The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 2, 1926, Page 1

ya ie t f = The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government _ NEW YORK | Ebirion | = > , Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1028) at oe Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1878 Vol. Ill. No. 42. Sub: 7 ata Rates: Butsiae Biicago by alk, $00" per yeas. TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1926 ee PUBLIS TING COT Ila We Washingtoe ae ee Price 3 Cents Rumor amberlain DECK: °N IN BIMBA CASE TOMORROW Will be Forced Out in Cabinet Crisis GARFIELD MAYO HURLS THREATS AT STRIKERS Judge Baker ker Flies Into Rage at Textile Pickets (Special to The Dally Worker) By J. 0. BENTALL. PASSAIC, N, J., Feb. 28—-When the Garfield councilmen voted to endorse the Passaic strikers and concur in their demands, the mayor and the judge left the chamber mad as: wild cats and swore that they would do something or other that would please themselves first and let the rest of the world go to hell. It was the most dramatic event that has“occurred,among the “law and or- der” element of the three towns. Council Endorses Strike. ‘The mayor and city council of Gar- field had met to consider a letter from Organizer Weisbord and the united front committee of Textile Workers relative to the strike. The letter re- cited that members of the council hag at another meeting expressed them- selves as entirely endorsing the de- (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Feb. 28—Rumors are cur- rent in political circles that minister- ial differences over the question of in- creasing the number of seats in the council of the league of nations may lead to the resignation of Sir \Austeh Chamberlain, minister of foreign af- fairs. Altho these rumors are discredited in official circles it was apparent that the government, with the exception of Chamberlain, is opposed to admitting any nation to the council but Ger- many. The cabinet will reach a>de- cision on the subject very soon. INE STRIKE EXPECTED IN BRITAIN SOON Workers’ " Alliance Is Ready for Battle LONDON, Feb. 28—The publication Police threatening the leaders of the | Passaic strike picket line. In spite of this intimi- dation the strikers’ ranks have remained $6Jid with every prospect of forcing the textile barons to grant the demands of the workers. (Other pictures on page 3.) [PROSECUTION CLOSES CASE BY STRESSING SEDITION CHARGE IN ORDER TO RAILROAD EDITOR By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. (Special to The Dally Worker) BROCKTON, Mass., Feb. 28.—Judge C. Carrol King will de- liver two decisions here on Tuesday in the trial of Anthony Bimba, Communist editor of the Lithuanian daily, Laisve, on the joint charges of blaspheming god’and seditious utterances against the state of Massachusetts. Blasphemy—under Chapter 272, Section 36, Massachusetts laws, maximum penalty of one year in jail or fine of $300, with mands made by the strikers, and said openly that the demands were en- tirely fair and just. ‘When Organizer Weisbotd appeared before this body, he was not lonesome, for the hall was packed - tight with workers who wanted to know what would be done. It proved to be more interesting than had been anticipated, for the members Of the council voted ‘unani- mously to stand by the strikers and endorsed .most of their demands: pledging support to the strikers and calling the ‘police’ to order for ‘theif brutality and their interference, This looked good till. the mayor bobbed “up and declared that the mayor had no sympathy with the strikers and that he expected to keep on doing just as he had done: and would let the police club the strikers whenever they went out to picket. With the mayor stood the judge or recérder as he is called, before whom the strikers have had to appear and be insulted, Judge Baker went into a rago like a will bull, hufled, some vicious glances in the direction of Weisbord, and blurted out, “The soon- er you get out of town the better I'll like it.” When the strikers met in their strike meeting they were asked if they wanted him to leave. A storm of nos indicated that there was no desire to have anybody drive him out. “Who would you like to see as far away as the pepper grows?” asked Bentall as he addressed the strikers. “Judge. Baker,” shouted the crowd. That is the sentiment in these towns. of the. coal commission report is be- ing eagerly awaited here. The com- mission appointed by the government to investigate the industry and the claims of the operators for a wage slash has been in sssion for several months. The commission was part of the government scheme along with a sub- sidy to the’ owners to prevent a wage cut last July which would have pre- cipitated a general strike of miners, SEG’Y KELLOGG UNCERTAIN DAWESATION BRINGS AS TO PUBLISHING NOTES ~ STARVATION TO THE TO MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WORKERS OF GERMANY WASHINGTON —(FP)— Feb.” 28. (Special to The Daily Worker) Secretary Kellogg is still uncertain | as to when, if ever, he will make public the notes he has exchanged with the government of Mexico con- wameport workers and rallroaders. serning the new oil land laws of Jn the sessions of the commission ‘that republie; ~He-1s-now- the representatives of the’ re bel the latest note from Mexico, which have ‘insisted on the -néeesélty” Of! completes the third or fourth’ round lower wages. - The leaders’ Of the] |, the series, ; Miners’ Federation” of Great Britain . produced evidence showing enor- mous profits of the operators, and have declared that they will''tiot ac- cept a wage cut under aay circum- stances, o end of January numberdd 2,030,000. democratie coalition has held up ac- , tion on Sen. Norris’ resoléition, QUARTERS, GRAND RAPIDS, which asks Kellogg who is to blame Feb, 28.—Enthusiasti no nng for suppression of this correspond- cot ee aioe? ad elas edabegen| ence, ing, jammedyby auto workers and Workers’ Alliance Forined, their wives,was held here, and a The partial victory of the ‘miners strike® epidemic is beginning that last July in preventing a“ wage cut may even ¢tbrace the furniture has been followed up by the forma- works, the principal industry of the tion of a Workers’ Aljiance which in- ‘ city. The chainman of Local No. 3 cludes the unions of the trahsport announced thesrapid growth of the organization. TThe meeting was ad- LABOR MISSION dressed by Edward Kosten, secre- workers, miners and raflroad men all tary of the Central Labor Council, pledged to strike if one is, attacked Mrs, Kosten, who spoke on the role of women in the labor movement, and Eugene Bechtold, correspondent by the bosses. The leaders of the Miners’ Federation have toured the for The DASLY WORKER, who urged solidarity of Grand Rapids solute failure soon, TURNER WALL STRIKE HEAD- Sat., March 13, at 8th St. Theater. BOSTON STRIKE SECURES MANY country warning the miners and other workers of the possibility of a general strike if the owners attempt to put a wage cut into effect. A. J. Cook, secretary of the union, has been particularly active in this work and has been denounced by the capi- talist press as a consequence, The British capitalists view the . Makes s Headway Union, urged the workers to con- Join Garment War tinue to fight until victory is won. — Workers’ Alliance with apprehension,| MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Feb, 28— pgs (Special to The Daily Worker) and fear that a general strike will|“The proletariat of no other country a eggs ty slr al stay ath ea caseh workers in RENTER DRESS paralyze industry. The conservative | is educated in such a spirit of interna- Prine es Ree: WeeNen) ¥ “4 Baldwin government’ is preparing the government machitiery for the com- ing struggle with the intention of smashing all working class 9pposition to the bosses’ campaign to er ther standard of living of the 6 class. Soviet Union Exchanges Prisoners. with, Poland MOSCOW, U. S..S. RyxFeb, 28.— The Polish priest Usas, an-official of the Polish. repatriations gommission who was sentenced by a Soviet court ig, six years’ imprisonment for rape and pervision, and Laschevits, the se- cretary of the Polish consulate gener- il, who wag sentenced to death for spionage, and. two spies were ex- hanged by the Soviet authorities for he foar comrades Braun, “ MajevsKy, Jrun and Javoysky. { BOSTON LABOR IN CONFERENCE FOR PROTECTION OF FOREIGN-BORN; LAYS PLANS TO CREATE MASS ORGANIZATION BOSTON, Feb. 28.—Boston labor, in conference called to devise means of combatting anti-alien legislation as a preliminary to a drive against the whole working class, organized last night into a council for the protection of ‘enhial-’ . convention Amalgamated union, perpetuated by thirty-five loyal the foreign-born. Clothing Workers at: American, the struggling members since the strike at Forty delegates from various labor organizations adopted rousing reso-|dependent union that functions ove the same point a few years ago. lutigns of protest against the campaign against the foreign-born, being con-|most of the American men's clotiitng} Following a series of very favorable ducted by the Mellon@oolidge administration at, Washington. industry, will open in Montreal May |TePorts frdin the “cay thpidals de The council will circulate petitions to obtain signatures protesting |10. Internal problems, relations with tue dikes tine ae ager is skeen q ol or an A against this contemplated legislation and plans to send a delegation to Waeh-| ‘he Soy ang eerie fe RAROT SHED A rabtnit: (Obuambaee OE thi’ Auto Airt ington to participate in the concentration of forces from all parts of the “ig pt eroece: dra gehen ae Bone étatt atid Vehicle Workers, who was United States to fight against th cussion, Delegates will also consider summoned heres when addressing a the foreign-born, changes in policy duevto changes in|Well attended mass meeting of strik- tionalism as the Russian,” declarde F. Farkasch, the chairman of the Austri- an labor delegation to the Soviet Union on the ocassion of the dele- gates’ reception by the Moscow trade union: The Austrian mission, composed of thirteen prominent trade unionists from the basic industries of that coun- try arrived here after a short stay in White Russia. The visitors were met by numerous delegations from Mos- cow shops &nd factories and were warmly greeted by the delegates to the trade union congress now in ses- sion, N. Laris, old leader of the Austrian metal workers thanked the assembled workers for their warm and fraternal Hundreds. of Workers Follow. reception and declared: “The idea of} When reaching'the gates, these men international trade union unity is|¢Moyed the encouraging spectacle of making ever greater headway among nearly 200 trimmers leaving ithe plant the Austrian working masses, and the {4% Perfect 100 ger cent strike forma- presence in Russia of an Austrian|t#n in reply to the announcements of workers’ delegation is the best proot)® 10 per cent cut in their wages. The 4 rproblem of co-ordinating and organiz- ing this strike activity, became ever more apparent to these workers and resulted in the election of a sirike committee which sincé then has con- ducted the strike, together with Local 8 of the United Automobile Aircraft and Vehicle Workers of America. The Turner Hall has been engaged by this CONCERN FAILS TO BREAK STRIKE (Special. to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK Feb. 28 — Altho the Renter*Dress company is spending be- tween ten to fifteen thousands dollars “a week for gangsters and’ private de- tectives in an attempt to crush the. strike of the workers belonging*to the Internatignal Ladies Garment Work- ers’:Union the 400 workers are show-| ing splendid courage and, determina- tion to fight until complete, victory is sachieved, ) Picketitig continues with grea’ , enthnsiagm, in spite of the injunction that the boss has secured from Judg: Bijur, ton’s birthdayenecently, gave vent to |Job everywhere. duction in theqprincipal departments thruout the plant, Hydum Mem Cut 30 Per Cent. had been cut considerably during the last few months, when approached with the birthday tidings of the latést brazen cut of:fully 30 per cent, de- cided that working under these cir- cumstances had freached the breaking point and promptly walked out in a body leaving no one behind them. the Capmakers union, and others. erize the strikers, Roumanian Politicians Send Royal Parasite The delegation will spend five days in Moscow then it will go to Lenin grad, the Urals and to the pther in dustrial centers wt the Union, Amalgamated Convention May 10. of their country with the prince, MONTREAL— (FP)— The 7th bl- his defeat in the recent elections, School Tax Action ‘Delayed. 9 of a quorwm at their last meetin, _ . Arrangements are to be made for a big mass pening to launch an the industry, which-now ranks 11th in|!96 employes of the Hayes Ionia auto} other » mivetitig: of the comnit sive semeee In. Boston. gives aad he United Statasco be (Continued on page 2.) ss called for~next Wednesday. ‘ | Z BERLIN, Feb. 28 — The register- ed unemployed in Germany at the This is the highest number ever re corded in this country. The Dawes plan payments must be met whether the people exist or not, tho some of the more farsighted bourgeois lead- ers are beginning privately to admit Meanwhile the senate republican- BUELETIN. the scheme is bound to show its ab; Get your tickets now for the Inter-jmacy. In fact, if Wheeler's charges rational concert of the T. U. E. L., NEW RECRUITS International U nit Y| con, organiser of the Auco workers (Unorganized Workers GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb, 23— hitherto unorganized shops have The owners of {Hayes lonia company, {Joined the garment workers strike. large auto body works of this city, All shops are being picketed. Despite when celebrating George Washing- the pouring rain strikers were on the their “pay-triotid” feelings for the oc- At the strike meeting today Hoch- casion in formaof a general wage re-|™20, Morbits, and others addressed the- men, women, and children who are out. Telegrams of greeting were received from Morris Siegman, Bert A group of-ihilyumen, whose rates !Miller, secretary of the Worker's (Communist) Party for. this district, A great mass picket demonstration has been arranged for Saturday. En- thusiasm and determination charact- to Urge Carol’s Return VIENNA, Feb, 28.—The queen of Roumania will depart immediately for Paris in an effort to persuade Prince Carol to withdraw his renunciation of the-throne. Carol is said to be with- holding his decision pending a, confer- ence with leaders of the Roumanian opposition party who have gone to Paris to discuss the political situation The opposition, it is understood, will be called upon shortly to form a government to sycceed that of Prem- jer Bratiano who resigned, following The city council committee ‘on schools again ‘deferred action on »the $1 school \tdx' boost proposed on the ballot atthe “April primary thri lack the additional right to impose bond to keep the peace. + Sedition—Chapter 264, Section 11, Massachusetts laws, maximum fine of $1,000 or three years in prison, or both, Denied Existence of God. , “The evidenge in the blasphemy case is not much in dispute,” declared Attorney Harry Hoffman, in his clos- ing argument for Bimba. “The exist- ence of god was denied by Bimba.” Hoffman then challenged the court to find Bimba guilty on blasphemy charges stating, “I should be perfect- ly satisfied to take this case to a high- er court. I am frank to say that I do Charge Forged Papers not care what you do with the blas- phemy charges. Bimba had a perfect Used to Bar Countess *| tient to stana wp and deny god. “I am more interested in the sedi- (Special to The Daily Worker) tion charge,” declared Hoffman, turn- WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—Congress| ing attention to this charge, which he the diplomatic corps and officials of | Claimed was a frame-up, engineered the state department were aroused | by the government's star witness, An- today over the prospects of a sena-| thony E. Eudaco. \} torial investigation into the recent ex-| Hoffman showed that all the wit- clusion of Céuntess Karolyi, wife of] 2€sses were members of the Patriotic the former Hungarian premier, The| Lithuanian Citizens’ Club. Their inquiry was demanded by Senator Bur- | testimony constituted the backbone of ton K. Wheeler, of Montana, who| the government’s case. charged that the countess was exclud- Rank Perjury. ed on forced documents presented to| “The bias of these witnesses has led the ‘state department by Count t: tien "so" Tar that” they “Have commit \Szechenyi, the Hungarian minister} ted rank perjury in this case,” said here, who is also the husband ot | pofman. Gladys Vanderbilt. Hoffman pointed out that only one iThe investigation at least would give,the American people an inkling of ;the secret activities of modern diplo- (Continued on page 2.) are subsstantiated, it’ would reveal a .tale, stranger than fiction, of conspi- racy, forged documents, of a couple being hounded by detectives and last- ly of the state department being used as a catspaw between two factions of Hungarian political enemies. Referred to Foreign Relations Committee. + ° 4 Action on Wheeler's resolution wit! |Civil Service Laws Scrap be delayed several days because of ‘ the absence on a middle west speak- of Paper ing campaign of Wm. E. Borah, its chairman. It was referred to the se- nate relations committee, which also |ticed even in northern cities like would be authorized to conduct the {Chicago has been sown in the in- inquiry. Senator Borah is known to|stance of the post office workers and favor such an inquiry because of his How racial discrimination is prac- the firemen. sharp opposition to the exclusion of 2 i the countess. On Washington's birthday, Negro “Undesirable Organizations.” ‘|workers in the government employ In his resolution, Wheeler charges | were not asked to be pre that the “exclusion of Countess Karo- triotic celebration and ball” at Guy- lyi resulted from the forging pf cer-| , tain documents which tended ‘to con- |" ® Parading tq.” Slow. qviagHos: | 08 nect her with certain undesirable ;their patriotism. Invitations were political organizations with whom the quietly given to only white employes United States is not on friendly |ip ali stations by the foremen and terms.” He also charged the Hunga-| superintendents. All fnvitations were Wan minister employed an American/nymbered and checked and marked firm of detectives, at a cost of $20,|not transferable.” 000, to trail the countess apd her husband on a previous visit to the United States. In the end, Wheeler clarge$, the @tectives presented cer- tain documents to, the Hungarian mihigter, Later,’ he said, certain “forced documents” ‘were shown the State department by Count Szchenyi: As a result the countess was excluded tata “pa- In the Chicago fire department, as in the post office, no laws bar Negroes from. holding positions. Yet discrim- ination is prevalent not only socially but on the job:as well, Negroes suc- ceeding in securing positions are Jim- ‘rowed in a single branch in the Tay- lor street station. on her next trip to the United States. GawesPoray of Paper, A local Negro paper describes the To Deport 20,000 proceys in these words: “A man of our race who applies for a berth on NEW ORLEAN>+(FP)--—- According] the fire fighting force of this city is to, W. W. Tuttle, deputy immigration | examined, certified and then placed commissioner in New Orléans there|on a waiting list. And he waits, and are 2,000 aliens, mostly deserting sea-| waits, and waits, unless a member of men subject to deportation. Ten addi-|the Taylor street company happens tional, inspectors will be employed.|to die or is retired. Applicants of Labor men believe this is a contem-|our race need not expect to be ap plated blow by the vessel agents who| pointed to any other branch of the de- are determined to make this an open|partment—there is only one place pos- port. _. sible for him.” BLUE HOUR CABARET WORKERS WIN ALL THEIR-DEMANDS IN A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR STRIKE (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORYK, Feb, 28.—The general drive of the Hotel and Restau- rant Workers’ Union to organize the unorganized in New York City started last night with the famous cabaret Blue Hour at 49th St. and Broadway, which wag called out on strike. Due to the militant fight put up by workers Sf the Blue Hour cal aret, the strike did not last more than twenty-four hours. All demands of strikers were granted. *" The demand of a 100 per'cént closed si is now in force, All works ers are back at works ) aye anen Penn cunp ree /