The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 12, 1925, Page 1

y 1 . In Chicage, by matl, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 ‘per year. ' DAILY Wo Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at they Post. Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1925 =<" PERISH IN NON-U The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government j * PUBLL SIGMAN MACHINE FIGHT GARMENT BOSSES SHOWN IN DEBATE AT I. LG. W. MEET By WILLIAM F, DUNNE (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 10.—The great desire for organ- ization and the readiness to strike to unionize the open shops oh the part of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union membership, was made plain this morning when the resolutions | committee reported on a number of resolutions demanding or-| ganization in. numberous sections of the industry and the calling of strikes if necessary. MORGAN PLAYS HIS TUNE + \ vz “AN 1) KER. Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER - nd Ae 7 NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents SHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. DEATH TRAP SIXTY VICTIMS ENTOMBED IN SCAB SHAFT OF ALABAMA FUEL AND IRON: BEYOND HOPE OF RESCUE IS BELIEF (Special to The Daily Worker) i BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 10.—Sixty men are entombed in the shaft of the non-union coal mine operated by the Alabama Fuel & Iron company near here. At 2 o'clock this afternoon five dead miners and 17 injured had been taken from the shaft. A cave-in as the result of inadequate timbering and the greed of.the mine owners to remove every bushel of coal from the mine has entombed the others and the rescued men say that it is their belief that the remainder of the be are dead in the lower level of There was no opposition to these resolutions on the part of the Sigman machine, but one ig forced to the conclusion that only the bankruptcy of the Sigman administration can account for the loss of membership in a union where the rank and file shows such fine spirit of readiness for struggle and sacrifice. rs Eacareh NaS -* The machine delegates were busy Rescuers Busy. All equipment of the United States bureau of mines office located here has been rushed to the scene, but most of it is inadequate to deal with yen CAP MAKERS AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O’FLAHERTY HE, United States is not the only coyntry in the world where form- er members of aristocratic and wealthy circles can be observed at close range, performing labor, no mat- “te even it be useless. Many former guts and near-barons’ under the reign of Rasputin, are now engaged picking fleas out of Fifth Avenue poodle dogs or employed as dancing partners to the debutantes who spend considerable time preparing for their role in society, after they are “intro- duced.” * ° 'N Berlin, the esteemed New York Times informs us, that former society girls are now working nine and ten hours a day, posing in gar- ments they are too poor to buy. The fashionable shops are willing to pay those declassed parasites more money than to girls of superior pulchritude but. of proletarian origin. .Of he. 4,000 mannequins in Berlin, 25 per cent are listed in blue books. Some day when the working class come,into power in Germany, there will be mopé black books than blue books, es ss T doesn’t look as if acceptance of the discipline .of the Communist International hurt the Czecho-Slova- kian Communist Party in the recent elections. On the contrary the rene- gade who rebelled against the C. I. and organized a party of his own financed by capitalist money did not even send a single representative to the chamber of deputies, mhile the Communists increased their strength from 27 to 42. The Czech Commun- ists frankly stated that their party was a section of the C. I. and they polled 931,000 votes while the yellow socialists dropped from 1,600,000 to 631,000. This is not good news to those who decry “interference” on the part of the Communist International in the national sections of the organ- ization. F . EAVENWORTH penitentiary has added a shoe factory to its build- ing equipment, according to an article entitled “A Monument to Prison Pro- gress”. publish in the New Era issued (Continued on page 4.) * during the debate on the resolutions trying to show that they had been active in organization work, and for the most part minimized the serious situation which confronts the union in this phase of its activities. The most notable failure to shift re- sponsibility for the lack of organiza- ton and general weakness of the union was registered by Greenberg, manager of Local 91. He claimed a 60 per cent organization of the bathrobe makers and predicted 100 per cent organization in the near future. Woman Militant Skins Greenberg. But Sophia Knishnik of the same lo- cal, in a speech which peeled the hide from Greenberg in a most work- manjike manner, showed that the ex- isting agreement was not even be- ing enforced and referred to a meet- ing in which Greenberg had made statements directly contrary to those in his speech. With a pettiness irritating even to the capitalist’ press reporters Sigman came to the rescue of Greenberg by deliberately interrupting the speaker and asking her a series of sneering estions. er Rvp me SERS cut Mie convention starts hight sessions this evening. The,offieers* report will come on the order:ef*business Friday morning and the debatg,on this report will uncover every a) gle between the progr the Sigmanites. The progressives have Prepared a minority report of ‘about 4,200 words, containing what is probably the keen- est analysis of the industry, the his- tory of the clash bétwen class strug- gle and class collaboration policies and the role of the union, ever pro- jduced in a needle trades convention. |This statement -will-be read to the convention and printed for general distribution. 15,528 Killed by- Autos in One Year | WASHINGTON, D, C., Dec. 10. — | America’s motor accident death rate was placed by the commerce depart- ment at 15.7 per 100,000 of population jim 1924, compared with 14.9 in 1923, 12.5 in 1922 and 11.5 in 1921. Chica- go’s rate was 19 and New York’s 16.6 last year. The total deaths were 15,528, while in 1923 the total was 14,411 and in 1922 it was 11,666. FARM BUREAU FEDERATION OPENS FIGHT ON COOLIDGE PROPOSALS ~— TN SPEECH BEFORE CONVENTION War upon the Coolidge administration's plans for relief to the farmers and a fight to obtain from congress enactment of a law similar to the defeated McNary-Haugen bill was being planned yesterday by officers and directors of the American Farm Bureau Federation as they met in secret conference in this city following adjournment of their convention. “My policy will be governed by the 38 resolutions passed by the convention,” bluntly declared S. M. Thompson, farmer-banker of Quincy, Ul., new president of the federation and leader of the radical element. Bradfute of Xenia, O., who was seeking a fourth term, The vesolutions included advocacy ci a federal farm exports federation, government operation of Muscle Shoals, restoration of prewar freight vates and development of a merchant marine. Personal Rebuke to Coolidge. “The action of the Farm Bureat Fed- « ation is a direct slap in the face of C.olidge who made a special trip to Caicago to befuddle the farmers with | (Continued on’ page 4.) wiied » bkey_2 He was elected on the seventh ballot over O. E. DANCIN ers; Special Features NORE SECRET ~ MEETINGS I MINE STRIKE Locked Doors Prevent News of Dealings | HARRISBURG, Pa:, Dec. 10,—A sec- 'sot conference was held here yesterday between Governor Pinchot and a com- mittee of chambers of commerce in the anthra¢ite region. Methods of trying to end the strike of anthracite miners were discussed, The chief effort is to bring about a resumption. of negotiations between the operators and the union officials. The operators, feeling that they want to keep the strike going until the union surrenders and they can es- tablish open shop, are unwilling to negotiate. Moreover, they prefer to turn down Pinchot to keep him from getting any prestige, even as a strike- breaker, since they prefer the out- spoken reactionary, Senator Pepper. The committee of business men after conferring with the governor confer-| red with representatives of the min- ers’ and then with the operators, hold- Ing separate meetings behind locked loors. There is little “open diplom- wy” to let the miners now on strike o see what their officials are doing sehind locked doors. TONIGHT——Friday, December 11, 8 P. M.—TONIGHT CHORAL SINGING Labor Defense Bazaa Lithuanian Children’s Chorus—100 Voices; Naturfreunde Orchestra; Italian Soloist; Classic Danc- also” by Greek, Hungarian, Finnish, Armenian and Bulgarian G Re WOTE WORKERS (COMMUNIST ) PARTY PLANS sce pepitont vont ate ~ Sree emntll DISTRIBUTION OF MILLION COPIES A statement by the Central Executive Committee of the- Workers (Com- munist) Party which appeared in yesterday’s DAILY WORKER on the challenge that President Coolidge made to the American workers in his message to congress is now being printed and will soon becon the way to every unit of the Workers (Communist) Party. The Central Executive Com- the situation.and it may be some days before the lower level is opened to reveal the fate of the miners, COMMUNISTS IN WINNIPEG WIN GREAT VICTORY Defeat Fascist Head in Elections (Special to The Daily Worker) WINNIPEG, Man., Dec. 10—In the recent eections held here the Commun- ist Party achieved a great victory. Its candidate, Comrade Popovich, was able to defeat the candidates of the conservative independents and the {Ukrainian fascists, who carried on a Violent-tampaign against. the. Com- munist Party of Canada, Distribute 45,000 Bulletins. Over #000 bulletins were distrib uted fn the shops and on the door- steps of Winnipeg workers. Among this literature there were two leaflets appealing to the Ukrainian workers and one to, the Jewish and one to the German’ and 24,000 bulletins in Eng- lish, explaining the clear-cut | class program of the workers’ candidate. Workers.or Bankers’ Rule. The issue in these leaflets was put ®.uarely before the workers in the fogan “Shall the bankers or the vorkers rule the city of Winnipeg?” Facts, figures and arguments in the bulletins distributed exposed the s character and the nature of the dictatorship existing in the realm of civic politics. In this campaign, the Communist Party had the able assistance of the Young Communist League and the Young Pioneers. ‘The Young Pioneers froved their worth to the Communist mittée calls upon all units of the party to distribute this statement as widely |;,oyement of Canada by distributing as possible among all workers and especially to those that are members of the trade .unions and to th farmers, Print Million Copies. The party is printing a million copies of this leaflet and in a short time, will issue @ program of action, laying the basis for activity of the Workers (Communist) Party in the coming congressional and state elec- tions in 1926 andiaid to stimulate the ® move towards sa labor party in the} trade unions and other working class organizations. Arrange Mass Meetings. Mass meetings are to be arranged in all parts of thf country in which the meaning ofthe recent message to congress by President Coolidge will be explained to the workers and | the need for an active struggle of labor against the*Coolidge policies will be stressed. All members of the Workers (Com- munist) Party ave called. upon to mobilize for an»active campaign to educate the workers of America to a realization of the necessity of developing class struggle activity against this program of big business laid down by Calvin Coolidge. ‘SUBURBAN RATES. INTO CHIGAGO INCREASED 15 PCT, A fifteen per cent increase in subur- ban fares’ was granted all railroads jin the Chicago district,-.except the Chicago & Northwestern, by the Illi- jnois commerce commission. not included because it recently ob- tained a 20 perecent increase from the The Chicago & Northwestern was : tiousands of leaflets to the homes*of Canadian workers, Communist in Fourth Place. Comrade Popovich who on first count stood in third place was only forced to the fourth place by Jones of the independent labor party by 79 votes, which the latter received on the second count from the Ukrainian fascist, Yakimsehak, and the conserv- ative independent, Palmer. The final standing of the candidates (after the rest of the candidates had been eliminated) ~was‘as follows: Barry of the conservative party st. eit Blumberg independent labor party £625. Jones, independent labor |mand a 20 per cent increase instead |mendous gains in this election de- of the 15 per cent allowed by the state, |spite the vile and slanderous attacks The roads affected by the ruling in-|that were indulged in by the Ukrain- St. Paul, Burlington and Pennsylvania. jfan, German and Russian workers and the vile campaign of the conservative clude the Rock Island, Illineis Central, |ian fascists among the Polish, Ukrain-| HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! | CONCERT at the NORTH-WEST HALL, North and Western Avenues grou sean and independent labor parties. Bring Donations! ATT Being Your Friends! SHOW GREAT SOLIDARITY i Boston Shop S trikes Against Scab Order By S. D. LEVINE, (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 10—The workers of the cap firm Tobias Cap | Manufacturing company, in Boston | have shown a good example of class solidarity. An order for about 600 uniform caps for a taxi company came into the jabove named firm. The workers of hat firm, who are members of Local Cap Workers’ Union; upon finding out that this order is for the Checker Taxi company, whose workers are now on strike and that these caps will be worn by the strikebreakers, immedi- ately called a shop meeting and noti- |Sea-their employer that they.will not make any caps for strikebreakers. Boss Rages in Vain. The employer was very indignant, insisting ‘upon the work and appealing that this would mean’ losing a cus- tomer, but it was of no use. The workers were determined not to make caps for strikebreakers and the order had to be canceled. The action of the cap makers is more praiseworthy when it is taken into consideration that there is not much work now in the shops and that jthe loss of this order meant a loss of almost a week's wages for each | one of the shop workers. | A Progressive Local. } Local 7 is a progressive local in the ;Hat and Cap International Union. The local particip in all progres- sive work of the labor movement. Its | organizer is Brother J. Miller, and | the secretary is S. Wisem. | i LEAGUE REFUSES | TO HEAR SYRIAN | STORY OF FIGHT Fear Chalibage to Im- perialist Mandates (Special to The Daily Worker) ;. GENEVA, Dee. 10 - ;France, tho deadlocke Britain and od on every other Loint thus far discussed at the pres- eatsession..of the council of the f ague of nations have at last found | Ommon ground. They have united ii order to prevent a representative |cf the nationalist liberation movement interstate commerce commission. 2104 party |c¢ syria and Palestine getting a hear- Because of the success of the North- |”), eh, \ iid ling. western before the interstate com aol bigs vommunist candidate) thsayDjabir Bey, of the stricken merce commission, the other roads cata Ah jeity of Damascus, is here asthe rep- are expected to carry their! case be-| Make Tremendous Gains. ‘resentative of the Syro-Palestine in- fore the national commission and de-| The Communist Party made tre-|dependence movement and requested audiences with Sir Eric Drummon. secretary general of the league; Sig. Scialoja, chairman of the council, and (Continved on page 2) Full Page of ‘Worker Correspondence in the Daily Every Friday This is Friday. On page five of this issue you will find a full page ot | worker correspondents’ articles. You are always certain to find interesting and inspiring ‘reading on this page. In addition to"our full page every Friday we havé a regular daily depart- ment of worker correspondence, Ey- ery day when, you get The DAILY WORKER turn to page five and look for your article and those sent in by other workers, i |