The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 12, 1926, Page 1

taint 1 The DAILY WORKER Raise: the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government ol. Hl. No. 129. PINCHOT FUND EQUALS GRAFT OF NEWBERRY “Liberal” Spent Sum of $195,000 (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 10.—Governor Gifford’ Pinchot, the “progressive,” “liberal,” ‘friend of labor,” “humani- tarlan,” “pacifist,” plutocrat, who boasted the support of the officials of the miners’ union and other labor or- ganization heads in Pennsylvania, by confession of his own managers spent a slush fund to secure the senatorial nomination that equaled that spent by the notorious Newberry in the Michigan election of 1918. Yet Pinchot remains the darling of the liberals and labor skates while Newberry is considered the vilest of the vile. Spent $195,000, Testifying before the senate commit- tee investigating the expenditure of campaign funds, P. S. Stahlnecker, treasurer of the Pinchot campaign fund, declared $195,000 was spent by his forces. This is the exact amount that it was proved Newberry spent in the campaign that caused a national scandal. Fake Registration. More than 7,000 persons in Pitts- burgh were illegally registered for the recent Pennsylvania republican sena- torial primary, Charles C. McGovern, chairman of the board of registration at Pittsburgh, and western manager for Governor Gifford Pinchot, unsuc- cessful candidate, told the senate cam- paign expenditures committee today. When Pinchot’s followers sought to strike the illegal names from the poll books, county commissioners — peti- tioned the courts for the records, thus stopping the efforts to “purge the books,” said McGovern. Favored by Pinchot. MeGovern said that Pinchot had appointed him controler of Allegheny county last Saturday. , The promotion, inereased his salary from $3,000 to $8,000 a year. He was questioned by Senator Reed of Missouri, chairman. McGovern explained that a voter could only register if he had paid a state or county tax in the two years preceding the election. “On our first examination of the books we found 2,500 names on the registration books of persons who had no such feceipts,” he added. Fraudulent Receipts. “How could these people register and produce a receipt for taxes unless they had tax receipts?” “In this instance they had fraudu- lent tax receipts.” “It has been said here that there were 7,000 illegally registered,” said Reed. ‘What about that?” “That's right,” McGovern explained. ‘How many names did you strike off the poll books?" “About 300 or 350 out of the 2,500.” Bribe One-Third of Voters. One out of every three votes cast in Allegheny county (Pittsburgh), the Mellon-Pepper stronghold in the Penn- sylvania primary, was cast by a paid watcher employed by one or the other of the senatorial candidates, Charles ©, McGovern, western manager for Governor Pinchot, a defeated candi- date, testified today in the senate’s investigation of huge campaign ex- Subscrjp. SHAPE " Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Omice at Cul SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1 ee x Roy OF Fee Y Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. tside Chicago, by’ mail, $6.00 per year. o =) = _ UNFILLED TONNAGE OF STEEL TRUST SHOWS A NEW YORK, June 10.—Unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel Sees Former Premier in Labor Camp corporation of May 31 was 3,649,250 (Special to Thé Daily Worker) tons, a decrease of 218,726 tons from LONDON, June 10.—Further evidence KOREANS RIOT AT FUNERAL OF LAST EMPEROR Demand Liberation from Japanese Yoke (Special to The Daily Worker) SEOUL, Korea, June 10.—Serious disorders’ by independence advocates the April figure of 3,867,976 tons, it was announced today. Unfilled ton- Mage on March 31, 1925, was 4,049,- 800 tons and on March 31, 1926, 4,379,935 tons. 926 >” RUTHENBERG IN Indictment Dismissed | After Seven Years (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, June 10.—On motion of Joseph R. Brodsky, attorney for the defendants, with the district attorney of New York concurring, Judge Ed- ward J. McGoldrick of the supreme court of the state of New York dis- missed the indictment against C. E. Ruthenberg and I. E. Ferguson, charged with criminal anarchy. The case which was just disposed of has been pending in the New York court for nearly seven y It dates back to the origin of the Communist Party in the United States. Sent to Prison. On June 29, 1919, there was held in New York City a conference of the left wing locals of the Socialist Party This conference elected a national council of the left wing, which later issued the manifesto of the left wing, stating the principles of Communism. As a consequence of the issuance of this manifesto the members of the national council were indicted for criminal anarchy. Benjamin Gitlow, James J. Larkin, I. E. Ferguson and C. E. Ruthenberg were arrested under the indictment and all of them convicted of criminal anarchy and sentenced from five to ten years in prison. Bail was refused pending an appeal to the higher court. PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. All four of the defendants served from a year and a half to over two years of their prison term. Larkin Is Pardoned. In the case of Larkin and Gitlow, the court of appeals, the highest court ofethe state of New York, affirmed their conviction. Larkin was pardoned immediately following. The Gitlow case was appealed to the supreme court of the United States, which af- firmed~ his conviction, and he was pardoned by Governor Smith last year. In the case of Ruthenberg and Fer- guson, the court of gppeals reversed the decision of the Apwer pupurt,. de- claring that the trial court jhad incor- rectly interpreted the lawj and their case was remanded to the lower court for retrial. Case Is Finally Closed. This decision of the court of ap- peals was made in August, 1922, and since that time the case has been vending in the supreme court of New York City for retrial, the defendants being under $5,000 bail. The action of Judge McGoldrick in dismissing the indictment with the concurrence of the district attorney |_ WORKER. ), iMinols, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER ‘ashington Blvd., Chicago, UL British Support the British coal NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents CASE AGAINST [Try to Cut Off Miners’ N.Y.ISDROPPED) ~=Aid From Russia miners by joining in the relief campaign under the direction of the International Workers’ Aid, 1553 West Madison Street, Chicago, Ill. * * (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 10.—The breakdown of negotiations between the mine owners and the miners’ union, when the union refused to accept the owners’ proposal to lengthen the hours of labor and to pay no more wages than before the lockout, has had the result of sharpening the class feeling on both sides. A movement to cut off strike relief being sent the miners from foreign lands be- gan at once, particularly the large sums being donated by Rus- sian workers. While the mass of British labor unionists applaud the fight- ing spirit of the mine nd all militant elements are rallying the unions to aid the miners, the capitalists frenziedly called for gov- ernment action against the miners’ union the minute the union refused to workday. ‘Owners Arrogant. The union demanded that reorgan- ization of the mining industry be dis- cussed, as that would not necessitate either lower wages or longer hours. The mine owners insisted that longer hours be accepted in lieu of their old proposal of lower wages together with the prospect of longer. hours. The owners would not talk reorgan- izatioh, although this was recommend- ed in the government’s coal commis- sion’s report. At once, the capitalist forces dis- covered a “nation-wide appeal” to the government to cut off the strike relief funds being sent from the workers of Soviet Russia to the striking miners. The Earl of Birkenhead, secretary of state for India, speaking before the imperial council of commerce, charged that the Soviet government, and not the Russian workers, had contributed $2,000,000 he claimed had been re- ceived by the British miners to feed the strikers, their wives and children Birkenhead declared that this was “fomenting revolution” in Great Brit- ain, and demanded that the British government state its position on the matter. accept the 2,700,000 Employed. Rumors are that Prime Minister Baldwin wifl call a cabinet council session to determine what the govern- ment’s attitude shall be on relief money sent to the British miners. Including the miners, there are now 70,000 un¢émployed workers in Great Britain. How the strike has affected the industries may be seen by the fact that the above number of unemployed represents an increase from 1,105,916 on May 3, and 1,614,200 on May 31, longer+ GREEN CLAIMS. NO AID ASKED FROM BRITAIN Alibi ‘Covers Lack ‘el Desire to Aid Strike (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, June 10.—Head- quarters of the American Federation of Labor knows nothing of a reported appeal to it for financial aid for the starving mine strikers in Great Brit- ain, This appeal has been rumored to have been sent direct to the A, F. of L. executive in Washington by the Miners Federation of Great Britain. Inquiry in Washington discloses that no letter, cable or other form of re- quest for help has been received from the British miners’ organization, nor has the British Trades Union Congress sent any ooinmunication since May 6. Favorable response to any future ap- peal will depend on the attitude of the executive council, . Evades Working Class Duty. The above dispatch from Washing- ton indicates that President Green of the A. F. of L. is probably “offictally unaware” that there are 1,000,000 coal miners on strike in Great Britain, Like the Amsterdam International’s reformist leaders, who, when the great general strike began, r ved to com- mence “an extensive study into the attended the funeral of Yi Wang, last FUR WORKERS of an irreparable cleavage in the lib-} finally closes this case, which has been ; question as to whether or not and to | what extent help may be needed,” the emperor of Korea, here today. Two hundred arrests were made by Japenese and’ Korean police and sol- diery, and several were seriously in- jured as a result of the day’s develop- ments, The most serious disturbance fol- lowed an attempt made bg sixty stu- dents to distribute handbills advo- eating independence of Korea from Japan. The attempt was made when the funeral procession was at its height. Two Riots Staged. Nine students were injured during the struggle that followed when police broke up the attempt. A similar outbreak occurred as the PARADE FOR 40-HOUR WEEK 8,000 Demonstrate for Shorter Hours (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, June 10.—Over 8,000 striking fur workers marched thru the fur district in a mass demonstra- tion of their determination to win the 40-hour week, no contracting, and pay increases. The workers from settled lication in the Wiltshire Times of an article by Harcourt Johnstone, former liberal member of parliament, accus- ing David Lloyd George of having, on May 7th, during the general strike, consulted three of the leaders of the labor party whom he informed that altho at that moment he was com- pelled to adopt a neutral ‘attitude, he was eager to attack the government. He is alleged to have informed the laborites that they could depend upon his support in their criticism of the policy of Baldwin in the strike. Offers Financial, Aid. Mr. Harcourt Johnstone's letter pro- ceeds: country. Russian Workers Aid Strike of the British Coal. Miners While it is not expected that British capitalists relish the re- ceipt of great sums of relief, officially reported from the head- quarters of the labor unions of Soviet Russia as-having already reached a total of $1,300,000, to aid the British miners hold out against wage cuts and longer hours, the falsity of the charge eral party was furnished by the pub-|f such importance in the history of the Communist movement in ts | om he Raxt/ } A. F. of L. executive evades the plain {duty all labor unions have to aid, and |to aid without delay or evasion, the | heroic miners of Britain who are fight- jing against wage cuts and longer hours. High Time Something Is Done. In the DAILY WORKER of June 9. A, J, Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain, quoting the manifesto of the executive com- mittee, said “We earnestly ask the workers of Britain and of the world to continue to help us by refusing to handle scab coal.” He added: “Re- member that nearly a million miners are involved im the lockout! And re member their wives and children!” shops marcred with their fellow un- “Neither did MrtLioyd George omit! made by the Earl of Birkenhead, that the Soviet government, and| As yet the DAILY WORKER is lack- penditures. procession was about to enter the The vote cast in the Pittsburgh area | chapel for the funeral services. Addi- was approximately 150,000, he said,|tional injuries and more arrests re- and the paid watchers on the pay rolls | sulted, totaled nearly 50,000, “Do you mean that the employment] picturesque ever witnessed The funeral was one of the most in the of these watchers ae ee oe of | Orient. Two thousand pallbearers car- buying their votes?” asked Senator! rieq the catafalque containing the James A. Reed (dem.) of Missouri. ‘In a large measure, yes,’ replied McGovern. Half a Million in Allegheny. McGovern charged that Representa- ‘coffin of Emperor Yi. The procession marched from the imperial palace to the cemetery and lasted eight hours, One thousand Buddhist priests célebrated the last rites, ionists until work time. Six pickets were arrested for disorderly conduct, but three cases were dismissed and two others givem $3 fines. One case was postponed. New York Tourists’ Club Hike Sunday NEW YORK, June 10,—Sunday, June 13, the Tourists Club will hike to Woodlands lake, Westchester coun- to inform these gentlemen that he had at his command an enormous political fund, which could be of the greatest trades unions.” Mr. Johnstone declares that the con- ference broke up with the promise of the Labor leaderseto consult their sup- porters and the #ame night Mr. Lloyd George refused tw allow) Sir John Si- mon's speech m#intaining the illegal- ity of the strike sto be broadcast to not the Russian workers themselves, had sent this relief, is proven by the following examples taken from among scores of ing any information that the A, F. of L. executive, or the executive of service to the Labor Party when the | letters from Soviet Russia, showing how enthusiastically the strike had depleted the coffers of the} Russian workers, in their shops, factories and mines, are giving the relief funds being sent to Britain. $$ $< see By G. PRITCHIN (Worker Correspondent) ARCHANGEL, U. S. S. R. (By Mail.) ~The news of the British general strike spread as fast as electric sparks; the telephones rang in the the United Mine Workers of America, have’ done the slightest thing to stop shipments of coal to Britain, or given a nickel to feed the British miners and their wives and children. Dies in Auto Cra: DANVILLE, IL, June 10,—Mrs, Ollie Baptiste, 26, received injuries when her automobile was Struck by a lim- Committee of 25 to Lead New York Shoe Workers’ Strike | tive William S. Vare and Pepper had| It was estimated that 200,000 per-Ity, Meeting place, 242nd street and |t®@ ation withthe stamp of his a8-/ distant factories. Factory whistles (Special to The Daily Worker) oath Le ee (Continued on page 2) Sons witnogsed the services, including |Van Cortlandt Park subway station |%e"t °F approval. fsummoned the workers to special] BROOKLYN, N. Y., June 10.—More| /"aclon system that caused her death i ’ 10,000 high Japanese and Korean of-| (downstairs); time, 7:30 a. m.; fare, Speaks for “industrialists, meetings. ‘The assembled workers| ®S&ressive leadership is expected |" * hospital today, ; AMALGAMATED FOOD WORKERS AlD KEW YORK STRIKING FUR WORKERS (Special to The Daily Worker) “tease # KK, June 10—The Amal- gamated Food Workers, Bakers’ Lo- cal No, 164, at its regular meeting voted to assess each working mem- ber $1 for the relief of the striking fur workers of New York. The as- sessment will be collected with June dues and will be immediately sent to the. strikers, ? The local also elected delegates to the conference that is being called in New York to aid the Passaic strikers, Nominations of officers were made for the coming July elections and a committee of seven elected to plan ficials. Four thousand police were on guard long the line of March. French Socialists Ask Clause of Dawes Plan Be Applied to France (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, June 10.—Rejection of the Mellon-Berenger accord for the settle ment of the French debt to the United States will be demanded by the social- ists. A caucus of the party today de- cided to present a group of resolutions to the chamber demanding rejection of the agreement because “it contains ng transfer clause, wherag the Dawes plan provides a transfer. caluse for Germgny, and France is entitled to treatment.” 25 cents; walking time, about four hours; leader, Louis Braun, All na- ture loving working men and women are welcome to participate, se Thursday, June 17, lecture on China at our headquarters, Labor Temple, 243 East 84th street, room 18, at 8:15 p.m. sharp. Lecture is free and non- members are welcome, Music Dealers Create “Piano Propaganda” Fund at Their Meet NEW YORK, June 11,— Delegates to the convention of the National Mu- sic Industries, {nm session here, has passed by unanitnous vote, a resolu- tion to” assess member dealers 25 cents for every upright ‘piano sold, 50 In the peculiar political shakeup in Britain, which it the liberal party especially hard, the Lloyd George fac- tion, representing: the industrialists, find it possible to unite with the labor party demand for a coal subsidy. While labor desires to aid the mine workers, the industrialists desire peace in the coal industry in order to insure fuel for their plants and want to place part of the burden of in- creased ‘taxation upon the middle classes among the non-industrial group for whom Asquith speaks and the tory landholders and investment bankers whom Baldwin represents. Guard Canadian Border for Ponzi Boston, June 1@—United States ig- migration authorities at Washington were asked by the state attorney gen- eral’s office to order all guards on the Canadian and Mexican borders to be ray ok watch forCharles Ponzi, miss- greedily caught at every word, be- cause the bloody story of 1918 still lives in every memory here. Every club contains a picture showing how ten rifles are aimed at the breast of the red partisan, the worker Gerasi- moy, on board a British monitor, The earth is still fresh on the graves of the workers who lie buried on the Square—workers who were shot by the Brtiish hirelings. It is not easy / to forget the unrestrained debauch of those British whips and Lewis guns. And the news that 5,000,000 British workers had stopped working for these hangmen, flew around the factories’ aruosing tremendous enthusiasm, Ald Without Asking, ~~ Before there was even time to write out the appeal of the District Trade Union Couneil tor aid, funds began to be showered down on the local news- paper 0! in large quantities. The young workers of the Levacheff Works decided .to ¢ontribute half a day's wages in ald of the British com- 4 (Continued on page 2) ert ts tll ste ney att hs from the committee of 25 workers chosen by the 7,000 striking Brooklyn Shoe workers to lead their fight for union recognition. The strikers, chiefly children’s shoe workers and makers of women’s shoes, are mem. bers of the American Shoe Workers Protective Union, an independent un- fon of seven locals in Brooklyn, N. Y. son, a nurse, It is something of a co- The strike against the abrogation of the union agreement by the Shoe board of trade is in its fifth week. The Shoe Workers’ Protective Un- jon, a national independent organiza- tion strongest in Haverhill, Mass, is giving active aid, morally and finan- cially, to the Brooklyn strikers, Pas- cal Cosgrove, Shoe Workers’ Protec tive organizer in Brooklyn, has ad- dressed the American union strike meetings. Another delightful, critical, fun-poking FULL PAGE OF CARTOONS BY HAY BALES on the events of the week in tomorrow's issue of the NEW MAGAZINE Supplement of the Daily Worker and a CARTOON BY FRED ELLs a You can’t find a better reason to Sebsaet You do the job twice ag welh—'| when you distribute a bundle of The DAYLY WORKER with your story in tt. va i ante rad