The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 9, 1926, Page 2

Page Two 3 ' it THE DAILY WORKER NEGRO WORKERS RUSSIAN CO-OPERATIVES PROTEST AGAINST FASCIST PROTEST RACE | |artacr ov co-operators DISCRIMINATION Oppose I mperialist Aim in Liberia and Haiti Race discrimination and oppression of Negroes In the United States as well as abroad will be answered by the emphatic protest of Chicago work- ers on Monday evening, Jan. 25, at a mass meeting to be held in Unity Hall, 3140 Indiana avenue, under the auspi- ces of the Chioago Negro branch of All-America Anti-imperialist League. Among those who have been invited to speak is Richard E. Westbrooks, official representative of the republic of Liberia in this city. “Never was there more urgent need of unified and decisive action in de- fense of the birthright of the Negro race,” declared Walter Anderson, sec- retary of the local branch of the anti- imperialist league, in announcing the mass meeting. “Every day brings to light some new form of oppression against our race. And while oppres- ston of the Negroes at home continu- es, the United States government is exerting all its energies abroad to crush the only two Negro republics: Liberia and Haiti. “The Harvey S. Firestone scheme appears as a simple business proposi- tion for growing rubber but actually it marks the definite participation of American imperialism in the partition of Africa, How long will it take be- fore Liberia will be groaning under an American military dictatorship, similar to that which is already being exercised in Haiti? Meanwhile, the imperialist crimes against the Negro population of Haiti are becoming bold- er and bolder. Military Governor John H. Russell, who is engaged in crush- ing the few remaining liberties of the | Haitian people by means of American marines, has just declared that he will permit no presidential election in the ‘republic’ this year. Instead of allowing the people an opportunity to vote, the present servile Borno admin- istration is to be continued in office indefinitely—which means as long as it does the bidding of the United States marines. “Imperialism is the universal ex- Ploiter of the Negro people in this country and abroad, just as it is the exploiter of all other oppressed races and nationalities. All the oppressed peoples must unite against this*mon- ster.” It is expected that Unity Hall will be filled to overflowing for the anti- imperialist protest meeting. The en- thusiasm that characterized the meet- ing held on the south side of Chicago several months ago under the auspices of the Negro branch of the All-Amer- ica Anti-Imperialist League is an in- dication of the attendance that can be expected on January 25. Wanted: A few copies of PERIALISM” “AMERICAN IM- by Jay Lovestone. 90. LINCOLN ST. Chicas Nee BOOKS WORKERS MOSCOW, U., S. S. R,, Jan, 7— The central council of the co-opera- tives of the Soviet Union sent a tele- gram to Mussolini in the name of the millions of co-operators in the Soviet Union protesting energetical- ly against the fascist attack upon the offices and property of the Cen tral Union of the Italian Co-opera- tives. The co-operatives of the Soviet Union demand that the Italian co- operative movement be granted a free possibility of existence, GRAIN CROP OF U.S, FALLS OFF IN TOTAL VALUE $708,000,000 Below the Figure of 1924 WASHINGTON, Jan.7—Official es- timates of values of farm crops, made public by the department -of agricul- ture, show that despite increased pro- duction of grain crops in the United States during the past year, the gross value was $708,000,000 less in 1925 than in 1924. The gross value of grain crops for 1925 is placed at $3,810,713,000 com- pared with $4,518,716,000 in 1924, The largest deficit is in corn, of which 2,900,581,000 bushels was produced the past year compared with 2,312,- 745,000 bushels in 1924, but the gross value of which is estimated at 1,95- 326,000 for 1925, compared with $2,- 270,564,000 in 1924. Winter wheat production was near- ly 200,000,000 bushels less than in 1924, and altho the Dec. 1 pricg was somewhat higher the past year than in 1924, the gross value of the crop was $589,504,000, compared with $776,- 227,000 the preceding year. Spring vheat, on the other hand, shows an nerease in gross value, being. esti- nated at $358,439,000 for 1925, com- pared with $344,560,000 in 1924. All the other grain cfops, includ- ng oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, afd lax, but not including rice, show de- reases in gross value, ranging from a decrease of $515,000 on buckwheat to $155,000,000 on oats. The rice crop shows an increased value of $6,- 290,000 over 1924, Of the crops other than grain, ‘po- tatoes were the outstanding exception where values were above 1924. The potato crop was 100,000,000 bushels. less than in 1924, but its value, based on Dec. 1 prices, is estimated at $605,- 327,000, compared with $266,047,000 in 1924. Other crops which show in- creased values include clover seed, dry beans, sweet potatoes, hops, seed. The cotton crop was one ofthe three largest ever produced, exceed- ing production in 1924 by some 2,- 000,000 bales, but its value was $1, 419,000,000, compared with $1,540,- 884,000 in 1924, Other crops showing decreased . val- ues include peanuts, tobacco, sorghum syrup, broom corn, peaches, grapes, cranberries, wild hay, tame hay and sugar cane syrup. Texas led the states in value of pro- luction this year, the gross value of all crops produced in that state be- ing estimated at Dec. 1 prices, at $799,330,000, ALL THREE at_a Special Price Form An Arsenal of Facts About the American Communist Movement The Fourth National Convention. RESOLUTIONS—THESES—DECLARATIONS Constitution of the Workers (Communist) Party Adopted at the 4th National Convention, held in Chicago, IIL, August 21 to 30, 1925. . oveseenesesesencesecess OC Party Organization. Introduction by JAY LOVESTONE, The letter on reorganization from the Communist Inter- national; the reorganization plan on shop nuclei bi . party’s constitution, properly indexe CEC, Ob Crrcrrcrsererereressers From the 3rd Through the 4th . Convention. By C. E, RUTHENBERG. A review of the developments of the party, the different stages it went through, a brief history of the controversies within the party on the Labor Party policy; Trotskyism, Loreism, cable from the Comintern to the National Conven- THOM, O1C., CLC. .rererreeree weaccesesenee OO NoW, ALL THREE > ee For 50 Cents DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. 20 FAKE FARM RELIEF BILLS BEFORE SENATE U. S. Aids Italy But Not Own Farmers (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan, 7.—Every con- ceivable nostrum for farm relief is proposed by senators and congress- men here except one that will really aid the farmers. The senate committee on agriculture and forestry has twenty bills presented for its consideration and not one of them approaches a solution of the farmers’ problems, That relief is needed now is plain to all, and politicians from the agri- cultural states are almost frantic in their efforts to palliate the voters from their home states since their re- turn to Washington after the holiday recess. However, their allegiance to the old parties prevents them taking independent steps even if they had brains enough to do so. Old party politicians are trying to frame up some sort of performance | that will enable the congressmen and senators from the various states to present conflicting bills purporting to relieve the farmers and then have them all defeated so that frauduleat records of congressmen can be created to go before the farmers in the coming congressional elections that will be held this fall. No Mortgage Cancellation. While the Coolidge administration is trying to get senate endorsement of the Italian debt settlement that re- sulted in a seventy-five per cent can- cellation of the debt owed by the despicable Mussolini government, there is no sign that any senator of the Coolidge camp or from any other camp will propose that the debts of the farmers be cancelled so that they can get new loans to carry them over for a time, The whole fraudulent nature of the farm relief measures are revealed by an examination of some of them, show- ing that each author presented his bill purely for home consumption and not because he desired to solve the problem. Fake Measures, Chief among these measures are the ones drafted by Senators William B. McKinley (rep., Ill.) and Charles L, McNary (rep., Ore.) for cooperative marketing. Senator Arthur Capper (rep., Kas.) has a similar bill up his sleeve, and others are forecast in ru- mors from the senate office building. Henrik Shipstead, farmer-laborite of Minnesota, would have the federal government place agriculturists in the same general category as the railroads and shipping, with guaranteed returns Mr. Capper has a forestry conserva- tion and a co-operative purchasing act, as well as an amendment similar to one contained in Mr. McKinley’s bill to pertain to farm loans. Joseph E. Ransdell (dem., La.) would have pub- ile lands exploited for sulphur. Morris Sheppard (dem., Tex.) wants similar prospecting for potash. Likewise Mr. Sheppard would have a dairying ex- periment station established in his home state. Hiram Johnson (rep., Cal.) and Francis BE, Warren (rep., Wyo.) have new irrigation projects in line; J, Thomas Heflin (dem., Ala.) has four bills for cotton growers, and George W. Norris (rep., Neb.) wants inspection of export farm products, Bait for Farmers. Politicians at Washington look with contempt upon the voters who elect them and they consider the farmers mere voting cattle can be stampeded into supporting any senator or con- sressman who loudly bleats about his loyalty and claims that other sena- tors and congressmen combine to de- feat him. In their own states they are all defenders of the particular inter- ests of the states, but in Washington they are party men, or tied to some sort of bloc, doing everything in their Power to keep the farmers and work- ers in subjection to the capitalists who own the old* parties, The farm measures proposed are so much bait for the farmers. Though the farmers have been suckers here- tofore and supported the old parties, the farm crisis that is growing ever more menacing will inevitably result in a political revolt through the agricultural region, Never before was there a more pressing need for a powerful labor party in the industrial centers to form alliances with the discontented and impoverished farmers for an attack upon the old parties of capitalism, Why not? Ask your neighbor to subscribe! Current Events (Continued from page 1) tour.. The countess’ pulchritude is at least up to the ordinary, if one is to judge by the pictures that appear oc- casionally in the press. If anybody thinks this is not a factor to be con- sidered among congressmen, that somebody does not know the inner workings of a senator. Aside from that the countess is no more a Com- munist than the “Glogmy Dean” of Canterbury and it is qQite fashionable for democrats and imsurgents to rush to her defense, + * * OW, a capitalist court comes along and orders Kellogg ‘to show cause why he should not ‘be: compelled to permit the countessi éntry into the United States. It is ‘not easy for the secretary to back down and in view of the circumstances iti ts quite likely that the countess will break thru the wire entanglements..; Kellogg's back- ers would not feel so embarrassed: if a court decision allowed the countess in, because she is harmless, but it might establish a precedent which would cause trouble later on when real radicals of prominence may seek admittance, o Me ALF the Hungarian government, including army. generals, diplo- mats and a prison full of princes are involved in the most gigantic coun- terfeiting scheme ever discovered. Even Horthy the “hangman of Hun- gary” is under suspicion. No less than $30,000,000,000 French francs were in the course of printing when the conspirators were detected. It seems that the plot had two aims; one to completely ruin French curren- cy and the other to use the money for a fascist coup in,Hungary. It would not be surprising if British agents were at the bottom! of the conspir- acy. The Locarno treaty by no means solves the disagreements between England and France. se * HE prince of Wales captured a runaway horse and got on the front page of the New York Times. If the horse had captured the prince he might have broken into the Chi- cago papers. This is the first time in many years that the prince’s name was mentioned in connection with a steed, that the royal scion did not come out second best. | ee 8 HO the Irish labor movement has tended towards conservatism since it lost James Connolly's revolution- ary leadership, it still follows a mili- tant ‘policy in the con@uct of strikes. The government gave,the contract for building a giant power station on the River Shannon, to a (German engineer- ing firm, which employ la- bor at scab wages, e Irish Trans- port and General Workers’ Union, got in touch with the German trades unions and the latter pronounced the job “unclean.” This~precaution was taken to warn German workers against coming to Ireland on a scab job and also to rob the Irish capi- talists of an opportunity to accuse Irish labor of being mareperman. “* HE next step of Irish labor was to call a national conference of all workers’ organizations for the pur- pose of putting a national strike in operation against _ the Shannon scheme as the job is named. The instructions given to union workers and to their sympathizers in the Voice of Labor are drastic and would sure- ly get an American injunction judge on his ear. No worker is allowed to have any social relations with a scab, whose names and addresses are pub- lished weekly in the labor press. Cinemas are not permitted to allow a scab to enter the premises and the same applies to sport organizations and dance halls. The ability of the unions to enforce their decrees does not appear to be in question. It prom- ises to be a stiff fight and an in- teresting one. # Detroit Labor Forum to Hear Blanshard on Conditions‘ in Russiz DETROIT, Mich. Jan. 7.—-Pau! Blanshard noted traveler and lecturer who has just returned from an ex- tensive tour of investigation in Soviet Russia and the Far Bast will address the Detroit Labor Forum Sunday, Jan. 10th, at 3 p, m. at Cass High School Mr. Blanshard’s wide experience makes his comment op Soviet Russia especially important. The Labor Forum “which is under the auspices of the Petroit Federa- tion of Labor has been instrumental in bringing some very gifted speakers to Detroit including A. A. Purcell, W. F, Dunne and J, P. Cannon. The efforts of those whose efforts makes possible a forum where all points of view on labor’s problems should be encouraged by diligent attendance by all class conscious workers. Remem- ber the time and place. Every Sunday 3 p. m, Cass High School, Second Blvd, entrance, = VVV0eveicvicacncieviiiraiesennerca icici cae TAL Ws IN NEW YORK! CONCERT AND DANCE given by the b International Labor Defense Bronx Branch No. 7 Saturday Night, January 9, 1926 at 1347 Boston Road. TTT LLL TT La lt BROOKHART Labor Leaders Cannot Fight Fascism and Also War on the Communists By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. LoRa the bloody hand of fascism seeks to tighten the murderous grip of its dictatorship over wider regions of capitalist Europe. General T. H. Pangalos, with the applause of the Bri- tish, swept aside the bourgeois republican constitution of Greece and proclaimed himself military dictator in the strug- gle against the rising strength of the Greek Communists. In Germany the socialists are told by the leaders of the democratic and catholic center parties that they must join the “so-called big coalition” to stave off the threatening military dictatorship. Yet both moves are born of the same fear of the Communists. In France the dictatorship is held as the only way out of post-war financial difficulties, But simultaneously grows the challenge of increasing Communist strength in this country. In Hungary, where the socialists made peace with the Horthy diet anip and were only lightly reprimanded by the Second (Socialist) International, it is declared that the fascists long in power, are planning the return of the mon- archy. e ° ° ° This fascist spread will be welcomed by American finance capital that now controls definitely in Washington, as revealed by the big majority pledged in the senate to entry into the world court. It is in the light of this sweeping aside of all forms of meee parliamentarism, supplanted by the mailed fist of profit rule, that the Locarno pacts reveal their real meaning. Every effort must be made to crush the workers’ militant organizations at home before an effective new war can be launched against the Union of Soviet Re- publics. It is here that the fraudulent attack of President Will- iam Green, of the American Federation of Labor, against fascism in Italy and against the organization of Italian fas- cist groups in this country, under inspiration from Rome, is most effectively exposed. Thru support of the world court,'which means Wall Street’s ambitions in Europe that are the ambitions of fas- cism, the Green regime in the A. F. of L. shows itself an ally of native fascism in the United States, The socialists of Italy, Hungary, Spain, Greece, the Balkans and the Baltic states, and also in Germany, France, and England, have shown by their. actions to the workers of the world that it is impossible to make war on fascism and Communism at the same time. That is what the present A. F. of L. administration claims it is going to do. Yet such an attitude gradually develops into an alliance with fascism, uniting definitely with it in the war against the Communists, who alone wage a militant struggle for the whole working class. rey The class collaboration schemes 6f Green, Johnston. and other leaders of the A. F. of L. with their evident efforts to bridge the chasm between “company” “unions and the trade union movement, definitely place these’officials in a position where they will not and cannot make a fight against capi- talism that breeds fascism in self-protection. If the fascism that is invoked to save the capitalist class in Europe results in war against the working class on the other side of the Atlantic, then the same is true of fascism in the United States. The rank and file of the American workers must place the American Federation of Labor definitely on record against budding fascism in this country, the country in which they are compelled to fight their battles and ‘win their victories. They will only win those battles by definitely organizing their class power and going into action as a unified working class. votes to his credit as against 443,817 for Brookhart. Agreement between opposing counsel reduced contested votes to 1,063 for Steck and 6,282 for Brookhart, Calls Appointment of ELECTION FIGHT ON IN CAPITOL Early Decision Is Not Expected WASHINGTON, Jan. '7.—Chances of *n early decision in the Brookhart- Steck election contest appeared slight oday, following conclusion of hear- ngs before a sub-committee of the oriviieges and elections committee. Counsel for both Senator Smith W. Brookhart (R.), of Iowa and Dan F. Steck, his democratic opponent were busy today preparing briefs which will ‘be presented before the sub-committee begins an examination of thousands of contested ballots, Steck now has 447,944 uncontested Nye to Senate Violation of Federal Constitution (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 — The fight over seating Senator-designate Gerald P. Nye, republican of North Dakota, reached the floor of the senate today for a final decision when Senator Guy D, Goff, republican of West Virginia, urged adoption of the senate election committee’s majority report, exclud- ing the North Dakotan. Goff declared Governor A. 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