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wie AGAINST MUSSOLINI IS A PLAIN FAKE New Terror Hatched by) Tyrant (Special to The Dally Worker) ROME, Italy, Nov. 6-—Mussolini’s great publicity campaign to rehabili- tate himself In the eyes of the Italian masses who were becoming skeptical | of his prestige since his recent cold reception at Locarno and since the open contempt In which he is held) among all civilized people became publlo, |s asuming malignant charac- | teristice, The loud clamor about his attempt- ed assassination yesterday was total- ly engineered by bandits and crimin- als in the fascist ranks who framed up the whole affair, even to carrying with them to the demonstration a loaded rifle they could later use as evidence against the ex-socialist dep- uty, Zaniboni, who is now either in | prison or dead, charged with the plot agzinst the life of the tyrant. Blackshirt hordes in every stage of @ronkenness are swarming the streets of Rome in a mad frenzy, demanding death for all lovers of freedom. and the fascist press is wildly demanding immediate death, without trial, of all suspected of “implication in the plot.” With the same excesses that char- acterized the reign of murder, incen- darism and @illage, against the labor organizations in the early days of the fascist regime, the masons are now being terrorized, because of their pol- {tical antagonism to Mussolini. The Garibaldi’s in Pafis and one of the descendants of the famous Italian patriot in the United States, are in momentary danger of assassination by fascists because the Mussolini or- gans have already paved the way for such action by publishing fiction to the effect that the “plot” against the bandit tyrant was “hatched in Paris, and tle Garibaldis were concerned in it.” It is known that Musso*fhi's agents trial his enemies in every country in the world and are preparing a reign of assassination to silence exposure of his methods in maintaining power. Farm Labor Unionism Foreseen by Middle Class Farm Leader (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK—(FP)-Farm worker labor anions, not farm producer co- operatives, are the trend which agri- cultural organization will take in the future, Benjamin O: Marsh, Farmers’ National Council, believes. Address- ing the Civic Club of New York Marsh said: “The next decade will probably see 65% or more of farmers tenants or hired men, many of them working on large farms. Many will thus have lost any equity in their small holdings and probably will secure the best re- turns for their work if organized, not 8s competing producers, but as hired men at American wages. Such mer- gers as the Armour-Morris, bakery and milk combines, render the work of farmer cooperatives much more difficult.” YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE TO HOLD MASQUE BALL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 To raise funds for The Young Worker and the District No. 8 of- fice of the Young Workers’ League which is planning a wide field of ac- tivity, Working Area Branch No, 1 of the Young Workers’ League is holding a masque bal! on Saturday, November 14, 1925, at the Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Bivd. All the Workers Party and Young Workers’ League members and sympathizers of the Young Workers League and its activities are urged to attend and to come masked as valuable prizes will be given to best single costumes or a group portray- Ing some revolutionary event or epoch. Admission to the dance is only 35 cents, HOVELS AND HALF-STARVED, BUT DENIED WAGE RAISE BY BOSSES (Continued from page 1) and quotes Dun’s showing “43 price advances.” The course of prices is wpwards, and the workers know as prices in- crease, the value of their wages de- crease. The picture of ragged chil- dren in the anthracite region, existing |in their miserable shacks called home, with no prospect under this rotten eco- nomic system, with the multimillion- aire coal barons demanding a decrease in the wages of their fathers, is piti- able indeed. This strike will be settled, as they have been in the past and the settle- ment wil! settle nothing. More strikes } will come as this one has and the same fight will be fought over again. As | long as the miners are willing to work for a small amount of the social value of their production, just so long will they have to endure this periodic tur- moil. Nationalization Only Cure. ationalization of the mines COUNT 3,388 VOTES FOS COMMUNISTS IN NEW YORK ELECTION (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Nov. 6—In the re- cent municipal elections held in New York City, the Workers Party can- didate for city controller, William W. Weinstone, was credited by the election officials with 3,388 votes. In the borough of Manhattan he re- ceived 848 votes; in Kings, 1,197; in the Bronx, 1,113; in Queens, 268 and in Richmond, 14, Charles Krumbein, candidate for president of he board of aldermen was credited with 3,296 votes of which 906 were in the borough of Manhattan; 1,293 in Kings; 1,043 in Bronx; 267 In Queens and 17 In Richmond. Gitlow Barred. Benjamin Gitlow was barred from the ballot and the panty carried on a campaign to write in Benjamin Gitlow’s name but in the returns no mention is made as to the number of votes he received. Steal Votes. The vote which the election boards credit the Workers Party with is not the total vote, for in many places where the party did not have watchers the ballots of the Workers Party candidates were not counted. In a number of places, »al- lots were challeriged as improperly made out, ete, and in that way many votes were negated. with Army and Navy Cut Personnel; Will Ask More Appropriations WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—As a pre- lude to ask for larger appropriations for the army and navy, the army and navy departments have announced curtailments due to “lack of funds.” The navy, to keep within its purse, has cut the enlisted strength of 84, 289 to 81,700. Motor transport plants are to be closed by the army to cut expenses at Camp Holabird, Md.; Camp Nor- moyle, Tex., and the motor repair section of the San Francisco depot will cease operations by June 30 next. The ghartermaster corps motor trans- port school at Camp Holabird will be transferred to the Philadelphia school. Old Time South Knows Run-away Wage Slaves Are Same as Chattels (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW ORLEANS — (FP) — That slavery is not dead in the south is evidenced by Clarksdale, Miss., where the plantation owners ar@ wrought in a frenzy over the disappearance of “human chattels.” A strike caused the sarrest of four Mexicans, Bight Mexicans refused to work and left the plantation, S, L. Dodds offers a re- ward for information leading ,to their capture. In addition he has offered $100 for information leading to the identity of any person found guilty of enticing them away. CLEVELAND DISTRICT ARRANGES MANY MEETINGS TO CELEBRATE 8th ANNIVERSARY RUSS SOVIETS CLEVELAND, Nov. 6.—The following meetings have been arranged in District 6 to commemmorate the elgth anniversary of the Ru: n revolution; CLEVELAND, Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, at the Moose Hall, 1000 Walnut 8t., at 2:30, with Jay Lovestone, Amter, Gordon, and Brahtim as speake! AKRON, Sunday, Nov. 8 Turner Hall, 524 Grand St., with Fred B: kapp as speaker. CANTON, Sunday evening, Nov. 8, with Jay Lovestone as speaker. TOLEDO, 7:30, with Sadie Amter ker, Canton Music Hall, 812 Tusc. St, E., Sunday evening, Nov. 8, Labor Temple, 131 Michigan St., at CINCINNATI, Sunday evening, Nov, 8, Odd Fellows Temple, at 7 o'clock with H, M. Wick: speaker. YORKVILLE, Saturday evening, N a8 speaker, EAST LIVERPOOL, Sunday, Nov. lov, 7, Miner’s Hall, with W. J, White 8, with W, J. White as speaker, WARREN, Saturday, Nov. 7, Hippodrome Hall, Hérbert Benjamin as spoaker. CONNEAUT, Saturday, Nov, 7, Workers! Hall, Broad St. Finnish speaker. workers’ control was put forward in the progressive miners’ program but the Lewis machine turned it down. Nationalization of the mines has long been a prominent demand of the min- ers, at every convention for many years they have endorsed it, and in- structed their officials to work for it, but never yet have these officials at- tempted to carry out the demands of the miners in that respect. The suffering of the miners ex: plained above is not the only or worst part of their life, another chapter must be written in connection with the life or death of these unhappy wage slaves that is enuf to draw the blush of shame to the cheek of any normal minded man, The major and minor injuries sus- tained in the underground hell holes tell a tale of suffering and woe not found anywhere else in the annals of history. ' I will deal with this question in the following article tomorrow. Kellogg Replies to Steel Labor Saklatvala Ban WARREN, 0., Nov. 6,—Trumbull Lodge No. 73 of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers, recently adopted a resolution against the exclusion of Saklatvala from the country. This resolution was forwarded to Senator Willis of Ohio, who evidently was unacquainted and unconcerned about the non-admittance of Saklatvala. Willis communicated with Secretary of State Kellogg, who did not confine his reply to a statement to Willis, but embodied also a reply to the steel workers, Kellogg uses the usual subterfuges when writing of the case of Saklatvala. He refers to the espionage law of May 1918, which was continued in force by an act of congress in March, 1921. This law is stretched to cover the case of Saklatvala and save the United States government from being overthrown by a lone Communist member of the British parliament. It is most improbable that Kelloge’s reply will satisfy the steel workers of Warren. There is one thing that they want: to have Saklatvala come to this country and tell the workers about conditions in England and In- dia—and in Soviet Russia, for the , workers understand that he has also been in that country. Evidently the United States gov- ernment and. the capitalists of this country do not want the workers to hear their own, the workers’ side of the question. The capitalist papers tell us enough about conditions in In- dia and in Great Britain. Does Kellogg think that he can keep the workers ignorant of thése conditions by exclud- ing Saklatvala? The exclusion of Saklatvala is proof conclusive that Kellogg and his colleagues dare not face facts—and are trying to keep the workers in the dark, ‘Australian Workers Roused Against the Deportation Menace ,SYDNEY, Australia—(FP)— On Sept. 9 representatives of all labor councils throughout Australia held a conference at Sydney to decide what action should be taken if the anti- Labor federal government deported any trade union leaders because of helping the British strikers in their fight against the shipowners. The deportation legislation, was taken as a direct challenge to the Labor move- ment. |t was recommended that in the attempted deportation of any unionist no worker should in any way assist. The sea-transport workers were called upon to give loyal assist- ance, For the repeal of the legislation the aid of the courts is to be invoked while deportation will be made a burning issue in the November federal elections. Regarding the British seamen’s strike, the conference recommended that “all unions be called upon to pay a levy of 14% per week of the earn- ings of the workers, Cal’s Speech Writer Quits to Get Fat Job Glorifying Oil Trust Ambitious plans for a campaign to glorify the oil industry and its domi- nating personalities in the eyes of the American public—as a counter-attrac- tion to the trial of the Teapot Dome fraud cases—are reported in connec- tion with the hiring of Judson C. Welliver, former journalist and maga- zine “muckraker” as their ehiet of publicity, The Américan Petroleum Institute is said to have paid Welliver $35,000 a year, to leave his White House job, where he wrote presi- dential speeches and letters and opin- ions. Standard Oil of Indiana is identified as the dominating force in the Inati- tute. Doheny, Sinclair, Stewart and many other men involved in the oil fraud scandals are prominent in its activities, A good book on Communism will m you a better Com- munist. | ae France Considers Opening of Lottery to Pay ‘State Debts PARIS, Nov. 6,—The republican group in the French chamber of de- puties and the senate, among which are Poincare, Millerand and former finance minister Francois Marsal are considering means of having France raise money to meet her budgetary expenses by means of a lottery similar to that used by the Italian Mussolini government. These leaders of the republican party of France propose to establish lottery booths all over the country by means of which the state will be able to meet its expenses. +4 NEW YORK, Nov, 6.—The French franc dropped to a new low of 4.0214 cents, Purcell in Chicago on International Tour for World Labor Unity (Continued trom page 1) this development of capitalism in these nations would imperil the con- ditions of the trade unionists of all countries and in the following words shows that only one thing can save the workers from this fate. “Unless trade unionists of all coun- tries forget their differences and unite in forming a sanitary cordon of ade- quate wages and working conditions about these countries the workers in the more advanced countries will soon find themselves out of employment, because production will be concen- trated in the backward countries where labor is exploited and material is cheap. We must help unionize the workers of India, China, South Africa and other lands where the machine is penetrating.” In discussing the moves being made for unity by the trade unionists of Russia and England, he stated: “We have joined with the 6,000,000 Russian trade unionists of the all-Rus- sian central executive committee of trade unions to promote the unity movement. By no means all of the Russian trade unionists are Commun- ists. We hope to take in the 6,000,- 000 catholic trade unionists affiliated with the clerical international and those other millions of European workers who belong to the so-called dissident unions, and of course we de- sire earnestly that the workers of America shall co-operate with us.” The DAILY WORKER is unable to give a report of the two meetings that Purcell will address on world) trade union unity at the Wicker Park Hail, and the North Side Turner Hall, due to the fact that The DAILY WORKER went to press too early. Tho a full report. will be in the next issue. - 1 i Wall St. Imperialism Orders’ Deportation of Cuban Workers Blame for the ‘deportations and ar- rests which have beén going on in Cuba is laid directly’at the door of Wall Street, by the Cuban section of the All-America ‘Anti-Imperialist League, which points out that Pr dent Machodo is being ‘regularly vis: ed by General E. R: Crowder, the American ambassador. . The Cuban section of the All-Am- erica Antitmperialist’ League, esta- blished only a few months ago, has been very active, demanding categor- ically that the United States govern- ment relinquish its “thinly-veiled pro- tectorate” over Cuba, consent to the abrogation of the Platt amendment and immediately withdraw all milit- ary and naval forces from Gunate- namo Bay. Headquarters of the Cuban section are at Gral. Suarez, 216-218, Havana. A special secretarfat for foreign cor- respondence has been set up, under charge of A. Bernal del Rieszo. Julio A. Mella, arrested during the recent raids, continues as general secretary. Popular Program Is Scheduled by Chicago Opera The program for the second week of Chicago Civic Opera includes “Ai- da” Tuesday, Noy, 10, with Raisa, Van Gordon, Cortis, Kipnis and Laz- zari, Polacco conducting; Wednesday “Otello”, with Sawyer (debut) Claes- sens, Marshall, Rimini, Kipnis, Mojica and Oliviero, Moranzoni conducting; Thursday, “Il Trovatore” with Muzio, Homer, Kerr, Cortis, Bonelli, and Laz- zari, Weber conducting. Friday, “Der Rosenkavalier” with the same cast as the premiere performance, Saturday matinee, a second per- nce of “La Traviata” with Muzio, a'Hermanoy, Correnti, Hackett, Steel, Beck, and Torti; Moranzoni conduct- ing. Saturday night; at popular pric “La Tosca” with Sawyer, Ansi , Formichi; Moranzoni conducting. Sun- day afternoon, Nov. 15, Samson and Delilah” with Homer, Marshall, Cot- reull, Formichi, Defrere; Weber con- ducting. . Seeks $10,000 Damages. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 6.—Declaring that a rock hurled by the tires of one of its busses last May struck him in the head and made him deaf, Wylie Howard of Peru, state highway com- mission employe, asks $10,000 dam- ages from the Inter-City Safety Coach company in @ sult now on file in _ Marion superiox:court, By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ‘ODAY, the Allied Patriotic Society, Inc., of New York City, meets in the new Army and Navy Building and unani- ously pas resolutions commending John R. Voorhis, 96 years old, president of the board of elections, for striking the name of Benjamin Gitlow, Communist candidate for mayor, off the ballot. It is easy for Communists to understand that the 96- year-old election board head is also vice-president of the allied patriots. The political agent of the capitalist state is also a leader in a non-official organization for the protection of that state. That is the case with all jingo, red-baiting outfits. Otherwise they would never be organized. J * ° The allied patriots gave Voorhis a standing vote endors- ing his action, In reply Voorhis declared, ‘l only did my duty.” "Vaoshie, in taking office, no doubt swore to uphold the constitution, the declaration of independence, the bible and a lot of other documents supposedly sacred. Perhaps he had never read them. If he had, he was not very strongly im- ressed by the declarations for free speech, free press and ree assemblage, and for the right of the people to change the form of ene whenever they see fit. That was good enough for the colonists in 1776, when they wanted to get rid of the king's rule in this country, and had to resort to a seven years’ revolution to do it. But It is not held to be applicable today. When Voorhis did his duty it was on behalf of a govern- ment that sits on the lid trying to keep down discontent, that fears the wrath of the people underneath, just as King George the Third feared the colonists in the 18th century and sent his best soldiers to keep them intimidated and in servile obedience. Of course the smug organs of capitalist “democracy” seek to conceal this situation. The New York World, mouth- piece of victorious Tammany Hall, in an editorial entitled, “Communism East and West,” points out that California is sending a woman to prison for membership in the Commun- ist Party, while New York City is placing the Communist Party ticket on the ballot. It says: “The result will be that California will be torn by a storm of dis- sension and the Communists will get publicity in the newspapers, and in addition will appear as a persecuted underdog, whereas New York goes its peaceful way and the Communist Party will be quietly snowed under on Tuesday.” * * e « Since it does not take brains to write along the well- defined rut laid out for capitalist newspaper scribblers, this kept literary machine was no doubt justified in displaying his . ye ignorance. That is what he gets paid for. f he had followed events he Would have known that Gitlow was barred from the ballot as the Communist can- didate because ‘a capitalist court convicted him of the same kind of an alleged crime that it is claimed Anita Whitney committed on the other side of the continent; violation of the state syndicalism law. The exploiters’ United States supreme court has actéd similarly in both cases. ‘The loaded dice of employers’ “justice” turn up the same prison sentences for both Ben Gitlow and Anita Whitney, altho more than 3,000 miles may separate New York from California. They could [ord as well have been on opposite sides of the earth. Cap- italism everywhere operates in the self-same way. * * * New York City isn't satisfied with ruling Gitlow off the ballot. The allied patriots, with the.National urity League co-operating, are starting a drive to put the emblem of the Communist Party, the crossed hammer and sickle, off the ballot. It has hitherto been permitted to go on at the head of the Workers (Communist) Party column, that contained the names of such party candidates as were not under prison sentences, - All of which indicates that the home of Wall Street isn’t comfortable in the midst of growing numbers of Commun- ists. But to refuse Communist workers the right to vote their opinions at the polls on election day may result in giv- ing the international bankers .a little temporary surcease from worry, But it only succeeds in stirring the workers to greater efforts to build and organize their revolutionary power. Sleepless nights haunt only the bedsides of the enemies of the revolution. BRITISH WIRELESS MEN WIN STRIKE WITH HELP OF POSTOFFICE UNION (Special to The Daily Worke LONDON, Nov. 6.—The strike of’ the Marconi wireless operators and receiving clerks in London, Liver- pool and Manchester ended today with the reinstatement of the nine operat who shad been dismissed for reasons of economy. The strike Prison Management at San Quentin Proven (Special to The Daily Worker) warfare prison directors Allied Patriots Fighting for their Capitalism In| ATTACK LABOR the Home of Wall Street|| UNIONS AT MEET Inhuman to Prisoners SAN QUENTIN, Cal.—(FP)—Open between Warden Frank Smith and chairman of the board of George Van Smith reveals further deficiencies in San Quentin prison, where nearly 80 polit- crippled transcontinental and trans- Atlantic wireless communication. The government wireless service was not affected by the walkout, which involved about 150 men. When several messages marked “Via Marconi” were handed into the postoffice to be dispatched as 8s, the postoffice staff pro- tested against handling the messag- es, taking the ground that it would be equivalent to acting as strike breal Thereupon official instruc- tlo given by the postoffice authorities that such messages should not be accepted for trans- mission during the strike. chelp! To Save THE DAILY WORKER WORKER. Z ical prisoners-are, confined, Van Smith charges that four men are shut up in cells designed for one; the cells are old and have no toilets; several hun- dred convicts are obliged to wait at meal times ‘because of inadequate din- ing facilities; the bathhouse must be kept crowded every hour of the day if the 2,900 convicts are to have even one bath a week; and drugs and liquor are smuggled in, while sex perversion ig rampant. MANUFACTURERS War on ‘Child Labor Legislation ST. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. 6—In epite of the protestations of the college professors, preachers and the kept press that there Is no clase struggle, the labor-hating National Agsociation of Manufacturers, which held its con- vention at the Statler Hotel, gives them all the Ile. Lauds A. F. of L, Stand on Russia. The convention opened with a speech delivered by the association presidént John BH, Edgerton. It was a tirade against the working class, teeming with hatred for the trade unions and lauds the open shop to the skies, The American Federation of Labor convention was highly prais- ed, by this foe of organized labor, for its stand against the first workers’ and farmers’ republic, Soviet Russia. Following his tirade, messages, from Calvin Coolidge, Secretary of Labor Davis, were read praising the work of the National Association of Manufacturers, thus showing the identity of interest between the bosses controlling the association and their lackeys who are in the govern- ment at Washington. Prepare New War, Tho the workers were told that the world war would be the last war, Secretary of Labor Davis’ message to the manufacturers dealt with how a mobilization of men and materials would take place in the next war. A tremendous amount of glee was shown by the delegates when the re- port showing the advance of the open-shop was made to the convention. A resolution containing the usual line of bunk of giving the worker the right to work where and when he pleases and standing for the principle of the open-shop'was passed. Condemn Child Labor Lawe. Another resolution condemning laws that prohibit child labor was - passed by the convention, in which they stated that they were opposed to child labor om principle but opposed the adoption of an amendment to the constitution prohibiting child labor as it was repugnant to the “traditional local responsibility of self govern- ment,” , In another resolution the conven- tion expressed itself in favor of letting a greater number of immigrants to enter the United States provided they first passed a rigid examination. In its resolution on immigration the association states that “we would not even be opposed to admission of Chinese except that the Chinaman has a way of going into business for him- self and thus competing with the Na- tional Association of Manufacturers. We will even move our factories to China if we find it profitable. Condemn “Reds,” Thruout the convention there was nothing but condemnation for those workers who were striving to make the unions fighting organs of the working-class in the struggle against capitalism and praise for those who stood for the antiquated craft: union system and resisted all attempts at change, It seemed lfke a united front between Mr. Green and the National Association of Manufacturers Cleveland to Have Free Speech Meeting CLEVELAND, Nov, 6—An open air protest against the action of the po- lice barring the Workers Party speak- ers from the streets will be held on the Public Square, Saturday afternoon, Nov, 7, at 4 o'clock. Last Saturday, the police arrested a number of our speakers at the open- air meeting arranged to protest the attempt to murder Mathias Rakosi and 100 other workers in Hungary, Every party member must be on the Public Square without fail to protest the action of the Cleveland police. New Zealand Stays Wet. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Nov. 6.—New Zeal: has decide to re- main wet. The counting of the vote is as yet incomplete, but the results thus far ascertained show approxi- mately that the! prohibitionists cast 277,981 votes against 310,596 by their opponents. If you want to thoroughly un-, derstand. Communism—study EDUCATIONAL CIRCUIT ARRANGED BY DISTRICT EIGHT OFFICE Work has elready been started for conducting sses in the “Elements of Communism” ‘Using the educational outlines prepared by the Communist International, in several important centers outside of Chicago. Comrade Oliver Carlson, former director of the Workers’ School in New York, is in charge of the course. The classes will begin the week of Nov. 16. Registration fee for the first semester of eight weeks is $1.50, Classes will be held in Gary on Monday evenings, In South Bend on Tuesday evenings, in Waukegan on Wednesday evenings, and in Milwaukee on Thursday eve- nings, Young Workers League, _ These classes are open to those sympathizing with and Interested In the Communist movement as well as to members of the Workers Party and Place of meetings will’ be published in future issues of The DAIL wrote

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