The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 3, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government In Chicago, Outside Chi ~ Rates: Mntered as Second-class matt: by mail, $8.00 per year, cago, by mail, $6.00 per year. ozo IDZAE Sener Sten By T. J. O'FLAHERTY A i is encouraging to note that the acquittal of Richard (Blackie) Ford by a Marysville jury, in “Black Cali- fornia” has aroused great enthusiasm among class conscious workers thru- out the country for a big drive to open the jail gates for all victims of class persecution in Calironia’s dungeons and to clear the statute’ books of all gag laws that were put there to en- able the master Class to better keep their slaves in their power. Scores of telegrams have poured into the na- tional headquarters of the Interna- tional Labor Defense expressing ap- proval of that organization’s work and promising support in future cam- paigns. Oe 58 UGENE V. DEBS declared that the I. L, D. deserves the support of all working class organizations in its proposed campaign for the release of the class war prisoners held behind the steel bars of California's jails. The Workers Party urges its members and calls on all workers to rally to this campaign. ‘There is hardly a doubt that this sentiment will be echoed by every fighting working class organization in the land and by every radical worth his salt. This is a plat- form on which every class conscious worker can stand shoulder to shoul- der with his fellow worker. #8 1 tae spent over twelve of the best years of his life behind prison bars. His comrade Suhr is still on the in- side. Mooney and Billings are wear- ing away their lives in San Quentin and Folsom because they were labor organizers and fought the open shop elements in California, particulary the traction barons of San Francisco. In the early days of the Mooney case the workers were aroused. Even at that it is quite likely that-but« demonstration of Russian workers be- the American embassy in Lenin- Be aa then Petrograd, demanding ~ “yg release, he would long ago aicklime, a smouldering heap of a the graveyard of San Quen- ses aE conspiracy against .Mooney » aroused the workers thruout the world, He was saved from the elec- tric chair but consigned to a living death. The masses of the workers, to their credit be it said, did the best they knew how. They put up money; some of them struck. The miners above all deserve credit. Despite their reactionary leaders, they quit the mines as a demonstration for Moon- ey’s release. The Illinois miners will tell you that instead of being ap- plauded for this action by their lead- ers, they were fined. Frank Farring- ton, president of the Illinois Miners’ Union joined with the, operators in punishing them for their loyalty and splendid spirit of self-sacrifice. Is it surprising that apathy reigns among the workers today to a large extent? oe 8 OONEY and Billings are yet in jail and to all appearanceg there is-little hope for their release, Suhr has a good chance of getting out on parole. Then we have McNamara, Kaplan and Schmidt,—three brave fighters, destined to spend their. lives in the bastille unless the workers be- stir themsélves, I remember the days when those victims of the Ironmast- ers’ League were on trial. I worked on a construction job in, Boston and (Continued on ‘page 2.) By A. LOSOVSKY. A’ the end of August and the begin- ning of September 1925 there was a succession of trade union congresses, which mark an important stage in the struggle for the unity of the world trade union movement. Between Aug- ust 26th and 31st the Unity and re- formist French Confederations of La- bor held their congresses in Paris, At the end of August the German trade unions had their congress in Breslau. This congress synchronised with the Norwegian Trade Union Congress and the congress of the British Minority movement, whilst the beginning of September signalized the opening of the British Trades Union Congress in Scarborough, These congresses de- serve serious attention and careful study, for they voiced all the ideologi- cal divergencies of opinion and all the tendencies which exist in the world trade union movement, The most characteristic feature of all thesé congresses was the promin- ence given to the unity problem, not only where the leaders are very much Losousky Writes on Trade Union Congress ST. PAUL LABOR IS FIGHTING TO SAVE FL. PARTY Feb. 6th Convention to Bring Issue to Head By C. A. HATHAWAY. (Special to The Daily Worker) ST. PAUL, Minn,, Feb. 1.—A con- vention has been called by the pro- gressives in the local labor movement to meet at the Labor Temple on next Saturday evening, February 6, at 8 p.m. The purpose of the convention, as announced by the provisional com- mittee, is to protest against the al- liance that exists between the leader- ship of the farmer-labor party and the corrupt O’Connor machine which has dominated local politics for years. The committee issuing the call is composed of some of the most active wotkers in the local trade union movement. Sam Thomas, president of Painters’ Local No. 61, is chairman Jor the committee; R. H. Woods, sec- retary of Electrical Workers’ Local No, 902, is secretary. For United Labor Front. The call for the convention, which was sent to all trade unions and other working class organizations in St. Paul, urges the necessity of entering the coming city election with united labor forces. It points out that the city government is completely in the hands of the “open shop” employers and the public utility cérporations. The wages and working conditions of the workers are bad; the trade unions are relatively weak as compared to the forces they must combat, This can only be oWercome by: taking Yon- trol of tH@"elty gov ing the unions a! y termined struggle against the em: ployers. p I The greatest’ obstacle to success is the continued policy by the leadership of uniting with’ the enemies of the workers in the old parties. After cit- ing the cofierete betrayals of these leaders in past campaigns it calls upon the local unions to send dele- gates to the convention on Feb, 6 to prevent ,a_ sell-out to the O’Connor forces in the city ‘elections this spring. O'Connor ‘Alliance Proposed. The call for this convention is the direct outgrowth. of the regular city convention of the farmerlabor party held on January 9, At this convention, (Continued on page 2} COOLIDGE SPEECH IS BENEDICTION ON TRUSTS, DECLARES UTAH SENATOR WASHINGTON, Feb, 1—Senator King, democrat of Utah, declared that the recent $2,000,000,000 bak- ing merger of the Ward king company was the result of a speech made by President Calvin Coolidge to the New York chamber of com- merce in which “he pronounced @ benedition on trusts.” Attorney Gen- eral Sargent ahd the department of justice were’ also assailed on the floor of the senate and charged with ping on the job,” while big mergers are taking place in the basic industries.: opposed to the establishment of na- tional and international trade union unity, These, congresses reflected the stage Of development of the labor movement in the said countries. The two fundamental and mutually des- tructive world conceptions—the reyo- lutionary ‘and the reformist—came into collision on every question, both appertaining to general policy and also to present immediate tasks, Whatever the question under discussion at any of these congresses, the speakers in- evitably steered for the fundamental question agitating the masses, the question of the establishment of unity in the national and world trade union movements, To be able to render account to ourselves on the work of all these con- gresses, to demonstrate the ideological tendencies which were contending there and the correlation of forces be- tween the revolutionary and reformist wings and also the prospects of the struggle for unity—we must deal in full detail with all these con; The Amsterdam International and the R. I. L. U. alike set definite hopes (Continued on page 6) t rnment, build- ani y* dex] os September 21, OF STRIKING MINERS’ DEMANDS 1033, at Post Office at Chicago, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1926 <<” WORKER. lllinol under the Act of March 3, 18’ Drawn by William Gropper. ~ Despite the solid opposition of the anthracite miners to arbitration in any form, and the repeated fdeclarations of the union against this menace to the organization, John L. Lewis has offered to the anthracite operators a proposal of “voluntary arbitration.” This plan contains the following provisions: 1. The agreement to contings for five years except as it may be changed as provided in other clauses. No Wage Increase Until 1928, 2. The wages and conditions to re- main as in the last agreement until Aug. 31, 1928, subject to alteration by the arbitration agencies set up under the proposal. 3. After June 1, 1928, either party may request a revision of the agree- ment from the board of conciliation, thereupon a fact finding commission composed of Charles E. Hughes, Secy. of Labor Davis, and Gov. Gifford Pin- chot, or some similar persons. 4, Chartered accountants _ repre: senting the public, the miners and the operators shall be employed by the commission to aid in the investiga- (Continued on page 4.) TWO MORE MILLIONAIRES TO AID JUDGE GARY RUN NORTHWESTERN “‘U” EVANSTON, Iil., Feb, 1, — Two more millionaires will aid Judge El- bert Gary hereafter in controlling the education policy of Northwest- ern University, They are John J. Mitchell, head of the Illinois Mer- chants Trust company, which has its heavy hand on almost every en- terprise in the Chicago district, and Samuel Insull who is the public util- ity and traction boss in the same area, Insull boasts that his monwealth Edison company trols the entire lighting busine: Chicago.” He 9 interurban: surface lines and suburban utilities. The Illinois Merchants is the bank that recently relinquished control of the Chicago Daily News to a group of local cap- italists, Gary recently accepted an honor- ‘ary degree from t Northwestern board of trustees while a member of the board, balancing the transaction by a donation to the institution. The way is now open for Insull to get a respectable degree also, as the only goods he can show in this line in ‘his autobiographical sketch in Who's Who in America is rather shoddy. CHICAGO GROUP T, U, E. L. WILL HOLD MEETING WEDNESDAY EVENING All militant and progressive trade unionists will gather in the North- west Hall, corner North and West- ern Aves.. Wednesday evening, Feb. 3, at the monthly meeting of the Trade Union Educational League. At this meeting Pete Jensen, chairman of the Federated shop Crafts and Switchmen’s Systems Federation, will speak on the con- ditions of the railroad workers, the “B. & 0.” plan and the Parker-Wat- son wage theory. . John Werlik» business agent of the Meta! Polishers’ Union Local No. 6, will speak on the metal pol- ishers’ strike’at the Cribben, Sexton & Co.. stove manufacturing plant. Jack Johnstone will speak on the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ convention, the Furriers’ convention and the lessons to the left wing gained thru the two con- ventions. Every militamt: worker should at- tend this monthly meeting and be on time. The meeting opens prompt- ly at eight o'clock. Wakatsukils Named Premier of Japan (Special to The Dally Worker) TOKIO, Feb, 1-—Reijiro Wakatsu- ki, who was appointed premier ad interim, following the death of Vis- count T. Kato, has been ordered to form a cabinet. It is expected that Wakatsuki, who is minister of home affairs in the Kato cabinet and a leader of the Keneseikai ‘party, will undoubtedly reappoint all the min- siters who resigned on the death of Viscount Kato. A general shuffling of posts ig expected as one new mem- ber must be appointed. To Decrease Dogs. LONDON, Feb,.1.—-The British gov- ernment has been asked to take steps to check an increase in the dog-popu- lation. London's canine population is increasing more than a quarter of a million a year, and it is proposed to levy a heavy tax:on puppies. PASSAIC MILL STRIKE STILL GOING STRONG Lines Hold in Spite of Police Activity (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N. J., Feb. 1.— Three hundred workers of the Passaic Worsted Spinning Mills who were on strike last week and went back to work, have gone out again, joining the rank of the United Front Com- mittee of Textile Workers, which is |eonducting the strike as the Botany |and the Garfield Mills. The method of rank and file mill committees have found great favor }with the strikers who are enthusi- astically carrying on a campaign to spread the strike to the remaining mills in Passaic and vicinity, Over one-half of the Passaic po- |lice force under the personal direc- |tion of Chief Richard O. Zober, are patrolling the mills to “protect” the |few scabs who are still at work. Fifteen employes of the Cera Mills have been sworn in ag special depu- ties to co-operate with the local po- lice department when they want. to start a grand offensive against the \strikers. It has been stated that the local authorities have also made arrangements to deputize many citi- zens to assist them in this work of strike breaking. The local capitalist press admit that over 5,000 workers are on strike and do not deny that the _ strike is more than holding its own, Arrangements are being made to have a gigantic parade of all the strikers which it is believed will arouse a great deal of enthusiasm. The strike is spreading fast to all the other mills in the vicinity and if the spirit of the workers contin- ues, as it has begun, it will not be long before the entire textile district of New Jersey is tied up. The vice- president of the Botany Mills is at- tempting to give the impression that the mills are going to shut down for a month. He thinks this will fright- en the strikers. But-all these tricks are of no avail, The immediate job is the building up of efficient relief agencies thru- out the textile cities and in New York City. Subscription lists have been sent out for this purpose. Food and clothing is being sent from these centers. Relief contributions are be- ing sent to Gustav Deak, Room 14, 743 Main avenue, Passgic, N. J., which is the headquarterg.of the United Front Committee, PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK EDITION Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill, 1113 Price 3 Cents ZED | CHICAGO BUSINESS MEN HOLD SECRET SESSION TO LISTEN TO REHASH OF BILL GREEN'S DOPE Behind closed doors, in secret session, a a group of Chicago business men listened yesterday afternoon to ex-members of the military intelligence department of the United States army, for- mer department of justice agents, possibly a few of the defunct prohibition gang, and others of that odious aggregation picture to them the heroic work that is to be launched under the banner of a new “patriotic” organization called the “American Citizen- ship Foundation.” A representative of The DAILY WORKER was the first newspaper man.on the scene and was informed by a dizzy blonde at the reservation table outside a banquet hall on the fourth floer of the new Palmer House tions prohibiting all newspaper men. tions regarding the affair shet+ finally said that a Mr. Sugg had charge of all publicity. Soon Mr. Sugg, an anaemic indivi- dual whom one ordinary worker with one whif of breath could blow thru a keyhole appeared and informed our representative and a number of other fiewspaper men who had by that time congregated that there was to be no publicity and that since the meeting was called for purposes of organiza- tion, there would be no reporters ad- mitted. Bill Green’s Dope. The DAILY WORKER representa- tive observed a group of three men sitting on a diyan in the ante-room, one of whom resembled across be- tween a doorman at the Palmer House and a bouncer in Hinky Dink’s saloon —probably one of the “military intelli- gence.” This person had a protruding brief case. He was telling his companions that he would talk for an hour or more and that he had the real “dope” on “these reds.” Opening his brief case he displayed the Lenin edition of the DAILY WORKER, a copy ofthe Ne-[, gro Champion, the Workers’ Monthly, the Labor Defender, and other publi- cations listed. by “Bill” Green, presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor in his recent attacks on Com- munists. Bankers, business men, merchants and employers of labor, all typical Babbitts, were strolling about the ante-room while the heavy jowled indi- vidual was telling his companions what lie was going to say. The DAILY WORKER representa- tive asked the publicity man, Mr. Sugg, who was to be the speaker and he refused to reveal his name. Didn’t Like Story. Mr. Sugg was asked about a story appearing in one of the capitalist papers about the meeting and he said the story was entirely unauthorized and that he did not know where it came from. The story appearing in the morning Paper said: “Representatives of big business today at the new Palmer House will call on their associates and civic leaders to combine against Com- munism and to wean their employes, especially those of foreign extrac- tion, from the.ranks of the ‘reds’.” The scheme is to«organize the em- ployes of all corporations into volun- tary “citizenship groups” for instruc- tion “in principles of government and true Americanism,” Unquestionally the thing is a feeble (Continued.on'page 4) TAXABLE VALUE OF 192 ILLINOIS RAILROADS IS PLACED AT $329,597,972 SPRINGFIELD, Ill ML, that there were strict instruc- In Teply to persistent ques- ANTLSOVIETISTS REFUSE DEBATE ON RECOGNITION Chicago Forum Can’t Find Speaker There will be no debate on the question of “Recognition of Soviet Russia by the United States govern- ment,” at the Feb. 14 gathering of the Chicago Forum. Chairman F. A. Moore announced at the Sunday session at the Olympic Theater that it had been impossible to find anyone willing to debate against recognition, Bosses Can't Find Speaker. “Phe speakers’ bureau of the Chi- cago association of commerce has been unable to supply us with a speaker,” said Chairman Moore. “The military intelligence association has also re ported that it could not find a debater for us. I have also made an attempt to secure a speaker myself, but with- out success.” Chairman Moore did not say whether he had approached any of the local red baiters in the labor move- ment, like Matthew Woll, vice-presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, who fought Soviet recognition in the last convention of the A. F, of L. “Golden Rule” Nash Appears, Sunday's speaker was “Golden Rule” Arthur Nash, the millionaire clothing manufacturer of “open shop” Cincinnati, Ohio, who came to Chicago to answer the question, “Why I Asked My Employes to Join the Union.” He said he signed up with the union be- cause he was a 100 per cent American, and because he was a ghristian not quite 100 per cent, however. His speech was largely an eulogy of Sid- ney Hillman, president of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers, whom he placed second only to Christ. Good at Dodging Suestions, Nash studied for the ministry he fore he got busy exploiting clothing workers in Cincinnati. He showed this by his adroitness in dodging ques- tions. When he was asked directly what the average minimum and aver- age maximum wage was in his plant, he avoided the question completely. When asked what he thought of labor officials who held their position thru the use of gangsters, he first declared he didn’t know of any such instances, Feb. 1—The | When pushed into a corner, he de total valuation of all taxable prop- | clared that if hhis “golden rule” idea erty of the 192 railroads in Illinois | filed. them he feared the Russian compiled by the Illinois state com- mission. was fixed at $329,597,972 in figures | way would take its course, He said that when he first explained (Continued on page 2) ENGLAND IS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE LONDON, Feb. 1.—Great Britain has officially announced her willingness to postpone the preliminary disarmament conference, This action on the part of Great Britain is expected to make the decision for the postponement of the conference final. . Coolidge Signs e 8 Appropriation, WASHINGTON, Feb, 1.—President Coolidge has signed the joint resolu- tion of congress appropriating $50,000 to defray the expenses of American delegates to the preparatory commission of the forthcoming league of nations disarmament conference, A letter has been received by the state department here from the sect® tary of the league council asking whether the United States would consent to a postponement of the preliminary disarmament conference. The dia patch points out that several of the league council members request a delay until March or not later than May. ment. will accede to the request, It is expected that the state depart