The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 26, 1926, Page 2

Page Two. GERMAN MINE UNION TO ALD THE BRITISH _British Union Hits Baldwin’s Terms LONDON, May 24. — The Miners’ Federation has received a message from the German Miners’ Federation reaffirming its promise to prevent the export of coal to this country and to take up collections to provide financial ald. The message adds: “The British struggle must be a step forward for international control of the coal trade, which alone is the per- manent solution of the present crisis in the mining industry of all coal pro- ducing countries. favorable solu- tion of the problem is in the interests of all countries, and it is the duty of every German miner to tender the British miners their fraternal, finan- cia] and moral support.” The miners’ delegate conference, which rejected the Baldwin govern- ment’s proposal for a _ settlement which includes a wage cut to which they will not consent, excoriate Bald- win in their resolution for failing to keep his word given when he was try- ing to wheedle the General Council of the Trade Union Congress to call off the general strike. The resolution, after saying that the wages already do not provide a decent standard of liv- ing, continues: “We consider that in making these proposals the prime minister is not honoring the pledge he gave to the country in the message he broadcast May 8, as follow ‘I wish to make it .as clear as I can that the government is not fighting to lower the standard of living of the miners or any other section of the workers.” Objections to “No , Strike!” Clause in - UB. of C. & J. Pact (Continued from page 1) had to be eliminated. But the pro- posed agreement, while eliminating Clause 13 on Stoppage of Work, sub- stitutes a clause hinding the carpen- ters to whatever is agreed upon by the Building Trades Council and the Building Construction Employers’ (.eesociation. Phe carpenters smell a rat. Promi- nent officials of the Building Trades Council permit themselves to be quoted as willing to allew non-union help on buildings now under contract. This’ means that the employers will be permitted to get thru with their work in the present building year, with large numbers of non-union men at work. The carpenters fear that they may find themselves compelled to work with non-union carpenters. But the worst part of it, according to the men, is that the Building Trades Council has not yet come to any agreement about this point with the employers. How long is it since Jensen complained at union meetings that the carpenters couldn’t get any co-operation from the Bullding Trades Council? And now he is ready to hand the carpenters over completely to the same people. The progressive carpenters are of the opinion that the most important Point is to get the sympathetic strike clause, so as to enforce the closed shop on all buildings. The progressive carpenters are op- posed to the agreement running for 3 yeats. They demand a sympathetic strike clause, elimination of non-union men from the building industry, and elimination of the arbitration and no strike provisions. They demand the use of union materia] only. The progressive carpenters say they will oppose the ratification of the pro- Posed agreement. 8,000 Workers Will AROUND-THE-WORLD TRAVELER WILL PASS THRU THE SOVIET UNION LONDON, May 24, — John Gold- strom, who Is attempting to make a trip all around the world In less than 35 days, arrived in Plymouth On board the Mauretania. From Plymouth he wil! go to London and then will fly in a plane from London to Berlin and and then to Moscow on his trip to Yokohama. He must make the entire trip of 18,126 miles in thirty-five days. He is attempting to shatter the record made by John Henry Mears. So far his average mileage has been 563 miles daily. The average re- quired is 530 nfiles, LIMIT DEBATE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL Congressmen Fight Ill. River Project WASHINGTON, house agreed to limit debate on the $36,000,000 rivers and harbors Dill to a total of 12 hours in accordance with the recommendation of the rules com- mittee. Spirited opposition to the measure featured debate on the rule, with Rep- resentative Burton, republican of Ohio urging the house to eliminate from the bill the $1,350,000 IMinois river im- provement project. “If you leave this item in the meas- ure,” said Burton, “you go on record as tacitly approving the diversion by Chicago of Lake Michigan water, the legality of which is now being con- tested, in the courts.” Burton warned there was danger that the entire bill might be jeopar- dazed, because of the opposition of members from Great Lakes states. “Every inch the lake levels are low-| ered” saiid Burton, “causes a loss to shipping and other interests of ap- proximately $500,000. For the protec- tion of the rivers and harbors bill I urge you to eliminate this Illinois river item.” Miners’ Local Raises Voice Against Sentence of Sacco and Vanzetti PURSGLOVE, W. Va., May 24. — Miners’ Local 2122 at their member- | ship meeting unanimously adopted a resolution protesting the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti and sent it to the governor of Massachusetts. 400 mem- bers were present. Miners in this district are on strike numbering 2,500. All of them sym- pathize with Sacco and Vanzetti. Coroner’s Jury Probes Airplane Collapse GARY, Ind., May 24.—Investigation into the airplane crash near Hobart, Ind., in which one passenger was killed and two persons were injured, was be- gun by the Lake county coroner's of- fice. Charges of faulty construction of the plane, made by Hugh Gambell, 28, of Hobart, pilot of the plane, preci- pitated the inquiry. British Freighter Emlynian in Distress NEW YORK, May 24.—The British freighter, Emlynian, with a crew of thirty-eight, is in distress about 2,000 miles east of New York, according to a radio message received at the Red Star line offices, A book of cartoons with every hundred points, Get the point! Se MAME LLL LALO Sail on he: Hudson on the FREIHEIT EXCURSION (THREE LARGE SHIPS) TO SUNSET PARK ON THE HUDSON on Saturday, June 5th, 1926, at 2 P. M. Do not be one of the leftovers! Buy your tickets now, $1.10, at the “Freiheit” office, 30 Union Square, New York City. D. C. May 24.—The | INDUSTRIAL SPY INFESTS MILLS OF FALL RIVER Cotton Textile Mills Work Part-Time By ESTHER LOWELL, NEW BEDFORD, Mass.—(FP)—Fall River and New Bedford cotton textile workers organized in the American Federation of Textile Operatives and in the United Textile Workers unions were particularly interested in the British general strike. Many of these Massachusetts workers are English, Trish or Scotch themselves. Particu- larly those in the A. F, T. I. are work- ers who camejirom Britain 25 or 30 years ago, Work Part Time, No immediate industrial effect is an- ticipated by Massachusetts textile vnionists. The cotton textile industry is still on part-time, part-capacity op- erations, but the British industry also has been dull, so that American mills cannot hope to get much new busi- ness, Cotton textile mills in New Bedford are only a little more active than those in Fall River. Abraham Binns, weay- Jers secretary and textile council presi- dent, says New Bedford mills are op- erating about 75% of capacity. Weekly |Wages average about $19. New Bed- |ford mills have increased the number jof machines per worker but not as in jother sections, Industrial Spies. Binns says the union workers know that there is industrial espionage in the mills. Sen. William M. Butler is known to have been the directing |power behind the Sherman Service op- jerations in Butler Mills and others. A jnumber of spies succeeded in getting into union offices. Binns says they are ousted when discovered. The failure of Butler's mills to de- clare their usual 8% dividend is taken as a prop to the senator’s plea for higher cotton textile tariffs. The But- \ler Mills last statement shows $1,976,- 205 reserves from which dividends could be paid as in other mills. The mill has $540,990 additional quick as- sets for surplus. Butler is expected to make his campaign for re-election on the tariff issue. | Find Collection of Ornaments.. MOSCOW, U. 8S. S. R. (Tass), May 24—The Pskov Provincial Museum has discovered a valuable collection of ornaments dating from the bronze age and consisting of a number of bracelets, neckbands, etc. In the opinion of the experts, the ornaments date from the period of the settle- ment of the Lithuanian tribes on Rus- sian territory, long before the coming of the Slavs. He will like it! Give your union brother @ sub to The DAIL) WORKER, Walter Trumbull, soldier pal of Paul Crouch, now serving out a sen- tence In Alcatraz prison, from which Trumbull was released a few months ago, after being imprisoned with Crouch for working-class activity among the soldiers of Hawaii, has just returned to Chicago after a two months’ tour of the country for International Labor Defense. The DAILY WORKER asked Comrade Trumbull to set down his impres- sions of the tour. ne @ By WALTER TRUMBULL, EETINGS were staggeringly large to my inexperienced notions of what they were going to be. Frisco turned out a crowd that yelled the roof off when they saw me. I wanted the floor to open and swallow me. Tom Lewis {s responsible for any suc- cess that I had in the course of my tour as a speaker, With Stanley J. Clark he criticised my first attempts and tore the whole first speech apayt, built a foundation for it and then told me to enlarge on it. As a result I-had a story to tell by the time I reached Chicago. On the evening that I got to Chi- cago I stepped out of the trainshed into the very arms of a crowd of com- rades and friends numbering about five hundred. They grabbed me and put me on one fellow’s shoulders and, yelling like a gang of soldiers at a football game, they made a triumphant procession out of the station, Meetings from Chicago to the east coast were mostly smaller, tho the spirit was just as enthusiastic as that at North Side Turner Hall, Chicago. Boston turned out a crowd of 400 to meet me at the station. The meet- ing at International Hall was as good as any on the tour, Other meetings in the New England States were simi- larly successful, f LANDED in New York City, The comrades were at the station to meet me to the tune of 600. Also there was an official delegation from the powers that be-—namely, the bomb squad of the city police. , 8 the demonstration began with the comrades yelling and waving their banners, the police made their appearance. They allowed the com- rades to get as far as the street with the demonstration and then they got in their dirty work, Signs were smashed. , Women and children were =| beaten ‘by the hired thugs of our mas- Prohibition Sleuth Gets Life Sentence for Murdering Wife BRIGHTON, Colo., May 24. — Life imprisonment was the sentence im- posed on Virgil A, Massie, former state prohibition sleuth and asserted “love cheat,” convicted of the murder of his wife Catherine Rosenboom Massie. The state charged that Massie ad- ministered a dose of arsenic to his wife so that he might continue his re- lation with Mre. Rene Divelbess, his confessed paramour. Mrs. Divelbess, wife of an Arizona sheriff, deserted her husband and five children’ to become the affinity of Massie, Shé is held in jail under indictment of murder in connection with Mrs, Massie’s death, UNION PRINTERS “OF PERU LOCKED OUT BY LEGUIA Wall Street’s Agent De- ports Workers LIMA, Peru, (By Mail.)—President Leguia has demanded of the owners of the newspapers “El Comerico” and “La Cronica” of Lima, to discharge all workers who are members of the Printers’ Federation of Peru. The same order was, of course, given to the government's own daily “La, Pren- sa.” The editor of “La Prensa,” a Colom- bian named Forero, is the one of the worst enemies of labor in Peru, The owners of the first two papers are at present in the United States, where they attended the Pan-American con- ference of journalists. But the lock- out was made by the managers. As a result of this lockout of un- ion printers, Amador Larrea, Toribio Sierra and 50 other workers were dis- charged and are unable, to find work because of the blacklist against them as “agitators.” The Printers’ Fed- eration of Peru has taken charge of the persecuted workers and will try to send them to another country where they can earn their living. When the workers entered the shop of “La Prensa,” the manager Forero told them: “You are Communist agi- tators and I will not give you work. You are preparing a soci#l revolution. Have warning, President, Leguia says that he has already finished with the politicians and now ig gong to finish with the workers.” | This is the “repwblic” ig jere flour- ishes the imperialism oP ‘all Street under its willing agent“4 /guia. As a result of the Jast general strike, Emilio Bobbio, Jian Vazques and Samuel Wilson, president and secretaries, respectively, of the Chauf- feurs’ Federation have been deported from Peru. On the Road for I. L. D. ters. Many were beaten to the street and then kicked. I got my official welcome in the form of a nightstick applied by a practiced hand just be- hind the ear. The dirty scum was not satisfied with that, but he hit me when T was down. T wanted to fight, but some of the comrades hustled me into a taxi and got me away. One cop who had not had a chance to give me his regards at the station entrance rushed up as I was getting into the taxi and made a swipe at me, He was not as good a shot as the others and as a result only broke the glass in the door. ‘That was as good a time as I have ever had. The mpetings held after- wards were not molested with the presence of the sluggers who are em- ployed to protect the city, The papers gave them h—Il the next day. They knew when they were licked. AS to how I liked the tour, Well, does @ duck like water? I was able, for the first time in many months, do something ,else besides stand around and listen, ,1 was at last in the work of the class to which I belong. I was at last able to give the finishing touches to the wallop that I had given the bosses when I, with Paul Crouch, “corrupted! their army. That was worth a fortune. I made them mad as often ag,I could and left no loophole thru which they could get back at me. On the,whole it was an enjoyable task. Oklahoma Opens Its Employment Offices By JOHN McSLARROW MUSKOGEE, Okla—-(FP)—An at- tempt to mitigate the epidemic of petty thievery in Muskogee by reducing the number of unemployed is seen in the opening by the Oklahoma labor depart- ment of an office to recruit laborers for the wheat harvest. It is expected that harvesting will begin in Texas about June 10 and will be in full swing in Oklahoma a few weeks later, It. is predicted that the enormous number out of employment will aid employers in fixing a low wage level— probably as low as in 1914. Lengihen- ing of the working day 1s also ex- pected. Any attempt to increase wagos through organization will, it is sald, be suppressed by groups organized earlier in the year to “give aid in case Pe Ste. of food. on: aiaee ite dis. THE DAILY. WORKER aes. gion of the Coolidge bandwagon. * But the placid sea of capitalist parliamentarism, that saw progressives in congress seeking protection under the welcoming fold of reaction, and that witnessed the “third party” railroad brotherhoods uniting with Coolidge, Wat- son and Parker to get the legislation they desired, was only the calm that preceded the brewing storm. There is nothing to be shunned like the politician losing strength. Coolidge is now that unhappy individual. port of Coolidge's policies wins instant condemnation from This was shown in the defeat of Mc- Pepper, in Pennsylvania, and Stanfield, in Oregon, all Coolidge supporters. nents to the Coolidge policies win instant approval, as in the first primary of the present political season, when Norbeck was nominated for re-election over the Coolidge entry in the masses of voters, Kinley, in Ilinoi South Dakota. e e That the Coolidge forces are in a panic is shown by the hurried conferences of the high priests of the republican party being held in deep secrecy at the White House. declared that Coolidge must take some definite action. What he can really do, nobody seems to know. tion has taken its-stand on the world court, the agrarian crisis, the war debts, the wet and dry issue and a host of It has, without exception, taken a stand directly contrary to the expressed popular will. The Coolidge crowd has little time to act. primaries, where the expelled Brookhart faces Cummins, other questions. occur on June 7, and others North Dakota, June 30; Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma on August 3, with Kentucky at the polls August 7. In practical- ly all of these states the outlook is dark for the Coolidge- Mellon-Butler regime jn Washington. * * But this shifting of forces can offer but little consolation to the masses of workers and farmers unless they take the greatest possible advantage of this very favorable situation. The nomination of Congressman Ware, in Pennsylvania, in place of the Coolidge-Mellon candidate, Senator George Wharton Pepper, did not improve the situation of the pro- ducing many. Vare is the successor of the worst political bosses who have ruled the state in years past.for the coal, steel and transportation barons. place vacated by such notorious politicians for profit as Quay and Penrose. In Indiana, Senator Jim Watson won the support of both the Ku Klux Klan and the Catholic church. With the usual Hoosier political fakerism he was also able to port of the Negro workers, which is considerable. The same states, story is repeated for other * * With the electorate in flux, the advance section of labor must rally its forces to take every possible advantage of the situation. Masses of workers and farmers drifting awa’ from Coolidge must be won for independent political action, against all factions in the old parties. The march of the workers in the new political readjustments must be toward the labor party. (Continued from page 1) trades must be held for the purpose of amalgamation. One national office! One union! One label! A fixed initia- tion fee, everywhere alike! There is reason in that, 5. There has been no convention of the J. T. U. of A. since 1921. A con- vention is absolutely necessary in order that new life and greater acti- vity may be installed in our organiza- tion. 6. The Tailor, the organ of the membership, must not be the instru- ment of one individual. The Tailor must be edited in the spirit of har- mony with the progressive labor move- ment. 7. The Journeymen Tailors’ Union must give the membership greater benefits. Worked on the group plan, it is possible to afford the members far higher benefits than at present granted by our organization, Cleve- land local_has already established a $1,000 death benefit to the member- ship—this must be taken up na- tionally, 8. The Journeymen Tailors’ Union must be one of the first to take action against the vicious bills now before congress whose aim is to register, photograph and fingerprint all aliens in the country, Such bills are aimed against labor—we must raise our voice of protest. 9. World trade union unity is neces- sary in order that the conditions of isolation of the American labor move- ment shall be ended. Labor's interests are the same everywhere. The organ- ized workers must unite everywhere to improve their conditions, 10. Recognition of Soviet Rissia and the labor party are essential for workers who are making for progress in the labor movement and for raising conditions of labor generally, Brothers, in endorsing this pro- gram, we call upon the members of the Journeymen Tailors’ Union’ all over the country to vote for Brother Max J, Sillinsky for general secretary- treasurer ag the only guarantee that} / h Labor Must Profit By Defeat of Coolidgeism In Election Campaign By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Srorny developments are indicated on every hand in the congressional campaign this year that is merely a cur- tain raiser for the 1928 presidential struggle. Coolidge’s overwhelming majority in 1924 stunned the opposition camps, even developing a defeatist psychology among the most militant sections of the LaFollette move- ment, resulting in its complete disintegration. Young “Bob” LaFollette, Jr. now has a comfortable seat on the rear step Cleveland Tailors Back Sillinsky SOVIETS FAVOR LIBERATION OF CHINESE NATION oss ° Litvinoff Outlines Russ- ° ee ian Policies MOSCOW, U. S. S, R. (Tass) (By Mail).—“The Soviet Government has never concealed and does not now conceal its sympathy for the national Ifheration movement in China,” de- clared Litvinoff, the vice-commissary for foreign affairs, in his speech on the foreign policy of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics at the clos- ing meeting of the central executive committee of the Soviet Union. “The development of the inherent forces of this movement is proceeding unchecked,” he added. “The Soviet Government, while sympathizing pro- foundly with the efforts of the Chi- nese people to restore the sovereign rights of China, nevertheless strictly adhere to the principle of non-inter- ference in the internal affairs of China. The Soviet Government will persistently maintain a policy of friendship with China based on the principle of equality, the respect of sovereign rights and the maintenance of normal relations with the central and local authorities of China. Karak- han is the true interpreter of this policy.” Approve Karakhan Policy. Amidst the applause of the meeting Litvonoff declared that the Soviet Gov- ernment firmly repudiated the insin- uations of the foreign press that the policy conducted by Karakhan differed from that of the Soviet Government. “The policy of Karakhan and of the Soviet Government is one and the same,” he sald. Disarmament Conference. In the first part of his speech on foreign affairs to the central executive committee of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, Litvinoff dealt with the situation in Europe. Referring to the disarmament conference convened by the league of nations, he said that the Soviet Government was still con- vinced that the leaders of the league, in insisting in convening the disarm- ament commission in Geneva, intended to exclude the Soviet Union from the commission. But this dooms the work of the commission to failure. Treaty With Turkey. “The readiness of the Soviet Gov- ernment to conclude agreements of neutrality and non-aggresston similar io the one concluded with Turkey,” he said, “is sufficient proof that the ma-_ licious’ assertions made in. certain quarters that the attitude of the Soviet Government towards the Geneva meeting was an attempt to conceal her lack of desire to participate in the disarmament commission are to- tally devoid of foundation.” Treaty With Germany. Litvinoff announced that a treaty of neutrality had been concluded be- tween Germany and the Soviet Gov- ernment. This was received by the meeting with loud and prolonged ap- plause. “The conclusion of similar agreements with other countries,” added Litvinoff, “would do more to se- cure general peace than all the meas- ures taken in the past and in the fu- ture by the league of nations.” American Relations, In his speech Litvinoff also referred to America and stated that unofficial information received from Washington indicates that as a condition for the resumption of relations with Russia the United States government is de- manding that the Soviet Government recognize the loans granted by Amer- ica to the Russian provisional govern- ment; at the same time it is reported that the United States government is prepared to consider favorably Rus sia's counter claims. “Business negotiations on such a basis should present no difficulties,” said Litvinoff, “but resumption of re- lations with Ru must precede the negotiations of disputable questions.” Referring to the Soviet Polish reja- tions, Litvinoff stated that the regula- tion of relations was being frustrated by Poland’s claim to speak on behalt of the Baitic States. This the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics cannot recognize. The renewal of the Polish- Roumanian agreement reduces the chances of an agreement being reached with Poland. “This will be possible only when a decided change came about in the policy of Poland,” he said. Sup- At the same time oppo- It is The administra- The lowa will take place as follows: He has stepped into the get the sup- the organization will develop, will take into its midst the thousands of unorganized tailors and go forward to greater achievements for the members of our union. Brother Sillinsky’s Tec-; ord demonstrates that we can be sure that he will make our organization a living factor in the American labor movement, Fraternally yours, Mathew Polanka, President. T. Swanson, Treasurer, Frank Petz, Board Member. Fred C, Sass, Reo. Sec’y. To Open New Telephone Line, MOSCOW, U. 8. S. R. (Tass), May 24.—Plans have been completed for the erection of a telephone line be- tween Tiflis, in Georgia, to Teheran, thus linking up the Leningrad-Mos- cow-Tiflis line with Persia, passing thru Karakliss, Erivan, Djulfa and Tauridia, Work on this line is to be commenced immediately, , Rally to Demand Their Freedom! SAVE SACCO AND VANZETTI FROM THE ELECTRIC CHAIR! They have just been denied a new trial in spite of new evidence proving their innocence. MASS PROTEST DEMONSTRATION TEMPLE HALL, 1644 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill. 3 May 28—FRIDAY NIGHT, 8 P. M.—May 28 Prominent Speakers: Prof. Robert M. Lovett William Z. Foster James P, Cannon L. Candela - Ralph Chaplin All Together to Demand the Release of Sacco and Vanzetti! Bring Others——Admission Free,