The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 22, 1926, Page 2

' Page Two THE DAILY rear ete ants aiiisaussciimulla tiie hse ue cce sllulsasalaitlch CONFLICT ARISES IN PEKING OVER CONTROL OF CITY Pro-Jap and Anglo-U te Factions Quarrel (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKING, April 20.— A conflict of authority has arisen between Tuan Chi Jul, the former acting president, who came out into the open on the withdrawal of the Kuominchun and resumed his position, and the commit- tee of public safety, composed of a number of former premiers and high officials who took over the city admin- istration on the retirement of the na- tionalists. Tuan represents the Japan- ese interests, while the committee is rather under the influence of Anglo- American groups. As a whole the situation is involved in obscurity and no one seems to know what is going to happen. se 8 Anti-Kuominchun Manifesto. TIENTSIN, April 19.—Despite the fact that Chang Tso Lin’s son entered Peking at the head of columns of Manchurian cavalry upon the evacua- tion by the Kuominchun, the allied generals here have issued a manifesto Stating that no troops will enter the capital. The statement calls upon Chang Tso Lin and Wu Pei Fu to form @ new central government. As these generals are in charge of the allied forces it is evident that the whole manifesto is a made-to-order affair. The document is itself a remarkable demonstration of the incapacity of the professional militarists to understand the basis of China’s unrest. Instead of seeking out the deep-rooted eco- nomic causes, it declares that the whole trouble is due to the unfair distribution of political offices. Fulminate Against Soviets. A large part of the declaration is devoted to the need of destroying the “red menace,” this portion reading like the anti-red fulminations of rabid open-shop business men of the United States. The manifesto admits that the Kuominchun armies are by no Means destroyed, but constitute a standing danger to the militarists from their possession of a base of operations in the Kalgan mountains, northwest of the capital. ..o 8 ee 8 hanghal Offer Unsatisfactory. AANGHAI, April 19—While a few Chinese firms indicate a willingness to accept the concessions offered by the voters of the international con- cession of three seats in the municipal council, as compared to the six held by the British, two by the Americans and one by the Japanese, most of the mative opinion is bitterly opposed on the ground that representation should be proportional... This would give the Chinese the overwhelming majority. Canton Exposes Lies of British Imperialism (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U.S. S. R. (By Mail.)— The reactionary British press at Hong-| | kong and in London have spread sen- sational stories of disruption within the nationalist government here in an effort to further their imperialist propaganda. ‘These reports have no real basis. They are nothing but provocative maneuvers of British imperialism. There has been no insurrection in Canton. The basis of the reports seems to be certain differences of opinion be- tween a general of the Canton army, Chang Kai Shi, and the Canton gov- ernment. These differences were not concerned with matters of principle “and had no connection with an armed struggle for power. The differences have since been abolished, and Can- ton remains the stronghold of the movement for the emancipation of the Chinese people. The attempt of British imperialism to utilize the unimportant differences in Canton in its own interests has ' failed, just a» all its previous attempts with other means to crush Canton have failed. The working class of “Canton rejected energetically all et- forts to alter its revolutionary policy, Reveals English Intrigues. The Moscow press regards this provocative maneuvers of the British Yeactionay press as an exposure of the real plans of British imperialism with regard to Canton. The Isvestia writes: “The wish was the father of the thought, and the British imperial- ists presented their real intentions as -@ fait accompli.” t SEND IN A SUB, I ) | Stories of Bumper Crops Are the Bunk, Worker Points Out BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, April 20 —a great deal of misleading propa- ganda is being put out concerning the strawberry crop in the Ozark plateau, of which Bentonville is the center. It is being claimed that the berry crop will be larger this year than ever be- fore, Three cents a quart is the pro- posed price to be paid for picking, and from one hundred to two hundred quarts is claimed to be an ordinary day’s work. Under these conditions the pickers could make from $3 to $6 a day. As a matter of fact, it is problem- atical whether there will be any crop, at all. That the crop will be of bumper proportions is impossible following the ve backward growing wéather pre- this spring. In exceptionally good berries, an expert can pick from sixty to eighty quarts a day. In the t favorable fields he may occasion- ally get as much as a hundred quartes, More than that is impossible at any time. Picking strawberries is awfully hard work that must be done while rawling along the ground on hand and knees, PULLMAN ‘PLAN’ FOR PORTERS IS COMPANY FRAUD “Grievances” Die of In- attention ST. PAUL, Minn., April 20—In spite of the official statements of the Pull- man Company that “all employes aré permitted to become members of any organization that they desire,” Frank Boyd, porter in good standing for 19 years, has been notified to stay off his run. On January 18 and 14 at meet ings of the newly organized Pullman Porters’ Union, he spoke in favor of the union, On the 15th he was noti- fied not to take his regular run. He has not been employed now for three months, altho technically he is still an employe of the Pullman Company. Discharge Trick. This is the method used by the Pullman Company to dischage union men. When Boyd attempted to bring his case before the grievance commit- tee as provided in the fake “Employes’ Representation Plan,” the company of- ficials refused to issue form No. 9,151 upon which grievances are made out to the zone committee. According to the agreement which went into effect February 15, 1926, every employe has the right of “fair and impartial hear- ing at the earliest possible date as ANOTHER STEP INTO LEAGUE CONSPIRACIES Kellogg States Position in N. Y. Speech (Continued from page 1) be excellent in theory but which fail to take account of existing world con- ditions, No Reduction in Land Force, Kellogg reiterated the administra- tion stand that the United States’ land force “voluntarily reduced to the minimum” could take no part with Eu- ropean nations in rejuction of armies, However, he benevolently promised that he would be glad to help other nations reduce their tand forces. “We would naturally welcome any steps which other nations might take to- ward limitation of land armament; we shall be glad if we can at any time exert a helpful influence in this di- rection.” At Geneva each militarist group will try to outmaneuver the other in order to gain advantages, with the two great competing imperialist pow- ers, Britain and the United States, trying to align as many as possible in their respective camps, preparatory to the next world slaughter that is be- ing hatched out of the antagonisms that are %o sharply drawn that to- day they can scarcely be concealed from any but the most blind paci- fists. New Jersey Police Take Their Orders from Mill Owners (Continued from Page 1) night sticks, and sheriff's deputies with their shot guns. Thomas talked of the birthday of Thomas Jefferson, who had fathered the free speech clauses of the consti- tution, but the police did not know what he was talking of. But when he mentioned Weisbord, strike leader, and characterized the $30,000 bail un- der which he was held as a “mockery of justice,” Under Sheriff Donaldson’s fat body jerked into life. His whistle tooted; Thomas was dragged from the tree and as the sheriff shouted “Clean ‘em up, Boys,” the gunmen and blue coats closed in. The crowd was brok- en up before Freda Kirchway, manag- ing editor of the Nation, who was to have been the next speaker, could take the stump. Fake Court Bars Reporters, “Seditious Utterance” was the charge first given by the police. But to the cause and justification of sus- pension or dismissal, provided hearing is requested.” Registered letters have been sent to Healey, the district superintendent, and to C. Ross, the chairman of the district porters’ rep- resentatives. Still no answer has been gotten from them. Provisions. A few provisions of the plan will serve to illustrate how impossible ft is for porters to get justice thru it. Rule 9, Section 3 provides: “Should an employe subject to this agreement believe he has been unjustly treated - he may appeal to his district of: ficial (Healy).” He may appeal. This appeal may or may not be recognized, as the superintendent pleases, In this case no notice has been taken of the appeal. Further: (d) “He may refer the matter to the local committee (C. Ross, chairman), such committee to grant a prompt hearing.” This was done. Again no provision for enforc- ing the appeal. Failing satisfactory adjustment, the claimant . . . may re- fer the matter to the zone central committee, and finally to the bureau of industrial realitons’—all of which has been done in the regular manner in the present case, “Conference must be granted with- in ten days.” Now Boyd has been thrown out of work for three months without explanation, waiting action on his case. This shows the bankruptcy of the plan as far as the porters are concerned. Bulgarian Fascisti Kidnap Agrarian Foes SOFIA, April 20.—Bulgarian fascists took M. Tomeff and several other agrarian deputies from the Sofia-Vidin train, bundled them into an auto truck and took them for a long joy ride, The fascists abandoned the depu- ties in the open country and they had to walk eight miles to get back to the station, Enraged over the trick played on them, Deputy Nicolas Borisoft inter- pellated the government on the inci- dent and the minister of the interior promised to make an investigation, BROOKLYN, N. _ Meat Market 4} 4301 sth Avenue Bana ruvse we wn geen CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER. Bakery deliveries made to your home. FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Inc, (Workers organized as consumers) Y., ATTENTION! Restaurant Brooklyn, N. Y. Thomas was later booked in Har- greaves office in Hackensack for “Un- lawful Assemblage, After the Reading of the Rigt Act.” It was a star cham- ber hearing without counsel, His at- torneys had been shunted off by the lie that Thomas would be taken to the Garfield police station. Reporters who went there were told to get out. Warner of the Nation was told to look elsewhere for the Constitution of New Jersey, when he asked for a copy of it, A New York Times man was bodily pitched out. Neen ene a SEE SEEEE jail as Thomas was being taken in tor remarking “They did not read the riot act.” He was discharged by the justice of the peace. Thomas spent a night in jail and was released next day on $10,000 bail, for the grand jury, Robert W. Dunn, was also bailed out on $10,000 put up by Oswald Garrison Villard of the Nation, and held for the grand jury. The strike is unbroken, [ie mcs] Mae Brooker, 19-year-old daughter of Comrade Harry Brooker, died Sun- day, April 18, at her home after a long lIness of cancer of the stomach. She was the only child of Comrade Brooker, and the parents are prostrat- ed. Many of their friends attended the funeral at the Waldheim cemetery. Bishops Oppose Treaty Proposed with Turkey NEW YORK, April 20—Bishop Wil- liam T. Manning of the New York diocese of the Methodist Episcopal Church has, on behalf of the 109 bishops of that church, reiterated his opposition to the pending treaty with Turkey. He states that what he terms “justice” to the Armenians requires its rejection, It is well-known that the Morgan interests have been financing much of the opposition to the treaty and it is believed that they are behind the bishop’s move. Senator Wants to Find If Mergers Violated Law (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C,, April 20 — Wholesale investigation by the federal trade commission of recent gigantic mergers to determine whether they jolate the anti-trust laws was request- din a resolution introduced by Sen, Walsh, (D), of Montana, . Rev. Charles Clarence Webber of the New Yor! Church of All Nations (Methodist was arrested outside the Hackensack ONLY 248 BEDS FOR NEGRO WORKERS IN BALTIMORE, Md., April 20 — In the 47 hospitals, dispensaries, and hospital stations in this city, of which 23 can be strictly called hosp!- _ tals, there only 248 beds for Negro patients, In all of these hos- pitals there are only 47 maternity beds for Negro mothers. Many of the hospitals in the city declare that they only accept Negro patients in cases of emergency. Others re- fuse to accept them under any cir- cumstances, The following hospitals have no beds for Negroesy Hebrew, Kelly, Howard, Balti- more, Ear, Eye, Nose and Throat, Homewood, Garret Robert Hospital for Children, Hospital for Women of Maryland, West End Maternity Hos- pital, Emergency Hospital, and Ben Secours, The Provident Hospital is the only hospital that is operated by and opens its doors to Negro physicians. This hospital hi qnly 35 beds. N. Y. Fur Strikers Thwart Maneuver of the Reactionaries — (Continued from Page 1) there have again appeared those per- sons who more than once made @ mean attempt to thwart our efforts, to interfere with our strike. Persons motivated by personal and political considerations have now come forward with a new scheme against our strike. Unfortunately those persons appear under the name of our own international. In the name ‘of the International they have sent out a declaration to all members. In the name of the International they call you today at 2 p. m. to a meeting in Carnegie Hall, They tell you that our strike committee has hitherto prevented the International from leading the strike, They declare that they can obtain a victorious settlement for our strike. They have sent out ballots to you and they ask you to authorize their going into conferences with the manufac- turers and the taking over of the en- tire leadership of the strike. We believe it is not necessary to tell you that we did not interfere with the International in leading the strike You all, Comrades,, Furriers, know very well that President Shachtman is one of the main..officers of our strike committee. He, could be. one of the main leaders ofthe strike. If he has withdrawn. this leader- ship, if he did not it to bear the burden of the strike atid If some vice- presidents have often’ sought every means of injuring the strike, it proves that they did only think of interfer- ing with the strike ahd not of help- ing to lead it. But this is not the main thing. The most important is the following: If the International officers, who re- moved themselves from strike activi- ties and strike leadership assert that they can obtain a favorable settlement for the fur workers, they must make clear to the strikers: the following salient questions, t First, who gave them the right to conduct negotiations and to speak in the name of the strikers? Why have hey not informed the strikers that hey are conducting secret negotia- ons with the manufacturers in the ame of the strikers? Second, why do the International ficers call a meeting at Carnegie Hall where there is room for only a couple of thousand furriers? Why do hey not call a meeting in a larger hall where all 12,000 strikers would be able to have their say? Why have they not come to the gen- eral strike committee and to the shop chairmen in order to lead this strike to a victory with united forces? Why is it just now, when it is possible to begin negotiations with the bosses for a favorable settlement that they have sent out letters with ballots, called a separate meeting and thereby made an open attempt to split the united and disciplined ranks of the strikers? The general strike committee has more than once declared and now de- clares once again that the strike is not being conducted for the question, who shall confer with the bosses for a settlement, but it is being conduct- ed for better conditfons for which the tur workers are struggling with might and main. It is no longer possible for anyone to force himself upon the strikers by sheer might or provocation as a leader. And fhobody will be al- towed to confer or to make a settle- ment without the cbnsent of the strik- ng furriers. The‘turrierg who bear the brunt of the struggle must and will be the persons who will decide as to their representatives as well as o the settlement to be accepted. Can we rely on the leaders of the international? This question will not be settled by any fake ballots which bear no signa- tures and which can be counted in any number desired, but by an honest vote of the membership. No earnest discussion as to the points of settle- ment can be conducted today at Car- negie Hall. This can be done only in a gathering at whe all strikers may participate. It is our daerh conviction that it none of the internal enemies who are closer now to the:manufacturers than to the workers,; would mix in our struggle the furriers would have long ago won their strih It seems, however, that the present Crew of Dirigible on Way BALTIMORE HOSPITALS | |! to North Pole Makes Some Discoveries at Leningrad By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. “1 AM a little dazed,” writes Scott Nearing, in the first issue of The New Masses, telling how, “After two months in Moscow, Kharkov, Rostov, Tiflis, Baku and other cities and villages of Soviet Russia, | have just plunged back into Boston, Providence, New York, New Haven, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago.” But Nearing is not alone. New York Times that, “The crew of the dirigible Norge of the Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Polar Expedition got an extraordinary cross section of the life of Soviet Russia in the first 48 hours of their stay.” For the moment Captain Roal Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, and Lincoln Ellsworth, the American millionaire financing the expedition, are lost sight of. What the crew of the dirigible sees in the first Workers’ Republic becomes of Duranty cabled to the Times: , “At the Trotsky aerodrome they (the crowd) told your correspondent that they had obtained an impression of a much higher efficiency than they had expected of the great number of troops, well clad and well interest. disciplined,” part of the Soviet Red Faded are the fairy tales in the yellow press about dis- content and open mutiny in the Red Army. The crew of the Norge drops out of the sky and finds the Red Army efficient It is like a warning to the cap- italist world out of which they have. come. and disciplined, on the job. And in Leningrad “iteett! the Norge’s crew found “the soldiers were few and far be- tween” and “the scanty, blue-coated policemen were amply sufficient to maintain order and direct traffic.” Thus in a few words the many myths of the Riga, Hel- singfors, Stockholm and Copenhagen liars are quickly dis- pelled. No marching unemployed, no rioting hungry, as the Chicago Tribune’s kept writers, for instance, have so often claimed to the great delight of their paymasters. Just “order” everywhere, and the members of the crew “slept late in the magnificient rooms in the Imperial Palace on gilt beds, authentic Louis XVI and Louis XV, and later they spent an evening at the Hotel Europe which, as Duranty points out, “compares favorably with any hotel on this side of the Atlantic.” e e Delegations of workers from a dozen European coun- tries, some of them, like the British delegation, constituted of the highest officials, have visited the Soviet Union during Walter Duranty cables to the Army. Bolshevik Leningrad! Here the past year. The press of capitalism has been carefully silent about the findings of these delegations, invariably favorable to the workers’ republic. Where mention has been made, it has been in the form of hysterical attacks. Even the socialists and their press have joined in the frantic on- slaught. The barrier of ignorance and deception must be maintained. The truth must not be allowed to leak out to the work®rs in the capitalist nations. But it was impossible to ignore the passing of the diri- gible Norge even over that part of the world that is under workers’ rule. And something like the truth had to be told. The Norge at the Trotsky aerodrome near Leningrad means the eyes of the reading world focused for a few days on the metropolis of the Soviet Union. It is said that some trouble is being encountered in erecting the mooring mast at Spitz- bergen within the arctic circle. Thus the Norge is delayed on Soviet ‘soil. It might not be out of place to wish that the delay continues yet a while. That would enable the Norge’s crew to bring back to capitalist lands, after their trip over the North Pole, something more than additional discoveries in geography. They could tell more ‘of the new social order that is blazing its way over the earth. They might even join with Scott Nearing in declaring: “While gold streams in and out of Wall Street. there comes from beyond the cordon sanitaire, beyond the borders of “civilization” the hiss of the sickle and the clang of the hammer as the peasants and workers of the Soviet Union build the structure of the saner world.” maneuver is of the same character as he maneuvers hitherto undertaken by che same persons. If this be the cas: we must tell them with all the em phasis possible: Hands off our strike! Free us from your participation! We have carried on the struggle on our own backs and we will lead it to a victorious end. é This must be our stand at today’s meeting in Carnegie Hall. These slo- gans must be made heard as loudly and as mightily as it is in our power. Let everyone come to Carnegie Hail, Come( on time. Come fur workers and say your words. Come and let us further conduct our fight for better living conditions. Let’s conduct it with united forces and with a spirit of sacrifice that has hitherto marked our strike, We must demonstrate at Carnegie Hall our determination to fight against. internal and external enemies. Let the employers know that no maneu- vers and no tricks in whatever form can injure our brave fight. The Car- negie Hall scheme to thwart our strike must blow up as have blown up all the other conspiracies against us. At Carnegie Hall the fur workers will say the fitting word at the fitting time to the false messiahs and make an end to machinations, intrigues and provocations, Fur strikers, the general strike com. mittee calls you today to come in masses to Carnegie Hall, The general strike committee will be there on the spot. Furriers’ General Strike Committee, B. Gold, Chairman, J, Skolnik, Secretary. Will Klan Bomb This Church? The Armour Avenue Christian Church has purchased the Memorial Church of Christ, This church is located in a totally white district. The group buying the church is Negro. it is expected that attempts will be made by the klan to wee chureh, Pick Jury in New Detroit Sweet Trial (Continued from Page 1) 200dlum who was in a mob that stoned and fired on the Sweet resi- -ence, to face trial. The mob of which sreiner was the leader was bent on breaking into the Sweet home and aynehing the Negro doctor, his family and friends for their refusal to leave che “pure white” Wistrict and return to the “black belt.” Klan Seeks to Get on Jury, Up to late yesterday afternoon but six members of the jury were ex- amined.. The ku klux klan is making the most desperate efforts to get onto the jury and return a verdict of guilty against Henry Sweet. The case of Henry Sweet is considered the most important. The fate of Henry Sweet ula] will determine the outcome of the trials of the other 10, Question Jurors on Race Prejudices Every prospective juror is closely questioned on his racial prejudices by the two lawyers for the defense, Ciar ence Darrow and Tom Chawke. It is expected that the jury may be com pleted late this: afternoon or early to- morrow, * If the trial of Henry Sweet results in a jury disagreement{ or an acquit: tal it is declared that the case of the other ten will be nolle prossed. Due ,o this fact every effort of the ku klux ‘an is being made to convict Henry Sweet and either send him to the gallows or to a life sentence in prison. ‘The kian forces are determined to win this case, The first trial of the eleven Negroes ended in a jury disagreement after the jury had deliberated over 46 hours. The trial itself lasted over four weeks, The trial was a bitterly fought battle. ‘This trial is expected to be much more severe. This trial will determine whether the Negro has tho time-honored righi to defend himself against an assault by @ mob bent on lynching him, Liberties Union, thru Forrest Sf] |Crew of Dirieible on Way |LLD.DRNE ON POLICE TERROR GAINS IMPETUS Labor Rallies to Fight Passaic Textile Barons “Heartily endorse your move for a campaign of protest and publicity on unlawful Garfield arrests. While Sheriff, police ang petty magistrates continue to suspend constitutional Guarantees of free speech and free assembly by arbitrary acts affected area remains outside United States. We are fighting with every lawful means to correct these outrageous con- ditions.” Civil Liberties Union. , With these words the American Bailey, today wired its endorsement of the campaign initiated by the In- ternational Labor Defense for a na- tional, united campaign of protest and agitation against the arrests of Al- bert Weisbord, Passaic textile strike leader, Norman Thomas of the social- ist party, Robert Dunn of the Ameri- can Civil Liberties Union, Esther Lowell of the Federated Press and others. Signs of the unanimity which has greeted the announcement of the drive of the International Labor Defense continue to pour into the national of- fice in the form of telegrams of sol- idarity and protest from liberal and labor leaders from all sections of the country. Mussolinizing America. “The Passaic strike is only one of the many systems of the Mussolinizing of America,” socialist Congressman Victor L. Berger (Wisconsin) wired to James P. Cannon, secretary of the In- ternational Labor Defense. “If Thomas Jefferson would rise from his grave today he would be locked up as a dangerous radical who preaches revo- lution or be mobbed by some one hun- be per cent-American of the ku klux may be likened to the oppression of Russian autocraté and their cossacks before the revolution,” telegraphs Max S. Hayes, editor of the Cleveland Citizen, official organ of the Cleveland ‘|Federation of Labor. “Passaic. situa- tion ought to be condemned by “all fair-minded citizens and pressure should be brought to bear upon the textile barons to force the settlement.” Charlotte Anita Whitney, herself recently released from a criminal syn- dicalism case in California, wires the International Labor Defense: “Now perhaps the decent citizenry of the country will arouse themselves to make an end of brutalities of police and administrative authorities and that the workers will see that their only safeguard is in organization and a united front against capitalist greed. J am back of the Passaic strikers with all my might.” Support Strike. The national chairman of the Inter- national Labor Defense, Andrew T. MacNamara, former business agent of the Pittsburgh district council of the International Association of Machin-. ists, wired to Secretary Cannon: “Is- sue statements giving hearty support of strike and severely condemning authorities for arbitrary setting aside of civil rights.” The development of the movement initiated by the International Labor Defense is proceeding rapidly and it is expected that scores of liberal and labor organizations wilf shortly an- nounce their co-operation in the cam paign in cities thruout the country. Loss of “Good Will” . from Prohibition Plea Overruled by Tax Board (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20 — Loss of good will as a result of proht- bition Is no claim for tax exemption, the board of tax appeals held today in the case of Robert Thal & Co, of St. Louis. The firm was ordered to pay $72,372 additional taxes, Up to July, 1919, this company did a heavy business in “fortified cider,” containing approximately 10 per cent of alcohol. In November of that year, the treasury issued an order prohibit- ie ‘consider the Passaic, N. J., strike brutalities shameful abuse of power on the part of textile profiteers, which ing the sale of cider containing more. than one-half of 1 per cent, Retail Food Prices © 65 Pct. Over 1913 (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20 — While retail food costs dropped 1 per cent in March from February prices, there was an tuersaba connie eae cent since March 16, 1925, and an in- crease of about 65 per cent since March, 1918, the department of labor announced today. » The largest price decline was ‘or eggs, which dropped 12 per cent, Ten food articles increased in price luring March, cabbage topping the list at 18 per cent, |