The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 11, 1926, Page 2

sited AES i Page Two LLOVD GEORGE IS VICTORIOUS IN PARTY ROW Defeats Asquith on Strike Issue (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June George, former premier of England, who crossed swords with Lord Oxford and Asquith (for Premier Herbert Asquith) over the support of the Bald- win government during the general strike, has won a decisive victory in the meeting of the liberal parliamen- tary group over his opponent. Lloyd George was upheld by a vote of 20 to 12. This vote means that Lloyd George will retain the chairmanship but that the party itself is split In two parts. The vote yesterday was foreseen last 9—David Lloyd] INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ AID CABLES $1,000 AS STARTER TO HELP BRITISH COAL MINERS F. G. Biedenkapp, national secretary of the International Workers’ Aid, in an interview today stated that his organization has circulanized 20,000 in- dividuals and 1,500 local unions in the past week, calling for British miners’ relief. So far, the early donors have contributed $1,000, which was forwarded yesterday by cable to the central committee for British miners’ relief thru the Amalgamated Savings Bank of Chicago. Biedenkapp estimates that within the next few weeks returns coming in+- will amount to $10,000, which will be forwarded to the British miners as fast as it is received. The recent delegate conference in England of the British miners flatly rejected the demands made by the coal barons insisting that the miners accept an immediate wage reduction and another reduction shortly there- after and that they also accept com- pulsory arbitration in all matters af- fecting working conditions. The re- fusal of the miners to accept these tion of the proposals and upon the realization that to accept them would mean to reduce the miners and their families to a level of beggary, and week at.a meeting of the parliamen tary’ group, the majority of whom voiced sentiments favorable to Lloyd George and who sent a communication to Asquith informing him of the “sense of the meeting.” The Drift of the Factions. The two factions will probably di- vide and the Asquith group will throw its parliamentary support to Baldwin while the Lloyd George majority fac- tion will line up with the laborites in assailing the strike policy of the Bald- win government and incidentally its entire policy in relation to labor, with the mine crisis playing an important role. Lloyd George, as the representative of the industrialists, feels that threats to industrial England should not be tolerated simply because of the unfa- vorable ation in the coal mining industry and favors compelling the government to palliate the mine own- ers in order to aid other branches of industry, while Asquith speaks for the middle class merchant and rich land holder tax payers who strongly resent any form of subsidy for the mine: it heavily increases fheir tax burdens. Proletarian Cabaret Staged on Saturday for Labor Defense A novelty in amusement is being staged on Saturday night at Belden Hall, 2305 N. Lincoln avenue, when the North Side International Labor Defense branch will put on a cabaret that includes dancing,*‘special per- formers, a novelty orchestra that dis- regards all standards of m@sic and singers who insist that jazz is the new classic. Proceeds will go to the defense of class war prisoners, which includes aid for the case of Sacco and Vanzetti. Burkhart Pleads Guilty in Osage Indian Murder Case PAWHUSKA, Okla, June 9.— Earnest Burkhart, on trial here in . connection with the Osage Indian “murders for millions” cases, directly charged with the dynamiting of the home of W. B. Smith, cattsing Smith’s @eath along with his wife, Rita, and a hired girl, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty. It is expected the trial, which re- suited in the subpoenaeing of Gov. M. H, Tramp of Oklahoma and other high state officials, will be set aside and the cases of W. K. Hale, “king of the Osage Hills,” and others called to trial. Hale is charged as being the master mind behind at least nine deaths among America’s richest Redmen for oil royalties and “headrights.” O'Flaherty Speaks on British Strike Saturday Evening What actually happened from day to day during the general strike in Great Britain, one of the greatest dem- onstrations of labor solidarity ever seen, will be told by the well-known journalist Thomas J. O'Flaherty at the meeting Saturday, June 12, 8 p. m., at the Northwest Hall, corner North avenue and Western avenue. O'Flaherty was in England during the whole period of the strike, visiting important centers of London, travel- ing amongst the dockers, taking trips out to the Welsh coal mines, talking with the ship builders of Clyde, etc. O'Flaherty will give a personal narra- tive of the strike, something which should interest every worker and every trade unionist in particular, Moscow or bust! Don’t bust before you get a sub—but get 5 subs and you can have your bust. *E, W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Six Places 169 N. Clark 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N, state 42 W. Harrison 234 8. Haleted PHONES, HARRISON 86) E. W, Rieck Boston read Commicsary and Bakery: 4612 Fulton ct. Phone West 2549 would be the beginning of a reduction of wages for workers in all other in- dustries. In aft appeal sent out by the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain signed by Herbert Smith, president, and A. J. Cook, general secretary, the workers of all countries are called upon to rally to the support of the struggling British miners, both morally and finan- terms came after careful - cially. The appeal says in part: “We are appealing to all British workers and to the workers of the whole world to help us by stopping all coal trans- port directed to England and by giv- ing us all the financial assistance pos- sible. Every ton of coal which is shipped from Burope or America and unloaded in England deprives a child of a British miner’s family of its daily piece of bread; every shilling donated by the workers will help us to feed the children and to asgure human work- ing conditions: The British miners are placing all their ‘confidence in their fellow Workers the world over and hope their appeal will be heard and answered.” fy The International Workers’ Aid calls upon every worker and sympathizer to heed the urgent appeal of the Brit- ish miners and to forward every dollar that can possibly be spared to the national I. W. A. office, 1553 W. Madi- son, Chicago, Ill. The miners’ cry, “Do not fail us in our hour of need,” must be answered at once! Ward T. Van Ormon, pilot of the American balloon that won the 1926 trophy race by sailing in a captive balloon from Brussels, Belgium, into Sweden under weather conditions that eliminated ‘most of the other contest- ants a few miles from the start. What Is Armament? Still in Question by, League Pow-Wow GENEVA, Switzerland, June 8—The American delegates at the diplomatic comedy called the “disarmament” meet of the league of nations, have made an objection to the definition of arm- ament, including “any adaptation of geographical features with a view to war.” The United States fears that may mean that the Panama Canal, constructed largely for war purposes, may be included in any list of military preparedness. “There is no use in further discus- sions,” said the British delegate, “un- til we define the word ‘armament.’ Each delegate has a different concep- tion of what he is talking about.” Austrian Request for Financial Autonomy Is Granted by League GENEVA, June 8, — The Council of the league of nations granted Austria's request for financial autonomy. A similay request from Hungary was rejected, and the finances of that country will continue under the ad- ministration of the league. Dust Storm, HOOPESTON, Ill., June 8, — Thou- sands of dollars of damage to farmers in this section of Eastern, Ill, was caused by a dust storm which swept cornfields and cut off young shoots of corn, an inch to two inches high, level with the ground, The dust, driven on a southwest gale, also caused several auto accidents. CHICAGO MEETINGS, The Chicago International Work- era’ 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 Braden 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, U. S. Entry Wins Big Balloon Race : Be Married Again Frightened Senators Say Coolidge Gang Caused Iowa Defeat (Continued from page 1) harkening to the dissatisfaction in the west, so strikingly expressed in the Iowa turnover, Brookhart’s smashing insurgent vic- tory in Iowa on an anti-Coolidge plat- form has been followed by greatly in- creased republican bickering and dis- sension, Dawes Is in Game, Vice-President Charles G. Dawes, Morgan lackéy, regarded as a poten- tial candidate in 1928, already has staged a false split with President Coolidge on the issue of farm legisla- tion. To all intents and purposes, Gen. Dawes is today really leading the fight for the McNary-Haugen farm relief illusion in the senate. The farm bloc leaders call his counsel “economic direction.” And in the background, saying little but putting forth prodig- ious efforts in the same direction, is Ex-Governor Frank O° Lowden, Pull- man capitalist of Illinois, whose friends say he will be a candidate in 1928 irrespective of President Coo- lidge’s plans to succeed himself. There is also what amounts to a real revolt among the senators against the republican leaderships exercised by Senator Wm. M. Butler of Massa- chusetts, chairman of the republican national committee, who is considered the White House spokesman in the senate. Assail Butler. Many republicans, particularly those from the west, are bitterly blaming Butler for Brookhart’s insurgent triumph. It was Butler who, against the advice of even such conservative eastern republicans as Edge of New Jersey, Reed of Pennsylvania, Bing- ham of Connecticut, and Moses of New Hampshire, accomplished the ousting of Brookhart and the seating of his democratic opponent, Daniel F. Steck. Brookhart was unseated by the nar- row margin of four votes. Butler voted against him, and took with him such votes as Gillett of Massachusetts, Dale of Vermont, Greene of Vermont, Weller of Maryland, and Sackett of Kentucky. Bewail Brookhart Ousting. “And now look what we have,” petulantly exclaimed one republican senator today. “We put a democrat in Brookhart’s place, and still have Brookhart. Had Brookhart been left alone, Cummins would have. been re- turned, and we would have been, at least, no worse off. But now we have two anti-administration votes from Towa. If that is leadership, or polit- ical sagacity, then IP don’t know Politics.” Criticism of the republican national chairman was reflected in such com- ment as made by Senator Capper, re- publican of Kansas, who said: “A great blunder and a great mis- take was made by unseating Senator Brookhart.” Senator Edge of New Jersey, said: “Perhaps if some of the ‘good polit icians,’ who voted to oust Brookhart, had voted differeently, the result in Iowa would have been different.” Lady Céthcart to LONDON, June 9. — Countess Cath- cart will marry Gideon Boissevain,-@6, an American of Dutch descent, next week, Boissevain is the son of a prominent Dutch-American banker, “We only met a few weeks ago,” sald Boissevain, “When I was in New York last week I happened to attend the first night of the countess’ play. It has really been a pure romance, and of course, we are both very shy about the whole affair.’ Every Worker Correspondent must be a subscriber to the American Worker Correspondent, Are you one? | pension was none fHE DAILY WESTBROOK AND HOFFMAN GET SENTENCE STAY Seek to Avoid Serving Jail Terms Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman and form- er Warden Wesley Westbrook of the county jail were saved from starting jail sentences in the Druggan-Lake scandal when U. 8. District Judges Page and Anderson of the circuit court of appeals diregted the county clerk to withhold mandates ordering them to jail until Saturday. The stay was granted aftor Hoffman made an appeal to-permit Alfred S. Austrian, now in Washington, D. C., a change to obtain a nts from a just- ice of the U. S, supreme court before which a petition fora writ of certio- rari has been filed. 4} The action was taken as Hoffman and Westbrook were;preparing to re- port at the U. S. matshal’s office and begin jail terms, If Attorney Austrian is not success- ful in obtainning a stay from the su- Preme court, the mandates, it was said, would be issued (Saturday and the defendants taken at once to jail. National Coal“Ass’n, Biggest of Its Kind, Meets in Chicago More than 300 delegates to the ninth annual convention of the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association began their sessions yesterday at the Drake hotel, The convention will devote most of its attention to production problems— and when coal operators meet this al- Ways means, wages, hours and work- ing conditions of mine labor. The expiration of the agreement with the United Mine Workers of America in the spring gives added im- portance to this item on the order of business of this convention altho the association disclaims @ny direct con- nection with such practical questions as unionization and agreenients, The association represents more than a hundred bitumjnous coal com- panies and has members in 23 states and districts, ‘ It is the largest association of its kind in the world. ‘ ——$—r— Federal Council of Churches Raps Military, Training WASHINGTON, sory military training schools and colleges was struck another hard blow in the report issued by. the adminis- trative committee of the federal coun- cil of churches, deploring this forced militarization as “foreign to the ideals of the educational system.” The com- mitteee appealed to ajl churches in America to encourage q)serious. study of the whole questiom,of militarism in the school system, Export $27,000,000 : Worth of Hosiery WASHINGTON, June 8—American hosiery, tariff protected, was shipped abroad to a total value of $27,000,000 in 1925, says the department of com- merce, Foreign competition is becoming keener, with the use of American knit- ting machinery, Hold Plenary Session on Tacna-Arica Issue WASHINGTON, June 9. — Another Plenary session attended by secretary of State Kellogg and the ambassadors of Peru and Chile was held on the Tacna-Arica controversy. ‘7-— Compul- Washington Granted Stay. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 9. — Sam Washington, colored, sentenced to hang in Chicago next’ Friday for the murder of Minnie Moore, was granted a writ of error and ‘supersedeas by the state supreme céurt. The writ automatically stays hi8 execution un- til the court can review ‘his case. Federal Employes to Lose Out on Pension WASHINGTON, Jule 7— Federal employes’ chances of’ getting legisla- tion befote congress @ball adjourn, li- beralizing their old age retirement pension plan, are growing desperate. The house bill, dictated by President Coolidge, calls for a 3%% levy on the salaries of federal employes for the pension fund, and limits pensions to $1,000 maximum. This measure was adopted by the house and was substituted in the senate by a meas- ure favored by the employes, making the maximum pension $1,200 a year and levying 4% on the pay envelopes. The house failed to take the usual course in a disagreement by rejecting the senate substitute and asking for a confernce; the hous simply stood pat. There the matter hangs. The White House contrived the ‘ik in or- der that the senate conferees might have no chance to convince the spokesmen of th house that @ $1,200 109 tage WORKER HORTLY the nation will again witness some more political pyrotechnics incidental to the activi- ties of the special senate campaign investigating committee in probing campaign expenditures, The search- light will first be thrown on the huge slush fund flow that featured the recent Pennsylvania primaries. Probes of the opening of sizable “barrels” in other states, even in- cluding Iowa, will follow. ua ane. No charges have so far been made that any “labor” candidate has been spending too much money to corrupt the electorate. The tussle will be between the candidates of the old parties. They will try to prove each other guilty of every brand of-crook- edness. The exhibition will be interesting and of some value if the workers and farmers do not take it too seriously, succumbing to the subtle arguments of the “reformers” that if campaign expenses can only be cut to a minimum, then the electoral struggle will be purified. The “re- formers” argue that if the big politi- cal bosses are deprived by law of funds to buy votes, thén“the un- corrupted citizenry will be in a posi- tion to cast a spotless ballot, the ex- pression of its uninfluenced will. Yet all this only serves the great capitalists in hiding the real nature of the class struggle. There have been plenty of efforts to cure great social evils with quack nostrums; sufficient to prove to all thinking workers the complete failure of this “reformism.” Electoral reforms are no exception, >. ».® It was originally argued that the substitution of the primary election in place of the convention system for the selection of candidates would give the predatory interests a knock- out blow. “The people” would be given a chance to speak. Thus the primary became an established insti- tution all over the nation. Only the presidency itself was saved from this alleged democratizing process, Even here the “preferential primary” was brought into play. If the voters were not permitted to pick their candidates, they were at least allow- ed to indicate their choice. The bosses might ignore the voters’ desires, as théy did, but “the people” were ‘at least given an opportunity to go thru the motions of indicating their desires. ee 8 Now it is pointed out that the primary is a failure, and it is de- clared that the road must lead back to the convention system. It is argued that the primaries are so ex- pensive that only the rich can afford to become candidates, and that it takes large sums of money to win. It is claimed that the convention system is much cheaper. Thus it is charged that from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 were spent in Pennsylvania in an unsuccessful effort to re-nominate Senator George Wharton Pepper. The victor, Rep- resentative Vare, has filed a person- al expense account stating that he spent $71,000 out of his own pocket in the race for a six-year senatorial job that will only net him $60,000 in salary, Governor Gifford Pinchot, another unsuccessful candidate, con- fesses to having burned up $160,000 in the heat of the struggle. Of this, $43,767.31 came out of his own pocket. It was shown gthat the in- Election Slush Fund Probe to Give Birth to Electoral Reforms By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. famous Newberry spent only $198,- 000. These huge, expenditures have been labelled “Newberryism.” It is admitted that the money is used for corrupt purposes. But even the New -York Times points out that “the conduct of a state-wide primary is yearly becoming more expensive.” In spite of the attacks on “New- berryism” the corruption goes on, ever growing in proportions, ee Only the most unenlightened worker will harbor any delusion that the members of congress, who win their seats thru~the expenditure of millions of dollars, will give the slightest consideration to working class interests. Yet the returns in the Pennsylvania elections showed that the greatest number of voters followed the candidates with the largest campaign funds. This, how- ever, should only spur the effort to win the workers away from their masters. : The great exploiters write the platforms, build the organizations and provide the campaign funds for their candidates. The workers must also write the platforms and programs, build the organizations and provide the cam- paign funds for their own candidates in the elections, This should be very clear to great masses of workers. The fact that it isn’t yet clear to any large num- bers of workers is not a challenge to its truth. It is merely an acknow- ledgement of the fact that labor does not yet accept what should be an elemental axiom. Labor does not yet see the need for the labor party. oe ff Nowhere in their arguments for and against either the convention or primary system of nominating candi- dates, does the ruling class ever mention working class interests, It is not ‘compelled to do so. The work- ers do not even raise it themselves. The big argument presented is one of “economy.” The capitalists are always in favor of economy in gov- ernment, especially where they can- not shift the burden of the cost of running their government: off their own shoulders onto the shoulders of the workers and farmers. Thus they also argue for the commission rather than the council form of municipal government. They claim it is cheaper. Workers and farmers must not be confused by such cure-als. If the toiling masses do not have a labor party of their own, they have noth- ing. If they have a powerful labor party, gaining strength in every. struggle, then it doesn’t matter much whether old party candidates are chosen in primary elections or in delegate conventions. 0. 9 “Newberryism” will be a big issue in the fall congressional campaign. It is a safe issue because it is not a fundamental class issue. It will be used in the agricultural states in an effort to hide the fact that both the democratic and republican parties have failed to provide any agrarian relief. It will be used in the cities in an effort to draw attention away from the black industrial tyranny of the great capitalists. The senatorial probe of campaign expenses will serve both these purposes, if the situation is not understood rightly by labor with its eyes ever upon its unswerving demand for thé labor party. ‘COOLIDGE GANG \FLETCHER WINS SEEKS SENATE | NOMINATION IN ADJOURNMENT FLORIDA FIGHT Fes: Defeats in Many Bryan’s Daughter Lead- Primary Elections WASHINGTON, D, C., June 9, — Defeat after defeat of administration supporters in primary fights has made them anxious to close senate session as soon as possible, Sidetrack Goff Bill, The administration bill providing for more teeth in the enforcement of the Volstead dry act has been side- tracked by the republican “steering committee” and attempts are being made to keep all wet and dry legisla tion off the floor for this session, The ardent drys are objecting to this procedure and are insisting on the passage of bills putting more teeth into the dry enforcement, The wets insist that if the Goff bill, backed by the administration, is brought for- ward they will counter with resolu- tions calling for a nation-wide refer- endum on modification of the dry act. Ditch French Debt. The administration group has also decided to keep the French debt set- tlement issue out of this session of Congress. They declare that no at- tempts should be made by the 6 to discuss the debt pact until the French parliament hag. ‘ft, from “sentle psychosis." — ing for Congress TALLAHASSED, Fia., June 9, — United States Senator Duncan U. Fletcher thas won his renomination by almost a two to one vote, according to returns from yesterday’s democrat- ie primary. Unofficial returns from most of the state’s precincts showed Fletcher, 35,412 votes; Jerry W. Carter, state hotel commissioner, 18,790 votes; and Judge John A. Vanvalzah, 2,651 votes. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, was leading Rep. W. J. Sears for nomination to congress from the fourth congres- sional district by a small margin, but neither camp concedes anything yet. Globe Trotter Sent ‘to Bellevue Hospital| NEW YORK, June 9, — Edward Payson Weston, who walked across the continent twice, but who is now a bent old man of 87 years, was found rambling in a daze by a policeman on the street. He was taken to the psy- chopathic ward at Bellevue Hospital, where it was said he was suffering a PENNSYLVANIA'S SENATE PRIMARY GRAFT PROBE ON All Deny Corruption as Usual in Such Cases coeiarton (Continued from page 1) tees receive any contributions from outside sources?” “Yes, ‘but I don't know the amounts, Pinchot sald. “They will all be reported in our committee return, which is not yet completed.” \ Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, the governor’s wife, contributed to her husband campaign, the reports show- ed, She gave it in four sums, $10,000, $15,000, $10,000 and $5,000, at intervals during the campaign. Other heavy contributions to Pinchot's Philadel- phia committee were $50,000 from Mrs. Charles B, Wood, of Washington, D. C., made in two sums of $25,000 each; $10,000 from Amos Pinchot, his brother, and $10,000 from George W. Woodruff, of Harrisburg. It included a series of small contributions from Chicagoians, $300 from Harrold L. Wickes, $300 from George F, Porter and $400 from James L. Houghteling. ose. @ sisted The Inquiry Gets Started. (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jung’ 9. — The senate’s inquiry into the use of “slush funds” in senatorial primaries opened today with the recent Pennsylvania election directly under investigation because of charges that $5,000,000 were spent in the three-cornered re- publican race for the toga of Senator George Wharton Pepper. Rep. William 8. Vare, who won the nomination, and governor Gifford Pinchot, who ran a poor third; were in attendance while Pepper was with- ing calling distance. All have placed themselves at the committee’s dis- posal. A host of election officials from the three camps were present under sub- poena to reveal the financial arrange- ments under which their candidates raced for the nomination. The managers and treasurers of each campaign have denied excessive expenditures in their own ranks while declining to comment officially on the campaigns of their rivals. Their testimony however is expect- ed to reveal clues which probably will carry the investigating committee on a further inquiry in Pennsylvania. The committee, dominated by the old democratic-insurgent coalition, is expected to delve deeply into the sub- ject of campaign funds. The demo- crats particularly believe that the in- quiry will develop priceless campaign material for the November elections. The committee’s membership includés Senators James A. Reed, democrat, of Missouri, chairman; William H. King, democrat, of Utah; Robert M. LaFol- lette, Jr., republican, of Wisconsin; MeNary, republican, of Oregon} and Goff, republican, of West Virginia. Russian Daily in Chicago Is Hit by Strike of Printers (Continued from page 1) and also began to use a Serbian printer by the name of Sava Savich, for seabbing purposes, The final attempt to settle the mat- ter was made yesterday by English, but the manager of the paper, Mr. Volkov, informed English that a meet- ing of the corporatoin had been held and they decided to have nothing to do with the union. Volkov could see no reason why the printers should re- ceive $40 per week, when he, the man- ager, is getting only $5 per week. An- other member of the union, M. A. Stolar, who was present assisting English, informed the manager that union men cannot live on $5 per week, and Volkov retorted: “Well, that’s why we don’t want a union. English promised a fight to a finish to clean up this scabby joint and to unionize the paper. New! 18/1 THE PARIS COMMUNE By Max Shachtman. 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