The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 25, 1926, Page 2

? } Page Two ¢ HE DAILY WORKER DETROIT FORMS |°°22ndemmation of COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN-BORN Delegates Meet to Fight Legislation (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich. March 23 — At a conference of delegates representing trade unions, workers’ fraternal and benefit organizations and foreign lan- guage organizations, held Sunday In Fraternity Hall, a Detroit Council for the Protection of Foreign-born Work- ers was formed. Wm. Reynolds, a delegate from Carpenters’ Union No. 2140, called the conference to order. The credential committee reported 38 delegates pres- ent. They came from the Auto Work- ers Union, patternmakers, machinists, carpenters, metal polishers, glass workers, cooks and pastry cooks, and painters; Lithuanian delegates re presenting 14 Lithuanian organiza- tions, Hungarian Lodges representing 2220 members, Ukrainian Alliance of nine organizations, the South Slavic Council for the Protection of the Foreign-born, Russian National Con- ference representing practically every Russian Workers’ organization in De- troit, a Jewish conference of 165 or- ganizations, Slovac Workers’ Society, German, Bulgarian, Roumanian, and Finnish organizations, and the Work- ers’ Party of Detroit. All delegates were seated. Owens Speaks. An analysis of the various bills aiming at the restriction of the move- ments of foreign-born workers, and the effect of such legislation upon the trade union movement and the entire work- ing class in this country was made by Edgar Owens. A resolution pointing out the iniqui- ties of the proposed bills and demand- ing of Michigan’s representatives in Washington that they work against and vote against these bills was adopted. Plan Demonstration. An executive committee of 17 was elected. A motion carried unanimous- ly instructing the executive commit- tee to take steps for the formation of a legal aid department which would be of service to foreign-born workers in the event that these bills be en- acted. The executive committee was also instructed to arrange for a mon- ster mass meeting and demonstration on Sunday afternoon, May ‘gnd. In the meantime, neighborhood mass meetings are to be held which shall serve as feeders to the main demon- stration on May 2nd. The next meeting of the council will be held on Sunday April 4th at Fraternity Hall and a greatly in- creased representation ts expected. Strikebreaking Comes High, Rail Barons Find TRENTON, N. J.—(FP)—March 23 —tTrenton labor is learning something about the high cost of railroad strike- breaking from the federal govern- ment’s suit against William C. Genne- rich of the Ascher Detective Agency and captain Reginald Fay, super- intendent of the marine department, New York Central railroad. The de- tective and rail head are gharged with conspiring to defraud the United States government by padding the railroad’s payroll in wartime when the line was under federal control. Letters from Fay to Gennerich, in- troduced into the proceedings, tell of the number of men hired to break a strike in the marine department of the railroad, The government seems to be using the letters to prove that the defendants drew wages for men who were not on the company pay- roll—dummy _strike-breakers. The Ascher firm of detectives was paid $127,000 at the conclusion gf the strike and the government reimbursed the railroad for the amount, which it now claims was excessive. The gov- ernment is not protesting its payment of money for strike-breaking, but for what it declares an excessive charge for the job. Churches Oppose Anti-Alien Bills No Action on lowa Contest, WASHINGTON, March 23. — Final action on the Brookhart-Steck contest Was postponed indefinitely this after- noon by the senate elections commit- tee, owing to the absence of Senator Caraway, democrat, of Arkansas, who filed a report urging the seating of Daniel F. Steck, democrat, in the place of Senator W. Brookhart, republican, of Iowa, 805 James Street, N, S. Pittsburgh, Pa. Saturday, March, 27, 2 P. M. to 12 Midnight Sunday, March Elaborate Program—Music and Refreshments—Admission 50 Cents SSNS ALEC Fascist Terrorism SOINTULA, B. C., March 23.—The regular membership meeting of the co-operative store of Sointula passed the following resolution unanimously: “Whereas, the present fascist gov- ernment of Italy has destroyed the co-operative societies of Italy and forcibly occupied the offices of the Lega Nazionale; “We, the members of the Sointula Co-op. store of Sointula, B. C., as- sembled in our annual membership meeting, join in the protest of the International Co-operative Alliance, and extend our sympathies to the persecuted Italian co-operators, “Further, we heartily endorse the proposal made by the Red Interna- tional of labor unions that the Inter- national Co-operative Alliance take the initiative to call a conference of the Amsterdam International of Trade Union, the Red International of Labor Unions and International Co-operative Alliance, to formulate measures to fight fascism.” SENATOR SEEKS PROBE OF KUHN, LOEB & C0, FEES Bankers Demand 40 Pct. for Underwriting Loan WASHINGTON—(FP)—March 23— Senator Couzens has put up so hard a fight before the senate committee on interstate commerce as to swing its decision away from immediate gen- erosity to the St, Paul and other rail- roads that owe large sums to the gov- ernment, and to force investigation of @ $6,000,000 fee which ‘two Wall Street banks propose to take for reorganiz- ing the St, Paul road, Kuhn, Loeb & Co, and the National City bank of New York have been summoned by the committee to send representatives to Washington to in- form the committee as to why this fee should be paid for underwriting the reorganization of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. That road went into the hands of a receiver while it owed the federal treasury $55,000,000, borrowed during the war. These two banks have evolved a plan which calls for raising $70,000,000 with which to settle up debts and start again. They demand $6,000,000 for their services. This would come from the stock and bond holders. However, mator Goodinghas a bill before thé comntittee, proposing that the government postpone for about 30 years the collection of all war debts due from railroads, and that the interest rate be reduced from six to four and one-half percent. Former Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, representing bondholders including big insurance companies, urged the committee to report it favorably at once. So did Alfred Thom, counsel for the railroad companies. Gooding, for western stockholders in the St. Paul, was eager for action. Couzens pointed out that if this bill became law, the bankers would be obliged to raise only $15,000,000 in cash for the St. Paul, since its debt of $55,000,000 would no longer be due. He argued that the Wall Street bank- ers ought to be satisfied with less than $6,000,000 out of that $15,000,000. since 40 per cent as an underwriting fee was unusual, Call on Bosses to Protect Workers’ Eyes NEW YORK, March 23.—Pointing to the enormous compensation cost of eyes lost in industry, the national committee for the prevention of blind- ness seeks to influence employers to introduce safety measures, better light in factories, ete., to save work- ers’ eyes—and the charge for lost ones. Over 538 eyes were lost by workers in Pennsylvania last year, the committee finds and the compen- sation cost for the blinded persons was greater than that for the loss of 97 legs, 73 arms and 190 hands taken by industry from workers during the same period. “It has always been the conviction of the national committee for the pre- vention of blindness that eye hazards are the most serious of all non-fatal industrial accident hazards,” declares Lewis H. Carris, managing director of the committee, Loss of eyes in Penn- sylvania cost employers $800,000 in 1925; $8,011,259 since the workmen's compensation law became effective fn the state, Because the value of eyes lost to the workers concerned—3885 eyes lost thru industrial accidents vince the law .brot compensation—is inestimable, the committee does not mention it, | PITTSBURGH, ATTENTION! INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE BAZAAR at International Socialist Lyceum, 28, 10 A. M. to 12 Midnight WALSH ASSAILS PERSECUTION OF COOLIDGE FOES Administration Bribes Many Witnesses WASHINGTON, March 23 — Sen. Walsh of Montana, In a speech to the senate, demanded that the Coolidge administration make amends to the senate for the attack on the liberties of that body which was made in the persecution of Sen, Wheeler. His condemnation Of the methods em- ployed and the motives that actuated the department of justice in trying to punish Wheeler for exposing the de- pravity of the Harry Daugherty re- gime in the department of justice was delivered in the tone of a formal im- peachment. He introduced at the same time a resolution calling on the department to account to congress for two items in its futile pursuit of Sen. Wheeler, Misspent Public Funds, First of all, Walsh demanded that the department account for the public funds it spent in sending detectives to Montana, and in otherwise framing up a pretended case against his col- leagues. Next, he demanded that it show why it has not, and whether it will not, proceed against its star wit- ness, George B. Hayes, for perjury. Much of the speech was devoted to showing that Hayes, the New York lawyer who was brot into the trial at the last moment as the only real wit- ness against Wheeler, was a man whose sworn statements were worth- less, and whose general repute was bad. , Hayes testified that he met Wheeler in the Waldorf Astoria hotel, New York, by appointment, on the eve of the senator’s sailing for Europe in March, 1923, and that’ Wheeler had told him that he, Wheeler, was to get a very large fee for representing Gordon Campbell, an oil prospector, in securing oil drilling permits from the general land office. in Washington. Hayes claimed that Wheeler offered to share the fee if. Hayes would do the work. Sen. Walsh read affidavits from Mrs. Wheeler, showing that no such meeting between her husband and any lawyer took place when they were in New York, and from a former mem- ber of Hayes’ law firm, showing Hayes’ close connection with‘ Presi- dent Harding, Atty. Gen. Daugherty and Secretary Mellon. In this last af- fidavit the statement is quoted from Hayes that—‘“Just wait and see what happens to Wheeler; we'll fix him so that he won’t remain in the senate very long.” Bribe Hayes to Testify. Walsh showed that the courts in New York City have entered four judgments against Hayes, for falsifi- cation of his income tax returns, These judgments, amounting to $302,- 644, remained unsettled when the de- partment of justice secretly arranged to bring Hayes to the trial in Mon- tana to testify against Sen. Wheeler. The collapse of the persecution of Wheeler was described by Walsh as the “inglorious end of the effort to punish a member of this body for dar- ing to assail the department of justice in the discharge of his official duties, and in retribution for his exposure of such misdeeds and associations on the part of the attorney general as forced his retirement from that position.” Subsidize Union Visitors, NEW YORK, March 23—Hight Brit- ish trade unionists are making a four weeks tour of eastern states to see in- dustrial conditions as the guests of the conservative London Daily Mail. The British party ig visiting such openshop plants as General Hlectric at Schenectady, Ford and General Mot- ors at Detroit, steel mills of Gary, Ind., and Pittsburgh, hydro-electric and other Niagara industries, Test Constitutionality of Anti-Evolution Law NEW YORK, March 23—~That a sec- ond evolution case may be fought out in the courts in Mississippi became apparent today when the American Civil Liberties Union announced it was “looking for a Mississippi tax- payer” to enjoin the enforcement of the new state anti-evolution law just signed by Governor Harry L, Whitefield. If a willing taxpayer is found, the suit will be filed in the federal court, thus , raising at once the issue of the constitutionalty of the law, Blacklist Union Journals. NEW ORLEANS—(FP)—Attempt- ing to wipe out labor and other papers printed in union shops, the advertising committee of the New Orleans asso- ciation of commerce has put the ban on all but five publications, outside the dailies which are openshop. The Labor Record, official publication of the central trades and labor body, and The Federalist, organ of the Louisiana state federation of labor, were among those blacklisted. Merchant& who ad- vertise in these publications are sub- Ject to a fine by the advertising co: mittee, a \ Negotiations Begin for Lease of Muscle Shoals Power Supply (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, March 23 — With three “nibbles” on their line, the con- gressional Muscle Shoals committee will begin negotiations next week for a lease of the government’s $150,- 000,000 project, The committee has received inqui- ries from Henry Ford, the American Cyanide company of New York and F. T. Hepburn of New York, all of whom had previously made bids for the Muscle Shoals property. W. B. Bell, representing the American Cyan- ide company, will be given a hearing Monday afternoon, while Hepburn will be invited to appear before the committee Tuesday afternoon to “talk things over.” The “nibble” from Henry Ford gave the committee much satisfaction. A majority of the committee would rather negotiate with Ford than with any other prospective bidder, because of his standing with the farmers. FRENCH CONSIDER KRIM’S PROPOSAL FOR STOPPING WAR Communists Force Ac- tion by Agitation (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, March 23—Paul Painleve, minister of war, in reply to a question regarding the operations in the Riff, told the members of the army com- mittee of the chamber of deputies that “the government is neglecting no serious opportunity to restore peace in the Riff.” In connection with the known fact that emissaries of Abd-el- Krim are in the city, it is believed that the Rfffian leader’s proposals are being given serious consideration. Despite all the bluster the high French command isi thaking over the preparations for the) united French- Spanish drive in Morocco, it is evi- dent to all observers that the govern- ment is in no position to carry on such a campaign. ) | The financial situation is shakier than ever with the feice that par- liament will. adjourn jfor the Easter recess, having done’ nothing to solve the budget deadlock, Meanwhile the franc has declined a new low re- cord on the local ‘exchange market, being quoted. at 28.33 to the dollar and 187.85 to the Bri und. A spring offe: ainst the Rif fians would invo! of men, as the ope! aky foothold at the struggle in cabinet has but a best and to prolo! Africa will tremendously increase the influence of the munists who have bitterly fought, the whole affair as an imperialistic, effort to extend French control in ngrthwest Africa. Radio Exposes) Inefficiency. All Paris is excited over the publica- tion of radio messages relayed from Gibraltar, detailing mistakes of the French and Spanish in the Rifflan campaign. Among the charges made is that Spanish army officers at the front trade munitions with the Rif- flans in return for food and other such supplies. The reason for this state of affairs is claimed to be the absolute failure of the Spanish commissary. It is also claimed that the patrol of the Morocean coast is altogether ineffec- tive. se * Both Sides;Prepare. TANGIER, Morocco, March 23—At a conference of the French and Span- ish high commands: the past week final plans were made for the com- bined drive against ‘the Riffians. The French general Petain is expected to head the united forces of over 200, 000 men. Lu Meanwhile Abd-ek, Krim has been strengthening his defenses, not only at the actual fighting front, but by pol- {tical maneuvers ag well, It is re- liably reported that, he has married the daughter of Rajsuli, the famous Moroccan bandit chief and formerly an enemy of Krim, This step will secure for him the allegiance of the powerful tribe of which Raisuli was formerly head. ‘ eee Riffs Break Feast to * Attack Spanish Troops (Special to The Daily Worker) TANGIER, Morocco, March 23, — The Riffs attacked the Spanish out- posts near Tetuan just at the opening of the feast of Ramadan, which began yesterdag mnorning at 3:45 a, m. The assault was entirely unexpected inas- much as Mohammedans are not sup- posed, according to t religion, to eat or drink or fight during this cele- bration, ‘ / The casualties of the Spanish are not known, the censor cfaiming, as usual, that none were sustained. The heavy movement of troops, which went on all morning, gave the lie to his statement. S If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Send for a catalogue of all Com- munist literature, , Gold Door Knobs Are Ford Tries to Argue That Radicals Oppose Labor’s Bettering of Conditions By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Wren Henry Ford, the father of the flivver, declared that “history is bunk,” he confessed to a profound ignorance that reveals itself very clearly whenever he tries to give birth to an idea: This is especially true of the views set forth on “Mr. Ford's Page,” so-called, that appears as a regular feat- ure of “The Dearborn Independent,” one of Ford's numerous frailties. eo 0 ee @ Ford, or whoever wrote the article for him, tries to argue that, ‘Both extreme radicals and conservatives are conscious- -ly and intentionally the enemies of progress.” , Since Ford joined the Coolidge republican camp in na- tional politics, he is very well fitted to discuss the stand of the conservative. There has never been a more ultra-reac- tionary par os administration in the government, “con- sciously and intentionally the enemy of progress.” : But Ford’has never shown that he is in the least quali- fied to state the viewpoint of the radical. His present utter- ances conclusively prove that he is blissfully ignorant of the nature of the radicalism, or even of progressivism in the labor movement, that he laments has had the “defamatory label” of “Bolshevik” placed upon it by the ultra-conservatives. Ford’s attack appears under two headings: First: Ford denounces what he calls “the falsehood of so-called radicals that progress requires destruction of what exists.” ' : Second: Ford hypocritically claims that radicals “do not want the lot of the working man bettered.” Both of these claims are very evident strawmen that Ford has manufactured for himself in order to provide the basis for an argument. His invention of the tin lizzie was much more of a success than his present venture into the field of dummies, with dummy arguments to attack them. Ford does not tell us what he fears the radicals wish to destroy. Evidently he worries about his auto plants. No danger. The workers will not harm them. They will need. them. Only they will own them—not Ford, nor any of the other profiteers in. this form of private property. Ford can- not mean that he rejects changes in the form of government under which he lives, If he denies the right of the many to change the government, then he should revert to the early rule of the mound builders, who antedated the Indians. He may be trying to popularize the dances of past centuries, but he has never urged a return to the conditions of the colonies under British rule, or the form of government originally in- stituted by the thirteen colonies, with its recognition of black slavery in the south. Communists do not wish to destroy what exists. To abolish the capitalist form of government and to establish Communism in place of capitalism, is to make progress along definitely constructive lines. Capitalist economy, with its national rivalries and imperialist wars, is the most destructive agency existing in the world today. If Ford wants to defend this state of things, and he no doubt does, then let him be more specific. oe ee * ® , < Ford should state where he gets the information tha’ radicals (Bolsheviks) are opposed to bettering the condi- tions of labor. Such a statement would indicate that Ford can get along without brains, just as easily as his animated tin cans are supposed to operate without engines and gaso- line. Every Communist program, every declaration of mili- tants in labor's left wing, every radical labor utterance points the way to improving the conditions of labor. No doubt Ford has never read any of them, so he cannot be expected to know. He is too busy patronizing fiddlers from Coolidge’s New England to give any time to a real study of economics. Wise cracks may be very good for the vaudeville: stage but they do not prove satisfying to the workers on the job seek- ing food, clothing and shelter. Ford must know that it is his capitalist system, organized to perpetuate profits that op- poses bettering the conditions of labor. . ° ° e e 3 There is discontent among the workers in the automobile industry. Ford knows it. It has no doubt inspired his pres- ent ignorant diatribe against “radicals.” But when workers are on the march demanding better conditions it takes more than words to stop them. Detroit's auto workers already know that the Communists are their best fighters in every struggle. Ford knows it, too. That is why he attacks them. CROWN EVIDENCE Fascist Committee SHOWS MATTEOTT «|| | PSE eunishment DIED OF WOUNDS (Special to The Daily Worker) CHIETI, Italy, March 23 — The coat of the murdered deputy, Matte- oti, when examined by police and surgeons showed blood-stains and cuts and indicated that the deputy died from an armed attack and not from a hemorrhage as the defense claims.” A blood-stained knife and a bomb were found in the hotel in which the chief defendant, Dumini, resided. This testimony came dur- ing the closing hours of the crown’s case against the five f. i gang- sters accused of Matteoti’s death. Signor Farinacci, secretary of the fascist party and counsel for de- fense will attempt to discredit the evidence. (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, March 23—The fascist gov- ernment has a committee working on the problem of applying to Italian cit- izens abroad the provisions of the re- cently-passed law forbidding criti- cisms of Mussolini, Among those who will be thus expatriated are Carlo Tresca, anarchist leader in New York and editor of Il Martello (“The Ham- mer”); Vincenzo Vacirca, a fermer socialist deputy, now in the United States; Dr, Guiseppe Donati, former editor of Il Popolo, an opposition Roman daily closed up by the police; Carlo Bazzi, now in Nice, and Grim- aldi Campolonghi, residing in Paris, ~ Ae Oe New York Men Attacked, NEW YORK, March 18,— Carlo Tresca, editor of Il Martello, who will be deprived of his Italian citizenship by the Fascist government, was re- leased from the Atlanta penitentiary last May after a term for circulating radical literature. The ostensible charge was that of sending obscene Easier Than $5 Fine Lawrence J, (“Butch”) Crowley, of thousands | jons are carried on the scale of a firgi class war. The cost in supplies and, wages would be enormous. Moreover there is,the fact that the war itself is extremely unpopular. The whose sensational rise from the rail- road switchyards at Joliet, IL, to a gorgeous home equipped with gold door knobs followed the advent of prohibition, didn’t have $5 with which to bail himself out when he was ar- rested here on a charge ol assault: Mrs. Mildred Geise, wife of a for- mer announcer at a radio’ station which Crowley built out of his new- found wealth, appeared in court to tell the story of an argument over wages which she says Crowley owes her husband. ‘She charges Crowley beat her up to coivinee her he was right, a * matter thru the mails. Vincenzo Vacirea, who will meet a similar fate, has been notified that the action against him comes from articles published in Switzerland and public addresses in the United States and articles contributed to the loca) Italian paper, Il Nuovo Mondo, Anderson Heads Wobblies, B. B. Anderson, former secretary of the general defense committee, heads the general executive board of the In- dustrial Workers of the World which took office March 1 at the headquar- ‘ters, 8333 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, STRESEMANN FOR CONTINUANCE OF LEAGUE POLICY Did Not Wait Hat in Hand, He Asserts (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, March 28 — “We must continue the political battle for Ger- man’s position of equality as a big power in the league of nations,” de- clared German foreign minister, Stresemann, when he appeared be- fore the reichstag today to explain the events that led up to the failure of the league to admit Germany. He indicated that Germany would con- tinue to seek admission to the league, but only as a power on an equal footing with Great Britain and France. “Germany did not wait, hat in hand, at Geneva,” Stresemann said, denying charges of the opposition that the German delegation at Ge- neva had adopted a weak position. “Cheap Laurels” Refused. “We were advised to depart from Geneva in protest against the strug- gle that went on between members of the league. If we had done this we would have earned cheap laurels for a few days, but the world would have blamed us in the long run for the smashup. ° “We could not antagonize the whole league just because we did not regard the procedure of certain members as correct. It would be folly to abandon a policy of peace and understanding just because the mechanism of the league broke down this time at Geneva.” Addressing His Socialist Friends, Stresemann plainly showed the strain under which he has been work- ing. His explanations were ‘particu- larly directed to appease critics in the ranks of sthe government coali- tion. * New York Editor * Faces Trial for eas : Seditious Libel NEW YORK, March 23—A brief on the appeal from the conviction of Captain Harry Ely, 71 year old edi- tor of “The New York Tenant,” on a charge of seditious libel has been filed in the appellate division of the New York supreme court by his torney, Congressman F. H. La- Guardia. The hearing will be held either in June or in the fall. Captain Ely was sentenced to serve from six months to three years in prison by Judge Francis X. Mancuso} for criticizing Judge William J. A. Caffrey of the New York municipal court. Congressman LaGuardia as- serts that instead of charging the jury on the question of criminal libel against a person, Judge Mancuso made the defendant's attack appear to be seditious libel against the court itself, by describing it as “an attempt to undermine the institutions created by our forefathers and exposing our tribunals to ridicule and contempt.” This case is the first of its kind to be heard in New York courts since colon- ial days. ‘ Devoe and Reynolds Try Stock Plan for Class Collaboration NEW YORK, March 283—The Devoe and Reynolds Co., Inc., has sold 5,020 shares of its Class A common stock at $35 a share to nearly 500 employes, The, shares were issued in two allot- ments, the first on Nov. 6 and the sec- ond on Jan, 15, and are to be delivered to ‘the purchasers in November, 1927. Of the total number of shares offered, 1,092 were purchased outright and the balance of 3,928 on installments of $5 down and a minimum of $2 per share per month, according to De Lancey Kountze, treasurer, Widely Distributed. The sales of the stock to employes baie widely distributed, including more than twenty branches, the four factories of the company, the New York general offices and in Wads- worth, Howland and company, Inc., the Boston subsidiary, Merger Represents $24,000,000 Combine DETROIT, March 23 — Announce- ment of the merger of several of the largest bus, motor and ‘street. car manufacturing plants of the country into the American Car and Foundry Motor Co., a $24,000,000 corporation, was made here today. It will be a subsidiary of the American Car and Foundry Co, Among the concerns included in the consolidation are the Pageol Mo- tors company of Ken, Ohio, manufac- turers of busses; Hall Scott Motor company of Berkeley, Calif.; Brill Company of Philadelphia, street car manufacturers, and Kuhlman Car company of Cleveland, O, ©, 8, Sales is president of the new corporation; BE, J, Hall, president of the Hall Scott company and one of the designers of the* Liberty ‘motors, is vice-president in charge of engineering and produe- tion apd Frank W. Pageol is sales manager. The more you'll write better | you'll like it. 4 he