The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 2, 1926, Page 1

¥ | } I } ie The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government aD oS +b NEW ATTACKS BY MILL POLICE IN} PASSAIC STRIKE Arrest Eight Strikers and Slug Many By H. M. WICKS (Special to The Daily Worker.) PASSAIC, March 31—At the end of every week the newspapers and other stoolpigeons of the mill barons pre- dict that Monday morning will see serious breaks in the ranks of the Strikers, but their predictions always prove to be utterly false, and every Monday the police seem to be more furious than ever at the spectacle of the determined ranks of the strike ers swinging into the streets before the milis that are now facing the tenth week of seige. Monday morning the police of Pas- saic launched a frightful assault upon some seven hundred pickets who were attempting to picket the Passaic Print Works. -That concern has not yet been involved in the strike and the Ds Subscription Rates: is ye O» (J ae | fi #2. In Chi Outside |THE DAIE Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, illinois, under the Avt of March 3, 1879. fo, by mail, $3.00 jeago, by mail, er year, 6.00 per year, “Not a Cent for Royalty! Let Them Go on the Dole!” FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1926 READS the banner these German workers are carrying urging German workers and farmers to sign the demand that the reichstag confiscate the vast estates of the nobility and -use the proceeds to aid the widows and orphans of the victims of the imperialist world war. An effigy of the crown prince can bi to one side. t Over 12,500,000 names were signed by workers and farmers-demanding the confiseation. Only 4,000,000 were legally required to force the reichstag to act on the confiscation legislation. The gathering of names to the petitions was a victory for the United Front. Communists, socialists and dem united to gather the petitions confiscating the estates of the kai bs picketing was for the purpose of get- ting the workers out, Women and children, as well as a number of men, were badly cut and bruised as police on foot furiously clubbed the crowd, while others on horseback drove their mounts. into <a>” Published Dally except Sunda: PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. WORKER. NEW YORK EDITION by THE DAILY CATHOLIC ‘SOB SISTER TELLS ABOUT MEXICO Says U. S. Ambassador . . oT: op Had His Hands ‘Tied (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, March 31—The sob sisters of the Catholic faith had their innings today before the house for- eign affairs committee, which is to recommend action upon the resolu- tion of John J, Boylan, democrat of New York, a catholic congressman who wants to withdraw recognition from Mexico because of that govern- ment’s activity in driving the foreign- born spooksters from that country. Just as the “poor, oppressed” rail- roads always have their “orphan shareholders” over whom to weep, so the church hierarchy of Rome had its “little and gentle and venerable” mother superior on the stand today, to complain how she had been or. dered from Mexico half-a-dozen times because she persisted in violating pro- visions of the Mexican constitution forbidding such teachings by alien godologists. Ambassador Too Talkative. That United States Ambassador ,| Sheffield at Mexico City had gone out of his way to encourage her to pro- as RATE OF EXPLOITATION INCREASED DURING 1925, RESERVE BOARD SHOWS According to the report of the federal reserve board, the value of industrial. production in the United States was 30 per cent higher in 1925 than in 1919. During the same period the tota? of annual wages has only increased 7 per cent, and the number of workers employed was lower in 1925 than in 1919. The workers’ share in production has therefore dropped. Ammunition Factory Explosion in Spain Kills Nine Workers (Special to The Dally Werker) CARTAGENA, Spain, March 31 — Nine persons were killed and six others probably fatally injured follow- ing an explosion in an ammunition factory today. The explosion was caused, believed, by a cigaret, CAPTURE RUSS it is ‘ashington Bivd., Chicago, I, WORKER Price 3 Cents OMMUNISTS IN FRENCH CHAMBER DEPUTIES SING INTERNATIONAL’ IN PARLIAMENT Severe Cabinet Crisis Remains Unsolved (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, March 31—The entrance of the two Communists elected Sunday in the second district of Paris nearly broke up the chamber of deputies, which was in the midst of a heated debate on the budget. The 26 Communist deputies already members of the chamber jumped to their feet and boomed out a weleome to the newcomers, singing the inspir- ing strains of “The Internationale.” Reactionaries Show Wrath. Instantly there was a tumult. From the reactionary benches on the right came hisses and catcalls and some of the most ardent of the conservatives; forgetting the broken heads their fol- lowers had received Sunday night in encounters with the “Reds,” started over to where the Communists were | standing, to attack them. | The socialists began to sing the | Marsellaise, the national war enthem \ot bourgeois France, and were join- |ed by many of the radicals. Only the |immediate suspension of the session |by the chairman, Eduoard Herriot, the ranks of the pickets and motor- oycle police ran their machines into the sidewalks knocking down scores in the most bestial cossack style. Arrests Follow Assaults. As usual some of the more promi- nent workers on the picket line were arrested and thrown into jail on the general charge of disorderly conduct and resisting officers. Hight strikers. were arrested in the melee Monday MINE WORKERS’ LOCAL SCORES morning, among them. being Nancy. Sandowsky, nineteen-year old striker who has been arrested on other oc- casions for picketing and who has been the object of assaults by the police since she accompanied the strikers delegation to Washington to endeavor to start a senatorial investigation of. the strike. . The other mills were picketed to- day as usual and all of those that are struck are completely paralyzed, ohly the office forces and a few heads of departments shamelessly straggling in during working hours, while the bosses thru their publicity agents and their local kept press issue lying state- ments to the effect that strikers are returning to work. Chamber of Commerce Butts In. The local chamber of commerce is still issuing statements in favor of the mill owners and proposing fake arbitration plans. Its latest state- ment is to the effect that they can do nothicg because of the “determined refusal of the millowners to treat in any form or fashion with outsid- ers.” It is a well-known fact that the mill owners are, for the most. part, themselves outsiders, and that they will refuse to treat with anyone who can, put up a defense. for the rights of the strikers. ee The statement of the chamber of commerce adds the mandacious charge that’ th® ‘outsiders seem equally Condemn ” Altitude of F arrington The national office of International Labor Defense has begun preparation for the convening of the second na- tional conference of I. L. D. The con- ference will be held early'in July. All branches of International Labor De- fense will be represented and many delegates are expected from other working organizations, The first conference, held on June 28 of last year, founded ‘International Labor Defense and started on its way an organization that in the past year has more than proven itself an indis- pensable part of the forces of labor by widespread activity in defense of workers who have been persecuted for their share in the class struggle, Expect Big Gathering. Its legal aid to persecuted workers, its assistance to class war prisoners and their families, its nationwide cam- paign of protest. championing the cause of working-class fighters who have been attacked for their activity both here and abrogd, assures Inter- national Labor Defense a response at its second national conference far sur- passing that of last June, ZEIGLER TRIAL » This. is, of course; a -vile. slander determined to ptevent the workers trom treating except thru thenisélves.” If you want to thoroughly un- lerstand Communism—study it. Send for a catalogue of all Com- munist literature. CHICAGO T.U. E.L. AMALGAMATED - GROUP ISSUES PROGRAM FOR THE COMING A.C. W. OF A. CONVENTION The seventh biennial convention. of, the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers of America will take place in Montreal, Canada on May 10,1926. The against the leadership of..the strike and particularly against the organizer, (Continued on page 2). “‘@leétion of delegates to the convention will soon occur. Before the. dele- gates are elected it becomes necessary to point out to the membership the achievements and the policies pureued by the present administration since the last convention, DUBLIN POLICE FIND The present administration both lo- cally and nationally since the last ENUF AMMUNITION TO _ BLOW UP HALF OF ary convention pursued a policy, contrary to the very fundamentals of the amal- (Special to The Daily Worker) DUBLIN, March 31 — Enough am- munition to blow up half of the elty was discovered by police. today, following a raid upag a secret arms ache, | The selzures included, 285 tive} bombs, 500 rounds of rifle ammuni- tion; yvand 8 barrels of gelignite cordite, 6,000 bomb parts and molds for’ ‘bombs, and five revolvers. No ar eet were made, y | ) * in! 10,000 detonators, 10 boxes § gamated spirit, namely a policy of class collaboration, compromise, ac- cepting wage cuts, re-adjustments, re- duction of forces, without struggle. Those who opposed this policy were met with expulsions, All opposition elements are being suppressed thru strong arm methods, Um the last two years, ahder the bresent leadership, the ALC, W. has thout struggle accepted’ wage re- duetions elther in the form of re-ad- }justments or otherwise’ :to’ a | point Charges Railroads Are Headed Straight for Operation by U. S. WASHINGTON, March 31 — The railroads of the country are heading straight for government pwnersbip and operation because of “their crim- }inal wastes: caused by ~ bad mani: ment,” Senator Gooding, (R) of Idaho, leclared today. Gooding charged at the senate in- terstate commerce committee's hear- ing on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul re-organization plan, that the railroads organized a “system to wreck the government’s operation experiment during the war.” WORKERS READY TO WALK OUT IN LAWRENCE MILLS Await Word to Strike from Passaic (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, March 31 “Several thousand Lawrence textile workers have been enrolled in the united front of the workers against the united front of the bosses and are awaiting the word from Passaic, N, J., in order to walk out on strike from the mills of that city.” declared Robert W. Dunn at a mass meeting arranged by the International Workers Aid and and the Mothers league of New Eng- land. The meéting was called for the purpose of raising funds to aid the striking Passaic textile workers. “Mother” Ella Reeves Bloor, who was scheduled to appear was unable to do so as she was busy organizing Maynard textile workers into @he United Front Committees to resist at- tempts of the bosses to slash wages. Dunn pointed out that the strong organization of the textile workers and their preparation had been the re- sult of the tireless efforts of “Mother” Bloor, @ committee of strikers from Passaic and active workers in Law- rence, who had gone thru several strikes. Dunn also pointed out that the same brutal conditions that exist in Passaic are prevalent in Lawrence and that in cage the workers go on strike, the Lawrence police would do their best out-rival the Passaic uniformed and be-starred thugs in their bestiality. Mrs, Eva Hoffman of the New Eng- land Mothers’ League and Katherine Pammer, one of the Passaic textile strikers, also spoke at the meeting. Aged Lady Solon Calls Coolidge a “Lovely Boy” WASHINGTON, March 31 — The only woman senator, Mrs, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia, democrat, took ad- vantago of her 91 years to praise the President's talent for quietude by say- ing, “President; Coolidge is a lovely boy.” Mrs, Belton is so old that she jere ‘the present earnings’of, our|has probably forgotten Coolidge ts a republicamn ei of | 65 Delegates Attend Conference (Special to’The Daily Worker) MARTIN’S- FERRY, ©., March 31— At a meeting of: 65 de es from 30 unions and fraternal societies, the Workers (Communist) Party, Young Workers League, and International Labor Defense, the Eastern Ohio Council for the Protection of the For eign-Born Workers was formed. The purpose of the council is to conduct a campaign against the bills now pending in congress proposed by hepresentatives Aswell, McClintic, Johnson, and others, providing for the registration of aliens, / Murphy Speake, H. Murphy, of the Young Workers League, took up the proposed bills point by point explaining the various features in this: proposed legislation thru which the foreign-born would be subjected to oppression, intimidation and persecution, and thru which the trade union movement would be con- fronted. with dangers by the power placed in the. hands of the employers to suppress the activities of the for elgn-born workers in the labor move- ment. Various delegates expressed the bitter opposition felt among the membership ofitheir organizations and the various faréign nationalities of this section against the vicious pro- posed legislation, An executive committee was elect- ed, with the following officers: Chair- man, Frank Sepich; vice-chairman, K. O'Kraska; secretary, Jos Kobylak, Jr.; treasurer, A. Rattaya and trustees, A. Meyers and Frank Shrama, More Conferences, The committee is making plans for the organization of local conferences in every locality in the Eastern Ohio section, and for the holding of mass meetings in nearby cities, to acquaint the workers with the vicious charac- ter of the proposed legislation. A resolution was also adopted by the conference condemning the Aswell and other similar bills, DOES MASSACHUSETTS NEED BIRTH CONTROL? HERE-IS THE ANSWER (Special to The Daily Worker) FITCHBURG, Mass..—Mrs, Louis M. Cross, who was married when she was fifteensand is today thirty- six years oldptas given birth to her twentieth child) a twelve pound girl. IN PEKING WAR | prevented a free-for-all fight. After a veke trouble between the two coun- tries was evident from her story. “He told me to speak long and freely,” she reported, adding that his hands appeared to be tied. Whether she thot that the ambassador should in- stantly have ordered the American army to Mexico to. protest her right of preaching her superstitious faith she did not say. Objects to Obeying Law. “eaten 1S UMN ake oad were those prohibiting eating or sleeping in the school buildings, or wearing religious insignia or emblems. Priests violating the government or- ders were arrested and taken to pris- on, she asserted. She did not state what she thot a government should do instead to. lawbreakers nor did the Catholic representative think to ask her. The witness was sent to Mexico in 1911 as superior in the House of the Visitation, becoming a mother super- jor in the convent at Cozoacan. Among other Catholics who were will- ing to have a war with Mexico over the alleged slights to their faith in- stead of obeying the injunction of their founder who urged them to ‘turn the other cheek,” were Charles W. Darr, a lawyer of this city; judge Morgan O'Brien and judge Alfred G. Talley, and father Michael J. Rippel. Rippel claimeg to speak for 2,000,000 members of the Holy Name society, none of whom, it appeared, from the testimony were willing to “love their enemies” or “do good to those that bated them.” Another Estimate. Another estimate of the number represented was that the clergy and lawyers present spoke in behalf of 100 bishops, 10 archbishops, 4 car- dinals, 1 pope, 25,000 priests, and 20,000,000 of the deluded. Some more will be heard tomorrow. ie ee Investigate Papal Representative, MEXICO CITY, March 81—The Mexican government is trying to dis cover how Monseigneur Caruana, pa- pal representative, entered this coun- try. It has been found that there is the principal point of entry on the east coast. It is suspected that he came in under an assumed name, such practices of deception being quite in good form among the Jesuits, Inquiries are being made at other ports. If it is found that he did not have the proper papers, he will be deported, just as any other person en- tering under false pretenses, Australian Labor Calls Conference at Honolulu BRISBANE, Australia, March 31.— The Australian labor party, thru D. L. McNamara, its national secretary, has issued a call tor a conference of dele- gates from countries bordering the Pacific with the object of arriving at @ common understanding of problems facing them all. The meetings will take place in November at Honolulu, the Hawaiian Islanda, Over a hundred representatives are expected to attend, according to Mo- Namara, who states that the Sovjet government has/been' invited to have delegates present. \/The call has not’ Koen restricted to labor organizations, . a |short recess, the chamber was recon- Dissensions May Delay +2220. - Reactionaries Angry. Assault Upon going into session the extreme right demanded that the galleries (Special to The Daily Worker) should be cleared, declaring that the PEKING, March 31.—The battie for| tisturbance had begun there, The bal- Peking is expected to begin almost |COMY was crowded with Parisiam .., any moment with a mass attack by| Workers who had come to witness the | to the city. An attempt by an armored | train load of mercenary white Rus-/| sians to penetrate the defense lines | failed and a number of them were | captured. The bitter feeling between, |the Kuominchun soldiers and these | Russian renegades bode ili to any of| the former who are captured. The| “whites” want to use the city, if| captured, as a center for raids into! Siberia against the Soviet government. | Order is being maintained by the | national troops. Wealthy Chinese are} seeking refuge in the foreign lega-| tions, fearful that the growing wrath | of the masses will be vented upon them. There is a belief that owing to dis- sensions among the allied command- (Continued on page 2) affair tonight will receive a most p! first “Living Newspape: 2409 North Halsted street, THE FIRST ISSUE OF CHICAGO’S ‘LIVING NEWSPAPER’ WILL APPEAR AT THE IMPERIAL HALL TONIGHT Chicago has had numerous entertainments and events. Chicago has had all kinds of affairs. But those who attend the Workers’ School In the English language at the Imperial Hall, The Workers’ School committee In charge of the presentation of the allied anti‘nationaliet armies, | Nstallation of their new Communist stained apiece havd-beenotiving resep: #2... Lhe chatrmay ever, evidently rent it wise not to grant the request. Great Communist Gain. The election represents a great ad- vance for the French Communist Party, tho as a second election their majority was gained from sympathiz- ers and from the more radical wing of the socialists. Herriot, leader of the radical socialists, and Leon Blum, head of the French socialists, had is- sued public statements urging their followers either to abstain from the election or to vote for the Commu- nists in order to defeat the extreme right, which was the opposition. The conservatives still control a majority both of members of parlia- ment from the Paris districts and also of municipal councillors. The second (Continued on page 2) leasant surprise when they see the ead no record of his entry at Vera Cruz,|° this “Living Newspaper” has labored long and hard to make this one of the best features ever presented to Chicago workers. it may snow, it may pour, It may be very cold—but don't mise the first issue of the “Living Newspaper”! After the “Living Newspaper” the Finnish band will play while those who attend can dance untli 12 o'clock. R. I. L. U. ENLARGED EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES THE FUTURE TASKS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY TRADE UNIONS (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. 8. R,, March 9 (By Mail)—The sessions of the enlarged executive bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions opened today. General Secretary Lozovsky declared in his opening speech that the in- tensity of the class struggle has increased altho in the last year and a half the working class movement seemed to have gone thru a period of com- parative peace. “The stabilization of capitalism proved itself to be very unstable,” he sald, “and if a balance sheet of the working class movement were drawn up it would show that the working class: had gained and ¢he bourgeoisie lost! Greeted by Sailors, Comrade Dimitroy greeted the dele- gates in the name of the sailors of the Soviet Cruiser “Rilu.” Describing shortly the trade union movement of each country Vice-Gen- era) Secretary Andreas Nin said: i“Dhe struggle for unity had not. di- verted the attention of the Ret Inter- national of Labor Unions from its other important tasks: The struggle. of the working cl for its immediate eeds and demands, the struggle for ‘© esm@Continued on page 4) VOTE CHINESE STUDENT MOST BRILLIANT MEMBER, OF YALE SENIOR CLA (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW HAVEN, Conn,, March 31— Dana Yung Kwai, Chinese student at Yale University, has been voted the most brilliant member of the senior class. His father, a Yale graduate, is connected with the Chinese legation at Washingten, \ ally