The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 13, 1926, Page 2

Page Two error - BALDWIN RAISES SOVIET SCARE AGAINST MINERS Sends Lying Note to the Workers’ Government (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, June 11. — In spite of the knowledge that every penny of money coming from Russia in direct from the trade unions and not from the Soviet government, the Baldwin government has sent a strong protest to the U. S. S. R. “condemning the action of the Soviet government in permitting money to be sent to Eng- land during the recent general strike,” on the grounds that such funds were caloulated to “be used to secure a change tn government and to foment revolution.” The action is obviously a prelude to an attack by the government upon the miners’ strike under the flimsy pretext of the home secretary, Sir William Joysons Hicks, that the struggle is not based upon the grievances of the miners in Britain, but upon the desire of the Russian Bolsheviks to foment revolution. Usual Hicks Lies. Questioned by laborites in the house of commons regarding his declara- tion that the Soviet government was sending money to the miners, Hicks indulged in one of his customary lies by declaring that, “it is a well known fact that the Russian government made repeated declarations of its desire to interfere with the economic affairs of Great Britain.” As usual he could produce no evidence to up- hold his charge. The economic condition of Britain is desperate, with unemployment con- stantly increasing because of the creeping industrial paralysis as @ re- sult of the miners’ strike, and the mass of workers are seething with discontent and the clamor against the calling off of the general strike is growing ever greater, with many units of the labor movement demanding a resumption of the general walk-out in order directly to challenge the govern- ment. MacDonald in Sorry Role. Ramsey MacDonald and his cohorts are still playing their sorry role and only pretending to oppose the Baldwin policies in order to fool the workers into placing confidence in the now al- most exploded illusion of parlia- mentarism as a substitute for chal- lenging the government in the streets. R-ssell Scott Seeks a Change of Venue SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 11. — At- torney William Scott Stewart, rep- resenting Russell Scott, filed with the clerk of the supreme court a petition for mandamus to compel Judge Marcus Kavanaugh of the superior court of Cook county to grant a change of venue for the trial of Rus- sell Scott, convicted of the murder of Joseph Maurer, a Chicago drug clerk, Anti-Saloon Lobby Urge Passage of Dry Act “Teeth” WASHINGTON, June 11.—The feg- islative committee of the Anti-Saloon League issued a statement urging congress to pass before adjournment the three major dry bills now pend- ing. NEW YORK FURRIERS WIN FOUR MONTHS’ STRIKE UNDER LEFT WING, LEADERSHIP (Continued from page 1) the needle trades of major importance that was led by a left wing administra tion. The bosses tried to use this fact to make an ailiance with the right wing forces and the Forward, the New York Jewish socialist daily, to smash the strike. Even this unholy alliance did not help the bosses. Early in the strike their nefarious schemes were exposed with the result that the Forward and the right wing opposition were repudiated. It was schemes of this character that aroused the indignation of the workers. These right wing forces together with the agent of the Jewish Daily Forward in the office of the International of the union, agreed to the following plot: The Right Wing-Forward Plot. 1, That the Forward shall print news to the effect that the workers are dissastisfied with the strike lead- ership and the manner in which the Communist leaders are conducting the strike. 2. That Abraham Beckerman, man- ager of the New York joint board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union, shall supply sluggers who shall beat up innocent strikers and that then the Forward should charge that the non-Communist strikers are being beaten up by the express orders of the Communist strike committee. 3. That the officers of the Interna- tional who are right wingers, shall take over the leadership of the strike. 4, That the strike funds shall be at- tached so that the Communist leaders shall not have the wherewithall to carry on the struggle. 5. That the Fur Manufacturers’ As- sociation in whose interest the moves were to be made, shall contribute $100,000. The meetings that followed the ex- posure greeted the condemnation by speakers of this plot with thunderous approval. «The Fur Workers’ strike was marked by numerous spontaneous demonstrations against the Jewish Daily Forward and by cheering dem- onstration in front of the Jewish Daily Fretheit, the Communist daily. Sought Green’s Aid. The right wing attempted to betray the strike by bringing in President William Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor. He was to speak as announced by the International at a mass meeting in Carnegie Hall on April 16th. In announcing the mass meeting by mail the International of- ficials have sent a referendum out to the strikers asking them to allow the officials to settle the strike by accept- ing satisfactory proposals. The right wing had intended to use President Green to enable them to get rid of Ben Gold and the New York joint board leadership of the strike. To the surprise of the right wing the strikers attended the meeting en masse. Furthermore the left general strike committee issued a decleration in which they stated that they would gladly accept any satisfactory pro- posals for a settlement provided the workers themselves would be permit- ted to make the final and decisive de cision on their acceptance. All known Communists and left wingers were de- barred from the Carnegie Hall meet- ing. Police kept Gold, the leader of the strike and Gross, one of the vice- presidents of the International, from gaining admission. Rank and File Present. The rank and file, however, gave the right wing and all those who desired to betray the strike, a very definite answer. The workers who jammed Carnegie Hall demanded that their leader, Gold, be admitted and given an opportunity to speak. The call for “Gold! Gold! Gold!” became a thun- derous demand that was raised by thousands of workers that picketed Hear! first prize in THE $5,000 DRIVE OF ————— Give Us a Hand. 1113 W. W Chicago, Il. Dear Comrades: Ington Bivd., Name .... Address City... We’re Going to Chicago! Yessir! We Pioneers! A trip to Chicago and a chance to edit the September YOUNG COMRADE for three Pioneers from the three districts raising the highest amount of money, is the Fill Out the Blank Below, — ——— — Young Pioneer Campaign Committee, Tam sending you my contribution of §. to help INSURE THE YOUNG COMRADE and send a Pioneer from my district to Chicago to edit the YOUNG COMRADE, Hear! THE YOUNG PIONEERS, wororersenrvveseee State ou. Carnegie Hall outside because they could not gain admission. Hugh Frayne, organizer of the American Federation of Labor, unwilling to give in to the demand of the masses, had to adjourn the meeting. Green Endorses the Strike. The resuk of the Carnegie Hail meeting was to force President Green to make peace with the New York joint board leadership and to endorse the strike. A meeting was subse- quently held in the 69th Regiment Armory at which President Green spoke together with Gold. At this meeting the striking furriers gave a fitting demonstration of what they think of their young, fearless leader and Communist. For 15 minutes they gave rousing thunderous .cheers for Gold. The famous eight points presented by Hugh Frayne following the ad- journed Carnegie Hall meeting played a very important role in the strike. The eight points accepted by the right wing and by President Green were as follows: 1. The old agreement shall form the basis for a settlement. 2. Blimination of overtime work as much as possible. 3 A three-year agreement 4 No apprenticeship from Feb. Ist 1926 to Feb. 19, 1928. 5. No subcontracting. 6. A ten per cent increase over the present minimum wage scales. 7. At the end of two years there shall be one minimum wage scale in- stead of two. 8. A 42-hour, 6-day week, 4 hours’ work to be done on Saturday. Eight Points Rejected. The workers categorically rejected the eight points. When Green came to New York a few weeks later to settle the furriers’ strike on the basis of the eight points, he failed to bring about an agreement and following the break-up of the negotiations he came out in favor of the forty-hour week, the main demand of the fur workers. The bosses claimed that President Green double-crossed them. The fur strikers took good advantage of Presi- dent Green’s indorsement of the forty- hour week. A referendum resulted in overwhelming indorsement of the forty hours and pledged the workers to continue full support of the general strike committee until that demand was won, Support For Shorter Work Week. The furriers issued an appeal for support of the strike on the basis that it was a struggle to establish a shorter work-week, a forty-hour week. Labor unions, central trade and labor coun- cils, joint boards and labor organiza- tions of all kinds indorsed the forty- hour proposal. The forty-hour week meeting held by the fur strikers in Madison Square Garden was a big suc- cess. The manufacturers have conceded the forty hours together with other demands, The great strike marked by splendid mass picketing and magnifi- cent courage has ended in a great victory not only for the fur workers but for the whole working class. Great eredit is due the splendid gen- eralship, courage and ability displayed by the leadership of Gold and his as- sociates and the general strike com- mittee. The greatest credit is due the miiltant rank and file of the fur- riers’ union and especially the picket committee. They faced the gangsters and police who carried guns, cliubs and knives. They were arrested by the hundreds. In spite of the many sears of battle that they displayed they continued the struggle with re- newed enthusiasm and courage every day. It is the rank and file that made the victory possible. The left wing through the furriers’ strike has demonstrated that not only can it be an opposition to a reaction- ary right wing machine but also that once it becomes the leader of the masses that it can lead those masses successfully in struggles against the capitalists, We all hail the victory of our fel- low fur workers. It marks the begin- ning of great forward strides not only in the needle trades but throughout the American labor movement, Paes Se SORE Ri A IOAN A ANY CRI AA A ON TO Ta OT CE eC TS ETO $$$ Monday's Class in “Capital.” The assignment for next Monday night’s class in Marx's “Capital,” meeting at 8 p. m. at 19 8. Lincoln, is from page 644 to 670, Following Following are “lead” questions for study: 1, Review briefly the important points of the preceding lesson, 2. Explain the fallacy in Adam Smith’s and the other bourgeois gtd conception of accumula- tion, 4. What drives the miner, on the one hand, and the capitalist, on the other, to accumulate? 4, What determines the mass of surplus value? In what does the mag- nitude of accumulated capital depend? 5. What is revenue? Pxplain the theory of abstinence. 6. Show how wages are forced be- low the value of labor power, and made to approach zero, the capital- ists’ goal. 7. Discuss the degree of produc- tivity of social labor as an important factor in accumulation, 8. Show the contrast in the atti- tude of the capitalist towards “dead labor” and “living labor.” 9, What is the bourgeois econom- ists’ conception of the “labor fund” and the reason underlying this con- ception, vod be SEND IN A SUB) THE DAILY WORKER ~>- MEREDITH SEES PARTY VICTORY NEXT NOVEMBER Proposes Fake Panacea for Farmers’ Ills Joining the rapidly growing chorus of old party lackeys of the capitalist class who are trying to make political |’ capital out of the misery of the im- poverished farmers, E. T. Meredith, secretary of agriculture,in the late Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, unbur- dened himself of a few stale opinions before the executive's club in Chicago. Meredith is a publisher of one of those abominations known as a farm paper that carries column upon col- umn of advertising matter from the harvester trust, the fertilizer trust and other agencies engaged in the business of gyping the farmers, and his headquarters are Jocated in Des Moines, Iowa, the very heart of the present agricultural crisis. Meredith predicted a democratic vic- tory next fall. Sees Brookheart Defeat. “Tho not referring to Brookhart, who defeated Cummins in.the recent re- publican primaries, Meredith predict- ed that a democrat would be elected senator from Iowa this fall and said slaps at the administration will con- tinue until farmers are given relief measures, he said. Discussing the plight of the farmer, Meredith said: “Take New York state, with a mil- lion idle acres right next to ong of the great world markets. Why are they idle Because the farmer cannot produce crops and be sure of getting enough for his money for them to live on, “We talk about surplus crops, but surplus crops are not the problem. The real problem of the farmer is not surplus crops, but a balanced produc- tion, “What we need is a commission, composed of the secretaries of labor, agriculture and commerce, who, with a fourth appointed by the president, can form a commission to fix mini- mum farm products prices.” Peace Conference of Professors Professes No Interest in Peace “A warless world can hardly be ex- pected until the kingdom of god is here,” said Harry Pratt Judson, presi- dent emeritus of the university of Chi- cago in opening the peace confer- ence under way today at the Edge- water Beach Hotel. s Dr. Judson’s speech, in effect a plea for preparedness, was addressed to several hundred clergymen, college professors and social workers gather- er here for a two-day conference in the interest of the world peace. ‘It is not the part of wisdom to disarm ‘while other nations are es- sentially piratical,” said the venerable educator. “I have little faith in the international machinery designed to prevent war. Arbitration efforts thus far have not been successful.” Another jolt to pacifists was given by Dr. Lynn Harold Hough of De- troit, former president of Northwest- ern University. He said: “Peace is a good thing, but strength and force to compel peace are also important.” “Big Tim” Murphy Heads Tire Dealers “Big Tim” Murphy, who recently completed a sentence in Fort Leaven- worth prison for his part in the Dear- born station mail robbery and was former head of the Gas Workers’ Union, was elected president of the Chicago Tire Dealers’ Association. His associate in the Gas Workers’ Union, Pat Luby, was elected to the executive board of this’businessmen’s organization. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! GREAT PROTEST of the textile workers o at PASSAIC Hear Darrow! CLARENCE DARROW FAMOUS ATTORNEY AND ORATOR ALBERT WEISBORD LEADER, OF THE PASSAIC TEXTILE STRIKE will speak at the ainst the persecutions and arrests of hundreds WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1926, 8 P. M. ASHLAND BLVD. AUDITORIUM Cor. Van Buren and Ashland. Other Speakers: Stanley J. Clark,.and Jas, P. Cannon. i Come, bring others, raise your voice for the Auspices: Chicago Local, International Labor Defense. Not Only the Roof of |/GEN. PILSUDSKI Cal’s White House in Washingion Is Falling By J. LOUIS ——. YSTERICAL reports are coming out of Washington that the roof on the White House is getting shaky and that it may collapse at any moment, Architects have made an investigation with the result that Silent Cal” has been advised to move out pending repairs. Latest news bulletins are to the effect that Coolidge is planning to comply. The budget director has, as a re- sult, sent a hurry up request to Speaker “Nick” Longworth of the house of representatives, demanding an immediate appropriation of $375,- 000 for “repairs” and to pay Cal’s rent somewhere else while the White House is being made safe for him. Such speed to accommodate Coo- lidge should interest the bankrupt western farmers. se Coolidge is deaf to all alarms from congress, especally the senate, to the effect that the republican roof over the capitalist state that sits in power in Washington is also crum- bling. Big leaks have already ep- peared in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Oregon, Iowa and South Dakota, as shown in the stormy primaries that have rent and torn the republican party. Thru the thunder and light- ning of popular wrath, expressed at the ballot box, the best president that Wall Street has ever had re- mained true to the traditional death- like stillness of the Vermont hills from which he is supposed to have sprung. Whether it is the paralysis of an extreme fear the Washington correspondents do not report, + Oe It should be pointed out, however, that it is easy to get an appropria- tion to repair the roof of the White House. That is the job of a few capable carpenters and roofers, or whatever workers are required, But it is not so easy to repair the political roof over the capitalist tyranny that parades in the guise of the present “United States govern- ment.” Its every rafter, board and shingle must respond to the capital- ist hunger for profit. When the sheet lightning of popular protest wrecks jart ot it, the customary practice is to offer some reform by way of repairs. But the present Coolidge administration refuses even this. Altho the Chicago banker, Vice- President Dawes, is in favor of the ENGDAHL. Haugen Dill, the Coolidge admin- istration refuses to enact this pro- posed relief measure into law. The Wall Street (New York) bankers are more powerful in Washington than the LaSalle Street (Chicago) financiers who responed more quick- ly to the needs of the agrarianmid- ‘west in order to insure their own ‘prosperity. It is declared that con- gress may be permitted to pass the Haugen bill, with the assurance that Coolidge will kill it with his veto. This will permit the senators and representatives to go before the voters, especially the farmers, with the claim that they favor these re- lief measures. There are those who have ‘been fooled by such maneuvers in the past, and no doubt will be in the future. But if they are will soon learn again, thru actual experience, that the profit takers have not changed, that they are still in the saddle and will remain there as long as capitalism lasts, ewe For great business to surrender the right to profiteer would be not only to lose the roof of its capitalist structure, but to surrender the very foundation on which it stands. The capitalist state was created to pro- tect the right of big business to prey upon the working masses, and it will not change its nature, even if a few patches are put upon its roof. When the farmers fully realize this condition, then they will begin actively to organize their political forces separate from the old polit- ical parties, They will join the work- ers in industry for a unified fight against the common oppressor. They will learn then, thru actual struggle, that it is not a roof-repair- ing job that confronts them, but the task of building an entirely new so- cial structure; where no capitalists can enter. It is only this understand- ing of fundamentals that will enable the exploited messes to struggle effectively, They will learn to fight their enemy thru the labor party that must develop asa result of their in- depepdent political action. They will learn how to wage the struggle for the abolition of capitaism and the inauguration of workers’ rule. Not only the roof of “Silent Cal’s” White House in Washinfton is fall- ing. Printers’ Union Asks Justice for Workers on White Russian Daily (Continued from page 1) to the just demands of the workers and to recognize the union. Deny Union Recognition. “For three days in succession we tried to prove to the employers that their workers have the right to be or- ganized by the union and to be grant- ed union conditions. This right has been recognized for the workers even by some of the most uncompromising enemies of labor, but the publishers of this paper, which claims in its head- line to be the organ of the Russian trade unions and cultural organiza- tions of the United States and Canada, refuse to recognize this right for their workers, “If there are really in this country such Russian trade unions, and if there are Russian progressive organ- izations which are in any way con- nected with this paper, they will not tolerate the employment of scabs in the paper. “The entire Russian colony of the DEMONSTRATION n strike in Passaic, N. J. the DEFENSE! Hear Weisbord! United States and Canada must give their support to the striking workers of the newspaper ‘Russky Viestnik- Rassviet, They must support the Chicago Typographical Union No. 16, which is leading the strike. “If you are with us and against the scabs then help us win the strike. Pass resolutions of protest againts the publishers of the paper and express your sympathy with the union. Make everybody know that there is a strike on in the paper and that scabs are now employed there, Send your reso- lutions to the publishers and a copy to us. “Demand the union label on all typographical work, “With fraternal greetings, “Chicago Typographical Union Union No, 16.” Bishop Now Heads Anti-Saloon League SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 11.—The new chief of the Illinois Anti-Saloon League is Bishop Edwin H. Hughes of Chicago, He was elected at the meeting of the state board of directors, William B, Benett, Rockford, former President, “was not deposed,” board members insist, His term had “merely expired,” they say. He was charged with aiding wets to escape sentences. Knights Short on Funds. BLOOMINGTON, Ill, June 11, — The national encampment of the uni- form rank, Knights of Pythias, sched- uled to open in Chicago on Aug. 8, has been abandoned due to disappoint- ment of the committee in charge to successfully finance the undertaking, according to word received here today by Gen. John Bertoni, for many years at the head of the uniform rank this state, PEPPY! Every number REAL TALENT SATURDAY June 12th, at 8 P. M. Admission 50 Cente. ‘This proletarian CABARET with its unusual entertainment—its lively DANCE ORCHESTRA and the hall—a SUMMER GARDEN Ausplces North Side Branch of I. L. D. Oe BREAKS STRIKE AT OSTROWIEC Three Killed, Scores Wounded by His Troops WARSAW, June 11. — Three work- ers were killed and scores wounded by troops sent by Marshal Pilsudski, military dictator of Poland, to Ostro- wiec to force 3,000 striking iron and munition workers back to work and abandon their strike for higher wages. The 3,000 factory workers of Ostrowiec, a large Galician industrial city, were attacked during a mass demonstration for higher wages, The strikers formed parade lines and had just started to march when they were assailed by the police. The police were swept to one side and the demonstrators continued their march. An urgent call was then sent to Pil- sudski for troops. The troops, on their arrival, began to fire at the demonstrators killing three and wounding scores of strikers, Martial law has been declared in the city. Thompson Gang Must Pay Severinghaus for Printing Done Former Mayor William Hale Thomp- son’s political friends must pay the unpaid bills of printing done for the Thompson gang during one of their attempts to capture the city hall, de- clared a jury in Judge Joseph David's court. The Severinghaus Printing Company which was patronized by the Thomp- son gang, won its suit against the Thompson campaign commtitee for the payment of a $151,000 printing bill. Thompson's political friends, many of whom are today his enemies, have until September 25 to settle the bill with the Severinghaus Company. SEND IN A SUB! IN SPOKAN WASH. You can buy The Daily Worker and The Workers Monthly at the cigar store of S. P. JACOY, N. 230 Stevens. Drop over for a paper and a smoke! GRIGER & NOVAK @ENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise 1934 West Chicago Avenue (Cor, Winchester) Phone Humboldt 2707 To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all the!r dental work, DR. 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