The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 30, 1926, Page 2

Page Two WHITE GUARDISTS TRY DISRUPTION OF DEFENSE MEET Cleveland Poles Gather | Despite Sabotage By CARL HACKER, 1, L. D, Press Service. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 22.—. meeting arranged by the Pol branch of the I, L. D. of this city w interfered with by the Polish white guardists here, but their attempts were unsuccessful. The meeting a 12 at the Polish National Hall, 7 Fulerton Ave., e near becoming an open air meeting when the crowd began to assemble before the hall for the meeting which was arranged with Comrade Sokolis as the main speak- er, When the crowd began to as- semble and the secretary of the branch arrived he found that the man- agement refused to open the hall with the explanation that no agents of Moscow were going to speak there. However, upon threat of the secreta- Ty that a suit would be brought against the owners of the hall the manager finally agreed that he would open it but demanded the rent in full which was promptly paid him. Evidently he thought there was not enough money in the crowd to pay for the hall in advance and in that way thought he might succeed in preventing the meeting. The meeting finally got under way with some 150 present and Comrade Sokolics was denounced the next day bats in the Polish daily “Monitor” as a | direct agent from Moscow sent here } for the purpose of undermining Polish nationalism and to organize the for- eign-born workers of this country for the ultimate purpose of overthrow- ing the United States government. Another meeting was held two days later in another section of the city, this time without interference. Chinese “Aid Society” Helps Wounded Victims of Imperialist Attacks SHANGHAI, Jan. 28—The “Aid So- ciety,” recently organized in Shang- hai, is more and more increasing its fleld of activity. At the conference of 80 delegates held in about 50 labor organizations, 36 stu- dents and likewise a number of Kuo- mintang organizations were repre- sented. The trade union organs, especially the Council of Trade Unions in Shanghai, has most ac- tively participated in the work of the “Aid Society.” The “Aid Society” already embraces 3,000 individual members, and in the near future an enrollment of from two to five thous- and more is expected. Already a few hundred prisoners and their families have received aid. The wounded victims of the imperial- ist slaughter in China are being taken care of. The “Aid Society” has like- wise instituted a most energetic edu- cational campaign, having published up to the present time over 100,000 copies of mass literature. Bishop Bioirn Speaks in Philadelphia Sunday PHYLADELPHIA, Jan. 28.—Bishop Brown will speak here at the Labor | the ranged for January “ers up by socialist executioners for | Shanghai, | Institute, Eighth and Locust streets, Sunday evening, Jan, 31, on Labor and Religion. retary of International Workers’ Aid, will speak on Relief not Charity, The meeting is held under the auspices of the International Labor Defense, ITALIAN ROYALTY WAITS FOR PRINCESS HESSE TO GIVE BIRTH TO OFFSPRING (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) ROME, Jan. 28.—The royal court is excited today over the impend- ing birth of a whelp to Princess Hesse, formerly Princess Mafalda. The official announcement reads “Princess Hesse is sald to be awalit- ing an interesting event.” Such tan- guage is calculated to create the belief that offspring of royalty in the domain of Mussolini arrive on earth in a manner different from dogs or swine, Sr « the va in violence is no re 1ould” they ° they be-| n why we | yusly, their | own conduct in E: and | other countries to the contri Ram- | s ta bomb ich made even Oswald d unhappy for a mo- MacDonald ordered the | i de Mr, building of six new cruisers, not for | ment. | pleasure but for eee | Germany, the social-democrats | N s I killed the Communists but never | ouched a hair of a royal head, unless | al-democratic barber attended to | tonsorial needs, But the Com- }munists were shaved from the should- wanting to put the royal famil; the capitalist ¢ |The socialists, like the Commun found themselves using violen \the difference that the socialists were |shooting the revolution in the heart while the Communists were shooting for it. Neither side had any time to worship at the shrine of democracy. People caught on their knees in those days were liable to receive what Brian Boru, the Irish king got from a Dane after the battle of Clontarf in the year 1014, Brian’s troops had defeated the Danes but Brian was not aware of the fact. He was on his knees pray- ing for divine aid when an infuriated and perhaps none too pious Norseman, beating a retreat to some friendly seaport came across the kneeling warrior, The Dane chopped Brian's head off immediately and without malice aforethought—just because he thought it was the logical thing to do at the time. Lee, te HOMAS P. LAMONT of the House of Morgan and another banker, the head of the House of Kuhn, a great lover of art by the way, are not’ particularly crazy about democracy. It's alright with them as long as it serves their purpose. It is not a ques- tion of principle ‘with them but one of expediency. They favor democracy in the United States because the cap- italist system is able to offord the Tuxury and the workers are in favor of capitalism—yet. But in Italy they favor fascism because it works—for corre: RENT EVENTS THE DAILY WORKER ers ed on the sam®’ string much to the displeasure of several fascist leaders who were present, eee JHAT the professor said was true yet he was talking thru his -hat as the bankers Lamont. and Kuhn proved in short order. The bankers declared that the Mussolini regime must be d by results. And what were the results? No strikes! Before the f ist regime, appeared, several billions of working days were lost in Italy every year. Now there are none, Strikes are illegal and so are labor. unions unless they are fascist unions, which means company unions -control- led by government bayonets. The budget was balanced, chimed the bankers, One would not think so judg- in, 8 of financial woe re- ist debt commission |to the United States. But Lamont did not tell how at a critical moment for the fascist regime the House of Mor- gan poured one hundred million dol- lars into the fascist treasury bo bolster up Mussolini’s power, ae democracy except in the sens¢ that a fox is crazy. Lamont and con: pany are opposed to the recognitior of Soviet Russia because its govern ment is a dictatorship. Secretary Kel legg refused recognition to the new regime in Nicaragua because it came into power thru a coup d'etat. Real- ly? Or is it not more likely because the new regime is not satisfactory to whatever American interests exploit the resources of that country? There are as many sins’ committed in the name of democracy as in the name of patriotism, se @ ae bankers are realists, They have to be, The running of this com- plicated world is no job for Simple Simons and the bankers are doing the running outside of Russia, There they are among the “also ran.” The work- ers should not hesitate to learn from their enemies. It has often been said and with considerable truth that the Irish owe the British a debt of grati- tude for giving them a good language which they have used to good advan- tage in helping to make John Bull's HE bankers are not crazy about | INGREASE TAXES FOR BiG FIRMS; BUILD SCHOOLS Chicago Faces Chronic Shortage of Seats Little relief is seen in the report of the bureau of Imilding survey of the board of education to provide workers’ children in Chicago schools with a sufficient number of seats. The report points out that the seat shortage in the elementary schools is the greatest, there being a need for 53,184 seats. Most of the workers’ dren never get beyond the cle- ary school as they, must go to work to aid their parents support the ‘a so that in the high schools there ts a shortage of. but 21,312 scats, This makes a tofal shortage of | 74,496 seats, To Have Chronic Shortage. The new, schools that are under construction will only iprovide 23,5 ats in the hoof ry schools, 0 in the high schoojs}5,200 in the enior high schools of & total of 3,992 seats. This will eft the short- se to 40,500 but as the increase in the number of pupils ft {s estimated, will be at least 12,000, there will be a shortage of 52,500 geats when the school year opens next September. According to the report, Chicago will have a chroni¢ shortage of from 40,000 to 60,000 seats due to the failure to tax rich combines for the full value of their holdings. Most of the children that are affected are workers’ children and many of those in school today are forced to study in foul, dark schoolrooms. Many of the school buildings in ‘use are noth- ing more than firetraps and have few of the modern sanitary conveniences, Population Increases 754,000 in Japan TOKIO, Jan, 27.—Since the last census, five years ago, the population has increased 754,000 annually in Japan proper, including South Sagh- the bourgeoisie. +. ic8 HARVARD professor lectured be- fore the committee on foreign af- |tairs in New York recently. His sub- ject was fascism and he tore into | Mussolini and his bloody ~egime very savagely. He correctly stated that the | black shirt government was propped | up by bayonets and would fall inside | of twenty-four hours if the bayonets | were withdrawn. The professor’ said | that the great mass of the people were | against it but were terrorized into | submission, One or two other speak- (Continued from vage 1) {tion is evidenced by the announce- | ment of Borah and other opponents the nation and that as soon as the thing is ratified the fight begins to re- peal it, White House Jubilant. The White House “spokesman,” who outcome and Colonel House of the the entrance to the league of nations, his pet project while he was the watch-dog for Morgan over Woodrow Fred Biedenkapp, sec-; Wilson, the war president who was the mouthpiece for American imper- ialism in the struggle to defend Mor- gan’s investments in Europe. An embossed copy of the senate resolution authorizing American adher- ence to the court was delivered to Coolidge this afternoon. The resolu- tion was signed only by Hdwin P, Thayer, of Indianapolis, secretary of the senate. Thus is consummated the first step that will culminate in the sons of workers and farmers being con- scripted to fight on the fleld of war the battles that cannot be fought out thru the court and the league. ree Europeans Pleased. PARIS, France, Jan. 23—France and Great Britain are highly pleased over the entry of the United States into the | World court and they consider it the | first step toward entrance into the league of nations. Their jubilation is ‘based upon the notion that they can BISHOP William Montgomery BROWN speaks in PHILADELPHIA SUNDAY, JAN. 31 AT 8 P.M. “Labor and Religion” at LABOR INSTITUTE, 8th and Locust St, ADMISSION FRER, , Ausplces Int'l Workers’ Aid, U. S. Goes Into the World Court | that they will carry the fight thruout | is the president, was jubilant over the | Hi f Morgan, who was in constant | m faeh with ‘ee ‘situation considers it | Minister, after they had held a two-| Shameless persecution and a disgrace lite miserable. If the bankers don’t find the fascist dictatorship heavy on jtheir stomachs because it’s their dic- |tatorship why should American work- jers join with their enemies in de- |nouncing Russia because the workers and peasants rule with an iron hand. If the dictatorship of five per cent over 95 per cent, as in Italy, is good | in the eyes of the bankers why should not the rule of 95 per cent over five per cent as in Russia be good in the eyes of the workers? The choice to- day is not between dictatorship and democracy but between a dictatorship by the capitalists or by the producers. obtain better loans from American bank capital and also be able to gain other advantages. They fail to per- ceive that Morgan will use the en- | trance of this country into the court | to try to further extend his power over Europe. The outstanding reaction is that it means entrance to the league. | This much was inadvertantly admit- ted today by Premier Briand and Sir |Austen Chamberlain, British foreign hour conference, alien and Formosa, but excluding Corea, This increase is) due to the increasing birth rate and not immi- gration, the government service an- 1ounces. The total population is now 59,736,704, according to: the govern- ment census. When Corea with its 18,000,000 is added, it brings the pop- ulation in the Nippon empire to | 80,000,000, I 1924, according to the official statistics, there Avere’ 188,520 births in Japan proper—one’ every fifteen seconds. There were approximately 1,200,000 deaths that yeat—the living gaining on the dying by one every six minutes, The Lenin Drive means quick action—send your sub today! (Continued from page 1). Debs to James P. Cannon, secretary of the I. L. D., reads as follows: “The case of Richard Ford and Herman Suhr from first to last has been one of the most brutal and to the courts of California. The ac I. L. D. Conducts Fight on Gag Laws Premier Briand was in favor of| quittal of Ford is a matter of hearty openly stating that it was hoped that| congratulation thruout the American the United States might enter the| labor movement. I hope the fact of league, but Sir Austen hushed him| there having been three women on the when he attempted to speak his mind.! jury had something to do with the “The American senate’s vote for en-j verdict. In any evgnt it is a distinct try into the world court is an excellent} victory for organized labor, but we thing and very important,’ said Pre- mier Briand as he left his offices with Sir Austen. “It pleased France and I hope it is the first step—’ Here Sir Austen appeared to be rather nervous, for he quickly inter- jected: “That mustn't be said, it’s too dan- gerous,” Premier Briand and Sir Austen to- day discussed Germany's entry into the league, the German request for re- duction of the allied army of occupa- tion, and the forthcoming disarma- ment conference, They arrived at no decision, Boston, Mass., Workers Meet to Honor Lenin (Continued from page 1.) A musical program was rendered by the Fretheit and Ukrainian singing societies, 8 Good Meeting, GARDNER, Mass., Jan. 28. — The workers of Gardner, Mass, by their meeting held here showed that they must not for an instant pause in our activities in behalf of the victims of the class struggle. We must remem- ber and never for a moment forget Tom Mooney, Wi ‘K, Billings, Matthew Schmidt, Afita ©.hitney, Sacco and Vanzett!, el and Cline and seventy members of the I. W. W. in the festering blac! of Call- fornia and all other febels against capitalist imperialism if trial or placed under loyalty to the working 5 “Not only this but the liberal, radical and progressive forces of the labor movement and all others who be- lieve in the right of free speech, free press and free asseniblage should rally to the support the Interna- tional Labor Defense in the campaign to wipe all anti-criminal syndicalism and anti-sdition laws from the statute books of the states have en- acted them for no uprpose than to gag the lips of the working class’ and strangle all progressive tendenc- les of the labor movement. “Bugene V. Debs.” For Release of All Prisoners. In addition to the telegram from have not forgotten Lenin. This eity}Debs and those published yesterday is not a large one, yet over 200 work-|the national office of the I. L. D. re- ers came to commemorate the death |Celved the following mossages from: of their leader, Lenin, Charlotte Anita Whitney: “Ford ac- Al Schaap spoke of the accomplish-|@ittal after unfair trial before judge ments of Leninism thruout the world|manifestly biased against defendant during the past year, showing that|@ shown by court ruling is first hope- while Lenin was dead, he fg still felt|ful sign of break in reactionary in the struggle of the mass forces dominating California, Labor Aaro Hyrske, of the editorial staff|must unceasingly work for release of of the Eteepain, spoke in Fin-|all other class war prisoners. Will nish on the achievements of Lenin,|neod ald of International Labor De- pointing out the role of the party of|fense to win hero,” Lenin in the struggle for the. over-| Oavid Starr Jordan; “Congratulate throw of the bourgeois state, A work-|you and the cause of déeency on Ford ers’ band played several revolution-|acquittal. We have had far much ary songs, A number of recitations of giving men what is qoming to them by members of the Young Wor! regardless of whether guilty of of- International of Gardter, were yon | fonse or not,” wt American Socialists Are Swinging into Line for Wall Street’s League By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. TORAY the vote in favor of the world court in the United States senate finds an echo in the sharpening divisions within the socialist party. Thus the American socialists are now more than ever forced into the open on this issue, even as European socialists have already been revealed as mere appendages of the capitalist social order. * * The nominal leadership of the American socialist party is found in the name of Eugene V. Debs, the chairman of the party, who is also the official editor of its organ, the Ameri- can Appeal. But the actual leader of the party is the New York lawyer, Morris. Hillquit, who shares that leadership occasionally with the Berger, of Milwaukee, Wis. socialist congressman, Victor L. ° e Hillquit is in favor of Morgan's court and league, spawn of the Versailles Peace. He takes the position openly now of the “government socialists” of Treaty of Versailles, and who of Nations and the world court. Europe, who helped frame the joined in creating the League Hillguit stands with the traitor Socialist International against the Communist: Inter- national, born of the workers’ victory in Russia. Both Debs and Berger, however, have leanings against the Versailles treaty. Debs was anti-war on pacifist grounds. He opposed the war and he rejects its peace. But he has had little to say about the world court and the league. While the debate has been raging in Washington, the American Ap- peal, that Debs edits, has been strangely silent. Debs has a leading editorial on “Youth and the Church,” and much space is given to the pacifist utterances of the “Christian College students,” who recently gathered at Evanston, Ill. But there is not one word against Wall Street's court and the league, that are favored by Hillquit, that are instruments of the world imperialists plotting new wars against the Union of Soviet Republics and carefully scheming to maintain their tyranny over oppressed and subject nations, * * * Ld Berger was anti-war from purely pro-German motives. He was and is against the Versailles peace for the same rea- sons. Berger has not felt at home in the gatherings of the Second (Socialist) International since the war because it has been in the hands of British-French-Belgian socialist pay-triots, of the type of MacDonald, Vandervelde, Longuet and others. The German capitalist republic is not yet in the league of nations. When it * doe: * s Berger will doubtless follow. * ° That many socialists thought they were still opposed, as a party, to the court and league, is shown by the furore created following the announcement that Hillquit is plan- ning to support these two imperialist institutions in a debate with Clarence Darrow of Chicago. The New Leader, the expression of Hillquit’s New York “socialists,” says: “Since when do the socialists favor the league?’ has been the query heard from many persons who are not familiar with the proceedings of the International Socialist Congress and its large affiliated parties.” It is certain that the few workers who still follow the socialists will have their eyes opened when the real meaning of the socialist-Morgan alliance becomes clear to them. Now that the issue has been definitely raised, these workers will ask, “What is Debs going to do about it?” Robert Whitaker: “Under all cir- cumstances the Ford defense victory is one of the most remarkable and in- spiirng triumphs labor has won in any American court in this generation and constitutes an arousing challenge to the supreme task and opportunity of the hour for labor’s defense every- where.” Roger N. Baldwin: “Ford acquittal in face of hostile judge and prejudice against radicals is a victory for the united defense and able lawyers. It indicates growing sanity in Califor- nia.” Kate Crane Grantz. “Now that Ford has finally been acquitted after his long, unjust incarceration it be- hooves the rest of us to make known the true facts about our department of justice in California which arrests and imprisons protestors against un- just conditions. There should be a federal law whereby men arrested without a warant or justifiable reason ‘are entitled to redress, Then there Pe tar thete| would not be so much promiscuous arresting. The 70 men victims of high-handed state-wide persecution of the working class would have a stag- gering bill against the ‘state.” John A. Lapp, president Liberal Club, Chicago—“Ford acquittal vic- tory for sanity, Fomented prejudice has failed this time.” Edward C. Wentworth! “Hope Ford acquittal beginning’ of a reaction against imprisonment of men for po- litical opinions in the United States. Let the constitution be interpreted in the spirit of its makers,” Call for Campaign. Commenting on the widespread in- terest aroused by the acquittal of Ford the secretary of the I. L. D, declared: “The jury's verdict cannot be attrib- uted to any change of heart on the part of the open shop and anti-labor governing forces of California but to the growing spirit of solidarity among the workers and to the work of labor defense organizatisno acting in co-op- eration to support a victim of capital- ist persecntion-regardless of political affiliation. This is a victory for the workers and it should be followed up by a united campaign to release all political prisoners in California and as Bugene V. Debs points out to wipe all gag laws from the statute books.” Put a copy of the DAILY WORKER in your ‘ket when you go to your unfon ting. DISTRICT TWO HOLDS MANY MEETINGS T 0 HONOR LENIN’S WORK Perth Amboy, N. J., Jan. 31— 7:30 P, M—308 Elm St., speaker Rebecca Grecht, Elisabeth, N. J., Jan. 31.—2 P. M. ——Lutwin Hall, 69 S. Park St, speaker Charles Krumbein. Newark, N. J., Feb, 5, at 8 P. M. Ukrainian Workers Home, Beacon and Springfield Aves. Speaker Wm. Weinstone. West New York, N. J., Saturday Feb. 6, at 8 P, M., 17th St. & Tyler Place. Speaker Ben Gitlow and oth- ers. New Haven, Conn., Friday Feb. 5, at 8 P. M., Herminson Hall. Speaker Bert Wolfe. Yonkers, N, Y., Sunday, Feb. 7, at 8 P. M., 20 Warburton avenue. Speaker: J. 0. tall and others. Pasaic, N. J., Sunday Feb. 7, at 2 P. M. 50 Howe Ave. Speaker: Jack. Stachel and others. (Continued from page 1) $30,000,000 of loans made upon farms by the Stock-Land Banks, they de clared, would be to throw upon the market at forced sale thousands of small farms thruout the middle-west whose owners had been unable to re- deem them. Notwithstanding over-night assur- ances from Washington that the order was only a 20 percent real estate charge-off and does not affect con- tinuance of the Stock-Land banks, as some feared,, members of the resolu- tions committee prepared to deal with it vigorously, They declared that state banks in the middle west which make seconda- ry loans on farms already mortgaged to the stockland banks would be seriously concerned as a result of the fact that the farmer already was hav- ing a hard time paying off his notes, Mr. Schee was to appear before the resolutions committee and explain just what, in his opinion, the effects of the order would be. © The notice stated that Land ac- quired by the stock-land banks, either by foreclosure or conveyance, must be carried on the books at the face value of the loan and not credited at “Dirt Farmers” Mead at Des Moines FINGERPRINT ALL WORKERS, IS OHIO SENATOR'S GOAL Canton Central Labor Union Opposes Move By ISRAEL AMTER CLEVELAND, Jan. 27—Senator Willis of Ohio is worried about the alien worker in this country. He de- clares the foreign-born workers run around free and wild and fill the pris- ons. Why should we not keep him out of the prison by having him re- port to the police, say, every week? asks this spokesman of the rich. In Canton, Anne BE. Bow, a “social and welfare worker” has been “col- lecting” material for Senator Willis. She published an article on the mater- ial collected and made recommenda- tions in her article to fingerprint for- eign-born workers. This same article came to the attention of a delegate to the Canton Central Labor Union who introduced the resolution in part as follows which was unanimously adopted by the Canton Central Labor Union: “Whereas, We believe such a law would make possible the establish- ment of a form of industrial slavery, under police control, and would per- mit capitalists to use these register- ed aliens -as a great strikebreaking agency to the detriment and injustice of organized labor, and make it pos- sible to create a political as well as industrial autocracy; therefore, be it “Resolved, That the Canton Central Labor Union hereby registers its op- position to the above recommenda- tions, and we solicit the united and solid support of all fellow unionists thruout the United States to use the fullest extent of their power to de- feat any attempt to amend the im- migration laws as proposed; and be it “Resolved, That a copy of these res- olutions be sent to Senator Willis, to the chairman of the senate and the house immigration committees, the American Federation of Labor, the Ohio State Federation of Labor, and all affiliated labor organizations.” The American working class must awaken to the danger confronting it. An attack on the foreign-born work- ers is an attack on the entire work- ing class. The foreign-born workers must organize to protect themselves. Councils for the protection of foreign- born workers must be formed at once. American workers—especially trade union members—must support these councils. _——— dapan’s Minister Dice. TOKIO, Jan. 29.—Viscount T. Kato, the Japanese prime minister, died af- ter an illness of four days, shortly after the announcement, the cabinet which Kato had headed since June, 1924, resigned. Operatives of Passaic, N. J., Mills on Strike (Continued from page 1) Gustav Deak, addressing the meeting, stated that the united front committee had the backing of many unions in the struggle, including the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers of America. Try to Excuse Wage Slash. A statement issued by the manage- ment gives the usual excuse for con- tinuing the wage slash as their desire to ensure steady employment for the workers. They also try to split the ranks of the workers by aimlessly talking about “outside agitators” who are stirring up trouble. The walkout is the outcome of the wage cutting of the management, followed by the dismissal of active union men, The united front commit- tee is actively working to bring sol- idarity into the ranks of the strikers, and to secure the organization of the operatives, Plans are under way for the collec- tion of a relief fund. All funds col- lected should be sent to Gustav Deak, secretary-treasurer, United Front Com- mittee of Textile Workers, Room 14, 743 Main Ave., Passaic, N. J. the actual valuation of the property. Loans to be Stopped, No loans that have not been per- fected by March 1, next will be granted, it was ordered. Coming on the heels of a telegram of regret from President Coolidge which leaders had called “a stroke of evasiveness,” the order on loan reduction brought a nettled feeling that the national administration in which those represented in the confer- ence today could not hope to go along together toward a solution of agri- cultural problems, Inviting the president to attend the conference those in charge had hoped, they said today, that he might indl- cate a willingness to alter his stand against the government taking leader-' ship in the matter of disposing of surplus products, ’ Instead his 150 word telegram, pleading @ stress of duties that pre- vented him from going to even the bedside of his father, who is fll, dis- posed of the conference and its aims in a pleasantly worded hope “that out of your conference there may develop additional information which will as- sist in providing better marketing conditions.” 4 :