The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 24, 1925, Page 2

1 Page Two WORKERS PICKET ANIERICAN SUGAR TRUST OFFICES in... Labor Demands Release of Mella (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Deo, 22, — Over one hundred and fifty workers picketed the American Sugar Refining com- pany main offices at 117 Wall St. at noon today, demanding the release of Antonio Mella, imprisoned by the Cuban government at the request of the American sugar interests thru its tool, Ambassador Crowder. Thousands of workers were attract- ed to the scene by the signs that were earried by the pickets. The district became congested as the workers milled around the pickets to be able ‘to better read the demands on the American sugar trust for the release ‘of the Cuban labor leader who dared %o organize the colonos against the Sugar trust exploitation. The following slogans were carried “by the pickets: fend the Persecuted Cuban Workers. wn with American Imperiatism. American Imperialism Makes a Prison ‘ef_Cuba. The Sugar Trust Keeps the Cuban Workers Enslaved. » Wali Street is Strangling the Cuban Labor Movement. The Anti-Imperialist Le the Liberty of the Wor! a8 Mella Dies, on Wall yu lit. Hall Julio Mella, Cuba's Anti-imperial. Leader. jue Demands hampions. et Lies the o' he Anti-Imperialist League Demands Freedom for Porto Rico, the Philippines and the Virgin isiands. The Monroe Doct one ‘ica from European Aggression. Protects Latin- But Protects Latin-America from Wall Street? Machado is Wall Street’s Lackey; Crowder its Dictator. Free Melia, Defender of Cuba’s Sugar Worker Wall Street is Killing Jullo A. Melia. American Imperialism is Cuba’s Jailer. The Cuban and rican Workers Shall Not Be Murdered. Mella, the Workers’ Champion. Workers of America Demand Freedom. he Prison Bars That Hold the Champions, ional Labor Defense the Shield. Shall Not Die. Workers of the World Unite. An Injury to One Worker is an Injury to All. American Workers Demand Freedom for Mella and the Other Imprisoned Workers. The Blood of Workers’ Champions Shali Not Be Shed. if Metla Dies the Workers Will Lay the Blame at the Door of American Im- Perialism. Mella and 12 Other Cuban Workers are In Jail on Framed-up Charges, The Defense of Labor's Prisoners is the Defense of Labor's Vanguard. The Sugar Trust Dictates to Cuba. The Sugar Interests Enslave Cuban Workers. Mella is Imprisoned by Agents of the American Sugar Refining Compan: The Cuban Workers are Victimized by Wall Street's Greed. Down With the American Sugar Re- fining Company. It Ensiaves Cuba's Toilers. The mass picketing, which took place in the financial heart not only of America but of the world, was or- ganized by the All-America Anti-Im- perialist League, American section and the International Labor Defense, New York section. Telegrams were sent to Washing- ton, D. C., protesting the jailing of Antonio Mella and demanding his im- mediate release. -The following tele- gram was sent to President Calvin Coolidge and the Secretary of State Kellogg: “The International Labor Defense, New York section, in name of forty thousand organized workers and af- fillated organizations, protests against imprisonment of Mella and twelve other Cuban workers in jall on frame-up charges. Mella has been on hunger strike for fourteen days and is now in a dying condi- tion. If he dies Cuban workers as well as their fellow workers in Am- erica will lay the blame at the door of American imperialism. “Rose Baron, Secretary.” British Labor Party Dodges the Vote in Mosul Oil Grab iS (Continued from page 1) “qualify” as a full member of the Neague of nations. t Want Modified Steal. . The laborites made their stand for @ walkout on the excuse that they did ot approve of an extension of the mandate for 25 years, but wanted Irak ‘to be released from the mandate in 928. This they wanted to debate, but as Baldwin evidently considered that their difference was merely formal, he insisted or; forcing the vote, with the resultant walkout. 4 Clynes stated that the government was “insulting” the opposition by lim- iting the debate to five hours, and all laborites left the house, leaving only a tew liberals on seats opposing the Baldwin ministry, Cyclone Injures Sixty in Lisbon; Fishing Fleet Swept to Sea LISBON, Dec. 22,—Sixty persons were injured, the entire’ fishing fleet Swept out to sea, and $200,000 damage wrought in a cyclone which Wlirled thru this vicinity. ra 7 pew * THE DAILY | A Look at the Far East 1, South Manchuria, where the mutinous army of Chang Tso-lin has defeated Chang thirty miles from Mukden, the capital, RESERVE NEW YER 2. Urga, the capital of the inde- pendent republic of Mongolia, which seceded from China and has its own government, friendly to the Soviet Union. This is the scene of much capitalist propaganda, which paints impossible pictures of “Soviet muni- tions” being sent thru Mongolia, which is, in fact, largely desert land (Gobi Desert) and nearly impassable, with no railway lines and incredibly bad roads. 3. South Manchuria is being filled with Japanese troops, rushed across from Japan in violation of the Wash- ington treaties but with tacit consent of the other imperialist powers who do not wish to see the nationalist army winning. 4, The immensely rich and import- ant area of Central China along the Yangtze river, whose complete win- ning to the side of the nationalist liberation movement would unite China from North to South. 5. The radical, so-called “Bolshe- vik,” but really nationalist independ- ence movement, is centered at Can- ton, capital of the republic establish- [ed by Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. CHANG TSO LIN LOSES BATTLE THIRTY MILES FROM MUKDEN, REPORT (Special to The Daily Worker) TOKIO, Dec. 22—General Chang Tso Lin, military governor. of Man- churla was defeated by the troops under command of General Kuo Sung Ling at Hsin Min Fu, accord- ing to word received at the foreign office here today. General Chang Tso Lin, according to the reports is retreating toward Mudken, thirty miles away. Santa Claus, 100 Per Center, Hopes to Be an Imperialist Soon WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. — With a toy production estimated at over $75,000,000 for 1925, American manu- facturers have transferred Santa Claus’ principal source of Christmas: supply from Germany to this country, the department of commerce an- nounced today. A scattered collection of Japanese, German and French toys will find their way into the stockings of American children, but in the main Christmas longings will’ be satisfied from the products’ of domestic indus- try. In 1904 Germany supplied to the children of America 56 per cent of their toys—this year Germany has sent toys valued at probably $5,000,- 000, a very small per cent of the do- mestic output. Japan outranks Ger- many as a toy producer. Imports from Nippon have increased gradually, since 1920 having exceeded those of Germany. Owing to the tremendous demand for toys in the United States, exports have been comparatively light. They are not expected to amount to over $5,000,000 this year, altho some in- crease is likely over 1924. Within a few years American manufacturers may take the commanding position in the world toy market. Suhr Asks Parole. SACRAMETO, Cal—(FP)—Herman D. Suhr, sentenced to life with Blackie Ford because of the 1913 hopfield riots, has filed application for a pa- role.. If paroled he will probably be tried once more on a murder charge, as will Ford in January. Neither man has ever been accused of firing a shot in the struggle between striking hop workers and county officials, which resulted in the death of two officials and several strikers. No one has ever been prosecuted for the murder of the workers. The case is expected to cost the state a quarter million dollars, AMERICAN SMOKERS BURN $1,624,000,000 ON ALTAR OF HER LADY NICOTINE WASHINGTON, Dec, 22—Smokers of United States paid $1,624,000,000 for cigars, cigarets, tobacco and snuff this year, on the basis of esti- mates made by Internal revenue figures issued by the treasury. Cigaret consumption for the year will reach 80,000,000,000, about 12,000,000,000 more than last year, according to the returns. More than 7,200,000,000 cigars were smoked during the year. Officials predicted that more than 90,000,000,000 cigarets would be smoked next year, R’S EVE IN CHICAGO FOR THE T.U MISLEADERS OF U. T. W. DEFEAT BRAVE STRIKERS Utica Mill Workers Go Back to Speed Up (Special to The Daily Worker) UTICA, N. Y., Dec, 22—The strike against the Utica Steam and Mohawk Valley Cotton Mills was called off here by the United Textile Workers, the organizers of which Joseph White, particularly, have mishandled the strike from start to finish and caused the workers now to become the vic- tims of the mill owners, who ere show- ing no mercy. The strikers held out for months with remarkably fine sol- idarity and fighting spirit. The bosses now have plenty of workers. Many of those who struck are being told that they are “thru” at the mills, At the Mohawk Mill a weaver went to work when the strike was called off. He started his set of 12 looms. The boss came around and told him he must run 24 looms. The weaver agreed—because he had to. Then the boss told the other weaver on the next loom that he could go get his time, the mill didn’t need him any more. This second weaver saw what was going on and told the boss he, too, would run 24 looms, But it didn’t do any good. This is the result of reactionary leadership of the United Textile Workers, an American Federation of Labor union, which crippled the in- itiative of the strikers, wheedled them back to work to wait arbitration on a wage cut, lost the strike, and are losing the union, simply by refusal to adopt militant policies as the Com- munists and left wingers proposed— for a general strike of all mill work- ers in all mill towns, . Discouraged Couple Sige Bt Die in Suicide Pact — By A Worker Correspondent. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 22,—Ac- cording to reports from San Francis- co, Cal, James Mackay, 60, and his wife, Laura, 53, died together in a sui- cide pact at their home recently. About four months ago Mrs. Mac- kay, an invalid, was taken from a pub- lic hospital by her husband when she said she would rather face poverty vith him than remain a public charge. A month later Mackey lost his job as a glass worker. " Unwilling ¢o ask for further credit at the grocery store, unable to pay the rent to the landlord, the penniless aged pair lay down on their kitchen floor and let loose a flood of gas from a broken pipe. Such is life for working people everywhere under capitalism — not least in this land of sunshine, flowers and orange groves 800 Municipal Workers Laid Off in Chicago Layoffs for an indefinite period are what Sdnta Claus brings to 800 work: ers on the payroll of the city of Chi- cago. Dlectrical, water, street and technical men were laid off for lack of city funds, they were told on short notice. About 600 more are due for layoffs next week. Corporation tax- dodgers are blamed for the city's money shortage. ENG’S ARMY NEAR CAPTURE OF TIENTSIN Nationalist Armies Win on Two Fronts (Special to Thd Wally Worker) PEKING, China, Dec, 22—After fierce fighting at Yangtsun, near Tientsin, in which ‘am artillery duel between Feng Yu-hsiatig and General Li Chang-Ling of Chthii resulted in many dead and wounded, Feng has succeeded in turning the flank of his enemy and have captured Penisang, only six miles east/of Tientsin, with the city in only a few hours of cap- ture. Re To Resume Railway Service ‘When it is captured; the suspended service on the ‘tailway between Peking and Tientsin,‘ supposedly in- sured by the protocol between China and the powers following the Boxer rebellion, will be’ Yesumed after twelve days of total blockade owing to the civil war. 5 Feng’s leadership issbound to go up all over China as the undisputed master of North China and at, least sympathetic with South China and the radical government at Canton, Feng’s power. may spread to embrace even the rich provinces along the Yangtze river of Central China, altho Wu Pei .Fu is mot regarded as altogether friendly to Feng’s ideas and has strong forces there, Mukden Near Capture, In another section-also the people’s nationalist army is winning ground. Reports from Manchuria say that the leader of the mutiny against Chang Tso-lin, General Kuo Sung-lin, has defeated Chang’s troops at Hsin Min- fu, thirty miles from Mukden and is marching in pursuit of Chang’s re- treating troops. Japanese troops continue to pour across Korea into® Manchuria, sup- posedly to “guard the South Manchur- ian railway lines” and insure “peace” in Mukden, from which they are ex- cluding all armies—but their own. Plan Education Center on North Side; Cost Is Estimated at $8,000,000 The creation of an educational cen- ter—five school buildings and a sta- dium on the north side which will cost $8,000,000 is mended by the Chicago school head to relieve con- gestion at the Lane Technical High School, built to accommodate 1,200 but now has an enrollment of 5,000. The proposal calls for the con- struction of a $3,000,000 technical senior high school, an $800,000 ap- prentice school, a $1,500,000 junior high school, a $1,500,000 normal col- lege, a $1,500,000 junior college and a $100,000 stadium,,.The estimated cost of the site of sixty acres is $420,- 000 and which the efty plans to buy, is adjacent to the Riverview Amuse- ment Park, Milwaukee County Big Boys Get Real Raise; Little Ones Left Cold (Special to The Dally Worker) MUWAUKEE, Deg, 22.—Wage rais- es of Hetween $120 and $300 for cer- tain lesser employes of the county of Milwaukee and boosts between $1,000 and $1,500 for the big boys have been voted by the board of su- pervisors. 30 More Carriers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The post office department atithorized the ap- pointment of 30 additional mail car- riers at Chicago. order becomes effective January 1,— € ILLINOIS WORKERS T0 SEE A. F. OF:L. MOVIE ‘LABOR’S REWARD’ SOON The American Federation of La- bor movie “Labor’s)Reward” will be shown in the following towns and cities of Illinois: .. Christopher, Monday, Jan. 4. East St. Louis, Tuesday, J: 5. Granite City, Wednesday, Jan, 6. Belleyille, Thursday, Jan. 7. Collinsville, Friday, Jan, 8. Herrin, Saturdays Jan. 9. ORKER By J. LOUIS ODAY, Democratic-Republican Solidarity Laid Bare By Expose of Coolidge Deal another flash of light streaks across the dark ENGDAHL. places in Wall Street’s government in Washington, show- ing how the dollar dictatorship operates. The rampaging Senator wood, of Alabama, to pad th of the non-union coal miners ultra-reactionaries. gime of Sam Gompers. 2 * this power all available him a recess appointment. wood to the White House and as other industrial centers of quarter of a century he was to get their mayors, and whe for a job under his republican difficult to find anyone more . * Thus the it stands. Blease, of South Carolina, kicked up another foul-smelling old party dunghill when he exposed the fact that the republican president, Coolidge, had entered into a “deal” with the democratic senator, Under- e Interstate Commerce .Com- mission, that is making discriminating freight rates in favor of the south, with some more The revelations should give another body blow to the pet “balance of power” theories, not only of the LaFollette- reactionary farmers’ bloc in congress, but also of the official- dom of the American Federation of Labor, which makes it the basis of its “non-partisan” policy inherited from the re- Coolidge definitely develops his plan of winning, not only the unity of his own party in congress, but of allying with lemocrats. shows how places of prestige are used to win over susceptible democrats in this case Underwood, perennial presidential pos- sibility on the democratic ticket. Coolidge uses this added strength, as has been repeatedly shown, to beat his own in- surging party members in congress into line. The present exposure * » The case now in the limelight is typical. Two places are open on the powerful interstate commerce commission. The senate in its last session held up the confirmation of Thomas L. Woodlock, of New York, but Coolidge, nevertheless, gave It must now come up for ap- proval. Coolidge still sticks by Woodlock. his appointment confirmed, Coolidge calls Senator Under- In order to have asks that he fill the other va- cancy, thus winning democratic support. Underwood does not resent this approach. stand defiantly on the sacred principles of Jefferson and Jackson. All party pride is laid aside. portunity to get his man on the I, C. C. He suggested Richard V. Taylor, of Mobile, in his home state, and the suggestion is accepted. Taylor is mayor of Mobile, just as “open shop” He does not He grabs at the op- the solid south. For nearly a manager of the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Cities in the reactionary south know where n Coolidge picks one of them administration, he knows it is conservative, * e republican-democratic compact.in congress grows. The “balance of power” theory is based on the sup- position that republicans and democrats are opposed to each other, and that a small bloc can exercise influence by swing- ing its vote back and forth between them, The A. F, of L. “non-partisan” idea is also based on the idea that its bloc of “friends” can exercise influence in the same way. Coolidge is effectually shattering that fond dream. indignantly deny the latest “deal” with Coolidge, But there Underwood may * . With these dreams of a short cut to power effectively shattered, labor will be able to build on a firmer foundation in the creation of its own class strength. Against all fruit- less maneuvers within the old parties, the building of the class labor party. Frank Munsey, Purveyor of Horatio Alger Bunk Dies in New York City (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec, 22.— Frank A. Munsey, millionaire newspaper and magazine publisher, died at the Lenox Hill hospital from peritonitis. Munsey was noted for his acquiring of news- Papers and applying an axe to them, merging. them into one or two publi- cations that he had in the field. Carries on Mergers. One of the most notable New York mergers that he put thru was the merger of the New York Herald and the New York Sun into the Sun-Her- ald and later came to be called the Herald. Later the Evening Sun, a pa- per by Munsey was changed to the Sun, At one time he had seventeen papers in his chain. Purveys Horatio Alger’s Stuff. Long editorials and articles will now be written in the “brass check” press of America telling of the “won- derful” rise of Frank A. Munsey from an ordinary scribbler with $40 in his pocket, purveying Horatio Alger's trash thru the columns of the Argosy into the multi-millionaire of today. Little will be said of the exploita- tion of the men who set the type, man the presses and the little tots that ran the streets trying to sell his yellow journal in these editorials and articles. U.S. WILL JOIN IN“REDUCTION” . OF ARMS CONFERENCE AT GENEVA (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec, 22,—President Coolidge has decided to accept the league of nations’ invitation to part Icipate in its di rmament conference, it was plainly indicated at the White House today, following the cabinet meeting, The le 's Invitation is being considered from a “constructive stand- point,” the president told callers, and with a view to ascertaining how the United States can best co-operate wi In obtaining world-wide reduction of is frowned down more room for interpreting it to mean ith the alleged purpose of the league armament. The phrase “disarmament” Cal, who prefers “reduction of armaments” as leaving naything—or nothing. ELL BALEAT ITALIAN HALL, 643 N. CLARK ST. WORKERS WILL ENJOY “BED CHRISTMAS” IN ST, PAUL ON THURSDAY ST. PAUL, Minn. Dec. 22—A great surprise awaits all the radi- cal workers living in St. Paul and Minneapolis. For many years we had no ploce to go when Christmas came and some of us hypocritical- ly were obliged to follow the relig- ous ceremonies for the sake of the younger generations. But this year no such thing will happen cr should not happen. s On Thursday evening, Dec, 24, all the radical workers and their families will come together at the German American House, 444 Rice Ss Paul and spend an enjoy- evening at the Anti-Religious Red Christm given by the Young Workers (Communist) League with the co-operation of the Workers Party. It will be a real red Christmas, Those who were present at the Red Wedding last year still remember what the young workers can do; but this will even surprise them, The role of re- ligion in keeping the workers in subjection and the imperialistic role of religion will be symbolized in a number of sketches, Besides—— but come and for yourself and don’t forget to bring your family. Democrat Asks Repeal of Flexible Tariffs WASHINGTON, Dec, 22—Repeal of the flexible tariff provision of the existing tariff law, was proposed in a bill introduced today in the house by Representative Hull, democrat, of Ten- nessee, This provision, inserted in the law of 1922 by the republican tariff makers, authorized the president to raise or lower tariff duties by 60 per cent whenever it was demonstrated that existing rates were not operating to the advantage of the United States manufactu WORKERS THE WORLD TRADE UNION MOVEMENT. 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Portland’s Principal Building Goes Up in Flames; $1,000,000 Loss (Special to The Daily Worker) PORTLAND, Ind., Dec. 22—Fire of undetermined origin destroyed Port- land’s principal buildiig, the Weiler Block, entailing a loss estimated at nearly $1,000,000. Until 2 A, rved.