The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 4, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ eevepment Chicago. by tc Fea J Pp ¥? Vol. Hl. No. 122.. Subscriptio 'o$ 6x, Ney JSo 4 8m) S8 ky alt 9 By Upton Sinclair (Copyright, 1926) by Upton 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. The boy sits next to his father, eager-eyed, alert. His father is his hero. They reach the mountains and climb higher and higher. As they approach the summit there is a fog, but go- ing down the other side Dad gets up his speed again. They approach a stretch of road that Dad recognizes as a speed trap. He slows down to thirty miles—1912 speed, and curses the “speed cops.” . . 2 e s TV.=% They came to a little house by the road-side, with a shed that} you drove under, and a round-bellied object, half glass and half red paint, that meant gasoline for sale. “Free Air,” read a sign and Dad drew up, and told the man to take off his chains. The man-brought a jack and lifted the car; and the boy, who was al- Ways on the ground the instant the car stopped, opened the rear compartment and got out the little bag for the chains to go in. Also he got out the “grease-gun,” and unwrapped that. ‘Grease is cheaper than steel,” Dad would say. He had many such max- ims, a whole modern Book of Proverbs which the boy learned by heart. It was not that Dad was anxious to save the money; nor was it that he had grease to sell and not steel; it was the general principle of doing things right, of paying respects to a beautiful piece of machinery. Dad had got out, to stretch his legs. He was a big figure of a man, fillmg every inch of the opulent overcoat. His cheeks were rosy, and always fresh from the razor; but at second glance you noted little pockets of flesh about his eyes, and a network of wrinkles. His hair was grey; he had had many cares, and was getting old. His features were big and his whole face round, but he had a solid jaw, which he could set in ugly determination. For the most part, however, his expression was placid, rather bovine, and his thoughts came slowly and stayed a long time. On occa- sions, such as the present he would show a genial side—he liked to talk with the plain sort of folks he met along the road, folks of his own sort, who did not notice his extremely crude English; folks who weren’t trying to get any money out of him—at least not enough to matter. FS le was eyes to tell this man at the “filling station” about e weather uw in the Ss; ye! fog was ; r up eee pass; yes,. the. % was thick—de- got into trouble up there, said the man—that soil was dobe, slick as ; have to trench the road better. The man said mall, $8.00 per year. icago, by mail, $6.00 per year. ADMINISTRATION _ FEARS REVOLT OF FARM BLOC French Debt Pact May Be Defeated (Special to The Dally Worker WASHINGTON, June 2.—Threaten- | ed by a farm bloc revolt in retaliation for the defeat of ugriculture legisla- tion, administration leaders sought an early vote on the $4,025,000,000 French war debt. Altho no open call for support with which to defeat the agreement has been sounded by farm bloc leaders, many individuals’ who soldily backed the Haugen farm relief bill’ were out, in open opposition today. “We are giving French farmers,” said Representative Rainey, democrat, Illinois, “a $3,000,000,000 debt-remis- sion gift while the American farmers were bluntly refused the kind of re- lief they sought.” Further efforts to delay a vots were being frowned on by administration forces who expected to have the set- tlement approved and ready for trans- mission to the senate today, where tlie main fight of the “payment in full” group will be staged. Injured Worker Finds Out Capitalist Court No Place for Justice STILLWATER, Minn., June 2, — Some time ago The DAILY WORKER published the story of the serious in- jury of M. J. Howard of Stillwater, who while repairing a broken city fire alarm wire fell to the ground when the pole broke off at the bottom. Howard sued the city for $30,000, As usual, the fine scheme the cap- italist system has of giving workers the dirty end of the deal in courts was given full play by the judge, Alfred P. Stolberg, instructing the jury to bring in a verdict against Howard. The jury dutifully obeyed, so the injured worker is left with nothing but his injury to show for the Seek Bank Robbers. CROTHERSVILLB, Ind., June 2.— ‘An intensive search was under way Quite a job that, Dad thought—taking off the side of the mountain. the fog was going now—lots of “high fog” in the month of May, but generally it cleared up by noon. The man wanted to know if Dad needed any gas, and Dad said no, they had got a supply before they tackled the grade; the truth was, Dad was particular, he didn’t like to use any gas but his own make; but he wouldn’t say that to the man, because it might hurt the man’s feelings. He handed the man a silver dollar for his services, and the man started to get change, but Dad said never mind the change; the man was quite overwhelmed by that, and put up his finger in a kind of salute, and it was evident he realized he was dealing with a “big man.” Dad was used to such scenes, of course, but it never failed to bring a little glow to his heart; he went about with a supply of silver dollars and half dollars jingling in his pocket, so that all with whom he had dealings might share that spiritual warmth. “Poor devils,” he would say, “they don’t get much.” He knew, because he had been one of them, and he never, Jost an opportunity to explain it to the boy. To him it was real, and to the boy it was romantic. . Behind the “filling station” was a little cabinet, decorously marked, “Gents.” Dad called this the “emptying station”, and that was a joke over which they chuckled. But it was a strictly family joke, Dad explained; it must not be passed on, for other people would be shocked by it. Other people were “queer”; but just why they are queer was something not yet explained. They took their seats in the car, and were about to start, when who should come riding up behind them—the “speed-cop”! Yes, Dad was right, the mari had been following them, and he seemed to scowl when he saw them. They had no business with : Mim, so they drove on; doubtless he would take: the filling station ae as a place to hide, and. watch for speeders, said Dad. And so it proved. They had gone for a mile or two, at their tiresome pace of thirty, when a. horn sounded behind them, and a car went swiftly by. They let it go, and half a minute later Dad, looking into his little mirror, remarked:: “Here comes the cop!” The (Continued on page 5.) ‘! YOUNG ROCKEFELLER PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE IN THE OPEN SHOP LOCKOUT OF MARYLAND RAILROAD WASHINGTON, Juhe 2.—(FP)—Locking .out, on Oct. 15 last, ot its organized’ locomotive engineers and firemen by the Western Maryland ratl- road, in which John D, Rockefeller, Jr. is the largest stockholder, was deliberate. That was the first-and most significant. fact disclosed at the hearing given by the senate committee on interstate commerce to spokes- men of the locked out employes and the company, on the resolutiom calling for a senate investigation of the Whole affair, 2 W. A, Paddock, assistant grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive , in charge of the strike which has followed the lockout, pinned (Continued on page 5) WM. Z. FOSTER for two coatless, unmasked bandits, each apparently about 22 years of age, who held up the Union State Bank here and escaped with $6,000. When last seen, they were racing in a large automobile towards Madison, Ind. KING PROCLAIMS MARTIAL LAW CONTINUED (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, June 2.—The house of commons this afternoon, by a vote of | 249 to 100, approved the king's proclamation extending ‘the state of emergency Labor protested against the continuance of the due to the coal strike. emergency regulations. TWO OF THOSE TRYING TO BREAK THE BRITISH COAL MINE STRIKE Sir Herbert Samuel, above, is the “negotiator” whose propos- als, accepted by the weak union leaders, led to the calling off of the general strike. He is now busy trying to find some labor officials to betray the coal strike. On the right is Sir William Mitchell - Thompson, who, as postmaster general, has the work of maintaining “order” in the coal fields, SPEAKS — ON Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at*the Post Office at Culcayo, ilvniuls, under the Act of March 3, 1879. | NEW YORK EDITION FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1926 Five Working Girls Perish in Factory Fire | Five girls tory belongs of celluloid. § larger cent experlenca_with cepitalist courts. —}.. COAL OPERATORS OF TWO STATES ASK GOVT. AID Competition Too Strong in Chicago Market (epectaties! The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 2.—Asserting an unprecedented nd disastrous eco- nomic depression which threatens the ultimate extinetion of the coal indus- try of Illinois and Indiana, due to the supplanting of this coal in the Chicago and tributary home markets by com- peting coal the so-called “inner and outer crescents” and Western Kentucky, thé coal operators of Illi- nois tod: the interstate com- merce foi They nto hold unjust, unduly discriminatory and pre- judicial to them an¢ unduly preferen tial of competing operators in West- ern Kentuckyy West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. The commission |’ was also asked)to hold that the rates from SouthermrIllinois to St. Louis and the northwest were relatively un- just_and unreasonable. AGAINST STRIKERS “RUSSIAN WORKERS AND WORKSHOPS IN 1926" @GEFo0 2° 8) yore killed and eight more seriously injured in the fire-trap factory shown burning above. ithe Sutton Auto Top Co. of Rockford, Ill. The blaze was started by an explosion of a large quantity ps like this one, set up in small towns under non-union conditions to avoid union contro! in the a constant danger to the lives and limbs of workers. SACCO AND VANZETTI RENEW THEIR FAITH IN WORKERS ILE attorneys for Sacco and Vanzetti are making a final effort to obtain a new trial on the basis of sensational new evidence of frame-up in the conviction, the two persecuted working men, in letters to the Interr affirm their stand for the working class and their faith in its Published Photo ‘ sts The fac- Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, UL ational Labor Defense, re- power to give them “life and freedom.” Vanzetti writes: “The echo of your campaign in our behalf has reached my ‘heart. VANZETTI | | | I repeat, I will repeat to my last, only the people, our comrades, our friends, the world proletariat can save us from the powers of the capitalist, reaction- ary hyenas, or vindicate our names and our blood before history.” <vubaning she treldaciaicmentee court which hag-else-2— SACCO “We will stand like good Communard soldiers to the end of the battle, and looking into the eyes of our enemy, face to face, to tell them with our last breath that'we have faith that you, the comrades, y, would free Sacco and Vanzetti tomor- world’s solidari row. MELLON-COOLIDGE REPUBLICANS AID ‘CUMMINS IN IOWA Reed of Pennsylvania Attacks Brookhart (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, June 2. — Adminis- tration forces at this end of the game are doing their utmost to aid the Mellon-Coolidge senator of Iowa, Albert B, Cummins, in his contest with Smith W. Brookhart who was ousted from the senate by the votes of the Morgan coalition of republicans and democrats. The latest attempt in that direction is the statement of Sen. David R. Reed, an agent of the Mellon interests in Pennsylvania that Brook- hart used his franking (free mail) privileges to send campaign literature to Iowa voters. _ LaFollette, not Brookhart. Reed said he had extended to Sen- ator LaFollette, of Wisconsin, the priv- ilege of using his frank to send out his speech during the Brookhart-Steck Meanwhile, best wishes to all from my Comrade Vanzetti who joins with my most fraternal greeting. Your loyal comrade, Ferdinando Nicola Sacco.” contest in the senate, but had not permitted Brookhart to do it. Reed produced affidavits signed by Frank Beckley and E, L. Simmons of Montezuma, Iowa, which declared they had received the Brookhart cam- paign matter in an envelope bearing Brookhart’s name. “Under the act of 1906, this abuse of franking privileges is unlawful,” Reed declared, “It makes it look as though | were favoring Brookhart in the lowa primary, when, as a matter of fact, I am not.” LaFollette asked that judgment be withheld until the charge had been investigated, and all the workers of the J JOSEPH PILSUDSKI Dictator of Poland, who has-refused to allow the newly elected president to take the oath of office and placed the members of the Diet under arrest. - Tonight, June 4 8 P.M. Central Opera House, 67th St., near 3rd Ave., New York City / Auspices T. U. BE. Le Price 3 Cents BRITISH HOUSE 0.K'S BALDWIN: HUNGER PLAN No Real Fight Made by MacDonald (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 2. — By a vote of 252 to 108 the house of commons has approved Prime Minister Baldwin's Policy of delaying action to bring about a conference of the coal owners and the miners’ union representatives, It {s apparent here that the pre- mature end of the general strike has encouraged the government in its belief that the miners can be starved out and that wage reductions can be enforced which will cut down the amount needed to subsidize the mine owners while the industry is being reorganized. MacDonald Wants Peace—Miners Want Bread. : That peace in the industry is of Daramount importance to the Mac- Donald wing of the labor party is shown by the statements of the form- er labor premier, made during the de- bate, to the effect that the govern- ment is letting chance after chance to get peace pass without taking ad- vantage of them Meanwhile, strike relief for the miners {s being organized on an in- ternational scale and British coal pro- duction ig at a standstill POLAND CHAOTIC: PILSUDSK! STILL IS WITHOUT PLAN “No Clean Shirt,” Says Puppet President (Special to The Dally Worker) WARSAW, June 2. —- A mixture of impending tragedy and comic opera slapstick humor _ characterinen.,.the is being cut down by later returns. Recent events are: 1. Refusal by Pilsudski to allow Moscick! to take the oath of office. 2 The announcement by Mos- cicki that the Inaugural delay was due to the fact that he did not have a clean shirt to don for the cere- mony. 3. Members of the Diet are pris- oners here under orders from Gen. Plisudsk!. 4. Repudiation by a large sec- tion of the Socialist Party of Pil- sudski’s demand for a constitutional amendment extending his powers. 5. Following the disclosure that Moscickl’s majority was made pos- sible by his support from national minorities a strong guard has been posted around his house to prevent his assassination. 6. Continuation of silence as to his program. The belief is growing here that Pfl- sudski, in view of the increasing op position, will make a further display of force. Sentries in shrapnel, helmets and fixed bayonets are patrolling the principal streets. Working-Women Hold Passaic Relief Mass Meeting in Bronx Pilsudski's NEW YORK, June 2.—Council No. 2 of the United Council of Working Class Housewives will hold a mass meeting for the relief of the Passaic strikers in Bakers’ Hall, 1570 Web- ster avenue, Friday, June 4, at 8 o'clock. The meeting will be addressed by Juliet Stuart Poyntz, Fanny Warshay- sky and others. “INDEPENDENT” EGYPT A MOCKERY AS BRITAIN INSISTS ON RULING IT (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 2.—Relations be- tween Egypt and Great Britain have reached a critical paes. Lord Lloyd, British high commissioner, and Zag- houl Pasha who will control the next Egyptian government, have Admission 25 Cents thus far failed to reach any agree- ment on the extent of British con- trot in Egypt. COME OUT _ IN MASSES! Se ee