The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 25, 1925, Page 3

| BOSSES DRIVE. AGAINST NEGRO CONGRESS FAILS Workers Send Delegate Despite Threats WARREN, Ohio, Oct 28—When the Negro workers in the Trumbull steel plant circulated a leaflet in the shop telling about the American Negto La- bor Congress that was to be held in Chicago, starting October 25, at the Metropolitan Unity House, ist St. and Giles Ave., the bosses threatened any worker who dared to, go. the con- gress with immediate discharge. Nevertheless, the Negro workers in the shop got together, elected their delegate and have sent him to Chi- cago. Glergy Tools of Steel Bosses The minister ofthe Second (Color- ed) baptist church has in all his ser- mons attacked the American Negro Labor Congress and told the Negro workers to stay away from there. The steel company not trusting one sky- pilot to fool the Negro workers has had four others sent in, Every night ‘meetings are held on High street near the Hippodrome Hall, where these ministers aré doing their worst to poison the minds of the Negro against the idea of labor organizations. Not only are the sky-pilots doing this work, but so are dentists and doc: tors of the city who are agitating among the workers to keep them from sending a delegate to the Chicago con- gress. Try to Bull-doze Negroes In order to keep the Negro bull- dozed, attempts are being made to otganize a chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which claims that it will abolish segregation, lynching, Jim Crowism and get the American Negro “a fair deal” from the bosses without any labor organizations. The local American Negro Labor Council has a membership of 116 Ne- gto workers. | Probe Freight Rates. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28—The inter- state commerce commission today or- dered an investigation of the proposal of the railroads to revise the freight rates on fresh meats and packing house products from Omaha and South Omaha, St, Paul, Minneapolis, Sioux City, and other western produc- ing points to southwestern distina- tions, The proposed revision would result in both increases and reduc- tions in the freight rates, ARRANGE 10 PAY, THEN ASK’ LOANS . SAYS WALL STREET (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Oct, 23—Amer jean bankers are in complete accord with the desire of the administra- tion to deny loans to foreign gov- ernments which have not made final arrangements to fund war debts to the United States, Charlies E. Mit- hell, president of the National City Bank of New York, declared after a conference with President Coolidge today. Mitchell directed his remarks par- ticularly at ‘France, It you want to thoroughly un- deistand Communism—study it. Se TTITTLITTLLLLULLOLLT Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street . N. E. Cor, Elizabeth St. Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice FOR RENT Beautiful Front Room for One or Two Comrades Im modern South Side apart- ment. All conveniences, priv- ate, ho other roomers. Inquire at Information desk, DAILY WORKER Office. FEODOR CHALIAPIN =" Grice MISHA OLGA SAMARO TICKETS for this series of 3 Sunday night concerts NOW ON SALE EL'S TICKET OFFICE, 9th and Market, at GIM AMERICAN-MADE HORTHY REGIME AND HUNGARIAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATS IN NEW DRIVE AGAINST WORKERS BUDAPEST, Hungary, (By Mail.)—The Horthy regime has started a Ww series of raids on the workers and has thrown hundreds of workers into jail. Not only are members of the Hungarian Communist Party being thrown into jail, but also some of the members of the. Mungarian Workers’ Socialist Party, whose only crime consists in splitting away from the social democratic party and forming a new alliance, Long Term Sentences, Many Communists are in jail with prison sentences ranging from 10 to 15 years for their participation in the proletarian dictatorship which was overthrown by means of American¢———————_———__ ACADEMY OF MUSIC World - Renowned money that was used by the Horthy gang. This American money was sup- posed to have been used by the pres- ent Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, in the Coolidge regithe in America, who Wag in charge of re- lief work to aid the starving people of Hungary. Instead it was used to destroy the workers’ dictatorship and place the Horthy terrorist regime in power, Social-Democratic Stool Pigeons, In the drives being made by the Horthy police on the villages and cities in Hungary, the social-democrat lead- ers, Peyer and Peidl, are assisting the police to destroy. not only the Hungar- ian workers’ socialist party, but also all other elements that may be op- posed to it on the political field. The attitude taken by Horthy is that any working class movement in Hungary which opposes the social-democrats is a Communist movement. The workers of Hungary driven to desperation by the continuous lower- ing of the standard of living and per- secution of the Horthy regime are again following the leadership of the advance guard of the Hungarian workers, the Communists. Over 350 workers have been arrest: ed in the new outbreak of the terror regime. Torture Rakosi. Mathias Rakosi has had to suffer torture again at the hands of the po- lice in their attempt to force a ‘“con- fession” from him which could be used as an excuse to send him to the gallows to double-quick time. A “confession” alleged to have been made by Mathias Rakosi has been printed and circulated quite widely in the Hungarian press. In this con- fession Rakosi is purported to have said that he was unwilling to leave Moscow for Budapest and that as he was sitting at a table discussing the matter with a number of leading Com- munists in Moscow, a number of sol- diers belonging to the Cheka, enter: ed the room, levelled their rifles with fixed bayonets at hith and demanded that he immediately leave for Buda- pest. Under these circumstances he had allowed himself to be persuaded to leave for Hungary as it was a ques- tion of death either at the hands of Horthy or the Cheka and he had ac- cepted the more “noble form.” The police addef to this “confes-| sion” the following: “I must state before the public that the attitude of the police towards me was most po- lite and human.” The Horthy police have also invent- ed the following tale as a basis for making new arrests: Rakosi and a number of those who had participat- ed in the Hungarian Soviet govern- ment met at Vienna and there decid- ed upon a “putsch.” In order to make this a successful attempt to regain power, a death list was drawn up of the officials in power who were to be killed. The first name on this list was Horthy, then prime minister Bethlen, then the other officials of the government in order of succes- sion. All officers and high judges who were strong Horthy adherents were to be Killed. Vast stores of munitions were supposed to have been brot into the country in preparation for the “putsch.” The Budapest police claimed that the congress of these leaders of the Hungarian workers took place on August 24, 25, and 26, and that Bela Kun was the chairman of the con- gress and Rakosi had sat on the right hand side of Bela Kun thruout the en- tire meeting in the hall of a people's brary. The congress also held class- es for weeks teaching the future com- missars their duties. The Budapest police then began Savage attacks on tlie organized work- ers of Hungary. The capitalist and social-democrat press carried long stories giving prominent display to this yarn. The Viennese police fh- vestigated the yarn and sent a letter to the Budapest police, saying their yarn had no foundation and that the Budapest police had manufactured this tale out of the hot air that is quite abundant around Budapest se- cret police offices. Hundreds of workers have been ar- rested and thrown into jail and fore- ed to sign “confessions” verifying the yarn. Medieval inquisition methods are used to force “confessions” from the Victims in their attempt to mur- der leading working class leaders with some semblance of legality. ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE ARRANGES PROTEST AGAINST U. S. AVIATORS IN MOROCCO The All-American Anti-Imperialist League is sending out letters to all Negro, Chinese, Hindu and white working class organizations on the south side calling for a united front demonstration against the participation of American aviators in Morocco. This united front demonstration will take place at the Pythian Hall, 207 East 35th street, Thursday evening, Oct. 29. The following letter is being sent to all organizations of a working ¢lass character; A “Dear Brothers: “American aviators havé crossed over to Africa and are fighting on the side of the French robbers in their war against the brave Riffian tribes struggling for independence. “We of the All-America Anti-Im- perialist League are appealing to all intelligent, liberty-loving, class-con- cious Negroes, Chinese, Hindus, and members of the white races. to join in a gigantic protest demonstration against the participation of American aviators in the Riff war. “Among the darker races all over the world, there has risen a new wave of the struggle for freedom. In the Riff country of northern Africa, in Mesopotamia and China, in Jamaica and other colonial possessions of the British empire, the people are de- manding the right to conduct their own affairs free from the interference of imperialist powers. “Why are France and Spain war- ring on the Riffs? Because they want to bring the rich natural resources of Morocco under the control of the French and Spanish bosses, The soil of Morocco is rich in tin, copper and zine. Its northern shore makes the approach of ships easy. The natives of Morocco can be made to work in Broad & Looust St. Violinist America’s Foremost Pianist Help Us Out! A great amount of work has to be done in the office. More work than our office.can speedily handle. If you can spare a little time—c'mon over i nen factories, on railroads and in mines for very little wages. And to force the natives to go to work for them, the foreign governments will seize their lands and drive the Riffians tc the factories. It is for these things —tin, copper, zine and cheap labor- power, that Abd-el Krim and his tribes aré being slaughtered on the soil of northern Africa. “While the American aviators now fighting Abd-el-Krim were still in America, preparing to go to Africa, and while the American government was still able to stop them, it made no effort to prevent their going. In fact, some of these aviators even re- ceived their passports from the gov- ernment, after they had declared their intention of fighting the Riffian na- tives. “The hall in which the All-Ameri- ea Anti-Imperialist League is plan- ning to hold this demonstration is Pythian Hall, 207 East 35th street, the use of which has been extended to us for the evening of October 29, by courtesy of the American Negro La- bor Congress. This hall seats over 2,000 people. “We are asking you to take part in this demonstration. In a few days we shall be sending you a number of leaflets, to distribute among mem- bers of your organization, “Hands Off Morocco! “Hahds Off Africa!” Die in Collinsville Crash. COLLINSVILLE, IIL, Oct, 23.—One man was killed and another was prob- ably fatally injured shortly after midnight this morning, when the auto- mobile in which the victims were rid- ing, crashed into a milk truck on the National Trail Road here. The dead man was Sidney Prow, 56, of Collins- ville. Rolla Harris, 40, the injured man, was brot to his home here, where it was believed he was suffer- ing from a crushed skull and coneus- sion of the brain. Two Die in Fire, ATHENS, Ohio, Oct. 23.—Mrs. John te anenmanatee THE Paivy WORKER WORKERS’ SCHOOL OF CRICAGO OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT Act Now If You Wish to Join Classes Enrollment is now under way for the classes of the Chicago Workers’ School, organized under the direction of the district executive committee of the Workers Party. The school, of which Harl R. Browder is director, and Oliver Carlson is secretary, will open the first samester of eight weeks on Nov. 15th with the following classes: “Klements of Communism,” two classes: Max Bedacht, instructor, one night per week, 8 p.m, H. M. Wicks, instructor, one night per week, 6 p. m. “American Social and Labor His- tory’—-W. F, Dunne instructor, one night per week, 8 p. m, “Capital”—-Volume I, Harl R. Brow- der, instructor, one night per week, 8p, m. “Imperialism and the National and Colonial Question”’—Mannel Gomez, instructor, one night per week, 8 p. m, “Public Speaking”—H. M. Wicks in- structor, one night per week, 8 p. m. “English” (elementary and intermed- jate), AS many classes as necessary | to take care of enrollment, granted | according to needs of scholars. Some classes oné night per week, others two night. Instructors: Lilliam Borgeson, Ida Dailes, Amy Shechter. “Research in Current Economic Questions”—Harl R. Browder, instruc- tor, meets on Sunday mornings, Three Semesters There will be three semesters of eight weeks each, with intervals of one week between, in the school year. At the opening of the second semester in January, the following classes will be added to the curriculum: “History of the Comintern”, “Party History, Structure and Tactics”, “His- torical Materialism.” The rules governing enrollment are: (1) All enrollment to be handled thru the director in cooperation with the school committee. Enrollments may be filed with Valeria Meltz at lo- cal office, with Ida Datles at national office, or with Rebecca Sacharow in rerearch department, national office. (2) No pupil can enroll in more than thrée classes. (3) Bach pupil must give satis. factory @vidence that he is prepared by previous study for the classes in which he or she desires to enroll. (4) AN enrollment must be com- pleted by Nov. 10, at which time the teaching staff and assignments to classes, are to be finally organized. { (5). Atfenroliment fee of $1.00.shail be paid with application of each pupil, and 50 cents additional for each class more than one, There will,be a social affair given by the school on Saturday, November 14th, to celebrate the launching of the first Chicago Workers’ School. Watch the paper for particulars. DRAMATIC SOCIETY TO “RESCUE” DAILY WORKER AND ELORE NEW YORK, Oct, 23.—-The Bronx Elore dramatic society will hold its first annual entertainment and dance on Jan. 30, 1926, at the Bronx Lyceum Hall, 3rd. Ave., near 170th St. Brofx, proceeds to go for The DAILY WORKER and Uj Elore. We /ask all Bronx party organiz- ations to cooperate with us to make this afflair a big success, and not to arrange any other afiairs on this day, so that we can make this a big DAILY WORKER Rescue Dance. CAPITAL CONCENTRATION SHOWN BY GOVERNMENT REPORT; 1,000 | FIRMS CONTROL HALF OF PROFIT By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) . If you pick the right ones, control of 1,000 corporations means control of just about half of the country’s corporate profits. Yet these 1,000 aré about % of 1% of the total corporations reporting to the commissioner of internal revenue in 1923. This is the story of concentrated profiteering by the big trusts, told by figures in “Statistics of Income for 1923” issued by the commissioner. It shows how the big financiers are increasing thelr con- trol of the surplus Over @ bare sub be sistence produced by the workers COZY LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block from Imperial Hall PHONE DIVERSEY 0791 CHICAGO The figures show a group of 168 corporations with combined net in- come, after all possible deductions to escape the tax, of $2,204,964,330, The entire 398,933 corporations reporting showed a total of $8,321,529,134. Thus less. than one-twentieth of 1% of all the corporations took,27%% of all the profits. Concentrating Control. The 1,026 largest corporations re- presenting % of 1% of the total num- ber took $3,990,671,042 in profits or 48% of the total. And 2,115 corpora- tions or just over % of 1% of the total number took $4,743,524,129 or over 57% of all the profits. Tf we include the upper 1% of all the corporations we are dealing with about two-thirds of the total profits. With some 400,000 corporations the country is turning over the bulk of its profits to about 4,000 of the total number. The table shows the corporations distributed according to the size of their 1923 net income, together with the combined income of each group: 1923 Corporation Income Under $2,000 .... $2,000—$5,000 $5,000—$10,000 $10,000—~§50,000 $50,000~$100,000 $100,000—$250,000 $250,000—$500,000 $500,000. $1,000,000—$5,000,000 $5,000,000 and over... Reporting net income. Reporting no net income Total corporations .... Industrial Variation. The concentration of profits differs in the industries. In agriculture and related industries one out of the 9,360 corporations listed got $38,735,391 or 42% of the $92,201,206 profits reported and four corporations got $46,101,431 or an even half of the total. In min- ing and quarrying 199 out of 18,509 corporations got $197,296,828 or about 70% of the $283,565,648 combined profits. In the transportation and public utility group 45 out of 21,113 corporations got $706,835,314 or 56% of the total $1,257,409,896, while 177 or less than 1% got $978,687,276 or 78% of the total. Among the 85,199 manufacturing corporations 98 received $1,354,733,- 166 or about 32% of the $4,271,89 449 total while 598 get $2,324,860,706 ror about 55% of the total. In the manufacturing of food products less than 1% of the corporations got 66%% or two-thirds of all the profits. In textiles and their products 1.7% of all the corporations got 56% of the profits. In rubber products 2% of the corporations got 74% of the profits. In chemicals and oils 1% of the cor- porations got 67% of the profits. That was in 1923. Since then the process of concentration thru giant mergers has been continuing rapidly. Education Week, American education week, sponsor- ed by the United States bureau of education, will be observed from Noy. 16 to 23. It will be opened here at a dinner at the Hotel Majestic. GRAND OPENING of the Pythian Hall, 207 nightly m: meetings. 35 cents, all else free, Gp All Work Guaranteed, Dunfee, 47, and her daughter, Laura, five ,were burned to death early today when fire destroyed their home three miles southeast of here, Four other children of the family were saved when an older son awoke Just a8 the roof was falling in. aun tie 8411 Jos. Campar, Shoe Hospital Work Done While U Wait Give Us a Trial and We'll Give You the Satisfaction.. » MEN'S SHOES FOR SALE. JOS, ZELINSKI, Prop., , American Negro Labor Congress Sunday Evening, 7 O'clock, October 25, East 35th Street. Congress will last for one week. Business sessions in the day, 4 Different program each night. hear the best speakers of both races of the American Labor Moye- ment. Elaborate musical program. To close the event, a Grand International Ball and Program. Saturday evening, 8 o'clock, October 31, Admission to dance, Come and ‘ Lovett Fort-Whiteman, Nationhl Organizer. H. V. Phillips, National Secretary. Hamtramek, Mich. + Officers Deny All Rumors That Sailors Were Drunk on Ship JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Oct. 23— Officers of the Comanche were anger- ed over reports that members of the crew were intoxicated when fire broke out on the Clyde liner last Saturday night atid burned to the water's edge. These reports Were catried by a few passengers aboard the vessel. Chief maté Wilson, the next in command to Captain Curry, said he was doing duty on the bridge when the fire broke out and that he did not see a drunken man, or smell liquor in any form. Madison Pharmacy INC. BETTER DRUGS Light Luncheon Served 1154 Madison Street, Corner Ann OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Four Phones Chicago J. KAPLAN MERCHANT TAILOR Suits Made to Order at Reasonable Prices Taxi Men Strike Again. BOSTON—Checker Co. taxi drivers ate again striking for the union shop. 3546 ARMITAGE AVENUE ~ After a settlement of a recent strike 15 union drivers W °% discharged with- hee Avert aoe out hearings and somé Old M0) Wl ———————— taken off the 9-hour shift which pays GRIGER & NOVAK $4 and put on the 7-hour shift which GENTS FURNISHING and pays $3 per day. MERCHANT TAILORS No. of Corp, Total Income $ 87,992,887 Union Merchandise 153,069,832 1934 W. Chicago Avenue 199,336,286 (Cor, Winchester} 30,768 $01,826,019 Phone Humboldt 2707 8,258 577,435,489 «6,042 923,065,165 ain fein Philadelphia, Notice! y 859,08) eke 858 1.606,716,718| Weber Printing Co. 168 2,294,954,330 350 N. FIFTH STREET, ts .233,339 $8,321,529,134 165,594 (Deficit) " 2,013,554,987 DON’T FORGET Hirsch’s Restaurant 1603 CENTER AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PA, ++ 398,933 $6,307,974,147 a hel P q Just Opened. Modern! Sanitary! Excellent Service! To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIST tae 645 Smithfield Street To Save THE DAILY WORKER PITTSBURGH, PA. HOLD ’EM! Leave these dates open so you can attend each of the Daily Worker RESCUE PARTIES IN NEW YORK SAT., OCT. 31 WEST SIDE WORKERS’ HALL, 301 East 29th St., Branches Co-operating: English West Side—Greek West Side Italian West Side—Jugo-Slav i BARBERS’ UNION HALL, 66 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, by the . Jewish Williamsburg, SAT., OCT. 31 FINNISH WORKERS’ HALL, 764 40th St., Brooklyn, MON. Branches Co-operatin; 4 English Coney tsland—| ro Park NOV. 2 Finnish South Brooklyn—Russian rooklyn Lithuanian Boro Park—Scand. South Brooklyn BRONX WORKERS’ HALL, 1347 Boston Road, Bronx. Branches C-ooperating: Y. W. L. No, 1—Eng—Y. W. L. No. 2—Jewish Y. W L. No, 22-—Jewish—Y. W, L. No, 20—Russ German Bronx Night Workers SAT., NOV. 14 MANHATTAN LYCEUM, 66 Bast 4th St. N. Y..0. FRI Branches Co-operating: id English Downtown Ukrainian Qowntown NOV. 20 Russian Downtown—Italian Downtown Polish Downtown Y. W. L. No, 5—English ArmenianY. W, L. 26—Russian—Oriental \ Additional Daily Worker Rescue Parties are being ar- ranged for Harlem, Astoria, Williamsburg and Brownsville with the co-operation of the brane n those sections and will be announced soon, Watch for ‘em! f ‘