The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 3, 1926, Page 1

| ~ was trickling down his forehead into his eyes. A NEW NOVEL <a Gohon Sinclair \ (Copyright, 1926, by Ubton Sinclair) WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. Dad and his young son, both dressed alike and richly, are motoring over the hills on a smooth’ and flawless concrete road. A barrier of purple mountains lays across the road in the distance. They approach the mountains at fifty miles an hour, Dad’s regular road speed. As they whirr by passing motorists Dad gives only a few inches. The boy sits next to his father, eager-eyed, alert. His father is his hero, What magic made this great sensation that comes with dashing over smooth roads in a machine that has the power of ninety horse’? Dad explained it—money had done it. They réach the mountains and climb higher and higher. They are due at the top of the grade at 10 o'clock, € ° - » ° Il But something went wrong and spoiled the scledule. You ‘had got up into the fog, and cold white veils were sweeping your face. You could see all right, but the fog had wet the road, and there was clay on it, a combination that left the most skilful driver helpless. Dad’s quick eye noted it, and he slowed down; a fortunate thing, for the car began to slide, and almost touched the white wooden barrier that guarded the outer edge. They started again, creeping along, in low gear, so that they could stop quickly; five miles the speedometer showed, then three miles; then another slide, and Dad said “Damn.” They wouldn’t stand that very Jong, the boy knew; “Chains,” he thought, and they drew up close against the side of the hill, on an inside curve where cars coming from either direction could see them. The boy opened the door at his side and popped out; the father descended gravely, and took off his overcoat and laid it in the seat; he took off his coat and laid that in the same way—for clothing was part of a man’s dignity, a symbol of his rise in life, and never to’ be soiled or crumpled. He unfastened his cuffs and rolled up the sleeves—each motion precisely followed by the boy. At the rea’ of the car was a flat compartment with a sloping cover, which Dad opened with a key; one of a great number of keys, each pre- cisely known to him, each symbolical of efficiency and order. Hay- ing got out the chains, and fastened them upon the rear tires, Dad wiped his hands on the fog-laden plants by the roadside; the boy did the same, liking the coldness of the shining globes of water. There was a clean rag in the compartment, kept there for drying your hands, and changed every so often. The two donned their coats again, and resumed their places, and the car set out, a little faster now, but still cautiously, and away off the schedule. “Guadalupe Grade: Height of Land: Caution: Fifteen miles per hour on curves.” So ran the sign; they were creeping down now, in low gear, holding back ,the.car, which. resented jt,.and shook impatiently. Dad had his spectacles in his lap, because the fog had blurred them; it had filled his hair with moisture, and It was fun to breathe it and feel the cold; it was fun to reach over and sound the horn—Dad would let you do it now, all you wanted. A car came creeping towards them out of the mist, likewise tooting lustily; it was a Ford, puffing from the climb, with steam coming out of the radiator. Then suddenly the fog grew thinner; a few wisps more, and it was gone; they were free, and the car leaped forward into view —oh, wonderful! Hill below hill dropping away, and a landscape spread out, as far as forever; you wanted wings, so as to dive down there, to sail out over the hilltops and the flat plains. What was the use of speed limits, and curves, and restraining gears and brakes ?—“Dry my spectacles,” said Dad, prosaically. Scenery was all right, but he had to keep to the right of the white-painted line on the road. “Whanhnh! Whanhnh!” said the horn, on all the outside curves. They slid down, and little by little the scenery. disappeared; They were making up for Ist time. Whee! How the trees and ened out, they left the last shoulder of the last hill, and before them was a long, straight descent; the wind began to whistle, and the figures to creep past the red line on the speedometer. They were making up for lost time. Whee! How the trees and telegraph poles went whizzing! Sixty miles now; some people might have been scared, but no sensible person would be scared while Dad was at the wheel. But suddenly the car began to slow up; you-could feel your- / self sliding forward in your seat, and the little red line showed fifty, forty, thirty. The road lay straight ahead, there was no other car in sight, yet Dad’s foot was on the brake. The boy looked up inquiringly. “Sit still,” said the man. “Don’t look round. A speed-trap!” . Oho! An adventure to make a boy’s heart jump! He wanted to look and see, but understood that he must sit rigid, staring out in front, utterly innocent. They had never driven any faster than thirty miles per hour in their lives, and if any traffic officer thought he had seen them coming faster down the grade, that was purely an optical delusion, the natural error of a man whose occupation destroyed his faith in human nature. Yes, it must be a dreadful thing to be a “speed-cop’,’ and have the whole human race for your enemy! To stoop to disreputable actions—hiding yourself in bushes, holding a stop-watch in hand, and with a con- federate at a certain measured distance down the road, also hold- ing a stop-watch, and with a telephone line connecting the two! of them, so they could keep tab on motorists Who passed! They had even invented a device of mirrors, which could be set up by the roadside, so that one man could get the flash of a car as it passed, and keep the time. This was a trouble the motorist had to keep incessant watch for; at the slightest sign of anything sus- picious, he must slow up quickly—and yet not too quickly—no, just a natural slowing, such as any man would employ if he should discover that he had aceidentally, for the briefest moment, ex- ceeded ever so slightly the limits of complete safety in driving, “That fellow Will be following us,” said Dad. He had a little mirror mounted in front of his eyes, so that he could keep tab on such enemies of the human race; but the boy could not see into the mirror, so he had to sit on pins and needles, missing the fun. “Did you see anything?” “No, not yet; but he'll come; he knows we were speeding. He puts himself on that straight grade, because everybody goes fast at such & nth There yatieeg Pages debased nature of the “speed-cop”!, He chose a spot where it was perfectly safe to go fast, and where he knew that everyone would be impatient, pad ing been held in so long by the curves up in the mountains, and by the wet roads! That was how much they cared for fair play, They crept along at thirty miles an hour; the lawful limit in benighted times, back in 1912. It took all the tl arse Vol. Hl. No. 121. vote to accept, according to union éf- Ti _—— PLANT ‘BOMB’ TO PREJUDICE VANZETT] TRIAL “Explosion” Occurs As Defense Moves (Special to the Daily Worker. BOSTON, June 1.—What is re- garded here as a framed attempt to create renewed mob prejudice against the case of Nicola Sacco and Bartholomeo Vanzetti is the “explosion” which took place at the home of Samuel Johnson, brother-in-law of Mrs. Simon John- son, one of the star witnesses for the state in the prosecution of the two Italian workers. No one was injured, of course. The “bomb ex- plosion” is being used as an excuse to throw guards around the homes of Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg, of the state supreme court, and Judge Webster Thayer, trial judge in the case. The attempt is ob- viously being made to create the impression that those interested in the cause of the two defendants are a crew of bloodthirsty bomb- throwers, in order to whip up mob hysteria for the proposed legal as- sassination of Sacco and Vanzetti. (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, June 1.—The sentence of death on Sacco and Vanzetti has again been halted after the Massachusetts supreme court had again refused a new trial on the South Braintree mur- der charge. The second denial fol- lows a motion for rehearing of argu- ments which were turned down May 3, The court's action would automati- cally turn the two labor defendants over to Trial Judge Webster Thayer for sentence, but such action has been temporarily blocked by a new move of the defense. : New Evidence. The new move is based on sensa- tional evidence that has come forward proving still further the innocence of Sacco and Vanzetti. Publicity-is de- layed while additional investigations are being! mad¢, ‘but~it is said the revelations Will be the biggest story this internationally famous labor case has seen for a long time. Boston is’ reading news of world- wide protest at the impending trag- edy. A big mass meeting in Law- rence today leads off New England demonstrations to save Sacco and Vanzetti from the electric chair, IRON LEAGUE TRIES TO GET AN OPEN SHOP Ironworkers’ Strike Ties Up Construction Three thousand members of the Structural Iron Workers’ Union in the Chicago district are on strike against all work held by the Iron League, the employers’ association, which has re fused to sign a contract granting a small wage increase of from $137%4 to $1.50 cents an hour, with the right of the union to withdraw men from work on new jobs where contractors em- ploy non-union workers who refuse to join the union. The strike ties up about 60 per cent of the iron work done in the district, including the work on the Morton building, the Palmer House addition and the ornamental iron work on the Steven's Hotel. ° An Open Shop Outfit. The Iron League is notorious for its open shop policy, when it can put it across, and it is said in open shop circles that the [ron League hopes to break the union by breaking the strike. It is particularly anxious to knock out the clause against union men working with non-union men, knowing that by this means it can gradually undermine the union. The union plasterers of Local 5, af ter three weeks or so of strike for the demand of a raise from $12 to $14 a day in the contract have surprised everybody by suddenly accepting a compromise of $13 at Saturday's con- ference with the employers. More- over, the employers state that there is no clause against the union men work- ing with nonunion workers. The clause was made somewhat famou. ‘article 14” drafted by the Building Trades Council, but is included or not ineluded in contracts by the separate crafts according to the desired of the separate craft. Bosses Pleased, ‘The carpenters’ referendum’ on ac: cepting the contract offered which in- cluded features opposed’ by the mili- tants in the union, has resulted in a Ata, « In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Subscription Rates: Bugis Sige ty Bae Foe RE your. Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicas». Lilnols, under the Act of March 3, 1879. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1926 British Miners Welcome Aid From Soviet Union By JOHN: PEPPER. / (Special “to The Daily Worker) OSCOW, U.S. S. R., June 1.—A message to the central committee of the Miners’ Union of the Unidn of Socialist Soviet Republics has been received from J. A. Cook, secretary of the British Miners’ Federation, expressing deep gratitude for the third transfer of $200,000 in advance ofthe continued collections among the workers of, the Soviet Union for their striking English. hers, Secretary Dogadov of the General Council of Trade Unions of the U. S. men’s leaders, by their shameful agreement with the railroad companies, spoiled the boycott of coal transport. The Amsterdam Internation- about help for the British workers and presently they ceased doing so, even officially. The Com- munist International ardently appeals for sup- port of the great struggle of the British coal miners whose victory or defeat is the victory or defeat of all of the international proletariat. Collections of funds must be increased. All transport workers of England and America must stop by all possible means the conveyance S..Ry today that more money will be | of coal via England., Not a single piece of transferr England when more of the col- | hunker coal, not one single sailor, must go Pree shall have been received. Collec- | aboard British ships. Now, if ever, is the mo- ns in ment to prove proletarian solidarity in all its strength. According to information from Stockholm, A. A. Purcell, who has been staying in Stockholm, are proceeding splendidly. The central commit- Union of Socialist Soviet Republics tee of the Miners’ Union here today transferred al and the Second International only talked} to Secretary Cook of the British Miners’ Fed- eration $14 as a first instalment from the peratives. Just as before not one one Soviet co ton of fuel is being shipped to En seapotts of the Soviet Union. An appeal to the workers of al been issued by the Communist again inviting them to lend their to the hero gressive attempts of the capitalists to lower the living standards of the working class. The general council of the British capitulated disgracefully, ignomiously betray- ing the miners’ interests, while the railroad MOSCICK, PAWN OF PILSUDSKI, NEW PRESIDENT Polish Assembly Picks (Special to’ The Daily Worker) WARSAW,. June 1.—A_ professor, Ignatz Moscicki, was chosen president of Poland today. He was elected to Succeed the deposed president, Woj- ciechowsk!, He is Marshal Pilsudski’s choice for the office. The vote in the national assembly was 281 for Mos- cicki, 200 for Bhinski, candidate of the right parties, and one vote for Marek, a socialist deputy. Pilsudski Declined. The letter of Pilsudski, addressed to the assembly declining the presi- dency after he-was elected by a large majority yesterday, has caused un- easiness in so-called democratic quar- ters. It is looked upon as an open at- tack on the constitution. Pilsudski would not accept, he said, because the present constitution does not enable the president to dissolve parliament and binds him with many restrictions in the matter of controlling the gov- ernment. However, there is nothing to in- dicate that Pilsudski intends to give up the power he has achieved by arm- ed force, elections or no elections. The mere fact that one of his own followers was elected as chief execu- tive makes Pilsudski’s position strong- er now than-before, Armed Display. 6 Incidentally, he took all necessary precautions to watch carefully the proceedings of the assembly. There was an imposing display of troops in the capital. Communications were taken over by Pilsudski’s soldiers. In a word, the assemblymen were taken over by: Pilsudski’s prisoners. The Pilsudski: move in the direction of dictatorship seems to be in no way altered by the elections. Quarters Needed for Students to New York ‘Party Summer School NEW YORK, June 1.—The Work- ers’ Schoo] will hold a national sum- mer school at its headquarters, 108 East 14th St. Students from work ing class centers all over the coun- try will attend the school, The Work- ers’ School has iséued an appeal thru the press for working class families in New York, that have room for one or more of these students, to be their hosts for the last two weeks in July. This will enable students who cannot afford to pay the big New York hotel bills to take the two-weeks’ training course. Tf you havea spare bed or if some one of your family is out of town during the last two weeks of July, you hould send in your name and address and the number of people you can ac- commodate, to Bertram D, Wolfe, di- rector of the Workers’ School, 108 Hast Lith St, New York City. struggle of the British miners who are defending not only themselves, but ail workers of other countries as well, against ag- the Federation gland from the to the General 1 countries has International, active support nite amount of ceipt of replies Trade Unions Council of the has obtained the consent of the presidium of grant of a considerable sum of money as aloan Great Britain for a three-year term. The defi- Collections on behalf of the British miners are proceeding successfully among the workers of Sweden, 150,000 krons having already been transferred to the strikers. dressed an appeal to the trade union federations of Germany, Holland, Belgium, and Denmark, asking them to grant loans to the' General | of Swedish Trade Unions to a Council of Trade Unions of the loan will be fixed after re- from the various trade unions. Purcell has also ad- Trade Unions of Great Britain. | Towering Palace For New York’s Maltimillionaires Here is “The Ritz Tower,” nearing completion on Park Ave., New York, the forty stories of which are being fitted up with everything that sug- gests the last word in luxury, A month’s room rent here would keep a working class family going for a ye In the meantime no homes are be- ing built for low-paid workers because “it doesn’t pay.” They continue to live in hovels condemned many years ago. Wright Bone-Dry Law Is Upheld by ; the Supreme Court INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 1—The state supreme court upheld the con- stitutionality of the Wright bone-dry law, the most drastic prohibition statute in any state in the Union. The court's decision came in the case of Matthew Guetting of Evans- ville, convicted in Vanderburg circuit court June 25, 1926, and fined $200 and sentenced to sixty days on the state farm for possessing intoxicating liquor. Possession of intoxicating Mquor tor personal use may be forbidden by a state without infringements on the constitutional rights of a citizen, the court held, SSH sea Coolidge Summer “White House” to Be in the Adirondacks WASHINGTON, June 1,—President Coolidge has selected a site in the upper Adirondack#ot New York for a | summer White House, allie Bee ala lah CHANG TSO-LIN BEING FORCED | Troops Mutiny While »Kuominchun Advances (Special to The Daily Worker) PEKING, June 1—The ancient cap- ital of China is again about to be taken by the Kuominchun (national army), which was driven out of Pe- king a few months ago by the reac- tiona#y militarists, Chang Tso-lin and Wu Pei-fu, who, if reports are cor- rect, have split and whose troops are ; in muntiy as the national army ap- proaches Peking. Kuominchun Near Peking. The Kuominchun is now only 12) milese¢from Peking. Against their fur- | ther advance the Feng-tein troops un- | der the reactionary generals are dig- | ging trenches tet miles out, but right | in the city of Peking itself the Feng- tein troops are rebelling against their officers under General Lang-fang, com- manding the city. In addition the mutiny has spread | to troops holding the railway between Peking and Tientsin. Wu Pei-tu’s troops are not active against the Kuo- minchun army, and it is reportéd that Wu and Chang Tso-lin have broken relations. Armies May Unite Again. The advance of the Kuominchun gives it again the control of the rail- Way across the northern part of Shansi, uniting fts divided armies. The Manchurian troops of Chang Price 3 Cents CONFERENCE STANDS BACK OF PASSAIC ‘Half Million Workers | Support Textile Strike By J. O. BENTALL. (Special to The Daily Worker) PASSAIC, N. J., June 1.—The réliet conference for the support of the Pas- \saic textile strikers was held here on | Saturday afternoon in Canter’s Audi- |torium with 187 delegates represent- jing more than 500,000 workers, mostly |from the trades unions of the eastern | states, with one delegate as far wt las Detroit, Mich. The session, which lasted n the o'clock in the afternoon till jevening, overflowed with’ enthusiasm for the great strike that is now enter- ing its twentieth week and which has grown from a local protest on the part of the mill workers into a mig’ movement that is now sweeping the whole country, siogan in a torrent of irr determination, “Organize the Unorganized,” In response to the call for a relief conference the workers of all shades rallied and came to see what was real- ly on foot in the textile center that has held the attention of the country for five long months. These delegates did not come to a dull, empty hall, dusty from non-use, but to a big audi- torium already filled with live work- jers who had been there for an hour before the opening of the conference, jsinging their strike songs, shouting their slogans, yelling their yells as they have done for nineteen weeks in their fight against the textile barons, Cheer Delegates’ Names. The delegates were lifted off their feet as they crowded their way to the |front while the gallery and the big |body of the hall were still resounding with songs and cheers. | And as every delegation’s name was |read the storm of cheer burst out— jone hundred and- eighty-seven times |this vast crowd burst into cheer, For | behind these 187 delegates were over awhalf million determine? workers why had+sent their messengers to the seat of war to tell the fighting strikers that they must go on till the strike is won and that these 500,000 would back them up to the limit. It was a conference that meant busi- ness for the workers of America. It was a conference that went on record to see this strike won and to start for other fields of oppressed workers that must get out of their slavery and be- come free to enjoy life and to reap the harvest of their labors. Alfred Wagenknecht, relief director of the Passaic -strike, was chosen chairman and F. S. Robinson of the printers’ union of Detroit, Mich,, was chosen secretary. Acclaim Weisbord. Then came the inspiring report of Organizer Weisbord, who was received with great cheering by the vast crowd. Weisbord reviewed the struggles for the strike, the series of wage cuts by the bosses, the capitelist offensive, which the workers must bring into a (Continued on page 3) UNKNOWN SMALL-TOWN LAWYER WHO BEAT ONE Tso-lin are preparing to evacuate Peking, whose recapture by the Kuo- minchun “means a serious bloow at Chang Tso-lin and victory for the army of national independence, Foster to Sostk ot N. Y. Friday, June 4 NEW YORK, June Russia? Toward Socialism or Capi- talism?” This question interests mil- lions of workers thruout the world. The recent news that an American labor delegation, including such men as Frank Walsh, Johnson of the Ma chinist Union, and others of this type, will soon leave for Russia, was reported in every newspaper in the country, and their report, when it will be published, will no doubt be- come the subject of heated discus- sions among the workers in the United States. But the workers need not wait until these leaders report their observa- tions. Wm. Z, Foster has recently returned from his fourth visit to the Soviet Unipn. This time he spent there fully six months and visited not only central Russia, but also northern Russia, Ukraine and the Donetz basin, On Friday, June 4, he will speak in New York on “Russian Workers and Workshops in 1926” at Céntral Opera House, 67th street ind Third avenue, under the auspices of the Trade Union Educational League. Admission is 25 cents. Get your tickets beforehand at the Jimmie Higgins Bookshop, 127 University place, or at 108 Hast 14th street 1.—“Whither OF THE COOMDGE GANG | Frederick Steiwer of Pendietom Oregon, who def d Senator Rob- ert N, Street, who backed in the Ore- gon republican pfimaries by the Mel- lon-Coolidge administration forces. Steiwer is a lawyer and well-to-do Alarmer who a few months ago was ely known beyofid the bounda- ries of the community in which he lives. His victory proves that any- one can beat Coolidge senators even in primary elections where only re Publicans particiggsa = cra