The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 16, 1926, Page 2

a 4 % | DEBATE IN NEW YORK Page Two ANAGONDA GETS | CONTROL OF ALL. | EUROPEAN ZING Rich Polish Mines Go to | ‘American Trust (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, July 14.—Thru nego- iations conducted by W. A. Harrl- nan and company of New York, the f has ac- \naconda wired the I f Europe, taking over e holdings | f the Germany company of the} riesche-Eirben company, a firm whose | sreatest mines are in Poland, and} whose operations have been carried n continuously for 222 years, with- | mt ever before allowing shares, let ulone control, to pass to other hands. | The new firm controlled by Anacon- & capital, will be known as the/ \merican-Silesian corporation, and | wfll control not only the largest Eu- opean zinc mines now furnishing 10 per cent of the world’s produc- fon, but ‘will also take over the famous Blei-Gcharley mines, the forth greatest ore body and the world’s most extensive high grade zine ore fields near Bouthen; also the Ma- hiide lead, zinc and coal mines near Chrzanow; the Cleophas coal mines west of Kattowitz, and the Heinitz coal mines. The Versailles treaty is partly re- sponsible for the Anaconda’s grabbing of these great holdings, the treaty putting four-fifths of the German firm's holdings under possession of Poland. The firm was consequently coerced into selling control dn its holdings which it had for centuries refused to monarchs anxious to ac- quire profitable properties, How rich a profit the Giesche-Erben company makes was shown in 1913, when taxation valuations showed that it made greater profits even than Krupps. Middle Village, L. L., Will Form Passaic Relief Conference MIDDLE VILLAGE, L. 1, July 14.— At a meeting of t tute, a resolution was passed to ef- fect the early organization of a con- | August 16, ference for Passaic strike relief in this town. The meeting was presided over by Samuel Zeldin, with M. Michaelson as secretary. ‘BUCHOUSE FABLE m men and labor } sympathizers at the Hebrew Insti-|The 44th convention, Minnesota State HOSTILE THRONG MEETS SPANISH DICTATOR; 16 | | ARRESTED; POLICE HURT PARIS, July 14.—Hoots, catscalls and a crowd fighting the police to get to tell the dictator of Spain what they think of his oppression of | Spanish workers and his part in the Moroccan murders of Riffians | were the features of the arrival of | Primo de Rivera in Paris to attend the celebration Wednesday of the | fall of the Bastile. Two police are nursing wounds in hospitals. Sixteen demonstrators were ar- rested and three held for examina- tlon, one being a Spaniard named Raymond Marty-Freras. One of the arrested is a French army doctor. President Doumergue, De Rivera and the puppet sultan of Morocco, also a visitor, expect to review the military parade, when another dem- onstration is expected. i | | NO. 2 IS FUNNY BUT NOT TRUE By Our Foreign Correspondent. 1 CICERO, Ill., July 14—When news that Sheriff Hoffman was released from jail, where he spent thirty days for contempt of somebody or other, the republicans of this township threw a little party. Every machine gun that was not jammed appeared on the streets as if by magic. The thirteen democrats who are not in the bootlegging busi- ness surmised that either another as- sistant district attorney’s name was found in the telephone directory or else the overwhelming majority of the population decided to have law and order, even if they had to fight for it. But it was nothing of the kind. It was a spontaneous exhibition of joy over the release of the good-hearted sheriff. A sheriff who goes to jail for his boys is not only worth voting for, he is worth fighting for. Minnesota Federation in Hibbing August 16. HIBBING, Minn., July 14—(FP)— Federation of Labor, opeus in Hibbing Every Worker Correspondent must be a subscriber to the American Be THE DAILY WO CHICAGO LABOR RADIO STATION IS ON THE AIR Station WCFL Works in Satisfactory Manner WCFL, Chicago Federation of Labor's radio broadcasting station has {been on the air for a 2-hour period between 3 and 5 in the morning every day for the past week. Department of commerce representatives have found everything satisfactéry mechanically and otherwise. The station will begin broadcasting regularly in about a week, The test program was entirely musical and went off in excellent order, being audible thru about the same range as the other Chicago sta- tions and in equal volume. The ordinary range will be limited to a zone about halfway to New York so as not to interfere with WEAF, the American Telephone & Telegraph sta- tion in New York, whose wave length of 491.5 meters Chicago labor has ap- propriated. The daily broadcasting period on 491.5 meters by WCFL will be from noon to midnight, says Harry J, Losh, the federation’s radio engi- neer, Coal Miners’ Meeting Discusses Plans for Union in Kentucky Plans for reunionizing the western Kentucky coal field were discussed by former members of the United Mine Workers at Central City July 4, ac- cording to Black Diamond, leading journal of the industry. Miners. in this field were forced by a long lock- out to accept the 1917 wage scale in place of that based on the Jack- sonville agreement. They were prom- ised regular employment. No Increase of Jobs With Low Wages Events in this field, however, justi- fied the contention of the union that lower wages would not afford relief. Operators in Muhlenberg county are today unable to give more than half- time work. Some are again trying to reduce wages. On June 28, 225 miners employed by the Morgan mine and the Hayden Coal Co. struck against an attempt to reduce wages 25% below the 1917 scale. A few weeks ago the Morton Coal Mining Co. restored the 1917 scale after its employes had struck Worker Correspondent. Are you one? | 24 hours against a further ‘cut, Air Photograph Shows Munitions Base as Crater of Death As Scores Die and Millions in Property Are Destroyed Scene from the alr, the Lake Denmark, N. J» arsenals of the army and navy appear a seething cauldron of fire. A strong wind, aided by the flight of exploding shells, spread the havoc far from the scene of the original Rescue parties were prevented from penetrating close to the heart of the disaster area by the continued disaster, explosions. a BELGIAN FRANC DROP ALARMS CABINET; MAY GIVE KING BIG POWER BRUSSELS, July 14—The Bel- gian cabinet tonight agreed to ask parliament tomorrow to extend dic- tatorial powers to the king for a period of six months to deal with the, economic situation. This ac- tion came after the Belglan franc had dropped to 48,50 to the dollar. Begin Drive in Herrin to Get Rid of “Terror” Between Klan and Antis HERRIN, IIL, July 14, — Two men, “Blackie” arms jand Ray Walker, named as leaders. of a “gang of un- desirable citizens,” by Mayor McCor- mick, were arrested here today in a move to rid this city of “terrorism.” The arrests followed reports to au- thorities of a series of fights and as- saults on numerous persons here within the past month. Others arrests are expected to follow and charges of vagrancy will be placed against all persons who fail to show visible signs of support. * Hunger-Striker Is Adjudged Insane by British Physicians PRESTON, England, July 14.—Al- fred Wildman, imprisoned for break- ing and entering, declared a hunger strike, During a month in prison the jail physicians found that Alfred had swal- lowed a wrist watch, twelve buttons, a collar stud, a pair of scissors, two steel pins, a coin, a pair of buckles and other oddments. Alfred refused food. He has been adjudged insane. Savage “Trying to Sneak” a Tabulation of Votes, Is Charge County Judge Edmund K. Jarecki accused State's Attorney Joseph P. Savage, nominated in the April pri- mary for county judge, of “trying to sneak” a tabulation of votes. The clash followed when Judge Jarecki, returning from lunch, found the five assistant state’s attorneys grouped about a table where demo- cratic ballots were being recounted. New Haven Unions Back British Miners NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 14.— Painters’ Union of New Haven is fur- thering the work for the relief of British miners. A decision to call an enlarged meeting for the relief of British miners to consist of trade union and fraternal delegates was passed at the last meetings of the Painters’ Union Locals 4 and 409. The machinist local also acted favorably on the proposal of organ- izing British relief. The members of the British society of Sons of St. George are considering the matter of organizing the relief. Saturday, July 17, there will be an open air meeting on the green to be addressed by T. Pascal Cosgrove on the situation in Great Britain. There will be no collection, The meeting will start at 7 o'clock. Boy Scouts Vandals, Says Forest Expect NEW YORK, July 14—(FP)—Boy scouts, who have been widely adver -ised as being freighted with idealism, are destroying many trees in this seo tion by driving nails into them, ac cording to George Moresby. On a re- cent hike in Eastern Long Islana, Moresby came upon numerous sign boards pointing the way to scouy camps. These had been fastened to trees, each with five or six nails. Moresby sdothed his own indigna- tion by pulling down each sign, ana the wood thus acquired proved use- ful for cooking fires. Moresby ha» made extensive researches showing the need of forest conservation in the United States. Drug-Crazed Bandit Kills Three in Cicero —— Police are seeking a drug-crazed bandit who shot and killed two men and a woman whon they resisted his efforts to rob them, The trio were killed in Cicero, not far from the spot where Assistant State’s Attorney Willlam McSwiggen and his two bootlegger friends were slain. The bandit is believed to be “three finger” James Granit. He has been identified ¢rom a description furnished by James McWane, his partuer in the holdup and triple murder, McWane was arrested following the shooting, but claimed his companion fired all the fatal shots. “Resolved, That Our Present Form of Government Is Not in the Interests of ‘the American Masses.” “IT IS '‘NOT!" says JAY LOVESTONE, who will represent the Workers (Communist) Party. “IT IS!" a represgntative of the National Security League will argue. ‘ 1% RKER tin, Aomn, European Crisis Breeds New Struggles Between United States and Britain By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. — — OSEPH CAILLAUX, France's re- ported financial wizard, only hopes that the debt settlement with Great Britain will help save the franc from the abyss, That is about all that any profit guardian in Eu- rope can do nowadays, If the capitalist France scored any victory in the debt funding agree- ment reached at London, it was at the expense of Germany. It was agreed that if the Germans default at any time in their reparations to France, then France may also de- fault to Britain. This becomes in- creasingly important at this stage of the European crisis, with the in- creasing burdens being placed on Germany thru the growing demands of the Dawes plan, France will now try to get similar concessions from Washington as an amendment to the Mellon-Berenger arrangement for the payment of the French debt to the United States, Of course, Washington denies that any such concessions will be grant- ed, but Secretary of the Treasury “Andy” Mellon is now in Europe and in the face of capitalist necessity “anything may happen,” 2 eo @ Any French-British debt settle- ment, including the return of 500,- 000,000 gold francs by the Bank of England to Paris, part of the total of 1,377,000,000 francs it had on de- posit as a guarantee for the pay- ment of the French debt, is only temporary aid to the stability of French currency. Evidently {ft was “first aid” demanded in a hurry, if one is to judge by the precipitous airplane flight of Caillaux from Paris to London, The European financial situation concerns all of the continent still under capitalist rule and cannot be solved by any Anglo-French settle- ments, se Economic Life, an official Soviet organ, published at Moscow, points out that the proposals advocated by British and American financial ex- perts for the ‘financial restoration” of Europe must inevitably lead to the ““Dawesation of Europe.” The Soviet publication declares that the thick veil that has con- cealed the secret negotiations that have been going on between Mon- tagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, and Benjamin Strong, director of the United States Fed- eral Reserve Bank, is gradually be- ing ripped aside, It claims that the question of form- ing a European federal reserve sys- tem is being discussed. This is supposed to serve as a means of re- forming and unifying the currency of capitalist Europe. For the settle- ment of international accounts it is Proposed to issue a European cur- Tency on a gold basis, while the va- rious currencies will be utilized ex- clusively for home consumption. It is declared that this scheme is being put forward by the British ‘banking head and that it is being received with favor by American financiers, who know it must fail without them. But this does not mean that such co-operation will be durable. It is only another move in the high-staked game of poker he- tween London and New York for world financial supremacy. In spite of this plan for joint action, it must be pointed out that “the interests of American and British capital are becoming more and more differen- tiated and increasingly antagonistic in the world arena.” Both the United States and Great Britain are feeling the damaging effects of competition of countries with a low valuta. Great Britain is losing its mar- kets. This is charged largely to the return of British currency to a gold basis. Low valuta countries continue to squeeze British goods from the world’s trade. Norman wants to obviate this by putting forward a unified international valuta. eee Similarly the United States is feel- ing the effects of competition of these same countries. It has lost its favorable balance of trade. Uncle Sam had a favorable trade balance during the first quarter of last year of $205,000,000, but this turned to an unfavorable balance this year of $125,000,600. This is a huge drop of $330,000,000, Burope is too poor to buy American goods. On the other hand it is flooding the United States with goods at low prices or, at high prices, as in the case of the British rubber monopoly, that has adopted the American great business slogan of “All the traffic will bear.” Economic Life, from its Moscow point of vantage, however, points out that the American dollar has the strategic position. It says: “The investment of capital into a central emission bank would place under the control of New York not only the economy of the European countries but also of their colonies. New York could thus soon liberate itself from the monopolistic com- bines controlling the prices of the principal raw materials, and so re- lieve the United States industries of the danger of competition of low valuta and of the shortage of high price of raw materials. “In the present relation of forces in world economy the execution of the plan to establish an interna- tional federal system is tantamount to the ‘Dawesation’ of Europe and her colonies. The British bankers are willing to take an important part in the execution of this scheme by the investment of their own cap- ital, but they calculate mostly on utilizing American capital to strengthen their position on the world market. Sir Montagu Nor- man also calculates on the financial restoration of Europe, restoring to London its old position as the finan- cial center of the world. The Amer- ican bankers will be compelled for a time to co-operate with the British bankers in the execution of this scheme for the reason that the Brit- ish banks have their ramifications all over the world, even to the most remote colonies, whereas the United States bank have not yet managed to adapt themselves to the require- ments of exporting capital and are, therefore, unable, as yet, to cope with so great a task.” see But with this logical development of American financiering will come new struggles between the imperial- isms of the United States and Great Britain. Then London will lean more upon the anti-American bloc on the European continent that fights desperately against slavery to Wall Street. It is not a settlement of the European crisis that lies ahead. It is an aggravation of that crisis that will hurl capitalism in west- ern Europe, as in the remainder of the world, into the throes of new agonies of disintegration. Caillaux tries to bolster the franc while the social order he sponsors sinks in the quicksands. FORTY KANSAS PRISON STRIKERS IN ‘SOLITARY’ LANSING, Kan,, July 14.—Forty leaders of the 327 convicts who bar- ricaded themselves 750 feet under- ground in the prison coal mine as a protest against lack of bed sheets and other matters of prison routine, were Placed in solitary confinement by or- der of Warden W. H, Mackey, and about half the remaining number have been sent back to the mine. Grant Bus Company Demande, SPRINGFIELD, Ill, July 14. — A certificate of necessity and conveni- ence was granted to the Superior Mo- tor Bus company in orders announced by the commerce commission permit- ting operation of motor carriers on siate hard road Route No. 15, between Mascoutah and Nashville and deny- ing a certificate for operation be tween Belleville and Nashville. it CHICAGO SHOP NUCLEUS NUMBER 28 GIVES OUT DAILIES, THEN GOLLECTS There are only six members In Chicago shop nucleus No. 28 of the Workers (Communist) Party organ- ized in a big down town shop, This little group distributed 300 copies of The DAILY WORKER among the workers in the shop. After all the Papers were given out the members donations to cover the cost. They got $8.50. That is a mark for other nuclei to shoot at. Robert Scott Pleads Guilty. Robert Scott, brother of Russell Scott, condemned slayer of Joseph Maurer, drug clerk, pleaded guilty to the same murder, Assistant State's Attorney Emmet F. Byrne announced the death penalty would be insisted on for Robert Scott regardless of the plea of guilty. SEND IN A SUBI NEW YORK WORLD ‘LABOR EDITOR’ BRANDED LIAR Associated Silk Workers Hit False Report PASSAIC, N. J., July 14—To the statement of Jeremiah Leary, “labor editor” of the New York World, that the committee elected at the June 5 conference of the Independent Textile Unions in New York City, which met June 19, had refused to give financial aid to the Passaic textile strike, the He is given from two quarters, It is pointed out in the first place that the question of financial aid never arose at the committee meet- ing. A special resolution supporting the strike morally and financially was adopted at the conference of the tex- tile unions held June 5 at Imperial Hotel, New York City, This made it entirely unnecessary to raise the question at a meeting of the commit- tee elected by the conference of June 5. : Independent Union. Since this time, the American Fed- eration of Textile Operatives, the largest independent union attending this conference, has held its conven- tion in Lawrence and there, after an address by a representative of the Passaic Textile Strikers’ Relief Com- mittee, adopted a resolution for strike relief and sent a special message of encouragement to the textile strik- ers, calling attention to the fact that farge sums of money have already been voted out of the treasuries of the affiliated unions for relief and that much more will be sent. Associated Silk Workers. From Selig Pitkowitz, a delegate from the Associated Silk Workers of America to the conference of the im- dependent unions, came the following challenge to Leary’s leery statement: “To the Editor of the Evening World, “Pulitzer Building, New York City, “Dear Sir: “Again I must call your attention to the news item that appeared in your paper to the effect that after the meeting it was said that the main differences of opinion was over the extent to which the representa- tives of the conservative unions would back Weisbord in his efforts to raise funds for the Passaic strik- ers. On this point the conservatives declared no agreement had been reached. Mr. Weisbord had nothing to say. This, my dear editor, is nothing but a tissue of lies; for I have been a delegate to both the conferences held on June 5 and 6 and to the committee conferences held on June 19 and 20. “Spiritual” Reporter. “The garbled and colored up re- ports of your reporter, Mr. Leary, makes me think that he would make @ better spiritualist reporter . . . than a reporter of labor news. I cannot recall any instructions to Mr. Hatty and Mr. Weisbord, who were to give out the news to the report- ers of such proceedings, authorising them to make such statements. I remember distinctly that when Batty and Weisbord spoke to Mr, Leary in the lobby of the Imperial Hotei, I was a bystander and Mistened inte the statements given to your report- er, and I emphatically deny that any such statement was given to Mr. Leary. In other words this brands Mr. Leary as a non-reliable reporter of labor news. “Trusting that my letter will ap- pear in the columns of your editorial page, I remain, “Respectfully yours, “Selig Pitkowits.” Philadelphia Theater Alliance Presents Acts . to Passaic Strikers PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 14.—On the invitation of the entertainment committee of the Passaic strikers, the Workers’ Theater Alliance of Phila- delphia presented two Plays to the strikers, The first play “In the Shop” in two acts brot out the contrast between conditions in @ non-union and @ un- jon shop. Po iit Play dealt with the de- of a young workin; irl for ‘beautiful things. Later che teal out that the only beautiful thing for work- ing men and working women was around the shop and collected |*° Participate in the everyday strug- soy ng the workers, Plays were written 4 bers of the alliance and Bion under the directorship of Alfred So- bel, the founder and organizer of the alliance, ‘The strikers gave the act- ors an excellent reception, ——__.. Merg ‘obe Demanded. WASHINGTON, July 14,—Twenty- three senators today joined in an ap- Deal to the federal trade commission to investigate more than a score of important mergers within the past ‘our years to determine whether the anti-trust laws have been violated, THE CENTRAL OPERA HOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 16 ADMISSION 35 CENTS, j