The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 23, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. II. No. 293. THE DAIL Entered as Second-class matter Soptember 21, 1923, at WEDNESDAY, Subscription Rates: Susias ech $00 verzes. as WE °* 5° Q11SSIA STANDS By T.4.¢ HOw 70 6.0% the antiCooliage. ’ “2¢ and congressmen get thru f.~ Ing the world court and the Volstead law, they will not be wanting in a good healthy excuse for another scrap which may be just as popular with reading public as either of the mentioned. How the story gain wider publicity is one It ‘ds retains his $25, the hooded order. responsible for pee renner hae thet ‘we. may have two more dictator- ships in Europe soon. .One in Ger- many ami another in France. Both capitelist dictatorships, Germany is in the throes of an Industrial crisis end Frence is on the verge of finan- ‘otal collapse. Tt is reported that the German government hes the neces- sary orters formulated for tho declar- ation of martial law, to be published at a moment's notice. In France the mill magnates of the north have of- fered to finance the government, on their own terms. It appears that the Doasted stabilization of Europes which was scheduled to follow the Dawes’ Plan {a far from stable. And the Lo carno pact, outside of helping Britain to get some oi] has not done much to give capitalism a new lease of lifa. eee wt the entrance of Germany in- ‘Y to the league of nations fades the last glimmering of the Commun- fst hope for world revolution,” says the New York Times. This should eopacle the Times for the agony it auffers over the presence of several Soviet commercial missions in the United States and the ungodly sight of those horrible miscreants who sent the grand dukes to work or some- where else, actually eating and pér- haps drinking with some of the big- gest bankers in Wall Street. But if the Times can believe that the social feyolution is permanently halted by Germany joining the league, we can Gnly say that complete petrification has taken place in the brains of the Ochs who own the Times. ~ see ‘HAT has happened to Ida Tar- bell?” asks Labor, official or- gan of the sixteon rail labor unipns. Twenty years ago she burned up the Standard Oil company in a book that helped to make her famous. Today she writes a eulogy of Judge Gary. What's the matter with Ida?’ Nothing 80 very uncommon, we venture to say. She has been smitten by a disease that has reaped a handsome toll of many American liberals who once snapped their fingers at our pluto- crats. But a little taste of the good things of life made them wish for (Continvec on page 2) COMPANY ATTEMPTS 10 FORM GREW 10 SMASH UNION WORKERS’ STRIKES LONDON, Dec. 21—The conduc- tors and drivers of the London Gen- eral Omnibus company have been circularized to Join the company’s division of the Metropolitan Special ‘Constabulary, which will be used whenever tho “commissioner of po- lee declares that an emergency has arisen in which the services of this support to the regular police are re- quired for the preservation of law and order.’ The appeal is signed by one H. Lansdown, calling himself command- ant. All those that join this strike- ‘breaking crew for three years get a.unliform and all the “equipment” Meeded to carry on thelr work. ‘Those that try the scheme for! one _Year-only get a policeman’s hat and “equipment.” EGINNING immediately DAILY WORKER will many plants of the meat pointing the way out. Hundreds of thousands Hundreds of thousands -° {TOSORAP hei: ARMAMENTS Tchicherin * Denounces League of Nations (Special to The Dally Werker) PARIS, Dec. 21—Georges Tchich- erin, foreign minister for the Soviet Union, upon his arrival In Paris de- clared that Soviet Russia did not con- sider the league of nations a means of bringing about worfd peace. He denounced the league as a coercion of some states by others and express- ed Russia’s willingness to not only abolish the army, but all of the war industries. “I deny that the league of nations SPANISH AND FRENCH RULERS DISCUSS RIFF WAR PEACE PROPOSALS (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Dec. 21—For the second time In two days Premier Briand and Senor Quinones de Leon, the Spanish ambassador, were in pro- longed conference. It Is believed they are disoussing the Rifflan peace terme whioh have been made by Abd-el-Krim, thru the English offi- « cer, Gordon Canning. Druse Fighters Rally for New Syrian Fight (Special to The Daily Worker) BEIRUT, Dec. 21—Djebel Druse tribesmen are concentrating in large numbers in the vicinity of Mount Her mon preparatory to an attack upon the citadel of Rashaya. Reports from Damascus indicate that the tribes- as consituted today is a real instru- ment for world peace,” declared Tchi- cherin. In referring to the question of whether the Sorlet Union would be- come 8 part of the league, he declar- wads “I really cannot see how our entry into the league can be expected to Promote a settlement of outstanding (Continued on paxe 2) (By Cablegram to men have been checked in their at- tacks upon that city. Use Hounds to Find Prisoners, Houston, -Tex., Dec. 21—A posse with bloodhounds is pursuing 15 con- victs, who escaped from the state prison farm at Otey, near here. The prisoners, all serving long sentences, cut their way to freedom thru the floor of the dormitory building. COMMUNIST MAYOR RE-ELECTED IN NEW ELECTIONS AT SALONIKI The Daily Worker) ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 21.—Despite the action of the Greek Pan- galos military dictatorship voiding the election in Saloniki of the Com- munist mayor, Patrikios, the Communists were able In the new elec- tions to have Patriklos re-elected. The Communists in Saloniki made a united front with the refugees and the labor elements In putting up Patrikios as candidate for mayor. AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS’ MEMBERSHIP CALLED TO ACT FOR OVERTHROWAL OF HILLMAN RULE Statement by the A. 6, we Action Committee to the Be saoenee. ol ee Le Ret aes ale It hag always been the pdlfey of Sydney Hillman and his gang to confuse the minds of the workers inorder that they may not know what they want. In the last struggle that ran Mke fire over the country, the Hillman machinery set to work thru two channels; first, to scare off the membership thru organ- ized gangsters; second, thfu’ peace negotiative talk by which he meant to make the membership believe that the struggle will be brot to an end. y What le This Struggle For? It 1s no secret, that conditions in the shops are becoming unbearable. Reduction in wages, the discharge of employes is becoming a more and more frequent occurence in our trade. The terrible “rush system” is entering our trade as a native. The “readjustments” that the Chicago manufacturers demand, and the tendency to reinstate piece work, prove that our trade, is on START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT conditions under which workers are forced to toil in the egy industry. @ story of the workers in these plants will be told, their grievances set forth and the program laid down in “the stockyards” of Chicago, St. City and many other meat packing centers. taining these articles should be distributed at these plants. The DAILY WORKER wants the names of all those who will help, not only in the work of distribution, but also in gathering information to add to the large amount, of material that has already been assembled. - communications to the Editorial Department, The DAILY _ WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. the downgrade. The Hillman administration instead of combatting the wild appetites of the manufacturers sought a policy of peaceful collaboration with the em- ployers. And the more he sought col- laboration the more he was forced to concede. It is an irrefutable fact that the Hillman machine has done noth- ing else but organize manufacturers’ associations in New York and other centers in the last few years. Forget They Are Servants. To them, to the leaders, these bosses’ organizations meant bodies, responsible groups, with whom the unions could negotiate union prob- lems. But these leaders have forgotten entirely they were to serve. the workers. In the last few years they hanven’t even made the slightest endeavor to check the continued infringements upon the rightz of the workers. Not only have they done nothing to improve the con- ditions in the shops but they have not even tried to get into the orga: ization those who were yet on the out- side. They bowed to every demand made by the employers’ associations, They brought’ into effect the notorious standard of production and permitted (Continued on page 2: after New Year’s Day The launch an exposure against of unorganized workers toil ‘aul, Omaha, Kansas of copies of the issues con- Addross all BATTLE OVER WORLD COURT IS ON AGAIN Administration Will Op- pose Reservations WASHINGTON, Dec, 21—The world court fight was resumed in the senate today with indications pointing more and more to its becoming, in the final analysis, “a battle of reserva- tions” such as featured the protracted struggle over the league of nations. It was reservations that in the end accomplished the defeat of the league, and the foes of the world court apparently are hopeful that his- tory will repeat itself in the present struggle. Battle Against Reservations. Recognizing. the situation, and re- membering their history, the demo- ¢crats and pro-court republicans are pointing their efforts to the rejeotion of any and all reservations other than those originally proposed. by - Presi dent Harding when he submitted the question to the senate. Protestent President Presides as Papal Nuncio Is Elevated PARIS, Dec. 21.—With President Doumergue, a protestant, presiding, Cardinal Dubous gave the red-hat to the papal nuncio Ceretti, who was been elevated to the cardinalate. The ceremonies were held in the salon of the Elysee palace and Cardinal Ce- retti received the red-hat while kneel- ing on the cushion formerly used for the coronation of the kings of France. Premier Briand attended the cere- monies. Expects Fat Profi William Sproule, presidént of the Southern ‘Pacific, believes this year's profits will equal the showing made last yeary'when the Southern Pacific earned $10.24 on common stock, Ne a By ALFRED KNUTSON (Special he Daily Worker) BISMARCK, N. Dak., Dec. 21—The fagmer-labor party of North Dakota as formed at Bismark will be a burning issue at the mi non-partisan league convention, will be held= leaguers are of forming the February 22. The all united on the idea w party at this time. Benator Lynn J. Fra- man J. H. Sinclair ‘am to the farmer- stating they did not wise at.this time” to go ahead “the organization of a tarmer-labor party in the state. Similar telegrams were received from non Sroeaay sive, fossilized league office-holders im, the state. Rank and File Demand Party. Other telegrams from rank and filers, on the of hand, expressed fervent sympa! with the formation of a real far) bor party in North Dakota, A. C, Townley, former league lead- er, who is @rilling for oil in North Dakota and Kansas and who is looking fo to a re-entrance into the political na, is not in sym- pathy with the new farmer-labor party. e To Build Party in Dakota, Nevertheless, the conference, under the leadership of William Lenke and R, H. Walker, standing pat on the decision of f a farmer-labor party and the with the buill sent a joint labor confere! think “it wou! s Pepresentatives from ely urged the non- 3 North Dakota ty and give it the kota expressed the , mation of a :imilitant farmer-labor party in NorthsDakota would give a great impetus too farmer-labor. move- ments in otherJatates and inasmuch as many farmerseand workers of the northwestern du. central western states are still tioking to North Da- kota- for guidance: and leadership in a wide-awake farmers’ and workers’ political movement, that it should re- assert its original militancy. Workers and Fatmers Must Unite. J. G. Soltis from Minnesota gave a good talk on how the capitalist system exploited both the'farmer and worker and the necessity of forming a class party of their own. There is yet a good deal of timid- ity in this new farmer-labor move- ment, but a start has at least been made and it is destined to grow wider and deeper as the political experience of the farmers and workers in the state becomes riper thru capitalist oppression, CALVIN COOLIDGE BUTT OF SATIRGAL ATTACK ON FLOOR OF SENATE (Special to ThE Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec, 21—Presi- dent Coolidge owas the basis of a satirical attack im the senate by ir Pat Harrison, democrat, of ippi, wh@recharged the exe- Chicago speech to the farm bureau and federation resulted in lower prices for farm products. “The day after the president made his pleasfor the farmers in Chicago,” saidsHarrison, “the price of oats went down, meats went down, tive stock: went down, corn went down, wheat went down, poultry went down and cotton went down, ‘ “Another factor connected with that speech was that the president of the federation praised it. A few days later, the farm bureau met in convention and the man who prais- ed Coolidge’s speech was defeated for re-election while a Mr. Thomp- son, who criticized the president, was elected in his stead.” h in afl probability, Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL Be | NEW YORK ‘ EDITION Post OMice at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. DECEMBER 23, 1925 <a>” —————S—$S Price 3 Cents NONPARTISAN \Charge.Coolidge in Deal South to Get [.C.C. Jobs (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—A sensational charge that President Coolidge entered a deal with Southern democrats to secure confirmation of the appointment of Thomas F. Woodlock, of New York, to the interstate commerce commission, thru the appointment of Richard V. Taylor, of Ala- bama, to another vacancy on the commission, was»aired on the senate floor today. Woodlock’s appointment was blocked by the The charge, brought into debate by Senator senate last year. Cole Blease, (D. .) of South Carolina provoked Senator Underwood (D.) of Alabama, to make an impassioned defense of Taylor's appointment. ANTHRACITE OPERATORS REFUSE TO NEGOTIATE WITH MINERS ON PINCHOT PLAN; SEE LONG FIGHT SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 24:—The heralded meeting between the anthracite operators and union representatives t hat was scheduled to take place today here, is called off by reason of the refusal of the operators to enter negotia- tions on the basis of the Pinchot pro’ spokesman for the operators, W. W. I posals, This was made known by the nglis, who said: “There can be no meeting of the operators and miners until such time as President Lewis agrees to an open discussion of any and all plans for a settlement and-does not confine the r Want Still More. The Pinchot proposal, it is to be remembered, constitutes for the union @ surrender of the Tri-District con vention demands and an unheard of contract for five years’ duration. In view of the fact that the operators are not satisfied even with this con- cession, the conviction is growing that the operators are out to destroy the union entirely in the anthracite region. Lewis} at a speech to the real es- tate board of Philadelphia last Friday declared that the operators and the “financial interests behind them” were ready to pay a billion dollars to crush the United Mine Workers’ Union. about it may be.seen by his other ut- terances. He said: “Knowing the operators’ plans, the United Mine Workers of America is What Lewis intends to do} miners to the Pinchot peace proposal.” + | now | organizing the defense of the anthracite mine workers in expecta- | tion of a continuance of the present | Struggle to the fall of 1926 or the spring of 1927. Funds will be pro- | vided so that the hungry will be fed |and thé naked will be clothed.” | Wanted—A ‘Fighting Defense. | Meanwhile, miners in the anthra- | cite are becoming increasingly dissat- isfled with the sort of “defense” which is promised by Lewis to be- gin some time. The miners are an- gry at the washeries being allowed to run, the shipments made of anthra- | cite of any grade, but above all the miners are angry at the failure of | Lewis to call out the maintenance |men, several thousand of whom are working keping the mines in good { (Continued on page 2). UP ON THE OLD ARABIAN EMPIRE Bribes and Bulldozing| Completes the Grab (Special to The Daily Worker) | LONDON, Dec. 21—The capitalist | journals report that King Ali of Hed-| jaz has “abdicated and fled to Irak” is the version given out by the British | foreign office to as corrupt a piece of | British imperialism as has been pull- ed off in many a long day. The king of Irak, the territory held | by Great Britain under a league of | nations mandate, is merely a puppet of Britsh rule. The league recently ruled that because the Turks had PASSAIC SILK WORKERS SYSTEMATIZE JOB OF WORKER CORRESPORDENTS From Passaic, N. J. a comrade writes us: “We have elected textile workers employed in the mills here to: become worker correspondents and send The DAILY WORKER regularly articles on conditions in | the PaSsaic textile mills. The party has also selected comrades to have charge of the distribution of DAILY WORKERS in which these articles appear.” What has your city done to push this important party activity? Send | your report to the editorial depart- | ment, DAILY WORKER, 1113 West Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. | FEW SCABS SHOW been, so it alleges, guilty of some “atrocities,” therefore Irak should get the “valuable Mosul; oil region—pro- viding the British would “permit” the league of nations to extend the British mandate over Irak 25 years more— UP FOR WORK IN EDISON PLANT or enuf*time in order to get all the Company Is Unable to oil out of Mosul. Britain, accustomed to bearing the white man's burden, agreed to accept the burden of being responsible for getting the oil out of Mosul, So that’s that. But now to compléte the “pacifica- tion” of the country, the British pay out a bribe of $2,500,000 in cold cash} to the king of Irak, with the under- standing that he is to buy off his brother, the king of Hedjaz, who has been ‘holding out against the British | in the mountainous section. England | got the father’ of the two kicked off | the throne in 1924. Ali went on the} warpath, while his brother became a| well-paid British puppet. The news that King Ali has “abdi-| cated and fled to Irak” from Hedjaz, is simply another way of saying that | Ali has suecumbed to the bribe and that British imperialism now holds almost all the great Arabian empire, with the blessing of the league of na- tions. |FARRINGTON ENTERS CONSPIRACY WITH OPERATORS TO CUT MINERS’ WAGES FORCING MEN TO STRIKE By S. MASULIO, a Worker Correspondent. TROY, Ill, Dec, 21—The mineys of Local 691 are on strike ag a protest against the cut in wages which was pulled off on them in a secret conspiracy between the operators and the Yellow president of the United Mine, Workers of Illinois, District 12, Frank Farrington, to violate the agreement, .» At one mine’the operators put on a few new loading machines, but in- stead of the uniom officials taking advantage of the situation to give’the min- (Continued on page 6) Recruit. Strikebreakers The Edison Electric. Appliance com- pany, 52nd Ave. and 19th St., had fewer scabs enter the gates yesterday morning than at any other time dur- ing the strike of the sheet metal workers, ° The deputy guards have not been diminished. The number of guards still remains the same. Yesterday morning those on the picket line missed the deputy who had come near drowning in his bowl of soup in a nearby restaurant. The deputy failed to show up. The pickets believe that he has been transferred from this plant to some other “job.” Production in this plant-has been tied up during the busy season and the company in order to fill its. or- ders is looking around for someone to do their struck work for them. Will Investigate British Monopoly | of Crude Rubber) WASHINGTON, Dec, 21.—Investi- gation by the house of the British crude rubber monopoly became assur- ed when the housé rules committee approved the resolution introduced by Representative Tilson, of Connectt- | cut, republican floor leader, calling | for the inquiry. ‘The investigation has the support of Secretary of Commerce Hoover, and will be launched after e.ole ) the Christmas recess, according ¢o plans of administration leaders, CHICAGO NEGRO BODY TO HOLD PROTEST MEET Race Oppressed Here and Abroad Preliminary arrangements for & great anti-imperialist demonstration on the South Side of Chicago, to pro- test against the oppression of Ne- Grogs in the United States and. by ‘American imperialism abroad, were made last Friday evening, at the meeting of the executive committee of the Chicago Negro branch of the All- America Anti-imperialist League (U, 8. section.) It was pointed out that while the persecution of Negroes in the United States continues, the U. 8S. govern- ment is now taking a whole series of decisive steps to completely crush the only Negro republics in the world— Haiti and Liberia. Ruled by Marines. American sailors and marines have dominated Haiti for a number of years, and now Military Governor John H. Russell announces “jndefi- nite postponement” of presidential elections on the island, which m@ans the continuance in power of the trai torous Borno goernment, fn the pay of American’ {mperialism., In Liberia, the big rubber enterprise jannounced by Harvey Firestone, |marks the beginning of a concerted move to subject this African repub- lic to the lords of Wall Street, with American imperialist rule, Interested In Liberia. Chicago Negroes are vitally fm terested in the fate of these two re publics, particularly Liberia, which |was founded by Negroes from the United States, The Chicago Negro branch of the | All-America Anti-limperialis League (U. 8. section) is working out a spe cial program, based on race iseuss, to be brought forward in ‘all phases | of its activity. A program committee | was elected Friday night and will re- port at the next executive committee meeting. Raise Price of Bread in Paris After Xmas (Special to The Dally Worker) PARIS, Dec, 21.—The workers of Paris will have to pay the highest price yet charged for bread after Dec. 29. It was announced today that from that date the price will-be 1 franc 70 centimes a kilogram (about 3 cents pound.) Rald Dope Dens, BALTIMORE, Dec, 21—Twenty-five arrests had been made and $5,000 worth of narcotics seized in a séries of raide on drug peddlers and narcotic “speak easier.” The arrests ate con- tinuing. Girls of 15 and 17 were found pledging thelr clothing and jewelry for cocaine, heroin and morphine, UNEMPLOYED ARMY GROWS LARGER IN NORTHWEST CITIES (Special to The Dally Worker) PORTLAND, Ore. Dec, 21.—The number of unemployed In the larger cities of the northwest is comtinual- ly Increasing as many workers from other sections keep piling in. About 600 men were lald off In one of the fir logging camps near here, while most of the camps are shutting down for two or three, weeks for the holiday season, In the inland empire where saw- milling has been brought toa sea- ‘sonal close, and Where few woods “operations are running, the unem- ployment situation has become even more acute than on the coast. Spo- kane has a large number of unem- ployed with absolutely no prospects — for many months of ever getting @ — Job, Pin ane