The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 18, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Ralses the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’. Government Vol. IL. No. 238 Bg Subscription Rates: eepne In Chicage, by mall, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. STRIKING SEAMEN SENT TO JAIL IN HUNDREDS ] BY AUSTRALIAN COURTS MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 15. -Under authority of what is called the “Peace Act,” the authorities are Insituting persecution of leaders and active workers among the sea- men, Up to date, there have been 382 seamen given kangaroo trials and sentenced to prison terms for strik- Ing. INSULT TO. BRIT LABOR BY ALF. OF L. Farrington, ‘Hutcheson, “Fraternal” Delegates By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. STEEPLECHASE PIER, Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 16—The A. F. of L. convention here handed a direct and intended insult to the British Trade } Unions when they selected Frank Far- | rington, arch-reactionary president of ‘the Illinois Mine Workers, and WIIl- jam L, Hutcheson, president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters, an instl- gator of the expulsionist policy ‘against militants In that organization, as the two fraternal delegates to the next ay as os Union Congress. There wei 0 opposing candidates. ‘The British fraternal delegates, Ar- thur Pureelf? and Ben Smithh, were not in the hall when the vote was taken. “Said Fitzpatrick to Connore” James B. Connors, vice-president of the Sudichpens, mpesesiees : as the parser tre a to the Can- adian Trades and Labor Congress, after a nomination speech bordering on burlesque by Delegate Fitzpatrick, of e the Actors’ Union. Fitzpatrick® said Connors ought to have the job as re- ward for his leng service. Detroit Convention City. _ The next convention will be in De- troit,. Michigan, in October, 1926. De- troit won out over Birmingham, Ala- bama, by a_vote of 15,879 to 11,609 efter Los Angeles and Sacramento, California, had been forced out of the race. All the old officers were re-elected without opposition. George L. | “Majah” Berry, of the Printing Press- men, nominated Frank L.. Morrison, for re-election as secretary. Morrison is a member of the Printers’ Union and one of the leaders of: the so-called “progressive” machine in that organ- ization, which is opposed to the Lynch machine. This seems to indicate enmity between Lynch and Berry that may be carried into the allied printing trades. It further shows that the “progressives” in the Typo- graphical Union receive support from such a notorious reactionary as Berry. The orgapization committee could find no objéction to the resolution de- | manding the organization of, Negro workers. The convention voted to “consistently continue” its work of “organizing colored workers. It. was | ® claimed that 100 labor bodies ‘already admit Negroes to membership. Inevitable Jurisdictional Fights. it is proposed to call a-conference ‘eat Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29, at which President E. H. Fitzgerald, of the ° «Brotherhood of Railway Clerks will meet representatives of the colored * freight handlers in an attempt to ad- just the differences raised by the { drawing of the color. line, in this or- eanhization, The jurisdiction fight. of the Team- sters and Street Carmen oyer bus 4 drivers was settled by . giving all - drivers on busses Owned by the elec- trical railways to the Street Carmen, _ the rest going to the Teamsters. e 2 8 —— STEEPLECHASE PIER, Atlantic City, Oct. 16.~-Efforts to organize the Cribben and Sexton Stove works in Chicago under the banner of the American Federation of Labor, to fight» the platoon system, the intelli- (Continued on page 2) UNITED WORKING CLASS FRONT FORMED BY ITALIAN TOILERS (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Oét. 16.—The maximalist sections of the Italian work a pg poe o> ‘a TMptaver of! cago Electrical Workers’ Local™134, formed an alliance with the Communists against the Mussolini government. This united front combination embraces the decisive PURCELL T0 SPEAK FOR LABOR UNITY Meetings in in Ten Big, Cities Arranged Announcement of an extensive tour in America by A. A. Purcell, senior British fraternal delegate to the re- cent American Federation of. Labor convention in Atlantic City is made upon completion of arrangements with local trade union committees in the cities to be visited. Purcell, who is president of the Amsterdam International Federation of Trade Unions, head of the Fur- hiture Workers’ Union in England and former chairman of the British Trades Union Congress preaches the {mmedi- ate necessity of world trade union unity, including the Russian unions. He made the unity plea at the A, F, of L. convention but met no encour- agement from Pres, Wm. Green. On his tour he will renew his efforts to interest American workers in inter- national problems of labor, arguing that since capital has become. inter- national, labor must follow - suit, to preserve and improve the wages and conditions of its organized section. Visits Mexico First. After a visit to Mexico, Purcell opens his American tour at Kansas City Nov. 4 where, as elsewhere a committee of local trade unions is in charge “of the meeting. His sched- ule includes St. Louis Nov. 56, Chicago Nov. 6, Detroit Nov. 8, Pittsburgh Nov. 9, Cleveland Nov. 10, Toronto Noy. 11, Montreal Noy. 13, Boston Nov. 15, Philadelphia Nov. 16, New York..Nov, 17,. According to his lecture manager) an. admission charge of 25 cents will be made at each meeting and the same subjett, World Trade Union Unity, will be-aised’ by Purcell thru- out. He has already spoken before the Baltimore Trades and Labor As- sembly and at a so¢ialist meeting in Carnegie Hall, New York. He first became a figure inthe minds of Americans interested in world hap- penings by thesreport’on Russia of the 1924 British trade union delega- tion to that country. Purcell was chairman of the delegation. When presented with a gold watch by the A. F.. of GL. convention dele- gates Purcell in’ thanking them re- newed his plea’ for international 1la- bor unity. IMPUDENT DEMAND UPON WORKERS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT OF PANAMA BALBOA, Panama, Oct. 1..—Pres- ident Chiari of Panama, backed fi- nancially by the American plun« derbund, and militaristically by the gunmen of Wall Street, has issued an impudent demand to the strik- ers and tenants that they cease their agitation for the release ‘of prisoners arrested following the *murder of workers -by the soldiery and police. As to, this demand and the demand for the discharge of of- ficiais responsible for the outrage the president said “these are mat- ters the courts must handle.” A gesture by the cabinet to relieve unemployment today embodies re- commendation that public works be increased. The proposed projects include a medical school as the first unit of a university to bear the name of Bolivar and an insane asylum. The workers recommend the cabinet members as the first inmates of the latter, DENOUNCE | Huge Mass - Meetings; Unions Protest «Special to The Daily Worker? NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The answer of the Workers Party and the work- ers of the city of New York to the barring of Benjamin Gitlow, its candi- date for mayor, from the city ballot is an intensification of~its campaign for Gitlow and the entire Communist ticket. The same night that the news came out that he was barred from the ballot, ‘a storm of protest came in from workers organizations headed by Loc: No, 2, 9 and 22 of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers and the joint board of the Furriers’ Union which happened to be meet- ing. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, the needle trades workers of the city of New York, will hold a protest meeting in Hunts Point Palace, 163rd St., and Southern Blvd. Protest Meeting arrebioel Protests red nights have been ar- ranged in which 75 party speakers and representatives of organized la- bor will be thrown simultaneously into a single working class quarter of the city. Every important corner of that quarter will be covered by one or more speakers and the speakers will terminate their meetings at 10:30 p. m. by leading their audience to the most important street crossing in the entire district so that many thousands of workers will converge from all corners of that section to the wind- up point. Harlem’s night will be Saturday, Oct. 17 with culmination at 110th St. & 5th Ave. Brownsville will be invaded on Friday, Oct. 23 and all meetings will lead their crowds to Stone Ave. and Pitkin. The Upper Bronx will have its réd night on Oct, 24 with culmination at Longwood Ave. | and Prospect; Williamsburg on Fri- | day, Oct. 30; culminating at the Grand | Street extension; and the Downtewn | district on Saturday, Oct. 31 with the | central meeting at 10th St. and Sec: | ond Ave, : Unemployment Grows, COPENHAGEN, Oct. 16.—The last two months show a continuing steady increase in unemployment in Den- mark, the minimum figure of 24,824 at the beginning of last month being approximately 10,000 greater than it was at the same date in the year 1924, Circulate Huge Petition A monster petition will be cireu- lated in which it is expected to get the signatures of 100,000 workers, de- manding that Gitlow be put back on the ballot, .If the storm: of protest party in ‘Italy, foes of fascists, have cist unions and the , (Continued on page 2) atste alt nists i) amuow BAN. Horthy Murder Government! | with 8 and 9 of the first and second does not succeed in compelling the | mounters, clothing workers. ~ SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1925 THE DAILY WORKER. 2 | Entered as Second-clas: matter September '21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Hlinols, under the Act of March 3, 1876. > 200 PUBLISHING CO. t Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBIISHING C ilies Ww. n Washington Blvd., Chicago, RL NEW YORK EDITION Price 5 Cents APPEAL TO THE WORKERS OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE The Horthy government of Hungary is adding new deeds of infamy to its bloody record. The tens. of thousands of workers and peasants it has imprisoned, tortured and murdered, have not yet satisfied its bload lust. The white terror is taking on a greater intensity. o The attempt to destroy the labor movement of Hungary has failed. Wholesale torture and murder has not been able to stifle the memory of the glori- ous workers’ revolution of 1919. The spark is still alive and the labor movement of Hungary is ris- ing again. The answer of the Horthy regime is: New arrest new tortures and murders. In recent days, more than 100 left socialist workers belonging to the Indepen- dent Socialist Party have been arrested and are fac- ing immediate trial by’court martial. Among those arrested is Mathi. Rakosi, formerly people's com- miss; the revefutionary government. Cablegrams from in warn that these workers are slated for conviction within three days and execution within two hours after sentence. The heroic’ deeds of Comrade Rakosi are an in- spiration to’ the revolutionary workers of the entire world. Braving all dangers, taking his life in his hands, -he went back into Hungary for the fifth time since the fall of the Soviet government. Working quietly, underithe very eyes of the police, he gathered the scat forces together and inspired them to renewed efforts. His work began to bear fruit. New signs of life: appeared in the workers’ movement. i Horthy’s bloodhounds finally captured him. The police machine outdid itself in the attempt to extort information from Comrade Rakosi. He was beaten and tortured for days. His spine was broken by the blood-thirsty mercenaries. But all to no avail. At the hearing to which he was carried more dead than alive, he proudly defended Communism and re- fused to betray his comrades. In a day or two, he will be court-martialed. It is the announced inten- Department of Labor Reports 51 Strikes and 18 Controversies ies WASHINGTON, D. ©., Oct. 16—On Oct. 10, 1925, there were 61 strikes before the department of labor for settlement, and, in addition, 18 contro- ‘versies which had not reached the strike stage. Total number of cases pending, 69, twelve of which are new.| go! The 12 new cases may be compared| al as a bishop. weeks preceding.» The new cases in- volve barbers, textile workers, iron- | workers, leather.’ workers, miners, | bridge carpenters sawmill men, stove laundvy worke: and church, “JUDGE DENIES BISHOP BROWN INJUNCTION TO STAY HIS REMOVAL NEW ORLEANS, Oct. earl Judge Burns of States district court dismissed the petition of Bishop William Mont- 'y Brown to stay his remov- Bishop Brown was recently re- moved as a bishop by the house of bishops of the protestant episcopal . He isstrying to retain his right to the title of ‘bishop and is now preparing a ease in court in a contest to hold the title, tion of the government of white terror to execute him and the other workers recently arrested. The International Labor Defense pledged iteelf at the National Conference on. June 28, to defend the persecuted victims of the white terror in all lands. It-is exerting all its energies and resources to arouse the most wide-spread protest of the American workers against the execution of Mathias Rakosi, and the other workers who face court-martial with him. Workers of America! Do not be indifferent to the fate of your class brothers in bloody Hungary. You have special reason to be concerned. Hungarian capitalism is not something separate and apart from American capitalism. The Horthy murder regime is only the puppet of Wall Street. The dollars of Wall Street prop it up. The financial czar of the Horthy government is Jeremiah Smith, the agent of Morgan & Co. Part of the profits coined out of the sweat and blood and tears of the outraged working class “of Hungary go to the Wall Street backers of the Horthy government. Wall Street has an interest in supporting the bloody deeds of Horthy and in suppressing all news about them. You workers have an interest to expose and protest against them. The fight of the Hungarian workers is your fight. Workers of America! Join the mighty protest movement to rescue the Hungarian workers from the Horthy hangmen. Organize protest meetings every- where. Pass resolutions in all labor, organizations and send them to the Hungarian ambassador at Washington. Help us to turn the searchlight of Publicity on the beastly action of the. Hungarian white terror. Smash the conspiracy of silence! Let the cries of the tortured prisoners of Hungary‘ be heard in Americal Executive Committee, International Labor Defense, James P. Cannon, Secretary Red Baiting Dick Meets His Fate in 16—Fed- the United |partment of justice spy, him to the happy hunting grounds. ists at Bridgman, Michigan. a Battle with Bootlegger _ja telegfaii to the Hungarian embassy The capitalist press of Chicago has been loaded with eulogies of the de- Edward ©, Shanahan, since some hootlegger sent * Shanahan was well known among labor circles. as a frame-up expert He was one of the spies that par- ticipated in the raid on the Commun- He also was in the raiding squad that broke into the Trade Union Educational League headquarters at ines N. La Salle St | RTHY TERROR , LIBERALS CABLE \ FIRM PROTEST “1 BUDAPEST g Dauielivelion’, of Workers Arranged ; Senator William E. Borah.chairman of the senate foreign relations com- mittee, has declared his intention to act in the effort being made to save the lives of the workers who have been recently arrested by Horthy, the “hangman of Hungary,” and are | doomed ‘to execution unless the hand of the murderer is halted by protests thruout the world. In a telegram to the Tnternational Labor Defense, to *its headquarters at 23 S. Lincoln St., Chicago, Borah said he was deeply interested in the case and further stated that he act in the matter when I can mine how I may be effective.” The outstanding figure am last batch of Horthy yi Mathias Rakosi, peoples**€ommissar in the former Soviet government of Hungary. . The influence of Senator Borah head of the senate’s most powerful committee, is expected to lift the veil of silence that has until now shrouded the latest orey of terror inaugurated by the notorious butcher Horthy. The government of Horthy is supported by funds supplied by the House of Mor- gan and at this momement Horthy’s financia@t expert is an American by the name of Jeremiah Smith, who is acting unofficially for the Coolidge ad- ministration, ‘but officially for the Wall Street bankers. Fight Gains Strength. That the campaign to save the Hun- garian workers from the gallows is gaining impetus is shown by the fol- lowing “joint cable* sent to the- Hen- garian government by a committee of prominent liberals, headed by Upton Sintlair and Roger Baldwin. The telegram made public by the In- ternational Labor Defense reads: “Bethien, “Prime Minister, “Budapest, Hungary. “Deeply concerned about from Berlin of torture of political prisoners and court martial and threatened execution of more than one hundred including Mathias Rakosi, people’e commissar in the former revo- lutionary government. Carrying out such executions will arouse greatest indignation of American people. We demand that court martial Be abol- ished, that regular civil trials be con- ducted and that no execution take place. “Upton Sinclair, Roger Baldwin, Clarence Darrow, Robert W. Dunn, An- drew T, McNamara, David Rhys Wil- llams and Robert Witaker.” Big Mass Meetings, Reports of demo®strations and’ mass metings are pouring into the national office ofgthe International Labor De- fense, the headquarters of the anti- Horthy campaign. The two largest protest meetings are expected to be held in New York and Chicago, where arrangements are already made, The New York demonstration will be held at 1 p. m, today in Unton Square and speakers from many or- ganizations, labor and liberal, will Participate. The principal speakers at the Ohi- cago protest meeting will be Rey. David Rhys Williams, Ralph Chaplin, James P. Cannon and R, Sauser. The meeting will be held in Prudential Hall, corner of North Ave, and Halsted reports St. and will begin promptly at 8 p, m.,. Tuesday, Oct. 20, In addition the following cities are arranging demonstrations of protest against the proposed execution of Rakosi and his comrades by the Horthy government: Boston, Phila- jelphia, Buffalo, . Washington, Pitts- burgh, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Fran- cisco, Portland and Seattle. Chicago organizations representing 20,000 workers and liberals dispatched in Washington protesting against the threatened “execution of Rakosi and his fellow ‘workers. Among those signing the telegram are Clarence Darrow, William H. Wolly, . David Rhys Williams, Dr, Norman D. Barr and BE. C, Wentworth. James P, Cannon, executive secre- tary of the Intrenational Labor De- save the lives of Rakosi and other victims of Horthy’@ blood lust w: gaining phenomenal strength ai would rouse the country from end end, fense, declared that the movement mr\\ —— \ —eaegenregenn tt nee