The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 21, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 35. In Chicago, Outside cont Subscription Rates: MELLON P”..:"MUIM TRUST FLAYED IN SENA:.. °%. ~* DEPARTMENT TRIES TO ww.’ “°° MONOPOLY : (Special to The Davy Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Mellon’s aluminum trust is again under fire from a new coalition of democrats and republican in- surgents, What is Considered the first gun in the coming con- gressional campaigns was fired by the Morgan senator, Thomas D. Walsh of Montana. ; In a verbal skirmish on the floor of the senate the demo- cratic forces, led by Walsh, who directed the naval reserve oil scandal in which Denby, Fall, young Roosevelt and others were proved to have indulged in speculations for the benefit of the oil magnates, Doheney and Sinclair, the secretary of the treasury, Andrew W. Mellon, was accuSed of violating the anti-trust law. The Coolidge administration was arraigned for condoning this f NS RE APTA aN Ect violation. by mail, $8.00 per year. cago, Walsh showed that the Aluminum company is owned by the secretary of the treasury and his brother, R. B Mellon, and that it is a monopoly which defies the law without any fear eof consequences because Mellon is a member of the Coolidge cabinet and Attorney General Sargent uses the de- partment of justice in order to con- ‘ceal the crookedness of Mellon in- stead of prosecuting the concern. Violation Charged. The senate judiciary committee has already indicated that a majority of its members are convinced that such violation of law is taking place, and that the aluminum company has grossly violated the law prohibiting monopolistic practices. The vulnerable Coolidge senator, Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, one of the stalwarts up for re-election this year has thrown caution to. the winds and submitted a minority report in which he holds that the senate has no right to interfere with the business of the department of justice, Meanwhile, the regular republican caucus has moved to“stop investiga- tions, because the crimes of Mellon are so flagrant that they will never stand investigation and Mellon is the real leader’of the Coolidge adminis- tration. To eliminate him is to crip- ple the confused puritan in the White House. D. J. Whitewashes Mess. As the democrats prepare to the fight into the campaign in order to -have.an issue to hold.office:against, the identical bloc that they lingd up with in the infamous world court con- spiracy, the depattment of justice, un- der Attorney General Sargent, fol- lows the footsteps of Harry M. Daugh- erty and endeavors to whitewash the grafters by issuing a statement that (Continued on page 2.) JUDGE REVOKES _ CITIZENSHIP OF LWW. LEADER Decision Will Help in Deporting Radicals (Special to The Daily Worker) SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 19. — Fed- eral Judge J. Stanley Webster has en- tered a decree revoking the citizen- ship of James Rowan, long a prom- inent I. W. W. leader, on the grounds that he is not desirable as a citizen. This decision sets a precedent in the disposition of sabotage cases. It will enable federal judges to cause the deportation of workers convicted under syndicalism laws tho natnral- ized years previously, All'the gov- ernment attorney has to do is to prove to the judge’s satisfaction that the convicted worker's idea of govern- ment is anti-capitalist. Suit to deprive Rowan of his nat- uralization right has been pending in the federal court of this district ever since his release from Leavenworth penitentiary in 1923, He was origin- ally convicted, along with Haywood and other prominent leaders of the b W. W., in 1917 in the famous “Chi- cago Case.” He was pardoned by President Harding after serving five years of a sentence of .20 years. Rowan was active here during the world war as a labor agitator. Dur- ing that time he served as secretary of the I. W. W. local No. 500, Detrimental to Government. In asking for the revocation of his citizenship, United States District At- torney Garvin charges that since coming.to this country as a young man Rowan had “continually con- ducted and allied himself with fac- tions and institutions detrimental to the United States government. As under a capitalist dictatorship like that which rules this country today any attempt to strengthen the work- ers as a class is det! ntal to the interests of the ruling c! this de- cision gives the government a new weapon in its fight to suppress all revolutionary labor activity, Garvin will now place the case be- fore Secretary of Labor Davis, who has its final ‘disposition. Rowan is staying in Portland, 4 INDIANA MINE MARCH A HOAX, STATE MINERS Despatch Police to Stop Union Organization (Special to The Daily Worker) HERRIN, Ill.,-Feb. 19 — Denial that union miners from here had gone to Evansville, Indiana, where trouble recently arose in the non-union fields was made here today, by Fox Hughes, president of sub-district Number 10. A close check of all’ miners today showed the Evansville report errone- ous. se @ Where The State Power Comes In. (Special to The Daily Worker) EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb, 19—Extra police and deputies were hastily dis- patched to mines around Evansville to reinforce guards already on duty when reports were received here this morn- ing that a carayan of Herrin, Illinois De the ea ‘was advancing on this city. eae sini The reports were denied by local police and. the sheriff’s office..after they investigated the rumor that the invading miners had crossed the Wa bash River at Mt. Carmel-eatly thi: morning. John H, Pouch, Mt. Carme police chief, said no miners had crossed the river there. . ss * © Police Deny Report of March. (Special to The Daily Worker) MOUNT VERNON, IIL, Feb. 19.— Reports that union miners from the Herrin Ill, district were headed for the crossing of the Wabash river near here and marching upon the non-wnion mines near Evansville were denied at police headquarters today. The lo- cal ferryman who was said to have been hired to take the miners across the river said that no one had crossed, nor had he heard of any plan for a large number to do so. The police were“indulging in none but routitie ac- tivities, despite reports that a request had been made that the ferry crossing be guarded and the miners turned back. Medieval Catholic Order Protests the * Closing of Schools (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 — The knights of Columbus of this city have decided to protest publicly against the action of the Mexican government in closing up religious establishments presided over by foreign-born ecclesi- astics and in expelling a number from the country, The decision followed on a report by Archbishop Curley of Bal- timore who defended the right of priests to criticize the Mexican gov- ernment and Mexican law. [at bak | Close Catholic Colleges, MEXICO CITY, Feb, 19—The cath- olic institutions at Puebla have been closed by the authorities and four Catholic colleges in the state of Gua- dalajara have been closed by the au- thorities, Governor Jara of Vera Cruz has ordered all cities in that state to enforce the federal constitutional pro- vision excluding alien priests and for- bidding catholic educational institu- |tions, The closing of the catholic col- lege of Terelsiana, at Mixcoac, in the federal district, brot on a riot which, however, was quelled without casual- tes. i Japs Bulld Monster Plane, KOBE, Japan, Feb, 19 — What is declared to be the largest bombing plane in the world is under construc- tion at the Kawasaki works here, It is claimed that the winds of the ma- chine are ninety feet long, and the body sixty feet long, .. by mail, $6.00 per yeam [___ THE 4 PUBLi Ep” ‘ BIMBA TRIAL TO BEHELD ON “FEBRUARY 24 Campaign Against Reds Being Organized (Special to The Daily Worker) BROCKTON, Mass., Feb, 19—The trial of Anthony Bimba, editor of the Lithuanian paper Laisve (Freedom), charged with blasphemy under a law passed in 1697, has been set for Feb. 24, The text of the blasphemy law is ae follows: Statue of 1697 Under Which Bimba Will be Prosecuted “Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying, cursing or contumeliously reproach- ing God, His creation, government or final judging of the world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproach- ing Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, or by cursing or contumeliously re- Proaching or exposing to contempt and ridicule the holy work of God, contained in the Holy Scriptures, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than~$300 and may also be bound to good be- havior.” The charge against Bimba on the basis of this law is simply another at- tack on the workers. Under cover of this stupid Puritan “Blue Law” there is being conducted a campaign against the Lithuanian workers’ or- ganizations. » Anti-Red Campaign, In Hudson, Mass., the local business men thru their selectmen have taken up this campaign and have expressed their determination to “drive out the reds.” Dr. Glazier, chairman of the selectmen, has instructed the police to seize any leaders ofthe “red fac- tion” or “undesirables” and take steps to effect their deportation. The leader of this campaign against those workers who are not willing to meekly accept the dictation of the local capitalists is the Rev, John Mul- len, pastor of a catholic church. He is using the burial of a Lithuanian woman “without benefit of clergy” to arouse sentiment against all progres- sive and Communist workers. Under the pretense of opposing “blasphemy” the bosses and the han- ger-ons are working up a campaign against the thousands of Lithuanian and other foreign-born workers in the shoe’ factories of this state. While it is true that most stress has been laid on the blasphemy charge against Bimba, it must not be forgotten that there is also a charge of sedition hanging over him. While he will be officially tried on the former he will be really on trial for the latter. His The Way to Smash Strike Injunctions is not to Picketing in Open Defiane e. FLEET HOLDS aS IN EASTERN OIS ENEMY? F 49 — At the conclu- janenvers, in. AMERICA NA MANILA, ‘sion of which the fleet engaged a mock enemy who was attempting to land forces on the islands; it swas decided by the judges that thé imaginary foe had been successfully repelled. The bat- Ue plans, it was announced here to- day, were by far the most compre- hensive ever used inthe Far East in sham battles. WORKERS SHOW UP CONGRESSMAN AS REAL LOAFER Representative Dodges Congress Sessions WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 —(FP)— Representative Davey of Ohio, who startled the federal employes here last week when he made the statement that there were 100,000 superfluous workers in the federal service and that they are.only loafers, was absent @t-528 of 1,036 roll calls in the timp he has served im'the house. Out of elevenxmeetings held by the committee on foreign affairs of which he is a member, Davey attended just one, Prince Carol in Austria. VIENNA, Feb: 19.— Prince Carol of Roumania, who-was forced to re- linguish his rights to the Roumanian throne by the Brantiano brothers, in- tends to take up a permanent resi- dence near Vienna, it was reported here. The prince; it is stated, has arranged to oceupy the country home of Katharina Schritt, the actress and friend of the, lite Emperor Franz Joseph. i S great crime is that he organizes and leads the workers’against the bosses, se Malone To Aid Defense BROCKTON# Mass., Feb. 19—Dud- ley Field Malone, New York lawyer who was connected with the Scopes defense, will ai@ in the defense of Anthony Bimba charged with blas- phemy under a 200-year old law. On Feb, 23, the night before the trial opens, a mass’ meeting will be held here at which both Bimba ‘and Malone will speak. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Brockton branch of the International Labor De- fense. : Harry Hoffman, attorney for the de- fense, has entered a motion for a bill of particulars in ithe case. He wants to get the specific nature of the words that Bimba is charged with using. Prosecutor Rubiniis opposing the mo- tion,. Arguments'for the motion will be,heard soon in the local court, rgue About them in Court but to Break them by |operators had agreed in principle to of the Slimy Injunction Judges. SRIAND FACES NEW DANGER OF CABINET FALL “Hero of Locarno” Is on the Run (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, France, Feb. 19. — Defeated repeatedly and thwarted constantly in all efforts to obtain funds with which to endeavor to balance the badly sag- ging French budget, the government of Premier Briand still exists today for the simple reason that the economic condition of France is so bad that all parties in the chamber of de- puties, with the exception of the Com- munists, fear a change in, cabinet. They are afraid a political crisis would only sharpen the general crisis and all defenders of things as they are fear the consequences, So, in spite of their aversion to Briand, the members of the chamber gave him a vote of confidence today, but only after Briand had indulged in threats during an all-night session to appeal to the senate if the chamber did not sustain him. The vote was asked after the decisive defeat of the government sales tax measure which had been counted upon to yield 2,500,000,000 francs needed urgently by the treas- ury. May Soon Fall, Opinion was widespread in political circles today that after ‘the drubbing Briand received in the chamber he cannot fail to resign if that body turns down the government's financial pro- ject as a whole. All the eloquence for which the “hero of Locarno” is famous was ex: hausted in making appeals to which the chamber turned an indifferent ear. Resurrects Senate, A salient factor was the threat of the premier that he would desert the chamber if it refused to come to hi: assistance and appeal to the senate. He reminded the deputies that France after all was governed by a senate as well as a chamber. Considerable importance was at- ached to this threat in political cir- cles for all observers are agreed that Briand has his back to the wall and is in no mood for failure after the in- tense battle he has been making to push thru measures which will gain for France some economic equilib- rium, Duluth Carpenters Demand Wage Increase DULUTH, Minn., Feb. 19 —Local No, 861, Carpenters’ Union voted to raise the scale-of wages from 87 ge. to $1.00 an hour, Others in the build- ing crafts should follow suit, Publish This Issue Consists of Sections. SECTION ONE. ed Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER SHING CO., 1113 W. shington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Price 5 Cents DEFY INJUNCTION WEAPON BY A STRIKE AGAINST MANUFACTURERS By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL, (Special to The Daily Worker) Ms WEBSTER HALL, NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 19.—In this auditorium with thunder cheers, the great majority of the 1,200 ; union members at a shop chairmen’s meeting by unanimous vote invoked the strike as their reply to the vicious injunction weapon being sought by the Association of Dress Manufacturers in the courts. Coming direct from the shops of the association members, expressing the sentiments of the tens of thousands of workers at the machines, the shop chairmen, one after another, took the platform and voiced courageous defiance against the numerous . *threats of the employers in their NEW YORK GARMENT WORKERS WILL ANTHRACITE OPERATORS 10 HIGHT CHECKOFF Lewis Runs Up Against First Joker (Special to The Daily Worker) SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 19—As the miners return to the mines -under the 5-year agreement the jokers contained lin that agreement are being brot out.| |The operators have already opened fire on the statement of John L. Lewis, | president of the United Mine Workers, |to the Tri-District convention that the the collection of union dues by the company offices known as the check- off. Bosses Against Checkoff. Following the speech by Lewis the spokesmen for the operators let it be known that they were as much op- posed to the checkoff as they had ever been. They state that far from agree: war on the union. Communist Issue. The dress manufacturers Mke the fur barons are trying to raise the Com- munist issue in an effort to divide the workers. To listen to the chosen spokesmen of the fur manufacturers, all their troubles have arisen since the brilliant struggle of the left wing in the last convention of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garmént Workers’ Union at Philadelphia, followed by the left wing victories in New York City immediately following. In affidavits made by various manu- facturers filed with their petition for an injunction’ they claim that Com- munist influence in the union is the cause of all their woes. Instead of dividing the workers, however, the efforts to charge the Communists with being the breeders of unrest in the industry have only increased their solidarity. This was well displayed in the unanimity with which the shop chairmen supported the strike resolu- tion reading as follows: Declare for Strike. “Whereas, The association of dress manufacturers has for a long time violated the agregment which it en- tered into with thé joint board of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union, and all efforts of the officérs of the union to have the association and its members comply with the agreement have failed, and ing to jthe checkoff all they had agreed to was to allow the union the right’to-bring up the question for dis: cussion at the conciliation board. Lewis claims that in return for the checkoff the miners had agreed to co- operate with the operators to increase efficiency. He bases his claim on clause four of the agreement which says, “the demands of the operators and miners on the question of co-op- eration and efficiency are referred to the board of conciliation,-exclusive of the umpire, which shall work out a reciprocal program of co-operation and efficiency.” “Means What It Says.” The operators definitely state that the clause “only means what it says,” and reaffirm their opposotion to grant- ing the checkoff. However, the op- erators are waiting until the miners get back to work before definitely re- fusing to concede the checkoff. The checkoff is one thing that the Lewis administration wishes to se- cure as it gives them greater control over the membership. But the op- erators are not giving anything away without a struggle. Now thaf the miners are back at work they think they can refuse to grant the checkoff without any fear of a strike. The future holds a rough road for the “5-year peace agreement” in the an- thracite fields. Local 269, A.C. W. of A. Instructs Delegates for 15 Pct. Wage Increase At its regular meeting, Tocal 269, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America voted to instruct delegates to the Chicago joint board as follows: “To demand that at the next wage and conditions’ negotiations our union | Properly distribute it to the unemploy- }ed members and that a 15 per cent jinerease in wages be demanded be- cause of the steady increase in the | high cost of living.” Firestone Hopes for Rubber Plantations on Philippine Isle MANILA, Feb. 19 — Marvey Fire- stone, one of the leading automobile tire manufacturers in the United | States arrived here, He expressed re- ; gret that the land laws of the Islands prevented American interests from establishing a big rubber industry in the Philippines, Priest Gets Neuralgic Vision. PARIS, Feb. 19—“We must look for- ward to a period of rheumatic and takeover the unemployment fund and | “Whereas, The association has re- fnsec to enter into conference with the representatives Of the unfon in ‘or der to remove the violations which oc- curred and to adjust the differences which have arisen, thereby terminat- ing the contract and the relations be (Continued on page 2.) SOVIETS T0 BUY MORE LIVESTOCK FROM AMERICA Seek Select Stock for Breeding Purposes MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., Feb. 19—The Soviet government is contemplating the extensive purchase of select stock of cattle, sheep and hogs in the United States during the months of May and June. The 3,000 Ramboulliet sheep that the Soviet government purchased in America last fall have been success- fully acclimatized in Ukrainia, north- ern Caucasus and Siberia and have in- creased considerably in number, Only eight sheep died in the voy- age from America to the Soviet Union while forty were born. |the Caucasus increase the wool om these American sheep,” said Michels | Pereferkovitch, head of the live stock |division of the commissariat of agri- culture. He also headed the commis- sion of three that purchased the 3,000 Rambouillets in America, “I believe |we have developed the. science of | stock breeding to a higher degree than they have in the United States. Hith- erto we have purchased cattle and jhogs in gland, but as the animals ‘were affected by the sea voyage, we shall attempt to transport from the United States this summer,” The commissariat of agriculture has made extensive purchases of Ameri- cam incubators and wool-shearing mar chinery. Italian Butcher Asks (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Feb. 19—-The mandate com- mission of the league of nations is meeting here in special session at the request of Premier Mussolini, He ds maneuvering to secure an Italian man- date for Syria in case France is wil- ling to surrender hers. Taken in con+ nection with the secret understanding between Italy and Great Britain, this indicates that*a deal will be attempt- neuralgic crises,” according to the forecasts of Abbe Moreux, famous French priest astronomer. The Abbe declares that gigantic sunspots will increase rheumatic ailments, © ed by which the French will receive support elsewhere in return for the transfer, The main difficulty is’ to ar range this without seriously under mining French prestige, “The Siberian cold and the winds of, Mandate Over Syria — ¥