The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 5, 1925, Page 2

Page Two CHICAGO POLICE FIND “HOT TIP” ON DURKIN “DUD” Terrorize South Side Standard Oil Worker After spending an entire night on a@ prairie near Whiting, Ind., watching the entrance of a small shack nearby in an attempt to “get” Martin Durkin, who slew the red-baiting prohibition “enforcement” Officer Shanahan and one of the Chicago police sent to “get” him, 40 policemen and federal operat- ives armed with shotguns, bombs and steel shields, realized that the “hot tip” they received was a “dud.” Police Raid Worker’s Home. Another army of police and federal operatives raced in autos thru the south side to 126th and Scharge ave- nue, home of Herbert Mattingly, a Standard Oil Co. employe, where arm- ed with shotguns, rifles,.tear bombs and carrying thick steel shields, they surrounded the house. All they found in the house was Mattingly’s wife and two small chil. dren huddled in one corner looking on wondering what had happened and Mattingly, who they claimed has a resemblance to Durkin, fast asleep in his bed. As the police were coming back to the city after their hopeless all-night vigil, the relatives at the funeral of Austin, the stool-pigeon used by the police to trace Durkin, accused the police assigned to “get” Durkin of being so scared that in their fear that Durkin would “get” them they shot without letting him have a chance of finding protection. Can’t Use Shotgun, Sergeant Gray who was also killed in the battle with Durkin accused Ser- seant Michael Naughton of not be- ing able to use the shotgun and in his last words said: “O, if Naughton had only known how to use a shotgun, or if he had let me take it.” They’ne Not Handling Pickets. Chicago police are very “brave” when it comes to handling girl strike pickets in the garment trades dis- trict, but when it comes to “getting” gunmen and gangsters, that have been imported by politicians to help them win Chicago elections after some “mix-up,” the heroic policemen de- velop acute chills that make their knees rattle and hands tremble, as thc delirium tremens possessed them, sc that their bullets hit their own stools instead of their quarry. Mi Cloakmakers’ Ball to _ Be Held by Local 52 of Los Angeles, Nov. 7 (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 3.—“To dance,” said one of the Greek gods, “if only for the gods and the cloak- makers, But dance in joy, means for the cloakmakers to become like gods themselves.” This rather apt quotation fits in well with the dance of the cloakmakers of Los Angeles I. L. G. W. Local 52, which is to be given at the Co-Oper- aitve Hall on the night of November 7, anniversary of the birth of the first workers’ republic. Also the union’s inner crisis. has been put on the road to settlement of the right sort, or the “left” sort—better said, so why shoudn’t the cloakmakers be joyful? It will be a masquerade ball, and all workers are invited. Two Illinois Miners Killed at Pana Mine (Special to The Daily Worker) PANA, Ills., Nov. 3.—The death of Peter Mitchell, 45, today brought the death toll to two in the explosion late Monday in the Pana Coal company’s mine number 1. William Broskey, 47, was instantly killed, The men set their explosive and re- tired from the room. Mistaking the blast in an adjoining room for their own, they returned just as the dyna- mite ignited. Several tons of coal were hurled upon the two men whose bodies were badly mutilated. MILWAUKEE WORKERS 10 CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIAN REVOLUTION MILWAUKEE, Nov. 3—The work- ers of Milwaukee will celebrate the Eighth Anniversary of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics at the Labor Temple, 8th and Walnut streets, Sunday night, November 8, with Edwards, Zam and a Jewish comrade speaking. CAPITALIST VIOLENCE RULES IN ANTHRACITE TO (Continued from page 1) miners’ meetings thruout the valley and every effort is being made to keep the facts of the strike from the rank and file miners. Capitalist Dictatorship at Work, A campaign of misrepresentation is being carried on thruout the coal district by the capitalist press. Each day in each city in the valley, scream- ing headlines are carried by the kept press denouncing the progressive miners and reds. The yellow papers carry cartoons representing the pro- gressive miners and their leaders as dogs and picture them as only suth degenerated capitalist tools can, while the labor fakers write to the police congrat ing them for breaking up the workers’ meeting, and do their utmost to railroad miners to jail, No effort is spared’ to keep the miners in ignorance of the class char- acter of the struggle going on in the hard coal fields. I am conservative in stating that if one-tenth of the ef- fort was made by the officials of the union to teach the miners the real cause of and remedy for the dictator- ship that is being used to keep them in ignorance, the anthracite miners guarantee a brilliant victory in the near future. Mines Filled With Gunmen, Everything is practically “peaceful” in the valley of hard coal at this time. The authorities see to it that it may not be otherwise. In spite of this seemingly peaceful strike, coal owners have engaged armies of private guards to surround their property, Some of the owners have engaged as many as 120 private guards, and these are guarding the property, nosing around the cities and making all kinds of inquiries among the miners. The question naturally arises, why would respond in a manner that would} the | T HE DAILY WORKER CRUSH MILITANT © are the coal companies employing this provocative force? Whom are they directed against, and why? The miners have ample proof from past experience that this proyocative force of guards is placed there for the same reason that guards were placed in every striking district in America when an attempt was to be made to dig coal or load stock coal and ship it to the market during a strike, Prelude to Open Shop Mines, Thruout America—in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, _ Illinois, Nova Scotia and Alberta—we see the crimson stain of human blood of the miners who gave up their lives in protest against the importation of scabs, and against the coal companies’ guards. They know from bitter ex- perience why the guards are there and whom they will be used against. The question is being asked thru- out the hard coal region, why are the maintenance men not brought out? And in many places the demand is being made to bring them out. Why are no union mass meetings being | held thruout the anthracite? Union Officials Don’t Act. Why has the union permitted union men to wash and load coal during the strike? This inferior coal is being | sold in Ne wYork City at $25.00 per ton, an increase of 100% since the be- ginning of the strike. The miners are now beginning to feel the pinch of hunger and discontent, and concern is plainly discernable with many miners thruout the valley. A state of mind is developing in the anthracite miners that brooks: no im- portation of scabs, and the neglect of the miners and their interests is be- ginning to arouse their fighting spirit, hence the stocking of the mine proper- ties with private gunmen sanctioned by the capitalist state. JOBLESS ARMY FILLS CITY OF By A. T. Worker Correspondent. KENOSHA, Wis., Noy. 4.—Kenosha which recently won the recognition of being the most prosperous industrial center in Wisconsin, is mow over- crowded with an army of unemployed, Many mills are being operated part time, while some are closed down in- definitely. Besides, many jobless are there from other staites, attracted by the “prosperity” advertisements. Those shops that are running pay so little that it is hard for even a single man to exist on the wage. “If you don’t like the wages, you know what you can do about ijt!” This is the reply of the boss when workers complain. Kenosha's “prosperity” has’ been linked up with the fact that it is an “open shop” town. The bosses here have kept the workers from organ- izing for longer than in any other towns in the southern part of Wis- consin. Court-Martial to Let Mitchell ‘Defend’ Self Before Guilty Verdict (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—The army courtmartial that is trying Col. Wm. Mitchell for “conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline,” decided to give the flying colonel op- portunity to present his views be- fore bringing in the verdict. After promptly over-ruling a motion to dismiss the whole case, and indicat- ing a verdict of guilty, the jury of generals granted him an adjournment until Monday in order to obtain the numerous witnesses thru whom Mitchell will endeavor to prove that his charges of “criminal negligence” and “almost treasonable” administra- tion of the army and navy air services were fully justified. The jury of generals felt that to deny Mitchell the privilege of call- ing witnesses in his own behalf might create -an unfavorable impression against the court-martial. Death Toll Reaches 24, MEMPHIS, ‘Tenn. Nov. 3.—The death here today of Sid A. Umsted, 49, wealthy oil operator of Camden, Arkansas, from injuries suffered in the wreck of the Sunny Land, Frisco flyer, near here last Tuesday, brought the death toll in the wreck to 24, Twenty persons were killed outright, and four others have died in Memphis hospitals of injuries. PHILADELPHIA, ATTENTION! CELEBRATION Eighth Anniversary Russian Revolution LABOR LYCEUM, 6th and Brown Streets FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 8 P. M. Speakers: Jay Lovestone of Chicago, Norman H. Tallentir of Seattle, Wash., and Others, : ADMISSION 25 CENTS. SCABHOOD FAME) BRITISH ADMIT THEY FOMENTED PERSIAN REVOLT Boast of Girdling the Soviets with Enemies LONDON, Nov. 3—Now it is quite openly admitted by boastful attaches of the British foreign office that Brit- ish money and arms were behind the recent coup d’etat by which the former premier of Persia, Riza Kahn, now the new king, overthrew the young ghah, backed by the reaction- ary religious element and’ the equally reactionary capitalists" and landlords. It is also openly boasted that this British engineered ‘revolution in Persia is only part of a far greater and more menacing plot to girdle Soviet Russia around With hostile gov- ernments preparatory’ to’a probable armed attack on the workers’ republic at an opportune time. British diplomats are greatly pleased with themselves’ over the Persian reactionary revolution which they supported as the ‘next best trick in the anti-Soviet conspiracy since the Locarno pact was supposed to have won Germany to joih ‘the British- built alliance against | the Soviet power. The British government are hopeful that Tchitcherin, Soviet ‘commissar of foreign affairs, will even be rebuffed by' France when he visits Paris in a week or two to talk over the old Rus- sian debt. German Ship Uses Canal BALBOA, Panama Canal Zone, Nov. 3.—The first German warship to use the Panama Canal since the war, pas- sed thru today. Read—Write—distribute The DAILY WORKER. Engineers of the October Revolution The Central Executive Committee of by the Sixth Congress of the party 2) L. Trotsky. 3) I. Stalin. 7) V. 1. Ulianov (Lenin). 4) G. Zinoviev. 8) Artem (Sergeiev). the Russian Communist Party elected in July-August 1917: 1) L. Kameneff. 5) A. Rykov. 6) A. Sverdiov. 9) N. Bucharif. 10) Milutin. 11) M. Uritzky. 12) A. Kolontai. 13) Nogin. 14) Ldémov. Unable to Find Work [Bituminous Miners in as Male Stenographer High Production Mark He Dons Woman’s Garb} Help Break Big Strike KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 3.—Edgar Landman of Kansas City, 19, was held by police charged with impersonating a woman, He was arrested following a “date” Landman and a girl stenog- rapher had “with two fellows” at a party at which his “fellow” insisted upon a kiss and wanted to “rub cheeks.” “Four years and a half ago,” Land- man told police, “I decided to become a stenographer because I wasn't physically able to do hard work.” After finding it hard to obtain em- ployment as a male stenographer, young Landman declared he decided to dress as a woman. “[ had no trouble at all getting work then,” he said. “I have since then associated with girls as a girl.” “if that fellow I had a date with last night hadn’t tried to kiss me no one would have found out I was a) boy,” young Landman lamented, “My fellow insisted on necking. I guess he must have got suspicious when my beard tickled his face.” 1 Kilkenny Cats Have Agreed on Plan for Amicable Hostility DUBLIN, Nov. 3.—The royal com- mission appointed to fix the boundar- jes between the Irish Free State and Ulster has reached an agreement and will render its report shortly, accord- ing to the Cork Examiner. The Examiner states that Premier Craig of Ulster has agreed not to of- fer any organized resistance to the en- | forcement of the boundary commis- sion report. Take this copy of the DAILY WORKER with you to the shop tomorrow, WASHINGTON, D.C. Nov. 3— Proof that the bituminous miners are, nnder the Lewis administration, being compelled to go on working and even increase the output to. be used in scab- bing the anthracite miners now on strike out of their well-earned victory, is seen in the fact reported by govern- ment statisticians that during the week ending Oct. 24, broke all prev- ious weeks’ records, or a total of 12,104,000 tons. Anthracite produc- tion for the same time was given as only 13,000 tons. : Wants Money for War | Department, in Spite of All “Peace” Pacts WASHINGTON, Noy, 3.—The war department cannot make further cuts in its budget without seriously crip- pling the military service of the coun- try, President Coolidge was informed today in a letter from Secretary of War Davis, ei Davis’ letter was in‘reply to a com- munication from the president asking the war department to attempt great- er reductions in its expenditures. It can be suspected that Davis “reply” was written before Cal’s request, ENGLISH LABOR PARTY MAKES GAINS IN THE MUNIGIPAL ELECTIONS (Special to The Dhily Worker) LONDON, Nov, 3=Reports from yesterday's municipal elections show that of the eighty points reported the labor party has made substan- tial gains, capturing Seats in the provinces and 40 in London from their opponents and losing 20, SN A ER BE Socal IR OOS TMA A OO PB Et: MOR OC ROE) SS” RASS REE SI SRI went ew etree LU AND Ree P= Dt) ROR wb acne ameter Pe Sh RD TE SSRI PNC ca RR» a Mase eR DN noe Era of Greater Trusts Must Face An Era of Greater Labor Unions By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ‘ODAY, any attempt to criticize the growth of greater monopolies meets with immediate resentment. Twenty years ago trust busting was the favorite sport of “reform” politicians, while the magazines piled up huge circulations by exposing the iniquities of great wealth, consolidated in giant corporations. Now the Bank of America comes forward and says: “Today, after mature consideration of the combination question, the public mind has come generally to approve and endorse large scale methods in business as typical of the modern era of economic organ- ization. ‘Big Business,’ it is now realized, is no longer synonymous with ‘bad business’.” ° e One of the most ardent propagandists for the viewpoint of the Bank of America is Arthur Brisbane, of the Hearst press, who never misses an opportunity to put in a good word for organized dollars. Brisbane’s most recent attack is on those “queer Americans, interfering with moving picture de- velopment, seeking to prevent American concerns from be- coming ‘too big,’ as tho it were possible for any American concern, honestly managed, EVER to become too big,” the capital letters being Brisbane's own. : * * * * * * Since Brisbane is now a millionaire, and has the utmost respect for others more times a millionaire than himself, it becomes a question what he means by “honesty” in business The Hearst press was once most vicious in its attacks on “corporate greed.” But now the Hearst magazines are giv- en over to salacious sex stories, while his dailies are filled with murders, robberies, the domestic difficulties of the up- per class and the varied doings of the bootleggers. Such news is perfectly safe. é ° ° e Yet business is not less corrupt: It has not become more honest, even from the bourgeois point of view. William Ran- dolph Hearst himself, in giving some of his views on this week’s muncipal election in New York City, admits this when he declares that: . * * J “The crooked inner workings of Tammany are likely soon to be exposed to public view and public criticism. The tiger has not changed his stripes, and | imagine the history of machine politics will repeat itself. It has done so at intervals ever since the days of Tweed.” lf Tammany Hall and the democratic party in New York City and state are corrupt, then big business whose political agents they are must be corrupt. Which should flatten out the hypocrisies of Brisbane and the Bank of America about “honesty in business.” The American business man has but one goal and that is to increase his profits. If the weaker or less resourceful business pirate fails in this, then some one else with greater ingenuity will succeed and crush him to the wall. The government in approving of the era of greater merger aids the biggest business bandits. . * * * Coolidge’s administration has winked an eye at the con- solidations in the meat packing industry, while it is actually forcing the merging of railroads. The bait held out, of course, to the gullible public is that economy in manage- ment will result in cheaper rates, and to the workers’ higher wages. Arte But the workers in Chicago’s “Packingtown,” for in- stance, know that the $10,000,000 saved annually in over- head expenses alone thru the merging of the Armour and Morris packing organizations, has not resulted in increased wages. It has brought only higher profits to parasite stock- holders. Workers must recognize the era of greater mergers as a capitalist development that cannot be turned back, but as creating a problem that labor alone can meet and solve. Government endorsed monopolies help solidify the strength of the capitalist class, develops its unity in the “open shop” war against labor’s organizations, and makes victories for the oppressors easy unless the workers realize that they, too, must effect their consolidations, all-inclusive industrial unions thru the amalgamation of the present craft organ- izations. ' , * . * * This will of course lead to more aggressive struggles, to the final struggle for all power, when labor must take over the great industries as the property of its Soviet state, dispossessing the capitalist class and abolishing the profit in production. In that day of labor's triumph, the bigger and more centralized the capitalist monopolies are, the easier it will be to continue industry for the benefit of all, not to maintain it as now for the enrichment of the owning few. TOLEDO MEMEBERSHIP DISCUSSES — PARTY REORGANIZATION ISSUES . TOLEDO, Ohie Noy. %—A successful membership meeting was held here on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to discuss bolshevization and reorganization of the party. Comrade I. Amter, district secretary, gave a lengthy talk on bolshevization of the party, the primary condition of which is reorganization of the party on the basis of shop nuclei. é As a party of action, however, Comrade Amter pointed out that mere reoganization will not take us far on the path of bolshevization, The party members must understand the prin-#——-: - ciples and policies of the Communist ) nique of reorganization, but also des- International and of the party. With-|cribed how they would conduct their out this understanding, the party | work, membership will be unable to conduct their work. Many questions were asked after Comrade Amter then analyzed the | the talk, which showed that the mem- important tasks before the party at| bership is alive to the question of re- organization The registration will be ae ee Oe eee® nen {carried out and Toledo. will enter 100 a labor party, work among women and among Negroes, work to build up|Per cent into the new form of party organization. the Young Workers League, of which A resolution was adopted pledging there is no branch in Toledo, defense etc. Comradé Amter dwelt at length|the membership to assist the Central on trade union work and repeated the | Executive Committee in the important decision of the district executive com-|tasks before the party. The resolution mittee that every comrade eligible for | was adopted unanimously with the ex- membership in a union must joint in|ception of one comrade abstaining two months or be disciplined, “because he had not received instruc- Reorganization of the party on the|tions. from his branch and did not basis of shop nuclei was presented | wish to offend his branch members.” in minute details. Comrade Amter| Surely, a remarkable point of view on not only gave the comrades the tech-| such a non-factional issue! phar MUSSOLINIS DEBT MISSION IS IN NO HURRY T0 DEPART Volpi Says He Will Stay to Finish (Special to The DAILY’ WORKER.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—After an hour and a half passed yesterday in preliminary discussion, the Italian and American debt commissions have ad- journed until tomorrow to give the Americans time to study the 24 mono- graphs submitted by the Italians. The representatives of the bloody Mussolini terror seem confident that a settlement will be reached. The heavy investments of American money in Italian securities indicates that the favored capitalists have al- ready received assurances from both governments that an agreement will be reached. American capitalism is deeply con- cerned and is desirous of aiding the Mussolini. government because it hopes to win that nation against Great Britain in the struggles for world domination. Third Largest Debtor. Italy is the third largest debtor of the United States. The theoretical total of the Italian debt is $2,138,543,852, Actually, the negotiations starting today will re- yolve around a figure considerably less. Of the gross amount $1,647,- 869,198 represents principal, actually borrowed, The rest is accrued inter- est at 5 per cent. Following the prac- tice established in the British, French and other negotiations, this interest charge will be substantially reduced. In Italy’s case it will bring the total amount to below $2,000,000000. Unlike Joseph Caillaux, the French finance minister, who airily came to Washington announcing he could stay only ten days, and then departed at the expiration of that period without settling, Count Volpi, head of the Ital- ian mission, stated today he was here “to stay until an agreement is reached.” New York Police in Preparation for War; But Against Whom? NEW YORK, Nov. 8—New York police have borrowed @ page from the great war and are arming for strug- gle against some unnamed foe. Nine high-powered armoured automobiles, each carrying a machine gun and tear gas bombs, will soon be patroling the city, Police Commissioner Richard Enright announced today. The crews will be equipped with rifles, shot guns and special caliber revolvers. Signal rockets will be carried. The rumor that all these pre- parations are to suppress “crime” might be credited more were it not for the reputation of the police them- selves. Who is to guard the guards?” was a question asked by Juvenal in ancient times. It still seems appli- cable. Treasury Clerk Gives Lie to “Andy” Mellon WASHINGTON, Nov. 3—The senate ways and means committee which has been carrying on investigations as to how to revise the income tax law, have adjourned their public sessions and are now preparing to draw up a new bill, : In the closing public session of the committee hearings A. W. Gregg of the treasury department gave the lie to Andrew Mellon, head of the treas- ury department who insisted that ft did not take any extra effort to audit and care for the accounts of the “small fry who pay income taxes,” when Gregg introduced evidence show- ing that there were 2,100,000 disputed cases before the treasury department demanding settlement and that most of these accounts are from those who filed small income tax returns and whose settlement demands consider- able auditing. Put a copy of the DAILY WORKER in your pocket when you go to your union meeting. WASHINGTON WORKERS TO CELEBRATE EIGHTH YEAR OF SOVIET RULE MOUNT VERNON, Wash., Nov. 3. Mount Vernon workers. will join with the workers of Ehrlich in a mass meeting to celebrate thes8th anniversary of the Russian revolu- _tion at the Community Hall, Sun- day, Nov, 8 TOMORROW! Not today—as announced—but omorrow, will begin that most i “The Chinese Customs Conference, y Jas. Dalsen, — Be Sure to Get To- morrow’s Issue! / ———_