The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 28, 1926, Page 4

| - PPER MINING S DOOMED IN UNITED STATES rust Will Open Mines in the Congo By LAURENCE TODD, Federated Press. WASHINGTON, April 26-—That the American copper mining industry is doomed by competition from newly developed fields of rich ore in the Bel- gian Congo and in Chile, so that American hard-rock miners will be left idle while hordes of enslaved blacks“in the Congo and Indians in the Andes dig this metal, was the picture painted for the American pub- lic by Senator Cameron of Arizona. He proposed that the copper tariff be raised in order to postpone the evil day. Cameron is a reactionary, big-busi- ness poiltician, but he wants the peo- ple of Arizona to re-elect him this year. So he disclosed the impending tragedy for hundreds of thousands of American workers who are to be scrapped from this industry by the future maneuvers in the world market of the American copper trust, Invest Capital Abroad, American capital will go abroad and enter the cheap-labor fields. Having crushed most of the independent com- petition in the United States thru im- porting great amounts of copper when there was already a surplus in the American market, the Morgan-Guggen- heim and Rockefeller-Anaconda al- Hance is now preparing to create an export trust which will prevent the survival of any stray competitor. Cameron did not name the two con- cerns—he simply spoke of them as the “dual controllers of our foreign and domestic copper production, who have spent tens of millions of dollars in the past decade in foreign lands to secure control of copper ore tonnage amidst labor and economiic conditions to their liking.” What are these conditions, to the liking of Morgan-Guggenheim and Rockefeller-Anaconda? In the vast Katanga field in the ‘Congo the ore lies near the surface and mining it means simply shoveling it into railroad cars for shipment to the coast, where it is loaded into steamers and brought to New York. This Katanga copper can be delivered in New York at 6,cents a pound, when | smeltered in Katanga. American cop- | per, delivered in New York, cost 11.5 cents on the average in 1923. The | Katanga ore reserve is far greater in poundage than all American copper | reserves combined. Cameron asserted | to the senate that 20 cents a day is a; wage that will bring millions of Congo Negroes to do for the copper magnates | what their fathers did in the ivory and | rubber trade—for they still are slaves of the Belgians. No safety devices will be necessary. If accidents occur there will be no claims for payment of compensation to the families of the natives. Exploit Chile and Peru. In much the same way the copper deposits in Chile and Peru are to be exploited. Millions of Indians who have scarcely risen above the level of the stone age are there, to be recruited by military dictators who have been approached by the mining companies. Cameron frankly discussed the view- point of this trust, which he said was that of the manufacturer. It wante cheap raw copper, since it controls the American brass, copperplate and cop- per-wire manufacturing industries. It * will make huge profits on copper pro- duction in the foreign field, where ‘Wage costs are low and copper ore is easily handled. q b a day will help to drive i f pamute y Pp 4 away. jof its hangar at the first indication Long Silent Russian Volcano Pours. Lava Over Kamchatkan City (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., April 11— Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions at Avachina, 18 miles from Petropay- lovsk shook the entire Kamchatka peninsula today. The volcano, silent for seventeen years, was pouring flaming lava into the city this morning. The inhabitants are terror-stricken, many of them near suffocation from dense sulphur fumes. Hundreds have started to leave the city, Kentuckians to Invite Degenerate Britisher to Their Horse Races (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 26— |Kentuckians want to see the Prince of Wales next fall. There is no apos- trophe after the letter S, » A formal invitation for the prince to attend the field trials at Dawson Springs, Kentucky, in October, lww be extended thru the British Bmbassy by Senators Sackett and Ernst, “Hell an’ Maria” Says Solons Gab Too Much (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, April 26 —Vice, President Dawes today criticized con- gress for “talking too much.” Speaking before the Pan-American congress of journalists, Dawes, who} has been campaigning for a revision} of senate rules to curtail debate, sai that legislative bodies needed less talk} and more constructive work. Wants More Capitalist Co-operation. Dawes practiced what he preached by speaking only five minutes. He urged the continuation of internation- al gatherings to foster a better spirit of co-operation among nations of the world. “There is nothing so important in these international meetings as the personal contact,” he declared. Polar Airship Leaves on First Leg of Flight (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, April 11—\ The airship, Norge, of the Amundsen-Blisworth Polar expedition departed for Toulon on the first leg of the journey to Spitz- bergen at 9:25 this morning. Col. Umberto Nobile, in command of the flight, ordered’ the airship out that the stiff wind, which kept the ship from starting earlier in the week, had slackened. Pretender to French Throne at Brussels (Special to The Daily Worker) PAIRS, April 26—The Duke of| Guise, who as head of the House of Orleans, becomes pretender to the French throne, in succession to the late Duke of Orleans, will take up his residence in the chateau of Anjou, near Brussels, it was announced in royalist quarters here today. French law forbids the French pre- tender from residing in. France’ or en- | tering the territory of the French Re- public. Australian Needle Trades Amalgamatc SYDNEY—(FP)—The Cutters and Trimmers union of Australia has amal- gamated with the Clothing Trades union and negotiations are proceeding to bring the Women Workers union (white clothing) into the amalgama- tion. DELEGATES OF 100,000 WORKERS FORM WORKERS’ RELIEF COMMITTEE IN NEW YORK AT CONFERENCE By B. RUBIN. NEW YORK, April 26.—One hundred and four delegates representing 52 organizations with a membership of ference called by the Provisional Workers’ Relief Committee for relief of the suffering masses of Poland. Migdal, a member of the Provisio: of Branch 324 Workmen's Circle, opened the conference in the name of the Provisional Workers’ Relief Commit-+—-— tee. In a short speech he pointed out the importance of this conference. B. Abrams of Branch 300, Work- men’s Circle, was then elected chair- man of the meeting. Slonimsky, rep- Tesentative of Local 38, International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, and H. Daniels of Branch 325, Workmen's Circle, were elected to the secretariat. A credentials committee of five, con- sisting of Lowenberg, Branch 386, Workmen's Circle; Migdal, Branch 824, Workmen's Circle; Kleinberg, Branch 360, Workmen's Circle; Alter- man, Branch 628, Workmen's Circle, and Lutz, Branch 325, Workmen's Cir+ cle, were elected, Need of Workers’ Relief. After the election of the above com- mittees Comrade Meilach Epstein, ed- itor of the Freiheit, was given the floor. In his one-hour speech he made a report of the relief activities up til now and pointed out the duties of the organized labor movement in the pres- ent relief campaign. Speaking on the attitude of the workers towards relief, Comrade Ep- stein said: 100,000 were represented at the con- nal Workers’ Committee and delegate workers is that altho.in-.all their activities, political and . economic, many of them recognize the class struggle and have adopted class,lines, still when it comes to the relief prob- lem they adopt the same attitude as the petty-bourgeoisie and the bour- geoisie, They go off class lines and adopt the attitude of ‘relief for every- body.’ “This is-most dangerous,” went on Epstein. “The bourgeoisie and petty- bourgeoisie are utilizing this fact, They collect money from the workers, but when it comes to distribution they distribute it among the petty-bour- | geoisie and among the bourgeois ana religious institutions. Nothing goes for the workers or their institutions.” Then Epstein read extracts from va- rious numbers of the Folkszeitung, the organ publisfed by the Jewish Bund of Warsaw, where it was shown that re- lief funds were given out to syna- gogues, religious schools, rabbis, but no money is given to the workers or their institutions, COCOANUT OIL IS USED TQ REPLACE FAT INN. Y. CREAM Adulteration Is Shown on Large Scale (Special t The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, April: 26—Wholesale swindling of the public in the matter of the purity of its milk supply has been uncovered here. Besides the discovery that almost one-half of the daily supply consisted of watered milk, it has now been re- vealed that the cream consumed has been adulterated on a large scale with cocoanut. oil. Health Commis- sioner Louis I. Harris declares that this practice has been stopped because of the recent investigation. Harris estimates that at the peak of the cream consumption, about 250,000 quarts a day of sweet cream and 50,- 000 quarts of sour cream, between 50 and 75 per cent of the product receiv- ed here was adulterated with cocoa- nut oil selling for 8 to 10 cents a pound, as compared with butterfat, the chief component of cream, retailing at 45 cents a pound. Evasion Scheme Dr. Harris has broadened the scope of his work by including an examina- tion of another clever method of evad- ing the health department's laws in- volging the entrance of milk from un- approved sources. Some dealers whose cream was shut out from the New York market, turned their product in- to butter and sent it to this city in hat form, This butter, to which was added skim milk, was heated to a high temperature until it emulsified and was reconverted to cream which was then sold. Ask Increased Force. The health commissioner tis prepar- ing a special budgetary request for his staff of country and city inspect- ors and laboratory workers. He will ask that the staff of six chemists in the food and drug laboratories be doubled, and that the eleven country inspectors and seventeen city inspec- tors of milk be increased to eighty or ninety men. The work of the inspec- tors covers the inspection of 60,000 farms and perhaps 10,000 creameries in ‘seven states and two Canadian provinces. The department officials admit that’the present force is unable to make frequent inspections, but say that the fear of a raid by inspectors is the club-that is used to keep the milk producers in line. Stunting Children’s Growth Inasmuch as milk and cream are es- sential foods for babies and growing | children these concerns involved in the adulteration measures have been stunting the development of the city’s future citizens. Enormous profits have been made by the guilty parties but no one expects they will be punished. Their connections ate too high up in most cases. Auto Salesmen Form a Union in Mexico MEXICO CITY -— (FP) — Mexican salesmen for the big American auto concerns, which monopolize the mar- ket south of the Rio Grande, are or- ganizing into a union for collective bargaining with their American bosses. Unlike conditions in the United States, the auto factories will be out of luck in case of a strike, because the number of experienced Spanish-speaking salesmen is limited and none can be brought from Amer- ica because of the Mexican law for- bidding importation of strikebreakers. The union demands decent wages, rea- sonable hours and protection against arbitrary discharge, SEND IN A SUB. policies of the government of the Pol- ish capitalists and rich landowners that are ruling Poland with the active aid of Polish socialists. It is the reac- tionary government with its foreign and domestic policies that has brought about the present crisis. Workers Suffer Most. The most to suffer in this crisis are THE DAILY WORKER FILIPINOS CHECK MOVE OF GENERAL WOOD 10 HOLD PURSE FOR ISLANDS |, WASHINGTON, April 26—Sergle Osmena, leader in the Philippine senate and head of the Philippine Independence Mission in the United States, has temporarily checked the move of Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood to get complete control of the purse of the islands. He has secured from the senate committee on ter- ritories and insular possessions a delay of one week in beginning hearings on a bill increasing the powers of the American auditors in both the Philippines and Porto Rico. Appearing before the committee, Osmena declared that this measure was fundamental to the exercise of self government by his people, and he wanted more time) In which to prepare his discussio! Of the issue. This was granted. The Filipino will resist any extensjon ‘the powers of appointive officials th the Islands, since it is by control of these ap- pointees that Wood is earrying on his resistance to the movement for independence. Hearings on the bill will be lengthy. & New London Weavers Resist Wage Slashes NEW LONDON, Conn., April 26— Silk weavers at the Bloom Mills have struck, following a cut of 2 cents a yard. The weavers shut off the power in-the plant and walked to the hall on Chelsea street where a meeting was held. At the meeting an executive committee was elected. The executive committee formulat- ed the following demands, as follows: An increase of 3c per yard. Time and a half for overtime. Price on new work to be approved by' shop executive committee. Equal distribution of warp. ‘No discrimination against strike leaders. Recognition of organization. The company has shit down its mill and is attempting to starve the work- ers back to work at ithe ‘reduced wages. The strikers hdve thrown a strong picket line around the plant to keep the company fro importing strike “breakers. MEXICO CITY—(FP. boys of Mexico City hi ample for the little paper vendors in everygeity of the United States by ef- fecting a 100% organizatian, They are not exploited by the big dailies as are the newsies"of other large cities. They are so thoroughly unionized that they could ruin any newspaper in this city of three-quarters of a million people if they refused to sell it'on the streets or deliver it to the subseribers’ homes. At the time of the streetcar men’s strike in Mexico Gity the barefooted newsies joined in the yprocession of workers, demonstrating labor's soli- darity with the striker The thou- yand members of the newsboys’ union in line bore a huge banner inscribed, We Must Uphold the Dignity of Labor. Expect to Start Norge for North Pole Today LENINGRAD, U. S. S. R., April 25— The Amundsen-Ellisworth polar ex- pedition dirigible Norge under the command of Colonel Nobile and anchored near Leningrad is preparing to start for its trip across the North Pole on April 26. A stop of not more than twenty-four hours at Spitzbergen will be made and then the final flight will be on. America to undertake an independent campaign for their suffering brothers in reactionary Poland, not on national- istic lines but for all workers in Po- land.” Radzwansky, editor of the Novy Mir and delegate from the} Polish Section Workers’ Party, was gganted the floor. the workers of Poland, especially the Jewish workers. All the relief sent there up till now did not help the workers, It was used to strengthen the Jewish reactionaries and the Pol- ish reactionary government, Speaking further on the relief and pointing out that the workers must undertake their own relief campaign Epstein stated that the conference must not live under illusions of being able to help all the workers individ- ually, “Even if we will be able to raise the bum of $20,000,000 we will not be able yet to help all the work- ers, What we can and must do is help the workers’ economic and cul- tural institutions to keep up their ac- tivities.” Expose Wilnér Relief. Further developing the idea of the necessity of independent workers’ re- lief, Epstein brought out an interesting In a short but vivid speech he de- scribed the sufferingsiof the workers in Poland and showedlithe need for a workers’ relief campaign. After Radzwansky's)speech Watten- berg, in the name of the resolutions committee, introduced, the following resolutions: , Attitude Towards Other Relief Grouds. “The conference resolves that the existing relief organizations that are carrying on campaigns for the relief for the suffering masses of Poland carry on their work in such a manner that cannot help the Suffering masses and especially the working masses. The joint distribution committee pro- ceeds with its philanthropic system. They learned nothing of the sad expe- riences of their relief work during the years of the war. The relief funds are being further spent in order to strengthen the Jewish reaction. The public busybodies are bossing with fact about the Wilner relief organi- zation, of which Abraham Cahan, edi- tor of the Forward, is treasurer. This Wilner relief organization has sent many thousands of dollars to Vilna, but all the money went. to religious and bourgeois institutions, but not a cent for workers. “It is necessary,” Epstein concluded, “that the workers of the United States understatnd that also in relief work “The present crisis is mainly the there are class distinctions and that “The trouble with our | result of the reactionary imperialistic |{t is necessary for the workers in bey the money they receive from the joint committee in the most scandalous way. Orthodox schools and syna- gogues are being supported, but the workers do not get even one cent, “The People’s Relief, that has been revived, is following in the footsteps of the joint committee, It pretends to be a representative of the workers, “The relief campaign of the Polish and Galician Ferbands and also of the hundreds of Landsmanshaften, 70 or 80 per cent of which/are workers, are : FOOD FOR PASSAIC STRIKERS é sit. { LE STR), xe" 2 KEpe GENERAL RELIEF STORE By SYLVAN A. POLLACK. “Move on! I'll not arrest you, but will plug you on the head, Keep on walking until you get out of towh and don’t come back! We don’t want any smart Alecks like you around here!” As I was standing waiting for a bus near the Forstmann & Huffman mill in Garfield the above was shouted at me by @ defender of “law and order” of that town. A few minutes previous a worker, who was apparently a chauffeur walk- ing home from work was arrested by a policeman for not “walking fast enough.” Armed Bullies. Civilians deputized by the county sheriff marching thru the streets with rifles on their shoulder, browbeating and intimidation by police who push, shove and hit whoever does not please their fancy, is what is now taking place in Passaic and Garfield, N. J. today, virtual martial law being in effect, tho clothed under the title of the .riot act, which gives the county sheriff the powers of a czar. If a person who had never heard of the Passaic strike was suddenly by some mysterious force allowed to de- scend in its midst and see with his own eyes what is taking place he surely would not under ordinary cir- cumstances realize that he was in the United States, only a few miles from the great city of New York! One has only to mingle with the strikers for a few minutes and hear the tales of horror which they have to tell, In one case a young striker, a big, strong, powerful youth, tells of his father, who had been brutally beaten and is now confined to bed, while he himself had that very morn- ing felt the policeman’s club bang down with all its force on his arm and shoulder, Going to the central strike, head- quarters at 743 Main avenue, you find a girl crying hysterically because her mother, who has heart trouble, was first beaten up and then arrested, and between her tears she states that she is afraid that such ruthless action might prove fatal tg her mother. “Martial Law” in Passaic. One could go on endlessly citing the hardships and terror which the work- ers are confronting. The following from the Passaic Daily News of Apri: 12 speaks for itself, and we must re- also under the influence of bourgeois philanthropy. The money that they are collecting is being sent to the Kehilas (loose federations of the Jew- ish bourgeoisie supposed to represent the entire Jewish community), that are distributing the funds among their own people and do not even have a workers’ representative. “The money sent by the Lodz Uni- ted Relief Committee was distributed to 500 bourgeois Jews by the Kehila and the workers did not receive a cent. This is only one of the many instances how the Landsmanshaften is carrying on its relief activities. “The conference declares that the above mentioned institutions cannot help the working masses in their need, and decides therefore to establish an independent workers’ relief commit- tee.” Greet Polish Workers. From Poland comes a desperate call for help. As a result of the economic policy of the government, of the Pol- ish landowners, the unemployment has reached a high stage. Industries in which Jewish workers were employed have died out and at the present time there is no hope for betterment, The masses of Poland turn their eyes for help to their brothers in other coun- tries, especially in America, True to the principles of class soli- darity, the first relief conference of 52 working-class organizations sends its fraternal greetings to the workers of Poland with the assurance that the Jewish workers in America will use their forces to strengthen the work- ers’ economic and cultural institutions in Poland, Organize Workers’ Relief Committe: The conference decided to organize aleve 0) Impressions of the Passaic Strike member’ that the Passaic Daily News is the bitterest enemy of the strikers. The Passaic Daily News states: “Virtual martial law was invoked at the Botany worsted mills, Gera mills, and the Passaic Worsted Spin- ning company this morning by Pas- saic police authorities under command of Chief of Police Richard O. Zober. There was no picketing at the gates of any of the textile mills and groups gathered anywhere near the mills were dispersed by police officers.” Here we see how desperately the mill owners and their flunkeys, the local and county authorities, are at- tempting to crush the strike. Devel- opments change quickly and one can never know what will happen next. Tear Down Flag. They arrest Weisbord, padlock the meeting hall of the strikers, break up the parade of school children, club those who do not move quick enough, going to the extreme of tearing and destroying an American flag which the children had at the front of their parade. According to those who were pres- ent, other children in the parade who were carrying smaller flags hid them to prevent their destruction. This is something the children cannot under- stand. They ask: “How does it hap- pen that in school we are taught to respect the flag and yet here we find the police, who are supposed to be the protectors of the flag, destroying it.” They also cannot understand why the American Legion, who have been mak- ing so much noise in shouting bolshe- vism at the strikers, kept quiet when the flag was torn to shreds. - It is said that some of the legionaires even laughed, being amused at~it. As a means of protest they called a school strike, which has spirited pick- eting as one of its salient features. Thus we see the children being drawn into the struggle, becoming one of its most dynamic forces, putting life and energy into all of the strike meetings and the picket line. Recruit Crooks on Force. Since the strike all of the police- men are being used for strike duty, but there have been no robberies. Ac- cording to many of the strikers that is due to the fact that the crooks and thieves are now enrolled as special policemen and deputies. To march as a part of a picket line STR Nez ot One of the four relief stores where striking textile workers obtain food to enable them to remain. out until their demands are won. of oyer 5,000 strong, singing “Soli- darity Forever,” to see the enthusiasm and determination in the faces of these workers is the best tonic for anyone who has lost faith in the fight- ing spirit of the working class of America, The strikers are the type of prole- tarian elements who will help to de- velop a fighting determination, a spirit of class struggle which will help to advance the militancy of the entire American labor movement, Passaic is, in spite of the terroristic methods of the police, a golden spot in the history of the American work- ing class. A page which all workers can be proud of, for the best tradi- tions of struggle and sacrifice are being met in a sturdy manner, a credit to the working class of the entire world. ‘The Passaic strike must. be won, and will, with the help and co-operation of the American working class, who will stand with their fellow workers until victory is finally achieved. Germany and Soviet Republic Negotiate New Treaty—Luther (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, April “5.—Germany and the Soviet Union are negotiating for a supplementary agreement to the Rapallo treaty intended to safeguard mutual Soviet-German interests when Germany enters the league of nations next fall, according to an announce- ment last night by Chancellor Luther. Tn some quarters it is believed that this announcement does not reveal in 4 full the extent of the negotiations. It is pointed out that there is no surety Germany will actually be ad- mitted into the league at its next official meeting, as a similar objec- tion to that voiced at theGeneva ses- sion may again block her entrance. The negotiations, moreover, it fs de- clared, are in effect a notification to England and France-the Germany is in a position where she can act on her own initiative, The parleys also reveal the increasing dependence of this country upon Soviet orders for machinery and finished products. Workers at the Coliseum demonstra- tion on’ May Day will be of many races, nationalities and unions. A truly international gathering. _——_—————— ee a workers’ relief committee for. Po- land, the task of which shall be to collect funds for the workers’ institu- tions and organizations in Poland. For this purpose the conference elected an executive committee of 21 members that shall conduct the entire work. The executive committee shall be allowed to draw in representatives of important workers’ organizations. The executive committee shall issue a call to all the workers about the need of collecting funds for workers’ institutions in Poland. The executive committee shall see that similar conferences be held in all the big cities, At the first oppor- tunity a national conference shall be called. =~ “y The executive committee shall car- ry on an energetic campaign among workers’ organizations, that they shall affiliate with the Workers’ Relief Com- mittee. The executive committee shall car- ry on a campaign that all the affiliat- ed organizations donate to the work- ers’ relief campaign. The delegates represented at the conference pledge they would energetically assist the committee in this respect. The executive committee shall ar- range a series of affairs such as tag- days, meetings, bazaars, to raise relief funds, The task of the executive com- mittee shall be to see to it that the Workmen's Cirele branches and the Landsmanschaften send their money to their respective home towns only to workers’ organizations thru the Workers’ Relief Committee. The exe- cutive committee shall immediately come in touch with the working class yorganizations in Poland in order to find. out how the relief shall be dis- tributed best, All the represented or- ganizations pledge themselves to donate at least three dollars to cover expenses of the conference, On the proposed resolutions there were differences of opinion only on one point. That was on the point as to whether the Workers’ Relief Com- mittee was to support only Jewish workers’ organizations or all workers’ organizations in general. Some dele- gates were of the opinion that the Jewish masses suffer mostly in the present crisis and because of this the relief committee must limit itself to aiding: Jewish workers. Must Help All Workers, Epstein pointed out that all work- ers are suffering and that this Work- ers’ Relief Committee must be a demonstration of working class solidarity and must go on record to help all workers’ organizations and in- stitutions that need our support. An executive committee of the fol- lowing 21 delegates was then elected: M. P. Epstein and Wattenberg of the Workers (Communist) Party; Pater- nak, Local 120; Loopin, Local 22; Rubin, Local 2; Rose Caplan, Local 9; L. Weiss, Local 35; A, Slonimsky, Local 38, all of the I, L. G. W. U. Sazer and Cohen of the Capmakers’ Union; D, Abrams, Branch 800; Mig- dal, Branch 324; Morris, I, Adler, Rranch.277: Libman, Branch 60: Ber-\ kowitz, Branch 469; Alterman, Branch 682, and Kugelman, Branch 611, all of the Workmen's Circle, Copel Work- . ers’ Club; Solomon, Branch 386 of the Uhelson Workers’ Club. ‘ Gs Sy i