The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 9, 1925, Page 1

fe The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for-a Workers’ ~ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 281. Subscri Entered as Secon TyGhicage. by mail, $8.00 per year. hicago, by mail, 36. 00 per year. i] i * lass matter September 21, 1923, at the Post: Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1925 vvES FAKE FARM PRO 1879, <> PUBLI GERMAN NEEDLE TRADES =F IS | : SILENT ON WORLD TRADE UNION UNITY AT I. LG. W.U. CONVENTION THE TIGHTWAD Published Daily exeept Sunday by + THE DAILY 1113 W. Washington Bivd., ¢ SHING CO., LE thicago, By H. M. WORKER 1. Price 3 Cents f COOLIDGE PAYS POLITICAL VISIT TO CHICAGO UNDER GUISE OF AIDING IMPOVERISHED FARMERS WICKS, By WILLIAM F. DUNNE (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 7.—Martin Plettl, representing the German Needle Trades Union and the Needle Section of the International Federation of Trade Unions, addressed the con- vention this morning. He told of the determination of the German needle workers to resist wage reductions and the lengthening of hours, but said nothing about the Dawes plan or world trade union unity. His remarks were all of a general nature except when-he urged the delegates to adjust internal differences and unite for struggle | Arriving in Chicago from Washington this morning Gal Coolidge was rushed,from the depot to the roof of the Sherman hotel where an elegant georgian cottage had been constricted for his accomodation during his six-hour stay in the city. The usual mobs of police thugs, detectives, federal secret service spies met him at the station and accompanied him to the hotel. His speech on the farm question was delivered at eleyen o’clock before a gang of impostors calling themselves represen- |tatives of the farmers of the middle west. The gathering is {called the seventh annual convener of the Ame’ erican farm .————) a AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY F you have not yet read “Whither England?” by Leon Trotsky, hurry up and partake ofa mental feast. It is as easy on the eyes as anything that ever came from the pen of one ~fagainst their enemies. The progressive cloakmakers of New York sent a delegation with a basket of flowers to the convention containing the following note read by Secretary Baroff: “We greet the convention and hope that it will result in granting to all members full freedom of political e pression and that every member will be able to contribute to the union to the limit of his abilities.” federation bureau. Customary Stupidity. The speech was the customary Coo- lidge dirge, a monotonous intonation | of stupid platitudes to conceal the | vicious hand of dollarocracy that is| throttling the workers and farmers of this country. If there has been any doubt as to} what is fn store for the farmers this speech of Coolidge, particularly its main part dealing with banking} of the best writers in the revolution-| The presentation of the flowers was }schemes to “aid" them, will, with! ary movement. It is a polemic against | accompanied by a demonstration end- only superficial analysis, reveal to| imperialist | England’s politicians, against the labor lieutenants of -Brit- ish capitalism and at the same time an exposition of Communist tactics in the war for the overthrow of capital- ist rule, se FRACTICALLY every important capitalist paper in the world gave liberal space to a review of this book. Trotsky asks the question “Whither England?” and answers it in several brilliant chapters. The answer how- ever, can be stated in too words: “to hell.” The organs of American cap- italism, even those that represent economic forces at war with the in- dustrial powers of Britain, indulged in sneers at Trosky’s analysis of Brit- ain’s decline as a world power and the antagonism between the interests of the and those of the United States. ruling classes of the “motherland”, ing with the singing of the chorus of “The International” while all but the right wing delegates stood. Green Awaits S. 0. S. Call. - President Green remained here un- til this morning, it is said. Phen he left for New York where he will re- main awaiting an “S.O.S.” call from the Sigmanites. No change has been made as yet in the committee appointments against which the progressives protested Sat- urday, but over the week-end at least one prominent labor newspaper ‘cor- respondent was approached by ma- chine elements on the question of ar- ranging a conference with representa- tives of the progressives, The progressives appear disinclined to enterinto any ,ent, feeling that while the is in progress the left wing is ai “Stabilization” ~ AID GERMANY Likes five Searels Napetiegaline on all other s for Settling racite Sirike PROGRESSIVE MINERS’ PLAN. 1.No compromise’ by arbitration or otherwise on the demands of the TriDistrict. convention. One ‘agree- ment to cover the whole coal min- ing industry. No government aid to them their future under capitalism, Under the guise of “extending finan-| cial aid” Coolidge continues the gov- ernmental policy of supporting the bank combine that is rapidly throt- tling the farmers, burdening their land with mortgages that they cannot pay and thereby making them serfs of the great financial and industrial combines. “For financing the farmer,” said Coolidge, “we are developing the farm, lean and intermediate credit bank. These have put out about $1,200,000,- 000 of loans at moderate rates to (Continued on page 4.) CONGRESS OPENS WITH DAWES NOW ‘BRITISH LABOR PARTY MEMBER BOOSTS EMPIRE ‘Backs Imperialist Aims in India and Mosul BY JAMES H. DOLSON. EVANSTON, Ill.—“The Right Hon orable” etc. etc. Brigadier General Lord Christopher Thomson, secretary of state for the air ministry in the British labor government, and a prominent member of the labor party ‘\of England, revealed the calibre of |that party most clearly in his speech |here recently before the Evanston | Women’s Club. The meeting was un- |der the auspieces of the International Relations Council, “which had given the, “Honorable Lord etc.” a feed at the; aristtocratic North Shore Hotel. In -fact, the supper was so @vod and the ladies so attractive that the dough- ty general was half an hour late for oes ‘[to its strength in many im; t ‘demands. operators. his address. ROTSKY applies the lash merci-|¢enters. Philadelphia is an example |. Communists Foresaw 4. Check.off, 2. Full recognition of the union, ss ee ceeere evens was Sagisaihie“g lessly to the renegade hides of} this development. Altho the left 5. Arbitratiom@t demand for ra [the wage increase demanded | and lary p Soci ~~ te oie Jack, England's leading right wing social-| Wing was practically forced into ille-| BERLIN, Dec, 7—The Dawes plan \y,ages 10 per cent. |better working conditions. A_min- ents corated with the figures of ists. MacDonald, the recipient of gifts from a tory biscuit manufacturer, is his pet aversion, sharing honors with the lady known as Ethel Snowden. Here is a gem that might well tempt gality here so far as the union was|is “saving Germany.” concerned, at the get-together affair|jobless men and women tramp the arranged Saturday evening by the lo.jstreete of Berlin and other German cal progressives, the attendance was cities looking fotwork. Soup kitchens double that expected and the meetin Thousands of for the long lines of pauperized work- 6. No meansetfor winning this or other strikes. te dlatedihlind THE OPERATOR'S PLAN. |imum wage not less than full union scale. } 3. The six-hour day and the five- |day week, with unemployment. relief |furnished by the state or federal gov- Longworth Is Speaker of House (Special to The Daily Worker) three stately dames, representatives of the Daughters of the British Em- pire. They had condescended to attend for the purpose of hearing what the distinguished laborite had to say. The any reader to spend $1.75 on “Whither | Was characterized by a spirit of strug-|ers are set up in the working class| 1. Five-year contract. lernment, disbursement to be made bly gins ie Mogae hous-| rector of the local episcopalian England?”: “Let us overcome our |8le, hopefulness and determination in-' districts. Prostitution flaunts insist-/ 2 Mining to begin at once regard-|through the union machinery. 5a pes 7 ra 8 é hehe: jehurch introduced the speaker, hav- natural aversion and read thru the |icating a militant and organized ra-| ant invitation everywhere. A tidal |less of union demands being granted| 4. Abolition of the Conciliation sp a a gh niey 2 ve, ag nal} ing gained his knowledge of the lord, article in which Ramnsay MacDonald|Vival of the left wing and union} Wave of bankruptcies is beginning. |or not granted. Board. aries G. Dawes was late, as usual.| ne stated, from some golf stories. expounded his views a short time be- fore leaving office, We warn the reader in advance that we shall have ay tc apsde dy on sadcsauirer ste vi 2) activity. As they proceed the base of Sigman support is narrowing while that of the left wing is broadening. Hold Back G, E, B. Report. This is the “stabilization of capital- ism” resulting from the Dawes plan. During November a new high re- cord of bankruptcies was made the figure being 2,158. An estimate of negotiation or arbitration. 1. No check-off.. The open shop. 5. Arbitration of all disputed points without reservation. 6. Means to prevent strikes to be 3. Present wages to be reduced by 5. Nationalization of the mines with workers’ control, 6. A 100 per cent strike by with- drawal of the maintenance men, a national general strike of all coal miners and an alliance with the rail- -ho not so notoriously late as on the} day he forgot to get up in time co! cast his vote for the confirmation of | as attorney-gen-| Charles B. Warren, eral. Opening the senate after his tardi- Thomson announced his subject ag “International Relations The peace of Locarno, he in Europe.” tated, mark- | ed a probable turning poifit in Europe« an history. Its importance, according wice thi b made of those . a sae it is analvéis: lav du 1 $43 The convention adjourned until viva dali torte oe han 5,400 |Provided in the agreement. road workers to block scab coal. ay Ses tion Maman ate: ee See ae etary lay tn its recognition Tuesday morning. No committeé is settled out of court. ore t pw a different from his slap-stick perforn:-| of the necessity of breaking the econ- fonds to report excapt that: on” ee Nady ‘ater iesd haates saree ben ; ance when he first “blew in” to thelomic barriers which separated the 5 ‘0 ‘ Z = General Executive Board report, but senate chamber last spring. Where-| countries of the old world. H . PLANS TRIP T0 the machine is now trying to delay|O™Pamies announce no divdends ar C. P, P, A, DOESN T FOUNDRY LABORER It as, in his initial appearance, Dawes] jjeved it was a step towards ae the close of the year’s business: and eved it was a step towards a United action on this controversial document criticised venerable senatorial cus- many are shutting down, even the é a te ye] | kates of Europe. SOVIET RUSSIA until the end of the convention. This great firms like Krupp, Thyssen and KNOW WHETHER IT COMMAND OF RED ARMY Pkt vines nit, The “Right Honorable, etc,” de is 5 teresa of % original pte Siauadesiadin are’ whiting @own part AND-WAVY-OF SOVIETS | |rous tarce or the whole aftair, today|l#red that the MacDonald govern: - cgay AA Abate he? ay Ee bon bei Fe of their works. iI he was as meek asa lamb and at all|™ett had: not sympathized im ‘the « Purcell Committee to Se £ ied heb ie bedi nad ing On| The official or registered unemploy- times consulted the rules that he had| *lshtest with the Russian Bolsheviks G D iT ti a long array of documents put-| oq figure is going away up. It stands pasted on a card to hold before him|#24 Was more detested by the real et Delegation Porting to show the activitics of the| now at 500,000, ‘The estimated unem-|.\, for his guidance. radicals than even the most reaction- Pay: Communists in the union. These doew-| ployed is twice the registration figure, Dismal Conference at v ary out-and-out capitalist government. é By ELIAS MARKS, NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 7.—The trade union committee for organ- izing the Purcell meeting, in the course of its three successful confér- ences, has enlisted the enthusiastic support of 50 local unions represent- ing 150,000 workers of New York City, ments, once the trump card in the hand of the right wing, are now-a source of\ embarrassment as a war on the Communists in the union can be waged only by fighting about. 75 per cent of the membership, of 1,000,000, with at least 2,000,000 working only part time. The merchant class faces disaster in the Christmas trade, only the cheap- est lines being saleable and only the small genuine upper class in the mar- ‘|ket for costly purchases. The poor MARYVILLE, Mo., Dec. 7, — One|cannot buy. The middle class buy Cleveland Hotel By HERBERT BENJAMIN. (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 7—-In a small room of thesHollenden Hotel in this city, some 'thitry delegates and LaFollette Seated. At today's brief session three sen- ators, Robert M. LaFollette of W) consin, George H, William of Missou- ri, and Arthur R. Robinson of Indiana, were sworn in. All of them are re- publicans, tho LaFollette has definite: ly aligned himself with the insurg- Lenin himself, according to Thomson, [had told the latted on the occasion of his visit to Ru ist leader’s de before the Commun- , that the British la- bor party a “lot of pink humbugs nies of the interna- tional working class revolution. The ents. brigadier and his fellow politicians, in the campaign for world trade union) man is dead and another perhaps/Iittle and cheap, the middle class be-|P4tional committee members of the neanteiing is: odetnin Bans however, are realists’ (hie elgssines hi Conference for Ptogressive Political m Senator Len-|. i : . unity. fatally injured as a.result of a wreck/ing slowly reduced to the same eco- root of Wisconsin led La¥ol-| himself as a philisopher), There were Two large mass meetings were held |on the Burlington railroad near here.} nomic level as the proletariat, tatat P. P. Ab) met aN vain sie Foreiipe thgsdectedue where ia teal 1'960,000’ unemployed. workare 4h! Mame at which 7,000 trade unionists listen- co 0. resuscitate e |-smelling | ed to Mr, A. A. Purcell’s inspiring message and unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the sending of a PROGRESSIVE MACHINISTS WIN corpse whose identity they were even unable to establish:. With William H. Johnson absent because of “illness,” the oath of office. The gallery full of females tittered at this spectacle as (Continued on page 6) |land. Warehouses were full of goods to the. bursting point. Something must be done. So, putting aside his pre- i _ judic ainst the reds, MacDonal ano ean Svs er CHICAGO DISTRICT ELECTIONS): iets: ooe ats ey again he Fon, icon * SMALL der to get the wi 7 in- ae esate 70 cole deb ap In one of the most spirited elections held by the Machinists’ Union since LaFollette campaign, the conference STATES BORDERING [dustry sik ‘a ioe a Bisse: eo toward the establishment of a closer ' Lait weil id found itself in theposition of a ship RUSSIA FORM MILITARY {manufactured products of Britain bond of friendship and solidarity, be- | War time, the combined Anderson progressives and the left wing candidates) withdut a rudder. of Britain for tween the organized workers of the United States and those of Russia. It is an important step toward the establishment of world trade union unity, There is no reason why the Amer- lean workers should accept their in- formation from unreliable sources— from the capitalist press or from the enemies of labor, We should know what the workers of Russia are doing and we should get our information from reliable labor sources. At the next conference to be held on Sunday, December 20 at 3/p. m. at Beethoven Hall, 210 Bast 5th St., a full report will be made of activity thus far, Plans will be discussed fop developing our campaign with a view to raising a fund large enough to send a good-sized labor arse heeie to So- viet Russia, won a decided victory over the Johnston administration s in the Chicago district council. Almost every candidate on the progressive slate was re- turned to office. More interest was shown by the rank and file in this election than in previous ones, which was shown by the heavy vote cast, The progressive machinists in this district are determined to start a real campaign during the coming months organize the unorganized, which was one of the main planks in the election campaign. - With the interest shown in this year’s election and with a successful organization campaign increasing the membership. there is no doubt that the union machinists in Chicago will demand an increase in wages next year pecially in face of the great profits that has been made by the metal tra employers during 1925, The officers elected for the district were as follows: . President District Council, Louis Look. % Vice-President District Council, Emil Holt. Recording Secretary, J. Re Financial Secretary, William Wendt. ’ ‘ oF Sergeant-at-Arms, Carl Schlimbach. Business Agents, J. Daly and J. J. Uhiman, 2 tp pre . Those in the conference who have still managed to maintain some po- litical prestige in their localities, re- fused to take the conference seriously. They simply sat back and watched tempt to anchor. Organization Bankrupt. The morning sesison was devoted to | the others flounder about in a vain at-] CLEMENT VOROSHILOV eee The red army of Soviet Russia is hallelujas on the results of the last| now commanded by a former foun- lresidential election, the delegates from the various states showed tho that insofar as the present te of the organization is concerned there is no organization. Replying to a query as to the number of mem-} {bers on the national executive com- |mittee, vice-chairman, Mercer ©. Johnson gave the number as fifteen. The reports of) dry worker. When the list of those elected was read tho it was found that there were (Continuedion page 6) Since the death of Michael Frunze, and the transfer- ence of the red army's first com- mander, Leon Trotsky to economic work, the Soviet government has given the commi iat of war into the hands of Clemeny Voroshiloff, who was formerly an ordinary la- borer in a foundry, but who has won his right to command by ability shown in the revolutionry civil war. BLOC AGAINST SOVIETS BUCHAREST, Roumania, Dec, 7— Jugo-Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia, Rou- mania and Poland have entered in- to a military alliance’ and have signed an agreement in which they declare they will aid each other in “e of war. This pact which has been enter- ed into by the small states that border the Union of Socialist So- viet is an attempt on the part of the great powers of Europe to cre- ate an alliance against Russia which can be used in their new of- fensive. This pact follows the Locarno’ peace pact which was atso aimea against the Soviet Union by. the capitalist powers of Europe the raw materials | the Soviet Union. “Hot” Air For Dawes Plan, The former head of the air ministry (add the adjective “hot” so far as the (Continued on page 2) FASCISTI ARREST MANY SOLDIERS FOR ATTEMPT 10 Wi UTInY tN ITALY PARIS, Dec, Pri — Travellers ar- riving here from Italy reported that Several officers and soldiers have been arrested at Ravenna, Italy, following an attempt at mutiny dur. ing which the headquarters of the \twenty-eighth Italian infantry were invaded, and foodstuffs of SONI TD, kA emenennenia 6