The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 10, 1926, Page 2

: : : Page Two IOWA PRIMARY OUTCOME STUNS THE OLD GUARD Sen. Borah | Calls Vote a “Revolution” (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 8.—The “corn belt revolt” against the Coolidge ad- ministration is a fact, and not a theory. This was the interpretation which political leaders of all faiths placed here today on the decisive defeat ad- ministered to Senator Albert B. Cum- mins by Col. Smith W. Brookhart in lowa's senatorial primary. Brook. ry was a triumph for flamin y. That a man who denounced Coolidge policies from every platform in Jowa, and a man who a year ago was read out of the party with White House approval, could be nominated in so rock-ribbed @ republican state as Iowa, gave the capital the nearest approach to a real political sensation it has had in the three years that Calvin Coolidge has been president. Fear 1928 Election. Wherever politicians gathered today the Iowa turnover was the sole topic of conversation, and !t started a train of speculation republican quarters that for the fi e contained an element of serious doubt as to the ability of the Coolidge administration to retain its hold on the country in 1928, So keen a political observer as sen- ator Borah of Idaho, summarized it thus: he Brookhart nomination is per- haps the most significant political event that has happened this year, or in recent years. “Senator Cummins was highly res- pected by everybody who knew him. He was a man of recognized ability, and only a real political revolution could have defeated him. “Brookhart’s victory is a pretty strong sympton that the revolution is here.” Old Guard Is Stunned. The republican stalwarts, of whom Cummins was one, and who had with considerable glee expelled Brookhart from the party and later from the sen- ate itself, were simply aghast at the Iowa result. They had been worried somewhat, realizing that Brookhart was strong, but few if any of them hed contemplated his defeating Cummins, and none of them had anticipated such a decisive insurgent victory. The insurgents were, of course, over- joyed. To them, the victory of Brook- hart came as a vindication and an endorsement of their own political in- surgency against the White House, and they gleefully proclaimed today that this was a salutary warning to the conservative republican leadership of the east that the west is in real revolt. Another World Court Defeat. Incidentally, the passing of Cum- mins marks another defeat for the administration on the world court issue, for Brookhart was anti-court and ©Cummins voted for it. In every re- publican primary where the court has been an issue, a majority has now been returned against it. McKinley was defeated in Illinois, where it was the chief issue; Pepper was defeated in Pennsylvania, and in Indiana Watson and Robinson had their votes against the court confirmed by the voters and in the platform. Reviews Cummins Record. Senator “Jim” Reed of Missouri, described the Iowa primary as “ a clean-cut repudiation of administra- tion policies.” “Brookhart,” said Reed, “steadfastly fought the world court; Cummins just as earnestly supported it; Brookhart opposed the administration tax pro- gram, Cummins supported it; Brook- hart opposed the confirmation of Charles S. Warren, Cummins support- ed him; Brookhart opposed the out- rageous foreign debt settlements, Cum- mins supported them;. Cummins favor- ed the consolidation of railroads, Brookhart opposed them; Brookhart demand relief for farmers, Cummins took a more conservative ground, I have no doubt the attitude of Cumming on this problem had a great effect in fowa, Beyond question, too, the unjust unseating of Brookhart, involving as it did the repudiation of Iowa’s election law, aroused resentment in the state, and naturally brought condemnation upon Cummins for aving declined to speak or vote on the questions. Altogether, it was a pretty clean-cut repudiation of Coolidge-Mellon policies in a stalwart republican state.” eee Defeated Senator “Happy” WASHINGTON, June 8, — Although not yet “formally” conceding his de feat in the lowa primary, Senator Albert B. Cummins indicated here to- day that he will accept the verdict of nomination to his rival, Col, Smith W. Brookhart. In a formal statement, dictated shortly before 11 o'clock. Cummins paid: “I have nothing to say except to express in this way my deep apprecia- tion to my friends in Iowa for their constant, untiring work in my behalf. ‘They have done everything for me that loyal, unselfish men and women could do. I am profoundly grateful to “WE EXPECT YOU, FIND A WAY TO SA WORKERS, TO VE US, TO FREE US,” WRITES BARTOLOMEO VANZE TTI In the following letter to the Lawrence General Defense Committee Bartolomeo Vanzetti points out that the capitalist class of Massachusetts are them from the fate that awaits them: what they had read. to know that you stand in our defense. is tremendously hard to realize. “Just read the recent editorials on bound to see them railroaded to death and that the workers alone can free “TO THE LAWRENCE GENERAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE! “Dear Friends and Comrades:—A few days ago some prisoners asked me if | had read in the Notizia about your meeting in our behalf and if I have received your telegram. Not having received either that number of La Notizia nor your telegram, | thought that the prisoners might have misundestood “Yesterday evening | read a communication in The DAILY WORKER telling of your committee and your telegram to us. —and am wondering why I did not receive it. Now | am sure of it Well, what matters more is “Friends and comrades of Lawrence, we thank you from the depths of our heart for your prompt and active solidarity and your brotherly care for us. “The affirmation of your telegram is true—three times true. We have now lost the more decisive battle. We are now at the mercy of the reactionary forces deadly against us. By hook and by crook the enemy succeeded to obtain our conviction by a jury. Know Its promise ing that the granting of a new trial would put us on the street the lackeys of the bosses stick to the former jury’s verdict, which means death to us. the case by the most rotten and reac- tionary Boston dally papers, and you see of what our Maramaldos are capable. Ignoring the most self-evident, irrefutable truth in our behalf, they urge our prompt execution, “Evidence, proofs, motions, exceptions, all the legal work still possible after the overruling of our appeal to the state supreme court are useless and you know it. Everything will be denied. “We expect you comrades, friends and workers will find a way to save and free us. You can, if you will find a way not only to free us, but all our imprisoned comrades, and conquer a better destiny for us and our children. “With brotherly sentlments_and greetings, “BARTOLOMEO VANZETTI.” Prison Farm at Houston, Texas, is Hell for Living (Continued from page 1) of the Peace Overstreet of how Hill murdered Zeigler by beating him to death in the field with a bull whip, how the city farm was a place of terror and bloody brutality, how they were whipped, and how they feared to raise their eyes when other were beaten, altho they could hear the blows and cries, lest they be beaten also. Zeigler’s body was scarred with lashes and bruises. Hill, when ques- tioned “explained” all by saying: “He seemed to take sick while working in the field. I told him to go sit down a while. He fainted and had to be carried to the cell house where he died.” Wounded War Veteran A Vagrant. But the prisoners unanimously con- tradicted this fairy tale, altho some were afraid to talk, including John Clauss of Wichita Falls, Texas, a wounded war veteran carrying three bullets in his body, who was serving ten days for “‘vagrancy.” “I didn’t see much of it,” said Clauss, “A prisoner is not allowed to raise his head or stop hoeing when a guard is whipping a man or there'll be another man whipped. I saw Zeigler struck three blows. I heard other blows but did not see them. He was beaten for about five minutes. He was trembling, stumbling and falling, trying to get hold of his hoe, when the guard got through.” William T. Buckaloo, a carpenter, who was serving out a $5 fine for traffic violation because he was broke when arrested and didn’t want his relatives to know of his arrest, told the most graphic story. “I was hoeing corn just ahead of Zeigler. He appear- ed to be in good health. Then I heard Guard Hill say, ‘Get on the row, you —_——_—_——_!’ That means you're not working fast enough.” Killed To Force Speedy Work. “Then the guard knocked him down with the bull whip. He beat hell out of him, struck him 60, 70 or 80 times. Zeigler pleaded to be let up, but he was being pounded to vse ground win the whip, He begged not to be struck any more because he was sick. Finally the poor fellow got to his feet and staggered around as if he were crazy, stumbling and falling. He asked me for help, but I told him I couldn’t do anything when that guard had a gun and a whip.” He staggered around about half an hour, then fell, grabbing at the dirt groping for his hoe. When the gang knocked off work at noon I saw him placed on a cot. Then when I was washing up, someone said he was dead.” Bloodhouds For Run Away Slaves. The other prisoners told stories that verified all this, including Abraham Obey, a young Negro, who added that when he had run away from this in- ferno, that bloodhounds, such as were used in the old days to trail runaway slaves, were put on his track and he was recaptured—and beaten. Captain Connor, manager of the farm says that the bull whips are intended for con- trolling these bloodhounds. Mayor Holcombe tried to excuse Guard Hill by attacking the testimony of the wit- nesses. Uncover Plot to Kill Heads of the Japanese Government LONDON, June 8.—An alleged plot to assassinate officials and blow up public buildings has been discovered in Tokio and a hundred arrests have been made, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch, The plot, claim the officials, was to them and this gratitude will continue | have been carried out on June 10, the ichg as I live.” dispatch said, SIX KILLED IN DYNAMITE BLAST IN SAND QUARRY Premature Explosion Causes Landslide HAGERSTOWN, Md., June 8, — six workers were killed and six others seriously injured in a premature ex- plosion of dynamite in the sand quarry of the Berkley Springs Glass and Sand company, about seventeen miles from here. The dead and injured were brought to the Washington County Hospital here, The entire hillside on which the big quarry is located was torn away by the force of the explosion, precipita- ting a landslide which buried the dead and injured and made rescue work difficult. The dead are: Oliver Moon, Irvin Henry, George Wells, Romanis Daw- son, Emory Miller, and George W. Miller, Elmer Widmyer, mine boss, is in a critical condition. Five of the six killed were married and several leave large families. George Miller leaves a bride of a week, Company and county authorities are “investigating” the cause of the pre- mature blast. Big Part Played by * . * Councils of Action in ° ae ° Big British Strike (Continued from page 1) placed by the borough councils at the disposal of the councils of action. Responsive to Workers’ Need, It is inevitable that, in times of crisis, councils of action should arise. They are the natural crystallization of the workers’ forces—thrown up by the exigencies of the situation, They respond readily to the workers’ needs and demands in the locality, and are indispensable in co-ordinating and knitting together the many activities of the strikers, Right Wing Feared Councils, There is some reason for believing that one of the reasons—perhaps only a minor one—for the inglorious' calling- off of the strike by the general coun- cil was the realization of the right wing members of that body of the growing powers and importance during the crisis of the trades councils and councils of action. It is well known that among these right wingers there has always been bitter opposition to the assumption of greater powers and importance by the trades councils, The general strike has proved the contention of the left wing trade union- ists—that trades council and councils of action have a most vital part to play in any great industrial struggle. The crisis has vindicated our de- mand for the establishment of councils of action. The crisis is by no means over, Let the councils of action therefore remain in being. New York Shoe Union Will Continue Strike NEW YORK, June 8.-—A joint spe- cial meeting of the council and strike committee of the American Shoe Workers’ Union decided to continue the strike, The sentiment of the rank and file of the shoe workers is to continue the strike until victory is attained. The joint special meeting was called when it became known that a number of the shops are partly filled with scabs, The strikers declare few shoes are being produced by the scaba, ———— HE DAILY WORKER VIRGIN ISLANDS Meyer London Fought MUST WAIT FOR OWN GOVERNMENT! Hopeless War Against Senate Plans Joy Ride tol| the Progress of Labor Isles By LAURENCE TODD, Federated Press Correspondent. WASHINGTON, June 8. —(FP)— All hope of legislation giving self-gov- ernment to the Virgin Islands, or even of giving them orderly civilian govern- ment in place of the military autocrat who rules them under the American flag; has beem postponed until next year. The sei committee on ter- ritories and insular possessions has voted to take ho action on the pend- ing bill establishing responsible gov- ernment. It has instructed Chairman Willis to rej _a joint resolution providing for @ junket to the Islands, this summer, 6f three senators and three congresi nm, who would be directed to report legislation in the next session ingress, Senators Wi Bingham of Con- necticut and rd of Delaware see no need for t® in giving civil gov- ernment to thése people. Bingham, especially, was di¢termined that a con- gressional joy-tide to the Islands be arranged beforé any legislation adopt- ed. In vain the backers of the meas- ure showed that six junkets had al- ready been conducted by congress and the treasury and other government bodies. Delay followed delay until the meeting voted to postpone action on civil government and ask for money for another excursion to the Carib- bean. INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID WILL HOLD MANY MEETINGS THIS WEEK NEW YORK, June 8.—The Inter- national Workers’ Ald is conducting open air meetings with well-known people In the labor movement as speakers. Committees of the Passaic strikers are, present at all of the meetings, Hundreds of workers are reached thru these nightly meetings. Be- tween $25 to $30 are gathered at each meeting. The following meetings will take place this week; Thursday, June 10, at Grand and Havermyer St., Brooklyn. Pascal Cosgrove, Sylvan Pollock, Reiss, An- ton Bimba and Sorenson will speak. Friday, June 11, Stone and Pitkin, Brooklyn. Speakers will be Nes- sim, Primoff, Pollock, Harrison and Macklin, SATURDAY, June 12, 116th and Madison. Benjamin, Pollock, Moore, Chrover, Brodsky and Mitchell. oer CHICAGO: MEETINGS, _ The Chicago International Work- ers’ Aid will hold two more open air meetings this week. One will be held Friday night at the corners of North and Orchard. The speakers will be Robert Minor, H. M. Wicks, Jack Bradon and Pat Toohey. On Saturday night, a meeting will be held at Davidson and Washte- naw. The speakers will be Jack Bradon, L. Greenspoon, W. J. Hays and Henry A. Beck. FILL STREETS WITH PIGKETS _IN FUR STRIKE 8,000 Workers Show * . Bosses Their Unity (Continued from page 1) ing to have it, no matter how long the fight may last. : There were six pickets arrested this morning on the ‘usual charge of dis- orderly conduct! They were all ar- raigned in Jefferson Market Court where 3 were dismissed, 2 were fined $3 each and oné case was postponed until Friday, % Fur workers living in Harlem and the Bronx are feminded by the joint board that they 4re required to report, with their wives, every evening after 7 o'clock—and Saturdays and Sundays after 11 in the inorning—to the head- quarters in thelr section. Workers—whéther still on strike or working in settled shops—if they live in Harlem should report to 81 East 110th street; if they live in the Bronx, to 1347 Boston Road. ~ The joint board announces a big list of donations to the strike fund, head- ed by $350 from Local 168 of the Bak- yt and Confectionery Workers’ Un- mn, Dies of Gasoline Burns. CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia,, June 8,—Leon- ard Harris died in a hospital here from gasoline burns, The boy was cleaning his clothes with the gas and set the can on the pilot light of the stove. An explosion followed and he was covered ‘by the burning fluid, Harnis started to roll himself in bed clothing, but, losing his presence of mind, jumped thru a window and ran down the sti collapsing after run- ning a block.’ All his clothing was burned off, cs nicest i cea seems terete ase By J. LOUIS —_— dB death of Meyer London, so: cialist, cannot help but recall that decade in the socialist party’s history, from 1910 to 1920, when it began to blossom as a political fac- tor in the United States. This pe- riod saw it win a place in congress, its membership go over the 100,000 mark and its vote roll up to a mil- lion. In the beginning it planned an attack on the world war, but even its verbal opposition waned and it soon turned its most vicious attack on the Russian Bolshevik revolution. That moment marked its rapid disintegration and gradual disappearance, Meyer London belonged peculiar- ly to the period of the attempted “Americanization” of the socialist party. This effort found its most ardent disciples, not so much among native-born socialists, but among such socialists as London, who had been lifted out of the ranks of the workers and joined the professions, like doctors, dentists, lawyers, and even teachers and editorial writers. This process of “Americanization” consisted not only in demanding that members to hold responsible party positions must be citizens, but also tended to develop an ardent ad- miration for American capitalist in- stitutions, There are the outstanding samp- Jes of the socialist alderman, Alger- non Lee, voting for the New York “Victory Arch” that emblazoned “Archangel,” where this country hurled its soldiers against Russia's Red Armny, as a military triumph of the United States; of the socialist state legislator, Charles Solomon, referring in impassioned terms to the American flag at the 1920 national socialist convention; of an- other socialist legislator desiring to wear his military uniform to display his 100 per cent loyalty at the trial in the New York assembly for the ousting of the socialist group of five, and of another socialist legislator, Louis Waldman, proclaiming his faith and belief in the American form of government as against the Soviets. of This was a tendency in the social- ist party that Meyer London not only supported but encouraged, along with Abraham Cahan, the edi- tor of the Jewish Daily Forward, When Meyer London went to con- gress he did not consider himself the spokesman of the working class. He felt he was merely the represen- tative of his little “East Side” dis- trict in New York City, and even then he was much against his con- stituents bringing to Washington what he considered non-political questions. The socialist party hard- ly knew that it had a representa- tive in congress. When its publica- tions were being suppressed in the early days of the war, it was prac- tically impossible to stir Londen to protest. In this Meyer London differed somewhat from Victor L. Berger, ENGDAHL. the only other socialist to enter the portals of congress, who flamboy- antly proclaimed himself socialist “congressman-at-large” for the na- tion. The New York mania for the “Americanization” of the s6cialist party never penetrated as far west as Berger's home town of Milwau- kee. But Berger and London were one in their extreme right wing opposi- tion to the developing left wing in the socialist ranks during the war. They could hardly take the platform, at any party meeting, without hurl- ing denunciations at Bolshevism in Russia, and at the Communists in the United States. Their opposition to the Soviet government was only exceeded by their attacks on the Communist International. London carried this attack into the needle trades unions, for some of which he acted as attorney. He compared Bolshevist rule in the So- viet Union to Tammany Hall rule in New York City, seeking to link up the proletarian dictatorship that emancipated 150,000,000 workers and peasants from the heavy yoke of czarism with the petty tyranny of the political bosses in the nation’s metropolis, London never tried to develop his analogy in detail, He could not. The result has been that the workers over whom he sought leadership for his party, rapidly turned to the left wing for guidance in their struggles. Meyer London, in these last few months, saw one labor union after another desert the socialist (Americanized) leadership he had sought to create for it. Perhaps the greatest tribute that can be paid to Meyer London is that he was an honest and out- spoken reactionary in the ranks of the American social-democracy. This is more than can be said of those who, with less courage, often used him to further tlfeir own ends in the labor movement, whether in the needle trades organizations, the Workmen's Circle, or the socialist party itself. Yet even Meyer London, who took great pride in being able to adapt himself to his audiences, kept on speaking a language that the new generation of workers could not un- derstand, while older workers re- Jected it. Workers refuse to sympathize with the social-democratic attacks on the Soviet Union. They see the Workers’ Republic rising more pow- erful than ever, in spite of every ob- stacle, as history's greatest labor triumph. Likewise, they reject the bitter assaults on Communists in this country who urge understand- ing of and solidarity with the work- ers and peasants of the Soviet Union. Therefore, in increasing numbers, ‘they turned their backs on Meyer London and the anti-Soviet cause for which he spoke continued to grow ever weaker, Of this even Meyer London must have been fully aware as he con- tinued his losing fight against the on- ward march of labor. Fine for Being Late Charles M. Dickinson, president of the Aero Club of Illinois and con- tractor for the new Chicago-Minneap- olis air mail line, blamed a “foolish law” recently passed by congress for the death of Air Mail Pilot Elmer Par- tridge, Partridge, a veteran aviator, was killed when his plane, carrying the first southbound cargo of mail over the new Chicago-Minneapolis link, crashed during a gale near Mendota, Minn, Five other pilots inaugurating the new service battled with the ele- ments for hours, forced down, The legislation criticized by Mr. Dickinson assesses a fine on all air mail flyers who are late with their cargoes, “If it weren't for that foolish law Partridge would be alive now,” he said, “The wind was too strong for him. I advised against starting, but he only laughed? He would rather risk his Mfe than take a chance on being late.” Four of them were Two Held for Death of Herrin School Girl HERRIN, 1, June 8.—Two men, one a doctor who formerly lived at Carterville, Ill, were ordered held on @ charge of murder in connection with the death of Miss Lorine Morris, 16, 4 student at the Herrin township high school, who died last Sunday. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that “deceased came to her death from peritonitis as a result of a crim- inal operation.” The girl, before her death, made a statement implicating the two men. Larson, & teacher, was on his way home following close of school, when he was by Wisconsin authori- ties. He lived on a farm between For- Aviator Loses Life in Gale; Feared High Iron Workers Keep Up Battle Against Iron League’s Scab Plans The Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union of Chicago at its meeting Monday night refused to re- turn to work for the Iron League con- tractors, who had insisted on no bet- ter offer than the $1.50 wage to begin October 1, and for the right to hire non-union laborers at 87% cents an hour to place reinforcing rods. ‘This leaves the work on many large jobs, which has been behind the iron workers, tied up by the continued strike of the latter. The Iron League has been promised the aid of the open shop Landis award citizens’ commit- tee, in furnishing ecabs. The league has long wished to undermine the tron Workers' Union in the Chicago district, altho the union members are confident of victory, many of the in- dependent contractors having granted all demands, SENDINA SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1926 Amusements of All Kinds every hour, PARIS PROHIBITS EXECUTION OF YOUNG DESERTER Demands Full Investiga- tion of Case (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, June 8.—Bennet Doty, other- wise Gilbert Claire, will not be exe- cuted for alleged desertion from the foreign legion in Syria until a full in- vestigation of his case has been made, Minister of War Painleve made that certain today when he cabled to the French commanding officer at Beirut giving instructions that it Doty had been sentenced to death that the sen- tence be suspended, temporarily ‘at least. It was indicated that if Doty 1s con- vieted it is very probable he will not be executed, but will be given a prison sentence and then deported from French territory and his re-entry pro- hibited, ee 8 Adventure Too Tiresome. DAMASCUS, Syria, June 8—Bennet Doty, son of a Biloxi, Mississippi, law- yer, who enlisted under the name of Gilbert Claire in the French foreign legion invading S$ria in an effort to establish the rule of French impertal- ism over this territory, grew weary of the monotony of organized murder against the Druses, and with a few English and German companions de- serted the forces. This is only one of a whole series of desertions that have caused grave anxiety to the French military lead- ers, who have recruited their forces from the riff-raff of the whole world, and they want to execute the desert- ers in order to stifle growing threats of mutiny that permeate the ranks of the armed forces here. Accidentally Captured. Steady streams of deserters are crossing the border into, the British mandated area of Palestine, whence young Doty and his companions were headed when accidentally captured when they got between the opposing lines in a skirmish between French troops and Bedouins. Doty gave as his excuse that he was “homesick.” CONFERENCE OF {.L, D, 10 MEET SEPT, 5 Many Delegates Coming to National Meeting (Continued from page 1) hundred members and two delegates for more than 100, All labor and sym- pathetic organizations will be in- vited to send delegates. While the city for the conference has not yet been decided ‘upon, it will probably be held either in New York or Chicago, Reports on the marked progress which I. L, D. has made in the past months were given by James P, Can- non, national secretary, with special reference to the strengthening of the local organizations and the activity in ‘the Passaic strike cases, Sacco and Vamzetti, and the picketing for the Lithuanian workers and farmers who were imprisoned recently. A national tour on organization and building of I. L. D. was decided for J. P. Cannon, who ‘will leave shortly for the west. A decision of significance was one relating to the arrangement of meet- ings and demonstrations from coast to coast on the tenth anniversary of the arrest of Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings, Plans were outlined for propaganda material and a strong ef- fort will be made to revive the agita- tion for Mooney and Billings who re- main in prison to this day, Bakery Worker, Caught | in Dough Mixer, Dies MANKATO, Minn, June &—Leon- ard Jone, 19, died at a hospital of injuries received when he was caught in a dough mixer at the bakery where he was employed. His body was thrashed around in the machine for several minutes be- fore his fellow workers could stop the machine. He died shortly after he reached the hospital. Boston Workers! Be Sure to Come to the INTERNATIONAL WORKERS PICNIC at BAWSON'S GROUNDS, BRAINTREE (Off Stalls Ave.) Grounds Open at 10 A. M, ° PROGRAM: Music by Norwood Finnish Band—Recitation by Alice Kelly, and others Speakers: BERT MILLER, AARO HYRSKE Athletics—Prizes will be awarded for 100-meter race, broad jump, high jump, 12-pound shot-pu' SWIMMING —— BATHING —— GAMES Refreshments . In Case of Rain—-Postponed to Following Sunday, June 20, 1926 Arranged by Workers Party, Section 4 DIRECTIONS: From Boston take train at’ South Station to Braintree, then walk short distance up Pim Street to § A ‘raing From Quincy Square ry weir Beier mile run, Fun for Young and Old surface cars leave for