The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 13, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 181. ty 4scription Rates: Fy om EEG In Chicago, by Outside Chicago, mall, $8.00 per year, by mail, $6.00 per year. & DAILY | WORKER. Entered ay Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at bial Post Office at Chicago, Ilinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1926 Pe a Pulyished Dally except Sundi PUBLISHING CO., by THE ashington Blvd., 1113 W. W DAILY WORKER Chicago, NEW YORK | EDITION | EDITION. | Price 3 Cents ml. hg aie te, TONAL ASSEMBLY OF FRANCE j : a U by MAY SEIZE Ste. a? E re coe ae Pavitt pina British Government Now EXCUSEFOR WAR By THOMAS J, O’FLAHERTY | HY a campaign for total absti- nence from intoxicating drinks should be necessary in a bone dry country may seem mysterious and superfluous to our old friend the vis- itor from Mars, but to an American, unless he be of the bonehead tribe, there is nothing mystifying about it. Curiously enough, the organization that has set itself the task of pushing a mop over the map of the United States. is catholic. No doubt the worthy folks forgot that their success in embalming John Barleycorn would sound the death knell of catholic wor- ship as the communicants cannot en- joy their favorite repast on the body and blood of Jesus unless the priest has a wee drop of wine to mix with the dough and incidentally slake his PA. months of . ministers turned out. ugust 11—The French COMMUNIST DEPUTY IN FRENCH CHAMBER HITS AT POINCARE SCHEME (Special to The Daily Worker) 48sion in which five governments were overthrown and six finance Poincare is expected to reconvene parliament in Oc- | tober to discuss ratification of debt agreements, The adjournment took place after yesterday’s gathering of the national assembly at Versailles, called by Poincare into its first session since 1884, to make the cabinet's sinking fund bill a part of the fundamental law, supposed to be a dignified and solemn assembly, testifying to the greatness and pride of the nation, but it was parliament adjourned today after ten It was everything but peaceful. Do Not Attack Government. At 8 p. m, the Communist deputy Doriot took the tribune and began a | sharp attack on the bill as an as- | Sault on the standards of living of the working class, already burdened | witn high costs of living and taxa- | tion, as well as being forced into im- other sidéshows. reads: LONDON.—Condi from somewhere. ons here are. worse. stopped parish relief, school feeding and milk for babies. ‘gaunt starvation. Mexican Labor Parades in Demonstration of Starving Miners’ Babes NEW York, August 11—(FP)—No more milk for the babies of the British strikers! Starve thém! That is the policy of British authorities, the latest cable received from the The cable comes to Bllen Wilkinson, M: P.,. ofthe British, relief dele- gation from Marion Phillips, head of the British Women’s Committee for the miners. Litchfield is pitiful. Clackmannon and South Lanark The. Pontypridd workhouse is full melief has been reduced. The Bolton area of 22,000 miners is still without re- lief except from us. Every day the public authorities are withdrawing assistance The fund must be maintained. Good luck. It Villages are suf- AGAINST MEXICO Pressure from Rome and Wall Street (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—That the | Pressure brought to bear on the ad- ministration by catholics and oi! men may induce the United States govern- j ment to intervene in Mexico was in- dicated by unofficial statements made here by attaches of the state depart- ment, Not that any admission would be own thirst, is: i i 3. perialist wars in Africa and Syria. . **ee Pee 2 made that the views expressed rep- ELIUM stars are lazy fellows, ac- | | reuetisbecy teutdotie seer Loyalty to Government Fight Against Church! resented the point of view of Secre- cording to a scientist. They only could not stomach Doriot’s pointed tary: “of State Kellogg or Babies i make speed at the rate of four miles | remarks and, as is the parliamentary % Coolidge, ‘Out Jt was, binted that: the a second. Besides being slow, they are pleasure-loving and travel in pairs. | Whether the company is mixed, or of the one gender, -the professor did not | take time to tell us, he no doubt wish- ing to give the laggard stars a lesson | in velocity. Soon the stars and their ways will be as familiar to us as the | love affairs of volcanoes and comets or the’ mental processes of Calvin Coo- custom, put on his hat to signify the session’s adjournment and stalked out, But Doriot refused to leave the Communist position unspoken or to step off the tribune. After fifteen minutes De Selves came back and (Continued on page 3) FUNDS FROM | recent note transmitted to Calles thru the American ambassador in Mexico was couched in the form of an ulti- matum, Looking For Excuse, While the government would insist that any steps it might take would not be interference in the struggle be- tween the church and the government, lidge. se 8 | yet if in the course of the disturb- RUTH will out, tho not in the news- | ances arising out of the religious war papers, present company always | American. citizens were injured or excepted. Students of journalism in Columbia University who edit a paper called the Spectator admit that they fake news. when an issue of the sheet had a box on the front page with the news that the night editor was shot in the arm while aiding police in chasing robbers who attempted to rob a jewelry store. Tt was learned that no store was lo- cated at the place mentioned and the editorial staff was forced to confess that they were in the habit of faking { news when hard up for material. This goose-step factory is turning out scribes to supply the American news. papers. Is it surprising we have a This habit was discovered | Jacques Doriot, Communist mem- ber of the French chamber mounted the platform at the meeting of the French national assembly at Ver- Sailles and exposed the scheme of | the Poincare government to force a dictatorship on the country in the interests of French capital. The U.S. 70 WIN STRIKE ASKED ‘Depends on U. S. Labor By LAURENCE TODD, Federated Pre: | British Miners? Strike WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Planning : au tVA CRISTO, “APOSTOL : soc? killed, the United States government might seize on such indictment or incidents as a favorable excuse to : break off diplomatic relations, The Knights of Columbus, represent- ing Rome and the oil barons, have been urging the president to lift the arms embargo. This move would have no other purpose than to arm the reac- tionary elements for civil war. Cas ee 2 Reports Are Exaggerated. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 11—Reports of strife in Mexico are greatly exagger- ated, according to a report ma group of American clergy who have the details of their campaign in Amer- ican industrial centers to raise a fund of mililons of dollars to win the great Strike of British coal miners by de- | feating famine in the homes of the strikers, the British labor Uelegation daily menu of lies? ** president invoked closure against | him and it required a detail of arm- | ed guards to get Doriot, protected by his comrades, off the rostrum. traveled thru the republic since the | catholics began their “strike” against the anti-church decrees promulgated by President Calles. Lurid stories of killings are spread HY heads are bald and how they got that way is the subject of heated controversy at the conference of the British Association of Advance- | | ment of Science. Some hold that a lack of foliage on the dome indicates: brajn power. The theory is that the flow of ideas rushing hither and thither affects the roots of the hair, eventually prying them loose from the roof of the skull, Another scientist is trying to develop the squirtless ptapefruit. Now I suggest a suitable prize for the fellow who will eliminate the pest who is acquainted with every- thing but knows nothing. - 8 8 'HO has not been driven to a homi- cidal mood by the human scourge who says “Paree” when somebody says “Paris” or “Paris” when somebody says “Paree.” If you accent the first half of a two-syllabled word the pest will accent the last. This species is unknown in Europe unless he bred his kind there during the world war. The British Association for the Ad- vancement of Science would render humanity a favor if it devoted half the energy it spends on discovering the reason for bald heads, in seeking a specific for ridding the world of this nuisance. The Society for the Exter- mination of the Pestiferous Linguist deserves your hearty support. o ane ERHAPS the following items have no relation to each other, but we believe they have: “Statistics show crime on the increase in Japan, In- cendiarism has had the greatest gain.” And “Japan has its bootleggers, but the illicit traffic is in radical books, which are smuggled in on ships.” The Japanese ruling classes are more afraid of knowledge in the heads of the masses than they are of guns in their pockets: see HE Aimee Semple McPherson mys- tery simply will not simplify. Two grocery slips that might help to solve the evangelist’s disappearance disap- peared mysteriously from the grand Jury room. It was afterwards learned that they were destroyed by being thrown down a drain in a room ad- joining the grand jury. The slips were found in a cottage at Carmel-by- the-Sea, The handwriting was said to be that of Ormiston’s lady companion, who is said to resemble Mrs. McPher- son. Criminal action will be taken in the matter, according to reports. eee RE you an average American? If you want to make sure dig into your jeans or look up the old bank book and if you are seventy cents ahead of this time last year you are that kind of a person. * * HE referendum on the proposal to confiscate the property of the Hohenzollerns cost the social-demo- cratic party of Germany half a million ollars, we learn from a press dis- patch, Had, the socia}demccrats net supported the kaisers and the cayital- {sts against the revolutionary workers who fought to establish a soview form of government In 1919 there would be Hs need for referendums in 1926, , onan © | America. TREATY STIRS Challenges Big Nations in Both Hemispheres | (Special to The Daily Wovker) ROME, Aug, 11.—Fascist Italy and! feudal Spain, also with a dictator in the form of General Primo de Rivera, have signed a treaty whose terms are yet secret and may be kept in Spite of the league of nations’ rule that everything must be registered. in the rumored provisions for a Spanish-Italian bloc against Britain and France in the Mediterranean, and It has produced surprise, if not alarm, in other countries. The terms of the treaty unquestion- ably will be kept secret at least until after the conference of imperialist |Powers to settle the future status of Morocco and Tangiers. Spain demands more in these regions than England and France, the big league members, are willing to give, since they have imperialist interests of their own to guard. Italy has the same ambitions, and is pressing hard for more land and influence in Mediterranean affairs, “Spain and Italy have been feeling that their rights and interests in the Mediterranean have not been accorded proper value,” says the Giornale d'Italia, The same paper refers to the “militaristic, commercial and political penetration of South America by the United states,” and adds: Offers Alliance Against U. 8, “Resistance is growing among South American nations which are affirming their national rights and autonomy and are seeking new political friend- ships: “The new Italian regime, which ab- solutely respects the Wutonomy and sovereignty of South American repub- lics, better understands the value and friendship of South America, where there are so many large and flourish. ing colonies of Iteliens, Spain and Italy must get closer together so that their joint efforts may be fruitful in a territory which has a Latin tradition, *rhis would be of reciprocal advan tage.” | jagainst the United States in Latin | Army Aviator Meets Death, DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 11, — Lieuten- ant Barksdale, well-known army avia- cor, Wrs Aliled, shortly after noon today | when his plane crasited to the ground, | Morrison of the American Federation j of Labor. Then they scattered, to car- RIVAL POWERS The reason for the secrecy is seen| completed on Aug. 9 its confere: with President Green and fy their appeal for aid to the officers of the various international unions, and to central labor bodies and tothe miners in the coal fields. Before going, they gained valuable publicity by posing for a news film and for the press photographers, on the | steps of the A. F. of L. building, Green and Ben Tillett, M. P., representative of the general council of the British Trade Union Congress, were in the center of this moving picture. i The Schedule. Joseph Jones of the miners will canvass the Boston dis- trict, Miss Ellen Wilkinson, M. P., secretary of the Woman’s Relief Com- | mittee for the strikers, will be assign- jed to New York and vicinity. Oliver | Harris of the South Wales Miners’ Federation will have Philadelphia and |the anthracite field. Ben Tillett will cover the Pittsburgh area. Paul McKenna of the Scottish Miners’ Federation will go to Chicago, and may also visit Milwaukee and the Twin Cities. James Robson of the Durham Miners will be responsible for the St. Louis district. Tillett will prob- ably visit Cleveland to see the exe- cutives of the railroad brotherhoods, and he may also go to Indianapolis, where are the headquarters of the |Mine Workers, the Carpenters, the Typographical and other important unions, To Help the Delegates, In planning this campaign for im- mediate funds, the visitors had the ex- pert advice and active help of Green, Yorkshire! effectively in China. Many nations professed friendship for China, but I find that this is the only nation that actually has made a stand for Chinese liberty and justice to China. The Sov- jet Union stands as a challenge (Continued on page 2.) CHICAGO FUR WORKERS’ UNION MEMBERS FREED ON KIDNAPING CHARGE The three members of the Local 45, Chicago, Fur Workers Union ar- rested on a charge of kidnapping and released on a $10,000 bail have been freed on the kidnapping charge. They are now charged with conspiracy. The New York Joint Board of the Fur Workers’ Union has thru the International union given the Chicago strikers $5,000. The Chi- cago Joint Board of the Amaiga. mated Cothing Workers Union has donated $2/000 towards the fur work- ers’ strike relief, The Jewish butch- ors ant’ Ckepenters have also mad | donation “ee i | Central Prewa Photos Here is one of the first photos to reach this country of the great labor demonstration in-Mexico City on August 1 when the clergy closed the churches and catholics began an economic boycott against the decision of the govern: ment to enforcethe constitution of 1917 and strip the church of its power. Above is Calles and other officials of the government reviewing the parade from the balcony of a municipal building. with a banner hailing Christ as an advocate of the socialist ideal. COAL OWNERS IN PLAN T0 DRIVE FOR OPEN SHOP Report Concerted Move in Preparation (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Informa- tion, supposed to come frem tho: close to the administration, particu- jarly Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, says that the government has been told that in a few days a large mumber of: coal operators in Ohio Will declare an “open shop,” break their contracts and enter into a war on the miners’ union, reducing the wages practically one-third off of the present scale set by the Jackson- ville agreement of $7.50 a day. It is jo understood that the Na- tional Coal Operators’ Association is behind the move,’and that the asso- ciation means to establish the “open shop” and break. the United Mine Workers’ Union ‘dm one district after another, ” AClean Sweep. The Ilinois, Indiana and Pennsyl- vania operators are planning to follow those of Ohio, and@df they have a rea- sonable measure of success ih attack- ing the union the wage-cutting cam- paign will be extended into the union fields of. lowa, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Wyoming. The operators are encouraged in their determination to break the union by the failure of the union to protect the miners of western Pennsylvania, (Continued on page 5) U-Boat Sinks Vessel. KIEL, Germany, Aug. 11, — The Danish sailing vessel “Sigrfa” was sunk today by a torpedo, fired by a German destroyer during maneuvers in the Baltic. Thescrew of the destroy- er saved the crew of five of the Danish Vessel, after: making amr effort, to save the ship drom eonkings MASSACHUSETTS LABOR TO RUN OWN TICKET IN COMING ELECTIONS BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 11.—Labor organizations thruout Massachu- setts have been invited to a cam- paign convention to be held Sun- day, Aug. 22 at 11 a. m. at Wells Memorial Hall, 987 Washington street, Boston, The call to the con- vention is sent out by the Massa- chusetts Labor Campaign Commit- tee, PASSAIC STRIKE TOTS NEED MILK —WAGENKNECHT PASSAIC, N. J., Aug. 11,—Alfred Wagenknecht, relief chairman, gave out the following statement in an- swer to the attack on the children’s milk campaign by the Citizens’ (Vigi- lantes) Committee: The distribution of strike relief is wonderfully effective and the General Relief Committee is a model of effi- ciney are the conclusions to be drawn from the latest pronwaciation of the strike-breaking Citizens’ Committee,” declared Wagenknecht. “Help Hungry Cry a Slander,” screams the Citizens’ Committee in its latest outbreak, and inadvertently proceeds to give strike relief in the textile zone the greatest praise it could possibly receive: “The Overseer of the Poor in Pas- saic,” says the Committee, “is on rec- ord as stating that in the ten years of his occupancy of this office, this year so far has been the lightest in its demands on it for the relief of the in- digent, and hé cites the food bills of his office for the first seven months of 1926 to show that they total less than those for the corresponding per- fod of 1925. a “In other words, workers’ golidar. ity has proved more eflicient.in keep: ing the mill workers m , the poor- house than did the miserable, wages ,. (Continued on page 4 PASSAIC STRIKE COMMITTEE AND. McMAHON MEET Discuss Affiliation of 16; 090 Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The commit- tee selected by the 16,000 Passaic tex- tile workers to negotiate a settiement with the mill barons and to affiliate them with the United Textile Work- ers of America, a part of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, held a con- ference here with the United Textile Workers’ emergency committee. At this conference at the Bible House, Astor Place and’ Fourth Ave., the strikers’ committee pointed out to President Thomas F. McMahon of the United Textile Workers that the strik- ers were not seeking to form organ- izations dual to the American Feder- ation of Labor textile workers’ organ- ization, but that they desired to be- come a part-of that union, No agree- ment has yet been reached on the question of affiliation. The next con- forence will be held tomorrow in the Bible House. Bel ij ecti thi ade}! TRE APRN ON OT ANG PRCRIS! to the ‘gress to publiah tales informa: | in Mexico City by the publicity agents of the church. The visiting Americans declared that those stories could not be authenticated. Urges Strict Boycott. A. circular urging catholics to par- alyze“commierclal Tifé “of the country reads in part: “Boycott the daily press at it is con- trolled by the Crom, which has pro- hibited the publication of the simple success of the religious conflict, oblig- tion attacking the catholics. Do not j buy in business houses that advertise jin the press of Mexico Imoney from the banks and | tonal Pawnshops. Take your the na- the gov- |ment’s Bank of México. Do not use the telegraph or the mail to send funds. Use the cable. Do not build. Refuse to pay rent, light and telephone bills and stop all classes of payments until this brings a serious danger. Do not buy wine, candy, cakes or clothes and do not treat with the Masons. “Practice all means to paralyze the economic life of Mexico. Boycott! Boycott! Boycott! This arm causes fear to the enemies of the catholics. Boycott to save catholicism.” Hundreds of these circulars in Mexico City were distributed by all classes of society, some wearing over- Boycott alls, others’ in fashionable attire, Women, girls, youths and old men were among the distributors, The Mexican government served notice on Great Britain some time ago that it would not renew the existing treaty of amity and commerce be tween the two governments. The foreign office of Colombia has expressed its regrets to Mexico that when President Mendez was inaugur- ated on Saturday, the president of the Colombian senate, Ignacio Rengifo, took occation to make a speech assail- ing the Mexican religious policy, in the presence of the Mexican ambassador, The Mexican government announces that the Colombian explanation is satisfactory, but there is some dis- Pleasure here over the fact that Sen- ator Rengifo, who assailed the Calles government, has been made secretary of war in the new Colombian cabinet, SHERWOOD EDDY, PROMINENT Y. M.C. A. FIGURE, PRAISES OF WORKERS OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE SOVIET UNION MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., August 11. Yours is a country where man no longer exploits man,” declared Sherwood Eddy, member of the internation# committee of the Young Men's Christian Association, in a speech at a recep- tion given by Olga Kameneva, director of the bureau of cultural relations, The reception was given to a group of American writers and ‘college profes- sors that are now visiting the Soviet Union, “Tam glad to see a nation which stands as a challenge to the rest of the uations ruled by swollen, selfish capitalism,” he went on. ideal it is the only nation that challenges the world, “In. {ts great daring Tt challenged the world (Continued on page 2)