The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 18, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 108. -Subscrip , PILSUDSKI IS VICTOR; FORMS ANEW CABINET Unions Call Off General Strike WARSAW, May 16—Warsaw has fallen to Marshall Joseph Pilsudski’s insurrectionary forces. The govern- ment of Premier Witos has resigned. President Wojciechowski also gave up his office and fled from Warsaw with Witos and other members of the cabi- net. The president of the Polish siejm, L. Rataj, automatically became president upon the resignation of Wo- jeiechowski and. together with Pilsud- ski appointed a new cabinet. The new. government is headed by Prof. Charles Bartel, prime minister. Pi udski took over the ministry of and August Zaléski, former am- dor to Rome is the minister of reign affairs, The national assembly will be convoked soon to choose a new president, at which time the govern-) ment will) be permanently recon- structed, Strike Called Off, The trade unions, which had called a general strike in support of the Pil- sudski coup, have called off ther walk- out. It is estimated that a huridred or more of the contending troops were killed in tae fight in and around War- saw. Pilsudski Strong. Pilsudski’s political gripof the country appears to be complete. The army is definitely with him, strengthened by virtue of support from trade union leaders and the gov- ernors of the provinces have joined hi: camp. He has dispatched emis- ries to the Ukraine and White Rus- an regions of Poland to quiet the tional minorities with promises of “democratic treatment.” Economy Worse. However, the economic status of Po- land continues no better than before. If anything the industries are no) worse. off thatn before due ‘to the sus- _ponsion ef activity that,occurred dur- ing the révolt. The coal and iron in- dustries in upper Silesia are particu- larly disorganized. No Strong Opposition. Generals Heller and Sikorski, ene- mies of Pilsudski who attempted’ to rally loyal soldiers against the rebel- lious marshal have given up their struggle. There appears to be no party now strong enuf to challenge Pilsud- ski’s hold on the government. Pil- sudski*claims to have disavowed any intention of a dictatorship and de- clares he wishes only to establish a joint government of parties who wish | to run the country in a “more effici- ent” manner than the old. see London Satisfied, LONDON, May. 16—The British for-| eign office regards the Polish upheaval | as a change in government rather than a revolution, and announces that the rise of Marshal Pilsudski to power does not alter diplomate relations be-| tween Poland and Great Britain. Moscow’s View. MOSCOW, May 16—The news of Pilsudski’s coup in Poland. caused neither disquiet nor surprise here. It wes known in authoritative quarters for several weeks that Pilsudski was contemplating something of the kind. It is even thot here that the right parties in Poland were not unwilling that he should make such an attempt, so that later they might establish a real fascist dictatorship. ee 60 TO ELEC UNITED FRO URGE EAE EDA RESET EEE AUR i he is)" Sh 15h ER 1 POs ry mail, $8.00 per year, 4 by mail, $6.00 per year. ian , OF py HE DAILY ’ Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. The contenders President Woiciechowski and Premier Witos were the heads of the late government of Poland overthrown by the leadership of Marshal Pilsudski. the coup of rebellious soldiers under The former premier and the president held power during a very chaotic condition in Poland’s political life—no par- ty having a majority in the government. Pilsudski will probably make sure of a majority—thanks to the strength of his armed forces. AMERICAN LABOR DEMANDS CIVIL ~~ COURT. TRIALS FOR 92 LITHUANIAN WORKERS’ AND PEASANTS’ CANDIDATES Close to’one hundred and fifty Chicago workers representing various organizations affiliated to the International Labor Defense participated in a picketing dénionstration before the Lithuanian consulate at 608 S. Dearborn street, The pickets gathered in a loop hall, marched aléng Madison St. to State St. down along State St. to Van Buren and then to the consulate. Ag the pickets marched thru the busy loop holding aloft their banners, passing (Continued on page 2) Shoe Workers Protective Union Pledges Aid to American Shoe Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 16—Local 53 of the Shoe Workers’ Protective Union passed a resolution sending their fra- ternal greetings to the American Shoe Workers now on strike assuring them of every support in their strug- gle for better conditions, Local 53 pledges to aid in the prevention of scabbing at the plants where members of the American Shoe Workers’ Union are on strike for victory, We regard your battle against the manufacturers. as the battle of all shoe workers and we wish you every success in the fight. SUH ANOADOAHUANONGAOGLAL UNEASE AEH E Supreme Court Decided Tuesday SACCO AND VANZETTI TRIG CHAIR They Must Not Die! ; Shar Your Voice Be Heard at the NT MEETING for the Defense of Sacco and Vanzetti n Wednesday, May 19th, 8 P. M. at the CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE, 67TH STREET AND 3RD AVENUE NEW YORK CITY ADMISSION 25 CENTS, CTT TELM LILLIE ALLL { ' } v7 ‘ FURRIERS SOLID AS BOSSES BALK ON 40-HR, WEEK Ready to Begin Strike All Over Again (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 16.—Unless the forty-hour week is granted to the fur strikers by the manufacturers very Soon.the general strike committee is Preparing to withdraw its offer to waive the demands for equal division of work and an unemployment insur- ance fund, It is reported that at today’s meet- ing of the manufacturers’ associations a resolution was passed instructing Samuel N. Samuels and others who have appeared for the employers at the settlement conferences to refuse the forty-hour week demand and all other demands of the strikers and set- tle the strike only on the terms of the old agreement, “If this is the way they feel,” says Ben Gold, chairman of the general strike committee, “we are ready to begin the strike all over again. At the last conference our offer to with- draw the demands for extension of the equal division of work and for an un- employment insurance fund was made with the provision that all other points of the new agreement be accepted, in- cluding first and foremost the forty- hour week. And we made ft clear that unless this offer was accepted Promptly it would be withdrawn. As we have said repeatedly, the fur strik- ers are willing to fight on for the rest of 1926 if necessary. Our strike is in better shape than ever before.” Plans are going forward for the great nation-wide drive far a forty- hour week for all workers, and the call to labor unions will be formally issued tomorrow. Indications are that the response to this move is going to be even greater than the fur strikers antiel - From coast to coast will he slogan, “A forty-hour TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1926 Systm ot ra By, JOHN |r Arthur Cook, secretary of Britain: sire 0} hearty frat gle against wage reductions, NVENTION OF A.C.W. ADJOURN "MIDST ORATORY |Defer Steps Towards a Labor Party By JACK JOHNSTONE (Special Wire to The Daily Worker.) MONTREAL, May 16, — With a last blast of oratory from Arturo Glovan- nittl, Judge Jacob Pankin, Leo Wol- man of the Union's research depart- ment and W. 0, Thompson of the Fair- banks Soap factory, the selection of Cincinnati for the next convention; the nomin of Hillman and Schlossberg hout opposition, and the nominatic|: of nearly fifty candi- dates for | ive board , the ‘cdn- vention of thd» Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America adjourned at 1:00 Pp. m. this rnoon. Of the candi- dates for ‘thes executive board who were nominated, a number are pro- gressives. F Pankin Orates. Judge Pankin, in his speech, got quite excited over the thirteen billion dollar foreign ‘investments of Amer- ican imperialism. He attributed the British strike to the foreign invest- ments of British capital and seemed to fear that a similar occurrence would happen’ here unless all this capital is used for the development of America “which has the potential- ities of feeding a population of five hundred million.” Giovannitti, speaking for Italians in both Italy and America, aroused the enthusiasm of the delegates by his Plea for a struggle against fascismo, but like all other speakers he warned the union to y away from politics, avoid political parties—but of course, support “Il Nuovo Mondo.” Labor Party Resolution, During the Friday afternoon session the committee discarded the resolu- tion demanding that the officers of the union take an active part in the for- mation of an all inclusive labor party and substituted one that merely ex- pressed the hope that a labor party would come into existence in the future, Schneid Fight for L. P. Delegate Hyman Schneid of Chicago criticized the officers of the union for not giving active support to the forma- tion of a labor party. He said the of- ficers took an active-part in only one convention—the C. P. P. A. conven- tion in Cleveland-—which did not pre- sume to be a labor party and that at the Chicago July convention and the following one in St. Paul they went only as observers. Schneid saié, “For ‘years we have been giving lip service to the labor party idea. We want no more C. P. P, A,’s” He urged the convention to vote down the committees report and to vote for the original resolution, Wants Class Party. Delegate Rumugilla said that when the exectuive board endorsed the can- didacy of LaFollette for president in the last elections that it did not rep- resent that attitude of the members. He said the endorsement of LaFollette was the rankest of opportunism and that what we want is a class party and not a party of dissappointed re- publicans and democrats, Wilkins of Baltimore expressed similar senti- ments. Hillman, speaking for the commit- tee, justified the LaFollette campaign, He. said that Schlossberg was one of the few who were honestly opposed to participation in the ©, P. P, A. The committees’ report was adopted. A national referendum asking for an assessment, time and amount to be left to the discretion of the executive board, was carried, ASSURANCES OF SOLIDARITY ARE “SENT MINERS OF SOVIET UNION BY BRITISH MINERS’ SECRETARY EZ 290 PEPPER. f (Special Cablegram to The Daily Worker) F OSCOW, U.S. S. R., May 16.—The Miners’ Congress of the Soviet Union sitting at Moscow has just received the following message the Miners’ Federation of Great \ “Vow have invited a delegation of British miners to attend your cdngress. “But in view of the attack on the wages and conditions of labér of our men, the delegation has been unable to leave for the Soviet Union. ‘As secretary of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain, | de- alf of the British miners to convey to your congress our greetings and assurances of our solidarity. The Brit- ish miners fave been assisted beyond all expectations by the magni- ficent and resolute action of the workers at home and abroad. British miners are especially grateful to the miners of the Soviet Union, particularly for the generous material assistance which will ap- preciably assist the British mine workers in their present bitter strug- “We know that the working men and women of Great Britain, of the Soviet Union and of other countries remain our allies despite everything, This gives us new confidence for the struggle. —Arthur Cook, Secretary, Miners’ Federation of Great Britain.” MADE FATAL MISTAKE » CALLING OFF STRIKE LONDON, May 16.—“The Trades Union Congress made a fatal mis- take In calling off the general strike,” Secretary A. J. Couk of the Miners’ Federation said today. “We knew nothing about their reasons. smere was no weaken- ing of the men. We have seen hun- dreds of telegrams from all parts of the country to the effect that the men refuse to resume work.” | COOK SAYS CONGRESS “Another Conference” Is Chamber of Commerce’s Relief to the Farmers WASHINGTON, May 14.—Mouthing pledges of support to the farmer, the Policies for solution of the many prob- lems of agriculture.” In a resolution adopted at the clos- ing session of the ‘convention the chamber offered its complete facilities to place “leadership of proven ability from the broad fields of commerce” at the disposal of agriculture. NEW YORK POLICE SEEKS TO PREVENT PICKET PROTEST Guard Lithuanian Con- sul; Fear Demonstration By SYLVAN A. POLLACK. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, May 16.—A dis- play of police force that set the entire downtown section of New York agog took place when the International Labor Defense made arrangements to hola a protest demonstration in front of the Lithuanian consulates, 38 Park Row. The demonstration was arranged to call to the attention of the New York workers that the Lithuanian govern ment was attempting to raflroad to death leaders of the workers in that country. Police and Consul. When the workers assembled they were hustled on their way by the po lice who would not allow any one tc congregate anywhere near the con sul’s office which is opposite the City Hall and the City Hall post office, It was guarded by mounted police, pa- trolmen and a company of firemen with hose attached to nearby’ hy- drants. The City Hall had police on its steps and mounted police paraded around the City Hall Park, The post office also was guarded by a half doz- en policemen. Visit |. L. D. Office, Earlier in the day police visited the office of the International Labor De- fense, 799 Broadway and other places where the workers were assembled. St. Paul City Council (Special to The Daily Worker) ST, PAUL, Minn., May 16, — Altho labor's’ candidate for Mayor of St. Paul failed to go over in the munici- pal elections just held here, three out of the five seats in the city council were captured by the labor ticket as well as the city controller's office. The labor ticket ‘staged a whirl wind campaign. . The. local labor party is backed hy the, St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly. The f United States chamber of commerce | advocated a. natipna) appeaiare! COU: “cde ference to formulate “comprehensive Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. but slowly resuming operations. British Miners Solid in Fight for Living Wage (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, May 16.—Because the railway union leaders have signed an agreement that has forced humiliating conditions upon thousands of rairoad workers, in many sections traffic is NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents Local rail union organizations, resenting the action of their leaders, are still holding out a por- tion of the men. The London dockers have not yet returned. It is possible that by tomorrow they will come to an agreement with the ship- scabs as they can. a living wage.” Samuel Proposals sh I og ~ 2 By CHARLES ASHLIEGH ‘Special to. The Daily Worker) LONDON, May 16—The railway men have returned to work on the follow- ing terms: Strikers to be taken back as soon as traffic permits and work is found for them; “The unions admit, that in calling the strike, they com- mitted a wrongful act against the companies and the companies are not required to surrender their right to collect legal damages.” The men are never again to be instructed to strike without previous negotiations, The leaders will not support members taking unauthorized action towards a strike. The London Tramwaymen are re- turning with the understanding that the company is retaining “Blacklegs” desiring to work. These stand as black examples of e treachery of the right wing lead- s, Thomas, Clynes, etc. and the cow- ardice of the so-called left. Summary of Events. Merbert Samuels’ proposals were placed before the miners Monday last and they were rejected because they involved wage reductions. On Tues- day the general council met without the miners, Samuels presented his tina! draft to them, The general coun- cil practically accepted his terms altho it was not until eight in the evening that they were presented to thé min- as a veritable ultimatum, The 1amers teceived no intimation from the general council that the strike would be called off until Thurs- lay morning. The miners then decid- ‘d to call a delegate conference to dis- uss the proposals. Thus the general council endeavor- ad to force the aniners to accept the (Continued on page 2) — committee of the Ru: for the English miners. The miners’ congre: observe, RUSSIAN UNIONS WILL GIVE FUNDS TO BRITISH MINERS By JOHN PEPPER. (Special Cablegram to The Daily Worker) OSCOW, U. S. S. R., May 15.—The general council of the trade unions of the Soviet Union decided to transfer to the central in Miners’ Union the 2,600,000 rubles collected In announcing this decision to the miners’ congress of the Soviet Union, Dogadov, secretary of the general council of the all-Russian trade unigns, said that collections continue thruout the Soviet Union and will make possible support in the future to those English miners whose situation is becoming extremely difficult, thereupon decided to transfer the sum to the disposal of the British Miners’ Federation, wiring the latter body for the necessary instructions to make the delivery of the money, In view of the continuation of the mine: Communist International and the Red Trade Union International are asking workers of all countries to join in a campaign to strictly the slogan “No Transport of Coal to England!” pers. The newspaper ‘proprietors are taking undue advantage of the printers and are attempting to continue the use of as many Hence papers today appeared in skeleton form while negotiations continue. The miners are holding fast. to work. The miners’ executive was in conference with the gov- ernment yesterday over its proposals for a settlement. gress is reported so far in the negotiations. Miners Are Holding Fast. The miners’ national conference will reconvene next Thursday. meantime the delegates will report back to the mining sections, that the feeling among the miners continues bitter against the general coun- cil’s action in calling off the strike and that their determination to hold but for their first demands has not been lessened. A, J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation, said today, “Peace will not be declared until the men who risk their lives underground are assured Not a coal-digger has returned No pro- In thé It is known RIGHTS OF MEN RANK AND FILE SIGNED AWAY BY | INDIGNANT AT THOMAS’ AIDS) WEAK LEADERS Miners May Reject\Government’s Promises Are Scrapped W. NU EWER, Foreign Beiter London Daily Herald. (Cable to Federated Press and The DAILY WORKER.) LONDON, May 16.— The situation has changed amazingly. In the morn- ing it seemed as if the solid rallying of the rank and file had checked the counter attack of the employers and government and caused wiser coun- sels to prevail. Then came the as- tounding news that three railway un- ion secretaries had signed an agree- ment which, while providing no wage cuts, admitted the general strike was a wrongful act, acknowledged the com- panies’ right to sue for damages and promised no strike in the future ex- cept after negotiations, thus preclud- ing all possibility of future strikes in support of the miners or any other industry. ; “Government Trick.” By What reception the railway men 2 this is as yet unknown but no doubt it will arouse in tense indignation and a feeling that they have been duped, let down and humiliated. The second astounding event was the publication of the government's proposals for the mines settlement The Samuel memorandum on the strength of which the general strike was called off has been virtually scrapped. Only parts of its machin- ery and proposals are incorporated im the scheme, which on essential points leaves the position bad as ever, Wage Cuts. Huge cuts of unspecified amount are inssited on. An extension of hours, which is not contained either in the commission's report or in the (Continued on page 2) strike in Britain the