The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 10, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ NEW YORK EDITION ( and Farmers’ Government ] ‘ Vol. II. No. 257. thé Post Office at Chicago, Ulinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1925 <q» Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il, “AMALGAMATED’ TRIUMPHS OVER “srmuemver| INTERNATIONAL TAILORING C0. SSS2:5"S2 INCHICAGO AND NEW YORK CITY get a house, a man and his wife and Price 3 Cents REPORT MUSSOLINI PLOT AFAKE TO AID FASCIST DICTATOR KEEP POWER |) PAA LONDON, - Now. 8 According. te NOV. TMEETINGS the dispatch received here by the Daily Herald, liberal labor paper, from a responsible correspondent Chicago’ Toilers Defy Storm: Saturday on the border of Italy, the alleged Despite alt ten children are living in a tent at Camelford, in the Plymouth district. | The magistrates have given the | family seven days’ notice to quiton the ground that the tent is unfit for human habitation. plot against the life of Mussolini is a fabrication, framed up with the idea of giving fascism, which is los- ing inéuence, a new opportunity to take drastic action against the op- position, | After 19 weeks of bitter struggle the strike of the Amalga- {mated Clothing Workers’ Union against the International Tailor- ing Company in New York City and Chicago came to an end with ' _ |@ complete victory for the union. The company was forced to ND PURCELL sign on the dotted line renewing the old contract and recognizing | the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. " a “> a is here told by a coal miner, who better than any other can feel and ex- In Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per year. o & . Sy Pi, | be] eee 9 : <P e C4 a press the horror of killing and crippling a whole army of workers each year.in order to fatten the profits of the mine owners. This is the sixth of a short series of articles by Alex Reid, secretary of the Progressive Subscription Rates: Suisiae Ghicaco, by. mal,4600 per year. { @ %, ey . tf Fe, The story Of the ghastly butchery of coal miners im the anthracite Miners’ Committee, ,who spent some time in the anthracite recently, jontinuous downpour of most of it in jail for trying to speak to the miners. * * ® . By ALEX REID (Secretary of the Progressive Miners’ Committee.) (Article VI.) No words can picture the-awful suffering thruout the hard coal regions as a result of the terrible accidents occuring in the mining industry. The anthracite mines have been well referred to as human butcher shops. Picture an industry centered within 450 square miles, with 158,000 employes, with an annual death roll of over 500 men killed and 20,000 accidents of lesser degree. An average of 500 men per year for the last 20 years have been killed, and the rate (Continued .:2 page 2) The Growing Movement for International Unity of World’s Trade Unions * This is the beginning of a series of articles dealing with the question of World Trade Union Unity. Undoubtedly this question is one of importance at the present time. Following installments will deal with the International Federation of Trade Unions, the Red International of Labor Unions and the British Workers and International Trade Union Unity. * * e Pie Ch Oe ee Ow DE Ls : HY trade union unity? Why is it that at the presenttime thsiquestion-is being discussed in every country in the world? pea | ; The sentiment for unity of the forces of the working class has always-been much to the fore in the labor moventent.'>:No labor faker ever attempted to split a union, or smash the solidar- ity of strikers’ forces, unless he declared fervently for unity. Thruout the labor movement the workers hug the idea of the unity of the workers as a great thing to be accomplished. The reactionary bureaucrats know this, and denounce the left. wing elements in the trade unions as “splitters” so that they will be dis- credited in the eyes of the workers. 5 But in spite of the sentiment for unity of the ranks of labor very little real unity exists in the labor unions. But the present situation confronting the working class is forcing the question of national and international trade union unity to the fore, and in spite of the efforts of the reactionary labor officials is making great progress. Ra The very development of capitalist production is forcing the workers to look upon the question of the unity of the trade unions as a practical question—a question of the preservation of their standard of living against the attacks of the bosses. ° * * * = The war of 1914-1918 besides murdering millions of workers and crippling millions more, cracked the basis of the capitalist economic system in Europe. At the same time the forces of pro- FRED MERRICK GOES T0 TRIAL ON NOV. 30TH Bosses Out to Jail Pitts- burgh Communists . L. D. News Service. 1 prersutincie Pa, Nov. 8.—Fred ick, veteran of the labor move- metic'in the capitalist barony of Penn- sylvania, and nine other Communist workers must stand trial in Pitts- burgh on November 30, and show cause why they should not spend sey- eral years in jail for daring to assist the workers better their conditions by organizing them into unions and into politicat organizations tnat would fight for their interests now, and their ultimate emancipation from the yoke of capitalism. The technical charge against, Mer- rain thru thé day which later turned to snow, a gfeat throng of Chicago workers at! d the mass meeting arranged by the Workers (Commun- ist) Party in) the Temple Hall, Sat- urday evenim@, to celebrate the eighth the Russian revolu- Soviet Every in Heartily Cheered. ion «6of the victory achieved workers of the Soviet Union brot @ hearty response from the assembled! workers. The meeting opened with the sing- ing of the jan funeral march by the Fretheit Singing Society in the memory of dead Soviet war min- ister, Mikhal Frunze, who gave his life to the. ise of the workers’ revo- it Russia. ie funeral hymn and the “the chorus then sang a by the chorus jeader ae memory of Nikolai iber of encores, Martin a@ few introductory re- iced Max Bedacht, edi- ‘orkers’ Monthly, and Central Executive he Workers (Commun- have passed since the ified the’ world that rick and his comrades was the: distri- bution of leaflets published by the ‘Workers Party immediately. ‘as a’ violation of the Pennsylvania | “sedition” law. This law was placed on the statute books by the big boss- es of Pennsylvania, headed by An- (Continued on page 2) of Russia have taken METAL WORKER VOROSHILOV, NEW COMMISSAR OF WAR AND MARINE MOSCOW, U. &. S. R., Nov. 8 A metal worker now commands the Red Army and Red Navy of Soviet Russia. Clement E. Voroshilov, an exeprienced commander who won Great victories in command of the tenth army division on the south- western front during the years of trial has been chosen the su sor of Michael V. Frunze, commissar of war, who recently died. Voroshilov is 44 years old and at- tained prominence largely in the Same way as did General Budenny, by effective organization of the So- viet cavalry which was the big fac- tor in defeating the counter-revolu- tionary war waged by Denikin with the ald of British, French and Amer- | Red Commissar of War | MEETINGS, SAYS CAP UNION HEAD Budish Issues Appeal to New York Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Nov. 8—In an enthus- lastic statement issued by J. M. Bud- sh of the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millin ery Workers’ International Union, hc calls upon the workers of the city, tc attend the two big Purcell» meetings which have been arranged for Nov. 17. The trade union committee which is organizing these meetings has been compelled to hire two halls on account of the great demand for tickets to hear A. A. Purcell the president of the International Federation of Trade Unions. Bith New Star Casino and the Central Opera House have been hired for the occasion. The next conference ofthe trade union committee has been called for Sunday, Nov. 1§ at 3 p. m., at Bee thoven Hall. Brother Budish's comment jis but rece By J. M. BUDISH. Urges Workers to Hear Purcell. I would like to urge very sstrongly every laboring man and woman to attend the Purcell meetings. The need for unity within the trade union movement of every coun- try and among the trade union .moye- ments in the world was at no tine as dispensable as at present. The newspapers report attempts to break down the strike of the anthra- jcite miners by importing Welsh coal }from England All restrictions. on immigration cannot in the least rem- jedy the effects of competition result jing from the oppression of labor in jthe less developed countries like |China, India, North Africa, etc., by |the imperialist powers. In this coun- try the so-called open shop move ment is becoming ever more aggres- sive and unscrupulous. A _ report |just submitted to the 30th convention jof the National Association of Manu- jfacturers held in St. Louis, styles the junion shop as the closed shop and de- : ; f ohe exdinple of the* fine suppért com} ing from the labor movementiifor’ the "| Purcell meeting. ; eo} j | their victory. The terms of settlement were de- cided on after a three-day conference in the Vanderbilt Hotel in New York City where a committee representin the Amalgamated Clothing Work General executive board met t Jacob L. Reiss, president of the Inter- national Tailoring company. All members of the United Garment Workers’ Union, that have acted the| part of strikebreakers have been fired and union men will be on the job his morning. | Tried to Leave Town. | In Chicago the plant will not be| working im full force for ten days the company will have to bring the| machinery which it sent to Rock} Island and Moline, in the hope of} establishing factories there and crush- ing the strike, back to the plant at| 847 West Jackson Blvd. { The news of the union winning the} strike had been rumored for a day| or so before the victory celebration, | but a final settlement had not as_yet| been made. | The Hod Carriers’ Hall where the} vietory celebration took plagi as al seething mass of joyous: strikers. In| the rear of the hall a band played the | International “and ther ntelofiies. “Ou the stage were placed floral tributes | jfrom every local represented ‘fn. the| joint board. Spell “Victory” in Red. } The Amalgamated Clothing Werk: jers’ Union had a large floral tribute of red roses shaped like a horseshoe | with a white bar across the middle| in the center of the platform. i On the bar in red flowers was the one word “Victory.” On the sides of the horseshoe were the dates June 2 1925, the day they went on strike and | 7, 1925, the day the settle-| November 7, ment was made. Speaker after speaker representing the various Amalgamated Clothing | Workers of America locals in the city and large garment factories, con- gratulated the 800 International Tail- oring Co. workérs on their victory and pointed out that not only w strike of the International T; company workers, but that it was a rike of the entire union against the attempts of the hosses to crush the union and establish the open shop. The announcement of the end of the strike was made by the president of the union at the Hod Carriers’ Hall, corner Harri- |son and Green streets, yesterday afternoon where great numbers of the members of the Amalgamated had gathered to celebrate + scsi, Rae ees | PITTSBURGH WORKERS EAGERLY WAITING TO GREET PURCELL MONDAY (Speciat to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa. Nov. &— “World Trade Union Unity” will be discussed by A. A. Purcell, presi- dent of the International Federation of Trade Unions at a mass meet- ing arranged in this city Monday, Nov. 9, 8 p. m. at Carnegie Music Hall, Federal and Ohio Sts., N. $. Pittsburgh. Judging from the way tickets for the meeting are being sold in ad- vance it is expected that the hail with a seating capacity of not less than two thousand will be packed to the doors. The subject which Mr. Purcell will discuss is of vital importance to the workers the world over and no one knows this better than Mr. Pur- cell who stands at the head of the Amsterdam International. Mr. Pur- ‘colt Was “head” of” the British trade union delegation which vis- ited Russia and whose report on the ,gonditions there is being read with Gréatest interest. by the workers tl ut the world. ' Pittsburgh is fortunate enuf to be one of the nine cities where Pur- cell, who was fraternal delegate to the-A..F- of L. convention from the British trade unions, will speak while in this country. The. meeting is arranged by a committee consisting of representa- tives of various trade unions of Pittsburgh and vicinity. Every worker who is able to think for himself, should leave everything else aside and come to hear what Purcell has to say to the American workers. Here's the Corn Husking King. LITCHFIELD, fl., Nov. 8.—Oscar Hagemeier, of Nokoniis, was the corn husking king of Montgomery county today. He husked 27 bushels and 48 pounds of corn in one hour. AGAINST CAPITALIST WARS! ECLARING that the new international of trade unions must be based on open hostility to all capitalist wars, none of which he charged had ever benefitted the working class, Purcell said: “The hardest blow that we, the industrial workers of the world ean strike, is that when our masters call for wars, whenever they make threats of war, we must say to them, ‘If you want war and must have war, get into it and fight it yourself’ ” duction of the United Sates and Japan were enormously expanded owing to the fact that they played the role of salesmen to the combatants, supplying them with the munitions of war. The Allied powers came out of the war indebted to the United States for billions of dollars—the United States became the financial dic- tator of the world, the position once held by Great Britain. The destruction of billions of dollars of wealth, and the de- struction of productive forces, produced a crisis in the capitalist (Continued on page 3) ican money and supplies. The third of the Red Army's com- Manders takes his new post as a Promotion from his command of the. Moscow garrison. Leon Trotsky, the first commander of the Red Army, is now in highly responsible Position with the concessions com- mission and economic reconstruc- \clares it the social obligation of Amer- ican industry to combat the closed union shop; the convention itself adopted the open shop slogan. The National Association of Manufactur- ers unscrupulously demanded the con- tinuation of the privilege of coining the flesh and sinew of the helpless children into ever greater profits, (Contipued on page 2) | CLEMENT E. VOROSHILOV. ‘ Workers of America! Rally Against the Danger of New World Mires g UNITE FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE RUSSIAN WORKERS’ REPUBLIC! An Appeal to the Young and Adult Workers on Armistice Day, November 11th ; ernment, They found the most progressive workers thrown into jail for defending their class, . The “paytriotic” bosses lied about “the war to end alf wars.” Today new wars threaten the people. American marines and soldiers are to be found in ali four corners of the earth protecting the interests of Wall Street. Only recently im Panama, American troops fought against workers who were> Now a new factor has entered the scene. Since the iast world war a breach has been made in the armor of the cap- italist world. The heroic struggles of the Russian workers and farmers have succeeded in building and strengthening th = publics of the Soviets which stand as a splendid monument for the world’s workers, an e: ple for them to follow. The and twisted and crippled on the battlefield for the profits of the capitalist class. Demand an end to imperialist wa’ Negro workers! Remember.the infamous treatmént ac- corded to the heroic colored diers of the 24th infantry for defending the honor of their rase. “They were used as the tools of imperialism in the trenches of war and will be used once RMISTICE DAY! The seventh anniversary of the ending / the last imperialist war, again finds the capitalist class / in preparation for new wars. Everywhere we find tremendous “© “inereases in armaments—greater military preparations, larger .armies—preparations for another blood bath for the workers. — The capitalist clasé again is attempting to fool the workers and make them willing cannon fodder in the coming war. All over the country the reactionary forces are ging de: tions, parades, celebrations. These demonstrations—all of them of a military character—are living proofs of the preparations \that are being made for new wars. < Capitalism Leads to New War. New and greater wars confront the workers; new wars which bring death, misery and degradation to the masses and greater power and profits to.the capitalist. The problems of the capitalist class were not solved by the last world war. The conflict of interests, the struggle for markets, control of colonies, spheres of influence, concessions, and financial power continue sharper than ever. These conflicts are leading swiftly to a new world war! : % Remember the last war. The capitalists lied to the workers with their false words about a “war for democracy.” But the workers got no democtacy. They have none today. They returned from the war ind found wage cuts, longer hours of work, worse working conditions and a national sosnanee drive. holidays like armistice day are st join In the struggles of your c National Executive Committee, ib They found their unions attacked by the bosses. and the gov- stepe In that direction, ° . , ve ‘Working pire ne ers! Your sona whose bodies are torn Young Workers (Communist) League of Ameriga. i ‘The struggl id other sources of profit is conflicts of the giant everywhere preparations are being made for anoth ‘The building of bi training in the pasted t ‘the celebration of “patriotio’ ‘trying to improve their conditions. and Central American republic, American imperialism suppr a « the b da of the masses by force of arms. In Haliti, San Domingo, * Nicaragua workers and farmers are ki fighting for independence from Wall Str peasants are shot down by American soldiers, In China, Persia, Syria and Morocco, America’ ‘battles of In every South Americans. by the hundreds for In the Philippines, 's armies and navies fight the the bankers and businessmen, in Germany, Austria, Hungary, France and Belgium, scourge of American financial contro! in t! decreasing standards of living, down the working conditions of the work feel the bitter lorm of constantly which are helping to bring American toilers, Struggle for World's Markets. imperial between the imperialist nations for the con- rol of the world’s markets, colonies, olf supplies, iron, shipping, becoming keener every day. The ists are drawing to“a head: And laughter, ind navies, a huge air fleet, militar; citizens’ military training if camps, existence of the Soviet Union is a bone in the throat of the imperialists. All of their attempts to overthrow the Russian republic ‘have heretofore failed. Now they are making a Ww attempt. Thru the so-called “security pact,” the pact of Locarno, the imperialists, under the guidance of Wall Stnget, are trying to forge an iron ring for the destruction of Rus: 1] Street hopes not only to achieve icient stability in Europe for it to collect its millions of dollars in debts, but also to organize a mighty po for the elimination of its greatest enemy, the Union of Social Soviet Republics, © workers of the world have a powerful weapon in the vi Union. It is the property of the working class ho! The working clase everywhere must defend Ru: against this new attack. The right for the defense of Soviet Russia | the same time a fight against the danger of new imperialist wars! Working Class Youth Are First Victims. Young workers! You who are t war must organize to fight for the brought about only by the end of cap! bitterly exploited than any other se rst victims of capitalist of war which can be im, You who are more of the working class More unless you join the struggle against the ruling class which robs. you in the industries and on the land and lynches you for demanding equality with white peopie! Workers! Imperialist wars are wars for the benefit of the ruling class. You have only one war to fight, in which to sacri- fice, In which to win victories and that is the war of the work: ers against the capitalist class. Join unitedly in the class war against the war of the imperialists! Workers! Rally for the defense of the Soviet Union! Demand the immediate recognition of the Russian republic! Demand the withdrawal of American forces from all for eign countries! doin the movement for organized political expression of the workers, a mass labor party! Demand the abolition of child labor! A six-hour day and five-day week for young workers! Abolish military training in the schools! Down with capitalist war and, imperialism! Unite,in the struggle for a republic of workers and farmere! Central Executive Committée, Workers (Communist) Party of America.