The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 24, 1925, Page 1

~ is | The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government PAR BRITISH RUL -Anti:- British Premier Heads Government (Special te The Dally Worker) CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 22.—Openly defying the troops of the British agent; Ziwar Pasha, who since the vents following the assassination of Sir Lee Stack, sidar of the Egyptian army, has been premier of Egypt, the® parliament met in secret here and passed a vote af complete lack of confidence in the government. The secret session of parliament was carried out while hundreds: of troops with fixed bayonets paraded the ‘streets, guarding the homes of prominent members of parliament and all public buildings. In spite of the armed forces menacing the mem- bers more than three-fourths of the parliament assembled at the Conti- nental Savoy hotel, went into ses- sion, passed the vote of lack of con- fidence deposing Ziwar Pasha, and electing in his place Zaghloul Pasha. Zaghloul was formerly premier and was forced to resign because of the hostile attitude of England after the a ination of Stack. Ziwar, the British agent who would, if he could, deliver Egypt completely into the hands of Britain, was selected in his place. But his regime has been a stormy one. Never at any time has he had the support of the political groups in parliament. He was toler- ated out of fear of British reprisals. Egypt in Turmoil. The ferment among the peoples: of the near and middle east has had its reflex in Egypt the past few weeks. ‘The native liberation move- ment has become stronger and more defiant. The Zaghloulists, the na- tionalists and liberal constitutional- ists, have united in a bloc against the British owned premier. ‘The gather- ing political storm was perceived by the British and their man, Ziwar Pa- sha, was ordered to institute a of; terror jand decree a, virtual dicta- decree against parliament was issued and, soldiers placed in strategic points to prevent @ meeting of that hody. ‘The meeting was held in defiance of the edict forbidding it, is legal, ac- cording to the Egyptian constitution, and the act of Ziwar in endeavoring to disperse the parliament is illegal. The vote of complete lack of con- fidence placed Zaghloul at the head of the government and removed. Ziwar. This. move is'a severe rebuke to Britain and unquestionably desperate measures will be taken to crush the parliament. Possibility of arrests is not remote. But if parliament is’ ar- rested it will unquestionably cause a wave of fury to sweep Egypt. Britain Desperate. Britain faces 2 desperate situation in Egypt. Though -recognizing the independence. of Egypt following the widespread disorders of 1922, Britain nsisted upon maintaining the safety of communication (meaning the free passage through the Suez canal, one (Continued on page 2) S 3 aT = “a f The Daily ‘Worker — , Authentic document pre- senting the real situation . TODAY in the Union of - Soviet Republics. Are reports of bumper crops facts? Is Russia advancing? How about the workers? Al doubts dispelled; all questions answered by FACTS. Do not miss this issue if you want to be in- formed on the conditions in ‘the workers’ republic. SUBSCRIBE! Subscription Rates: 4 }one of the rooms of the hall where | reads as follows: Entered as Second-vlass matter September In Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. POLL CLOSE TO MILLION VOTES PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, Nov. 22.—In the recent Czecho-Slovak- ian elections the Communist Party polled one million votes. It was able despite the persecutions of the Masaryk government to poll one vote in every six that were cast in the elections. The unofficial and incomplete returns place the Communist Party vote at 930,000 in Slovakia alone. The Gzecho-Slovakian bourgeois press estimates that the Communists will gain between 27 to 30 places in parliament. The huge vote which the Comunists were able to poll caused great consternation in the ranks of the bourgeoisie supporters as they realize that this vote is an attack against the capitalist dictatorship in Czecho-Slovakia and that it is a protest against the persecutions of Communist workmen. In the elections, the national socialists received a vote of 996,000 and the social-democrats 991,000. Following the announcement of the incomplete election returns, the cabinet, which was formed by Premier Svehla, tendered their resig- nations, SHOE WORKERS’ ORGANZATION STARTS DRIVE Brooklyn Protective Is WORKERS WILL HAVE TO PASS UP TURKEY “THANKSGIVING” DAY Despite the fact that the turkey crop is 3 per cent above normal and the highest prices that the Texas farmers have received for the high- est-grade turkeys, range from 26 to 30 cents per pound, those who will é attempt to buy it for their “Thanks- giving” dinner will find that the: Making Headway will have to pay 50 cents a sane for the lowest grade and as high (Special to The Daily Worker) as 65 cents per pound for the bet- BROOKLYN, Nov. 22—At a mass) ter grades. meeting that filled the Amalgamated) The average working class fam- Temple here on Friday evening the| ily when it sits down to its “Thanks- Shoe Workers’ Protective Union ini- ‘giving” dinner, if it has anything to tiated a drive that promises to be the| be thankful for, will have to content most successful yet undertaken to or-| itself with a slab of pork at the ganize the shoe workers in the unor-| prices that are being charged for Qanized shops in Brookolyn and) the materials that are to make up a spread to all parts of Greater New) turkey dinner. The estimated price York. of the raw materials for a dinner is In his opening remarks, P. Pascal] placed at $7.43 for a family of eight, Cosgrove, organizer of the Shoe Work-| out of which the farmer will get ers’ Protective Union in Brooklyn,| $3.18. stated that the conditions of the shoe workers is deplorable in the unor- ripe for a Concerted -dtive to | i the one great industrial union of shoe workers already so well started by the Protective. ‘ Union Raises Wages. “The shoe workers are in the mood for organization,” said Cosgrove. “The | United States government has made the report that in the unorganized shops the shoe workers are getting forty-seven cents an hour. In the or- ganized shops the workers are getting much higher wages, and the peak is (Continued on page 4) LETTER TO FRAME TOM RAY. AS SPY QUICKLY EXPOSED Bootlegger Is Finder of Fake Document By A. JAKIRA «Special to The Daily Worker) REPUBLIC, Pa., Nov. 22,—Quick and rigid action on the part of the striking miners here and the district / office of the Workers (Communist) Party made it possible to expose a Deny Same Terms as Granted to Mussolini (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—The Am- erican commission negotiating with the Roumanian debt commission here for the purpose of endeavoring to reach an agreement on the debt of $46,000,000, has turned down the offer on the part of that government to fund ‘its debt on terms similar to those granted Italy. A counter proposal was made by the Américans that is more nearly the settlement accorded Britain, with modification designed to meet the situation in Roumania. Long Term Proposal. Though the concessions granted Italy will be refusel, it is known that the time-length will be the same as that of Italy—62 years. The average interest rate may be lower than that granted England and more nearly the French offers. Higher demands than those imposed upon Italy were for the purpose of frame-up to label Tom/Ray, militant | beating down the currency of the Rou- mer, as a spy. © |manian government, bankrupting them and forcing acceptance of the At a meeting of the striking miners } gold standard under the complete do- held in this city, Tuesday night, Noy. 17, a “surprise” was sprung om those | mination of the United States. The ‘present when a “document” supposed |Roumanian government needs aid in ito have been found on the floor of \financing its white terror against the Besserabian peasants who are being murdered wholesale and they expect to reach an agree~ ut with the U. 8. so that Morgan will aid them. the’ miners were holding their meet- ings was read.. The envelope votitaln- the “document” was addressed to Mr. Thomas Ray, General Delivery, Uniontown, Pa.” and was post mark- ed “Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov. 13, 11:30 ‘A. M.” The typewritten letter itself Vermont, a Coolidge Heaven, a Hell for Girl Wage Workers “Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 13, 1926. No, 675-R “Your regert in reference to cireul- ars received. You did not, say just | dollars a week for a 12-hour day is the how you proposed to dispose of them | lot of many girls working in Burling- (Continued on page 2) ton restaurants. UNEMPLOYMENT CONTINUES TO ° DECREASE IN SOVIET RUSSIA parison with the previous yeat there will be a reduction in unemployment of 250,000. The number of unemployed metal workers in July 1924 was 105,000, in June 1925, 82,000,!the number of unemployed textile workers in January 1923 was 71,000, in January 1926 only 34,000. The same holds good for other branches of industry. On the other hand, however, the number of unskilled unemployed has increased, whilst a shortage of skilled ‘workers prevails. Next year state industry will have a surplus demand for labor power consisting of 432,200, which Includes 184,000 skilled workers. _ Unemployment pay in the economic ye: 1926-26 will amount to 50,000,000 : with rubles of Years: Ai ‘TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ‘[CTECHO-SLOVAKIAN COMMUNISTS | part of the BURLINGTON, Vt.—(FP)-- Ten | MOSCOW, Nov. 22—The labor exchanges report that in 1925 in com-| ir 31, 1923, ot thee BRITISH AND PACT RT HOAX ee Rebels Still Gaining Al 1a (Special to,” Daily Worker) LONDON, + 22.—Reports ‘being | spread in British and foreign news: | papers that and France have | | joined in a se pact to jointly ad- | minister the mafidates in Syria, Irak, | Palestine and nsylvania, are dis- | counted here, agi€ontrary to fact, M. Henri de Jottyenal, Paris journal- j fi) | ist, who has be@h appointed high com- | missioner of Sy#i& was here for a few days and had conferences with Austin Chamberlain, h foreign minister, regarding the sithation in the Middle East, but not! tangible came of them, Announ nt was made that a joint understanding had been reach- ed whereby the British and French would cease their diplomatic intrigues against each other in the mandated areas. This pact does not exist on paper and was Only based upon a “gentlemen's agreement.” Playing for Time Everyone familiar with British di- plomacy knows that Chamberlain is merely stalling fOr time and that the intrigues will continue in spite of any agreements, or otherwise, be- cause of the cl of interests in that , If Jouvenal really ference with Cham- believes the berlain will doomed to d berlain will en his task he is ointment, for Cham- ‘take advantage of | hand to increase | nee accepting an | tain to cooperate | laims in Mosul oil it joke here, be- ; agreement with B against Turke; is considered a te cause it can on gives up all cl tion and has | the whims a fabrication. ¥ * jolt * BEIRUT, syen Nov. 22.—Rebel forces are very active in the vicinity of Damascus and steadily gaining ground against the French forces. A motor-car convoy was attacked by the native forces anii the entire French force was either-killed or captured and the equipment taken by the re- bels, Reeruits are still coming to the aid of the rebel forces and the French are steadily losing ground. ‘CALL OUT MEN WHO MAN PUMPS,’ MINERS DEMAND Chicago to Hear About| Strikers Tuesday Militancy is beginning to permeate the anthracite strike zone. While the officials expected:ithe strikers, whose funds are very low, and who have to scrimp to keep alive, to sit home and wait until they are told the strike is over, the miners are beginning to feel that they have waited too long. The miners are beginning to complain and | say that the strike+would have been over long ago, if thé maintenance men | had been taken outof the mine at the beginning of the strike, | Strikers Desperate. | The demand to: take the mainten-| ance men out of the mines was ‘show in reaching the: miners, but now everywhere, the miners are beginning | to demand this, MHey realize this is | a fight to a finish. The officials are not permitting the* local unions to hold meetings, hoping in this way to suppress the demands of the men. But nevertheless, the demand of the miners is becoming: stronger. The situation id becoming desper- ate in many placés. With their funds exhausted, and the local unions in- | structed by the higher officials to stop giving strike relief, many of the miners’ families are facing starvation. Those who have even a little food are sharing it with those who have not. Officials Crush Militancy. Every sign of militancy is brutally crushed by the hired thugs of the coal companies who work closely with the local police and the state constabu- lary, whose brutal terroristic methods have broken many strikes, The offi- cfls of the miners’ union instead of helping the men are supporting the efforts of the coal operators to pre- vent the strike from.developing into a militant struggle. ‘They openly com- mended the police for arresting Pat (Continued on’ page 6) question: m “Shall Australia be gove’ by a parliament, duly elected by fe peo- ple under a democratic congffptional \the National Wiring Protective Co. ‘Office at Chicago, siuols, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 24, 1925 oe? ished Pu PU BILL BEFORE CONGRESS — | | TO MAKE COOLIDGE GZAR | | IN ANTHRACITE STRIKE | | (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—In le | gislation presented by Represent- | ative Treadway, republican from Massachusetts, the president is giv- en full power to take any steps that { he may deem necessary to relieve | the “suffering” caused by a strike in the anthracite coal mines. The bill if passed will place pow- er in the hands of President Cool- idge, by means of which he will be able to crush the strike of the an- thracite coal miners that are now fighting for a better living condi- tions in the Pennsylvania coal fields. AUSTRALIATO DEPORT HEADS OF RED UNION Reactionary ~ Election Brings Terrorism | (Special to The Daily Worker) | SYDNEY, N. S. W., Nov. 22.—in- dignation is sweeping thru the Aus-| tralian unions at the news of the ar- rest and threatening deportation of | Tom Walsh, president, and Jacob/| Joanneson, secretary, of the Austral-| ian Seamen’s Union, following the findings of the deportation board ap- pointed by the reactionary Bruce gpvernment. } This follows the re-election of all | members of the Bruce government | and the re-establishment of all parties | in the house of representatives almost | as before parliament was dissolved | when labor began to challenge the| government’s policy of suppressing | the seamen’s strike with wholesale | jailings and deportations. Capitalist or Workers’ Dictatorship? Bruce, the ar¢h-reactionary, prime form of government, or shall’ authori- ty be flouted by irresponsible exjrem- ists attempting to arrogate ta)tiem- selves an autocratic dictatorship over the country?” Bruce charged that the Commun- ists were a great danger and had ob- tained a foothold in the labor party. As is customary with such timid lead- ers, Matthew Charlton, chief of ‘the labor party, right away asserted 'that the labor party repudiated Commun- ism. This repudiation gained no more} yotes than did Ramsay MacDonald's | famous denunciation of the forged | inoviev letter.” Charlton’s only | “victory” was getting re-elected him- | self. But the labor party lost. Compulsory Voting. } Never in the history of Australia | has feeling run so high as in this/| election, and for the first time the (Continued on page 4.) i Strike Against Low Pay of Snaring the Victims of Society NEW YORK—(FP)— Protecting other people’s jewelry and bank vaults is not its own reward, so about 125 burglar-alarm men have gone on strike for the 48-hour-$50-week, The men were employed by the Metro- politan Electric Protective Co. and Their jobs were to hasten to the scene when burglar alarms rang out in the night. Hours were 50 and pay from $32 to $42 a week umd@er the old arrangement and when the men protested 10 were discharged. / Teamsters Asking a 20 Per Cent Raise in Scranton Region) SCRANTON, Pa. Nov. 22.—(FP)— | Demand for a 20 per cent wage in’ crease for 1926 are made on the city of Scranton by city teamsters and chauffeurs associated with the Team- sters’ and Chauffeurs’ International Union, B. of R. T. Men May Join Strike in Md. CUMBERLAND, Md.—(FP)—Mem- bers of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen employed on the Western Maryland railroad where the loco- motive engineers and ‘fitefien, have been on strike for the past month have served notice thats unléss° exist- ing conditions are remedied they = join the strike. t Daily except Sunday by NG CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Ch THE DAILY WORKER NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents leago, Ll, LOCAL 152, OF THE AMALGAMATED, GIVES BUSINESS AGENTS A BUSY: TIME DEFENDING TERRORISTIC GANG By BEN GORDON. When Local 152 of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers held \its first meeting since the sluggings of Friday a week ago and the Sunday following, all officers and “machine men” were present. The meeting was well attended. All those present were excit ed and disturbed about the gang- sterism and terror and eagerly awaited the opening of the meet- ing. Brother Craft, one of those who had-received a broken head and whose picture appeared in the daily pres present with his head stilPHandaged. Victim Demands Floor The routine business of the meeting was disposed of ina short time and Brother Craft demanded the floor as a matter of special privilege to tell his. story and ask some questions. The chairman ruled him out of order. | An appeal was taken and he was granted the floor. Brother Craft spoke for about an ho telling the story in detail, how he came to the meeting on 4n invi- tation; how before the meeting open- ed a group of gangsters whom he re- cognized as officials and members 0! the Amalgamated, led by a “business agent,” entered the hall with guns in their hands, forcing everyone to the wall; and how they proceeded to beat up those brothers and sisters present with blackjacks and other weapons. He demanded that the local at once proceed to investigate the affair and punish those officials and sluggers who participated in the slugging, as they were nothing more than a’ bunch of gangsters. Membership Applauds Craft. Great applause greeted Brother Craft’s speech. Everyone present, with the exception of the few die- hard machine men was on his feet ap- plauding Brother Craft. “I still have friends in the local,” he said in clos- ing. Business Agent Goldman sprang up at once to “answer” Craft's charges. He tried to defend the officials and gangsters who did the slugging:.say- ing that the Amalgamated is not re- sponsible for all that happened, prais- ing the good work done in the past by these characters, sort of argument. Then came the speakers from the floor, all as one condemning the Amal: | gamated officials for such action and demanding that those guilty be imme- diately punished for the crime. Surprise Official-Machine. Joint Board Delegate Smaller rose to speak. He surprised all the @ffi- (Continued on. page 5) ERE is a reproduction of the same tithe as the pictu Other business agents who followed made the -same They wanted to know what was going to be done about it. + FEDERAL PRISONS ‘AND U.S. JAILS : PROVEN INRUMAN | But Sage Foundation Wants Only Reform NEW YORK—(FP)—Uncele Sam is a very inhuman jailer, according to |the report of the Russell Sage foun- |dation submitted to the 55th annual |congress of the American Prison As- sociation. The report deals particu- larly with the boarding out of 7,000 {federal prisoners—including many merely awaiting trial—to local jails over which the federal government | has no jurisdiction and many of which arc desperately | ing,” the report states, |and moral filth.” “The Cook county jail in Chicago, one of the 893 studied, crowds five prisoners in cells intended for one and Detroit, Cleveland, New York are | just about as bad. |. It is a harrowing story bearing out jthe muckraking that labor prisoners }have already given to these same jdens. The report tells of the large | percentage of vermin infested pens, serly staffed prisons and poor- ed employes. tt besremembered,” says the |report, “that @ large part of these | prisoners are unconvicted and a con- siderable portion are subsequently le- gaily proven innocent; that the law requires that persons accused of crime | shall be treated as innocent until }proven to be guilty; and that a large |part of the prisoners serving sen- jtence are held for non-payment of | fine, simply because they owe the | government $10, $25 or $100.” Uncle Sam puts prisoners in these local pens because he can’ do 80 |cheaply. He gets rates per man and | woman, from 20c a day in five jails {in Porto Rico to $3 per day in three {jails in Alaska. The average is 69c |per day. The Russell Sage people {recommend a national government jJjail system. OVErCLUMUCH, 445 “of physical another photograph, taken at re published in the last Friday's issue, showing the results of vicious attacks made on a group of members of the Amalgamated Cithing Workers’ Union, meeting in a public hall in C hicago a week ago Sunday. It is known that minor officials of the present Hillman- Levin-Rissman regime in the ers’ Union instigated these m Amalgamated Clothing Work- urderous assaults on the mem- bers of the union at this Sunday meeting, as well as at the meeting the previous Friday Auditorium. Neither President Sidney of the Chicago Joint Board, night at Ashland (Carmen's) Hillman, Manager Sam Levin, nor Sidney Rissman, assistant manager, all of whom are fully acquainted with the facts, has so far accepted the challenge contained in the question, “Who Is Responsible?” The story of the meeting of Local’ 152, published in another column, shows that large sections of the union's membership ar to that question, Silence Is No Defense. _ It Is Rather a Confession. e.determined to get the answer _ ”