The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 23, 1926, Page 2

Page Two AOCO and Vanzetti are in the is a matter which affects every man, woman and child of the working class of the world. Frequently, in the course of its history, the labor movement comes face to face with a threatened tragedy that forces the working class to surge forward as one man for defense. cases of the Chicago martyrs of 1886, the cases of Haywood, Moyer and Pettibone, that of Schmidt, Kaplan and the McNamaras, that of Francisco Ferrer, who was murdered by the Spanish govern- ment; and the case of Mooney and Billings. After the world war Mathias Rakosi and hundreds of others have been saved by labor’s angry protest alone. The case of Sacco and Vanzetti comes sharply to the front as a world challenge The crisis in this case is now complete. five years these two men of labor death sentence—but during all this time it was necessary for the capitalist reaction to postpone the murder. The protest of labor rang thruout Italy, and it became necessary to wait until the faseist reaction had stifled labor’s voice in that country. The voice of labor arose in America to CHICAGO TYPOGRAPHICAL WORKERS TO DISCUSS USE OF STRIKE WEAPON AGAINST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS TINCHER-ASWELL FORCES UNITE AGAINST HAUGEN ‘Alliance Seeks Defeat of $175,000,000 Bill BULLETIN WASHINGTON, D. C., May 21—The $175,000,000 Haugen price stabilization bill was defeated In the house today. oe & (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 21, — In an effort to defeat the $175,000,000 Haugen farm aid bill, Representative Tincher, republican of Kansas and sponsor of the administration $100,- 000,000 farm afd bill and Representa- tive Aswell, democrat, of Louisiana, sponsor of the $10,000,000 commodity marketing bill, withdrew their prop- osals and are drawing up a compro- mise bill to be presented later to the house, The compromise bill is to contain the principal features of both bills and fis intended to unite the followers of Aswell and the administration against the “farm bloc” which is supporting the Haugen bill. This action on the part of these two congressmen came following a motion of Representative Madden, republican of Illinois, for a recommitment of the Haugen bill to a committee. Due to the desire of many of the ad- ministration supporters to get back to their states and carry on a fight for re-election, such a motion, if adopted, would mean that no relief legislation ‘would be passed at this session of con- gress. As a result of a test vote in the senate, the defeat of the Haugen bill is forecast. The yote came on a parliamentary skirmish about recommitting the Hangen dill to a committee, which would mean its death. Representative Madden, republican of Illinois, made the motion, and a point of order was made against it by Representative Dowell, republican, of Iowa, but was denied. With the farm block appealing to the membership to overturn the chair’s ruling, and administration lead- ers exhorting the members to uphold it, the house then voted 201 to 132 to uphold the chair. The Coolidge administration has at- tempted thruout this session of con- gress to block the passage of any farm relief measures so that it could gather in the farmer vote in the coming elec- tion on the promise that it would do something at the next session if the administration block in the senate and house were considerably strengthened. The only farm legislation that can be expected to be passed by the Coo- Mdge administration group at any time is that legislation which will aid the rich farmers and the bankers in the agricultural districts and not the poor farmers who are in need of immediate ald. Take this copy of the DAILY Save Sacco and Vanzetti! By ROBERT MINOR death cell. This are aware that Such were the capitalism. several deaths in to labor. For have been under framing-up and Chicago Typographical Union No. bonus system has been used by the: bosses to get linotype operators on the newspapers to “speed up” and produce enormous amounts of type at a very low rate of pay. After producing the required amount of type, the linotype operators would then work to make the “bonus.” By “speeding up” the openators were able in many cases to produce twice as |much as the union contract demanded Jas the average hourly production In |this way one linotype operator did the work of two, At present many of the bonus oper- ators realize that this echeme works for the benefit of the bosses and against the union workers and have insisted that this provision be elim- inated. The union is also demanding an in- ‘crease in wages. The present scales on the newspapers are $58 on the day shift and $63 on the night shift. The present working hours of the typographical workers have been 45 hours a week. The union now de- mands that the workers be given the 42-hour week. Illinois Socialist Party Convention to be held in Chicago Sunday The formation of the United Labor ticket will probably be one of the points on the agenda to be discussed at the state convention of the Illi- nois socialist party, Sunday, declared one of the Illinois socialist party heads in an interview with a repre sentative of The DAILY WORKER on the placing of a united labor ticket in the coming local elections. The Illinois socialist party will hold its convention Sunday at the Labor Lyceum, Kedzie and Ogden avenue, Sacco and Vanzetti Protest in Detroit DETROIT, May 21. — The Anti- Fascist Alliance of Detroit has called @ mass meeting of workers to protest against the death sentences imposed upon Sacco and Vanzetti, to be held at the House of the Masses, Gratiot and St. Aubin, Sunday, May 23, at 2:30 p. m. The speakers will be Enea Sormenti and Carlo Tresca, who will speak in Italian and other speakers in English, That worker next door to you may not have anything to do to- night. Hand him this copy of the WORKER with you to the shop| DAILY WORKER. CHICAGO PARTY MEMBERSHIP MEETING POSTPONED. Because of postponement of the party plenum the Chicago party mem- bership meeting announced to be held on Sunday, May 23, has been post- poned to Friday, June 4, 8 p. m., at North-West Hall, DR. 8. Telephone Armitage 7466 Gas or Novol for Extraction. Logan Square “L,” Milwaukee, Kedzie and California Ave. cars to doar, an extent that encouraged a long series of post- ponements on the basis of legal technicalities... But now, at last, the highest capitalist court in Massachusetts has spoken the word for death... . We who know the hidous farce of legal mummery this means only that the high powers of business in the state of Massachusetts, and the legal bureaucracy which serves them, have decided that now that the protest of labor has expended itself, it is sound policy to go ahead with the murder of these two courageous enemies of Sacco and Vanzetti have already Tived thru torture during the past five years. As far as they alone are concerned, they could take their death with some composure, knowing they have made a brave fight. But the working class of the world cannot afford to let Sacco and Vanzetti die. The systematic legal murdering of our brothers cannot be endured unless the morale, the spirit of the labor movement, is to give way to universal, craven cowardice. For the sacred cause of the labor movement of the world—SAVE SACCO AND VANZETTI! . 16, at its meeting tomorrow at the Hodcarriers’ Hall, corner Harrison and Green streets, will disouss the future policy of the union towards the refusal of the newspaper publishers to sign a new contract with the union. It is expected that the union will ask strike sanction of the executive council of the International Typographical Union. The old contract expired last night. insists on the bosses signing, provides for the complete elimination of the bonus system. The bosses insist on the retention of the bonus system. The The new contract, which the union ‘BATH-TUB’ PARTY BEING AIRED AT NEW YORK COURT Carroll to Be Tried for Perjured Testimony NEW YORK, May 20—Earl Car- roll’s “wine-bath” party had an airing in court. The theatrical producer went on trial before Judge Henry Goddard in federal court on an in- dictment charging him with perjury. He is charged with making false tes- timony at the grand jury investiga tion into the party given on the stage of his theater here during which, bathtub full of wine for the auuse- ment of prominent figures, such as Harry K. Thaw and Countess Vera Cathcart. When the jury was being selocted each talesman was put thru a verit- able prohfbition questionnaire, Ques- tions put to the talesmen by Judge Goodard included: “Is any prospective member of this jury opposed to liquor being served by a host to his guests?” “Are any members of the prospec- tive jury taking an active part in pro- hibition enforcement?” All Are Tarred by the Same Brush in the European Forgery. Trial (Continued from page 1) treachery of a common criminal. All the accusers and defendants from the Prime Minister down, are tarred with the same brush, Mystery attaches tc every move, A lawyer named Bullissa was arrested yesterday as he was entering an aeroplane bound for Con- stantinople. Mysterious Bullissa. It is not known whom Bullissa rep- resented. One report has it that he was carrying a letter from Prince WindischGraetz to Prof. Mezzaros (a defendant who fled and has not been extradicted) instructing him to turn over certain documents to the prince. Another version is that Bullissa was carrying documents further incrimin- ating the Hungarian government. A Farce. The trial thus far has been very much of a farce. It would seem that the whole procedure is staged to ap- pease the French, who suffered losses thru the counterfeting of billions of her franc notes, Who is going to be punished, if anyone, cannot yet be determined. Everyone seems to be so thickly involved in’ the scandal that it is doubtful if punishment will ZIMMERMAN DENTIST 2232 N. California Avenue Near Milwaukee Avenue 1 guarantee to make your plates fit and make your appearance natural. NO PAIN. be meted out at all, except perhaps upon a few scape-s The Budapest forgery trial is very reminiscent of another fascist trial, the Chiezzi process, that has, in so far as the whole government is in- volved like that of Mussolini's in the murder of Matteotti, many points in common with the latter, WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Open your eyes! Look around! There are the stories of the workers’ struggles around you begging to be written up. Do it! Send it inl Write | 48 you fightl hai Joyca Hawley, a model, bathed in a| THE DAILY.WORKER os MELLON’S MAN WINS FOR PENN, GOVERNORSHIP Small Lead Over “Boss” Vare’s Candidate (Special te The Dally Worker) PITTSBURGH, May 21—With re- turns from all but 36 of Pennsylvania's 8,281 precincts tabulated, John 8. Fisher, Indiana county, today was leading in the race for the republican nomination for governor by 12,523 votes. 4 The vote stood: Fishér, Beidleman, 635,807. Fisher, who was Sen. Géorge Whar ton Pepper's running ‘mate, made a spectacular dash to the front in the tabulation of returns atler trailnng E, B, Beidiloman, running mate of Con- gressamn W. 8. Vare, during the count of the first 4,000 precincts, In the contest for the republican nomination for U. S, senator, Con- sressman Vare main’ 8 lead of about 88,000 over his Hearst opponent, George Wharton Peppér, in latest re- turns. Gov. Gifford cht, the oth- er senate aspirant, wag about 170,000 votes behind Pepper. , ————_—L Coal Miners of Great Britain Are Ready to Carry on Long Fight 647,830; (Continued from page 1) pulsory arbitration, empowering the “independent chairman” to abolish the national minimum wage and sub- stitute district minimum wages, and to order any further reductions he chose. Unanimous Decision. The resolution of the miners’ exe- cutives, while refusing to agree to any reduction of wages “‘which ad- mittedly do not now provide for a decent standard of 1! ” offers to render every assistance ad to- wards proposed administrative re- forms. The resolution, was adopted with absolute unanimity, ~ Unless the premier makes new pro- posals tomorrow the delegates will go home and the miners will settle down to one of those long, grim, tenacious struggles of which the history of the mine industry is so full, Mass Support, The calling off of the general strike and the humiliating conditions signed by the leaders of the rafltoad unions, admitting the sympatheti€' strike was of the miners, That puts*it up to the rank and file of the oth¥r unions to give all possible finanofal help. This will ba done and there is hope of much useful assiastance from abroad. Russian Gift. The Russian unions’ magnificient gift of over a million doligrs will be of enormous help, while Purcell’s tour of north European countnieg. is believed already to have resulted) in promises of another quarter of a million dollars. What about America. 1 Call Conferencé’ to Aid Mill Strikers at Passaic, N. J. (Continued from page 1) try in all the basic industries where working conditions are equally de- Plorable. For this reason labor lead- ers thruout the country want the tex- tile strikers to win. On the success of the Passaic strike depends the pos- sibility for future organization among workers in the textile, steel, meat packing, auto, rubber and oil indus- tries, where thousands Of workers are still unorganized. iM To Aid Strike Rellef. Delegates from all Jabor unions have been invited to come to Pas- saic to view the situation for them- selves, and to confer with the lead- ers of the strike here. Plans for ex- tensive relief activities will be made. They will be asked to support the new campaign for the relief of the strikers’ children by devising plans to raise funds to provide milk, food, clothing and shoes for, the children, as well as to organize summer camps to which the children can be sent during the warm weather. SRR Ht ere Ke FOREIGN EXCHANGE, NEW YORK, May 2, — Great Brit- ain, pound sterling, demand 4.86%; cable 4.86%. France, ‘franc, demand 3.06%; cable 3.07, Belgium, franc, de- mand 38.17%; cable 3.18. Italy, lira, demand 3.95%; cable 3.96, Sweden, krone, demand 26.74%; cable 26.77. Norway, krone, demand 21.66; cable 21.67. Denmark, krone, demand 26.26; cable 26,27, Shanghai, taels, no quote, SEND IN A SUB! TH sylvania primaries. The huge expenditures of money to sway elections is nothing new in American politics. Slush funds and “democ- racy” in the United States are boon companions. The democrats have proved themselves just as adept at buying up the electorate as the republicans. Newberry, of Michigan, is a republican. But the late William B. Clark, the “copper king” senator from Montana, was a democrat. Thru the nation the score stands about equal. It is hoped that the democrats will strenuously wash the “dirty linen” of capitalist politics in the open so that the Democrats Get Another Investigation But that Doesn’t Mean Anything By J. LOUIS ENQDAHL. E democrats are howling for an investigation of the ‘ex- penditures in the primary elections now taking place. They will get it. They will make an effort to unearth “New. berryism” in the campaigns of fraud, ballot box stuffing and corruption generally that prevailed in the Illinois and Penn- Millions are alleged to have been spent in the latter state by the Coolidge following In the futile ef- fort to nominate Senator George Wharton Pepper for elec- tion. The charge is no doubt true. whole proceeding will become a repulsive stench for all work- ers and farmers. But these same workers and farmers must not be led into belleving that the democrats are at all sincere in their investigations. They are merely seeking an issue for this fall’s congressional elections. ' The democrats have been at one with the republicans on all the big for Coolidge’s Mellon's tax revision on behal world court prog issues before the present congress. They voted ram. They supported “Andy” of the great rich. They aided the Coolidge-Mellon gift, in the war debt settlement, of hun- dreds of millions of dollars to the Mussolini tyranny in = in under pressure of the International bankers. The unite blocking relief for the farmers. On every issue of any mo- ment that has come before this congress the actions of both the democrats and republicans have been as alike as two peas. “Newberryism” is not an issue that interests the Ameri- can workers and farmers. It is not new that multi-million- aires should graft their way into the senate, the ‘millionaires’ club.” The democrats tried to sway the voters with their expos- ures of the graft connected with the Teapot Dome and Elk Hill steals. But it was shown that the democrats here, too, like the republicans, are birds of a feather. In spite of the oil exposures, Coolidge, “the principal,” was elected to stay in the White House by an overwhelming majority. There is no doubt that the two big issues, accepted as such by the masses of voters, are the questions of entry into the world court and the league of nations, and the repeal or modification of the Volstead act. On both of these issues not only the Coolidge administration, but the majority of demo- crats, in both the senate and house of representatives, are on the wrong side, in so far as sentiment has displayed itself among the voting population. ° ° It remains for the workers and farmers, however, to raise clearly the class issues that ought to be emphasized and forced to the front, in this fall’s campaign; those issues that directly touch the welfare of America’s toiling masses. These issues are clearly set forth in the call issued by the Workers (Communist) Party for independent political action in support of a labor program. This call is published in leaf- let form by the millions of copies in all sections of the nation. Against the duplicity of the old partie: seeking by every trick and subterfuge to perpetuate capitalism, militant labor must sound the clear call for class action by all America’s exploited workers and farmers. N. Y. Demands That Sacco and Vanzetti Be Saved from Death (Continued from page 1) years ago. They have been in jail for six years and only recently has the highest court in Massachusetts de- cided that they must die in the elec- tric chair, “What is their crime? In the eyes of the ruling class they are guilty of fighting in the front ranks of the workers. The workers of every coun- try, including the workers of the United States say, ‘Sacco and Vanzetti must not die! Sacco and Vanzetti must live!’” Norman Thomas. Norman Thomas reviewed the his- tory of the case, He told of his visit to Vanzetti in the Charleston prison which is in the shadow of Bunker Hill Monument. He told how Sacco and Vanzetti were arranging a protest meeting against the death of Salsedo when they were arrested on a frame- up charge and brot before a hand picked jury. Other speakers who addressed the meeting in Italian were: Carlo Tresca, editor of Il Martello, Pietro Allegra, of the Anti-Fascist Alliance of North America, and Louis Frisina of Il Nuo- vo Mondo, A collection of $402 was taken up to be used to carry on the fight for the release of Sacco and Vanzetti. A resolution of protest was also adopted, Put a copy of the DATLY WORKER in your pocket when you go to your union meeting. penta adenomas Moontide ARON 100 WOMEN ARE HELD UNDER FASCISTI ANTI-STRIKE LAW (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, May 21.—The fascist law making strikes punishable by Imprison- ment has been violated for the first time by 100 women In a Milan factory who declared a walk-out when their employer announced a reduction of wages, The striking women have been hailed before a court for the violation and will in all likelihood be punished for the Infraction of the anti-trade union law. “wrongful act” seems tq’ preclude all Possibility of industrial aid and re- mobilization of the massés in support NORGE PROVES POSSIBILITY OF NEW ROUTE Commercial Use of the Polar Area Is Seen (Special to The Daily Worker) NOMB, Alaska; May 21.—According to the meteorological experts aboard the Norge on its flight over the Polar basin, the big dirigible encountered little dificulty with the weather and demonstrated the practicability of fly- ing over the Arctic in lighter-than-air craft that may later develop into com- mercial use of the shorter air route afforded by traveling over the top of the world. Fogs Dangerous. Care, however, will have to be taken in the construction of air vessels for this purpose. Altho fogs are slight in the Arctic, when they are met with they become a source of danger to dirigibles by covering the gas bag with moisture that later turns to ice and weighs the ship down, No Animal Life, ' In the trip from Spitzbergen to Point Barrow the ship encountered no animal life, The first seen was a gull that was observed off the coast of Alaska. The condition of the ice thru- out the polar basin is much the same. gged and treacherous, with very few leads, It is this condition, preventing landing of aeroplanes, that makes lighter-than-air craft the more convenient for polar travel. Short Route. Several thousand miles are saved in a trip, for example, between London and Tokyo, if the route across the Arctic ig followed, There is no ques- tion in the minds of the Norge crew that air traffic in the frozen north will be common in not many years. to come, f°UL 2D REVOLT IS CRUSHED BY POLISH POLICE Two Governments Now in Poland (Special to The Dally Worker) BULLETIN. LONDON, May 21—According to a dispatch received here from Wareaw, an attempt was made In Vilna to eetab- lish a soviet government. Workers had gathered outside the olty, and raising the red flag, began to maroh when the police arrived. Rifle fire *| was exchanged and the police arrested more than a hundred, according to the report. it Is known that a strong “independence” movement centers’ around Vilna, the population of the province surrounding being largely White Russian. se ¢ WARSAW, May 21—There are really two Polands, While Pilsudeki and his supporters have without doubt a tight grip on Wansaw and all central government functions, In Po- sen and Pomerania, government or- ders are promptly disobeyed and the only authority seems to be that main- talned by the army under General Haller. It is reported from Posen that Gen- eral Haller has strengthened his ger- risons and that there is a demand against the new government. Simi- lar demands are being made of Pil- sudski in Warsaw. 600 Killed, While the government has an- nounced that the press censorship is at an end, the fact is that it is as strong as eyer, The numher of in the Warsaw fighting first reported to be only 205 has now risen to 600. Pilsudski and his aide are making the statement that there was no intention of a violent revolution, but decline to amswer why they put arms in the hands of some 10,000 members of 6e- cret defense societies and rowdies. There appears to be a race between the Warsaw government and the Hal- ler movement in control of Posen to win the favor of France in the pres- ent dispute. Haller’s secretary is said to be in Paris negotiating with the French government while Pilsud- ski is also making representations. The veil of doubt covering the fu- ture of Poland has caused concern among foreign capitalists interested in various enterprises here, An Amer- ican firm building a $10,000,000 water works in Warsaw, has abandoned the project until it is discovered what Pil- sudski intends to do. Anti-Russ Alilance. RIGA, Latvia, Mey 21—Latvia and Esthonia have received offers from the new Pilsudski government of Po- land for the formation of a Baltic al- liance against Soviet Russia, accord- ing to advices here, It is known that Marshal Pilsudski is violently anti- Russian, having led the Polish war against Russia in 1920. Esthonia and Latvia are said to be prepared to en- dorse such an alliance while Finland is also likely ready to join. Lectures on British Strike, A lecture on the British strike situa- tion will be given Sunday, May 23, at 7:30 p. m. at the Hull House Cafeteria, 800 South Halsted street, corner Polk, by Comrade Wm.. F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, who recently returned from England. The lecture is arranged by the Greek Workers’ Educational Society. Admission, 10 cents, SEND IN A SUB! See TTT TT TT To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all the'> dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. Telephone Lehigh 6022 DR. 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