The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 4, 1926, Page 3

w HINMAN YELLS PROSPERITY AS BANKERS WORRY Market Shows Slight Recovery Only (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, April 2 — The slight recovery In the stock market due to the natural reaction to a violent drop In prices and necessary short cover- Ings has been the signal for the dally bally-hooers like Forbes and! Hinman of the Hearst clan to “reassure the na- tion that business fs better than ever.” Deny Poor Business, There is an ingrained impulse in all the public heralds of finance to deny any and all prospect of poor business, And while yesterday they were saying that the drop in the market had no- thing to do with “the steady flow of good business” they now seize upon @ slight rise to demonstrate that all is well with the world. Decisive News. The fact is that the decisive news of the financial district does not re- celve formal publication. And the further fact is that this decisive news does not augur well for 1926, The trif- ling recovery in the stock market, that in all likelihood will go even higher in reaction to the terrific association of values the last week, in no way in- dicates that the poor prospects that caused the market to drop in the first place have been eliminated, 1926 Omens, It is all very well for the Hinmans to point happily to the figures for a week's car loadings or indexes of cur- rent bank clearings. There is no doubt that business, for the present, ia not in a bad period. But this does not explain away certain ill omens in the sky that will account for the rest of 1926. These omens are by no means of the best. Steel Due for Drop. The fact that the steel mills are Tunning at near capacity just now means only they are filling this quart- ere’ current orders. Steel experts are pointing with certainty to a marked decrease of unfilled orders by the end of the month. Warn Auto Industry. ‘While building is showing its usual seasonal rise, the automobile industry fe being deluged with warnings that the record production for practically all companies has approached over- production. The huge amount of credit {avolved in installment buying of cars and other commodities is a sore on the verge. of. breaking with calamitous results. Workers Will Know Later. It is pretty well agreed by those who write for financiers in contradis- tinction to those who write for Hearst that the long, high curve for 1925 makes 1926 due for a definite reces- sion, The real news of the slump, thanks to President Coolidge, Brisbane and Hinman, will not get to the work- ers generally until they are told by the bosses they will have to lay off un- til surplus stocks are marketed, DANCE given by INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE, Armenian Branch at FLEINER’S HALL, 1638 N. Halsted St, near North Ave. Saturday, April 3, 1926 at 8 P.M. Good Muslo, Admission 50c. 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Rutz removed to Cleveland for trial with forty-three other fron manufacturers on charges of violating "the Sherman anti-trust law. Judge Oliffe’s first order for their removal to Cleveland was re- yorsed by the United States court of appeals after argument by Charles Evans Hughes on behalf of the iron manufacturers. Fire Destroys Shoe Store, HOOPSTON, Ill, April 2—Fire dis- covered early today in Swanson’s shoe store and whioh threatened to de- stroy the entire business section of Hoopston, drove 20 scantily clad oo- cupants of an apartment building in- to below freezing temperature and caused damage estimated at $62,500. BOSTON LABOR SEEKS TO UNITE RELIEF BODIES Passaic Strikers Need Immediate Help (Special to The Dally Worker) BOSTON, April 2. — Efforts are being made by the Greater Boston Conference for the Relief of the Pas- saic strikers, composed of 29 labor organizations, to bring together the two existing relief organizations for the Passaic strikers in Boston to con- duct the reliet work in a more efficient manner, The following letter was sent by J. Miller of the Capmakers’ Local No. 7, who is secretary of the Greater Boston Conference, to Louis Arkin, David Rosenberg, Sam Levenberg and I, Beckman of the other relief com- mittee urging them to take immediate action as the need for relief is urgent: “Sir and Brother: “The executive committee of the Greater Boston Conference for the Relief of the Passaic Strikers has held its first meeting on Monday, March 29, At this meeting we received a report from the negotiation committee, elected to establish a working basis of unity between the two organizations formed for the purpose of collecting relief for the textile strikers. “In view of the fact that the matter of unity was referred to your execu- tive committee, and in view of the fact that we have not heard from you as yet, and considering further that the situation in Passaic is an emer- gency tequiring immediate action, we are sending you, a member of the executive committee, this additional request for a definite and final reply to our proposal, so that it may be clearly understood by the workers of Boston upon what basis the relief campaign is to be conducted. “In order to insure against any chance that your full committee is not informed of our request, we are send- ing it to the labor press. And to in- sure further that speedy action may be taken we are sending two accred- ited representatives from our organi- zation to interview Brother Arkin, one of your leading representatives, on Tuesday morning, March 30, “We are making every effort to se- cure immediate action upon this ur- gent matter, and we hope we will be successful. Awaiting your action, I am, “Fraternally yours, “Jacob Miller, “Secretary-Treasurer.” Income Tax Receipts Exceed 1925 Totals WASHINGTON, April 2 — Income tax collections for March will exceed $495,000,000, Acting Secretary of the Treasury Winston declared today. At the close of business March 30 the total was $492,000,000, about $64,000,- 000 higher than last year. For the nine months ending in March the treasury collected $1,419,- 508,000 in income taxes, exceeding last year by $123,000,000. A sub a day will help to drive capital away. : We Call for and Deliver, ZIMMERMAN California Avenue NO PAIN. FRENCH INFLICT JAIL HORRORS ON SYRIAN SUSPECTS Confine Dozens in Small Single Room (Special to The Dally Worker) DAMASOUS, April 2~—The French have filled the jails of this city full of political suspects. Dozens are jammed into rooms fit for five or six at the utmost. There is absolutely no sanitation or ventilation. Prisoners are dying like flies, The horrors of the “Black Hole” of Calcutta were not worse than those now being perpe- trated upon these prisoners by the “civilized” French governor, who re- fers to the Druse rebels as “barba- rians.” Rifle shooting in the city is common every night. The French do not seem to be making much progress in sup- pressing the rebellion, The city is guarded by three lines of barbed wire, stretched entirely around dt, At intervals there are blockhouses, with detachments com- posed usually of French officers with colonials under them. The French use Moroccans, whose own people are bat- tling for their freedom, against the Druses, fighting for their freedom. This tactic is common to all the im- perialist powers, Druses Hate Armenians. Some of the blockhouses are manned by native Armenians and Caucasians, These are bitterly hated by the Druses. Armed men of these two nationalities taided the Moslem part of the city several weeks ago and killed and wounded the Mohammedans in their homes. Little children were brutally slain and Moslem women raped. The French governor did nothing beyond ordering a perfunctory investigation, ag they are his strong allies, The French are fanning whenever possible the flames of religious hatred, easily aroused in this country of so many ancient religions. Druse Tactics. The Druses have found that by throwing a weighted line across the barbed wire the signal bell will ring in the blockhouses. When the de- fenders rush out the Druses, hiding behind trees and other obstructions, shoot them down. « British Co-Operate. That there is close co-operation be- tween Senator de Jouvenil, the French high commander, and Lord Plumer, the British high commissioner, is evi- dent from the fact that he has gone by auto to the Mount of Olives for a five-day conference at the Mount of Olives with Lord Plumer, the British high commissioner, Now Peru Finds Fault . one with U. S, Imperialists WASHINGTON, D. €., April 2. — Now it is Peru that is being forced to find fault with the way in which United States imperialism is “arbi- trating” the Tacna-Arica controversy. Diplomatic negotiations for a settle- ment, which were begun here after eleven months of pretended prepara- only served to widen a breach with the Peruvian representatives. Meantime General Lassiter THE DAILY WOR New Jersey Assembly Kills No-Night-Work for Wamen Measure (Special to The Dally Worker) TRENTON, N, J., April 2 — New Jersey's “no-night-work-forwomen bill was killed again in assembly when the most ardent advocates of the measure happened to be out of the chamber for a moment. When the two assemblywomen re- turned the assemblyman who had the bill brought out of committee for con- sideration in their absence politely sympathized with them, but the speaker ruled that the bill could not be brought up again. No further ac- tion can come until next year’s ses- sion. The bill firstpassed in 1923, but could not be enforced because it lacked a penaltyy ITALIAN: LABOR UNITED FRONT FIGHTS FASCISM Workers! Unite to Com- bat Reactionaries The second anti-fascist mass meet- ing held by tt united front committee composed of local 270 of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers of America and radical ‘Italian groups at which Arturo Giovannitti spoke was as en- thusiastic and as successful as the one held at the Hull Houso. At the second meeting Giovannitti spoke on the French revolution of 1789 and fascism. The speaker, with his brilliant oratory, gave an excellent picture of the conditions of the work- ers and peasants of France before the revolution and described how the workers and peasants seized power, Pra Russian Revolution, He dwelt on the Russian revolution, which he déclared surpassed in its intensity the French revolution, and then pointed out how the Communists of Russia did all they could to pre- serve the victory of the workers against the combined attacks of the capitalist mari and their henchmen. Giovannitt?’ pointed out that all of the forces of the f@udalist powers were thrown ag: the workers of Paris to crush that “working-class uprising and that the ist world was doing the same to Soviet Russia. He then tdolt up the uprising of the Italian workers and pointed out that after the workérs had revolted in Italy they established a liberal regime in the southern Part of Italy and in some spots of nortien Italy. “Did. Far Enough.” “At that time the workers did not go far enougi” declared Giovannitti, “and that is why we have fascism in Italy today." “He pointed out that under the faséist regime conditions of the workers ‘ave gone from bad to worse. y Communist Speaks. L, Candela, 'tiember of the Workers (Communist) Party, acted as chairman of the meeting: After the speech by Giovannitti, Candela pointed out that the persecutiég of the workers is be- coming greatet and greater under the tion for a plebiscite, have thus far| present system and that the number of bastilles has been constantly mul- tiplied and that jails are being filled still} with active working-class fighters. holds the fort at Tacna-Arica for|Candela called for a united effort of American imperialism, with a United | States cruiser in Arica harbor to back him up, With Peru withdrawing from the Plebiscite proceedings, Secretary of jitate Kellogg has now reversed him- elf by taking the position that Chile was correct and Peru wrong in inter- preting his recent note proposing “that the good offices of the United States be used.” Peru accepted these “good offices” with the understanding that the plebiscite was to be discontinued; Chile accepted with the understanding that the plebiscite be continued. And there the situation rested today, with the state department in the position of being “misunderstood”—but with a newly manufactured pretext for keep- ing the United States flag flying at Tacna-Arica, Observers here point amusedly to the fact that only a few weeks ago the U. S. government pretended to be favoring Peru, Before that it seemed to favor Chile. Actually, every one of its steps has had the effect of rein- forcing United States imperialist con- trol over the disputed provinces. French Try North Pole, NEW YORK, April 2—Negotiations between the French government and a Wisconsin tractor manufacturer are under way looking to the possible use of American steam “Centipede” trac- tors for a journey to the North Pole under the auspices of the French navy, To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all the’> dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS g _ ‘Union Merchandise 1934 West Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winchester) Phone Humboldt 2707 all Italian workers in the fight against fascism. The meeting closed amid great en- thusiasm and a bitter resentment of the Italian workers towards the fascist regime in Italy. United Front Formed, This meeting was a united front affair in which workers of many di- vergent political tendencies partici- pated. These workers have decided to hold meetings of the same type in the future in order to fully show to Italian workers.in America the menace of fascism and the urgent need to com- bat this menace, Arturo Giovannitti is touring the country under.the auspices of the Italian chamber,.of commerce urging Italian workers, to unite against fas- cism. i Old Party Hacks in Congress Near Scrap (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 2 — A near- fist fight occurrei on the floor of the house today between Representatives Mills, republican, of New York, and Rankin, democrat, of Mississippi. Mills, objecting to Rankin’s demand for a quorum call, walked over to the democratic side. When the two men exchanged heated words, other mem- bers stepped between them, Rankin swung at Mills but the blow was de- flected by Representative Garrett, dem- ocrat, of Tennessee. During the ex- change, Rankin shouted at Mills: “You're no white man, you're a dirty scoundrel.” Women’s Trade Union League Meets June 28 WASHINGTON, April 2—Announce- ment of its tenth biennial convention at Kansas City, Mo., June 28 to July 8, is made by the National Women’s Trade Union League thru Washing- ton offices. Women’s industrial legis- lation, including the supreme court's hostility to minimum wage laws, will be discussed with’ a view to meeting the need in some anew way. ’ . \ KER KIRBY LINES UP?! DEMOCRATS BACK OF REPUBLICANS Organizes Leagues to Write Congress WASHINGTON, April 2. — What is the secret behind the Coolidge coall- tion, evidenced in the house and sen- ate during the past four months in the bipartisan support given the Mellon tax bill, the Muscle Shoals leasing scheme, the’confirmation of Thos. L. Woodlock as a member of the inter state commerce commission, the sup~ Port of the Italian debt pact, and the, silent conspiracy to kill any farm re- lief legislation? One favorite theory among cynics in Washington is that the leaders of the democratic party have sold out to big business in the hope of getting campaign funds for this year and for 1928. Other observers suggest that John H. Kirby of Houston, Texas, has much to do with the amazing col- lapse of democratic opposition. Kirby is a hard-boiled, loud-spoken reactionary, president of the South ern Tariff Association, This associa- tion has been going for many years spreading high tariff propaganda in the name of manufacturers in the south. It has been supported by the big lumber, cotton mill, steel and other manufacturers in that region. It has been liberally supported by the Louisiana sugar crowd. By pleading with democrats to be “loyal to the south by building up her commercial prosperity,” it has been undermining the low-tariff foundation of the party. Organizes Bankers’ Leagues, During the past three years—since Mellon started his drive to untax the rich—Kirby has added to his activi- ties a still bigger enterprise known as the American Bankers’ League. This organization was first created among bankers in the smaller cities and towns. Its purpose was tax reduc- tion for the small capitalist. It sent out organizers who formed so-called tax clubs. These clubs were lists and committees of business men and other capitalists who could be persuaded that they could unite to reduce the federal, state and local taxes. Some 12,000 of these clubs have been formed, according to the claims put out by Kirby’s agents. Their Wash- ington offices are identical with his tariff association. Their function is the delivery of democratic congress- men and senators, on roll call, to the Coolidge administration on all eco- nomic issues, Plenty of Money. A few defiant speeches were made to the spokesmen of these mushroom clubs by democratic members of the ways and means committee during hearings on the tax bill last fall, Some of them were denounced on the floor as being groups of unknown and‘irre- sponsible persons—politically speak- ing. But they kept coming, and send- ing letters and telegrams. They had money with which to travel to Wash- ington and stay in the best hotels. They had the effect of a kid-gloved fascist force, watching the democrats from southern states. Kirby, the fire eater and war-time profiteer, stood in the background, directing operations. Robinson, the Key. This coalition put thru the Mellon tax bill. It defeated the Norris. bill providing for public operation of the Muscle Shoals power plant. It killed the long-and-short-haul freight rates bill, which was aimed to protect the inter-mountain and northwestern states against rail rate discrimina- tions. It confirmed Woodlock, whose record of writings against the farm- vers, labor, fair valuation of railroads, and many other issues was so bad that no senator dared defend it, even in secret session. The key of the coali. tion is Sen, Robinson of Arkansas, de- mocratic leader, Robjnson carries with him the tariff-hungry group of his party in the South, They denounce the trusts and high protective rates— and vote the Mellon program, Pittman Gets Sore. Once in a while the interests of de- mocrats in Congress fall outside the coalition. Thus Pittman of Nevada, outraged by the injury to Nevada in the defeat of the rail rate bill, fought Woodlock as bitterly as did Walsh or Wheeler, Afterward, Pittman demand- ed that the roll-call by which the senate in secret session refused to take an open vote on Woodlock’s con- firmation be read from the desk. This started a new fight as to whether the majority could hide all its acts in secrecy, For the moment the Pittman outbreak was quelled by points of or- der, but the bitterness remained, One Western democrat remarked that his party had lost its spine and stomach and head all at once, Lining Up for Debt Plan, Now Kirby's organization is being lined up for the Italian debt pact, The insurgents and a scattering few of the democrats are organizing an opposi- tion, Coolidge and Mellon are smiling- ly confident. Gulf Storm Works Havoc, NEW ORLEANS, La. April 2 — Leaving five dead, more than thirty injured and property damage of prob- ably $1,000,000 in its wake today, the violent wind, hail and rain storm which broke over southern Texas, swept across Louisiana and Mississip- pi on its way toward the Atlantic coast. At many points the’ blow reached cyclonic proportions. Be a worker correspondent. Page Thre TSBURGH UNIONS DEMAND THE REPEAL OF ANTI-SEDITION ACT; TO HOLD CONFERENCE APRIL 4 PITTSBURGH, Pa., April 2. — The conference for the repeal of the vicious antisedition act of this state, called by a number of local unions in this district along with the International Labor Defense is promising to be a huge success, judging from the number of credentials that have already come in, Among the labor organizations that have decided to send delegates are the Pittsburgh Central Labor: Union, post office clerks, street ocar- men, machinists, tailors, broom makers, several miners’ locals, moving Picture machine operators, glass work- ers and many others, The motive behind the calling of this conference is to get the Pitts- burgh workers to realize the need of united action agains the notorious anti-sedition act which is now on the statute books of Pennsylvania, As this law now stands it can be used against all organized labor who may make an attempt to defend their rights as workers. Numerous cases can be cited where this has already happen- ed, such as the case of B. J. Horacek, member of the Machinists’ Union, who was recently found guilty of violating this act and whose case was argued for a new trial and still awaits a decision, The recent arrest of George Papcun, in the coke region, where it was quite openly stated that he was arrested for nis attempts to organize the miners wgainst the outrages committed against them by the bosses, show why the bosses want to keep this law on the statute books. If the Pittsburgh workers do not want to have active union workers and organizers jailed then all efforts should be put behind this conference to see that it will be successful. The conference will be held at Walton Hall, 220 Stanwix St., Pittsburgh, Pa., Sunday aftrenoon, April 4, at 2 o’clock. Catholic Leader Says Anti-Alien Proposals Create a Terror Reign WASHINGTON—Aliens in the Unit- ed State are in a state of mind near to panic, because of continual talk of harsh deportation legislation and of alien registration, said Wm. F. Mon- tavon, speaking for the National Catholic Welfare Conference, to the house immigration committee, He protested against various features in the pending Haloday-Johnson deporta- tion bill. Montavon said he had lived many years in South America, He display- ed a newspaper from Begota, capital of Colombia, which contained an ar- ticle and editorial on the deportation of an alien from New York for moral turpitude, The editorial declared that the deportation mania in the United States had reached the point where it was a reign of terror. This, to give good service in gathering and weighing testimony, said Montavon, coming from one of the most isolated capitals in the world, indicated how far the panic had spread. He urged the committee to stop emphasizing the danger in the unwanted aliens, and to emphasize oftener the value and the duty of the nation to the 6,000,000 of useful and law abiding aliens.who are here. This he said, was the road to American- ization. Italians Fear’ Mussolini. In this connection he mentioned the Petition of anti-fascist Italians in this country to Senator Borah, against any deportation scheme that would deliver them to death at the hands of Mus- solini, News of this petition had trav- eled far, and it expressed the real fear in the hearts of great numbers of aliens who have come here to make their homes. He said the Jaw should have been amended to remove the evils of sum- mary procedure at the hands of im- migration’ agents, who are too busy Take this copy of the DAILY WORKER with you to the shop NEW YORK, ATTENTION! Concert by Isa Kremer World’e Greatest Singer of Ballads and Folk Songs at MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE, 34th St. and Eighth Ave, SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1926 at 8:30 Tickets from 76¢ to $3.60 (na tax) at box office, or order by mail from Stuart Chase, Treas, Russian Recon- it paye| struction Farms, Inc. 166 Fifth Ave., for the workers. It hurts the bosses, New York City (Tel, Chelsea.Al04), FORSTMANN HAD GOOD VACATION IN THE ORIENT Workers Skimped on Starvation Wages (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N. J., April 2—While the Forstmann and Huffman workers were tolling at low wages barely able to make both ends meet, Julius Forst- mann, president of the Forstmann and Huffman company, and his family were spending money lavishly in a five months’ trip in the Orient, Tho the company tries to dodge giv- ing the workers living wages, claim- ing poverty, its heads toured Burope and the Orient, living off the fat of the land. Julius Forstmann has now returned to Passaic. When approached as to his attitude on the strike he de- clared: “I very much deplore the general situation (he means his loss of profita) having done everything in my power to make anything of this sort unlikely, Naturally, having been away for five monthe, I am not sufficiently ac quainted with the immediate facts to enable me to discuss the matter or to make any statement at this time.” Albert Weisbord, leader of the strike, announces that the stock at the Forstmann and Huffman mills has run low and that attempts will be made to open the mills. He calls on the strikers to redouble their efforts on the picket lines so that the bosses will be unable to use scabs to break the strike. Farinacci to Resign as Fascist Secretary (Special to The Dally Worker) ROME, April 2,— Roberto Fari- nacci, secretary-general of the feaciet party, announced his intention of re- signing to the members of the party directorate. The members of the directorate decided to resign in a body with Farinaccl tg show, their solidarity. The resignation will be presented to the meeting of the party grand couneil onight. Farinacci’s reason for resign- ing he gives as being that he has ful- filled the pledges he undertook when he assumed the office. It ie more than likely that inner party faction- alism is actually responsible, THROW SOME LIGHT IN DARK CORNERS! Let the man in your shop or in the local of your union see for himself! Get his sub for THE DAILY WORKER so he can learn the facts about labor. Get a sub on the job!" RATES: Outside of Onigage In Chi Per ye (and maybe it’s time for you to RENEW your own subscription!) THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. ENclosed Bi... 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