The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 28, 1926, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY’ WORKER POLICE BREAK — UP TWO LENIN MASS MEETINGS Arrest Speakers Under Syndicalist Laws According to the reports that have reached The DAILY WORKER but two of the many enthusiastic Lenin memorial meetings Held thruout the nation were disrupted by department of justice agente and police. In Re- public, Pa., the state police of Fayette county and the department of justice agents arrested George Papcun, of the Young Workers (Communist) League, after his speech in Republic and dis- rupted the meeting. In East Chicago, Indiana, a number of plainclothes police entered _ the Columbia Hall, arrested. William Simons, director of the Chicago Work- ers’ School, and forced the workers to leave the hall. In East Chicago when William Simons appeared before the city court, with David J. Bentall representing him, all attempts were made by the prosecutor and the judge to rush the case thru that day. After Attorney Bentall protested that he was not familiar with the case and the In- diana criminal syndicalist law and asked for a continuance, the judge said: “Would you wave jury trial if we give you a continuance?” When Simons declared that he would not, after much more argument the judge postponed the case to Monday morn- ing, Feb. 16. The following is the charge taken from the affidavit which was made out about forty-eight hours after Simons had been arrested for speaking at the Lenin memorial meeting here: “.... that on Jan. 23, 1926, William Simon did then and there unlawfully and feloniously incite and advocate the overthrow, by force and violence, and by the general cessation of in- dustry, ‘of the government of the United States, of the state of Indiana, and all government, by then and there advocating and speaking to a cen- course and assemblage of persons, whose names are unknown to affiant, as follows to wit: ‘Now comrades, we must do the same as was done in Rus- sia—overthrow the present system. Lenin is dead, but his work still lives and must live, for we are here to keep it living. Our financiers went to’ South America to form their govern- ment for them, to keep them in slavery without freedom—control and bottle up everything possible. But it cannot last, this form of government will not suit any of us workingmen—the Com- munist Party until we do as was done in Russia, headed by our great com- rade, Lenin.’” George Papcun, who was arrested in Republic, Pa., was held in the Union- town county jail and is charged with violating the Pennsylvania state crim- inal syndicalist law. Bail was set at $2,000, pending a hearing. The same department of justice agents that attended the Uniontown meeting at which Papcun spoke, where the meeting ended peacefully, at- tended the meeting at Republic. While Papcun was speaking, one of the de- partment of justice agents told him to stop talking. Papcun refused. Later when he was distributing DAILY WORKERS in front of the hall he was arrested and the department of justice dicks and the state police de- clared that they “had heard enough of his radical speeches” and that they were going to “shut him up.” The meeting was soon after broken up. 12,000 Honor Lenin in New York {workers of the nation to the de (Continued from vage 1) the Harding-Hughes-Coolidge propos- als. He said that he did not consider any other reservations necessary. Curtis of Kansas, Lenroot of Wis- consin and Pepper of Pennsylvania will lead the administration forces to jam down the throats of the opposition the defeaf of the reservations and hasten to the vote on the world court itself, Agree to Close Fight. In face of yesterday's defeat the op- position knows that the gag rule will force the vote in a few days at the most so they have agreed to close the debate and vote and there is a possi- bility that today may see the end of |the historic struggle which binds the inies of Morgan's investments in Europe. The agreement to bring the world court debate to a speedy end was arranged by senators Curtis, of Kan- sas, and Lenroot, of Wisconsin, repub- (Continued from page 1) the existence of our organizations is impending in the needle industry. A united front against the bosses upon the program of the left wing is nec- essary, if the unions are to wage it successfully. Oppose Organization. Nevertheless a number of reaction- ary bureaucrats who were forced by the rank and file to abandon their ‘war against the membership are try- ing to sabotage the organization work being carried on by the left wing. They hope thereby to undermine the morale of the workers, to prevent ef- fective organization work from being accomplished and to create conditions for the defeat of the workers. They are assuming that defeat will so undermine the leadership of the their hold upon these organizations where the militants are in control, Against this menace the militants must be on the watch and prepared to fight to the end. Menace of Collaboration, Much more dangerous than the sa- botage of the disgruntled, defeated reactionary bureaucrate are the ac- tions of the officialdom of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers of Ameri: ca, the largest union in the needle industry. When the other unions are preparing to take up a struggle to improve the workers’ conditions this union under the leadership of Sydney Hillman, accepts without,a struggle wage cuts, reduction in working fore- es, speeding up of production, etc. In addition the amalgamated is introduc- ing into the needle trades the Nash agreement. Applying the Nash agrement to the whole industry is the great danger facing the workers because it is a typical class collaboration agreement, It runs for a period of three years with arbitration during that period. It recognizes the right of the boss to hire and fire. It legalizes the open shop by allowing the boss to hire non-union help. It does not provide for a minimum wage scale, and act- cepts @ wage scale that ranges from $17.00 to $25.00. Hillman Complete Reactionary. The Hillman administration is ad- vocating such agreements in the name of industrial democracy. The Nash agreement shows to what a reaction- ary level the Amalgamated has fall- en. In addition, the Hillman adminis- tration is a bitter and unscrupulous opponent of the left wing. The Hill- man administration pursues every. where a policy of terrorism and gang- sterism against the left wing. The Hillman administration, bent on continuing at peace with the boss: «Continued from page 1) demonstration, by preventing the ob- taining of the new Madison Square Garden, failed miserably. Among the speakers were Jay Lovestone, Ben Gitlow, William W. Weinstone, M. J. Olgin, Stuart Poyntz, Jack Stachel, Richard B. Moore, Negro Communist, Harry Fox, representing the Young Work- ers (Communist) League and Martha Stone of the Young Pioneers. Ben Gitlow spoke on the role of the Communists In the trade unions. He declared that with the Commun- ists taking an active part in the struggles of the Furriers’ Union and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, we find those two unions going forward to new achieve- ments, while in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, where the Communists have not as yet ob- tained such a large influence, we find discord and disorganization. He pointed out that amalgamation is the next step for the needle trades. “When we have won our fight in the Amalgamated, our next step will be amalgamation of all the needle trades unions into one powerful union,” Jay Lovestone, at the beginning of his speech mentioned that President Coolidge had proclaimed “Law and Order Sunday,” which takes place on the same day “we commemorate the second anniversary of the death of Lenin.” He said that last year, when he was in Moscow and was standing outside the tomb of Lenin, a Russian in his opinion was the greatest ’ ay ag approached him and asked, . Ft) Juliet | |man America ever produced, to which jhe answered, Lenin, because"Lenin is not only of Russian, but of interna- tional significance. He continued by saying that Lenin showed the way for unity between the city workers and those of the farms, as well as laying the basis for a systematic struggle against imper- ialism, “Lenin Is Not Dead.” M. J. Olgin declared that Lenin is not dead. He is growing more and more with the passing of time. “If we were to ¢all such gigantic meetings as these five years ago,” said Olgin, “even tho Lenin was alive in the flesh, we could not have ob tained as large crowds as we have today. “With the class struggle growing more keen and bitter with the passing of time, many millions of workers will be drawn into the class strug- gle, attacking the fortresses of cap!- talism which will result in Lenin and Leninism becoming more and more alive, “All workers must transform their admiration and belief in Lenin into action by becoming a member of the Workers (Communist) Party which is the expression of Leninism in America, to weld together a strong Bolshevik instrument to work among large m: 8. We must also work for the formation of a labor party,” declared Olgin. Music was furnished at all meet ings by ‘the Fretheit Singing Society, Hungarian Orchestra and other work- ers’ musical organizations, SENATORS WHO CANNOT FIGHT WILL FORCE WORKERS TO SHED BLOOD TO DEFEND MORGAN’S EUROPEAN LOOT Needle Trades Conference Jan. 30th left wing as to enable them to regain | lican court leaders, and Borah, of Idaho, and Reed, of Missouri, who have been directing the forces opposed to American adherence. With cloture (gag rule) invoked, the opposing chiefs felt that little |could be gained by postponing a voté thru the limited debate allowed each | senator. Consider Reservations. With the end of the long world court fight in sight, the senate this afternoon began the consideration of jthe terms upon which the United | States will enter the court. The first reservation considered was that proposed by Senator Swanson, | (D) of Virginia, providing that Ameri- [can adherence will not involve “any legal relations on the part of the | United States to the league of na- |tions or the assumption of any obli-| | gations by the United States under | the treaty of Versailles.” es is determined to crush the left wing. These actions and policies of Hillman make the fight of the rank and file in the Amalgamated the fight of the greatest importance to the en- tire needle trades. It would be an error for the needle workers in all branches of the indus- try to underestimate the effect of the | policies and practices of the Amal- gamated. On the one hand it gratifies the bosses and on the other hand it results in increasing misery for the workers. It is necessary also in or- der to consolidate the gains of the left wing in the needle trades that its victory be completed by dealing a death blow to the Hillman adminis- tration, All forces must unite for this purpose. We therefore, call upon all pro- |gressive locals and groups in the |meedle trades to send delegates to a | conference to devise ways and means of combining morally and financially the strength of the entire movement for the left wing fight in the amal- gamated. Basis of representation is: Two for smail minority groups; five for large minority groups; five from }small locals with 800 members or |more and as many as the executives ‘see fit to send from big locals of 2,000 or more. The conference ‘takes place Janu- jary 30, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon at Central Opera House, 67th street and Third avenue. With fraternal greetings, COAL BARENS AND LEWIS IN NEW MEETING Miner s Demand 100 Pct. Anthracite Strike (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, Jan. 26.—En- tering the 148th day of the hard coal/ strike, striking minets''and operators prepared to meet here in joint confer- ence this afternoon at the Bellevue- Stratford in a renewed!attempt to set- tle thelr differences at the expense of “the coal miners. The calling of the’cdnference came m the acceptance for a “basis of cussion” by JohneL, Lewis, presi- dent of the miners’ union, of the plan offered by E. J. Lynett; Scranton pub- lisher. The operators: rejected the Lynett plan altho Dynett and Lewis interpreted a letter from W. W. Inglis, spokesman for the-operators as ap- proving the plan. Inglis denied this in- terpretation, wns The operators informed chairman Alvin Markle, who avill preside over the parley, that they would participate in the conference on the condition that it is understood they did not favor the Lynett proposal. The oper- ators stand pat on"their demand for a long term agreement, ‘no raise in wages and a no-strike clause. The publicity question will come early to the front in the conference. Lewis declared he will make a motion to have the meetings open to the press. The miners are demanding an end to secret meetings with the oper- ators, and Lewis is forced to bluff at agreeing with them. The operators voted against a resolution to this effect at the conference in New York. In spite of the fact that the miners of the anthracite are demanding that a 100 per cent strike be called im- j mediately by the withdrawal of the 10,000 maintenance men who are gafe- guarding the operators’ property, Lewis continues accepting “plans” in |his efforts to prevent a real strike. | The resolutions of the) general griev- jance committees of the miners calling for a real strike against the operators have been ignored by Lewis. The demands of sthe Progressive Miners’ Committee,’ the organization of the left wing in ithe United Mine Workers, are gaining’ ground among the miners here. | 04) The demands tole ral strike in National Committee Needle Trades Section T. U. E. L. JOSEPH ZACK, Secretary. R. R. Detective Shoots Man Who Gathered Fuel in Railway Yard By STANLEY BOONE. DETROIT—(FP)—Shot by a Michi- gan’ Central railroad dick while gath- ering discarded wood in the yards.for fuel, Jacob Galek, father of five chil- dren, is near death in the Detroit receiving hospital with an abdominal wound, Galek was not stealing ties or other material used in construction but picking up odds and ends strewn along the tracks,—sticks and broken or discarded boxes. Detroit is in the grip of zero weather. The Ford Motor Co., where Galek works, teaches fathers to be self- reliant and discharges them if they are garnisheed for inability to pay fuel or other bills, Carl Arnold, the rail- road detective, called to Galek in a threatening manner and Galek ran. He was “near some cars,” according to the officer. The officer discharged his pistol and Galek, naturally, ran faster. The officer told an assistant prosecuting attorney he fired twice more to make him halt and then fired directly at him. The fifth shot hit Galek and he fell, Galek is not very familar with Eng- lish but he managed to tell his story at the hospital to the assistant pros- ecutor who went to his bedside, The assistant prosecutor said the detective might be prosecuted, Perth Amboy I. L. D. Holds Mass Meeting PERTH AMBOY, N, J., Jan, 26.— The International Labor Defense had @ successful entertainment and mass meeting here. Many recitations by members of the Young Workers (Communist) League, Young Pioneers and women’s group were both made in English and Hungarian, Comrade Eber spoke in Hungarian telling of the grafting Hungarian gov- ernment officials. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn spoke in English on the cases that the Inter- national Labor Defense is now carry- ing on, Comrade Veronica Kovacs was chairman, Berkeley Will Hold Lenin Meeting Sunday BERKELEY, Cal., Jan, 26.—A Lieb- knecht-Lenin memorial meeting will be held at the Finnish Hall, 1819 Tenth St., Sunday evening, Jan. 31 at 7:30 o'clock, There will be amumber of speakers and a musical program to commemorate the anniversary ef the death of Lenin, HY the anthracite and no more secret conferences with the operators are particularly popular gince the break- down of the last conference with the operators in which Lewis was or the verge of agreeing ta the operators’ demand for arbitration of the wage question, a no-strike ¢lause in a long term agreement which would cripple the miners in their struggle for better conditions. * The Lynett plan dogs not materially differ from the other plan submitted so far, and will meet with stubborn resistance from the miners, German Police Jail Worker Who Burns His Vermin-Infested Hut HAMBURG, Jan, 26—Recently a trial took place against @ worker here who had lived for a number of years in a miserable wooden hut which he had built himself, with his family consisting of a wife and five children. The family were almost eaten up by vermin and in hig«despair,, the fa- ther had burnt the hut whic!’he had built himself and which belonged to him. He was accused of arson and of destroying a: place for human beings to live in to one year hard labor by which he, at least, got a roof over his head. Nobody knows what hap- pened to his family, . You do the job twice as well—~ when you distribute a bundle of The DAILY WORKER with your story in it. : ‘EVERY PARTY MEMBER A SUBSCRIBER’ REALITY IN STREET RUGLEUS 27 Anna Lawrence, DAILY WORK- ER agent of Street Nucleus No, 27, has signed up every member of her nucleus as a subscriber for The DAILY WORKER, It is a poor salesman who does not buy the goods he sells and as every party member Is or should be a DAILY WORKER salesman it naturally follows that every mem- ber should be on the mailing list as a subscriber, » When we made the first check-up on Chicago subscribers to be sent to the nuclei—well, | was going to tell you what per cent of the mem- bership were missing from this mailing list—but it. would’nt took very good, The list Is getting bol- shevized and we hope soon to be able to report that every party member le bscriber, All complaints about non-delivery of The DAILY WORKER In Chicago should be addressed to 19 8. Lin- coln St. Telephone Seeley 3663, | Carpenters Show that the Road of Reaction Is Getting Very Rocky sae | ite aati, By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. sale a sit EY eT | Bi elena an increasing number of carpenters over the land are standing up in their union meetings and holes in the most recent anti-progressive drive of t pinobing eir gen- eral executive board. The punches are effective. The slan- ders and falsifications are * * not going over. * * The issue came up the other night in Local No. 181, in Chicago. It was raised by the long letter being sent out by General Secretary Frank Duffy, in the name of the general executive board, purporting to be a review of the contents of the Workers (Communist) Party's program on trade union work. The fetter was written in the best editorial style of The Chicago Tribune, The Daily News, or any other kept organ of the “Landis Award” big business interests. That helped arouse the members of Local No. 181 against it from the start. * * The actual contents of the letter did the rest, mainly in two directions: First: The red-baiting letter declared the Workers (Communist) Party was urging its members to join the unions. languid rank and filer. “What's wrong with that?” asked even the most Second: An attempt was made to hold up the Workers (Communist) Party as a “union wrecking” The carpenters say, “Interesting, if true.” organization. But the general executive board failed to make the charge stand by forget- ting to cite even one instance to support its claim. The car- penters have learned not to accept as true charges emanat- ing from the general executive board. They want proofs. The letter cited no proofs, and the carpenters concluded rightly when they decided that the general executive board had none to offer. So this charge also fell of its own weight. The temper of the carpenters, reacting to this latest at- tack intended as an ‘assault against the progressive elements in the union, was best shown in the declaration of one mem- ber who openly stated that he was not afraid of the Com- munists’ activities in the unions. He said it was a question of the employers controlling the unions or the Communists. He was certainly opposed to boss control, he announced, whether thru the camouflaged activities of fraternal so- cieties, churches and other organizations, or thru influence brought to bear on susceptible officials of the union. * * It is expected that this weighty document sent out from the Indianapolis headquarters of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners will have quite the opposite effect from that intended. All indications so far are that it will stimulate interest among the carpenters in the trade union program of the Werkers (Communist) Party, who want to . really compare it with the vicious and misleading interpreta- tion of it sent out by their officials, “Received and filed,” was the notation put b J e Local No. 181, on the anti-progressive missile hurled by the officials against the militants in the union, It proved a dud. “Get it and read it!” was the sentiment expressed to- ward the trade union program of the Workers (Communist) Party. The route of the reactionary labor officialdom is de- veloping into a rocky and uphill road. (Continued from page 1) been taught anything by that bitter struggle. Evidently, they are again driving the union into a_ strug- gle, for they are now just as indif- ferent to the needs of the workers as they were in 1920. The representatives of the Asso- ciated Fur Manufacturers refuse even to consider the demands of the union for equal division of work and no dis- charge. They are not concerned with the fact that in all the branches of the needle industry, with the exception of the fur trade, equal division of work during the entire year is recognized and practiced. They meet this demand of the union with the same arguments they used in 1912, when the union fought for recognition. To them it is all an administrative problem, and therefore, they assert that they have the right to discharge any worker whenever they wish to do so, No Arbitrary Discharges, When this contention is translated into simple language it means, slavery for the workers, for it means that the workers must accept the wages given by the manufacturer and submit to all kinds of reductions; that he must not inform the union when the firm vio- lates the provisions of the agreements, that he cannot redress his just griev- ances and must accept all sorts of in- sults and degraded treatments. He must submit or else lose his job with- out which he cannot live. Under such conditions any agreement becomes a scrap of paper and collective bargain- ing a farce. The manufacturers will sign any agreement so long as they can in prac- tice violate every provision thereof, and by threatening the workers with the loss of their jobs, coerce the latter into silence and submission, Without the abolition of the arbitrary right of a manufacturer to discharge a worker, all of the other provisions of the agree- ment cannot be enforced, because the worker must either be silent or lose his job. The manufacturers under- stand this and are therefore stubborn, The workers, however, also realize it and are ready to fight until they eliminate this evil. Dangerous to Health,» It is well to mention the well-known fact that the fur trade is extremely injurious to the health of the workers engaged in it, The» poisonous dyes, the dust and the ‘yerigus chemicals . Furriers Make Demands on N. Y. Bosses wear away their lungs and heart. The workers pay with their health for the luxurious fur garments and enormous profits of the manufacturers. If the manufacturers should grant all of the demands there would still hardly be a dent in their fat profits. The health and wellbeing of the workers, how- ever, does not concern the manufac- turers, Union Accepts Challenge. Several conferences have been held. The representatives of the joint board and of the International have done their utmost to break the indifference and stubborness of the manufacturers, but the latter appears to be unyield- ing and immune to reason. Their sole consideration is profit and more profit, It appears that they are determined to force the union into a struggle. If they do, theirs is the responsibility of the consequences, As for the workers they are cer- tainly ready and willing to accept the challenge. They will facé all dangers and ‘make any sacrifice as they have always done. The fur workers know how to struggle for better conditions, for a decent life and for their union. The International Fur Workers’ Union at this time hopes that the man- ufacturers will begin thinking of the lesson they had during the 1920 strike, and finally come to the realization, that the struggle did not bring them the results they expected to achieve at the time, and will not arouse them or inflame them to battle. The International Fur Workers’ Union will stand ready upon the in- structions of the last convention to mobilize the workers of both the United States and Canada to the as- sistance of the New York furriers, with everything in their possession should the manufacturers maintain their stubborness, Unemployment Is on in Germany BERLIN, Jan, 26.—Between the first and fifteenth of last December the num- ber of German workers receiving un- employment doles increased by 57%. It 1s estimated that there are at present at least 9,000,000 workers out of a job in Germany. The social demo- cratic president of Morseberg, Grutz- ner, vetoed the communal provisions for increased unemployment aid, class, PRIESTS DRIVE DEVIL OUT OF MAN AND GIRL You Can Believe It If You Are Able (Special to The Daily Worker) MILWAUKEE, Jan, 26.—Exorcism, the medieval rite for casting the devil from the body has been revived in this city by a bunch of catholic priests, News agencies report that the stunt has been “successful” in two cases. It is also pointed out that this rite was prohibited by Pope Innocent h except in extraordinary circumstances. The two cases were extraordinary, according to Mgr. Bernard G, Traudt, vicar general of the Milwaukee arch- diocese and spokesman for Archbishop Sebastian C. Messmer. The two persons who had the devil driven out of them are a young mechanic and a New York young woman, both of whose names are with- held by Rev. Mgr. Traudt. Monk Does the Stunt. The rite was performed by Father Theopoilus, a capuchin monk of Ap- leton, Wis., with special permission of Archbishop Messmer. It is said the eminent father drove the devil out of the young mechanic last March and the young man has since returned to his bench. In the case of the young lady, how- ever, the task was difficult as the devil strongly objected to’ being evicted. As a matter of fact the young lady is still in the hospital, but doctors and nurses are not permitted to visit her. She was cured, however, after a ten-hour struggle with the devil in her body. She is said to lay on a cot, sane but weak, and only the monks from the monastery nearby are permitted to visit her. Noises emanating from the room were similar to those indicating child- birth, but this version fs hotly denied as the monks and priests are holy gentlemen and would not be guilty of such unchristian conduct—so we can either believe the lady had a devil or be damned. This reminds usof Bob Ingersoll’s observation regarding similar stories: “The preachers and priests tell me I'll be damned if I don’t believe it, but I tell them I’ll be damned if I can believe it.” s Current Events (Continued from page 1.) seven followed every Communist on that day. ‘T is nothing much to boast about. It is the best meeting we ever had in Chicago or in any other city in the United States except New York. No other working class political party in the United States could duplicate the feat, not even with the most widely advertised spell-binders in the coun- try. Our advertised speakers did not draw the crowd. Lenin drew them, And Lenin drew them because the members ‘of the Workers Party, thru good team work and the new form of organization based on the factories enabled the Communists to reach the workers with Lenin’s message, Ne year we should not be satis- fied with 8,000. It is time to look around for a larger hall. The pre- paratory work should begin now. And it is proceeding. Circulation of The DAILY W@RKER in the shops. That is the best preparation. Not that our only aim is to get the workers to a meeting once or twice a year. Our job is to convince them that our pro- gram is the only one that will enable them to emancipate themselves trom the evils of capitalism. We want to have them with us all the year ‘round. 5 looks as if the United States is sneaking quietly into the world court, the front porch of the league of nations. Without doubt a referen- dum vote of the nation would defeat the proposition, but this is not So- viet Russia, where the workers and peasants determine things. Haven't we a democracy? The bankers are good enuf to decide things for us, As for the workers ‘and poor farmers, like the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaklava: “Their's not to reason why; their's but do and die.” The bankers will have their black inter- national, and William Green, head of the A. F. of L. agrees, tho he is bit- terly opposed to a workers’ interna tional. bi acquittal of Richard (Blackie) Ford by a California jury in the trial for the murder of Deputy Sher- iff Reardon, who was killed during the Wheatland hop riots over 12 years ago, is the first ray of light to break thru the murky clouds of jue dicial darkness in California for sev- eral years. This is a victory of no mean character for the working, class. It will probably mean the opening of the prison gates tor Herman D. Suhr, Ford's companion in the affliction of prison suffering for the past 12 years, Ford's acquittal should give a mighty impetus to the movement to open the prison gates for all the victims of the criminal syndicalism laws in Cali fornia, for Mooney and Billings, tor McNamara, Schmidt, and Kaplan and all the others who are fa tor their b bs \ vi , i. |