The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 24, 1926, Page 3

DENOUNCES THE PASSAIC TERROR Sinclair, LW. W. and Others Join Protest Following closely upon the heels of the endorsement given by the Amerl- can Civil Liberties Union to the Pas salc Defense United Front campaign of the International Labor Defense comes a telegram of solidarity from Daniel Ws Hoan, socialist mayor of the city of Milwaukee, the second tele- gram from a prominent socialist party leader In a couple of days, the first having been Congreseman Victor L. Berger, Hoan’s’ Message. “The high-handed methods of the executive and judicial officials who are dealing with ‘the Passaic strike, its leaders and speakers,” wires Hoan, “isan outrage upon decency. Nothing ‘but a slavish swbserviency to vested interests couldinduce such brutal con- duct. This is in sharp contrast to the peaceful conditions existing in Mil- waukee. The bill of rights means nothing in the Passaic strike district. This condition , will continue so long ‘as the workers fail to organize a polit- ical party for the purpose of having some voice in governmental affairs.” Sinclair Wires, Upton Sinclair, the itnernationally famous novelist, and Kate Crane Gartz of Californfa send a message: “‘Some- body ought to point out to our indus- trial masters what a very serious thing it is to let the workers under Stand that they intend to use poison gas bombs against women and chil- ren demanding a living wage. This is the message now going out from Passaic to all America.” Austin Lewis. ‘The famous western labor lawyer and writer, Austin Lewis, who worked in the cases of Ford and Suhr, tele- graphs: “arrest of leaders in the Passaic strike is proof of the control of author- ity by the factory owners and their determination to crush freedom of ex- pression and the right to strike. All labor and liberal organizations thru- out the country should combine in an effort to defeat this latest manifesta- tion of American fascismo. Freedom to strike is as essential as freedom of speech or of the press. Passaic is now the pivotal point of progress in the United States.” David Rhys Williams ~The Reverend David Rhys Williams of Chicago sends a message of greet- ‘ing in reply to the statement of the International Labor Defense: “The Mussolini tactics of big business and lawless officials has got to be stopped. The cowardly un-American arrests of the Passaic strike sympathizers is a challenge to all liberty-loving Ameri- cans, regardless df political faith.” Wobblies Join. The Industrial Workers of the World, thru their general secretary, John Turner, and their general de- fense committee thru its secretary, Edward W. Antlersen, sent a joint message: “The arrests and brutal beating of pickets and strikers, and the jailing of strike leaders, including Albert Weisbord, Norman Thomas, Robert Dunn and Esther Lowell, abrogate every principle of civil liberty and set up im a supposedly civilized state a reign of police and judicial terror- ism more barbarous than that which made the old tsarist okhrana a stench in the nostrils of decent human be- ings. The free speech struggle in Passaic must be fought to a finish and ‘won as an imperative tactic of indus- trial welfare.” Unity Campaign, Reports from New York indicate that the campaign for united action initiated by the International Labor Defense is gaining an enthusiastic re- sponse for the purpose of uniting all forces acting in the interests of the 5 ie of those arrested. Siena. Millions on Dry Act Enforcement, Not a Cent for Fi Free Speech WASHINGTON, Ap April 22 —(FP)— Putting teeth into the first amend- ment, which" garantees the right of citizens to enioyment of freedom of speech, press and assemblage, is pro- posed by Congressmen Victor L. Ber- ger, in a bill pffered in the house. Berger says that if millions can be spent in enforcement of the 18th amendment, which relates to drinks, some few dollars should be spared to enforce civil liberties that are violated whenever workers, as in Passaic, have any views to express, Farmers Demand Len Small Call Special Legislative Session Senator Lowell Mason will go to Springfield with a petition asking Gov, Len Small to call a special session of the legislature immediately to appro- priate $1,500,000 to indemnity dairy farmers Yosses thru condemnation of cattle, it,was. announced, ann ‘The petition declares that bank- ruptcy is imminent for many farmers it they are not indemnified for cattle pondemned during the statewide fight NEGRO DELEGATE RAPS CENTRAL LABOR UNION HEAD FOR KLAN TACTICS BOSTON, April 22.—The action of John J. Kearney, president of the Boston Central Labor Union, in bar ring members of the American Ne- gro Labor Congress from participa- tion in the organization drive pa- rade of the Boston Central Labor Union, met with a strong protest from the Negro delegate to the Cen- tral Labor Union, The protest will be acted on at the next meeting as Kearney absent- “ed himself, fearing an attack on his kl&n tactles. WORKERS JAM HALL TO HEAR GITLOW SPEAK Philadelphia Breaks Ban on Meetings (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, April 22—In a successful free speech mass meeting, overflowing the Labor Institute Hall, Bighth and Locust streets, Philadel- phia workers were addressed by Ben- jamin Gitlow, J. O. Bentall and For- rest Bailey. It marked a definite vic- tory fought for many long weeks. The meeting was the culmination of a long chain of incidents. When the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was in convention in this city last fall, Benjamin Gitlow was requested to address the assem- bled delegates, immediately after his release from Sing-Sing on a pardon from Gov. Smith. A disturbance was caused in the convention hall by the press of the crowd wishing to gain admission to hear Gitlow speak. The next day the Philadelphia press sub- tly insinuated that Gitlow instigated a riot, and was directly responsible for the disturbance. On this pretext Gitlow was denied the right to speak at the Lenin Memorial meeting. Suppression of Free Speech. This state of affairs in Philadel- phia—the suppression of free speech, and the tactics of the police in ob- structing meetings—could not go with- out a protest. With the co-operation of the International Labor Defense and the American Civil Liberties Union, a free-speech meeting was ar- ranged. J. O. Bentall, of the International Labor Defense, was chairman of the meeting. He was also the first speker. The second speaker was Forrest Bailey of the American Civil Libert- ies Union, : Cheer Gitlow. ‘When the chairman introduced Ben- jamin Gitlow, the workers gave him a most enthusiastic ovation. The workers listened attentively to the in- cidents that led the police depart- ment to gag him, and not allow-him to appear in this city to address the workers. The main theme of his talk was the Passaic strike, J. O, Bentall, of the International Labor Defense made ah. appeal for support of the I. L. D. which is now defending over 200 prisoners of the class war in New Jersey. THE: DAILY WORKER | UNION MINERS ON TRIAL FOR INDIANA MARCH Defense Proves Alibis for Many (Special to The Daily Worker) BOONEVILLE, Ind. April 22.— Union miners, charged with “rioting,” began the second day of their trial. They were arrested on the occasion of the union miners’ march on scab Wat wick county collieries last February, when troops were brought to southern Indiana to help the open-shop coal op- erators, Arrests Right and Left, ‘The arrests that were made at the time, as usual under such circum: stances when workers are on the march against the open-shoppers, were made with a minimum of discrimina- tion. Much of the defense, therefore, in the early days of the trial is being taken up with proving alibis. Alibis. Jesse Davis, a defendant, testified he ‘was at work in a junk yard at the time of the march. Several witnesses testified in corroboration of the state- ment of Paul Brown that he was late in arriving at the mine that was the Object of the march and that when he saw a commotion he started back on @ car. Peaceful March. Alibi testimony had been previously presented for James D. Farmer, Ed. Thurber and Tod Miller, all union min- ers. It would appear that few, if any, of those arrested actually participated in the fray between scabs, and union men that resulted in the calling in of troops. The defense maintains that the march was a peaceful demonstra- tion of protest against open-shop mines in the Indiana fields. Counter-Revolutionist Seeks ‘“‘Cash” for His Anti-Soviet Propaganda Jacob Rubin, a former Milwaukee socialist and claiming to have been a “Soviet commissar of propaganda for the Ukraine” was one of the main speakers at a luncheon of the Military Intelligence Association in the hotel Sherman. Rubins declares that he was persecuted by the Soviet govern- ment because they “believed” him to be a spy. Rubin is now publishing a magazine and is seéking cash for his anti-Soviet propaganda. Rubin made “spectacular exposes” of the workings of the “red machin- ery.” Most of his exposes seemed to emanate from the same sources as the nightmares and delusions of one who imbibes too freely in the booze that is freely sold by Chicago boot- leggers as “pre-war.” He urged this hundred percenter outfit to make speeches at factory gates and to publish shop papers and literature to combat the activities of Communist shop nuclei, A huge May Day gathering is a blow at the company union. 22,440 CHINESE CHILDREN UNDER 12 TOIL IN SHANGHAI FACTORIES NEW YORK—(FP)—April 22.—Consideration of the official report that there are 22,440 Chinese children under 12 years old and 50.702 over 12 work- ing in Shanghai mills and facorties is ca from its members’ representatives sought by the China Society of Ameri- in China. The China society’s direct- ors are recommending that members cable their agents in Shanghai to attend the annual taxpayers’ meeting at which the Shanghai Municipal Council’s Commision on Child Labor report wil] 4#——_——_———————_________ come up for action. Six-Year Old Children at Work, Children of not more than six years were discovered at work by the com- mission, Hours of work are reported generally 12, with less than an hour off for a meal. Children frequently stand all the time they work and their shift may be a day or night one. Work is usually continuous, except for-some one-shift stops at week-ends and for Chin New Year holidays. The em- ployers are credited with urging their workers to take one day off additional every two weeks, but the low wages make it almost impossible to do this. Wages are paid only for working days and atmospheric conditions as well as dust accumulations interfere with con- tinuous operation. “Sanitary condi- tions leave very much to be desired” the commission reports. Wages ay- erage under 10 cents a day (American money). Contract System, ‘The curse of the contract system is common, A native contractor sup- plies labor and is paid on production, Young children are obtained in coun- try districts by the contractor, who pays $1 (U. 8. currency) per month to the parents, From the children’s work in the mills the contractor prof- its 100 per cent, making $2 on each child, The profits of the mills on cheap child labor are not given. “The children are miserably housed and fed,” says the report. “They receive no money and thelr conditions of lite are practically those of slavery.” There are 274 factories in the foreign settlement and native districts of, Chapei and Pootung. Various kinds “Foreigners” Plan “Reforms.” The Shanghai municipal council is composed of foreign property owners, altho the Chinese pay the bulk of the city’s taxes. A British lawyer headed the council’s investigating commis- sion. Other members represented manufacturers and the Chinese and foreign women of the joint committee of Women’s Clubs. Recomendations made are very mild: To prohibit em- ployment of children under 10, raising the minimum to 12 in four years; to prohibit employment of children under 14 for a period longer than 12 hours; 24 hours continuous rest in at least every 14 days for children under 14; to prohibit the employment of chil- dren under 14 in factories. where especially dangerous conditions exist, Big Business Society. The China Society of America is composed of business men and others who have been to China, are inter- ested in China and “in promoting good will” between China and America, ete, Some of its members have extensive collections of Chinese art. Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, president Radio Corporation of America, is president of the China Society and W. Cameron Forbes, former governor general of the Philippine Islands is honorary president. Mrs, Thomas W. Lamont, wite of the Morgan bank associate, is a director. $750,000 Fire, Fire yesterday morning practically destroyed the Biflex Products com- pany’s plant for the making of auto- mobile bumpers at North Chicago and imperiled the Cyclone Fence com- pany’s factory to the north, INDICT INDIANAK.K.K. | CHIEF FOR SEX CRIMES COMMITTED ON GHILOREN (Special to The Dally Worker) LOGANSPORT, Indiana April 22 — Sensational charges involving sexual malpractices by Ira A. Kessler, former superintendent of Cass county schools and formerly a high official of the state ku klux klan, upon boys of the Lincoln high school of which he was principal until recently, were made in| an indictment returned here by the county grand jury. Kessler is a man of 52 and was prominent in local Americanization work, Hewas arrested and placed under heavy bail. BISHOP BROWN WILL SPEAK AT THE COLISEUM To Greet Chicago Labor at May Day Meeting The mass “demonstration on May Day at the Coliseum Saturday, May 1, at 8 p. m., will hear Bishop William Montgomery Brown greet the dawn of a new day. ., The Bishop Is Emphatic. In an interview with a representa- tive of the Chicago May Day commit- tee, Bishop Brown said: “Human life as it is lived today is not as it ought to be. The common people are seeth- ing with revolution in every country. The old order is dying out, and its institutions are losing their force. But just becatses'the old order is dying, we do not intend to lie down and die. “Who will be the leaders in the revolution,;we are now passing thru? Not the begtcitizens, but the workers must lead.pThey must go thru with this revolution, or we will sink into the mire, fhe old order is losing its force, ands@annot go on much longer. Congrese di joke, and is recognized as much, $q’are the state legislatures. Capital can®only lead us to another war. The*@hurch is carrying on a dead messa%e to a dead people. The worker must“break thru the shell for us. “Life is‘hfothing but evolution and revolution, *¢ ‘Workers Must Lead. “Under the.old order, capital was first and labor, the servant, was last. Whatever glorifies labor must glorify human life. *The workers must lead us thru the,revolution of today to a new order where the last, the work- ers, shall be first, and the first, the owners of the world, shall be last.” Wofkers Must Lead. The other speakers will be Wm. Z. Foster, just returned from Russia; James P. Cannon, and Jay Lovestone. Minneapolis Carpenters Help Passaic Strikers) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 22.— Carpenters’ Local No. 7 voted to add $10 out of the treasury to the $16.80 pledged by the individual members, thereby making $26.80 that was sent to the general relief committee at Pas- saic, This same union sent $10 to the Passaic strikers about a week ago. A committee from the lathers’ union was gtanted the floor, It re- ported that the lathers were going on strike May 1 for an increase in wages to $10 a dayi’ Local No. ? unanimously voted its normal support to the lathers and promised to 6 all it could to aid them in successfully carrying on the strug- gle to a successful finish. Teachers’ Union Holds Celebration NEW YORK, —April 22 —(FP)— Over 400 teaghers attended the 10th anniversary dinner of the New York Teachers’ Union. The union is raising a fund to subsidize its activities for the next five years. WORKERS PLAN UNITED FRONT FOR MAY DAY To Hold Joint Meetings in Many Cities | May Day meetings are being ar ranged in many cities at which work- ers will gather to celebrate Interna- tional Labor Day. Units of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, trades unions} ang fraternal orders have united in meny cities in an effort to make the May Day meetings in their localities the biggest ever held. “ A list of the mass meetings that have been arranged so far follows: April 30. Baltimore, Md., at 7 p. m., at the Con-| servatory Hall, 1029 E. Baltimore St. Ruthenberg, Dunne and Tallentire. May 1, Chicago, Ill, Coliseum, Wabash and 16th St., Cannon, F ry Young Work- | rn ers League, Lovestone, Bishop Brown. Boston, M 7p. m., Scenic Audi- torium, Benjamin Gitlow. Gardner and Fitchburg, Mass., 3 p. m., Holmes Park, Benjamin Gitlow, Ohan| and Raits. Lawrence, Mass., 3 p. m., Benjamin rN. Y., Krumbein, i Rudolph Katz, Cleveland, Ohio, s- s Ballam. Bentieyvilie, Pa,, 6:30 p. m., Union Hall, D. E. Earley. East Pittsburgh, Pa., 8 p. m., Work- ers Home, cor. Electric and North Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa., 8 p. m., Carnegie Music ast Onio and Federal Sts. L. Engdahl, Papcun, Truhar, at 7 p. m., at Moose f° Sts., Ruthenberg, Hall, cor. J. jadelphia, Pa. Hall, Broad and Dunne and jen Portland, Ore., , Workers Party Hall, 2274 Yamhill’ St,’ A. Fislerman. Allentown, Pa., 2 p. m. New York 0 nm, Pa. 8 p. m., New York spea' Shenandoah, Pa., D. M. Sholomskis. Mahoney City, Pa., 0. M. Sholomskis. Brooklyn, N. Y., Amalgamated Temple, 21 Arion Place, Ruthenberg, Dunne. New York City, Mecca Temple, 56th St. and 6th Ave., Ruthenberg, Dunne; also a meeting at Cooper Union, 8th St. and 4th Ave. uthenberg, Dunne. Superior, Avella, Pa. P. m., Brownton Granish Hall, George Papcun. New Castle, Pa., 4 p. m. Nette, Ohio, 2’p, m., Biitonvate, Ohio, Ha! “Cart Darnach 7 p. m, Bohemian "Conneaut, Ohio, 7:30 p, m., 943 Broad strei Toledo, Ohio, 7:30 p. m. Worcester, Mass., 7 p. m., Belmont Hall, 54 Belmont St., Axel Ohrn, Quincy, Mas 7p. m., Taavi Siaine. Keene, H., 7 p. m., Fitch Williams | Hall, Witttam Marttila. Milford, N. H., 7 p. m., Aaro Hyrske. Wilton, N. H. Amesbury, Mass., Olga Oikmeus. Rockford, Ill, 8 p. m., Ida Rothstein. South Bend, Ind., Hungarian Workers’ Home, 1216 Colfax, West, Manuel Gomez. Wilsonville, Ill., John Mihelic. May 2. Brockton, Mass., 3 p. Sap Worcester, Mas: 3 Binghamton, N.Y. Rudeiph Katz. Buffalo, N. Y., 3 p » Krumbein. Endicott, N. Y., 7 p. Rudolph Katz. Jamestown, N. Y., Herbert Benjamin. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Franklin P. Brill. avarren, Ohio, 7:30 p. m., Hippodrome all. Brownsville, Pa., 7 p. m. Norwood, Ma: 7 em Lithuanian Hall, 14 St. Geo Maynard, Mass., a He m., 32 Waltham street. Cincinnati, Ohio. Canton, Ohio, 7:30 Pp. m Ashtabula, Page . m., J. P. Cannon, Gary, Ind., 2 p. 16th St. Johnstone, S. Zinich, Russian toathentt Bm» Washington Hall, and Washington St. J. St. Louw Mo., 8 p. m., A. I, 2 pom, As Ohio, 2 p. m.,, Ohio,’ 7:30° p. Pa., Bittelman. Bittelman. Miners’ Hall. »» Bohemian Brit, Home le, Bellaire, Hall. Erie, Benjamin. Walkertown, 7 p. m., Krumbein, Pa, 2 p. m., wy N. J. 2p. m., Dunne, Tallen- ire. Chester, Pi Junction, ler Bouck, president of “Western” Progressive Farm. ers, Trenton, N. J., 1:30 p. m., Palace Hall, 179 §. Broad St., Dunne and Tallentire. Washington, D. C., 8 p. m., The P' 1814 N St. N. W., Dunne. field, 11, 2 Carpenters’ house. Sp ring’ P. Hall, Seventh and Adams Sts., Alexander Bittelman, Kansas City, Mo., 8 p. m., Musicia Hall, 1017 be oe ton St., Cari Stewart, H. H. Helge May 3. Schenectady, N. ¥., Krumbein. 8: , Rudolph Katz, m., Hartness st ay" "st, ‘allentire. May 4. Witmington, Del., 8 p. Key Tallentire. Albany, N. Y., Krumbein, Duluth, Minn, May 5. Hibbing, Minn. May 6. Chisholm, Minn. May 7. Ironwood, Minn. May 8 Hancock, Mich. Marquette, Mich. 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