The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 22, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government ee Vol. Il. No. 241. *e 5 ¥ % . ose Held in Many Cities The protest campaign to save the rades from the gallows of the Hun- garian hangmen of the notorious The American workers are making their voices heard in no uncertain murtier banquet which the bloody chefs of the Hungarian capitalists are Wall Street Guest at Blood Feast. Already the workers in New York strations which have focused atten- tion on the conspiracy which Horthy execute behind a veal of silence: Messages are pouring daily into Labor Defense telling of plans for mass protest meetings, and from are being forwarded to the Hungar- ian embassy in Washington and to demanding the dismantling»of the gal- lows built to snuff out the lives of The following cities have sent in notices of mass meetings already ar- Minneapolis: Mass meeting in the Unitarian Chureh at 8th and La Salle p. m. Prominent speakers’ will ad- dress the meeting. day, Oct. 25, at 7:30:p4.m. in Insur- ance Center Building, 1783 Bast 11th| leaders of the trade union movement will speak. tile Hall, Sundayévening, Oct. 25 at 8 p. m. at 849 North Franklin street. Washington: Meeting Saturday Ost. 24, 8 p. m. Hall will be an- Kansas City, Mo.: Protest meetine Oct. 28,.with Carl Brannin, as princi later. As The DAILY WORKER goes t ranged by the Chicago section of the International Labor Defense is about report of this demonstration. According to our Washington cor- keeping his home government com- pletely informed on the development Rakosi and his comrades. At first there was a tendency in Hungarian Paes Py Le: & AMERICAN ia Protest Demonstrations lives of Mathias Rakosi and his com- Horthy is gaining great momentum. terms in protesting against the latest preparing. and Boston have held mass demon- and his Wall Street backers would the headquarters of the International every part of the country telegrams the Horthy government in Hungary Rakosi and his comrades. ranged: streets on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at § Cleveland: Protest meeting Sun- street on the sixth floor, Prominent Philadelphia: Meeting in Mercan- Speakeres in Hungarian and~English nounced later. Prominent speakers. pal speaker. Hall will be announced Press the great mass meeting ar to open. Our next issue will carry a respondent the Hungarian embassy is of the American campaign to save (Continued on page 2) Subscription Rates: a, THE “o b: jenry (Continued from yesterday.) By OWEN STERLIN REIGN branches and associated companies are operated at Buenos Aires, Montevido, Santiago, San Paulo and Havana in South America and Cuba; at Antwerp, Rotterdam, Copen- hagen, Stockholm, Bordeaux “and Trieste in Europe and at Ford, On- tario, Cork, Ireland, and Manchester, England, in the British empire. For comparative purposes it is worth stat- ing that the largest automobile manu- facturer in the British empire is the Ford Motor company of Canada, at Ford, with an anual output of 150,000 cars and trucks. Those are the essential units of the Targest. private enterprise in the world. It is not only very large but very private. The one factor which controls production in this enterprise from day to day is the flux and flow from it of the private income of Henry and Edsel Ford, nothing more or less than that. They also control the jobs of 165,000 men and women in the United States alone, If the Ford en- terprise were actually an autonomous industrial colony, its population, con- sisting only of employes and their de- pendents, would be in the neighbor- hood of 500,000. AARALLELING ‘this industrial de- velopment is a political develop- ment since the pacifist days of the peace ship that affects the Fords and the status of their industry. The pa- cifist of yesterday, SOCIALISTS OF GERMANY JOIN | tacuses Fake is din Bigh Hailed in Paris _ (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) BERLIN, Germany, Oct. 20.— The socialist press here is echoing the government in praise of the “achieve- ments” of Locarno, praising the pacts xs “masterpieces of logic.” Thus igain the social-democrats ‘whose vands since the great betrayal of 914; have dripped with the blood of che working class, voice the désires of thteir masters, the capitalist class. They maintain officially a perpetual united front with the bourgeoisie, and it is only on rare occasions that some of their sections form a united front with the proletariat. There is considerable criticism of the official social-democratic press among the left elements of that party, mostly concentrated in Berlin, who formed a united front with the Com- (Continued on paxe 2) DEFIANCE AGAINST ILLEGAL EXPULSIONS BY “B. & O. BILL” VOICED BY J. F. ANDERSON When “B, & O, Bill” Johnston called J, F, Andergon, his oppotiant whom | William H. counted out with neatness the I. A. M., to appear before the execu! he probably thought Anderson wouldn’t show up. pended, and “B. & O. Bill” actually Johnston's personality and integrity Was somewhat below par. appeared, however, and tho refysing+ to apologize, gave Johnston and~ his gang a defi which in part, was as follows: +108 By J. F, ANDERSON E On Sept. 3, 1925, the general|secre- tary-treasurer wrote me requesting that I appear before you. I appear only as a matter of form, because our laws prescribe such a procedure’ and in order that this important case can reach our membership who alone are competent to consider and pass fair judgment on same, The time has come when a great tundamental issue must be openly, clearly and comprehensively studied and discussed by those intrusted with responsibility of administration—as well as by our membership—be- cause our cherished rights, to have opinions and express them have been taken from us. i Some have gone out of their way to charge other unions with being re- (Continued on page 6) and dispatch in the last election oi tive council of the Machinists’ Union, Anderson had ‘been sus- wanted him to apologize, for -saying Anderson, Fights Expulsions J. F. ANDERSON, In Chicage, by matl, $8.00 Outside Chicago, by mail, 0.00 be per year. who could be! Ford--Pacifist Turned Imperialist Second hie of Daily Worker’s Exposure of World’s Most Powerful Automobile Czar called an anarchist, however erron ously, will be the militarist-capitalist of tomorrow. The majority of the working men and women of this country have talk- ed and acted as if they believed Henry Ford were some independent of or exterior to the capitalist system. They didn’t see that he was merely an unusual capitalist. A common atti- tude a few years ago in a large sec- tion of the working class toward mili- tant trade unionists who’ urged class solidarity and organization is express- ed by the phrase, “Let Ford do it.” But his. career actually has at all times been linked with the capitalist system and been dependent on its per- Detuation, HE recent imperialist war, in which the Fords participated as soon as the word had been spoken by the capitalist government of this country, was a primary factor in bringing about a clear demonstration of the Ford sol- idarity with his class. His powerful resources were marshalled in the war to aid in preserving the imperialistic dominance of a certain international capitalist group or alliance. And his resources would be even. more quickly mobilized to preserve the capitalist system from being supplanted by a Communist order initiated by the working class. In periods of routine exploitation the Ford Motor company has profited. by pursuing courses that were independ- ent of or even in opposition not to th and LaSalle. Prominent. North Franklin St. Washington, Saturday, Oct. later. Prominent speakers. Kansas City, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 8 P’ M.. Hall to be an- Speaker, Carl Brannin, nounced later. Second Installment (Editor's Note. In the DAILY WORKER yesterday the story was told of how Henry Ford, dis- guised as a pacifist, and a “good boss,” who pays good wages and “looks after” his workers, who was @ queer duck with funny ideas but a big heart for labor, was —after all—only a wolf in sheep's cloth- ing. A lone wolf who fought the big wolves of Wall Street, even; but who got a great reputation as a humanitarian while building a slave-driving efficiency system that beat the world. Now the wolf has gobbled up railroads, steamship lines, mines, smelters and what not, and squeezes the last drop of en- ergy from his thousands of wage slaves at his Rouge River plant and his factories. Moreover, this “pa- cifist” has become an imperialist and has a business understanding with the U. S. navy. The story is concluded in today’s issue.) Probe For Radio Trust. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—The de- partment of justice is co-operating with the federal trade commission in investigating Allied Radio Manufac- turing interests with a view to de- termining whether a monopoly exists in manufacture and sale of radio de- vices thruout the country, it was an- -onnced here today. WORKERS OF DETROIT: SUPPORT COMMUNIST AGAINST’ SMITH AND BOWLES, Statement by the District Executive Committee of District No. 7, Workers (Communist) Party Regarding the Municipal Elections. The workers of Detroit are being asked to vote ih the municipal elec- tions on the basis of religious prejudices, for Smith because he is a catholic, opposed to the ku klux klan and for Bowles because he is an anti-catholic and is endorsed by the ku klux klan. The workers of Detroit should repudiate both Smiéth and Bowles, who of religious prejudices. .But not only for that (Continued on page 6) appeal to them on the ba: THURSDA GO IS SEE RAKOS! MUST X DIE! Minneapolis, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 8 P. M:, Unitariam Church, Cleveland, Sunday, Oct. 25, 7:30 P. M.,. Insurance Center Bldg., 1783 E. 11th St., Sixth Floor. Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 25, 8 P. M.,’Mercantile Hall, 849 Speakers in English and Hungarian. Post Office at Chicago, Hlinols, under the Act of March 3, 1879. OCTOBER 22,1925 <g> fertilizer but for explosive One of the Muscle Shoals nit plants is the largest in the world. Many poli ticlans and capitalists are opposed to the Fords having Muscle Shoals but that is only for personal or factional reasons, The nitrates at Muscle Shoales. would be as safe with the Ford Motor company as with ,the United States Stee] corporation or the war department itself. ITH the purchase of Metal Airplane Co. this summer, the Ford Motor Co. went into a new phase. It had been shipping by air as well as by water and rail for some time. With this purchase the Fords began the manufacture of planes. Military aviators are elated. “The ‘Ford Motor company’s en- trance into aeronatics is the greatest incentive to commercial aviation in the history of flying,” Col. William Mitchell, former assistant army air chief, said the other day in an inter- view printed in a Detroit newspaper while he was a guest of Henry Ford ON’T be mislead by his specifying ‘commercial aviation.” if the Fords restricted their produc- tion permanently to that type of plane —slower by many miles an hour thai pursuit planes, — the commercial planes would become transport plane: in war-time. And in military aviatio: transport planes are as essential a pursuit planes or bombers. « “It means much to America in t (Continued on page 6) CHANG, FORCED BY DEFEAT, IN War Lord Transformed by Sound Thrashing (Special to The Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 20.—Li all war-makers, Chang Tso-lin, taki a lesson from western imperialist has come out strongly f In a message sent to Peki capitalism to accepted capitalist procedure. #t smartness in business must not be fused with basic ac- tion that is #@Aly revolutionary, And with the revolutionary Com- munist In tional growing more powerful the | Ford Motor company will continu®4e°hew close to the line. ad io welfare workers are gone, Guards, or thugs, have taken their places, just a8 in any other strong- hold of capitalist production, except- ing that’ the Ford Motor company are somewhat better equipped to slug or kill. i RDINANCE officers from the war department are today working in the Ford Motor company laboratories side by side with Ford mechanics and engineers, The war department knows to a day how long a time would be required to put the Ford Motor company of & war-time basis in the event of imperialist war or a general strike.~ Among the specific things the department is interest- ed in stud: at the Ford laborator- ies are a neW type of airplane motor, developed the old Liberty en- gine of the war, and equipment} for the transportation of ordmance on| the ground. When the Ford bid for Muscle Shoals yas @ major topic of discus-| sion the ity of the working class thot of the € ssion as being chiefly a source ot hydro-electric power and cheap fertilizer. But the nitrates ex- tracted there are useful not only for speakers. Prominent labor speakers. 24, 8 P. M. Hall to be announced declares that he is “striving to utmost to preserve peace at thil critical period in which China ma; find an opportunity to settle man long standing international ques tions.” Chang’s passion for peace may be! better understood when it is consider- ed that he sent his troops a short time ago into the south as an invad- ing army to punish with death any Chinese who agitated for a strike o boycott against the further domina: tion of China by foreign imperialis' exploiters. Chang's Idea of Peace His idea of peace was a complet dissolution of the Shanghai Gener Labor Union, the execution of al agitators his troops could lay hand: upbn, and a censorship over th Chinese workers’ and students’ paper: which the imperialists themselve (Continued on page 2) U, S. S. R. GIVES SWEDEN $2,500,000 CONTRACT FOR AUTOMATIC PHONES (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Oct. 20.— Preliminary agreements have been concluded between the Soviet gov- ernment and the Ericsson Tele- phone gompany of Sweden for the construction of three modern auto- matic telephone stations in Moscow, and one at Rostoy-on-Don. The cost will be $2,500,000. Contracts for other stations will be made later. Order Mtchell Courtmartialed. WASHINGTON, Oct., 20—William Mitchell who accused his superiors o “criminal negligence” in administer ing the country’s air forces today was ordered courtmartialed by Secretary of War Davis.’ The court was ordered to convene October 28. Strikers Get Jail Terms. PARIS, France, Oct. 26.—Yester- day, jail sentences ranging from one to six monthsywere imposed on twen- ty-seven workers: who participated in the strike in Paris on Oct. 12-13. They were picked out for persecution be- cause they were known to be mem- bers of the Communist Party. North and Western Aves, This subject is of great importance to all left wing trade unionists. The Green administration has shown it- self to be just as subservient to cap- italism as the late Gompers was. This convention is of importance be- cause A, A. Purcell, fraternal delegate from the British Trade Union Con- gress, raised the issue of world trade union unity and support for Soviet Russia, The action of Green in re- pudiating the movement for trade union unity does not settle the mat- ter. The convention served as a sounding board to acquaint the Amer- ican workers with the need of inter- national trade union unity, and this issue will grow more important in the near future. All left wing and progressive trade unionists are invited to this meeting. Besides the main speaker there will be time for questions and discussion, CAPITALIST TOOLS! They are being asked to vote WORKER. Publisned Dally except Sunday by THE DAU.Y WORKER PUBI.ISHING NG SOVIET TRADE | SOVIET RUSSIA'S DELEGATION the Stout f For eveng fj Russian workers’ delegation, fy With her almost boundless natural re- T.U. E. L. GENERAL MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, TO HEAR REPORT ON A. F. OF L. CONVENTION AT ATLANTIC CITY The regular general meeting of thé Chicago Trade Union Educational League will be held Thursday, Oct. 22, at-8-p.-m: in Northwest Hall, corner of J, Louis Engdaht will speak on “The A. F, of L. Convention and the Left Wing Movement.” \2 NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, IL IN CHICAGO FINDS BUSINESS INTERESTS EAGER FOR TRADE The eagerness of American business interests and espelally e agricultural and packing house interests, for opening of trade elations with the Union of Soviet Republics, was strongly ex- dressed in the greeting accorded M. S. Pereferkovitsh, manager df the livestock department of the commissariat of agriculture f Soviet Russia. Michael F. Ivanov, professor of the Timirias- vskaja Academy of Moscow and N. N. Klebnik, official inter- preter of the Russian delegation in America to purchase live stock. W. W. Burch, editor of the American Sheep Breeder, on be- half of the representatives of the animal husbandry, railroad, packing house and agricultural interests greeted the Russian commission that is now stopping in Chicago, For Trade Relations. “I am sure that I voice the senti- ment of this group of American repre- o Us sentatives of agriculture, livestock husbandry and packing interests in ex- Depo?tations for Talk Against U. S. ending a cordial greeting to th By MANUEL GOMEZ, Sec’y. our guests, who represent in Ru hat we represent here. Russia is All-American Anti-Imperialist League. ARTICLE Iv. passing thru the birth pangs of a re- organized government and a reorgan- ized social and economic system.” declared W. W. Burch, American eep breeder, in his greeting to the Newspaper reports that the Ameri can troops are leaving Panama are now proven to be false. Likewise the story that the Panama landlords have given in to the striking worekrten- ants. And the regimental band is playing, “Wé won’t come back till its over over there!” Only a portion of the troops are leavingy The «rest-arg staying behind to complete the job of jailing workers,. crushing.. Panaman nationalist (i.e. “anti-imperialist”) sentiment and rendering the strikers helpless before the landlords. Even when the last American sol- dier packs up his tent and departs, if that time ever does come, it will be “au revoir but not goodby.” In England during the height of the wo- man suffrage agitation, a peculiar po- lice method was adopted, character- “Russia’s heart is sound and honest. Russia, so to speak, is getting her cond breath after the world’s war and the new order of things over there. “It is commonsense and good busi- ness for us to cultivate as rapidly as, passible trade relations with Russia. sources, Russia will, in the very na- ture of things,/command a permanent place in the front’ ranks of great economic nations and especially so along agricultural lines.” Russian Conditions Improyge~ The representatives of the working class. government of Russia - pointed. out. to The DAILY WORKER repre- sentatives in an interview that»the in. dustrial and agricultural condition off Russia has improved by leaps and) bounds since the Russian revolution, No Danger of Famine. “The famine that we had a num¢ ber of years ago has become but memory. Today our agriculture, ou industries, our production is bette than it ever was. The danger of ans other famine is not likely,” declared) M. S. Pereferkovitch, manager of the] ized by what was known as the “cat livestock department of the Russlagy and mouse law.” Under this ingeni- commissariat of agriculture. us law suffrage agitators who be- “Our purpose in Aemrica is to pur-/fame weak from hunger-striking, were chase the best we can in livestock, |#et out of jail until they could get a We have been instructed by our gov-jfittle of their strength back, where- ernment not to speak of the political}pon they were promptly rearrested situation in either Soviet Russia orj#nd put behind bars again, The gov- the United States. We are here togernment played with the suffragists do business. “as a cat.plays with a mouse.” It is “We have visited 40 different|that way with the United States gov- ernment and Panama, Whenever the nationalist movement and the anti- imperialist trade unions gather strength, the bayonets of American soldiers are called into play. The troops are always close at hand, massed threateningly just across the border in the Canal Zone, ranches since we have been in Amer- ica and have purchased sheep and other livestock in Wyoming, Utah, California, Colorado, Ohio and Oregon, Need Finer Wool. “In Russia we have vast amounts of land not fit for any other purpose than the pasturing of sheep. The z sheep which we are purchasing will Finance Capital Dominates. be used for breeding purposes. The hand of American imperialism “We aim to cross the sheep we buy|!ays heavy on the so-called republic abroad and thus get a better yield ot of Panama at all times, Even in ‘normal” times, there is an Ameri- can financial “adviser” to look over ; Panama’s finances in the interest of Wall Street investors, an American customs’ “inspector” to take charge of Panaman customs’ receipts for debt payment, an American railroad com- mission to take charge of the rail- roads and an American police inspec- tor to see that Wall Street's invest- ments. are not endangered by strikes or other undue disturbances to “law and order.” In addition, there is the (Continued on page 2) (Continued on Page 2) PURCELL, FAMOUS LEADER OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR, SPEAKS AT KANSAS CITY ON NOV. 4TH KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 20.—The trade unionists of Kansas City have arranged a date for A. A. Purcell, president of the Amsterdam International Federation of Trade Unions and delegate from the British Trade Union Con- gress to the recent convention of the American Federation of Labor at At- lantic City, N. J. The famous leader of 20,000,000 organized workers comprised in the Amsterdam International, is expected to get a great crowd of trade unionists not only from Kani City, but from surrounding citles where the name of this outstanding figure-of international labor is recognized as a symbol of progress and unity in the labor mvément of the world. Purceli will speak at the Labor Temple in Kansas City, at 14th street and Woodland, at 8 p. m., on November 4. The admission is merely nominal, being only 25 cents. A committee of local unionists are in charge of the arrangements,