The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 10, 1925, Page 2

LS a crete +“ 2weenaneee ee eee $n Page Two eee LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL NEAR WRECK AS ANTAGONISMS (Special to The GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec Daily Worker) . 8.—The council of the league of nations meeting here is the scene of a struggle between Eng- land and France that may have serious consequences. posure of the activities of British spies operating from Paris in the air bases of French military forces has thrown confusion into the deliberations of the council and a deadlock looms with the members of the council about equally divided on the side of the two conflicting powers. The first signs of the impasse arose yesterday over the ques- | tion of whether the league members shall undertake to give naval and military as participate in economic and financial measures against na- tions violating the rules of the league. Lord Robert Cecil, the British dele- gate wants to keep indefinite and ab- stract the sta of the assistance to be rendered aggrieved members, while Paul Boncourt of France, insists upon clear definitions. Article 16 of the covenant provides that all members shall aid anyone wantonly attacked, Instead of sending out casual battal- ions Boncour insists that the full strength of the armed forces of the nations be mobilized and thrown into action in case of a violation of the league covenant. Britain refuses to as Sume concrete obligations, hence the cause of the first deadlock. Greece Defiant. Former foreign minister, Rentis, of Greece, disavowed the pledges of the Greek minister in Paris who agreed to accept whatever findings the league members reached in the investigation of the recent flare-up on the Bulgar- jan border. He repudiates the agree- ment to pay a heavy indemnity and presents a couhter claim against Bul- garia. Britain’s antagonism is probably stimulated by the decision of the in assistance as wellft vestigators against..Greece, as it is known that the Athens government is the pawn of Britain in its designs against Turkey, whose. threatening at- titude on the question of the Irak boundary menaces the peace of Eu- rope. Threat of Break. War clouds hovering over Turkey, the distasteful decision of the inves- tigators against Greece, the recent The ex-|_ NOW’ COMES BORAH, THE GREAT LIBERAL, WITH A BILL TO STOP STRIKES WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Senator William A. Borah, republican, of Idaho, will introduce a bill in the senate tomorrow to protect the operators of coal mines from future strikes in the coal mining industry, he announced today. Borah declined to reveal in advance the terms of his proposed measure. spitc of the opposition which has al- ready exposed it as a fraud. On the question of foreign debts he enumerated those countries that had settled and those that were in pro- cess of settling. He expressed a de- sire to see Europe stabilize all cur- rency, which means returning to the gold standard so that the debts to the United States may be reckoned in terms of gold. Locarno—His idea. Speaking of the results of Locarno, Coolidge professed to see a great ad- vance toward peace and informed the drowsy congressmen and senators, “The Locarno agreements were made by the European countries without any formal intervention of America,” expose of a brazen spy campaign against France, have caused Britain to be wary about definitely commit- ting itself to a policy of uniting its forces behind the. decisions of the league. Geneva may within the next few days become the scene of a defi- nite break between England and France. This session, called under the pre- tense of arranging for a disarmament conference in Burope, already con- fesses failure in that regard. Such a conference is not likely to be held for two years or more and many ob- servers unhesitatingly declare that it will never be held because the growing antagonism between the two principal European powers will burst out into open hostility and wreck the league of nations as well as its creature, the vorld court. AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL AGAIN DENIES RUSS UNIONS CONFERENCE AMSTERDAM, Dec, 8~—The general council of the Amsterdam Interna- tional (International Federation of Trade Unions) at its meeting today, decided against calling an unconditional conference with the All-Russian Council of Labor Unions to exthange opinions regarding the admission of the Russian unions to the Amsterdam International. Upon the question the councell divided sharply into a right and left wing, with the solid seven votes of the British representatives voting in favor of the unconditional conference and the other 14 representativs voting against it. ————$—$—_$—$$ $$$ Coolidge Message Threatens Labor (Continued from page 1) are the instruments by which we un- dertake to do our part to promote good will and support stability among all peoples.” Just as the thugs and gunmen of im- perialism thruout the world bomb cities and villages to establish peace, so Coolidge proposes the same thing for the workers of the United States and any other territories unfortunate enough to fall into the clutches of Wall Street. Filipino Freedom. The down east Yankee who in- habits the White House at present, is, of course, in favor of freedom for the Philippines—with reservations. They will be granted independence when the benevolent government of the United States has properly edu- tated them to understand what self- government means. Their ultimate independence will be achieved only when they prove that they are suffi- ciently servile to always do the bid- ding of the imperialist mauraders and not before. Meanwhile Coolidge says that from “such reports as reach / me there are indicattons that more authority should be given to the gov- ernor general, so,that he will not be so dependent upon the local legisla- tive body to render effective our ef- forts to set an example of sound a ministration and good government.” This is an echo of the inability of Major General Leonard Wood com- pletely to crush the Filipinos who have insisted upon maintaining their own legislative bodies. The plea cf Coolidge is for unrestrained military dictatorship in the island possessions. China Also Included. Speaking of the Chinese customs conference on extraterritoriality the message declared that this govern- ment was participating and that at the conference it “will be our policy so far as possible to meet the aspira- tions of China in all ways consistent with the inte 8 of the countries involved.” Since most of the great powers have extensive interests in China and the House of Morgan, thru the United States government, has insisted upon the full application of the “open door” policy—that is the right of Morgan to challenge in China every other power, the Chinese workers can read- ily anticipate to what degree their aspirations for national liberation from the yoke of imperialism will be consistent with the interests of the United States imperialist robbers and assassins. Centralized Government, Further centralizatiomot, the powers of government are advovatéd upon the basis of the report of Henry G. Dal- ton, appointed to investigate th« whole problem of the United State shipping board and the emergency fleet corporation. In the shipping board report, separate from the mes- sage, the policy of forcing private concerns purchasing parts of the fleets reveals further strengthening of the military power of the country. One of the regulations require those priv- ate capitalists purchasing ships from the government to equip them with Diesel oil burning engines so they will be useful for impressment into naval service in case of emergency. Muscle Shoals to Ford. That it is the aim of Coolidge to enable the private capitalists to plun- der the natural resources of the coun- try to their heart’s content is planly set forth in his message where he deals with Muscle Shoals. “The problem of Muscle Shoals,” says Coolidge, “seems to me to have assumed a place all out of proportion with its real importance. It probably does not represent in market value much more than a first class battle- ship, yet it has been discussed in con- gress over a period of years and for months at a time. It ought to be de- veloped for the production of nitrates primarily and incidentally for power purposes. It would setve defensive, agricultural and industrial purposes. 1 am in favor of disposing of this pro- perty to meet these purposes.” Thus Henry Ford’s desire to gain control of this rich mellon with but slight expenditure will be realized, if Coolidge has his way, and there is no reason to doubt but that the full im- plications of the vicious message will be carried out, Tax Nostrums. Dealing with the proposed Mellon revenue. act, Coolidge was very cau- tious, but it was evident that he is determined to jam the thing thru, in its hunt for greater profits. and on the land, of copies. COOLIDGE HAS SPOKEN! How About Workers and Farmers? AL COOLIDGE, Wall Street’s president, has spoken. In his speech at Chicago, Monday, and in his m Tuesday, he stated clearly the program of America’s plunderbund in He has directly and boldly attacked both the workers in the city He is their enemy. Let workers and farmers everywhere write in their views of this pro- gram. What have you workers and farmers got to say about it? The DAILY WORKER has been publishing articles, editoria’ stories on these questions for the past several da: these issues have been distributed, would-like'to publish a whole page of letters from worke: ers telling what they think of Coolidge’s speech and his message. down now and write your letter and send It In to The DAILY WORK- ER, 1113 West Washington Bivd., Chicago, Jie said the message, “altho on July 3 I publicly advocated such agreements in an address made in Massachusetts. Some of the senators who heard the message droned off by the reading clerk remarked that soon the presi- dent would be taking credit for every- thing that had ever happened. World Court Proposal, They were still more astonished when in a few moments the message dealt with the world court and while advocating adherence to this tribunal, described by Borah as the back door to the league of nations, proclaimed it an American idea, “A well-established precedent marks America’s effort to establish a couri of this nature. We took a leading part in laying the foundation on which it rests in the establishment of the Hague court of arbitration. It is that tribunal which nominates the judges who are elected by the council and the assembly of the league of na- tions.” The question of ‘the world court is slated to come up on December 17 and at that time will begin the fiercesi battle of the sixty-ninth congress, ac cording to political observations, Slams Awakening Negro. Before concluding his message with a reiteration of his threat to enforce industrial conscription by denouncing “wasteful quarreling oyer the returns from industry” and insipid drivel about “willing to work in harmony with the abiding purpose of a divine providence,” he took a side-swipe a: Negro workers by declaring that the; had a right to live their own live: under the protection of the public law but that this “does not include any license to injure others materially, physically, morally, to incite revolu tion, or to violate the established customs which have long had the sanction of enlightened society.” Some of those enlightened custome are known to millions of Negro work ers who have seen their fellows mob bed and burned to death by the “besi people.” The enticing of large num bers of Negro workers into industry is signalized by the president of th« United States officially recognizing the revolutionary implications of such migration and warning against in- elting revolution among them. As for the agricultural workers Coolidge merely repeated in brief re- marks the banalities of Monday's speech before the fake farm congress in Chicago. Challenge to Workers, Coolidge’s message is a challenge to the working class of the United States and to all the suppressed clas- ses now under the domination of Am- erican imperialism. This one docu- ment has accomplished the feat of embodying the threat of the iron fist of the government against all the op pressed workers and farmers of this country as well as the cclonial work ers who are struggling to liberate themselves from the thralldom of tollarocracy. As against this threat the working class must raise the slogan of a labor party that will struggle against the Wall Street monster and its puppet in the White House. Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features every week. This is a good issue to give to your fellow worker. age to congress, delivered on He speaks for their enemies. and news irge numbers The DAILY WORKER and farm- Sit THE DAILY WORKE /RULERS WEAR p> Bue; OVERALLS IN SOVIET MEET Metal Workers’ Union Meets in Palace By Clement Lamar.- | (Special Moscow Correspondence to The DAILY WORKER. MOSCOW, Nov. .18,—(By Mail)— Last night, in the Hall of Columns of the House of the, Unions, formerly the House of the Nobles, there open- ed the seventh congress of the All- Russian Union of Metal Workers, with 478 delegates representing 685,000 members present and about a hun- dred more expected today. The huge balcony was filled with guests, and on the stage around a table decked with red were seated the Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish delegations from the metal werkers’ unions. Rulers in Overalls, Thousands of fancy bulbs encased in sockets which were built into cost- ly crystal chandeliers, cast their light upon the hudreds of. delegates’ and guests, almost all gf whom came dres- sed in their working clothes. Many of the delegates were bearded men and there were not a few women. Two women were among the 39 elected to the presidium of the congress. After a military band had played the International, A. Lepse greeted the congress in ‘the name of the ex- ecutive committee of the All-Russian Union of Metal Workers, briefly reviewed the period of almost two and a half years which intervened since the last congress, calling at- tention particularly to the great pro- gress made in the matter of produc- tion which already in the fiscal year 1923-24 had passed the production planned for the year 1926-27. Production Increased 70 per Cent. The year 1924-25 showed an in- crease in production 6f'70% over the previous year and “all "signs pointed to a healthy increase during the com- ing year. . When he remarked’ that since the last congress the “Riis:an workers and peasants had ‘lost their great leader, Lenin, the hwge audience stood up as one and the’band played the ‘uneral march, Suéh a rendering of the funeral march ''to ‘American who has not been in Russia ever heard. Review Errors and ‘Aécomplishments. After paying honor !also to the me- mory of Frunze amd‘the metal work- srs Who died sinceP th "last congress che delegates heardythe greetings of fomski, the president of the All-Rus- sian Federation of t¢rrade Unions, Djerzinsky, the presigent of the Sup- ‘eme Council of National Economy, ind Losovsky, the general secretary ot the. Red International of Labor Unions. All of the speaker’ dealt not only with the great ac Plishments of the last two years, hut also with the errors discovered inytheir course and with the sew problems confronting the workers of the U. S. S. R. Djerzinsky ended his speech with the remark that in the struggle for Communism the metal worker stands in the front linési“Long live the metal workers.” B6th of the other speakers dealt at length with the in- {ernational situation. Shows Who Rules Russia. The remarks of Losovsky that the workers of the capitalist. countries despite the capitalistic press assisted by the social-democratic press looked with sympathy and love upon the ef- forts and achievements of their Rus- sian brothers brought forth tremend- ous applause which rose to thunder when the Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish delegations’ were presented to the congress, The great number of workers in their working clothes seated or walk- ing about in the great and beautiful lobbies and in the smoking room of the former House:of the Nobles was rather a strange sight to an Amer- ican; but it furnished vivid and incon- trovertible proof that the ruler of eee is indeed the worker of Rus- sia, 4s Only Platitudes From Official of German N¢gedle Trades (Continued fyom page 1). It must be said ghat the Sigman wolves are very lamb-like indeed. Russia Barely Mentioned, Only once did Plettl mention Rus- sia, It was in referring to the internal struggle in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union and while he urged them to unite their forces he said that he could not advise “any more than England or Russia could advise the German trade unionists.” His speech was oriered printed in the minutes but why I am unable to say unless as a courteous gesture from the Sigmanites to one of their ilk in Germany. The speech itself contains little but platitudes. It is additional confirmation of the suspicion long en- tertained by workers that, when t gentlemen cannot, for vi good re sons, launch an-attack on the left wing and its program, they have noth- ing to say that cguld not be said by a not too bright ten year old child pro-}. viding the child was @ supporter of capitalist demoorgay R Big Business Congress in Role of Santa Claus to America’s Profiteers By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ODAY, the “big business” congress is down to work and promises to get out the new “economy” taxation bill before Christmas. This bill is to be in the form of a holiday gift to the great profiteers. In the role of Santa Claus, congress will rush thru this measure cutting the taxes now supposed to be levied against huge incomes and swollen profits, by hundreds of millions of dollars, transferring them more effectively to the shoulders of the workers and farmers, the producing class. While this congress, therefore, comes to the parasite’ rich as a gift bearer, it knocks at the doors of the toiling many as a pillaging tax gatherer. * * * ” All this is the basis for great satisfaction on‘the part of the profit takers. The opening of congress is hailed by them with joy. One need only turn to the financial pages of their kept press. O. A. Mather, the “Snancial expert’ of the Chi- cago Tribune, declares. “For the first time in years the convening of congress yesterday was a welcome event in the financial world. The general hope and belief that it will be a ‘business’ congress, marked by much ‘constructive’ legislation, was heightened by the tenor of President Coolidge’s address in Chicago.” * * * * Even before congress had assembled in Washington, the “expert” of the New York Times wrote: “On the eve of the reassembling of congress there is a marked ab- sence of the perturbation among business men that has been so custom ary on such occasions in a number of instances.” . * * * * These two quotations, that could be amplified by extracts from every capitalist sheet in the land, should convince all workers and farmers that the demo-republican congress isn't going to turn out any legislation that will be in the least help- ul to them. The democrats conducted a fake scrimmage on the opening day in the selection of a speaker. But when Nicholas Longworth, Coolidge's spokesman, had been select- ed, the democratic floor leader conducted the manager of the republican steam roller to his place of power, to show that there was no ill feeling between them. * * * * “Constructive legislation” consists of all such laws as will aid the business interests in more effectively plundering the masses. Any legislation against “business” is denounced as Bolshevism. o 8140. If the bankers, the landlords and the food speculators are satisfied with Coolidge and his congress, as they are, city and Which means that the profit press gloats over the fact cago Tribune says: “Financiers and business men welcomed as sound policy President Coolidge’s unqualified opposition to any government price fixing schemes for agricultural products.” And in the same breath: : “Radical agitation is not expected to make much progress in this con- gress.” Which means that the prost press gloats over the fact that the workers and farmers have not been conscious enough of their own interests to send their own representa- tives into congress to make the fight for them. * * * * No help for the farmers. But new aid for the railroads, shown by the fact that the stock quotations mounted higher on the money exchanges as congress met. There are many railroad senators and representatives, in Washington, speak- ing for multi-millionaire railroad owners, not underpaid rail- road workers. While bankrupt and landless farmers are flocking to the cities, the railroads in October showed the LARGEST NET REVENUE FOR ANY MONTH IN AMERI- CAN RAILROAD HISTORY. * * * * Need more be said to show that Wall Street’s government in Washington is a class government, defending the private property interests of the exploiters? : Must additional arguments be presented to show that the workers and farmers need their own class power to advance their interests as aclass? If so, then this “big business” con- gress will precent them to the plundered American masses in a myriad, brutal forms. Predict No Bill ; "lec todioeianes of AMERICAN LEGIONNAIRES SCAB ON POLICEMAN ON STRIKE IN LA GRANGE Il, Dec. 8. — When the police department went on strike, in the person of Chief L. C, Mathews, twenty members of the American legion volunteered for pa- Filipinos Will Pass (Continued from page 1) the Filipino independence bills, intro- duced by Senator King, the secretary of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League pointed out that the huge re- publican majority in congress makes is possible for a democrat like King to introduce such measures without] troj duty. the slightest fear thar they will be adopted. President Coolidge, he remarked, ‘i has repeatedly expressed himself as Poorly Constructed opposed to liberating the Filipinos from imperialist rule, on the grounds that they “are not ready” for it. More- Floors Menace Lives over, he has given' full support to ex- Secretary of War Weeks and Gov General Wood in their frankly anti- independence policy. Desires Don’t Count, Wood recently vetoed a bill passed by both houses of the Philippine na- tional legislature calling for a refer- endum of Filipines on the question of complete and immediate independ- ence, thus showing that as far as American imperialism is concerned the desires of the Filipino people have as much to do with the case as the flowers that bloom in vhe spring, Sen. King’s platonic gesture will be given no greater consideration. It is not in congress that the hope of Filipino liberation lies but in the strength of the Filipino people them- selves, and in the support they re- celve from other oppressed peoples of the “American empire,” and partt- cularly in the support of the revolu- tionary working class of the United States. Order a bundle of The DAILY WORKER for every meeting of beadents * SS Se of New York Dancers NEW YORK, Dec. 8,—Poorly con- structed dance floors menace the lives of thousands who dance nightly in New York's one hundred night clubs and speak-easies, according to officials of the city building depart- ment. Loses Life in Fall, PI7KSKILL, N. Y., Dec, 8—Thomas Wilson, 14-year old youth, died of in- juries received when he fell 200 feet to the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft. oust. (DEMAND HEADS OF A.C. W. OF A. STOP SLUGGINGS Workmen’s Circle Pro- tests to Officials Upon hearing the report of the Hos- pitaler ;in the Sholom Aleichem Branch No. 478 of the Workmen's Cir- cle on the brutal beating of Berson, Craft and Berlin, who were slugged by responsible members and officials of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union in Chicago, the branch adopted the following resolution condemning the use of such tactics against active militants in the Amalgamated and de- mands the Chicago Joint Board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union take steps to punish the guilty ones and to prevent such occurrences in the future, “Chicago Joint Boatd “Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. “409 South Halsted St., “Chicago, Ill. “Dear Brothers: At our last regular meeting, Nov. 18, the Hospitaler in making his report stated that Three of our best and devoted and most loyal members of the Amalgamated, Berson, Craft and Berlin, were slugged by some responsible members and offici- als of the Amalgamated in Chicago. And, as our branch recognizes the good work done by the Amalgamated for its members on the economic field, and as the members above mentioned helped along the Amalgamated in its struggles: Emphatically Protests. “Therefore, our Branch emphatical- ly protests against such actions as taken by these responsible members of the union, and demands that the Chicago Joint Board take the neces- Sary measures to punish the guilty ones in order. to prevent such actions in the future, “Fraternally yours, “Sholom Aleichem Branch No. 478, Workmen’s Circle.” (SEAL) Send Protest to Amalgamated. Copies of this protest resolution were ordered sent by the branch to the Chicago Joint Board of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers of Amer- ica, to “Advance,” organ of the Amal- gamated and to The DAILY WORK- ER. FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO PAY BACK TAXES OF $40,000,000 WASHINGTON, Dec. 8,—The ma- jority of the stockholders in the original Fond Motor Car Company, of which Senator Jamse Couzens of Michigan is the foremost, have re- tained two ex-candidates for the presidency to fight the treasury’s eflorts to collect $40,000,000 in back taxes, it was disclosed here. Their array of counsel wil incude Charles Evans Hughes and John W. Davis. Fundamentalists Plan Anti-Evolution Law; to Open “University” LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8, — Every state in the union will be organized within 12 months in a national cam- paign for a law similar to the Tennes- see anti-evolution law, W. B. Riley of Minneapolis, executive secretary of the world’s christian fumdamental- ist association declared on arrival here. A central fundamentalism universi- ty to cost $10,000,000 is planned for establishment in or near Chicago, he said. Crush Insect Pests with Steam-Roller WYE, Kent, England, Dec. 8—Insect pests became so great in the local grasslands that a steam-roller was brot out and used over the infested area crushing the pests. Minister Sends Out S, 0. 8. PARIS, Dec. 8—Settloment of the French debt to the United States will be practically realized in thirty days, Finance Minister Loucheur, informed directors of banks of credit establish- ments of France in appealing to them for aid in improving the stability of the franc. He will like it! Give your union brother a sub to The DAILY WORKER, THE ITALIAN Dr. V. A. CAMERA announces the opening of his own office at 835 East 75th Street, corner of Maryland Ave. ‘al practice of medicine and surgery with special uae for social- venereal diseases and obstetrical gynecological cases. Office Hours—9 to 12 a, m., 2 to 4 p.m, 7 to 9 p. m.