The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 21, 1926, Page 1

} t The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 8. By T. J, O'FLAHERTY F reconciliation between Switzer- land and Russia is not achieved over the assassination of the Soviet diplomat Vorovsky and the refusal of the Swiss government to apologize for his murder, the council of the league of nations may cousent to have the proposed disarmament conference held some other place rather than on Swiss soil. It is quite likely that the Swiss government will come down off its high horse rather than lose the profitable tourist trade which has been considerably increased since the league of nations set up house within its borders. Besides an apology Rus- sia demands a pension for Vorovsky’s widow. Switzerland is now beginning to feel the effects of the boycott which Ruésia laid down after the acquittal of Vorovsky’s murderer by a Swiss court. “8 HINGS are going from bad to worse in China, say the capitalist corre- spondents. The bad feature of the developments is that the radical Chi- nese are steadily gaining the upper hand over the conservatives and the tools of the foreign imperialists. The following is a paragraph from an ar- ticle by Thomas F. Millard, that ap- peared in last Sunday’s issue of the New York Times: “Unfortunately, while probably four-fifths of the Chi- nese political intellegentsia and also a major part of the people are un- willing to accept Sovietigm now, pres- ent conditions favor the Bolsheviki, because they are the only Chinese fac- tion having a definite program design- ed to promote a fixed idea, while the conservatives are not united, have vague ideas and lack of program, thus making it possible for the minority to gain its ends.” * *. * 6 IHE same correspondent says that “foreign interests” are seriously terference in the domestic affairs. of another nation? China is yet weak, but.in the near future, if the present rate of national consolidation conti- nues the foreigi interests will be a lit- tle more cautious about butting into the business of the Chinese. More (Continued on page 2.) alarmed and are taking steps to safe- guard its interests. What about e as he would immediately be TALK LENINISM ON EVE OF BIG MEMORIAL MEET Chicago Sub - Sections _ Discuss Bolshevization “Lenin and Leninism” is the sub- ject of addresses being delivered in a city-wide campaign for the Bolshe- vization of the Chicago membership of the Workers (Communist) Party in section and sub-section meetings, un- rthe direction of the district agit- prop department. This is part of the plan for intensive education of the members in observ- ance of the second anniversary ‘of Lenin's death, and is accompanied by propaganda among the masses leading up to the great Lenin memoyial meet- ing to be held in the Coliseum Sunday ovening. = Wicks Leads Discussion. Bolshevization meetings have ‘al- ready been held in Sections 2, 3, and 6. Section 1 has its meeting tomor- row night. The two larger sections (4 and 6) will meet in sub-sections, sub-section 5 having had its discussion on Monday, with Comrade H. M. Wicks leading the discussion as. the (Continued on paxe Blanton Talks Against ‘Reds’ and Introduces Law Against Strikes WASHINGTON—(FP) — Reaching out in all directions and pulling an- archists, socialists, communists, free trade lberals, conservative trade un- fonists and various other foes of predatory capitalism into the fire of his rage together, Rep. Blanton of Texas has filled nine solid pages of the Congressional Record with a denunciation of these elements, In the climax of his invective he has brought, forward his own anti- strike bill, aimed to prevent a railroad “stoppage in this country, and to pre vont u coal strike, a meeting of in- dustrial or political protest against governmental acts, or the circulation of literature encouraging such protest, Subscription Rates: ee a KANSAS CITY THE DAIL rember 21, 1923, at THURSDAY, In Chik ‘Outside » by mail, $8.00 per year. hicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. Entered a& Second-class matt.: 3: ‘YARD’ WORKERS CONDITIONS BAD Meat Packers Build Labor Caste By J. E, SNYDER. (Special to The Dally Worker) KANSAS CITY, Kansi Jan. 19.— The workers at Armour’s meat pack- ing plant are allowed only thirty min- utes in which to eat their lunch, While this may seem enough to some of the white collared slaves, but to those who work in the fertil- izer, the killing, cutting and offal rooms on the “yards,” thirty minutes is far from enough to wash off the refuse and the stink that clings to one after a day’s work. The workers in these departments must work day in and day out in a stinking, filthy, nauseating atmos- phere, The stench goes thru all of the clothes, the nails, hair and skin and if the worker tries to enter a restau- rant he is damned by those there as they do not want to sit next to him. Build Labor Caste, When the noon gong rings the worker has little time to wash up and change. All he can do is throw a little water on his hands face, run to the locker-rooms t his meal or else go to the company res- taurant where he must stand in long lines waiting his turn to get a badly cooked meal. At the restaurant the Mexican must stand in one line. The Negro must stand in another, The office workers stand in another. In this way thruout the “yards” a labor caste is being built up. The men in the killing, offal and fertilizer de- partments dare not enter this res- to! the way out, Go .“paiots Negro “Jim-Crowed.” There are about 10,000 men and wo- men working in the packing plants of Kansas City. Of this “number 356% are Negro. These Negroes of course are “jim-crowed” in<all social rela- tions but some of. the Negroes re- member that when theyofirst began to come, and take the jobs, they were told that some day 4 ecomplete~pack- ing house with nothing but Negro help, was soon to be established and that every opportunity. would be given that race to “rise.” The lure worked and to his associate worker, (Continued on page 3) “Imperialism is the beginning of the Socialist revolution.”—Lenin. Pledge yourself against imperialism at the Lenin meetings. TRAITOR CHANG DENOUNCED AS JAPAN'S AGENT Chinese Students Fly to Arms Against Him : (Special to The Daily Worker PEKING, Jan, 19.—Grave events are foretold from the gathering clouds of new hostilities soon to begin if not already begun by the threat of Chang Tso-lin to either move to seize Peking or have Manchuria seceed from China. Chinese students to the number of some 200 have arrived at Tientsin trom Japan and announce they are tuking the field with the army of Kuo Sung-lin against Chang, whom they denounce as a traitor. These students reaffirm the tate. ment, the truth, of which hag been universally denied and concealed by the capitalist press, that at Chang's invitation Japan invaded Manchuria with an army of from 10,000 to 25,000 soldiers who, dressed as Chang’s Chi; nese troops, defeated Kuo’s march on Mukden. \ Kuo’s army, tho, defeated, remains powerful, having been reinforced by portions of the armies of Feng Yu- hsiang. The students are due to hold great demonstrations at Tientsin and Peking and then enter Kuo’s army to fight against Chang. Many of them are the sons of wealthy Chinese. Wu Pei-fu has issued a statement aimed to cripple the present Peking government, which is trying, ral $8,000,000 on treasury notes, Wu urg- es Chinese and foreign bankers not to accept these notes on the ground that the present government’ fs “ille- gal.” ‘This is making the task’ ot gov- ernment finances very difficult, enag| and shawn. UARY 21, LAWS TO AID FARMERS NOT EASY 10 GET Who is to Pay Subsidy, the Hard Question (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 19.— While members of the house agricul- ture committee accuse the farmers of the country of being “unwilling or un- able” to agree on what sort of legisla- tion they want, to relieve the agricul- tural crisis, Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, far from coming in with any plan acceptable to the farmers, has gone out of his.way to attack a bill by Senator Caraway to prohibit gamb- Ing in grain by forbidding trading in futures, a practice of speculation the farmers have cursed for time immem- orial. Grain Gamblers Protected. Jardine, clearly acting as the pro- tector of grain brokers in the Chicago pit, bitterly opposed the bill in a letten read yesterday before the senate com- mittee on agriculture. In addition, Jardine sent J. W. T. Duvel, chief of the grain futures administration of the department, to appear before the committee to oppose the bill. The measure, as introduced, would prohibit the sending of telegrams or messages by mail concerning trangac- tions in future deliveries of grain, un- less affidavit is made that actual de- livery is intended, and that the seller really owns the grain he is selling. Recommends Gambling Chance. Duvel tried to defend the position of the Coolidge administration which of course, favors the big grain gamb- lers, by making it appear that trading (Continued on page 3) Purchase Oil-Electric™ Engin A triple improvement project has been announced by the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, It includes the ‘purchase of the first oll-electric engine by the road, the acquisition of 620 acres of land for the extension of the proviso yards, and the expenditure of $1,000,000 for 400 cars: for: freight service. The en- gine will be used in the Chicago yards, WORKER. Post Office at Chicago, IUlinots, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 1926 SS” PUBL. Published Dat xcept Sunday by , 1113 W. Washington ISHING Make It a Thousand! 553 new subscriptions in the first 6 days of the LENIN DRIVE for 5000 New Subs to the DAILY WORKER! RUSH !—Brother—Comrade— Send in your Sub or Renewal. DAVIS SENDS NEW AIR BILL TO CONGRESS Morgan’s “Scheme for Stronger Army (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.— A new army air bill, providing changes in the composition and administration of the air service submitted to congress today by Secretary of War Davis. , The bill in general follows closely the recommendations of the aircraft board, under the chairmanship of Dwight L. Morrow, of the House of Morgan and indicates the frantic war preparations going on in Washington. The Morrow report also recom- mended a five-year building program for the army air service. Concerning this, Davis said the proposition was now being studied and the department was not yet ready to submit its re- commendations. Other recommendations in the Mor- row report, he thot, could be met by administrative change, ‘DYNAMITE PLOT’ HITS HARD SNAG F rame-up on Unionists Exposed in Court By HERBERT BENJAMIN (Special to The Daily Worker) BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 19—George Galloway, the star witness for the prosectution in the case against offici- als of the street railway men’s union in which the defendants are charged with conspiracy to dynamite, told a |fantastic story in court today of mid- night rides and high expolsives. Forced to Admit He Lied. Upon cross-examination Galloway was confronted by his own testimony at previous hearings and forced to ad- mit that today’s testimony was false, This was a crushing blow to the prose- cution, In addition the defense showed that Galloway pleaded guilty to the charge of burglary two years ago yet was never compelled to give bail or appear for sentence, the clear inference be- ing that he is testifying against the union officials on trial as a price of continued liberty. 1. L. D, to Hold Pratest, The cross examination is continu- ing at this writing and promises to ex- pose all varifications of a despicable frame-up, with agents provocateur and spies by the dozen. that the defendant will be released. The International Labor Defense of this city is planning a protest demon- stration against the frame-up and the use of labor spies, The trial may con- tinue all this week, Steamships Sold. WASHINGTON, Jan, 19.—Sale of the Pacific-Brazil-Argentine line, com- posed of six steamers regularly plying between the Pacific coast and the east coast of South America, to Charles McCormick of San Francisco, was rec- ommended to the shipping board to- day by President Crowley of the Emergency Fleet’ corporation, Me- Cormick bid nen for each of the ve ships. L It appears certain | COOLIDGE REFUSES 10 INTERVENE IN STRIKE BUT ASKS LEGAL POWER WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.— Presi- dent Coolidge reiterated to callers at the White House today his’ be- lief that no good purpose would: be served by either congress or the executive attempting to intervene at this ‘time in the anthracite coal strike. It is notable that this state- mént is given out just following Lewis’ refusal to call out the main- tenance men. The Pennsylvania legisiature is now considering the situation, it was pointed out, and the president believes it unwise for any federal action to be taken until the state au- thorities have exhausted every means of “restoring peace” in the anthracite industry. ‘ If congress wants to do some- thing, the president told visitors, it might adopt the recommendations the White House sent up months ago giving the president power to intervene in coal strikes. WORLD COURT FILIBUSTER NOW RAGING Administration (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—The | well known stupidity of the bombastic vice- president, Charles S. Dawes, revealed the desperate straits in which the ad- ministration finds itself on the world court issue, Taking adyantage of what he thot was a_ parliamentary ~HloopWote that Would enable tin-to- put ithe question to a vote while many of | the leading opponents of the court were absent from the senate chamber and all the: supporters were present, he laid the:world court resolution be- fore the body. Many of the democrat- ic” ignoramuses from the south who are in favorof the court thot the vote was actually to’be taken and held up their hands, hoping to railroad it thru. But it was'an error and as soon as the opposition realized the crude trick Dawes had attempted they began a filibuster'that may last for months. Blease Starts Talking. Senator Borah had just concluded a powerful. speech against the court when the trick failed and then Cole Blease, a clownish senator from South Carolina, secured the floor and began (Continued on page 2.) Comrade Tadeusz Kurowski, who barony, of the coal operators. GEN'L SUPT.— Please settle account of. Time de... Time due. Deduct $ APPROVE! eranpane ot0. 0 008 organ skil jay Dawes Exposes Hand of | ISLAND CREEK COAL COM HOLDEN, W. VA., hel, Namen NEW YORK EDITION | COAL BARONS REFUSED 10 SUBMIT BOOKS Pa. Legislature Talks of New C ommissions (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 19.— The anthracite scale committee which was engaged until the breakdown of the conference with the operators in ne- gotions for a new contract to end the strike, has announced that when, just before the conference broke down, the union demanded that the operators submit theit books to determine their profits, the operators bluntly refused. Commissions Proposed. HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 19— Twa measures have been introduced inte the special session of the legislature of Pennsylvania concerning the coal strike. Both are nearly as bad for the union miners as other measures proposed before. One providés for a commission ap- pointed by Coolidge to meet in Scran- ton or Wilkesbarre jand whose find- 1 ines would be “fin: The other pro- | posal is for a state comm ion of six with three appointed by Governor Pin- chot. Its duties are to order the min- ers back to work at the old wage scale’ pending the decision in some fu- ture date as to what the commission thinks the miners ought to get. It would also invite both sides to new conferences. ‘SHOE WORKERS STRIKE IS ON “IN BROOKLYN Weissman Shop Fires All Fitters (Special to The Daily Worker) BROOKLYN, N. Y., Jan. 19.— “I wish you a happy new year—take your tools and go home.” This was the greetings with which Mr. Weiss- man, 91 Orange street, met the fitters in his shop on Dec. 31, as a climax to his big heartedness and kindness that oozed out of his heart during the holi- days: and has nestled about his aad cass for a couple of weeks following. The fat hypocrite added a bit of in- (Continued on pag TRYBUNA ROBOTNICZA WORKER CORRESPONDENT JAILED IN LOGAN COUNTY FOR HIS UNION AGITATION By B. K, GEBERT, Editor Trybuna Robotnicza. is well known among Polish workers for his fearless expose of conditions in the non-union mines of Logan county, West Virginia, has been arrested, beaten™ and thrown into a jail in this Exposes Unbearable Conditions. Comrade Kurowski exposed the unbearable miners were forced to work in the non-union field (Continued on page 5) conditions under which the His articles to Trybuna Miners, Organize Logan County! enone OUTS BF Geren * hours at $.... eo, mumnmaron, ove, OM 9-25 2064806 4° The above is a reproduction of the discharge slip given Tadeusz Kurow- ski by the Island Creek Coal company for daring to write articles to the Polish ‘Workers’ newspaper, the Trybuna Robotnicza exposing the conditions in the Hon-union mines of Logan County and agitating among the miners to into the United Mine Workers of America, he was arrested, beaten up and thrown into jail. to organize the Logan County non-union field! Following his discharge Union miners, your job ie Union miners defend Kurow+ SS