The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 23, 1926, Page 1

SEAS SS The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ili. No. 163. Si,'= “in Rates? Suside Stices = - = —_ i ~« oe <2 T, REFUSES By THOMAS J, O’FLAHE! uy 2 STORY may not be mad “W% the whole cloth, but itw 7 by broadeloth when an Italia prince made himself famous by saviu, a beautiful princess from drowning in the angry waters of the Danube, into which she had jumped. The prince pulled @ better publicity stunt than Aimee McPherson. First he quar- relied with the girl while they were having tea in a cafe. The party of the second part, being an actress, was temperamental and jumped. So the story goes. see HICAGO is not the only piace where law enforcement officers have difficulty in avoiding violations of the law. In Muskogee, Oklahoma, two policemen ran amuck and shot four innocent bystanders, The mili- tant officers had spent the day raiding liquor and needed something to cheer them up. They imbibed freely and decided to cut loose. John Barley- corn may be down, but he is not out. see 10 date the officialdom of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor has ig- nored the strike of the employes of the L R. R. in New York. This is the: greatest rapid transit system in the United States, if not in the world. Since 1916 the company has refused to deal with a legitimate union, but instead set up a company union with a renegade trade unionist as presi- dent. Driven to desperation, a large section of the men went on strike and are putting up a splendid fight. If the streetcar men’s union is interest- ing itself in the strike, they are moy- ing very quietly. In view of this con- duct it is hard to prove that the pres- ent officials of the A. F. of L, have any desire to increase the strength of its affiliated unions. so OLORADO is one of the few states / in the Union where the ku klux klan-has any influence left. The be- -gowned order has succeeded in gain- ing some publicity, as usual, of an enviable variety, in the forthcoming political battle. As in other states, the klansmien have quarreled over the spoils. This gang was devoid of any principle whatever and once the boo- dle got scanty the membership began to vanish. Ali that is left of the “ klan now ts the anti-catholic element which supplied the hooded order with yVhatever Jittle inteigenee. ft -pos- sessed. es YHE International Federation of Trade Union officials are fearful lest the functions of the labor bureau, of the league of nations may be taken away from it. This Wireau is just about as futile as anything could be, not even excepting.the league. The smallest of the small mations pay no attention to the league’s mandates, unless there is a Joan in sight or if they have stepped’on the corns of a big power. se T is quite possible. that the French franc will be driven down to so tow a level that it must inevitably follow the mark into the financial grave. It is rumored that Herriot is deliberately seeking the franc’s de- struction in order to wipe out the in- ternal debt. Peace has its terrors\as well as war. The French people sac- rificed millions of their sons to win a victory and they are now faced with the loss of their savings ag the price of glory. ae ee HE mysterious Mr. “A” who figur- ed in a sensational scandal in England several months ago, has again broke Into the news. This time he is in high favor. ‘The object of commendation is a Hindoo prince, one of those flunkeys of British impertal- ism who rule millions of human beings and fleece them of almost everything they produce for the benefit of the parasite princes and the British cap- italisms. The Hindoo. gentleman’ name is Sir Harj Singh and he is the maharajah of Kashmir, You may re- member that a few adventurers with the aid of a female of easy virtue once held him up for $750,000. It was the old gag. Irate husband caught transit OD ARBITRATE: | HAS BLACKLIST Company ‘Union to Do “ Blacklisting (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, July 21.— The strikers from the Interborough Rapid Transit lines who are fighting the company’s injunction and the com- pany union with a spirit rarely excel- led, have issued an official statement exposing Herman A, Metz, a member of the Transit Commission, as a booster for the company union and for the company’s demand for Increased fare, They had held a meeting with him at his Mamaroneck home on Saturday, and Metz has since been trying to ex- cuse his conduct. The statement says: Mediator an |. R. T. Director. “The strike committee of the Con- solidated Railway Workers of Greater New York brands as unqualified mis- representatinos the last pronounce- ment of the Interborough to the ef- fect that the strikers broke off Saturday’s Mamaroneck conference. After the manifestly dishonorable tactics of Mr. Metz, so-called medi- ator and Interborough director, in % compromising the impartiality of the meeting by inuendo against one of the strike leaders as well as by anticipatory conditions, the strikers would have been justified in refusing altogether to attend the superficial increased-fare dodge of Mr. Metz. Notwithstanding these facts the committee attended, but when they refused to fall into the trap made by Mr, Metz, were peremptorily dis- missed.” Agree to Arbitrate. In spite of the unfair tactics of the commissioner, the strikers prince in compromising situation with formally offered to arbitrate at a meet- wife. Virtue is always rewarded ac- (Continued on page 2) ing with the commission arranged by (Continued on page 2) 9 MINERS KILLED IN ALABAMA a < (Special to The Dally Worker) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 21.—Nine miners were killed In an explo- sion today in the Moffett Mine near Blocton, Bibb county, according to a report received at the United States Mines’ Bureau here. Break Silence of Small! Help Free Ladies’ Garment Strikers from Prison! Outside Chicago, by, mall, $6.00 per year. mail, $8.00 per year. FARM INDEBTEDNESS JUMPS. EIGHT BILLION IN TEN-YEAR PERIOD (Special to The Daily Worker) DES MOINES, lIa., July 21—Farm indebtedness in the United States has jumped from $4,000,000,000 in 1910 to $12,250,000,000 in 1920, In order that the farmer can re- Pay this sum the farm conference | now being held here of representa- tives of all corn belt states pointed out the need of government aid to the farmer and the need of a high protective tariff. Representatives from South Dako- ta, Kans Minnesota, Wisconain, Missouri, Nebraska, Iillnols, lowa, Michigan, Indiana and Ohlo partl- clpated in the conference. A reso- lution was adopted bitterly condom- ning President Coolidge, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, and Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon for their opposition to farm rellef. The committee of twenty-two de- cided to present the same resolu- tion to the lowa state republican Party convention. Plane Wreck Kills One. ARDMORE, Okla., July 21.—Details are still lacking today on the wreck of an airplane which fell east of here late yesterday, killing Fred Parks, scout for the Sinclair Of) company, and seriously injuring Walter Crit- chlow, prominent independent oil op- erator, who was flying the plane. The End of the Rainbow ag CRY FRENCH CAPITALISTS Fear Rise of Workers from Rains of Franc ULLETIN. PARIS, June 21. — The Herrlot- cabinet has reigned. See Lerin. PARIS, July 21—The government of M; Edouard Herriot met defeat in the chamber ef deputies this eve- ning, shortly” er It had made its debut. The schamber voted none confidence, BY a vote of 290 to 237. The resignation of the Herriot ministry, whith wae formed less than forty-eig it hours ago, is ex pected to be sented to President Doumerque forthwith. speculators jorded a raise in the r 50.05 tc the lar to 46.44 at noon, France is feelifig a panic and as the cost of Ilving pected revolt | this dooming bringing from (Cont the workers against them to starvation ia 1 sections of the capi- hed on page 2) FIGHT THE INJUNCTIONS AND DEMAND THE RIGHT 10. PICKET I" Ten more are still in jail. Speakers at the mass meeting will review this struggle. They will tell how all other labor unions are affected. the whole working class is involved. tend this demonstration, struggles of labor In Chicago, Admission, Free 1S important for the whote of the Chicago ‘labor movement to interest itself in the mass meeting tonight at Temple Hall, The gathering is called to fight the injunctions issued by the bosses’ © judges and to demand the right to picket during strikes. The meeting is not a mere gesture. It direction of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. members of this union have just come out of the county jail, where they have served terms of various lengths for defying thes employers’ courts. 't will be excellent preparation for future TURN OUT! PROTEST MEETING THURSDAY, JULY 22 is being held under the Thirty They will point out how Thousands of workers should at- 7:300P. M. mounts hourly, the ex- ‘0, Ulinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. AE 290 PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Washingtoa Blvd., Chicago, ill. NEW YORK EDITION FELIX DZERJHINSKY, CHAIRMAN OF SOVIET ECONOMIC COUNCIL, DIES (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., July 21.—The workers and peasants of the Union of Soviet Republics are mourning today for one of their most revered leaders, Felix E. Dzerjhinsky, who died here suddenly yesterday of heart disease. Comrade Dzerjhinsky was the chairman of the Supreme Economic Council, one of the most important posts in the Soviet government. Dzerjhinsky's death is attributed to his tireless application to his work from the time of his participation in the 1917 revolu- tion to his present responsible position. He was formerly head of the Cheka and is credited with having done admirable work in suppressing counter-revolution- ary intrigue and exposing foreign plots against the revolution. The soviet leader's body lies in state in the Hall of the Unions, where Lenin reposed before his burial, and where thou- sands of workers are gathering to view his remains. Dzerjhinsky will be given an impressive funeral tomorrow. secgtvc's|/ DIERJHINSKY IS DEAD By ROBERT MINOR. ; eae DZERJHINSKY is dead. One i of the great leaders of the great-| $f a good bourgeois. est revolution of history has been]|Of horrors, circulated thruout the lost. Our Comrade Dzerjhinsky was; Werld against the workers’ and peas- one of the best warriors in the early} ants’ republic, centered about the days of the formation of the Bolshe-] name of the heka,” and the name | vik movement which now finds em-] of “Dzerjhinsky’ became the name of bodiment in the All-Union Communist] the blackest devil of all the devils | Party. Dzerjhinsky’s name is woven] that trouble the sleep of those who feed upon bourgeois propaganda. Liberals (as well as the ists,” and gentleman-anarchists into the history of the wing of the social-democracy of Peland which re- mained true to Marxian revolutionary principles, which adhered to the Len- inist cause and which became the ba- sis for the present Communist Party of Poland. The outbreak of the pro- letarian revolution in Russla found Dzerjhinsky among the leaders of the old guard of Bolshevism. He was one of those who, under the leadership of Lenin, carried thru the greatest action that has yet been recorded in working class history—the setaure of power by the working class, in the former czarist empire and the success- ful defense ‘of that conquest in the FELIX DZERJHINSKY, HEAD OF SOVIET UNION ECONOMY, WHO DIED YESTERDAY most bitter revolutionary warfate ever known. To Comrade Dzerjhinsky fell a heavy share in the defense of the workers and peasants’ revolutionary state. With the establishment of the All-Russian extraordinary commission for combatting counter-revolution and sabotage—familiarly known as the “Veh Cheh Kah”—Comrade Dzerj- hinsky was instructed to take, the~ post of head of the commission. 1 Thruout all Russia—an enormous country comprising one-sixth of the surface of the world, a country about three times the size of the United States, blazing in every town and vil- lage with civil war—the overthrown bourgeoisie and landed aristocracy threw their full strength (supported by the organized machines of the “so- One of the outstanding leaders of | the revolution and among the most | cial democrats") into the plotting, 5 fomenting and leading counter-revolu-| tusted and responsible workers’ in tionary attempts at restoration. In| building the new regime, Comrade the Red Army, hastily thrown to-{| Dzerjhinsky’s loss will be deeply gether to defend the workers’ and| mourned by the workers and peas: ants of Russia. ————EEE peasants’ republic, czarist and bour- geois agents incessantly carried on their secret task of sabotage and /he- trayal, while the sabotage of railway service very nearly strangled the revolution. To the “Cheka” fell the enormous wdétk of digging out and de stroying the serpent-like enemies with- in, We are absolutely justified in say- proletariat for the proletarian revo- Jutionury state—but who need an ex- use for disloyalty to the proletarian Bevolution—become “admirers” and “friends” of Soviet Russia, but always with a reservation. More often than therwise the “Cheka” became the ex- U.S.EMBASSY IS OBJECT OF BERLIN PARADE Workers Demand Re- lease of Sacco, Vanzetti (Special to The Dally Worker) BERLIN, July 21—A big delegation of workers representing the Interna- tionale Rote Hilfe demonstrated he- fore the American embassy under the leadership of Herr Bertz, Communist member of the Reichstag, demanding the release of Sacco and Vanzettl. The Rote Hilfe is the German counter- part of the American International Labor Defense and is conducting a nation-wide campaign on behalf of the two victims of American class justice. The American Ambassador Schurr- man refused to see the delegation sent in by the demonstrators but that he an't have led to ha been im pressed was certain. This last display of sentiment for Sacco and Vanzetti is only a part’ of a general movement | going on especially among the work- |ers and their organizations against the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti | It is only recently that a galaxy of lramous publicists and gpactically every labor representative in the The propaganda | fhat strikes more terror to the heart | Reichstag sent emphatic telegrams to Governor Fuller of Massachussetts de- laring that in the face of the new vidence presented in the case that Sacco and Vanzetti be granted a new trial. | see Venezuelan Labor Union for Sacco Vanzetti Freedom. NEW YORK, July 21 (FP)—A “social- | new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti was and | demanded in a telegram sent lady-anarchists who feel the need of jgovernor of Massachusetts by the catering to the sentiment of the world | Venezuelan Labor Union at their an- to the nual meeting. The union is composed of several hundred Venezuelan work: ers living in NeW York Cit M. Flores Cabrera, after his election as president, called on all the mem- bers to assist the workers in Vene- | zuela in their struggle against the dic | tator Juan Vi | jported by U: te Gomez, who is sup- od States capitalists, Gomez has prevented organization by the workers of Venezuela for 18 years, imprisoning’ and exiling their leaders. Cabrera himself was imprisoned for years by dictator Gomez. FARM REVOLT HAS COOLIDGE BY THE EAR Silent Man Doing Some Tall Thinking PAUL SMITH'S Y., July 21.— Advisers of President Coolidge say that the farm revolt will blow over after a while and that the present flurry is nothing to stop fishing for While corn belt farmers were sweat ing over their troubles in Des Moines, Iowa, Calvin was attacking the finny tribe in Osgood Lake Caivin Is Worrying. There are indications that Coolidge is seriously worried over the politi- cal situation in the farm belt and ts considering delivering one of those ambiguous speeches, which succeed in goading the tillers of the soil to new heights of frenzy - Al Smith has left for Lake Cham- plain, where he will find more con- genial companionship. Puritanical ception. The “Russian revolution” ing that without the capable carrying | was alright,—only not the “terrible out of this work of the extraordinary | Cheka.” commission, not only would the revolu-| But the working class cannot tion have been destroyed from behind the Mnes of the Red Army, but the Red Army itself would have been into the han&s of its enemies thousand times over, The name of Dzerjhinsky became immortal to the annals of the work- ing class. The bourgeoisie of the world has permit such deadly bourgeois poison to make headway among them. To the intelligent and fearless proletarian the “Cheka” was an. organ of the revolution—and a good one. It is safe to say that any person who lets | himself become susceptible to the slightest defamation of the “Cheka” of the Russian ‘workers’ revolution, also written the name of Dzerjhinsky into its own accounts of the tremen- dous years of struggle with the work- ‘ng class and peasantry of Russia. “Dzerjhinsky” to the bourgeoisie and to all who consciously or unconsci- ously ape their thinking, has come to be identical with wholesale cruelty and unjustified bloodshed. The “Che- ka"? It is hard to think of a word becomes to that extent an unsafe “friend” if not a conscious enemy of the revolutionary workers’ movement. The work of Dzerjhinsky is immor- tal. Proletarian honor to him and to all that he represents in our history! One of the best of the old guard of the revolution is gone. His work stands as a model to those who com after him, Dr. J. A. Lapp Sand catealls, Temple Hal SPEAKERS: Strikers Just Released from Prison | Auspices, Chicago Joint Board I. L. G. W. U. manners and the absence of Puritan Malt allied with a yeast cake, do not suit Al. The governor is for water, when it is ‘attached to a bathing beach. Ametican Sight-Seers Object of French Ire PARIS, July 21. — American sight- seers on a bus enroute to Montmartre were attacked today by about a hundred, residents who, it is claimed, resented the loud talk of the visitors. Passengers in another bus also were booed and hissed, a crowd reminding the tourists of the attack in the open- ir restaurant atop Montmartre yester- jay, calling out, “You'll receive the @ reception as yesterday.” Numerous minor altercations have been reported. Until today resapt. ment against Americans and other foreigns had been confined to hooting Marshfield and Van Buren Wm. Z. Foster Price 3 Cent sii siiinsnaiaten tami