The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 3, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at Vol. Il. Nov251, SOVIET WAR COM ROCHESTER AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS BOARD PROTESTS USE OF AMERICAN AVIATORS AGAINST RIFFS AM AR ROCHESTER, N., Y., Nov. 1.—The following resoluion, unanimously! adopted by the Rochester joint board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers | of America, representing 10,000 organized workers, protests the participation | of American aviators in the war of French imperialism against the Riffian | peoples struggling for an independent Morocco: “Whereas, A war is being conducted by the imperialist French government “AMERICAN NEGRO LABOR CONGRESS - QUT TO ORGANIZE A.N. L. C. Lays Basis for F uture Work The first American Negro Labor Congress has closed its sessions with the adoption of a permanent plan of organization, which is to carry out the plans for work laid down by the dele- gates during the past week. In spite of the attacks of William Green, head of the American Federa- tion of Labor, and other reactionary labor heads, in spite of the slander of the whole capitalist press, in spite of the conspiracy of silence on the part of most of the Negro papers, this con- gress has attracted the attention of colored workers and farmers all over the United States. It has passed resolutions analyzing the relations of the colored workers with the white workers, the relations of the.colored races with one another, the influ@ngg of imperialist policies on the Negroes in various parts of the world. Subscription Rates: Outside In Morocco against the Riffian tribes; be it the French government to crush the | Morocco; and be it further the United States government, and be | country.” In Chicane: by mail, $8.00 per year, hicago, by mail, $640 per year. “Whereas, The government of France, in its attempt to subjugate the Riffs to its rule and oppression, are using American aviators who are spread-| ing fire and destruction by bombing the villages of peaceful people; therefore “Resolved, That we, the Rochester joint board of the Amalgamated Defense andiam Clothing Workers of America, representing ten thousand organized clothing picketting of workers of this city, be placed on record registering our emphatic protests| in Chicago against the participation of American aviators in the imperialist attempts of | threatened “Resolved, That this resolution be forwarded to the state department of TELEGRAPHERS BLAZE TRA FOR SOUTHERN RAIL UNIONS’ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1 Post Omce at Chicago, Mlinots, under the Apfomt.March 3, 1879. MISSAR 925 ee PUB). NEW YORK EDITION Publisned Dally except: Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd,, Chicago, Tih ISHING CO., LL DLPICKETS and mand Several hun sd workers responded | International Labor | ducted a successful | Hungarian consulate | protest against the | ution of Mathias Ra- kosi and 100 §@ther victims by the | American-mad@ and financed Horthy white terror. | to the call of liberation movement of the people of ‘i | From the which the workers iven full publicity in th th 9 p ig in she Breaker: ths used ag a Gol ¢ tration point Satur- | day afternoon; they marched thru the | busy loop et-to the Hungarian | embassy at jouth Dearborn St. Pickets bi ‘signs protesting the attempted Blized murder of | Mathias R ‘and 100 other work- many h the procession and | spectators } Mikhail ers by the igarian government, | KS walked up ‘own the street in | front of theMiltigarian embassy for | a number of lipurs. \ As the pi were marching thru 1885—1925 Frunze Price 3 Cents FRUNZE DIES ‘OVERWORK KILLS SOVIET UNONS "MILITARY CHIEF Was One of the Old Bol- shevik Guard (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, Nov. 1.—Gen Mickhall Frunze, commissar of war of the Union of Soviet Republics died here today, following an operation yester- day for a stomach complaint of sev~ eral months duration. Tho but 40 years of age, Comrade Frunze’s revo lutionary record dates back more than twenty years, beginning in 1904 with his participation in student circles In the polytechnic school at St, Peters- burg and ending as successor to Leon Trotsky in the position of Soviet mits itary chief, The death of Comrade Frunze cam as a distinct shock to the public, tho to those closely associated with him it was not unexpected, as his serious condition had been known for several days, In a last desperate attempt to save the life of the brilliant military leader, an operation was decided upon, but to no avail. | It has pointed ont the path that | must be followed if the Negro is to} wanted to the réason for the STRIKE AGAINST WAGE CUTS; Overwork Hastened Death. gain admission to the trade unions, | demonst The marchers car- and, finally, it has shown that it is By v ried leaflets lished by the Interna- Like, most of the prominet leaders the present system, with its policy of | yu. E, McDONALD tional | Defense which they of the reyolution, Comrade Frunze was dividing the workers among them- (Worker Correpondent) handed out @$ @hey proceeded along a tireless worker, devoting himself ex- selves on the lines of racial and re-| TAMPA, Fia., Nov. 1.—Despite the fact that employes in all | ‘he street. 9) clusively to the tasks assigned him by his party. When his health began to fail he was advised to relax from the extremely strenuous’ work and three was sent in consul at 440 The consul ligious differences, that is the real other railroad departments have stayed at work in the camp of |’ cause of the virtual enslavement of the enemy, the second week of the strike of the Order of Railway street. |: | | the darker races. Telegraphers on the Atlantic Coast Line railway finds all ‘but A not being office; the following place some of his burdens on others, To Carry Out Plans. Oe —_ - . er standstill. en e International Labor but he felt a keen sense of responsi- But-the American’ Negro Labor Con- ‘usal 0} e Seaboard Air Line telegraphers to handle | Defense ded to the consul's bility in carrying out the task of keep- gress has now laid down a plan for future work, so that the organization may become more and more influential among the Negro. magses, and so that it may take steps to carry ont” the plans which it has discussed, fitst-national convention of the erican Negro Labor Congress. declares that “the purpose of this organization shall be: To unify and strengthen the efforts of all organizations of Negro workers and farmers, as well as or- ganizations composed of both Negro and white workers and farmers, and sympathetic organizations, and also individuals, for/the protection from discrimination, persecution ‘and ex- ploitation, of the Negro race and the working people generally. And, with this aim, it is especially our purpose to bring the Negro. working people in- to the trade unions and the general labor movement with the white. work- ors, and to remove all bars and dis- criminations against Negroes and other races in the trade unions so that all races may have complete equality in the labor movement. And further it shall be our purpose to aid: the gen- eral liberation of the darker races and the working people thruout all coun- tries.” International Solidarity. That the congress is looking for- ward to work of a world-wide scope is shown in a passage in the consti- tution which gives the executive coun- cil (the “majority of whom must be composed of working people”) the (Continued on page 2) U.S. MINISTER TO ‘OBSERVE IN NICARAGUA Election to Sanctify Armed Revolution WASHINGTON, Nov., 1.—Secretary ot State Kellogg, while denying any \ Information that Wall Street bankers are back of the Chamorro militarist seizure of the Nicaraguan government has modified his first impression that he could consider the new regime re- gular and constitutional. He has been reminded that the treaties between the United States and the Central American republics pledge non-recognition cf a govern- ment based on just suck a coup, If ‘regularity can be saved by merely taking a president prisoner and forcing him to act as a puppet for the enemy party at risk of immediate ex- ecution, then the whole scheme of forbidding military seizure of political power collapses. The American minister at Managua. is to “observe” the new regime until it shall go thru the motions of an el- ection and sanctify the armed seizure of power by an appeal to “democratic” governmental processes. * = KLUXER Am- duction and imports will be to detour over Seaboard lines. HEIS LAW AT MURDER TRIAL Revolting Details of Girl’s Slaying (Special to The Daily Worker) NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 1—Re- volting details of the. attack upon Madge Oberholtzer, the girl. whom the prosecution cldims was murder- ed by former grand dragon of the ku klux klan, D. C. Stephenson, and two other klansmen, were bared today at the trial. The sensation of today’s proceed- ings was the introduction of the deathbed statement of the girl. The defense lawyers trying to save the ku kluxers objected to almost every sentence in the document, except the last part dealing with the swallowing of poison by the girl. The state is trying to prove that ithe inhuman treatment, including ‘{rape, accorded the girl, drove her to desperation and to save herself from further torture she swallowed poison. The defense is trying to prove it was a plain case of suicide. The Statement of the Girl. Part of the statement follows. Parts were deleted as unprintable: “I, Madge Oberholtzer, being in full possession of my méntal faculties and conscious that I am about to die, make as my dying declaration the following statement: “I first met David C. Stephenson at a banquet given for the governor at the Athletic club early in January, 1925. “after the banquet; he asked me (Continued on page 2) Soviets Lower Taxes of Peasantry, Making Increase on Imports MOSCOW, U. 8. 8S. R., Nov, 1--The Russian budget oytlined by the finance ministry for the fiscal year 1925-1926, estimates the receipts and expendit- ures at 3,780,000,000 rubles (a ruble equals 52 cents), Only 2,000,000,000 rubles will be derived from taxes and duties. The remainder will come from state industries, communications and the exploitation of natural re- sources. Farm ti will be lowered by one- third while the indirect taxes on pro- increased, eae Coast Line trains-or business balked an attempt of the company What passenger service there is, is maintained by armed guards, in some instances, pressed into service along with of- secretary: | October 31, 1925. | | | ficials and “would-be” officials with a smattering of © He effort has Cote i ore freight service. Capitalist “Truth.” Nonetheless, the capitalist press de- clares in flaming headlines ‘that condi- tions have returned to “normalcy.” But the truth is that since 4 p. m. Oct’ 24, when the operators walked out, only two freight trains have en- tered and left Tampa over the Coast Line roads. tional Labor . “We, the Ohicago representatives of this organization demand the im- mediate release of the recently ar- rested Hungarian workers, and espe- cially, of Mathias Rakosi, former peo- le’s commissar of Hungary. “We demand) that the persecutions and tortures of the 100 workers ar- rested with Rakosi shall immediately be stopped. “We demand» that all death sen- tences imposed on these workers shall One job immediately be dropped and they i visited by The DAILY shall be freed. WORKER correspondent and adver-| “New persecutions and executions tised as “restored to normal,” is an|by the Hungarian government will example of the kept press “truth.” No|cause great indignation among the less than seven men were found mak- American peeplg'and tite cries of the ing a poor showing at filling the place rehire 1 eadaawes: Pad Magee of one striking telegrapher. These con- the: protest aperiume yeei® Interns sisted of one general freight agent, became: ~<a lain three assistants without previous rail- arty thie coumenn: way experience, and three guards ‘We request that this protest be ‘ 4 ct sent to the Hungarian embassy at Other Crafts “Sympathize” Washington and to Prime Minister Altho employes in other railroad Bethlen of Hungary. crafts have stated themselves as be- ie bone Crono Delegation, " ing of the opinion that the telegraph- Th decent ties 2 Lapor sagen ers are pioneers in a fight that all >i senspemge examen toh -ailroader: as diplomatic secretaries are sup- railroaders must make eventually d to be, went-t nie ine to against bad conditions and that all] 2°S°% f° 0° . rail workers should now be fighting “prove” that the pickets who were along side of the telegraphers, never- alarming his office force and, indeed, theless, they remain in the “ranks of |, the whole neighborhood, were entire- ” © ly “mistaken.” He went thru his files. ms ed Ene Phy Becca eget until he produced a document sent out ‘ eir * brother unionists into line, hy the: Weshinghons tages teat:-so : (Continued on page 4.) They declare.as well that the result of this strike, ‘as in the case of the rai relate hen will be‘ the basis U, ‘ IMPERIALISM IN ‘or future negotiations between dif- ferent Sean and the railroad man-| ‘INDEPENDENT’ PANAMA agers, But they remain inactive ex- . cept for expressions of “sympathy,” DEPORTS 16, JAILS 10 It is generally conceded that the} . few cents an hour increase and the PANAMA, Canal Zone, Nov. 1— breakup of the present 365 days a| The soldiers of Yankee imper year system asked by the telegraphers| having done their work well, the is not the struggle’s real issue, | Panama labor unions are at the All over the south, but especially! mercy of the top! of Wall Street oc- in Florida, fanned by real estate and) cupying the government of the “in- tourist booms, living expenses have dependent” nation of Panama. This increased nearly 100 per cent in the| 8 shown by thg deportation of 16 past year, Rents in most cases have| “wndesirable aliens” and the impris- trebled, onment in the medieval prisons of Labor Board Aids Bosses, os “sey lle Ald why ube con 698 2 Only splendid team ,work and skill- ful maneuvering on the part of the railroad labor board and the owners have postponed the inevitable fights for wage increases. And workers have been held down equally by the lack of policy on the part of the railroad unions, which amounted in practice to surrender. the baptist orphanage, in Brooklyn, w: were left to make the fight alone, al- tho having the sympathy of all other rail employes in the entire east and] S¥livan, south. This includes.even the union officials, whose salaries are bound to be effected’ Wy decreases in those of girls are to be called to testify before the rank and file, (Continued 14, of the orphanage, Attacks Twenty-One Girls. Twenty-one girls of the orphanage were attacked by Johnson. These }},¢ his followers inthe G. O.. P, Republics who died Labor Defense Aids Jailed Workers with Monthly Contribution 1. L. D. News Service. In the month of September the International Labor Defense commenc- ed to carry out its plan to send $5 monthly to each of the more than 100 class war prisoners in America. Yes- terday checks totalling more than $500 were sent by the International Labor Defense to prisoners in the various penitentiaries state and fed- eral for them onth of October. These ers regardless of affiliation. Where other committees are in charge the money is ‘sent to those committees in a lump sum for distribution. Where checks are forwarded to the prison- ers directly by the International Labor Defens The International Labor Defense is also beginning to give regular and systematic relief to dependents of class war prisoners. Checks are be- ing sent monthly to all the depend- ents whose needs have been brought to the attention of International La- bor Defense. This organization is col- lecting funds to put the relief of class- war prisoners and their dependents on wish to contribute to this fund are in- vited to send contributions to Interna- tional Labor Defense at 23 So. Lin- coln Chicago, Ill. SOME CRIMES BY THE DEFENDERS OF THE HOME, STATE AND MORALITY NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-Wilson Johnson, 40, formerly superintendent of as held in $25,000 bail for the grand » the grand jury. B ‘bit on page 2) Commissar of War of the Union of Soviet checks are sent to all class war prison- | there are no special conditions the | in Moscow Oct. 31. IMPERIALISM TRIES ANEW TO OVERTHROW CANTON GOVERMENT SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 1.—Re- ports from the south indicate that the imperialists are financing the new drive to overthrow the Canton Kuomintang government. General Wai, who operates quite openly un- der the protection of the British at | Hongkong, has raised an army of mercenaries, some white guard Rus- sians among them, and is leading it against Canton. He has captured Shiuhing, 50 miles west of Canton and Kongmoon, 70 miles south, and Heung-shan, about“the same dis- tance, on Maccao Island. British traffic up the river sured Wai of assistance to his post on Macao | Island. |Mexican Miners Die | for the Profits of the Guggenheim Co. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 1—The state of Chihuahua, Mexico’s busiest min- ing section, and especially the Parral sector, is in great excitement on ac- count of the cvein of the roof of the principal tunnel in “La Pietra” mine, Three bodjes have been recoy- @ regular oragnized basis. Those who }ered and other-dead are expected to be found when the debris in cleared away. The Accident occurred nearly 1,000 feet below the surface. Many properties belong to American cap- ital, the Guggenheim Co., chiefly. Party Unity Diiiisintte G. O. P. Left Wing Be Allowed to Come Back WASHINGTO: . igned in court as a’result of an investigation into con: | guard republican senators have ad: H jury when he wasearra’ lence, the most militant workers ditions among the girl Inmates of the orphatfage. Johnson was specifically charged with criminal assault by Elizabeth against vised President Coolidge that the case Senator Wheeler should be quashed, in the interest of the party success in senatorial elections next year. Wheeler is, still a “democrat! among them young LaFollette, must not be antagonized, is the view. ing the war department up to a high mark, as the nefarious designs of the imperialist nations culminating in the Locarno conference proved that the hope still smouldered of some day again invading Russia by armed force. “#anouncement ,of -his~-death was (Continued on page 2) KALININ. AGREES TO EXCHANGE OF | ALL POLITIGALS Amsterdam Silent on Prisoner Exchange (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW—(By Mail)—Sept. 27.— Questioned by a “Tass’ representative about the attitude of the Soviet gov- ernment towards the proposal of the German labor delegation, which re- cently visited the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, to exchange political prisoners languishing in the prisons of several European countries for men- sheviks and socialist revolutionaries now confined in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, Kalinin, président of the central executive of the Union of Soealist Soviet Republics, declared that this proposal in his opinion is worthy of a serious consideration on the part of the Soviet government. The latter cannot reman indifferent to cruel persecutions of workers and peasants. in European countries, es- pecially in Bulgaria, and is ready to do anything compatible with the in- terests.of the peoples of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics to liberate prisoners in foreign countries, Second International Silent. On the question whether the Soviet govrenment agrees to effect exchange of prisoners on terms offered to the Second International by the Interna- tional Association for Assistance to Victims of Revolution which proposed at the time to exchange leading men sheviks and socialist revolutionaries in the Union of Socalst Sovet Repub- les, or revolutionary workers in Eu- ropean prisons, Kalinin said that he regrets that this proposal was left un- answered by the Second International which did nothing to influence those governments in which they have rep- resentatives. This gives reason to think that the Second International is interested in a prolonged confinement {ot revolutionary workers. especially Communists, in European prisons and does not care to free mensheviks and socialist revolutionaries from Soviet prisons. Wait for Answer. Kalinin considers it premature to discuss further any practical measures of the Soviet government in connec- tion with the offer of the German del- egation before the Second Internation- al gives a clear declaration and cer- tain governments agree in principle to affect the exchange of prisoners,