CARL BRODSKY... ’ JULIUS CODKIND. Lx. \..8th Assembly 17th Assembly -oy-8th Aldermanic 117th Aldermanic . Sheriff District Attorney County Clerk «Register ...Borough President WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE PAK wry LEO HOFBAUER BELLE ROBBINS ABE EPSTEIN... NOAH LONDON JOSEPH’ MANLEY ELIAS MARKS .... District District District District AARON GROSG...... CHARLES ZIMMERMAN JOSEPH BORUCHOWITZ FOR COMPTROLLER FOR THE BRONX: 29th ——# unist) Party! CHARLES KRUMBEIN FOR PRESIDENT BOARD OF ALDERMEN * FOR BROOKLYN "i soeeree Sheriff MORRIS ROSEN ... .. Sheriff District Attorney MARGARET UNDJUS isscoclicctise i egister EDWARD LINDGREN oon... ccccscedceeseatsssssecnssesneeneBOrough President Cag ie El eGR gy cemented 14th Assembly District BERTRAM D. WOLFE. sesssssnsnsnsensnsninnrnnnranniene23td Assembly District JOHN Gi MANE ia GlkiscicSil sien cate ey 35th Aldermanic District , Aldermanic District BORIS LIPHSHITZ .. 50th Aldermanic District FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30th— WILLIAMSBURG, Grand Street Extension. ‘FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16th— O FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23rd— ' LOWER BRONX, culminating at 138th St., corner: BROWNSVILLE, Stone Ave., cor. Pitkin Avenue. , St, Ann's Avenue, .| SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th— SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th— UPPER BRONX, Longwood Ave., corner Prospect SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31st— HARLEM, 110th Street, corner Fifth Avenue. Avenue. DOWN TOWN, Tenth Street, corner Second Avenue, e__--On each of these nights we will hold from twelve to fifteen meetings in the resp. section, all adjourning at 10:30 Pp. m., to the Grand Wind-Up Meetings noted above. Ben Gitlow Abe Epstein i Mary Hartman E. Shafran Wm. W. Weinstone Rose itokes L. Landy 8. Freeman Ch Krumbein Noah London $s a E A 34 E lt ) Chas. Mitchell L. Chernenko A. Trachtenberg Margaret Undjus Chas. Zimmerman John D. Masso P! Cosgrove . Joseph Brahdy George Siskind G. Schulenberg Ben Levy 1. Hurwitz Joseph Manley Rebecca Grecht _ Sam Darcy F, Warshofsky “Kate Gitlow E. Elstone N. Wilkes J. McDonald Carrie Katz Edward Lindgren M. J. Oigin Mg Boruchowitz Jack Stachel ’ Louls Baum , Joseph J. Padgug D. Benjamin R. Nevins M. Garvitt ; Leo Hofbauer Cari Brodsky Aaron Gross Harry M. Wicks Otto Hulswood Simon Felshin ard Mitnick M. Gordon A. Chorover 1. Glass Morris Rosen Jullus Codkind Samuel Nesin J. O, Bentall A. Markoff Jeviny Edward Royce R, Fishbein G. E. Powers M. Plason Belle Robbins Elias Marks Bertram D. Wolfe Ben Gold Jack Jampolsky George Primoff M. Scherer 8. A. Pollack H. Schlachter Cc. Ralss i For a Labor Party , For Municipal Ownership and Workers ‘For a United Labor Ticket For World Trade Union Unity Against Injunctions Control of All Public Utilities ' ‘Against Child Labor For a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government » For Lower Rents and Living Costs ’ ” Recognition of Soviet Russia ° Eor Fit Schools for Workers’ Children For Communism :