The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 20, 1926, Page 2

Py pir cath <a | Page Two THE DAILY] WORK AMALGAMATED ACTION COMMITTEE DEFEATS HILLMAN'S GANGSTERS AND HOLDS GIANT PROTEST MEET (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 18.—Two hundred Hillman gang- sters led by police unsuccessfully tried to break up the mass pro- test demonstration against the terrorism of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers officialdom toward the rank and file Saturday at Cooper Union, only managing to force the thousands of A. C. W. who came to voice their protest to change the hall to Man- hattan Lyceum, where they packed two large halls and filled the street until traffic was blocked. Here a stormy protest was registered against the policies of Hillman. Here again, as in the Furriers’—here again as in the I. L. G. W., the Trade Union Educational League registers a smashing blow at class collaboration—at the policy of peace with the bosses at the expense of workers’ interests. No one who witnessed this magnifi- cent demonstration can doubt that Hillman’s days are numbered when such masses of the A. C. W. mem- bership so enthusiastically reject his policies and tactics in favor of the left wing which is fighting thru the Amalgamated Action Committee. Gangsters Arrive Early, Before the doors were-opened at Cooper Union by the action commit- tee, Beckerman, the chairman appoint- ed by the Hillman machine to war on the left wing, along with Orlovsky, manager of the cutters’ local, entered with a squad of strongarm men heav- ily armed and led by detectives from police headquarters, who forced the hall manager to open the doors, The police then induced the hall keeper to clear the hall of the left wing committee. Not going readily, the police with the assistance of the gangsters, drove the growing crowd of people out. Discredited Dictators. Hillman, Blumberg and Rissman sat complacently in an automobile while their thugs were clearing the hall, waiting for the opportunity when the left wingers were beaten and clubbed, to enter the hall as triumphant heroes like some imperial potentates gloating over subjected slaves. Hillman’s agent tried to bribe the hall keeper to give them the hall. In this they failed and so departed to Webster Hall, where they held a meeting. Many tailors who came there to register a protest against the Hill- man administration, found they had misjudged the nature of the meeting and went away. Pack Halls and Block Traffic. Meanwhile, the left wing organiza- ~‘*"ttokwas working splendidly as being prepared for such emergency, and the gathering throngs of A. C. W. members came flocking to the Man- hattan Lyceum. So numerous were the people that flocked to the action committee call that they blocked traf- fic in the streets in spite of filling two large halls on account of ‘not being able to enter. Hillman’s gangsterism ended in a smashing victory for the left wing. When the crowds of tailors had been called to order by Chairman Aron- berg, the speakers, including Gitlow, Liptzin, Leder, Austin and others voiced the protest of the membership against the policies of the Hillman ad- ministration, with speeches continu- ously applauded by the audiences. Pass Ringing Resolution. Unexampled spirit and determina- tion were evoked by the very nefar- fous scheme that Hillman thot to win by, the pratice of terror against the members. This and the policy of class collaboration were roundly condemned, and a resolution passed unanimously taking this stand and stating that the class collaboration policy of Hillman is responsible for the critical situa- tion in New York. The resolution de- manded: One joint board, including the cut- ters, on the basis of proportional rep- Ohio Labor Meet Asks “Non-Party” Action (Continued from page 1.) gate Higgins of the Typographical Union of Cincinnati, who indicated with clarity the trend of events and the line of action that organized labor should take. Congressman W. M. Morgan, second vice-president of the federation, was one of the main speakers and dealt with the present party system with emphasis, All the speakers were gen- erously applaude’ What is it that Qhio labor contem- plates? The “Labor Policy” states clearly its position: After an analy- sis of the position of the workers in this state, it declares: Tells What's Wrong, “That the law enforcing the eight- hour day on public work is not se- cure, is not fully applied and is insuf- ficiently safeguarded. That a syste- matic campaign is under way to estab- lish a state constabulary, That an at- tempt is on foot to emasculate the workmen's compensation law. That a well planned effort is being made to nullify our primary law. That an- other attempt will be made to length- en the judges’ term of office. That our constitutional rights continue to be nullified by state courts of equity. That thru a legal fiction and miscon- struction Ohio workmen are shorn of their rights as free men thru individ- ual “yellow dog” contracts, That the lantgweneral assembly declined to give 8 resentation; present officials in New York to resign; general election for manager and other officials be held, supervised by the rank and file; ex- pelled and suspended victims of the machine be permitted to _ participate without discrimination, no increased dues without decision of the member- ship; amnesty for all political vic- tims of the terror and expulsion pol- icy with reinstatement to their full rights in the union; and no piece work for New York. Following the passage of the reso- lution the massed membership shout- ed unanimous approval of a proposal to hold a new protest meeting on Jan. 23 at the Manhattan Lyceum. The left wing dares the Hillman machine to try to break up the coming meet- ing. The more Hillman exposes his true character the more the New York tailors are flocking to support of the action committee. TACNA-ARICA COMMISSION: PROBES RIOTS Chile Agrees Attacks Be Punished ARICA, Chile, Jan. 18— The ple biscitary commission yesterday pass ed resolutions providing for an in- vestigation of alleged disorders ‘and attacks upon Peruvians who were be- ing brought into the disputed zone to; support with their votes the Peruvian side of the plebiscite that will determ- ine whether the territory goes’ !to! Chile or Peru. The economic reason. behind the dispute is the control over the export of nitrates from the inlahd mines. The last two weeks has seen sev- eral attacks by Chileans who, claim- ing that Peru was importing Peru- vians who were not natives of the zone in dispute, met.some of them at the railroad stations and mobbed them, several needing medical care for weeks. Another case was the attack by Chileans on the Peruvians from’ the transport Rimac, bringing them from Peruvians points. To all these com- plaints Augustin Edwards, Chile's commissioner replied that he and the Chilean government condemned the attacks in unmeasured terms and was very willing for an investigation. The case is being used, however, to just- ify General Pershing’s severe attitude toward Chile. Discover Tuberculosis Serum, SYDNEY, Jan. 18—Discovery of a tuberculosis serum from the spleen has been announced by Dr. Small- page, an expert in tropical diseases. The discovery was made while Dr, Smallpage was making malaria exper- iments. Seventy-two patients are now undergoing treatment with this serum, labor protection, and ignored consider- eration of the most vital measures in- troduced thru the activity of the Ohio State Federation of Labor.” What does the executive board rec- ommend! It recommends ja “legisla- tive and judicial program,>for this year’s primaries and election which will provide for the appointment of a legislative and judicial committee by evry local union and central labor union and the appointment of joint committees by al central labor unions in every state senatorial district.” ' A “Nonpartisan” Commit These committees shall “take up the selection of candidates for the primaries for the legislature and ju- dicial office, Instead of permitting self-appointed candidates to confuse the issue. That due consideration be given to their fitness, availability and trade union affiliation or ablished friendship and the probability of their election, Candidates so selected and approved of to receive the full sup- port of organized labor.” This is an important step in labor politics, Organized labor in Ohio recog: nizes that the present system of en- dorsing candidates put by the cap- italist parties no longer suffices. These candidates are profuse in their promises, but fail to keep them. Labor is up against it and must now take other steps to protect itself. H: They Win—Talls They Lose. But what does the Ohio State Fed- Soviet Ice Breakers Fight Way to Ships Caught in Baltic (Special to The Daily Worker) RIGA, Latvia, Jan, 18.—Thirty-eight ships, twenty of them German, are still locked in ice floes caused by sud- den and unprecedented cold weather which swept down on the Baltic early this month. So terribly cold it has been that reports say the Gulf of Finland is frozen solid. Ice-breakers from Lenin- grad have’battled for eight days try- ing to free. the ice-bound ships which carry heavy and valuable cargoes to Soviet Russia, much of it agricultural machinery. Only two ice-breakers, the Lenin and the Svyatagor are still in com- mission after battling against ice as thick as fifteen feet. The German battleship Essen which the German government sent to aid, has returned to Reval for coaling. Hundreds of Russians, Esthonians and Finns are fighting a way to the ice-bound ships with relief supplies of food and fuel, many ships being caught by the sud- den cold snap without proper sup- plies. PRINCE BIBESCO RECALLED FROM: UNITED STATES British Wife Imitates Prince of Wales (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Jan. 18.—Recall of Prince Bibesco’as minister of Roumania, at Washington, has caused much discus- sion in social and diplomatic circles here, inasmuch as Princess Bibesco is the daughter of former Premier As- quith, now known as Lord Oxford. One rumor that goes about here is that Princess Bibesco, like her step- mother Margot, has been extremely frank in her expressions of opinion in Washington and that some of her franknesses may have been respon- sible for the recall. * *.@ Wife Takes Tumble. LOS ANGELES, Jan, 18.—Princess Bibesco, wife of the Roumanian minis- ter to the U. S., was suffering from bruises and mild concussion today as the result of a fall from a horse while riding over the Douglas Fairbanks es- tate at Beverly Hills yesterday, ac- cording to attending physicians. The princess fell when her mount became frightened and started to run away. Being a British nabob, the lady might be a victim of the habits of the Prince of Wales, whose drunken sprees here caused him many fallse FASCIST BANDIT KEEPS CRITICS FROM CHAMBER Mussolini Asks Apology for Political Attac (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) ROME, Jan. 18,—Little prospect of any reconciliation between the govern- ment and the Aventine opposition is seen today following Premier Musso- lini's statement in the chamber of de- puties yesterday that he would not permit the Aventine opposition mem bers to return to the chamber unti they had apologized for their attacks upon fascism. During the debate the premier stat ed that he intends to remain in office for a long time, and as long as he is in office that Aventine opposition wil be held accountable for the attacks. eration of: Labor propose? Does it ind a real remedy for the situation? drganized labor will put up candidates In the primaries to run on the old tickets against candidates put up by the republican and democratic ma- chine. If the candidate put up by or- ganized labor wins in the primaries he will be supported by all organized labor. But if he fails? There is no mention of the attitude of the fed- eration. If, however, the candidate does win, who is to control him? He will be the official republican or democratic candidate. The program as fashioned by the Ohio State Federation of Labor will have to fit in, the program of these old parties, otherwise it faces one of two alternatives: it will either be absorbed into the old party program, be mutilated and become some of the idle promises that the old capftalist parties regularly make; or it will be combatted by the old parties, as the program of the nonpartisan league was fought. A Labor Party for Labor, Does the Ohio State Federation of Labor wish to face this issue? Does | wish to engage in a struggle to transform a capitalist party to suit the needs of the working class—a capitalist party whose function it is to protect the Intérests of the capital- ists? Or does'it clearly reco; that the interedts of the workers have not been and Banhot be protected or’, St BEE ante AO Wee een ih °C LE lh ts Rhee a SP Rae RR I nat blo Con a ae KLANSMEN LOSE OFFICE; ALMOST LOSE NIGHTIES Farce Comedy Staged in Auto City By OWEN STIRLING: (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Jan. 18. — Disruption threatens the ku klux klan in Detroit and Michigan, Its force is paralyzed at present by a deadlock in a clash for control involving the state and the Wayne county factions. A na- tional executive officer, is expected here to take control ;jf necessary in an effort to save the organization for this former stronghold. Lost in Straight Fight, Not only the local klam but the na- tional organization suffered a severe loss of strength and prestige in the failure last fall to eleet Chas. Bowles mayor of Detroit. Bowles, the klans- man, lost by 30,000 in.a;clear-cut klan and anti-klan fight. ,The campaign was the most important one in the country for the national organization. To have placed a klansman in the mayor's chair in the fourth city in the country would have given the organ- ization’s racial, religious and anti- Communist campaign great impetus everywhere. The pregent factional strife grew out of that failure. An incident in the decline of the klan was the raiding of the klan “palace”' by constables this week. More than $400 worth of furniture and “negligee” was moved into the street for non-payment of two months’ rent. The armed headquarters guard mut- tered and swore but could do nothing. After the furniture was moved out Seward Nichols, an assistant prosecu- ting attorney of Wayne county and a member of the local klan kloncilium, rushed on the scene with a check for $424.60, to cover the rent and court costs. The check was signed by. Nichols’ father, Arthiir S. Nichols, exalted cyclops. Burlesque of Naughty Knight, Constable Andy Phillips had pre- viously refused to cept a check from “somebody he didn’t know noth- ing about,” signed by. L, E. Black, an- other member of the kloncilium, or executive council. But Andy accepted the Nichols’ check and the day was saved for the klan. It was the kind of burlesque and fiascd that usually marks the last days of strength, for hoodlums who go around all dressed up. tay The event was made more amusing for local observers beeause of the re- putation of Andy Phillips. His name usually appears in ‘Papens in con- nection with ‘a trit entry into a lady’s apartment or oir to serve “the papers,” after she has evaded service on the street. Ladies in kimo- nas or cyclops in sheets; it’s all the same to Andy. Opera bouffe! 7 It is believed the Klan’ can never come back in Detroit. © STRESEMAN SAYS GERMAN MISERY COULD BE WORSE Tries to Apologize for Dawes Plan Fizzle (Special to The Dally Worker) MUNICH, Jan, 18.— Attacks upon the Dawes’ plan, which are now pre- valent in Germany, were decried to- day by Herr Stresemann, foreign min- ister, in a speech here, “It is deliberate falsehood to blame the present misery and unemployment ind lack of credits upon the Dawes’ plan,” he said. “German currency would be unten-|in a storm which swept the Canary able without the Dawes’ plan.” represented by the capitalist parties, and therefore the organized workers must take the only logical step? They must put up candidates: in the primar- ies NOT on the capitalist party tick- ets but on a ticket ofvorganized labor. This ticket must be that of a party representing and serving the inter. ests of the working class, It must be a Jabor party. ” This is an issue that the federation does not touch. Failure to elect in the primaries; ita program emasculat- ed by the capitalist forees—or open defiance of the capitalists—means that labor will be obliged to move in the only proper direction—toward a labor party. Begins to Think. The step that the Ohio federation took is a clear demonstration that the rank and file of the labor movement is disgusted with the present political situation, The rumbling among the membership, the defeats at the hands of the capitalist government, the propaganda by the employers, the open shop campaign, have opened the eyes of the workers. The executive board of the federation was obliged to take some action—if to ke6p back the rising tide of labor party sentt- ment, " Ohio labor is begining to think; the vociferous ‘yes” which greeted the motion to adopt wi put showed hat labor is moving, right di- ection—it only ly, The ER The Coal. Miners Must Fight the Government in Spite of John Lewis By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Gl eden the nation at large has already forgotten the 112 coal miner dead, workers blown to bits in blasts last week in non-union mines in Oklahoma and West Virginia. The nation quickly forgets what is not continually blazoned before it in the daily press, which in this case is not interested in spreading the horror story of these industrial murders. Labor as a whole must make the fight. It can only do this effectively by making war upon the employers’ social system that is directly responsible for these often recurring disasters. : ° * e e It is interesting to note that at the moment coal min- ers are being slaughtered wholesale, John L. Lewis, presi- dent of the Mine Workers’ Union, is issuing a plea to the judiciary committee of the house of representatives at Wash- ington, D. C., endorsing the pending bill for raising salaries of federal judges, because: “If federal judges are paid better salaries, they will be more likely to maintain an absolutely independent attitude.” * * e * The United States is practically the only country in the world where a responsible labor official could make such a silly declaration and not be hooted out of the realms of or- ganized labor. Federal judges are as much the agents of the employing class as the cheapest stool pigeon, thug, spy or gangster. The only difference is that the judge has the robe of respectability thrown about him. Otherwise there is no difference, The thug who fails to dispatch or deliver his victim loses his job. The same is true of the black robed judge. The highest paid judges, those who sit in ermined splendor upon the United States supreme court bench at Washington, are the most subservient, if this is possible, to the American ruling class. * * e e When Lewis joins the campaign for “better paid” judges, he again reveals his belief that there is no capitalist class oppressing the workers. He made this belief notorious when he declared that the miners cannot fight the government. Yet the miners must fight the government, the government of the mine owners, the government of the private owners of industry. e . ° e . The New York representative of the Federated Press, under date of Jan. 15, wrote as follows: “Following the death of 91 miners—65 of them Negroes—in the terrible dust explosion of the Degnan-McConnell mine in Oklahoma, the American Engineering Standards Committee informed. the public that two-thirds of the fatal accidents in the bituminous coal industry are Preventable if well established safety methods are employed.” There is only one reason why these safety methods are not employed. That reason is—PROFITS. In the drive for greater profits, the mine owners conduct an open shop war against the miners’ union to annihilate union conditions thru breaking up the mine workers’ organization. The two dis- asters last week occurred in non-union mines. The employers be the experienced union mine work- ers with inexperienced men urged on by the absolute neces- sity to get a job or starve. : gy wien negra wired President Lewis. at Hazel- on, Pa, that @ use of “green, inexperienc: Ee responsible for last week’s daiten ne ee At this very moment the Pennsylvania anthracite coal barons are making efforts, in the special session of the state legislature called by Governor Pinchot, to break down legal restrictions “forbidding the licensing of any anthracite miner who has not already served a two- i i posse whys ly ‘wo-year apprenticeship in the Thus the mine barons, thru their own overnment, hope to pave the way toward breaking the breseat posts o a a ss Micrina ny ey an increase, of course, in the murder rate of workers in the anthracite field, but - tain increasing profits. — on These facts should prove to the mine workers that the as a class, the working class, must fight the litical i ~ ment of their enemies, the coal wine wwneis’ Sa "That bagi sumed the ae States government as it exists at @ present time. @ coal miners must fi - ment in spite of John L. Lewis, homth case Storm Sweeps Canary Islands. “LONDON, Jan, 18—Three persons were killed and several were injured Expect New Record- Breaking Building Program| This Year The meeting of the Associated Building Contractors at Hotel Sher- man yesterday were told by Building Commissioner Frank BE. Doherty that Chicago’s rapid increase in Popula- ton, along with the similar growth in other cities of the state, indicate that he record of building construction, already high, will be broken in 1926, The report of the association's Pres- ident, V. L. Page, was read, showing oe during 1926 the building in mt nols amounted to a little less $700,000,000, of which about eee 000, belonged to Chicago. He, too, said that the present year will exceed even the past year and that the indus- (ry was never on firmer foundation Page's report remarked on the “co” operation” between capital and labor and expresses the hope that there would. be even more of this “har- mony,” Islands during the week-end. rank and file which wants a labor party will push it more vigorously and more definitely in the proper direction. The labor party cannot be shunted. Delegate Higgins, without mentioning the words “labor party” showed clearly the direction in which organ- ized labor is pushing. Kept Out the Commiunists, One incident of the conference de- serves mention, The Cleveland Citi- zen, official organ of the Cleveland Federation of Labor, had announced several days before the conference, that all labor organizations were in- vited to send delegates to the confer- ence, The district executive commit: tee of the Workers (Communist) Party, District 6, sent the district sec- _——__ Read—Write—distribute The DAILY WORKER. retary, Comrade I. Amter, to repre- sent it at the conference. When Com- rade Amter presented his credential to the committee, he was informed that he could not be admitted as a fraternal delegate since the party is not affiliated to the A. F. of L, Nor could he gain admittance as a corre- spondent: of The DAILY WORKER, since the press was entirely excluded, On opening the conference, Presi- dent Frey apoloogized for the delay in passing on the credentials, and stated thatit had been fdund very necessary, tor “otherwise we would-have had a Communist in our midst.”,,Holy hor- rors! A Communist might have been there to urge the workerg,to.go along the proper way an dros! * JOHN VARGA . Hear All Bad bigs moyd and Good Music vy. RADIO ————— We build, repair and remodel radio sets of all kinds at reasonable rates, 1327 W. 18th St., Chicago, III. KELLOGG PLAYS CAT AND MOUSE WITH MEXICO Softens Attitude But Don’t Recall Note WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 12.—The custom of the Washington government to play cat and mouse with Mexico is exemplified by the announcement here, after the autocratic note sent to Mexico City Saturday warning the Mexican government against passing land laws displeasing to the Wall St. investors, that—after all—the Coo- lidge administration is not going to “threaten” or “brandish the ‘big stick.” Nervous Nellie Backs Up. Grandmother Kellogg, otherwise known as “Nervous Nellie” on account of his barring of the Karolyis, yester- day held a conference with Coolidge and John Barton Payne, one of the ne- gotiators of the conference which re- sulted in recognition of Mexico. Aft- erward, the news was issued “unoffi- cially” that Washington would not be harsh. The reply of Mexico to the hostile note is expected soon. It is expected to be to the effect that Mexico will permit no foreign dictation of what the the Mexican congress passes as law and if anyone is hurt by them, he can appeal to the courts of the Mexican republic. Unpleasant Analogy. This point of view is, unfortunately, parallel to the viewpoint of the United States itself, which, in reply to the Japanese notes protesting against im- migration restriction laws pending in congress, expressed its violent dis- pleasure and hastened passage of thie law—and in addition managed to get the Japanese ambassador to Washing- ton recalled as a sign of surrender. COOLIDGE ALAW VIOLATOR SAYS SENATOR NORRIS Assails Terror Over Federal Commissions WASHINGTON, Jan 18.—President Coolidge has violated the “law of the land” in attempting to. control the government's independent commis- sions, Senator George W. Norris, re- publican of Nebraska, charged in the senate this. afternoon in an attack upon alleged presidential interference with the federal regulatory agencies. Norris declared the president had attempted to exact a resignation from David J. Lewis of Maryland, when the latter was given a recess appointment to the United States tariff commission during the presidential campaign of 1924. Lewis refused to sign the un- "| dated resignation, Norris said, but the president subsequently appointed him. Mexican Bandits to, Face Firing Squad for Raid on Train (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Jan. 18. — Colonel Nunez and other bandits who are alleged to have been the leaders of the Tecent attack upon the Guardela- Jara-Mexico City train have been cap- tured, according to reports received here. The prisoners will face a sum- mary court martial and probably be executed, according to the Guardela- jara reports. 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