The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 31, 1925, Page 1

f en eras SE \ j The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. No. a *,. Saoscr eaten Rates: PLA ALLIED POWER FEAR TO MAKE WAR ON RUSSIA Plates Fear ar ‘Revolts at Home (Special to ‘The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R (By Impre- corr.)—In a report by Leon B. Kame- ney on the activities of the central executive committee of the Russian Communist Party, he points out that the new alignment of capitalist pow- @rs around the Locarno peace pact, which is meant to strangle the Soviet Union and destroy the first working class republic, are powerless to carry out their evil intentions and that the Soviet Union will have a period of peaceful development. Kamenev points out that by bribing Germany, the French and British cap- italists now have access to the Soviet Union's frontiers. He further points out that tho they desire greatly to start a war against the Soviet Union, they dare not do so, because of the revolutionary upheavals in their col- onial and semi-colonial possessions and the growing militancy of the workers in their own lands. His re- port before one of the Moscow dis- tricts in which he deals with the mature of the Locarno peace pact follows: “The past year has been, as regards our foreign policy a year of fairly complicated and contradictory events. On the one hand the year has been full of attempts on the part of the capi- talist countries to come to an under- standing among themselves and to form a united front. This period in- cludes two events of such significance to the capitalist states as the accept {Continued on page 6) EVERY LEFT WINGER QUT TO THE NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL! When the Italian Hall, 643 North Clar{ street, opens up on Thursday night, many well-known: militant trades unionists will e' seen’ enter ing the hall. There will be cabal trades mili- tants, who bearded: Morris Sigman of the International» Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers, then ‘there will be Amalgamated members, who have “ given Sam Levin many a sleepless night, and then will come many other workers from various trades aif determined to see that the New Year is met in a militant manner. They will all come determined to ‘aid the left-wing papers carry on a real fight in the new year. Every worker should come to the Fourth Annual Trade Union Education’! League Ball! it will start on New Years’ Eve and end up at 2 in the “morning New Years Day. Outside Chicago, | Gee ee ag Peasant Finds Message of French olitical Prisoners BERLIN, Dec. 29.—Some days ago a peasant in Kamberg in Thuringia found a little French department store balloon containing a letter from the political prisoners in Strassbourg. The contents of the letter were as follows: “Best greetings from the — Strass- | bourg prison to all comrades who haye the luck of looking at the pris- ons of capitalism from the outside— the political prisoners Georges Schreckler, Charles Fischer, Adolphe Eberhart, Emilie Schott, accused for incitement of members of the army to disobedience.” The comrades whose greetings made such a long journey thru the air, haye since been sentenced by the Frenc4 military justice to several months of imprisonment. RESUME THE ANTHRACITE DISCUSSION New York Meeting Has Uncertain Future (Spectal to The Daily. Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 29,—The conference between the anthracite operators and the 4fficials of the United Mine Workers representing the 158,000 striking miners, was held up today until the arrival in the after- noon fo John L. Lewis, due to arrive from his home at Springfield, IHinois. The operators were preparing their program to present at the opening of | the” "meeting datein the day, when Majer Pngls-of thesoneresore indi cated clearly that it was Lewis’ first move and settlement depended on the uinon representatives. Passes the Buck, “Whether the strike is ‘settled de- pends on the attitude of!John L. Lewis,” said Inglis, seeking of course to lay the burden for continuance of the strike upon the union. “What his atttitude is right now, nobody knows for a certainty. At any rate’ he is the key to the situation.” Inglis said he was “not optimistic nor pessimistic.” Everything in the conjectural stage as it is, the leading guesses as to the outcome ean be given as follows: The possibility that the miners may return to work within two weeks at their old wages. The possibility that the operators will agree to a joint board to in- vestigate their ability to raise wages. This may well turn into a possibility also of lowering wages, and represents a step forward more definite class collaboration than has yet been practiced. The possibility that argument over the check-off may result in a refer- (Continued on page 4) PACKING-HOUSE YOU ANSWERED WORKER! HAVE THE QUESTIONS F THE DAILY WORKER AS YET? \ JACKING house worker, have you answered that list of questions that appeared in a previous issue of The DAILY WORKER on the con- ditions of the packing plant you work in? Have you mailed it in as yet? The AILY WORKER wants you to answer every question that you possibly can and to write in a story of the conditions that you must work day, January 4. story. : _ mouthpiece. "Whom you work\with and make it The Daity WORKER fights for the workers at all time You can and should help it. Send in a/story; and then ar- range for a bundle to be distributed at your factory. will aid greatly in bringing about a better understanding among those under to be used in the special packing-house drive that starts Mon- Are your wages enough to live on? Can you make both ends meet? "What are\ your living conditions? Not only does The DAILY WORKER “want letters from the packing house worke ters from the wives of the packing house workers. Let THEM tell THEIR themselves, but also let- It is their In this way you er to win your demands for shorter hours, better pay and better living conditions,’ Get on the job! Two Halls—Two In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. THE DAIL sjtember 21, 1923, at Entered as Second-class matt. < by mail, $6.00 per year. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1925 Ilinols, under the Act of March 3, 1879. * iL OMce at Chicago, <<? -ILLION DOLLAR NEW YORK BAN Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. NEW YORK EDITION Washington Bivd., Chicago, lL WHEELER CASE IS THROWN OUT OF U.S. COURT Department of Justice | Persecution Ends (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. .29—Indict- ment of Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government in obtain- ing oil and gas land permits, was thrown out of federal court here. The court held that Wheeler should not be tried on this indictment as. he had previously been acquitted in Mon- tana on identical charges of misusing his senatorial inffuence to gain favors for Campbell at the department of the interior here, This action of the court brot to a close one of the most sensational cases instituted in recent -years by the department of justice ay a re- prisal against someone who had been able to “get” the goods on the de- partment.. Wheeler was hounded for his part in the Teapot Dome oil steal investigation and his exposure of At- torney General Daugherty and his brother, Banker Mal Daugherty and a number of cabinet officials for their roles .in stealing the. naval oil pos- sessions.. After getting, an ment against Wheeler in Montana the department of justice secured a second bill against him here. In Montana, Wheeler was acquitted. Then special attorneys were hired to prosectte the case in Washington. Will Not Appeal. It is not believed that the depart- ment’ of justice ‘will prosecute the casé as the attenting) publicity and the trial might disclose a few facts The two indictments against Wheeler grew out of his relation to Campbell as an attorney. After his election to the senate, Wheeler agreed to handle some Montana oil litigation for Campbell. None of this work, however, took him before fed- eral departments, Wheeler insisted. The government maintained Wheeler had represented Campbell at the interior, on this charge, Wheeler was acquitted. To Get More Oi! Land. In the second indictment, the goyv- ernment charged that Wheeler, thru his friendship and influence with Booth, was to get for Campbell more than the legal number of prospecting permits. Money to be derived from the land thus secured was to be split three ways, between Campbell, Wheeler and Booth. To get the land, the government contended that Camp- bell, with Wheeler’s knowledge, sent in “dummy” applications to the in- terior. Because the permits and land in question were the same in both bills, Wheeler submitted a plea of former acquittal as chief basis for. throwing out the second indictment. He in- sisted that the alleged overt acts in (Continued on page 4.) British Imperialism to Export Propaganda by New Radio Station LONDON, Dec. 29,—On New Year's Eve the foreign office will begin the transmission daily of broadcasted Morse code news bulletins, concern- ing British affaiys. The bulletins will be transmitted from the powerful new station at Hilmorton, which is said to be capable of communicating with all parts of the world. Everett Plumbers Win Five-Day Week (Special to The Daily Worker) EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 29.—The 5- day week is now in force in Everett in the steamfitting and plumbing trades where union conditions are en- forced. The shorten work week for Local No, 265, United Association of Plumbers & Steamfitters, comes five years after the Seattle unions indict, ~which have béen:suceessfully hatden. Hon! way Do Yo WANT THAT? I WILL TELL YOu WHAT | WAY TO TURN. FARMEER-LABOR that }- had won it. PARTY FIGHTS FOR'PROGRAM Organization Drive on in Dakotas (Special to The Daily Worker) BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 28. —The newly organized farmer-labor party of North Dakota is now carry- ing on an active organization drive to convince the farmers and workers of the necessity of a party that will fight for their class interests. The progrdm adopted by the con- ference at which over 100 delegates from farmers’ co-operatives, economic and political organizations and work- ers’ organizations:were present which calls for the nationalization of the mines, abolition wf the use of injunc- tions, repeal of’ Esch-Cummins law, nationalization of water power of the nation, revision of Versailles treaty, for a foreign policy based upon the unity of nations «instead of war, opposing military ‘conscription and de- nouncing the policy of imperialism pursued by the government as dan- gerous to the bestsinterests of the na- tion are being made the rallying points for the new party. The committeéselected by the con- ference to gall a#northwest confer- ence in Bismarck»or some other point in the northwest for the month of March, 1926, is working hard to bring about this conference at which the farmer-labor candidates in the con- gressionel elections will be chosen. Want National Defense Day. The Spanish Wer Veterans’ nation- al head, in order to show his loyalty to the master class, calls upon con- gress to set aside April 19—the an- niversary. of the battles of Lexington and Concord—as national defense day. He also urges congress to let the veterans’ organizations “turn out” the civilian mobilization, — New Year’s Eve Mask E Ball w. HARLEM GASINO, 116TH AND LENOX AVENUE Bante Doors open pe 8 0 area until dawn. AND ACCEPT PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 29. |miners and operators to settle the s Inglis was its author, It is Word for (Continued | PRIESTS ATTEMPT TO STAMPEDE ANTHRACITE STRIKERS TO WORK -The action of the sixteen non-! -English | negotiations.were under way speaking priests who recently addressed a‘communication to John L. Lewis and Major Inglis giving their views on the present shutdown and advising the | By PAT TOOHEY: | \ | created a furore in the anthracite field, | The letter of these salvation salesmen reads as tho Ivy Lee or Major on Page 4) Pera sieomahirhalionaal ||GIGANTIC MONEY MERGER BACKED BY DILLON, READ To Have 1,300,000,000 Dollar Resources (Special to The Dally Workerd NEW YORK, Dec, 29—The Dillon Read & company, which a few) months ago outbid the Morgan Inter-— ests for the Dodge Motor Car n pany, Is now backing one of Bie gest mergers that has ever taken {place in the country. Six of the bige \gest banks in New York City are te |be consolidated into one controlling. over a bililon dollars. Proceeding at Rapid Rate, — The consolidation which is now prow ceeding at a rapid pace takes in the Mechanics and Metals National, the. |Chase National, the Chatham and Phoenix, the National Park, the Chem= ical National and the Central Union Trust company. The resources Of this consolidation will amount tt ;more than $1,300,000,000. q Rumors are current in the Wall Street district that the National Bank and Trust company may jump inte the consolidation and add many more millions to the resources of this gi gantic banking trust. To Take Place in Year, It is expected that the entire pro- cess of consolidation will take place’ within the next year. It is planned to first unite the banks in pairs and jafter a period of re-adjustinent to ef jfect greater consolidation of the paired banks. Pair Off Banks. The pairings are reported to be as - follows: Chemical National with pred Na- tonal Parks the Mechaiiceaah< “Mer” als National with the Chase Na- tional; the Chatham and \ Phoenix with the Central Union Trust com- pany. When the heads of the different banks were interviewed as to the im- pending. merger all attempted to hide any knowledge of the St cept at the Mechanics and Mi |tional, where the president aes | Dillon, Read.-& company were the prime movers in this consolidation When the Dillon Read & company outbid the: Morgan interests and paid the Dodge ‘Motor company $146,000,000 in cash and the fir @ profit of $60,000,000 rumors jgun to seep thru of the a ARBITRATION PLAN trike by “impartial arbitration,” has word the position of the operators. BRIAND HOLDS HIS CABINET WITH LOCARNO Passes Thra Crisis Over Doumer’s Plan PARIS, ‘Dec. 29—Premier Briand ;Won another political victory today. | The premier met his cabinet and suc- cessfully surmounted difficulties with- | in the ministry, the reported cleavage | between the premier and the radical | socialist members of the cabinet fail- ed to develop. “T invoked the spirits of Locarno jand everything went well,” said the premier as he left. the cabinet meet- ing. The cabinet gave approval to Fi- nance Minister Doumer's projects for balancing the 1920 budget and author- ized him’ to submit the projects to the chamber of deputies. M. Doumer plans to raise 1,000,000,- 000 francs by an increase in the price of tobacco, 600,000,000 francs by an export tax, 300,000,000 francs by re. pression of fiscal frauds and more ef- ficient collection of taxes, and 100,- 000,000 by a one per cent tax on all bourse Sperasione, For the Benefit of | Folowing the news of the ing merger the bank stocks owl dt these companies rose to aici PERSHING TO BE REMOVED FROM ARIC U.S. Retreats Before Aroused Chileans WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 29—| Process of; a The alleged “alarming symptoms” of a cantare General Pershing's health, which | ‘hat have have caused his removal as head of |@2¢ the o e the plebiscitiary commission in the Most of the im idispute over the Tacna-Arica region |™erser is between Chile and Peru, is possibly |i2S of gigantic due to-a diagnosis by political doc- | ment of natural tors who have determined that Persh- | Veloped land ing, whose teeth arg reported bad, barnes as bit off more than he could chew in handling South America like con- betes quered territory, South America Angry. The decision to remove Pershing comes at @ moment when all South America seemed to be awakening with | the resentment at the arbitrary manner | ¢ used in the Tacna-Arica plebiscite Pershing and his staff. So strong had the protest particularly in Chile and by that Arherican interests gen were being mena‘ a with nation of the whole | past year has been ff trial projects in Japan, sent millions of dollars develop the electrificati its industrial sratemal. written al and foreign them in’ oém American and tutions, amount investor, — banking comb and it