The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 6, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises 9 | the Standard for a Workers’ ( and Farmers’ Government By THOMAS J, O'FLAHERTY R. Streseman, German foreign min- ister, sent a congratulatory mes- Sage to George Bernard Shaw on the oecasion of his seventieth birthday. Shaw, in return issued a fulsome eulogy of the Germans and took sev: eral wicked slaps at the British gov- ernment, not because they are help- ing the coal owners smash the miners’ union and” starve their women and children. Oh, no! Such matters are beneath the dignity of a literary “master.” What Shaw was mad with the government about was their re- fusal to allow him to use the radio for a speech he intended to deliver as a feature of his birthday fete, Pea QIHAW said among other things in fe} his reply to the German message: “To Germany I owe my recognition in Europe as a thinker and dramatic poet. What is more important, Eu- rope owes to Germany such European sense as exisis—the importance of thot and dramatic poetry and the value of lives devoted to them. There- fore a tribute from Germany confers on me a distinction that no other na- tion in the world can give. If I were a German I should be justifiably proud of this.” Yet this is the same Shaw who joined the “barbaric” British government with gusto and for a‘con- sideration in a war to smash the “civilized” German government in 1914. wore F any of our readers intend to visit Paris with the object of purchas- ing jewelry, now that forty franes can be had for one American dollar, you are warned to avoid the touts who hang around hotel lobbies with the intention of inveighling you into heavy disbursements for jewelry on the assurance that you can get them thru the American customs surrepit- jously, The U. 8. treasury depart- ment has special agents in Paris who report all purchases of jewelry by Americans to the chief special agent. If the purchasers declare the jewelry, the spy is out of luck. It is therefore to his interest to encourage smug- sling. Should the smuggler get caught, a fine is imposed in addition to double duty and the spy receives from 25 to 80 per cent of the amount BEFORE SENATE FOR CONTENPT Utilities Baron Refuses to “Come Clean” BULLETIN, On the heels of Insull’s defiance, State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe, leader of the Crowe-Barrett republi- can faction, also refused to tell where he had collected funds used by his organization in their county campaign. He denied the commit- tee had power to investigate the county primary and flatly refused to say whether Insull had given him any funds. He maintained this inquiry exceeded the committee's power, From the questioning by Senator Reed, democrat of Missouri, chair man, it was apparent the slush fund committee had received confidential information that Insull was a heavy contributor to Crowe. It was indi- cated that if Insull did contribute to Crowe, the gift was used on behalf of the candidacy of Joseph F. Sav- age for county judge. see afternoon when Samuel Insull, multi- mid-west, defled the senate slush fund committee and was warned he would be reported to the senate for con- tempt. Insull flatly refused to reveal to the committee any of his political contributions in the last campaign ex- cept those to the senatorial candi- dates. Senator James Reed, democrat of Missouri then warned the utility magnate that it would be the commit- tee’s “painful duty” to report the facts of Insull’s defiance to the senate. In the face of this warning, Insull again declined to answer questi his campaign gifts outside the sen- atorial race, and said he took this at- titude on the advice of counsel. The utility magnate defied the com- mittee’s power to investigate contri- butions: to- the -eampaign—-funds~ of* an — oe Sis 4 county or state candidates and. told the committee he did this: on the ad- NGLAND and Italy recently signed} \i.4 of his attorneys. He ‘said’he al- a treaty whereby both powers agree to the division of Abyssinia be- tween them. This caused a sensation in Paris and pretty soon the govern- ment of Abyssinia dispatched a hot note to the league of nations protest- ing against the carving process. The regent of Abyssinia remarks cooly that he had “seldom met with foreign. | ers who did not desire to possess themsélves of Abyssinian territory and destroy their independence.” This ts putting it mildly, see RTUNATELY for Abyssinia, France is not anxious to see Italy or Britain acquiring loot at her own expense. When there is any dividing to be done France wants to be in on the ground floor. Thus civilization marches onward and the white man seems to be ag anxious as ever to/ shoulder the dark man’s burden even | tho he may break his back in the ef- | fort. The league of nations, which is; England and France, will now have a/ little quarrel on its hands. Hi $y We predict that a committee headed ‘by an Esthonian white guard gen- eral will not be appointed to bring in| a prepared report on the Abyssinian (Continued on page 6) New Orleans Bricklayers. NEW ORLEANS.—(FP)—Bricklay- ers and Masone Intl. Union No, 1 of Louisiana, located In New Orleans, La, has notified the employers that on Sept. 16 all brick work must be paid at $1.50 an hour, except sewer work, which is to command $1.75, “Say it with your pen in the worker correspondent page of The DAILY WORKER”. ready had revealed all gifts to candi- dates in the senatorial canipaign. Copley on Stand. H The second biggest “angel’, of the Smith campaign took the stand yester- |day morning and testified that he was jnot against the world court, tho he | bills. totalling | $25,000 into Smith’s lap, This, winged | |creature is Ira D. Copley, downstate | {dropped a wad of | utility magnate and millionaire, Like other big-hearted donors the contribu- tion was prompted entirely ‘by mo- tives of personal friendship. Copley, who gave $25,000 to the | Smith fund, declared he made the gift | because of his personal friendship for | The senatorial tnquiry into the re- tempt of the Ku Klux Klan to gain cent million dollar senatorial primary control of the Kansas Supreme Court took a sensational turn yesterday }has failed according to incomplete re- E DAIL Entered at Becond-class matter September z1, 1923, at the Post 78.00 per year, Mall, $6.00 per year, GLOAKMAKERS STRIKE IN. PHILADELPHIA 10 OBTAIN EQUALIZATION PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4.—Fifteen hundred cloakworkers employed in 55 shops have quit work here in response to a call by the local branch of the joint board of the cloakmakers’ union. This means ty- | ing up practically the whole indus- try in Philadelphia. The strike was called to bring about equalization of wages thru- ment whereby if a worker changes jobs he will receive the same wage at his new place as at the previous one, and to provide for cash security from manufacturers and jobbers to guarantge the final agreement. Manufacturers are objecting stren- uously to the latter demand. KLAN NOMINEES MEET DEFEAT IN ‘KANSAS PRIMARY Anti-Klan Forces Lose in Oklahoma TOPEKA, Kans., Aug. 4.—The at- FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1926 JUDGE BRODSKY. Office at Chicago. Niinots, under the Actiof March 3, 187%, =" Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Cidcago, li, ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE OF FERS SUPPORT TO MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IN BATTLE WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH RETREATING IN FREES | YORK The United States section of the All-America Anti-imperialist League | he, \with organizations in the United States and every nation south of the Rio | STRIKE LEADERS == yesterday offered its support to the Mexican government in its | - | struggle against the catholic church and American imperialism, in a tete- | gram to President Calles, signed by Manuel Gomez, secretary of the league. | It reads: out the market, to obtain an agree- | Strikeb reaker Role NEW YORK, ‘Aug. 4.—Officials of the Cloakmake: Joint Board, con- (Continiied on page 2) turns of the vote cast in the primar millionaire public utility king of the fies, Returns from almost every section of the state show that Henry. Mason, John Marshall, and John Dawson, run- ning for re-election, are leading Jesse B. Wall, Clarence Sowers, and Henry Dean, named by the klan to’ oppose them. The fight on attorney general, in which the klan backed R. M Ander- son, is very close. Senator Charles Curtis, republican floor leaders in congress, and Gov- ernor Ben S. Paulen, of Kansas, were safely in the lead as tabulations in the republican primary came in. In ons about 1309 precincts out of 2,641 Curtis had 13,001 votes and Nick Chiles, Negro opponent, 1,035. Paulen received (Continued on page 2) ‘MELLON MISREPRESENTED | CHARACTER OF BRITISH BORROWING'-CHAMBERLAIN LONDON, Aug. 4.—The debt con- troversy was revived in the house of commons, Sir Austen Chamberlain, who as foreign minister has been silent up to now, today caused something of a sensation when he made the direct charge that Secretary of the Treas- H ury Mellon has “misrepresented the character” of British borrowing from the United States in public statements which he had issued. | Smith, He gave the money too, he | | said, long after he sold out his active |interests in public utilities, although | T0 ‘SOLITARY’ ‘he admitted that Smith as chairman | of the Illinois Commerce commission | ' Mexica league with Cai HW barons and Wail BeMctee, By MANUEL GOMEZ. ARTICLE III. ¥ ei following’ words, originally in- cluded in my article of yesterday, were scratched out after I read the morning news: “Much depends on the attitude of Alvaro Obregon, former president of date. Obregon, who is supported by the ‘agraristas,’ is reputed to be really the candidate of more reac- tionary interests opposed to the la- bor party and to the extreme revo- tionary-nationalist Calles program. The present conflict will be partial test of his affiliations. Since the struggle began he has not made a single public utterance.” After my article was already in the Mexico and again a willing candi- *| Intervention. “General Plutarco Elias Calles, “President of the Republic of Mexico, | ational Palace, Mexico City. Police Captain Plays. | “All-America Anti-Imperialist League, United States section, assures sup- | port in struggle against clerical forces, allies of American imperialism.” Ready for Trouble diers ready to defend the government against the civil war threatened Street bankers. {Position makes it probable that un- | fless there is direct foreign interven- | tion, the end of the present open | jeatholic defiance ts in sight. Without | joutside forces the clericals may per- | |haps be able to prolong the struggle | jfor a time but their defeat is certain. | |An Ally of Ber what about this question of | | outside help? Past records show that the church | as never hesitated to make common |cause with the foreign enemies of the {Mexican republic to achieve its own jends. The Mexican priesthood, in| |aereement with the papacy, connived | {at foreign invasion and conquest time | jand again, | | As far back as 1848 the catholic par- | Photostats of Valuable First International Documents Sent to had first approved the sale. Honorary But Profitable. Copley, the first witness, said he (Continued on page 2) Alloy Steel Combine of $80,000,000 Only a Start in Mid-West CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 4. -- The United Alloy Steel corporation of Can- ton and the Central Steel Co. of Mas- sillon have combined and now rep- resent a power of 80 million dollars, This is a baby concern compared with the U. &. Steel corporation, but rumor has it that this is the forerunner of further combinations which will result in the formation of a gigantic steel combine in the Middle-West. Alloy and Central have been supplying the Alloy Steel for the large majority of important automobile companies of the country, Marx-Engels Institute by Wisconsin MADISON, Wis., August 4.—Two hundred photostatic coples of letters and manuscripts of the First international in the archives of the Wisconsin State Historical Society here have been sent to the Marx-Engels institute at j Moscow. These letters are in English, German and French and represent most of the business done by the First International when it had its head- quarters in New York. They all deal with the prevalent socialist theories aud the researches of various members of the International. This collection {s one of the most valuable of the records of the First Jaternational while in this country, The Marx-Engels institute tried to make an arrangement with the University of Wisconsin to have the documents sent to Moscow where they would be copied. The university heads arranged to have photostats made for the Moscow institute, The Marx-Engels institute is compiling a detailed history of early aocial- iet movements, 4 ' BY TRIAL JUDGE | President Grows Uneasy as Case Drags BUDAPEST, Hungaria, July 12 (By Inprecorr).—Sixteen defendants were examined fn today’s session. Com- rades Franz Fiala, Josef Weisz, Geza Vaina, Koloman Bonozidai, Ladislaus Weiszenhoffer, Stefan Nemeth, Julius Nemeth, Matthias Fekkel, August Winkler, Josef Oancz, Franz Czeiner, Josef Eugen Szilagyi, Johan Kalman, Lodwig Boszoki, Stefan Vigh and Eugen Lukacs were charged with hav- ing participated in courses in which lectures were held on the history of the labor movement and upon the works of Lenin. Rakosi in Solitary. At the very beginning of the session one notices the extraordinary severity with which the president treats the de- fendants. During the examination of Comrade Vaina the president suddenly interrupts the examination to sen- tence Comrade Mathias Rakosi to 24 hours’ solitary confinement, together with deprival of food and bed, Rakosi: “Why have I been given this sentence?” The President: “Because you have behaved disrespectfully.” Rakosi: “What did this disrespect- fulness consist of?” “The PresMlent: “You waved your hand to the defendant and expressed your satisfaction with his behavior.” Rakosi: “It is not disrespectfulness for me to express my approval of my comrade’s speech, The President: “You get another 24 hours’ solitary confinement for this statement.” ® Rakosi: “ft will answer this decree hands of The DAILY WORKER edi-'ty under the leadership of Lucas Ala- tors, I was obliged to get hold of it man planned to combat liberalism by again and eliminate the above par- \overthrowing the republic and placing | agraph—for Obregon had at last come | foreign prince upon the throne of | out with a statement the night be- fore. ‘ee Situation Is Clarified. (9 jeihinameoded public statement must have afforded considerable relief ,to President .Calles. Obféegon is the most baffling figure on the Mexican political stage. Also, he has greater personal ‘prestige than any other man in» Mexico today, It was therefore a signal gain for the anti-clerical forces when he declared himself, rather tardily but in no un- certain terms, on the side of the gov- ernment, What the considerations were that induced Obregon ta take his stand by the side of Calles we need not go into here, but the fact remains that the government is nowsassured of the sup- port of the agrarian party as well as the labor party which has supported it militantly from the beginning. Furthermore, any important defections in the army are now out of the ques- Mexico. The municipal council of | | Mexico City, with Alaman as chairman, |made the first open move in the con- spiracy by officially declaring the city H to be in favor of a monarchy. In 1853} the church came into full power tnra| the return of the sardonic Santa Ana} to the presidency. Alaman became | |secretary of state and head of the | jcabinet, but he did not cease his for- eign intrigues, Portland Taxi-Cab Drivers Form Union and Pull a Strike PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 4.-——The taxi drivers for the three largest com- panies of this city are on strike for higher wages and the six-day week. They have formed a union after a meeting in the Labor Temple of some- thing over 200 members, The present scale is a supposed guaranteed rate of $75 a month, but tion, The church war is still a mighty conflict and a mighty danger—but only because of the United States. All ex- cept the most frankly reactionary ele- ments in Mexico are standing together | up have been persuaded to quit again against the catholic rebellion, The ad-| without any trouble and there are no herence of Obregon to the government | taxis on the street, STANDARD OIL OF INDIANA DECLARES THIRD DIVIDEND IN YEAR The Standard Git Company of Indiana today declared a cash dividend they must work every day of the month to get that, If they miss one day, they-lose the guarantee and have to work on a very small commission basis, The few scabs that have shown of class justice with a hunger strike,” Tho Presklent!?™1 order you out of (Continued on Page 3.) , aser of 67/2 cents and am extra cash dividend of 25 cents on each share of its capital stock here totay. tanonie The extra declaration wasethe third announcement for 1926 f | | sa by the catholic church | ) olic Church Is Up to _ s Old Tricks in Mexico T? quote the catholic historian, Zanacois, in this respect: “Don Lucas Alaman, in spite of the change of government, believed in: good. faith that the only way of obtaining permanent peace, pros- périty and power for Mexico was the establishment of a with a Spanish prince at its head. In this firm conviction he suggested the scheme to Santa Ana.... From that moment both began to work for this end, but with the greatest | (Continued on page 4) | monarchy NEW YORK | EDITION | Price 3 Cents ROMAN CHURCH MEXICAN FIGHT Bankers Throw Weight on Rome’s Side (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4.—That the ¢atholic church is getting ready to Save its face after suffering defeat in its attempt to awe the Mexican gov- ernment is apparent. from public statements made here by prominent ecclesiastics. Church dignitaries are willing to make terms with Callies and it is re- ported that the latter is willing to listen: The Bankers Busy. It 4s also rumored that American financial { r bringing pr: ure to government in the intere church. The bankers are ormed Calles that the ec: cott was becaming intolera banking interests It is apparent that the church haa the worst of the battle so far. Its laim that the great majority of the masses were on its side was com- pletely punctured by splendid demonstration held in the city last Sunday. Reports from the provinces ority of the inst the pope. Obregon’s Support Valuable. The open support given Cailes by former President Obregon has im- mensely strengthened the administra tion. also indicate that the m: peasants are solidly ag There Is Some Jealousy. The efforts of the catholics to sure the a: nee of other denomina- ions in the United tes in a cam- yaign to bring pressure on Washing- se- ton with a view to American inter- vention have not been f: ful. Protestants say that wherever in the southern republics, the Roman thurch exercised political control, all yther religious bodies operated only mder great inconvenience. While he other denominations are equally villing to serve the interests of the American oil baro: they ‘know ‘that a vietory for the chur in the pres ent struggle would mean ir isola- tion from the Mexican field. The Pope Sending Instructions. Conferences are beitfg held between catholic dignitaries and government officials. It belieyed in well informed cir- cles that in. view of the strength dis- played by the government, ways and means of surrender must be found. A face-saving. peace formula is being sought by the pope’s lieutenants. ie Where Knights Are Bold. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 4 Vague threats against Mexico v made here by James A. Flaher head of (Continued on page 2) Gorgeous Joss Joint Padlocked When the priests threw down their tool: tions from their international headquart in and the clergy stepped our a ei cw tee peer oe This is the richly decorated Roman catholic church at Cholula, Mexico. So to speak, and struck, on inatrue at Rome, the government stepped Rael Fine 3 es a eee