The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 3, 1926, Page 1

FIGHT SURRENDER TO COAL BARONS iw 3 j ty ( eye b x i The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 301. Subscription Rates: Entered as Second-class matt ; Outside Chicago, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year, by mail, $6.00 per year. Current Events » By T. J. O'FLAHERTY } eighty women who ware s@n- tenced to jail for picketing, as result of, a decision of the Illinois appelate court will not find much con- solation in the wonderful “victory” ‘won by the labor bureucrats when their “friends” in the Illinois legisla- ture put over the anti-injunction bill. Everything was running along nicely until a certain judge found the law ‘was unconstitutional and after that things began to run just as usual. In other words picketing became as il- legal as ever. u 13 » (HE reactionary labor leaders at the head of the Chicago Federation of Labor thot they had a good laugh on the Communists and“ other radicals who favored the organization of a la- bor party that would bring the work- ers together under a class banner to fight for their interests. Here was a justification of the non-partisan policy of the American Federation of Labor. “Reward your friends and punish your enemies.” This was the slogan of Gompers, It is also the slogan of Wil- liam Green his worthy disciple and equally loyal servant of capitalism. eee HE decision that picketing is ille- gal may not cause the labor bureaucrats to change their minds as to the need for a labor party. It is not at all likely that it will, But the eighty women may do-some thinking. Not that a labor party is an infallible cure for the ills that afflict the work- ing class. It is a step in the right direction. It is important, pecause for one reason, it gets the workers acting together in a political party against their class enemies. And furthermore they will learn by experience that nothing short of the complete over- throw of the capitalist system can bring them relief. * ERE are conflicting rumors re- garding the decisions of the Turk- ish government jn relation to the dis- pute with the British over the M@sul oil territory. Some days the Turks are going toAght; again they are Hor: ‘What they may do finally will depend on the support they may be able to muster. It is very significant that a few days after the league of nations handed the oil over to Britain, Soviet Russia and Turkey signed a treaty with each other. . * oe NLY a few weeks ago, so-called liberal papers, including the New York Nation, swallowed hook, line and sinker, a yarn to the effect that Rus- sia and Italy signed a treaty of the old type. Russia was supposed to have agreed to ‘look ‘with favor on Ttaly’s designs on Turkey in return for similar favors on Italy's party. The thing was an obvious fabrication, yet the alleged friends of the Soviet gov- ernment had no hesitation in accept- ‘nig it as a fact. Scrafch a pacifist and you will find a counter-revolution- ist. pork deities HE December 5, issue of the New Leader, contains an article*from the pen of Dr. Norman Thomas, ex- pressing the conviction that a united front with the Communists on certain issues would be possible for the so- eialist party. So the hated phrase “united front” is at last coming into its.own! It is not necessary to prove that the willingness of the socialists to stand on the same platform with the Communists is not motivated by any good intentions towards the lat- ter. The new policy can very likely be attributed to the growing and well founded conviction that the socialist party found itself nearing isolation from the masses in its last strong- hold: the needle: trades, and ,is adopt- ing this ruse in an effort to get some pink paint on its old bones, _* 8 @ HE socialist party—laughed itself * almost to death at the Commun- ist slogan of the united front, Not once or twice but scores of times the Communists called on the socialists to unite with them in a fight for cer- tain immediate issues like recognition’ of Soviet Russia; a labor party; re- lease of class war prisoners and so forth, But they were turned down cold, Of course we remeniber the rx, of the Greeks bearing gifts but the socialists want a united front, the Communists are more than wil- ling to stand shoulder to shoulder with them, proyided they go to bat with the common énemy. That is the test of their sincerity, ‘ PORTO RIGANS DEMAND RIGHT TO RULE SELF Political Party De- mands Independence By MANUEL GOMEZ, Sec’y. All-Anterica Anti-Imperialist League. Another link is being forged in the solid chain of all-American resistance to the imperialist domination of Wall Street. Porto Rico, for 27 years a stronghold of imperialism,:is being converted into a strategic point in the struggle against imperialism. That is the full significance of news just re- ceived in this country of the forma- tion of the Nationalist Party of Porto Rico, with Federico Acosta Velarde as president, The headquarters of the new party is at San Juan} there ar 23 Industrial Unions Unite 6,500,000 in Land of the Soviets MOSCOW—(FP)—The tremendous strides of trade unionism’ in Ruasia since "the revolution are indicated by the membership figures for 1925. In 1917 there were about 1,000,000 organ- ized workers; in 1925 there are 6,500,000 trade unionists, organized in 23 big industrial unions. Boss Painters-Turn Down Sensible Plan SEATTLE—(FP)— The boss paint- ers assotiation nos refused the pre- posal of the Seattle Painters union to inaugurate the 7-hour day in the in- dustry here during the. slack winter months, This was put forward as a means of affording work for as many members as possible while building is slack, MOTHERS WILL e) branches at Ponce, Mayaguez and aif other important towns on the island? The organization of the party.is “of great historical importance. For the first time since Porto Rico became a United States possession a political party is in the field openly declaring itself separatist, and demanding im- mediate and unconditional indepen- dence. The “Union de Peurto Rico,” founded in 1904, never took such a categorical stand; it was dominated by political trimmers and had no clear program, coming out first in favor of “autonomy,” then of statehood with- in the U, S. republic, then of mere American “titizenship.”. Systematic betrayal by the leaders caused the union practically to disappear. The newly formed Nationalist Party is pledged to unceasing warfare with 'the imperialist oppressor--*f the Porto Rican people. Its n — ership con- sists principally of peasatits, students and small bj men, with a large mixtufe. of workers, whereas the “Union”. never -was. a. pagans tion but rather a calestion ' com- mittees of professional politicians. Thoroly Disillusio: President Acosta Velarde of the Na- tionalist Party has issued a ringing manifesto; a vertitable call to strug- gle which will be received with sym- pathy not only by the people of other American colonies and semi-colonies but also by the working class in the United States. The All-America Anti- Imperialist League has received a copy. It calls attention to the ma- chinations of the American sugar and tobacco trusts in Porto Rico and to the sufferings of the Porto Ritan peo- ple under American rule. It declares that the Porto Ricans, who in 1898 welcomed enthusiastically the United States soldiers that were “to deliver them from Spain,” have now become thoroly disillusioned. “Not until now,” continues the man- ifesto, “has our country created a serious liberation movement, that by its character, program and vigor could take its place in history as the expression of a resolute people deter- mined to conquer their indepehdence, Upon us depends the triumph.” Fight Against Oppression. Indicative of the strong conscious- ness of purpose of the Nationalist Party, the manifesto ‘calls for a unit- ed front with other peoples oppressed by. American imperialism. “It is our intention,” declares Presi- dent Acosta Velarde, “to enter into close relations with the Nationalist (Continued on page 3) 2 Establish 44-Hour Week for Building Trades in England LONDON—(FP)—The 44-hour week has been established in the British building industry by .an agreement signed by the employers and all the London building unions, Mayor’s Order Made 7 No Caps; Shop Shut! NEW YORK—(FP)—When _ the Commercial Headgear Co. of Wood- ridge, N. J., broke its agreement with the Cloth Hat, Cap & Millinery Work- ers Intl, Union, forcing a strike, mayor Innes forbade picketing, But the shop remains paralyzed, WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IS FILED IN BEHALF OF TRUMBULL (LL. D, Pre: inary barrack: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—A writ of habeas corpus was filed here mber 29 in behalf of Walter Trumbull, military prisoner held in the 8 at Alcatraz, The action was taken by his tawyery vice.) Vy on NURSE BABES IN COUNTY PRISON L. L. G. W. Pickets to Take Children to Jail “If they take me to jail, they’ve got to take my babies too,” declared one of the eighty women pickets, member of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, who must go to jall within a few weeks for picketing in the Market street district in the 1923 strike following the decision handed down by the appellate court upholding the sentences imposed by “Injunction” Judge Denis E, Sullivan, Judge Foell and Judge Ira Ryner. Most of tle eighty women. who were. arrested for picketing the struck rar- ment shops in this district are»mar- ried women” and have babies and small children that must be eared for. " tia State’s Attorney Crowe Aids Bosses Failing In the attempt to implicate Walter W. Britton, head of the Metal Polishers and John Werlik, business agent of Looal ib the Metal Polish- ers’ Union wi is. carrying on a strike against} the manufacturers of the “Universi Jstoves, heaters and ranges, in the récent “bomb” frame- up, State’s At y Robert E. Crowe had a squad of detectives arrest and bring both unl officials to the Sherman House and subject them to a grilling. Fail First Time. Both of these union heads were ar- rested and held incommunicado at the Cook county recently in an at- tempt to link t up with a “bomb” plot. The head of a private detective agency and a number of the Cribben, Sexton and company officials partici- pated in the grilling at that time. All attempts to frame the union men failed. This time the union heads were again subjected @ grilling. It is believed that the;state’s attorney’s of- fice has become to be the headquar- ters of the Persecutors, who are desperate and trying by all means to break the strike, Fail Second Time. This attempt to frame the union heads failed just as did the first at- tempt. The men on'the picket line are just as enthusiastic and just as determined to remain/on strike until their de- mands are won as they were the first day they went fifth month has resulted in the loss of many thousands) of: dollars worth of business to thescompany. Contrac- tors; and dealers: continue to send in They have expressed their determina- | jattors daily telling the company they tion not to allow the sheriff to part them from their ehildren and will take their babies to jail with them. Nurse Babies in Prison Many of the mothers have children less than a year old and the mothers |pas on its sideithe capitalist point out-that these children must be refuse to handle ‘the “Universal” stoves, ranges\and furnaces until the Cribben, Sextosand company settles with the striking metal polishers. The Cribben; Sexton and company aewspa- pers in the city that get full-page ads cared for and that as long as the | from the stovesconcern to attack the bosses’ courts had decided to jail them, they were going to take their ¢hildren with them and nurse them in the prison cells. The other mothers who have children a little older will insist that they be allowed to care for their enildrep while in prison. SLEUTH AGAINST TOM MOONEY NOW IMPUGNS OXMAN But Thies for More Bloody Punishment SAN FRANCISCO—(FP)—Captain of Detectives Duncan Matheson of San Francisco speaking: “Our prisons in California have be- come merely recreation grounds. Our parole system is far too lenient. I believe in flogging criminals, If I had my way, I would confine all reformers, Psychiatrists and penologists in a state institution and keep them tuere. “There was no miscarriage of justice in the Mooney and Billings case, While it is true that Oxman was something of a romancer, I believe that Mooney ang Billings were both suilty.” Matheson's allusion to “reformers, psychjatrists and penologists” evi- dently harks back to a lecture givén, inder the auspices of the Science “League of America, by a criminologist connected with the University of California, At this lecture Matheson, who was present by special invita- tion, became so enraged at the pro- fessor’s plea for kinder treatment of criminals that he got up and begged [for an opportunity to give the other side of the case, The above remarks, made during are evidently “the other side” he has been anxious to present. Lincoln Park Heads Changed. SPRINGFIBNLD, Ul, Dec, 31—Alex- ander Fyfe and Arthur Dehmlow were appointed by Governor Small as com: waved} . missioners of Lincoln Park, Chicago, to succeed B, R. Pike and Mrs, Wil- Mam N. Pellouse. @ speech béfore the Los Altos club, | union and blame the union for activ- ities of the dicks hired to “protect and maintain peace” around the plant. Guards Tut’s Coffin. CAIRO, Dec, 31—The coffin of Tut- ankhamen, Egypt’s ancient ruler, whose tomb at Luxor has been an ob- ject of archeological exploration for the past three years, was brought to Cairo under an armed guard. Chamberlain, thestory foreign minister | DAILY WORKER. dovtember 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ' SUNDA Y,, JANUARY 3, 1926 Se” ely Centralia I. W. W. Have No Chance of Pardon by Hartley OLYMPIA, Wash.—(FP)—Gov. Ro- land Hartley, wealthy lumberman, has declared-that he is so busy with legis- lative matters that he will not be able to pass on the numerous requests for pardon from prison. There is no sug- gestion of a pardon for the Centralia I. W. W. boys. Rich Corporations Get Tax Refunds WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 31, Tax refunds totaling $151,885,415 were made during the past year, the inter al revenue bureau disclosed in a re. port made to the ways and means committee of the house. Some of this amount, however, represents adjust- ments made in controversies dating back to 1920, MORITZ LOEB IS CALLED TO STAND TRIAL Indicted Under Hoosier Anarchy Law 1. L. D. Press Service. Moritz J, Loeb, business manager of The DAILY WORKER was notified to appear for trial in Crown Point, In- diana, on Wednesday, January 6. Loeb was arrested on May 1, 1923, while speaking at a May Day meet- ing in Gary, Indiana, and held under the Indiana criminal anarchy law. He has been free on bail since then. Shortly after May 1, 1923, the offi- cials of Gary, were indicted ina big booze ‘scandal and the mayor with several others were found guilty and sent to the federal penitentiary in At- lanta, Georgia. They were released only a few weeks ago and were photographed as they stepped off the train to resume their work enforcing “law and order” in Gary. by the state, under the Indiana crim- inal anarchy law, no sentences have been recorded. Attorney Benjamin Backrach will defend Loeb at the trial. Award Highway Contract. SPRINGFIELD, It, Dec, 31.—Con- tract for the construction of a bridge on state hard road Route 8, Section 42 B., Knox county, was awarded by the state highway department to A. P. Munson, Marion, Ind., at a price of $13,929.02, Build the DAILY WORKER. From Capitalism’s Family Album By Deni in Moscow Pravda. it Britain, and J, Ramsay Mac- Donald, the discredited labor premier, enjoy each other's company. for Grea’ Altho indictments have been secured | This Issue Consists of Tyo Sections. SECTION ONE. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, lil, Price 5 Cents CALL ON MINE LOCALS TO INSIST LEWIS STAND BY TRI-DISTRICT DEMANDS AT N. Y. CONFERENCE By ALEX REID Secretary Progressive Miners’ Committee, According to reports emanating from the New York confer- ence of mine owners and union being made to settle the strike of prospect of success. officials, a determined effort is the hard coal miners, with every These same inspired reports indicate that the whole ques- tion at issue at the conference, is the checkoff, of union dues amd the question of arbitration of future disputes, with a 10-year contract. No mention is made of the economic demands of the miners as formulated at thé tri-district convention. reigned supreme on these points* and no doubt they are settled as far ag Lewis is concerned. Fooling the Miners. In an attempt to fool the miners, a mountain of importance is being made out of the empty checkoff. Some kind of a checkoff system will be granted the miners as a sop to Lewis, which he can wave before the min- ers to show that he was victorious in the fight. The winning of the check- | off has been the bone of contention in so many of the struggles in the days gone by. Nobedy knows better than Lewis and the operators, that the checkoff means nothing to the slaves of the anthracite, and nobody knows better than they, that the checkoff is one of the most: dangerous weapons ever | given into the hands of the fake lead- ership of thé miners’ union, and has} veen used g@gainst the miners thru-/ jut America many times in the past. | Kill Arbitration. Lewis is repotted to have rejected | all suggestions of arbitration. He is} eported also to favor long contracts, | trom. five to ten years. Lewis, in| ‘avoring long contracts, incorporates | all the dangers to which arbitration subjects the miners... _, iz The disputed points of the miners’ ment, which if referred to ar- bitration, would in all probability re-/| sult in favor of the operators, as they | have at all times in-the past, will re-| ceive the same treatment under long term agreements. The Jacksonville Example. The three-year agreement negotiat- ed at Jacksonville has nearly dgstroy- | ed the miners’ union in the central | bituminous field. Wages have been reduced systematically thru destruc- | tion of long established working con- | ditions, while the labor fakers stood quietly by and permitted the destruc- tion. Before-the three year agreement is | up, practically all the miners’ condi- tions will be gone. What will hap- pen with a five to ten-year agreement is well understood by every miner in America. No greater treason could} there be to the miners. than to tie | them down under a long contract, and | the miners in the anthracite must fight against the proposed treason of the officials, in this respect. Reconvened Convention. According to the tri-district con- vention policy, the miners must rati- fy any proposed settlement before it becomes a contract between the con- tending parties. The miners must re- pudiate any settlement that does not catry with it the tri-district de- ‘mands. These demands are small nough, and/a great deal less than 1e proggessive miners demanded, and ven these are in jeopardy as per re- orts mentioned above. Remember checkoffs and long term ontracts will not increase your wag- s, or better your working conditions, ut on th e contrary, long term agree- rents will enable the operators to sstroy your wage standards and orking conditions entirely, squeez- ig you down to the level of chat- 1 slaves. Arouse yourselves, anthracite min- vs, and demand that your treacher- us leaders fight for your original pro- sram, Go to your local unions and end resolutions to the conference ceiterating your determination to ‘ight tp the last ditch for your mea- ser demands, Plan to Abandon “Isle of Tears” as Examining Station (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D, C., Dec, 31, — Ellis Island may ultimately be aban- doned as a station for examining im- migrants, The system’ of examining Silence HOLDS SAME POSITION IN SOVIET UKRAINE THAT KALININ HAS IN RUSSIA Gregory Ivanovitch Petrovsky. Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the All-Ukrainian Soviet Republic. DILLON, READ BUYS NATIONAL CASH REGISTER \Big Deal Involves Sum of $75,000,000 (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Dillon, Read and company confirmed reports that negotiations were in progress for the purchase of a substantial interest In the National Cash Register company, The deal will involve about $75,000,- 000 represented in part by a new security issue, which will be offered for public subscription. It is expected that the control of the company will remain with the Patterson family, with Frederick Patterson, son of the founder, as president, the present financial structure of the corporation is $21,000,000 of 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock and $9,000,000 of $100 par common stock, About 500 types and sizes of cash registers are manufactured and dis- tributed from the Dayton plant of the corporation, where 6,700 men are em- ployed. There are more than 12,000 men on the payrolls, WORLD STABILIZATION HOPED FOR BY MELLON FROM U. 8. PROSPERITY WASHINGTON, Dec, 31.—The United States in 1926 will have con- tinued progress and prosperity, Sec- retary of Treasury Mellon predicted today in an optimistic statement on the outlook for the n . “The year just closed hi a fortun- ate one for the country,” said Melk lon, “The treasury shows a comfortable surplus which is not only available immigrants abroad has worked so well between the United States and Great Britain, that the state depart- ment in negotiating with Belgium and Holland for a similar arrangement, Secretary Kellogg declared, for reduction in taxes but affords an opportunity for placing the tax system on a sound b justify us in the belief that the ahead of us will be continued pi ; towards world stabilization.” .