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s LYNCH ASSAILS LAWS AGAINST FOREIGN-BORN Bosses Seek “Yellow Ticket” System (Special to The Daily Werker) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. April 7— James M. Lynch, president of the In- ternational, Typographical Union and leader of the reactionary group in the Typographical Union, in a statement attacks the anti-foreign born bills that are now in congres: an attempt on the part of the bosses to establish the “yellow ticket system” and the creation of a bureau to aid in the in- timidation of the foreign-born work- er. Would Register Citizens Later. “The International Typographical Union has members of foreign birth, many of them employed on foreign Janguage newspapers, and it will en- deavor to protect them from espion- age. While the favorite plan of the registration advocates would require enrollment only of those immigrants who arrive in future, it would be but @ short step, and a logical one, to extend it to all the 5,000,000 residents of foreign birth in the United States. ‘That is the plan sponsored by the de- partment of labor. Indeed, there would be constant temptation to ex- tend it to all people resident in the United States. “‘We would then have transplanted the czarist police ideal of keeping con- stant tab on the individual, catalog- ing his political and economic opin- ions as well as any criminal proclivi- ties he might reveal—the “yellow ticket” system. Will Help Employers, “This registration plan, which cer- tain interests are bent on jamming thru the present congress if it can de done quietly, is caloulated to be of immense benefit to large employers who would like to have a friendly governmental bureau in constant con- trol of their alien employes, an instru- ment they might use for the intimida- tion of these employes. e “The measures to which I have ref- erénce are the Aswell registration bill, ‘which makes it compulsory that all aliens present themselves for registra- tion every year, and the Sosnowski bill, which differs from the Aswell bill in that it makes registration vol- untary. Atrocious Espionage System. “Under the terms of the Holaday biN, a companion of the Aswell and Sosnowski measures, all aliens would be liable to deportation any time after hearing. Thus all aliens would be re- quired to order their opinions and ac- tivities to please their governmental preceptors. “The entire plan constitutes a pro- posal for a’pussyfooting and atrocious espionage system, which from the start would enable persecution: or an- moyance of any citizen. ‘s “It is silly to shift the blame for the crime wave onto foreigners. Na- tive talent needs no lesson from abroad on that point. Newspapers re- cently carried the statement that only 23 per cent of New York state’s pris- on population consisted of aliens, “Making of aliens wards of the state is not going to solve our alien problems. We have gone far enough in the direction of government by pa- ternalism combined with spying and prying.” Senator Proposes New International Meeting WASHINGTON, April 7—President Coolidge would be requested to in- vite “all the nations of the civilized world” to a conference here for the “preparation of a new code of interna- tional law, under terms of a ‘Tesolu- tion introduced in the senate this afternoon by Senator Means, repub- lican of Colorado. 7 E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Six Places 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N, State 42 W. Harrison 234 S. Halsted . PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 Bpecialties: el) cigex. Boston Baked Pine Soups and Fresh Made Coffee Commiseary and Bakery: 1612 Fulton ‘t. Phore West 2549 169 N. Clark FOSTER RUTHENBERG THE DAILY WORKER EDUCATION VIA RADIO IN MEXICO Ki SSS The department of education is using the radio to reach 17 different tribes in Mexico. Programs will be broadcast in various dialects. Among the dialects being used are Maya for the Maya Indians of Yucatans; Zapoteca for the In- dinas in a part of the state of Oaxaca; Mixteca for the Indians of that tribe living in another portion of, Oaxaca; Otomi for the Otomi Indians living In the central part of the republic, principally in the states of Michoacan and Queretaro, and Maztlatinca for the remnants of an ancient tribe who inhabit the states of Hidalgo, Tamaulipas and Vera Cruz. The inset shows Dr. Jose Manuel Puig-Cassauranc, the head of the depart- ment of education. Independent Labor Party of England Is for Cancelling Debts (Special to The Dally Worker) WHITLEY BAY, England, April 7— Resolutions in favor of world-wide cancellation of war debts were passed here today by the independent labor party conference, after speakers had bitterly denounced the United States for its opposition to cancellation. Seymour Cox, a delegate, urged that Great Britain take steps to cancel the debts owed to her by European coun- tries, even if unable to induce the United States to reduce the British debt, The majority, however, held this impracticable as long as Great Britain has to pay the United States. Canadian Parliament Discusses Exclusion of Japanese Workers MONTREAL, April 7—A resolution has been presented to the Canadian parliament proposing the exclusion of the Japanese from Canada. H, J. Baker, member of parliament from Fraser Valley, B. C., claims that the attendance of Japanese children to schools increased 70 per cent, while that of white children increased only 21.3 per cent New Chemical Combine Is Formed in London LONDON, April 7 — The Interna- tional Pulp and Chemical Co., Ltd., has recently been formed with a cap- italization of 1,000,000 pounds, The object of the company, as set forth in a prospectus, is to acquire shares of the Kolyte A. G., owning five freehold factories in Germany, of which two are large producers of chemical pulp. The other factories produce paper, electrolytic caustic , Soda, chlorine and other chemical pro- ducts. Coal Plan Provides for Federal Intervention WASHINGTON, April 7 — Repre- sentative Jacobstein of New York pre- sented a coal industry consolidation plan to the house interstate,commerce committee as a means of reducing prices of coal to the consumer. His plan provides for the closing down of unprofitable mines, but makes _no attempt to say what shal! be done with the unemployed coal miners. Jacobstein’s plan also oppos- es government ownership but pro- vides for federal intervention in emer- gencies, which mean strikes, of course, ¥ Put a copy of the DAILY WORKER in your pocket when you go to your union meeting. FOURTH ANNUAL FREIMEIT JUBILEE CELEBRATION | at the ASHLAND AUDITORIUM, Saturday, April 17, 1926 SPEAKERS: Ashland OLGIN and Workmen’s Circle Branches. PROGRAM: Freiheit Singing Society Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra Freiheit Children’s Chorus Tickets 50 cents in advance and 75 cents at the joor—For sale at the Freiheit office, 3209 W. Roosevelt Road; Ceshinsky’s Book Store, 2720 W. Division St., and by all progressive members of the In/ernational Ladies’ Garment Workers, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Modify Restrictions on Aliens, Says U. S. Chamber of Commerce WASHINGTON, April 7 — Registra- tion of aliens in the United States as proposed by Secretary of Labor Davis is turned down by the immigration committee of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce, in a special report issued ‘here, to be considered at the chamber’s annual meeting in May. The main point raised is that the Davis scheme would involve an un- bearable amount of spying and sus- picion, However, a compromise is suggest- ed. Instead of compulsory registra- tion, the' chamber committee favors the issuance of certificates of resi- dence, or arrival for aliens who reached this country before June 30, 1924, in addition to the arrival cer- tifleates now being issued to those who have come since that date. The alien would in each case-have to pre- sent satisfactory evidence of his claim to a certificate. Not only would the Davis plan be impossible of enforcement, the com- mittee «finds, but it would raise a question of treaty rights with other cquntries, unless American citizens are likewise to be compelled to regis- ter their movements in countries abroad. The fact is that the chamber has been compelled because of the agi- tation in behalf of the foreign-born, notably by the activities of the Com- munists in the organization of councils for their protection in all parts of the country, to recede from the demand of its most bitterly anti-union ele- ments for the registration of all aliens, The Committee. Members of the committee are Karl DeLaittre, a Minneapolis lumberman; Henry Bruere, vice-president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com- pany; J. T. Duryea, a big New York manufacturer; Thomas Evans, of Philadelphia; Harry A. Garfield, pres- ident of Williams College; Frank J. Goodnow, president of Johns Hopkins University; Charles Nagel, former sec- retary of commerce, and F. W. Shep- hardson, secretary of the Julius Ros- enwald Fund, Chicago. U. S. Has Large Surplus Despite Tax Reductions (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 7 — Despite heavy tax reduction and repeated “bear stories” about the poverty of the federal government, treasury offi- cials asserted today there will be a surplus by June 30 of well over $250,- 000,000, The government now has a surplus of $294,281,000, compared to $259,811,- 000 a year ago. Should the June in- come tax payment returns exceed the estimate as did that of last month the surplus will go beyond $300,000,000/ and Van Buren St., Chicago STILL CARRY ON SLAVE TRAFFIC IN MANY PLACES Centers Are in Africa and Asia Minor (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, April 7 — Sir Frederick Lugard, chairman of the commission of experts appointed by the league of nations two, years ago to formulate an international convention for the wiping out ofjslavery, and a former British governor of Nigeria, reported that the investigators have discovered that a considerable traffic in slaves still is bein garried on in various parts of the world. This trad&ijcenters principally in Africa and “Bafa Minor. “The traffic in slaves frém “Africa to Arabia, chief- ly from Abfsdinia, is very consider- able,” he fi is} There is also a regu- lar business.in the sale of “attend- ants,” carried on by pilgrims from Nigeria and? other parts of Moslem Africa to Mecea and of girls from Java and Malaysia. It is estimated that in this district alone about 30,- 000 human beings are annually sold into slavery. Whole Populations Enslaved. Nearly all the wretched victims who are shipped across the Red Sea into Arabia come from Southern Abys- sinia, where eyewitnesses have report- ed that whole areas are being practi- cally denuded of inhabitants by the de- predations of the slave-traders who earry on their evil traffic without vistble let or hindrance, in spite of the numerous proclamations of the Hthiopian authorities. The slaves are taken in droves to the sea coast; the port of Tajura has achieved unen- viable notoriety in this connection. In certain sections of Morocco, notably among the Senussi tribesmen who dwell in,<the Libyan desert, the trade is also conducted. Two Ameri- can investigators, Ross and Cramer, have reported horrible conditions prevailing in Angola, the Portuguese possession in East Africa. In the Rangoon district of Burmah the British goverment has at last taken measures to free several thou- sand girl slaves. In other localities in India a slaye traffic goes on, molested by the English, |Weisbord to Speak at Philadelphia Rally for Passaic Mill Strikers PHILADELPHIA, April 7 — The Philadelphia conference for the relief of the striking Passaic textile work- ers is beginning its relief campaign with two mass rallies, For Tuesday, April 13, at 8 p. m. two large halls have been engaged and the committee is tonfident that both halls will be jammed to capacity, because the Philadelphia trade unionists are anxious to come to the aid of their struggling brothers in Passaic. The halls engaged are the Kensington La- bor Lyceum, in the heart of the textile district, and the Labor Institute, 8th and Locust streets, The speakers will be Albert Weis- bord, leader and organizer of the 16, 000 Passaic strikers; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, well known labor organizer, and Robert Dunn of the Civil Liberties Union of New York. Admission to the meetings will be free, Secret Senate Poll ° Indicates Brookhart . * Will Retain Seat WASHINGTON, April 7 — The two- year battle between Senator Smith W. Brookhart, insurgent republican, and Daniel F. Steck, democrat, for Iowa’s junior senatorial seat will end with the senate seating Brookhart, it be- came apparent’today, unless a politi- cal miracle Happens. A confidential poll of the senate to- day revealed -49 senators friendly to Brookhart, 23 favorable to Steck’s claim, 19 undecided and 5, including absentees, not likely to vote. Senator Caraway, (D) of Arkansas, presenting the election committee’s “ten to one” majority report, which recommended the seating of Steck, was constantlyinterrupted, The ques- tions of senators, particularly repub- licans, indicated they did not agree with the committee’s majority. Fascist Militia Now Institution of State ROME, April 7 — The fascist mili- tia once the roving, raiding bands of Black Shirt thugs upon whom Musso- lini relied for his power, have chosen a saint, This is one more indicatién that the militia is being organized un- der the direct control of the state as an armed force, since all branches of the Italian military and naval service have saints. St. Sebastian, represent- ed as being pierced with a hundred arrows, Was cl . The more Wee fascists are known to resent the addition of the militia a8 a branch of the state mili- tary paying allegiance to the king in- stead of to fascism as formerly. But clomients hae Spd the tocol elements has ie to un- Page Three FEED PASSAIC STRIKERS TO VICTORY! using the police with little success, In order to win this strike the strikers need more than just courage. They need food. of America to furnish that food! The terror methods of the Passaic police have little effect on the striking textile workers. The bosses aré It is up to the workers it is up to the workers to feed the Passaic strikers to victory! Send in your donation to the Strikers’ General Relief Committee, 743 Main Ave., Passaic! PASSAIC STRIKERS COLLAR SEN. EDWARDS AT HIS HOME AND TELL HIM ABOUT MILL CONDITIONS (Special to The Dally Worker) PASSAIC, N. J., April 7. — The persistence and cleverness of four strikers who interviewed Senator Edward I, Edwards after an eight-hour vigil in front of his home, finally outwitted gator” to elude them. the attempts of the “absentee investi- Mrs, Anna Breznac, Nancy Sandowsky, John Sabi, and Carl J, Trocola, each a striker from a different mill, waited all day for Senator Edwards, walk- ing up and down in a patient picket¢————______________. line in front of his house, carrying signs, “Senator Edwards, we are the real strikers, please see us.” Another committee of strikers waited all day long in Passaic, hoping that the New Jersey senator would come to the strike area so that they could tell him about their needs. It was nearly eight o'clock in the evening before Senator Edwards came home, and the strikers who had watched his Jersey City mansion all day got to see him. Dramatie Meeting. It was a dramatic meeting. The four strikers, an old woman, mother of nine children, who had given the best years of her life to the mills, a young girl, enthusiastic with youth, and two young men, one from the Botany mill where the strike began. They faced the representative of New Jersey in the senate who had declared to his colleagues that their strike was unjustified, that the senatorial inves- tigation was not needed, who had come to make an “investigation” of his own, and had refused to meet their leader, disinterested citizens, and all their friends. They had come alone, without the counsel of their leader, inexperienced in dealing with men of affairs, to plead their cause. Attacks Leaders. But if the senator thought he could fool these strikers, he was mistaken, He excluded newspaper men so that no first hand accounts of what took place would be on record and then began to attack the strike leadership. Nancy Sandowsky was too clever for him, “We did not come to talk about Mr. Weisbord, senator,” she said. “We came to tell you about conditions in the mills.” “Well, what are the conditions? What do you mean when you say they are unsanitary?” asked the senator, What They Mean. “I mean \that when @ worker takes off his coat in the morning he has no place to hang it, but he must put it on the pipes, and water drips on it all day long, so when he is thru at night he must put on wet clothes,” said Carl Trocola, of the United Piece Dye Works in Lodi. “Water drips on the workers all day from the pipes on the ceiling because they* are out of order.” John Sabo from the Botany mill spoke up. “In the Botany we have no place to eat our lunch, but we have to eat it at our machines,” he said. “There are no fans to carry off the dust in the wool sorting room where I work, There is no fresh “air in this room and we choke on the dust and smell.’ About Wages, xi The senator asked about wages. Mrs. Breznac told him how her hus- band only earned $18 a week so that she had always had to work in the mills to support nine children, Carl Trocola told of the thirty cents an NEW YORK, ATTENTION! Concert by Isa Kremer World’s Greatest Singer of Ballads and Folk Songs at MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE, 34th Stand Eighth Ave, SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1926 © dt 8:30 Tickets from 76c to $3.50 (no tax) at box office, or, order by mail from Stuart Chase,/‘Troas,, Russian Recon- struction Farms, Inc, 156 Fifth Ave. ‘New York City’ Chelsea 1104), hour wages in Lodi. The others told the story of themselves and their neighbors. There was no escaping their simple, terrible stories. “You should elect a committee of your own workers, and meet with a committee from the mill owners. Leave out Weisbord,” said the sena- tor. “We have always been willing to elect a committee like that,” the strikers told him. “The bosses won't meet us. They want to break our un- ion” Wesbord’s Statement. Albert Weisbord, organizer, con- firmed their statement later. He said, “In the interview a committee of strikers had with Sengtor Edwards yesterday the point was brought out that it might be feasible for a com- mittee of strikers themselves, local leaders, to attemptto settle the strike. This suggestion is the same as was brought out several days ago by the chamber of commerce and in relation to this the United Front Committee of Textile Workers wishes to state that # is ready and always had been ready to elect a committee of strikers to negotiate with the mill owners whenever the mill owners honestly desired settlement of the strike.” Mail 21,700 Suspect Notices. The Chicago election board has sent out 21,700 suspect notices chal- lenging the rights of these voters to participate in the primary elections. In the attempt to stuff the ballot- boxes many voters that have long since died or left Chicago were regis- tered. The machines did this in an at- tempt to put over their candidates in the primaries on April 13. BIMBA TO SPEAK HERE ON MASS. WITCH-BURNERS Will Tell Story of His “Heresy” Trial Anthony Bimba, Lithuanian working class editor convicted recently in Brockton, Mass., under the sedition act after having a sensational trial in which the principal charge against him was having “contumeliously reproach- ed god,” will be heard in Chicago Tuesday evening, April 13, at Schoen- hofen Hall. The meeting will be un- der the auspices of the International Labor Defense, which is supporting his appeal to a higher court. Speak- ing with him will be Stanley Clark, I. L. D. organizer and well-known la bor leader of the Pacific coast, 1697 Law. The recent Bimba trial, known as a “second Scopes affair,” aroused ne tion-wide interest because the “blas- phemy” law under which he was tried is one enacted in 1697 during the Salem witchcraft scare and dragged out of the archives to railroad Bimba to jail for his agitation among the shoe workers against the Massachu- setts trust. Freed of the blashphemy charge by a court abashed by public condemna- tion, Bimba was fined $100 on a charge of having “advocated the overthrow of the American government by force and violence. Bribery. How the U. S. legal authorities are co-operating with the shoe bosses in order to divide the workers on relig- fous and “loyal citizenry” lines will be explained by Bimba, with the de- tails of the frame-up and how the Lithuanian Citizens Club was bribed by contributions from officials of the W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. and the Dia- mond Shoe Co., aided by a Lithuanian stoolpigeon. Your neighbor will appreciate the favor—give him this copy of the DAILY WORKER. MASS MEETING for the Relief of Passaic Textile Strikers SPEAKERS: ROGER BALDWIN, of the American Civil Liberties Union. J. LOUIS ENGDAHL, Editor of The DAILY WORKER. F. G. BIEDENKAPP, National Secretary of the International Worker’ Aid. Thursday Evening, April 8th, 8 P. M. DOUGLAS PARK AUDITORIUM,’ 3202 Ogden Avenue Auspices International Workers’ Aid. Everybody Welcome. Admission by a Can of Food or 18 Cente Telephone Stuyvesant 9964 WANTED! SHOES—CLOTHING—DONATIONS FOR THE PASSAIC STRIKERS. HELP KEEP UP THE PICKET LINE!!! Bring or send to the INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID ‘ Room 237—799 Broadway af —