The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 16, 1926, Page 3

yr aewamerven _. be pi = MAG DONALD IS. IRKED BY ROUGH WORDS OF MATES Debate Shows Graft of Tory Gentlemen LONDON, July 14.—“Say you're sor- ry, apologize to the speaker,” snap- ped MacDonald, leader of the labor partiamentary bloc, to Lawson, a la- bor member, when the latter blamed the house of lords for the disorder last Thursday during the speech -of4 the speaker censuring the labor meni- bers for their outburst. Lawson made no apology. British Graft. Debate followed on the labor resolu- tion calling for an investigation of the connection of certain ministers with public and private business enter prises and companies receiving con- tracts from ‘the government . During the: debate it was brought out Neville Chamberlain, minister of health, at the time of his appointment, was director in a company which had received seven government contracts and the largest shareholder in an- other concern which had received four- teen. The labor resolution was defeated by 246 votes. Germany’s Technical Skill to Aid Soviet Metal Machine Works MOSCOW (By Mail).—An. agree- ment which will bring German tech- nical skill to bear very considerably upon the development of Soviet ma- chine industry has been concluded between the Orgmetal Company, a So- viet state machine construction enter- prise, and the German Federation of Machine Construction Works provid- ing for permanent technical co-opera- tion. The agreement has been ap- proved by the Council of People’s Com- missaries. ‘ Explaining the nature of the agree- ment, Mr. F, M. Alperovitch, a director of the Orgmetal Company, stated that according to the agreement both sides agree to exchange models of the lat- est machines for te working of met- als. A joint technical bureau has been established for planning new machine construction works and reorganizing existing obsolete ones, in which the work of German experts are partici- s. ‘The bureau is now engaged in draft- ing the plans for large machine. con- struction works projééted” for’ the south of Russia. You do the job twice as well— when you distribute a bundle of The DAILY WORKER with your story in it. TLL LL LE ABC OF COMMUNISM By Bukharin and Preobrazhensky. The authors were commis- sioned by the Russian Com- mynist Party to write a complete and, simple ex- planation of Communism. The student will find this book a gem of Communist teachings. 50 Cents Supplement to the A B C of Communism, - Questions and notes on the original work for study class use. . 5 Cents. THE DAILY WORKER PUB CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Minois, CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) ed with an incurable disease he per- formed h't duty like a loyal soldier of the revolution, He is Comrade Daniels of the Greek section of the Workers Party. There are thousands like Daniels who are never heard of outside the little circle in which they move. But they are the real heroes. ies a) OSEPH CAILLAUX, as you may kmow is fihance minister in the present French government. Mem- ories being what they are you may not recollect that only a few short years.ago this same Joe was sitting on a bench in a French prison won- dering whether his neck which was intended for a better fate, might not shortly be edge of a guillotine, blade, Caillaux was treasonable relations with Germany, and Olemenceau, alias the “Tiger” MARTIAL LAW IS SMALL'S THREAT TO WILLIAMSON Will Rule County with Troops SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 14.— Governor Len Small in an ultimatum to the residents of Williamson County threatens the county with martial law and the suspension of the civil gov- ernment, Williamson County has been the battleground between the union min- ers and the ku klux klan, who are in league with the operators. The klan seeks to destroy the union. The minérs are resisting these attempts entertaining the sharp|@Nd have formed an organization to In short | Combat fhe klan. Up to now the klan charged with having| a8 had nothing but severe defeats. Seek To Destroy Union. It is @xpected now that the klan had an itching desire to sever his| Will again seek to create disorders so fellow countryman’s head from his|that Len Small can proclaim martial body. eee ‘OWEVER, Joseph had a strong faction in France, a valuable as- law and thus crush the union of the miners. The telegram bearing the warning was directed to the residents of the set ina political struggle, and his1County and was dispatched to the edi- head ‘isa with him. vat few insig- tors of the Marion Evening Post, nificant people were thrown to the| Marion Republican, Johnson City Pro- wolves. When Caillaux was in jail, American capitalist papers were howl- ing for his blood. He was 4 traitor. Today he is something of a hero be- cause he is looked upon ag the French white hope ‘who’ ‘will induce the ‘French to pay the debt to the Unit- ed States. Big headlines tell us that Caillaux and Churchill’ reached an agreement on the funding of the Franco-British debt. It is hinted that the growing popularity of Germany in Paris was conducive to the settle- ment, It helped to push Churchill's 4 1 ES she g IX-SOLDIERS of the great war! You who have gallantly faced the machine. guns ‘across no-man’s land! How often do you think about the doings of statesmen here.and abroad? Most, of the capitalist, officials who cheered you,on toe “victory or death” are still living snugly. if not tuxuri- ously. The German capitalists are now drinking French champagne and there is nothing between the former foes except good fellowship until theit interests again ¢lash so violently, that they cannot settle their differences |’ over a bottle and then, -you will Be asked ‘to’ leave your limbs on gory battlefields: for’ national honor or glory so that your masters may con- tinue*to guzzle.and enjoy.life at your expense, Think fast feroés! Think fast! Bosses Are Slow. to Pay Price of Strike Duty ‘CHICAGO—(FP)—The Illinois na- tional guard which ‘became conspicu- ous in the 1922 railroad shop strike and other labor disputes is not getting proper. co-operation, from the manufac- turers. whose. anti-labor policies it helps. to further.. That is the sub- stance of a cireular by John M, Glenn, secretary of the open shop Illinois Manufacturers Association, “It should be remembered that the Illinois national guard is maintained for the protection of the lives and properties of all citizens and fairness should protect the men against the loss of:their wages when on duty.” For that reason Glenn wants the em- ployers to pay the difference between their factory wage and the soldier wage when any of their own workers are called out to protect other people’s property. . INFORMATION WANTED concerning thé whereabouts of BERTRAM L. MAC DONALD 5 age, 5 ft. 9 In. tall, f La: from in wheat fields of » 1 year ago, Worked r ‘mines, Gem, Idaho ‘ashington lumber camps. Information as to presen’ will be greatly appreciated ‘brother, “H. E. MAC DONALD 3525 Hurlburt Avenue DETROIT, MICH, address by his ‘Special Passele Textile Strike Edition Show. it to your shop- mates and speak up like this: “Here’s the front page of one issue of a fighting, working class subscribing, fellow- ! worker?” gress, Herrin news and the Herrin Journal, The warning follows: “On several occasions during the last four years it has been necessary to use the Illinois National Guard in Williamson County to suppress law- lessness, riot and murder. For the last three months troops have been continuously stationed in your county, The expense of maintaining these troops has been borne by all of the occupants of the state and paid from appropriations made by the legis- lature and has amounted to more than $200,000. “This condition cannot and must not continue. I appeal to the law abiding citizens of Williamson County and to the elected officials of the county to maintain order and enforce the law. If they fail to do this and it again becomes necessary to send troops into Williamson County, I feel that it will be my duty to comply with requests made and declare martial law in Williamson County, suspending the civil authorities in the municipal- ities and the county. Threatens Martial Law. “I wish to make it clear, much as I regret the necessity to do so, that. if fam compelled to return troops to Williamson county, they will return with full authority to govern the county and the municipalities where civil government has failed.” Signed “Len Small,” governor. DICTATOR OF SPAIN HIDES FROM WORKERS PARIS, July 14—In the greatest celebration of recent years commem- orating the fall of the Bastille, 20 workers, among them M. Joly, a Communist member of the Paris municipal council, were arrested for jeering at the puppet sultan of Mor- occo, Mulai Youssef, as the satrap rode with President Doumergue down the Champs Elysees to review the troops. The derisive greetings of the Paris workers became so pronounced and general against the Moorish traitor to his own people, that President Dot- mergue, in an effort to make his guest think that the people were friendly, stood up in the cab and bowed and doffed his hat continually. The workers, however, had sought for bigger game in the shape of Primo de Rivera, dictator of Spain, who was expected to ride with the president also. De Rivera, relishing no such audience, evaded the workers by slipping away to the Arch de Triomphe, leaving the sultan of Mor- occo to take all the “honors” of the ride with the president of France. American flags were notably absent among those of foreign nations. Grand Rapids Water Department Must Pay » for Politicians’ Aid GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 14.— The'city commission of Grand Rapids has ‘ordered to be printed an elegantly bothd '52-page book entitled “City. of Grand Rapids under Commission Gov- ‘ernment‘Managed Government.” Any- ‘one reading that book would think everything is lovely and “the goose hangs high.” To get out a book Uke this copi- ously illustrated on sized and super- calendared paper set the city back THE DAILY WORKER ~ Tree ae - Page Three Street Carmen Move on Three Fronts for Pay Raise in Chicago (Continueg from page 1) A .A, 8. R. B. This number includes, besides motormen ¢d conductors, ap- proximately 1,500 shopmen who are not affiliated with any other union. A joint meeting of officials of Local 241 of the Surface Lines anl Local 308 of the elevated employes was in con- templation, according to Mr. Quinlan. In all probability it would take place in @ day or two. Mr, Quinlan could not say if offielals of Local 900, com- posed of North Shore [Ane employes, would participate, tho it was under- stood that a Joint meeting of the three locals was likely. There wa8:a tacit agreement be- tween the union officials and the com- pany that the new Wage demands would not be pressed tintil the three great conventions, of the Eucharistic Congress, the Moose and the Elks, were over. Employes of the Insull in- terests may be interested to know that a similar policy was adopted in Cleve- land by ‘officials of the Street Car- men’s Union during the days of the republican party convention with dis- astrous results to the workers. As soon a6 that convention was over the company declared an open shop and the courts supported them in ruling that a union of employes of a public utility corporation was illegal. The North Shore company, which runs trains into the loop without a franchise countered the demands of its employes for a raise of six cents an hour by asking them to accept a re- duction of 8 cents an hour. They are now receiving 76 cents. In addition to this demand for a reduction the com- pany demands changes*in working rules which would reduce the em- Ployes’ earnings about 30 per cent. A conductor on the North Shore remarked® ‘to ‘The DAILY WORKBR reporter that it was.not difficult for Insull toysubsidize grand opera and permit his wife the luxury of appear- ing as the star in plays, on the profits of his invéstments in transportation. As a cotinter move to the demands of the surface and elevated employes for an increase the employers called fora 5 cents an hour reduction and a revision of working rules which would reduce the employes’ earnings 25 per cent, ‘4 The company already offers arbitra- tion—but on both propositions. Offici- als of the, Amalgamated Association of Street’and Electric Railway Em- Dloyés Whi did the negotiating for the men declared they would coun- tenance no. arbitration except on the demands made by them. Death and Sick Benefit Refund. The union has also demanded a $1,000 death'benefit and $20 a week sick pay. “This too has been turned down. ‘The alteration in working rules ask- ed by the ¢ompany will require the men to get’overtime only after they have worked ten hours instead of the 8-hour Hmit now in force. Will Not Take Cut. John J. Bruce, president of the Chicago division of the Carmen's union said there would be no regular meeting of the union until Aug. 7th but that a special meeting might be called. He was emphatic in his dec- laration that the men would not tol- erate a reduction in wages, GRAND JURY TO PROBE YARN OF L. A. EVANGELIST LOS ANGELES, Calif, July 14.— The grand jury investigation of the alleged kidnapping of Aimee Semple McPherson, female evangelist who dis- appeared for six weeks and turned up at Dauglas, Arizona, with a question- able yarn of being held for ransom in a shack across the Mexican border, will be resumed Tuesday, Mate Also Disappears. But Aimee is not the only disap- pearing person concerned. One Ken- néth Ormiston, who was wireless operator employed by her at her “temple” in Eos Angeles, disappeared about the same time and is still not to be found, tho rumors of his being seen recently“since Aimee returned —in the neighborhood of Venice, Oak- land and San'Francisco, are circulat- ing. , Male Also Disappears, In the early days of the evangelist’s disappearance, Ormiston appeared for questioning at Venice, said that his relations with Aimee were only that $3,795.53—for 2,000 copies. The city}! *% employe, despite the tact that commission charged this printing bill his wife had announced a divorce suit to the water department. E, W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Six Places 169 N. Clark 118 S. Clark 66 W, Washington | 167 N, State 42 W. Harrison 234 8. Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 Bpeoclaitios: &. Ww. rine Bote Sra Froth Made ym) eary : Wea Felton Gt. "Phone West asig a name, co 1 naming ‘the evangelist as corres- pondent, then he disappeared again, Two witnesses from Arizona are coming to testify before the grand jury. They are Police Sergeant A. B, Murchison of Douglas, who led posses into desert where the evangelist she was held in a shack, without being able to find such a shack; and Meribah Shinn, the Rieck Boston Gaker|nurse who cabéd for the bvangelist when she finished her “escape” who declared that Ajmee bore no markaot travel or hardship. The Fraction War in N. Y. and Chicago | i! iJ Traction Czars in N. Y. Ask Court Aid Against Labor (Continued from page 1) filed an injunction sult against 62 members of the Consolidated Railroad Workers’ union and Edward P. Lavin, head of the union, as an individual. The plea of the I. R. T. attorneys charges Lavin ond the members of the union with conspiracy designed “to cause loyal employes to leave the service of the company in violation of their contract.” James L. Quackenbush, chief coun- sel for the I. R. T., intimated to re- porters that criminal proceedings against the strikers may also be in- stituted, The injunction asks the court to: 1. Restrain the strikers from striking. 2. To prevent the strikers or thelr officials from interfering with employes of the company. 3. To recover $239,000 loss in re- venue sustained by the company. The above amount will be increased by each day’s loss of revenue until the case is heard, STAND BY THE I. R. T. STRIKERS! To the Men and Women Who Use the New York Subway and Elevated! NEW YORK—The Workers (Com- munist), Party has issued a statement on the traction strike here which is in part as follows: The subway and elevated men to whom are entrusted the safety and lives of New York's millions, are strik- ing for a decent wage, for shorter hours and for release from the intoler- able slavery of the so-called “Company Union” of the Interborough Rapid Transit company. LONG HOURS, LOW WAGES The slavery to which the traction workers have been subject is incredi- ble. Motormen work a minimum of 56 hours without time lost in broken shifts, The station men work 84 hours —a 12-hour day and a 7-day week— at a time when workers in many in- dustries are winning the 40-hour week. Such long hours are a menace to the good health of the men upon whom the lives and safety of all New York’s population depends. Wages are miserable. Motormen during the first years get 69 cents an hour and switchmen only 58 cents, while stationmen secure from 41 cents to 43 cents per hour and other em- ployes still less, On the basis of a decent work week of 44 hours, this makes $30.36 to $35.00 per week for motormen and $25.52 for switchmen yet 90 per cent of these workers are married and over 70 per cent have children to support. The company union which they have is no union. It is an organization formed by the company, controlled by its officials and used to stifle all pro- test by the workers, This “reptile company union,” as the men call it, has been oppressing them for ten years, The Tammany city government, which since Hylan’s administration has been ever more solidly in the hands of the traction interests, will perhaps not dare, on the eve of an election to raise the fare but is already planning an Indirect subsidy in the form of remission of taxes which will subsidize the railroad company at the expense of the mass of the inhabitants of New York City. Instead, the Tammany city govern- ment plans subsidies, tax remissions and fare increases, “permits the im- portation of gunmen and the entrust- Ing of the lives of the New York City population to inexperienced and dan- gerous criminal elements” brought in from all over the United States to crush the traction workers of New York City. It even uses the city police in a shamele: m er to protect these gunmen and terrorize striking workers, Men and women of New York, you who must use New York’s subways, elevated and street cars! Back the striking traction workers in their fight for a decent wage. Support th In thelr struggle to destroy the enslaving company union and substitute a real union of the workers, Back them in their demand for such hours as will not endanger the lives of the passengers entrusted to them and such wag will secure and main- tain competent service, No raise in faret Not a cent for subsidy! Organized labor! Support your fellow workers on strike, Demand that the traction system along with the other public utilities be taken over by the city under a system of municipal own- ership and operation with workers control, for the benefit of the people of New York, Out with the dangerous criminal ele- ments who have been imported to break the strike and who endanger the lives of New York's inhabitants. No police intimidation of the strik- ers! Boycott the scab lines! Protest to the city against the use of the police and the importation of scabs and criminals, Show your solidarity with the strik- ers! { Support the strike! Workers (Communist) rty of America, District Executive Committee. William W. Weln- stone, General Sec'y. Address 108 £. 14 St, New York City, month, MEDIATION BOARD GETS CASE OF STRIKE ON A ROCKEFELLER RAILWAY Samuel E. Winslow former rep- resentative from Massachusetts is the chairman of the new Railroad Mediation Board. The first case be- fore it is the striike of workers on the Western Maryland Railroad, a Rockefeller controlled institution. With the exception of one member, Carl Williams, the board is com- posed of men who cannot even be remotely expected to render decl- sions in favor of the workers. FRENCH EXILE ABD-EL KRIM TO REUNION ISLE (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, July 14—Abd-el-Krim, Rif- fian chief, who surrendered himself to the French troops and betrayed the struggle for independence of the Riffian tribesmen for a promise of a life of ease and luxury, has been ex- fled to the Reunion Island in the In- dian Ocean. Hang Fifteen Men for Attempt on Kemal Pasha’s Life CONSTANTINOPLE, Jnly 14.—Fif- een men, four of whom were politi- ‘al leaders, convicted of conspiring o assassinate Mustapha Kemal Pasha were hanged in Smyrna. The hangings were separate and were held in various parts of the city, for exemplary reason. Many of those executed fought for the independence of Turkey. Some of them were among the most promin- ent supporters of Mustapha Kemal when he battled to establish the Turk- ish republic. U. of C. Liberal Club to. Hear Talk Thursday Upon U. S. Imperialism The lecture given under the auspices of the Liberal Club of the University of Ohicago tonight, Thursday, will feature Manuel Gomez of the All- American Anti-lmperialist League, who will speak upon the subject, “The Caribbean—An American Lake.” The meeting is held in Harper Hall of the university, which is reached by the south side elevated trains to 63rd street and University, Killed to Get Lawyer for Damage Suit, Says Slayer “I robbed and killed in an effort to get enough money to hire a lawyer,” declared James Granit, from his cell in Cook county jail in justifying his mur- der of three persons in Cicero. He lost a finger in a shop, He said young Schwatz fired him when he threatened to sue for damages. Portuguese Dictator Is Freed at Oporto PARIS, July 14.—The crew of the Portuguese cruiser taking General Gomes da Costa, transitory dictator of Portugal to exile at Angla D'Hero- isme, in the Azores, revolted and placed the general ashore at his home town, Oporto. COMRADE ATHAN DANIEL The funeral of Athan Daniel, 35, will take place today from the un- dertaking establishment of Mar- zano and Psichalinos, 927-31 West Polk St. at 2.0’clock. Comrade Daniel was an active member of the Workers Commu- nist) Party and at one time was the organizer of the Amalgamated Food Workers’ Union and led a strike of the food workens in Chicago, Comrade Daniel died Tuesday after being sick for about ene | SATURDAY | JULY 17 ISSUE | will contain these features in the NEW MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT | “THE STORY OF CHINA” By Qt aR ex XN Herman N. M. Chang An unusual article of the way in which China became blessed with the oppression of Western imperialism, written by an active participant in the struggle of Ohinese nationalists—an edi- tor, educator and at present studying con- werrers ttn, Gitions in the United Michie. States, | Ny * e EARL R. BROWDER writes an interesting * letter FROM RUSSIA on “The New Great Electric Power House Near Leningrad.” A story showing how Russian work ers are building Socialism, With photographs. A story of Russian Youth, by M. J. Olgin | YA “\ illustrated by an unusual and: colorful story, . FRED ELLIS F “New Days in Old England” By T. J. O’Flaherty, a Another unusual article on the ‘great British strike, © “Mexico and Its Labor Struggles” , By Manuel, Gomez r r- With Illustrations. v “The Great Labor Battles of 1877” By Amy Schechter With original cuts and itlustrations from that period! 0M CARTOONS Unusual work by four splendid proletarian artists: iy HAY BALES With another gay full-page of pointed pen pricks on the «" week's events, F. G. VOSE A worker-artist whose splen- did work will be a regular feature from now on— and A. 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