The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 22, 1925, Page 2

4 Page Two PINCHOT PLAN STILL LEWIS MAIN PROPOSAL Yet Willing to Sign 5- Year Contract (Special to The Dally Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 20—Negotla- tions of settlemerit of the anthracite coal strike are still unrealized, altho John L, Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers’ Union Is offering to practically surrender the strike for a five year contract under the tricky “Pinchot plan.” The latest move was an invitation by 2 committee of seven. mayors and burgesses of the anthracite district, sent to both the operators and the union, asking both to confer “on the LYNCH NEGRO WORKER AFTER JURY FINDS HIM NOT GUILTY OF MURDER (Special to The Daily Worker) CLARKSDALE, Miss., Dec, 20.— Lindsay Coleman, Negro plantation worker, was, lynched here a few minutes after a Jury in circuit court had declared him not guilty of the murder of Grover C, Nicholas, plantation store manager. Only 8 Pct. Orphans in Children’s Home NEW YORK, Dec. 20. —- Of the 27,815 children who oa vec. 31, 1924 were being cared for institutions su- pervised by the New York state board of charities only 8% were orphans, according to the bulletin of the board. Nearly half had both parents living. COOLIDGE CALLS @overnor’s or any other plan.” It is evident that the mayors and burgesses are sticking by Governor Pinchot so far, as their meeting last week de- clared, “Governor Pinchot’s proposals were the proposals of the public, wherein the miners made every pos- sible concession.” Amounts to Surrender, Miners, in fact are convinced that the sald “concessions” are a dis- graceful surrender of their demands made at the Tri-District convention, and many are increasingly demanding a withdrawal of maintenance men who are keeping the mines in repair and the declaration of a strike of all eoal miners in the United States. The operators are meeting today and will reach a decision then, but Lewis replied at once that the United Mine Workers were willing to meet in negotiation conferences, “only upon the basis of Governor Pinchot’s peace proposals.” Don’t Mean Anything. A Tittle tiff was staged between In- giis, head of the operators and Lewis, when Inglis declared that “Lewis was throwing up a smoke screen to con- ceal issues.” Lewis said Inglis had a brainstorm and had used a “foul and gratuitous falsehood.” But this little spat is regarded by the progres- sive miners like one of Goldberg's cartoons—“It don’t mean anything.” Tt is clear now to the miners that the operators are out to destroy the union or-conquer it completely. Soviet Power Has Disarmament Plan for Geneva Meeting (Continued from page 1). economic foundation for the world.” oe U. S. WTI] Participate. WASHINGTON, D. ©, Dec. 20.— President Coolidge is definitely com- mitted to participation in the so-cal- led “disarmament” conference to be held at Geneva in February, altho the weneral league opposition in the Senate keeps him from openly spon- soring the fuli participation of the United States, The president has his ideas on dis- armament, which are that the Europe- am countries should reduce their standing land armies, America has no large standing army to reduce, though it has a tremendous reserve army of conscripts and skeleton for- ces. But the United States is jealous of its naval’ power and Coolidge is be- Heved fixed on participating in the comference if, for no other reason, than to see that the United States keeps its arms for support of its im- perialistic policies, Roumanian Persecutions Continue. Mass arrests of Communists con- tinue in Roumania. As a result of prosecutions during the last few weeks, there are at present about 100 IN DEMOCRATS TO AD WORLD COURT Colonel House Visits the White House (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 20.— The senate is on @ vacation over the week end, but more fire-works on the world court issue is expected Monday when the dispute is taken up on the question, Those who heard Senator Borah’s speech Friday are still talk- ing over his expression that any sen- ator who privately believed joining the court a bad move for the coun- try, and yet who voted for it merely because his party platform endorsed it, would be—“the slimiest creature that ever wriggled into the United States senate.” Wall Street Proposal. That Coolidge is preparing to use all possible assistance from democrats and other supposed “enemies” of his party to put across the scheme which has clearly received the approval of Wall Street, is seen in the visit of two of the most outstanding league of nations, democratic partisans to the White House. : The first of these two democrats is Colonel E. M. House, once Woodrow Wilson’s right hand man and secret representative before the two split over the Versailles treaty. House is now a guest of Coolidge and unques- tionably is being used as an advisor to the head of the republican party in the fight to put over the U. S. entry to the world court. He would not, as usual, say anything to reporters of what his business is or what his opin- ions are, Underwood Calls. The second leading democrat called in to help Coolidge on the world court fight is Senator Underwood. He visit- ed Coolidge Saturday afternoon. Un- derwood is the ranking democratic of the foreign relations committee and a strong propagandist for the league of nations, The visit of these two ardent sup- porters of Woodrow Wilson’s pet pro- posals, the league of nations and the world court to aid a republican presi- dent, caused some gasps of astonish- ment, but the knowing only mention the term “Morgan’s Siamese Twins.” Miners’ Union Scraps Forced Arbitration SYDNEY, Australia—(FP)—At the annual conference of the Australian miners federation at Sydney, it was decided to abandon compulsory arbi-/ tration and to adopt conciliation and young workers and 50 adults in prison. It was decided Arrests have taken place thruout Bessarabia and old Roumania. right to strike. Federation. WHAT BO YOU HAVE TO SAY? President Coolidge Has Challenged Labor with a Capitalist Program, Reported to the Present Congress of the U. S. HAT do you have to say about it? Does silence, on your part, mean consent? If not, then GET BUSY and help distribute a million copies of the Workers Party's leaflet: “COOLIDGE CHALLENGE TO LABOR,” a LABOR program against the capitalist program, to every worker in your shop and community. Be sure to bring this matter to the attention of your local union, benefit soclety, Workers Party branch and shop nucleus. Use the blank below. Price, $3.50 per thousand; $2.00 for 600. DO IT TODAY! Send order to Workers Party, National Office, USE THIS ORDER BLANK Workers Party of America, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. Dear Comrades: Enclosed you will find §..... oe for which plea send us. copies of the manifesto of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party entitled “Coolidge’s Challenge to Labor.” Name; Street: City: ... voluntary arbitration, reserving the to affiliate with the Miners’ International DAWES PLAN WELCOMED T0 RESCUE FRANC Paris Papers Favor the - House of Morgan (Special to The Dally Worker) PARIS, Dec, 20.—The one hope to save the franc is aid from the United States. This is the public declaration of the new finance minister, Paul Doumer, who followed Caillaux and Loucheur in the job of trying to sta- bilize French currency. But the United States can be brot to invest capital in France only un- der one condition—that is a Dawes’ plan for the country. In spite of all the twisting and turning of the gov- ernment to avoid this fate, there seems no other way out of the mud- dle. Already that part of the French press subsidized by the American banking combine under the leadership of J. P. Morgan & company is con- ducting propaganda for a Dawes’ plan by publishing stories about the rise of industry and commerce in Germany under the plan and the sink- ing of the france and the general dis- tress threatening the, French repub- lie. The Communists in the chamber of deputies realize the portent of such propaganda and are confbatting it with all their might, while the treach- erous socialists are sécretly in fa- vor of it. Like their kind in other countries they .willingly sell. them- selves to the highest bidder and the one powerful capitalist group able to pay the highest price for prostitu- tion these days is the House of Mor- gan, President Asked to Rescind Court-Martial Action on Mitchell WASHINGTON, Dec, 20.—Repres- entative John N, Tillman, democrat, made an appeal on the floor of the house demanding that President Cal- vin Coolidge mitigate or quash the sentence which the court-martial de- cided on in the case of Col, William Mitehell. Col. Mitchell was found guilty of violating military discipline and it was decided to punish him by removing him from the government payroll for five years, Tillman declared that the court- martial was organized to “get” Mit- chell and not to give him a trial. The Mitchell issue and his recommenda- tions are backed by many of the lead- ing democrats against the administra- tion program as contained in the Dwight W. Morrow report. THE DAILY WORKER Can’t Stop the Fall of the Franc in France Thru Pawning French Industry HUNGRY YOUTH SETS FIRE TO BAKESHOP T0 STEAL LOAF OF BREAD (Special to The Dally Worker) LAWRENCE, Mass. Dec. 20— Admitting that he set fire to the property of the New England Bak- ing company at 97 Lowell St. an 1t-year old youth told the police court here that his purpose was to burn down the door in order to get into the bakeshop and steal a loaf of bread to satisfy his hi er. One of Five Children, The lad then told the court that he was one of five children and that his father was dead. His mother is unable to do any igs His mother borrowed money te pay the rent of the small shack she lived in but there are times when she could not borrow and as fort od they were often forced to do without it. The lad told police witee the day that he set fire to the? bakeshop the meals he had consisted of: for breakfast, a cup of coffee; a few bites at a relative’$. hoi and nothing far supper, j Hungers For Bread. Consumed by a gnawing desire for bread to satisfy fila hunger, the youth testified, he:formed an idea of burning down the door of the bakeshop, gaining, entrance to the plant and stealing,.a couple of loaves of bread. ;, Then enlisting the aid of two other; youths who also were longing for something to eat, they set fire to the building. The young lad ig;:now In the hands of the Juvenile Court and ef- forts ara being made by the state to send the youth to a detention home as a “criminal” and an “en- emy of society.” Scientists to Study, Heat of Old Sol in Samatra Next Month WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—A scien- tific inquest from which may come a more accurate knowledge of how much ‘longer the sun will continue to serve humanity, will. be performed on the other side of..the world—in Samatra—next month. Dr. W. W. Coblenz,; of the United States Bureau of Standards, Dr. C. G. Abbot, of Smithsonian Institution, and other scientists,axe in the orient, making preparations ‘to study the so- lar eclipse in January, Injunction Restrains Klan from: Holding Peres Kauses HOLTON, Kan., Wee. 20—Judge M. A. Bender, of Oskalod$a, before whom Attorney General 6 B: “Griffith ob- tained a temporary" injunction a year ago, making the ofder against such demonstrations state‘wide, reaffirmed his decision here. “The klan will ap- peal to the state supreme court. Levin Counts Votes in Amalgamated (Continued from page 1) didate, offered to pay the expenses out of his own pocket. Program “Verboten.” Those workers who were interest- ed in electing the opposition candi- date because of the program he sub- scribed to, distributed a plugger in the shops in the form of a sample ballot. That plugger contained the Program upon which he was running. This plugger that contained Green’s platform was declared iMegal by the officials. Three workers were arbitrarily re- moved from their jobs because they distributed it. Manager Levin, who is running for reelection and whom Green opposes, gave out instructions to all shop chairmen to take all peo- ple off the job who may be found dis- tributing campaign literature for Green. Altho those who have been removed were returned » their jobs after a day, yet it shows to what ex- tent the machine is prepared to go to perpetuate itself in office. It is exceedingly interesting to note the reasons offered by Manager Levin, who is also a general execut- ive board member for removing those people from their shops, When some of those workers appeared before Levin for an explanation of their re- moval, he said, “I do not object to Introduce Bill in Congress to Force Rail Consolidation WASHINGTON, Dec, 20—A new bill, providing for the compulsory con- solidation of all American railroads into a few great trans-continental sys- tems, was made public by Senator Albert B. Cummins, of Towa, co-author of the Esch-Cummins act. Uniforrn Marriage and Divorce, WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—A consti- tutional amendment, giving congress the power to enact uniform marriage and divorce laws thruout the country, would be submitted to the American people under terms of a bill proposed by Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, Besides dealing with marriages and divorces, the bill also would give con- gress power to enact legislation car- ing for children affected by divorces, 7 Make “your slogan—“A your distribution of the plugger an- nouncing Green’s candidacy, but I do object to his program appearing on the other side.” Repudiates Convention Policy. For the present administration to object to a program that demands genuine unemployment insurance, or- ganization of the unorganized, protec- tion against wage cuts, against ex- pulsion of members because of difference of opinion and against slugging, amounts to saying, “To hell with all progress,” and constitutes a repudiation of many of the resolutions endorsed by the last national conven- tion of the A, C. Ws This election proves that the ad- ministration machine, in their effort to pile up a big vote”used all methods, unscrupulous or not} to pile up a big vote, They terrorived the member- ship. .All manner ofintimidation was used. They* took ‘@dvantage of the ignorance of some éf the members by having the shop eMairmen cast their votes for them, *All their tactics were directed toward attempting to instill such fear #@to the rank and file in opposition tethem so that, in the next election, they would not have te courage to place candidates on the ticket again. The machine sag doubt claim a big vote in this elegtion. But by mere figures they can f€ver hope to con- vince the rank . file of the left wing and progres e elements wat they still enjoy the full eonfidence of the membership or, that their policies and tactics of the past year have been approved. 3 How About Some Evening? Some night when you have no meeting—or some night when you're broke and you can’t go to a show —why not step over to the Workers’ Book Store at 19 8. Lincoln St.? You can help to prepare @ propa- ganda ew — and yowll spend, a pleasant evening. Step over ANY night and speak to The Daily Mit + gpa Hammersmark. e sure need your hetpt CANADIAN COUR SENTENCES FIVE ‘CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 20—The second case in the trial By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ‘ODAY, the “franc statesmen” in Paris are considering another plan for saving French currency. The proposi- tion looks like a mortgage on French industry. The French capitalists, who seem to favor this latest panacea, are evi- dently willing to impose this “Dawes plan” upon themselves, in order to save their precious profits, before Morgan and other international bankers in Wall Street, do it for, them. * * * ° The suggestion first came from the textile barons of northern France. It is proposed to pawn the assets of French industry for a loan of $400,000,000 to satisfy, the rapacious needs of the nation’s internal debt, that barks ceaselessly like a devouring wolf at the door of France's treasury. It is declared the metal and pottery interests join in support of the plan. 2 * ° ° e ; When the French capitalists talk of pawning the assets of French industry, they mean that they are merely pawn- ing their ability and power to exploit the French working class. Without the workers securely harnessed to the cap- italist industrial machine, the so-called “mortgage” wouldn't be worth the paper it is written on. It is only the increasing amount of wealth stolen from German labor that satisfies the demands of the Dawes plan. French capitalists, attempting to aid their own govern- ment out of its financial difficulties, will in turn demand new aid in increasing the exploitation of the French workers; thru cutting wages, worsening labor conditions, increasing the length of the workday and increasing the cost of living necessities. They will ask and receive “favors.” This means a bitterer life imposed upon the whole French working class; worse even than in Germany, because French imperialism has wars to pay for in Africa and the Near East. 3 * * - * During these past few days there has been a regular tital wave of propaganda, sweeping thru the profit press, narrating the “great success” of the Dawes plan in Germany. Morgan’s man, Gilbert Parker, talks like a press agent for the combined Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Bros. cir- cus. According to his story, the sunrise of capitalist pros- perity dawns over Germany. No republican or democratic campaign orator could do better. But the facts are against Morgan's agent. During the last half of November the number of unemployed in Ger- many increased more than 50 per cent. Nearly 700,000 un- employed were receiving state aid on Dec. ts » with the likelihood that the figures would soon reach the million mark. The Dawes-Morgan plan turned Germany into a nation of coolies, but it found no additional markets for Ger- man industry. Germany will not be able to meet the increas- ing reparations demands. . Capitalism may put heavier chains upon the limbs of French labor, cheapening and increasing production, but it is oo faced with the problem of finding markets for its goods. Thus Germany and France are again at each other's throats in spite of all the beautiful language of the Locarno acts. The smouldering conflict between the mark and the rane still smokes, with its threat of breaking forth at any moment into the raging fires of war. e e o e Germany proposes martial law and a dictatorship to meet its industrial c That is only a confession that the nation faces civil war. France drifts toward the brink of the same chasm. There is no power, not even in the House of Morgan, that can stay the downfall of the mark-franc system on both sides of the Rhine. ‘ Parole Board Head Swats Police Chief for Brutalities SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Dec. 20.—“All I have to say to Chief of Police Col- lins is to reiterate that prisoners from Chicago, when they arrive at a state prison, can always be spotted by their battered heads,” Judge C, H. Jenkins, state director of public wel- fare stated and head of the parole board in answer to a denial by the NORE STRIKERS of the 24 FEDERATION GETS SMALL PROPAGANDA But Soderstrom Failed To Talk Injunctions The Chicago Federation . of Labor yesterday afternoon was forced to swallow an uncommonly large dose of propaganda for Governor Len Small, who s to feel a need of friends these days. He found one, tho a rather brass and stupid one In the form of one Soderstrom, author of the injunction limitation act, whieh, ex- perience proves, does not seem to limit injunctions as it was supposed to do when Soderstrom sold it to the Illinois labor movement. Being called up to the federation to explain why his bill refuses to ] work, and how to fight Judge Dennie jullivan’s injunctions against striking workers, Soderstrom changed the sub- ject and, incidentally mentioning an- ti-labor injunctions launched into polit- ical tributes to Governor Small and to Colonel Frank L. Smith, who is trying to get the federation’s endorse- ment as a “friend of labor.” What Soderstrom was getting from Smith to boost him for “our next senator” is undisclosed, but Small won the most fulsome tribute from Soder- lic power, Drumheller coal miners before Judge Boyd for “watching and besetting” has come to an end with the sentenc- ing of five boys to two months in jail without the option of a fine. The ages of the youths range from sixteen to twenty-three, Police, detectives, coal operators and every shady character that could be found in the district was called in to testify that these youths had sat on a hillside all night around a bon- fire waiting for the scabs to appear. One policeman was forced to admit on the witness stand that he had “refreshed” his memory by “glanc- ing” over the preliminary evidence. The defense in this case was not al- lowed any peremptory challenges. During his appeal to the jury, the lawyer for the defense pointed out the class character of the jury. The verdict of the jury was quilty of “watching and besetting” and they had the gall to recommend “mercy,” An appeal is being entered in the case as it involves the right of Oan- adian workers to picket. After a heated battle a change of venue was won for one of the cases to Red Deer for February 8 and a jury panel of 50 has already been called. The other nine cases were postponed to January 26. Use Press Law to Censor Movie Films ROME, Dec, 20—-Sig. Federzoni, min- ister of the interior, told the the fascist press law was not only ap- Dlicable to the press but included the movies, which should algo, be con- trolled because they represent a pub- 4 police head that Chicago police do not use third-degree and “gold-fish” meth- ods on their prisoners, Gunmen Rald Town, DOWS, Iowa, Dec, 20.—Pouring a continuous barrage of lead from high- powered shotguns and automatics in- to the homes of terror-stricken vil- lagers here, eight bandits after more than one hour's work, shattered the vault of the Dows State Bank here with six blasts of explosives and es- caped with $10,000. Lives and Lessons of » Nicolai Lenin Karl Liebknecht strom for appointing Soderstrom as chairman of the “power and utilities” committee of the Illinois legislature. “Len Small is a political daddy to me,” said Soderstrom in a burst of tears. Smith, however, was a less tragic figure, tho he had proved that he was a “friend of labor”: by going everywhere telling a particular joke about how god had to keep his eyes on the bosses, but let the labor move- ment play around his coattails un- watched. : Between tears over Small and jokes over Smith the injunction limitation act, and the method of making it work, somehow got entirely lost in the forest of buncombe. Soderstrom is a mém- ber of the International Typographical Union of Streator, Illinois, but he ad- mitted that for eleven years he had occupied “public office.” Illinois Banks Are Worried Over Verdict in Len Small Appeal (Special to The Dally Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 20. — | Banking combines in Illinois that have state funds deposited in their institu- tions are keenly studying the recent decision down against Len Small, gov- ernor of the state, whether they are liable to prosecution for holding out profits made on state funds. It is expected that if danger threat- ens their pocket-books, they will unite , with the governor, who was found guilty of making away with over 31,000,000 in interest money on state funds, which were intrusted to his care when he was state secretary- treasurer. The four former secretaries, Lieut.- Governor Fred E. Sterling, Andrew Russell, William J. Ryan, Jr., and Edward EB. Mitchell are also watching the case as the outcome of Len Small’s case will also determine the outcome of similar charges against them, Chicago Business Interests Start War on Water Metering The Chicago board of ginderwriters, in the interests of the Sears-Roebuck, insurance exchange; stockyards in- terests and other big industrial con- cerns in the city, are planning an at- tack on the new water meter ordin- ance passed by the city council. The board shows that water costs have in- creased considerably and declares that it would cost many thousands of dol- lars more per year to the plants and homes if water is metered. It points out that the rise in water costs will amount to more than 1, 000,000 per year. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study ‘it, in one attrac- tive booklet Rosa Luxemburg * BY MAX SHACHTMAN. On the occasion of the anniversary meetings during January there is no more fitting way to celebrate the memory of our martyred com- |] rades than to distribute this booklet into every corner of the country— }] wherever workers congregate. Because of the nearness of the meetings we expéct a great rush of orders. We therefore ask that you get yours in early so as to give us plenty of time to get them to you, Single copy 15c—In lots of ten or more 10¢ ————~— Fill Out the Blank Below: —- ———__. __ | Young Workers (Communist) League of America, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. 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