The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 18, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government THE Vol. Il. No. 289. <hscription Rates: ¥ Outside Chicago, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Entered as Second-clays matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ilinois, under the Act of March 8, 1879. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1925 by. mail, $6.00 per year. SIGMAN MACHINE DENOUNCED ON CONVENTION FLOOR: MEMBERSHIP WIL REPUDIATE FAKE MMJORITY By WILLIAM F, DUNNE. (Special to The Daily Worker) * PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 16.—The Sigman machine's paper majority was stained almost to the breaking, point today in the vote on that portion of the officers’ report dealing with the expulsion policy in general and the New York situation in par- ticular. After a show of hands the tellers announced that the vote was 154 for and 112 against, but a roll call cut the machine vote to 140 and raised the left wing strength to 114 with 14 delegates abstaining and 6 absent. Oné member of Local 89, Antonini’s local, voted against the machine while Antonini and the rest merely voted present. Thé machine suffered badly in the debate and Sigman, in a two hour speech, was unable to repair the dam- age. Hyman, following Fineberg, who raised again the issue of good and bad Communists by accusing Zimmer- man and others of not being‘‘true disciples of Trotsky,” delivered his best speech of the convention. The speeches of Fineberg and Sigman at- tacked the Communists and were evi- dently intended to split the non-Com- munist left wingers from the Com- munists. The ineffectiveness of this tactic can be seen by the vote. Marks enlivened the proceedings by calling the attention of the chairman to the provocative activities of Lev- + jinson of the socialist New Leader among the délegates, whereupon Sig- man announced that Marks had two comrades present “who should have |been thrown out the first day.” He jreferred to the correspondents of The |DAILY WORKER and the Freiheit who were at the press table, but not even among the right wingers was there any enthusiasm displayed for the suggestion of President Sigman. Sigman’s speech consisted of a hec- tic “justification of his activities and his yehement and oft repeated pro- tests that he wanted no credit for himself were convincing evidence (Continued on page 4.) REACTION IN I. L. G. W. U, VIOLATES THE NEW YORK PEACE AGREEMENT By WILLIAM F. DUNNE (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec, 16.—The Sigman machihe today violated the peace agreements concluded with the New York locals and carried @ et mendation of-the law committee whi changes nothing. The committee on law gave locals of 300 and less two delegates and locals of 1,000 three.for the first 1,000 with one delegate for each additional thousand. Local 2 with 10,000 members now has 12 delegates in this convention. Katolsky of Cleveland, speaking for the, committee report, admitted that the New York locals had a majority ofthe membership. Hyman showed that the out of town ‘locals were being their-own dnterents: the . York membership, which the ‘machine ruled by an artificial majority, were the ones who supported financially all organizing work in cities outside of New York. Hyman termed the machine’s pro- position an insult and warned the Sig- (Continued on- page 4.) DAILY WORKER HELPS CAMBRIDGE ————————— SHOE WORKERS BETTER CONDITIONS Workers all over the country are The DAILY WORKER. of the rotten conditions existing in a workers organized a demonstration b dustries and the board was forced to company. realizing more and more the value of In one issue of The DAILY WORKER, an expose Cambridge factory was printed. The efore the state board of labor and In- “cover up” the violations of the shoe In every city in the country, there are factories where workers have grievances and struggles with the bos: the workers in the factories, such as ting of wa The DAILY WORKER » There are important issues before lengthening of hours, speeding-up, cut- staff is not able to get this news. The workérs in those shops should write their storles to The DAILY WORKER, order a bundle in which the article appears and distribute it to the workers. It is in this way that The DAILY WORKER can become a living force in ghe every-day struggles of the workers. RESPONDENT! The Dream of the Coal Barons Drawn for The Daily Workor By R. Logan,, Every worker a WORKER COR- fused bythe “Sigttian machine against }, DEATH RATE MOUNTS HIGHER AND HIGHER IN NON-UNION MINES CHARLESTON, W. Va., Dec. 16. —The death rate in the non-union mines’ mounts higher and higher. In the month 54 coal diggers laid down their lives. Nearly 25 per cent of the fatalities in West Virginia occurred in McDowell. county where union miners are scarcer than hen’s teeth. According to the state depart- ment of mines one miner pays with his life for every 245,129 tons of coal mined. a, The non-union coal operators vio- late as many of the safety laws as they want to with impugnity. The law is in their hands in most of - the mining regions and all attemps at organization are squelched by these servants of “laws and order.” * 2 * WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 16.— An appeal is being sent out not to forget that the union miners of West Virginia are still in tent col- onies and that they need shoes, clothing and other necessaries of life. The miners refuse to go to work in the mines under non-union con- ditions, LANDIS AWARD RECRUITS SCABS FOR EDISON C0. Pickets Threatened by _ Drunken D puties The Edison Electric Appliance com- Pany, 52nd Ave. and 19th St., unable to get any of the workers in the main plant, located at 56th and Taylor Sts., to go to work in the struck plant are now using the Landis award office, 219 North Clark street, to recruit scabs. Yesterday morniny the union pickets suceeded in pulling out one of the men, who had gone out with the sheet metal workers at the time the strike was issued and turned back a worker who was sent from the Landis award employment office. Bosses Make United Front. The Landis award committee, which represents the bosses in the building trades and maintains an employment office for the building trades bosses, is now using this office to send scabs ta the Edison Electric Appliance coin- pany. The worker, whom the pickets in- formed of the strike, had come from Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he has a wife and family. He as out of work and when he arrived in Chicago, he went to the Landis award office to get a job. They sent him to the struck plant, not telling him that the “! plant was on strike. When informed of the strike he refused to enter the plant. . Union Votes Assessment. The Sheet Metal Workers’ Union, Local No, 115, has voted a $1 assess- ment per member to be sed to pay strike benefits. This local is eon- ducting the strike and is determined to continue the fight until the strike is won. Drunken Deputy Pesters Picket. One of the deputy sheriffs or plug- uglies, hired by the company to guard the scabs, attempted to intimidate one of the pickets and then threatened to.arrest the picket and send him to the county jail. This deputy was so well it up, that when he ate his din- ner in one of the nearby restaurants the waitress kept her eye on him for fear that he might drown in the bowl ot soup which he had on his table. He had, great difficulty. in keeping his head out of the bowl. These deputies are armed and stagger around the entrance trying to pick fights with the pickets, Spain Sends Protest to United States on Embargo on Oranges MADRID, Dec. 16.—The Spanish government has sent a note of pro- test to the United Stats, as the re- sult of the Américan embargo on Spanish oranges,’ oS n t wpe Order a bw of, The DAILY WORKER leh athe Dat of YOUr UNION. se0q wo do whe 4 * ’ $e ——__— PUBLI THREE Sam Levin, mai joint board of the 7 ing Workers’ Uni needle trades because they di: lots to the wor! which it urged tl for the progressi didate, Nathan Joseph Kistelek employed at the Baucek Tailoring € Abe Lerner em- ployed at the M: & Co., and Bthel Flegel employed at Baumer Tailoring Co. were are re! ‘ 4 from their jobs at the instru of Sam Levin, manager of the joi Prefer 2 The removal of the union was d trary manner. No ferred against th given by Levin Wa tributed sample bal Program ‘upon ¥ his opponent, is Vote . The following ik the text of the handbill, urging the workers to vote for the candidate of the progressive and left-wing nalgamated Cloth- removed three from their jobs ited sample bal- in the shops on workers to vote/| id left-wing can- | in a purely arbi- harges were pre- ‘The only reason that they dis- s containing the Nathan Green, n ng his campaign. ror en! id i * Vote For Nathan of the Chicago Ji Amalgamated is endorsed . by Clothing Workers’ BE, L. Mark N. GREEN [x] — nm for Manager it Board of the Workers. He Amalgamated up ofthe T. U. allot like this: aged of The Joint Béami Is a Vote For 1, Genuine Unemployment Insur- ance, 2. Organization of the Unorganized. 3. Freedom of Minority Expression. | 4. Reinstatementiof Members Ex- pelled Because of Differences of Opin- ion. Amalgamation: Shop, Delegate System. International:Trade Union Unity. Labor Party. Againse. 1, Wage Cuts incthe Form of Re- adjustments. 2. Expulsions, 8. Slugging. When some of the members of the union appeared before Levin and ask- ed for an explanation of their re- moval from the job, he declared that he does not object to the plugger an- nouncing the candidacy of Nathan Green, but that he objects to the pro- gram printed om the other side. He ; declared that they will not be allowed to go back to work until he prefers charges against them to their respect- ive local executive boards, Violated No Rules. The members, who were taken off their jobs, have not ‘broken either the discipline or the rulés ‘of the union by distributing the hamdbills as the ma- chine itself is distributing sample ballots marked for/its candidate urg- ing the members ito vote for Sam Levin, who is responsible for the slug- ging and expulsiomgolicy in Chicago. TAMMANY. POLITICIAN WILL TAKE IT EASY ON $5,255 PEB YEAR (Special to The) Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dees 16.—Mayor Hy- lan retires Januanys1, with a pen- sion of $5,255 a year, Hits Debts to U. S. eran LABOR PARTY SPEAKER IS SENTENCED 10 SIX MONTHS? HARD LABOR LONDON, Dec. 16.—The Belfast city commission sentenced Samuel Patterson, a member of the Belfast labor party, to six month’s hard la- bor for making an alleged seditious speech at an open air labor party meeting, A police constable quoted extracts from the speech containing the al- leged seditious utterances, but Pat- terson strongly denied making these statements. Three other witnesses, including the chairman of the meeting cor- roborated Patternson’s evidence but the jury returned a_ verdict of guilty. The government first attacked the Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents SHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, ll. + DEFIES LEAGUE OF NATIONS BRITISH WAR LIARS BUSY AS "WAR CLOUDS GATHER BECAUSE LEAGUE ASSAILS TURK CLAIM (Special to The Daily Worker) | GENEVA, Dec. 16.—Turkey tonight sent an official letter to | the league of nations’ council announcing its refusal to recognize |the league’s authority to award Mosul to Irak, under the British | mandate. This letter creates a situation that may easily result in warfare between Great Britain and Turkey. Great Britain will \insist upon the league of nations enforcing its decision, which | means that all other countries that are members of the league | will be expected to furnish their quota of fighting forces and | equipment to throttle Turkey in* |the interest of Britain. | «In spite of the fact that Turkey had HEAD ARRESTED | “rounding-up” spies in Great Britain. announced that it would not abide by the decision of the league, which is known to be under the domination of Britain and which everyone knew in advance would grant the Mosul terri- tory to that country, the league of na- tions deliberately provoked Turkey in the most vicious manner. Turkey Is Mobilizing. Communists; now it is jailing labor party speakers. , SCOTLAND YARD Turkey is already mobilizing her forces, according to information from Constantinople, and Britain is known to have been preparing for war with Turkey ever since the defeat three years ago of the Greek armies which were subsidized by Britain. Bases for nayal supplies have ben established in the eastern part of the Mediterranean sea by Britain and at any moment open warfare may break out, starting a conflagration that may inflame all LONDON, Dec. 16.—Sir Basi! Thom- | Europe and the world. son head of Scotland Yard and advo-| The Turkish delegation has flatly re- cate of the use of armoured tanks fused to attend the session of the against striking workers, was arrest-|Jeague council after the awarding of ed during the week-end in Hyde Park, |the decision to Britain. charged with raping a young girl. Sir Basil Thomson when arrested gave the name of Hugh Thomson. ‘The woman's’ hame was given as Felma de Lavy) Both were, taken to the Hyde Park police station and were bailed out, They failed to appear at the Marlboro street police station on Monday and the police are now seek- ing them. Sir Basil Thomson was Great Brit- OR RAPING GIRL Red-Baiter Gives False Name to Police War Liars Busy. In order to create a proper setting from which to launch atrocity stor- jes one General Laidoner submitted commission to the league of nations. in so that the reptile press of Britain could begin the publication of atrocity * ij ies. ain’s assistant commissioner of police | ***! 5 from 1913 to 1919, and was a promin-|_ With war with Turkey looming Britain refrained from _ pressing ent figure at Scotland Yard during the world war when he was in charge of France regarding the coveted man- date in Syria and the present Briand government of France leans towards Britain. It is questionable if the Briand government can stand long enuf to come to the afd of Britain in (Continued on page 5) He was made director of intelligence in 1919 and continued to hold that office until 1921. He was created a knight in 1919 in recognition of his (Continued on page 4.) | REPUDIATE THE WAR DEBTS, URGES MARCEL CACHIN IN HIS SPEECH IN FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Dec. 16.—In a speech before the French chamber of deputies, Marcel Cachin, the leader of the Communist fraction, voiced the opposition of the French workers to the payment of the war debts to the United States and the attempts of American imperialism to place its yoke on the French workers, when he declared, “We (the Communists) do not agree to deliver into the hands of American financiers part of our public fortune. We do not desire that to the exploitation of French capitalism, which is already hard enough, there be added the exploitation of a capitalism with whose methods we are familiar. ..... The working men and peasant classes of this country will never accept the additional sacrifices imposed during sixty two years in order to give American industrialists, whose methods. we know, those 150,-| 000,000,000 (francs) asked of us to- day.” The following speech made by Ca- chin and loudly applauded. in.the : chamber, is filled with biting sarcasm G28 and bitter irony, when he exposes the § aims and methods of American im- perialism in France and other sec- Lj | tions of the world: | “The question of interallied debts seems to me sufficiently vital for our country to be again discussed in this} chamber. Our. country is asked to) make the sacrifice of 150,000,000,000 | PRESS We are asked for two ‘generations to ae make a sacrifice which is all the more to be apprehended because it is iim-| possible to conceive of a worse finan-} cial situation than ours, Our allies’ demands are absolutely incompatible with the eituation of this country as well as with the most elementary mo- rality, France paid with her blood, said M. Louis Marin. This formula must ever exercise full weight in the minds of all honest men, “From the beginning of the war I watched closely the purchases France made inf the United States. M. Denys Cochin, who was entrusted with them profits tax, most of which is borne by of the income; miscellaneous and inte: 72.01. —past, present and future—reach the total. This includes int Compare this with the special di MARCEL: GACHIN, Communist, Speaking in the French Chamber of Deputies. total appropriation is to be spent for The government dispatch is $57,000,000, which is less on behalf of the government, carried out his task with a conscientiousness all those who knew him must recog- nize. With what\’'sippres: sed anger ig * Be “not analy#@" those veritably Every wide-awake worker should (Continued oa page 3) te hie shopmates. thé’ repdrt of the” Mosul ‘nvéstigation The decision had already Ween pre-| }pared, but Laidoner had to be called | spent on education, the remainder being paid by districts, ane study the above designs and show it — PROTEST GROWS AGAINST ATTACK ON JULIO MELLA Big Demonstration in Chicago Sunday Night Calling upon the forward-looking workers of Chicago to demonstrate their solidarity with Julio A. Mella and the other victims of American im- } perialism in Cuba, Haiti, Central Am- lerica and the Philippines, the All- America Anti-Imperialist League (U. S. section) has combined with Inter- national Labor Defene in arranging a monster anti-imperialist protest meet- ing, to be held Sunday evening, Dec. 20. The meeting. will take place at Northwest Hall, ‘corner North and Western avenues, and the doors will open at 7 o'clock, William F. Dunne, editor of The speaker. There will also be Negro, Cuban, Filipino and Chinese speakers. Manuel Gomez, secretary of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League, will be chairman. Protest is Nation-Wide. Both the All-America Anti-Imperial- list League and International Labor | Defense are mobilizing all their ener- gies to draw the workers to this de- |monstration, which is only one of a number of similar demonstrations to |be held in the principal cities of the | United States within the next few days. It is pointed out that quick action |is necessary if the protest of the Am- erican workers is to be heard before it is too late to save the life of Mella, who is in a critical condition in the prison hospital at Havana, where he is continuing his brave hunger strike. He was imprisoned with twelve others, because of his activities against the big American sugar com- bines. Not only in the United States, but thruout Latin-America, the protest 1s swelling against the latest imperialist exploits of Wall Street and Washing- ton, Meetings have already been held in Mexico and Colombia, Everywhere attention is called to the fact that the new brutalities in Cuba come close on the heels of campaigns of wholesaié (Continued on page 5) cipal | | | THE WAR BUDGET GEER AL UNCTIO! Omer Cre FUNCTIONS: REFUNDe Taust FUNDS PUBLIC WORKS | x DISCOUNTS franes in favor of our two former al-| SCELLA REPAYMENTS IC ELLANEOUS OPERATION MARING, lies, the United States and England. | INVESTMENTS. ane RECEIPTS TAMMerOATAT ION | ACH circle represents a dollar, divided so as to reveal the source of im come and the proposed expenditures for the next year, The income and the workers, constitutes 49.16 per cent rnal revenue adds still greater burdens, amounting to an additional 22.85 per cent, making a total from this source of In the circle to the right we discover that propesed expenditures for wars, enormous total of 70.38 per cent of the tt on public debts, public debt retirement, war allowance insurance’ claims and national defen Who says the United States is not a militaristic nation? ispatch of a Dally News correspondent who reveals the fact that in the budget of the Soviet Union 32 per cent of the education, . appropriation for education, according to the Moscow than 40 per cent of the total amount DAILY WORKER; wilt be the=prine 6 2