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— The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Il. No. 113. NEw In Chica ““4éan Rates: Suisiae Cnicaso AF j ) U.S. Lo ‘ged to Aid the British Coal Mine Strike News dispatches from Great Britain indicate that the coal | : ae | miners are ph dee by their ultimatum “not a penny off, not a|Mellon-Coolidge administration is calculated to benefit the interests of the great combinations)... minute on” and that the battle between the government and the coal miners continues in spite of the desertion by the Trade Union Congress leaders. The Central Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party has issued the following statement on the miners’ strike, urging the workers generally to give support to the splendid fight which the miners are making: For the Victory of the Miners HE British coal miners are con- tinuing the fight against the coal operators and the government. Despite the betrayal of the coal miners by the right wing leaders of the Trade Union Congress, in call- ing off the general strike, the miners are standing firmly on thelr ulti- matum “not a penny off, not a minute on.” They are determined that wages in the mining industry, already at a mere existence point, shall not be redaced, They are determined that the hours of the miners shall not be lengthened. They demand a de- cent standard of living, a work-day that will leave them time for recrea- tion and education. The Baldwin government that re- pudiated its pledges when It was a question of getting the workers who had gone on general strike back to work, is now showing its real face to the miners. It is making demands and supporting the coal operators in a position which it dared not pre- sent before. Having profited by the betrayal of the Thomases, Hendersons and MacDonalds, in securing the calling off of the general strike, the Bald- win government is now trying to use the iron fist in an effort to smash the resistance of the miners. The workers the world over, show- ed a splendid spirit of solidarity In support of the British general strike. Now that the miners. have been left to fight alone, thru the desertion of the Jeaders.of the Trade Union Con- gress, they must be supported with an equal spirit of solidarity. The miners must have financial support in their struggle. They can only continue their splendid fight if the workers of all countries come to their aid and furnish them with the funds necessary to carry on the struggle. The Workers (Communist) Party calls upon all the members of its organization and upon the labor movement generally to come to the aid-ef the British miners. Mass meetings should be arranged and funds raised to be sent to these miners. The International Workers Aid is carrying on a world-wide campaign for relief of the miners and funds can be sent thru the American branch of that organization, The miners’ strike was the kernel of the struggle in Great Britain. The workers, who, demanded that the Trade Union Congress call a general strike, were fighting for the miners. The miners, deserted, are continuing to fight for victory. The great betrayal of the Trade Union Congress right wing leaders can be turned into a victory for the miners if support is given them in their struggle and they are able to stand firm in the face of the govern ment attack. Rally to the support of the Brit- ish miners! Turn the British fight Into a vic- tory for labor thru a victory for the minerst Soave, vy. — Central Committee... - Workers (Communist) Party c. E. Ruthenberg, Gen. Sec’y. MINERS READY TO CARRY ON A LONG FIGHT Outside Financial Aid Will Be Needed BULLETIN. (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, May 21.—The British coal strike is in full force with no visible efforts being made today to effect a settlement. The delegate conference of the Miners’ Federation, which yesterday rejected the premier’s peace pro- posals, adjourned today and the delegates returned to their homes, The conference, prior to adj \rn- ment, authorized the executive com- mittee to carry on the strike. Hopes had been held that Premier Baldwin would make new proposals, but he merely s a letter to the conference acknowledging the let- ter of the delegates rejecting his settlement plan. The operators have also rejected the plan submit. ted to the miners. The miners are entrenched for a finish fight. By W. N. EWER, Foreign Editor London. D: (Cable to Federat LONDON, May 21.—The miners’ delegate. conference toda: is was foreseen, decided to reject Baldwin's proposal for settlement which it de- scribed as “not honoring the premier’s pledge that the government was not fighting for a lower standard of liv Ing for miners or any other section of the workers. During the negotiations this week it has become clear that the government was demanding an immediate 10 per cent wage reduction of all wages over 46 shillings per week, as a condition for the calling off of the mine lockout notices. In addition the wage board proposals were tantamount to com- (Continued on page 2) CONFERENCE T0 ASSIST PASSAIC. WORKERS MAY 29 Strikers Send Call to Labor Organizations (Special to The Daily Worker) _ PASSAIC, N. J., May 21.—The Pas- salc strikers have sent out a call to all labor unions, workers’ fraternal or- ganizations, textile strikers’ relief con- ferences and other sympathetic or- ganzations, to elect delegates to at- tend a conference in Passaic Satur- day, May 29, at 10 a. m., for the pur- pose of conferring and advising with them on the general strike situation, and to allow the delegate to view for themselves the existing conditions in Passaic and vicinity. At this conference will be discussed the civil rights of the strikers can means ‘by which relief activities can. be best continued and extended and devising ways and means to win the strike. Bosses Form Union. ‘This. conference is a direct result of the mill owners’ recent action to form ‘their union. Until a few days ayo each of the six big mills has fol- lowed its own policy, but now the six mills have organized a union. “They have united their forces and finances to combat the workers. The mill own- ers say it is a fight to a finish—and the workers say they are ready to fight to a finish. Textiles—Basic Industry. Labor organizations thruout the country are intensely interested in the success of the Passaic textile strike. The textile industry is a basic indus- try, and like the steel, rubber, oil, meat packing and auto industries, it has been considered extremely difficult to organize, If the strike in Passaic is successful and a permanent labor union is established, then the avenue will be opened up for extensive or- ganization activities thruout the coun- (Continued on page 2) » bY mi Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1926 per year, all, $8.00 by mail, $6.00 per year. |the opposition there is not one can and democratic parties. workers. in their hands. ernment. It is only necessary to take was spassed by congress. big capitalists were. tions and trusts. The farmer paid higher prices. trust. (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, May 21. — Following the refusal of the British Miners Executive to accept the government proposals involving a wage cut and “arbitration” of future coal disputes, A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation issued the following statement in which he makes clear the international significance of the British miners’ struggle: “The struggle of the British min- ers against the attacks of the coal mine owners and government to re- duce wages and break the national organization is one that not only af- fects all the workers of Great Brit- ain, but immediately will have re- percussions on the workers, especial- ly the miners, of Europe and Amer- ica. All the workers in the mining industry or in industries dealing in coal immediately are affected. “The general strike was proof that the British workers realized the de- feat of the miners would mean the defeat of the whole British work- ing class movement. The first effect of such a defeat on the continent would be intensified competition in the selling of coal, as the reduction of the wages of miners in Britain would an a further lowering of the price. “Furthermore, British coal then woald be imported into France, Bel- | The Bosses and the Elections. | | li [HE capitalist bosses of the United States will be, as ever, well represented in the stat congressional elections this year. ists have under their control, representing interests and fighting their battles, the republi- The capitalists have learned long ago that the power of the government is the decisive in the struggle to promote their economi¢ in- terests and to fight against the demands of the They have the governmental They use that power the workers. They will fight in the elections this year to strengthen their power over the What the Government Has for the Capitalists. record of the government, since the last gressional session began, to learn how the @api- talists use the government to support th terests and fight against the workers. Hundreds of millions were turned back tothe multi-millionaires. and big corporatio’ trusts thru the income tax law revision Taxation w! workers and farmers must, pay thru highe; The government maintained the high pro- tective tariff, for the benefit of the big corgora- The government manipulat- ed the sugar tariff in the interest of the sugar COOK SAYS BRITISH MINERS’ FIGHT IS A WORLD STRUGGL For a Labor Ticket in the 1926 Elections Labor Must Unite for Independent Political Action in Support of a Labor Program. voice raised tor labor. ~~ 8 * * Land the same. The cay ]- eir & & | ists it is er st jov- industry. a glance in- rand | workers. ‘ich he ie- than in the present campaign. E*™ EVER has there been a more favorable Spportunity for the workers of the United States to launch a drive for a class party of lal Every act of the of capital as against the great masses of wage workers and exploited farmers. What feeble op-! position there is to the present administration in the ranks of the so-called insurgent republicans jand democrats is of a hopeless character, harking back to the days of free competition. In all As the most advanced section of the working class the Workers (Communist) Party en- jters the state and congressional campaign$ with a clear cut-program of independent political jaction, proposing the immediate launching of a campaign on the basis of united labor tickets as a step in the direction of building a cla The following is the official statement of the party: party of labor in this country. The government has dropped the bluff of fighting the trusts. law has become a dead letter. and trustified industry have become one and The Sherman Anti-Trust The government The Government Against the Workers and Farmers. At the same time that the government power is used to advance the interests of the capital- used just as aggressively to fight against the workers, Congress has passed the Watson-Parker bill thru which the railroad workers’ right to strike for higher wages and better working conditions is practically abolished. the reactionary leaders of the railroad unions joined in the support of this bill. It is neverthe- less a direct blow at the workers in the railroad It is true that some of A similar bill is before congress in relation to the mining industry. The miners are to be rob- bed of the right to strike for better wages and working conditions as the railroad workers have been. The capitalists want to strip labor of the ‘right to strike to enforce their demands for a higher standard of life. No strikes mean higher profits for the capitalists because it means lower wages and worse working conditions for the Congress has refused to pass laws intended to give the farmers relief from the intolerable con- ditions under which they are working. The capi- talists from one end ofthe country to the other have been howling because it is proposed to use the farmers. and the worker gium, Germany, Holland, and Den- mark at prices below those at which the foreignaminers could produce it. This wouldt create a situation in which the coal owners would take the advantage to reduce the wages of the miners in the foreign coal fields. The antagonism between the governments created in this way might lead even to wars. “Therefore it is of great import- ance to the workers on the continent and in America, that the conditions of the miners of Great Britain are maintained, as coal mining is the key industry of this country, “The miners are determined to continue the struggle despite the fact that the general strike has been called off. “Whatever'the consequences, the British miners will not consent to any lengthening of hours or break- ing of any national agreements, and they will have to be beaten into sub- mission before they accept a reduc tion of wagesz This can be our only attitude inyview of the govern- ment’s complete repudiation of Sir Herbert Samuel's proposals.” COME OVER TONIGHT! Come tonight to the Workers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. to the Concert and Dance of the Novy Mir. JACKSON PARK LODGE, NO. 331, B. OF L. F. & E., AFFILIATES WITH ; INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID At the last meeting of Jackson Park Lodge, No. 331, Brotherhood of Firemen and Locomotive Engineers, a communication from Jack Bradon, secretary Chicago Local of the International Aid, was read, disc The communication explained the Passaic strike situation and acted upon. ed and urged all labor organizations to stand by the Passaic strikers and the Inter- wational Workers’ Aid. After discussing the International Workers’ Aid letter, the members of the Lodge decided to affiliate with the International Workers Ald, and pay two years’ dues in advance, ‘| le the governmental power and money in aid of The capitalists want to register, finger-print and photograph all foreign-born workers, so they can intimidate them and make them afraid (Continued on page 4) This Issue Consists of Two Sections. SECTION ONE. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Price-S Cents Sacco-Vanzetti Mass Meetings in Chief Cities in the next few , according Mass meetings from coast to coast in protest against the legal der of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are to be held with- to an announcement made by the national office of International Labor Defense . The meetings, many of which have already been arranged, will be addressed by some of the most prominent speakers in the labor, liberal and radical movements. have already been arranged. The following are among those which Information about meetings in other cities continue to come to the national office of I. L. D. Tr Many Meetings Planned. Philadelphia, May 22, with Stanley J. Clark and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Pittsburgh, June 3, with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Jas. P. Cannon. Baltimore, June 1, with Norman H. Tallentire, Cleveland, June 4, with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Jas, P. Cannon, Kansas City, Mo., June 10, Charlotte Anita Whitney, who is herself out on appeal in a California criminal syndicalism case. San Francisco, June 3, Robert New York City, May 26, with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Whitaker. Norman Thomas, Harry Kelly, Luigi Quinteliano, and others, Los Angeles, May 30, with Robert Whitaker. Portland, Oregon, May 30, with Chicago, May 28, with Robert Morse Lovett, John C. Kennedy. William Z. Foster, James P. Cannon, C, E. Ruthenberg, Charlotte Anita Whitney, and an Italian speaker, St. Louis, June 9, Charlotte Anita Whitney. Newark, May 28, Robert W. Dunn, Announcement of other meetings will be made as soon as they are available. Workers everywhere are being especially urged to attend these meetings and voice their protest against the frame-up which may result in the electrocution of these two innocent Italian workers whose only crime is devotion to the cause of labor, Lawrence Forms United Conference. The first response to the call sent out by International Labor Defense for the formation of united Sacco-Vanzetti conferences comes from the scene of many bitter labor struggles,. Lawrence, Massachusetts, in the state in which Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted. Representatives of labor organizations, composed of 2,000 workers from fourteen groups, formed the General Workers’ Committee of Lawrence to cen- tralize and co-ordinate the agitation for co and Vanzetti. Delegates were present from International Labor Defense, the German Club, Independent Workmen’s Circle, Arlington Mill Unit, Russian Progressive Club, Armenian Progressive Club, Workers’ Co-operative Union, Socialist Party Italian branch, United Front Committee, Hebrew Ideal Co-operative, Franco-Belgian Club, Workers Party, Matteotti Club, and the Jewish Youth Club. Plans are under way for the holding of a mass meeting of solidarity and protest. The General Workers’ Committee was formed in response to a resolu- tion adopted at a mass meeting of Italian workers which sent the following telegram to. Saceo and Vanzetti in their cells at Dedham jail and Charleston prison: “Stand firm. The workers of Lawrence will not allow two innocent men to die.” Conferences in other cities will soon be successfully under way. e ALL TARRED BY SAME BRUSH IN FORGERY TRIAL Whole Hungarian Govt. Is Involved (Special to The Daily Worker) BUDAPEST, May 21. — The threats and charges being exchanged here by nobl: ind officials high in the council of state including the premier, Beth- len, over the French franc counter- feiting trial becomes more vindictive and sweeping as the process nears its end. No one’s skirts appear to be clean, The trial of itself is sufficient basis to say that the fascist regime founded by Admiral Horthy and now led by Premier Count von Bethien is corrupt from top to bottom. Yesterday's testimony was given by George Hir, a deputy. According to Hir, the Premier, Bethlen, not only agreed to the counterfeiting plan but also gave the counterfeiters a safe- conduct letter insuring them against arrest and also promised financial sup- port of one billion crowns. Bethlen'’s Doubtful Denial. Bethlen of course denied Hir's charge. He declared that if he had wished to participate, he would not have associated with Hir but rather with Prince Windisch-Graetz, “who is a gentleman.” It so happens that the prince in question is the chief defend- ant in the present trial. The attitude of all those involved in the scandal is to assume the pose of a gentleman and chevelier of the old school, For example, Angyan Bethlen’s publicity agent, has been challenged to a duel by Hir’s lawyer because Angyan said he winked at Hir to indicate how Hir should testify. Beneath this pose of “noblesse and honor” is revealed the lying and (Continued on page 2) BEGINS / . TOLEDO MEETING 10 HEAR STORY OF BIG STRIKE AT PASSAIC TOLEDO, Ohio, May 21. — Toledo workers will hear of the great Pas- saic strike, where the workers of the tile, mills are clashing with the forces of capitalism in one of the most spectacular wage battles of recent years, at the mass meeting to be held Saturday evening, May 22, at the Toledo Labor Temple on Jefferson street. The story of the strike wi]l be told by one of the strikers, Nancy Sandowski, and the other speakers on the program are well known as workers for the relief of this, and other strikers, Fred G. Biedenkapp, of the International Workers’ Aid, which has led in the relief work at Passaic, and Dora Lohse, a promin- ent relief worker, will-tell the story of the bravery of the Passaic strik- ers in the face of hunger as well as capitalist police brutality. Will Argue Appeal of Scopes’-Evolution Case at Nashville, May 31 DAYTON, Tenn., May 21.— The ap- peal from the conviction of John T. Scopes, Dayton, Tenn. high school teacher, for expounding evolution in violation of a state law, will be argued before the supreme court at Nashville on May 31. Tile counsel for the defense consists of Clarence Darrow of Chicago, Arthur Garfield Hays, Dudley Field Malone and Charles H. Strong of New York City, John R,. Neal, Robert 8S. Keebler and Henry E. Colton of Tennessee, As counsel for the state of Tennessee are listed William Jennings Bryan, Jr., Frank M. Thompson, Ed. T, Seay, K. T. MeConnico, Charles T. Cates, Jr., and the firms Keable and Seay, and Pitts, McConnico and Hatcher, JUNE 1 ‘SACO, VANZETTI MUST NOT DIE, ISN. Y. DEMAND 3,000 Jam the Central Opera House By SYLVAN A. POLLACK, (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, M ‘Sacco and Vanzetti must not die!” That was the slogan of over 3,000 workers who jammed Central Opera. House, to Capacity, resolved to carry on the struggle which is being carried an to free Sacco and Vanzetti. The meeting was a united front demonstration held under the joint auspices of: The Workers (Commun- ist) Party, International Labor De- fense, American Civil Liberties, Union, Anti-Fascist Alliance of North Amer- ica, New York Council for the Protec- tion of the Foreign-Born, Il Lavora- tore, Il Martello and Il Nuovo Mondo. Like Rakosi and Lanzutsky, William W. Weinstone, general sec- retary of the New York district of the Workers (Communist) Party, who acted as chairman, pointed out that determined action and protests by the workers thruout the world saved the lives of Rakosi in Hungary, Lanzutsky in Poland. Also the release of Ben Gitlow in the United States. Simifiar protests can have the same results in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti. Rebecca Grecht, secretary of the New York Council for the’ Protection of the Foreign-Born, stated that Sacco and Vanzetti are considered guilty by the courts of Massachusetts, “but to the workers of Massachusetts and the workers thruout the world, it is not Sacco and Vanzetti that are convicted, but it is the courts of Massachusetts that are in that position.” Benjamin Gitlow sald in part: “Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested six (Continued on page 2) Win a Book of RED CARTOONS 1s —_— IRA Te ~ eB

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