The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 22, 1925, Page 2

~ IMPERIALISTS PINS os ‘be Bs i 1 2) TO SURRENDER Meanwhile Feng Whips Chang Into Manchuria (Special to The Dally Worker) | PEKING, Nov, 20.—What virtually amounts to unconditional tariff auto- nomy has been forced out of the imper- Ist powers by China, according to the Interpretation of a plan accepted by a@ sub-committee of the committee on provisional measures of the customs conference. Two declarations are to be part of the treaty. The first declaration is that the other powers recognize China’s right to tariff autonomy and to agree to | remove all restrictions contained in treaties and agree to} the existing abide by the Chinese national tariff laws becoming effective on January +1, 1929. The second declaration is that of China, who agrees to abolish the internal tax on traffic in goods between provinces. This also is ef- fective in 1929, The foreign delegates were compel- led to agree to the two proposals when the chief Chinese delegate threatened to resign and break up the | conference, It seems that Chang Tso-lin has | agreed to remove his troops to Man- | churia. General Feng is in control and the beaten troops of Chang are retreating #om Shantung and south- ern Chili. Building Trades Bosses to Resist Shorter Work Week and Wage Increase At a one-day conference which the National Association of Building Trades Employers held in the Con- egress Hotel, the building trades em- ployers from many of the largest cities in the United States met and discussed ways and means of resist- ing attempts of building trades. work- ers to_obtain an increase in wages. At this gathering of employes, many of whom are bitter open-shoppers, a resolution was adopted in which it condemned the 40-hour week of 5 days and declared it would oppose all attempts on the part of the union workers to shorten the work-week. The conference also adopted a reso- lution it which it urged that the con- tractors do all in their power to in- terest more of the American youth in taking up the building trades and laid plans by means of which they intead to create a surplus of skilled work- ers and in that manner smash the unions. Most of the resolutions. introduced to this convention of building trades employers was introduced by the open shop section of the employers in Chi- cago, : Red International Urges Support of Oriental Labor — (Continued from page one) the Chinese proletariat for partici- pation in the international movement of the world proletariat. “The Executive Bureau requests all affiliated organizations to take up direct connections with the Chinese | Trade Union Federation in Canton| and to do everything possible to pre- pare the proletariat for an active campaign of support for the young Chinese trade union movement. Japanese Workers Persecuted, “In Japan the delegation was greet- ed with enthusiasm by all workers, And for this the Japanese workers were persecuted, hundreds were ar- rested and brutally beaten and submit- ted to the barbarity of the Japanese Police, The aim of this was to pre- vent any fraternization between the trade unions of Russia and those of Japan. The Executive Bureau sends fraternal greetings to the Japanese workers and requests all affiliated organizations to protest against the insolent police regime in Japan, “Long live the Chinese Trade Un- jon Federation! “Down with imperialism! “Long live the Japanese proletariat! “Down with the police regime of MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. Cap company has ended In a victory the widow of the late commander of of the disaster. in the wreck, showed that the trip of retary of the Navy Wilbur did all he could to hide the fact that this trip was nothing more than a_ political stunt on the part of the naval author- ities. With the refusal of the court to in- vestigate the disaster and with its ex- oneration of Foley, one of the phases of the court-martial of Col. William Mitchell, tool of the airplane interests in the United States, which threatened to give the American workers a peep behind the curtains in the navy de- partment and see how the navy heads sacrificed hundreds of young men in order to gratify their political am- bitions and to create militarist adver- tising, has been covered up. The Am- erican workers have been denied the Privilege of finding out why Wilbur was so insistent that the widow testi- fy before the board of inquiry, accord- ing to the wishes of the navy depart- ment. In the exoneration of Captain Foley, the board disclosed how the navy and military authorities have been able to cover up and whitewash many incid- ents, by stating that the judge advo- cate of a board of inquiry has the right to question any witness to see if the testimony is “germane” to the issue involved. Workers Interested in British Trial of Twelve Communists (Continued from page 1) ment prepared by the government to prove that the Communists were be- ing financed by Moscow and that their intention was the creation of.a state of civil war in England and that this was all being done in “accordance with teachings of Lenin.” Dicks Pilfer Letters, It developed at the trial in the Old Bailey that Scotland Yard has been pilfering the letters being sent to the Communist Party andthe arrested de- fendants. The Scotland Yard detective testifying attempted to hide the part the Japanese capitalists!” Four Coaldiggers Killed in Explosion MADISONVILLE, Ky., Nov. 20— Four miners were killed and one was entombed in a shaft mine of the Fin- ley Coal company in an explosim in the mine. Of the seven miners at work, two escaped without injuries. The explosion was caused by a spark touching off a gas pocket in the mine, that the Yard's detectives had played in opening the letterg and pilfering them, claiming that it was the postal authorities and not Scotland Yard, Quashes Fascist Case, The class character of English jus- tice can be easily seen from the method in which the four national fascists who had stolen a van loaded with conservative London Daily Heralds had destroyed the papers, ad- mitted their guilt and three of them were released by the court on “good behavior” and one was sent to prison for a short period when he was un- Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. Cor, Elizabeth St, Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice able to pay a fine of twenty pounds sterling imposed for carrying a re- volver. The case was abandoned and the same prosecutor who is now so insistent on sending the Communists to jail, was the one who was in- strumental in quashing the case againts the anti-labor fascisti. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism~-study it, WEEK STRIKE AGAINST ALCO CAP COMPANY ENDS IN UNION VICTORY 20.—The fourteen-week strike at the Alco for the striking capmakers. All cap- makers are returning to work under union conditions. The Crown of England’s King By Deni, Moscow Pravda. Trying to hold 12 Communists in prison. SHENANDOAH COURT OF INQUIRY WHITEWASHES SECRETARY OF NAVY WILBUR’S TOOL, CAPTAIN FOLEY WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The Shenandoah board of inquiry has officially exonerated Captain Paul Foley and will not investigate the charge made by the Shenandoah, Zachary Lansdowne. This action of the board in exonerating its judge advocate and refusing to investigate the charge is an attempt on the part of the court to hide the part that Secretary of the Navy Wilbur played in the whitewashing investigation Mrs. Margaret Lansdowne, the widow of the commander who lost his life the Shenandoah was ordered over the protest of her husband and that Sec-¢————_—________________—..-.. CARPENTERS 62 BEGINS BATTLE FOR CONDITIONS Demands 5-Day Week and $1.75 an Hour Chicago carpenters are preparing for an earnest effort to reduce the hours and raise the pay. One of the biggest locals, No, 62, with 2,000 mem- bers, Thursday night formulated its Policy for the new agreement which must be put forth when the old con- tract expires in June, And the terms were these: That the union demand of the bosses a raise from $1.37% cents an hour to $1.75 an hour; and that the 44-hour week be reduced to 40 hours on the basis of a five-day week, Lost Time and Tools. In addition, the local formed de- mands that the bosses pay for travel- ing time on long distance jobs to suburban towns, and that the bosses be held responsible for tools left on jobs and provide a safe place for them or pay fifty per cent of the loss when stolen. The meeting was enthusiastic and in a progressive mood all thru. The sentiment for putting up a fight for these demands results from last sum- mer’s struggle by the progressive group against the compromise and pussy footing policy of Jensen for a Policy of class struggle for better conditions, Goes to Other Locals. Several visitors were present from other locals, among others John Bimms, the vice president of the District Council. The proposals adopted by Local 62, will now, un- doubtedly be taken up in the other locals, 181, 416, No. 1, 80 and others, for discusson and action. All proposals will be given to the arbitration board of the district coun- cil, which will be largely guided by the action of the locals in its negotia- tions with the bosses, The meeting was unanimous in making these demands, Brother Lee Green voicing the sentiment of the membership when he said that in out- side places such as Hammond, Whit- ing and St. Louis, the bosses were paying $12 a day, while Chicago car- penters had been getting only $11, Wants United Fight. Green held that the Carpenters’ Union had got the eight-hour day when it was only a quarter as strong as at present, that a reduction of the working hours was the biggest aid to solve the unemployment problem, He insisted that victory would be certain the other building trades unions, the plumbers, steamfitters, electric lang, painters and so on, would unite on @ program of fighting for the mu- tual benefit of all, not going it alone. ‘ PERUVIAN LABOR WINS STRIKE T0 OUST FASCISTI Threat of General Strike Did Work By OCTAVIO VARGA MONTJOY LIMA, Peru, Nov. 1.—(By Mail)—~ The last month has seen a number of incidents in the Peruvian labor move- ment which will interest the readers of The DAILY WORKHR. * In Lima are several textile factor ies employing many thousands ot weavers, One day the’ owner of one of the factories, imported 60 Italian fascisti to work in ‘his’ mill, with the definite purpose of ging them to des- troy the organization of the workers, You Come—We Go! ‘The day the fascists came to work, all the Peruvian workers struck. The boss had paid the passage money for the fascists from Italy, also an ad- vance on wages, So to keep from hay- ing this a total loss the bogs refused to discharge the scabby fascists. The whole group’ of trade untons ot the city protested, ‘detlaring that it the fascists were not’ sent back to Italy, all Lima workers would Join the strike, This caused the minister ot labor to intervene, ‘who decreed that the boss send the fascists back to Italy and pay a fine ‘of §500 to the Textile Union. The fine was paid, the fascists fired and the strike was won. Persecution, In Huacho there has'been some per- secution of the workers, because they staged a big demonstration against the law which conscripts all Peru: vians to work several days for the government, Comrade Pizarro was beaten with whips by an army officer, Sergeant-Major Ovalle, ‘The Peruvian poet Jose Santos Cho- cano, whose is as great a prostitute as he is a poet and utterly reaction- ary, picked a quarrel with Edwin El- more because the latter upheld the ideas of Vascoricelos (Mexican), This poet is a bitter enemy’ of the working class and Communism. Need Wall Street Gold to Save Rule of Terror in Poland (Continued from page 1) nant element in POlish sociéty, the landlord class. ; Need Foreign'' Assistance. Regardless of whether they are able to form a cabinet or tidt, declares the Moscow Pravda in cdirfmenting on the financial situation %f Poland, the present Polish crisis gannot be solved by parliamentary cOmbinations, - be- cause the numerous, political parties make a majority vote dmpossible. The only hope that Poland has rests on the possibility of obtaining a loan from the United States. Pilsudski Dictatorship, Regarding the t) tened attempt of General Pilsudsk{] the same issue of the Pravda showg that it will be impossible for this general to accom- plish his end as he»has not the con- fidence of the congervative Polish parties. In order tg accomplish his ends, the Pravda: further asserts he must have the backing of the army, and especially the Officers of the army, and this is impossible as the majority of the generals of the army are Austrians and supporters of the conservative Polish political parties, France Wants Terms Similar to those Given in Italian Settlement PARIS, Nov, 20.—The Painleve gov- ernment has instructed Ambassador Daeschner in Washington’ to sound out the American government as to its readiness to settle the French debt upon a basis similar 'to the Ital- jan settlement, it was reported here today. Pershing Gets Help. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—At thé request of Gen, John J. Pershing, seven army officers were detailed by President Coolidge today to proceed to South America for duty in the work of arbitrating..the Tacna-Arica boundary dispute between Peru and Chile. Resent British;War Flim, DUBLIN, Noy. 20.~T'wo policeman were shot and a movie rmeater wreck- ed by a bomb following a riot start- ing over the attempt: of the theater management to exhibit a British war film entitled, “Ypres: Afloat Without Food. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Three men who had drifted five days without food in a small boat were picked up at sea today by the collier Isaac T. Mann, bound from Portland, Me., to Norfolk, Va. South Side Dance Tonight A turkey will be given away free at the Branch No. 3 Young Workers League Thanksgiving Dance tonight at 8 p.m, at the South Side Com- munity House, 3201 So. Wabash Ave. A good time is assured to all. Tidal Waves Sweep Town, MEXICO CITY, Nov, 20—The costal town of Zihuanejo which was swept by a tidal wave last night, did not suffer any loss of life, it was officially announced today. Attempt to Whitewash Some False “Friends” of “The Amalgamated” By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL. To0ay: more than at any time in the past, it is absolutely necessary that the rank and file of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union of America take an accounting and find out just where it is at, An administration that resorts to deliberate misrepresentation in order to secure its ends, needs careful watching. It is intended here to comment only on several paragraphs appearing in the report of the settlement of the strike against the International Tailoring Co. and the J. L. Taylor & Co,, that appeared in the union's official organ, The Advance, on Friday, Nov. 13th. == Strike settlements, like many other occasions for jubila- tion, are attended with an untold amount of “you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours,” among the officials of labor. The énding of this 19-weeks’ struggle was no exception. In fact, it was carried to ridiculous and deliberately misleading extremes that should receive the quick and just rebuke of the union's membership. Instead of using the enthusiasm, incident upon the end- ing of the strike, to build for bigger victories in the future, the officials used it to hide the real terms of the settlement and thus undermine the morale of the union. * * * * Thus, The Advance, after stating that the strikers in New York City and Chicago received the active support of the union's organizations in Rochester, Cleveland and other centers, this is tacked on: i “The Chicago Federation of Labor, and the Tri-Cities Organized Labor Movement also canie nobly to our support and rendered invaluable aid.” And in another place: ; “In the Chicago Federation of Labor circles the news of the out- come of our strike against the International has been received as a victory for the entire labor movement. It was pointed out that the Amalgamated has definitely established the validity of the anti-injunc- tion law in Hlinois, with this strike.” Oo ee If by “the Chicago Federation of Labor” and the “Tri- Cities Organized Labor Movement” is meant the membership of labor in these two centers, then the report is approximate- ly correct, It was the militancy of the membership that forced the Chicago Federation of Labor at first into a sym- pathetic stand on the side of “The Amalgamated,” But the report in The Advance is not intended as a tribute to those who made the fight in the Chicago Federation of Labor. It is a clumsy attempt to cover up the treason of the officials of the Chicago Federation of Labor, especially of President John Fitzpatrick and Secretary Edward. N. Nockels, to the 35,000 members of “The Amalgamated,” in meekly acquies- cing in the demand of President William Green, of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, that “The Amalgamated” be con- sidered in this struggle as “a dual and seceding organiza- tion”; that the strike-breaking United Garment Workers of America, that was pouring scabs into the struck plants, be considered the regular and recognized organization. The fight that was made in the Chicago Federation of Labor had to be made against the officialdom, especially against Fitz- patrick, who declared, in the meeting of Sunday, August 2nd, when the strike was in a crucial stage: “We will continue to obey the orders of the American Federation of Labor and to follow its policy no matter where that policy may lead us.” : The policy of the A. F. of L., in this strike, resulted in the use of an organization without any membership—the United Garment Workers of America—as a strikesbreaking outfit, and Fitzpatrick’s acquiescence in that policy, tended to draw the Chicago Federation of Labor into the same scabbing role, This was only obviated by the settlement of the strike that eliminates the United Garment Workers as an anti- working class influence in New York City and Chicago. The fight for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, as the recognized union in the men's clothing indus- try, will go on, It will be made, with other struggles, by those members whose arguments the officials seek to silence with guns and blackjacks, hese officials of “The Amalgamated,” before those who refuse to make the fight inside the A. F. of L., thus expose themselves as hostile to the best interests of the union. Let the membership understand this and then act accordingly. AUSTRIAN YOUNG WORKER DELEGATES LEAVE RUSSIA AFTER ONE MONTH'S STAY LENINGRAD, (Tass) (By Mail) ——The delegation of Austrian young workers having left here for Vien- who belly-crawl 5 Red International Sends Greetings to (Special to The Daily Worker) Shanghai Strikers MOSCOW, Nov. 20—The Executive Bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions has sent the following ma has issued a long declaration Saying that it has been for about one month in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics ang visited fac- tories, workshops, scnoois, “houses of rest for workers,” “houses for children,” clubs and prisons. After a detailed investigation, t jelega- tion came to the unanimous conclu sion that the Union of Socialist So- viet Republics is a real prole state where the laboring masses keep power firmly in their own hands, The delegation further remarked: “We, young workmen from the tionary and capitalistic Austria, were surprised at the great social achievement in your country pro- tecting interests of the working class. “Proletarians of other countries must know that the Union of So- cialist Soviet Republics is a ramp art of the working class of the whole world, After eur visit, we feel it as our duty to declare to all workers of the world: ‘Extend your brotherly hands to the proletarians of the the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics.” _ Road—Write—distribute The DAILY WORKER. telegram to the Shanghai Trade Union Council; “The Executive Committee of the Red International Labor Union wel- comes the recommencement of the activity of the Shanghai Trade Union Council, Its struggle against world imperialism is one of the most heroic pages in the history of the interna- tional proletariat. The Chinese pro- letariat is faced with a long and diffi- cult struggle against foreign imper- jalism and against the national coun- ter-revolution, We are however, con- vinced that the final victory will be won by the working class of your country, The greetings of the revo- lutionary workers of all countries to the heroic proletariat of Shanghai!” 3 Plain 48-inch Lon 1 Brown Caracul Jacquette, 1 White Cony Jacquette .... SPECIAL! To Daily Worker Readers SPECIAL! No. Seal Coats at. 3 Squirrel Trim. 48-inch Lon 1 White Cony Jacquette, Trim......... 1 45-inch Used Hudson Seal, Squirrel Trim, Including—Made-to-Order, Remodeling, Re airing, CRAMER, 6722 Sheridan Rd. tet. shetdrake 0518 CHICAGO LABOR TO HEAR COAL MINERS’ STORY Hold Mass Meeting at ‘Northwest Hall Instead of the short struggle that was expected, it now appears that the anthracite strike will develop into a long and very bitter struggle. At the beginning of the strike, it was believed by all, including the strik- ing miners, that the strike was just a temporary stoppage of work to per- mit the operators to get rid of the large stocks of coal the miners had dug. Open Mines, However, with the signal given by the Wall Street Journal to begin open- ing, the mines, instead of the peace- ful wait, it now appears that the miners will be drawn into direct strug- gles. The demand to take the main- tenance men out of the mines 1s spreading among the men, and the re- actionary officials are becoming un- easy about it, The anthracite fields have been 100 per cent organized for some time and this is a menace to the operators, who see the growing militancy of the min- ers and fear that the officials of the union, who are friendly to the oper ators will be removed and real milit- ant leaders will be put in their places. The coal operators know that with the men so well organized, they can- not lower the standard of living of the miners and are therefore attempt- ing to destroy the morale of the strikers and make them leave the union. Toohey to Speak. Pat H. Toohey, youthful leader of the striking miners, who will speak Tuesday Nov. 24, at Northwest Hall, corner North and Western Aves. at 8 p. m., will tell us of these struggtes of the miners; Alex Reid, secretary of the Progressive Miners’ Committee, who together with Toohey, served a prison sentence for their activities in the strike, will also speak. Wm. F, Dunne, whose articles are now appearing in The DAILY WORK- ER on the conditions in me strike zone will give first hand information of the struggle of the miners, He 1s coming straight from the strike zone with fresh news of the struggle. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the Progressive Miners’ Committee, Admission is free, Court Martial Fails to Force Retraction of Coercion Charges WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The at- tempts of the judge advocate in the court-martial of Col, William Mitchell to force Mrs. Zachary Lansdowne, widow of the late commander of the Shenandoah, to chi her testimony as to the attempts made by Col, Foley to induce her to testify falsely before the board that carried on the white- wash investigation of the Shenandoah disaster, failed. Instead of retracting her statement, that Foley had tried to influence her, she showed that he had called at her home a number of times and tried to force her to change her opinions. The judge advocate unable to shake her in her evidence, tried to confuse her by telling her that the chief of invest- igations had a right to visit and hold a preliminary examination and that he. was perfectly within the naval code in doing so, Mrs. Landsowne brought out that the Shenandoah flight was for the purpose of advertising and was a pol- itical stunt on the part of the naval authorities, Rail Union’s Eastern Conference for Return to War-Time Standards CLEVELAND, Noy, 19.— The plan for a wage increase recently adopted by western and southern associations of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train- men and Order of Railway Conductors has been adopted by the »general chairmen of the eastern association in joint conference here. : 4 The plan will be referred to the membership of the two organizations and if approved will be submitted to the railroads, St. panrenes Project Under Way, SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov, 20—Illi- nois has completed negotiations that will open the first link of the proposed Great Lakes to the gulf waterway when Leslie Small, director of the de- partment of purchases and construc- tion announced the state's decision to let contracts for Illinois river pro- Jects opening a pathway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river. 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