The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 30, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government In Chicage, by Subscription Rates: Vol. I. No. 7, > iy H STRIKER S ON THE Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. Mmatl, $8.00 per year, MARCH 4 . : The striking crew of the steamship Arawa were arrested by British authorities and as a protest this mass of striking shipping’ workers marched defiantly to the prison to surrender themselves as prisoners under the slogan, “Prison Before Slavery.” HOSTILITIES BEGIN ANEW IN ANLG. TAKES G LEADS RS DRIVE Officials Bankruptcy Bto The Daily Worker) KK, Oct., 28.—On Tuesday morning 809 clothing workers led by Ben Gitlow) of Cutters’ Local No. 4, succeeded breaking the injunction taken out by the International Tailor- ing Co. a the Amalgamated Clothing irkers of America. The officials of the Amalgamated showed their. complete bankruptcy and inab- ility to handle the situation. It will be temembered that the in- junction ken out by the Internat- fing Co, before the Tam- Thomas Churchill, was ing a nature that it prac- d all attempts to -ef- et this millionaire scab it. Under its provisions Gtatives of the union are picket within ten blocks factory. We elepsed since the in- issued. Meanwhile hun- onsands of dollars have from the coffers of the le the union officials made tically er fectively the Act of March 3, 1879. <a» Two Photographers in Polish Jail for Picture of Grave WARSAW, Oct. 28.—Two photo graphers- weré arrested taking a photo of Comrade Botwin's grave in the Lvov cemetary tho the father of Botwin had given them the order to do so,. The arrested were brought up to the local section of the secret po- lice and a few hours later Botwin’s father was also arrested. photo had been oydered exclusively for the family and-immediate relat- ives, the old man is not yet released, The plates of the photographed grave were confiscated. SOVIET RUSSIA DEMANDS SEAT | ples’ party lost heavily, their loss be- ing a drop from 35 to 13. Chinese Want Stiffer Fight for Autonomy (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKING, China, Oct. 28.—Chinese opinion of the action of the Chinese delegation at the opening of the tariff | conference in demanding autonomy, is | deen the Communist exposurés of the} Publisned Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUB] ISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL In spite of his explanation that the | \ NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents | FRONT PROGRAM GIVES LABOR __ MASORITY OVER ALL PARTIES (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Germany, Oct. 28.—Final results of the Berlin {municipal elections of Sunday shows the Communists to have |made the highest proportional increase. The number was in- | creased from 20 to 43. The socialists were the next heaviest gainers, their number in the board of aldermen increasing from 46 to 75. In the Berlin elections a united front of Communists and socialists was created to unitedly challenge-the bourgeois parties. The result was a clear victory for labor forces. In the municipal council the combined Communist and socialist vote will now be 118 as against 107 distributed among other parties. This is hailed as a great victory+ jagainst junkerism and is a rebuke to the Hindenburg-Luther-Stresemann COOLIDGE TE [ § Miners’ “Leader” Tries More Begging Altho the nationalists gained five seats, their Berlin allies, the peo- Berlin’s united front of Communists and socialists: was created ten days before the elections and did not have official approval of the national leader- ship of the social-democratic party, | which still opposes the Communist de- jmand for a united front against the bourgeoisie, So widespread and effective has not unmixed with criticism because | leadership of the social-democracy be-| WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 28.—The superficial attempts to | BALKANS DESPITE ULTIMATUM ISSUED BY LEAGUE CONFERENCE (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, Oct. WomeDonpiee-thanultimne tyr and the threats of the league of nations’of an economic Blockade, war has again broken out along the Greco-Bulgarian. frontier accarding to-ad- vices arriving from Greece and Bulgaria, ¥ z While evacuation of the Greek groops from Bulgaria’ was under way, in‘accordance with the league of nations council ulti- matum, a new ‘clash occurred and indications are that fighting +may be general. } ){ A Salonika dispatch states that, the | Bulgarians attacked the Greeks who N 0 W I were evacuating. An immediate halt i was called to the evacuation, IS THE TIME | Passing The Buck - The series of articles on ||| Thus dispatches from both’ coun- ~the A, F. of L. by Wm. ||| tries confirm that fighting is again in #. Dunne, now appearing progress, with both sides atteiipting in The DAILY WORKER, || to place the responsibility’on each keenly analyzing and ex- || other. plaining in detail all the ‘| policies of the leading body of American labor,— | |} A Sofia dispatch states’ that’ the || Greeks opened fire upon Bulgarians. | | owe Shelling of Towns Continue SOFIA, Oct. 28.—Greeks continue to shell Petrich and have not with- drawn any of their forces. ~ A clash between Greek and Bulgar- ian forces . occurred when Greek troops attempted to rush into Petrich |{and rescue the body of a dead Greek || soldier. \|{ It is reported that the village of Novolesevo, been burned by the Greek troops. % Are the-kind to bring to your trade union. If you can’t order a bundle (and you should!) now is the time to urge the bro- ther or sister in your lo- cal union to | SUBSCRIBE! oe © England Backs Greece SOFIA, Oct. 28.—The sinister hand of England has been exposed in the Greek invasion of Bulgarian territory by the Belgrade Politica which shows in an Athens dispatch that the British government appealed. openly to the Greek refugees in Asia Minor for mercenaries to~ employ against Turkey and secretly encouraged the invasion of Bulgarian territory, The mercenaries which responded to the call of England 200,000 strong Left Wing of I. L,G. W. Still Winning Locals for Phila. Convention The Chicago locals of the Interna- tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union are continuing to respond well to. the call of the left wing in the elections taking place for delegates to the Philadelphia convention. Tuesday night elections were held in two locals, Leeal 81 of the cutters, and Local 100 of dressmakers. Two dvlegates, were elected by Local 81, one being @ Machine candidate and the other the left winger, Roy Glass- » man. * “In Localel00, three delegates were elected, one machine candidate win- n.ng against a left winger by only seven votes, while the other two elected were both left wingers, P. H. j.ouser and B. Stein. are being organized and may be used in the settling of the dispute with Turkey over the issue of Mosul. Many of these mercenaries participated in the Bulgarian invasion with arms sup- plied by England according to news- papers in Sofla, 4 Probe Wreck in Mississippi WASHINGTON, Oct, 28.—The inter- state commerce commission today or- dered a thoro investigation of the de- railment of a passenger (fain on the St, Louis-San Francisco railroad near Victoria, Miss., yesterday. TRIAL OF 38 GREEK COMMUNISTS POSTPONED UNTIL PROSECUTOR IS ABLE TO COOK BETTER “EVIDENCE” race. Oct. 28—The trial of the 32 members of the Greek Com- for thelr ectivities in the liberation movement of Macedonia he two Balkan provinces» recently annexed by Greece, which ace before the first military court in Athens, was nothing but am at+ the ruling class and their that tsurped power by a cou tools—the present Pangalos military p delat on the pretention of “saving (Continued on page’ 8) / -RAP AT GREEN FOR SLANDERS Call Upon Organized Workers to Help gress, which is now in session at the Metropolitan Community Center, 3118 Giles Ave., adopted the following resi- lution scoring the attack of President Green of the American Federation of Labor on the American Negro Labor Congress is being no different from the attacks of the open-shop bosses in America upon the Negro workers and appealing to organized workers in the American Federation of Labor to aid them in their fight: “The attitude assumed by the presi- dent of tie American Federation of Labor, Wiiliam Green, towards the American Negro Labor Congress, in published statements is clearly er- teneous, harinful and prejudicial to the best interests of the American labor movement. “These statements alleging this congress to be ‘an effort of Bolshe- viks to stir up hatred between the races’ are distinctly contrary to facts and can only serve the ends of the most reactionary oppressors of labor whose foul purpose it is to destroy evety genuine attempt of workers to unite for their protection and im- provement. Use Open-Shop Tactics. “Mr. Green must know that such tactics are the chief stock-in-trade of open-shop, union-hating labor-grind- ing bosses—the abuse and vilification of the striking miners of West Vir- ginia who are fighting heroically for a decent existence is a clear example and in resorting to these injurious tactics he helps to strengthen this pernicious anti-union propaganda which must prove a boomerang to the American Federation of, Labor it- self and to the entire organized labor movement of America. *“It is doubtful whether the author of these statements altogether grasps their full signficance for they imply logically that the only group in the American labor movement genuinely and sufficiently interested in the Ne gro workers to aid them in their strug- gles, and to undertake earnestly and practically to organize and unite them with their white fellow-workers is the very same Communist group which they denounce. “A further implication, one which will be strongly resented by every in- telligent, manly Negro worker is the insulting idea that they are fools and tools, that they lack sufficient intelli- gence and manhood themselves to realize their oppression and to initi- ate a movement for their emancipa- tion. Organized by Negro Workers. “The truth of the matter is that the American Negro Labor Congress was organized ‘by Negro workers who, while welcoming the co-operation and support of, all sections of the labor meyer reserve the determination of its polles and destiny wholly and ~/'"(Obhtinued on page 2) ‘the “American Negro titor” ‘Gon-| bined forces of this ‘ation and the machinery The clothing workers Th mational Tailoring Co. have bee) eft penniless and without the means of earning their daily bread, It” 8, however, that the ould po longer tolerate. affairs, They could not open defiance of their On Tuesday, morning 500 militant clothing workers marched valiantly to the doors ofvthe Intérnational Tailor- ing company:on Fourth Ave. and 12th St. bearing banners with the slogan “International Tailoring Company on Strike. Injunctions Don’t Make Clothes.” They were led by Benjamin Gitlow of Cutters’ Local 4, who is the Workers Party candidate for mayor, Sam Liptzin of Local 5 and L. Nelson. As soon as:-the piekets arrived in orderly formation at 12th St. and 4th Ave. they were set upon by the police who used their clubs freely on men and women alike. Fourth Ave. was filled with the screams of women and groans of the men as they backed away fromthe brutal assault of the bluecoats. Left Wingers Hurt Sam Liptzin one of the leaders was seriously injured by the police and taken to the hospital. Not for a mo- ment however did the pickets lose their morale or their compact forma- tion. When they were driven by the Police from, 12th St. they turned up again on 10th St. and renewed the picketing again before the building of the International Tailoring Co. As a result of their efforts 85 workers left the shop amid the cheers of the crowd. As soon as they saw that the injunc- tion had beem successfully broken due to the courage and persistance of the militants, the Hillman gang, Patofsky, Risfman, Beckerman, Blumberg and Monat, whe had been watching the proceedings at.a safe distance from the policemen's clubs, they called out a number of pickets who had been held in reserve at Webster Hall. the demand was not made forcefully ing unwilling to fight for even the| enough. Moreover, Soviet Russia has|elementary demands of the working! demanded a seat and upset the im-|masses that the rank and file of the perialist equanimity again. | Berlin party forced a solid front in The National University at Peking, | the municipa? elections, among other institutions, commercial | | efforts of John L. Lewis, instead of going to the members of his union | and using the power of the combined | forces of all districts in a national | general strike of bituminous mjners and educational bodies, have adopted | and printed manifestos urging “no compromise” with foreign imperial- ism and urging the delegation to press for immediate antonomy. China’s Five Proposals. When“the-conference opened, Shen Jui-lin, the chairman, at once., said that it was an anomaly that a ‘sover- eign power should be asking other powers what they would allow it to do in matters of its own tariffs, follow-| the fact that the Communists will put |up a better struggle than the social- ing which Ching Ting-wang made the following formal proposals: First—The participating powers for-! mally to agree to remove all tariff! restrictions contained in existing} treaties. Second—China to agree to the aboli- tion of the Likin simultaneously with | the enforcement of the Chinese. na-| tional law which shall take effect,not| later than Jan, 1, 1929. | Third—Before the enforcement of| the said law there shall be an. in-| ferium surtax of 5 per cent on or- {dinary goods, 30 per cent on wine and} tobacco and 20 per cent no other luxuries, to be levied in addition to the present 5 per cent tariff. Fourth—The collection of surtaxes shall begin three months after the date of signature. Fifth—Decisions relative to the above four articles shall be carried (Continued on page 4.) Sculptor Makes Lenin Statue That Will Be Erected in Vladivostok MOSCOW, (Tass.)—-Oct. ptor V. Kozlov in the- Academy of Arts is working at the memorial to Vladimir Myitch Lenin, The statue vill be seven meters high. It will be erected in Vladivostok ar he summit of a rock and will be seen y incoming vessels from a distance 28.—Scul- | to compel soft coal operators to live up to their agreements and to, force a settlement in the anthracite—are | being directed to-begging -Coolidge. | the strikebreaker president, to force ing effects are expected in {J ocial- | e f + gee | RR ole 2 " ,| the bituminous operators to abide by democratic party nationally, MAY) the Gititeditha with the: idltin. ‘force the leaders. finally to Yield to. the united front in order fo sa¥e their | faces, If they do not the Communists will mgke heavy inroads ‘into their ranks, alienating fromi them the best proletarian elements. And if they do | May Force Wide United Front. The Berlin strategy has proved so | effective in placing the city under con- trol of the labor group that far-reach- have; their réward in scornful rejec- tion President Coolidge has calmly | observed in his polite manner, that, if | the:bituminous operators have broken their contract, Mr. Lewis may appeal to the capitalist courts for redress, and if relief is not found there, to take ‘the matter up with the capital- |democrats will also cause a swing to} the Communists. In any event Pee 2 Paper Communists will be the gainers. Reptiercped bbe Aircacseg sete < Communists here are elated over! Coolidge -has not intimated how their victory, not merely in increased many dozens of. years might go by number of seats, but in the fact that! before the miners’ union could get it is their tact that made possible! any decision from such sources, or the victory over junkerism. | given. any, assurance that the decti- So astounded were the junkers and | sion of capitalist courts and congress their supporters that they tried to| would be against the eapitalist oper- withhold the results of the elections| ators and in favor of the wage work- as long as they possibly could, ing miners, the Two British Communist Fighters ~As- usual, .sniveling -and~erawling~” hours” (Continued on page 2) f several kilometers. RAKOSI, WEINBERGER AND HAMANN ON HUNGER STRIKE BUDAPEST, Oct. 28.—Rakosi, Weinberger and Katherine Hamann fiave been on hunger strike since October 5. Each day they are subjected to forcible feeding, at the same time chained and tortured. Comrade Hamann is already unconscious. All the accused are cut off from the outside world. They are allowed to see no lawyers for their defense. The cause of the hunger strike is the extraordinary process and refusal of lawyers, The public prosecutor in the Process is the notorious fascist August Miskolczy. The governmental organs demand death sentence. 0 0 2) aS i \ The Magyar Orszag writes the following about the examination of Rakosi which has started: “Today at 11 o'clock an extremely pale, unshaved prisoner, dressed in dark gray clothing) was led thru the prison accompanied by two wardens with fixed bayonets. No one present recognized in the Prison who moved froward with halting steps, the one-time péople’s commissa Mathias Rakosi: He was being led to his examination in the room of the Public Prosecutor Miskolezy. The examination la ed. approximately three secretary nan RANEY R. CAMPBELL (left), editor of Communist weekly, and one of the vic “tims of the recent “red” raids, conducted by the British Tory govern- ment, leaving Bow Street prison in company with Shapurji Saklatvala (right), Communist member of parliament, and recently barred from the United States where he planned attending the interparliamentary union, by Kellogg, of state. /