The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 8, 1925, Page 1

a. I —= n The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 256. of 22,000,000 trade unionists of sterdam International of Trade Unions, arrived in Chicago from Nai stain Rates: 29 Pa > gy COS: : es PURCELL ARRIVES tiv of ON TOUR OF U.S. AND CANADA URGING UNITY OF WORLD LABOR Albert A, Purcell, member of the British parliament and head ‘Se ICAGO Europe affiliated with the Am- St. Louis, where he spoke to a large audience of workers on be- half of unity on the trade union field of all workers regardless of whether they are in the Russian trade unions, the American ~ trade unions or in the trade unions of any other nation. During the course of his interview here with The DAILY ‘WORKER, he emphasized the necessity of the workers uniting to meet the attempts of the bosses to beat down the wages and ER SERRE OST A PERE AEE GREECE “SEEKS” PACT SIMILAR TO LOGARNO FOR BALKAN NATIONS ATHENS, Nov. 6.—Following the declaration by the league of na- tions that no Balkan pact similar to the Locarno pact would be negoti- ated unless one of the Balkan n. tions requested it, the Greek Pan- galos military dictatorship is now requesting the formation of a pact almilar to the Locarno pact. This attempt by Greece is looked upon as an act to curry favor with the league of nations commission now investigating the Greco-Bulgar flareup, as Greece has opposed the aligning of any pacts in the Balkans, especially so when they dealt with the rights of minorities. STRIKING COAL \\( MINERS REFUSE COMPANY TERMS Pee oes i eee ‘Men Fail to ‘to Fall for i Company Bluff FAIRMONT, W. Va., Nov. 6.—Des- pite the announcenient of the Conso- lidation Coal Co. that it will reopen the Monongah and O'Donnell mines, and replace the strikers, the striking coal miners, who have been in strike since April 1, in an attempt to. force the company to recognize the United Mine Workers’ Union and the Jask- sonville agreement, remain solid and Tefuse to accept the 1917 wage scales the company offers, The company announced that it was cleaning up a number of mines that it intended to re-open and that it had signed an agreement with a “miners’ association.” The union heads point out that no union men have signed an agreement with the company to go back:to work’ under the 1917 wage scales and that ‘the “miners’ association” is undoubt- edly some paper organization that the coal company has put up to fool the mine workers into going back into the pits. Beginning Monday, Nov. “The Movement for World Trade Union Unity” By TOM BELL. World Trade Union Unity is one of the burning prob- lems of the world labor movement today. British and Russian labor are holding conferences; A. A. Purcell, a leading ad- voeate of world labor unity, is touring the United States in its inter official pe of labor are sending ions to Soviet Rus- steps for unity are be- ing taken by the Interna- tional Federation of Trade Unions and the Red Inter- national of Labor Unions. Tt is at this time that the basis for unity, steps al- ready taken, the outlook for the future—are all brought to the attention of American workers in. this timely series of articles. Look for this series in future’ isi of The DAILY WORKER, SUBSCRIBE! lengthen the hours of labor. “If we intend to deprive our mas- ters of their power to use the foreign low wage, long hours as weapons against us here or elsewhere, the unity of the working class every- where is the prime weapon we must forge and wield with unfailing en- ergy and effectiveness,” declared A. A. Purcell, In discussing the possibility of fu- ture wars and how they may be stav- ed off, he declared: “If we regard war as the curse, crime and horror of a passing- age, then all-inclusive international work- ing class unity must be a pre-essen- tial of the great and glorious task to secure ourselves against the merest chance or even warlike threat. “It is our duty to determine upon unity of action to definitely prevent war and all the horrors it breeds and spreads in its inhuman trail.” While discussing the necessity of international unity, Purcell . decried the attempts made by certain groups to avoid this international solidarity of the organized workers and declared in behalf of those groups that realize In Chicage, by mall, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. and recognize the value of interna- tional action on the trade union field ‘of ali workers that “Our historic in- sularity must pass away. Sheer self- wards closer association with any and every strictly working class element which may be positively bent upon making unity its immediate aim and international working class Solidarity its goal.” Purcell pointed out that capitalism is increasing its operations in the ‘so- called backward lands of Asia, Africa, Central and South America and that (Continued on page 2) Sawmill Workers Win First Victory ina Long Time in Wash. ABERDEEN, Wash—(FP)—The strike weapon of workmen and soli- darity has scored another victory in the settlement of the Aberdeen saw- mill strike which lasted nearly four weeks. By a large majority the men of 5 mills accepted the operator proposal, granting the demanded minimum of $3.75 per day. The old rate was $3.25. The employers refused, however, to make a straight 50¢ per day raise on all’ wages, but promised to readjust scales of higher paid employes. The companies also granted the right to maintain grievance committees. The lowpaid workers, the bulk of over 1,300 men, are benefitted by this settlement. Had the workers heeded the advice of smooth-talking federal mediators and returned to work a week earlier, “pending settlement”, the strike would have beeh' lost, In six months at the new rate the lumber barons wil) have paid the strikers for their worthwhile vaca- tion, The strike effects may benefit the whole industry, since the Aber- deen minimum is higher than Tacoma, Portland, Seattle and other cities. Oh, Yes! Capitalist - Government Is ‘Friend’ of the Labor Unions DAYTON O--(FP)—Six union plumbers and one helper have been discharged by U. 8S. aviation officers and 10 “maintenance men” put in at 90c an hour to do the work at McCook field. The work is botched and the government js not saving @ penny. Build the DAILY WORKER, Cleveland Carpenters Give Relief to Miners CLEVELAND — (FP) — Carpenters 105 and other unions are making up bundles of clothing for the families of the ‘shivering miners of West Vir- rinka, DATES GIVEN PURCELL ON TOUR THRU THE U. S. AND CANADIAN CITIES The trade union committee ar- ranging the Purcell tour has announ- ced the following dates for his speeches in several cities of the United States and Canada: Detroit, Mich., Sunday, Nov. 8. at 3 p.m. at the Cass Technical High School Auditorium, Grand River Ave. and High St. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 9, at 8 p. m. at the Carnegie Library Hall, Feder- al and Ohio Sts. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 10, at 8 p. m,, at the Engineers’ Auditorium, corner Ontario and St. Clair. Toronto, Canada, Noy. 11, at 8 p. m, at Central Labor Union. Montreal, Canada, Nov. 13, at 8 p. m, at Central Labor Union. New York City, Nov. 17, evening, at the New Star Casino. DEMANDS COAL PROFITEERING CEASE IN N.Y. Communists Take U p Fight to Aid Poor (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Nov: 6.—The Workers (Communist) Party today issued a statement on the coal situa- tion in which they called upon the board of health of the city of New York to meet the acute coal crisis by the establishment of a city monopoly In coal and thé opening of stations in the workers’ quarters in which coal should be sold at cost. The state- Open letter to thé health er. It reads as follows: “Frank J. Monaghan, “Health Commissioner, City of N. Y. Poor in Distress “Sir:—The situation of the poorer people in the city of New York, with winter approaching and coal profit- eering making it impossible to secure the necessary fuel, is an intolerable one. As the cold weather sets in, health and life are seriously menaced. The measures so far proposed are hopelessly inadequate to so grave and general a crisis. Profiteering must continue and grow worse unless a far- reaching policy is adopted which will make profiteering impossible and break the coal famine. “The Workers (Communist) Party calls upon the board of health to establish a complete city monopoly of the purchase and sale of coal in the city of New York until the crisis is liquidated. It further calls upon the board of health to open stations in convenient parts of the city, with spe- cial reference to the working class quarters, where such coal will be sold directly by the city at cost. Any pro- gram short of this endangers the health and lives of the workers of New York City and the responsibility for this situation will be directly chargeable to the city government. We call for immediate action on this matter. Due to Monopoly “We therefore call to your atten- tion the fact that these recurring coal crises are due. to the private mono- poly in coal and the periodic strikes that it provokes, arf@ that any solu- tion that aims to be permanent and to prevent new crises from o@curring, must base itself upon the nationaliza- tion of the mines. We call upon the city of New York to work in this direction.” * Workers (Communist) Party District No. 2 William W. Weinstone, Gen'l. Sec’y. Canadian Labor Party Keeps Two Men in the New Tory Parliament | By JOHN ROBUR. OTTAWA, Can.—(FP)—The Labor party will have the same strength in the new Canadian parliament as in the Of the two members in the last » one was defeated but a new member comes to support J. 8. Woodsworth from Winnipeg. The new member is A. A. Heaps, one of the vi tims of the prosecutions after the Winnipeg strike of 1919. The defeated member was William Irvine of Cal- gary. The Conservatives will have the largest group in the new house, The Progressives will have about one- third of their previous strength, ment was made in the form of an} ‘commission- SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3,-1925 F LIVING IS. FRENCH MEET HEAVY LOSSES IN SYRIA WAR Britain Biers Loss of Irak (Special to The Daily Worker) ALEPPO, Syria, Nov. rebels, »steadily gaining in numbe: new reeruits join the forces and new waves of Arabs ffom the south swarm to aid In the struggles against France, are now encamped within only eight miles of the city wall of Damascus, preparatory to launching a drive in the morning that it is hop- ed will drive out the enemy invaders. Reinforcements arriving from Mor- occo have strempthened the French forces and the butcher, General Ga- melin, is said to have set forth with a strong force, well equipped with every known device of frightfulness to engage the rebels. This is .ques- tioned in better informed circles, as the French have already notified the inhabitants who still remain in Da- maseus. tha! May be necessary to throw — she! over the city in the counter-at a the Druses and Syrians, Heavy ihoncn Losses. In the -terr between Damascus and Beirut ani the vicinity of this city (Aleppo) there has been fierce fighting and losses have been suffered by th mch. One detach- ment of ich infantry was sur- rounded last | it and wiped out by the rebels, entire equipment be- ing captured. Two batches of light artillery and stores of munitions have also fallen into rebel hands and are being turned against the French, : 3 cial ard privatey toward’ the French war in Syria, ethene te ‘The ut- 1 most discretio1 revails in speaking "lof the events. No eriticism of the massacres Of the people of Damascus have appeared. This attitude is mo- tivated by the fact that the situation | in Syria constitutes a grave danger to the rule of Britain in Irak, also held under a league of nations man- date. If the Syrian revolt is success: 6— Syrian “a Publish: PUBLI ep **° SOCIALISTS JUBILANT BECAUSE OF GAINS IN “SILK STOCKING” WARD (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW- YORK, Nov. 6—Tho the so- clalist vote dropped from the ‘high mark of 150,000 in the Hillquit cam- paign against Hylan, to 39,000 in Tuesday's elections, there is jubila- tion in socialist headquarters here. Tho the workers have turned in thousands from the treachery of the socialists, they made gains in the 15th ward, the “silk stocking” dis- trict, where the bourgeoisie gave Norman Thomas 712 votes, as com- pared with 536 votes last year when he ran for governor. Not a single socialist was elected to any office in the elections of Tues- day. CHICAGO LABOR TO CELEBRATE SOVIET TRIUMPH Mass Meeting Tonight at Temple Hall Conclusive indies overwhelming proof | that the working class of America yn | derstands its own class interest in the achievement of Soviet Russia, is furnished by the hundreds of mass meetings celebrating the eighth anni- versary of the Russian revolution that are being arranged all over the coun- try for November 7 and 8, The monster meeting: in Chicago, which will be held at Temple Hall, corner Van Buren and Ashland today at 8 p. m., promises to b= one of the most. notable gatherings of the kind of that has-ever been held here. Among, the speakers will be Earl R. Browder, Max Bedacht and Martin Abern, mem- bers of the central executive commit; tee of the Workers party. A special feature will be revo- lutionary songs by the Freiheit sing- ing society. Tickets are 25 cents, and {can be secured in advance or at the hall. The unparalleled interest in the meetings thruout the country display- led by skilled and unskilled. workers ful the whole mandate policy of the league of nations will be follow. Meanwhile heavy forces are thrown on the Syrian border under the fake pretext of “defending British inter- ests.” Labor Party Fighting for Control in Nov. 14 Australian Elections (Special to The Daily Worker) MELBOURNE—(FP)—The general elections for the Australian federal parliament take place Nov. 14. Labor, which already controls 5 of the 6 Australian states, seems to have the advantage in the federal elections and may get a majority in both the house of representatives: and the senate. To prevent Lahor’s rise to power, the Conservatives. are trying to work up the red menace.:A prominent issue is the recent repressive legislation, including the deportation act, of the federal government: The red menace is also dressed up. Matthew Charlton leads the Labor party, while the Conservatives are led by S. M. Bruce, the present prime minister. The Conservatives include the Country party‘representing the wealthy ranch-owners. A few inde- pendents are also up. Left Winger Who Aids in Building: Unions Is Honored!by “Reds” ST. PAUL, Minn., “Nov. 6.—A>ban- quet arranged by the Jewish branch of the Workers Party, was held at the Labor Lyceum, in honor of Comrade I, Feingold on the occasion of his leaving the city for St. Louis where he will become general organizer for ythe Cloth, Hat and Cap Makers union. Comrade Feingold, as chairman of the excutive board of the St. Paul local of this union, has been very successful in negotiating several good agreements with the bosses, and the membership of this local showed its appreciation of the good work done by this left winger by the numbers in attendance and by the speeches made by some of them aswell as by mem- bers of other wrecked, | and successt{y) uprisings in Irak will) alike, constitutes a ringing answer to the whole campaign of lies with which | the capitalist press has been trying | to poison the workers against Soviet Russia. Asked to explain the unpre- | cedent advance sale of tickets for the Chicago meeting, the arrangements’ committee calls attention to the great strides in economic reconstruction made in the Soviet union during the past few years, even capitalist re- | porters being forced to admit that the Russian workers are now better off |} than before the war, whereas in the other countries of Europe the condi- | tion of the working class becomes steadily worse. A canvas of the south side shows that Negro workers are taking a spe- ica. It is pointed out that 21 govern- ments have already recognized Soviet ernment still refuses to act. Many tions thruout the land have called cognition to the workers’ republic, | and the slogan of “Recognition of So- viet Russia” will be again placed on the order of the day at tonight's meet- ing. NATION SUFFERS POVERTY WORSE THAN EVER BEFORE, SAYS BRITISH LABOR M. P. MANCHESTER, Nov. 6.—At Nei- son to-night, Mr. John Wheatley, British labor member of parliament said, in the industrial situation to- day and the poverty which accrued from it, they had something which was unprecedented in the history of this or any other country. The na- tion was stricken with poverty, not because of a shortage of goods, but because of the superabundance of ‘things required by human beings. Races had been brought into com: petition that were not competitors before the war, and there would be no revival.of trade until we al- tered our industrial system of so- clety. (Communist); cial interests in the meeting. This is | no doubt largely due to the way in| which Soviet Russia has extended the | hand of fellowship to all oppressed | races and peoples, as. in Africa, China, | India, the Near East and Latin-Amer- | Russia, while the United States gov- trade unions and other labor organiza- upon the government to extend re- WORKER ° Entered as Second-class matter “Beptember 21, 192%, at the lost Office at Chicago, Bee under the Act of March 3, 1879, Tide tee Constete of Two! Issue Consists of Two Sections, SECTION ONE. ed Daily “I Sunday by THE DAILY 20., 113 W, Washington Blvd., Chi DENIED WAGE In the anthracite mining region the usual evils of capitalism are sh in the following article by Alex Reid. Progressive Miners’ Committee. Re! Scranton jail where he was sent by italist courts and reactionary union strikers. * @ has reached the point where the dition was true prior.to the great themselves:in dire want, but yet victory is achieved. The workers in-all industries know that the dollar will not buy as much as jit did a year ago. They know prices lare still on the up gradé, and. they | know that when they get an increase jor wages, and sign a contract, when ‘the cost of living is still rising, that they have in reality signed under cir- jeumstances. that. mean..their real wages are steadily on the incline. | Living Costs Increase. | The anthracite miners with their families constitute fifty per cent of the population of that region, and they know what living increases mean as much if not more so than the work- ers in any other part of America, as the following figures compiled by the government will show: Last April's report shows bacon to have increased 29 per cent, pork chops 28 per#ent, flour 35 per cent, coffee 25 per cent, “and we-know'that-everything averages higher in the hard.coal region than it does in any other part of the country. Clothing costs from 25 to 50 per cent more than in New York. Doc-} tors’ fees have jumped 50 and 100 per} cent for every visit of the doctor since 1923,, while rents have gone skyward with a vengeance. High Rent for Hovels. The Pennsylvania state housing commission has recently stated that réhts have advanced from four to 115 per cent in the last four years. The rents have increased most inthe small towns, and that is where most of the coal miners exist. The writer saw many of those shacks called houses with daylight shining thru the walls, \no, wall paper in sight, while the plas- |ter was hanging in shreds, and I could | |not see how anyone had the courage | to charge any rent at all. The housing commission further states that rents are still on the up- grade as a shortage exists, while the coal commission comments on the subject as follows: “Housing facilities in the anthra- cite region are far betow the aver- age and rank fifty per cent in the matter of adequate sanitation and facilities.” | The United States department of la- bor figures show the inhubitants of Scranton have to pay about ten per cent more for their houses than the people in the United States as a whole |pay, and rents are still going up as |shown by the Pennsylvania housing |commission. | Real Wages Dectine. The Annalyst of July 10 quotes |Bradstreets, “The cost of living has increased 13.3 per cent over last July,” - (Continued on page 2) Deport Aliens Who Violate the Prohibition Laws, Urges Lawmaker Deportation of all aliens who dare to take a drink of pre-Volstedian vin- tages or similar fluids or otherwise vi- Olate the prohibition amendment, was urged by Congressman Grant M. Hud- |son, before the Anti-Saloon League's ‘national convention which is now |meeting in Chicago, as a step in the campaign to “dry up” the United | States. | He also urged a stricter enforce- ment of the prohibition laws. All is not so well at the convention. | There is one group that wants a modi- WORKER Price 5 Cents icago, Tl, IGH IN COAL FIELDS ANTHRACITE MINERS LIVING IN HOVELS AND HALF-STARVED, BUT RAISE BY BOSSES where 158,000 miners are on strike, arpened and capitalist government rules with an iron hand over the workers whose conditions are explained miner for 29 years and head of the id was recently released from the a conspiracy of coal operators, cap- officials to prevent his speaking to By ALEX REID (Secretary of the Progressive Miners’ Committee.) (Article V.) The cost of living has steadily risen during the last year and workers find themselves barely able to exist. Their wages barely enable them to buy the cheap- est foods while many are in a state of semi-starvation. This con- anthracite strike, and now with two months loss of work, many miners in the hard coal field find determined to strike on until BRITISH LABOR UNITY FIGHTS OFF WAGE CUTS Live Leaders and Wise Policy Wins So Far (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON-—(FP)— Not only have the miners and the textile workers by their militaney warded off wage re- duotions and patched up a temporary peace in England, but the building workers. have made a truce by which there will be no wage reductions tor -atyleast: nine months.” The shipyard unions are also holding their demands in abeyance while an inquiry is made into the industry. Trouble ig brewing on the railroads. The demands of the employers are totally irreconcilable with the pro- grams of the unions, and the central wage board has failed to. reach any agreement. The matter has been re- ferred to*the national wage board, so the railroads will enjoy a truce dur- ing the negotiations... The companies want a flat rate reduction in wages of $1.50 a week in rural areas and $1 in London. The worker demands are set out in the all-grades program of the National Union of Railwaymen and in the program of the Railway Clerks -Association, embracing all- around increases in wages and gener- al improvements. The N. U. R. is also demanding a pension scheme for railroad workers. The locomotive engineers union has begun a campaign to do away with overtime. On the Southern railway all. members are refusing to work overtime when arriving at their local depots, if they have completed 8 hours on duty. Electrification ig leading to unemployment, and the engineers re- fuse overtime while fellow-workers are workless. Farmer Jury. Chosen to Try Doctor for Killing Daughter Lttleton, Colo, Nov. 6.—A jury of Arapahoe county farmers and me- chanics was chosen to decide the fate of Dr. Harold Elmer Blazer, 60 year old country doctor who snuffed out the life of his imbecilic daugliter, Hazel Ingrit Blazer, in an Englewood bungalow last)» February. The jury was completed and sworn in just as court adjourned for the noon recess. When the court reconvenes the at- torney for the state intimates he will try to prove that the imbecilic daugh- ter had a right to live, and that her father was in his right mind when he chlorotormed his daughter. The state will not demand that the death pen- alty, but will seek a verdict of first degree murder with a life sentence, Peaceful Transition to Socialism Never Heard of By Police NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 6.—Members of the city police force are receiving fication of the dry laws while another group wants a strict enforcement, When it comes to apportioning the Jobs in the organization; many clashes jare expected as quite a number would like to make cozy berths for them- selves. daily instructions in the use of fire- arms and a pistol range has been in- stalled. The’ New Orleans police de- partment is the possessor of riot guns, tear! b6whbs, saw-off shot guns and is under the control of a city administra- tion which does not care a whoop tor union labor, Ran tips mo en