The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 5, 1926, Page 1

NEW YORK | The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government EDITION THE DAIL Entered as Second-class matt +: W ORICER. tember 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. » Subscription Rates: Gis eyany 8.80 22°82 seas, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1926 eS E) 3ES Vi : ~ LOW WAGES, ROTTEN SANITARY “sc CONDITIONS, 1S WORKERS’ LOT Boasts of Mass Murders astounding documents. It is a story of the imperialists’ butchery of the Pa mimerins porrespondent: Chinese at Shanghai, told by one of the butchers,told in his own words—from ° ee ne ree ii Swift cl ne iy Ph 3 i then wh : his own viewpoint. This viewpoint is sufficiently damning to itself that we mana, rmour-Wiorris, itt, udany an old. en ere oe ‘. a a . * a8 are some small plants, South Omaha Packing Co., Mid-West give it complete exposure—as it pictures a cross-section of the imperialist mind, the imperialist ethic, the imperialist in action. mittee. Packing Co., Glossberg Packing Co., Omaha’Packing Co. and Fisher & Sons. All the packing plants are located on the south h side of Omaha. a es | Be cynd acces Rarely does an imperialist butcher tell his story. Usually, the butchery Ommon labor in the Vin our. Wor! : ¥ 7 ‘ f he or : Bi stations, better is done by the “Gob” type, so aptly described by the writer of the letter, |known as soup Kitchens, have appear-| while those who have, the education and the talent for graphic description, |ed_ throughout anthracite. The | never reveal their acts except in private conversation. But here we have a masterpiece by one who is from 6 to 14 hours per day. After 45 hours work during any one week, time and one-half is paid for overtime, but it is general- ata at fos: : et nde wut can, and does, tell of the scenes of slaughter and suppression of which he is a collaborate author. blished Datly except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL Vol. II. No. 3 Price 3 Cents 80% i ae ne ae 6 a TANKOV REGIME NEAR | END AS CABINET FALL STIRS BULGAR CHAMBER Progressive | Miners in Call to A. F. of L. 5 By ALEX REID Secretary Progressive Miners’ Co) According to the anthracite, ly arranged so that no overtime is worked. Much of the work is done by the piece in the packing plants today, with varying prices. 14 Mostly Negroes, lack: of ‘Sushi rsis: existe in the The first thing which will strike the reader will, of course, be the “brutality.” But we ask Most of the workers in th : | : : P F Current -Events Bites i paabditin: Gian nek aki field, whiny > Eaanetee “ ine our readers to look behind this for the purpose of such brutality, and its method. : Revealed pers come the Polish, Bohemian, South ivorticn senda Se apvasatitey. entire | and there thruout the letter are proofs of imperialist preparation for slaughter, of joint complicity Slavic, with about 4 per cent Mexicans work outside the plants during the summer months, and a few Russians, PREMIER ZANKOFF. | Bulgaria’s Bloody Butcher. in wholesale slaughter by the various imperialist nations—including the United States, in a de- gree not admitted by the government, nor told of in the capitalist press. Even the rivalries be- tween these international banditti are disclosed. By T. J. O'FLAHERTY Four hundred thousand dofiars have been collected from the maintainence men, according to reports, and «n NLY a few weeks ago the financial agent of the Dawes plan in Ger- many told us that Germany was in the midst of a wave of prosperity. Scarcely had the news reached the public when we learned that hundreds of thousands of workers were unem- ployed in that country. The latest re- ports give the figure at 1,057,000. Per- haps there is prosperity in Germany but it is not for the workers. With over a million unemployed in Ger- many and a number exceeding that in fngland; with the French franc gasp- ing tor breath and the Polish zloty out of the running, things do not look so bright for capitalism in Europe. ot OOK county has broken a new record for murders. The average for 1925 was over one murder a day. The coroner blames the state’s attor- ney for difficulty, experienced in pun- ishing professional gunmen. He points to the fact that some time ago a ban- qnet was given in honor of Mr. Crowe. In order to make the affair a matter of record a photographer was engaged to “shoot” the banqueteers, I did not see the picture but the coroner says that check by jowl with Mr. Crowe were some of the most experienced professional gatmen in Chicago. se * HIS is a tough city. The state’s at- torney raves like a maniac, when- ever during the course of a strike a strikebreaker meets with an accident. But professional killers seem to bear a charmed existence so far as the state is concerned. Shortly before the famous Dean O’Bannion sunk to the floor under the impact of a consign- ment of lead from the guns of compe- titors, that versatile gentleman had entertained some of the most respect- able of our city’s politicians. He was also an election supporter of the (Continued on page 5) FAR ME R-LABOR PARTY ENDORSED BY FARGO LABOR See Need for Class Politi- cal Party (Special to The Daily Worker) FARGO, N. Dakota, Jan, 3.—A resol- ution endorsing action for the forma- tion of a farmer-labor party was pas- sed at the Trades and Labor Assembly here at one of its recent meetings. This is one more instance in recent events which shows that the north: western states are conscious of the need for independent political action on the part of the workers and farm- ers, and are taking steps toward the @chievement of such action, The resolution passed by the Fargo central labor body follows: “Whereas, the political and econom- ic interests of the farmers and work- ers are ever becoming more identical and , “Whereas, it is becoming ever more and more impossible to hope for ec- onomic and political reforms thru either of the old political parties, and “Whereas, this state and many other states have already organized farmer-labor parties, with a growing promise of a national party in the near future, therefore be it “Resolved, that we heartily endorse the action taken for the formation of a farmer-labor party in North Dakota at the farmer-labor conference held at _ Bismarek, December 18, 1925. “Pargo Trades and Labor Assembly, “H.R. Martinson, President, “Conrad Meyer, Secy-Treasurer,” ’ Lithuanians and Greeks. All of the large plants have a “com- pany union.” In Armour-Morris, who work outside the plants during the is a variation of this known as the “50-50 club” of co-operation between the boss and the workers to increase production and eliminate waste. In the Armour-Morris plant the re- iail store has been turned over to the “workers’ conference board” and they now call it the “workingmen’s store.” They sell overalls, boots and other work outfits, also products of the packing plant—the seconds, badly cut meat being disposed of in this way as it is not readily salable to the trade. No Organization In Plants. eS There is a union charter here, Local 602 of.the--Amalgamated Meat Cut- ters.and Federation of Labor, which has about ten members, not one of whom are employed in the packing plants. This charter was that of the General La- borers’ local which had a membership of about 4,000 during the war. This local had quite a large fund left after the last strike, which was expended in an effort to reorganize the packing house workers after the disastrous strike of 1921. The: local did this with- out even one penny. of assistance from the international union, The I, W. W. had about 200 mem- hers after the 1921 strike, but now there is not one Wobbly left in the Omaha plants. There was a walkout of the beef killing department at Armours last summer. The workers protested against working only 3 hours on Fri- day and being compelled to work 10 hours on Saturday. They demanded a half-day Saturday. The strike was lost and most of the leaders black- listed. Strict Police System. There is a strict police system in the plants and no worker is allowed to pass from one department to another without permission, Every policeman or “janitor” has a key to each locker, so that there is no need to break into them for “investigation ‘or inspection.” Most of the “janitors” in the dressing rooms are spies or secret police, but do not wear a uniform. Then in each department there are one or more of those stoolpigeons or spies working alongside the workers. Some of them are provocateurs, start- ing a discussion about grievances and the need for a union; and as soon as the worker expresses an opinion favorable to a unfOn he is reported and immediately discharged. The (Continued on page 2) WORKER CORRESPONDENT SAYS WORKERS ARE MORE PLEASED WITH PAPER NOW A worker correspondent from Du- luth, Minn, writes as follows: “Received the letter you wrote and the book for Worker Correspond- ents today. Thanks for this little book? Will try to get all there is in it. Will also make an effort to give you data and perhaps articles from the steel workers here, “Yesterday a group of us dis- cussed means of combating the lo- cal faker, McEwen, editor of the Labor World, You will hear later from us on this. “Workers are more pleased with The DAILY WORKER now; | hope they will continuesto be so in in- creasing numbers-——R. E, Rooney. = 2 <a Worker Correspondence Depart- ment Every Day on Page Five, SOFIA, Bulgaria, Jan. 3—It is be- Neved that the rule of Zankoff, mass seneanmneeir mm cee the | murderer of workers and peasants Swifts, Cudahys’ and in Dolds there! miners just priom® to the strike is all that has been collected to date. $700,- 000 among 158,000 men is but $5.00 each approxi ly, and pitiably in- adequate, considering the fact that under white terror, and present premier of Bulgaria, is nearing an end. Internal struggles araong the cabinet are breaking down his power, Yesterday Zankoff an- nounced the resignation of the min- ister of public works, Stojentchef, and demanded an adjournment of parliament until the cabinet is re- constructed. The president of the chamber declared a majority vote for adjournment in spite of the ciear majority against it. Violent pro- tests were made by the opposition. TAILORS WILL Cl Ni Eis eegae IN UNION SOON Left Wing Backs Max Sillinsky By K. DYSTER. (Worker Correspondent) The nomination blanks for secretary of the Journeyman Tailors’ Union have already been sent to each and every local in our union. Now fs our chance to relieve ourselves of the re- actionary incompetent machine that! has dominated our union for years. | When the present secretary first| took office our union had twice as many good standing members as it has now. But today we find large cloth-| {ng centers in which there are no lo- cals at all. And in many cities locals exist on paper only. In New York, the largest clothing center ‘in. the world, our union has dwindled down to almost nothing. Yet, the present ma- chine has dumped thousands of dol.) lars, collected from the members, into | that city, and has kept on the payroll their “pie babies.” i Nominate Sillinsky. | But as far as organizing is concern-| ed, that is another matter. They) need big locals, just as long as they| have enuf money coming in from the present membership per capita to maintain themselves in office. Our union all over the country got into a) rut! Our journal became nothing but | a circular used to slander and attack} anything or anybody that was progres- sive. Our constitution and by-laws mean nothing to the present job-hold- ers. If a member voices a protest against the misdoings of any officer, he is shut up with threats and insults. We can endure it no longer! We must rid ourselves of the parasites in the union! Now is our chance, the elections are near! Let every progres- siveeminded member attend the meet- ings and nominate Max J, Sillinsky (Continued on page 2) space be given to their special prob! WHAT ABOUT THE FARMERS ? N every morning’s issue of The DAILY WORKER, starting next Monday, there will be a special section of our paper devoted to news, articles and attraction features of interest to'the farmers, The DAILY WORKER has always fought for the interest of the farmers, but the present growing agrarian cris: now 80 as not to miss next Monday morning's issue of The DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. the miners are now on strike four months. t Cold Homes. The miners aréverying for aid. It is the duty of afl workers in America to respond to the appeal. The miners, their wives and ‘little children, are in destitute cirew ces, and suffering is beyond descrip- at all times living ‘want, with barely 6 wolf from the door of winter, existing on the edge enough to keep the cold wintry 1, without coal, are that Green, exotlicial of the Miners‘ Union, act at once in a more definite and practical manner than he has up to the present time in behalf of the miners. A pubblié statement of the conditions of the «miners is not enuf. We demand that he immediately cali a meeting of the presidents of the unjons comprising: the American Fed- eration of Laborsand lay before them the appeal of the«miners, with recom- mendations that their treasuries be placed at the disposal of the miners, in this, the battle of the whole work- ling class. We demand that all organ- ized labor be assessed to win this strike. It is the fight of all labor in America. A victory or defeat to the |miners in this strike is victory or defeat of all labor in this country. Local Strike Committees. The Progressive Miners demand that local strike committees be or- ganized in each local union to take care of this aid. Special meetings should be called at once to organize for relief to the most needy. Appeals should be-sent to all central bodies for relief. All members of central bodies should call upon the membership of their respective local unions for im- mediate aid, andodispatch such aid as collected to the local union strike com- mittee at once. The American ‘Federation of Labor has three and a half million members. An assessment of $1.00 per month on | the membership*would return $3,500,- 000 per month, or: $23.00 per month to each miner, which would guarantee victory to the hard coal slaves. We demand that Green start a campaign for the assessmentof the membership at once, The officials, including Green and the labor bureaucracy, underestimate the gravity of the situation. A serious attempt to destroy the miners’ union is under way in the hafd coal industry, and should the openshoppers be suc- cessful in the anthracite, it will com- pletely demoralize the whole labor movement in this: country. - We call upon all workers to ge behind the appeal for aid, and send all aid they secure to the miners in the anthracite at once. Stand by the anthracite miners! Fight, and aid until victory crowns their efforts! demands that increased lems. This will bedone, Subscribe r. ° Miners” @emand’ letter boast in reverential tone of jeal and ethical principles on which firmly rooted as ever. o create a national type of a know Chinese well would deny. earnest and good natured; character. are all brothers—and even strangers a friend in the United States. AMERICAN CLUB. Shanghai, China. EAR Hank:—Just before the battle, fellah, I’ll write you; a few lines from Shanghai—Li’l| Ole Shanghai, where we spend the morning designing bridges, the noon fighting booze in the Astor House bar, and the after- noons and evenings shooting blood-thirsty Chinese. Yeah, even the wildest of us soon get tired of war, and even the most cold-blooded of us soon tire of seeing the streets gory and veri- table shambles. I told you some time ago that I had joined the Shanghai Royal Police, didn’t 1? Well, the afternoon of the outbreak here I was called out—and arrived im front of the Louza Bar- racks, to which I am assigned, just after the shooting—in fact, I was within a block of the gate fighting my way thru the mob and getting stoned doing it, when the volleys were fired. Bight blown apart, four dying within the very gate, and any number lying dying and wounded in the street. Street Slippery With Blood. The police were wholly justified in shooting into the mob, for many of the raving maniacs were already with- in the gate, and the main police ar- senal and defense of Shanghai was in ‘danger of falling. Blood was splashed eight feet high on the gate; and the street was really slippery with blood. The first ones killed were fairly blown to little bits by the Colt 45's we are armed with, Imagine three white policemen, with a half dozen Sikhs and a dozen faithful Chinese police, fighting single handed against a mob of five or more And it is a pertinent question to ask here, what is the inter- est of America that should make the author of this astounding | Picture In meeting—‘‘the man who is con- fidential advisor to the most powerful man today in China, Baker, | American, advisor to Marshal Chang Tso-lin”? | Words of the thousand enraged Chinese and stu dents, fighting until their uniforms were torn to shreds, their faces torn by long nails, bloody and ‘battered, fighting for three solid hours, slowly giving way until with: backs, against the last defense they shot into the Who Is fRaipisiaible ti Baker? EAD this letter, whose author tells what a “democratic cuss he is, and see how he hates with a class hatred (the strong- est kind) the Chinese student class, the “returned students” and all those including the alleged “Soviet agents,” whose alliance| with the inherently—to him—vile coolie, makes more possible the success of the struggle for national liberation. As to the Chinese character, which is so disparaged, we qoote| what cannot be said to be a “Soviet source” when we give from) the Encyclopedia Britannica the following: “Their civilization (Chinese) was already old at a time when Britain by half-nak ec barbariags, and the philosoph- it was based remain, to all appear- That these principles have, on the whole very high order, few Europeans who The Chinese are naturally reserved, for the occasional outbursts of ferocious viojence, notably against foreign settlements, are no index to the national There-is a national proverb that—the men of the four seas can travel thru the country without meeting with rudeness, much less outrage.” With this introduction The DAILY WORKER offers to its! readers a letter from an imperialist butcher as given below, the! writer of it being an American in Shanghai who addressed it to Names and other data can be fur- nished. The letter reads as follows: MURDER, RAPINE AND LOOTING TO PROTECT “OUR INTEREST” Solid mass of bodies. Can you imagine any of our police force in the States fighting against a crazy mob which they knew was out to murder and loot, fight for three | hours and then only open fire when the very arsenal was invaded? Soft Nosed Bullets. I arrived on the scene, and with the newly arriving police and civil- jans and soldiers helped to issue arms and ammunitions. to the defense fore- es—huge supplies of pistol ammuni- tion to each man, heavy riot clubs, lead loaded, Enfield rifles with soft nose bullets that spread. Before nightfall every able bodied man in Shanghai was preparing to do his stuff—and within one hour after the slaughter at Louza Barracks, long be- fore the foreign population had heard of the uprising, the streets were packed with foaming, frenzied Chin- ese. And so, in order to maintain com- munication with the residential dis- tricts we had,to clear the “Broadway of the Orient” of the mobs; and for three hours we poor cops who had been unludky. enough to be. called upon first before the rest of Shang- hai heard of the trouble, fought hand to hand with fully ten thousand crazy Chinese. There were about eighteen of us, armed with baseball bats and (Continued on page 3) | ‘U. S. in China ERE is a.picture in graphic words of the role of the United States in China as set forth in greater detail in the accompanying article: Blood Splashes Eight Feet High. LOOD was splashed eight feet high on the gate, and the street was really slippery with blood. The first ones killed were fairly blown to little bits by the Colt 45’s we are armed with, a, a Break Noses and Legs. E broke scores of collar bones, fractured a dozen or more skulls, broke one Chinese back, and ruined faces, broke noses and arms and legs. Never in my life have | been so brutal, so utterly given over to the lust for blood. oe 8 Protect Our Interest. E... had killed ten Chinese, crippled many for life, and had spilled blood all over Nanking road—to protect our interest. eee + Guts Spurting Over Street. 'WO of our armored cars arrived, each with 1” steel walls, tur- rets and machine guns mounted like in tanks—and these cars drove full speed into the mob. The injured was appalling, two crushed to death, their guts spurting all over the street, broken legs, ribs and batter- ed bodies. ee Chinese Without Arms. OON the streets were fairly reeking with Chinese... but none with arms—because, due to our raids carried on ail the time, summer and winter, no arms were to be had by the Chinese that we hadn't seized already. eee Japanese and British Unite, HE Japanese is never more hated by Americans in Amer- ica than he is hated out here by British, The hatred is cordial and hot, and upon that one ground we meet, as we do out here on many others, ee Street Full of Gore. HE slaughter was pretty, seven at the first session, with the usual street full of heathens crawl- ing on all fours, bleeding and screaming, and the usual street full of gore, neath Unwritten History, OME day I'll tell you things, things that aren't written in history, nor published in papers, and are not talked about in police barracks, And I'll put you on your | honor not to let this stuff get out. 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