The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 20, 1925, Page 5

t j f 1 4 1 9) STUDENTS PLAN IGHT AGAINST “ARMY TRANING | New York City College Paper Attacks R.O.T.C. By SYLVAN A. POLLACK. {Special to The Dally Worker) NIW YORK CITY, Nov. 18—The opering gun of a campaign to discon- tinue compulsory military training for the students of the College of the Cityof New York, was fired by a mass meeting of over 300 students which was held in the main college build- ing: | sie esis Referendum on Military: Training. i} ® A-tommittee was appointed tg pre- sent.a;demand to the student. council fore referendum on the: question of continuing the compulsory coursas,,in military. training, which were the,sub: ject of unfavorable comment in;the armistic- day issue of The. Campus; the undergraduate publication: scien. Most. of the speakers at, the, meet- ing, which was called by. the officers of the Social«Problems Club. of),the college; were opposed’ to the courses. The editorial.in The Campus, quot- ed fromthe manual used by. the. de- partment in which details of warfare are: given to students of military science and was’ prefaced by the:/ad- monition to. “memorize. carefully.” The’ editorial. entitled, Certain Max- ims of Military Science, follows: “Po be’ memorized carefully by the Reserve Officers’ Training Camp stu- dents upon this seventh anniversary of "the signing of the armistice that ended the war: “Being quotations for the Manual of Military Training, textbook of the two-year course in military science and tactics prescribed for all the stu- dents at the College of the City of New York. Develop Desire to Kill. “‘The object of all military train- ing is to win battles, ‘The prin- ciples of sportmanship and consider- ation for your opponent have no place in the practical application of this work, This inherent desire to fight and kill must be carefully watch- ed for and encouraged by the instruc- tor. Acnerica needs invincible infantry.” In a mock review of the textbook in which the names of the authors are given as Colonel John W. Lang and Major James A. Moss, Felix S. Cohen, editor of The Campus, and the son of a professor at the college, wrate: “Tt is unfortunate indeed that the college catetsdo not’ read-the* book: It is easily understood why the Re- serve Officers’ Training Camp officers do not compel them to read it.” Allows Wine and Beer. ADISON, Wis., Nov. 18—To have wine and beer in one’s home is not an offense under the Severson law adopted by the Wisconsin legislature: It is valid even to have in one’s pos- session contrivances for the making of wine and beer. It becomes an of- fense when wine and beer are “sold or manufactured,” are some the con- clusions in-a decision by the Wiscon- sin supreme court in a “home brew”) case from Iowa county. OUR DAILY pe ERE i Sn i Rac tae OS TO Sh dE rh ltl Re Eh A SESE ace A tn LOS , . GIRLS’ DRESS iii Pi in 4 Sizes: 4, 6, yin years. “An 8 year size made as fllus- trated requires 1% yards of figured material, and 1% yard of plain, With long sleeves 1% yard of figured ma- terial is required. Price 12c. GIRLS’ DRESS 5231. Cut in 4 Sizes: 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. A 10 year size requires 2% yards of 40 inch material, with % yard of contrasting for collar and a 2 inch wide straight belt, if made as in the large’ view. With long sleeves 2% yards are required, Price 12c. Medium size requires 3% yards of 36 inch material. Price 12c, 20 years. A 16 year size requires 1% yard of 54 inch material with % yard of contrasting if made as illustrated. ‘Width of the dress at the foot is 1% yard. Price 12c. (Continued from page 1) hated the mines, he said, and his attitude was the tolerant one which the male who knows better displays toward the idiosyncrasies.of his wom- enkind, ’ Youthful Optimist. The strike? The miners didn’t care if it lasted five years, The union could stand it and most of the miners had money, Some.of the day men were getting “hardup” but he thot everybody had enough to eat. His mother owned her own home, the girls worked for fhe silk’ company and the fdniily ‘had 23 geese. The “company” "had: you arrested if they found you:!pfeking coal” but you could “always get coal cheap from the Eye-talians.” What the Italian method of procur- ing coal was the! Youthful optimist did not explain. ' All'the standati'refigions and many still. more” weird “treéds ° flourish ‘in Hazleton altho'rthe’»Roman catholic church predominates. » Qn every Sun- day,.in, the whole.state of Pennsyl- vania, the churches have a free hand. All places of amusement are closed and by every device Known to the salesmen of salvdtioti fhe masses are herded into thé“templés and made to listen’ to the 5?'@iffererit varieties of heavenly. balm *purveyed: in as: many tongues, Godly ‘by “Accident, In Hazlgton, asin the rest of the state, sheer lack of:any other place to go.on Sunday, doubtless, accounts for the attendance at the religious services to some extent but the throngs of men and. women going in and out of the churches is neverthe- less amazing—and appalling. Irish, Slovak, ItalMan, Lithuanian, Pennsylvania Dutch and American— all are represented. Old peasant women from the south and east of Europe with their shawls bound over their: gray hair are seen side by side with broad-faced flappers whose hair is as short as their skirts, Gnarled old miners in wrinkled Sunday black with their faces bearing the blue scars left by falling egal are ‘there with their sons clad in the very latest creation of Hart, Shaffner and Ma (No advertising intended). That that composite of all super- stitions and their medicine men call- ed “the church” has a terrible grip on the workers of this community is Plain. Crowds for Bible Pounders. Its auxiliaries—the Y. M. C. A., the Catholic Women’s. Club, the Y. W. C. A., the Knights of Columbus—all have spacious quarters on the main street. The Salvation Army has its own big building and the open air services of its warriors draw a crowd that would make the lassies of the tambourite 6n” West” Madison’ street expire in sheer delight. “*~ ° In the chief hotel the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs’ emblems hang in the lobby together with the insignia of another organization called the “‘Quo- ta Club” which is a new one on me but evidently eminently respectable. It is clear from the above that the Mazleton middle class is well-nigh perfectly orgie. About the only money which gets out of the city is that which the Lehigh Valley Coal company and other operators receive in dividends. No miner's money es- capes. But Business is Bad. The purchase of foodstuffs has fall- en off about fifty per cent since the PATTERNS » 46-48 inches bust ure. A JUNIORS’ AND MISSES’ DRESS... 5230, Cut in 4 Sizes: 14, 16, 18 and FASHION BOOK Send lic ‘Picture of Mine T rs’ Hard. Life strike, “the “merchants say, and in clothing and semi-luxuries the de- crease is as high as eighty per cent. The local sharks grumble among themselves but so far have done little else than have prayers offered up for a. speedy settlement. The miners have confidence in their union. I have talked with dozens and they laugh when one asks if the operators can break the union. They cite the Pennsylvania mine law which prohibits anyone without two years experience and certain other quali- fications “working at the face,” Even miners who are class conscious, with training in the, old socialist move- ment which flourished here years ago, scoff at the idea that the union can be broken in the anthracite. Faith in Union. oP hpwards of a quarter of a cen- tury the union has stood between ‘the thitfers and the coal barons, What | improvements in wages and working conditions have been made have come thru’.the union, tho to many it is only some indefinite agency which collects dues and calls strikés'’and which they suspect of tridkery and curse at times, it re- presents’ a power which they know rom»experience the operators hate. “The: union,” in the terminology of tha;thgusands of men of all nation- alities. who dig the anthracite, is something entirely distinct from John L. Lewis and the rest of the officials, Union Faith Greatest. It is a little hard to put into words, this’ impression one gets about the union from these workers but anyone who talks to them now will soon come to understand that “the union,” with all ‘t- *-* rts, its cumbersome and graft-ridden machinery, and in spite of its cvc. |-patriotic, leadership, is the biggest factor in their lives. The churches and the slimy social scum which envelopes all these min- ing ‘communities many be able to hide, the class struggle behind this very peaceful strike for a time but if the. anthracite operators adopt the time-honored methods of the Ameri- can coal barons and attempt to mine cdal‘Without the union, under gov- ernment protection, there will be a “| battle here ‘inthe anthracite which will “ddd a’ red chaper to American labor 'fistory.*"’” Counter-Revolutionary Polish Priest Hailed Martyr by Plute Press Ih*'an “attempt to chloroform the Polish’ workers as to their conditions in Attierica and the ‘conditions of their brothers in Poland, the Polish-Ameri- can. clergy, whose influence is being undermined. by «the .class-conscious -workers.,in America, have. imported Archbishop John Cieplak to bring the Polish ,workers back to the folds of the black international of Rome. Cieplak is being heralded as a mar- tyr by the American capitalist press for his refusal to turn over the gold and jewels which his church had ac cumiflatéd’to the Russian Soviet gov- ernment to aid the famine stricken workers and peasants. Cieplak not only refused to turn over the treas- ures which his church had gathered from ‘the rith°in the czarist days, for “services rendered” but also urg- ed; others to resist the Soviet govern- ment jwhich was trying to use these treasures to save many workers who were. members of the Roman Catholic church from starvation. Cieplak was arrested for this counter-revolutionary activity. Tried and Sentenced to Death. The Soviet government later com- muted his death sentence and short- ly after released him. He is now touring America telling the Polish workers to return to the faith of the catholic church and to trust to god “to solve the problems of Poland.” He is now in Chicago. Cardinal Mundelein has issued instructions to of Chicago to extend to Sheel Beyen priest the same honors that Were extended Cardinal Mercier of France and has also given Cieplak @ suite of rooms in the rectory of St. Mary of the Ang Church, Wrap: your lunch in a copy of he DAILY WORKER and give .t (the DAILY WORKER, not the {uneh) to your shop-mate. ~For Workers Edited by Manuel Gomez. A collection of choice working class poetry in a handy pocket volume. Should be included in every worker’s library— and indispensible for re- citation and all working class affairs.” No, 5 in THE LITTLE REO LIBRARY 10 CENTS Twelve Copies for One Dollar Daily Workers Publishing Co. 21148 W, Washington Bivd, »19¥ To these miners, al-| HE DAILY WORKER CHICAGD:I. L. 0, BAZAAR 10 AlD _ ZEIGLER MINERS Workers of All Nations on Program From Dee. 10 to 13, inclusive, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sun- day afternoon, North West hall on the corner of North and Western avenue will be the scene of a bazaar organ- ized by the Chicago local of the Inter- national Labor Defense to help fi- nance the defense of the Zeigler min- ers who are the’ victims of a conspir- acy hatched bythe coal operators aided by Frank2Parrington’s reaction- ary machine an@ by the legal arm of Governor Smalls administration. | Fulids Needed: | While entertainment will be a big feature of thé bazaar and represent- atives of the workers and peasants of many countries will participate in the festivities dressed in native cos- tumes, the ‘bazaar committee im- presses on the, workers of Chicago that funds are vitally needed if Henry Corbishley, the progressive mine leader of Zeigler, his brother Frank who is. indicted on a fake mur- der charge, and, several other mem- bers of the Umion, are to be saved from’ long terms in prison. Without money to secure competent defense workers are completely at the mercy of the capitalist. courts. The following program is promised by the arrangements committee: On Friday night, Dec. 11, the Lithuanians, Italians, Germans, Hungarians, Finns, Greeks and Bulgarians will hold the fort. What they can do in the line of amusement needs ho word varnishing. On Saturday night, December 12, the Russians, Ukrainians, Polish, Jewish and young workers, will do the entertaining. The young workers will keep the’ orchestra busy, inci- dentally. . On Saturday afternoon, Dec. 13, the Scandinaviams [will join hands with the Czecho-Slovaks, Letts, South Slavs and Americans. This is a great combination When it gets to brass tacks. Entertainment on each of those days will be“pfovided by talent from the different lahguage groups. Grand Opening. Thursday might, December 10, is the grand: opening. Donations are request- ed and they should be sent or reported to the local, International Labor De- fense office at-23 South Lincoln St. Coflect Articles! Over $ orth of articles were collected thafore ‘last pe a bazar. This figure is expected je doubled this year. Clitago members of the International Labor Defense are urged to approach-*sterekeepers for dona- tions. Depiuc Admission tickets have the aims of the International Labor Defense printed on the reverse. The recent revival of goVerhment persecution of the workers as seen inthe order for committment to prison of Gitlow and Anita Whitney, the forthcoming trial of Fred Merrick and his associates in Pittsburgh and, of the Zeigler miners, makes it imperative that every worker should put his. shoulder to the task of helping raise funds to meet the new onslaught, British Tories Hold “Newspaper” Meet at Melbourne, Australia MELBOURNE, Australia—(By Mail) —Aristocratic owners of influent- ial tory newspapers in Britain and the various British dominions attend- ed the Empire Press conference, whic was held recently at Melbourne, Nom- inally a conference to improve the system of news gathering thruout the ;world, the Empire Press conference is in reality an imperialist propagan- da stunt whereby efforts are made to convince the le that their chains of slavery are not so irksome as would appear at first sight. Most of the tall- hatted gentry, who attended the con- ference know nhothing* about news- Papers; many of them wouldn’t know the front from the back of a print- ing press if they saw one. In between se} sions they delivered lectures to select audiences on imper- jalism and capitalist patriotism. They aré not mingling with the ordinary working slave. Such a display of de- mocracy would be beneath their dig- nity. It is only fair to say that the great mass of the population have no sympathy whatever with the imperial- ist propaganda which they are shopt- pana RN a ing forth. I. W. W. to Hold Benefit in Minneapolis for Class-War Prisoners MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov, 18—A mass meeting has been arranged by I. W. W. for the benefit of 8 War prisoners on Sunday even- ing Nov, 22, at 8 o'clock, at their hall, 115 Nicollet Ave. John Gabriel Soltis has been secur- ed to make the address. He will speak on the subject of “Our Debt to the Class War Prisoners.” The purpose of the meeting is to raise funds for # Christmas rembem- brance of the working class champ- ions in the bastilles of America, All workers, who recggnisé that an in- jury to one is the,¢oncern of all, are invited to be on hgnd at the meeting. Page Five : “ d Front Fighters Celebrate | | Your Umon ineeting (Continued from page 1) | ‘d to resist this war with all their Third Thursday, Nov. 19, 1925. # reg Name of Loca! and Place of its revolution. orces No. ‘of Meeting The first flag used by the Red Front Alliance With Russia. Allfed Printing. aden Seana oe Fighters of Berlty was also displayed! ww. wi permit no alliance with| 271 Amal. Clothing Workers, 409 §. for presentationo the arpa the capitalist robbers of the West. We| po7, pana taiSts, 2040 W. North Ave. Proletariat,” the fourth division, of) win) nave an alliance with Soviet Rus-| 93 Boot and Shoe, 1938 Miwaukee the Soviet Red army, sia.” M4 Brick’ and Clay, Shermanville, It, The most spectacular moment Of) Oomrade Kasper, a fiery speaker| 186 Brick and Clay, Glenview, i. y 2 = e jan vd. the Sate wang i, iy hacks Who acted as the: official representa-| 69 Garpenters, 6416 8. Halsted St. Thaelmann, first chairman of the Red | tive of the German Communist Party,| $41 Carpenters, 1440 Emma St. te a ant: ters, South Chi., 11037 Mich» Front Fighters, and the candidate of} 4,04 forth a demonstration when he| Ci beg rst} " i the Communist Party for president ‘Should the German bourgeoisie | ,594 Serosnrarss 9 en 904 Rogues | rpenters, 3 x in the German elections last April.) nae an attempt against Soviet Rug-| 180 Drug Clerks, 431 8, Dearborn’ St led delegations of the Red Marines Of | sig, then the German proletariat will! ig4 eit@OMidss’ 4507 Ogden Ave: Hamburg and of the Halle Red Front/ 1i.. against them.” This statement| 795 Electricians, 7476 Dante A Fighters down the center aisle and) was given added force by the cheers| 435 France nd -enoinsmen, sath and up on the stage, escorted bya com-| o¢ the Red Front Fighters, of which | Campbell Sts., 7:45 p.m. pany of Berlin Red Front Fighters, there is: a -well.. trained. nucleus of 269 Weg. Carciersy South Chi., 3701 &. bearing fifty-four large red banners.) nore than 16,000 in Berlinalone, and| , 6 Sapitresags, City: Hall, Hearing ‘com. Workers Jam Hall, which is supported by hundreds of; 18 Ungiee’ “Shimane Workers, 328 W. She an. Buren St. So dense was the overflow crowd thousands of factory workers ; 84 Lagies Garment Workers, 1214 N outside that it was an‘hoprbetore the}, Kaspar: emphasized the: deep» polir) ; 1)’ | Ashignd Ave. neers: 828: W; Red Front Fighter’ fife and drum corp tical significance of the ‘presentation; “45 Leather Wokers, 810 W. Harrison of over one hundred pieces, could get s ms yi ee ret 233 Mouiders, 119.8. Throop St. into the hall. Hundreds were forced | “0carno ¥ pavan, Buren St. to stand. As many women as men|German bourgeoisie against Soviet 1 el ite bt were present, and many of both sexes | Russia. 7} a AH Dutt’s Hall, Chicage wore the uniforms of the Red Front Smash Imperialist Drive. 2 Plane. and Organ Wkrs., 180 W. Ashington. Fighters. t “France-and England have the right] 281 Plumbers. (Raltwdy), Monroe and Comrade Leow, second chairman of /s+ any time.to march their troops thrp | 344° ‘mginvay Steven: ¥eth snd: Drexel he Red Front Fighters read the mes-|Geymany,”. Kaspar declared. “They + RANE: age of greeting to the Moscow work- have the right, with their weapons in 504 altway Clerks, 8138 Commercial rs, which will accompany’the beauti- their hands, to march against. Soviet 4972 sion ‘Hangers, B10 W,, Harrison St. vapite ate, Tile Roofers. wa 2 os pene Oe re Morgen Russia. ‘The red front of the revolu-| 118. Stage: Employes, Masonic Temple, je. Danner, whic wha tionary proletariat will smash this $80. as me emblem of the Red Front Fighters, @/enited: tront of imperialism. Not rae pa SuREEty se Ws een : , was'‘then un- Phare cathe eamsters, 9206 Houston’ Ave. raised clenched pr Was:'then Un"! alone is: the sympathy of the work-|:J6q Teamsters’ (Dairy) ars, Avhiand. furled for the first time: ers with Soviet Russia needed, but] 110 Upholsterers, 180 ‘W. Washington Send Greetings to Moscow. The greeting to the Moscow work- ers said in, part: “To the working class of Moscow: “On the ejghth anniversary of your successful revolution the Red Front Fighters of Germany send* you this banner from the organization, which in times of stress has encouraged and in times of gladness has brightened the ranks of the German proletariat. The banner is a symbol of the revo- lutionary class solidarity which binds the German workers to the Russian proletariat. Greetings and hope trom the millions of German workers ac- company our flag. Against Locarno Pact. “Against the Locarno pact, we place the demand for,an independent Communist Germany; organized to- gether with the first workers’ state. Over the borders we, extend our hands to you. “The class. conscious. working class will conquer capitalism and embrace the banner of freedom. “Long live the work of Lenin. “Long. liye the First Proletarian State of the ‘World. “Long live the International Red @lass-front in the Fight Against Capi- telism: (Signed) “Thaelmann, Leow.” Thaelmann, who recently recovered from an illness, was greeted with tre- mendous cheers. “The German social democracy has, in an alliance with the bourgeoisie,” said Thaelmann, “helped to complete the security pact with the allies, in order by that means to encircle Soviet Russia and prepare a war against the Soviet state. As the Berlin elections showed, the Ber- lin revolutionary workers are prepar- Chilean Voters Resent American Interference FURNISHED ROOM by com- in Tacna-Arica Dispute ARICA, Chile, Nov. 18.—Feeling is becoming intense -against American interference in the ~Tacna-Arica dis- pute. The Chileans are angered at the ‘actions of “Black-Jack” Pershing and the American marines who are “fix: ing” the plebiscite so that Peru will gain the disputed territory. Thousands of Peruvian voters are being brought jnto the Chilean terri- tory, to stage demonstrations in be- half of the Peru gaining Tacna-Arica, American financiers are backing the Peruvian government ‘which intends to allow the Americans to transport nitrates over their country. to the ships on the coast. A Peruvian newsboy, selling the daily newspaper, Lagoz del Sur, which is=a propaganda organ for the Peru- vians was beaten by a crowd of Chile- ans and his papers taken from him and burned. by An American marine who rushed to the defense of the Peruvian was stoned and beaten by the’crowd. The paper has-been fotced' to move its printing establishivent’ to the steamer Ucayili, Canadian Legislator Assails Ku Klux Klan VICTORIA, B, C., Nov. 18.—In a re- solution introduced. by Francis A. Browne, labor member of the British Columbia legislature from Barnaby, the ku klux klan is assailed as an purpose the perpetuation of the rel- igious hatred and substitution of lynch law for “constituted” author- ity. * In the resolution it calls upon the legislature to take actidh‘to bar all members of the klan from holding public office and membership in the legislature. y Tn his attack on the klan he stated that the klan appeals to the mentally deficient and has an appeal for the decaying American, civilization, whose vulgar tastes are dd by the foolery of the nightgown d er alien terrorist society having as its || the fight against the international cap: italist “class must be organized.” Comrade Richter, of Halle, one of the original organizers of the Red Front Fighters, brought the greetings of the Halle workers, Comrade Johannes R. Becher, one of the well known German authors who served a term in prison for his revolutionary writings, recited one of his poems, “Ode to the Red Flag.” (Note—Uniess otherwise meetings are at 8 p. m.) stated SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein Fortschritt Meets every ist & 3rd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. ‘The spokesman for the red marines Gecretary. of Hamburg was given an ovation. The Hamburg red marines stood on the platform in their uniforms during E, W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS the meeting, as did the flag bearers in Six Places their red front uniforms, 169 N. Clark | 118 S. Clark 167 N. State 234 S, Halsted “2 66 W, Washington 42 W. Harrison Greetings From Red Army. Comrade Maerkisch, the chairman of the meeting, then introduced Com- rade Leow, who read the greetings to Coffee to the German workers’ division of the red army. When Comrade Leow Phore West 2549 said, “All those in sympathy with Soviet Russia raise their hands,” all of the thousands in the hall tespond- ed, and a tremendous triple cheer, “Rot’ Front, Rot’ Front, Rot’ Front!” went up. The communication to the 4th divi- sion of the Soviet army stated: “Fellow Fighters and Comrades:— The Red Front Fighters of Berlin and Brandenburg send you, onthe eighth anniversary of your successful revo- || lution, the first banner used by the Red Front Fighters of Germany. The class conscious workérs of Berlin feel themselves one’ with the soldiers, || workers and peasants of the first pro- letarian’state. Your fight is our fight. To you who bear the name of our class, we send our banner as a fight- ing greeting from the Berlin Red Front Fighters. “(Signed) Thaelmann, Leow.” FOR RENT: Fo those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. CHAINS BY HENRY BARBUSSE, Author of “Under Fire,” etc. A new novel marking another important contribution to literature. 12.mo. 2 vols, rade. Telephone Keystone 8539. Winecur, 4915 N. Avers Avenue. Order from oe Dance and Enjoy Yourself at Any or All of These DAILY WORKER RESCUE PARTIES In New York Manhattan Lyceum, 66 Hast 4th St, New York. © Admission Sic. Auspices Down TowneNew York Branches. 25. Royal Palace Hall, 16 Manhattan Ave. (near Broadway), Brooklyn, Admission 50c.° Auspices Williamsburg Branches, is DAILY WORKER ANNIVERSARY BAN- | Sunday, Jan. 16— QUET, Manhattan Lyceum. cs (ALL 8 P, M. UNLESS NOTED) For tickets or information regarding any of the above affairs apply to L. E. Katterfeld, 108 East 14th Street (Tel. Stuyvesant 8100.) } Friday, Nov. 20— | Rescue Party . Wednesday, Nov. Rescue Party > Dr. Lucy L. W. Wilson JUST RETURNED FROM RUSSIA will speak on “Education in Soviet Russia” SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1925 at 4035 W. GIRARD AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA.