The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 13, 1925, Page 1

: | ted to the , thortly after noon. The. DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il, No.’ Subscription Rates THE BAIL Entered as Second-clagy matter September 21, 1923, « Outside Chicago, LEFT WING OF FURRIERS’ UNION SMASHES REACTIONARY KAUFMAN NACHINE AT SPECIAL CONVENTION (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 11.—Ben Gold, the delegate of the sus- pended New York joint board, was seated yesterday by the Fur- The machine received a decisive defeat after employing every bureaucratic device to trick the left wing of riers’ convention. victory. The machine even walked out of the convention to try to stampede the delegates. The second day of the Furriers’ convention opened with tht machine withdrawing its objections to the three left wingers, Skolnick, Kolenberg and Mensher, and ended with a clearcut vic- tory of the left wing by the seating of Ben Gold by a roll call vote UATES 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: Montreal, Canada, Nov. 13, at 8 | p. m. at Central Labor Union. New York City, Nov. 17, evening, at the New Star Casino. Purcell spoke last night in Tor- onto, Canada. ‘MOTHER’ BLOOR SPEAKING FOR LABOR DEF Ella Reeve Bloor, veteran cam- paigner who is known among militant trade unionists from coast to coast as “Mother Bloor’ is now touring Western Pennsylvania on an organ- izing campaign for the International Labor Defense. On November 17 Mrs. Bloor will address a special meeting of the International Labor Defense in Pitts- burgh on the subject: “The aims and objects. of the International Labor Defense.” A big defense protest meeting is arranged in the same city for the evening of November 29, immediately before Fred Merrick and his comrades stand trial on a charge of violating the sedition law of the state of Penn- sylvania. The meeting will be held in the International Socialist Lyceum. NEW PROPOSALS BY MELLON ON FASCIST DEBT Mussolini ‘Wee Glo Highest Bidder . WASHINGTON , Nov. 11—Amidst the secrecy that has prevailed since u Italian debt negotiations began here a new proposal for the settle- ment of the $2,138,000,000 debt was formulated at this morning's. session that started at 11 o'clock, the anni- versary of the armistice, and submit- fascist representatives While the terms \were closely guarded it was given out that this is the best offer the United States is “prepared to make.” It is supposed to be based upon a thoro consideration of Italy's unfavorable economic condition, put represents what many American “experts” think . She is capable of paying. There was no indication on either side that failure of Italy to accept would lead to an open break in the negotiations.» The Mussolini regime is for sale to anyone that will keep it in power and it is only a question of conditions that will be imposed by Mellon and the Wall Street brigands back of him, PIA 300 Insane Escape Fire. WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 11.— ‘More than 300 insane patients of the Worcester state hospital marched to fety today when fire, starting in ah air shaft, threatened for a time to destroy the ent structure. | not before the conyention. But this cunning bureaucrat could. “tof 41 to 34. Wanted to Dodge Main Issue As reported yesterday the reaction- ary Kaufman machine counted upon the success of a well worked-out scheme to postpone action on the New York question until late in the con- vention and prevent proper consider- ation of the question, meantime keep- ing the New York delegate unseated. The issue of non-recognition of the New York joint board compelled this | special convention in place of the re- | gular May*convention, Gemeiner, vice-president and secret- |ary of the credential committee argu- }ed like a shyster and employed every sophistry to postpone the question. But the delegates were determined to have the New York joint board seated before any argument of the case was made. - Makes His Own Rules Kaufman illegally ruled the motion out of order,.deciding on his own par- liamentary procedure, specially cre- ated for the case, that no other mo- tion could be entertained than one of his credentials committee—that even the minority report to seat Gold was pelled tS" RIve Gold the fidon pell dent Silverstein, objected. Not Here as Penitents Ben Gold declared that the New York joint board was not at the con- vention as beifg guilty of anything. It had the m of 10,000 mem- bers which cat ically demanded its rights. He attacked the machine in its attempts to evade the issue, as they had constantly done with vari- ous means at different times, employ- ing detectives, sluggers and going even to the point of attempted mur- der, The left wingers maintained their ground, and after an unsuccessful at- tempt to adjourn the session and spe- cious pleas to the delegates by Kauf- man and Gemeiner to read the 32 Page special report on the New York joint board, the vote was put and the motion to debar turned down. Walk-out—By Themselves The machine again tried vainly to adjourn the session so as to avoid certain defeat—then walked out, én- deavoring to stampede the delegates. But the delegates could not be bud- ged. They very patiently watched Kaufman trying to avoid defeat ex- pecting a break among the left wing- ers and other anti-Kaufman elements, Then they forced him to call a vote on the motion to seat Gold, resulting in 35 for seating, five abstaining and the remaining delegates out of the hall. : The report issued by the executive board yesterday showed that in fift- een months the New York foint board paid dues to -the extent of ,$106,000 out of a total dues paid the interna- tional of $148,000, and during the last month, October, $10,000 out of $12,- 000, . Today's session is expected to be devoted to fundamental issues. The machine is desperate and will again. endeavor to unseat the delegate of the New York joint board. The left wing will carry the fight to the enemy’s ground and attack the ruin- ous class collaboration policy, reck- less expenditures and the rule or ruin. policy, The left wing will demand to know why the machine violated the policy of the union on the labor party, the recognition of Soviet Russia, the immigration question and so on at the A. F. of L. convention, The left wing will raise the issues of amalgamation and of the shop com- mitte em in the union, Schools for Nomads. MOSCOW, Nov. 11—The people's commissariat of education is organiz- ing a series of residént schools for the nomad races. Schools are to be opened, in the first place, for Kal- muck, Kirghiz, Samoyed, Ostyak, Kamtchadal, Zyrian, Oirat Orotehen, Komi and Sortzi people, Prior to the revolution there were no schools at all for these people. vial 4 « In, Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per, year, after his chief lieutenant, vice-presi- }~ by mail, $6.00 per year. ARMY AND NAVY AGREED TO DIVIDE PULITZER AIR RAGE VICTORIES WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.— A bombshell burst during the after- noon session at the court martial of Col. William Mitchell, when the flying colonel produced official docu- ments to prove his charge that the army and navy agreed to divide equally all victories in the Pulitzer air races, The documents were offered in evidence at Mitchell’s insistence by Major Hubert R. Harmon, junior aide at the white house, and they - revealed the agreement was enter- ed early in 1924 between Major-Gen- eral Mason M. Patrick, chief of the army air service, and Coy. Theodore Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the navy. The offer was made by Roosevelt and accepted by Patrick, the official correspondence disclosed. COKE MINERS WANT STRIKE ‘AIDBYU.M.W. Are Fighting Bravely Against Wage Cat (Special to The Daily Worker) UNIONTOWN, Pa. Nov. 11.—The unorganized coke miners are striking against the enforcement of the 1917 scale, which means a wage cut from the 1923 gcale, for better conditions of disorganized strikes every year much - gat Discontent. ‘The miners. all over the coke region are dissatisfied with the present wage scale, upon them after a long period “of unemployment—the custom- ary ‘“gtaryation cure.” >Thompson Mine ¢ame out Nov. 5th, other mines are. following and the strike may spread over the region. Meetings are being held and a strike committee is trying to bring the strike over as wide territory as possible, George Papcun at the meet- ings is advising the formation of pit committees and urging strong picket lines. He urged the miners to de- mand of the U. M. W. of A. that it enter the field and aid the strike with organizers and funds. Want Union to Come In. Negro miners are striking even bet- ter than the white miners. The con- ditions in the mines are terrible. All work has been shut down for a long time and now the operators are try- ing to open them on the 1917 scale. If the union would make an effort the whole region would be on strike. The miners are ready to come into the union. Young miners are gener- ally the leaders of the present meve- ment. The famous “cossacks’—the coal and iron police of Pennsylvania are still gnarding the mines as they have since the 1922 strike. Now their num- bers are increasing and posses are going from house to .house trying to get the miners back to work—but without success, 4 ! Norwegian Steamer Tied Up by. Strike at Brooklyn Pier By SYLVAN A. POLLACK (Worker Correspondent) _ NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 11.—The Norwegian steamer, Start; has fail- ed to start, for the last two days due to a strike which ;has been called by the seamen of that ship under the direction of the Interna tional Seamen's Union; According to Erick Skblorn,: one of the leaders of the strikers, the steam- er Start, a Norwegian vessel, which is at Pier 3, army base, South Brook- lyn, is completely tied up. The sea- men who are now receiving eighty cents an hour, demand an increase to $1.60 an hour. The steamer is alloted three days in port to unload. Almost two days have already passed and nothing has been taken off the boat as yet. Mongolian Institute LENINGRAD, Noy. 11.—It has been decided to found a Mongolian insti- tute in Leningrad for the purpose of preparing Mongolian young students for the universities, , ..., and no discrimination, There is a 4 in Post OMce at Chicago, (EMBER 13, 1 Diinots, under the Act of March 3, 187%, 925 a Published Daily except Sunday by THE PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W..Washington Bivd:, Chicago, I. DAILY JST VALENTINE. Correspondent) Pa, Nov. 11.— With strike well in its miners are begin: imfortable in the re- The int time is “relief” ry local union meet- ing. natural that It should be for the piknow of no other source to 0 | cent on which to live other tl from their union. As yet the! bureaucracy fails to heed the demand for relief. Many lo- cal unions h already exhausted their relief “funds witif no other in- come in sight, If the strike will con- inue very Y longer, which pres- int to it will, much ‘We experienced by the nthracite field. ers Pinched. are broke, that is no. ‘who have at least a nt indicati suffering wi miners’ of siness. element, too, then the miners are Mg kind. Their busi- ; They must rely ex- e patronage of the n for their profits. go broke they, too, feels the s : in a positi i z ness is aff clusively u ‘ae te c ‘ 2 y we % re Rotary, the ‘Kiwanis’ clubs, etc. The little. robber is getting’ the worst of it. They don’t get the big profits, the coal combine gets that. Shortage of Broken Backs. Something else is affected. by the prolonged tie-up also. There is much worry over this particular proposi- tion” The hospitals are losing their patronage. For the past two and half. months no miners with broken necks, backs and bodies have been guests at these cheerful institutions, much to the sorrow of the directors of the Wilkes-Barre hospitals who are (Continued on page 2) ATTACK ONREBELS IN SYRIA FAILS AS FRENCH FALL BACK Armistice Day Not Ob- served There (Special to The Daily Worker) BBHIRUT, Syria, Nov. 11. — There was no celebration of armistice day in this part of the world where French frightfulness is still raging. This day was marked by the launch- ing of a fierce offensive on a large scale against the rebels. French cavalry, supported by squadrons of bombing planes started operations in a fan-like movement from Damascus, but were met with determined resistance by the native forces Seven miles outside the city. Heavy casualties were suffered by both sides before the drive was brok- en and the French are now retreat- ing toward Damascus, with the rebel forces cautiously following. Try to Mine Ground. The slow advance is due to the fear, that an .ambuscade may have een prepared tly the French to lead the rebels into a trap, as yesterday a squadron mining the ground with ex- plosives was dispersed and the am- munition captured by rebels. economizing very dili- | Workers! Demand the Release of Gltlow! ‘The sudden recall of Benjamin the last elections. DECLARATION OF THE DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY, DIST. TWO, NEW YORK. Gitlow to“Sing Sing is part of the whole attack which the capitalist class of America is conducting against the workers. It is the first fruit of the victory f the capitalist class in The imprisonment of Gitlow agaim goes hand in hand with arrest and clubbing of pickets, the widespread issuance of\ injunctions and in- tended as a blow struck against the rights of workers to speak, to as- semble and to organize. Gitlow is returned to jail because of his activities on behalf of the Amalgamated. Clothing Workers in their against the injunction issued against the workers of the International Tailoring company; for his activities in behalf of the miners; for his campaign for world trade union unity and recognition, of Soviet Russia and for the unity of workers on the political field thru a labor party, which he conducted during the election campaign. The barring of Gitlow from the ballot was the first step in the at- tack of the capitalist class against the workers; the refusal to count the votes cast for him was was a further indication of the systematic policy struggle to silence the champions for these rights of the workers. His return to prison is another step with which’ to silence a champion for the unity of thé workers against the capitalist attack, In every section of the city, in all factories, all unions, in working class organizations, the demand for immediate release of Comrade Gitlow must be made by all progressive minded workers. The demand for his freedom is demand for the freedom of the working class to strike and picket, to speak and assemble—is a demand for organization of workers against injunctions and the Spen shop drive, for unity of the workers Labor Defense for his freedom! Miners’ Committee, anthracite and electricity, but mostly fuel oil. One Scare Flivered. During Februaty 1916 the hard coal operators first put forth their alarmist. propaganda, that oil heating plants were being installed in the homes of those who could afford it, in New England states. The statement was partially true. Many wealthy people who could afford the high initial cost of installing an oil plant, and an en- gineer to operate it, had done so. The mine workers at that time re- plied, that they knew the tendency. would be, amongt he wealthy, to use the high priced oil plants, but pointed out that the natural growth of popu- lation inthe industrial sections of the Atlantic seaboard country, would call for a vastly increasing amount of the anthracite commodity, that would more than’ make up any displacement made by fuel oil, gas, electricity, or any other substitute, and since 1916 (Continued on page 2) WORKERS PARTY AND YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE ISSUE PROGRAM TO COMBAT “EDUCATION” WEEK The following program which is being sent out by the ‘Workers (Com- munist) Party and the Young Workers (Communist) League lays down the slogans and day-to-day program arranged to counteract the program Jaid down for “Education Week” which will be observed in all public schools, start- ing with “{onstitution Day” on Monday, Nov. 16, and ending with “For Got and Country Day,” Saturday, Nov. 21: BGO’ (Continued on page 6) in the industrial field, for world trade union unity, for a united front of labor on the political field, for a labor party. The Workers Party of America will carry on a tireless campaign for the immediate freedom of our comrade. |" Workers of America! Show to the capitalist class that you will not tolerate this attack upon your rights! immediaté release of Gitlow! Support the campaign of the International Demand the abolition of the criminal syndicalist law and similar laws infringing upon the rights of the workers! THE FIGHT OF BENJAMIN GITLOW FOR FREEDOM FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT OF EXISTENCE. District Executive Committee, District Two, William W. Weinstone, Secretary. Pass resolutions demanding the iS THE ANTHRACITE OUT OF MARKET I$ SHOWN ANTLSTRIKE PROPAGANDA The use of substitutes for anthracite coal has been heralded far and wide since the strike’ began September 1. region been propagandized by the operators with the alarming informa- tion that hard ‘coal users would use something else and the miners of anthracite would be out of work forever. and who does it and why, is told in this article, the ninth of a series by Alex Reid, for 29 years a miner and now the secretary of the Progressive Particularly has the anthracite What this propaganda is worth By ALEX REID, Secretary Progressive Miners’ Committee. (Article 1X.) This article deals with the bugaboo that is being given wide publicity thruout the anthracite field;—santhracite substitutes, that capitalist papers claim will displace hard coal. The mine workers are being doped with the statement that unless the strike is settled at once, or the miners return to work | pending a settlement, the industry will be partially ruined by the use of substitutes for hard coal, namely—oil, gas, coke, semi- [PROPAGANDA FOR PLANE INTERESTS AT COURTMARTIAL (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov, H—~Armistice day during the trial of Col. William Mitchell betore an army court martial was marked’ by the spokesmen for the airplane manufacturers having an- other day in court.~ The manufacturers of armor plate for battleships algo received another jolt today as Major Gerard C. Brandt, an aviator attached to the army gen- eral staff, repeated the oft-heard testi- mony to the effect that the island possessions were completely at the mere¢y of ‘foreign planes, Brant substantiated Mitchell’s char- ges that the island defenses would be inadequate in time of war. against an enemy fleet supported by. airplanes. He declared Mitchell had called this condition to the war department's at- tention but the © recommendations were brushed aside as “personal opin- | ions.” Brant told of a series of re- | commendations ‘on improving the air | service in the Pacific made by Colonel Mitchell in October 1924, while assist- Ih ant chief of the air service, Hi “When did ‘the general staff set | that Mitehelh report?” | “Last Saturday," said Brant, while | the crowd roared with laughter, | wit NEW YORK EDITION WORKER Price 3 Cents - NEW YORK LABOR _ DEFENSE SCORES GITLOW JAILING \Calls on Unions to De- mand Release NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—The follow: ing resolution is now being sent out to all unions in New York City for their adoption by the International Labor Defense, showing up the nature of the persecution and calling for the immediate release of Benjamin Git- low, convicted under the criminal syn- dicalism act of New York state: “WHEREAS, the conviction of Ben- jamin Gitlow under the criminal anarchy law has“been sustained by the supreme court of the United States, the decision also declaring the law constitutional and thereby forging a powerful weapon of the capitalist class against the militant labor move- meat and the revolutionary politica) movement of the working clasg of this country, and “WHEREAS, this is a denial to the labor movenmmt to the right of free- dom of speech, and “WHEREAS, it is part of the gener- al policy of using the courts and machinery of government against the workers in the form of injunctions against picketing and striking and of persecution of the militant leadership that is found at the forefront of our political and industrial struggles, and “WHEREAS, the sustaining of Git- low's conviction by the United States supreme court supplies a precedent which will mean the railroading to long terms in prison of many other well known fighters in the ranks of the labor movement and will make easier the suppression by the capital- ist controlled. government. of all any working Class organizations which dare oppose their open shop rule, and “WHEREAS, the experience of the labor movement has demonstrated that such statutes, when once adopted and sustained, are gradually extended in scope thru judicial interpretation until they can be used against any sort of working class movement, and “WHEREAS, the solidarity of the entire working class is essential to its welfare and requires that those in the forefront of the struggle must espe- cially have the support of all workers, and “WHEREAS, in freeing James Lar- kin and others, charged jointly with Gitlow, for the same offense and un- der the same act, Governor Smith stated of those convicted: ‘They are not criminals and I can see no useful purpose that will be served by holding them in prison any longer’; and more specifically, Gov, Smith said of the Larkin ease, because it was the first of those taken up by him and was therefore considered more at length: ‘Moreover, there is no evidence that Larkin ever endeavored to incite any specific act of violence or lawlessness, What he did was to voice a faith that in the ultimate development of our political institution there should be the radical changes which I have des- cribed and condemned.’ ““Moreover, I believe that the safe- ty of the state is affirmatively im- paired by the imposition of such a sentence for such a cause,’ ““Political progress results from the clash of conflicting opinions. The public assertion of an.erroneous doc- trine is perhaps the surest way to dis- close the error and make it evident to the electorate, And it isa distinct disservice to the state to impose, for the utterance of a misguided opinion, such extreme punishment as may tend to deter, in proper cases, that (Continued .2 page 2) “As We See It” i Beginning next week, “As | We See It,” the column | edited by T. J. O'Flaherty, will again appear in The DAILY. WORKER as one of its regular features, | } | | I] | | | \ This bright, analytical comment on the events of ean the day—graced with the keen wit of the well-known writer, is the very best reason to induce your friends to SUBSCRIBE! eon CE CC CELE LO OEE