The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 11, 1926, Page 6

Page \ THE DAILY WORKER THE DAILY WORKE Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ml. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months 13 W. Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, lilinols ececicee J, LOUIS ENGDAHL { WILLIAM F, DUNNE Editors ...Business Manager —————— $n Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application, et ei 290 = * ia Company Unionism in the Copper Industry The Anaconda Copper Mining company is preparing to wipe out the last vestige of trade unionism in its properties, according to news ‘from Great Falls, Montana. There are in existence locals of smeltermen belonging to the In- ternational Union of Mine, Mill and Smeltermen, affiliated to the A. F. of L., in Anaconda and Great Falls, and a local union of hoist- ‘ing engineers in Butte. These unions maintained themselves following the disruption of the miners’ union in Butte in 1914. They are conservative unions altho the Anaconda local came out with the miners in the great strike of 1917 and closed the smelter for the first time in its history. Due to the fact that these unions hold strategic positions in the metal mining industry, the copper company has spared no pains to control them. The control has been so effective that these unions have ‘yarely joined in the struggles of the other unions. Even in the periodic revolts which have occurred in Montana in which both work- ‘ers and farmers have taken part, these unions generally have been found on the side of the company. But the A. ©. M. nevertheless feels unsafe as long as five or six thousand workers are organized in a trade union which it has to con- trol by indirect methods. Taking advantage of the dissatisfaction with the Moyer regime in the International Union of mine, Mill and Smeltermen, its agents have sponsored and secured a referendum vote of the membership in Montana on the question of separation from this union. We have not the slightest doubt that the company agents in the union are now as sharp in their criticism of President Moyer as ever were his working class critics. His misdeeds, the lack of democracy in the union, the voting of “paper” locals in every national election, the failure of the union to conduct any well-planned and aggressive organizing campaigns, all of these criticisms will now be used to stir up sentiment for severance of relations with the head office in Denver. Once this is done the development of the Montana locals into company unions will be rapid. This copper company scheme, if carried out successfully, will be a disaster for the Montana labor movement. The trades and labor councils and the state federation of labor should begin at once a campaign against it. From another angle the situation is valuable as showing the danger in which weak unions of trustified industries are placed. Their very weakness becomes, in the mouths of company agents, an argu- ment for company unions. The Desertion of Young Doty The desertion from the “foreign legion” of the French army in Syria of young Bernard Doty, a son of a Biloxi, Mississippi, attor- ney, and the report that he was to be executed by order of court martial, bas again attracted attention to the ruthless warfare that French imperialism is waging against the natives of that mandated area and sheds light on the character of the imperialist armies ravaging the colonies. Young Doty is a product of the backwash of the world war. In search of adventure he enlisted in the foreign legion—the euphonious name attached to these butcher brigades—and participated in the atrocious assaults upon the Druses. Certainly not an occupation that inspires admiration for his courage. He soon grew weary of the monotonous butchery and the irksome discipline and, in company with English and German youth of his own character, deserted, as many others regularly desert. While headed in the direction of the British mandated area, Palestine, he was accidentaly captured. Enlisting in a foreign army, he automatically relinquishes his citizenship rights in the United States. However, the fact that he was born here has caused a protest against his execution for desertion to arise, in which we can join. We do not protest on the grounds that he i¢ an American citizen, but because he is a deserter from an im- peridlist army and if his liberation is secured it will establish a precedent that may encourage others to desert and even ‘mutiny in the Syrian and other colonial forces. And we hope to see the day that no imperialist army can invade any colony or semi-colony in order to defend the interests of ¢apital- ism without facing the danger of disintegration thru désertions or destruction thru mutiny. Davis Echoes Coolidge Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, one of the amazingly mediocre members of a cabinet noted for its low degree of intelli- gence, follows his chief, Calvin Coolidge, in denunciation of the primary election law. The fury of the Coolidge cabinet members is not difficult to explain in view of the disastrous series of defeats administered every member of the old guard that has tried to seek nomination on the basis of -administration support, Davis, in speaking of the defeat of Senator Cummins in the Iowa primaries says: “Senator Cummins was defeated by the very law which he helped to establish, which permits anybody to go to the polis and vote any ticket he pleases.” Davis speaks more in sorrow than in anger against Cummins. Hie merely observes that were it not for the primary law the Iowa machine could be counted upon to steam-roller the Brookhart forces. But even then Cummins’ defeat would only be postponed, for srookhart would run as an independent or on a third party ticket and the same voters would decide the contest. When parliamentary machinery breaks down ‘and no longer serves the ruling class the period of open dictatorship draws nigh. That is, after all, the ideal of the agents of Wall Sireet and the criticisms of the primary laws are merely expressions of that desire Sutacrcte/ a ASS ae Ee Sant EN ARN ANI TIN» NN ESN AR DP Rr Be nS Po EOD tne cE Ae <n I A A IE I A Bc IRE SDI ON cB HELP RESCUE SACCO AND V By JOSEPH SCHLOSSBERG General Secretary, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. (From “Advance”) ANZETTI! oN ae ol Magee American ‘workers are being called upon to raise their voice in order to saye Sacco and Vanzetti from death, A mighty protest from the labor movement will stay the ex- ecutioner’s hand. Six years ago a man was murdered and robbed in East Braintree, Mass. The authorities were unable to find the murderer. Sacco and Vanzetti were thought to be good scapegoats because they were radicals and for- eigners—a very unfortunate combina- tion at any time, especially so six years ago, when this country was still in the grip of war hysteria. The two workers were arrested, tried and convicted on the flimsiest evidence. Since the trial two of the leading witnesses have repudiated their testimony, and then repudiated their repudiation, and then new and vital evidence in favor of the defense has turned up. But after a struggle of more than five years a new trial was denied the two innocent workers. Unless something happens to change the legal course, sentence will soon be pronounced and our two comrades will be led to their death. There seems to be a possibility of bringing the case before the United States supreme court. If that fails, a pardon by the governor of Massachusetts will be the only hope, The members of the Amalgamated will surely aid in the efforts to save the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti. If our comrades should be executed it will be for a crime committed by someone else. The authorities seek to sacrifice these two workers because oftheir own inability to find the real perpetrator of the crime. The fact that Sacco and Vanzetti are radicals and foreigners is believed by those (International Labor Defense Press Service) responsible for the case to keep the public indifferent to the outrage. It is our duty to come to the rescue of Sacco and Vanzetti by breaking that indifference. Let us make it known that they were convicted of.a crime which they did not commit; that they were convicted because as workers they were deemed helpless. Let us raise our voices for them. Let those public officials who are in a position to act know that the workers in this country are interested in their in- carcerated comrades and are demand- ing their liberation, {he people in charge of the Sacco apd Vanzetti de- fense will ask the workers for the support which they will need in order to make their fight effective. The Amalgamated members will give such support wholeheartedly. The cause of Sacco and Vanzet}j ig our own. et FALL RIVER BUSLDS |. L, D. FALL RIVER, Mass June 9.—The “bootlegging” charge, Sh the case of the three Fall River, Portuguese an- archist editors has been practically smashed by attorneys, for Internation- al Labor Defense and dthere is every probability that that; charge will be dropped soon, The;deportation. pos- sibility still hangs over the heads of the three workers. The first Portugu- guese branch of I, L. D, has been formed here with 25 active members and many more expected. A large bundle of Labor Defenders are being taken and sold, and over $100 has al- ready been contributed to Internation- al Labor Defense, “The pen is mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use it. Come down and learn how in the worker correspondent’s ‘classes. x What Is the FarmerLabor First Article. By WILLIAM F. DUNNE. \ HE growing revolt against Coo- lidgeism is creating election strug- gles in various states which are the outward expression, confused in most instances but quite clear in others, of the attempt of farmers, small busi- nessmen and workers, to break the grip of capitalism—“big business” in the phraseoldgy of the American re- formist—upon the machinery of gov- ernment—local, state and national. 'N addition to these struggles, hav- ing more or less of a class charac- ter judged by American standards, there is also a definite division appar- ent in the ranks of the upper strata of the American capitalist class which finds its expression in the anti-admin- istration attitude of Vice-President Dawes, Senator Lowden and others, whose economic base is the so-called middle western group of big manufac- turers and the rich farmers. ; Difference on the tariff, on the ques- tion of the world court and legislative methods of satisfying the iarmers, di- vide this group from the House of Morgan crowd. f Neen election struggles produced by the anti-Coolidge revolt, itself a product of the unfavorable agrarian situation and the open pro-trust policy of the government, are typified by the fight for the republicaif Homination for senator made by Bro&hart in Iowa and that of Mangus‘Johtison for nom- ination in the farmerabér primary in Minnesota. ere The main differende’between the struggle in Iowa and Minnesota is a difference in the devélépment of the movement. 17a The Iowa farmers aif workers, due to the fact that the’ eri#is‘in the corn- growing regions came éme two years later than the ert Wheat-growing northwestern states” Minnesota, are still in the stage'Where faith re- mains in the nonpartis#in-election pol- icy and all attempts to organize them outside of the two capitalist parties have failed. $ Nt There is the second fact that Minne- sota has a labor movement rated as progressive. (althougli*Pstrangled by the reactionaries forthe. last two years) and that becatf#¥é of the own- ership of the iron mfiie®in the north- ern section of the s the steel trust there is a traditionJof opposition to the steel trust and ff it stands for, HE workers and farniers of Minne- sota have felt the-power of trusti- fied industry much miore than those of Iowa where only the railroads rep- resent Coolidgeism. The Minnesota movement is in an advance stage compared to the move- ments in other states, so much so that it is not an exaggeration to say | BLOQD-HOUNDING FOR MUSSOLINI W, aay ALLSTREE OVERNME The United States government has acted as Mussolini's agent In running down and deporting Itallan exiles who fied to this country to escape the hand’ of the murderous regime of fascism. Movement ? that the only bona fide and function- ing farmer-labor party in the United States is the Minnesota organization. The Minnesota movement now gives us a picture of what the movements in other states will be two or four years hence, CASUAL glance at the Minnesota farmer-labor party gives a picture of utter confusion and an impression of aimlessness, but a closed examina- tion shows quite clearly that in its composition, its methods and its ob- jectives it displays certain character- istics which stamp it as a genuine, if feeble, expression of the masses of Minnesota workers and farmers. If one looks only for such well- established hallmarks of class parties as acknowledgement of the class struggle, demands for the abolition of capitalism, denunciations of religion, acceptance of the materialist concep- tion of history, or if one turns away when the stentorian voice of Mangus Johnson, proudly announces in open- ing his campaign that one of his sterl- ing achievements was the securing of a tariff on butter, one will decide that this is just a freakish and unimportant variation of the old nonpartisan elec- tion campaign such as Brookhart is waging. But it is something vastly more sol- id, important and significant, (To Be Continued) Pe AD AS De a8 SR I EIN RL tate A oS, RECONSTRUCTION IN SOVIET UKRAINE By M. SHAMISH, OVIET Ukraine plans to spend 1,500,000,000 roubles for the recon- struction of its industries in the next five years. Out of this sum 25.5 per cent will go to the metallurgical in- dustry, 31.5 per cent. to coal mining, 5.3 per cent to iron ore mining, 10.4 per cent to the machine building in- dustry, 2.3 per cent for the silicate in- dustry. The remaining 25 per cent will be used on those industries sup- plying the central market. Increase Coal Production, It is planned to open 53 new coal mines in the five-year period, All of the mines will be equipped with the latest mechanical devices. It is ex- pected that in 1929-30 it will be pos- sible to reach a production of 340,- 000,000 tons of coal. , The establishing of new mines, re- pairing of old ones and the erection of homes and conveniences for workers will cost about 475,000,000 roubles, Large plants are planned for the ron ore district. A central power station of an enormous capacity will be erected in Krivoy Rog, electrifying the entire iron ore district. Nine new ore mines will be opened in this dis- trict, A new test plant is algo to be erected. The new testing plant will have a capacity of 240 tons a day. A large investigating works for discover- ing new iron ore seams in the Krivoy Rog and Nicopole regions is included in the plan for developing Soviet Ukraine's industry. It is expected to have a gain of 7,500,000 tons in iron and manganese ore production at the end of the con- struction period. About 79,000,000 roubles will be spent. The deyelopment of the koaline In- dustry will take about 1,500,000 rou- bles. The salt industry will require 2,900,000 Foublea. ; Metallurgical Works. The Southern steel trust Kramator- skij Works will use the greater part of the allotted budget gor the develop- ment of the metallurgical industry. About 385,000,00 rou will be spent on the projects Planned in this dis- trict. ye Two large metallurgical works are to be erected at voy Rog and Kertch. The one in, Krivoy Rog will produce 650,000 tons of pig iron a year working four blastfurnaces, The production at the Kertch works will be a little less than At rivoy Rog. The reconstructior the metallur- gical works in Soviet ine will al- low a production of 6,000,000 tons of pig iron each year, Ath Tool Facteries. In the next two years work on one mill building factory one tool fac- tory will be comple’ The produc- tion of the south machine trust will increase under, favorable condi- tions 103,000,000. Ryeduction during the past year was 6,600,000. One hundred and thirteen million roubles will be spend on the erection of a new locomotive works and the re- construction of the old one. Agricultural Machinery, Forty million five hundred thousand roubles will be spent in deevioping the agricultural machine industry. The most important of the agricultural machines will be produced at the Kharkov “Sickle and Hammer” fac- tory. A factory for the production of sowing machines and one for the production ‘of thrashing machines are also planned, Glass and Sodium Industries. The development of the glass indus- try will require an iture ef 16,- 500,000 roubles. new factories are to be erected. it the same sum will be the sodium in- dustry, bib ve , = QR bi , ca EE Sta enn tren Alcohol, Six new distilling works are also to be constructed. The restoration of the alcohol industry will require about 6,600,000 roubles. Six million five hun- dred roubles will be spent on the plant oil industry. Thirteen new plant oil factories are to be constructed, Tobacco. The tobacco trust will build two cigarette factories in Kharkov. With the completion of the two factories the cigarette production wili be two and one-half times greater than it is now. In Romnij a large plant will be erected in which Ukrainian “ma- chorka” will be produced. Leather and Shoe. ‘The existing leather and shoe fac- tories are to be enlarged and a num- ber of new ones constructed. A new leather factory will be built on the river Dnieper and one in Kharkov. Fifteen million roubles will be re- quired, Textile Mills, The Ukrainian textile trust will use 12,100,000 for the erection of a new belt factory and a factory for corn and sugar bags. Five. new sugar works are to be erected and the existing ones to be thoroly reconstructed. Two hun: dred and twenty-seven million roubles will be needed to carry out the pro- gram, which will quadruple the sugar production, Build Paper Mill. Five furniture factories, one cement factory, one chinaware’ factory, 19 brick works and one paper mill with & production of 16,000,000 tons of pa- per a year are also provided for in the reconstruction program, To Ald Peasant. The main reason for this tremen- dous development of the Ukrainian in- dustry is based on the need to. the peasantry with needed 1 gooda, SOCIAL WORKERS’ CONVENTION HAS NO SOLUTION FOR MISERY ~ OF EXPLOITED U. S. WORKERS By SADIE AMTER. The National Conference of Social Workers met {n Cleveland from May 26 to June 2, the 53rd annual meeting of the organization. There were over 5,000 delegates representing such agencies as juvenile courts, child welfare leagues, delinquent and correction schools, community chest organizations, etc. Papers were read on the following subjects: Religious influences; health and nutrition; law and social progress; the immigration laws; adult delin- quency, trade unions, and social work,+- the family, migratory children, etc. For the most part, these papers by well-known social workers, dealt, not with the problems themselves, as so- cial problems of social significance, but chiefly with the technicalities of correction. The social system was not criticized. To Paint Aurora Immigration. In some instances a more social opinion was introduced as for instance when Jane Addams of Chicago Hull House fame, spoke on immigration. “Families are being broken up. The present law will not permit the en- trance of wives, children and aged parents of immigrants already here after quotas have been exhausted.” Miss Addams declared that “the Unit- ed States has lost its standing through- out the world as a land of promise, and it is being held in contempt by the people of other nations. “It is curious to notice /the differ- ences in world opinion fifty years ago and now,” she went on. “When I first went to Europe people everywhere were interested in the United States a8 & way out of the poverty and mis- ery in which ‘they were living.” Dr. Faris, ridieuled “pseudo-scien- tists” who try to Justify racial ‘preju- dices.. Not one’ i0ta of scientific evi- dence whatever has been produced to prove that onetrade,-as a group, is su- periar to angther, he asserted. Condition in Coal Fields, T. Devine, member of the Federal Coal Commission, said in part: 1. In the nonunion districts in sev- eral states the miners do not have the elementary civil liberties: free move- ment, free assembly, free speech, hos- pitality to guests, * Since the recent arctic flights, the polar regions have become favorites for not only explorers and hunters. Dudley Crafts Watson, of the Chicago Art Institute, will head a group of 38 artists who will penetrate the arctic circle to paint the Aurora borealis and whatever els to be found at the top of the world. tural standards of 700,000 miners and their 4,000,000 dependents.” No Resolutions. No. resolutions were passed. Mr. Knight, new secretary of the confer- ence, told Miss Van Veen, secretary of the Women Workers Progressive 2. Living conditions in isolated min-| League of Cleveland, that it was an ing towns are ai eary beyond adequate} old policy of the conference not to description, ' | Pass resolutions. Miss Van Veen had 3. Wasteful handed the following resolutions to ‘the committee: applied to lim-} 1. A resolution against child labor 18 resources, in the U. S. 4. Preventable “accidents occur —] 2, A resolution against militarism in now the, blowing up of a mine with|the schools, instant loss of many lives, and now a] 3. A resolution condemning the new fall of roof or the running down of a]anti-alien laws now pending in con- ainer by an electric motor, one life] gress, All three were turned down, at a time, two at a time, but with an] The conference takes no political even more horrible aggregate, stand whatsoever, It does not link up The Future for Coal, : evils that they are trying to ameli- orate with the economic H. 8. Rauschenbusch, of the League er which such suffering is possible. of Industrial Démocracy, New Yor! They, endeavor, hay " and a former coal miner, said: , * a ob Cine tee to enlarge the scope of thei - “If the coal industry is merely ado- f See able activities so as to lescent, then it needs a probation of- ! be: 5 reach the greatest number, ficer and Calvin Coolidge can go on| ‘They do not sense the fact that ping four years more,” he said. these broken lives and wrecked hu- “The truth is, it is drifting toward] man beings, these di a something earthy—something reminis- stinggier derfed millions of child workers wee sweat and blood—in the spring| the United States, are the result, PA of 1917, I the system of exploitation «under “The union program must be adopt- as el ‘ which we live. Chari ed. The union is the pale group stand- retell fare work result in a ing for health, comfort and the cul-| the present system. perpetuat ieee bars ' ——