The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 24, 1926, Page 1

Sida. The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. Ne nA S6.° P48 fee Subscription Rates: Sx cn te oe THE DAIL Entered /.s Second-class mattcr September 21, 1028, at Qutside Chicago, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year, by mail, $6.00 per year. Sactiny SienB | | By, T. J. OFLAHERTY oO of the many vantage points of capitalism is its control of the/ school. Here the children of the work: | ing class are taught that nothing counts but success no matter how at- tained and success is only a synonym for the acquisition of wealth, They are taught that patriotism is one of | the greatest of virtues, if not the greatest, and that it is a holy and a wholesome thing to kill, burn, deceive, lie, slander and rob in thefmame of duty to something that is at the op- posite pole of the real interests of | the workers. -e2e @ FTER the workers’ children are turned out of the primary schools, most of them are turned into factor- ies, to start towards the industrial scrap heap. A few may find their! way. into colleges, where they are | polished up for ‘more efficient service} | ident of the United Mine Workers of |been approved, with reservations, by TOEND STRIKE IN ANTHRACITE Accepts Terms of Kep t Newspaper Publisher (Special to The Daily Worker) SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 22—The new peace plan proposed by E. J, Lynett,; publisher, of the Scranton Times, de- | | signed to bring an end to the strike | of 158,000 anthracite coal miners, was| | accepted today by John L. Lewis, pres- | America. The editor’s proposal already has W. W. Inglis, chairman of the operat- FF SUNDAY, JA the ‘Post/\Office at Chicago, Ulinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879, INUARY 24, 1926 AEE 290 PUBLISHING CO., peek. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W, Washington Bivd., C INAS 79> “Fy Qi This Issue Consists of Two Sections. SECTION ONE. . Price 5 Cents hicago, Ill. REPUBLICS HONOR LENIN’S MEMORY - CEWIS TRIES [PEASANTS AND WORKERS HOLD MASS MEETINGS Throngs Wait in Snow to Gaze at Lenin (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R. Jan, 22—< jan Russia is commemorating the ané jniversary of Lenin’e death two yeare j;ago. Tens of thousands of workers | and peasants stand In long lines In the | snow-covered Red Square waiting the | opportunity to enter the mausoleum of | Viadimir Hyitch Ulianov Lenin to view |the remains of the leader of the op | pressed workers and peasants, In spite of the biting cold, the pease jants and workers wait patiently fo? ] " jiating committee. to, the capitalist machine. They be-|°'S pegotiating ¢ igloos : | come professionals. Lawyers, profes plan proposed ar. immediate re- pine to enter the wooden maw sors, doctors, clergymen, most of/}turn to the mines of the 168.000 strik- . ) them willing enough to serve the} master class. The few who are fired with the spirit of revolt don’t get very far in the universities, ene vi HERE are two kinds of education: workers’ education and employ- ers’ education, The capitalist class have debauched the knowledge that has been stored up by countless minds thru the centuries. They have used it ‘to perpetuate their system. It is as difficult. for one trained in a capital- ist university to be anything else but @ servant of capitalism as it is for ing miners. It also provides for a 5-year agreement with provisions that would safeguard against future tie-ups of the anthracite industry. News of Lewis’ acceptance «spread thru the strike-stricken area like wild fire. Lewis’ action means that the strike is closer to a settlement than at any time since the men drop- ped their tools last September 1, a + Lewis’ Editor Admits Pact. NEW YORK, Jan. 22—Ellis Searles editor of the Mine Workers’ publica’ | tion, and spokesmen for the miners, agreed to the plan submitted by E, J. ROVE CF ANTI- OF MANY RACES, NATIONS ie GATHER SUNDAY NIGHT IN tHE COLISEUM TO HONOR LENIN NORTH WESTERN SHOPMEN SEE Hold Many Demonstrations, Factories, stores, offices, governs ment departments, places of amuse- jment and other institutions have beem |closed for two days and the workers |and peasants of the Soviet Union have |arranged thousandes of mass demon+ strations to pay their respects ta |Lenin and to celebrate the victories they have achieved and to discuss |their future tasks, Everywhere thruout the union red jand black streamers drape public | buildings, factories, union halls and homes of workers. No matter how small the village may be, there has | a student in a fe eee hota today announced that John L. Lewis, raées and (malities, in addition to Americans, will jam the Coliseum, 16th A | Sain & mindotial: meeting afvonged atheist. Some break. thru, bu ¥ | president of the Miner’s Union, had St. and So. V ih Ave., to commemorate the death of Lenin. \ |Many of the peasants and ers aré few and far between. a i. | nd workers one | ‘N Great Britain.and other European countries—excluding Russia, where the workers’ own government is at the educational throttle—great strides are being made in the ““--tion of building up working class educational, iistitutions. The. movement, is spon-| sored by the trade unions and the Commiunists and is meeting with suc- cess. They insist on class education as distinct from the hodge podge fav- | ored by the liberals. Here in Amer- | ica, we have Only a few abortions like: | Brookwood, dominated by the redc- tionary labor leaders and officered by a £ollection of liberal lickspittles, who are always extending their palms to the reactionaries. Desultory propa- ganda there is in considerable quant- ities, but\consistent educational work is conspicious by its absence. eee Lynett, Scranton publisher, as a basis for reopening negotiations toward reaching an agreement for ending the anthracite coal strike. Searles said the miners understood that W. W. Inglis. ‘or the operators, renga grr «oval of the plan. ‘Aitiouheed “in Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—Senator |George W. Pepper of Pennsylvania, announced in the floor of the senate jthis afternoon that “the anthratice strike has been settled.” “I have just been advised by long (Continued on page 2} SECRETARY WEEKS GAVE FRIENDS $1,102,000 ON AUSTRIAN SHIP PURCHASE \Form League Section in Southern Republic By MANUEL GOMEZ, Sec’y AihArtierica “Anti-lmperiallst Tenge While Secretary of Commerce Hoo- ver is filling the air with noise. to justify imperialist maneuvers “ nst the Brazilian coffee monopoly,” the All-America Anti-Imperialist League is able to offer a counterbla nouncing the formation of of the league in Brazil. Word has just beea received of the organization of the Brazilian section. National headquarters have ‘been es- tablished at Rio de Janeiro and or- ganizational work is already under way in the provinces of Pernambuco, h means just as much Chinese workers, to sas he does to the L.eere Speakers. b jn antiizaperialist work antl a-leader in the struggle of the oppressed :Chinese workers and Peasants against the imperialism of France, Englakd,; Japan and America, will be one of %he main speakers at the Coliseum. Lovett FortWhiteman, Negro labor organizer, willittell the meaning of Lenin to the’ “jim-crowed” and op- pressed Negroiin America and to the subjected darker maces all over the world. The Freiheits!Singing Society will sing the all-itigpiring Russian funeral hymn and the International. The ation of all the oppressed work ed not only for the workers of Soviet Russia, but his acts and peasants all over n workers, to the Negro workers of to the Amer' the Filipino workers and masses of workers and peasants in Paes fevery worker should be on hand to see the juniors spring their. surprise. Every active worker in Chicago has heard a great deal about the mass demonstrations that are held #n Mos- cow and other Russian cities. None of the workers are able to go to Rus- sia to see these inspiring demonstra- tions so local Chicago of the Workers (Communist) Party has brot one of the most impressive demonstrations to Chicago. The new three-reel Lenin film shows the endless procession and demonstration with workers and peas- ants marching for hours past the bier of Lenin. Many of the world’s best known leaders in the working class Good for Railroads; Bad for Workers The attempt on the part of Bert M. Jewell, head of the Railway Employes” department of the American Federa- tion of Labor, and “Consulting Engi- neer’ ©. H. Beyer to sell the “B. & 0.” plan to the shopmen at the was the chief point of discussion among the shopmen. “That co-operative scheme of those ‘grandies’ is certainly a good scheme —a good one for the railroad company —a rotten one for us fellows,” de- clared a number of the shopmen. Make Company Union is Aim. Chicago & Northwestern railroad shops | have gone miles across snow-covered fields to Moscow to view the remains of Lenin. Call Workers to Action. All amusement houses have been closed. Entire pages and ‘issues of newspapers have been devoted to showing what Lenin has accomplish- ed-and-call-upon the Russian workers and peasants to battle together for still greater gains. The Lenin Drive means action—send your sub today! COMPANY REFUSES PLEA OF COLORED WASHERS FOR PRESSURE SYSTEM By Albert E. Wells. quick HE ‘Workers Party has set itself Parana and Sao Paulo. The last-|Czecho-Slovak workers’ athletic so-|movement will be seen among the| ‘This attempt on the part of Jewell | (Worker Correspondent) the task of remedying this defic- dapeciatiah woe Orig weal named province is the center of the | ciety will give an interpretive dance | Russian workers and peasants griey-| to sell them this plan which is only The Checker Taxi company of fency, District eight of the party with . “bin efiptesy dBc 6g coffee industry, for years the point | of how when the workers are divid-|ing the loss of their leader, Lenin. |@ means of helping the bosses get) Chicago which pays its colored headquarters at 19 S, Lincoln street, Chicago, has organized a workers’ ~hool where subjects that are vital- tht essary to the working class are WASHINGTON, Jan, 22.—A suit for $1,102,000 against ex-Setretary of War John W. Weeks was filed in the district supreme, court in the of focus for imperialist attacks against Brazil. However, the republic as a whole has for some time been considered definitely inside of the ed, they are beaten and must suffer intolerable conditions, but then when they unite they can throw off their tormentors and go forward to a_bet- To Have Splendid Turn-out, Calis for tickets are coming in con- tinually to the local Chicago office at 19 South Lincoln street. As fast as more production out of each worker and thus lay off a number of them and bring about a condition in which union men are actually scabs is re- washers the magnificent sum of $20 and $22 per week in wages and $25 for.the foremen, makes the washers work with plain sponge, brush and thin. mpetent teachers. Among | name of the government by Charles | “American orbit,” ter era. The last scene in the dance |jeafiets are printed they are distri-|8@nted by the shopmen. hose in the bad winter weather. The 5 °] B. Brewer, former assistant attorney “ ill sh thi Thi tt t om the part of the | washers have time and i ok inclided in" the, course tie Foothold in “A. B. C.” Countries. | Will show the workers enjoying the | puted. ‘The shop and street nuclei ‘ae gotip tagger ; with: nana Se ley OS b we ¥ us on February 8, and lasts | general, The organization of the Brazilian |tuits of their victory. are all doing their best to get the |®Wivel chair organizer along q e ¢ management to instal! 1 2, are the following: pie tal, volume one; work- jghradeen: national and colonial elements of Communism; an social and labor ; trade union organization and sics and historical materialism. ses HS is an opportunity, that live, active workers should take ad- vantage of. Those who are members of the trade unions are particularly epp_aled to. The question of finances Continued 69 page 2° The suit is an outgrowth of the government’s purchase during the war of seven Austrian ships for $6,- 778,000, and the subsequent payment of $550,000 additional to A. T. Herd and George A, Carden, in a claim they presented to the war depart- ment as a result of the sale, The claims board rejected the Herd- Carden claim, but Weeks paid it. Secretary Weeks was charged with “falsity and fraudulently” procuring the payment of, the Herd-Carden claim. ERITISH COMMUNIST REVIEW . GREETS DAILY WORKER ON ITS Ms, section marks a significant stage in the development of a unified resist- ance to Wall street domination in 4he Americas. It is the first foothold of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League in the important “A. B. C.” countries of south America, The league now includes seven na- tional sections: Cuba, Porto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil aiid the United States, According to information from Juan de Dios Romero, secretary of the re- cently organized section of the league in Colombia, the Colombian section has already secured the affiliation of the “Partido Politico Nacional Co- lombiana,” (national party), the fed- eration ‘of university students and a Juniors Have Surprise. The juniors have a great surprise in store for those who attend. They will come in an organized manner dressed in uniforms and will march to the front. During the program the juniors are going to ‘spring a surprise and message of Lenin across to the work- ers of Chicago., In a number of the nuclei, the members have pledged not only to attend the meeting but to oring another worker or two. “Every member bring a non-party worker” is their slogan. CLEVELAND HAS ENTHUSIASTIC LENIN MEETING CLEVELANDIA Jan, 22—The Lenin memorial demonstration was the fin- 11,419 Men Have Shed Blood in Morocco to Enrich French Banks (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, Jan. 22 French chamber of deputies the de- partment of war made an official de- claration of the casualties in the Moroccan war since July, 1925. The 2.—Recently in the} “consulting engineer,” who does not understand the first function.of a union, to make a company-trained-seal union out of the present workers’ union will meet with opposition from many of the workers who were able to see in just/what these two mislead- ers were driving at in their speeches at the Wicker Park hall. One of the gems that the men in the shop were impressed with, was day, or less days a year. Better have less pay but have enthusiastic at the end of his speech and wound up by saying: “consulting engineer” Beyer’s declar- | ing that the men should not demand | $1.00 per hour and work less hours a to work every day. /The speaker got | “What dif: | ference does it make what you call | a modern pressure system. But the company officials ignore the work- ers’ request because it Is cheaper to get workers to break their backs and arms, The only way the work- ers will be able to get the pressure system installed is by organizing and thru their united strength bring Pressure to bear upon the bosses for improved working implements. Make It a Thousand! 874 new subscriptions in | | { a izations. Inas- A , SECOND BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY she ese orgpeilhas guret ajaerag rg’ est that has heen held in this city in| figures show that 2,500 soldiers were| It; workers’ control of industry, work- | the first 9 days of the ain Pirpsabicn gy ¢|vears.. The hallowas crowded and en-| killed; 1,200 died of various causes; | ¢Ts’ Management, or dictatorship of 4 a a ence taty te inerenates [thusiasm tan bigh. The 80 Ukrainian | 7,300 soldiers were wounded; 160 of-|the proletariat—it's the result that | he following letter of congratulations was received by The DAILY{| American imperialism is incre: ative “whe pints Tia-vevolutionar: | ae dead 1 259 wound 4. “Jn ali,| counts.” It was plain that the con- fey YY WORKER from the Communist Review in England, greeting Thel|day by day. (eb opneg re eneael ied reli salad pea eat sulting engineer had some very in- | funeral hymn; followed by a short speech by onévof the boys in Ukrain- jan captivated(the house. 11,419 men are dead or have shed blood for the banks,” adds L’Hu- manite, French Communist daily, BAILY WORKER on its second anniversary and declaring the hope of the Britich Communists to establish a daily in the near future: sulting ideas about the role of the | American labor movement. LENIN: DRIVE for New York Cen‘ “The Editor, ¢ Comrade Robe:t Minor was the _ — Acts as Bosses’ Tool. “DAILY WORKER, Railroad Refuses e principal speakér of the demonstra- The Lenin Drive means quick Next speaker was the notorious J. | 5 0 0 0 “Chicago. to Grant Wage Raise tion, Minor dwelt on the story of | action—send your sub today! W. Jewell, who earned his reputation ie Comrade Lenin's life and what he did _ as misleader of labor and a swivel New Subs to the ‘Dear Comrade: ide pgekeutaatonk and heartiest good wishes on your annivereary. Your continued existence, under difficulties which could only be overcome by true Bolsheviks, inspire hope that, in spite of the boycott cf capitalict distributive agencies, we shall in the near future have oun ‘daily. Keep hammering away! chair organizer, when, in the fall of 1922, he declared the railroad strike | (Continvee on page 2) in building the revolutionary move- ment, NEW YORK, Jan. 22—New York Central Railroad refuses to grant railway shopcrafts workers’ demands for wage rate increases. The union workers ask, five cents an hour more pay and time and a half on Sundays and holidays. ‘Twelve Injured in Train Crash. BENTON, Ill, Jan. 22—Twelve men Lenin t# Not Dead, were nursing slight injuries today as “Lenin is not dead. We have left|a result of an Illinois Central freight with us the treasure of what he per-|tain going thru an open switch and formed and achieved, He left us Len- crashing into bunk cars in which 26 (Continued on page 2). laborers were sleeping. DAILY WORKER! RUSH YOUR SUB! “Lenin Is dead but his work lives.” Pledge yourself to carry on his work at the Lenin Memorial meetings. “THE EDITOR, “THE COMMUNIST REVIEW.” Lenin Memorial Meetings arranged by the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers (Communist) League SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2 P. M. GENTRAL OPERA HOUSE NEW STAR CASINO MILLERS ASSEMBLY MANHATTAN LYCEUM 67th St. and 3rd Ave. 107th St. and Park Ave. 318 Grand St., B'klyn 66 East 4th St. CONCERT Freiheit Gesangs Verein Lithuanian Choruses Hungarian Orchestra JAY LOVESTONE , BEN GITLOW M. J. OLGIN gg WM. MARIA SCHUPAC, dramatic soprano, will sing be revolutionary folk songs W. WEINSTONE CHAS. KRUMBEIN AND OTHERS (eae SEL eee eT al ADMISSION Tickets on sale at Workers Party office, 108 E. 14th St., Jimmie 50 CENTS. Higgins Bookstore, 127 Univers ty Place, and all party organs. SPEAKERS: