The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 6, 1925, Page 3

LOCARNO PEACE PACT ENSLAVES GERMAN TOILERS Communists Expose Im- perialist Aims (Continued from page 1) world capitalism. The complete defeat of the European proletariat and the colonial peoples would then inevitably follow. The German bourgeoisie had sold itself to the highest bidder. W. (France) declared that America had played a decisive role in the pre- paration of the Locarno pact. Amer- foa is interested in a pacification of Europe in order to secure its loans, she is also interested in securing Ger- many against the offensive of French imperialism. England is striving to make an end of the French ascend- ancy upon the continent and Locarno represents a success for her in this policy. The French bourgeoisie is in retreat. The German bourgeoisie ac cepted the pact under the double pres- sure of Anglo-American capitalism. Locarno is responsible for illusions of @ pacifist nature both in Germany and in France, Germany received no con- cessions in Locarno. England’s aim is to alienate Germany and Russia. The Locarno pact demands a speedier establishment of the united front of the workihg class, A Polish comrade declared that the Locarno pact and the coming entrance of Germany into the league of nations means certain advantages for Ger- many, particularly in the question of .the eastern frontiers. For Ejight-Hour Day. Comrade Heckert and Comrade Pi- quemal spoke,upon the eight-hour day and the Washington agreement, Heck- ert declared that the Washington agreement was a maneuver on the part of the bourgeoisie to appease the working class. The ratification and the carrying out of the agreement by the. bourgeoisie is being sabotaged by the reformists. The speaker described the abolition of the eight-hour day in Germany and the attitude of the Am- sterdam Trade Union International to the question. He spoke further of the, English trade union movement and its struggle for the maintenance of the eight-hour day and for the unity of the trade union movement. The Communists must place themselves at the head of the struggle for the eight-hour day, they must take part with all possible energy in the campaign for the eight-hour day from Nov. 15 to December 15. We must, however, make it clear to the work- ers that only the mass struggle of the proletariat can bring about an im- provement in the conditions of work. Show Up Washington Agreement. Comrade Piquemal declared that the Washington agreement was a great swindle, We must intensify our meth- ods of struggle to win the eight-hour day. We must inform the working class of the whole history of the Washington agreement. In parlia- ment tho we can stand for the Wash- ington agreement, we must however, expose the attitude of the reformists in this connection. The establishment of the eight-hour day by law is im- possible, it can only be won by the Mobilization of the masses, The following comrades took part in the discussion which followed. Overstraeten who discussed the ques- tion of the ratification of the Wash- ington agreement in the Belgian parl- jament, the Polish Comrade, Welti, and Raedel. LIVES OF SEAMEN ENDANGERED BY POOR CONSTRUCTION OF BOATS SHOWN IN BUCKLING OF ORION (Special to The WASHINGTON, Dec, 4.—Did the ill-fated naval collier Cyclops buckle and sink to her lonely grave with her human cargo of 290? Naval experts were asking themselves this question today as a result of an accident to the collier Orion, which forced her to put back to Hampton Roads naval base in a sinking condi-+ tion. The Orion was a sistership to the Cyclops. Some officers expressed the opinion today that the Orion’s mishap may reveal the secret of the greatest of all American naval mysteries, the loss of the Cyclops. Sister Ship Vanished. The Cyclops sailed from South America In March 1918, with a cargo of manganese. He had aboard 290 per- sons, officers, passengers and crew. Nothing more was ever heard of her. She disappeared as completely as if a magic hand had brushed her. from the world, leaving not one trace of her going. The seas were combed, ports were searched, every clue followed intently, but never a trace was found of her, not even a spar of a drifting life preserver, For some years, it was, suggested that a German submarine had sent the collier to her doom, or that she had struck a submerged mine. In- quiries were conducted in Germany after war, but no°German sub com- mander could be found who could throw any light on the mystery. Yesterday her sister ship, the Orion, sailed out of the Roads with a cargo of coal. Her structure buckled in a heavy sea and she raced back to port with her forward tanks flooded and almost sinking. The same defect, some officers be lieved today, may have buckled the Cyclop’s structure and sent her to Davy Jones’ locker. Pepperell Weavers Refuse to Work Under Multiple Loom System BIDDEFORD, Me.—(FP)—Weavers of the Pepperell mills, organized in the American Federation-of Textile Operatives, are striking again, against the multiple loom system. The 3,500 workers fought the introduction of the system by which each worker’s work is more than doubled. In the previous strike the workers finally went back to try out the system afid°tiow de- finitely refuse to accept it. Pullman Porters Conduct Organization Campaign ST. LOUIS—(FP)—Pullman = port- ers in St. Louis are organizing. “Men, you have nothing to lose, nothing to fear. Your movement is the Broth- erhood of Sleeping Car Porters. You have the solid support. of, qrganized labor generally. White men, erganize, why not you?” reads a campaign cir- cular. The Negroes are angered at the Argus, a local Negro’ newspaper which in return for a large advertise- ment from the Pullman ¢ompany pub- lished an attack on the unfon. Carpenters Get Raise. DALLAS, Tex.—(FP)—Union car- penters in Dallas are about to sign a negotiated agreement with the con- tractors association which will in- crease their wages from $8 to $9 per day of 8 hours. This will affect 1,500 workers. SAN FRANCISCO, ATTENTION! FIRST ANNUAL BAURE'N BALL given by the FREIHEIT CLUB SUNDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1925 at TURN VEREIN HALL, 2450 Sutter St., San Francisco. Cal. Admission 50 Cents, { ¢” we have the money. involved. National Office, 23 South Lincoln Street, Chicago, Ill, Daily Worker) WARD BAKING SLAVES HELP PRESIDENT BUY AN OPERA BOX SEAT NEW YORK —(FP)— Dec, 4.— Business is 80 booming for the new $400,000,000 baking merger, General Baking corporation, that its presi- dent Paul H. Helms can nearly $200,000 for a box in the “diamond THE DAILY WORKER eee TEXAS \TEXTBOOK CONTRACTS ARE NOW CONTESTED Graft Charges Fly Thick and Fast AUSTIN, Tex., Dec, 4. — Text-} ook contracts worth approximately $600,- 000 and made by a subcommittee of the state text-book commission with- out “the advice or consent of the at- torney general,” and with Governor “Ma” Ferguson as chairman, promises to reveal some more juicy plums being handed around fn the state to sym- pathizers of the “cliques.” Attempts are’ being made by the at- torney general “who is on the “outs” with the machine in power to force horseshoe” of the Metropolitan Opera House. Helms, who has not announced a wage advance for his many baking employes, purchased the box from the August Belmont estate and becomes owner of $200, 000 equity in the $7,000,000 opera house property. Costume alteration hands are still striking against the Metropolitan for abrogation of the union agreement, Operators and Union Heads Discuss Use of Machinery in Mines Representative of Illinois miners will meet with mine owners at the Great Northern Hotel to open negotia- tions that may lead eventually to machine operation of Illinois coal fields. The operators, at a meeting presided over by President Rice Miller of Hills- boro, made a preliminary survey as to the use of electric machines in the Illinois coal mines. “Call Off Spies, Let Business Take Care of Itself,” Wails Senator In a speech before the ‘Western Canners’ Association in the Hotel Sherman here, former Senator James Hamilton Lewis called upon Presi- dent Calvin Coolidge and congress to call off the 65,000 “spies” that the government maintains to probe into business and to call off all the com- missions the government had investi- gating business ventures and let business take care of itself. “Aiding” Disabled Vets. MONTREAL—(FP)—When unem- ployed ex-soldiers were forming pa- rades and storming restaurants, the Montreal newspapers discovered 2% plan to help the men whose wounds made them unfit for hard labor. They collected funds to build little street stands from which the disabled could sell newspapers and magazines. The street corners blossomed with red boxes. A lot of old newsvendors, un- able to meet the competition, went to the poorhouse. Recently the city council, at demand of the bookstores, forbade the sale of magazines on the streets. The newspapers did not rally to the defense of the disabled. Yellow Swallows Checker Taxi. SAN FRANCISCO—(FP)—Of two remaining taxicab companies operat- ing in San Francisco, the Yellow and the Checker, the unionized Checker will be absorbed by the Yellow, which employes nonunion drivers, The taxi- drivers union will probably have a big fight on its hands to unjonize the Yellow in San Francisco. Want Wage Increases, ST. LOUIS—(FP)—Union taxicab drivers of St. Louis are seeking a wage increase from $28.50 a week to $30 and one day a week off instead of two days a month. Funeral driv- ers, members of the same union, re- ceiving $30 a week, are asking for $35. St. Louis taxi drivers are 100 per cent unionized, and even Yellow cabs operate union. No To All Members and Friends of A— fied International Labor Defense: Two big cases are scheduled to come to trial on Zeigler frame-up case of 15 union miners, The lawy entire working Class is on trial. the American Book Company, publish- ers of text-books, to hand back a de- posit of $25,000 ahd cancel a six-year contract with the’ state. This company had bid the highest price on school text-books, but ‘was able to “land” the contract, y Prominent Politician Forces, 15-Year Old Girl Into Marriage MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 4—A girl found beneath a porch in the southwest section of Miami attired only in her night clothes, told a story of a forced marriage at Fort Lauder- dale, Fla., thdt may lead to the ar- rest of @ prominent public official of that city, 23 years her senior. Teachers Fight for : Increase in Wages NEW YORK, —(FP)— Dec. 4.— New York teachers will find the Teachers’ Urfion leading the renewed fight for increased wages by state legislation. The New York City teachers were sorely disappointed when the board of estimate dropped the $5,700,000,;put in the budget for teachers’ wage increases. The Teach- ers’ Union urges, teachers to rally be hind the joint.galary committee which is working out revised schedules for the Ricca bill. which passed the last legislature only to be vetoed by Gov- ernor Al Smith on the ground that city authorities should act. To Make Actors Work Sunday. NEW YORK —(FP)—Dec. 4.—The atrical managers are trying to restore New York’s Suhday shows by pres Sure upon Acto?s Equity Association. Whose agreemént with the managers prevents Sm performances by actors and resses. Movies and vau- deville are not, affected by the Actors’ Union agreement. The Lord’s Day Alliance enters its protest against possible break: ing of Sunday closing laws in New York towns by Sunday shows, Darrow Discusses Negro. NEW YORK, —(FP)—Dec. 4.—Res- idential discrimination against Negroes will be discussed by Attorney Clarance Darrow in Harlem, New York's Negro city, on Dec, 13. Darrow will speak of the issues raised by the trial of 11 Negroes in Detroit whom he defended from charges of murder committed by an unknown while the Negroes defended the home of one of them from a white mob. World Trade Union Unity. MONTREAL — (FP) — Addressing the annual convention of the Quebec Labor party, Pres. A. R. Mosher of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad employes strongly upheld independent Political action on the part of labor, and advocated affiliation of labor un- jions “with the Canadian Labor party. The convention adopted a resolution favoring an all-embracing world inter- national of labor along the lines laid down by A. A. Purcell of the British workers. The DAILY’ WORKER sub- scription list is a Communist honor roll. Is your name on it? Emergency Call! vt November 30th. The Pittsburgh raid case of 10 workers and the ers in each of these cases will not proceed with the defense unless FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS MUST BE RAISED BEFORE DECEMBER 15TH We call upon afl members of the I. L, D. to rise to the test and raise this sum. friends and neighbors to contribute, Much depends on the outcome of these two trials, The Contribute all you can and get your Not merely the 25 workers Rush Your Collection and Make It as Big as Possible. Fraternally yours, ‘ INTERNATIONAL LABOR ‘DEFENSE, J. P, CANNON, Executive Secretary. Page Three Workers (Communist) Party — PHILADELPHIA WORKERS PARTY OPENS CLASSES IN COMMUNISM PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 4.—Along with the general program of Bol- shevizing the party, Philadelphia has made a definite beginning in the edu- NEW YORK DAILY WORKER BUILDERS WILL HIKE 10 JAMAICA WOODS SUNDAY (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, .Dec. 4.—The New York DAILY WORKER Builders Club has arranged a HIKE to Ja- maica Woods for this Sunday, Dec. 6. This was postponed twice on account of meetings of the Young Workers League and the Junior Pi- oneers, and it is expected that this time both organizations will turn out in force to co-operate with the DAILY WORKER Builders to make this the most successful event of the season. * There will be miles of hiking thru the woods, There will also a camp fire, and potatoes baked in a hole in the ground and roasted marshmallows and roasted apples and all kinds of good things to eat (altho it is advisable for everyone to bring a little Junch along in case the commissary department a- gain goes astray). By special ar- rangement with the weather de- partment there will be no rain this time, 80 as to enable the hikers to play all the games that had been planned for three weeks ago. The meeting hour is ten o'clock. Be on time at 108 E. 14th St., or be at the end of the 8.M. T. line in Jamaica at 168th St. at 11 a. m. Then follow the crowd and enjoy the fact that you're alive. chelp! tae cational work. The slogan “Into the C more and more of the membership rea’ lasses,” is being put into practice as lize that the most essential need for a Communist party is a membership well grounded in ‘the theory and prac tice of Lenniism, The method of education to be employed in the classes will not be the old, worn-out, lecture method. Neither to the use of one textbook as in the¢ past. | Students will be assigned specific] subjects in the form of questions which they must study up out of the books, pamphlets, and such other ma- terial as is given for reference, thus giving the students a stimulus for reading revolutionary literature and studying independently. The following classes have already been launched: Fundamentals of Leninism Class has been successfully launched and meets every Saturday afternoon, 3 p. m., at 521 York Ave. This class is led by Comrade Morris Yusem. The principal textbook used is “Stalin’s Theory and Practice of Leninism.” Elements of Communism—begin- ning Dec, 9 at 505 Reed St. with Comrade Bail as class leader. Every Wednesday, Elements of Communism—begin- ning Thursday, Dec. 17 at 3006 Sus- quehanna Ave., with Comrade Ready as clase leader, Every Thursday, Elements of Communism—at 4035 Girard Ave, every Thursday evening, with Comrade Sklaroff as class leader. Class in English to begin Monday, Dec, 6 at 521 York Ave,, with Com- rade Winner as teacher. Every Mon- day, 8 p. m. Definite announcements will soon be made on the Trade Union History Class for which preparations are be- ing made. Comrades from all units in Phila- delphia must immediately register with the agitprop organizers of the branch or nucleus. All the above classes will begin promptly at 8 p. m. and comrades are To Save THE DAILY WORKER urged to come jn time. NOTICE TO CHICAGO MEMBERSHIP Rae general membership meetings on the unity question will be postponed for three weeks and will be listed beginning Dec. 21, according to instructions of the Central Executive Committee, WORKERS’ SCHOOL AT CHICAGO HOLDS MANY GLASSES DURING WEEK The following classes are being held now every night at 19 South Lincoln St., unless otherwise noted. They are as follows: Monday, 8 p. m. Capital, Volume 1, instructor, Earl Browder. Tuesday, 8 p. m., Imperialism, in- structor, Manuel Gomez. Tuesday, 8 p. m. Elements of Communism, instructor, Oliver Carl- son, Tuesday, 8 p. m., English, 2644 Le Moyne St. Wednesday, 8 p. m., American So- cial and Labor History, instructor, Wm. F. Dunne, Wednesday, 8 p, m., Aims and Purpose of the Y. W. L., instructor, Max Shachtman (at 1902 W. Divi- sion St.) Thursday, 8 p. m. 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