The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 26, 1925, Page 1

eek stiffly by his side. [The DAILY WORKER Retess| DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government T Vol. II. No. 295 > Subscription Rates: susias"Eiicssc (as we sta’. ""°RKERS GREET By T. J. O'FLAHERTY Fh pe HE latest issue of the Workers’ Weekly of England to arrive car- ries a very interesting cartoon. It shows a “fat man”—favorite name for capitalist in Britain and colonies —sitting in front of an.empty plate and a box of cigars, flanked by a bas- ket.of choice fruit and a bottle of champagne, A flunkey is standing The following dia- “Togue takes place: Fat man: “James, the Communists: are. in prison.” —James: “Yes sir."—Fat man: “And evérything is now safe.”—James: “Yes sir."—Fat man: “Then I can now start to reduce your wages.” Write your own editorial about this. 8 pela pressure from England Austria has at last decided to grant extensive credits to Soviet Rus- sia. in order to facilitate trade be- tween the two countries. As a mat- ter of fact the prosperity of the Rus- sian people is growing so fast under Communist rule, that the capitalist countries of Europe are stepping on each other’s toes in an effort to get in on some of the profits to be made in trade with the hated Bolsheviks. Some day, the workers of those capi- talist countries will do what their Russian brothers did, and the bene- fits to be derived from an exchange of commodities will go into the pock- ets of the producers of all countries. ss 8 ANHE Austrian National Bank, an- nounced on Noy, 28 that in the fu- ture it will handle Austrian bills of exchange on Russia whether in shill- ings or foreign currency. The re- port from Vienna states quite frankly. that the Austrians have been trying to do this for a long time but encount- ered opposition from the British for- eign office. This information brings towlight- another fact. The parlia- mentary budget commission of the Austrian government adopted the proposal of the league of nations to extend control over the national bank for three years under a new adviser, who will be an Englishman. see pee present league of nations’ fi- nancial adviser to Austria was former minister of finances of Hol land and he has ‘been at loggerheads withthe Bank of England. Pinally the British decided to bounce him. This shows clearly who owns the league of nations. The Wall Street bankers who want to get the United States into the league are not wor- rying very much about who owns the league. They have- the dough and that is what kings and presidents bow down before. The league of na- tions is simply a league of bandits formed to make a division of the loot plundered from subject peoples eas- ier. e #% HREE of the murderers of the Italian socialist. Deputy Matteotti, wete recently released by Mussolini. Now | ossi is granting interviews to 5 na snapers on the beauties of fas- asm. The court which acted as ssusoolin: sy agent in turning the murderers loose admitted that they planned Matteéotti’s kidnapping, but were not résponsible for his death. The five men paid by them to get the socialist out of the way, got peeved because Matteotti objected to his forced journey, and they killed him. For which the organizers of the crime were not at all responsible, ac- cording to the court. oe 8 HE five who actually committed the murder are still in prison, but they will be released. without doubt One/of those who planned the crime, |* a gentleman by the name of Rossi, formerly a mpmber of the I. W. W.— admitted in writing that Mussolini was responsible for the whole affair. It is universally known that Musso- lini uses the stilletto to get rid of his political enemies, yet he is admired by the international bankers and théir literary fuglemen, who feign such a holy horror of Russia where 95 per cent of the population rule with. the greatest degree of freedom in the history of the human race. Of course this freedom is extended only «Continued on page 2) AW AT NEW YORK MEETING Enthusiastically Cheer Working Class Fighter By SYLVAN A. POLLACK, (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 23.—Cen- tral Opera House, 67th St. near Third Ave., was filled to ite capacity at the triple celebration, held under joint auspices of the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers’ (Com- munist) League, to welcome Ben Git- low, just released from Sing Sing prison, and to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the 1905 revolution and the Decembrist uprising of 1825. Greet Gitlow. Gitlow, when he started to speak, was enthusiastically greeted by a gigantic demonstration which lasted tor several minutes, ending with mass singing of the International by the entire audience. He declared that he did not. have to stay in prison very long this time. “If any of you have occasion to go to prison—and I am Sure many of you will have to in this free country of ours—you will learn that a sentence as short as mine was is only ‘sleeping time,’” He called attention to the faét that leaders of the working class are still in jail. Sacco and Vanzetti in Massa- chusetts, Tom Mooney and the wob- | blies in California ‘and others. Referring to the coal strike, he showed that John L. Lewis, by allow- ing the maintenance men to stay at work, has prevented the strike from being as effective as it should be. He stressed the need for amalgamation, also the need of a large and powerful labor party in America to battle for labor’s rights. He then showed the necessity of strengthening the Work- ers (Communist) Party, the vanguard of the American working class. Russian Recognition, He_declareds. that Conlidge Jy his recent message to... mention a word about which is a burning question at present tor the American working class. ientfoned that Senator Borah has in- troduced a resolution in congress for Russian recognition and that it is up to the American workers to force it to a successful conclusion. Pascal P. Cosgrove, organizer of the Shoe Workers’ Protective Union, in his speech called upon the workers to battle against imperialism. He stated ‘that a united front of the working jclass’ is necessary and showed that ithe Veterans of the 1905 Russian revo- lutiotf, who emigrated to various parts of the world, had brought the seeds of revolution with “them, wherever they went. Veterans of 1905 Present, A presidium appointed at the begin- ning of the meeting by William W- Weinstone, the chairman, included many who had participated in the 1905 Russian revolution, Among these were Alexander Trachtenberg, H. Bourgin, Finkelberg, T. Radwanski, Golos, J. Olgin and others. The other speakers who addres$ed the meeting were: M. J. Olgin in Jew- ish; K, Radzi, in Russian; Sam Don, district organizer of the Young Work- ers (Comunist) League, and Alexander Trachtenberg, The Young Pioneers were also present in full force and greeted al) of the speakers with appropriate cheers. kScadry Workers Will Méet Sunday Afternoon NEW YORK, Dec. 23—All members of the Workers ACommunist) Party who'are laundry workers must at- tend.the meeting to be held Sun afternoon, Dec, 27, at 2 o'clock ‘at 108: Raat 14th street. | MINE)DISASTER KILLS NINE COALDIGGERS IN BELLAIRE, 0.; SHORT CIRCUIT CAUSES FIRE BELLAIRE, Ohio, Dec. 23.—Bodies of nine lif ” pecovered from the Webb mine, near here, where e! Two miners were rescued alive, were trapped last night. is miners were in coal miners Seventy miners were employed in the mine which is the largest in Eastern Ohio. fire to the framework. Falling stone hit a feed wire causing a short sircuit which set FENG, HEAD OF PEOPLE'S ARMY, TAKES TIENTSIN AF TER BATTLE PEKIN, China, Dec, 23.—Another phase of China's civil warfare has come to an end with General Feng’s de’ hundreds of wanes s x it of Li Ching-Lin, and the fall of Tientsin to Feng. Several thousand prisoners have been brought to peniey hye! well as ‘ dry In Senne. by mail, $8.00 per year, He’ M.| well permit. E DAIL WORKER. | Entered as Second-class matter, Scptember 21, 1923, at ‘the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. , by mail, $6.00 per year. Heretic Bishop Will Address Workers of Youngstown on I. L. (I. L. D, Press Service.) YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Dec. 23— Bishop William Montgomery Brown of Galion, O., will address a mass meeting here on Dec. 27 at the Moose Temple, 225 West Bordman street at 8 p. m, This is Bishop Brown's first ap- pearance in the steel valley of Mahon- ing and his meeting is attracting un- usual attention because of his firm stand in defense of the oppressed workers, The meeting is being arranged for by the Youngstown International Labor Defense. Charles Baker will act as chairman. Fred Bidenkapp, or- ganizer for the International Labor Defense will be present to explain its program. A.F.OF L. SEEKS RELIEF FOR THE COAL STRIKERS Green Asks -All Local Unions to Help (Special to The Daily, Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 23.— Money and not a general strike, that is the wéak aid William Green, presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor means to be the only answer to what Green calls the “challenge to the membership of the American Fed- eration of Labor” by the anthracite opefators, according to a statement and appeal issued by Green in behalf of the anthracite strike: Attacks Stand of Operators. “It seems to be the purpose of’the anthracite operators to crush and de- stroy the spirit of organization among the anthracite mine workers, toyruth- lessly starve them into submission and to tyrannically dictate the terms of employment and the conditions un- der which ‘their employes: shall live. _ cite region are uncomplainingly sut- fering. Business thruout that terri tory is stagnated and that part of the American public which ‘is forced to purchase its coal in small allotments from day to day is the victim of the arrogant and indefensible policy being pursued by the anthracite operators.” Mr. Green calls attention to the fact that the federation had directed its executive council at the Atlantic City convention “to cooperate in every pos- sible and practical way” with the an- thracite miners, This is Green's Only Way “Organized labor cannot and will not,” he continues, “remain passive and unresponsive when the wives and children of our striking brothers are hungry 4nd suffering for the neces- sities of life. “We urge that all international and national unions contribute as liberally as the necessities of the anthracite mine workers require and as liberally as the condition of their treasuries We recommend that all state and central bodies and local unions and federal unions of the Am- erican Federation of Labor donate from their treasuries. Let every mem- ber of organized labor give and give (Continvedt on page 2) DAILY WORKER BUILDERS’ CLUB ARRANGES FOR GOOD HIKE IN JAMAICA WOODS (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—The much postponed hike of The DAILY WORKER Builders’ Club of New York is now scheduled for next Sunday, Dec. 27, and will positively take place unless the weatherman again leagues himself with Ameri- ca’s imperialist plutocracy as he did before. However, the caucus between The DAILY WORKER Builders and the weather depart- ment of The DAILY WORKER Builders’ Club is preparing the i and the fi: to feed the mai that are expected to partici- pate in this hike. Start from 108 East 14th street at 10 a, m., or from the end of the B. M. T., Fulton avenue, Jamaica, at 11 a. m., Sunday, December 27. The trail will lead for four miles thru the Jamaica Woods, to a where potatoes are being baked in a hole in the ground. Five cents car fare needed to go, 10 cents to return. So bring the whole family. If yqa haven't got a family then do thé next best thing. Single or a this Sunday. with an SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1925 Se” COMMUNISTS ELECT DEPUTIES AND POLL 4,600 VOTES IN URUGUAY; WILL HAVE SENATOR IN CHILE (By Cablegram to The Daily Worker.) BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 23.—The Communist Party polled 4,600 votes in the national eléctions in Uruguay, electing two deputies, Mibelle and Gomez, out of a total of 34 in the chamber of deputies. L elections in Montevideo, the Communists elected five deputies : . to the iy: No socialists were elected. mal elections in Chile the Communist Party obtained one senator, Hidalgo, who defeated Alessandri; and six deputies Including Luis Cruz, pi ident ‘of the Labor Federation of Chile. i MY WORD!—WHO WOULD ’ER THUNK IT si annsaerroreorenn # oat bea PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK EDITION HOE COMPANY LOSES PROFITS THRU STRIKE OF UNION MACHINISTS NEW YORK, Dec, 23.—The Wail Street Journal announces that the R, Hoe and Co., manufacturers of printing presses, did not earn divid- ends on class stock this year. The principal reason for the fall- ing off in profits was the machinists’ strike which tied up the plant, de- clares the Wall Street Journal, re- sulting in the “loss of skilled per- sonnel.’ SYRIAN REBELS. AGAINST FRENCH GROW STRONGER (Special to The Daily Worker) BEIRUT, Syria, Dec. 23—In spite of all French propaganda, the fact remains. that the insurrectionary movement for national liberation is growing all over Syria. Nor are the French doing more than holding a few points by ruthless massacres. These have hdd their vengeance by the rebel tribesmen. At Homs, the native liberation’ rebels have am- bushed and kiléd 102 French troops and their officers: . Some of they wealthy landlord and feudal elements are, of course, trying to make a compromise between the insurrection amd the French, A commission of ithis sort proposed a Peace policy based on the following: One, general palitical amnesty; two, @ constitution sbased on national sov- ereignty;. threg» definition of the league of nations mandate thrn a treaty; four, unity of Syria thru a plebiscite, including the restoration | of part of Lebanon; five, the forma- tion of a provisional nationalist gov- ernment. Henri Jouvenely the French “high commissioner,”) agreed to the am- nesty, but with ‘the proviso that all arms be surrer@ered, On the other points he is silent. and the opportunity to work, were arrested. Plantation Owner and Four Accomplices Are Arrested for Lynching CLARKSDALE, Miss., Dec. 23.— Four men, one of them a planter, were arrested on charges of conspir- acy to murder and warrants were sworn out for four other persons for the lynching of a Negro plantation worker. Coleman, the victim of the lynchers, was seized Saturday night as he was leaving the courthouse after being ac- quitted of*the murder of Grover C. Nichols’and taken away and lynched. Train Strikes Auto; Kills Two. | oe Il, Dec. 23.—Miss Bessie Brown, and Mrs. V. Nodler, of Cham- pion, were killed when the automobile in whith they were riding was struck by a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train near here. COMMUNISTS DEFY.HORTHY-RULED HUNGARIAN COURT; TELL WORKERS OF COMMUNISM FROM WITNESS BOX (Special to The Daily Worker) BUDAPEST, Hungary—(By Mail.)—Despite the persecution by th Horthy regime of active working class leaders in Hungary and the sup- pression of the workers’ movements and the repressive measures that are used to stifle working class agitation, Mathias Rakosi, Zolfan Weinberger, and a number of their comrades on trial before a Hungarian court, did not attempt to justify their actions in the eyes of the bourgeois courts, but ad- mitted they were revolutionists, seeking the establishment of a better order of sociéty. \ When the chairman of the court asked Rakosi whether he was satisfied with the proletarian dictatorship in Hungary and whether he sought to bring <Continued on page 6)_ ‘ ra 7,000 UNEMPLOYED POLISH WORKERS MARCH ON ZAWIERCIE CITY HALL DEMANDING BREAD, COAL AND WORK WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 23.—Seven thousand unemployed marched upon the city hall at Zawiercie, Poland, demanding bread and coal The police threw tear gas bombs at the demonstrators. demonstrators replied to this vicious attack of the police with a bar- rage of stones and a battle followed. The Thirty-five of the demonstrators Three Children Killed; Many Injured; Firemen, Police Cresta Panic ERIE, Pa., Dec. 23.—Erie today was recovering from a shock of sorrow which came with the death of three children, all pine years old, when 5,000 kiddies attending a huge Christ- mas party, stampeded in an effort to find exit from the Erie arena, Seven were badly hurt, You do the job twice as well— when you distribute a bundle of The DAILY WORKER with your story in it. 4 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY, WORKER 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. i PACKING HOUSE WORKERS! THE DAILY WORKER NEEDS YOUR HELP Price 3 Cents ENGLAND GETS READY T0 WAR UPON TURKEY But: Aims, as. Usual, to Use Other Nations (Special to The Dally Worker) PARIS, Dec, 23—The “hand of friendship” which the British premier, Stanley Baldwin, said he extended to Turkey, evidently has an automatic concealed in the palm and a machine gun lurking up the sleeve, if the story released by a news agency today is true. The report is that in spite of all the friendly gestures, Great Britain knows well enough that Turkey has good reason for refusing to accept the award of the league of nations giving Mosul oil to Irak, England's puppet | state, and it is felt that Turkey may declare war to get back the stolen territory, : Use Armies of Italy and Greece.~ For this reason the canny British are planning to use Italy and Greece to make war on Turkey. Plans are said to have been all laid out for Greek and Italian armies—as manda- tory power of the league of nations, to attack Turkey, while a combined Brit- ish, French, Italian and Greek fleet would blockade Turkey and aid the offensive, Mussolini wants to get a foreign war going to get the Italians’ mind off domestic tyranny, and Italy is promised loot in the way of grabbing Turkish islands and a trade sphere in Asia Minor, while Greece hopes to get back the lost Smyrna area and ‘some more besides. Dictator Pangalos of Greece is, along with Mussolini, anxious to get a foreign war started to use it as an excuse to suppress la- bor at home. Shut Balkans Out. The more northern Balkan coun- tries were counted out as allies, be- cause, altho they were in the league of nations, there is not enuf loot to go around and there would be quarrel- ing and may be war if the conquerors of Turkey included all the Bale bandits. Italy has-been busy of late oft blishing a naval base and fortifying the Island of Rhodes off the Turkish coast. All these facts point to the truth of the report that England is going to have somebody else do he~ fighting if Turkey refuses to give up its oil, LEAGUE IS TOOL OF CAPITALISTS TO CRUSH WEAK Soviets Will Never Join, Declares Tchitcherin BERLIN, Dec. 23.— The Union of Soviet Republics Is determined never to enter the league of nations, For- eign Minister Tchitcherin declared in an interview given to Rote Fahne, organ of the German Communist Party, prior to his departure for Moa cow today. Tchitcherin added that this resolve to refuse to enter the league was per- manent. “The league,” the Soviet minister explained, “was an instrument of cap- italistic machinations against weaker nations and colonial peoples.” Grain Warehouse Fire. BALTIMORE, Md., Dec, 23.— One fireman was killed and four others seriously injured while fighting @ spectacular fire in the grain ware house of BE, Steen & Brothers, HE DAILY WORKER campaign exposing the rotten conditions that pre- vail'in the packing house owned by the “Big Four” packers starts on Monday, January 4. The DAILY WORKER has a great deal of informa- tion on hand, but it needs more—much more, It wants speclal articles from every city where there is a packing plant telling of the conditions that workers must work under, bad. nothing to the boss. Every city we go to, we find conditions — One worker kicking in the shop about con If that worker sits down to itions—alone—means ig table and writes down his story and sends it to The DAILY WORKER, that worker then becomes many thousand times more powerful and the bosses fear him. Remember, the pen is workers, write in your stories! for a bundle? Do so now! mighty weapon. Remember, The DAILY WORK. ER fights far YOU and. depends upon YOU for its news. | Packing house. Answer the questionnaire in yesterday paper! Remember the drive is January 4! Have you made range!