The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 7, 1926, Page 4

Page Four f : oe THE DAILY WORKER . Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1418 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, In. Phone Monroe 4712 } SUBSCRIPTION RATES | By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outelde of Chicago): 98.00 per-year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.60 six months : $2.50 three monthe $2.00 three months Address all mafl and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinols poet rial een ishenrench antinicaneeniai je tiaree J, LOUIS ENGDAHL Miitors WILLIAM F, DUNNE : MORITZ. J. LOEB. isssisviscentenscrerree nn Business Manager Entered as second-class mat! September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, It, under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application. Abandon Drive in Auto Industry In spite of the announced determination of the Metal Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor, formulated at the Atlantic City convention last fall, to organize the workers in the automobile industry, nothing has been done. More than that, nothing is to be done. A recent meeting of the department, held in Washington, aban- doned plans for a drive in this frightfully unorganized and under- paid industr}. At the meeting it was disclosed that some of the leaders proposed that each craft union having membership in the industry cede some of its jurisdiction so that a new industrial union of the semi-skilled and unskilled could be built up in the industry. This was rejected by the executives of the unions who considered surrender of a part of their jurisdiction was not “practical.” Such opposition from reactionary officials is to be expected. Nothing is practical that would interfere with their“jobs as leeches upon the labor movement. To cede part of their jurisdiction in favor of an industrial union as a preliminary to a.determined or- ganization drive would vindicate and popularize the program of amalgamation of the metal trades unions: The imevitable next step would be amalgamation of the unfons in that industry. Each set of petty officials look to their own interests and resent: anything that threatens their jobs as ezars within their own. domains. Then, again, there is the reluctance to enter a fight against a powerful, highly centralized industry such as the auto industry. It would entail a real campaign to organize the unorganized and its success would tend to revolutionize the labor movement by en- abling the semi-skilled and unskilled to gain the ascendency in the A. F. of L. over the highly skilled craftsmen, many ‘sections of which are corrupted by the super-profits of imperialism. Against this shameful abandonment of the promised campaign the left wing in all the metal trades unions should more insistently than ever raise the slogans of amalgamation and organize the unor- ganized. ° <= 290 Daugherty Again! No wonder Cal Coolidge .so desperately tried to stop the in- vestigation of Harry M. Daugherty, his one-time attorney general, and leader of the “Ohio gang” of political crooks, by reviling those senators who insisted upon prosecuting the investigation! The removal of Daugherty from his office as chief of the Jaw enforcement department of the United States government was tan- tamount to blowing the lid off the cesspool of republican politics as practiced by the late Harding. A grand jury in New York has recently brought to light the fact that Daugherty claimed to be without money when he became attorney general and that he became, in the short space of a year, a comparatively rich man, thru various shady deals. When Daugh- erty was called to testify he declined to do so on the ground that he might incriminate himself. Examination of his brother ‘brought out evidence that the man who nominated Warren: G. Harding as president of the United States deposited his loot in:a bank. in Ohio under a fictious name and, after the scandals in his: department forced him out of office, he burned the records in order to cover up his crookedness. When Daugherty issued his infamous injunction against the striking shopmen in 1922 we branded him as the hired lackey of the scab shop interests of the country. . His acts at that time caused thousands of workers to despise the government -he represented. Recent revelations prove that it is utterly impossible for anyone to sink too low to become the highest officer in the government of the United States. “ It Must Be a French Joke Press dispatches state that the French government has in- structed the ambassador to Washington ‘to. raise. the. question of American profiteering on sales of war supplies to France before the debt commission. Someone has reached the conclusion’ that the patriotic Yankees profiteered.to the extent of 48 per icentvon sup: plies sold France. “Now France hints that this 48 per, cent should be taken off the debt. 3 All this may be true. It is ngt only probable, but quite pos- sible, that American manufacturers did sell war materials to France at inflated prices and that the United States did collect taxes from the profits of these manufaeturers which amounted to approximately 48 per cent. But surely the French are not so naive as to suggest that our best American patriots should forgo their profits on war materials. The proposal must be a French joke, but it is question- able if Wall Street will see the point. 4 Perhaps*the debt may be ¢ut in half, but ‘if it is it will be be- eause the House of Morgan: must.endeavor to stabilize the franc in order to seeure future investments in France, and not because someone profiteered during the war. To question the right of Amer- icans to profiteer is an insult to all the traditions of patriotism from Washington down to date and no Frenchman should treat such a sacred institution with levity under threat of serious international complications, i IN MEMORIAM POCATELLO, tdaho, Feb, §.—E. F, Wickman was ruthlessly run down and killed by an automobile driven by a man under the Influence of ‘moonshine. By his death the Workers (Communist) Party of this state of whiohehe w: member has lost an untir- ; Ing, devoted worker. For twenty years he has fought for his glass, first lining up with the socialist party and then in the Coinmunist movement. The. gorgeous floral decorations from the @nion, the Cement Workers, the Scandinavian association, the Workers (Communist) Party and his numerous friends was a fit- ting tribute to his memory. it was: gveferred to The reality of the imperjalist conspiracies carrigg fut thru the world court and the league of nations far exceeds the legendary phantd ~ THE DAILY WORKER arising from the witches’ cauldrons. The World Court as a Weapon Agains By H. M. WICKS. - HE system of mandates establish- ed by the league of nations is a newsform of colonial » exploitation. Eleven of these ‘mandates have been granted by the league in Asia, “Africa and the Pacific Ocean. They are the spoils of the imperialist war.” The theory.of the mandates system-is-that the league is responsible for the grad- ual uplifting of the inhabitants of these areas until they become “cap- able of self-government,” but assigns the responsibility for the enforcement of each mandate to a given nation. In practice the nation holding the man- date exercises the same despotic rule that is applied to colonies gained thru individual conquest. As an important part of the league of nations, the world court plays a major role in this new form of colon- ial exploitation, The classic formula- tion of the relationship of the court to the mandates is contained in article 26 of the mandate granted “Great Britain in Palestine, which provides that: The mandatory agrees that if any dispute shall arise between the man- datory and any other member of the league of nations:relating to the. in- terpretation or the application of the provisions of the mandate; such dis- pute, if it. cannot be settled by ne- gotiation, shall be submitted to the permanent court of international justice. Similar provision, is. embodtfed in each of the 11 mandates. Like all other articles of the Versailles con- spiracy and the various treaties and covenants based upon that instrument of world imperialism, the clause is vague and can be interpreted in any manner convenient for the powers that dominate the. court and the league, srs The Mosul Decision. , NE of the British mandates 4s the Kingdom of Irak (formerly Meso- potamia). The Angora republic (Tur- key) extentds to the border=of Irak. In negotiations being conducted be- tween. Britain and) Turkey-at Lau- sanné in 1923, no agreement eduid be veached regarding the” boundary be- tween Irak and Turkey. The disputed territory is known as Mosul, and is supposed to contain oil in great quan- tities, Failing to reach wali -agree- ment on the question of Mosul oil, which Britain claimed for Irak, in or- der, thru its mandate to add to the power of the British oil trust, the treaty was finally signed on July 24, 1923, and instead of settling the ques- tion at that time article three of the treaty of Lausanne provided that the “frontier between Turkce and Irak shall be laid down in friendly arrange- ment to be concluded between Turkey and Great Britain within nme months.” In case of no agreement be- ing reached within that time the case was to be referred to the council of the league of nations, Decisions on such questions accord- ing to the covenant of the league must be unanimous, With Turkey having @ vote in the league there wag no pos- sibility of a decision being’ reached that was detrimental to her interests. At least that was the interpretation formerly placed upon the rights of members of the league and on that basis Turkey placed her head in the noose, When, after nine months, ‘the case could not be decided for, the simple reason that, Britain was determined to get control of the Mosul oil fields, 5 the council of the’ league of nations, Turkey then , sked the council of the league to srant its rights that been so flag- vantly denied by B The coun- il referred the’ ¢i the world court for an “adv’ opinion” re- garding the extent 4 power, and the manner in--wl ie decision should be reached. This move was not exactly plain to Turkey at first. fhe gullible Turks had been under che illusion, held to ‘thf§ day by many American pacifists and others of the sob-sister crew, that the provisions ‘or settling such disputes were clear and that the representative of Turkey would have a vote On the quéstion, In order to deprive Turkey of the vote on the question of Britain pillaging its own territory, the court decided that the league had the rig¥t to decide the case but that neither of the contest- ing parties should have a vote on the council, Such was the world court de- cision on Mosul. The Deal With France. URKEY might have had the sup- port of France on™tffé-league coun- cil but for the insurrection in Syria. In that mandated area that had been granted to France a fierce colonial war was raging, with{France getting the worst of it. The“gtmost frightful- ness had been used Against the Syr- ians and Druses, by #fance, but the natives were able to shatter the ranks of the imperialist hordes with sledge 1ammer blows. The storming of Damascus and the burning of thousands upon thougands of human beings beneath the? ruins of that ancient city threatened to arouse the world of Islam in a fury of anti-im- perialistic hatred, which for. a time seemed to threaten the whole mandates system in the: Near and Middle East. Britain taking advantage of the sit- uation called together the council of the league of nations with the inten- tion of raising the, question 6f the French mandate in Syria in order to get an excuse to lare the French government inco int to adminis- ter the mandate. | ie objective of Britain was and to wrest from France the Syrian date So that it can join it with its Palestine mandate. Qverything was set foF the assault on this mandate when the Turkish claim to Mosul came up. Britain faced a dilemma, If she antagonized France on Syria, then she would lose Mosul, It she retained Mosuwi would have to abandon, for the tine at ‘least, her designs on Syria. This, situdtion fore- ed her to forego aims in Syria in order to get mch support in Mosul. The result , of course, the decision of the feague in favor of the claims of Great Britain in Mosul. An Instrunie at of War. HUS we see that the league of na- tions and its w@rld court is not, as its supporters would; have us believe, an instrument for @nifforcing peace, but a diplomatic arena in wliich the con- flicts between the imperialist powers are fought out; it is a fraudulent court which grants legal and “moral” sanction to the, victors in the last world war to impose their will by force upon the mandated areas, Ere long the conflicting interests of the imperialist powers will reach a point where they can no longer be settled within the league thru diplo- matic intrigue and then all the cumu- lative malice and greed will burst forth into another war, ‘The man- dates of the league are all potential powder magazine: Turkey refuses to recognize the league decision gn Mosul and will (uke advantage of the ‘first opportun- ity to deliver a blow at Bri ’ t the Colonies the British imperialists know that in case of a war in Europe Turkey can be counted as one of the enemies against her. Unquestionably Britain also had a hand in stirring up hatred against France in Syria as an excuse to chal- lenge the competence of the Paris government in enforcing the league mandate. In its desperate striving for imperialist domination Britain is forced into the dangerous expediency of aiding revolts in colonies and man- dated areas other than its own. But with or without the aid of imperialist states fighting against each other, the peoples of Asia and Africa are stir- ring to action and are long there will rise. ‘a wave of anti-imperialism, wreaking such vengeance upon the despotic nations that it will mark a turning point in the history of the world, Fulfills Morgan Desire. The league of nations and the per- manent court of international justice, by their decisions, do not overcome the world wide antagonisms, but sim- ply aggravate them. On the world court today sits an American agent of the,House of Mor- gan, Mr. John Bassett Moore, who par- ticipated in the conspiracy that grant- ed,Mosul to England. When the Unit- ed States officially enters the world court other agents of Morgan will aid in preparing decisions submitted by the league of nations, This is as Morgan desires, for this country entered the world court for ome reason and one reason only and that was to enable Morgan to gain a political advantage in his struggle to dominate the whole world. rn @ Next Article—The Beginning of the Fight. YOUNG WORKERS LEAD STRIKERS ON PICKET LINE PASSAIC, N. J., Feb, 5 — Poetry and song woke up slumbering aristot cracy during the week as the thousand pickets’ gathered outside the Botany and Garfield mills at 6:30 in the morn- ing armed with old and new produc- tions of music which stirred the air to the uttermost parts of the strike bound city. While the textile mill workers are out in a life and death struggle with the bosses they make merry with singing and cause the exploiters much worry by lifting their voices in ‘such songs as “Hold the fort, for we ‘are coming; Workingmen, be strong; Side by side we battle onward; Vic. tory will come.” “It aint gonna rain no more,” has een changed into “We aint gonna slave no more,” Clarence Miller, of the Young Workers League of New York City is responsible for this song which the strikers now sing every morning on the picket line; The bosses ruled the mills, i The workers suffered,’ by heck, - But since the workers are on strike The bosses get it in the néck, , (CHORUS:) Oh, We aint gonna slave no.more, Oh, We aint gonna slave no more, That’s what all the workers say, We aint gonna slave no more. The bosses ruled the mills, ° The workers were oppressed, Weisbord gave the signal And the workers did the ‘rest. if (CHORUS?) - The bdsses ruled Passaic, The workers lived in hell, But since workers: got together It is just runing swell, nF (CHORUS:) Oh we aint gonna work no ‘more, We aint gonna work no more, Until we get our ten per cent We aint gonna.work. no: more.“ The superintendent threatens That if on strike we go, Back to school they'll ship us, ...... But he'll find us rather slow. (CHORUS:) John was a boss No overtime he paid, But when we'll have our union On his back he will be laid, (CHORYS:) ALL NEW JERSEY EXECUTIVES MEET, NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 5 — All the executive committees of the New Jersey sub-district league will meet on Sunday afternoon Febraury 14th at 2:30, at the Newark Labor Lyceum, 704 So, 14th Street, Newark, N. J. Important™matters of the sub-dts: trict will be discussed, including the niatter of putting over the ‘sub” drive, Sep lieaiialaiess SEND YOUR SHOP BULLETINS TO N. E.G. The national executive committee is attempting to arrange for interchange of shop bulletins between units in all parts of the country. For this purpose it calls upon all sections of the league to send in their, bulletins to the national office. In re- turn for those sent in we will send copies from other cities and nuclei. Who Are the “Big Four” ARTICLE II, Swift and Company. Swift and company, was incorporat-| eries are diseased, ed in Mlinois April 1, 1885, to acquire] lis, The products t! bunkhouses are some of the things that workers must contend with. Many of the workers in these fish- ‘some having syphi- hat are canned here the packing business of G. F, Swift/are sold all over the world, All at- company. It controls thru interlock- ing directorates the cobmpany and its Libby, its subsidiaries and the Compania Swift Intarnacional S. A, ©. and its subsidiaries. The Swift & company proper owns packing plants in Chicago, Kansas City, South Omaha, East St. Louis, South St. Joseph, South St. Paul, Forth, Denver, Milwaukee, St. Louis and New York with distributing cen- ters in nearly every large city in the United States, Own Canneries, Libby, McNeil & Libby, one of the companies that Swift formed to take care of the canning and packing of food products have large plants in Chicago and other parts of the Unit- ed States. ‘It has large holdings in Hawaii where natives are forced to work long hours on the company plantations where a slavery greater than that of the Negro in the pre- civil war days prevails. On these vast plantations pineapples are grown that are later canned and sent all over the world, In Alaska, Libby, McNeil & ‘Libby fisheries employ thousands of workers to catch and can salmon, Some of the workers tMat work in the fisheries and canneries there have been shanghaied in American ports and shipped to Alaska. workers are Chinese tempts are made by Swift & company National Leather] to hide their control of this combine, Subsidiaries, the| Five of the Swift company heads are McNeil & Libby company and] j in the directorate of this company. Big Leather Holdings, The National Leather company, in- corporated in Maine in 1919, was formed’ to take over the leather and tanning business of the Swift & com- pany, This company owns the entire capital stock of the A, C. Lawrence Leather company, the National Calt Skin company and the Winchester Tannery all of Boston. It has a great interest in the Ashland Leather com- pany. of Ashland, Ky., the St. Joseph Tanning company of St. Joseph, Mo., and thru its subsidiaries owns the Clinch River Extract company of St. Paul, Virginia, It also owns 50 per cent of the $3,500,000 of the capital stock of the England Walton com- pany. “The National Leather company has extensive holdings in different parts of the south of timberland. It also owns many extract .manufactur- ing plants. ; Fingers in South America. The Compania Swift Internacional, 8. A. C. was incorporated in 1918 in the Argentine Republic to take over the business and plants of the Swift interests in the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay and Aus of the tralia, This subsidairy of the Swift panese.| & company, has fits: offi 4 ty . y d 4 f , my “| along the line to make the conference | Come Ahead Into the Young Workers League Meat Packers? _ STUDENT MASSES BEGIN TO MOVE rat the last several months greater strike activity has been going on’ among the students than ever before. In Chicago and New York school. strikes have developed over the. machinations of politicians in building new schools. In New York especially the strike is beginning to spread to many others besides thy ones it started in until it now in- yolves in Public School 148 and 210, gnd several others especially in Wil Hamsburg. to the number, of about six or seyen thousand children. > { The Cleveland board of education ih response to a general demand among e students has eliminated mili training from the curriculum despit. the opposition of Newton D, Baker, and other war mongers, In Columbus, Ohio the | students are agitating against militarism in the Ohio State University—a vote on the question will take ‘place in a few days. Thomp- don the president emeritus admits that despite afl he could do the vote will. bé about ten to one against milit- ary training. In Coe College, Iowa, the student council of Coe College has adopted a resolution against military training. “ ; In City College, New York several - thousand. students registered their vote agaitist militarism, The Young Workers (Communist) League is progressing in its attempts to builil aunited front against militar. ism. {his tremendous protest bears no godd to capitalism. Let them be- ware, |OHIO CONFERENCE — IS PROGRESSING ‘With the Eastern Ohio conference of young minegs td take place on Feb. 28, 1926, work*is being intensified all a ‘big success by rallying the mining youth of that section for a struggle in their own interests against the abo. | nifiiablé conditions under which they live and work. The national office of the Young Workers League has sent. Comrade Harvey Murphy into the field as a special organizer to work with the district organizer, August Valentine. It is expected that delegates will be at the conference representing young miners from practically every coal mining camp in this section of the industry, CHICAGO Y, W. L. CALLS MEM. BERSHIP MEETING. The district executive committee has called a membership meeting for Sunday-Feb:-14, 1926 at 2:00> pms at Biltmore Hall, 2032 W. Division St.) There will be two points on the’ agenda. First there will be an activity | report by the district organizer Max’ Salzman. Then there will be a report on the industrial activities of the league by the district industrial or- ganizer Comrade Meltz, After the re- ports there will be discussion from the floor. Comrades should be there on time. A sub a day will help to drive capital away. of the Compania Swift de la Plata of Buenos Aires, the Compania Swift de Montevideo, Compania Swift de Bras zil, Compania Paraguay, Australian Meat Export company, Limited. Its property consists of nine slaughte! freezing, and canning plants, seven which are on the sea coast, producing chilled and frozen beef, mutton, lambs, cured pork, with side products suc as canned meat, beef extracts, hides; skins, wools, oleo oil, tallow, fertilizer, etc, This concern has an interlock+ ing directorate with the mother con cern, Meeting Monday Nite Feb. 8th of New York i Party Women; Urgent NEW YORK, N. Y. Feb. 5 — A meeting of all housewives of the and other women who are mem! of the International branches, will be held on Monday Feb, 8th at M hattan Lyceum—66 E, 4th 8t., ra D. mm, 8.6: , f The Communist International hab laid down a program for work among women to be followed by all sectio: This meeting will discuss this pro- gram and lay down plans for putt! eats At into effect:in the city of New York. Every woman party member who is a howsewife, or a member of ie internation: branch must meeting: ap “hy Hf) Lads a dey will help to