The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 23, 1926, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER 2 Pea I he ROE EE SRE Fo 8 Sessa ca sa INTRIGUE OVER COUNCIL SEATS SHAKES EUROPE Capitalist Spiders Get Caught in Own Web (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, Feb. 21—The intrigues centering about the coming admission of Germany to the league of nations} are reaching ever larger proportions. The action of Sweden in notifying the British government that it is opposed to giving any other country than Ger- many a permanent seat in the coun-/ cil will effectively block the admis- sion of Poland, Spain, and Brazil, de- sired by France and the vatican. It requires a unanimous vote of council to reach a decision. the Chamberlain is Clever. The British government has a statement denying any prom ain, tho Chamberlain has never de- nied having assured Briand of his support for their entrance. Diploma- tically, the English foreign office does not mit itself to opposing the French demand. It is not necessary as the position which Sweden has taken is sufficient. Sweden is depen- dent on Great Britain economically and financially. It is significant that neither France nor Poland have yet ratified the Lo- carno pact, Statesmen of both nations now speak of “essential reservations” before that agreement can be ap- proved. Elect Turner to Be Secretary-Treasurer of the Wobblies CHICAGO—(FP)—John R. Turner, for 13 years active in the Industrial Workers of the World, was elected by referendum of the membership as general secretary-treasurer for 1 year, beginning March 1. Most of his ac- tivity has been among the lumber- workers whom he helped to organize in the Pacific northwest in 1916, serv- ing on the strike committee in 1917. In 1918 during the war he was tried in Chicago with 102 other I. W. W., in- cluding Bill Haywood and Ralph Chaplin, and sent to Leavenworth where he was confined 5 years. He is American-born, a good speaker and organizer, and recently has been a railroad worker, belonging to Railroad Workers’ Industrial Union No. 520. Bosses Demand Their Slaves Pay Up Promptly GALESBURG, Ill— (FP)— Union secretaries who meet difficulties in collecting membership dues might try the company union’s method at the Burlington shops in Galesburg. A re- cent notice on the company union’s bulletin board reads: “Men who do not immediately pay their dues will get only straight time (instead of a time and half) for over- time.” Buy Imperial Gold Coins. MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Feb. 21.— (Tass.)\—The people's commissariat for finance has begun the purchase of former imperial and foreign gold coins. For gold coins with the por- trait of Nicholas II, of the face value of five roubles, the people’s commis- sariat of finance is paying 4.82 rbls.; for semi-imperial (7.50 roubles) 7.28 to 7.80 roubles; for old ten rouble coins 9.75 and for imperial (15 rbls,) 14.62. The coins not of full weight, as well as foreign coins, are being paid for at 5,30 roubles per zolotnik of pure gold. OFF THE PRESS SOON! | before the court this morning, } lowed upon the trial of Jack Ruben- Clifton Police Jail Strikers (Continued from page 1.) had not even heard of the police or the courts. The case of Lena Chernenko, as- sistant to Organizer Weisbord, came It fol- stein who was given 90 days in jail. When Jack was taken away by the officer, Lena waved her hand and whispered, _“Let’s sing ‘Solidarity Forever.'” Singing Angers Judge, This so angered the judge that he said to her, “Leave this court, Get out.” When she tried to explain that she did not say anything improper, the judge roared, “Get out of here, You cannot stay in this court room.” After Rubenstein had been taken away Lena was called and heard. The officer that brought the charge could not remember why she was arrested but said she was with other: strikers and did not want to go down to the cemetery to picket the dead when told to do so, The case was so flimsy that the judge discharged her, but had her stand up to be given a bit of advice, “You are here leading inno- cent people into trouble. I will let you go this time, but I warn you not to come before this court again, for I will then hold you to the limit of the law.” Judge Calls Down Lawyer, Joseph Fede, defense attorney, was given a calliown after he had told Rubenstein, “We'll get you out, don’t worry.” : The second charge against Ruben- stein which was exactly the same as the one that he was given 90 days for, was dismissed, and some of the work- ers in the courtroom wondered why he was not guilty of both if guilty of one. J, O, Bentall who had been sum- moned to court had a charge of con- tempt trumped up against him. He was charged with having related what happened in the court and had, told an audience that a,striker had been before the judge who said, “You are guilty but I discharge you.” The trouble seemed to be with the manner in which Bentall had quoted the judge, Bentall Shows. Up Courts Bentall was on the stand an hour or more and testified that no one court was different from the other capitalist courts. “They all lean in favor of the ruling class, opinion that no matter how much a judge tries to be fair he is in such an atmosphere and is associated with such people that it is impossible for him to be entirely impartial. This judge and many other judges are en- tirely fair when it comes to matters of property and other ordinary things, but the minute the case concerns the working class he always leans toward the owning class.” Asked if he meant that the judge was intimidated by the union, Bentall replied that he did not think the union was strong enough yet, but sometime the workers will be in power and rule. “They are the only ones that have a right to rule.” The judge held Bentall guilty, but after a recess of five minutes he said he would discharge the defendant if he would state that he had no spectfal contempt for this particular court. Having stated that all courts looked alike to him he was told he) was dis- charged, —_—_—_— ALEX REID SPEAKS ON CASE OF ZEIGLER MINERS TUESDAY AT I, L. D, MEET Alex Reid, secretary of the Pro- gressive Minens of Illinois, will speak on the case of the Zeigler miners, at the branch meeting of the northwest International Labor Defense, on Tuesday at 8 p. m., at the Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Boulevard. Australian Railroad Workers Get 5-Day Week by Reduction SYDNEY—(FP)—Thirty thousand Australian railwaymen in New South Wales benefit by the reduction! of working hours from 48 to 44 a week, worked in 5 days imstead of 6 as heretofore. The 44-hour week now applies to all workers in New South Wales and where possible is worked in 5 days, with 2-full rest days at the end of the week. Queensland has had the 44- hour week in operation for almost a year. The state Labor government has also decided to take over the private motorbus services of Sydney and environs and run them as part of the general transit system. It is expected that better service and cheaper fares will result. No private services will be allowed, In Perth the Western Australia Labor government has granted mem- bers of the Railway Officers and the Tramway Employes union an increase of 80c per week. All railwaymen and tramwaymen in the state enjoy the 44-hour week, When that argument begins at lunch time in your shop tomor- row~show them what the DAILY WORKER says about it. (About Ten Days) THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY (4.8) 187 The Damned Agitator and Other Stories by Michael Gold. The Paris Commune By Max Shachtman. Mill Strike Increases Forces at Beginning of Fifth Week’s Struggle (Continued trom page 1) beat workingman, Neubauer’s Hall is closed” and in another, “Strikers beat up Botany worker; woman woman throws pepper into girl’s face; chief closes Neubauer’s Hall.” I immediately ‘went to Neubauer’s Hall, out in the mill district. It was not closed, It had been. But while the kept sheets were pouring their propaganda over the city the strike organizer, Albert Weisbord, had de- manded and secured the reopening of the hall from the local municipal of- ficials. Strikers Returned. With Felix Panarisi, hall chair- man, in charge, one of the biggest meetings ‘of the strike was held dur- ing the afternoon, at which plans the second district. two state. SUPERIOR HOLDS A TAG DAY FOR MINERS’ RELIEF Send $547.35 to Help Coaldiggers SUPERIOR, Wis., Feb, 21. -—— The Workers’ Educational Society arrang- ed a Tag Day for the anthracite min- ers of Pennsylvania, The Office Work- ers’ Union and the Trades and Labor Assembly contributed their moral sup- port by endorsing the drive. Bright and early on the morning of the tag day, an arthy’of over sixty anxious solicitors—mostly | Workers It is mY | Party members—detying the severe weather—went out ‘onto the streets Jaden with tags and cigar boxes. |Every worker was Approached with “Will you buy a tag?” Every busi- ness establishment was visited. Several of the solicitors remarked that the only ones who bought tags were those who wefe’ apparently la- borers—the specimens wearing white shirts and collars couldn't see their way clear to do so, When asked to buy a tag they would ghout in anger, “Why .don’t they g fie work?” or “The strike is over.” It was a con- descension on their part to even an- swer. Well worthy of mention is the fact that the Young Workers’ League step- ped into the limelight thru its mem- ber, Esther Hintikka, who made the best collection. The gross proceeds for the day amounted. to $566.10, from which $18.75 wag paid for advertising and printing of tags, etc., making the net amount $547.35. This amount was sent to D, A. Edmunds, secretary of the Miners’ Relief Committee, King- sfon, Pa. Montana Farmer-Labor Party Will Contest Elections in State PLENTYWOOD, Mont., Feb. 21.— The farmer-labor party of the state of Montana, is going to file a complete ticket in the fleld this year. The elec- tion this year only includes national offices. The state ticket is elected every four years. The following offi election: two vanrele will be up for court judges; one railroad commissioner; two con- gressmen for the first district and here are only congressional itricts in this oo It ig very Ikiely that the radical law- yer of Butte, Harold (Pease, will be one of the nominees court of the state.’ ir the supreme is a strong farmer-laborite and net of the mush- were made for renewing and develop-]Toom variety, so typical of lawyers in ing the struggle. our country. The other candidate, in I watched a little, wan-faced, 14-|all probability, for the bench, will be year old girl mill worker join in sing-|Pat Wallace of Ple ing the favorite strike songs, “Soli-|World knows, he is Union Forever,” |>est farm paper published in Ameri- darity” and “The food, As the e editor of the When such young voices joined with |@, The Producers’ News. Li ee is being written in The DAILY WORKER office in New York City rather late at night. It doesn’t seem late because a dozen comrades are still left of the many who have been toiling here all even- ing--as volunteers—to perform the numerous and seemingly endless tasks inseparable from the struggle to build our Communist daily in the nation’s metropolis, That is what they are called— The DAILY WORKER Builders— one of the proudest regiments in the New York section of America’s Communist Army. ne MIGHT write about the Workers’ School and the get-together held for its benefit the pight before I ar- rived, when $4,000 were raised to those of the most aged mill workers,} For congress in the first district, and with the voice of all,ages in be-|Which embraces the western half of tween, swelling the song to thunder |this state, it is said that Tim Nolan proportions, then it was easy to fee] }°f Butte, will get the nomination. For the spirit that had brot these workers | the eastern district which is the a out in a titanic struggle against some |°%4 of this state, the gy and : of the richest corporations in the na-|°f the farmer-labor party, desires tion, have Charles E. Taylor make the run, “They sent us over to Europe to who is now state senator from Sheri- fight for democracy,” said Chairman dan county. He is the man prec Panarisi, “I was one of them. Well, “piste a ed heriag is ur ge faa labor party o state. ” »|He has led the progressive forces pie: . or oad renga the left continously. However, should ence. In addition to joining with the bpleiscg tle Rag iy Ba even other speakers at Neubauer’s Hall, I son of Sidney, a farmer and a rebel of also spoke with Organizer Weisbord ss ‘ nomina- at Belmont Hall, in Garfield, where long’ sapaitig, Wal, aay cee the throng of strikers was just as en- . / It is thot that O. F. Clarke of Mis- thusiastic. soula, a railroad engineer, will receive Where the anthracite miners}tne nomination for failroad commis- fought with an organization back of|sioner, He is a militant of proven them and with the whole American | worth, Federation of Labor giving them| preparations are on foot to conduct relief, the mill workers are}, very vigorous camhpaign, stressing fighting almost alone. They should the class nature of’ the government get the support of the whole Ameri-|and exposing the fraud of capitalism. can working class. By the time that the fall election rolls ee around, a state wide organization of Mexico Sends New the progressive farmers of Montana Note to Washington shall have been completed. Plans are also under way to gnap the working class of Butte out ofits lethargy. WASHINGTON, Feb, 21—The lat- est Mexican note, answering this gov- Worse Than Empire in Czecho- ernment’s protests against the alleged confiscatory features of Mexico's new} PRAGUE, CzechoSlovakia—At the jJand and petroleum statutes, was de-| present congress of, the Czech trade livered at the state department today. |unions, the police appeared with the While its contents were not divulg-| instruction to control officially the ed, it is known that the Mexican gov-| proceedings of the, congress, This ernment stands strictly on the ground | caused the greatest jndignation among of its previous communications, .and|the delegates. The, West Bohemian 4 ALREADY ISSUED: No, 1—Trade Unions in America. By Wm. Z. Foster, Jas, P. Cannon and Earl R. Browder. No. 2—Class Struggle vs. Class Collaboration. By Earl R. Browder. No. 3—Principles of Communism. By Frederick Engels. Translated by Max Bedacht. No. 4—Worker Correspondence. By Wm. F. Dunne: No. 5—Poems for Workers, Edited by Manuel Gomez. reiterates that American inter not unduly jeopardized by the statutes. Open College in Adjaristan. are|miner Bittner protested in a speech neW | against the presence.of a police agent, He demanded amid stormy applause of the congress, the immediate recal- ling of the spy. A government which MOSCOW, U. S. S. R.—(Tass)—|does nothing for the workers, he said, Feb. 21—An industrial opened in Batum, college institution in Adjaristan, Plumbers Helpers’ institute is|has no right to control us, The dele- This is the first|gate Hais added to this that in old imperial Austria it never happened that @ government representative at- tended workers’ congre: promote its activities to educate workers to become intelligent red fighters, I might discuss the wave of satis- faction sweeping the party as the result of the very successful Defense Bazaar that brought in $8,000 net to wage the fight in protection of the class war prisoners. I might dwell upon the trade union activities of the party that sting the great employers into in- creasing agonies as labor's militant power grows, I might tell of the energy with which the party in New York car- ries thru its campaigns, the tre- mendous sucoess with which it drew masses to its Lenin memorial meet- ings, and all other demonstrations of the workers that occur in rapid succession. I might write something about the Young Workers League that has its headquarters next door, in smaller offices that were formerly occupied by this enlarged DAILY WORKER headquarters, But each one of these glorious ef- forts is sufficient in itself in extent and interest to provide a separate chapter in labor's struggle for power. «2.4 AM that is possible here js to extend a word or two of much deserved praise and encouragement to the hundreds/ of New York DAILY WORKER Builders who be- lieve in the strengthening of the ‘Communist press with the proletar- ian intensity that spells death to capitalism, The example they have set should rouse workers in every city in the land to organize and develop DAILY WORKER clubs. ss is E. KATTERFELD, manager of * The DAILY WORKER New York agency, is the genius who ini- tiated and developed the N.Y. DAI- LY WORKER builders’ club idea. In this case, as in so many others, genius is synonymous with hard work, This is said in order to con- vince DAILY WORKER Builders everywhere that it is not difficult to duplicate the’ Katterfeld idea. Volunteer work is the basis of ad- mission and good standing in the club. In order to win membership “The Builder” must sell at least $10 worth of subscriptions, secure at Iron and Bronze Workers’ Union Seeks Better Conditions NEW YORK, Feb. 21— The Inside Iron and Bronze Workers’ Union has sent out demands to all the employers in the iron trade demanding better conditions for all of the iron and bronze workers. Working conditions in union shops at present are: a 44 hour week, at the minimum rate of $33 per week for helpers and$44 per week for finish- ers. These conditions are very far from being satisfactory. Conditions in the non-union shops are far below the union shops. The 48 hour week Prevails in those shops, and there is no scale of wages. The boss deter- mines the wages, These conditions exist in the open shops because the workers do not be- de La ona No. Neuman. 10 CENTS EACH TWELVE COPIES FOR ONE DOLLAR. 6—Marx and Engels on Revolution in America. By Heinz THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO, 1113. W. WASHINGTON BLVD., CHICAGO, ILL, PNAS A Reserve March 1 PARIS COMMUNE CELEBRATION All working class organizations are asked not to arrange any con- fllcting meeting on March 19 as the International Labor Defense, Chicago local, has’ arranged a Paris Commune pageant’ and drama, Mov- ing plotures of labor defense in the United States and in Europe will Club of Brooklyn, New York calls on all helpers to join the club. Meetings every FRIDAY night, 8:30 p. m., at 7 Thatford Avenue, be shown, Bishop Willlam Mont+ Brooklyn, N. Y. gomery Brown is Ke be one of the speakers, sh long to the union. The union appeals to all iron workers in the open shops to join hands with their fellow-work- ers, the union men, and unitedly fight for higher wages, less hours and bet- ter working conditions. Seprehenesiecitesiinisens Coolidge Rewards a Henchman, WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—President Coolidge has rejected the advice of Senators Stanfield and McNary of Oregon that he withdraw the nomina- tion of Judge McCamant of that state ‘as federal circuit judge. McCamant violated the primary election instruc- tions given him to vote for Johnson as republican presidential nominee. Coolidge rewarded him for making the nomination of Coolidge for the vice-presidency, Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features every speek. This is a good issue to give to your fellow 4 sagt ia Daily Worker Builders | Grow in Numbers in the Nation’s Largest City By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL., least $10 in donations, sell at least $10 of rescue tickets, collect from newsstands every week, or work at least 20 hours in the office, which includes the usual folding and stuff- ing and inserting, with ‘addressing, while numerous comrades are gradu- ally developed for more intricate tasks, like the keeping of mailing lists and card indexes, Then there is the reward! In addition to Communist work well done, a tremendous satisfaction of untold worth, there is the joy of being numbered among the elect at the semi-annual affairs for builders only, Last summer there was an excursion up the Hudson River to Stoney Point. River excursions for New Yorkers in summer are wel- come escapes from the prison of torrid heat, frying pavements and towering walls of stone, brick or concrete and steel everywhere, with only insignificant patches of green in the scattered public squares and you can not sit on the grass in aristo- cratic Central Park. Katterfeld knew what he was doing when he offered an excursion as an induce- ment to work to New York’s DAILY WORKER builders, This Sunday there was a ban- quet for 500 builders, the midwinter “affair.” More about this will ap- pear in the news columns. This is being written as the list of the 500 lucky ones is being completed here in The DAILY WORKER office. Some have worked hard, qualifying for hundreds of dollars. It said that one builder does his $10 bit on an average every week. A large num- ber hover around $20. The records show that the aspiration isn't td just make good on the $10 but to keep on working to the limit at all times. Non-party members are wel- come as builders. But they do not long remain on the outside of the party. The contact once established soon brings them into the party, becoming a party builder as well as a DAILY WORKER builder. ie ae HIS coming summer there is going to be something out of the ordinary for these DAILY WORKER builders, The quota is to be raised to $20, But the prize is to be a three days’ outing. It is expect- ed that 1,000 builders will qualify, You can take a pencil and piece. of paper yourself and figure just how long it is going to take to establish a New York DAILY WORKER. If you get the pulse correctly of these builders you can feel that that is what they are working for, a DAILY WORKER in New York, for which they have '‘al- ready established thousands of con- tacts in the shops, the factories and every other place where men and women and children of the working class go down to their jobs to strug- gle for an existence under capital- ism, yy another year it should be possible to call the roll of hundreds of DAILY WORKER builders’ clubs all over the nation. New York City promises the na- tion it will have a roll call number- ed in four figures steadily growing of DAILY WORKER builders, Akron Workers Form Council to Resist Finger-Printing Laws (Special to The Daily Worker) AKRON, Feb, 21—A conference for the formation of a Council for the Protection of Foreign-Born Workers will be held at Liberty Hall, 621 So. Main street, on Feb, 28 at 2 p. m. A number of organizations have already elected delegates to the con- ference, and the matter is being taken up by other fraternal organizations, trade unions, etc. A good meeting is expected, since the question is an acute one, affecting a large section of the workers in the rubber plants of this city. 4 All working class organizations are requested to send delegates to the] - conference, which will be addressed by prominent speakers, Jugo-Slavia Union Congress Raided. BELGRADE, Jugo-Slavia, Feb, 21— The “Moscow” bugaboo has become a favorite sport of all the reactionary governments, it appears, The con- gress of the Independent Trade Unions which was openly announced in the press, was raided by the police in Belgrade as a secret congress, one hundred and fifty searches took place, and all the members of the executive committee of the Independent Trade Unions and over 250 Communists were arrested, The terrible torture which followed, reminiscent of the days of the inquisi- tion, have been so revolting that even the capitalist press 1s writing about them. The prisons of the Belgrade police are overcrowded, horrible tor- tures are the order of the day, and the authorities are preparing a great trial of high treason with the agsist- ance of forged documents, “ ILD. EXPOSES FAKE ANINESTY IN BULGARIA Cabled Protest Asks Full Amnesty (1. L. D. Press Service) A spirited note of protest to the Bulgarian government for ite fraudu- lent “amnesty” was sent to Sofia to- day by the International Labor De- fense, in the name of almost a score of leading, liberal, radical and labor men and women. The cabled protest is in reply to the appeals from Bulgaria against the proposed “amnesty” introduced by the cabinet of M. Liaptchev, the succes- sor to the hangman Zankoff. The cable reads as follows: NARDONO SOBRAINE, SOFIA, BULGARIA, CABLED REPORT IN- FORMS US THAT YOUR GOVERN- MENT REFUSES TO CARRY OUT PROMISE OF AMNESTY TO ALL IM- PRISONED UNDER ZANKOFF AND GRANTS AMNESTY ONLY TO SE- LECT FEW. WE DEMAND FULL AMNESTY AS PROMISED. SHALL BE COMPELLED TO CARRY ON NATIONAL CAMPAIGN AMONG AMERICAN PEOPLE IF PROMISE IS NOT FULFILLED, The cablegram is signed by Char- lotte. Anita Whitney, Wm. H. Holly, Eliabeth’ Gurley Flynn, Robert W. Dunn, Ellen Hayes, Robert Whitaker, A. T. McNamara, Albert F. Coyle, H. W. L, Dana, Roger N. Baldwin, E. C. Wentworth, Bugene V. Debs, Ralph Chaplin, Alice | Stone Blackwell, David Rhys Williams, William Bouck, Kate Crane Gartz, James P. Cannon. The Fake “Amnesty.” The proposal of M. Liaptchev, the premier of Bulgaria, came to the na- tional Bulgarian assembly, after the entire world had raised its voice in horrified protest at the brutal perse- cutions which marked the bloody reign of Zankoff, and filled the pris- ons of Bulgaria with thousands of workers and peasants, and the earth of the country with corpses. M. Liaptchev proposed a bill which provides for the release of thousands of criminals, most of whom were im- prisoned under the regime of Stam- bulinski, the peasant leader. Those imprisoned were speculators, usurers, war profiteers, and ordinary criminals, The rest are mainly composed of fas- cist murderers whom even Zankoff was obliged to imprison, so heinous were their crimes and so loud the pro- test of the people, While these elements are to be freed wholesale by M. Liaptchey, who bids fair to become an even. more cunning Zankoff, the more than 5,000 political prisoners are to stay jin jail, with the exception of 1,500 of them who compose the least known and most innocent victims of the ter- ror. And even those political pris- oners who are to be released have strings tied'to them which makes the release a bitter joke. Some of them must pay big fines, which most of them cannot do and as a result must return to serve their time. Others have similar barriers cast around the Toad to freedom from the dungeons of the reactionary Bulgarian rulers, Need Foreign Loans. M. Liaptchey is anxious to gain a reputation as a humanitarian in or- der to remove the black stain from the shield of Bulgaria, a stain made by the blood of thousands of brave workers and peasants. Foreign capj- talists never dared to negotiate for- sign loans during Zankoff’s rule be- cause of the extent to Which Zankoff was cordially despised thruout the world, a symbol of shameless oppres- sion, Now M. Liaptchey is attempt- ing to gain a reputation with a false “amnesty” bill in order to obtain fi- nancial recognition thruout the world, ‘The protest of the International La- bor Defense, whose activities have’ previously aided in stopping the at- tempted legal murder of Rakosi in Hungary, is a determined declaration of its intention to join with the pro- gressive elements thruout the world to protest this new back-handed as: sault upon the long-oppressed Bul- garian masses. Further developments in this affair are expected shortly, —_—_—— Build New Sanitarium. MOSCOW, U. S. S, R.—(Tass)— Feb. 21—The chief management of the health resorts of the Ukraine de- cided to bulld a special sanitarium for peasants during this fiscal year in Odessa. 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