The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 10, 1926, Page 2

i i ! i Page Two POLICE SLUG MARCHING N. Y. FUR STRIKERS 125 Arrested Along with Union President BULLETIN. (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, March 8—One hun- dred men and 25 women were ar- rested today when patrolmen and de- tectives attempted to break up a parade of 20,000 striking furriers. Wndaunted by the charge of police with swinging nightsticks the march- ers reformed after the attack and con- tinued their parade. Among those arrested was Benja- min Gold, president of the New York Joint Bowed of Furriers. see NEW YORK, March 8—The attack qn the parade of striking fur workers foday by police and detectives comes on the heels of a split in the ranks ef the manufacturers. Many agree- ments have been signed with manu- facturers by the union’s settlement ‘committee, and many others are being investigated The attack on the strikers is an at- tempt on the part of the bosses’ asso- plation to hold their ranks together by preventing mass picketing of the phops. The solidarity of the strikers was manifested when they reformed their ranks and continued the parade in spite of the brutal assault of the po- lice. The slugging by the police and the arrests of a hundred marchers in- cluding Ben Gold, president of the New York joint board has increased the determination of the strikers to maintain a solid front until they bring the manufacturers’ association to its knees. Egyptian Opposition Holds National Meet (Special to The Daily Worker) CAIRO, March 8—The three Egypt- jan parties opposed to the govern- ment held a congress here composed of the deputies and senators of the parliament which was dissolved last March, a year ago, and which was only in session for ten hours. The authorities had announced their inten- ‘tion of prohibiting this meeting also but owing to the volume of popylar protests they abandoned the idea, Zaglul Pasha, who presided called for a moderate opposition policy. He also urged participation in the elec- tions which the government has pro- mised to hold under the manhood suf- frage law. This position was endorsed by a majority of the congress. Britain’s Veto on Zaglul. Resolutions passed declared a lack of confidence in Ziwar Pasha ‘and his ministry. The demand was made that no new legislation or agreements be made by the government pending the summoning of parliament. The British government has repeat- edly declared that Zaglul Pasha will mever be allowed to become premier again. New York Stonemasons Win Wage Increases NEW YORK, March 8.—The 500 striking New York stonemasons won $2 wage increases and helpers $1 more a day in a two-year agreement signed after over four months’ nego- tiating and less than a week's strike. ‘The eight stonemasons striking on the cathedral of St, John the divine are #till out, as their contractor is an in- dependent and has not signed. The workers are all members of the Inter- national Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers Union. Guard Mexican Consulate. SAN ANTONIO, March 8.—Mexican secret service men were reported to- to be guarding the Mexican con- sulate here, following threats of vi- olence. NOTICE OF CORRECTION! $25.00 donated to The DAILY WORKER by ithe Armenian Branch of Detroit, Mich., was wrongly credited to Y. Ohane- sian. By Michael Gold The Damned Agitator | And Other Stories No. 7 IN THE LITTLE RED LIBRARY. =o ae over on @ national scale, Refer Plea for Passaic Strikers to Executive | Board of the A. F. of L. When a resolution calling on the Chicago Federation of Labor to pro- test against the police brutalities in the Pass: New Jersey textile work- ers’ strike and to call on its affiliated bodies to aid the striking textile work: | ers in their fight against»the wage cuts was presented, it was referred to| the executive committee of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor for action. | The resolution which was intro-| duced by the left wing in the Federa- tion called on the Chicago Federation | to protest against the police brutality | in the textile workers strike, and to call on the American Federation of Labor to support the strikers ahd urge its affiliations to aid the relief of the strikers, and also called on the Chicago Federation of Labor to call strikers, COOLIDGE RELIES UPON DEMOCRAT SUPPORT OF BILL Bipartisan Debt Pact Vote Will Be Close (Special to The Dally) Worker) WASHINGTON, March 8.— Presi- dent Coolidge has been again forced to send out an “8S. O. 8.” call to de- mocrats in the senate to prevent the defeat of a major item in the adminis- tration’s program—the Italian debt agreement. As was the case in the world court and tax reduction issues, it will be democratic votes that will enable the administration measure to win out in the senate, if it wins out at all. Convinced by private polls that if the Italian agreement were voted on} this week or next it would be rejected administration leaders have abandon- ed their plan of bringing up’ the mat- ter as soon as Muscle Shoals is dis- posed of. It will probably’ be March 15 at least before the fight starts. Meanwhile, under the surface and in the cloakrooms and lobbies the most sanguinary conflict of the present ses- sion is under way to win’ sufficient pledges to insute ratification of the agreement when it is finally presented, The outcome is in doubt, with a small handful of “on the fencé” senators holding the fate of the agreement in their hands, . Vote Sure To Be Close. Opponents of the’ settlement claim to have at least 30 of the 39’ democrats pledged against it. Senators Borah of Idaho and Howell of Nebraska, who will lead the opposition, claim to have “Fifteen or sixteen” republican votes against it. If these figures can be maintained against the constantly in- creasing pressure of the administra. tion the settlement will have a very close shave indeed, with the probabil- ity existing that the abseritees will determine the issue. 5 Preparatory to the Labor Party The struggle will bring tothe front again the increasing tendéncy of the most reactionary elements in both the republican and democratic’ parties to form a united front as preliminary to their fusion. The process paves the way for the organization of a labor party-as a straight-cut opposition, in distinction to the scattered forces of the disconnected insurgent members of the old groups. Trans-Oceanic Tests Prove Practicability of N. Y.-London Radio NEW YORK, March 8— “Hello, Central, give me London,” This, as an ordinary request in the not distant future, was eagerly dis- cussed by people of New York today following establishment of the first two-way telephone communication across the Atlantic in history, last night. For four hours, forty American’ newspaper men, in the American Telephone & Telegraph company’s ex- perimental station here, chatted in- dividually and informally with as many of their colleagues in London. The transmissiom was as clear or clearer than ordinary conversations in the city. The occasion for the tests was a demonstration of progress in inter- continental telephony by the Ameri- can Telephone & Telegraph Co., the Radio Corporation of America, and the British general postoffice. Get your tickets now for the Inter national concert of the T. U. E. L. Sat., March 13, at 8th St, Theater, Brilliant stories of work- ing class life—ideal to give to your shop-mate, 10 CENTS 12 Copies for One Dollar THE “DATL Va WORKER MASS PICKETING BEFORE PASSAIC. Reserve Banks Loan. Huge Sums to Brokers (Special ty The Dally Worker) of the federal reserve system in New lYork City for the week ending Feb. |24 were $3,109,881,000, the federal re- jserve board announced today. Out- “Every Worker Out, All fore. Mills Closed!” —Slogan »:<ex«e is used (Special to The Daily Worker) |standing loans on that date were | $29,393,000 less than the week be- Brokers’ loans are secured by stocks and bonds and considerable | for speculative |purposes, Loans and discounts reported out- |standing by all member banks of the An American Woman Is! \ _raameran sea eel Worrying About Jewels of Russia’s Late Czars By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. RS. D. A. STORY, president of an obscure organization that parades under the high-sounding title of the Women Buiiders of America, has launched a complaint with Secre- PROPAGANDA OF BOSSES UNITES STRIKE RANKS Painters and Laborers Stick Together (Continued from Page 1) its membership to help the Passaic | | PASSAIC, N. J., March 8—Mass | entire federal reserve system on Feb, |Picketing before al! the textile mills 24 totalled —$12,930,000,000, about |affected by the strike order, was un-| $30,000,000 less than a. week earlier. dertaken today by striking millphe figure was approximately $800,- workers in a drive to have “Every 900,000 greater than Feb, 25, 1925. worker out and all mills closed” by ie IGE ‘ee POLICE ARREST Hopes for settlement raised by the strikers’ acceptance of the mediation offer of Rabbi Stephen Wise and three associated New Yorkers, were T TR | given a setback when Charles F. H. | Johnson, vice president of the Botany | Worsted Mills, who hitherto has jacted as spokesman for the owners, | | intimated that the offer would be re- |Jected by his side. | Altho warrants for the arrest of Po- lice Chief Richard Zober and two pa- trolmen for alleged attacks on strik- |ers and non-strikers have been out for |several days, arrests have not been | made as constables here refuse to act. ‘Open Shoppers Terrorize Union Members By HERMAN GORDON (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 8.—Two workers were arrestéd while picket- | CSRS at | *, * * ing the Fisherman ‘Brothers’ shop, South IHinois Miners Fifth Ave. and Logan St. and were Protest Blacklist and released on $1000 bail on a charge of the Jacksonville Pact| tie "risneom: The Fisherman firm is known as the most notorious open shop in the Hill district. This shop forced its workers to work fifteen hours a day for $25 a week. Local No. 44 of Bak- ery and Confectionery Workers real- ized that this shop was a menace to the union Workers and decided to or- ganize it. After conducting an or- ganization campaign, the union ap- proached the bogses and tried to make a settlement. The bosses re- fused. The union then called a strike. Use Police and ,Detectives, As soon as the pickets were placed in front of the shop,sthe bosses call- ed up the police and, the private de- tective agencies and had the two pick- ets thrown into jail, Tho Max Sines and Herman Gordon, were picketing the shop in a peaceful manner, they were charged with inciting to riot when they were booked at the police station. “33 Despite this attempt to terrorize the union workers, the, picketing still goes on. The detective head threat- ened to arrest all of {he pickets that the unidn puts in ‘froht of the shop. The business agent whom this threat was made teld them to g0 ahead and do as théy: pleased, but that the picket line would remain in front of the shop until the bosses set- tled the strike. 4 Determined to Win Strike. The pickets are détermined that this strike shall be won and the at- tempts of the bosses’ Rirelings to ter- rorize them has only*made them the more determined to carry this strike to a successful conclusion, BROOKLYN CIVIC CLUB ENDORSES BIMBA’S APPEAL BROOKLYN, N, Y., March 8—The Civic Club here was addressed by A. Bimba at its regular meeting, the in- vitation having been extended to him by liberal members. Asa result of his speech the organization pledged its assistance in the appeal from his conviction for sedition. The Civic Club is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. After thanking the organization for the chance to speak, Bimba discussed the issues of the case.)He called their attention to the “bing” laws enforce- able at any time; some of them for- bidding the eating of. mince pile on Sunday or kissing on¢@'s wife on that day, He stated the Communist stand on religion, the denial of any god rul- ing the universe, and pointed out that ministers and priésts “had been used for ages to hoodwink the workers and bind them to the ruling class, Referring to his conviction for sedi- tion, he explained that his attack had been directed against the bloody clerical government!) of Lithuania. What had been partioularly objected to, he declared, werg, his words ad- vising the shoe and textile workers to organize, “It is very interesting to point out in this connection,” he stated, “the very generous contribu- tions to the fund for his prosecution made by the W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. and by Wm, F. Brady, its efficiency expert; Harold Bent, mayor of Brock- ton; John F, Long, Americanization secretary of the Brockton Y. M. C, A.; Henry Rubin, superintendent of the Diamond Shoe Co.; the Brockton Pub- lic Market Co, Atherton Furniture Co. and Cardinal Wm. O'Connell's branch of the Knights of Columbus,” In conclusion, Bimba pointed out the terrible exploitation to which the textile and shoe wor! are subjected and the inevitableness of such out- breaks as the strikes which have con- vulsed the region. To hig closing ap- peal for unity in this fight of all iiberal minded le, the club responded with a ° of support, | Action of the open-shoppers in at- tempting to establish the application and recommendation for employment has caused L. U. 2376, Christopher, to prepare a resolution calling on other locals to consider the question. Simi- lar resolutions have been received | from L. U. 3613, Valier, and L. U. 1959, Benton. % Whereas, Local Union 2376, located at Christopher, Ilinois, is aware of the pressure of the open shoppers against the U. M. W. A. thruout Sub- district No, 9, District 12, in establish- ing application and recommendation for employment. Therefore, be it resolved, that this local union go on record condemning this action of the open shoppers, and be it further resolved that we call on all local unions thruout District No. 12, to take action against the open shoppers. And be it further resolved, that we demand of our president, Frank Farrington and the executive board to take action immediately to do away with this dirty: form of mak- ing a wage slave blacklist himself. We further resolve, that getting a recommendation from your former master is impossible if you are active in the union or ever received any compensation from any coal company, Therefore, be it further resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to every local union in Sub-District No. 9, of District No. 12, U. M. W. A. and one to the Mine Workers’ Journal and one to the Illinois Miner. LEON GREMLING, President L. U, 2376. VICTOR RENAND, Rec. Secretary, L. U. 2376. ses Want National Strike. A national strike has been urged by three local unions in southern IIinois, 2376 at Christopher, 1959 at Benton and 3613 at Valier. The Valier local’s resolution follows: Whereas, the open shop campaign has intensified throughout America against the workers, and the miners’ union is the one which the large capi- talist interests are concentrating on, feeling when it is destroyed the oth- ers will be easy, and whereas, the an- thracite miners on strike are in dan- ger of having their union destroyed ata time when the bituminous miners are unable to finance them, because of their long unemployment, and whereas, the soft coal miners have been the victims of the same open shoppers who have wrecked our un- ion in Nova Scotia, Alberta, Colorado, the southwest and in the east. And whereas, the Jacksonville agreement has been torn up by the operators and our union been weak- ened on a national basis, due to the national onslaught of the open shop- pers. Therefore, be it resoived, that we ask our national president (John L. Lewis) to meet this onslaught against the union by a national strike, to save the anthracite and soft coal miners’ union, wages and conditions, ‘and be it further resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent the national presi- dent, (John L. Lewis) and a copy ‘to all labor papers. Signed Resolution Committee. Hard-Boiled Politicians Jolt Blue Law Seekers WASHINGTON, D, C., March 8,— Lobbyists: of the lord’s day alliance and other church bodies seeking the passage of the Lankford bill, which would revive the ancient purttanial laws as to the “observance of the sabbath and the desecration of the sabbath” (commonly called Sunday) were given a jolt by the members of the committee when they found that these congressmen were indulging in those pleasures which these relics of by-gone days thought to be unpardon- able sins. The allfance if successful in getting thru this bill for the Dis trict of Columbia, will try to force tary of the Treasury “Andy Gump” Mellon against the sale in this country of what is known as “The Russian Crown Jewels.” “The Jewels” ‘have furnished many a front-page story for the yellow press since the fall of the czardom, in 1917, when the wearers lost their imperial jobs. The loss of the jewels went with the jobs. * * . ° Mrs. Story now advances the interesting theory that “the jewels” were stolen by the Soviet government, and that they ought to be excluded from entry to the United States as “stolen property.” ‘it is known that “the jewels” have been on display in Moscow. There have been repeated stories in the sensation- mongering press that they would be offered for sale in this country. So far as is known, none of these jewels have actually been sold in the United States. If they ever reach these shores and are offered for sale, it would be interesting to have Mrs. Story press her claims. It would! rousé con- siderable discussion of the rights of private property. Of course, if all the jewels of the fallen crowned heads of Europe are to find their way into the United States, the parasites of this rich citadel of greed, who purchase them, must have some assurance that the American workers will not seize this form of wealth when they come into power. * * * * Every kopek expended for jewels by the Russian czarist families, during all the centuries they were in power, came in some way or other out of the myriads of toil agonies of the Russian workers and peasants. They were therefore stolen originally. The Workers’ Government merely took back what belonged to the workers. If American parasites purchase these jewels, they can only do so with the wealth they have stolen from American workers and farmers. The renewed theft is therefore on the head of Mrs. Story and her class, The consolation here is that the Stolen wealth used to buy Russian jewels will go into the hands of the Soviet gov- ernment to strengthen labor’s power in the Soviet Union, the ally of the American working class. Thus the thieves must gradually return the loot to the rightful owners, ” * . °. lt was Mrs. Story’s ancestors, if she is 100 per cent American as she claims to be, who really brought the rich yields of their wholesale thefts to this country in its early years. It was the devout, church-going, god-fearing New Englanders, with their ships, who originated the traffic in human beings stolen in Africa, to be sold tothe plantation owners of the South. This was really stolen property, but it is not remembered that any of Mrs. Story's ancestors ever raised their voices against it. They made money by it. Those who fought the bringing of the stolen’ slaves:to the United States in the 17th and 18th centuries were persecuted and outlawed just as Mrs. Story would make war on the Com- munists today. ht i Mrs. Story believes in private property today. The Negro slaves were private property before they were freed by the Civil War. If Mrs. Story had lived before the, Civil War took place she would have believed in chattel slavery and fought its abolition. * ° ee Mrs. Story would have gloried in the shiploads of agon- izing humanity, men, women and children, brought to the United States from Africa under the pirate flag.of business, the emblem of private ownership. That would have symb' ized to her to the master achievement of the greatest civili- zation on earth, just as she glories today in the wage slavery of labor, the result of private ownership CAPITALISM. * * ° If the workers who toiled in heat and cold, in deep mines or under water, to find rich jewels to adorn the crowns of the Russian czars, had kept those jewels for themselves, that would have been wrong in the eyes of Mrs. Story and her kind, just as it is wrong for the workers arid peasants of the Soviet Union today to keep the products of land and industry for their owh use. Labor for many centuries put jewels ‘in the crowns of the Russian czars. In the 20th century they not only took back the crowns with their jewels, but all the territories over which the czars had professed to rule. Mrs. Story certainly does not object so much to the im- portation of “the jewels” to this country. She would no doubt like to purchase and wear some of them. What she objects to, and what her class objects to, is the idea back of the recent change of ownership in those jewels in the Soviet Union. She fears that this idea, the abolition of private prop- erty, may spread to this country with equal disaster to the present American ruling class. WORKING WOMEN OF NEW YORK Ald PASSAIC STRIKERS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, March 8—-The New York United Council of Working Class Housewives, thru the Passaic Council of Housewives, is opening a kitchen in Passaic to feed the hungry strikers with their children, The United Council of Working Class Housewives appeals to the workers, especially to the women, in the name of the children, to help maintain the kitchen, Ten cents a day will feed a child and help win the strike, The Hungarian workers in Passaic have donated the Hungarian Home tree of charge to be used for a kit- cnen, Checks, money orders, foodstuffs, marked “For the Kitchen” can be sent to the secretary, Kate Gitlow, 87 Barrow street, New York City, or to the secretary of the Passalc branch of the council of housewives, Mrs. Raskin, care of General Relief Com- mittee of Textile Strikers, or General Relief Committee of 748 Main Ave., diye iow Jersey, to Mrs, Raskin, care of General Re- lief Committee of Textile Workers, Passaic, New Jersey. Report Armies of Kuominchun Face Temporary Defeat (Continued from Page 1) batteries at Kuominchun, commanded by the Nationalists, As this is pre- cisely what Japan has been looking for it is expected the Tokio govern- ment will rush more warships here. Foreigners in the Taku district are in a critical position because of the war operations and are fleeing to this city. Fighting is reported in progress near Canton re large troop move- ments are going on, ie a Charges Soviet Naturallzes Revolutionists. SHANGHAI, March 8—The Main- Ichi, & Japanese newspaper of this city, in today’s issue published sta- tistics purporting to show that the lo- cal Soviet consulate has naturalized 2,000 Korean revolutionists during the past year, It alleges that the consu late is the wik propaganda head: hag been accompanied by a demand | for an increase in wages. This clear- ly demonstrates that an effort is being made by organized labor to continue the era of high wages thru the crea- tion of an artificial labor shortage.” Mr, Carroll is content to see men go around idle, He is not wortied whether the men on the job earn enuf to live on, or whether they keep their jobs.or not. There is plenty,,o! - skilled labor—for building labo and therefore he:is determined to! get them at as low a price as possible. The workers look upon it from an entirely different angle. The labor- ers can work only 200 days a year. If they get $1 an hour, they will be earning only $1,600 a year, which 1s no more than the minimum that the government bureaus have @stablish- ed for the standard of living in this country. Mr, Carroll would like them to be jobless for a period, sq that there would be no “artificial’”’ labor shortage. Men would be begging for work, and would be willing to accept any wages offered. The painters are holding out and the laborers are promised the full support of the entire building trades. BOOZE COMMITTEE OF SENATE FEARS PUBLIGITY ISSUE (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, March 8 — ‘The drive of senate “wets” for modifica- tion of the prohibition law struck @ snag in the senate today when the judiciary committee failed to reach a decision upon the request for a series of public hearings on proposed wet legislation. Altho three anti-prohibition leaders, Senator Edge, republican, of New Jer- sey; Edwards, democrat, of New Jer- sey, and, Bruce, democrat, of Mary- land, pleaded for a public investiga tion of the present prohibition situa- tion, the committee adjourned without taking a vote. Indications point to rejection of the request. The commit- tee will meet again later in the week. Want U. S. to Make Booze. Senator Bruce, democrat, of Mary- land, at his, appearance before the committee, asked for hearings on his proposed constitutional amendment which would put the government into the liquor business, with full power to manufacture, gel and distribute intoxicants. Home Producers O. K. Large quantities of high power beer are being produced in. Pennsylvania, New York, Chicago and other popula- tion centers, according to information obtained by treasury officials. who hope to wipe out this traffic by methods similar to those employed in the fight against industrial alcohol. Home producers of alcoholic wine have nothing to fear from the federal government, it was stated. The wine makers have been placed in the same class with “home use” cider manu- facturers. It was pointed out, how- ever, that the government's attitude on home production of wine does not hinder municipal and state govern- ments from prosecuting under their own laws. ; iN BROOKHART BILL GETS PRECEDENCE For all information, write Kate Git- IN f ARM R 4 tow, 87 Barrow St., New York City. or (Special to The Dally Worker) “WASHINGTON, March 8.—The sen- ate agriculture committee today gave the right of way over all other farm relief legislation to the Brookhart $2650,000,000 surplus marketing bill, The bill would carry out the recom- mendations of the representatives of 11 middle western agricultural states. In order to gain a better tactical po- sition in the senate, Senator Brook- hart declared he would offer his bill as an amendment to the house mea- sure appropriating $225,000 for cre- ation of a cooperative marketing bu- reau in the agriculture department and would attempt to have the com- bined legislation reported to the sen- ate within the week in order to give ample time for action before adjourn- ment, The administration is behind the house measure and its passage is be- Neved assured, The middle west’s at- tempt to enact the Brookhart bill probably will be opposed By the Coo- ‘ldge bi-partisan forces because of the president's threat to veto all bills con- taining what he deems expressing ap- propriations, The close margin left the treasury thru the enactment of the taxreduction measure will give the administration its e: for sabotaging the Brookhart