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i 4 i y Page Two LEAGUE HEADS CONSIDER USE. OF AN ECONOMIC BLOCKADE TO | FORCE WITHORAWAL OF GREECE (Special to The PARIS, Oct. 26.—League of nation heads are considering the establishing of an economic Athens, if Greece refuses to accede to the demands of the league to withdraw her troops from Bulgaria and refuses to co-operate toward the settlement of the Gr The reply of the Greek government to the demand by Aris- tide Briand that both Greece and Bulgaria withdraw their troops to their respective countries, has created much disappointment prea sia i SS NTs TOT LTS in Paris. Greece Insists on “Rights” Greece insists upon her right to re- main on Bulgarian territory until Bulgaria will settles the matter in the manner Greece has prescribed. She will withdraw her troops only when she is sure the terms will be fulfilled and that Bulgarian soldiers will not fire at the retreating Greek troops. This is looked upon by the league of nations conference as a direct threat on the part of Greece that she will not abide by the league orders to withdraw her troops into her own country. es Bulgaria Looks to Paris SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 26.—Bulgaria is looking hopefully towards the league of nations in Paris conference called after the request made by her for measures to be taken by the big powers against Greece. Bulgaria sent two notes to Paris telling of the Greek invasion and denying the charges made that her soldiers started firing on the Greek army outposts. Artillery Fire Continues Artillery bombardment by Greek troops of Levunovo, Petrich, Petritzi and Petnovo still continue. The invasion by Greece of Bulgar- ian soil is claimed to be intentional and part of the military dictator Pan- galos’ scheme to put the monarchy back in the saddle again. More Solons Promise to Back Borah Bill to Curb State Dept. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 26— A number of senators have sent a cablegram to the Countess Catherine Karolyi to make a new application for a passport to America, stating} that her only purpose coming to America is to visit the Strassburgers at Norristown, Pa. If the second application is refused these senators are going to assist Borah in drafting a repeal of the clause allowing Kellogg to bar any- body that may hold opinions different from the controllers of the money- bags in the United States. Put a copy of the DAILY WORKER in your pocket when you go to your union meeting. Urge All Coal (Continued from page 1) we went out on strike and we are ready to stick longer for these de- mands. We therefore put it up to you, Mr. Lewis, that we are against any refer- ence of these demands to arbitra tion, We are for a settlement with our union on the basis of the de- mands made. Strike Relief. All signs point to the fact, Mr. Lewis, that this is going to be a long, bitter struggle. The bosses are out to break our organization.. The Wall Street people who control these mines are talking of a six-months’ strike if necessary to break our grip and force us back on the terms of the oper- ators. We ask you, Mr. Lewis, what are you doing to help us win such a long strike? We believe it is your duty to take immediate steps to see that we secure the necessary support so that we can hang on and beat the bosses at their own game. We ask you to take immediate steps for a strike relief fund. Many of us have already used up what little money we had and we are in desperate straits. As the strike goes on, others of us will be in the same position. We have organized our union to meet such a situation and give us the sup- port necessary to enable us to win the fight. We urge that you and the exe- cutive board take imemdiate steps to create a strike relief fund and pay str ef. We have got to have this support in order to win thie strike, and we are determined to win. We feel,sure that the workers of this country will contribute to a strike relief fund if it is necessary to ap- peal to them. If the union hasn’t the money and can’t raise the necessary funds thru contributions of its own members, we urge that a general ap- peal be made to the workers of the whole country to support our strike by contributing to the strike relief fund and help us win this struggle against the bosses. We feel sure they will understand | that our fight is their fight. The cap- Mtalist bosses have been cutting down Dally Worker) blockade of Piraeus, the port of eco-Bulgar controversy. POLICE ATTACK BRITISH WORKERS DEMONSTRATION Protest Persecution of| Communists LONDON, Oct, 26.—As the trial of the twelve arrested British Commun- ists opened in the Bow St. police court a large demonstration of work- ers took place outside the court room. Hundreds gathered before the police court carrying placards denouncing the British government for the ar- Tests and demanding the immediate release af the arrested Communists. The workers sang the Red Flag and the International as they marched past the. court house carrying the banners. Police Attack Demonstrators, The bobbies. attacked the demon- strators in an attempt to break up the demonstration. Failing to intimidate the demonstrators they arrested one of the standard bearers and tore the |the placards out of the hands of the pickets. Inside the court room, the crown counsel. Sir Travers Humphrey, was delivering a tirade against the Com- munists. He sounded the keynote of the prosecution in its persecution of the workers movement in sngland in | the following words: | “In the view of the prosecution all Persons who disseminate by word of mouth or by published writing the doctrines o* what the defendants call Communism are liable to prosecution for sedition, “They are guilty of sedition because they involve the creation of antagon- ism between his majesty’s subjects, called the class War, and they are also involved in sedrcing from alle- giance the armed forces of the crown.” More Prosecution He bluntly intimated that more per- secution would follow if Communist doctrines continued to be preached. His blathering will not deter the British Communists from carrying on their activities among the British toilers, Miners Strike wages in every industry all over the country. The workers will understand that if we stop this wage cutting com-| paign by our fight in the anthracite, | it will help them to stop the bosses | from forcing their standard of living still lower. Ask the 26 million workera of this country to come to our aid, Mr. Lewis, by sending out eral appeal for strike relief funds. With the support of these workers be- hind us, we can hold out until the bo will have to grant our de- mands. A General Strike. The operators are getting rid ot | their stock of anthracite at big prices | Soon they won’t have any more to} put on the market. Then the pinch will come. There will be a demand for bituminous to replace anthracite to) some extent. Already the bituminous is being used as a substitute. We ask you to consider this situa. tion, Mr. Lewis, and to meet it by calling a general strike of all coal miners. We ask you to demand of the railroad unions that they refuse to haul coal while the strike iasts. Then, Mr. Lewis, we would be using all of our strength and making a fight to win. There are tens of thousands of miners who are thinking along the line of this open letter to you, Mr. Lewis. As the strike goes on, other tens of thousands will be thinking the same thoughts. If you mean what you have said about this strike, Mr, Lewis, you'll take action along the lines we have suggested. GALL OUT THE MAINTENANCE MEN IMMEDIATELY, NO SETTLEMENT WITHOUT A WAGE INCREASE. NO ARBITRATION. BUILD A STRIKE RELIEF FUND AND FURNISH STRIKE RELIEF IMMEDIATELY, CALL OUT ALL THE COAL MINERS. We are going to win this strike, Mr, Lewis, and we've shown you the way it can be won, We call upon you to help us win. Progressive Miners’ Committee, jmet today. Mexican Government Demands $50,000 for Two Lynching Victims PUEBLO, Col., Oct. 26.-—Claim of $50,000 has been filed by Mexico against the United States govern- ment for the lives of two Mexican citizens lynched here on the charge of murdering a policeman six years ago. CAILLAUX FALL MEANS CRASH OF FRENCH CABINET Briand Stricken at Stormy Session (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Oct. 26—Demands for the resifnaiton of M. Joseph Caillaux, French finance minister, were made during a stormy session of the cabi- Caillaux who steadfastly refuses to resign and who also refuses to accom: modate his financial policy to the de- mands of the radicals, was under a heavy fire during the brief cabinet ;Session, “If you don’t resign we will hand in he entire cabinet’s resignation,” M. Briand, foreign minister, declared to Caillaux. Premier Pinleve is said to have also urged upon M. Caillaux that he resign in order that the remainder of the cabinet could carry on its work. His request was backed not only by M. Briand but also by Minister of Public Works Laval. Whole Cabinet May Fall. Caillaux stood pat, with his eyes flashing and his voice raised to a pitch which almost made it audible outside the cabinet chamber, he replied: “I understand perfectly what you desire. You want me to resign so that you may form another cabinet with- out me. “T refuse. “I will go before the chamber with the entire cabinet and fall with it and not alone.” After this dramatic stand by Cail- laux the cabinet adjuorned until to- morrow, in an effort to patch up the situation. Crisis Tomorrow. It is doubtful if the present French ship of state will weather the storm at the cabinet meeting tomorrow. An jofficial communique states that every- thing is all right; that Caillaux read his statement to the. members pres- ent, but that he had only one copy which made discussion impossible, hence the members will be furnished with copies of the statement so that they may discuss it tomorrow, after pondering over it tonight. Goes Down Fighting. Caillaux, who, since the outbreak of the world war has passed thru many crises affecting him personally, the most difficult of which was his banish- ment as a German agent by Clemen- ceau, is fighting to the last ditch for his, policies. Yesterday he spoke before the lead- ers of his senatorial district, pointing to the national internal debt of 300,000,000,000 francs ($15,000,000,000) and bitterly condemning the policies of his predecessors whom he accused of “strutting in the kingdom of illus- ions, borrowing and spending money like a prodigal counting on a fabulous inheritance.” He then assailed the propoal of the socialists for a capital levy. This beligerent attitude of Caillaux will certainly force the resignation of the cabinet. But is is conceded that President Doumergue will ask Pre- mier Painleve to again form a cabi- net, and it will be formed without Caillaux, The result will be the same as tho Caillaux resigned, instead of forcing a fall of the cabinet. Le in Briand Suddenly Ill, PARIS, Oct. 26—Aristide Briand, French foreign minister, suffered a hemorrhage of the nose, following a stormy session of the cabinet today. After a heated verbal row, in which Briand is said to have played an im- portant part, two dectors were hur- riedly summoned and it was an- nounced that M. Briand was suffering from a hemmorhage and was bleed- ing profusely from the nose. GENERAL CALLS FOR AIRPLANES TO QUELL ‘WARS FROM WITHIN’ Following a demand by General Carlos E. Black for the maintenance of a national guard system capable of meeting the demands of war from within or without at all times be- fore 600 officers of the National Guard Association meeting at the 122nd armory, Major General Milton J, Foreman, commander of the thirty-third division and attached units, called upon the Illinois na- tional guard to use “football tac- tics” in its fight for an airplane traini : for their record in breaking miners’ strikes in Illinois, Alex Reid, Seoretary. ‘ THE DAILY w BANK OFFICIAL FORCED UNION TO OUST SHAFIR Amalgamated Head Is Out to Crush Union (Continued from page one) have hurt the bank ‘and that the of- ficials think so.” * Next morning when Lasked Mariem- pietri for an explanatign,after much talk, he expressed himéelf as follows: “Yd Expel Shafir.” ” “I gave no instructions to your un- ion, but when Tulshin, Swift and Hor- ween came over and asked my opinion |about the resolution on class collabo- lration, I told them that/as long as |Shafir remains I will have no confi- {dence in them. (By confidence in a banking institution is meant official po- sition and they are all.slated for of- ficership next January.) When they further asked me as to what they should do, I told them I couldn’t tell \them what to do, but that if I were in their place I'd have Shafir- expelled.” Furthermore, before’ the general membership meeting took place Mari- empietri, thru one of his undercover men within the union, had rumors spread in the bank that anyone voting with Shafir would be discharged from the bank. Threaten Clerks. About eighteen clerks working for the Amalgamated failed to show up at the general niembership meeting as a result of these thredtening rumors. The fake charge against me was written up by Mariempetri’s stenog- rapher during regular banking hours. The workers at the bank were op- enly encouraged, requested or threat- ened to sign the charges against me. When some of the workers came over to my desk and asked me what it was all about, Mariempetri, who hap- pened to be around at that minute, in an excited manner, jumped at the clerk and threatened to fire him if he caught him discussing “union ques- tions during business hours with Shafir.” Why | Was Expelled. The reasons as to why Mariempetri wanted to have me expelled from the union and fired from the bank are as follows: Organized Bank Clerks. First, I was instrumental in organ- izing the Bank Clerks’ Union. Mari- empetri has no, objection to those who carry union cards in LOD Sevag but he objects to them when ‘those ind!- viduals, thrutheir organization, pre- sent demands‘as to better working conditions, better wages and more hu- mane treatment’on the part of the of- ficials. Our union would not have suc- ceeded had it not been for John Fitz- patrick who supported us!\in every fight with the bank officials and there were three or four fights in the past year. Hates Left-Wingers. The second reason for Mariepetri’s demand for my expulsion is because I am a member of the left wing, which for reasons outside of the bank itself, is so detestable to the/{‘gentleman” above referred to. : Mariempletri Fears Pepe. Mariempietri told me that I had un- til January 1 to work in the bank, if I “acted decent.” After he saw an item in The DAILY WORKER on the union meeting he brot it to me and told me that I could not expect to stay till January if publicity was given my case by The DAILY WORKER in spite of the fact that Duane Swift handed out news items to the Daily News re- porter long before I was interviewed by The DAILY WORKER representa- tive. By having me expelled from the un- jon and scaring the others who are sympathetic with the left wing move- sentative of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers of America has dealt a death blow to the struggling Bank Clerks’ Union. 4 Demand My Reinstatement. f I call upon all the workers of this country, and especially the members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Amgrica to adopt resolutions of pro- test against the officials In the Amalga- mated Trust and Savitigs Bank, and demand my immediate reinstatement to the Bank Clerks’ Union. etl Haskell Disagrees With U.S. Policy Toward U. S. S. R. (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW—Colonel Haskell, former chairman of the American Relief as- sociation, in an interview with a Tass correspondent said that American amanufacturers connect questions of re-establishment of trade relations between the U. S. 8, R. and America with the question of payment of debts, America is more interested in theoretical recognition of debts than in practical payment.? “Being an old friend of Russia,” said Colonel Haskell," hope that both both countries will, in the near future, come to an agreemeiit, At present, America is over-flowed with free capl- tal that cannot be appfied within the country. Investment# of capital in the U. 8. S. R., however, is impeded [owing to ® wrong ., ORKER ment, ariempietri as an’ official repre-, Chic: Liar “Invents Famine Stories About Russia By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. i eas the Chicago Tribune’s Riga liar gets on the cable again with another fake. His story gets the headline, “Soviets Fight Famine as Grain Myth Explodes.” It will be remembered that the Tribune, withdrew its correspondent because it claimed he could get better “stories” about Soviet rule outside of rather than inside the workers’ republic. This present piece of.fiction is a sample. * * It isn’t safe to talk about crop failures along toward the closing days of October, when the crops are all in and the snow is already on the ground. If the crops have failed that is known along toward the middle of the summer. But this doesn’t trouble the Tribune’s correspondent who makes his headquarters at Riga, Latvia. Two months of favorable re- ports as to the extent of the Soviet grain, yield are dismissed with a few clicks of his portable typewriter as “a myth” and the Tribune publishes it as honest-to-goodness news for con- sumption by American Henry Dubbs. American workers and farmers may quickly dismiss this latest burst of anti-Soviet propaganda by this red-baiting sheet. * * It is true that numerous efforts have been made by the capitalist press to discount the extent of the Soviet harvest. Thus the Wall Street Journal, in-its issue of Oct. 14, less than two weeks ago, in reporting “an independent investiga- tion” by the department of commerce, admitted that “the Russian wheat crop will probably yield an export surplus of from 40,000,000 to 75,000,000 bushels.” It holds this up against the Soviet claim of an exportable surplus of 300,- 000,000 bushels. Against these estimates, however, the Tribune expert in falsehood paints a picture of famine and desolation again sweeping Russia. : * * * It is significant that the same reports by the Wall Street Journal and Broomhall’s (British) that give only 40,000,000 ‘bushels of wheat export to Soviet Russia, at the same time only allot an export surplus of 80,000,000 bushels and prob- able shipments of only 64,000,000 bushels to the United States. In other words, even the British and American “ex- perts” do not place the United States far ahead of Soviet Russia. tions in this country. Yet no “famine stories” are published about condi- To be sure there may be no “bumper crops” in Tambov, Kazan, Tula, Simbriskand Saratov. But these are only a few of the many grain producing provinces of the Union of Soviet Republics, and th smaller ones at that. In the United States crops may be bad in North Dakota and Montana, and excellent in the remainder of the country, or vice versa. that proves nothing. s * * But ° ° The big fact, however, and this may even be gleaned from the Tribune report, is. that the Soviet overnment's committee to fight famine, headed by the chairman of the people’s commissars, Rykov, is meeting in Moscow, planning to loan seed and grainsto those districts that have not been as fortunate as the remainder of the country. Who: ever heard of the officials of the United States capitalist government ‘meeting in Washington and carefully going over the agricultural situation, at the close of the year’s harvest, and making plans to aid the districts yielding poor crops to get a good start for better yields next year. The Tribune has its cards mixed. The committee to combat fam- ine has no famine on. its hands at the present time. Believ- . ing in preventive measures, however, it is taking steps now to forestall threatening crop shortages, with their consequent hunger and misery, at all times in the future. In the United States-a crop of mortgage foreclosures against or welcome ti A ae evictions of bankrupt farmers is just as @ ‘bankers and landlords, whose only thought is how to plunder the farmer to his last cent and then drive him penniless out on the highroad. Against that condition ° the American farmers have not yet rallied in sufficient num- bers to make their united strength felt. But they will. (Continued from page 1) enforced by the so-called ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ as in other unions. “We instruct our members in all unions to wage an uncompromising fight for the removal of all such bars to Negro membership. We declare our readiness to engage in all strug- gles of the working class.” The resolution states further that shoulfl the A. F, of L, unions persist in their policy of discrimination, the Negro workers will organize them- selves, and use their own unions as weapons in the fight to enter the gen- eral movement of the workers. Opening Session a Success. The opening mass meeting of the American Negro. Labor Congress on Sunday night received with boundless enthusiasm the reports of Lovett Fort- Whiteman, national organizer of the congress, and H. V. Phillips, its na- tional secretary. The keynote of the congress was struck by Whiteman when he said that “The aim of the American Negro Labor Congress is to gather , to mobilize, and co-ordin- ate into a fighting machine the most enlightened and militant and class conscious workers of the race in the struggle for the abolition of lynch- ing, jim-crowism, industrial discrimin- ation, political disfranchisement, se- gregation, etc. of the race, “The American Negro Labor Con- gress indeed marks the beginning of a new era in the history of American labor. A new day is dawning for the oppressed. Indeed the spirit is adrift that those who create the wealth of the earth should be permit- ted to enjoy it. The man who builds the palaces should live in them.” - No Color Line There. Over forty delegates participated in the opening sessions of the congress, together with an audience of colored ahd white workérs who crowded the hall to its doors. The crowd met with applause and cheers the statement of ARN Rete Labor Congress Hits Jim Crowism Richard Moore, delegate from New York City, that “the American Negro Labor Congress repudiates forever the policy of slavish submission preached by such so-called leaders of the race as Booker T. Washington, who was perfectly willing to repudiate the de- mand of the race for social equality.” Neither the scurrilous attacks of William Green, who “warned” the col- ored workers to stay away from:the congress, nor the vile and slanderous attacks of the capitalist press, seem to have dampened the enthusiasm of the colored workers for the congress. Indeed, these attacks have, if any- thing, made the Negro workers real- ize more strongly than ever the ne¢- essity of going ahead with their plans ‘tor organization. They have had too much experience with the activities of Green and his kind to expect any sincere’ utterance from that direction. And they have received too many slaps {n the face from the capitalist press to imagine that this press could have ‘their interests at heart. And concerning the lying promises of the A, F. of L. officialdom to organize Negro workers—a bribe to keep them away from this congress—the Ameri- can Negro Labor Congress not only proposes to go ahead with its work, but to force the A. F. of L. officials to come thru with those promises and actually to organize the colored work- ers into their unions. Telegrams of Greetings Read. Telegrams of greeting have been received from labor organizations all over the world. Among others, the South African Industrial and Commer- cial Union of Negro Miners, the Peas- ants’ International, and the Defense League of Italian Peasants have sent messages hailing the congress as a great step forward in the emancipa- tion of the oppressed people. The congress voted to send a tele- LEAGUE FAILS TO STOP WAR IN THE BALKANS Workers May Get in Action Moma es (Continued from page one) ence in the league of nations to rescue | his government from the attacks of the Greek forces, have thus far gone unanswered. Meanwhile the capital- ist press and the hysterical official re- ports emanating from the Zankov headqu 's here contain nothing but atrocity stories of the Greek Invasion. But not even their ghastly stories can match the reality of the terror of the Bulgarian government’ against its own subjects, where the most fur- ious butchery rages day and night in the Zankov dungeons. The Zankov government is anxious- ly awaiting word of forthcoming aid from the league of nations and the league boosters are beginning to ques- tion its efficacy and wonder whether it is good for anything at all. eer Greeks Also Complain ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 26,—Atroci- ty tales from the Greco-Bulgarian bor- der where occupational forces are sta- tioned are being spread thruout the country. Every caprtalist paper is carrying weird stories of the innocent Greek soldiers being sniped at by Bulgarians. To counteract the de- demand that Greek troops leave Bul- garian territory the commander of the Greek forces in Macedonia advises that his army will leave whenever the Bulgarian troops now occupying Greek territory evacuate. Workers In Action Authoritative sources are respons- ible for the information that the Com- munists of both countries are endea- voring to arrange joint conferences for the purpose of arousing the work- ers and the soldiers of both Greece and Bulgaria to take a hand in the matter and settle it independently of either national group—and settle it in their own way with their own for- ces, Much unrest prevails in both ./any time, countries and the league may hasten to patch up the differences in order to avoid proletarian outbreaks. 2. @e League Is Disappointed GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 26.— Leaders of the league of nations here profess to be sorely disappointed over the refusal of Greece to summar- ily evacuate Bulgaria. The reply of Freece to M. Aristide Briand, French foreign minister and chairman of the league council, is resented. The Greek government asserts its occupa- tion of Bulgarian soil was a legitim- jate measure of defense and denies that the covenant of the league of na- tions was violated. The league lead- ers here realize that this attitude | makes the solution of the problem by the league members in Paris most dif- ficult. , Like a group of pompous clowns the league leaders try to conceal the fact that the machine thru which they hope to work is in a state of decrepi- tude and will not work effectively at The machinery may be useful only as a disguise to protect thé interests of the imperialist na- tions of Europe in case the working class rises or threatens to rise against both Greece and Bul ‘ia, eee League Meets in Paris PARIS, Oct. 26—Greece will pro bably be given forty-eight hours to prove to the Teague of nations council that she has not vidlated article X of the league of nations council. Leaders in the council favored such action this evening when they met in a preliminary conference, before the council went into formal session, It was the opinion of most of the delegates that Greece must prove that she has not violated the territorial integrity of Bulgaria, which is pro- tected by the league of nations coven- ant, M. Caparanos, Greek minister in Paris, will represent Greece and M. Marof, the Bulgarian minister, will represent Bulgaria, The meeting of the league council was postponed until 6 this evening in order that M. Briand, who suffered @ nasal hemorrhage during the morn- ing, might be able to attend. Later this afternoon it was stated that possibly M, Briand would not be able to preside at the league council, If he is unable his place will be taken by Premier Painleve, Build the DAILY WO! colored physician now in the county Jail in Detroit, Michigan, for the crime of defending himself when hig house Mid attacked a few weeks ago by a mob. s Mass Meetings Every Night. The congress will continue its ses- sion all this week at its hall at the Metropolitan Community Center, 3118 Giles avenue, The mornings and af- ternoons will be occupied with busi- ness sessions, at which plans for work will be laid out and committees selected. The evening sessions will be taken up with mass meetings, which will discuss the questions taken up by the delegates’ during the day. gram of sympathy and a pledge of| All sessions, both business and night co-operation to Dr, Ossian Sweet, a| sessions, are open to the public, EW VAbS sae stan, ft # ¥ F Ba” * IE AS RET RC TRO TINCAA NGS RON Mae g

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