The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 4, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 44, Subscription Rates: Outside Chicago, END OF RAINS Li MOROCCO SIGNAL! === FOR ATTACK BY FRENCH LEGIONS AND FURIOUS RIFF RESISTANCE (Special to The Daily Worker) RABAT, March 2.—The rainy season has ended. Instead of bringing the hope of peace and contentment that has been wel- comed by the people of this land for uncounted centuries it is the signal for the renewal of imperialist frightfulness as the merce- nary batallions of the French and Spaniards again swing into action. Again the airplanes drone their song of death above the bright countryside while devastating projectiles explode in the huts of unarmed men, women and children; the shells again level to the ground the habitations of people who strive to maintain that liberty that the swindlers of Versailles-promised to all the ——+world at the close of -the war In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. U8. GREATEST NAVAL POWER ADMIT BRITISH Blue Book Shows Amer- ica Has Most Ships (Special to. The Daily Worker) LONDON, March 2 — The question of whether Great Britain has-reatly lost her, naval lead rship tothe United States has “sui “Cia become the absorbing topic of the hour, The controversy was precipitated by the statistics concerning the respective naval strength of the great nations as published in an official government Blue Book, released yesterday. According to this ‘compilation, the United States leads the world in the number of warships at its command. TheBlue Book gives the totals of naval vessels as follows: United States, 543; Great Britain, 444; Italy, 247; Japan, 222; France, 219; Russia, 176; Germany, 87. The United States is listed as possessing 300 destroyers while Great Britain has 172, Amer- ican submarines number 120 to Great Britain’s 56, Japan has 31, France 15, and Italy 14. Capitalist Press Screaming. The press is running scare head- lines on the subject, Under a banner- line reading “Secrets of United States Battleships Revealed,” the Evening News declared that it has learned that the battleships Maryland, West Virgi- nia, Colorado, Arizona and Pennsyl- vania are being fitted with eight new guns each, “The installation of new guns in- dicates the increasing importance which is now being attached in the United States to the defense of war- ships from aerial attacks,” the Even- ing News states. U. S, Has Longer Range Guns. The newspapers lay great emphasis on the statement made ia the Blue | book that five American battleships are being equipped with five-inch anti- aircraft guns, capable of attacking aeroplanes at a height of six miles. It is stated that ‘these guns are the most powerful of their kind on any] naval vessel, The press declares that Great Britain’s navy is lamentably weak in this respect, being equipped with only four-inch anti-aircraft guns. Get your tickets now for the Inter. national concert of the T. U. E. L. Sat., March 13, at 8th St. The WILL TRAIN CHINESE STUDENTS 10 BECOME REVOLUTIONARIES (Special to The Pilly Worker? CANTON, March 2—The political council of the Kuomintang has established a preparatory class here for the preliminary instruction of candidates who wish to attend the recently opened Sun Yat Sen Uni- versity in Moscow. Over a hundred dents enrolled before the class began. The object of the Sun Yat Sen University is to turn out trained Urienta| Communist agitators,.for work In the Far East. wireotor. ry", iy, between the great imperialist nations. The Riff war is on again after the long, anxious months of waiting and hoping that somehow, somewhere something would happen to force the invading forces back to their own soil, i Natives Resume Defense. Under Abd-el-Krim the native forces are again rallying to the defense of their land against foreign depreda- tions; the Rifflans yesterday heroical- ly defended their lines against the un- provoked attacks of the French mer- cenaries, in spite of the swarms of bombing planes that flew above their lines, dropping explosives into their ranks. Other oa -troeps are on the march hed to the Pisa? bea trout? the fgnting ‘stay it looks as tho heavy concentration of forces would occur at that point, Thru the winter the Riff tribesmen have succeeded in securing better equipment and have prepared to turn the defensive into a fierce offensive and it is-hoped that they may be able to scourge from the earth the scum of the earth, of the character of the American aviators, who. participated in the foreign invasion of last year. FRISCO MERGER AWAITS NICKEL PLATE DECISION Hearings Start on New Consolidation — WASHINGTON, March 2— A fur- ther step in the proposed merger of the St. Louis & San Francisco (Fris- co) and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Rock Island) Railroad sys- tems was taken today when the in- terstate commerce commission open- ed hearings on the application of E. N. Brown, J; M. Kurn, and J. Hirsch- man, to be allowed to hold director- ships in the-Rock Island. - Brown told the commission,) rela- tive to’ the ‘merger, that until ft ren- ders a decision in the “billion dollar” Nickel Plate merger, the promoters of the .Frisco-Rock Island merger have decided to hold definite plans in nay ance. Chinese Clean Out | Nests of American Christian Parasites (Special to The Daily Worker) HONGKONG, March 2 — Canton troops are reported to have seized the church and school buildings of ‘the American missionary settlement at Hoihow, on the island of Hainan, They are being occupied as barracks. Ae Religious Fanatics Get Theirs. CHUNGKINK, China, March 2—The interior of the American adventist chureh here was wrecked during an antl-imperialist demonstration of Chin- ese students and soldiers. Many were arrested, Seek More Troops. INDIANAPOLIS, March 2—A dele- gation of mine operators from, south- ern Indiana, including Walter, Kort, member of the legislature and;owner of several ‘large mining properties, called at the state house and.contet- red with, Goy. Jackson ant Adjutant Entered as Second-class matter September 21,, by’ mail, $6.00 per year. 1928, ‘at Publist wae MILITANTS ATTEND 1. UL EL, MEETING TONIGHT! The Chicago group of the Trade Union Educational League will hold its monthly meeting at the North- west Hall, corner North and West- ern Aves., tonight in the targe hall. Arne Swabeck, member of the Painters’ Union will speak on the Protection of the Foreign-born. Class collaboration and the Wat- son-Parker bill will be the subject on which Pete Jensen, chairman of the Chicago Switchmen’s Line Fed- eration, will speak, Race Prejudice in the Trade Un- lions will be the subject of H, V. Phillips, secretary of the American Negro Labor Congress. The Necessity of the Trade Un- ion Educational League will be dis- cussed by Andrew Overgaard, sec- retary of the National Committee for the Amalgamation of the Metal Trades, SETTLEMENT OF ITALIAN DEBT SPLITS SENATE “Hell ’n Maria” Dawes May Decide Issue ape + mtg ini t0 The Dally worker) WASHINGTON, March 2 — Vice- President Charles G. Dawes may be the determining factor in the ratifica- tion of the Italian débt settlement. This appeared to be more than a mere possibility today when informal poll¢ of the senate revealed a division so close that it may take the: vote of the vice-president to break a tie, © Cognizant of this situation, adminis- tration leaders in the senate have al- ready importuned Gen. Dawes to “stand ‘by” at all hours once the Ital- PUBLISHING CO., | NEW YORK | EDITION ned Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER ili W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL Price 3 Cents led OF BLASPHEMY CHARGE BUT OPEN SHOP FORCES ABLE 10 IMPOSE SENTENCE ON FRARE-UP (Special to The Daily Worker) BROCKTON, Mass., March 2.—Anthony Bimba, Communist editor and speaker, was acquitted of the charge of blasphemy here today and convicted of sedition by Judge C. Carroll King. Tho witnesses for the defense testified that Bimba not only re- viled religion but denied the possibility of existence of any god, the judge ignored these facts and the 300 years old law under which the case was tried. The case had attracted world-wide attention and was reviv- ing the odious past records of the puritan founders of New Eng- land. The patriots who pervert the history of the days of Cotton Mather and other religious bigots and fanatics who settled New England in order to create illusions in the minds of the working ian agreement is brought to the senate floor. . They. still remember—poignant- ly—that Charles B. Warren of Detroit would have been attorney general to- day had not Gen. Dawes been taking a nap when the senate divided evenly on the question of his confirmation. A Tie Vote Probable, The senate polls show that a few votes either way will decide the ratifi- cation of the Italian’ settlement, and that if all senators are present and voting, or paired, a tie vote is very likely, Of thé 39 democrats in the senate, 31 are counted on to vote against ratification. Sixteen repub- licans will leave the administration reservation to register their opposi- tion, These, with the anticipated negative vote of Senator Shipstead, farmer-labor, of Minnesota, would give a vote of 48 against ratification, re- quiring the administration forces to muster every other vote in the senate to equal it. The informal polls, taken by both sides, are conceded to be reasonably accurate as of today. How- ever, there is eonsiderable “mission- ary” work being done on both sides which may result in the shifting of a few votes this week. Coolidge is keenly aware of the situation, and has undertake: some personal “missionary” work ‘on his ewn hook. He has already held, and will continue to hold, conferences with various individual senators who are known to be opposed to ratifica- tion or who are described as “waver- ing.” The Italian and other settlements will be brought to the floor as soon as the Muscle Shoals graft is disposed of, propably the latter part of this week, Scranton Mayor Fires Permanently Crippled Fireman Injured on Duty (Special to The Daily Worker) -SCRANTON, Pa. March 2 — Altho crippled for life in an accident re- ceived in the line of duty, Gerald Me- Hale, Scranton city fireman, has been discharged by mayor... B, Jermyn. The mayor ordered),McHale's firing unless the permanenftty disabled work- er paid $1,700 hespitaland physician's charges, The workersclaims that the city should b Wat “ shows Anthony Bimba, between his, lawyers, «wifes during—a recess between sessions of the famous, case in which thé blasphemy charge was thrown out and the judge decreed Lithuanian Communist editor, Irving and Harry Hoffman. that Bimba was guilty of sedition and fined him $100. The tase is being appealed. ‘ ASWELL BOASTS THAT HIS VICIOUS BILL AGAINST LABOR WILL BECOME LAW; NO OPPOSITION IN WASHINGTON By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2.—“It i$ going to pass.” This was the exultant declaration that James Aswell, con- gressman from Louisiana, made to me in his office here. He was speaking, of course, about! his infamous “Aswell Bill,” now before congress, providing for the registration of for- eign-born workers. Aswell is the congressional leader in the fight-against the foreign-born, letting loose a flood of proposed legislation calling for the finger-printing, photographing and registering of alien labor. He is a:democrat but he has the support of the republican Coolidge administration, especially of Secretary Davis, head of the so-called) department of labor. European countries with Secre- tary Davis getting information to aid them in putting thru the proposed laws: I found Aswelliin his office on Cap- itol Hill. I first told him who I was and then asked ‘him for a copy of his bill. “Are you for-or against it?” asked, “I am bitterly: against it,” I replied. “Well, I don’t like to give out any copies to thosejagainst it, to be used for propaganda purposes,” he said. “But I'll let you have a copy of it anyway. There aren't many against it, It is going to pass,” he repeated. The Aswel] bill has been referred to the committee-on immigration and naturalization that is now holding hearings on proposed deportation bills. Just as soon as the deportation mat- ers are out of the way, the anti-for- eign-born measures will be taken up. From what investigation I could make, I found that there was organ- ized opposition to this legislation. Some of, these same measures were before the last congress and Aswell told me quite proudly: “The late Sam Gompers was in here himself. He sat in the same chair where you are sitting. He said he came to talk over these propositions. I convinced him that there was noth- ing dangerous to organized labor in them. He replied, however, that the American’ Federation of Labor had to put up a fightsagainst them for ap (Continwesd on page 3) he Aswell visited 16 different Senate Asks Coolidge How Many Trusts He Has Busted to Date WASHINGTON, Mar. 2— The de- partment of justice was called upon today by the senate for a report on its prosecution of anti-trust cases, A resolution, sponsored by Senator King, democrat, of Utah, was passed without a record vote. It asked the number of persons convicted and in® prisoned for violation of the laws against monopolies, the number of consent decrees obtained by the gov- ernment, the number of contempt pro-~ ceedings prosecuted, and the amount of property seized, condemned and forfeited to the government. President of Syria Resigns as Protest (Special to The Daily Worker) DAMASCUS, Syria, March 2.—Soubi Bey Bakhrat, president of Syria, nas resigned. The French high commis- sioner will appoint a temporary presi- dent, with authority to choose assist- ants, who will rule the country until the form of government is finally de- cided upon, The French general, An- drea, has ‘béen tamed military gov- ernor of this ¢ity, ‘The diffidylties of the French will be increased by the resignation as it in- dicates thatithe natives will refuse to hold ofodsasslinmg’ as they are denied tiple independence, class did not want the blas-* phemy charge to proceed fur- ther. Sedition Frame-Up. After ‘the world wide publicity. and the vicious‘campaign of “red baiting” and attacks of the foreign-born on the part of the authorities and the white guard foreign clergy of New England in the pay of the textile and shoe manufacturers it was not possible for the puppet judge to release Bimba and thereby admit that the whole case was a frame-up, so thte sedition charge was declared to have been sustained because, in the words of the judge, Bimba had “slightly overstepped” the sedition statute. The penalty was fixed at $100 fine. The International Labor Defense announces that the case will be ap- peiiled and a strenuous fight, made to mdintain the right of Communists to talk in Massachusetts in spite of the sedition law. Deportation Threat. In an effort to stamp out attempts to establish effective leadership for the labor unrest now ,sweeping the mill towns of this state the capitalist press has launched an unprecedented agita- tion demanding deportation of the for- eign-born workers ~who come to this country and have brains enuf to learn that this much vatinted land of liberty is a myth, and who dare to take steps to organize and fight for better condi- tions. Councils for the protection of the for- eign-born are springing up and will be connected with similar fighting or- ganizations thruout the country in or- der to combat the nefarious legislation contemplated by the scab government at Washington and the notoriously la- bor-hating .forces in Massachusetts dominated by the Coolidge appointee, United States Senator Butler, who is up for reelection this year, FIGHT AGAINST PA, SEDITION LAW UNDER WAY Confetencs::4 Be Held April 4 (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 2 —- A vigorous campaign for the repeal of the notorious strike-breaking union- smashing Flynn anti-sedition act of Pennsylvania was inaugurated here when a call for a conference was sent out to all labor organizations of western Pennsylvania by a provision- al committee consisting of several la- bor unions and the International La- ‘bor Defense, The conference will be held at the Walton Hall, 220 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, Sunday, April 4th, at 2:30 p, m.. The purpose of the conference, according to the call sent out, is “to devise ways and means to conduct a campaign for the repeal of this vicious law which treathens the existence of the organized labor move- ment of this state.” Similar conference willbe held shortly in other parts of the state in order to make the campaign state- (Continued on page 3.) Klan Makes Protest, LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 2—~ More than 100 knights of the ku Klux klan, headed by the editor of a klan publication, appeared before the po- lice commissioner today and protest- ‘edagainst the performing of Hugene O Neil's play “Desire” Under the Elms’ ‘Wow Angelesy | FENG RUSHES ARMY 10 HELP HOLD TIENTSIN Fierce Battle Rages for Seaport’s Control {Special to The Dally Worker) PEKING, March 2 — The battle for Tientsin is assuming large propor- tions. General Feng’ is rushing troops from the Kuominchun armies south to the scene of conflict. The entire garrison of the capital has been shift- ed and is quartered in the native city of Tientsin. Armored cars have stopped the ad- vance of General Li Chung-lin, whom the nationalists have removed as gov- ernor of Chihli. Chang Tso-lin forces are trying to force a landing from the sea at Taku, thus attacking the city from .the east while Li Chung-li as- saults it from the west. The battle is certain to be prolong- ed and desperately fought as this city is the only seaport of northern China and the terminus of the comparatively short railroad line to Peking, Insurgents Try to Curb Administration on Muscle Shoals WASHINGTON, March 2 — The in- surgent bloc of the senate today directed its drive toward amending the house resolution, which creates a commission to negotiate a lease for the $150,000,000 project, following the overwhelming majority mustered on the first test vote by the administra- tion-democratic alliance favoring priv- ate operation of Muscle Shoals. Two amendments already have been offered, The insurgents plan to spon- sor several more, severely restricting the powers of the proposed lease- makers, INTERNATIONAL Woman’s Day ISSUE Saturday March r RA A Special Issue Containing features of the woman's part in the class struggle. Special Articles, cartoons and drawings. Features of conditions, rights, status of women the world: over. At the regular price 34% cents a copy. », Order a Bundle!