The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 29, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government \ Vol. III. No. 15. Ge Sub Ne THE DAILY fos OPP t-cF hicago, ST ¥ = # uo a 29 0, by mail, $8.00 per year. _WORKER. mntered as Second-class matt:r Scptember 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinols, under the Act of March 3, 1879, by mail, $6.00 per year, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1926 Publish Eo 290 PUBLISHING Co., PR iteone ed Di 1113 W. except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents BUSINESS MEETS TO FOOL FARMERS Carrey Sten By T. J. O'FLAHERTY NDREW Mellon, secretary of the treasury almost admitted that it is impossible to enforce the Volstead law. Mellon should be in a position to know. He had his irons in many industrial fires and one of his most lucrative pursuits was his liquor bus- iness. On the assumption that it takes a thief to catch a thief Andy was handed the liquor portfolio in the Harding cabinet and still retains it despite the vicissitudes of fortune that swept most of the Harding boys out of office. ier ed ORKINGMEN are given long pri- son sentences for insisting on their constitutional rights to say what they think about things in general and about the capitalist government of this country in -particular. The declaration of independence and the basic law of the land guarantees this right, but the heirs and successors of the signers of the declaration of in- dependence are not making good on the bond. ‘a 6 - the constitution of the United States and particularly that part of it which insists on the right of free speech, free press and free assem- blage for the people of this country— interferes with the present day in- terests of our ruling class, out the back door goes the constitution and into the can goes the worker who leans on it for support. Mellon can make a laughing stock out of the Volstead law and get away with it. It makes a difference who violates a law. * 2 0 UTHER Burbank, the famous hor- ticulturist, frankly admitted in a recent interview that he is an athe- ist. -He declared that all religions are on a tottering foundation “atid are} W~ calling for, bound ‘to perish. .Clergymen. areas |’ plentiful as ever he said, but “sci- ence refuses to let them step ‘over the bounds of common sense.” Here is a good crack from old Burbank: “The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is’ utterly darinable to me. I don't want tohave anything to do with sucha God.” This is hot stuff and refreshing. If this kind of talk was indulged in at the Scopes trial it is not’ utlikely that Tennessee might consider apply- ing for membership in the Bushbap- tists’ Evangelical Federation. “* ITH Burbank on the west coast hurling brimstone at religion and Bishop William Montgomery Brown in the east doing very much the same thing in a different way, the devo- tees of spiritual hocus pocus are completely surrounded by trouble. It is not easy for them to represent such a venerable and kindly person as Bishop Brown as a representative of Beelzebub, tho they are quite re- sourceful when hard pressed. And their flocks have hitherto swallowed their mysteries without gagging. But times are changing, old social sys- tems are tottering, kings and queens are earning an honest penny writing movie scenarios or lending their names for the advertisement of pow- der puffs and tooth paste and we see by the papers as Dooley would say that Lenin’s picture has taken the place formerly occupied by that of the Czar in every corner of Russia, ae ey . H, THOMAS, one of King George's privy councillors has _ rendered another service to the ruling class of his dear empire. The members of his (Continvee on page 2) Explaining how labor lead- ers become agents of the capitalist class. Read the first. American publication of this article by our great leader in Saturday’s (Jan. 80) issue of the new Magazine en of THE DAILY WORKER LYNETT PLAN IS REJECTED BY OPERATORS Operators Holding Out to Smash Union (Special to The Dally Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27—The joint conference between John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and the operators, meeting after the breakup of the conference in New York two weeks ago, rejected the Ly- nett plan for “settling” the strike, and adjourned until today. No plans are announced for the future sions of the conference, The conference was called at the re- quest of Lewis who had accepted the Lynett plan, rather than accede to the demand of the general grievance com- mittees of the anthracite miners that he call a general strike by withdraw- ing the maintenance men who are ac- tually scabbing on the striking miners even tho they are working with per- mission of the union, Mine Owners Reject Plan. The operators refused to accept the Lynett plan, or any other plan which does not tie the miners up for a long term of years, arbitration, no increase in wages and outlawing of strikes in the industry. The operators being certain that Le- wis will not call a hundred per cent. strike are pressing their advantage, and are aiming at the crippling of the union with its eventual destruction as their objective. The striking miners are realizing this and are adopting the policy of the Progressive Miners’ Committee, the left wing of the U. M. no arbitration, a-hun- dred per cent strike,..and. no-compro- mise on the demands of the tri-district wage convention. < While Lewis seeks to secure some plan which will give the operators their demands and at the same time appease the miners, suffering among the miners is growing. eee Another “Resolution” Offered. HARRISBURG, Pa.,. Jan. 27—~An- other resolution aimed to put to an end for all times differences between the United Mine Workers and the op- erators in the anthracite regions, was introduced in the lower house of the legislature today. The resolution would name Senator George Wharton Pepper, Senator David Reed, and former Gov. Edwin JUST A Digi APPETIZER THOUSANDS OF TOILERS ATTEND LENIN MEETINGS Shop Naclei Turn Out ° Masses in Many Cities At the many Lenin memorial meet- ings held ali over the nation to com- memorate the second anniversary of the death of Lenin, many workers who had heard very little of Lenin and what Leninism means attended the meetings. The shop and street nuclei in every local of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, long before the meet- ings, distributed literature, leaflets, DAILY WORKERS, acquainting the workers with what Lenin had done and what Leninism means to the workers. Many of the workers, who! were thus reached by the literature Stuart as a board to call representa- tives of both factions together and ask them to present their differ- ences, The committee would issue the call five days after adoption of the reso- lution. Illinois Miners Demand National Mine Strike to Save Union and Wages (Special to The Daily Worker) VALIER, Ill, Jan. 27—A national coal strike “to save the anthracite and soft coal miners’ union, wages and con- ditions” is requested of Intl, Pres. John L, Lewis by Local 3613, U. M. W. A, of Valier, Il. The local also protests against the modified from of blacklist known as the application and recommendation for employment, being introduced by Illinois operators. The union charges that “if you are active in the union or ever received workman's compensation from any coal company” the applica- Ttion will not be issued, “The party Is the instrument for the dictatorship of the proletariat.”—Len in. Hear the message of Leninism at the Lenin Memorial meetings, By H. M. WICKS. R. WILLIAM B, McKINLEY, traction magnate of Champaign, Illinois, and one of the coterie of sen- ators who helped gag the opposition to the world court has been forced to exert himself a trifle of late in order to keep intatct his political fences at home. In the midst of the tempestu- ous struggle he had to abandon for a few days his holy task of preparing the ground for the youth of this na tion to carry on the Morgan fight on the field of battle that he was so val jantly waging in the senate, Every six years the solons in that exalted legislative body have to stand for re-election and McKinley happens McKinley Patches His Political Fences of the party, attended these meetings and for the first time heard What Lenin stood for from the speakers the Workers (Communist) Party. Philadelphia Joins the Throng. The Philadelphia Lenin memorial/ meeting, held at Turngemeinde Hall, was the biggest meeting seen here for many years. The significance of this meeting is even greater when we con- sider that the shriners and the Amer- {ean legion have been doing every- thing in their power to prevent the méeting from being held. The meeting originally was to be held at Lulu Temple, the headquar- ters of the shriners, but two days| prior to the meeting the directors of Lulu Temple, who receive their orders from the same people who direct the Philadelphia municipal government, returned the deposit on the hall and informed the local Workers (Com- munist) Party office that the hall was not available. The shriners is an outfit open to membership for the “captains of in- dustry” and prominent politicians that serve them. It is one of those organizations that serve as a meeting place of the bosses and their hire- lings. They thought that taking away » (Continued on page 2+ to be one of the unfortunates this year. Politics in Illinois, rotten to the core, are in a state of ferment. New alignments are being created for the purpose of coming Campaigns in city and state. The republican party in the State has been split into a number of warring camps. A few years back the big republican boss was William Hale Thompson, whose source of political strength was the looting of public works, park com- mission graft and protection money received from gamblers and other denizens of the underworld, With its immense resources the Thompson machine made governors, state's attor- neys and other officials out of pee- (Con¢taued on page 6) Lantn-betudtness places were re- fused them. 1This refusal follows a resolution passed a few weeks ago by the local division of the Ameri- can Legion,»@ondemning all labor meetings or :eelebrations which do not uphold the capitalists and their system of exploitation. The cele- bration will be held Sunday eve- ning, Jan. 31:at the Commonwealth Hall, 435 RicesSt., with Comrade Sullivan, the aew district organizer, as the main speaker. T.U. DELEGATION TO VISIT RUSSIA “MAKING HI HEADWAY Delegation 1 Plans to Leave in June Formation is under way of a na- tional committee for an American trade union delegation to Soviet Rus- sia, T, P, Lewis, secretary of the Chicago committee, announces that the national committee is to consist | solely of trade unionists of prominence and standing. While confessing that “the delegationsmay not have the official sanction. of the executive council of the, American Federation of Labor,” he asserts that the dele- fates to the New York committee represent organizations totaling al- most 200,000 trade unionists and that the national conventions of the Inter- national Ladies’':Garment Workers and the International Furworkers’ Un- $1,000 per delegate for the journey to Russia and retumm. June 1 is set for the departure of the mission, The Chicago committee officials are Louis Look, president machinists’ district council No. 8; Peté Jensen, chairman switching lines system fed- eration railroad shop crafts, and Lewis, organizer for the automobile The New York committee Ladies’ Garment Workers’ joint board; Ben Gold, manager furworkers’ joint board, and Elias Marks of the garment workers, “America is one of the few coun- tries with a large trade union move- ment that has not yet sent a labor delegation to Russia,” Lewis points out, Albert F, Coyle: of the Locomotive Engineers’ Jourwal is an active sup- porter of the proposed mission in Cleveland. The Lenin Dive means action—send younsub today! Ee ion have indorsed the proposal. The plan is to have local com- mittees “raise funds to send delegates | from their localities, allowing $700 to | is are Louis Hyman, manager | FORD RELEASE HAILED THRUOUT UNITED STATES Call hie Drive to Free: Class War Prisoners I. L. D. Press Service The acquittal of Richard (Blackie) Ford of the charge of murdering DES MOINES FARM CO (Special to The sentatives of real and fictitious attempt to solve the crisis. The political purposes and agents of CONFERENCE OPENS TODAY WITH POLITICAL SHYSTERS IN COMPLETE CONTROL Daily Worker) DES MOINES, lowa, Jan. 27.—Bankers, merchants, repre- farm organizations—mostly of the well-to-do elements—are assembling here for the farm con- ference which starts tomorrow. Every precaution has been taken by ‘the agents of the exploiters of the farmers, who have the audacity to pretend to speak for them, to prevent any: sincere show is to be staged for purely the industrialists of the middle west are already busy with secret conferences in order to create an artificial demonstration for Frank O. Lowden, benefactor of the Pullman millions, who is+ striving to obtain the presi- dential nomination on the re- publican ticket for 1928. Representatives L. J. Dickinson of Iowa, who hopes to be able to run for United States senator is also to address the conference and is sup- posed to represent the congressmen of the eleven states that will be re- presented at the conference. Stand on Fake Program. Leaders in the parley, outlining to- day the prospective program, declared | that every effort will be made before | the conference adjourns to reach a common ground and adopt a unified program. They hoped to swing the conference into indorsement of @ federal agricultural board and the establishment of a government export corporation® to be conducted by thé proposed board. Secret Conspiracies on Foot. That any effort to deviate from this | program will throw the conference |into an uproar and result in anything but the desired harmony was made evident today when the executive committee of the corn belt committee | ‘Of farm “organizations~ met -behiijh: closed doors with the executive com- mittee of the American council for | agriculture. It was said that the secret meeting was for the purpose of “tightening-up the battle lines.” Those present re- presented the corn belt federated | committee which adopted last fall the deputy sheriff Reardon during the Wheatland hop riots twelve years ago is hailed with joy by progressive ele- | ments thruout the country. Ford was released on parole after |serving twelve years on the framed- up charge of murdering prosecutor Manwell of Yuba county, California only ‘to be rearrested and retried. On receiving news of his acquittal by a jury in Marysville, California, the International Labor Defense can- vassed progressives and intellectuals thruout the country with a view to registering opinion on this very im- portant case and laying the basis for a campaign to free all the other vic- tims of capitalist persecution in the dungeons of California. William H. Holly of Chicago, prom- inent in defense of civil liberties and class war prisoners wired: “It is good to see that the mob spirit is abating and that jurors can be found who are willing to protectyeven a strike leader and who refused to railroad a man to prison whose only offense is an en- deavor to bring about better condi- tions for the workers.” Ellen Hayes of Wellesley College, Massachussetts wires: “Ford acquittal calls for new working class courage and solidarity.” From Alice Stone Blackwell comes the following message: “Ford acquit- tal sign of returned sanity especially welcome in California,” “Glad to have my name used in (Continued on page 2} Now for Two Thousand! 1,172 new subs have been received in the first 13 days of the LENIN DRIVE for 5000 New Subs to the DAILY WORKER! RUSH.YOUR SUB! Make It Two Thousand This Week! same platform which now is up for. consideration by tomorrow's confer- ence, That the all-lowa advisory commit- tee of fifty which is in charge of the conference tomorrow is determined to | keep the farm organizations in line | and now has no intention of. letting | the conference take the bit in its | teeth and run away from the pro- | gram that will be submitted to it was | indicated by a statement made pub- lie today which says, in part: “We are aware of the great efforts that have been made by the several | farm organizations in the trying marketing program with which they are wrestling. Our courses should run parallel and our forces foin because we are working toward the same end, namely, to put agriculture on a money- making. basis. We acknowledge their leadership and pledge them our stead- fast cooperation.” May Launch Coalition. the treasury-looter of Illinois, Len| Small, will be on the job, each trying to advance his own peculiar political interests. A number of ‘these politi- cal leaders of the middle west and south, discouraged” with the futility of the old party programs may endeavor to start a coalition of so-called radical republicans and democrats for the purpose of bringing pressure to bear upon both old parties in the coming congressional campaigns, No perman- ent organization of the nature of a third party is likely to come out of the conference, but the LaFollette strategy of forming a coalition be- |tween the insurgents in both parties | may result in concerted effort on the part of the middle-west politicians that will smash Coolidge’s support in congress and establish a bloc system that will keep the administration in hot water thereafter. Fort-Whiteman Will Speak at Warren, Ohio Whiteman, Negro labor organizer, will speak at the Hippodrome Hall here Saturday afternoon, Feb. 13, at 2 o'clock to the colored workers of Warren and vicinity on the need for organization. ————— Italy Will Pay England, LONDON, Jan 27—~Italy will pay its debt to Great Britain in annual pay- ments of $19,400,000 for a period .of sixty-two years, it was officially an- nounced tonight when the terms of |the Anglo-Italian debt settlement were Eleven present governors, including | % WARREN, 0., Jan, 27—Lovett Fort- | WESTERN UNION WAGES ARE LOW, PROFITS HIGH 'Girls Must Work Long Hours; Need Union (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 27—Profits of $15,170,089 made by Western Union in 1925 are making some girl machine telegraphers employed by the com- pany look twice at their early earn- ings. The girls make $15 weekly the first month training; $16 the second month; $17 weekly the.third month; $18 weekly the first three months work; $19 afterward until the com- pany is ready to give a further raise. its New York City; where livirig “Is high priced, the experienced girls make about $100 a month. A 7 per cent wage increase became effective for selected workers of Western Union on Jan. 1. The raise does not apply to all the workers. The company now proposes to give girls working nights 15 per cent more than day workers. Laws Do Not Apply. One of several girls brought by the company from Salt Lake City tells Federated Press that her companions (Continued on page 2). FASCIST VENGEANCE TO FALL OW WORKERS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES ROME, Jan. 27—Italians living abroad who make utterances or commit acts considered harmful to the welfare of Italy will be liable to punishment by the mother country, it was made clear with the an- mouncement that the king would sign the bill covering this subject Thursday. The senate passed the bill by a vote of 101 to 46, BEGINNING TOMORROW! A Series of Articles by H. M. WICKS THE WORLD COURT Previous efforts to establish sim: ilar tribunals; the economic basia for the present court and its polit- ical and military significance; a detailed analysis of the debates in congress preceding the invoking of “gag” rule. Every propagandist should be familiar with these facts so they can be used in the congressional campaign of this year, SUBSCRIBE TODAY So You Will Not Miss a Number | wears: (made public, ie Tie ae “”