The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 13, 1926, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER LEAGUE WAITS FOR BRIAND AS ONLY SAVIOUR Jealousies and Intrigue | Threaten Unity } (Special to The Daily Worker) | GENEVA, March 11—The league of | nations assembly here is all at sea as to just what is going to happen. The representatives of the Big Four, —England, France, Italy and Japan, —hold almost continuous conferences with each other, with the Germans, and with the delegates from Poland, Spain and Brazil. All sorts of polit- ical strings are being pulled and the air is full of high power intrigue. Under the pressure of the threat by the German delegates that unless they would leave that night for Ber- lin, the subcommittee of the league, which under the chairmanship of ‘Austen Chamberlain passes upon ap- plications for membership, has unani- mously recommended that Germany be given a permanent seat in the coun- cil. All the conditions had been ful- filled, the committee reported. Upon the reading of this decision, Paul Boncour, the French delegate arose end declared that France had dropped its demand for the admission into the} council simulatenously with Germany of Poland and Spain. Germany's admission is now set for Friday, with her right to exercise all the privileges 6f membership on Sat- urday. No one knows, however, for certain whether this prégram will ac- tually go thru. ‘ A Merry Game. Any of the present non-permanent | members of the council can block | Germany’s admission. Sweden, one of | these, has repeatedly stated that it will not under any consideration vote for the admission as a member of any other nation besides Germany. Brazil, on the other hand, also a non-perma- nent member but with a vote, has an- nounced thru Mello Franco, its dele- gate, that explicit instructions from the president of Brazil allow a vote for Germany’s admission only if Bra-| zil is at the same time given a perma- nent seat. Japan, a permanent mem- ber, surprised all by her refusal to commit herself to vote for the admis- sion of Germany. Spain is non-com- mittal, and is trying to force her own admission to the council. Briand, The Saviour. Everyone is awaiting expectantly the arrival of Aristide Briand, the/ chief French delegate and the moving spirit, along with Austen Chamber- lain, of the whole league. He,is looked forward to as a saviour of the CLEVELAND WILL FORM COUNCIL. - FOR PROTECTION OF FOREIGN-BORN AT CONFERENCE SUNDAY MORNING CLEVELAND, March 11.—-The Celeviand Council for the Protection of Foreign-born Workers will be formed on Sunday, March 14. A conference is being called at the Insurance Center Bullding, 1783 E. 11th St. sixth floor, Hall A, at 10 a. m. All organizations are invited by the provisiqnal commit- tee to send two delegates each. There will be a mass meeting at the Moose Auditorium, 1000 Walnut St., Sunday afternoon, March 14, at 3 o’clock. The meeting will be under the auspices of the Cleveland Council for the Protection of Foreign-born Workers. The speakers will be Peter Witt, Cleveland councilman; | F. Coyle, editor of the Locomotive Engineers’ Journal; of the Cleveland Citizen; David Lee of the Kuomintang; secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party; Albert Max Hayes, editor 1, Amter, district John Olchon, president of Local No, 439 of the International Association of Machinists, J. Brahtin will be the chairman. “SOCIALIST” FORWARD TRIES TO CRIPPLE ORGANIZATION DRIVE OF THE LADIES’ GARMENT WORKERS Germany was admitted by Satruday GANGSTERS BEAT UP PROGRESSIVE UNION LEADER Carpenters Take Steps to Defend President (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, March 11—President Livingstone of Local No. 105 of the Carpenters’ Union, was beaten up by gangsters last Monday night, as he was entering the hall at which the lo- cal meeting was held. President Livingstone is a real pro- gressive, and has not hestitated to ex- press his opinion of the policies and methods used by the reactionary offi- cialdom of the Cleveland and the American Federation of Labor. He is not in harmony with the terrorist pol- icies of Hutcheson, the boss of the Carpenters’ Brotherhood. Thugs Attack Progressive. This is why Livingstone was singled out for an attack by thugs. A few teeth were knocked out by the plug- ugly, and the side of his face was badly battered. All of this occurred before the members of the union, who were in the hall, could get out and aid their president. The week before an appeal of the International Labor Defense was pre- sented to Carpenters’ Local No. 105, and'the president insisted on reading it whether it pleased some members of the union or not.; This showed that he was not to be intimidated by ukases of the higher-ups that certain organizations are on the index xpurgatorius. Members to Aid President, The local meeting decided to take nondescript crew which make up the delegations. Everything ‘is here from | fascists fresh from the murder regime in Italy to the British imperialist, Austen Chamberlain, and the social-, democratic foreign minister of Swed-! en, Umden. Submit Secret War Aviation Plans to Military Committee (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., March 11.— Drafts of two new proposed war de- partment aviation programs were sub- mitted to the house military affairs | committee yesterday with the injunc- ion upon each member that their con- | tents must not be revealed until after | tomorrow's session. Secretary of war Davis and Major General Mason M. Patrick, chief of the army air service, ‘will then appear before the committee to argue their respective viewpoints. Patrick wants an independent air service for the army on the model of that which exists in the navy. Davis is for pursuing the present subordina- tion of departments. Both plans in- volve a five year program. “The untons are the pillars of the workers’ power.”—Losovsky, Steps to prevent a recurrence of the outrage from which the president suf- fered. The members of the union did Dot hestitate to say that they know in whose employ the gangsters acted; {erhaps some officials of the Cleve- {and Federation of Labor can give definite information. Teapot Dome Grafters Fear Radio Publicity WASHINGTON, D. C., March 11.— A radio talk by Senator Walsh, demo- crat of Montana, Teapot Dome prose- cutor, during the grand jury’s investi- gation of the naval oil cases, was as- sailed again today by counsel for ex- secretary of interior, Albert B, Fall and Edward L. Doheny, under indict- ment for conspiracy in connection with the leasing of the Elk Hills’ California reserve. Walsh's talk was “a deplorable ef- fort improperly to influence the ad- ministration of justice,” said a sup- plemental brief filed by the counsel in the court of appeals which they have asked to overthrow the indict- ment. Get your tickets mow for the rnter- national concert of the T. U. E, Ly Sat., March 13, at 8th St, T! Report at the Stations Annou Help the He Passaic Textile Strikers’ Relief Tag Day. 5,000 Volunteers Wanted on the First Page. Win Their Strike! Help Raise $50,000 to Feed Their Hungry Families! Joint Committee need in Today’s Daily Worker roic Strikers The Daily Forwards, which in New York City is aiding the bosses in the attempt to smash the strike of the union furriers, in the columns of its Chicago edition yesterday attempted to discredit the organization drive that the International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers’ Union is now carrying on ‘here. Instead of offering the union its aid and co-operation in this drive to or- ganize the great masses of unorgan- ized workers in the needle trades in- dustry in Chicago, the Forward is attacking the union for its attempts to organize the unorganized workers. The Forward acting in this manner aids the cause of the bosses. In its article the Forward declares that the organization of a committee of 500 to carry on the organization drive of these workers that are work- ing in the non-union shops at present is a fake. The DAILY WORKER re- porter has learned from . reliable sources that the Joint Board of the union has had delegates elected to this committee from many shops and’ that this committee, all of whose members are serving without any pay, are carrying on the organization work of the union in the Chicago district. The attempt of the Forwards to ri- dicule and to belittle the rank and file organization committees that are being formed has little effect on the members of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers. The Forward is carrying on its vile agitation against the rank and file committees that are serving the union without de- manding a single cent because a num- ber of the Forward agents that car- ried the fitle of organizers and drew down $105 every week from the un- ion now find themselves looking for work, The rank and file committees have made all efforts to bring as many Workers into the active work of the union as it could and as the Forward fears an active rank and file it carries on its agitation against any attempts made by rank and file com- mittees. The Forward’s henchmen attempted in every way to disrupt the new elec- tions that are now taking place. Every attempt was made on their part to hinder the elections and keep them- selves in office as long as they could. But in spite of the,methods used by the Forward and its henchmen of slandering and calling the Joint Board the vilest of terms becaues it voted for the new elections, the Joint Board has declared new elections and the Forward in its desperation, seeing that its henchmen will no longer con- trol the destinies of the Chicago In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers are attacking the union and its con- structive program, Chicago garment workers can well look to the furriers in New York and see what happened there. While the Kaufman administration was in power the Forward did all it coild to keep them in power. When the Kaufman machine lost out and the left wing, the progressive elements of the union, gained control of the union and went on strike to force better conditions in the industry, the Forward made an alliance with the bosses and are now attempting to break the strike. These are the tactics of the socialist For- ward. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers are now proceed ing to organize the workers. of Chi- cago. A new day is coming in the history of the garment workera of Chicago. Every member of the union should support the present organiza- tion drive of the union and make Chicago a real union town as far as the garment workers are concerned. By your activity in organizing the unorganized workers in Chicago you will give the He to the Forward, which today supports the bosses against the workers that are strug- gling for better living conditions. Plan International Birth Control Bureau at Geneva, Switzerland (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK—A permanent bureau to correct birth control organizations in various countries is to be estab- lished in Geneva by the seventh In- ternational Birth Control conference meeting in August, says Dr. C. C, Lit- tle, president of Michigan university ARREST POLICE CHIEF WITH BRUTAL AIDES To Have Grand J ury Investigation (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N. J, March 11.—With the arrest of Chief of Police Richard ©. Zober of Passaic, and two of ‘his patrolmen, a fight has begun against police brutality on textile mill strik- ers. 5 Zober and Patrolmen Cornelius Struyk and Edward Hogan gave themsetyes up at the Passaic police station several days after the .war- rants had been sworn out. They were released on. their own recognizance for investigation by the grand jury. The warrants, charging assault and battery, were filed in the names of four non-strikers and one striker. All complainants swore that Zober and his men had struck them with clubs during recent. clashes between the po- lice and strikers. John Budz, 27, ex-service man, ex- hibited before Justice of Peace Julius Katz bruises which he declared were inflicted by Zober when the chief and twenty-five patrolmen raided a strike rally in Neubauer’s hall on Febru- ary 19. The complainants against the two policemen are Richard Naw- rot and his wife Pauline, Walter Yan- owicz and Mary Stasiak, all non- strikers. The Nawrots complained that on the morning of Feb, 26, the two pa- trolmen entered their grocery store, beat them, kicked them, and threw them to the ground. Mrs, Nawrot charged that Struyk tried to preveat her from entering the store while Ho- gan was beating her hysband. Yan- owicz declared that Struyk beat him in the grocery store, and Miss Stas- jak charged that Hogan struck her as she was going down the street. of 3,000 peaceful pickets; on March 8. During the clash ngwspaper re- porters and photographers were at- tacked and cameras were smashed by patrolmen, Previously tear gas bombs and fire hoses had been uibed by the police to rout the pitkef line. , Youngstown Will Hold Package Party ‘pecpiapallig pe Seams (Special to The D: YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 11 — A package party will beheld at the Labor Lyceum, 307 North, Walnut St. Sunday night, March 14th for the benefit of the striking tewtile workers of Passaic. The Italian workers string band and the Frefheit Gesang Verein will furnish the music, §adie Amter of Cleveland will be tke principal speaker. Readers of The DAILY WORKER are invited to, attend and bring their friends. be Silk Workers Win Their Strike in Pennsylvania CARBONDALE, Pa.—(FP)—March 11—The prompt answer of its 150 em- ployes by their strike against pro- posed wage cuts made the Empire Silk Co, reconsider the situation and agree not to change wages or work- ing conditions for the present, Strik- ing silk workers of the Leon-Erren- bach mills won their fight for in- creased wages begun when the an- thracite strike ended. The United Textile Workers’ Union ip organizing silk workers, most of them miners’ wives and daughters, in this district. ™~ Foreign Exchange. NEW YORK, March {1 — Great Britain pound sterling, deffiand, 4.85%, cable 4.86%; France, france, demand 8.62%, cable 3.63; Belgium, franc, de- mand 4.53%, cable 4.5414; Italy, lira, demand 4.01%, cable 4.015; Sweden, krone, demand 26.79, cablé 26.82; Nor- way, krone, demand 21,70/cable 21.72; Denmark, krone, demand 26.05, cable 26.07; Shanghai, tael, demand 75.00. GIRL CHARSES ~ MEN ASSAULTED HER: IN FOUR-DAYS ORGY Warrants charging criminal as- sault, the penalty for which is im- prisonment from any term of years to life, were sworn out yesterday for five men accused by Miss Irene Saari of having held her priso and mistreated her in a four days’ orgy at a fashionable Sheridan Road hot The Information against the men contained in affidavits of Miss Saari and corroborating witnesses who were questioned today and unhesi- tatingly picked out John W. Hill, President and general manager of a real estate concern, and J. Arthur Dundas, a business associate, the This action followed thé agsault of |’ Passaic and Clifton police. mpon a line | Workers Make Big Error If They Believe What They Read in Kept Press By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. the Union of Soviet Republics should ask credits of capitalist countries, They think this is cringing or surrendéring to la- i is difficult for some workers to understand wh bor’s enemy. They compare this to the class collaboration charged against the officialdom of the American Federation of Labor. They think that the Soviet Union should isolate itself from the world and stand on its own feet. A corre- spondent has just stated this viewpoint as follows: “The DAILY WORKER has time and again found fault with Gom- pers, Green and all other misleaders of labor because they were begging favors of the capitalists. But 1 néver saw any account where it was wrong for Soviet Russia to do the same thing. “Soviet Russia practically admits that [if it cannot get a loan from capitalist America, then it is doomed to failure. If they cannot buy machinery from labor exploiters in the United States of America, they are doomed to destruction, etc., etc. What is that but to admit failure? This cringing and begging favors of the enemy looks mighty suspicious or rather foolish, first of all because Russia has all the natural re- sources and much idle labor. Why not bulld her own machines and em- ploy her own labor. Let Uncle Sam beg!" * * *. * This letter is from a worker in the shops. It is import- ant because it represents a viewpoint that has evidently been gained thru reading the capitalist press. This accounts for the misconceptions that it, contains, ‘ First of all, there is no comparison between the attitude of the greater part of the’American labor officialdom and the Soviet Union toward American capitalism. i The very existence of the Soviet Union is in itself a threat to the continued existence of capitalism, not only in the United States but in every nation tolerating a capitalist economy. .The officials of American labor deny the class struggle and thru their class collaboration schemes try to find “the easiest way” to get along with the exploiters of labor. Any dealings the Soviet Union may have with capi- talist nations are not based on a desire to collaborate with capitalism. Its only purpose is to build the Soviet power, in- creasing its power to challenge and overcome capitalism. eA itis Sete The Soviet Union begs no favors. If it adopted the beg- ging attitude, an untold amount of aid would have come its way. The difference is that the Soviet Union refuses to pay the price of begging. It refuses to become a vassal state of Wail Street, like Germany. It is not true that the Soviet Union is doomed to failure if it cannot get a loan from capitalist America. No loans or credits have thus far been recsived and the Soviet Union is developing rapidly just the same. . The Soviet Union imports machinery, agricultural im- plements, even high grade sheep, hogs, horses and cattlé to hurry the reconstruction of her industry and agriculture. The Soviet Union, like the United Stetes, is rich in natural resources and can exist and develop isolated from the world. But owing to the backwardness of industry and agriculture, _ and the devastation wrought by the world war, the civil wars of intervention, that development would be slow and difficult unless the Soviet Union uses her commanding position to force assistance from other countries. The more rapid the development of Soviet economy, the quicker will the nightmare of the deposed czardom be obli- terated from all Russia. The Soviet power can be depended on to take no steps that will endanger its existence thru the slightest surrender to the forces of capitalism—ileast of all to capitalist America. The myth about idie labor in the Soviet Union is entirely the creation of the capitalist press. There may be those temporarily out of work due to necessary re- adjustments in Russia’s great industrial and economic ma- chine. But unemployment in the sense of great armies of workers wandering over the land, hungry, separated from their families, seeking jobs, does not exist in the Soviet \ Union. Many workers, like the correspondent quoted above, make the mistake of not only reading the capitalist press, but in believing*the lying propaganda that they read. U. S. Inspector Kills RUSSIAN WORKERS GALL Salt Fearing Probe) | ggvFERENGE T0 FIGHT ANTI-LABOR LEGISLATION ing the day.» The Joint Board of Cloak and Dress Makers of the Inter- A conference for the protection of foreign-born workers ig being called national Garment: Workers’ Union voted one hour's pay for relief, which will add thousands of dollars to the} In Chicago by the Russian Workers’ relief fund, badly needed with™ the | Mutual Aid Society for this Sunday, prospect of 4,000 more idle workers| March 14, at 10 a. m., at the Work- on strike. The Executive Committee | ers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. All of the Workmen's circle endorsed the | Russian labor organizations of Chi- strikers’ demands. A mass meeting| cago are invited to send delegates. in Madison Square gardens, New| Many organizations already elected delegates, it is expected that the conference will arouse the Russian York, is being planned. workers of Chicago and vicinity to The Associated Silk Workers of Paterson were called upon by Organ- the danger of the anti-labor legisla- tion pl ed under the disguise of izer Weisbord, in a letter to Fred Hoelscher, secretary, to form a united front with the committee at Passaic| anti-allen laws, in organizing the workers of the Ly-| The workers are aware of the pact and will take action to com- jat it, x ons Dye Works and the two mills be- longing to the Lodi Dye Works there. The striking delegates from Lodi de- mand that their fellow workers in Pat- erson be organized and given a chance to join them, and it is believed that this can be effected by the existing union in Paterson, the Associated Silk Workers, since they have expressed sympathy with the Passaic strike, German Crown Prince Will Live at Geneva {Special to The Daily Worker) GENEVA, March 11.—The former crown prince of Germany has purchas- ed and is now occupying a villa here. He will ask the league of nations to permit the former kaiser to move from Doorn to Spain, DETROIT WILL HOLD CONFERENCE FOR PROTECTION OF FOREIGN-BORN ON SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 21 “The trade unions remain and will remain for a long time a pre tory school for the training of the prole- tariat.”—Lenin, DETROIT, Mich. March 11—The call for a conference for protection of CELEBRATION OF COMMUNE WILL BE A GRAND AFFAIR Chicago I. L. D. Prepares Splendid Program On Friday night, March 19, at the Ashland Blvd. Auditorium, Van Buren St, and Ashland Blvd., Chicago work- ers will commemorate the 55th anni- versary of the Paris Commune. Never before have such extensive prepara- tions been made in this city to bring to life the glory of the struggle of the Paris Commune. A spectacular one-act drama, trans.” lated from the Russian, is to be given by a cast of eight under the direction of Ivan Sokoloff, well-known local actor, Special stage settings, includ- ing a scene portraying a barricaded. Paris street, are being arranged by J. Mednis, who has achieved success in other local plays. Costumes and lighting effects are in charge of the famous artists, Fred Ellis, Lydia Gibson and Beatrice Ellis. Other fea- tures of the program include a stage pantomine by the “Omladina” society; prison songs by a group of Russian singers, and motion pictures of class war prisoners’ aid, all with orchestral accompaniment. List of Speakers. * The chief speakers will be Bishop. W. M. Brown, the “heretic church- man,” Robert Minor, editor of the Saturday magazine section of The DAILY WORKER, and J. W. John- stone, national secretary of the Trade Union Educational League, Tickets may be obtained in advance for 25 cents at the local I. L. D. office, 23 S. Lincoln St., The DAILY WORK- ER office, or at other newspaper of- fices or bookstores, Admission at the door will be 50 cents, Engdahl Speaks for the Mothers’ League Tues. Night at Division Hall J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, will speak on “The Protection of the Foreign-Born” at the meeting of the Mothers’ League to be held Tuesday night, at Division Hall, 2441 W. Division St. This is the first of a series of meetings to be held by the Mothers’ League at which timely subjects will be discussed. Senate Passes Army BIll. WASHINGTON, March 11—/The senate passed the army appropriation bill, carrying $843,153,000, an in- crease of $3,500,000 over the house figure. Army aviation was given $15,000,000, of which $6,754,000 were for purchase of new aircraft. New! —_—| 1371 THE PARIS COMMUNE By Max Shachtman. Read the history of the first great attempt at pro- letarian dictatorship. Order a Bundle for Your Paris Commune Meetings! 10 Cents : 12 copies for one dollar. DAILY WORKER PUB. CO. 1113 W, Washington Blvd. Chicago, Ill. Every Saturday is alone good reason to Subscribe! RATES: Outside of Chica OT FOOT sesseernes Pp Three months: 00 THE DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, lil. In Chicago Six months... Three ‘monthé: sub to the DallyWorker. as General Relief Committee Passaic Textile Strikers and the Ratt ccbeauaas Nea apm — ony, set water aren as having | foreign-born workers has been sent out by a provisional committee, to meet | NAME vim .au bare | International Workers’ Aid, New York Section tendance at open evening sessions of | ‘The others “named care Harold | &t Fraternity Hall, Sunday morning, March 21, at 10:80 o'clock. The call has| Address ..... eoenoousssnie 799 Broadway, Room 238 New York City the conference is expected, Margaret| Rustey, William Coope: been sent to all the trade unions and working class fraternal and benefit f Sanger is secretary of the interna-| Costell, other subordinates of Hill | organizations in Detroit and they are urged to send two deleg: ach to] OY smn Ba i thi 999 * RTT SE ELISE a |b i tional body. in the realty concern, + the conference, BRAG cacrersnccreesevcesnnnnsstitinisenrsssssssbeessinstslbdilas = nage penn,