The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 30, 1925, Page 3

ere SLE ERIN TT a | DELAY TRIAL OF 38 CONMUNSTS HELD IN GREECE Prosecution Is Seeking “Better Evidence” (Continued from page one) the republic,” to crush the labor movement in Greece and especially the Communist movement, which has gained great influence over the mass- es of workers, peasants and refugees. Introduce Faked Document. In its desperate effort to crush the Communists, the prosecution on the last day of the trial, which had lasted for three days, produced a document, supposed: to have been sent to the Greek party by the Communist Inter- national in 1922, and tried to have it read into the records of the trial as evidence against the Communists, This document had not been included in the-original charges and the de- fense protested the admission of the documents,.as. evidence on these grounds. The court martial judge was forced to rule in favor of the Com- munist, defenders and the trial has been postponed for an indefinite per- iod, until the prosecution can produce “better evidence” and submit before the court all the documents before- hand that will be used as evidence, Fear Communists. It-.is mot necessary to state here that the “evidence” in the form of “documents” which the prosecution intends to bring before the court, have much the same origin as the much-heralded “Zinoviev letter” to the English Communist Party. It is only by such means that the state will be able to build up its case against the Greek party and gag the mouths of those comrades who dare to raise their voices and expose before the Greek masses their rulers and the system they represent. The Trial Charges. The charge against the Commun- ists was that “at the end of last year a secret conference was held in Athens, in which the majority of the defendants along with representa- tives of the Communist International, and the Balkan Federation decided to carry on a wide campaign for the auto- nomy of Greek, Serbian and Bulgar- ia Macedonia, “An executive commit- tee was electet!’ té’tarry on. this cam- paign in Greeté*fin which many of the defendants®°‘participated. This committee published “a series of ar- ticles in Rizdspastos, a Communist daily, ‘and the Cémmunist Review, a ménthly> They~issued ‘many “leaflets and catised to be published thousands of mianifesto8” “addressed to the re- serves, veterans of Grecian wars, sol- diers, sailors’ and to the working masses and peasants of Greece, advo- cating the necessify of the Macedon- ian autonomy forthe triumph of the proletarian ‘struggle. The committee as well as the déther defendants, not | members of this' committee, did their best to execute ‘the decisions of the secret conference: thru lectures, mass meetings and other methods.” Before the examination of the wit- nesses took place, the lawyer for the defense requested a postponement of | the trial, claiming that Premier Pan- | galos, the head Of the military dicta-| torship, had. given an amnesty to the | defendants. The document to this ef- fect was in the archives of the First | Army Corps and the lawyer for the} defense requested that this document | be presented to the court. Prosecutor Ignores Amnesty. The prosecuting attorney denied all “official knowledge” as to the exist: | ence of such & document. “In any} case,” he said, “it cannot influence | this trial.” | whe trial then continued to hear evidence until the prosecuting attor- hey overstepped Himself and tried to introduce “evidence” that was not in the original charges. Build New Port. LENINGRAD ~ (Tass)—Oct.28. —| The northwestéri department of the people’s conimissariat- of foreign trade hag détided to build a new com- mercial port at ‘the river Luya on the Baltic Sea. There will be erected warehouses and all necessary accom- odations. The port may be opened in August, 1926, E, W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Six Places ARTICLE II. NLY one resolution calling for a general organization campaign was introduced in Atlantic City. It was signed by J. H, Fitzsimmons, rep- resenting the Canton, 0., Central La- bor Union, Fitzsimmons is a left winger and his resolution is import- ant enuf, in the light of the facts cited in yesterday’s article concerning the organizational status of the American Federation of Labor, to be} printed in full: | Whereas, Only a small percent- age of the great working masses are as yet members of the trade un- ions, great numbers being still un- organized in nearly all the indus- tries, and | Whereas, This state of affairs not only militates against the unorgan- ized, who are helpless, but against the organized as well, who find | themselves severely handicapped in their struggle for better conditions by the ever present army of unor- ganized; and | Whereas, The organization of these great masses of unorganized | workers is fundamentally necessary | in order to strengthen the unions | to resist the bitter onslaughts of the capitalists in, their great “open shop” drive to destroy every sem- blance of trade unionism in every | industry in the country; therefore, be it Resolved, That the American Fed- eration of Labor in convention as- sembled, calls upon all its affiliated organizations to immediately launch a general campaign for the organ- ization of the unorganized; and, be it further Resolved, That in order to initi- ate and supervise this campaign a general conference shall be held dur- Ing this convention of the heads of all the international unions to or- ganize campaigns to unionize the unorganized in the respective indus- tri and, be it further Resolved, That the Central. Labor Councils and local unions thruout the country be Instructed to immedi- ately establish active organization committees and to start at Once a vigorous campaign of organizing the unorganized. 4 ERE is a resolution that dealé with elementary trade union “policy and tactics. No one could- sitccess- fully deny that the facts stated are correct or that the measures prdéposed were anything more or less than those necessary for a trade union body that wished to carry out its function as the organizer of the workers for their immediate needs. But this resolution, the only one of its kind introduced at Atlantic City, was never passed upon ‘on’ its merits. The recommendation of the témmit- tee on organization was to “refer it a i tin aes za HIS is the second of a series of the A. F. of L. conver A. F. of L, and International Relations,” #The'A. F..of I the Unorganized Workers,” “The A. F. of L: and the TRE “DAILY WORKE R Page Three The A. F. of L. and thé Unorganized - of articles or the proceedings vtion, whidll| deals with “The nd lass Struggle,” “The A. F. gf L. and the Left, Wing,” “The A. F. of L. and Militarism,” ete. Thi sis the second installment of “The A. F. of L. and the Unorganized Workers,” the express wagon drivers befong log- ically in a union with railway clerks, steamship clerks, freight handlers, ex- press clerks and drivers, UT the Brotherhood of PORMBUATR, | Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Help-| ers in the person of President Tobin, whose deals with the bosses are a Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes rather than submission to the A, F. of L. decision giving the Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers jurisdiction over rail- way express drivers, the delegation of the Railway Clerks to the annual { He will compel a few express wagon drivers to join his union but |the vast majority will cease paying |dues to any organization and the to- }tal amount of organization in this | branch of the rail transport industry | will be lessened, | Here is a concrete example of how |the A. F. of L. afficialdom not only re- |} fuses to do any organizing but actual- |ly destroys union already in exist- | ence, |VHE percentage of wage earners or | ganized in unions, classified by in-| |dustry in the United States is as fol- | Extraction of Minerals ...... 41.0 ’ NOTE THE HAPPY FACES —Drawing by Gropper Education Is Being Spoken Of on the*Platform. Below the Delegates Are Having a Good Time Telling Unprintable Stories. scandal even in A. F. of L. official cir- cles, claims jurisdiction over the ex- press wagon drivers and is granted it | by the convention by a per capita tax | vote of 23,845 to 3,895. | The Railway Clerks were given 90 days to surrender the express wagon drivers to the Teamsters or be expel- A. F. of Li convention believe. E. H. Fitzgerald, president of Clerks, D. W. Hanper, L. E. Wooten, G. H. Nicholson, ©., A. Weber and E, A. Badley, the. Clerks’ full delegation, gave this.opinion in a written state- ment to theipress after the 45th annual A. F. of L. convention had Manufacturing Industries. . Transportation Building Trade: Stationary Engineers . Stationary Firemen Trade ase Professional Service Clerical Occupations THE CABARETS: ARE WAITING to the executive council.” This recom- mendation was carried. 8 ps more illuminating instance of the suspicion with which) ‘all or- ganization demands are viewed! and the jealous barrier of craft sights) | that intrudes itself everywhere. | | The International Association of | Machinists’ delegation introduced aj | resolution dealing with the organiza-| | tion of auto mechanics: The resolve| |made very modest demands: | That the officers and members of | the A. F. of L. be and are hereby | instructed to give every assi; in this campaign, both by their co- Operation and that they request all state federations to lend all assist- ance possible to the end that me- chanics employed in this industry may be organized. | HE committee on organization rec-| ommended concurrence but Vice- President Wilson, of the Executive Council, a member of the Pattern- makers’ Union, was not fully satis- fied. The minutes of the convention at this point are interesting: Vice-President Wilson: | suppose they mean the people employed in garages who properly come under «the head of that organization. Secretary Mugavin (for the com- mittee): The introducer of the resolution appeared before the com- mittee and that was the idea he conveyed to the committee. With this understanding i. e., that the Machinists’ Union would take in no garage workers other than ma- chinists, the resolution ‘was endorsed. By mistake if no‘“instructions were given, they might accidentally organ- ize some electrical workers, black- smiths or just unskilled laborers, It is far better, from the official stand- point, that these workers remain un- _ 169 N. Clark _ 66 W. Washington | 118 S. Clark 167 N. State 42 W. Harrisén 234 SH . PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 cial Ww. Rieck at To those who work hard for money, | will save 50 per cent on > all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street PITTSBURGH, PA. SICK AND DEATH BENEFI SOCIETIES - Kranken- Unterstuetz Verein Laan Portecnritt Moots every, Ist & 3rd Thursday, “Wicker bla as organized than that they get intosome union whose charter does not give it jurisdiction over them, UT A. F, of L. conventions do more than exhibit inertia towards or- ganization of the unorganized. They do deliberately things which disrupt existing organizations and always these acts are against unions which have some tendency towards indus- trial unionism and in favor of the nar- rowest and most reactionary occupa- tional unions, The high crime of this character at Atlantic City was the decision of the convention against the Brother- hood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Sta- tion Employes and in favor of the Teamsters’ Union, , Y the expenditure of much effort “and money, the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, etc., has succeeded in bringing the express wagon drivers “Aw, When led from the A. F. of L. This action is taken at a time when when a seces- sion movement is threatening to dis- rupt the Railway Clerks’ Union. IHE action of the convention will result in this: The Railway Clerks’ Union will lose its charter. The Federated Press correspondent states: Suspension from the American Federation of Labor will be ac- cepted by the grand executive coun- cil of the Brotherhood of Railway & in Hell Are These Sessions Goi approved the report of its commit- tee on executive council’s report providing that the Clerks’ Union shall be suspended by the A. F. of L. if the Clerks’ executive board does not within 90. days take steps toward turning organized express drivers over to the Teamsters. The secessibn movement will be strengthened, Tobin will make war on both the Railway Clerks and the seceding mem- bers’ organization. They Both Have a Heart for the Communists Drawing by Gropper (Right) A. FINEBERG of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, into the union, Lacking an industrial | 2°? chap, site at the convention like a whipped cum (Left) ROBERTO union in the rail transport industry, © /OHABERMAN, the real “M A jexioan” from Roumania- —Drawing by Gropper ng to End?” Domestic and Personal Service Public Service (Figures of the National Bureau of Economic Research). JHE total percentage of organization ‘among the wage earners of the United States, averaging the above figures, is 16.83. These figures are of 1920 but as we have already seen ‘there has been an actual decrease in the membership of the A, F. of L. since that time, But the actual situation is even worse than the figures indicate for} 4 the reason that outside of coal min- ing, rail transport and the building in- dustry, the organization of workers in basic industry is negligible. 'N the steel industry for instance the Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers, the only union in the industry, had 11,100 mem- bers in 1924. The Longshoremen have 30,500. The Seamen have 18,000. ‘The Timber Workers, the only A. F. of L, organization in the lumber in- dustry, have passed out of existence. In the metal mining industry the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers has 9,100 members. In the Food Industry the Meat Cut- ters and Butcher Workmen have but 11,500 members. In steel, lumber, marine transport, metal mining and food industries there are net enuf organized workers to give the capitalists a minute's worry. Decisive groups of workers are almost completely unorganized yet at Atlantic City the only resolution ral ima all Wale By William F. Dunne paign is “referred to the executive council,” that charnel house of labor's shattered hopes, without endorsement, | O sum up: | 11. ‘The Atlantic City convention shows that the A. F. of L. leadership | not only prevents and sabotages or- ganization of the unorganized but that | it consciously and deliberately follows a policy of disrupting existing unions. | 2 That the only attempts made at the convention to start real organiza- tion campaigns, locally and nationally, were made by delegates from central labor unions and state federations of labor—delegates who are close to the dues-paying membership. 8. This shows that there is a real desire among the union membership for militant organization drives, that they want to bring the unorganized into the union. 4. The final conclusion to be drawn is: That the best, or at least one of the best slogans for the left wing is | “organization of the unorganized” and that with constant emphasis. on this basic need of the labor move- ment, a big progressive bloc can be | built up against the crooked officials whose policy is one of destruction. So simple and elementary is this slogan and so apparent the stubborn opposition of the bureaucrats to its application that every honest trade | unionist can be brought into the left wing struggle on this issue alone. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it BOOSTED ome, To four Workers Br., Cleveland, Wednesday’s DAILY WORKER, this enema etacnmscecmanrrrni eet Neh ennai nennamah NATIONAL CITY CONTROLS BIG ITALIAN FIRMS Many Big Investments in Industry (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Oct. 28.—American banking capital is pouring into Italy for the purpose of financing the rapid indus- trial development that is taking place. In addition to the Ford-Fiat combina- tion, which is known to be outside the regular Wall Street combination, the National ( Bank of New York is also investing heavily in industries here. More than $3,600,000 is being invest ed in the development of a great hydro-electric plant to be constructed in Milan, Another $1,000,000 is invest- h of these concerns are to be do ted by the National City Bank, through loans. Mussolini Sheet Elated. ed in textiles. The new per, Populo de Roma, formerly the Populo de Italia, launch- ed by solini in 1915 and still his personal organ, is enthusiastically in favor of the inroads of American cap- ital. The only fin 1 support of the paper comes from the industrial- ist group in Italy. z This signifies the rise of American financial ital over Itallan industry and gives Wall Street greater incent- ive to aid in maintaining the Mussol- ini dictatorship. DAILY WORKER RESCUE FUND T0'$16,000.00 NOTCH Party branches who raised enough money to buy print paper for Tuesday's and issue is de- dicated: Finnish Br., Grand Rapids, Mich.; Finnish 0.; Armenian Br., New York; North- west English Br., Chicago. One Man Can Do It. If He Will! Comrade John Kasper has moved moral. place comparatively conservative. by John Kasper. It was he who said | te insure The DAILY WORKER or I'll te—he id the money. to New. York and thereupon hangs a Last year Comrade Kasper didn’t live in New York, but in a smaller This smaller place was made conspicuous at a public meeting: “I'll raise $100 sell my overcoat.” But he didn’t have Others, however, didn’t have to go without overcoats, nor did they send money. The result was that The DAILY WORKER was not insured for 1925; that scarcely more than half the necessary amount was raised, and that now the paper faces the possibility of disaster, And John Kasper moved to New York, New York is city of “live wires.” There are many John Kaspers there. But one more counts. And he is heard from very shortly. He is now in the Armenian branch of the Workers Party. Previously this branch had falled to participate in The DAILY WORKER drive. Suddenly it comes to life. First a check for $105.00, then for $5.00, for $10.00, for $50.00—to Save The DAILY WORKER. Finnish Mich 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 5.00 5.00 | k and Death Benefit Association, St. Paul, Minn 25.00 | lish W. P., Erie, P: 5.00 1.00 o1 . 3.00 Neb., Workers Party (col- ted by donisoh . 12.00 ase. 00 00 ‘00 00 00 00 25 70 00 00 00 00 Viryevich a golroto- vieh from the following workers: Name: ou Address: City: .... State: ... HERE ARE FUNDS TO BUY PAPER FOR OUR John Kasper has moved to New York. And it makes a h—eaven of a lot of difference! Rescuers Pull DAILY WORKER $600 Nearer Safety Today! vis Bravichie, Anton Jaspics, rf Bede, David Maryanarno, Separsire!, M. C., M. Mov- kotu, M. Brunski, Spiro Rieris, John E. Ovzich, Anton Kamar, John Kraly, J. i Covie, M. Lin- A. Carich, Stepah Bilkie, ¢ Tomsno, Peter Onlapiuc, J. Baluvich, J. Vuckovich, and N. Kaliterov.) NEW YORK DONATIONS: Lithuanian Lit. Ass'n., Br. 28... R. Uwira, English Downtown... Armenian Gr. w (collected by John Kasper) Jewish No. 1, Downtown... Lillian Michaels 2 §. A. Poydasheff . A. Zeretsky, Jewish Brownsville., Jewish Brownsville Br., W. P.. English Harlem Br., W, Po... (Csont, Sarah Katz, M. Goios) Hungarian Yorkville Br., W. P. Armenian ®8r,, W. P. Frank Johnson, Scandinavian Hi gxebS vo RSa0 + BE = gxedS vs 8888 8 #8 Seexe88s 88 lem peste 8. Przybyzewsky, Polish Br. P Ogrodnik, Polish Bro We Pew Leo Kling, English No. 1, Bronx. Stivi Solensky, English Oowntow Ella Zabel, English Downtown. English No. 1, Bronx Br. W. P. 18.00 Jewish Lower Bronx, W. P., (Zwartch, Sosofsky and Gusakoff) 7.00 Today's total ..... Previously repor TOTAL TO DATE 2