The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 29, 1925, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKER Page Three MIDDLE AGES BROUGHT BACK Calls for Removal of Secular Governments (Special to The Dally Worker) ROME, Deo. 27—Not since the mid- die ages has any pope dared to put forth such an astounding document as that Issued last night by Pope Plus ’ Xi, which terms all governments In which the church and state are not Joined, as “pests. of society” and urges In thinly veiled language that catholics “venerate Christ the king” in such a way that ‘this pest with all its errors will be removed.” This papal bull,.in terms that can- not be misconstrued, practically de- clares war upon all governments not fun by or controlled by the church. All of the social ills caused by capi- talist exploitation of the working classes are calmly stated to be caused | instead, by separation of church and state. Christianity, says the encyclical, is the supreme religion of the world— or if it isn’t it ought to be, and the} pope demands that its supremacy be enforced. For those who are outsid ®& the church, hope is expressed that * “those outside the kingdom will ac- ‘ cept the yoke of Christ.” * Communism and all methods of at- aining it are condemned by the doc. | iment, which says: 4 “It ig necessary that we recall that the church was established by Christ as the perfect society.” The document is 5,000 words long and is addressed to all church officials thruout the world. French Imperialists Raid Toilers Protesting Moroccan-Syrian Wars PARIS—(I. R. A.)\—(By Mail)—Fol- Towing the demonstrations of the French worekrs against the imperial- ist aggression of France in Syria against the Druses and in Morocco @gainst the Rifflans, many arrests were made, many house to house searches took. Three newspapers ‘were suspended (I'Humanite, la Kas- @rna and the Jungle Garde, which was Suppressed by the Rhineland com- mission). in Damacsus, Syria, the whole town feecee under martial law, many @rrestes and house searchings took place. Up to the present, over 250 members of committees of action have been imprisoned and persecuted. Twenty-three persons have been sen- tenced to a total of 13 years, 7 months’ imprisonment and 13,600 franc fines for inciting the soldiers to disobedi- ence, to fraternization with the Riff- Kabyls and for distributing leaflets against the Moroccan war. Able sea- man Vigne, a sailor on board the iron- clad Paris, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a court mar- tial in Toulouse, three sailors from the Voltaire are now awaiting trial by court martial for mutiny against the authorities on the ship. Eleven Syr- dans were sentenced to death and exe- cuted in Allepo for an “attempt” on the life of the French Majors Voun- jerés and Mysotski. Pittsburgh Mine Payroll Robbed. Mollenauer, Pa., Dec. 27—Six mask- ed and armed bandits held up two messengers of the Pittsburgh Term- inal and Coal company and escaped with a $47,917 payroll, The bandits, ' travelling in an automobile, executed “ the robbery in hardly more than a minute. unre FLYING OSSIP STORIES OF NEW RUSSIA Bleven short stories writ- tem since the revolution by the most significant of the new Russian writers—can now be had in a paper edi- tion at only | $1.50 (Cloth Bound $2.50) a Fy Asse pa Segre rset ce From “THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING Co., 4113 W. Washington Bivd., CHICAGO, ILL. A CROSS SECTION OF THE LIFE OF RUSSIAN WORKER STUDENTS SHOWS POWER OF SOVIET RULE By CLEME (Special Moscow Correspond MOSCOW, Dec, 2.—(By Mail.)— NT LEMAR, lent of The DAILY WORKER). There are many communal homes in Moscow. As a matter of fact practically all the homes are to a certain ex- tent communal homes, since all living space has been commandeered and equitably distributed. As a result of this distribution there is practically not an apartment which contains less than two families. Single, duplex and four family houses such as one sees in the Unitde States are > hardly seen in Moscow. Because of the critical housing si tuation I secured a room, or more cor- rectly a space in a room of the communal home of the students of the Moscow Technological University. is rather far from the center, and fre- quently, it is quite difficult, to find room on the street car which ‘takes me out there. However, I fell myself handsomely compensated by my ac- quaintance with a number of the stu- dents of this university. It is of some of these students that I wish to write in this article. How Students Live. This particular communal home houses 110 students, among them eight women. They live generally two in a room, but more in the larger rooms. They receive their education, of course, free of charge. In addition they receive a. stipend of twenty odd rubles per month. This amount is barely sufficient for their ving; but they are provided with one meal a day for 35 kopecks, and hot water for tea morning and evening. Besides they | work a few months a year in facto- ries, the compensation derived from this work supplementing their in- come. The story of the two students who live in the room next to mine is typi- cal of all of the students, and will serve as an excellent illustration of the majority of the present day stu- dents in the universities of the U. S. §, R. The Great Change. Sergius Spirin and Venyamin Shtchennikov are both sons of peas- ants. They are both in the early twenties, and are in the fourth year at college. In 1918, they both joined the Komsomol, the League of Commun ist Youth. After some time they were both selected, each in his own town, after artiving from their villages to work there, to be sent as students to the Rabfaces (special courses for workers to prepare thet for the uru- versities.) After completing the two years’ course at the Rabfac they entered the Moscow Technological University to study engineering, one specializing in electrical and the other in hydraulic engineering. Their present stipend is 23 rubles a month, of which two rubles go for rent and another’ ruble for dues. They pay dues not only in It+ the Komsomol organization, but also in the trades union. They are both members of the Me- tal Workers’ Union, as are practically all engineering students who special- ize in metal production. Students specializing in transportation belong to the Transport Workers’ Union, etc. They not only pay dues to the union but attend meetings of the union reg- ularly and participate in its work. Know World Politics. What strikes one more forcefully than anything else, is the remarkable political understanding possessed by these young peasant boys. In this |can be seen the tremendous educa- tive quality of the revolution. Bight years ago the two boys were just a step away from illiteracy; today they analyze and discuss the events in China, the league of nations, the Lo- carno pact and all other political manifestations not only immeasurably better than the average American uni- versity student, but also far better than the average specialist on foreign politics employed by the American newspapers. They have a fair knowledge of American politics, and know the lead- ers of the different trends of opinion. They know quite well the recent movement for a labor party and its temporary submersion in the LaFol- lette movement. But their thirst for knowledge is insatiable. Want Information, They kept me up several nights, al- |most until morning, bombarding me with questions about the latest devel- opments in the matter of the recog- nition ot tia» U. S. 8, R. by the Unit- ed States, the possibility of the radi- calization of the A, F. of L. now that Gompers is dead, about company unions, about industry, social legisla- tion, education, and what not. Who is there that will deny tlitt in the tens of thousands of students typified by Spirin and Shtchennikov the Soviet government has a force that will do its utmost to repel any hostile force and to help build the Communist society? “Socialist”? Governor Sentences Fam-Boj-Shau to Life of Hard Labor PARIS, (I. R. A.) —By Mail)— Persecutions in Indo-China have been considerably increased since the “so- cialist” Varenne has been made gov- ernor of the country. Among the shameful acts of this “socialist,” must be mentioned the sentence against the great nationalist leader Fam-Boj- Shau to hard labor for life. He was arrested by French police in China on neutral ground and for- cibly taken over the frontier to Indo- China in violation of all international law, where a death sentence existed against him which had been passed in 1913, Colonial justice did not have cour- age enuf, however, to carry out this long ago prescribed sentence and after a long trial it was transformed into hard labor for life, which means death in the hell of Guyana for the nationalist leader. Farmers Will Sow Less Wheat and Rye WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—The area of winter wheat sown this fall is 39,540 acres, which is one per cent less than the revised estimate of 39,956,000 acres sown in the fall of 1924, the crop reporting board of the department of agriculture announced. The condition of the crop on Dec. 1 was 82.7 per cent, against 81 per cent on Dec. 1, 1924, and a ten-year av- erage of 84.9 per cent. The area sown to rye this fall is 3,426,000 acres which is 16.2 per cent less than the revised estimate of 4,088,000 acres sown in the fall of 1924. The condition on Dec. 1 was 83.8 per cent, against 87.3 per cent on Dec, 1, 1924, and aten-year aver- age of 88.7 per cent. Make your slogan—“A =| every weekl” sub The Fourth National Convention Theses---Resolutions Declarations--- Report of the Central Executive Committee to the Convention held in Chicago, Illinois, : August 21 to 30, 1925 ih 50 Cents. STANDARD OIL OF N.Y. GUTS CHRISTMAS MELON; WORKERS ORGANIZE! NEW YORK, Dec. 27— Directors of the Standard Oil company ot New York declared a stock dividend of 25 per cent on the common stock. Utica Mill Workers on Strike After an Arbitration Wage Cut UTICA, N. Y., Dec. 27—The Utica Steam and Mohawk Valley cotton mills are out on strike 90 per cent, against the wage cuts inflicted on them. They had ben kidded into go- ing back to work until a “fair and im- partial” arbitrator could see that they got the cut officially. Only a few of the workers in the Utica Steam mills are out. The strike is being handled by those responsible for having forced the workers back to await arbitration, the officials of the Unitea Textile Workers, Why ‘not? Ask your neighbor to subscribe! Canadian Pacific Sheds Crocodile Tears Over Worker SAN FRANCISCO, Dec., 27. — A worker on the Canadian Pacific R. R. Co, was run over by a steam crane. Both legs of this worker were cut off and his back was broken The worker died the same day at the hos- pital. The company shed a few cro- codile tears by raising their flag at half mast. Many of the workers in the rail- road wondered if the company was weeping because it had to throw out | some shekels to bury this worker. PROFESSORS T0 BE OUSTED FROM OHIO UNIVERSITY Spectre off Communism Cause of Persecutions By ISRAEL AMTER. (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, 0O., Dec, 27—At the Ohio state university a scandal recent- ly took place. Dabney Horton, grad- uate English instructor, was arrested for possessing liquor. It appears that Mr. Horton was in the habit of invit- ing some fellow-professors to his home and there they would talk over a bowl of “good stuff.”° Since then he has not been a professor at the university. But the affair Gia not end there. It has been found that Horton is some- what “Communistfe” and the presi- dent of the university has determined to ferret out alf ¢o-believers of Hor- ton’s. Governot Denahey has ordered an investigation of the beliefs of the instructors at the university—and a thoro purging is “ekpected. No toler- ance will be shown, regardless of whether the professor has manifested proficiency or not! If he has ideas that do not cointide with those who “run” the university, he will get fired, just as a laborer ‘léses his job. “Free academic life,” as they say. Propaganda in, High Schools. But the high schéol pupils must also be saved. In Cleveland, there is some doubt as to the quality of the text books that are being provided for the high school students. Mr. Williams, president of the board of education, has snooped around and is of the con- viction that there is something wrong with a book entitled, “Nations as Neighbors.” He is of the belief that it contains socialistic propaganda: The book has been approved by a commit- tee of teachers—but what have teach ers to do with such matters?They are supposed to teach what is told them— and otherwise keep their hands off and their mouths snut.° “Some books’ are ‘written for inform- ation and some for’propaganda,” Will- jams said. Whenhe was told that high school pupils “are old enough to hear both sides of any question, he answered, “I don’, agree with that. I’m willing to do all I can to advance international brotrhood but there are a lot of politigal ideas that chil- dren are not capable of understanding properly. First 9f all, children must learn that they are living in the best country the world has ever seen and ander the best, | am Lucky Children’s Byes are not Closed. That was convincing. Even some of the board’ members who supported him, after hearing ‘this effusion, had to reverse their voté/’ But the basis of the argument shéWs what children have to be thankful for in this coun- try. “The best country the world has ever seen and uiitfer the best laws.” One of these laws‘'makes it possible for the board of ‘éducation to deter- mine that there aré a “lot of political ideas that children are not capable of understanding properly.” The ques tion is whether these children under- stand what “free Speech, free press and free assemblage” mean, when daily they read or hear about meet- ings being stopped and speakers ar- rested; when in their very schools the books are thoroly purged; when, as in the Ohio state university, an in- vestigation is about to be made of professors’ ideas. Mr. Williams would do well to speak out: Say once for all that the capital- ists do not want the truth told about history. “We are the best country in the world.” Swallow that, keep your mouth shut or go back to the country you came from! Ask the Negroes of this city, who are being driven from the exclusive white section, Ask the workers in the steel mills and auto works where speed-up and spy sys- tems are in vogue. They will tell you. For the poset) ¢ and the gov- ernment, there aré"not two sides to any question: therg¢is only one side, and that is theirs...As long as they control, they will see to it that school books, teachers and, professors are of the “proper sort.” Communism requires education, but capitalist schools are not for educa- tion. So Communism will not be tol- erated in the schools: which is as should be under capitalism, — Radio Operators of Great Britain, Fight Wage Cut with Strike LONDON—(FP)—The strike of British marine radio operators against a wege cut of $2.50 a month finds the government lining up with the em- Ployers. Instead of enforcing the regulations which forbid the sailing of a ship without full equipment of radio operators, the board of trade is allowing ships to sail with their radio department undermanned. The number of strikers is increasing daily and 5,000 operators will soon be involved. Sympathetic action is ex- pected from the seamen’s unions as the safety of the whole crew may de- pend upon efficient: radio service. Wages of marine radio operators start with $42.50 a month, rising by annual increments t@ a maximum of $100 @ month at the end of 9 years service, y gale a TELLS STORY OF HOW MACHINERY HAS MADE MINER FACTORY SLAVE Reviewed by LELAND OLDS, “Nothing but a goddam coal facto- ry” and “loading coal by the acre in- stead of by the ton” are miners’ phrages-quoted by Carter Goodrich in his book, The Miner’s Freedom, to describe how the advance of machine production is pushing the coaldigger down to the level of an unskilled day laborer. Goodrich shows simply and graphically the change from the old independence of isolated work at the face to the gang labor of serving a machine 8 hours a day under imme- diate supervision of a boss. In the first’ part of his book Good- rich describes in some detail the un- usual freedom of the old time miner's work compared with the average job in industry, He refers to “the strong} feeling among the bosses as well as among the workers, that the miner is a sort of independent petty con- tractor and that how much he works and when are more his own affair than the company’s.” The prevailing freedom of the min- ers, he points out, is in part a matter of vigorous himan tradition preserved at the gob piles during delays in the supply of cars and by public opinion in communities populated almost en- tirely by miners. He sees the union as the great bulwark of this traditional independence with the protection it gives the miners against arbitrary discharge. The regular duties of the men’s mine committees have carried them into active contact with the operation of the mines. He sees here a crystalization of the miner’s freedom in union policies amounting to an in- terest and share in management, in- cluding substitution of democratic group discipline for the arbitrary discipline of the boss. From this picture of traditional free- dom Goodrich turns abruptly to the possible Fordizing of coal mining fol- lowing the spread of machine produc- tion. He quotes statements from men, urging this development, to the effect that “the best mines are coming more and more to be organized like fac- tories.” He cites the Gary mines of the U. S. Coal & Coke Co. with 4 times the usual number of bosses, which announces that the mine fore- man and his assistants “are supposed to do the thinking for the men.” When complete mechanization of the miners is accomplished, Goodrich quotes, “the man won't be a miner any more, com- ing to work when he pleases; hell be a mechanic and he'll do what he’s told.” He adds, “or an unskilled laborer.” But how about the union? Theo- retically it favors the introduction of labor-saving machinery but will it be able to handle the situation when this machinery enables management to fill the mines with green help while at the same time the greater productivity re- duces the number of jobs? These questions Goodrich leaves open after quoting the argument of T. A. Stroup, a western mine superintendent, to the effect that the complete mechaniza- tion of the mines would be “a certain cure for unionism.” This easily read book should form a center of discussion in every miner local, for it presents the outstanding problem which organized miners are facing today. Failure to deal with the problem may well leave union miners stranded’ while the industry moves bodily away to nonunion mines.—L, O. The Miners Freedom, by Carter Gootirich; Marshall Jones Co., Boston, $2. One Canadian Union Secedes From Int’l.; Dualism in Another By JOHN ROBUR, OTTAWA, Can.—(FP)—Revolts are on in two Canadian organizations af- filiated with the American Federation of Labor. In the Intl. Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders & Helpers the seceding group propose to link up with the Canadian Brother- hood of Railway employes, while an independent union is the proposal among the Canadian members of the Commercial Telegraphers union. The trouble among the boilermakers has arisen over the plan for compul- sory insurance which went in effect in September. President\Franklin of the international body has _ visited Montreal and installed a new set of officers in the local there: friendly to retaining the existing organiza- tion) The secessionists claim 75% of the Canadian membership, while the international officers assert that only a small part of the union is affected. Among the commercial telegraphers Harry Lynch, leader of the movement for a Canadian union, has been elected head of the organization of members in the Canadian National division, de- feating C..McMahon, who favors con- nection with the body in the United States. Lynch states that there are 2600 members of the union in Canada and only 2400 in the United States, and declares that the international officers have refused the members a referendum on a separate union, a right he claims they hold under the constitution, Chicago A. C. W. May Get “Readjustments” At Kuppenheimer Co. CHICAGO—(FP)—A big clothing company features the generous profit announcements of the first half of December. B. Kuppenheimer & Co. announce a net profit for the year ended Oct. 31 amounting to $349,382 after deducting preferred dividends, Their real proiis amounted to over half a million. To common stock- holders this means a return of $3.49 on each $5 share, a 70% profit from a single year’s business. British Seamen’s Bad Luck Turns Out to Be Not So Bad After All SYDNEY, Australia—(FP)— The strike of British seamen collapsed at most of the ports in Australia and New Zealand in November, Many of the British seamen on strike have not remanned their ves- sels, About 500 found work in Austra- lia at higher wages than they got as seamen. Others have found work in the Australian shipping trade at $80 per month against $45 offered by the British shipowners, Child Labor Law of Your Union Meeting Fourth Monday, Dec. 28, 1925, Naive of Local and o ing. rg ‘28 N. Clarke St., 1. Bridge ‘and Structural ren Work- ers, 910 W. Monroe St. 94 Boot and Shoe, 1999 Milwaukee Av 3420 W. Roose- No. 89 Bohemian, 1870 Blue Is- ta Cleaners & yers, He s. Eye red Glove Workers, 1710 MN. Winches'r Ko sherman A Carpenters, 18 W. Washington St Cap Makers, 4003 Roosevelt Rd. 70 Carpen: Jose W. Madison St. 2040 W. North Av S. C, 9139 Commercial $.C., 1488 W. 18th St. 8. C., 1457 Clybourn percent }» 222 N. West St., Wau- | gan. Carpenters, 2040 W. North Ave. Cigar Makers Executive Board, G6 W; Washington St. 7:20 p. m. Electricians. 11 roop, st Engineers (Uagomiotive) Pp. 416 Carpent 1367 Union Ave., 7: Engineers, 4643 Engineers, 311 S. Ai 180 W. id Firemen and Enginemen, Madison and Sacramento. 18 Glove Operators, 1710 N. Winches- ter Ave. reiers, 814 W. Ya el St. cabant de 328 W. S05 S. Western Ave. men, Tug, 355 N. Clark 75th St. and Dobson 8, Bivd. Machinists, 1638 N. Halsted St. Maintenance of Way, 1543 W. 108d Street ones of Way, 202 W. 47th tr Painters, 175 W. Washington St. N. Cicero Plumbers, fA 2432 2064 Railway Clerks, 159 N. 81 Sheet Metal Workers, 1638 Halsted St. Sailors’ Union of Great Lakes, 355 N. Clark Street 5 Tailors, 180 W. Washington St., 7:30 p.m. Teamsters, 11526 Michigan Ave. Teamsters, 220 S. Ashland Blvd, 3p. m, Teamsters, 220 S. Ashland Blvd. Supreme Court Will Hear Whitney’s Case On C. S. Law March 15 WASHINGTON—(FP)—Chief Jus- tice Taft announces, much to the sur- prise of conservative lawyers, an or- der granting a rehearing of the appeal of Charlotte Anita Whitney of San Francisco against her conviction for alleged violation of the California criminal syndicalism law. Her first appeal for a ruling by the federal supreme court was denied in October, on the ground that federal jurisdic tion had not been shown. Argument will be heard March 15, Put a copy of the DAILY WORKER in your pocket when To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all thelr dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST Missouri Worthless| 645 Smithfield Street, 8ST. LOUIS —(FP)—*The Missouri child labor law is so weak and de- fective’ as to be almost. worthless, says Mrs, Harry Alexander, Missouri women’s legislative committee. The law does not require adequate proof of age, permits children to work after 7 at night, fails to require a minimum educational standard before “ certifi- cates are issued, does not forbid the employment of children after school hours except at dangerous ’ occupa- tions. The force of inspectors is in- adequate, she asserts. Five bia senia 4 oe cian ean ere foo ane PITTSBURGH, PA, YOU WANT A 6000 ecco You are sure to find it at NEED FOR LEFT WING SEEN IN FURUSETH TALK I. S. U. Head Makes an Imperialist Speech NEW YORK CITY, Dec, 27—In a speech permeated with religious cant, Andrew Furuseth, president of the International Seamen’s Union, con- tended against the idea of the world court before a meeting of the Central Trades and Labor Council held at Beethoven Hall. Interested In U. 8, Imperialism. This noted labor faker is apparently more interested in capitalist world polities than he is in the affairs of the international labor movement. “The only kind of peace which we can hope for,” he said with feeling, “ig the peace described in the bible and in the lord’s prayer.” He then entered into a fervent eulogy of Alexander the third and Wilson, as great peace-makers, and charged that their ideas were utilized by other powers to crush peace. Altho he criticized the Versailles treaty and mentioned the fact that those who are talking most about peace thru the world court are the very ones who spoke most about wat during the world war, he did not once mention the Dawes plan, or the inter national assault of the capitalist class upon the workers thruout the world. His argument against the world court was that the U. 8, might be outvoted by the numerous other ne tions. In this way, this well-known exponent of class-collaboration came out openly with a hypocritical ples for the protection of the interests of the American capitalist class. Not a word did he have to say about world trade union unity, which is a particularly important problem in the industry. which Mr, Furaseth is sup posed to represent. It was only a few weeks ago sines the seamen of various countries were on strike against the assaults of the international ship owners. Of this the “Old man of the sea” haé nothing to say. He was not interested, it seeme, in fighting the international steam- ship owners, but rather in the safest method of protecting the profits of the American ship owners, Need Left Wing Delegates. The talk by Mr. Furuseth was ex- tremely dry and uninteresting, and the 55 delegates who attended the meeting were in a very short time lulled to sleep, There was no dis- cussion after the speech, the delegates leaving after the new executive board had been installed with the usual ceremonies, It is high time that the progressive unions took an interest in the affairs of this body and became active in it, so that it might function in the interests of the local labor movement. SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT] SOCIETIES Frauen-Kranken- poserstuetzunge Verein ‘ist and. ind ‘Thursday, Meets every Ist and 3r ” Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North oe. Information Wanted. Daniel George Carson, 34 years of age, last heard of in the state of Washington in the summer of 1917, Any information will be gratefully received by, his mother— BRIDGET CARSON, Warspite, Alta., Canada. SULTAN ABC OF COMMUNISM By Bukharin and Preobrazhensky. 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