The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 22, 1926, Page 3

/ ‘ THE DAILY WORKER SOVIET UNICNS ANSWER CHINESE APPEAL FOR AI Hongkong Strikers Ap- peal for Support (Spectal to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S, 8. R.—(By Mail)— The strike committee of Hong-Kong and Canton directed the following ap- peal to the Red International of Labor Unions and to the workers of all countries: “For eight months 150,000 workers of Canton and Hong-Kong have been on strike as a protest against the shooting down of Chinese by the bloody servants of foreign imperial- ism:* Thé British colonial government of Hong-Kong is using all means to erush the strike. With the assis- tance of hired assassins it has mur- dered our leaders, it has attempted to send troops against us in order to crush us thru) Chinese military ban- dits and finally it closed our customs office in order to carry out a blockade against us. Despite all difficulties we have warded off all the ; tacks and ‘wo are convinced of oun, «al victory. Our strike is an attack against world imperialism and for this reason we request your support both morally end materially in our struggle.” Losovsky, secretary of the R. I. L. U., sent this appeal on to the cen- tral council of the trade unions of the Soviet Union, to the Moscow committee of the trade unions and to the central committees of all the Rus- sian trade unions with the request to contribute as much as is possible for the assistance of the strikers, The R. 1. L, U. and the central council of the Union of the Soviet Republic each gave 10,000 roubles, the Moscow trade union council, 5,000 roubles and the central committees of 16 trade unions together 32,750 roubles. Anti-Union Shipping Corporation Receives Monopoly on Pacific (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 20—Claiming ‘that the sale of the United States shipping board vessels hitherto oper- ted by the Admiral-Oriental line of Seattle to the Dollar Steamship com- ‘pany of San Francisco gives a mono- poly of Pacific shipping by American ‘vessels to that corporation, represen- tative Will R. Wood of Indiana, chair- ‘man of the sub-committee in charge of the Dill, virulently criticized the terms under which thé ships are to the taken over. He declared that the Dollar ine was “one of the biggest shipping lines in the world and one ol the most selfish.” As proof of its self- fshness he cited the fact that the line before the world war sailed its ships ander the British flag because of ancial savings. Pee castigated Commissioner Hill of the shipping board as the “president of a bankrupt bank who wouldn’t know a schooner from a battleship.” Hill is from North Dakota. Notorious Labor Foe. Wood never said a word about the fact that the Dollar company is one of the most notorious anti«nion con- cerns in the whole country. Robert Dollar, its president, is a king pin in the San Francisco chamber of com- merce. He is recognized as a bitter foe to organized labor, Hold Evangelist on MURDERERS OF SOVIET OFFICIALS GET DEATH SENTENCES FOR ACTS VILNA, U. S. S. R., April 20— Dispatches from Mohilev report that forty-six counter revolutionaries were sentenced to death there on charges of murdering forty Soviet commissioners. Some of the mur- ders were committed as far back as 1921. Renew Franco-German Potash ° Contract. PARIS, April 20 — The Franco-Ger- man potash agreement has been re- newed for seven years. The old ba- sis of allotting 30 per cent to France and 70 per cent to Germany, with pro- vision for gradual increase in the French share’ until it reaches 50 per cent, is followed in the renewal agree- ment. BALDWIN FORCES UNEMLOYED TO BEG ON STREETS Many Jobless Workers Lose State Relief By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press. Preservation of pauperism as an es- sential feature of capitalist society ap- pears as the British conservative gov- ernment’s motive in handling the un- employment problem. Prime minister Baldwin has adopted the simple de- vice of arbitrarily cutting tens of thousands of unemployed off the num- ber officially entitled to unemploy- ment insurance, forcing them into the class dependent on poor relief, a form of ‘municipal charity. Official figures tell the story which makes Baldwin’s boast that he has cut down unemployment sound rather hollow. They show that in the first full year since conservatives took over the government from labor 128,518 workers were squeezed off the unem- Dloyed registers and in the same pe- riod 252,100 were added to the number of persons in receipt of poor relief. That women and children figure in the pauper roster probably accounts for the fact that the increase in this group is nearly double the reduction in the number officially out of work. The latest government figures show 1,107,110 persons unemployed and 1,324,000 in receipt or poor relief. The Daily Herald shows week by week for the last quarter of 1925 how the de- cline in the number of unemployed was paralleled by a rise in the num- ber on poor relief. The average number on poor relief at the end of December for the 4 years preceding the war was 692,370. Pauperism has nearly doubled since 1914. The figures show nearly all this increase in the populous indus- trial centers, In London the number in receipt of poor relief has increased from 102,000 in December 1913 to 226,000 in December 1925. Four Rail Unions Are Out for Wage Boosts ‘The Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers and the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Firemen are making prepara- tions to follow up the wage demands being presented by the trainmen and conductors with demands for in- creases, The firemen have voted by an overwhelming majority to stand out for a wage boost and have ap- pointed a committee to meet with the engineers to arrange for a joint move- ment. It is estimated that the demands of Check Passing Charge the four brotherhoods will result in an DANVILLE, Va., April 20—The Rev. Earl B. Moll, last year an evangelist in the, Mississippi Methodist confer- ence, was arrested here today on the charge of cashing two worthless checks: in. local stores. Bankers chereed that he is wanted in several states, |The Daily Worker “Sub Dria 4 Now the Most Important Activit ( of the Workers (Communist) Party . By JOHN J, BALLAM, 3 Member, Central Executive Committee, Workers (Communist) Party. 'HE DAILY WORKER drive for 10,000 new subscribers from now until July 4 Is the most, important party activity, Aside from the trips to Moscow with all expenses paid and the privilege of attending the Sixth Congress of the Communist International; the silk banners to be presented by the Communist parties of Berlin and Moscow; the indi- vidual prizes of a book of cartoons and the bust of Lenin, the third an- nual subscription drive of The DAILY WORKER should fire the imagina- tion and enlist the enthusiastic support of every class conscious and revolutionary worker. The anthracite strike of 158,000 coal miners, the Furriers’ strike, the threatening strike of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the demands of the railroad workers for Increased wages, the terrific struggle of the heroic Passalc textile workers, all these, and more, point to renewed struggle and the determination,of the most exploited workers to resist the capitagiet class. In these struggles The DAILY WORKER ‘ig the consistent spokesman and organizer of the workers, defending their interests and mobilizing ever larger masses to the cause of labor, _ No greater achievement for our party and the labor movement gen- ‘ erally can be attained than the successful outcome of the drive for 10,000 _) new readers for The DAILY WORKER by July 4. All members should throw themselves into this work with a will, Make this drive memorable * im the annals of the workers’ progress. Remember a little accomplished - by each makes for great results. Let the slogan of every party unit be: _ “THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE YEARLY SUB FROM EACH MEMBER BY JULY 4,” This would put the drive over the top. annual wage increase of $150,000,000. They say that the unprecedented pros- perity of the roads justifies this, The rail executives ate as usual putting up @ poor mouth story. The best way to support the DAILY WORKER is to subscribe —and get others to subscribe. e” Is MOSCOW SHOPS INCREASE. THEIR TOTAL OUTPUT Production Is Raised in Many Industries (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R. (Tass.), April 20—The industrial enterprises of the Moscow Soviet, which are managed by the Moscow Economic Council, show steady progress, according to the quar- terly report of the Moscow Economic Council, just issued. The total out- put of the enterprises during the first quarter of the present fiscal year is stated in the report to be 90,000,000 rubles, showing an increase of 15.8 per cent as compared with the last quarter of the preceding year, The increase of output in certain of the important branches of industry was considerably higher. For exam- ple, in the textile industry the increase wag 35.5 per cent, in the metal indus- try 21.9 per cent, in the leather in- dustry 20.1 per cent and in the cloth- ing industry 84.4 per cent. Important Industries, The enterprises managed by the Moscow Economic Council are those enterprises in the province of Moscow regarded as being second in impor- tance to the enterprises regarded as of national importance. In the same way the enterprises of the same cat- egory in other provinces are managed by the respective provincial economic councils. All the provincial and local economic councils work under the gen- eral direction and within the economic plan of the Supreme ,Hconomic Coun- cil. Increase in Productivity of Labor. The number of workers employed in the enterprises managed by the Mos- cow Economic Council, states the re- port, is 105,000, In some of the en- terprises, the report observes, there has been an increase in the produc- tivity of labor. The report also records an increase in the turnover of the trading enter- prises of the Moscow Economic Coun- cil of 16.5 per cent as compared with the previous year, principally in tex- tiles, food products, leather goods and clothing. High British Official in India Admits that Prison Heads Falsified CALCUTTA, April 20—Accusations that the British government has de- liberately lied about the conditions in the prisons of India were made by Mr. Goswami, a member of the Indian legislative dssembly, and admitted to be true by Sir Alexander Muddiman, The debate took place over reports about the political prisoners and the cruelties and indignities to which they have been subjected. The evidence of these conditions, it developed, has been suppressed for 11 years, the investigation having taken place in 1915. At that time Lieutenant General Mulvaney of the British army testified under oath that the treatment of state prisoners was “positively inhuman” but that the prison authorities made out “mislead- ing reports” which were “deliberately submitted to the government.” He had submitted a report to the inspec- tor general of prisons expressing his disapproval of solitary confinement. It was returned to him with the in- structions that he should “report that the prisoners were in solitary confine- ment and were permitted daily exer- cises, that they were cheerful, and that their health had not suffered.” Prisons As Bad Now. The point of the matter is that there has been nothing to indicate the slightest improvement in prison ad- ministration in the intervening 11 years to the present time. It is cur- rently believed that the same sort of misrepresentation is still going on by the officials. These revelations have strengthened the demand for a thoro ‘evestigation into all phases of the prison system of India under British administration, Ilinois Farmers and Radio. WASHINGTON, ‘April 20 — Ilinois led the United States in the number of radio sets on farms January 1, 1925, the department of commerce an- nounced, in its first radio census of rural districts. On 225,601 farms of that state there were 27,434 radio sets, Other leading radio farm states were: New York, 24,620; Iowa, 23,645; Mis sourt, 17,692; Ohio, 15,917; Pennsyl- vania, 14,938; California, 13,264; Kan- sas, 13,189; Nebraska, 12,740. New Mexico tailed the list with 286 radios on farms, A bust of Lenin with each five hundred points. Get the point! HONOR ROLL OF WORKERS AIDING PRESS Eastern Section of W, Py... 8.60 reet Nucleus No. 2, Minne- - apolia, Minn. ... bees |: GO. jucleug No. 44, Cleveland, 0, 4,00 Finnish Workers’ Club, Berke- ley, Callf. vee 6,60 Finnish Workers’ Club, Milford, N, H. Te ae 6.00 1 ' Dawes’ Plan Pinon : Shows -$22,007,000 Three Months’ Income (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, April 20 — The report of Seymour Parker Gilbert, agent gen eral of reparations, on the operation of the Dawes plan of reparations set- tlement since January 1 to the end ot March, as published here, shows a slight increase of expenditures over receipts during that period, Receipts amounted to $21,615,000 and payments were $22,007,000. This sum principally was divided among four receivers, as follows: France, $11,878,000; British Empire, $4,393,000; Belgium, $2,544,000; Italy, $2,024,000. Since the Dawes plan became opera- tive France has received $178,366,000 and the British'Empire $78,501,000, ac- cording to the report. The report retords deliveries in kind, coal, chemical fertilizers, nitrogenuous products, dyestuffs and sugar amount- ing to $250,000, Kighty per cent of the fertilizers And all of the sugar were delivered'to France. McKINLEY MAKES POOR ALLY FOR GOV. LEN SMALL Alliance Defeated in Il. Primaries SPRINGFIELD, Il, April 20. — United States Senator William B. Me- Kinley proved to be a poor ally for Len Small, governor of Illinois. The Small slate in the republican pri maries was overwhelmingly defeated. Out of the many candidates put up by the Small-Deneen-Lundin alliance only six were able to squirm thru. Five of these are in office at present. Small Slate Smashed. One of the most outstanding defeats for the Small slate was the over- whelming defeat of William J. Strat- ton, the govertior’s candidate for state treasurer. Every resource at the com- mand of the governor was used to put Stratton over.’ All of the state em- ployes were e@illed on to “contribute” to the Small’ campaign fund. Those that refused to contribute lost their jobs. Suppofters of Garrett De For- est Kinney, Peoria banker and former chairman of the republican state com- mittee, who defeated Stratton, point out that Smiall supporters “sand- bagged” dowhstate banks in an effort to raise campaign funds for Stratton. The Stratton’race was also considered to be a test of the gubernatorial elec- tions of 1928! Stratton is a Lundin wi gounty-and did ‘valued service” to Len Small preceding his trial at Waukegan four years ago, The plainest blow at McKinley was offered at Bloomington, where Con- gressman Frank H. Funk was de- feated for renomination by Homer W. Hall ‘becauseof his support of the McKinley stand on the world court. The retirement of Funk was one of the biggest blows to the Small fac- tion. Fear Loss of Legislative Control. One of the most ardent supporters of the Small machine in the Kankakee district, which is Small’s home dis- trict, was badly defeated by an anti- Small candidate. Whether Small will control the next legislature depends mainly on the course of events and ‘the intrigues that will take place between now and January. Fire Fighters Assn. Reports Recent Gains 4: WASHINGTON, April 20 —(FP)-- Recent gains reported by the Interna- tional Association of Fire Fighters, at Washington headquarters, include wage increases in Des Moines and Tacoma, application for a charter from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a decision by the California supreme court up- holding @ damage award to an Oak- land fireman injured when off duty. The Oakland fire fighters are on a two-shift system, and the court held that since they are subject to sum- mons when off duty they are entitled to accident compensation at all hours. Referendum eléction in Des Moinet and Tacoma raii the wages to $175 and $170 a moth, respectively. In Halifax, the city fire board sought to wrevent the formation of a unton, but the city council refused to interfere when 95 percent of the men applied for a charter, Plan Four-Year Road Tye . Building in Saghalin MOSCOW, U. 8. 8. R., (Tass) April 20—-It is reported from Vladivostok that the Saghalin revolutionary com: mittee, the Soviet administrative body, has given its endorsement to a 4-year plan of road building in Saghalin for the purpose of facilitating the eco nomic development of the territory. In the first year, the work will be devoted to the development of main roads afd then will follow the laying down of roads connecting up the oil centers and local roads. It is propos- ed also to lay down an entirely new road about 54 kilometers long, be- tween Onor and Pilevo, linking up the populated points near the Japan- ese frontier, uy Make your ‘A aub peek. This is a good issue to give to your fellow worker, . wre DENIED FARMERS, | | | Interest Cut (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, April 20 — Altho the government professes its inability to relieve the suffering among por- tions of the farming population during ers are ready to rush thru congress a bill to relieve the railroads of interest payments due on their debts to the treasury by reducing the 6 per cent interest rate on wartime loans made them to 4% per cent. The loss of revenue will be approximately $6,000,- 000 a year, according to Senator Smith of South Carolina, Incidentally the bill brings out the IS GIVEN ROADS, Rail Companies Handed || periods of crisis, administration lead- } | fact that the proper way for corpora- tions owing large amounts to the gov- || ernment to repay such indebtedness is to have it extended at a lower rate of interest. Small taxpayers, either farm- ars or wage earners, do not receive such consideration, Their little pro- perties are seized for taxes and sold if they do not pay promptly. If the}| government followed a similar pro- cedure with the railroads, tems, in the country, such as the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. Large Sums Owed. Senator Gooding, who introduced the bill and who has had it favorably reported from the interstate com- merce committee, submitted a supple- mentary report showing that on Feb. 28, 1926, there were 51 railroads owing the government a total of $301,155,592. The largest debtors were: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, $35,000,000; New York, New Haven & Hartford, $27,130,000; Boston & Maine, $21,705,- 479; Seaboard Air Line $14,453,900; Erie, $11,574,450; Chesapeake & Ohio, $8,073,028; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, $7,862,000; Chicago & Western Indiana, $7,616,000, Farmers Versus Railroads. Senator Smith, (D) of South Caro- lina, declared that the railroads would not get a cent in the way of interest concessions until the farmers of the southeast who lost their entire crop last year from the drouth were given relief. At that time government offi- clals declared the government was financially unable, to extend such relief, just as it is now telling the corn farmers that no financial aid can be granted them except in an indirect manner thru land bank loans. The Government’s Function In support of quick action on his bill, Senator Gooding recalled the as- surance given the railroads when their properties were taken over by former President Woodrow Wilson. “Invest- ors in railway securities,” Wilson promised, “can rest assured that their rights will be as scrupulously looked after by the government as they could be by the directors of the several rail- way companies.” Volcano in Hawaiian Islands Erupts Red-Ho' Flow of Blazing Lava HONOLULU, April 20. — Mauna Loa’s fiery lava rampage continued un- abted today. The surging flows of molten rock have already taken con- siderable property toll as the result of their devastating advance. No loss vf life, however, has as yet been re- ported. The small village of Hoopuloa, in pe South Kona district, on the west- tn shore of Hawaii Island, has been wiped out by a great stream of flam- ing lava one thousand feet wide and twenty feet deep at the crest. All residents escaped. About 125 native fisherman lived in Hoopuloat After passing thru the village, the eigantic lava flow struck the sea at 6:21 Sunday morning. An awe-inspir- ing spectacle resulted. Gigantic steam clouds, visible for miles arvuuu, wu formed when the red-hot rock flow mingled with the ocean, A succession of roaring explosions, plainly heard twenty miles away, added to the savage grandeur of the battle between the fire of the lava and the water of the sea, Jury Unable to Agree If “Desire’”’ Is Immoral (Special to The Dally Worker) LOS ANGBLES, Calif., April 20. — After having witnessed Hugene O’Neill’s play, “Desire Under the Elms,” in a reproduction at the Orange Grove Theater, precisely as it was rendered on the night the sev enteen members of the cast were am rested, the jury of nine women and | three men were unable to agree on a verdict. The vote stood eight for conviction to four for acquittal, The charge was the presentation of a “lewd, indecent’ and obscene” play. Brazil Coffee Trust Fears Price Collapse) RIO DE JANEIRO, April 20—The |, Sao Paulo coffee defense institute is buying heavily in the Santos market in an effort to check the tumbling cof tee prices. Trading in coffee in many of the principal ports of Brazil |» slumping badly. The coffee trust is buving up the coffee in an attempt to prevent a price collapse, it would |) foreclose on some of the largest sys- |) GOVERNMENT AID |F> ip Another Prize In the Third Annual National Builders Campaign of THE DAILY WORKER A Bust of LENI BY G. PICCOLI A Prize for Each 500 Points. fee premiums offered in this campaign for The DAILY WORKER are the gifts of prole- tarian art. This bust of our great leader is the work of a gifted young proletarian sculptor. The original from which the premiums will be cast in attractive finish is offered by The DAILY WORKER and the sculptor to the Art Museum + of Moscow. The bust—9 inches high, a beauti- ful prize for the workers’ home, club rooms and halls—will not be sold and can be had only as a premium to point to accomplishment for the revolutionary labor movement. This agree- ment, reached by the management and the sculptor, himself a worker in the ranks of the movement, make the prize noteworthy recog- nition of effort for the working class. Prize Winning Points Are Also Entitled to Votes for the TRIP TO MOSCOW With Every 100 Points (also counted as votes) You Can Receive a Premium of the Book of RED CanTOONE E GET THE POINT! Subscription Rates: in Chicago Elsewhere $8.00 4.50 2.50 1,00 Subscriptions: The Daily Worker 1 year—100 points Yo year— 45 points 3 mos.— 20 points 2 mos.— 10 points The Workers Monthly 1 year—30 points Vo year—10 points The Young Worker 1 year—30 points Ye year—10 points The Young Comrade 1 year—10 points Here’s the Address and the Brick! THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd. yoar F. ti tert Sco 9 montis s. 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