The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 18, 1926, Page 3

MUSSOLINI IS REAL ASSASSIN, DECLARES ROSS! Former Confidante Tells Inside of Fascism (Special to The Daily Worker) NICE, France, March 16.—General Ceasare Rossi, a former member of the “Big Four” of the fttallan fascist Party and until within the past year one of Mussolini’s confidantes, is now “ Ilving on the French Riviera, writing a’ serles of articles Intended ‘to dis- close ‘the murderous career of the Italian dictator. A heavy guard of French police as well as a score and more of personal friends keep con- stant vigil at the hotef where he Is re- siding... Fascist sples are known to be In ‘the city, awaiting an opportunity to assassinate him. In statements ‘to the local prese Rossi charges that Mussolini not only had personal knowledge of Matteotti’s death but that he laid all the plans. which led to his assassination. Mus- solini, Rossi stated, “had always been the prime mover in acts of violence committeed by the fascist Apaches. It was Mussolini who organized the fascist tcheka. We all knew he was in constant contact with Amerigo Du- mini, the gang leader, who sent Mus- solini daily reports of his doings,” Why He Resigned. Rossi explained his own immediate resignation from a high government position upon the discovery of the murder by stating that he had thus hoped to save the Italian fascist party. He declared that the reason the Ital- jan police had not served a warrant which they had secured was to give him time to flee the country, where- upon Mussolini would have declared the flight proof of his complicity and ‘of the fact that he, Mussolini, was dil- igently trying to arrest the real mur derers. This ruse had worked, Rossi explained, in the case of Mussolini's own private secretary, Fasciola, whom the dictator had discharged, ordered to leave Italy, and then denounced as an accomplice to the crime, Rossi had later fled the country, he added, for the same reason he had formerly refused to leave. As soon as he recognized that he would not, even be allowed to testify in court because of the law forbidding any one to speak against the dictator, he had managed to escape to France. To silence him Mussolini then granted him amnesty but refused to allow him a trial in Italy. Rossi states that the documents on which he is working will convict Mus- solini before the whole world as a second Nero. Los Angeles Jobless, Demand City, County and State Relief LOS ANGELES, March 16. — The Los Angeles County Unemployment League adopted resolutions pointing out that at the present time there are 75,000 workers unemployed in Los Angeles county as the result of four years of chamber of commerce propa- ganda and calling on the city and county governments to immediately find ways and means of reducing the army of unemployed and that the State of California take steps to en- act relief measures for those unable to find work. In the resolutions the chamber of commerce is held respon- sible for the oversupply of labor and it is pointed out that the publicity of the chamber of commerce aim- ed at getting workers to come from all parts of the country to Los An- geles to create a large army of unemployed and in this way be able to perpetuate the open shop in Cali- fornia cities. Charge That Bishop Embezzled $152,760 (Special to The Dally Worker) COPENHAGEN, March 16.—Bishop Anton Bast of the Scandinavian Baltic district of the methodist church will go on trial tomorrow on the charge of embezzling 570,000 kroner ($152,- 760) of church funds, The money was originally collected for a charity fund in Chicago, Illinois, “The unions are the pillars of the workers’ power.”—Losovsky. No matter what your ailment, for Expert Diagnosis and Quick Results Dr. J, &: Sduelien, D. C, 2447 Lorain Ave., Cor. W. 25th St, CLEVELAND, OHIO, ——— Lincoln 2838 Special Rates for Daily Worker Readers \ Meat Market y | 4301 8th Avenue BROOKLYN, N. Y., ATTENTION! CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER. Bakery deliveries made to your home, FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Inc. (Workers organized as consumers) THE DAILY WORKER "THE JAIL’ TO BE REPEATED AT THE WORKERS’ HOUSE NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT “The Jail,” a Russian drama In 4 acts by Svirsky, will be repeated at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Divi- sion St., this Sunday, March 21, The play was presented a few ‘weeks ago and drew such a crowd that many could not get in, At the request of these disappointed friends and also of many of those who have been present and who want to see it again, the play will be repeated. it is staged under the leadership of the well known Russian actor Anatoly Pokotilov. Admission 50 cents, Beginning at 7:30 p. m. PHONE TRUST LOSES DEMAND FOR INCREASE Courts Pass Buck on to Service Commission NEW YORK, March 16.—The 50th anniversary of the first successful tel- ephone brought the New York Tele- phone company denial of its demand for 35.8 per cent rate increase in New York City and 17.9 per cent up state. Organized labor protested against the higher phone charges sought by this subsidary of American Telegraph & Telegraph company, which controls most of the world’s phones. Company Makes Large Profit. The United States circuit court ruled against the New York company’s plea after the city had presented a brief contending that the company made over the usual public utility rate of 8 per cent, that 6 per cent would not be confiscatory, that 7 per cent was the public service commission al- lowance, that the company had taken already $110,000,000 more from New York subscribers than it had spent, and that the company was asking phone users to pay 8 per cent on this $110,000,000 depreciation and reserve fund. Charges of various financial manipulations whereby the phone company’s present high rate of return is obscured were made by city coun- sel. The company claimed it could make only 3 to 4 per cent and that it was entitled to 8 per cent. Decision against the company is only a temporary victory for labor and other opponents of higher rates. A 10 per cent surcharge has been taken since court action began. The court passed the buck to the public service commission, which is about to report on new rates for the company. If the rate increase is finally denied by the commission, another appeal to the courts will be made and the case probably carried to the United States supreme court. x Earns $11.79 a Share. American Telegraph & Telephone company earned $11.79 a share on $911,181,400 average amount of stock outstanding during 1925, Its.net in- come—after provision for interest, de- preciation, taxes, etc—was $107,405,- 046, about $16,000,000 more than 1924. Net earnings were 6% per cent, Presi- dent W. S. Gifford says. American Telegraph & Telephone company has over 25 associated and affiliated tel- ephone companies, security firms, etc., besitles Western Hlgctric, its equip- ment manufacturing concern. The to- tal number of workers under Ameri- can Telegraph & Telephone company and subsidiaries, including Western Electric, is 332,000, Labor Bill Killers Boost Pay of Judges (Special to The Daily Worker) ALBANY, N. Y., March 16, — Not content with a proposal to amend the state constitution in order to raise the governor’s salary from the present $10,000 to not fess than $20,000 a year, the same legislators who killed the labor bills at this session are backing the Knight bill which would give the state supreme court justices an in- crease in salary of from $10,000 to $15,000 annually, with $1,000 allowed for expenses. Supreme court justices with juris- diction over New York City now re- ceive $7,500 additional from the muni- cipality. If this is continued, and it will probably be as the measure is silent on the point, they will be paid @ total of $22,500, besides the $1,000 expense allowance. Appeal Judges Raised, The senate has already unanimously approved the bill. The assembly will act on it this week, The lower house has already voted to give judges of the court of appeals a substantial salary boost, Don’t waste your breath, put It on paper. Restaurant Brooklyn, N. Y. etna pete reiemencineppeescdineemeny Sieve esonssinsnsi legs Sooo U.S. MUST GROW ITS CWN RUBBER, PROBERS REPORT Democrats Seize Issue for Campaign (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, March 16. — The house interstate and forelgn com- merce committee has returned a re- port of its Investigation Into the mat- ter of foreign control of raw materials esséntlal to American Industry. Tt finds that as a matter of fact Great Britain has a monopoly of ra& rubber supplies. In addition, the fol- lowing nations control the bulk of the commodities named below: Brazil, coffee; Germany and France, potash; Chile, nitrates and iodine; Egypt, long staple cotton; Japan, camphor, and sometimes silk, and Yucatan, sisal. Retaliation was not advised by the committee which urged instead that ‘this country should develop its own sources of supply. ment, it held, was possible on a large scale in the southern states and the southern islands of the United States. The guayule shrub, it pointed out, can ' be grown with little difficulty in our south. This plant can be easily de- veloped as a rubber producer, Pan- ama, Brazil, Columbia and other parts of tropical America, together with Liberia, were named as promising lo- calities for an American owned rub- ber industry to develop. These coun- tries are all recognized fields for American imperialism. Let John D. Do It. The development of Muscle Shoals under private management will con- tribute materially, the committee held, to the solution of the nitrates problem. The conclusion of the report was that no direct government aid or sub- sidy be granted in an effort to solve the problem. Private initiative will eventually take care of the question, it stated in substance, Report Meets Opposition, A powerful group of democrats, sup- ported by some republican insurgents, are in open rebellion over the com- mittee’s failure to do. more than en- dorse conservation campaigns and suggest as a positive remedy that the United States should grow its own rubber. This group believes that with rubber still more than double what even British experts claim is a fair price the American consumer, who buys*75-\per cent of the production, still has a grievance. Cotton Versus Rubber. A variety of weapons are at hand if congress should cast about for a means of forcing foreign monopolies to relax their hold on essential com- modities, The southern cotton crop occupies the same relative position as British rubber. If anything, its is even more essential to world industry. It would provide the United States with an ideal weapon for use against Great Britain, this group holds. Many democrats, believing that such action might, in addition, materially benefit the south thru higher cotton prices, advocate an American “Stey- enson act,” similar to the measure by which Great Britain curtailed produc- tion and brot unparalleled prosperity to rubber planters. It will be many years before the rubber plantations. recently started by several American manufacturers in various parts of the world come into bearing. For this reason, it was de- clared, American motorists may again at any time be confronted with $1 rubber and almost prohibitively high tire prices, New Campaign Blind, The democratic movement for re- vision of the Fordney-McCumber tar- iff, which is expected to be a cam- paign issue, gained new impetus as a result of the committee report. Demo- crats have maintained all along that the Stevenson act was caused primar- ily by high American tariff ‘rates, Chicago Workers Demonstrate, Chicago will hold a Paris Commune celebration at the Ashland Auditorium Ashland Ave, and Van Ruren on Fri- day evening, March 19 at § o'clock with Bishop William Montgomery Brown, Robert Minor, editor of the New DAILY WORKER Magazine, J. W. Johnstone and others speaking. There will also be special moving pic- tures of the class-war prisoners’ aid in Europe and America, ~ ve © Cleveland to Hold Bazaar, CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 16.—Lo- cal Cleveland, International Labor Defense, will have its Paris Commune celebration at Moose Hall, 1000 Wal- nut Ave, on Sunday, March 2ist., be- ginning 2 o'clock, The bazaar begins at 2 o'clock and continues thruout t! tire afternoon and evening, Supper will be served from 5 to 6 v. m, : Paris Commune program from 6 to 7:30 o'clock consisting of one or two musical numbers, a pantomine under the direction of Comrade Sadie Amter and speeches by Walter Trumbull and H. M. Wicks. Dancing from 7:30 to 11:80 p, m, Rubber develop: | PARIS COMMUNE CELEBRATIONS WORKER says about Page Three The New Messiah on the Same Old Donkey Bialik, Jewish poet, is on CHAIRMANSHIP OF | PROBE MAY 60 T0 INFANT SENATOR Tariff Committee May Name LaFollette WASHINGTON, March 16. — The queer turn of thi tholitical wheel may elevate Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., the baby member of the senate, to the chairmanship of the most sig- nificant investigation undertaken by the sixty-ninth congress, the sena- torial inquiry into activities of the U. S. tariff commission. As the special, investigation. com- mittee is composed of two administra- tion republicang, Senators Wads- worth, of N. Y., apd Reed, of Penna., two democrats, Senators Robinson, of Ark. and uce, of Md., and young LaFollette,, the thirty-year-old Wisconsinite may hold a “balance of power” in the inquiry whether or not elected chairman. A strict party di- vision, incidentally, also would give him the deciding vote in electing the committee’s chairman. Rumor, how- ever, has it that the democrats would vote for LaFollett®, thus insuring his election as chairnian. The committee will meet early next week to organizeand to arrange for the opening of public hearings on the tariff commission’s activities. The de- lay was occasioned by the absence of Senator Reed, now on a health trip in Florida, Dealing in Abstractions. Why should worker correspondents want to write fiction when there is so much going on about them that would make fine fighting articles for The DAILY WORKER? One girl worker correspondent writes an im- aginary story about the baby of wealthy parents and follows his car- eer, all in the realms of metaphysics. Why, when there is so much to write about that takes place around you? Worker correspondents are fighters and writers on the job! Send in straight from the working fighting front news! r ® The more you'll write the better you'll like it. Bring in your,,articles for the Bazaar to Room 521—328 W. Superior Ave. any afternoon, *. 4% . New York Celebrates, NEW YORK, March 16.—The Paris Commune celebration will take jlace at the Central Opera House, Friday night, March 19, Ben Gitlow, M. J. Olgin, J. Zack, and Harry Fox will be the speakers, William W. Weinstone will be chair- man of the meeting. An unusual musical program is arranged, ee @ Minnesota Arranges Meetings, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, March 16.— Paris Commune dates for District No, 9. Minneapolis, Thursday eve, Mar. 25, Labor Lyceum, 1426—6th Ave, N, St. Paul, Sunday, March 21, Com. monwealth Hall, 435 Rice St, Hibbing, March 22nd. Chesholm, March 23rd, Superior-Duluth, March 21st. c—vnsiceeiltighdi When that argument begins at Junch time in your shop tomor- row—show them what the DAILY it, ‘ Mi \N J tour soli Baldwin Outlines National Plan to Electrify England (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, March 16.—Prime Min- ister Baldwin has formulated a pro- gram for the building up of an electric power distribution system on the basis of recommendations submitted by the Lord Weir investigation committee. The plan will be submitted to parlia- meat, The scheme provides for official boards in various parts of the coun- try that will supply electricity to au- torized distributors but will not them- selves generate the power. A commit- tee will investigate the existing sta- tions to determine which of them are equipped to generate power for the boards. This committee will.provide also for a standardization of frequency and inspect all trunk lines, Confiscating Property? Stations refusing to accept the ar- rangements of the board will have their property condemned at prizes fixed by the boards. The boards are also to have authority to build new power transmission lines. Cook Near Death Due to Shipowners’ Negligence BOSTON, March 16.—(FP)— The case of cook Charles Carlsberry, who lies dying in a Boston hospital, could well be used as a text for preaching trade union solidarity, The cook was taken desperately ill on board the British freighter Hollypark, which was one of over a thousand British ships allowed by the board of trade to sait without a wireless operator during the recent strike of radio men, If a young apprentice on the ship had not known enuf about a wireless set to send for aid, the cook would undoubtedly have died at sea from the shipowners neg- ligence. The British wireless oper- ators fought valiantly to get better wages and working conditions but were defeated ‘by the privilege extend- ed shipowners of sending boats out without “Sparks.” The radio boys had almost no support from other unions. Milwaukee to Celebrate Paris Commune Mar. 20 MILWAUKED, March 16, — Bishop William Montgomery Brown will speak on “Religion and Labor” at the Paris Commune celebration arranged by the Milwaukee International Labor Defense at the Plankinton Hall, Audi- torlum, 253 Fifth street on Saturday evening, March 20 at 7:45 o’clock. Argentine to Increase Its Corn Production WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.— The Argentine corn acreage {s now Placed at 10,618,000 acres instead of 10,526,000 acres reported in the first estimate, according to a cablegram received by the United States depart- ment of agriculture from the Interna. tional Institute of Agriculture, Denver Plans Paris Commune Celebration DENVER, Colo., March 16, — The Denver branch of ‘the International Labor Deferfse will celebrate the Paris Commune anniversary at the Labor Lyceum on West Colfax street, Sun- day evening, March 21 at 8 o'clock, “Trade unions are the reservoir ot majority of the socially decisive of the proletariat."—C, 1. Thesis 1 » * by william Gropper. iting funds for Zionist campaign for Palestine. CHICAGO NEGRO WORKERS CHEER TRUMBULL TALK Anti-Imperialist League Gains in Members Chicago Negroes, sensing fully their revolutionary kinship with the op- pressed peoples of Haiti, the Hawaiian islands, the Philippines and all other subject nationalities of the “American empire,” kept a Walter M, Trumbull meeting alive with enthusiasm Sun- day night at Metropolitan Community Center, 3120 Giles avenue. The meet- ing was arranged by the Negro Anti- Imperialist Association, affiliated with the ~ All-America § Anti-Imperialist League, Frequent murmurs of approval from the audience punctuated Trumbull’s speech, and loud exclamation rang out as he told of the work which he and Paul Crouch had done in organizing the Hawaiian Communist league in the very ranks of the U. S, army of oc- cupation—to fight for the national in- dependence of the Hawaiian islands. Trumbull revealed the terrific op pression of Hawaiians and Filipinos on which United States imperialist rule in the island is based. He then pointed out that the Negroes, right here in the United States, are also op- pressed as a subject people, He called attention to the world-wide movement for liberation that is sweeping all colonial countries, declaring that the Negroes must support this movement and feel themselves part of it, because it is striking blows against the univer- sal exploiter. “Together with the revolutionary white workers,” he said, “The Amer- ican Negroes must form a strong al- liance with the colonial and semi-col- onlal peoples for the overthrow of American imperialism. Only this will do away completely with all racial discrimination jn the United States, assuring economic, political and social equality of all races and nationalities. Other speakers were Henry Phillips, Corienne O’Brien Robinson, and Manuel Gomez, secretary of the All- America Anti-Imperialist League. Hay- wood Hall was chairman. Placards placed conspicuously on the platform called for the immediate liberation of Marcus Garvey and of the imprisoned Negro soldiers of the 24th infantry. Several new members were taken into the Negro Anti-Impertalist Asso- ciation at the meeting, “In the revolution he who has the unions has victory.”—Losovsky. Fourth Celebration Symphony Conducted by at the Mecca Auditorium 55th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City Saturday Evening, April 3rd, 1926 Oratorio “DIE TZVAI BRIDER” Words by J, L, Peretz———-Music by J, Schaffer with the Fretheit Singing Society and the New York Tickets $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 at Frethelt Office, 30 Union Square, New York City. WALL ST TOOL CLAIMS CREDIT FOR MUSSOLINI American Ambassador Is Pawn of Bankers (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, March 16.— Riche ard Washburn Child, who was Ameri+ can ambasador to Italy from 1921 un til 1924, Is reported on high authority to have claimed credit, within the past few weeks, for the “making” of Mussolini as dictator of Italy. Child has been in Washington for some time playing the role of eulogist of the blackshirts and of the Italian * debt settlement pact, A former edi- tor of Collier’s, he is much entertains ed in social quarters that applaud Te action in all governments, Ambassador “Spills Beans.” In the home of one of these society politicians, according to the assertion of a fellow-guest, Child became talka- tive as to the “inside story” of Musso Slint’s rise to power. His story was in substance this: Seeing the political confusion fm Italy in the summer of 1922 reaching a dangerous stage, Child cabled Seo retary Hughes that a dictator would be set up. The state department in reply asked whether the dictator would probably come from the mili- tary or from civilian political life, Child then made a careful survey of the field and decided that Mussolini was the strongest single leader im sight for the putting down of the so clalist and Communist forces, which at that time were hesitating to make an attempt to seize control. Child had a private conference with Mussolini, in which the fascist chief “laid all his cards on the table,” and they talked the whole situation over, Presently Mussolini showed greatly increased boldness, and summoned a national congress of the blackshirts. Word that the socialists were going to try to break up this gathering was “tipped off” to Mussolini, and no in- terference was undertaken. Within @ few days after this meeting of his forces, Mussolini marched his gunmen to Rome, and the royal army stood by while he seized the government, Wall Street Backs Fascist. In the succession of events follow- ing the private conference between the American ambassador and Mus solini is traced the effect of a sudden discovery by Mussolini that Italian bankers and big business men were behind him, and that the king would offer no defense of the constitution, It appears that Mussolini, or someone sympathetic with his plans, must have conveyed the impression to the bank- ers in Milan that Wall St. would look favorably upon his seizure of dictas torial control of the 40,000,000 people of Italy, This astonishing confession by the former American ambassador was made in a private gathering, accords ing to the person who vouches for the story. Further light upon it will prob ably be sought during the senate de bate on the debt settlement, Plan a Huge Merger * of Indiana Quarries (Special to The Daily Worker) BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 16, — A $40,000,000 merger of all the princi- pal stone quarry plants in the Bloom. ington-Bedford districts is under way and it is expected will be completed by the end of the month. The Frank Whiting company, representing the Bridge Bank, is financing the deal, Wm. .Wrigley, Jr. is the principal stockholder of this bank, More than 100 auditors have been checking over the books of the various units involved. The audit should be finished in a few days. Represent. atives of Coates L. Burchard, one of the leading appraisers of the country, and of Scoville & Wellington and Ernest & Ernest, large auditing firma, arrived here today, ae emeinnetch, See the motion picture of class war prisoners’ aid in Euc rope and America at the Inter mational Labor Defense com: memoration of the Paris Com mune at Ashland Auditorium on March 19. Jubilee of “Freiheit” Orchestra, Lazar Weiner. / \. 4