The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 16, 1926, Page 2

_ mm ge Two THE DAILY WORKER OLISEUM, MAY 1, \CENE OF HUGE LABOR PROTEST chicago Mobilizes to Jam Vast Hall The Illinois primaries are over. In the primaries one of the main issues was the world court. The world court ig the tribunal of international capital. | ‘am. This court Is part of the league Of nations which, Is organized to solid- ify the forces of reaction. In the past year Locarno pacts and alliances have been formed almed at the first work- ers’ republic—the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. These alliances of ‘the capitalist powers have been enter- ed into a move to launch an attack ‘on the Soviet Union. Must Resist Attacks. The workers of America must resist this attack on the Soviet Union. They Must fight these alliances of interna- tional capitalism. May 1 is Interna- tional Labor Day. On this day the workers of America must unite with workers all over the world in a pro- test against these alliances of the capitalist powers against the workers. They must protest against the at- tempts to strangle the first workers’ and farmers’ government. Meet in Coliseum. The largest hall in Chicago, the Coliseum, has been secured. In this hall workers of various races and lan- guages will gather to show their pro- test against the international capital- ism. On this day thousands of work- ers will hear the message of interna- tional unity on the part of the work- ers against the international alliances of the capitalist class. Over 100,000 leaflets are being print- ed. These leaflets bear the May Day slogan of the Workers (Communist) Party. These leaflets will be distri- buted before the big factories in the city acquainting the workers with the need to attend the May 1 meeting at the Coliseum and will explain the meaning of international labor day. To Jam Vast Hall. Every street and shop nucleus is being organized for action. Every language fraction is getting on the job. The entire Chicago Workers (Communist) Party organization is getting behind the drive to make this May Day meeting a success. * In January the Chicago party organ- ization jammed the Colisemu. They ,must do the same for the May Day meeting. Among the speakers at this mass meeting will be Jay Lovestone, James P. Cannon and William Z. Foster. Farmer-Lahor Slate Wins Township Battle in Livingston, Illinois (Special to The Daily Worker) LIVINGSTON, IIL, April 14—The only bright spot for the workers in the Illinois election horizon which was marked by the customary fight between two groups of capitalist poli- ticians was Livingston, Ill. In the township elections held here, the farmer-labor ticket went over the top. The F.-L. slate has been on the ballot for a number of years in the township but it was not until this election that it was able to muster a majority. The whole farmer-labor slate for all township offices went into office by a safe margin. Club Aluminum Co. Is Now a Union Shop Union shop conditions have just been established in the plant of the Club Aluminum company of Chicago. ‘The firm is the largest of its kind in the country, making a complete line of hhighgrade kitchen and household alum- faum ware under the trade name Club Aluminum. Forty polishers are employed on piecework, making an average of $1.35 an hour. The 48-hour week prevails and union men are given preference in employment. will Tal at the Co-operative Cen Orchestra, Kendzer, conductor; man, conductor; Isidore Epstein, pianist; A. Ravitch, of New York, ADMISSION 50 CENTS. DETROIT THE FOURTH ANNUAL “FREIHEIT” CELEBRATION Sunday Evening, April 18, 1926 LOS ANGELES, CAL. The Following Will Take Part in the Program: “Freiheit” Gezangs Verein, Veinstock, conductor; Junior Symphony Orchestra, R. Ash- EASTERN STAR TEMPLE, Anti-Alien Bill Mass Meeting in Boston on 18th; Petitions Issued BOSTON, Mass., April 14.—An im- pressive meeting against the proposals to finger-print, register and photo- graph all non-citizens has been ar- ranged for Sunday afternoon, April 18, by the Boston Council for the Protec- tion of the Foreign-Born, This meet- ing will be held at Franklin Union Hall, Berkley and Appleton streets. Admission will be free. The meeting is part of an active campaign which is being conducted in Boston against the proposed legisla- tion. Hundreds of petition of protest |have been circulated thruout the city and ve been sent to Washington. Many|organizations have passed reso- lutiong severely criticizing the pro- posed’ bills. The/speakers at the meeting will be John Yan Vaerenewyck of the Cigar- makets’ Union, Joseph Bearak of the socialist party, Professor Harry W. Dana f the Boston Trade Union Col lege @nd Pascal P, Cosgrove of the Shoe ‘Workers’ Protective Union of New York City. Dr. Howard A. Gibbs will preside. Seek $120,000 Bail to Keep Weisbord Out i \(Continued from Page 1) grim yndercurrent of a fixed purpose. The purpose is to organize, All other. demands are subordinated. Ask the children and they all cry, “The Union! One, Two Three—One Two Three— One Two Three—The Union.” sing it. They dream it. The women are sending flowers to the prison. The men are out hunting bail, Groups gather to talk about the government, about the police, about the judges. They have listened to Weisbord for eleven weeks. Three times a day he has spoken to them for eleven long weeks. They know him now, and they love him. He has brot them the only hope of life they have ever had. He has told them to stick together, to be orderly, to be strong, to be (faithful on the picket line, to get out to the factories at 5:30 in the morning and tell the weak work- ers not to scab, to come to the meet- ings and get instructions, to have parades and show their strength, to organize, cual For ‘this he is now in jail, He can- not get out unless they can get $30,000 for him. Then when he comes out he will be arrested by the Garfield police, and another $30,000 will be needed ito get him out. Then by the Clifton and by the Lodi police, and he will stay in jail till they get $30,000 in eact case, They Those who gave ten dollars before aré giving;‘twenty now, The union tha sent tWenty thousand dollars befor is sending forty thousand now. Or ganized labor is wide awake to the present situation. The workers in thé unions know what it means to be hounde and clubbed and knocked down. They have secured their vic- tory thru floods of blood, and they know that the textile workers will not be allowed to organize without going thru the same heartrending struggle. And so they are supporting the textile strikers. Their success will mean 80 much to all organized labor, Come to Passaic today if you can. It will do you good. You will see de- termined men and wgmen. You will see children who have left school and declare they will not return till the strike is won. If the parents cannot win it alone the children have made up their minds to help. If the bosses in the textile industry think they can lash the slaves back to the mills like dogs by jailing the lead- ers and the active workers and by reading\the riot act and employing the tactics jof tyrants they may wake up some morning to find that they have gone a‘bit too far. There is a limit to the patience even of workers, and it seems that that limit has been 14.— The polar OSLO, Norway, April Norge, | Captain Amundsen’s dirigible, arrived here from Pulham, England, at 1:16 this afternoon. The ship made the 600-mile air line run from PuJham in 12% hours. The Norge will confinue to Leningrad tomorrow. ike Place iter, 2706 Brooklyn Ave., “Freiheit” Mandolin Dramatic Tenor; Kazdan, gifted will be the speaker of the evening. SA ae D BY W. P. Will Speak on Rent 4.2 of Mill Owners’ : Not all of these, of course, are under fire, but some are, notably Senator But the men are out huntins tor $120,000 and they will get it. werk » bord must not be left in jail. In the relief office there is new life reached} in the Passaic strike area, The Norge Arrives at Oslo, ILLINOIS VOTE I$ COURT BLOW, VIEW OF BORAH Lenroot Faces Hot Fight in Wisconsin (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 14 — The capital viewed the results of the Illi- nois primary with mixed emotions today. Senator Wm. B. McKinley's defeat at the hands of Col. Frank Smith in a fight in which McKinley’s vote for the world court was the only outstand- ing issue, made a deep impression upon the leaders here, and foes of the court lost no time in announcing that it means the pursuance of a vigorous campaign to take the United States out of the court. “This is only the beginning,” was the comment of Senator Wm. BE. Borah of Idaho, who led the anti-court fight in the senate, and who spoke in Illi- nois against McKinley's renomination during the campaign. Beginning of Fight. “Smith won on just one issue,” con- tinued Borah. “He ran on a simple platform of taking the United States out of the league of nations court. The vote speaks for itself, This is only the beginning.” By other republican senators who voted for the court, and who are facing more or less opposition because of it, the defeat of McKinley was re- garded with some foreboding. There are 26 republican senators facing re- nomination in this year’s primaries, and 21 of them voted for the court. Lenroot of Wisconsin, who was the leader of the court forces in the senate. Lenroot Is Silent. Around the capital today, specula- tion was rife concerning the probable fate of Lenroot, for it was against Lenroot and McKinley that the ir- reconcilables chose to center their attack. The LaFollettee organization in Wisconsin is hot after Lenroot, and irreconcilable speakers will invade Wisconsin just as they invaded Illi- nois during the hight of the McKinley- Smith battle. Senator Lenroot declined to com- ment today, either on McKinley's de- feat, or his own political fortunes. Supporters of the court, however, were unwilling to concede that Mc Kinley’s defeat was dué entirely to he court issue, Most of them, like enroot, declined to be quoted, but orivately they asserted Smith’s victory auld be ascribed to a number of col- steral issues—the bitterness of the publican factional struggle in Iili- ois for control of Cook county. mith’s control of state republican orces by virtue of being state chair- nan, etc. Defense Forces of the Kuominchun Defeats Army of Chang Tso Lin (Continued from page 1) Kuominchun at Peking. The declera- tion asserts that a request was sent Wu, asking him to take over the cen- tral government but that he replied with the command that the Kuomin- chun generals immediately resign and come to Hankow to await instructions. The statement added that Wu sent telegrams to Chang Tso Lin, assuring him of hjs intention to remain an ally. Several thousand of Wu's troops have been dispatched for the first time to the front, an additional indication that the Kuominchun are carrying on their struggles alone. The prevalence of the rumors of a split continues, however, with the in- evitable effect of tending to demoral- ize the allied forces and to weaken their offensive. see The Manchurian Butcher Talks, MUKDEN, April 14—Marshall Chang Tso Lin’s whole aim in the present civil war, according to a statement today, is to crush the “Red” influence in China. “Bolshevism,” he declared, “will never be tolerated in Manchuria, that much is certain.” The dictator, who lives in the style of an Oriental potentate, with a harem and the most luxurious surroundings, disclaims any desire to become mas- ter of China thru his attempt to cap- ture Pekin. He stated that Wu Pei Fu was welcome to the job of running the central government if he wanted it. Make your slogan—“A auh week. This is a good issue to give to your fellow worker, E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Six Places 118 8, Clark 66 W, Washington | 167 State 42 W. Harrison 234 8, Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 169 N. Clark Bpecialt! Rieck Boston Baked rown Bread Fine Sou ‘rash Made Coffee ' Commiceary aid Bakery: 1612 Fulton ft. Phone West 2649 STANLEY J. CLARK " Uncle, Sam—Imperialist BIMBA TELLS OF is SUES INVOLVED IN TRIAL FOR BLASPHEMY AND SEDITION Anthony Blmba, who faced a court in the shoe town of Brockton, Mass., on the double charge of blas- phemy and sedition, concluded a series of successful meetings in Chi- cago, Tuesday night, at Schoenho- fen’s Hall under the auspices of the International Labor Defense. Bim- ba reviewed the forces interested in his prosecution and told of the is- sues Involved in the trial. He also made a plea for the Passaic strik- ers, Other speakers were Henry Corb- ishley, executive committee mem- ber of the I. L. D., B. K. Gebert, editor of the Polish weekly, Try- buna Robotnicza, while J. Louis Engdahi, editor of The DAILY WORKER, acted as chairman. Many new members Joined the |. L. D. while volunteers we Iso secured for the Tag Day for the Passaic strike, Saturday and. Sunday, under the direction of the ‘International Workers’ Ald, Cal Coolidge Gets Severe Setback in Illinois Primaries (Continued trom Page 1) were supported by the Cook County Wage Earners’ League. The candidates on the Crowe-Bar- rett-Thompson ticket are avowed enemies of the organized labor move- ment. This faction has won the repub- lican nomination in the primaries, The Cook County Wage Warners League, composed of a few Chicago labor union officials, backed these labor haters. They worked for their nomina- tion, They will undoubtedly work for their election. Will Terrorize Organized Workers, The election of these labor-haters in the fall elections means that the unions of Chicago can expect a cam- paign of terror to be waged against them by these so-called “friends of labor.” The promisd@p.,imade by the union-smashing Crowe-Barrett-Thomp- son machine will be forgotten. They will carry on their anti-union policies as heretofore, iti The move on the part of Attorney General Sargent to place 500 to 1,000 United States deputy marshals at Chicago polling places to see to it that McKinley recéivéd a “square deal” was resented and bitterly fought by the state’s attorney's office. State’s Attorney Crowe d Smith, He was determined to si ith go over. Every available ment¥er‘of his staff was sent to watch at polls, Crowe and Cook county electfon officials ob- jected to the presence of these depu- ties. In ‘several polling places, where these deputies tried to station thom- selves, they were forcibly ejected by men from Crowe’s 0! Typical Chicago Election.” During the primari@¥ a number of ward heelers were killed. Many were wounded and badly beaten up. Elec- tion judges were kidnaped. In a num- ber of polling places attempts were made to steal the ballot boxes. “It was just a typical Chicago election day,” declared County Judge Edmund K. Jarecki ,who was the major domo of the election officials. - Automobiles filled with gangsters and gunmen toured thru different election districts terrorizing those who were foolish enough to participate in the primaries of the two capitalist No move was made by the police to arrest these gangsters and gunmen. No attempts were made to seize them and to deport them. |They were al- lowed to roam thru the election dis- tricts unhampered. They were a vital Part of the election inery. They yere needed by various politicians to swing their slates. Police Protect Gangsters. This action of the Qpicago police of allowing these armed thugs to roam freely thru the city the lie to the declarations of po! officials that the raids carried on im the Mexican, Italian and other sections of the city were made to clean up the city of gunmen and to deport only gangsters. It showed that the Chicago officials cared little to arrest gangsters and gunmen, It showed they were more interested in terrorizing foreign-born workers, George E, Brennan won the demo- crat nomination for the United States senate. He declares that in the com- ing fall elections the issue will be the modification of the prohibition amend- ment and not the world court. Smith is baeked by the anti-saloon league, Brennan is declared to be a “wring: ing wet.” Brennan and the democrat machine are preparing to wage a cam- paign with the wet and dry issue as the big “political” issue, Little will bo sald about vital issues that affect the lives of the workers. Soclallst Party Lose Identity, The socialist party lost ite identity in the primary elections as it was un- able to poll 2% of the votes in the November 1924 olections, The only tickets in the primaries were the re- publican, democrat } The Progressive foie Are Not Labor Parties, Even Berger Must Learn By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. HIS congressional year is due to develop numerous sur- prises. The utter banktuptcy of the labor officialdom in Chicago and Illinois, in this week’s primary elections, is off- set by the encouraging reports coming in from the west in- dicating that several state farmer-labor tickets will be place in the field. ij In fact, the west is knocking at Chicago's very doots. This is seen in the very successful campaign being carried on in Wisconsin by William Bouck, of the Western Progrés- sive Farmers, that is winning the workers on the land in the badger state for this militant organization. The United Farmers’ League, under a Minneapolis date line, publishes an item as follows. i! “Willlam Bouck, founder and national organizer of the Westérn Progressive Farmers, passed thru the Twin Cities a few days ago com- Ing from Wisconsin, where he organized several local councils. He was on his way to North Dakota to fill several speaking dates in that state. “Bouck stated that the middle-west farmers were interested jin building a militant, close, disciplined farm movement, great headway having already been made In Montana and Western North Dakota. These two states are now being organized and as fast as possible organ- ization work will be started In Minnesota, South Dakota, lowa, Mlindis, Nebraska, Kansas and other ea.” * ° e ° It is inevitable that the growth of this movement tt develop repercussions in many directions. Thus Victor L. Berger, the socialist congressman from Milwaukee, has him- self interviewed in his own paper, The Milwaukee Leader, as to prospects in making the race for the United States senate. The Wisconsin socialists still have some strength in the trade unions and could be a factor in developing a state labor party with farmer support. ‘This would mean a definite break with capitalist politics. Berger’s statement, however, that shows he is still afflicted with LaFolletteism, indicates that the Mil- waukee editor has no intention of lending aid to any move- ment that will draw a sharp line of cleavage between work- ers and capitalists. Berger declares: “There Is very little difference between the socialist platform and the progressive platform—apart from the final aim. But as a final aim is a matter of the distant future of course—and therefore ought not to keep apart at the present time honest men who are striving for genuine Progress and improvement of the producing classes, that Is the workers and farmers, ‘ “. ++. As far as 1 am concerned | surely will never run on any other ticket than that of the socialist party unléss a new organization apart and in opposition to the old capitalist parties can be formed under a new name.” t The “progressive platform” in Wisconsin is the LaFol- lette platform. The present governor, Blaine, will run on that platform for the U. S. senatorship with the support of the LaFollette family and organization. It is declared that this agreement was reached at the grave of LaFollette, Sr., when Blaine gave his pledge to help elect LaFollette, Jr., to the vacant seat in\the senate. That pledge was fulfilled. There is no “progressivism” between LaFollette and the labor party. Berger must take his stand with the one or the other. As Berger continues to support the LaFollette regime, his socialist following disintegrates. It is inevitable that some of the worker masses that have previously fol- lowed socialist standards should slip back into the old parties. The greater part of these, however, must be won for the labor party. Berger can help solidify or he. can remain an instru- ment dividing the working class in Wisconsin. When Ber- ger runs himself for the United States senate on the ticket of an imaginary “progressive” party he brings confusion into labor’s ranks. This year labor needs unity. It will get it in Wisconsin, with or without Berger. eee sive, The progressive party ticket was a mixture of pacifists, socialists and followers of the date LaFollette. There were no contests in the pro- gressive party primaries. Only 27 out of the 45 offices had candidates. The ticket went begging for candidates. Factions Unite For Elections. These primaries show more than ever the need of a labor party to represent the interests of the work- ers. e candidates discussed only issues of interest to the bosses. Both of the old parties stand for the pro- gram of big business. In spite of the bitter pre-primary campaign in the republican party, both factions will unite to put over the candidates that are running on the big business ticket. Their past differ- ences will be past history, Need Labor Party, Many important measures now in congress and the senate vitally affect the workers. There ate the anti-for- eign-born laws. There are laws to make impossible for workers to carry on strikes. Laws which on their pas- sage will permit the president of the United States to step in and force the workers back to work. These laws must be fought. There is but one way to fight them. That is thru the organization of a labor party. Chi- cago workers must carry on a cam- paign in their organizations for the launching of a united labor ticket in the coming elections as the first step towards the formation of a labor party. Negro Workers Join White. Negro workers must not remain aloof. They must join the white work- ers in this drive, The McKinley-Dy: anti-lynch bill was re-introduced In the senate merely to catch the votes of Negro workers, McKinley and a num- ber of others by absenting themselves at the timo the bill came to a vote last time defeated the antllynching measure. They will maneuver so that it will be defeated again. They do not want to pass the anti-lynch bill. Negro workers in order to carry on a real fight against segregation, race pre- judice, lynching and the other evils they suffer under the present capital- {st system must unite with the white | workers and work for a labor party. A united labor ticket in the fall elections as a step towards the labor party should be the slogan of the workers of Chicago. Greece Extends Modus Vivendi with Italians (Special to The Dally Worker) ROME, April 13—-The modus vivendi which was concluded between Greece and Italy last December, pending a formal trade agreement, has expired. As negotiations for a trade agreement have not been concluded, Itdly hag re- quested Greece to extend the modus vivendi until a trade agreement is signed, Greece promptly agreed as ex- pected and a commercial treaty will shortly be concluded, The Latest SATURDAY, APRIL 17th _ ADMISSION SS, GENTR:. \“OCKOUT AGAINST AMALGAMATED BY BRIEDE -ROGOVSKY Company Closes Its Shop in Chicago Briede and Rogovsky, wholesale tail- ors at 833 West Jackson Blyd., have locked out 700 members of the Amal- gamated Clothing Workers. The Briede and Rogovsky company has two factories, One is in Chicago and the other is in St. Louis. The Chicago shop employed mem- bers of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union, The St, Louis plant was run on an open-shop basis. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Un- jon insisted that the shop in St, Louis also be unionized, Refuses Union Demand. } The company refused to accede to the demands of the union. Negotta- tions were then opened between the union and the company. The com- pany kept up these negotiations until the work they had on hand was com- pleted then they locked out the work- ers. When the workers went to work one day this week they found a sign posted on the door reading, “Briede and Ro- govsky closed until further notice.” No explanation was made by the bosses for this action. Attempts have been made by the union to reopen negotiations several times, The company has refused to listen to the proposals of the union, Union officials, when approached n the question as to what the union in- tended to do, declared that things were “up in the air” and that as there was a possibility that negotiations might be resumed refused to comment on the lockout. Turn Lockout Into Strike, The workers in the Briede and Ro- govsky plant have held several meet- ings. The demand that the lockout be turned into a strike and that a strong picket line be established in front of the shop has been made by gome members of the union. As yet no steps have been taken in that direc- tion. The demand that the union declare a strike in the St. Louis shop and organize the workers is also growing. So far the union officials have not done s0. Bankers’ Army May Be Used Against Workers Private arsenals, munitions, soldiers and communication systems, estad- lished by the bankers of Illinois for’ their own purposes and copied by bankers of neighboring states are being knit into an interstate body of armed men, ostensibly to capture bank bandits, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Indiana are the provinces selected by the embattled bankers for their co- ordinated army activities. “The con- ference agreed,” says a handout of the meeting of the bank army chiefs, “that there would be no halting of the chase at a state line.” Most of the banker associations fn these states put a premium on kill ings. Persons shooting a bank robber suspect are given from two and one- half to five times as much money by the bankers as those who merely cap ture or arrest him. No rewards are given for killing or capture of bank presidents and others who rob banks from the inside. The banker armies shoot in the opposite direction. Kentucky Bank Closed by $40,000 Shortage (Special to The Daily Worker) LUDLOW, Ky., April 14.—The board of the Farmers and Mechanics of this place Saturday announced : because of a shortage of $40,000, the institution would be forced to close its doors, Subsection Seven of . * Section 6 Meeting Sub-Section 7 of Section 6 will meet tonight, April 15, at 4558 N. Crawford Ave., near Wilson. A representative of Section 6 will be present. Besides the regular work of the section the sub-section executive committee will | be elected. All members should at« tend. bid Publication READY TODAY! $1.00 Postpaid, 868 pages. 7 maps. 16 photographs. Novel binding. 8:00 P. M. | — | “ao = we