The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 18, 1925, Page 2

ee a Page Two THE DAILY-WORKER ‘ : PARLIAMENT IN | '/DELEGATES 10 /p SOCIETY DAME Victimize Foreign-Born Workers ocratic Differences L | (Continued from page 1) and activity that it dvershaddws the ive GY ° 9 is ‘ the trustees are dead and the third,|class issues to a large extent, It is ; H | B Id L b |with the $22,000 still in his posses-|in this little valley where the cross| Ju & » . us e p ul apbor Ss y ? |sion, and for which no accounting is|is on so many buildings that the re- 7 | made, is a bartender at the Moose|action of workers against the meth- QUESTION IS UP Locarno Pacts to Be Ratified club. The miners wonder ocassionally if and when they will get their money back but no one has the temerity to | put the question in view of the known consequence of such an act. The surviving “trustee” continues ods and ‘aims of its followers which brings them to sympathy with or tol- erance of the equally. vicious klan can be understood. Cross and Double Cross, A Russian miner whose sympathies are with the left wing told me that SIKLATVALABAN|Class Po Fight Non-Concurrence After Delay By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. litical Action SHOE POLISH Capitalist Morality as It Is to dispense liquor to the patrons of|“My two buddies are klansmen and I B igre sora artibanpp.srgie cleats ae & the Moose club, drives a big car and| don't see so much bad in their fight lemocratic party as e 0 ' pele! t% ‘The Dally Worker) ae highly respected citizen whose]on catholic church, That church ver’ (Continued from page 1) many Hall in New York City to fasten its grip nationally One of the society ladies from the } ve LONDON, Nov. 16—Parliament re- assembled today after a three months’ recess, to take up discussions of vital | international affairs. The principal problem to be discussed Is the ques- tion of the extenion of the British mandate oven Irak. (Mesopotamia) whicty expires soon., Colonial Secre- tary ‘Amery will propose. that. the house of commons approve Great Britain’s extending its mandate over irak for a period of 25 years. The Present mandate was of only four years’ duration. The question of Mosul oil is in- volved in this mandate and becomes of great significance in view of the recent withdrawal of the American trust, Standard Oil, from the Mosul group because Britain promised Ger- many twenty per cent of the oil pro- duction of this area, Locarno Comes Up. support is much sought after by am- bitious politicians around election| time. } The 26 churches of Mahanoy City have been mentioned. ‘They are of various denominations but the catho- lic church is dominant. Its influence jis everywhere but the ku klux klan has its followers as well. So omni- present is the religious atmosphere bad. Priest tell boss every- thing he hear ‘bout miner.” As in Scranton, the lack of all work- ing class education in the unions and the suppression of all class issues in time of peace and strike by the union officialdom seems to be prepar- ing in the whole anthracite territory a religious war which will further di- vide the workers, FURRIERS’ LOCAL FINDS OUT WAY TO GET RESULTS Gives Left Wingers a Free Hand ‘LET THE MINERS BREAK THEIR OWN STRIKE,’ IS VIEW OF GAL COOLIDGE WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 16— It is not at all a secret, in fact it is being the boast of the Coolidge ad- ministration that it has no reason anthracite Subsequent to the barring of Sak- latvala, the resolution of protest was introduced in the Chicago Federation of Labor signed by delegate Andrew Overgaard, the speeches made by many delegates supporting the resolu- tion at that time showed that they clearly perceived the dangers to the working class in the collaboration of Mr. Joynson Hicks, the representative of British imperialism, and Secretary Kellogg representing American im- perialism, To them proof had been furnished that, despite the gathering war clouds on the world horizon, in opposing the interests of the workers, the various national capitalist groups are quite capable of acting unitedly. A Workers” Representative Saklatvala, an avowed Communist had announced the purpose of his coming to United States as one of upon the party organization and win the 1928 convention. It is the duty of the workers and farmers to take every pos- sible advantage of the divisions that may arise to break new masses of labor away from this political wing of Wall Street and to win them-for independent political action. + * Tammany. Hall is in a dominant position in the demo- cratic party thru its recent overwhelming victory in New York City. Tammany’s recognized leader, Al Smith,, presi- dential timber, was not slow to act. He immediately sent his newly elected mayor, “Jimmy” Walker, on a holiday into “the Solid South.” The reception and entertainment provided at Atlanta, Georgia, under official democratic auspices, was beyond expectations. John S. Cohen, the democratic national committeeman, did the honors successfully, adding to the occasion with an editorial in his own “Atlanta Constitution,” one of the chief capitalist newspapers of the South. The editorial states the Tammany hopes when it urges southern democrats to turn their backs on the radical democrats of the west and throw in their lot with the conservative demo- crats of the north and east. South, a Mrs, Florence Manley Hoi of Birmingham, Ala., died in Chicago yesterday in a local haspital, after swallowing a quantity of liquid shoe polish., The lady, esconted by a bach- elor, John Cashion,, connected, with the Pullmen Couch Co. had regist- ered at the Plaza Hotel, it is charged, under the husband's name as “Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hood.” The pair had proceeded to the Plaza Hotel, after an alleged drinking party in Cashion’s rooms at the Ambassad- or Hotel. The gentleman said he had criticized the lady for “drinking too much” and threatened “to send her home” ff she did not stop it. Another Party. It seems that Cashion spent his time in a continuous round of parties, After the “party” at his rooms, he took the lady about midnight to the Plaza where they had a second “party” then after that hour he left i for interfering in the making propaganda for the interest tet ri m. The Tammany Hall out- ti gr4 pag jon Sauer ger rgd coal strike so long as the miners’ | of his class and these delegates ac-} 44 Pil fuswing In How Engleha the Taggart machine Es nC ce Paice for “4 spe. Ba A Le i by mining bi- fering the aren ene ‘ a's ee + separated in the fleld of international] The left wing furriers of Local 45 | ac oe nae ay ng on ceuclation of protest to the executive | in Indiana, and the Brerinan organization in Illinois, present .|“party” with the members of the diplomacy from the mandate of Irak, because it was thru the Locarno pact which provided for Germany’s en are pleased at the success they have with aiding the union when the busi- ness agent, Millstein, is out of the A nationally known press service of the capitalist newspapers in send- ing out the following frank admis- board with the understanding it would be sure of being endorsed, tho per- haps revamped and reformulated. a wet, Catholic front, while the southern democracy is dry and pro-klan. These would look like insurmountable differ- ences. But evidently some basis of operation has been Olympia Fields Golf Club. At three o’clock in the morning the gentleman telephoned to the Plaza to ee ee iene of natin ene way. sion of this aid given to the op- | After several weeks’ delay, the] found. No doubt the common conservatism of the democrats it care wake eae ae aa: Pr be hae upeatt ‘in the| This worthy, while absent at the} ¢Tators by the union in the follow- | executive board, however, recom-| jn both sections, aided by the industrialization of the south, +4 Germany league council, where she will receive a permanent seat and vote in the in- terest of Britain. It is not expected that there will be any serious difficulty in ratifying the pacts, tho some opposition will be encountered from the laborites of the Clyde. Lady Astor was present, waiting for the doors of parliament to open so Bhe could get a prominent seat well up in front in order to continue her favorite pastime, basking in the lime- light. People are speculating on the attitude of this American born nabob when the break comes between Brit- ain and the United States. To Pardon Criminals, AUSTIN, Texas, Nov, 15.—Gover- nor “Ma” Ferguson, who is threat- ened by impeachment for “mismanag- ing” state funds, is laying plans to pardon 100 criminals in Texas jails on Thanksgiving Day. Abandon Hope for iners. CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 15—Hope| tiple loom system. has been abandoned for three miners entombed by-an explosion in a new prospect coal shaft at Kirkpatrick. ASWEESEEIT -:- ByT.J. O'Flaherty (Continued from page 1) the Jews, Jesus is their visible means of support. see HE meeting got under way and convention allowed the left wingers to do a good job with the Lewitz shop on the south side, where 40 workers had been working overtime for no extra pay for some three years. Millstein could never get around to the Lewitz shop, and even when the matter was supposed to be placed in his hands, he was much too busy play- ing politics. And then, besides, Mr. Lewitz is the uncle of the labor editor of the Forward. So why should one reactionary bother another one? But the left wingers took advan- tage of Millstein’s abselce to do something. And what they did was this. They made Mr. Lewitz pay $530 back pay for the overtime he had made the workers put in, and the shop is all in good shape now, thanks both to the left: wingers of Local 45 and ing words: “With the bituminous mines work- ing full blast, and thus fore-stall- ing anything approaching a na- tional fuel crisis, President Coo- lidge and his advisers this year determined to be spectators instead of principals.” ENGLISH MARINE UNION SUPPORTS UNITY MOVEMENT Workers Greet Purcell Meet in New York and the absence of Business Agent Millstein. UXBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 15.—Weav- ers at Waucantuck Mills are striking against the introduction of the mul- The employers tried to increase the number of looms operated from six to eight per worker. ber—made an eloquent speech and then called for applications. During his speech he praised the mothers of the race to the skies and deprecated anybody who would take any step NEW YORK, Nov. 16.— Albert A. Purcell, president of the International Federation of the Trade Unions, te- ceived the following message from Joseph Cétter, general president -of the Amalgamated Marine Workers of England, in regard to the campaign for world trade union unity: Strive for Unity. “Iam of the opinion, after the seven years’ experience of international trade unionism since the war, that there is still a certain percentage of blind international war prejudice still rampant in the international trade union movement. Individual opinions are being printed and published delib- erately with the object of trying to mended nonconcurrence. Last Sunday, Anton Johannsen, del- egate of Carpenters’ Local No. 1367 protested this action, stating that he did not want to become a party to the joint designs of the representa- tives of the British and American im- perialism, that the issue involved was primarily one of free speech which the Chicago Federation of Labor must at all times fight for. Delegate McCabe, of Painters’ Lo cal No, 180, joined his protest toge ther with Delegate Walt’of Structur- al Iron Workers, No. 1 and others who all stated’ that they had ‘been led to believe that the intention in propos- ing to refer the resoltition to the executive board would mean favor- able action with perhaps some changes in phraseology. The writer also spoke stating that international working elass solidarity iemands that the Chicago Federation of Labor puts itself on record ‘op- posed to the high-handed exclusion of Secretary Kellogg and, the endeavors of Wall Street, to 3 Jrorld capital- ism against the class and its representatives, 7 Delegate’ McVey, jot the’ Lathers’ Union, while trying to. defend the executive board still believed the ac- tion had been unwise and even ad- mitted that Chicago Federation of La- bor was going backward, particularly on the labor party issue. Some of the members of the exec- utive board spoke, others rallied to their support. For instance Delegate Flora and Ben Feris who made no ef- with a resultant influx of foreign-born. It is certainly to the interests of Tammany Hall's ambitions to straddle both the liquor and religious issues nationally, thus overcoming this obstacle. What it may do locally is an entirely different story. * * . e This north-east-south coalition leaves the “radical west” out in the cold. The triumph of the former in a national convention must-mean the splitting away of Mio in the west;.workers and farmers who have struggled to develop their independent political power on various occasions in the past. This is the west that helped build the agricultural bloc in congress, but some of the states, like Colorado and Mon- tana, have a considerable industrial population, workers who have fought militant struggles. This is also true of Wash- ington and California.” 4 It is not an accident that William Bouck, president of the Western Progressive Farmers of the State of Washington, for instance, is now planning a tour of Montana. Evidently Montana has had its fill of Senator Walsh, chairman of last year’s democratic national convention in Madison Square Garden, in, New York Sa The same for Senator Wheeler, who tried to break up the farmer-labor movement in Montana as Vari of his duties as vice-presidential candidate on the LaFollette ticket. But the Montana farmer-labor movement seas stronger than the LaFollette-Wheeler combination. he Ford myth has also evaporated in the west, another aid toward the clearing of the political skies. Thus a farmer- labor conference has been held in Oklahoma, while others are planned for Arkansas and Texas. * * * . Even the north-east-south alliance of democrats cannot prove a stable proposition. Tammany Hall, Taggart, Bren- nan build their power on the foreign-born vote and middle class support thru a pretense to “radicalism.” Al Smith and Hylan in New York, like Mayor Dever, of Chicago, always parade as “progressives,” even as “friends of labor.” The der the strain, when he was informed she was dying. The gentleman arrived at the hotel and was arrested. The lady with $10,- 00 worth of jewelry was taken to the hospital where she died. Family Noncommittal, Mr, Walter Hood, the husband from Birmingham, has arrived in Chicago. Hood is attorney for various corpora- tions, including the Alabama Power company, and is wealthy. His rela- tives had nothing to say other than the couple “seemed to be getting on all right.” Cashin said he was a friend of the family and that he registered with Mrs. Hood, as matter of “convenience” so he could visit her without inter- ference. The explanation was super- flous. It is only the few instances of this sort that come to light that enables the working class to get a glimpse of the dissolute lives of the parasitic bourgeoisie. Worker Escapes Burning to Death When Tank of Molten Glass Explodes LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16.—One man narrowly escaped death and $300,000 damage was caused thru the breaking of a tank of molten glass at the fac- tory of the Technical Glass company. Fire followed the blast and destroyed the plant, A. L. Andrews, an electri- cian, was burned but not fatally. T 7 influence the workers internationally, | fort whatever to defénd the board Tt ith the f . A 4 the local Kleagle introduced a lec-| Without consulting his mother. When pr oegeatate A nr alliance with the former slave-holding aristocracy of the : pinion is the national or in- | action but merely indulgéd in attacks A 5 ruse Ke ure turer—he went by gome weird name|he called for joiners all those not} + ational opinion of the rank and|on Communists, t south must unmask this double-dealing aggregation that has pt . —who told of his exploits in a New Jersey city, which was infested by Jewish pawnbrokers, Irish policemen and Roman catholic priests. He cleaned them out after a hard tussle and was then looking for more worlds to conquer. se * EEDLESS to say the rogue was lying. Priests, policemen pawnbrokers will be eating steak and onions, this side of Communism. After the lecturer finished, the local kleagle read a letter from this same Stephenson, who is now sentenced to life imprisonment. It was addressed to the members of the klan in the United Mine workers’ Union. The miners were instructed to co-operate with the employers and to take a de- termined attitude against strikes, and to form mine committees for the pre- vention of strikes. Stephenson was at that time a large mine owner. make the teeth of the driest prohibi- tion agent water. It was stocked with the rarest of wines and the choicest of liquors. Stephenson was an ardent prohibitionist, a fiend for law and or- der and a determined crusader for the sanctity of the home. But alas, poor Stephenson! Perhaps the devil tempted him once too often. Perhaps the pope of Rome wove one of his and | already in the bed sheet order arose except the undesirable alien, The kleagle asked him why he refused to join. He answered: | “After listening to your eulogy of the mothers of thé race, I have been convinced that I should not make application to join even your noble order without my mother’s consent.” see yi ix kleagle’s eyes filled with tears and his voice trembled with emo~ tion as he patted the-s‘alien” on the back and said: “Oh god, I wish there were millions like you.” “So do I,” murmured the alien fervently. Bvery- body else in the hall who was not already enrolled paid ten dollars for the privilege of mouthing some idiotic phrases, weaning bed clothes in the open air, cursing the pope, the Jews and the Negroes. This is the klan and former grand dragon Stephenson is a worthy representative of it. hands of our republican administra- tion. The latest flare-up in Italy, over the alleged attempt to assassi- nate the assassin, was nothing else but a dodge to cover up the murder of the socialist deputy Matteotti by Mussolini’s cutthroats. With the loan which Mussolini expects to get from the House of Morgan, backed by the United States government, the fascist file. Whilst such conduct is allowed to continue, International trade union unity will not only be difficult, but al- most impossible to obtain. The move of the British Trades Union Congress to try asd deal with this great prob- lem must” commend itself to every genuine trade unionist no matter what his nationality may be, “The British trade union movement is the parent of the great internation- al movement, and it must not allow itself to be put out of the house by one or two very naughty and recalci- trant children. Since 1918 it has done its duty to its offspring both loyally and generously, and all that it is.asking is for unity, loyalty and comradeship in return.—I, therefore, wish your effort every success, and will certainly do my bit to bring about international unity amongst all countries.” the Young Comfhunist League of Bul- saria, has arrived in Moscow. On the question about the terror and the spirit of the masses, he said the fol- lowing: “The first period of the most bloody terror which humanity has, known has not yet ended. Zankov prepares a new bloody campaign and we know that our arrested comrades are threat- Peak of Reaction The peak of reaction, however, was reached in the speech made by Presi- dent Fitzpatrick. From start to finish a tirade against the Communists, with no explanations of why Chicago Fed- eration of Labor should become a tool of world imperialism by rejecting the protest resolution against the barring of the British working class repres- entative, Saklatvala. “These Communists,” said Fitzpa- trick, “while bringing resolutions here seemingly for the workers are using this hall and this audience for their propaganda and are using all means to destroy us.” This is the stuff usually peddled. by ‘abor fakers from the very highest ranks who assume that they are the trade unions and that criticism of them or their wrong policies is an at tack upon the unions. What They Do, of the unions, President Fitzpatrick by his stand against this protest resolution has once more taken a step against inter- national working class solidarity. Can't Fool Them Forever The sentiment in the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor clearly demonstrated that it is becoming increasingly diffi- cult to fool the workers by the state- ments that a good proposal coming its Wall Street connections just as surely as the republican party, only in lesser degree, : New political alignments are pending. Class conscious workers and farmers must see to it that every possible ad- vantage is taken of all developments to build for independent _ political action of the oppressed thru the formation of a labor party, and the alliance of the growing bloc of exploited farm- BOSTON LABOR JAMS HALL AT Oregon Senator Wants Ship Board to Protect Pacific Coast Swindle WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.— Senator McNary of Oregon, registered a vig- orous protest to President Coolidge oday against abolishing the shipping soard. McNary, speaking for the ship yard owners of Portland and the Pa- cific coast wants to retain the pres- representing the shippers as a whole. Railroad Employe Dies. DANVILLE, Il, Nov. 16.—Frank O. Tiffany, 64, Wabash railroad employe on trains between Chicago and De- troit, who was taken ill on his run two weeks ago, is dead at the ‘rail- way employes’ hospital here. Tiffany saffered a heart attack, PURCELL MEET Trades Unionists Want World Unity | the two speeches and meetings be- came @ topic of common observation. Professor Harry Dana, who attended both meetings, remarked that Purcell had twice as many people who had ten times the enthusiasm as a Henderson elite gathering. r p “The working class everywhere should be bound together by such ties of solidarity and common interest that any section of it in any part of the Another Syrian Town BEIRUT, Syria, Nov. 16/— Rebel Druses have captured the village of Merdejoyoun in a fierce battle with Sengalese soldiers of the French forc- es, newly arrived to aid in the terror against the inhabitants of Syria. More than 40,000 French soldiers are al- ready in Syria and thousands are pouring in every week in the desper- ate drive against the national strug- gle for freedom. Federal Embargo to Create Flower Trust WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Many op ponents of the federal degree esta- blishing an embargo against the im- portation of narcissus bulbs after Jan, 1, 1926, attended a hearing before the federal horticultural board of the de- cation, burglars entered a meat mar- ket next door in the heart of the re- tail district today, removed the safe from the front office to a rear room and battered it to pieces escaping with $1,000. \ Fellows Dodges Posse, ASHLAND, N. H., Nov. 16—“Dell” Fellows, escaped Tennessee convict, spells around him. Whatever the|chief will be able to maintain his}ened by death without trial, Zankov| trom the Communists thereby be- world moving forward should have the] broke thru a cordon of two companies trouble was, this hundred per cent | power for some time to come. said in parliament that the terror) comes a bad proposal, King Tut in Gold-Box. complete support of our class as @/of national guardsmen, led by Gov. American tired of the pleasant paths “ee must root out the Communist move-} 1% ig precisely the complete failure whole,” declared Purcell. “This ap-| John G. Winant, sheriff, deputies and of seduction and wandered into more HE American government "refuses | ent completely. Zankov will con-| o¢ the present trade union leadership} CAIRO, Nov, 16.—Untold wealth has |lies now to Rus: and equally to! posses of citizens after the searchers, dangerous fields. He is in the toils. recognition to Soviet Russia be-| imue to maintain the atmosphere of} to voice the needs of the organized | been found in the coffin of King Tut-|China and India.” This declaration | 1,000 strong tried for hours to cap But if anybody thinks that his present condition will convince a kluxer that their former dragon is not beloved of the lord, they simply don’t know the first thing about the mechanism of a moron’s mind, oes THE Chicago klan held an organiza- A tion meeting recently in a hall near Kedzie and North avenue. An “alien” found his way in by invitation. The loca) organizer—who gets three dollars per head for every new mem- cause ninety per cent of the popula- tion have imposed a dictatorship on about the ten per cent that formerly owned the country apd all its wealth. But towards Italy where the dictator- ship is of the many by the few, our government extends the hand of friendship filled with dollars. After all it is not a question of dictator- ship that prevents our capitalist gov- ernment from recognizing the work- ers’ and peasants’ government, It Is. the kind of dictatorship, murder, because the situation of thej working class and the peasantry is terrible. The wages are ridiculously small, the prices terribly high and al- most in all workers’ families the per- secutions had robbed them of one of their bread earners.” Padlock Elks’ Club, NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—The New York headquarters of the Elks’ Club, Lodge No. 1, consented to a, “peace padlock” for six monthy workers, to bring forward a concrete program for the strengthening of their ranks for more effective fight against capitalism and the growing exploitation which necessitates that the Communists stand up and fight against this failure and propose the ‘medsures which are needed. The measures which will not only serve as a means to gain temporary rel but will increasingly strengthen working class gpd lead it to ever \ greater struggl- ankhamen, An official communique announces that even the coffin itself is of pure gold, Fear Lynching. CENTERVILLE, Md., Nov. 16,—An extra guard was thrown around the Centerville jail to prevent threatened attempts to lynch Joshua Tiller, 25, Negro, charged with criminal assault upon, a four-year-old white girl, brought a storm of applause excelled only by, the demonstrations given the speaker when he closed a ringing ap- peal to the workers of this country to join the ranks Of the’ world move- ment and to stand by Soviet Russia. Sylvester McBride, chairman for both Henderson and Purcell, closed the meeting with a fine tribute to Pucell and his mission here, Purcell asked the workers of Boston ture the mountain outlaw in woods: of the Meredith. Discover Leprosy Case, BREST, France, Nov. 16+Two cas of leprosy were discovered | here. Martino Cippriani and a sailor from the vessel, ew Caledonia,” victims of the disease, have been iso- lated by the authori Every pre- further outbreaks, _|to aid in the sending of @ labor dele-| caution was being taken to prevent — gation to Russia ont regional members because he (Continued trom page 1) i cee “ee Escaped Youth Leader inte iateuee teen ee iene thinks one-man control might work | Arthur Henderson, was jammed to the on nad Sriktiae ey eae one ? ITH the aid of the K. K, K. ma-| JF a free-born Italian subject ‘takes D. ihe Z nk 7 bodies has definitely declared its in- to the detriment of the coast. In|doors on Sunday by workers, mostly ” se poe 7 chine Stephenson was able to the liberty of calling Premier escri| Ss 4a. ov lerror tention to fight relentlessly against reality, he and the interests he|trade unionists, who accorded Albert f dominate politics. He amassed| Mussolini a dumbell, he may receive all the so-called trade union leaders |8°"V®S imagine they can get more|A. Purcell, president of the Interna- Burglare Rob Safe. 4 wealth. He built himself a yacht] thirty months in prison. This is the] MOSCOW, Nov. 15.—After his who by their actions collaborate with | “COMtracts” out of the government | tional Federation of Trade Unions, DANVILLE, Ul, Nov. 16.— While f ¥ seek a Ea sin to pave ay eb seats ot eri riecggares ir oy escape from the Lesh rapes - ie the bosses and direetly oppose the in- | With thir own men on the board than;the best ovation of his American| workmen were engaged all night in 5 250,000. is home in Indianapolisidebt mission received so much con-| Zankov police, Comrade Rossin, the with control in the hands o! r. 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