The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 25, 1926, Page 2

Page Two TIMOTHY HEALY ADDS VOICE T0 ILD. PROTEST Wood and Dana Also Score N. J. Terror Adding his voice to the many who have replied to the requests for an opinion on Passaic strike terrorism made by the national committee of the International Labor Defense comes Timothy Healy, international presi- dent of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, “It is undoubtedly the duty of the American labor movement,” wires ‘Healy, “to rally to the suppport of the ‘textile workers at Passaic, New Jer- sey. The manner in which the rights ‘of the people of Passaic have been trampled upon by the process of in- junction is a disgrace to our civiliza- tion. Men thrown into jail, such as ‘Weisbord, Norman Thomas and others, without process of law is outrageous. Whder such circumstances the right of free speech and free assemblage as gtanted to the people by our constitu- ‘flon is only a mockery. If labor does Wot come to the rescue of the people @t Passaic we may expect to be hit Soon again in some other direction.” Dana Wires. . H.W. L. Dana, descended from the famous American poet, Longfellow, and well known as a labor educator in Massachusetts, wires: “Attitude towards Passaic acid test. ‘Arrests on charge that opposition of workers to bosses is opposition to gov- ernment betrays that it is not a gov- ernment of people, but of mi owners. By failure to support strike and pro- test arrests sincerely the class strug- gle of whole American labor move- ment on trial.” Cc. E. 8. Wood. Colonel Charles Erskine Scott Wood, the author of the famous “Poet in the Desert,” telegraphs from Los Gatos, California: “I desire to record my pro- test against the un-American treat- ment of the arrested strike leaders of the Passaic strike. The refusal of the president to express any view, the worse than worthless attitude of the secretary of labor and the refusal of Senator Edwards to ever meet tha se- lected leader of the strikers should convince everyone that we live in a state of warfare at home and prepare for one abroad. It is a sad thought that it is always the obstinate conduct of a master class which finally brings on the bloody revolution they theoret- ically deplore.” Green on Passalc. It is reported from New York that William Green, president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, in an ad- dress to the striking fur workers there protested against the actions of the mill owners and their police in the Passaic strike. National Unity of Action. The national office today pointed out the need of following thru its call for united national non-partisan action in behalf of those arrested in the textile’ strike at Passaic, indicating the wide- spread interest and vehement protest’ against the actions of the textile baron police in the New Jersey mill town. Wheeler Prosecution Cost U. S. $61,312.00) WASHINGTON, April 23.—Respond- ing to a resolution of inquiry, the at- torney general has reported to the senate that his department spent $61,312 of public funds in the recent prosecution of Sen. Wheeler of Mon- tana, following Wheeler’s exposure of rotten conditions in the department. A majority of the senate judiciary committee recommended that Attor- mey General Sargent be not compelled to divulge the names of the two wit- nesses who, he claims, were ready to confirm the testimony of George B. Hayes, ‘whose testimony against Wheeler was disbelieved by the jury in the Montana trial when Wheeler ‘was immediately acquitted. 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From the first moment the Communists de- clared that the treaty of Locarno was a treaty of the imperialist powers against the people, an agreement of the big capitalist powers which will release new wars, which will suppress the small and disarmed nations, which will prepare the way for new armed intervention against Soviet Russia. The events in Geneva have shown more clearly than ever before that the spirit of Locarno is the spirit of rifles and bayonets, of poison gas and hand grenades. “The pacifist face of Locarno is only a mask behind which the criminal game of the imperialist with the lives of the people is being continued, The bankruptcy of the Geneva negotiations has uncovered this game. The Sec- ond International has taken an open and direct part in the activity of the league of nations. Betrayal of Soclal-Democrats. “The leaders of the Second Interna- tional support the anti-proletarian game of their governments. The s0- cial-democratic leaders have not only rejected every proposal for a joint struggle against the league of nations, but they have, irrespective of the in- terests of the masses, without con- sideration of the demands of the revo- lutionary workers, taken a direct and active part in the council of the league of nations and in similar organiza- tions of imperialism. The social- democrats who were present at the March sessions in Geneva took part in the imperialist intrigues just like the representatives of the other gov- ernments, “The French social-déthocrat Paul Boncour, the Swedish social-democrat Unden, the Belgian social-democrat Vandervelde, all showed a prepared- ness not only to defend the interests of their respective governmerts, but also in cases where the interests of these governments were in contradic- tion they voted against each other. “Social-democrat against social- democrat, working class leader against working class leader, each at the side of his imperialist govern- ment, that was the shameful role of the Second International in Geneva. New War Belng Prepared. “Workers of all countries, what is to be done now? The miracle of peace has not yet been consummated as a French newspaper wrote a few days ago. But a new war is coming down upon us with tremendous power. The giant load of military taxation is rest- ing on the shoulders of the toilers in all countries. New armaments, new collisions, the sword of a new 1914 is hanging over the heads of the peo- ples. The expectations of the Ger- man bourgeoisie, the hopes of Luther and Stresemann upon an entry of Ger- many into the alliance of the victors have been totally annihilated. “Whilst the league of nations and its defenders are discredited in Ger- many, whilst the reactionaries, the na- tionalist and the fascists raise their heads once again after the events in Geneva, the united front of the Ger- man proletariat against the league and jts agents must be formed. America Seeks Power. “Not only Germany but the whole of (Continued from Page 1) repudiation and be in itself a witness to the possibility of united action in behalf of labor's right to organize, conduct meetings and conduct a peace- ful strike.” The List of Organizations. The organizations that have united in the joint committee and their rep- resentatives on the joint committee are as follows: American Civil Liberties Union, Forrest Bailey and Morris Ernst. International Labor Defense, James P. Cannon and Joseph Brodsky, League for Industrial Democracy; Norman Thomas, . United Front Committee, Weisbord. Passaic Strike Relief Committee, Al- fred Wagenknecht. Emergency Committee for Strikers’ Relief, Clarina Michelson. Federated Press, Art Shields. Gurley Flynn Is Secretary. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Robert Dunn are members at large. Mary Heaton Vorse, whose human interest stories on the Passaic workers have been a powerful factor in arousing working-class support, is co-operating closely with the committee. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was chosen as permanent secretary of the com- mittee. Many Tasks Are Divided. ‘Work will be divided up as follows: ‘The International Labor Defense, by an arrangement with the joint com- mittee, will conduct the defense of all Albert April 24---TONIGHT Don’t miss the Russian teal : One Front for Passaic Defense Europe vis suffering from the conse- quences of Geneva, American finance- capital which caused the failure of the negotiations in Geneva is prepar- ing new measures in order to reduce the whole of Europe to the level of defeated and exploited Germany. The Coolidges and Houghtons declared with cynfcal insolence after the events in Geneva that Europe could only be brought to her senses by financtal pressure. The financial pressure of for the working masses of Europe. “The fate of Germany, her tratis- formation from a great industrial state into a powerless suffering col- ony is awaiting Poland, France, Italy, e Balkans, in fact the whole of the European continent. The working class must not let itself be deceived by the hypocritical conferences of the league of nations. The working class knows what is threatening it. Bitter disappointment about the league of nations is growing in the ranks of the workers, and also the spirit of anti-imperialism, and with it the will | to resist, and struggle against the war Policy of the bourgeois governments is also growingy The policy of the league of natior™has entered a cri- tical stage. The pOlicy of alliances of the bourgeois governments has come to a dead stop. The warnings of the Communist International are being corroborated by reality, by life. In 1919 Lenin saw the course of events and at the moment when the league of nations was founded Lenin called it the band of robbers and murderers. Workers, Unite! “Workers of all countries, toflers of Europe and the whole world! Defend yourselves, unite, arm yourself for the struggle against the robbers and murderers. There is only one way from need, unemployment, misery, hunger and economic suppression, that is thru the resistance of the peo- ples against their capitalist govern- ments, There is only one way out of the militarism, the weight of arm- aments, the danger of war, the plun- dering, subjugation and the cutting up of Europe by American finance capital and that is the struggle for the Unti- ed States of Socialist Europe which will be founded in the victorious rev- olution of the Buropean proletariat, which will stand upon the basis of absolute voluntaryism, an unqualified recognition of the right of self-deter- mination of the peoples, which will stand in alliance with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and with all the oppressed peoples of the world, “There is only one way out of the dangerous game of the imperialists, the bloody game with the lives of the people, and that is a break with the league of nations, the struggle against the league of nations. Down With Capitalist League. “Down with the league of nations. “There is only one way out from the national splitting up of the proletariat, from its place as pawn in the con- flicts of imperialists, as cannon fod- der in future wars, and that is the pro- letarian united front against the league of nations, the fighting alliance of all working class organizations, all the workers of the ‘Whole world against the war alliance of the impe- rialist ‘governments! “The Communist International calls on you to take the only way to free- dom and to struggle for the realization of the common interests of the inter- national working class!” strike prisoners. This means not only the Weisbord case and those of other organizers and those of 264 arrested strikers, but of Robert Dunn, Esther Lowell, David Weinstein and others seized while investigating police bru- tality on the picket line, The Civil Liberties Union will han- dle the Norman Thomas test case; the prosecution of officers where false ar- rests have been made and injunctions brought against authorities who close meeting halls and deny picketing. The United Front Committee will conduct the legal defense against the Forstmann-Huffmann injunction and will continue in charge of the cam- paign for a congressional investiga- tion, The policy to be followed in prose- cuting each case is to be determined by the organization responsible for same in agreement with the defend- ants. Each organization may collect funds in its own name, but under a caption indicating that all the organi- zations represented in the joint com- mittee are working together and that the appeal is issued by authority of the joint committee. The expense in- volved in conducting each case shall be paid by the organization responsi- ble for conducting it. Plan Consultation Committee. Each organization will employ its own attorneys, but in order to prevent duplication a consultive committee of three, consisting of Attorneys Ernst and Brodsky and Miss Flynn, was ap- pointed. A unified bail fund will aid efficiency, A big mass meeting by the joint committee is being organized for next week. The separate organizations are holding preliminary meetings in the meantime, House Tables Bill to Restore Debs’ Citizenship Rights WASHINGTON, D. ©, April 23— Congress voted to table the bill pre- sented by Congressman Victor L, Ber- ger of Wisconsin seeking the restora- ‘tion of citizenship to Hugene V, Debs, 4 America means the whip of hunger} GETS ANSWER FROM STRIKERS BossesWeaken as Strike Weathers Storm (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N. J., April 28—Gov. Harry Moore, the Tammanyite polltl- clan who was recently placed In the state house by the notorious Frank Hague machine of Jersey City, ap- pears to be in a quandary regarding the Passalo strike, One day he an- nounces that he cannot Interfere and the next day changes front and ap- points a commission to endeavor to bring about a settlement. Moore’s change of .front indicates the weakened positionjof the mill own- ers who have been defeated by the solidarity of the strikers and the un- stinted support they.have received from the workers f,the country to enable them to carry on their strike. While there were still untried methods of combating the strike the governor professed neutrality, then when the owners themselves realize that they are beaten Moore intervened with his proposal for mediation and appointed a committee to endeavor to bring about negotiations. His official announcement, however, was accom- panied by the vile slander against the United Front Committee conducting the strike, which evoked a retort from Albert Weisbord, speaking for the strike committee. The statement re- garding Moore’s offer follows: Strike Practically Won. “After carefully considering the whole situation I believe that it is safe to say at this time that the strike is practically won and that the mill owners will find as settlement negotia- tions actually begin that the United Front Committee of Textile Workers will be capable enuf so as not to allow a victory won on the‘picket line to be lost at the last moment over the table. “The strikers have fought a wonder- ful struggle. Their demands are ex- ceedingly modest and there is no reason why the workers should not emerge from this fight with a clear cut victory. Nail Vile Lie. “The declaration of Gov. Moore, re- ported in today’s press based upon re- port of General Gilkerson that the General Strike Committee is not in- terested in settling the strike is an absolute distortion of,the attitude of the strike comiitte#The General Strike Committee hag.from the very outset given every indication that it is ready to confer with the manufac- turers to bring the strike to a close. It has welcomed the efforts of public spirited bodies to mediate the strike. In each instance it has been the man- ufacturers who have ignored such ef- forts. Question Moore Motive, “In view of these, facts the ‘state- ment of Governor Moore is not only atuitous but raises the question hether Governor Moore is indeed in- rested in bringing about a settle- ment upon conditions that would real- ly meet the vital needs of the workers. Such doubts are strengthened when upon the examination of the commit- tee-we find this General Gilkerson, who by his report has already shown his prejudice against the strikers. The committee also contains other mem- bers such as Brig. Gen. Bird, W. Spen- cer, whose anti-labor record is well known; and the inclusion in the com- mittee of representatives of organized labor must be regarded as an excuse for selecting a committee of this char- acter. Welcomes Satisfactory Proposals. Anticipating an early settlement of the strike, now nearing the close of its thirteenth week,!Weisbord, praised the strikers for having “fought a won- derful striggle. Their demands are exceedingly modest and there is no reason why the workers should not emerge from this fight with a clear cut victory.” What are the indications that the bosses are forced ‘to their knees and are anxious for settlement.. “They have playéd all their cards” is the reply of Weisbord. They have played their cards in their attempt to “deprive the strike of its leader by arresting Weisbord and holding him ‘under exhorbitant bail, by the reading of the riot act and the subsequent illegal arrests; by breaking up meetings, by a sweeping injunction preventing picketing; with very possible means the bosses have attempted to destroy the strike, Attacks Unite Strixers, The workers have triumphed over all these attempts, The United attacks of the bosses have only solidified their ranks. They are staying in strike one hundred per cent strong, confident of their leadership, and determined to win their fight. Further assistance is coming from every quarter. The most diverse agencies are uniting to aid the strik- ers and bring their long struggle to victory. Probe Health Hazards. The workers health bureau of New York is examining 480 workers from the textile mills including 100 child workers with a view to obtaining facts on the health ha¥ards of the industry. ‘The Italian workers of Passaic have interested Ital! workers of New York in a theatre benefit to be held Friday evening, a Oily Doheny Decides to Quit the Donkey and Ride The Republican Elephant By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. “EDDIE” L. DOHENY, completely submerged in the 1923 Teapot Dome oil scandal, and was “saved” by an obliging republican administration, has decided to quit his democratic affiliations and climb aboard the Coolidge bandwagon. The multi-millionaire oil producer and refiner, turning from democrat to republican, thus proves again that the fence is completely down between Wall Street’s two political Any one can pass over, either way, without organizations. the slightest difficulty. e e Doheny has been a little different than the other oil capitalists. The Rockefeller family, with its campaign con- tributions, supports both the old parties. to be loyal to the donkey outfit ever since William Jennings Bryan first made his “cross of gold” dash into the national political arena. Doheny, with the usual promptings from his “friends,” was even willing to offer himself as vice-presi- dential candidate at the 1920 Francisco. Doheny’s ambitions within the democratic fold did not cut him off from the republicans. old party politician had his price and he set out to prove it, well nigh wrecking the whole Harding-Coolidge administra- tion. Cal’s regime saved itself by the timely throwing over- board of secretary of the interior, Albert B. Fall, and an attorney-general, Harry M. Daugherty. Now that Doheny is willing to enter the very bosom of the republican family, some additional devastating results may ensue. fers substantial reasons for turning republicah. He says: “| have registered as a republican for the first time because | decided to affillate with and support the party which more than any other embodies the forceful policies which have produced our unprece- dented era of prosperity.” This is certainly an unkindly thrust at the democrats who, under the regime of the late Woodrow Wilson when all forms of looting was made respectable, turned out 27,000 get- Democrats in power did their But the democrats are not now in power. Evidently that is the reason for Doheny’s deser- tion. In his new political philosophy he finds it more profit- able to always be with “the party in power.” shift. Coolidge is no ey Aahengted the welcoming break- jouse. rich-quick war millionaires. best to aid “big business.” fast prepared at the White . * Doheny proclaims that “the new era of prosperity” un- der the Coolidge dynasty benefits “all our people.” He wants to leave the impression that he means the 115,000,000 men, women and children who live within the confines of the But those who understand the situation of the workers thruout the country must conclude that Doheny unwittingly limits his observation to the business bandits of The wage cuts imposed by Coo- United States. his own capitalist class. lidge’s political sponsors on the textile worke possible increased profits for the mill owners. of the Jacksonville scale has lowered the standard of living of the soft coal miners. The anthracite miners for an increase in wage: mounting cost of living, makes increased loot possible for the barons in the hard coal fields. It was the republican ad- ministration that crushed the railroad shop strike in 1922, paving the way for a billion dollars in profits for the lords of In the rubber industry, feeder of the automobile industry, profits increase while the workers s. So the story goes, repeating itself everywhere, thruout the whole American industrial structure. transportation last year. are denied higher w: These are the favored great exploiters whom Doheny must refer to as “all our people.” They are his people. Doheny has mingled with the crowd that calls itself “‘demo- crat” and marches behind a donkey; now he walks with the republican procession behind the elephant. Doheny finds . they all belong to his class, the class that wants to maintain things as they are; profits for the few, poverty for the many. Labor should study this situation. Doheny’s change of political front, which is no change at all, should teach labor alesson. It should convince the working class that it needs a party of its own to fight the enemy capitalist class that dominates both the old parties. Theatre, 4th St. and 6th Avenue. Two light operas in Italian will be present- ed for the benefit of the strikers, with Giglio in the leading roles, The affair will be under. the auspices of the Emengency Committee for Striker’s relief. A tag day in Elizabeth, New Jersey has been arranged by the general re- lief conference of that city for Satur- day. A hundred strikers from Passaic will assist in the tag day. Donations Roll In. Aid from organizations thruout the country continues to come in which assures the strikers of sufficient food to enable them to continue the strug- gle indefinitely. Donations received today included: Young Workers League, N. Y., $114.00; ‘Tapestry Carpet Workers’ Union No, 2 of Philadelphia and vicin- ity, $301,75; Dressmakers’ Union of Greater New York Local 22, I. L, G. W. U., $74.75; Detroit Relief Confer- 35.00; The Workmen's Circle, $318.00; Polish Workers’ Educational Club of Buffalo, $57.00; Workers Party Jamaica (Finnish Branch), $73.00; In- dependent Workmen's Circle of Amer- ica, $248.00; Lawrence Flying Pigeon Club and United Front Union, $238.75; Ladies Workmen's Circle Branch No, 529; Syracuse, New York, $56.85; Workers Party of Buffalo, N. Y., $183.00; S. Peterson, $61.50; Arabella W. Miller, $100.00. 278: > Berger Visits Coolidge. WASHINGTON—Rep. Victor Ber- ger, socialist, has urged President Coolidge, in a personal interview, to intervene in the Passaic strike. Coo- lidge hinted that he expected the strike to be settled quickly. A suba will to drive | wi i y ir ee he oe help tend to. set @ precedent in other he} FRANCE SEEKS TO TURN OVER SYRIA TO ITALY Fear Loss of Prestige in Colonies PARIS, April 23,—France has suf- fered many severe defeats in Syria. Her prestige as,a military power has ‘been shaken by the Druse’ tribesmen. France is eager to give up her man- date of Syria. Fearlig the results such an action may have in other French colonies, French diplomacy is trying to convince Pngland to relin- quish her claim over one of her Afri- can possessions to Germany and to have Italy and Germany request re- consideration of mandates of the league of nations, If England will relinquish her hold on one of the African colonies, pre- ferably Kamerun or Togoland, to Ger- many, France plans to have the league of nations turn over her mandate to Italy. Mussolini has had his eyes on Syria for a long time. France finds i hold weakening and fearing for 4 er prestige she wants to hund it over democratic pow-wow at San | to italy on the pretense that the fast- ‘s increasing population of Italy must be allowed to populate other territories and not overrun France, The same excuse is being used to convince Eng- land to relinquish her hold on some African colony. It is hoped by France that both Italy and Germany will request a reconsid- eration of the distribution of man- dates from the league of nations, but who came to the surface Doheny has tried He believed that every FRANCE OFFERS — 50 PER CENT ON “ITS U.S, DEBT Offer Rend Before Debt Cc ta Doheny of- (Special to The Dally Worker) PARIS, April 23—France will pay about 50.per cent of what the United States is demanding in settlement of the Brench debt, judging from the preliminary ‘debt negotiatfons be- tween Ambassador Berenger and Sec- retary Mellon, says the well-informed newspaper Le Temps today. Berenger Submits Offer. WASHINGTON, April 23-—A fresh proposal for the settlement of France’s $4,000,000,000 war \debt was officially submitted to the debt funding commission Henri Berenger, the French dor. The new offer was set forth in a seven-page memorandum, which M. Berenger personally read to members of the;commission in French, and then delivered to e: member a copy in English. : There was no discussion of the pro- posal at--today’s meeting, the com- mission adjourning until tomorrow morning @$ soon as the ambassador had finished, Recall of Veterinaries Is a Severe Blow to Illinois Dairy Farmers The order of H. D. Turner, assist- ant director of agriculture, recalling the 26 federal veterinaries examining the herds of Illinois dairy farmers, came as a hard blow to many Mlinois farmers who were anxious to get their herds examined so that their sake of milk to Chicago dairies could be again resumed. Many farmers have had their herds certified and have replenished these herds with disease-free cows without for state officials to pay them the indemnity. State officials now de- clare that these farmers will not re- ceive any indemnity for their diseased herds as the state had not condemned the caitle. About a hundred farmers have sent ;@ petition to Governor Len Small call- ing on him to call a special session of the legislature to appropriate $1,500,- 000 to indemnify the farmers for their diseased herds and to resume the tests on the farms, Find Corn Liquor in ' Clock at an Up-to-Date Kansas City Speakeasy, Hence the have made he violation crushing of the hopes of the s, to meet the SPECIAL PANEL CALLED TO FIL SWEET JURY-B0 Evidence May Be Heard in Trial Today (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, April 23 — The regular Panel of 102 jurymen was exhausted and a special panel of 31 jurymen was called to complete the jury for the trial of Henry Sweet charged with murder of Leon Breiner, KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 28—With the arrest of Abe Beilsky and Pat Clarance Darrow, counsel for the| Donovan and the confiscation of @ defense, declared yesterday afternoon | clock containing three pints of corn that he was ‘tickled to death” with the | }iquor as “evidence,” police beHeve jury. Prosecutor Robert M. Toms was|they have unearthed the strictly up not fully satisfied that the jurymen |to.date in speakeasies. would consider the testimony unin-| «what time is it?” they declare was fluenced by the eloquence of Darrow, |the pass word. If the clock was run: or who would not be moved by sym-| ning—nothing doing. It stopped—all’s pathy for the Negro race, well. $ Search of the speakeasy revealed no On the other hand, Darrow’s chief demands on the character of the jury- ‘unt men were based on absolute absence fee mE ob clots fesraye of racial prejudice such as would be indicated by their membership to the a the pendulum was found three bie Klux klan or their previous resi- ence in any of the southern states. ; eng Pm erripys yesterday at 2 Debs Is Re-Admitted oe un o'clock this morning, with a tentative jury of 12 in the to the U Representatives from leading Negro publications of country are ing the trial, de gatoome oF whiet tor Da fetaratag, ag od eomaind was without