The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 14, 1926, Page 1

— CEH ms St Nae “ ) ——$s = The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 105. RUSSIAN UNION - SENDS MESSAGE TO CONVENTION A. C. W. Asked to Lead for World Unity By JACK JOHNSTONE (Special to The Daily Worker) MONTREAL, May 12—The Con- vention of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing workers today listened to a let- ter from S. Sokolinsky, chairman of the Needle Trades Workers’ Union of Soviet Russiay The message praised the eleven years rare example of or- ganization set by the Amalgamated and attributed this to the militant struggles against the bosses and the class consciousness of the member- ship of the Amalgamated which places it in the front ranks of the world’s needle workers. The Russian Needle Trades Union, the letter stated, urges the Amalga- mated to support the formation of a single, class conscious world needle trades international. Sokolinsky pointed out that the only needle un- iow*that had not touched the unity issue was the Amalgamated. “Forward to World Unity.” The message closes, “Ia wishing you all success in your future activi- ties we hope, comrades, that your convention will speak with authority on the question of unity and that your union will take the leading place in a united international of all workers in the clothing industry. Up the Amalgamated! Forward to unity among the world’s garment workers! With Comradely Greetings.” The news. of the British strike set- tlement was ¢arried by local papers today. The convention went on rec- ord, without a motion, to send the money to the British workers unless the Trade Union Congress says it is not needed. Left-Wing Barrage Starts. After two and a half days of thinly covered intimidation of the left-wing, the convention got down to Secre- tary Schlossberg’s report. The grand finale of this campaign came when Beckerman, leading New York's 40 extra delegates to the tune of the “Marseillaise’ and the “International” paraded the convention. and. shook hands with Hillman, This was followed by a flood of ora- tory by Orlowski, Miller Catalonnoti and Beckerman, each denying the ac- cusation that’ the New York’ organiza- tion is ruled by an fron hand. Miller said that New Y) /k had-as much democracy as “Ghicago.. Reckerman Gave the keynote of the future policy (Continued on page 3) NEW YORK TO PROTEST PERSECUTION OF 92 SPOKESMEN OF LABOR $ .s (Special to The Daily Worker) , NEW YORK, May 12.—A protest demonstration before the Lithuanian jaing tthe execution and imprisonment of the 92 candidates to the Lithuanian parliament whose only “crime” was in participating in the elections under the name of Workers’ and Poor Peasants Groups has been called by the International Labor Defense, New York section, for Saturday, May 15. The International Labor Defense calls on all workers to join this demonstration, which will demand the liberation of the 92 workers who have been kept in the dungeons of Lithuania for three years without a trial and whose first trial was an- nounced to take place on May 17, when they will be sentenced to death, 4 All workers wishing to partioi- pate in the demonstration should be at the International Labor Defense headquarters, 799 Broadway,’ room 422, on Saturday at 11 o'clock in the morning, “-eription Rates: cox ‘ - , ST Y nel YD liv | The British Government Backs Down ; ¥ 2 Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ilinols, under the Act of March 3, 1879, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. — GOVERNME ae British labor movement has won a partial victory. Because of the magnificent solidarity by which it was secured in the face of the mobilization of the army and navy against it, and the declarations of the government to the effect that negotiations would not be resumed until the strike was called off, it will give great impetus to the upward move- ment of British labor and accelerate the leftward swing of international labor: Even the correspondents of the American capitalist press are forced to concede that the withdrawal of the lockout notices by the mine owners, their agreement to continue the old wage scale and resume negotiations and the govern- ment’s promise to continue the subsidy to the coal industry, treat for the Baldwin regime. It should be remembered the general strike in support of the miners, precipitated by strike was called off, is a re- that since the beginning of the breaking off of negotiations with the Trades Union Council by Baldwin after the printers had tied up the Daily Mail, the government has maintained that no negotiations would be resumed until the strike was terminated. The government further maintained that the calling of a general strike made impossible any discussion of wage questions. and was an assault on organized society whose guardian it claimed to be. The greatest display of military force that has been seen in Britain, since the world war then took place. Troops with FUR WORKERS. STAND SOLID | FOR 40 HOURS Repudiate Maneuver of | Int’l for 42-Hour Week BULLETIN NEW YORK, May 12 — The .fur manufacturers again announced last night, that they will not give the fur workers a 40-hour week; and Ben Gold, genear! manager of the New York joint board, stated that until this demand of the strikers is ac- cepted there will be no discussion of any other terms of settiement. ee all occuring before the general (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 12—The attempt of the officials of the International Furriers Union to betray the New York strikers and accept a 42-hour week when the bosses had materially conceded 40 hours in settlement of the strike was exposed this after- !noonAo the shop chairmen meeting in Manhattan Lyceum. “They would not even ask for a 40-hour, week,” Beh Gald : repdrted. “They kept suggesting, in the midst of a conference with the manufactur- ers, that we submit the proposition of a 42-hour week to a referendum vote of the strikers.” This action of the International of- ficials occurred at a conference with the employers last Saturday after- noon and-..evening, which was at- tended by representatives of the New York joint board at the special re- quest of President William Green of the American Federation of Labor. Rumors were that Green had come to New York determined to settle the tur strike at any cost, and Interna- tional officials were evidently plan- ning that it should be at the cost of the workers who have been on strike for the past 12 weeks, Joint Board Holds Fast. Saturday's conference ended at 1:30 Sunday morning when the represen- tatives of the joint board—Ben Gold, I. Shapiro, A. Gross, Louis Cohen and Mrs. Fannie Warshofsky—refused to discuss any, terms of settlement until the 40-hour week was accepted. As they left the conference room they heard one of the manufacturers say, “Why don’t we give it to them now;” and another replied, “No, Why should we? Wait. and see what happens.” Members, of the joint board forced Isaac Wohl, one of the Intepmational officers, to, acknowledge in front of President Green that he too heard this conversation. Editor’s Note.—Just before the British generalistrike was called FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1926 EE 290 H STRIKE FO NI RE —+ | oe tanks and artillery occupied all industrial centers, the navy threw a The don around the British isles. or movement replied to the display of military force and the provocative attitude of the government by call- ing out more workers. It is significant that the backdown of the government came immediately after 300,000 more metal workers Congress. ica and t Labor Pa! and the trade Thomases—who opposed the sought to betray it, will lose means and the behind. of wage questions ARITY OF off, an important session of the Executive Committeeiof the Red Inter- national of Labor Unions was held in Moscow. Th@ following cable- gram, sent before the settlement, gives the attitudehof the Executive Committee toward the great strike. ® * By JOHN PEPPER. (Special Cable to The DATLY WORKER) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., May 12 (via London).—Atva session of the Exe- cutive Committee of the Red International of Labor ‘Unions, A. Losovsky, in summing up the situation in England, pointed out: the unshaken united front of the bourgeoisie which is fully conscious of the political importance of the struggle and openly recognize it. Behind the formal government declarations about the défense of the con-| stitution is hidden an elaborately worked out and detailed plan for defeat- ing the British workers’ movement.: Meanwhile the leaders of the strike continue to emphasize its purely eco- nomic character. The political horizons of the lead- ers of the great strike are not ade- quate to the giant development of events. An example of this in- adequacy is manifested by the refusal to accept the help of foreign trade uinons, as a consequence of the pressure of the right wing. This step is pregnant with grave consequences in the weakening of the General Trade Union Council's position toward the bourgeoisie and in impending the unity of the strikers who are already astonished at such a decision, The decision of the General Trade Union Council not to accept the help of foreign trade unions is satisfying to the bourgeoisie, which draws the conclusion of the strong influence of the General Council's right wing, Of course, the decision does not diminish the gigantic significance of the his- torical struggle, which must be sup ported further by all means. The Executive Committee of the Red International of Trade Unions has decided to appeal to adhering or- nizations to continue the collection tr the strikers, transferring such col- lections to England on the first re- quest of the General Council of the British trade unions, Collections in all possible forms are continuing most successfully in all of the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- ics. All of the working population is deeply interested in the develop- ment of the strike, “The waptains of foreign steamers now in the port of Novorossiis! bidding the crews of these vessels to join in the-demonstrations of the Rus- sian dock workers, visit their clubs and threaten dismissal in case of dis- obedieneé. Nevertheless meetings of the éreWs of foreign steamers have taken ce on land, adopting resolu- ons Of solidarity with the British 5 NORWAY LAYS CLAIM TO LAND AT WORTH POLE OSLO, May‘12, — The North Pole is regarded as’ Norwegian territory, so far as the Norwegian government is concerned. Advices that: the Amundsen-Ells- worth dirigible<Norge arrived over the North» Pole ant dropped the Norwe- gian, American: and Italian flags, is considered here as being tantamount to establishing. the Norwegian claim to this territory. Police Declare Ward Is Blackmail Victim NEW YORK; May 11.—The mysteri- ous disappearance of Walter S, Ward, former head df the Ward Baking com- pany and sorof a multimillionaire, in- volves blackmail, detectives declared. Working in collaboration with the authorities of New Jersey and Mary- land, the New York officers believe that two men who have been intim- idating Ward since his acquittal on murder charges have either kidnapped or murdered him. Strikers Released. NEW YORK, May 12 — Samuel Mencher, chairman of the picket com- mittee of the striking furriers, Mark Boerum and B. Fischler who last week were sentenced to 60 days in jail on a charge of disorderly conduct, were released today and freed from the charge against them. The case was heard before supreme court justice, Charles L. Guy, and he was con- vinced of the fhion’s contention that the whole case was a frame-up, and released the workers. WRITE 4S YOU FIGHT! Struck yesterday at the call of the Trade Union ‘end of the general strike is only the beginning of a new and militant trend in Great Britain which is bound to have a'tremendous%ffect on labor in Western Europe, Amer- colonial countries. numbers 6f the British working class into the vanguard of the world’s revolutionary proletariat. lt will mean for England that the right wing of the iter prestige for the National Minority movement munist Party whose program of unity of action ‘miners became the program of the whole labor ritish strike, because it is the first general strike ind disciplined trade union movement, must be efully by us and its great lessons learned and 'to the American masses. It marks the entry of great unions—the MacDonalds and strike and who undoubtedly in influence very rapidly. It in an imperialist nation with P PLOT 10. CREATE GERMAN DICTATORSHIP Fascists Seek to Make Hindenburg Dictator (Special to The Daily Worker) | BERLIN, May 12—Pians of the Ger- | man fascists to institute a dictator- ship with President Von Hindenberg as the dictator were unearthed in a | series of raids conducted by German police. Seek to Make Dictatorship. The fascists had plained to have Von Hindenberg resign on the basis Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WO! PUBLISHING NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents CO.; 1113 W, Washington Blvd., Chic: REAT font ine i Tory Rule Gives in to Two Major Points at Issue (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, May 12.—The general strike has been called off on the following terms: 1. The government subsidy to be extended. 2. The wages of the miners to be those obtaining prior to the posting of the lock-out notices on May 1, which were withdrawn. 3. The government will undertake the reorganization of the coal industry. Government Concedes Major Points. This is a victory for the trade unions who called the generat strike in protest against the lock-out notites and a reduction in the pay of the miners. Both of these major points of controversy have been conceded by the government pending further negotia- tions. The cancellation order sent by wire thruout the kingdom by the Trades Union Congress informing the men that the gen- eral strike had been called off, said that thé strikers shall await final word from their respective union executives. A.J. Cook, of the Miners’ Federation, wired to the mine dis- triets, 2s4follows;- “Miners must not. resume -work.pending de- cision of a national miners’ conference convened for Friday in London.” “It rests with the conference what action will be taken in the light of the ciggumstances. The men themselves will de- cide,” said Cook. Withdraw Lockout Notices. The decision to call the strike off was was taken by the Trades Union Council after it had received assurances from the government that it will take steps to carry out its share of the program after the miners’ conference on Friday—providing the conference agrees to a resumption of negotiations with the mine owners. The union delegates who met with the government at Down- ing Street at 12:30 p. m., were J. H. Thomas, Arthur Pugh, Mar- garet Bondfield, J. Bromley, Ben Tillett and ten others. The ne- gotiators for the cabinet were Premier Baldwin, Winston Church- ill, Lord Birkenhead and four others, While the government won a technical point when Arthur Pugh made public a statement of revocation of the strike order, the real victory went to the Trade Unions by reason of the government’s ssurances given before the strike order was revoked, that the mine lock-out no- of article 48 of ihe German constitu- fion and declare a national emerg- ency and proclaim as dictatorship with himself a dictator. Immediately on the rise of Hindenberg as the dicta- tor would come the repudiation of the Dawes treaty, the Locarno pact and the treaty of Versailles and Ger- many was to initiate a revival of the cld military spirit. This move which rivals that of the Kapp beer putsch was to have been begun by an armed uprising of the fascists of Berlin and the seizing of the governmental powers. Coup Director in Turkey—— Colonel Nicolai, chief of the Ger- man secret service during the war, is being sought as it is believed that he secretly held the ministry of defense and planned the fascist coup. It is stated that Nicolai is in Turkey where he sought Turkey's aid to establish a dictatorship in Germany. Colonel Von Luck, president of the Olympia Athletic Club, a notorious royalist organization including mem- bers of the Hohenzolleri family and other. royal families, has been placed under arrest. Many documents seized in a raid on his quarters re- vealed the intentions of the fascists in Germany. A raid on the home of Herr Von St. Mienstern, chief editor of the Deutsche Zeitung, disclosed many im- portant documents concerning the plot to create a fascist dictatorship. Foster Will Speak in Cleveland Tuesday CLEVELAND, May 12. — William Z. Foster, who has just returned from Soviet Russia, will speak at a meet- ing arranged by the Trade Union Edu- cational League, Tuesday, May 18, at 8 p. m. at the Insurance Center Buiid- ing, 1783 E. 11th St,, Hall A. Foster will speak on the “Hritish Strike and |the second lynching in Florida in three da the American Working Class.” r tices would be withdrawn. ’ MILLION MINERS REMAIN OUT; MEET IN CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY LONDON, May 12.—While the general strike has been called off, the great controversy is by no means settled. One million miners remain on strike and will continue to remain out until their delegates meet on Friday to con-_ sider proposals for their return to work. None of the men will return to work until they receive orders from their union heads. Further trouble may easily arise when the men go back to their jobs. This was clearly indicated this afternoon when the newspapers announced that striking employes could not return to their work until the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association had decided upon what terms the strikers “will be permitted to resume their positions.” In a communique the government issued today it did not claim victory, but said: “The government does not want to talk about victory or use that word.” BY-ELECTION IN LONDON SHOWS INCREASING POWER OF WORKERS By W. N. EWER. (Cable to Federated Press) by the municipal by-election in a ward of Chiswick, a non-working class Lon don suburb. In the last elections the figures were: Conservative, 994; Labor, 522. In today’s elections the tables were very much turned with labor polling 1,041, while the conservatives got only 37. Five bad accidents occurred to scab-run trains. Near Edinburgh a train driven by a company official crashed into a freight train in a tunnel. The driver and two others were killed and sixteen were injured, Establish Air Mail : Chicago—Dallas More than 276 pounds of mail, im cluding more than 1,100 letters, was carried by two planes which inaugur- ated the Chicago-Dallas Airmail Serv Mob Lynches Negro Road Gang Worker LABELLE, Fla,, May’ 12. — ‘Henry Patterson, Negro, wag taken from his work on a road ng by a mob of whites and shot and then hung: ‘The mob accused Patterson of having in- ice. Most of this mail, it was said, was destined for Kansas City or points south, timacies with a white woman. °This is - LONDON, May 12.—Evidence of increasing labor strength is afforded a CES } } 4