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

{ {% ‘ee | eee poe . FARM MEET IN _) JOWA OPPOSES CAL COOLIDGE Votes Flatly Against His Proposal DES MOINES, lowa, Deo, 31—The clash between the Coolidge admin- Istration and the farmers was dram- atized yesterday by the unanimous adoption of the all-lowa conference of farmers, bankers and manufacturers of resolutions flatly opposed to the program of Goolidge as sent ina tele- gram from the White House to the meeting. The conference adopted a resolution unanimously favoring the creation of an. export corporation to “stabilize” prices of agricultural products and dispose of surplus crops. Repudlate Coolidge by Vote. ‘This followed the reading of a tele- gram from Coolidge in which he stub- bornly stood by his speech in Chicago, favoring a plan based on what he calls “sound economic . principles” and strictly opposed to “government price fixing, whether direct or indirect, or to government buying or selling of farm products.” An illustration of the temper of the meeting is the howling down by the audience of Senator Brookhart, who ‘was forced to stop speaking by cries demanding “Program! Progyam!” Also by the speecn which received the ovation of the day, given by Charles Duhigg, farmer, of Emmetsburg, who asked permission to address the lowa delegation in congress who were pres- ent. In talking to them before the eudience he said: Sick of Talk. “I just want to say that we are all sick of this talk. You've talked the farmer near to death in the last three years, We are watching you felliows down there in Washington day and night, and we think it is time you quit this foolishness and got down to work for Iowa.” Resolutions told how the farmers’ plight was caused by the war, over- production and deflation, reducing the prices to less than half the cost of production. + he creation of a° federal agricul- tural board that shall, in co-operation ‘with the department of agriculture, be- come a direct agency to assist the farming industry, is demanded. ‘Their “Object” is Profits. SPRINGFIELD, Wl., Dec, 31.—The ‘Western United Gas and Electric Co. of Aurora, and the Fox River Electric company of Aurora, changed the ob- ject of their corporation, it was an- nounced by the secretary of state. To those who, work.hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RAS N ICK DENTE 8 T 645. Smithfield: Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise 1934 West Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winchester) Phone Humboldt 2707 ‘SHMOUAATOUOUOEDGEEVAGASAAUAGEC08 900A ERAS TA UOTE AE Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N, E. Sor, Elizabeth St. Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice ALL IN MILWAUKEE! COME! DEBAT at Freie Gemeinde Hall, SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, = SUBJECT the victory of t Everybody Welcome. ews Lay gud Cor. 8th and Walnut Streets. “Resolved that the principles and tactics of the = Workers (Communist) Beir A e working class.” POSITIVE: Wm. F. Dunne, for the Workers (Communist) Party NEGATIVE: R..Koeppel, for the Socialist Labor Party Auspices, Joint Committee. “aMMSUUDTOUULLVANEUUOAHONREUONLENGUEEEE UU UOSUN000 EC HOSUE UE : 1 SEELEY 3563 oon'heome down---just call Crouch and Trumbull Oppose Appeals for Executive Clemency ALCATRAZ, Cal., Dec. 31.—Walter ‘rumbull and Paul Crouch, the two soldiers convicted at Honolulu for Communist activities and now serving sentences at Alcatraz island, have re- fused to allow appeals for clemency to be made to the war department at Washington. Their attorney, Austin Lewis of San Francisco, declares that the men will endeavor to seek their freedom only thru action in the courts. Crouch’s three-year sentence has been appealed and an application for TH E DAILY, WORKER FRENCH 10 DEMAND CUT ON WAR DEBT Washington I Refuses It As Impossible (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Dec. 31. — The American habeas corpus for Trumbull is about} estimate of the total French debt to to be filed. Trumbull’s one-year sen-| the United States will be disputed by tence expires in February. The men were originally sentenced to long terms, Crouch to 40 years and Trum- bull to 26, solely on charges of ex- pressing radical views. Widespread protests against their excessive length resulted in a reduction to three and one years by the commanding of- ficer at Honolulu, WORKERS’ DRAMA LEAGUE BUILDS PROLETARIAN ART Will Give Play in New York January 8 NEW YORK, Dec. 31—The Amer- ican worker, the greatest producer the world has ever seen, yet on matters concerning his own welfare, he lacks perspective, he lacks vision. If we look about us we find nothing that expresses his sentiments or feel- ings. He has no political expression. The literary world to a great extent ignors him. The speaking stage does not present anything of value to him, If a worker appears on the stage he does so in most cases in the role of a fool. Proletarian Art Develops, The Jewish workers in the last ten years have developed a true proleta- rian movement. The Negro workers have started a proletarian movement that in less than five years has as- sumed immense proportions. All the foreign born bring with them a deep rooted working class culture that is hundred of years old. Russia, of all countries, has a power- ful, deeprooted, beautifully inspiring culture, that permeates all Russians including the illiterate peasants of whom Russia had so many. The proletarian movement must in- clude, together with dramatiats, poets and musicians, The music of today lacks the in- spiration that it contained fifty years ago, because the ideals of the work- ers have changed, There is practical- ly no music that expresses the beauti- ful ideals of the intelligent workers of today. Purpose of League. The Workers Drama League of New York believes that it is part of a move- ment that started, who knows where? Perhaps it dates back to the slaves who destroyed Rome, At Tammany Hall, Jan. 8, the Workers Drama League will stage where all may see, their second pres- entation. The first presentation was the dramatization of the Paris Com- mune at Madison Square Garden, last year which was viewed by aa en- thused mass of 15,000 people, Limited Number of Seats, The arrangement committee re- quests all those who intend to see this performance to make arrangements early as the fall only seats 2,500 people. Get your tickets now. They are on sale at the DAILY WORKER office, at the Freiheit, Novy Mir, Workers Party office and Jammie Higgins Book Shop. Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features every week. This is a good issue to give to your fellow worker. HEAR! Between Workers (Communist) Party and Socialist Labor Party 1926, AT 2:30 P.M. offer the correct solution for ADMISSION 16 CENTS. France when debt negotiations are re- sumed, It was Indloated today by Ad- rien Dariac, chairman of the “peace treaty financial clauses committee” of the chamber of deputies. Not Equitable, The committee in a meeting yester- day completed a,study of the Anglo- French debts and the international ac- counting and adopted a report by Deputy Francois Pietrig which con- cludes that the American and English estimates of the French debts are not equitable. The report further de- clares that under an equitable settle: ment, adjusting war losses against eredits, that England and the United States would become debtors to France, Deputy Dariac stated that Senator Berenger, ambassador designate tothe United States, probably would be in- structed to dispute the American esti- mate of the total French debt. Great Reductions Demanded, “Tt is certain,” Deputy Dariac de- clared, “that the United States and England must consent to great reduc- tions of our debt because they real- ized excessive benefits from our pur- chases during the war. Our commit- tee report furnishes the French nego- tiatiors with precisions and argu- ments for reductions. “We have never considered the question of outright cancellation of the debts,” eee WASHINGTON, Dec, 31—The Unit- ed States government will not consent to a reduction of the principal of France’s more than $4,000,000,000 war debt to this country, it was declared at the treasury today. The recent French debt mission here headed by M. Caillaux, then fi- nance minister of France, proposed a cut in the debt on account of general wa: expenses, advancing the question of benefits derived by heavy sales abroad during the war, but the Amer- ican debt commission promptly re- jected the proposition, it was said at the treasury. Call Conference to Boost Cotton Prices ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 31.—John T. King, secretary of the American Cot- ton Assn, is calling a conference of bankers, farmers, business men and merchants from the cotton growing states with the intention of urging farmers to cut down the number of acres planted to cotton as cotton costs approximately 25 cent a pound to produce and the farmers realized a loss of $400,000,000 on the last crop. Attempts are being made to get the farmers to grow other crops to force the price of cotton to its former level. I. L. D. Plans Annual Bazaar February 10-13 NEW YORK, Dec. 31—The annual bazaar of the International Labor De- fense is held this year at Central Opera House, Feb. 10, 11, 12, and 13, Kills Wildcat with Knife. BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 31—Kenneth Pierce, a fifteen-yekr old school boy while hunting with his dog, came upon a large bobcat. The animal attacked the youngster’s dog and while the two were fighting Pierce slashed the cat and dispatched it with a pocket knife. Will Forge New Chains for German Workers? WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 31, — S. Parker Gilbert, administrator of the Dawes plan, arrived in the capital. The first administration official with whom Gilbert conferred was Dawes, later he will see President Coolidge, Our Readers’ Views Worker Robbed in Jail. To The DAILY WORKER:—In the Arizona Deaconess hospital of which Tam a patient, a comrade relates this story. He was arrested in this city and held in jail for trial: As soon as the doors closed, an organization called “The Kangaroo Court” pounced upon him and robbed him of every cent. He sald to resist would have resulted in a beating. The next day he was summoned to court and the case was dismissed, verdict not guilty, When he complained he had been rob- bed in jail, and asked if his money could be returned to him, the officer gave him the ha ha. I wrote an ar- ticle for a local paper, giving an ac- count of this case and denouncing the crime practided behind the bars of the law, and upheld by the officers of the law, The article was not published, Sincerely yours, W. C. Day, Phoenix, Arisona, “Immediate” Inquiry - Coal Will Wait Till Cows Come Home WASHINGTON, Dec. 81—(FP)— Chairman Parker of the house com- mittee on interstate and foreign com- merce promises an “immediate” in- vestigation by the. full membership of that committee into the coal situa- tion. However, he says that they must first begin the inquiry already authorized by the house, into the Brit- ish strangle-hold on raw rubber and tin, Hence the investigation as to why the anthracite strike took places, and what the public is to do to re- duce the chance of another strike in the next few years, wlil be put on the “soon as possible” lst of imme- diate duties, ne LEWIS ORDERS $2 ASSESSMENT ON MEMBERSHIP But Gives/No Purpose of Its Expenditure By PAT TOOHEY POTTSVILLE, Pa., Dec, 31—Ac cording to a ¢iretilar letter receive: by secretaries of the local unions o the U, M. W. of A. here, the interna tional executive'has decreed the mem bership must pay 'a $2.00 assessment which will be collected during th: months of January and February. This assessment affects every mem ber of the organization who work: five or more days of the month named. With approximately 300,00 members of the union working thir number of days the assessment wil! bring a revenue of $600,000 for the “treasury.” The big thing, however, is that the international executive board does not state for what purpose the money is to be used, what the as- sessment is for, where the money will go. Where Does It Go? In the anthracite mines, with the 10,000 organized® scabs, sometimes referred to ab’ “maintenance men,” working, the dmbiint of assessment to go into the intérn&tional treasury wili be but $20,000." At the present time these maintenancé men are forced to pay into their lo¢al union treasuries individually $10.00 monthly, additiona) to their dues of$1.00 per month, this in all amounts t0'$100,000 per month for the international office. It is said this)‘money is used for relief work, but certainly if $100,000 per month was used for relief work there would not be so much suffering and want _ among, »the miners of this field.” No Explanation. Repeated assessments on the mem- bership is the oftler of the day. The anthracite mine workers paid an as- sessment of $1.00 for the month of August, the last month they worked. This assessment was supposed to be for assistance td‘the soft coal miner. Today, another a8sessment is levied, which affects both coal fields and no reason given or ah explanation what the money is used for, or to be used for. District officials of District 1 today lifted the ban om’ hauling coal, to in- clude hospitals, schools, and other places of a public character which was in need. The Teamsters’ Union was notified of this modification of the demand of the union that they should haul not a pound of coal. Another Fight. | Full page advertising by the oper- ators are in every issue of every yellow sheet in the anthracite field, placing before the “public” their “position,” etc. The newspapers carry vicious propaganda directed against the miners and upholding the oper- ators, urging the miners to arbitrate, that in arbitration les “victory.” The miners have their pastors to fight now, these pious parasites who have came out against the miners, they have the operator to fight, they have to fight on all sides. Another fight they will have on their hands is at- tempting to find“out where the mil- lions of dollars at thelr “per capita” goes, HONOR ROLL OF WORKERS AIDING PRESS Clinton, Ind,, Finnish. Br., W. P, $ 25.00 Norwood, Mass., Finnish W. P. 25.75 Joseph Diouby, Chicago, Ml... 2,00 N. Stess, Milwaukée, Wis. 6.00 Louis Viores, Steubenville, 0. Novo Mirsky Club,"Kansas City 5.00 Kan, core 5.00 A. Coleski, Rockford, Il. 5.00 Jewish Br. W. P., Hartford, Conn, .. 9.00 R. Rosenfelder, Jarbidge, Nev. Frank Busick, Glidden, Wis. Matt Tomlanovich, Deerwood, 1.00 1,00 Minn, we 1.00 Workers’ Party, Union City, 1,00 N. Y. 3.50 Ww. Senkiw, Syracuse, N. Y. 3.00 H. Cohn, A. Bochin, A, Sushor- eba, Syracuse, N. Y. .... B, Vodneff, P. Koslow, P. Notre- bko, P. Trichansky, K, Track, T. Dydyk, of Syracuse, N. Y. TOLL COMAY osciridbrrssenessnneiee Gee Previously reported sveonieeree $88, 416.26 3.00 2.75 Total 20 ARO meme $32,514.76 | Ror “Wy 60) has received a message of fraternal RISKS MONROE DOCTRINE IN ARICA FIGHT Afraid Pershing Has Muddled Diplomacy (Special to Tne Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec, 31.—-A decid- ed alr of mystery fell over official Washington today in regard to the Tacna~Arica question. No one In au- thority prof id to know definitely when General John J, Pershing, he of the plebiscitary commission that Is attempting to settle the boundary row between Chile and Peru, would come home, nor did anyone care to definite- ly appraise Pershing’s physical con- ation, Worrled. ‘The White House abhorred the idea that the United States intended to eave the plebiscite flat, but there was mdisguised apprehension in official ters over Chile’s action in pro ing Pershing’s conduct of the ple viseite. Chile and Peru are now submitting wriefs to President Coolidge, who wil ecide on Chile’s protest about Jan ), after reviewing the reports, The president it is claimed, will not iscuss with Pershing, Chile’s protest, vhich is aimed at the manner which he general has arranged for registra- ion and voting’ of Tacna-Arica citi- ens. But he undoubtedly will see ’ershing about the “general aspects” f the question. Pershing has set the period Febru- ry 15 to March 15, for registration of voters. The vote for citizens to letermine whether they want to be uffiliated with Chile or Peru is sched- uled for April 15. Fear For Monroe Doctrine. Some reports today indicated that Chile may “ditch” the plebiscite and ry to forestall a vote. That, of course, would lead to serious complications so far as American prestige in South America is concerned. If Chile per- sisted, there would arise the question of enforcing the vote by force, or withdrawing. The president and state department officials see in the situation possible janger to the Monroe doctrine. Hence future American moves will be made cautiously with as little public demon- stration as possible. Porto Ricans Make Demand for Right to Rule Themselves (Continued from page 1) Party of the Philippines, whose abil- ity and will to take up the struggle tor the independence of those islands is a worthy example for us. There is no doubt that between Filipino and Porto Rican nationalists there can and must be the most intimate under- standing for mutual aid, identified as we are with a common cause against a common enemy.” The spirit of anti-imperiatist soli- darity behind these words carries full warning to the imperialist oligarchy in Wall Street of the new epoch of struggle that is already dawning. The Porto Rican Nationalist Party is not a mere duplicate of the party in the Philippines. The program and pres- ent social composition of the new party are reason to believe that the Porto Rican nationalists will follow quite a different line from the con- fused and vacillating movement of the Philippines. It is, however, too early to make such a prediction with any degree of confidence. Whatever the ultimate role of the party may be the fact remains that a political party has been created in Porto Rico stand- ing on the unequivocal program of in- dependence from American rule—and the party has stretehéd out its hand to another party, many thousands of miles away, on the basis of a com- munity of struggle against a common enemy. ee facts alone are of sig- Soclallets Support Imperia The coming of age of the national Uberation movement in Porto Rico brings into bold relief the treachery of the socialists, who here as where have shown themselves h: maidens of imperialism. Porto Rico has a powerful socialist party, but this party has no connection with the nationalist movement. Under the leadership of Santiago Iglesias (an officer of the so-called Pan-American Federation of Labor and always one of Gompers’ right hand men in Latin America), it comes out openly in favor of continued American domin- ation. Its program calls for “auto- nomy” within the American empire. This down right betrayal of the Porto Rican people by the “socialist” lead- ers rather than any disgust with so- cialism has led the working masses to desert the socialist party in large numbers, There is a movement on foot in Mayaguez and Rio Piedras for the organization of a Communist Party, which would fight side by side with the nationalist movement for in- dependence from American imperial- ism, The section of the All-America Anti- Imperialist League that was organ- ‘zed @ few months ago in Porto Rico greeting from President Acosta Vel) arde of the Nationalist Party of Page Thres WITH THE CONDUCTED - BY TH ¢ WORKERS JUNG WORKERS LEAGUE LIEBKNECHT SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE FOR YOUNG WORKER PROVING GREAT SUCCESS. HE Liebknecht subscription drive for bullding the subscription [lst of the YOUNG WORKER which was scheduled to begin on January 1, 1926, has gotten under way ahead of time. To date the following cities and districts have bought “subs”: District 8—Chicago 500 District 2—New York 1000 District 1—Boston 200 District 12—Seattle 100 District 5—Pittsburg 500 District 9—Superior 150 District 3—Philadelphia 100 District 9—-St. Paul 50 Denver, Colorado 30 East St. Louis, Illinois 10 District 13-—Los Angeles 76 2,715 There are yet many to be sold before the 5,000 quota is filled. The cards sell at fifty cents for six months. the order, will come back. Communicate your order to the natlonal office of the Young Workers League immediately. if the quota is filled by March 31 the weekly YOUNG WORKER Have a check accompany Importance of League Participation in Unions Shown in Philadelphia By D, MILGRIM, Young Worker Correspondent. HE local No. 77 of International Upholstering Union of Philadel- phia was known as a reactionary lo- cal. Until recently this local was con- trolled by the reactionary trade union leaders. The leaders of this local, as usually, have not paid attention to the ap- prentices of this trade and have not found it necessary to make these young workers full right members of this union. The reactionary rules of this union, deny the right to the apprentices to become members of the union before being three years in this trade. The bosses made their best of this rule and these young workers were sub- jected to the worst kind of exploita- tion. This continued until a militant group of ¥. W. L. members in this union, put up a fight against such reactionary ruling. The young workers, who for a long time were tools in the hands of the reactionary leaders, finally understood the true spirit of this struggle car- ried on by the militant group. This was proved at the last election which took place recently by the ac tion of the young workers belonging to this union. Our comrades who were running for certain offices were elec ted by a great majority being backed by the young members of the union. This shows the importance of par- ticipation of our comrades in trade union work. SOVIET STUDENTS HAVE REAL SHARE IN GOVERNING SCHOOLS STALINGRAD, Ukraine — Solomon Forer of the Krupskaya school in Sta- lingrad, Ukraine. Sol is 16, tall, rangy, outspoken, Here is his description of student organization in this school of 1,000 working class children: “There are 18 classes in this school,” he explained. “Each class holds an election and pioks a secret- ary and two others, The 18 secretar- jes make-up the student executive. They meet and select a president, a secretary, a chairman of the sanita- tion committee, a chairman of the sports committee and three members in charge of club work. These seven are the active executives of the stu- dent body for 3 months till the next election.” “What is your chief problem in handling this job?” I asked Pres. Forer. “Discipline,” he answered promptly. “We have no trouble with club work and the like. They take care of them- selves—almost. But discipline takes a great of our thought and time. Each class handles its own discipline, as far as it can. When a matter is be- yond the class it comes before our executive.” “What happens then?” “Well, then, if we cannot dispose of the matter otherwise, the executive holds a trial and reaches a decision. The whole eighteen participate in such a trial.” “Is their decision final,” I asked. “No, not final. Any decision they reach comes before the school com- mittee for review.” “Who is on the school committee?” “There are four: the principal, the assistant principal, a representative of the workers in the school (clerk, janitor, etc.), and the president of the student body.” “So you, as president, have a chance to present your committee’s case?” I inquired. “Are you usually upheld?” “Yes, usually, We try to make de- cisions that are within reason.” “Dees the school committee have anything else to do except to review the decisions of your executive oom- mittee?” “Surely. It plans and directs all the work of the school.” “And you, a student, sit in that committee?” “Surely,” he answered. “We are going to school here. Is not the school organized for the students?” “Does not this work take a lot of your school time?” I inquired. “Not so much,” was his answer. “We divide the work among us and the members of the student commit- tee help each other out. We learn a lot this way.” “Do the students like this system?” “They like it much better than the dull regime they had before. If they did not, do you suppose they would stand for it?” He smiled, but he meant it. Sol is going to be an engineer, After he finishes this last year in the elementary school (ages 8 to 15) he will work for a year in a machine shop, Then he will be ready for a pro- fessional school that takes boys at 16 and keeps them for three or four years, preparing them for the field they have chosen. After that Sol does not know. He is working hard at present to round out his immediate program. I met him in the students’ room. It was a small, well-kept room under student control. Its care is a part of the student club work, There was a business-like air about the place. As for the classrooms and school disci- pline, they were quite exemplary, Children know how! PLIGHT OF CANADIAN SOLDIERS SHOWS NEED FOR UNITED FRONT AGAINST MILITARISM. MONTREAL, Canada — When *un- employed ex-soldiers were forming parades and storming restaurants, the .| Montreal newspapers discovered a plan to help the men whose wounds made them unfit for hard labor. They collected funds to build little street stands, from which the disabled could sell newspapers and magazines. The street corners blossomed with red boxes, A lot of old newsvendors, un- able to meet the competition, went to the poorhouse. Recently, the city council, at demand of the bookstores, forbade the sale of magazines on the street. The newspapers did not rally to the defense of the disabled, NEW SUPPLY OF COMMUNIST SONG BOOK READY, NEW supply of the “March of the Workers” song book for which there has been a great demand is ready, Both the twenty-five cent size and the dollar size are obtainable. We only have several hundred of each and any one wishing them must ac- company their order with cash. We also have a small number of the new Children’s Bulletin for teachers of Pioneer groups. This is the issue that has the article on how to conduct a school strike and our work in the school nuclel, They are obtainable by ordering them at the national of- fice of the Young Workers League, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Illinois. With the Young Pioneers, Chicago young Pioneer leaders meet Monday, Jan. 4, All young Pioneer leaders, all comrades interested in young Pioneer work must be present on the above date at 1902 West Divi- sion St., at 7:30 sharp! Iraportant matters will be discussed and it ts of essential importance that every young Pioneer leader be there! Chicago Young Pioneers Attention! On Sunday, Jan. 3, at one o'clock sharp all young Pioneers must be Present at 2409 N, Halsted St. A program is being prepared for the Liebknecht and Lenin meetings and every comrade must be there if you want to take part. A suprise awaits: those that qualify fo: and see! Don't forget! present and on time!