The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 19, 1925, Page 1

————— ca 7 The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government. Vol. Il. No. 265. | Subscription Rates: o In Chicage, by mail,’ $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, ‘by mail, $6.00 per year. x THE DAIL Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at UNION HEADS LET MAINTENANCE MEN WORK IN MINES DESPITE ~ STRIKE OF ANTHRACITE MINERS By WILLIAM F. DUNNE, (Article V.) - MAHANOY CITY, Pa., Nov. 17.—That the maintenance men are driving new rock tunnels, putting in new timbering, con- ducting exploration work and in general working as if no strike was in force in many mines in this section, is the charge made by striking miners. They claim that it is the policy of the union officials to give permits for as many men as the companies re- quire as long as no coal is actually hoisted. This has a demoralizing effect on the strikers and as the of Soviets, BOSTON, Nov. 17.—The left wing resolutions calling for the recognition of the Union of Soviet Republics, amalgamation and organization of the unorganized were passed at the Furriers’ convention in session here. The resolution introduced by the left wing against class collaboration and endorsing a program for work- ers’ education along class lines sim- ilar to that in the Workers’ School in New York and Chicago was re- ferred to the incoming general ex- ecutive board, Despite the attempt of Stetsky, one of the vice-presidents of the country lur on the counter- revolutiona: lalists, the resolu- tion was pi id without changes amid the ap je of the left wing delegates. t Delegate Benjamin Gold asked Vice-President Stetsky what kind of socialists could the Russian type be if they employed the use of armed struggle agginst the Soviets. Delegate’ Schactman, a progres- sive, asked Stétsky where he drew the line between the counter-revolu- tionary socialists and Koltchak. The Kaufman machine did not dare to opi the resolution on amalgamation Which calls upon the Post Office at Chicago, Lilnola, under the Act of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1925 'NISM STIRS PA malgamation >" take concrete steps for amalgama- tion in the needle trades was also unanimously adopted. When the resolution to organize the unorganized was introduced by the resolutions committee, carrying the concrete proposal of levying a $5 assessment on the membership of the union to build an organization campaign fund, the machine attempt- ed to befuddie the left wing by say- ing that the membership was op- posed to assessments, etc. The ma- chine feared to attack the resolution itself but tried to defeat it by rais- ing the false issue of the member- ship opposing assessments, Published Daily except Sunday by PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blyd., Chicago, I. RLIAMENT NEW YORK EDITION by THE DAILY WORKER Price 3 Cents CRIES OF "MUSSOLIN? GREET WNL JOYNSON HICKS AS HE RISES TO SPEAK; BALDWIN IS HECKLED (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Noy. 17.—Communism loomed large at the very opening moment of the house of commons yesterday, when that cess. Thirty-six questions were put and answered in twenty minutes. The only excitement of the session, but quite enough to last for some time, came when Sir William Joynson Hicks rose to reply to a question whether more stringent laws to deal with body convened for the autumn term after a three months’ re- - cries of “Mussolini” were hurled Questions w e fired at him in such+ Communists would be enacted. Ironical cheers and contemptuous at him from the labor benches. evil increases the complaints of the rank and file become more |: union and a lieutenant of President | American, Federation of Labor to | Delegate Joe Cohen of the progres- |@Pid_ succession from the labor bitter but no open struggle over this issue has taken place as yet| Morris Kaufman, to eliminate the | call conferences to promote the es- | sives flayed the machine declaring |?e™ches and the demonstration YF in the local unions. Anti-Foreign Feeling. The dissension created in the ranks of the strikers by this policy is ag- gravated by the fact that most of the maintenance men—engineers, oil- ers, electricians, carpenters, black- AS WE SEE IT By T. J, O'PLAHERTY England, France, Belgium, Germany j Dutch stock while the bulk of the phrase in the resolution on the rec- ognition of Soviet Russia, which de- clares that Russia has defeated her enemies both inside and outside the MONOPOLY AN tablishment Of one union in each in- dustry and another resolution which was introdut calling upon the in- al executive board to of ations Out GENEVA,” Nov. 17.—The league of “you sit pot-bellied and smirk. Re- garding rank and file opposition, the members will support genuine moves rContinued on page 2) SYRIANS AND against him was so violent ‘that he was staggered and could only meek- ly mut “The question is under consideration.” This is the usual par- liamentary evasion of cabinet mem- bers when they are hard pressed for an answef to their interrogators. Turn on Baldwin. ing that he state the reasons for the SCOTLAND YARD HAS HARD TIME | > ep Sunday one of the capitalist] smiths, machinists, etc—belong to Conference The. laborites were not satisfied IN BOW STREI } papers devoted a few pages to ro-| What is called the “American ele- “T imitations” with the evasion of Hicks so they togravure pictures of present and past | ment,” that is they are either of 7 i turned on Premier Baldwin, demand- ee events. We see the presentleaders of | American, Irish or. Pennsylvania | otal’ and Italy signing the Locarno “peace” | strikers are of Latin, Polish, or Slav- pact. It was to prevent war, you] ic descent. know. Well, before the’ “ink with; lish ‘speaking and foreign speaking which it was writ was dry” the Greeks | stoups is widened and a rift made and Bulgarians shot it full of holes} in the union which is bound to weak- and a few days afterwards France,|en it seriously if this policy is con- leading factor in putting the pact] tinued. across, slaughtered several thousand The miners are completely in the Syrians, men, women and children— | dark as to the line of strategy, if any in the interests of peace, of course.| exists—which their officials are fol- te es lowing. They read eagerly every HAT we are driving at just ‘now, word in the capitalist press which has is not the hypocrisy of those hu-|t? 40 With the strike, and this, except man birds /of prey making peace ges- for the Communist papers which The gap between the Eng- , ? OF “SURVEY Chicago Exploiters in Open Shop Drive The association of commerce of the city of Chicago is conducting what it calls a “five day inventory” of the city’s resources as a means of cele: tures. Another picture on another circulate here in various languages, is their sole-source of information. page shows German representatives a - few years ago listening to Clémen-| ~ einer ud apap t chp : ceau réading the terms of the treaty| The tof the strikers for. in- which the Germans swal- DeehamRsHoMee: 1s, low ‘without butter, . Clemenceau’s,| Previous article but it was mote evi- namée rarely mentioned any mere.|,dent than ever before while the re- We hardly ever hear the Germans re- cent negotiations between Governor ferred to as “Huns,” Germany, the Pinchot, President Lewis and Inglis, land of militarism and Hohenzollerns chairman of the operators’ committee, is now the petted child of Wall Street | Were in progress. The majority of and to a lesser degree of Threadneedle | ‘he miners have ear ater a belief Street, and France, “glorious France”) ‘Bat Pinchot can and wi m Pome hing for them. They counted a good | this. brating the twenty-first anniversary “the coming of age” of the associa: tion. i reneeot 2 screaming publicity ly informed the denizens of this com- munity and the inhabitants of the Chicago»hinterland that the inventory would.be “based upon “truth and ac- curagy,” At the.opening session yesterday at the Hotel LaSalle the real motive be- hind. the, so-called inventory was re- vealed, when Mr. Harry A. Wheeler of nations has made another move to- ward an arms conference. The league secretariat has ‘sent invitations to rep- sentatives Of England, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, Uru- gnay, Sweden and Czecho-Slovakia to meet in Geneva Dec. 3, to make a pre- limindry study of the situation and to report to the league regarding a dis- Also Fight Wage Cuts and for Conditions FRENCH LINES Mercenary Christians Aid Butchers LONDON, Nov. 17. — British troops, according to a Jerusalem dis- Patch to the Daily News, have been ordered to check the Druse inva- sion on the eastern side of the river Jordan. This dispatch is significant asmuch as it reveals a move on_ the part of Britain’ to take a’ hand in the affair preparatory ‘to charg- ing in the league of natidris council that France cannot effficiently ad- minister the league mandate in that territory. This will pave the way for Britain to obtain the privilege of administering the mandate as a means of consolidating ‘its oi! in- terests. persecution of the Communists and sovernmental support of the fas- cist groups that are arising in Eng- land. Under the pressure of ques- tions Baldwin promised to make a statement tomorrow on the govern- ment’s stand on the questions in- volved in the Communist controver- sy and the alleged encouragement of the fascisti groups being organized. The labor party is holding a spe- cial meeting tonight to discuss. plans for moving a bill of censure against the government of Baldwin for his anti-racial measures. | “Cadaver” Question Rises. ft take cognizance of the. recent speech of Gén.. Chattiers, fornier Heal “Of the army intelligence departmnt of Britain, who told the falsifying photo- | graphs to create the notion among ‘Al- | lied nations and the Chinese ‘that Germans weré boiling in vats the} bodies of their dead in ‘order to. x- tract grease for munitions and} for | other purposes. Chartiers admitted that all this was based upon a series | The government was also forced to | British Communists Rap Frame-up Attempts (Special to The Daily Worker) (Picture on Page Six). LONDON, Nov. 17,—The proszcu- tion is still presenting evidence in the case against the twelve members of the Communist Party and the Young Communist League ‘of Great Britain. Leaflet after leaflet is being read into the record in order to prove that the Communists are guilty of seditious conspiracy. Dicks Lose “Memories.” The witnesses for the prosecution, who are Scotland Yard detectives. have wonderful memorfes when they are being examined by the attorney for the crown, but when the attorney for some of the members of the de- fense and members of the defense acting as their own attorneys ques- tion them. they conveniently “forget” about their activities. Attempt to Attack R. I. L. U. Scotland Yard operatives attempted of 1917, is treated like a dead beat the Union Trust company addressed .% * of lies and forgeries and seemed to/to connect up the acitvities of the Red by Washington and London in 1925, . | leal on the results of the recent con-/ 14. members and visitors present. He (By Worker Correspondent.) (Special to The Daily Worker) think it a great joke. ‘International of Labor Unions in eee ferences ‘and whem the announcement) ois posed. the. usnal Chicago demand NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—Election of | BEIRUT, Syria, Nov. 17.—Mercen-| While preparing for war against England with the Communist Party HIS is not an unusnal.situation in| °2me that the’ operators had shown for,a_waterway to the gulf of Mexico : hee ary droves of former mendicants and| France, America and other nations|by reading a copy of a letter, pur- no desire to settle there was consi- world po?iics. Nothing is so con- stant as change, yet change, which is ever present, is seen only by the few. 4 few years ago, a moving picture op- tient who did not hiss a picture of Von Hindenburg or applaud the im- becile countenance of. King George was liable to find himself san tonsils if not worse, by a patriotic citizenry. But eight years afferwards we find German representatives wined and dined by our rulers and General Dawes, who played a prominent part in punishing the kaiser by proxy— that is killing several hundred thous- and German workers in order to make the kaiser sore—going over to Ger- many and arranging German finances lerable disappointment, Only among the more conscious elements was here any criticism of Lewis for his right-about face in the question of arbitration. Speaking to a commit- tee of businessmen in the Altamont Hotel, Hazleton, on August 25, Lewis stated that the United Mine Work- ers would not arbitrate “how much shall a man receive who is doomed to die, how much he shall make be- fore his back is broken or his eyes shot out or the flesh burned from his bones.” Lewis Doublecro: Miners, The strike has been on now for two and one-half months, the number of (Contigued on page 2) and another from the Great Lakes tc the Atlantic ocean as a means of aid ing. the transportation of the flood of commodities that pass thru the city. Create Monopolies. In addition to the-formal advocacy of this transportation advantage to commerce, Mr. Wheeler revealed the motive behind the five day’s confab. He advocated centralization of indus- tries. “The day has gone,” said Whee- ler, “when we want to get as far away as possible from our competitor. We must concentrate.” Mr. Wheeler’s connection with the Union Trust banking concern exposes the fine hand of bank capital endea- voring to control the Chicago indus- tew officers for Local No. 49, United Automobile, Aircraft and Vehicle Workers of Am a will take place Nov. 19. All menibers should turn out to the election)\100 per cent in or- der to elect such a staff of officers as is most capable’ to carry on a cam- paign against wage cuts for the com- ing year, when wage scales of the present working agreements expire. This local has recently elected a new wage scale committee to answer the attempted wage cuts of the Coach and Motor Manufacturers’ Association of New York: List of Candidates. Following is the list of officers to others of the very lowest strata of the population of Lebanon have been recruited with the aid of American and other missionaries into auxiliar- les of the French military occupation and have tried to wage war against (Continued on page 2) threatening its supremacy, Britain can ill afford to have such damning stories of its methods of lying to its | own people revealed. Not that they are worse than any other nation uses, but simply because such exposures | are dangerous at this time. | ported to have been seized during the raid on the Communist Party head- quarters at.16 North King St., Covent Garden, W. C., and which was sup- posed to have been sent to Losovsky and the secretary of the Mid-European (Continued on page 2) UNDER THE LAWS OF 1797 yerma y ‘i be voted on: For president, * De * Ted saharstince ate ane enous he ki Apel nea . i rsing | Prank (machinist); vice-president, t / oni f their foes as the price of defeat. INTERSTATE COMMERCE head, 4 ‘© | Max Smith (metal worker); record- see BAMWHTLA the. ketter wh GO COMMISSION PLANS AID pleasure of staging another legal TO BREAK COAL STRIKE marriage, writing a* book, in which he dispassionately dwelt on the mer-j its of the respective armies which WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—With the anthracite strike in its twelfth week, the interstate commerce com- participated, in the great slaughter end no dowbt praised the American ‘mission announced today it would sume its inquiry into the “reason- troops for;the valor they displayed-in annihilating his own subjects. I would} 7, like to know the reaction of a wrecked'} - ness” of freight rates on bitu- Minous and semi-bituminous from West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland American. soldier to those pictures! In one of the few hospitals that were’ built trony.the- money appropriated by and Pennsy! i congress for that purpose (most of Mig asd Wace cotienn cokes the. moNey found. its, way. into. the "Huhs on November 19. . Cémmideion- ér John B. Campbell will conduct ‘the investigation, which was begun pockets of Col. Forbes of immortal “ln New York last week. NORWEGIAN LABOR DELEGATION LAUDS SOVIET RUSSIA’S PROGRESS MOSCOW, (By Mail.)—Nov. 17.—On the basis of their experiences up to’ the present in Soviet Russia, the Norwegian workers’ delegates have unanimously adopted a declaration in which they point out with satisfaction that they have had absolute freedom in the choice of. districts, factories, ete. to be visited and a comradely support from the Soviet trade unions in their studies. Tho allegation that the delegation has no freedom of move- ment in Soviet Russia is stigmatized 48a direct Ne. Those members of the delegation who visited Russia in earlier ———— Umes declare that tremendous econ- cording to the route ma: pped out by and cultural progress has been de im the Soviet Union, themselves, the delegates will go to Not merely will a drive be launch- ed to consolidate industries under control of the large Chicago banks, but the small bankers in the outlying communities are to be brought “@loser” toward the Chicago combines, LaSalle street strives to outdo Wall Street. Mr. George M. Reynolds, chairman of the board of the Conti- nental and Commercial Bank, adyo- cated bringing the hanks of the Mis- sissippj valley closer to the Chicago institutions and predicted a future po pulation of from eight to ten millions for Chicago. In fact Chicago “boosters” hope to outrival New York, after completion of their dream of a waterway thru the St. Lawrence to the Atlantic. Open Shop Apostles, Those prominent at the conference were the most notorious scab shop advocates of the city of Chicago. The complexion of the assemblage indi- cates a new open’ shop assault upon the workers of the city of Chicago be: fore the week is over. It is known that several advocates of scabbery in industry are to discuss the advantages of Landis awards such as created havoe in the building trades in 1922, and also the general crushing of the working class in Chicago, Chicago labor is taking no interest in the affafr and is doing nothing to expose and counteract this new men- ace that is organized under the cloak ing secretary, W./M. Hanlon (trim- mer); secretary-treasurer, Karl Schneider (blacksmith) or Joe O'Mara (painter); sergeamat-arms, Lois Sal- ak; parliamentarian, James Powers or Fay Bradt; local organizers (two to be elected) W. Greenberg, Joe Madine, Edward Krulich, Chas. Mohl; trustee, Frank Petenz; members of the executive board: (five to be elect- ed) Arthur Mac, ‘Harry Spunt, Chas. Bottinger, Franki/Mazanek, John Os- wald, Paul Reines. Voting will begin at 7 o'clock. Following is the open letter that Local No, 49 has written to all auto mobile workers ofigreater New York, as well as other automobile industrial centers: Wages Determine Life. “Read this over carefully as it means much to you. The time may come and come soon when you will be glad you received this call for ac- tion and acted upon it.. The big thing in life that you are interested in is work and wages and good working conditions. The amount of wages you receive determines your standard of living. The number of hours that you work determine how yourself and your family spend their leisure. “Are you working more hours than you should work? Are you receiving the wages you should have? And are you satisfied with the treatment tured as a poodle, By D. Moore, in Moscow Pravda (The Truth) The British Communists are being accused under the laws of 1797 for “breach of peace” against “His Majesty.” Behind the throne are seen the capitalist pulling the strings and Ramsay MacDonald, the late labor premier, pic- RAMSAY MacDONALD FRATERNIZES __ | _ WITH HORTHY HANGMEN DESPITE _ WORKERS’ BOYCOTT OF HUNGARY BUDAPEST, Nov, 17.—Despite the fact that workers all over the world Must Have Curtains, MADISON, Wis., Nov. 17—Validity of the cab curtain law designed, to in- close the éngine cab of locomotives with curtains, so as to protect the en- gineer and fireman from cold and drip | ‘The de- that you are getting:from the bosses ing snow to whi Rostav-on “thi! Doi, ping snow to which they are exposed, N clavation’ stresses in partieular the (he great, political aetivity and the in- tensity devoted by the Russian work ing class. to eculfural activities, AG then to Tiflis and Baku, After this they. wil) spend ten ‘ays in Moscow to study the construc. tion and activity of the labor unions, of a celebration of the coming of age of the asgociation of.commerce, Milit- ants in the labor unions will Jaunch (Continued om page 2) 4 ‘ and their hirelings: ‘foremen aud su-| “Te Protesting the-court-martial trial of Mathias Rakosi and the 100 others |was sustained by the Wisconsin sv- perintendents? (Continued op page 2) Ifoyou are not, why|Wwho are chargedwith crimes against the safety of the state, whose trial is |preme court. not make an attenspt to find some]on at present, J,)Ramsay MacDonald, of the British labor party and ex-prime (Continued on page 2) HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER!