The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 16, 1926, Page 1

it ow Lipase apnea Sap.Franciscans worta }. over $100,000,000 met and decided | The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. III. No. 157. Lanier Srenk By THOMAS J, OLFLAHERTY HE Texas state texthook commis- sion, trembling for the spiritual welfare of the population, has order- ed alterations in the school text hooks eliminating all references to evolution. Textbooks on biology, phy- siology and hygiene have come under the blue pencil. Thus Texas will be made safe for the democratic party and the mud and \rib theory of crea- tion will hold the fort while the the- ories of thinkers like Darwin and Haeckel will be relegated to the cel- lars. { oe TYWHE New York publishing houses that had contracts with the state of Texas to publish textbooks con- sented to delete all passages which held that the bible is “all wet” so to| speak, and that the theory of special creation is the craziest nightmare that ever got inside of a cover. The Texans want their apples raw and their figleaves scant They must have their bible in all its nakedness. Weli, perhaps the poor devils must have some healthy vice since prohibition has taken ‘the thrill out of the moon- shine industry and the ku klux klan has made a business out of pure wom- anhood. ‘ee TALY is progressing favorably as a doctor might say of a patient dying of consumption. The budget is balanced and the external debt/ amounts only to a few billions. In| the vanishing lira and the unfavor- able trade balance. But a few cheers for Mussolini will cure those diseases. Yow our American labor haters would like to talk like the “Duce.” The latest fad that this genial creature has taken up is imperialism, Our, fat boys fleece their victims with | prayers on their lips and tears in| their eyes but Musso after biting a} stick of dynamite, his favorite break-| fast food, observes that he intends | to acquire colonies because his peo-| ple are prolific breeders and need el- bow room. Also because other peo-/| ples are armed only with arrows whiie he has poison gas. He calls; a spade a spade. * ae to donate several millions of their surplus and unearned wealth to some “community” scheme. The action Was applauded by the press and no doubt by the horde of secretaries and woll-fare workers who flit around such foundations as flies hover in the vicinity of a byre. But where did those beneyolent gentlemen get those millions? It would be inter- esting to know how many of them own stock in the United Railways of San Francisco, or the other interests that sentenced Mooney and Billings to life imprisonment for attempting to organize the workers. Why don’t those good citizens who love their community so much, demand that the scores of class war prisoners in California jails be released? You know the reastn why. Why waste time telling you? But don’t you detest hypocrisy and sham? se 'HILE those lines were being writ- ten two comrades walked into the office to take up a collection to defray the expenses of burying an- ,other.comrade who had devoted ail his energies for many years to the working class movement. Tho afflict- (Continued on page 3) 1, W. A. GIVES FIGURES SHOWING MUSSOLINKS AMNESTY TO BE FARCE The Italian section of the Interna- tional Workers’ Aid cites the follow- ing figures of white terror-in Italy, despite Mussolini's recent amnesty prociamation:’ _ During Apri! and May, 1926— Political murders 13 Arrests 2,119 Raids 532 Assaulted and wounded 157 i Subscription Rate’, ' ‘|is forwarding donations thru J a 808 8 ont 7a eter So "Sa Sax "08, THREE PLY MOVE FOR PAY RAISE IN CHL Surface, Elevated and North Shore Involved The members of Local 241 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes have unanimously endorsed the demands for a wage increase of five cents an hour to bring the schedule up to the old scale of 80 cents, according to President William Quinlan in an inter- view with a representative of The DAILY WORKER. There is no wage agreement at present between the Chicago Surface Lines and their employes, declared Mr. Quinlan. The agreement expired on June 1. Wwe Entered at fecond-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Mlinois, under the Act of March 3, 187%, a or year, v.00 per year, “ACTION CZARS ASK COURT AID AGAINST LABOR I. R.T. Cites Hatters’ Case Against Strikers BULLETIN. NEW YORK, July 14, — The Con- solidated Railroad Workers of Great- er New York, numbering 1,905, of which 688 are motormen and switch- men, employed on the Interborough Rapid Transit System, today defied Frank Hedley’s supreme court move at their meeting in Manhattan Ca- sino. CRE AS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 14.—Based on the Danbury Hatter case, under which the homes and savings of strikers were Local 241 has a membership of 14, | confiscated by the courts, the Inter- 600 and is the strongest unit of the|6orough Transit Company yesterday (Continued on page 3) (Continued on Page 3.) GOV. FULLER RECEIVES ANOTHER CABLEGRAM FROM GERMANY ASKING _ NEW TRIAL FOR SACCO AND VANZETTI BOSTON, Mass., July 14.—Governor Fuller of Massachusetts received fact everything is alright excepting) yesterday another cablegram from Germany protesting against the threatened execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The signers of the cablegram are Count von Bernstorf, former ambassador to the United States; Maximilian Harden; Dr. Max, president of the Ru: Academy of Arts; Sigfried Jacoby, secretary to Prof. Einstein, and a number of other prominent figures. . DEEDS SHiCW ILL. MINERS’ | FOUR GARMENT PICKETS SHOT SOLIDARITY = BY NY. GANG Aid British Brothers Despite Own. Distress (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Il, July 14.—The majority vote of the Il'inois miners to send a donation of $25,000 to the locked out British miners for their sorely needed relief, is looked upon Bosses Hire Killers to ... Fight Strike (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 14.—Four striking ganment workers were shot yesterday in the building at 46 West Twenty-fifth Street, near Fifth Ave., by men who opposed their investigation of a gar. as a splendid deed of solidarity in’ ment manufacturer in the building, re- view of the suffering among the min- ported to be operating with non-union ers of the state due to unemployment. The Illinois miners have always aid: ed generously any union brothers en- ing against the Industrial Court. There are 95,000 union miners in Iili- nois. “Your district officers understand this vote to mean,” writes Secy.- ‘Treas. Walter Nédsbit to the local un- fons, “that it is the wish of our membership to assist the British min- ers to the extent of $25,000 and a check for said amount will be for- warded to Intl, Secy.-Treas. Thomas Kennedy at Indianapolis, who is in charge of the funds that are being col- lected for the British miners. Other Thousands Needed. This $25,000 is half of the $50,000 that was understood pledged to the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain by the» United Mine Workers of America when the appeal to the American miners was sent out, Some thousands. were forwarded at once from .the international treasury and were acknowledged with cordizl thanks. by Secy, A. J. Cook of the British union, A number of local un- ions. in. the American districts have also,voted donations from their local treasuries to be sent thru the inter- national. The, American. Federation of Labor Frank Morrison, Washington, D. C. The, Intl. Workers’ Aid has also sent remittances thru its Chicago office, Ifiyou want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it 1. L. 6, W. THROWS ARMY | OF 20,000 PICKETS ON LINE OF MARCH IN XV NEW YORK, July 14.—(FP)— Twenty thousand striking cloak- makers picket demonstration on July 12, marching with banners thru the o atreete past many of the shops which have been closed since the (walkout on July 1, Spectators In eluded one policeman and two or “more private uniformed guards in afrent of each large building In the garment district, Six persons were arrested charged with blocking side- walks. Secy. | gaged in battle, as they did the Kan. | Said they would proba : sas miners when the latter were strik- | {ourth, saved from serious injury when workers. Three of the wounded were in Belle- vue Hospital last night, where it was bly recover. The a bullet smashed his watch, escaped with a slight flesh wound. Third Shooting in Week. The shooting was the third such af- ‘ray in the last week. In each case strike pickets were shot. Union offi- 1s blamed the shooting on “guerril- hi who, they declared, were engaged yy garment manufacturers, The men wounded yesterday were ! Morris Sperling of 778 Trinity avenue, shot in the right side; Benjamin Zim- merman of 1077 Fox street, wounded in the left thigh, and Harry Sholach- man of 52 East Ninety-ninth street, bullet wound in the right leg. “Morris Kaplan of 129 Eldridge street was the man whose watch deflected a bullet. No Warning. According to Kaplan, he and a group of six pickets Were walking up the stairs between the sixth and seventh floors of the Twenty-fifth street baild- ing to investigate a réport that the Katz Garment company was manufac- turing garments with non-union em- ployes when‘’the shooting occurred. Near the seventh floor, said Kaplan, the pickets were confronted by five men, one of whom asked “Who are ‘you and) what;do you want?” “We're pickets and we're on our way to iny@gtigate one of the shops,” the union men replied, Without further parleying the five men at the head of the stairs whipped out pistols and began shooting. Spgr- ling, Zimmerman and Scholachman dropped to the floor and their assail- ants fled. The pickets who escaped without injury helped the three wound- ed men into taxicabs and drove with them to the offies of Dr, F. Marie Ler- ner, 48 Third street. Later they were taken to Bellevue Hospital. Hight garment workers were arrest- ed yesterday charged with obstructing the sidewalks in the garment district during a mass pick@ting demonstration of 15,000 workers, Six men were fined $5 each for disorderly conduct in Jef- ferson Market court and two women were released on suspended sentences, Eight Lose Lives in Fire. CATSKILL, N. Y,, July 14.—Kight persons ‘10st their lives in a fire which destroyed "Twilight Inn near Haines Falls, Twenty persons are missing, Five bodies have been recovered FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1926 EET 290 || BELGIUM, ITALY AND FRANCE ARE FAGING CRITICAL MONEY TROUBLES REE European nations ‘are facing critical financial difficulties and all are attempting to cope with the situation in widely different ways. King Albert of Belgium has been made virtually a royal dictator with wide powers to Save the Belgian franc from further depreciation, In Italy, Premier Mussolini, the fascist tyrant, has put the nation on what amounts to a war-time basis. The premier has Increased working hours, curtailed non-essential imports, and placed restrictions upon the sale of luxuries and non-essentials, e In France, with the franc still dropping, M, Caillaux, finance minister with an ever Uncertain majority behind him in the chamber of deputies, h The lines are running partially only with the aid“of the scabs and scab-protectors—the police and summoned leading bankers to his aid and will present a financial pro- gram to the chamber later in the week, with its success doubtful, The New York Street Car Scab-Snake government. Published Daily PUBLISHING €O,, i113 W. Corn Acreage 1% Greater This Year in State of Illinois Special to The Dally Workary SPRINGFIELD, IIL, July 14.—Corn acreage in Illinois this season is one per cent greater than for last year, according to estimates announced by federal and state departments of agri- culture for July 1 State acreage is now placed at 9,- p00 acres compared with 9,240,000 last year. The condition of the crops is reported at 75% normal or below average. The indicated crop prospect 000 compared with state pro- Juction of 388,080,000 bushels st year and a five year average o . )30,000 bushels, By Wm. Gropper. WOMEN’S TRADE UNION LEAGUE GREETS JAILED GARMENT STRIKE “Delegates and officers attending Workers Party and Security League to Debate on Friday (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 14.—Jay Love- stone of the Workers (Communist) |Party and George Hiram Mann of the |.National Security League will debate on the subject: “Resolved that our present form of government is not in the interest of the American masses.” The National Security League thinks that it is, the Workers (Communist) Party thinks that lit is not. George Hiram Mann is described by the National Security League as “an American of old family and an authori- ty on the constitution.” Jay Love- stone is the author of “Second Thoughts on July$4," the “Government Strikebreaker’ ‘and the “First Amer- ican Revolution.” Scott Nearing acts as chairman of the debate. The debate will be held at the Cen- tral Opera House on Friday night. Mrs. Scott on Hunger Strike in Attempt to Save Her Husband DETROIT, July 14.—Mrs. Catherine Scott, wife of Russell Scott, condemn- ed Chicago murderer, has lost 54 pounds as she continued the fourth day of her public fast, Mrs, Scott is attempting a 45-day fast to raise funds to continue her fight to free her husband. She is cheer- ed by the hope that Russell may be saved thru the plea of guilty made by | Robert Scott in Chleago for the same murder for which! Russell was sen- tenced to hang. Every Worker Correspondent must be a subscriber to the American » |and three pthers have been sighted. | Worker Correspondent. Are you one? ’ PICKETS IN COOK COUNTY PRISON The following telegram was received by the jailed 1924 International | Ladies’ Garment Wofkers’ strike pickets at the Cook county jail from the | National Women’s Trade Union League convention in Kansas City: the tenth biennial convention of the Women’s Trade Union League of America, meeting in Kansas City, Mo., un- ‘*animously voted to send you heartiest greetings, commending your courage- ous spirit shown during the 1924 strike and at the present time. “Your jail sentences have called the attention of labor and other public citizens to the evil of the misuse of in- junctions as applied in labor disputes and we believe will serve to hasten the day when this practice will be abolished thru the efforts of the trade union movement, “We have resolved in convention to work for legislation to abolish .the practice and are preparing to put forth great efforts in the work of organiz- ing women. into trade unions. “Elizabeth Christman, “Secretary-Treasurer.” TO PROBE EXPLOSION THAT ‘EXPERTS’ THOT NEVER GOULD HAPPEN WASHINGTON, July 14-—Ma- chinery of the navy began to uncoil today forasearching inquiry to de- termine why the Lake Denmark arsenal was wrecked by a disaster which experts declared couldn’t happen, The formal appointment of a board of inquiry authorized by Secretary of the Navy Wilbur will set in motion exhaustive efforts to solve the riddle of what high offic- clare is “the most extraordi- nary accident in the navy’s history. Experts and officers, will be call- ed upon to determine whether some- one blundered or whether some- thing happened which ‘no man could forsee, “This thing was thought, impossi- ble,” said Admiral Edward \N. Eber-, iT ranking officer of the navy. “When the first reports came many officers couldn't believe they were true.’ WORKERS’ SCHOOL LIBRARY TO AID SUMMER COURSES Three Hours a Day to Be Spent in Research (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 12.—For the first time since its’ inception, the New York Workers’ School will have a complete library to co-operate with it in its work, The Workers’ School | library will play an important part in the National Summer Training School; in fact it will be an integral | part of the intensive training course. About three hours every day will be given over to study in the library for the next day’s lesson, There will be several coples in the library of every book, pamphlet, magazine or | periodical used in the different | courses. Librarians, experienced in | such work will be in the library dur- | ing the entire course to help the stu- dents look up references and to show them how to do research work. It is the aim of the National Summer {Training School to teach the com- rades how to look up material on dif- ferent subjects so that when they re- turn to their various districts and sections, they will be in a position to do much work themselves, Technically the National Party Training Course ends on July 34. In reality, July 31 should be but the be- ginning of an intensive training. One ot the best methods for continuing such work is to buy the most impor- tant books and magazines on the dif- ferent subjects. Often, one chapter is assigned because of lack of time when the studying of a few other chapters would have thrown more light on the subject, The student who possesses the reference or book on the subject will be in a position to read those other chapters at a time when he has more leisure, For this reason, the National Summer Train- ing School has made special arrange- ments with the Jimmie Higgins Book- shop, 127 University Place, New York City, to give a 20% reduction to all Students attending the National Sum- mer Training School, except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Washington Blvd., Chicago, 11. NEW YORK EDITION, Price 3 Cents CAPITAL CITY STIRRED OVER CUMMINS TALK First Bold ‘Republican Prods Coolidge (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, July 14. — Senator Albert B. Cummins’ prediction that President Coolidge will not be a candi- date to succeed himself in 1928 arous- ed considerable speculation in the cap- ital today as to whether the lowan “spbke by the book.” Senator Cummins has enjoyed parti- cularly friendly relations with the White House throughout the Coolidge administration, He has been most regular of all the Western republican group, and it has n to him that Mr. Coolidge has often turned in re cent months for counsel regarding mid- western political conditions First “Bold Republican.” Only on one issue in the session just closed did the veteran Iowa sen- ator break with Mr. Coolidge. That was on the farm relief issue in the closing days, but the difference caused no breach in the cordial relations. Be cause of this friendly and intimate contact, Cummins’ prophecy that Mr. Coolidge will not run again command- ed considerable attention today. In- cidentally, he is the first regular re- publican of national prominence to be so bold. Most of the president’s intimates left im Washington today character- ized the Cummins’ prediction as a personal one, and intimated that his political views may have been jaundiced by the revolt in his own state that resulted \in the nomination of Col. Smith W. Brookhart, They declared Mr. Coolidge by no word or deed has provided any justification for the prediction of his political re tirement. Dawes and Lowden Mentioned, On_the other hand, the mid-western insurgents, still angry over the presi- dent’s defeat of their cherished Mc- Nary-Haugen bill, privately subscribed to Cummins’ prediction, and added, algo ‘privately; thateven if Mr. Coo- lidge does decide to run again he will have opposition. The names of vice- President Dawes, who led the farm revolt against the White House in the closing days, and Ex-Goy. Frank O. Lowden. of Illinois, who aided -in it, were mentioned in this connection, So far asis known in Washington, the president has never given the slightest indication of whether he plans to run again. The practical politicians among his advisers believe the time is not yet ripe for any dec- laration on his part, and thus far he has apparently subscribed to their counsel. Many things can happen in the eighteen months or so before a decision must be made, they point out. A new congress is to be elected in November. Conditions are such that the administration is considered cer- tain to suffer some defeat, particular- ly in the senate where 33 seats are at stake and only seven of them demo cratic and those from the solid south where the republicans cannot hope to gain, The best the republicans can possibly do*is to hold their own in November. COOLIDGE WILL QUIT 1928 RACE, IS BELIEF OF SENATOR CUMMINS DES MOINES, la., July 14.—Sen- ator Cummins, still smarting from his defeat by Brookhart, has ex- pressed the opinion that Coolidge will not be the republican candidate in 1928, “One doesn’t know that President Coolidge will be a candidate or that he wants to be a candidate,” said Cummins, “My own opinion is that he will not be a candidate. | think he will have had enough of it by that tim >