The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 5, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard fer a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Subscription Rates: Vol. Ill. No. 123. eer pita by Pay ms “29! OR “Osp 5 y Fp, ———$——$$—$—$—$—$— ————————— iy 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, The boy sits next to his father, cager-eyed, 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 stop at a filling station to take off their skid chains. Dad refuses gas because he uses none but his own make. As they get under way again a speeding auto goes by and a speed cop after it. With the enemy out in front Dad follows along at high speed much to the delight of the boy. He slows down and passes at a lawful pace as the overtaken motorist argues with the cop, Dad's regular road speed. alert. His father te his hero. * * * ° Ve Some timé@ ago these two had witnessed a serious traffic accident, and last week they had appeared to testify concerning it. The clerk of the court had called “J. Arnold Ross,” and then, just as solemnly,:“J. Arnold Ross, junior,” and the boy had} climbed into the witness-chair, and testified that he knew the | nature of an oath, and knew the traffic regulations, and just what | he had seen. That had made him, as you might say, “court-conscious.” Whenever, in driving, anything happened that was the least bit irregular, the bey’s imagination would elaborate it into a court scene. “No, your honor, the man had no business on the left side of the road; we were too close to him, he had no time to pass the car in front of him.” Or it was: “Your honor, the man was walking on the right of the road at night, and there was“a car coming towards us, that had blinding lights. You know, your honor, a man should walk on the left side of the road at night, so that he can see the cars coming towards him.” In the midst of these imaginings of accidents, the boy would give a little jump; and Dad would ask, “What's the matter, son?” The boy would be embarrassed, because he didn’t like to say that he had been (Continuefl on page 4) N. P. KOMAROW PILSUDSKI FEARS HIS SAFETY A ENEMIES GROW Economic Situation in Poland Critical (Special to The Daily Worker) “WARSAW, June 3.—Marshall Pil- sudski’s nervousness for his own per- son has caused him to increase his personal bodyguard and~—to refrain from public appearances. His fear of assassination is so great that he has moved his residence from the White House to the Palace Zamek, home of the old Polish kings. The opposition against the marshal is growing. The opposition papers are taking @ much stronger stand. One of these papers criticized Pilsud- ski severely for “changing the allegi- ance of the army from the nation to one mgn.” Socialists Against Him. The socialists also refuse to coun- tenance an increase in the constitu- tional powers of the president and have increased their opposition to Pil- sudski. Many of the latter's own fol- lowers are falling away from him. Premier Bartel definitely refused to consider his reappointment. “Until May ist,” he said, “I was ‘an opti- mist. After Marshal Pilsudski re- fused the presidency, I will try to be an optimist.” ‘The nationalists are demanding that the marshal “Control his fits of temper which are disturb- ing 30,000,000 persons.” While a comic opera situation pre- vails politically, the population is be- ginning to show anxiety over the con- dition of Polish money, which has been anything but healthy since the present crisis began. First steps have been taken to attempt to float an American loan. In the meantime the Polish zloty is falling. Steck and Brookhart Collect Election Contest Expenses (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Juhe 3.—The sen- ate authorized the payment of $25,000 in expenses incurred by Daniel F. Steck, democrat, and Smith W. Brook- hart, republican, in their contest for the junior senatorial seat from Iowa, Steck, the winner, was paid $16,000 for his expenses and Brookhart, $10,000, Leningrad, U. S. S. R., Soviet. NEW YORK COPS CLUB WORKERS BOOING FASCISTI Seek to Cover Up Aid t Mussolini Gang * NEW YORK, June 3.—Attempts are being made by the New York police department and the officials in charge of the Memorial Day parade up River- side Drive to cover up the brutal club- bing of men, women and children that hooed and hissed at the 100 members of the Fascio Benito Mussolini that marched at the end 6f the parade. Boo Fascisti. When the 100 members of the fas- cist organization dressed in black shirts, trousers, leggings, tasseled caps and shoes swung into line in Memortal Day parade at 75th street, over 1,000 that had gathered at that point began to boo and hiss at the fascists. Cat: calls of “Down with Mussolini! Down with Fascismo! Get out, you don’t be- long here!” greeted these devotees of Mussolini. F The fascisti began to attack those on the side lines. A number of ex- service men, who refused to join the parade because of the action of the officials in permitting the fascists to march, grabbed the fascist attackers and blackened their eyes. Club Men and Women. linmediately two mounted national guardsmen rede up to where the fas- clatl wene and began to drive back the men, women and children on the side lines. ~ Beginning Monday, June. th In by bie by matl, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. WORKER. Entered at Second-class matter September 217 1993, @t the Post Office at Chicaxy, illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. COOLIDGE GANG STAGE A FAKE FARM DEBATE, Senators Want Argu- ments for Election By LAURENCE TODD, Federated Press. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3. — Six months after opening its present ses- sion, the Senate of the United States has decided to take up discussion of measures for the relief of agriculture. Western farmers who sent hundreds of resolutions of pleading and protest to Congress last December, because they were facing ruin in the low market prices of thelr crops, have been kept waiting until June for even the cold comfort of speeches on a bill in the upper house. Inasmuch as the house has killed the Haugen relief measure which the farmer of the corn belt demanded, this late awakening on the part of the senate Is more than useless—it is a fraud. Living Standard Falls, Faced squarely, the farm relief situation is this: First, farmers are not getting enuf for their products to enable them to buy a fair share of the products of other industries. Their standard of living, in the agricultural, west, is going down. Second, these farmers are sufficient- ly organized to be able to protest thru delegations, conventions and their weekly press, but not sufficiently well organized to force a majority of the congressmen and senators from their respective states to fight for an ad- justment of farm prices to the prices of manufactured goods. ‘Third, the*farmers know they are helpless to compel their public serv- ants to legislate relief, and they are increasingly displaying anger at their helplessness, Fear Political Revolt. Fourth, the bankers and industrial- ists who control eastern and federal polities are afraid that these farmers will stage a widespread political revolt in this year’s primaries and general election. They are especially fearful | ‘that-Brookhart, voicing ‘this ‘farm pro test, will defeat Cummins June 7 in the Iowa primary. Finally, seeking to defeat Brookhart and thereby stem the tide of agricul- tural vengeance upon the federal ad- ministration, the administration itself has decided to stage a farm relief lebate in the senate, This debate will not lead to legislation, because the House is dominated by Coolidge, Butler, and Mellon, and will not ac- cept any measure desired by the farm- ers of Iowa and neighboring states. Why the Fraud? Why does Coolidge give the farmers a fraudulent discussion of relief legis- lation, if he is going to disappoint them? Because his spokesmen in the sen- ate will be enabled to circulate copies of their speeches urging relief for the farmer, and denouncing the genuine relief measures as being inadequate or impractical; they can also assure the farmers that the administration did its best for him, but that the prob- lem was so complex that the best minds in congress were unable to agree upon a solution. The outcome of the silly and con- fused talk in congress on this farm relief ‘issue will be no legislation materially improving the situation of American agriculture. But it will create a cloud of dust on the political field—a cloud in which the Coolidge- Butler-Mellon regime is at this mo- ment eager to hide itself. KUOMINGHUN GAINS AS DISSATISFACTION RENDS RANKS OF OPPONENTS (Special to The Daily Worker) CANTON, June 3.—The dismissal of General Chin Yu-hao by Wu Pei- fu for refusal to lead his Honan troops against the Kuominchun (na- tinoalist forces), has disclosed the fact that mutiny of large sections of his army is responsible for the fall- ure of Wu Pel-fu to assist Chang Tso-lin in his struggle to retain Pekin in the face of the advancing Kuominchun, Following persistent calls for re- infrocements Wu Pel-fu now has ordered General Tien Wei-chun to drive for Nankow Pass with 80,000 men. The Kuominchun occuples strong positions at the mouth of the pass. The six weeks delay has given the Kuominchun an opportunity to con- solidate its forces while the dis- affection among its opponents has been increasing, ‘ “THE SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1926 Five French Flights Against England Five airplane flights of major importance will be made by France this| year. They afe mapped in such a way as to make It impossible to believe they have other than imperialist purposes. The above shows proposed routes. (1) A circuit of the Mediterranean from Casablanca by way of Syria, Greece, Italy Girier will attempt a non-stop flight from Paris to and Spain, (2p = & India. (@) Thes. nin crigt brothers will flying a — Persian Gulf. his flight ‘rom (8) Capt. rene AN] English colonial hegemony. The trip no doubt be watched closely by Mussolini, Tokio via Warsaw, Moscow, irkutsk and Peking./ Is in this country completing arrangements for his non-stop hop from New York to Paris. plans make jt plain that the flights are conducted with an eye to challenging Publish kB *? also endeavor to set a non-stop record (4) Capt. Peletier d’Oisy has begun The territories covered by these that encircles the Mediterranean will SENATE PASSES |“BOMBING” PLOT BIG AIRCRAFT {IS AIMED AT TWO APPROPRIATION JAILED WORKERS A New War Office Is| Incident Exploited to! Created (Special t0 The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3. — The senate: ly passed the house bill designed to Strengthen the army air service which will entail annual ex- penditure of at least $40,000,000. Un- der its provisions the secretary of the navy will be permitted to order built as many airship, and free and cap- tive balloons as he may deem “ne- cessary.” Tt specifically authorizes an addition of.403 officers in the newly established “air corps” fn increase in enlisted personnel 8,400 to approximately 15,000 and cobstruction of 1,800 planes in a period.of not less than five years. The bili ) creates a new job in the war n nent to be known as The duties ofthis person will be to Railroad Victims (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., June 3.—The first important echo of the alleged “bomb- ing” of the home of a relative of one of the witnesses for the prosecution in the Sacco and Vanzetti case is the in-j formation received here today that efforts are being made to use this in- cident as a means to secure an ad- verse decision from the court in the motion filed by defense attorneys for anew trial. Decision on the motion is expected In about two weeks. The “bombi which resulted in no low of life and was apparently (Continued on page 2) PUBLISHING .CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicag: NEW YORK EDITION hed Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Price 3 Cents Miners in Britain Fighting On With Unbroken Energy British Coal Owners Weaken LONDON, June 3.—The coal operators today sent a letter te the Hiners’ Federation suggesting that negotiationg for the settlement of the coal strike be re-opened, (Special Cablegram to The DAILY WORKER.) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., June 3—An editorial by John Pep- per in Pravda declares that the British miners are continuing their struggle with unbroken energy. All attempts of the government at mediation are unsuccess- ful, being in reality cynical support of the mine-owner's demands. In spite of the treacherous attempts made by the Hodges and the Varleys to reach a compromise, the miners are firmly main- taining their slogan: “Not a single penny lower wages, not one second longer work.” Serious consequences from the miners’ strike which are al- ready clearly manifesting themselves for all British economy must not be underestimated. Politicians and bourgeois econom- ists are:greatly alarmed and declare that the economic con- sequences of the coal strike are much more far-reaching than those of the general strike, that British industry, foreign trade and general economics will for many years feel the effects of a lasting coal strike. BRITISH FEAR The economic consequences of the coal strike will result in social com- War Office Hears of Secret Dealings plications, the growing number of workless . will reach catastrophical proportions, greatly increasing the un- rest of the working masses. drastic measures against the strikers, penis? te: Thy HONE Seer and some weeks hence—perhaps in a} LONDON, June 3.—The British gov- few days. dwin, with the help of }¢?mment is worrled about Its rule in new Simons, new Asthburys and new| E@yPt, an “independent” nation held Havelock Wilsons, whose part could|¢wn by the heel of British soldiery. be played by Varley and Hodges, will Disclosures of world Importance are declare the miners’ strike illegal. piesa back by ‘the Brite wit efties In the néarest future the strike of negotiations between agents of Mus- adil enter... nem, pol 4. _phasey.the solini, who has his own oft-expressed Continue Emergency Measures. The Baldwin government still rec- ognizes the coal strike as a legal in- dustrial conflict, but emergency regu- lations are being continued for an- other month and the anxiety of the bourgeoisie is constantly increasing. The conservdtive press claims that the government should take more ‘Ymiperlalict’ designs upon Africa, with’ FUR STRIKERS TO SUBSCRIBE $100,000 FUND To Help Fight for 40- Hour Week (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, June 3.—A bond issue of $100,000 to be subscribed by fur workers was decided upon today by the forty-hour five-day week liberty bond committee. This committee, headed by Harry Film “Blacklist.” Krepstman of Local 5 and Jos Wasser: ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 3—T! man of Local 1 of the Furriers’ Union, The General Federation of Women’s! met in the office of the Joint Board Clubs of America will undertake a] and arranged details for issuing bonds supervise ‘they air corps and to co- ordinate its ‘aetivities with other gov- ernmental agencies so that the max- imum of fighting efficiency may be developed. Like the rest of the armed forces its principal use will be the defense of imperialist interests abroad and the ittempted smashing of labor organiza- tions at home whenever those organ- izations endeavor to secure benefits for the working class: Meanwhile no appropriation has been made for the war veterans en- deavoring tolearn trades in the voca- tional schools:and who will soon be kicked into the streets. TORY OF A PROLETARIAN LIF nation-wide “blacklist” of motion pic-| immediately in denominations of $50 tures which they regard as undesir-| $199 and $500 each. able in an effort to purify the films $22,000 In and persuade motion picture theater site a managers to arrange better programs.}, The committee, which is made up of 12 members of the union, reported that more than $22,000 has already “M’Lord Beaverbrook” been subscribed by the furriers and members of the committee will now sit in every hall, each day, to take fur- ther subscriptions. The sale of the bonds will be administered altogether by members of this committee. In addition to this remarkable re- sponse from the fur strikers them- selves, contributions from other unions who want to help the fur strike have been pouring into the strike fund during the past few days. Receipts reported today total more than $8,000. With this splendid support within and without the union the fight of the fur- riers for a forty-hour week goes on with renewed energy. SENATORS IGNORE from the capiti Passaic textile workers’ strike. less minority in the committee. Se: Herman Kreuger, who, among dozens of other aliases, is known as “Lord Beaverbrook,” pulled down the newly rich of a dozen American cities for a million dollars or thereabout. The real Lord Beaverbrook is an Eng- lish owner of a string of newspapers that approach in character the Hearst sheets in this country. Kreuger play- ed upon the “nobility complex” of the wives of flush American capitalists for a number of years before he was caught In Philadelphia recently. dustries, is in storage, hope: hearing given the textile section of ; ASHINGTON—(FP)—Senator McKinley of Illinois remains away and for this r factures, of which he is chairman, h: LaFollette resolution of March 20, calling for a full investigation of the Senators LaFollette and Wheeler, favoring the inquiry, are a help- McKinley's absence, pleads that he is too busy with discussion of farm relief to spend any time on Past mittee decline to interest themselves, In the committee on education and labor, where the Sheppard reso- lution, calling for general investigation into the textile and metal in- of action have not been fulfilled. » BY B. VANZETTI second month of the. gtrike bringing tension in the political situation. The! * tories demand more energetic meas- ures from the government, which is already actively struggling against the strikers; this means that the army, strikebreakers, and all .of the state power will be involved in the struggle. Purely Economic Strikes Passing. Purely economic strikes, purely trade union methods of struggle, are passing away in England, general treason to the general strike not sig- nifying the end of struggle in Great Bri an. The struggle will only this big difference—that working masses have always lost many parliamentary illusions and their confidence in the leaders will be rapidly waning. UNITED STATES SUPREME GOURT PLANS TO ADJOURN continue with the (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3— The United States supreme court in- tends to hold its final session Mon- day, June 7. At present the supreme court has 54 cases under advisement and de- cision is expected before adjourn- ment. Among these cases are those of C. E, Ruthenberg, eretary of the Workers (Communist) Party, and Charlotte Anita Whitney. Both are contesting the constitutionality of state syndicalism acts, PASSAIC STRIKE son the committee on manu- not yet taken up seriously the in, McNary, ranking republican in, ic, Other members of the com- The the resolution on May 26 was so damaging to the employers, who enjoy high tariff rates, that Chalr- man Phipps and his associates were in no mood to continue the dis ationalist leaders under Zaghioul Pasha. Zaghtoul, on his part, stands pat against the British demand thai he refuse to become prime minister. At the end of a two-hour conversation with the British high commissioner he said: “Because the country had shown in the recent elections its unmistakable desire to see me at the head of Egyp- tian affairs, it would be unpatriotic to refrain from taking the heavy but hon- orable responsibility.” Tho the British feel confident that Egypt alone would not dare to fight the British army, the interference in the British game by Mussolini has thrown a scare into London diplomats. oes British Issue Ultimatum LONDON, June 3. — Following the acquittal in Cairo of six of the seven Egyptian nationalists accused of con- spiracy in connection with the killing of Sir Lee Stack, Noy. 19, 1924, the British government, in a note just pub- lished here, has informed King Fuad and Premier Ziwen Pasha, that it ie (Continued on page 3) SEND IN A SUB! t LOOK FOR THESE FEATURES Saturday, June 5 ANOTHER JOYFUL, BITING BY HAY BALES A Drawing by Fred Ellis “VOLGA BOATMAN” by Amy Schechter A Story From the Life of LENIN i | FULL PAGE OF CARTOONS i You will find these and many other interesting features in next Saturday's issue of the NEW MAGAZINE Supplement of The Daily Worker Subscribe! pe er re re rere) | : | The life story of a worker, sentenced to death with Sacco, for his battles for his class, | .