The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 17, 1926, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER ~ LEAGUE DISAR CONFERENCE 1§ UPON THE ROCKS Painleve Would Shift Blame on Soviets (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, April 15—France will con- sult the powers relative to the course of action which will be taken as the result of the Soviet Union’s refusal to attend the league of nations dis-| usual armament conference, minister of war, Paul Painteve, sald today... He inti- mated that it might be necessray to postpone the conference, now sched- uled to be held at Geneva, May 18. “It must not be forgotten that Rus- sia ‘hag the largest standing army in Europe,” said M. Painleve, “This must be taken into consideration.” “Arrangements for the conference will stand in principle in the mean- time,” he added. Painleve, a Liar. The declaration that “Russia has the largest standing army in Europe” is an absolute lie, consciously uttered by Painleve, who is perfectly aware, as the report of the British labor dele- gation to the Soviet Union and the official figures of the Soviet govern- ment show, that the French army is larger than that of Russia. This is despite the fact that the Soviets have an enormous territory to guard, with thousands of miles adjoining coun- tries the ruling class of which is on the constant lookout for a favorable chance to take military action against the Workers’ Republic. It must be taken into consideration also that the population of the Soviet Union is al- most four times that of France. a0. 8 . League Fears Fallure. LONDON, April 14.—The refusal by the Soviet Union of the league of na- tions’ invitation to participate in the preliminary disarmament conference, has served to heighten pessimism here regarding the possibilities of any fur- ther reduction of armaments by in- ternational agreement or otherwise. Altho the Baldwin government has announced it will do all possible to bring about the success of the forth- coming disarmament conference, it is now rumored there is a chance that the preliminary conference scheduled for May 18, in Geneva may be further postponed. The ambitious disarmament propos- als of the league of nations, consti- tuting the most complicated problem with which the world has ever been asked to deal, are still a matter for negotiation. Unless Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany/can reach a basic agreement on these proposals it is anticipated that there may be a postponement of the whole matter. Prefer Postponement. The league of nations suffered a se- vere blow to its prestige when the question of Germany’s entrance was left unsettled because of disputes, and league leaders would rather postpone the disarmament conferenc than to take a chance on another failure. Workers’ Arm Pulled Out of Socket by Belt PITTSFIELD, Mass., —(FP)—April 15 — William Wheeler, 28, was almost fatally injured when his sleeve caught in a pulley at the Charles H. Ball fac- tory. The worker’s arm was pulled out at the socket and he was dragged up to the ceiling by the belt before the mill machinery could be stopped. Boston Forms Class in Trade Unionism BOSTON, April 15.—Boston has started a class on “Trade Unionism.” At the first meeting Sidney Bloom- field was instructor. An interesting discussion on “Trade Unionism” was held. Those wishing to enroll can do so at the party headquarters. RAAAADADABAAAAADAABLABAARS For Rent in New York: 2 sunny rooms, front; kitchen; in elevator apartment. For about five months. Reasonable. Bushwick. 53 E. 97th St. Apt. 21. OLGIN Anna Slack, Cellist Tickets 50 Cents in Advance, FOURTH ANNUAL SYMPHONY TRIO: Leo Braverman, Violinist Marion Lychenheim, Pianist British Officials Ratify Treaty with Puppet Irak Leaders (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, —(By Mail)—- the formal exchange of copies of the new Anglo: Irak treaty, on the conclusion of which dependent the le e of nations’ coun: cil decision to give Mosul to Irak has taken place at the Foreign Office here. The copies are in English and Arabic and are gorgeously bound in leather with sheets of watered silk. The binding of the British copy is in blue with gold lettering and orna mentation, while Irak’s copy is black with Irak’s colors—red, black, white and green. The respective represent atives, Sir Austen Chamberlain and Jaffar el Askeri Pasha exchanged the courtesies and the latter de clared he felt confident that the Irak state would be able to progress rapid- ly in the future, now that the un certainties of the last four years had been finally put to rest. Thus did the British conservative government, so bitterly opposed to the Soviet government’s confiscation ot private property in Russia, sanctify its own confiscation of Turkish terri- tory which the league of nations had to admit England had absolutely no title to. REPRESENTATIVE MOONEY OPPOSES ANTI-ALIEN LAW CLEVELAND, April 14.—The Cleve- land Council for the Protection of Foreign-Born Workers has received an answer to a letter sent to Con- gressman Charles A. Mooney protest- ing against the anti-alien bills that have been introduced in congress. Congressman Mooney in his letter points out that these bills are of the most vicious character and pledges himself to fight against their adop tion. The lettér received by the Cleveland council follows: “My Dear Mr. Duchan: “I am just in receipt of your valued favor of the 3lst with which you en- close a resolution adopted by the Cleveland Council for the Protection of the Foreign-Born Workers, in which they protest the alien registration bills. Of course, you know how. enthusiastically I join with you in your action on this measure. The registration bill is a most dangerous proposal and I do not hesitate to say to you that I believe it is largely due to the most vicious kind of bigotry. Sincerely hope we can prevent its reaching the floor during the present session. “Sincerely yours, “Charles A. Mooney.” VOLUNTEER TO HELP PASSAIC STRIKE RELIEF As the strike of the Passaic textile workers enters the thirteenth week, the need for relief becomes greater and greater. The bosses are attempt- ing to starve out the strikers. These textile workers are fighting for short- er hours, higher wages, better working conditions. A lowering of their living standards means that the bosses in other parts of the country will try to lower wages, increase hours and wors- en living conditions. The strikers are carrying on a fierce battle. They are assaulted daily by the police thugs and other lackeys of the textile barons. The combined for- ces of the bosses are lined up against them, These strikers are determined to win their strike. There is only one thing that can defeat the strike. That is the lack of food, clothing and shel- ter. The bosses know this. They are trying to starve out these workers. Are you going to let them do it? The International Workers Aid has arranged for a house to house ¢ollec- tion for Saturday and Sunday. Every worker should turn out to the stations that are published below and aid in the collecting of money for the Passaic strikers, Put a copy of the DAILY WORKER in your pocket when you go to your union meeting. TEMPLE HALL, Marshfield and Van Buren St., Chicago FREIHEIT JUBILEE Saturday, April 17, 1926 ‘PROGRAM: 75 Cents at the Door, - {CHICAGO SLUMS BLOT ON FACE OF THE EARTH Housing Conditions Al- most Unbelievable (Continued from Page 1) of the city are the miles upon miles of ramshackle dwellings, some of them in the last stages of decompost- tion. Dilapidated frame buildings, sinking into the earth with the win- dows and doors twisted into fantastic ap with dangerous outside stair- ways flimsily*held together with strips of boards from dry goods boxes picked up in the alleys, while rusty stove pipes surrounded by ‘disarrayed bricks, survivals of chimneys, adorn he tops of the schacks, present a pic- ture to the visitor that is far from flattering to the metropolis of the middle-west. A Closer View. Upon investigation these hovels in their interiors beggar description Many of the houses were built years go for one family houses to accom- modate the more poorly paid workers. When new they were hardly fit for human habitation. Many of them have no toilets inside and those that are outside are frozen many months of the year so they are useless. Hun- dreds of them are without bath rooms. Instead of one family inhabiting them today, there are three and four families living in the closest intimacy which absolutely precludes the posst- bility of privacy for men, women or children. Besides the members of the family many of the places also shelter roomers and boarders who share the pitiful quarters. The rooms, already small, are fur- ter divided with the most crudely constructed partitions thrown to- gether with boards obtained from dry goods boxes. A very large. propor- tion of these houses are constantly damp because of the leakage of the roofs while the plaster inside the | rooms is, in many cases, completely gone, The walls of many of them are | infested with vermin of various kinds while countless thousands of rats scurry thru the walls and, at night, one walking thru these districts is astounded at the hordes of rodents that scurry hither and thither on the sidewalks, in the filthy gutters and be- tween the houses. Not infrequently infants and the aged and infirm are attacked by these pests. Rent Per Room. The inhabitants of these vile pest holes have to pay the enormous sum of from $5 to $10 per room according to the report on living conditions for small wage earners in Chicago con- ducted by the bureau of social sur- veys, for the cheapest, unheated apartments. and flat houses. When working steadily the average family of this class obtains less than $80 per month. Much more than one-fourth of the total income of these low-paid workers must be spent to pay the rent for a mere shelter over the heads of their families. In addition to this amount for rent they must buy coal or other fuel\in order to keep warm in the winter time. While freezing in winter these unfortunate workers suf- fer intensely from the stifling heat of summer, In the hot summer months that are approaching they will not be able to sleep in the ill-ventilated rooms, many of them inside and with- out windows. These workers who in- habit these houses were, for the most part, brot here by the demands of basic industry and help to pile up the billions in dividends of the pack- ing houses, the steel mills and the railroads. . Note:—Other articles will appear each day on the housing situation and the condition of labor in Chicago. Mill Carpenters Turn Down Offer of $1.15 A hurry call brought Chicago sash and door manufacturers to a special meeting of their Millwork Association last night at the La Salle Hotel. The meeting was called because 5,000 mill- men, members of the carpenters’ un- ion, turned down an offer of $1.15 an hour. The carpenters’ district council has given notice that the 25,000 finishing carpenters who are also out for an in- crease will support a millman’s strike if it is necessary to call one. Grants Injunction Forbidding Interference with Sale of ‘Mercury’ BOSTON, April 15.— Henry L. Mencken, editor of the American Mer- cury, won a victory in federal court today in his battle with Frank Chase, secretary of the Watch and Ward So- ciety. Federal Judge James M. Morton de- nied a motion by Chase to dismiss an action brought by Mencken and then granted a temporary injunction re- straining Chase from interfering with the sale of the April issue of the Mer- cury, which contains the article en- titled “Hatrack” that caused all ‘the trouble, o-oo Gets $100 Fine. CAMBRIDGE, Masg.,,April 15.—Fe- lix Harvard, news dpdler, was fined $100 for selling the, American Mer- cury and appealed. His lawyer, Gar- field Hays, told the court that his own jaughter had started reading the so- called obscene article, but found it not interesting enough t@ finish. The complainant’s lawyer stated that if Judge Parmenta of Boston had been a married man he would not ave dared to acquit Mencken in the nase prosecuted there. * #8; $5 a Copy. DES MOINES, Ia., {April 15.—Copies. of H, L. Mencken’s American Mercury are bringing big prices here. One man owning two copies sold one for $5 and is renting the other out at 50 cents a day. Magazine dealers say they cannot obtain additional copies. Secretary of Labor J. J. Davis Tries to Stem Progressive Tide (Continued from page 1). session barring all visitors to the con- vention and launched into an attack against the Communists and Wm, J. White from Girard in particular who is visiting the convention as a member of the organization. Tighe and his cohorts accused White of giving out information to The DAILY WORKER and the Communist Party and read the first article written by myself on the convention, No proof was offered that the contents of the article were not true, but a terrible crime had been committed to let the workers know that there is in existence in these United States a union called the Amal- gamated Association of Iron, Steel & Tin Workers that is supposed to take into its ranks all workers working within the steel industry. I have pointed out in a previous ar- ticle that Tighe and company does not want to organize the steel industry but insists on maintaining the Amalgama- ted as a small craft opganization of the skilled workers and ignore the great number of the semi-skilled and un- skilled workers who constitute the majority in the steel industry whom this reactionary band of lickspittles even insist on insulting by inviting one of their worst elemies to address the convention in the person of J. J. Davis who never misses an opportun- ity to attack these foreign born work- ers, the creators of the wealth of the steel trusts, Progressives One Third. The progressive forces led by Jen- nings of Granite City, McKeown from Liberty Lodge, Warten, Wilbur from McKees Rocks, Kingston from Girard and others fought against the move of. Tighe to go into executive session, only a trick motion to exclude White from the convention, The reasoning of these so-called leaders seems to be that the rank and file members of the union shall not be allowed to know about and participate in the delibera- tions of their own union. The vote on the motion which was put over right after the speech of Davis showed that the progressives polled over one third of delegates in spite of the well prepared trickery of the machine. The convention is still discussing the wage scale and the report of the committee on the officers report have not yet come before the convention. The question of organization have not yet been discussed but will no doubt come up within the next couple of days. Tighe in his report goes into the usual hysterics of thp labor fakers and recommends the expylsion of Com- munists from the Amalgamated and the committee on officers report is re- commending that oe be given the full power to cal out this policy. The progressives on this committee are in the minority But intend to fight against this atte to destroy the union by expellin; e best fighters who have been in the forefront.in the struggle against the bosses and also Freiheit Singing Society Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra Freiheit Children’s Chorus IN A NEW PROGRAM. recognizing. that this will only be a prelude to the next-step of expelling all the opposition forces to his rule or ruin policy. The Amalgamated Asso- ciation has within its ranks only a fraction of the great number of un- organized steel workers m this country. It does not exclude members of the political parties of the capitalist class, the K, K, K. and other political insti- tutions in this country and the Pro- gressive forces must fight against this attempt to expel members of a politi- cal party of the working class, The Amalgamated must becom: in- strument of the steel workers in their struggles against the steel trust, This can be accomplished by the progres: sive forces by the adoption of a real program of action which will finally overthrow the bankrupt leadership of Tighe and company place at the head of the union men will fight tor the interests of steel workers, RUTHENBERG ent Ceti Eat ct SE AE a AE a ie Rl $< PES tM ats ARS Ba Sa ce Rel Ed SA a EN it is the right of defendants in courts of law to have records of their cases the satrap judge declared: not a court of law; it is a court of martial law.” ed to protest, but to no avail, that there is no justice for strikers in these courts,” he cried at the end when Robert W. Dunn of the Amer- ican Civil Liberties Union was held under bonds of $10,000, Wolfe, a New York writer, ut $5,000, and Esther Lowell of the Federated Press at $1,500. An Army of Constructive Builders Is in the Field for the Daily Worker By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ““I-HE BIG PARADE” is a very successful moving picture of the world war. Throngs go to see it. Evidently they are thrilled by it. Breathlessly they watch the rapidly chang- ing panorama. Millions of soldiers marching. Ever forward! To the front! To death in the trenches. Destruction every- where! Great care has been taken to develop the mass character of the titanic struggle. The zero hour arrives. “The Ameri- cans” move against the Germans. They advance in open for- mation, over hills and across valleys, thru fields and streams, thru deserted villages and the barren countrysides. They advance, these soldiers, five feet apart,on a front miles wide, each one five feet behind another, and another and another coming out of the rear, in endless streams as if all male hu- mans in the world had been called to participate in the human slaughter. The enemy shells rain out of the sky. Machine guns rattle from hidden nests. Enemy sharpshooters, hid- den everywhere, are busy killing, killing, killing. Many of the advancing soldiers fall, dead, wounded, But the mass moves on. The order of the military clique, somewhere far in the rear, to “Advance!” must be obeyed. Blood! Agony! Shrieks of the dying! Death! Destruction. It is war! The war of the imperialist masters. All that happened on the fields of France nearly nine year ago. *. * *. * In this April, 1926, nine years after the United States entered the mass murder pens, another army has received its marching orders. It has gone over the top. It marches here at home, in America. It is the army of subscribers, readers, sympathizers, the builders of The DAILY WORKER. There are not yet enough of them to march five feet apart, from the Canadian border to the Mexican gulf, nor five feet from heel to toe, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. But still they are numerous, . * * They work in open formation. In the textile mills and the shoe factories of New England; in the coal fields and on the railroads that span the continent; in the metal mines and the steel mills; in the many industries that draw millions into great population centers; everywhere that labor toils they are active. In small numbers to be sure. But they are the advance guard regiments. | - * * e e The DAILY WORKER has been putting down a barrage against the enemy class for over two years. During that time millions of copies of “Our Daily!”"—the daily of militant labor—has searched out the weak spots in the employers’ strength. It has made openings, It has prepared the way~ for the present onslaught. Thousands of loyal workers have pushed forward, never halting, the vanguard of our army. They have rallied in sup- port of our DAILY WORKER agents in hundreds of cities. Hundreds of worker correspondents, sharpshooters in the class war, have brought The DAILY WORKER these past few months to the attention of new masses. Officials of the Workers (Communist) Party everywhere have helped build the combat machinery of the struggle. f All is ready for the grand offensive. The march begins for the winning of 10,000 new subscribers, perhaps even more thousands, for The DAILY WORKER. The advance of The DAILY WORKER army does not ‘see destruction and death attend its every forward step. In- stead of soldiers everywhere falling in agony and death, worker-soldiers of the class struggle join the ranks from every direction, new recruits from the mines, mills, factories and fields. Instead of depleted ranks—growing ranks. In- os Md destruction there is construction. Instead of death, ‘ Greek mythology tells of the hero, Theseus, who killed his dragon, extracted its teeth, planted them in the rich soil with the result that soldiers full armed sprang to life ready for battle against the enemies of Greece. Capitalism is the dragon against which labor makes war. Capitalism spreads its black pall of ignorance thru its press, pulpit and controlled education in the schools. These teeth can only be extracted and buried thru the building of a powerful revolutionary press, enlightening the mighty millions of the at masses of humanity ready for the new message that will not only teach them the why and wherefore of capitalism's iniquities, but point the way to their abolition. Thus the working class army of emancipa- tion grows, ° * * > Yesterday saw the beginning of this nation-wide offen- vd to develop The DAILY WORKER into a mass organ of labor. Today the march forward calls to American labor's mili- tant legions building the left wing of the organized trade union movement to mobilize for this effort. It calls to the vast numbers of yet ied in the great industries to estab- lish The DAILY WORKER as their fighting spokesman where they toil. The drive continues until July 4 That day should mark the consummation of a new triumph for the American work- ing class. The proportions of that triumph depend on the energy, the self-sacrifice, the devotion and loyalty manifested in the passing hours, every one of which is rn Pa with tre- mendous possibilities. % Forward for The DAILY WORKER. Ten thousand new readers by July 4! It means a mightier left wing of labor. . It means a more powerful Workers (Communist) Party. It brings us nearer the day of Proletarian Power. It hurri the victory of the American social revolution. , Picket Line Dispersed at White House (Continued from Page 1) Nimmo. “This is Hayes was indignant and endeavor- | ficer. unlawfully assembling one hour after the reading of the riot act by Sheriff He was arraigned without counsel being present, for Hayes, who had come to represent him was sent to another court room by a police of- His bail was fixed at this ex- orbitant figure after he had told his PRIESTS REFUSE TO OBEY SCHOOL LAWS OF MEXICO Conspire to Boycott the Public Schools (Special to The Dally Worker) MEXICO CITY, April 15.—The con- flict between the government and the catholic church is widening. The church has cast down the gage of bat- tle to the Calles administration thru the publication of a statement by a committee of principals of catholic schools refusing pointblank to permit government agents to inspect their schools, as required by law. The nuns and priests strenuously object to any supervision of their courses of study or inquiries into the sanitation and other health provisions in their insti- tutions. In addition to their objections, the principals ask that a part of the state school tax, equivalent to the portion received from catholic taxpayers, shall be turned over to them for the ex- penses of the parochial schools, This deflance of the government is certain to result in the closing of the schools of those signing the petition, amounting to approximately a hun- dred. The catholic hierarchy has openly conspired with the catholic population tq refuse to allow their children to attend the public schools, pledging the parents to boycott those institutions, The highest representative of the catholic'’church now in Mexico, Bishop George J. Caruana, pap 1 delegate to Mexico, has been summoned before the immigration authorities to explain how he got into the country. The reverend gentleman failed to appear. As a consequence the government is expected to order his arrest . There is no official record of hts admission into the country. There have been rumors ever since his com- ing that he entered illegally. His failure to explain the matter is taken as an admission of his guilt. When the investigation first began it was an- nounced that if Caruana was found to have entered illegally, he would be de- } ported just the same as anybody else, OES EE te ($$$ $e, “I will go back and tell the workers Robert L,|Teview of the case. ' Wolf was story of obeying the police officer who arrested him when ordered to move on, Altho the police officer who mis- directed Hayes admitted in court that he had done so, the judge refused a Brea Tank Farm Goes Up in Big Oil Fires LOS ANGHLBS, Calif., April 15.— The Brea tank farm of the Union Ot! company was apparently doomed for destruction early today, with three tanks on fire and the refinery de- stroyed. The fire in the refinery threatened twenty-five 65,000-barrel tanks near the third reservoir. Dyna- mite charges were planted to turn back the flames if the town of Fuller- ton and Brea, nearby, are menaced. The fire, like the one in San Luis Obispo, was caused by a bolt of light- ning. Damage was estimated by of- ficials here today at between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. | 4 eeu MAY DAY ISSUE. Bundles The May Day Special Issue ‘will be one of 12 pages— filled with news and stories and cartoons—features from the shops, factories and trade unions. The Special will be printed to enable every part of the country to receive it before May Day and in time for distribution and your May Day meeting. Get a bundle at the special price of 2 Cents a Copy . in Bivd. Chieage, Ul % Enclosed $....nuem for a bundle Of vcs COPIES Of the May Day Special. sesansnccssseneqecensoes (Name) seennneaneenneesemy saseennseensnanerannvocsaseoennesensassasseneestan, is) (ch