The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 24, 1926, Page 1

A a re ee ee ¥ Sct nace smilaanec ibe SSS SEAS te eA ST Pe ea oe i ne Oe Ra Se The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. Ne. «* Pea Subscription Rates: THE DAILY WORKER. Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ilinols, under the Act of March 3, 1879. In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, THE HIGH COST OF VICTORY RUSSIA TO BE AT CONFERENCE League Sends Invitation to Disarm Meet (Special to The Daily Worker) GENEVA, March 22—The United States, Russia, Germany and Japan have been elected by the league of nations council, as members of a mix- ed commission to consider disarma- ment, it was announced today. Sir Eric Drummond, secretary of the league, has addressed a letter to the Soviet government announcing its election altho there is no assurance that Russia will attend the conference which has been summoned to meet May 18. ee Houghton Stirs Things Up. WASHINGTON, March 22 — The furore over Ambassador Houghton’s reported pessimistic statements to the president concerning the state of af- fairs in Europe continues to draw fire both in Europe and here in the senate. Senator Pat Harrison, democrat ,of Mississippi, threw the senate into an uproar by delivering a speech demand- ing the recall of Houghton, who, he charged, had been used by the Coo- lidge administration to “throw a monkey wrench into the machinery of the league of nations.” Other dem- ocrats, particularly Swanson | and | ‘ Glass of Virginia, joined in the criti- cism. Senator Borah thereupon come to his rescue. “Ambassador Houghton told the truth as he saw it,” the sena- | tor/declared. He added that he wished “the whole American people ~ could know actual conditions in Europe where the old regime is assuming con- trol, power, and direction of affairs again.” Bipartisan Alliance Splitting, The indications are that the bi- partisan alliance behind Coolidge is breaking apart thru the pressure of conflicting political ambitions and the revelation of how badly split the Bu- (Continued on page 2) bent ap, PITTSBURGH DAILIES; 100 PCT. EFFECTIVE By GEORGE PAPCUN. (Special to The Daily Worker) PIAL ata oy Pa., wspaper mailers have effected > per cent strikes in the malling ’ departments of the Gazette-Times, , Post, Press and Sun. The mails have been tied up on all the. big dailies. The union called the strike for better conditions and recogni- tion. STRIKERS WEAR GAS MASKS AT PROTEST RALLY NEW YORK, March 22—Passaic strikers in gas helmets will attend the united front mass meetings which will be held in New York Wednesday evening, March 24, to protest the brutality of the Passaic police and. to support “the demands of the textile strikers. Over a dozen labor and Tib- eral organizations are co-operating in! holding the meetings. Albert Weisbord, Passaic strike leader, will address both meetings: Among the other speakers will be Norman Thomas, Ben Gitlow,, Eliza, beth Gurley Flynn, Ben Gold, I. A. Shiplacoff, Robert Dunn, Forrest Bailey, William Weinstone, Arturo Vevennitti, and Joseph Brodsky, © ‘The meetings will be held at the Central Opera House, 205 East 67th street, and at the New Star Casino, 107th street and Park avenue. The sunited front meetings _ have heen’ called by the American Civil Liberties Union in co-operation with . Yyorkers (Communist) Party, the League for Industrial Democracy, In- wraavional Labor Defense, the Pas- saic Strike Relief Committee, Paper, Box Makers Union, Furriers Union, International Ladies Garnient Work- ere Union (Joint Board),, Amalga- mated Food Workers, International Workers Aid, United Workers Co-op- erative Association, Italian Chamber of Labor, Emergency Committee for Strikers Relief. RANK P. WALSH, for the Passaic textile strikers, tcsreskar, The barat a Passi hare ales mil March 22-04) NEW BATTLE TO SUPPORT FRANC Include Higher Sales Tax in Program (Special to The Dally Worker? PARIS, March 22.—With the franc at low ebb, France restarted the bat- tle for financial stabilization today. Finance Minister Peret laid his pro- posed financial project before the cab- inet and It was unanimously approved. It will go to the chamber of deputies this afternoon. The new attempt to balance the budget opens the way for patriotic ac- tion by wealthy Frenchmen to come to the aid of the nation, for the Peret project authorizes the government to accept all voluntary contributions for the amortization of short term debts, Sales Tax Increase, M. Peret, undaunted by the ex- perience of his predecessors, also pro- poses a two per cent sales tax, an in- crease over the present tax. It was the increased sales tax proposed by M. Doumer which contributed largely to his defeat and the downfall of the fast cabinet. The budget makes no specific provi- sion for the payment of the debt to the United States, but Finance Min- ister Peret explained that he antic- ipates Ambassador Berenger will shortly be able to report progress in the debt negotiations, A Gamble. The fate of the program in the chamber is a gamble. Technically, Briand has no majority, If he is able to drive the program to success it will be for the simple reason that deputies are beginning to realize the nation is wearying of political bicker- ing and wants a budget enacted. Presents Finance Plan; Finance Minister Peret this after- noon presented to the finance commis- sion of the chamber his financial pro- (Continued on page 4.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1926 vAIC MILL K Farmer - Goes By JOHN GA! (Special to T WILLISTON, rward 1EL, SOLTIS, ily Worker) March 22—The Farmer-Labor Pi »of North Dakota will file candidates for seven impor- tant state offices: mext month. These include governor, Heutenant-governor, atorney general and senator. Farmer- Labor candidates will run for con- gress in the bis. and second dis- tricts, No contest. will “be made against Congressman Sin@l@ir of the third dis- trict. The door will be left open for him to join the Farmer-Labor Party. Turns Down Bribe. Senator Ralp Imgeérson, a consistent militant and one 6f the 100 organiz- ers of the now” famous Bismarck Farmer-Labor ference, will in all probability be Farmer-Labor can- didate for gov . An attempt was made at the r@ent Non-Partisan League Beech os Sa Bismarck to bribe Ingerson to desert the Farmer- Labor Party offering him the league nomi for commissioner of agriculture. Ingerson will con- tinue to sup] the Farmer-Labor Party. William — Lei former aito-ney- general underj)the Non-Partisan ‘eague admil ation, has now thrown his sup) bor movement — long term i to the Farmer-La- will file for the ip contest under On March 29ca “big Farmer-Labor rally will be held in Minot to raise money to buy @ weekly state organ for the Farmer-Labor Party. The State-Record of Bismarck is likely to be the paper purthased. It is rumoredthat John Andrews, former editor of? the Non-Partisan daily, the CourierNews and at pres- ent on the St. Paul Pioneer-Press will be the editor of the new weekly, while Covington ‘Hall is slated for a a place on the staff. After the June primaries, the Farmer-Labor Party will conduct a systematic campaign of organization thruout the states No contests are looked for in the Farmer-Labor pri- maries this year. CHARGE MINERS WITH RIOTING BECAUSE OF UNIONIZATION FIGHT BOONVILLE, Ind., March 22— Eighty-seven union miners arraign- ed in circuit court here today pleaded not guilty to charges of rioting growing :out of trouble at nonunion mines in this section last month. Sixty-five of them were charged with, rioting at the Possum Ridge mine on Feb. 26.° Their trial was set for April 12. Twenty-two were charged with rioting on the same day at Newburgh and their trial set for May 10. ea» CHICAGO TRACTION KING PLANS HUGE GENERATING PLANT (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, March 22, Plans for a million kilowatt power Plant to be the largest in the world, and which will be controlled by the Samuel Insull interests, were dis- closed here today with the granting of a charter of incorporation to the State-Line Generating company of Hammond, capitalized at $5,000,000. This capitalization does not include capital of the respective plants con- cerned which already is invested, it was stated at the Insull offices here. UNION ATTACKS LAWS AGAINST FOREIGN-BORN Boston ‘Upholsterers Help Passaic Strike By a Worker Correspondent BOSTON, Mass., March 22.—Local 37 of the Upholsterers’ International Union passed a vigorous resolution against the present proposed anti- foreign-born legislation and forwarded copies to Massachusetts representa- tives in Washington. The action fol- lowed a speech by President Freed- man telling of the necessity for strug- gle against this antltapnor legislation and asking the local to suppO™ the move-for a Boston council for the pro- testion, of foreign-sorn Workers, Helps Strikers. 7% The local discussed the textile strike at Passaic, N. J., and voted to send $25 for relief of the strikers. Local 87 was represented by Presi- dent Freedman at the Boston union organization conference for an ener- getic organization campaign. The local pledged its full support to the campaign, which is intended to en- force 100 per cent organization thru- out the city and state. A resolution was passed condemn- ing Bimba’s persecution and demand- ing the repeal of the notorious seven- teenth century heresy law now in force in Massachusetts, Norway’s Unemployment doubled. WASHINGTON, —(FP)— March 22 Unemployment in Norway has risen from 14,617 on Jan. 10, 1925, to 26,663 on Jan. 16, 1926, says a report to the U. 8. department of labor. PUBLISHING CO., Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington ’Blvd., Chicago, Ill, SERS FACE GRILL [svc Taeron PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION NEW YORK EDI | ee Price 3 Cents OF PASSAIC TEXTILE STRIKE IS GRANTED BY THE U. §. SENATE By LAURE NCE TODD. WASHINGTON, March 22—(FP)—Preliminary investigation of the Passaic textile strike by the senate committee on manu- factures was granted, and the way opened for a thoro probe of the causes and incidents of the struggle, when Senator LaFollette introduced a resolution calling for the inquiry. This resolution set forth the charges made by the 16,000 strikers against the mill owners and police and other officials responsible for their grievances. It also set forth the bosses’ claim that the strike is unjustified and is promoted by Commu- nists for propaganda purposes. have asked for a congressional investigation. It proposes that the committee on manufactures be empowered to make a thoro investigation, taking testimony in Washington and in New Jersey or elsewhere, and to re- port its findings to the senate. To Investigate Strikers. In the list of charges made by the strikers are included the starvation wage, long hours of work, insanitary conditions dangerous to the health of the employes, degraded standards of living due to low wages, failure of state and local officials to protect life, limb and the homes of the strikers, abuse of federal immigration laws thru threats of deportation of citizen strikers, denial of rights of free speech and assemblage, arbitrary refusal of peace officers to enforce the laws, destruction of private property by. violent acts of the police, and denial of the right of habeas corpus to citi- zens arrested, jailed and held incom- municado without proper warrant. From.the mill. owners’ side, there Lis zecited. the claim that the wages and conditions in the mills are made necessary by competition from New England and other textile districts. Also that a prolonged strike will force them to raise the price of wool and silk fabrics. And finally, that wages and hours are reasonable and that the strike has no just economic basis but “is the result of propaganda for the spread of subversive govern- mental doctrine.” To Get Hearing. By getting unanimous consent for immediate reference of his measure tothe manufacturers committee, of which he is a member, LaFollette made certain of at least a preliminary inquiry. McKinley of Illinois is chair- man of that committee, the other members being McNary, Weller, Mc- Lean, Metcalf, LaFollette, Smith, Reed of Missouri, Edwards of New Jersey, Wheeler and Tyson. Reed (Continvet on page 2) PASSAIC STRIKERS PRESENT COUNTER-PROPOSAL TO UNION- SMASHING LABOR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22.-The United Front Committee of Textile Workers, while in Washington seeking an investigation into the textile in- dustry and especially that of the Passaic strike, presented counter demands to the bosses’ demands that were handed the strikers by the department of labor headg, The counter-proposal reiterated the previous. demands of the mill work- ers, and mentioned three stipulations as a basis for settlement as follows: (Continued on page 6.) It cites the fact that both sides +> JAMES DAVIS IS BOSSES’ LACKEY STRIKERS FIND Sentimental . Slop Has no Effect on Workers By H. M, WICKS, (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22.— After spending a day and a half visit- ing senators and other public figures in Washington and having failed to secure an interview with Coolidge at the White House the delegation of Passaic strikers sought and obtained an interview with James J. Davis, sec- retary of jabor. He was the’ only cau: inet member before whom the case of the strikers was placed, Frank P. Walsh, counsel for the strikers, presented the grievances 6f the strikers to Davis and referred to the ‘personal experiences of ‘some of the strikers who were in the delega- tion and who were sitting in Davis’ office in the department of labor. When Walsh referred to the expe- rience of Mrs. Anna Braznik, the mother of nine children, who fre- quently has to work all night in addi- tion to day work to hold her job in the mill, the secretary of labor in- dulged in a bit of political sentimental- ism by observing that “a mother of nine children should not have to work in a mill.” Walsh continued with a masterly presentation of the facts in the case dealing with the long hours of toil of women and children, the horrible con- ditions in the mills, the impoverished conditions in the homes, concluding with a review of the terror reign against the workkers in the mills and the cossack brutality of the police who used poison gas bombs against |the picket lines and firemen who (Continued on page 5) To Lease Muscle Shoals, WASHINGTON, March 22, —, The congressional Muscle Shoals commit- tee entered actual negotiations for the leasing of the government's $150,000,- 000 project today when it met to dis. cuss the terms under which the property can be leased. It is hoped that Ford will renew his offer. The Red Army of the Union of Soviet Republics, recently celebrated the eighth anniversary of its organization. Above are shown some of the members of the supreme military council of the Soviet Union. From left to right a owners, then ihe department of labor, the agency | Egorov, THE ORGANIZERS AND LEADERS OF THE RED ARMY AND NAVY in chief), Lashevich, Tuchach Budenyi, Zov, Bubnov, Unschlicht, Voroshilov (commander evsky, Kamenev, Ordjonikidze, Baranov. The Red Army lost one of its veterans in the re- cent death of Brusilov. The United States Government i in the Role of Strike-Breaker at Passaic ' told ge aspinid of Labor James J. Davis, in his office at Washington, that if the department of labor were responsible "eee United States government, was acting in shovel a“ { (ar emeeaamameaial