The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 21, 1926, Page 2

Page Two SOLDIERS KILL MANY STUDENTS IN CHINA RIOT Peking Demonstration Broken Up (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKING, March 19.—Seventeen students were. killed and many wounded today When a crowd of 5,000 students attempted to rush the of- fices of the chief executive during a demonstration against the govern- ment’s acceptance of the ultimatum presented by the foreign powers, Soldiers shot into the crowd and used their bayonets. Many were trampled to death in the mad rush to ‘escape after the firing started, ‘The ultimatum, presented early this tweek by the representatives of foreign powers, gave the government. until moon today to cease all hostilities at ientsin and remove mines and other obstructions to navigation. between Tientsin and Taku, a distance of thirty-eight miles. The communica- tion of the foreign office submitting to the ultimatum agrees that the de- mands of the powers for freedom of navigation are fair, but points out that the threat of the powers for united naval action was against the Protocol, The fact that the American mission- aries. are split in their attitude to- ‘wards the nationalist movement is ev- ident in the controversy which has arisen over the action of certain Chris- tian institutions in presenting to John A. MacMurray, the American minister here, a protest against. the United States participating in any naval ac- tion to enforce the reopening of the Pei-ho river to commerce, as pro- vided for in the Boxer protocol. A delegation of ten called on MacMur- ray and protested strong against the ultimatum to the Chinese government. Rockefeller Foundation Protests, The Rockefeller Foundation was among the institutions represented. Others were the Lenching University, an undenominational school, and the Methodist and Presbyterian mission- ary groups. a) TIENTSIN, March 19.—The local Quominchun generals have notified the powers that provided the warships of Chang Tso Lin are forced to retire from their positions at Taku-bar con- trolling the entrance to Pei-ho river and therefore access to this city, they Wii not remove the blockade. This “declaration puts the imperialists in a dilemma. Chang Tso Lin is their tool. They desire to help him take the port. If his ships are compelled to leave, @. will have no way of capturing fientsin in the near future, , On the other hand, if they dos not bring pressure to bear on Chang Tso Lin they have openly committed them- selves to a war on the nationalists. In the latter event, all China will rise against them. ° 2. & Japan Threatens. TOKIO, March 19.—That the Japan- @se government intends to take a Stern attitude towards the Chinese government in connection with the Taku incident, in which one Japanese Naval officer was killed and several Sailors wounded when Chinese troops fired from the banks of the Pei river On two Japanese destroyers steaming toward Tientsin, was indicated today When it was revealed that Kenichi Yoshizawa, minister to China, had heen instructed to take action. _dapan demands that China apolo- Size for firing on the Japanese flag, Punish the officer responsible for the Mneident and indemnity the sailors who were shot. “PROLET-TRIBUNE’, RUSS LIVING NEWSPAPER, OUT | TODAY AT WORKERS’ HOUS » Number six of Prolet-Tribune, the Russian living newspaper published by the worker correspondents of the Novy Mir will be out this Saturday, March 20, at the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. Beginning at 8 p. m. Admission 25 cents. » This. living newspaper is appearing regularly now for the past six months, Many new worker correspondents joined the original group who started the venture. The contents usually is as good, or even better than many a Russian pa- per or magazine published in the United States. Not only workers, but @ven intellectuals are attending each issue of the paper. Even its enemies admit that it is a power. GENERAL BRUSSILOV DIES Retired Red Officer Was Once Czarist General MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., March 19.— General Alexis A. Brussilov, once commander in chief of the southern forces of the former czar, died today from inflammation of the lungs. At one time he was one of Nicholas’ fav- orite officers, but when the Kerensky revolution broke out he joined with it and helped them overthrow the cgar. When the Bolshevik revolution broke out, Brussilov became a chief inspector of the Red army cavalry, and was retired a couple of years ago by ithe government, on a pension of $150 a month. Brussilov had one son in-the white army and another in the Red army. Both were killed in the fighting. PARIS COMMUNE CELEBRATED ALL OVER COUNTRY Meetings Arranged] from Coast to Coast Thousands of American working men and women will gather In demon- strations all thru the country In com- memoration of the fifty-fifth annivers- ary of the Paris Commune this week and next. In every important city in the coun- try meetings have been arranged at which pantomime drama, scenic features, moving pictures of class war prisoners, and speakers on the subject of the heroic Commune and the de- fense of class war prisoners will be the order. The meetings, which are being held everywhere under the auspices of the International Labor Defense, are to be devoted not only to commemorating the great Commune but also to rally- ing American workers to the modern day fighters for the working class who have fallen victims to capitalist class justice. Labor defense and the story and lessons of the Commune will be bound together at these meetings, In Ohio and Pittsburgh, the recent- ly- released class War prisoner, Walter Trumbull, will speak at Commune cel- ebrations. In Chicago and nearby cities, Bishop William M. Brown, the famous heretic, will address gather- ings to commemorate the first prole- tarian regime. The following are some of the meet- ings: New York, Friday night, March 19, at the Central Opera House, with Ol- gin, Gitlow, Zack and Fox, and Wein- stone as chairman: An excellent mu- sical program has been arranged for. Admission“is fifty cents. Cleveland holds its meeting on Sun- day, March 21, at Moose Hall, 1000 Walnut Sts., together with a bazaar and a dance. Walter Trumbull and Max Schactman will speak together with I. Amter. The Cleveland Work- ers’ Drama League will present a one- act pantomime under the direction of Sadie Amter. Kansas City will celebrate at Musi- cians Hall, 1017 Washington St., on Sunday evening, March 21, at 7:30. There will be a speaker on the Com- mune and another will talk on “La- bor’s Fight for Justice.” The Music-Arts Hall, 233 S, Broad- way, on Sunday afternoon, March 28, will house Los Angeles’ meeting, where an excellent musical program and a specticular drama of the Com- mune’s last days will be shown, The following meetings have been arranged in the Minnesota district; Sunday, March 21, 1 p, m., Chis- holm, Minn. Sunday, March 21, 3 p. m., Hibbing, Minn. Monday, March 22,8 p, m., Duluth, Minn. Tuesday, March 23, 8 p. m., Super- ior, Wis, Thursday, March 25, 8 p. m., Labor Lyceum, 1425 Sixth avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Saturday, March 20, 8 p. m., Labor Lyceum, St. Paul. At all these meetings T. R. Sulli- van, well-known labor organizer, will speak, Bishop Brown to Speak at ILL.D. Meet Sunday Bishop Montgomery Brown will speak on Sunday evening at 8 p. m. at the Metropolitan Community Cen- ter, 3120 Giles avenue, under the auspices of the International Labor Defense. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE FOR PROTECTION OF FOREIGN - BORN ts WORKERS WILL BE HELD TUESDAY the workers of Philadelphia, _ Several organizations he eted delegates to this conference, PHILADELPHIA Pa,, March 19.—The movement in opposition to the lis against foreign-born workers is arousing the Interest and indignation have signed a call for a conference which ‘will be held on Tuesday evening, March 23, at Boslover Hall, 7th and Pine A large number of unions and fraternal organizations have already , Pe | ro f THE DAILY WORKER GRAND RAPIDS + AUTO WORKERS HOLDING FIRM Company Unable to Re- cruit Scabs (Continued from page 1) who were hired in this fashion, when informed of the trimmers’ strike, quit their jobs and left the city. Two men who came here from Detroit de- manded that they be reimbursed for their expenses at $25 apiece. They made emphatic demands to the gen- eral manager, Mr. Ginsburg, who was forced to grant them. Ed Finch (Fink), promoter of many schemes, owner of a poolroom, a store, and several rooming houses, a ‘regular loudmouth during the first two weeks of the strike, offering one of his houses for the accommodation of up to 20 strikers free of charge, is now under suspicion of being a pro- vocateur stoolpigeon. He has re- turned to work, over a week ago, finking on the trimmers, and aiding the cdémpany generally to bluff the strikers into believing that produc- tion is going at full blast. This bluff, however, has already been \exposed. The striking trimmers, wondering where all the auto bodies loaded upon the trucks for shipment were coming from, pursued seyeral trucks one night last week in their cars, merely to find to their great amusement that these trucks were taking trips thru and around the city in an attempt to bluff the strikers that production at the plant was “normal.” Production Crippled. Actual production in the factory is very low. The company has lost sev- eral large orders already. The rats that have been hired to break the strike are entirely incompetent. Last November, after a two weeks’ layoff, the trimmers were hired back and a 9 per cent cut imposed on them. This cut was not sufficient for the greedy bosses, who then maneuvered another layoff in December. Opera- tion of the plant was resumed in Jan- uary, and after about seven weeks of work the trimmers received the das- tardly cut of 10 per cent on Washing- ton’s birthday. After the announce- ment of this cut the trimmers walked out en masse, The irony in the situation is that the wages of the scabs have again been cit 7% per cent below the rates offered the trimmers prior to their walkout. All automobile bodies, upon arriving at the Overland plant in Toledo, are inspected before they are unloaded, with the result that six out of every nine bodies on the average aré con- demned. This very fact explodes the myth on the part of the company that suf- ficient competent help !s available, and that production has not been crip- pled thru the strike.of the trimmers. Fail to Get Local Scabs. As no regular trimmers other than habitual finks can be cajoled into the factory, the bosses tried various schemes to obtain some help from the local furniture industry. “Yellow slips” were sent to the homes of up- holsterers announcing that a good job was waiting for them at the plant to work as trimmers, and that a mere interview with the employment man- ager would place them into excellent positions. No scabs were gained thru this trickery, as a union of uphol- sterers was organized here but a few months ago. Individual rehiring among the trimmers did not fare bet- ter. One trimmer, who was offered special opportunities if he, together with his brother, resumed work there, told the superintendent to go to hell. Both are now named as two of the nineteen defendants in the injunction. The wrath of the bosses was given vent the other day, when a striker was drenched by a bucket of paint poured upon him from the finks in the paint stock room as he was walking by the shop. As it was self-evident that this attack was instigated by the bosses, this striker is now suing for damages. When hundreds of automobile work- ers, together with the striking trim- mers, reached St. Hyacinth Hall to attend the regular Wednesday night meeting of local 3, they were puzzled for a moment by the great number of cars parked near the hall, throwing immense spotlights on the men as they entered the hall. It soon became known that these spotlights were operated by execu- tives of the Hayes Ionia company, for the purpose ef spying on those work- ers who were attending the union megtings and learning that only thru united and organized action can they hope to solve their many shop prob- lems. As the men did not seem in the least disturbed regarding the puny stunts of the bosses, these executives became aggravated and attempted to create a riot in front of the hall, ex- pecting in this way to break up the union meeting. They did not succeed as the city policemen in that district noticed the real import of the situation and drove the rioters away from the hall, Effective Union Meeting. The meeting itself, Which was ad- dressed, among others, by Lester L, johnson, was very effective indeed. t TS, | COLISEUM TO BE SCENE OF THE GHIGAGO MAY FIRST DEMONSTRATION Winding up with a mass demon- Stration at the Collseum Saturday evening, May -first with William Z. Foster, James P. Cannon and Jay Lovestone as speakers, elaborate plans for a great Chicago celebra- tion are being prepared. . Special jeafiets and a special issue of The DAILY WORKER will be distrib- uted at shops, morning and noon hour. ‘ The May Day. committee in charge of arrangements will meet Monday night, Mareh 22 at The DAILY WORKER Office, 1113 W. Washington Boulevard. All Party Nuclei are expeoted to send dele- gates to participate in arrange- ments, " FE Judging from the fact that up to now over 500 automobile, workers have signed and completely paid up fon membership in loéal ‘3, an intensive organization campaign in the various departments of the plant will make thoro unionization of Hayes Ionia company possible, The city cops have since declared their sympathy for the strikers and are buying tickets for the strike ben- efit dance to be held at Shore’s Danc- ing Academy on Thursday, this week. Policemen’s wages in Grand Rapids are a little over $4 a day. At a special meeting of local 3 a live wire member who has served the general labor movement in va- rious capacities for may years re- ported that all the Grand Rapids local unions, affiliated and unafiiliated to the Trades and Labor Council, have shown splendid response to hig ap- peal for support in the strike benefit dance. s The brother received an ovation for his achievements in interesting other labor organizations of the city in the struggle of the automobile workers. It was also-reported that the local ‘Moose lodge did not allow any can- vassing at its meeting. Cheer DAILY WORKER. A communication, from the local Workers (Communist), Party, accom- panied by check in.payment for ad- mission tickets, was .received with great applause, and, the strike pub- licity as given im. The DAILY WORKER was sincerely acknowl- edged. er Several new members were obli- gated. Among them are painters. final assemblers and, woodworkers, LOWELL SCHOOL PARENTS TO CALL ON MAYOR DEVER Will Go ina Body to City Hall a Over 100 parents:of the Lowell School will go in a body to the City Hall to protest to Mayor Dever against the Chicago Board of Education trans- fer system, Among their demands will be the immediate withdrawal of the newly installed plateon system from the Lowell School and the replace- ment of the children who have been crowded out. The parents will offer to temporarily accept the double shift providing that immediate work is started on the building of a school annex, This was the decision reached at a méeting of the Northwest Parents League at 1634 N, Kedzie Ave., called to consider the problems facing them at present, ‘ : Speakers addressed the meeting stressing the dangers of the platoon system which was shown to be no- thing less than the speed-up methods of the factory brought into the school. Boss controlled, open shop advocating, and teachers’ councils busting stper- intendent of schools, William McAn- drew was quoted as describing the platoon system and’the junior high as a means for training the children to become efficient Wage slaves. His chief argument for’the system is that it will be helpful to employers, The need for a'Strong organization of the parents was‘also stressed and the parents were Warned by a repres- entative of the rs Park Parents League not to base any hopes on the board of education’ promises as “You can expect nothing but double-cross- ing from the Chichgo board of educa- tion,” he said, ? PREC Y ISLES . r Croatian Workers . Protest Against 4 . Fingerprint Laws KLEIN, Mont., March 19, — The Croatian Fraternal Union Local No. 65 at one of its meetings adopted a resolution protesting against the auti- foreign-born measures that are before congress now that would make the foreign-born workers the victims of a passport system worse than that which existed in monarchistic Ger- many or czarist Russia. In the reso- lution the fraternal society points out that this act is aimed at reducing the standards of livifig of the foreign-born workers and later the native-born and calls on all working-class organiza- tons to protest against the measures galos, the Greek dictator, announced today that he would be a candidate for the presidency at the elections scheduled for May, Dictator Seeks to Hatred of Capitalism’s Police System Revealed In Chicago Court Trial By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. FiaTRee for the police is given as one of the reasons for the “not guilty” verdict returned by a Chicago jury against the so-called “Genna gangsters,” John Scalise and Albert Anselmi, charged with the killing of two policemen in a street battle. This was the case that the local kept press and the “100 per cent” prosecutors sought to convert into propaganda, not only against Italian immigrants, but also into an attack on all foreign-born workers. The rebuff has come quick and sharp. oeee One need harbor not the slightest sympathy for the Genna “millionaire” bootlegging outfit in order to draw the lessons of this trial. Workers who permit themselves to be- come the henchmen of the —— distillers of foul moon- shine are beyond commiseration when they get into trouble. But the, reactions of a community, in a case of this kind, where the whole propaganda power of the ruling class has been converted into an hysterical effort to arouse prejudice against all foreign-born is worthy of serious attention; es- pecially when the “open shop” Better Government Associa- tion had carried the entire matter to Washington and asked for an investigation by the United States senate that could have been easily framed to continue the anti-alien stream of malicious falsehoods. > ees Capitalists seldom go on juries. They haven't the time, dury duty is beneath them. The Scalise-Anselmi jury was made up of a railway employe, machinist; bookkeeper, wag- on driver, iron worker, chauffeur, book store secretary- treasurer, foreman, signal engineer, mechanic, shoe sales- man and butter roller. The first ballot stood nine to three for acquittal. It was in the discussion to win over the three for the “not guilty” verdict that some of the jurymen are reported to have stated their views on Chicago's police sys- tem. Some of these are interesting. “They are worth re- peating: “Raid! Ill tell you how the coppers are,” sald one. “I was in a certain house once, not doing a thing wrong, Just having a little fun, and the coppers came in and raided the place and pinched us all. Just for nothing.” . “Yes,” cut in another, “and the police are always quick on the draw. 1 remember when | was a boy and us kids used to be in swimming in the drainage canal, the cops used to come up with drawn guns and chase us out.” “Yes,” said another, “! was down to the LaSalle street station once, ‘ when the coppers picked up a bunch of fellows as suspicious characters —for nothing.” “They're always after you when you go out in your automobile,” broke in the chauffeur. “One came up to me when | was going six miles an-hour, and he told the judge | was going thirty-four, and the judge believed him.” ee.ee There was more. None of the: police officers with whom these jurors had come personally in contact was involved. ! They manifested a hatred that had been developed against the police system. Not one of those jurors had evidently come in conflict with the police system as it is used by employers during strikes. Their hatred had therefore, not yet found a foot- hold on a class basis. But that will come in time. * * * * “Passaic, New Jersey,” in the minds of millions of work- ers, is~now identified with the use by the police of tear gas against strikers." That is shocking large masses of soldier- workers, who were sent to the European war in 1917 and 1918, into doing some real thinking. ‘ * + * e But the plans now before congress, to finger-print, hotograph, and classify all foreign-born workers in the jand, will inaugurate a police spy system that must inevitably reveal the capitalist state, to the whole working class popu- lation, as the ever-present power behind every act of perse- cution. The Scalise-Anselmi case has brought to light a healthy . hatred for the American police .system among ordinary workers. American capitalism's efforts to entrench and soli- dify its power thru the adoption of the police methods of the deposed czarism will develop the hatred of labor as‘a class, not so much against the police system, but against the capitalist state that spawned it and keeps it alive. DRUSE REBELS TAKE || You're Too Old, We IMPORTANT CITY IN || ““@Nyeaunser Men's SYRIA FROM FRENCH BELLEVILLE, Ill.—(FP)—‘You're too old; we want younger men.” This reply met Samuel Keller, 75, of St. Louis, wherever he sought employ- ment. The old man swallowed poison and died enroute to the hospital, DR. $. (Special to The Daily Worker) BAGDAD, March 19.—Druse tribes- men, operating against the French, have captured Palmyra, Queen Zen- Obia’s ancient capital city. Palmyra is one of the important cities of Syria. Because of its mag- nificent ruins it has been a great center for students and tourists, 2232 N. 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