The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 13, 1926, Page 3

+ Soviet Union, as many factories are COALSTRIKE || Char ong Hab ardtoBrech = POLISH SEIM [COYLE REPLIES TO Faust sTonY CUTS TRADE OF BRITAIN 3,000,000 ‘Jobless; Pro- duction Slack LONDON, Aug. 11.—Whlle there are occasional optimists, It can be sald that British Industry Is feeling ghastly effects of the miners’ strike. Gross receipts of the railways show a de crease of 16,619,000 pounds sterling from last year, while the dividends are 2,500,000 less than last year for the six months’ perlod, Bankers’ clearings, are now 713,- 477,000 pounds below the total for the first seven months of 1925, while the currnecy note circulation, at 296,993,- 094 pounds, is 8,491,096 below last year, These figures show the decline in ‘business ‘and cut. in. spending power, Heavy Industry Badly Off, Practically no iron and, steel is being produced. The cotton industry is working only 75 per cent, with un- employment in the textile industry worse than at any time since the American civil war, The demand for shipping to bring coal from America is increasing. The British railways are seeking coal from that source. The unemployed army numbers close to 3,000,000, with 407,- 000 more registered than last year, ex- clustye of the miners, to whom the government will not pay a penny of relief, ~ BELGIAN LABOR DELEGATION IS NOW IN RUSSIA Inspect Sidostitin 3 in the Soviet Union MOSCOW, VU. S. 8. R., July 23.—(By Imprecorr.)—The Belgian labor dele- gation, which arrived here yesterday, comprises six members of the socialist party and eight non-partisan workers. Yesterday they attended Dzerzhin- gky’s funeral, and today visited the ‘(Trade Union Council, where the pro- gram of their trip thru the Soviet Union to study working and living con- ditions was discussed, Varcreso; ‘Chairman’ of the delega- tion, declared that the delegation would postpone its inspection of Mos- cow until the end of its trip thru the rule account for this. “PROTECT HEALTH OF OLD GUARD,” DEMAND WORKERS OF RUSSIA moscow, U. 8. 8. 8. S, R., Aug. 11.— (By Imprecorr. )—Countless attesta- tlons of mourning on the ‘part of the workers on the unexpected death of Comrade Dzerzhinzky continue to pour In from all the parts of the Soviet Union, Theaters and moving picture houses were closed everywhere on the day of the funeral and all amuse- ments called off. Memorial meetings were held everywhere, In which the workers called on the Central Com- mittee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to protect the health of the Bolshevist old guard, and de- clared that the best monument to the dead would. be the economic suc- cesses and the further development of the industry of the Soviet state. Numerous telegrams of ‘condo- lence have’'been Téceived’ from the sister parties abroad. Today a mem- orial meeting was held in the Mos- cow Soviet in which Rykoff, Buk- harin, Leszezynsky, representative of the Communist Party of Poland and of the Communist International, and others spoke. now ‘being rebuilt in Moscow and the delegation desires to see the factories in operation, in order to get a better idea of the working conditions, Spain Asks Pope to Remove Cardinal for Dabbling in Politics MADRID, Aug. 11.—Mexico is not alone in finding complaints against the Catholic ,church dignitaries mix- ing in politics, Gen. Primo de Ri- vera, dictator of Spain, who recently discovered a wide-spread plot by an oppositional junta of army generals and sections of the bourgeoisie to overthrow his rule, has demanded of the pope that Cardinal Francis Vidal Barraquer, archbishop of Tarazona, be recalled for complicity in the pro- paganda against Rivera's govern- ment, The vatican has acceded and or- dered the cardinal to return to Rome, where he tis to» be given an. import- ant position. The police have discovered a cache of explosives, supposed to have been deposited. for. nso. by. tha Catalonian separatists! * The American Worker Correspond- flean Worker Correspondent is only 50 eents per year. Are you a subscriber? WCEFEL Radio Program Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WCFL is on the air with regular programs. It is broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length from the Municipal Pier. TONIGHT. 6:00 to TeerChicagy f Federation of La- bor talks and bullet! 7:00 to 7:30—WCFL Studio Ensemble, 8:30—Hazel Nyman, accordian; Irish tenor; Jean’ Robinson. 9:00—Elena Moneak and her 9:00 to 9:20—Yolanda, C. Schaumberger, ™ezzo-soprano; Johnny Smith, pular songs. 3 to 10:00—WCFL Studio Synco- pators. 10:00 to 11:00—Dance music from. th Municipal Pier Auditorium. by Chi Cook's Orchestra. KATA SN ESET ESSE TESTA TT NUNN TT ETT TT New York Left Wing Needle Workers’ Excursion Saturday, August 14th, 1926 TO SUNSET PARK. ON THE HUDSON STEAMER “CLEREMONT"”, Boat starts 2 p. m. sharp from Battery, Park Pier A, Music, Refreshments, Etc. Tickets $1.10, at the pier $1.25. Tickets for sale at 108 Hast 14th St. With no clergy to ‘conduct them thru the customary mysterious rites, catholle church continue to attend the religious establishments to sit a THE DAILY WORKER ESS LEE LANTOS LAE EE NLA LSS TT Three | {POLISH SEJM HEARS ABOUT JAIL TORTURE ee Denounces | : Police Brutality GEORG DAVIDSOHN, Former Member of the German Relche- tag, to Members of Polish Cabinet. In 1924 I read the French protest against the treatment of the political COYLE REPLIES TO FALSE STORY SPREAD BY YELLOW “LABOR” NEWS SERVICE ABOUT RUSSIAN MISSION (Sepclat to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, August 10.—The current issue of “The Work- man,” of Westchester County, N. Y.,, which claims to be the “official organ of the Westchester County trade unions,” carries a letter from Albert F. Coyle, editor of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Mngineers’ Journal, replying to a story that appeared in “The Workman” regarding a labor mission to Soviet Russia. The story that Coyle takes exception to in his letter was released by the International Labor News Service, a sort of semi- official news agency of the American Federation of Labor whose moving spirit is Chester M. W: rae renegade ' soc ialist and fake thousands of the Mexican faithful of the ind pray nevertheless. Centurles of prieet The Mexican labor movement, supporting President Calles, is hold superstition has on the Mexican masses. . —eeeeSeSSSeSeeeSFSeSeeSFSse trying to make an end te the DAILY WORKER DEMANDS POLISH ~~ PREMIER FREE CLASS WAR VICTIMS The following cablegram was sent by The DAILY WORKER in the name of its readers to Premier Bartel of Poland demanding a complete amnesty for all workers and farmers now in Polish jails for fighting for their class interests: Bartel, Prime Minister, Warsaw, Poland. Readers of DAILY WORKER join in démand of Polish workers and farmers for general amnesty for all cfass' war prisoners. We prisoners in Poland. It dealt with mal- treatment and even with tortures, with insuffictent food, the neglect of their heatlh, their mental and sptri- tual needs, That protest was signed among others by Herriot, Aulard, Painleve, Romain Rolland, Georges Pioch, Victor Basch, Paul Boncour, Leon Blume, ete. Stanislav Thugutt, a member of the sejm, was indignant at the French statements. Thugutt was appointed chairman of a parliamentary commit- tee of niné members, representatives of all larger fractions of parliament, from the most extreme right to the extreme left. Apart from the chair- man Thugutt, the Priests Wyrembov- ski and the Deputies Usiemblo, Dr. Insler, Erdmann, Prystupa, Jerevicz, Zvierxynski were members of the com- mittee, Visit Twenty Persons, The persons of this parliamentary committee treats conditions in over twenty Polish prisons which were visited by the committee. And Mr. Thugutt as well as the other eight members had to admit that the French report of 1924 was still far too favor- able! Thugutt stated after visiting a prison: “We found it incomprehensible that such a number of people could even breathe in such a small room.” Mr. Insler stated: “The majority of the Polish prisons are terrifying . Nobody certainly leaves them without serious damage being done to his health, Often the prison is the cause of early death!” The former agent provocateur Bro- will continue propaganda in America for freedom of our brothers in Poland till last worker and farmer who fought for cause of workers Is released from Jails of Poland, i SSFSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSses Hot Election Period in Canada Brings Out Surprising Exposures TORONTO, Ont., Aug. 11. — There are five parties sending 374 candi- dates’ into the Canadian elections for the 245 seats in the house of com- mons. The election will take placo five weeks from now. There are 160 conservatives, 152 liberals, 45 pro- gressives, seven independents and one labor candidate. The campaign bids fair to be a hot one, as may be seen in the statement of George Nicholson, Algoma con- servative, appealing to the North Bay electorate. He says: “Do you want to indorse a condition in which one of the chief public build- ings of the country in Ottawa is prac- tically turned into a bawdy house and the keeper is on the payroll of this country at $3,000 a year?” The chief issue in the election, how- ever, is the question of the right of the governor general as representa- tive of the king to over-ride the cabt- net and parliament. And behind the opposition to such power of the gov- ernor general, are those seeking more independence from Britain. Some oF these forces are closely connectea with financial and business leaders of the United States. Australian Labor in Fight for 44 Hours MELBOURNE (By Mail).— In Jan- uary of this year the labor govern ment of N. 8S. W. enacted a law to make 44 hours the maximum working week in every industry. Some unions are working under a federal ward. The federal awards specify a 48-hour week, Tho employers took the mat- ter to the high court, and the judges decided that the workers under the federal awards must work 48 hours a week. The Metal Trades Employers’ Association also said so. The workers said they would not—so the men were locked out. A struggle ensued, during which the employers in the Motor Body Build- ing Trades locked their men out, At the end of five weeks an agree- ment was reached with the Metal Trades PEmployers’ Association that the men work 44 hours for 44 hours’ Pay. This was all that was demanded in the first place—the establishment of the principle of the 44-hour week. The employers in the motor indus- try also agreed to this, but failed to keep the agreement, consequently the fight is still on in that industry. SEND IN YOUR SUB TO THE DAILY WORKER! E, W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Six Places ° 169 N. Clark 66 W. Washington sie Harrieon 118 8. Clark 167 N. BRITISH STIR POLAND TO WAR ON LITHUANIA FOR TERRITORY STEAL KOVNO, Lithuania, Aug. 11.W—The Lithuanian government has authen- tic reports: that the government of Polafid, Stipposedly backed by Great Britain, is preparing war against Lithuania. Three regiments of Polish shock troops aréybeing concentrated in the vicinity of Svanzani, Lynziana and Koltoviani, The Lithuanians hear that Poland is preparing to make a sudden at- tack to annex Lithuanian to Poland. This Is not the first time such an attempt has been made. In 1920, General Zeligovski of Poland seized by force of arms the Vilna corridor from Lithuania, and after it was done the league of nations ignored Lithuanian complaints, tho both na- tlons are members of, the league. One Day of Rest Out of Four for Workers of the Soviet Union MOSCOW, Aug. 11, — Under the So- viet Labor Code ail workers are al- lowed varations of either two weeks manually or one month annually —thirty days @ year, all for full pay. Besides this vacation, there are Sun- days off and fourteen legal holidays on which no work is done, making a total of some 92 days of rest, out of the 365 in the year of 1926, or one day’s rest in four. The state polidays, beste the eight religious holidays preserved as days of rests are January 1, New Year; January 22, anniversary of Len- in’s death and of the 1905 revolution; March 12, fall of osarism; March 18, the Paris Commune; May 1, interna- tional labor day; November 7, the Soviet revolution of the workers. ‘When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday will be celebrated. The Central Council of trade unions fixed the rule prohibiting work on holidays, " Spanish and Porto Ricans Form Alliance to Fight Segregation NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—At a mass meeting in the Harlem Casino, Lenox Ave. and 116th Street, the Porto Rican and Spanish-speaking peoples of Har- lem formed an alliance to combat the assaults being made on them by the older Harlem residents. The assaults of the Jewish residents in Harlem on the Porto Rican ana Spanjsh people that have recently entered the district is due to the bit- ter competition between the Spanish and Jewish merchants it is claimed. Pigeons Warn of Fire. PORTLAND, Me., Aug. 11.—Proper- ty valued at. more than $300,000 was Baker| destroyed git oF today when a fire ii DO the waterfront. Pigeons, pa ayy on a grain company whart, ore Yaeparee alana, , nislav Jancevicz wrote to the Mem- ber of Parliament Basil Rogula, that he, Jancevicz, had among other things been forced by electric torture to make statements against 164 innocent per- sons, among them three members of Parliament! The Thugutt committee found that in the prison of the Holy Cross pri- soners are suffering from eye diseases! Mr. Jeremicz, M. P., called this prison an “institution of murder,” whereupon an interrupter called, “Slaughter house!” High Suicide Rate, Mr. Uziemblo, M. P., formerly him- self a political prisoner, states: “The prison Vronki is the terror of all pri- soners in Poland.” He pointed out the terrible suicide rate, The committee further pointed out that in Vlozlavek systematic beating was the order of the day. The same applied to all “investigation’ prisons of the police. Mr. Sobolevki, M. P., states *that Prison Director Surminski of Novno is a “ruthless and brutal despot,” who co-operates with agent provocateurs. Furthermore Mr. Sobolevski reports that the political police not only brut- ally beat the political prisoners, but also torture them in most cruel fashion, As methods of tortures amdng others the following were fottnd: Pushing of pins under the fingernails, beating of the feet with rubber batons, thumb screws, fetter. ing of the hands to the feet, pumping of vinegar thru the nose, etc, Committee’s Recommendations. The Thugutt committee demanded the immediate liquidation of Holy Cross Prison, the legal prosecution of the prosecutor and the assistant prosecutor of the district court in Voz- lavek, the investigation of the mal- treatment of prisoners, the punish- ment of the Lemberg Police Commis- .| cial rate of five dollars for a year’: sars Labiak and Kajdan, es well as the dismissal of the Lemberg Police Commander Lukomski, ete, You will not ask perhaps, how I get the idea of presenting all this to you. Permit me to answer you: I was until 1918 a member of the German Reichstag and was in very agreeable relations with the Polish M. P. Dombek, Nowicki, Pospiech, Seyda, Sosinski, von Trampcynski, My rela- tions with Korfanty were such that we occasionally conversed about im- portant problems. When, in October 1918, the collapse became ever more clear, I discussed more than ever with Korfanty the Prospects of Poland attaining its in- dependence, Korfanty then stated that if Poland had its autonomy, it would show other people how one must treat national minorities, it would show to the world what liberty, equality and jus- tice meant! Between Nov, 1918 and July 1926 nothing of these great things promised by my former colleague, Kortanty, has been carged thru. This deplorable fact did not get out of my mind when I studied the above mentioned reports and induced me to present these lines to you and jn your person to the whole Polish nation, Send a sub now and get the ape subscription and thé pleasure 0) help Our Daily, ve erse os ~ ~4 oil stock promoter. Coyle's letter is as follows: THE WORKMAN, 18 North Broadway Yonkers, New York Gentlemen: I have read The Work- man for July 23rd, and notice on the first page an article which you doubt- less printed in entire good faith but which contains so many false state- ments that I am immediately writing you to ask you, as a matter of simple} honesty and fairness, to print a correc-| tion in your next tasue, of equal prom- {nence with the article in question, It is absolutely untrue as stated, that I issued a statement “just prior to the tssuance of the Council state- ment,” in which I “described the mis-| sion to Russia as none of the A. F. of| L.'s business.” As a mh&tter of fact, I iseued no statement whatever prior to the statement of the executive council’s and have never stated that the proposed trip was “none of the A. F. of L.’s business.” On the direct contrary I have said that the execu- ive counefl has a perfecly proper right to announce a policy to be followed officially by the A. F. of L., even tho it has no right to speak for the Rail- road Brotherhoods or other unions not ‘sm between the Engineers’ Journal and the A. F, of L., and of the “stern reply” of the executive council of the A. F. of L. in @ statement issued by them several weeks ago. On the con- trary, President Green of that ongan- ization has written me very cordially, stating explicitly the executive council intended aspersion what- no ever against myself of any of the im bor executives comy ean delegation. In fa which I recetved only says: “I am greatly de f advising you and yo in a most ‘positive way executive council of the Am ederation of Labor issued ne nt other than jit issued in ¢ nnati—a copy of which I sent you. There is noth- ing in this statement which refers to any member of the delegation in a derogatory or offensive way, nor did the council question the hon- esty of any one me ned, in con- nection with the com sion, The statement to which you take excep. tion was not prepared either by me or the executive coyncil of the Amer- lean Federati6n of Labor, it ap- affiliated with the federation, You state in your headlines that I am posing as a spokesman for labor. I must ask you to apologize for your statement in view of the fact that the presidents of two ty Sporto unions connected with the A. F. of L., and the executive officers of three| great international labor brotherhoods outside the A. F. of L., have requested/fact that the current me to serve as secretary to the pro-} American Federationist posed delegation to Europe, and to is-| seven-page parently was isaued by a publicity representative at a time when | was absent from our headquarters In Washington, | personally disclaim the responsibility for this state ment.” In regard to my antagonism to the American Federation of Labor, it is |a sufficient answer to point to the issue of The conteing a which [ wrote article sue any necessary statements on their] especially for it at its editor’s request, behalf. You further speak of the antagon- Fraternally yours, ALBERT F. COYLE. RECORD BREAKING PROFITS FOR BIG CORPORATI ABOVE LAS ONS THIS YEAR; T YEAR 29 PER CENT A year of enormous profits for the owners of industry is forecast by corporate statements covering operations for the first six months. The halt year profits of eight leading companies total $325,237,072, a gain of about 29% over the $252,542,121 profits which they made in the same period of 1925. Two great Morgan trusts, U. S. totaled $130,870,312. last year amounts to 42 per cent. Highest Ever in Steel, U. S. Steel made a six months profit of $92,875,390. Never in its history, except in the years of tremendous war profiteering, hag it made a profit as large as this in the first half of the year. In the first half of 1925 thesteel trust profit was $80,507,213. This year’s profit means a return of $8.02 a share on common stock which origin- ally represented no real investment in the business. If maintained thru- out the year stockholders will get 16 per cent on the par value of their in- vestment, General Motors’ Record High. General Motors six months profits beat all previous records, They amount to $93,285,674, exceeding those of U. S. Steel. This is a gain of 85 per cent over the profits of the first half of 1925 which amounted to $50,363,099. These half-year profits mean a return Of $17.33 on each share of the common stock compared with $9.02 a share for the same period of 1925. As each common share repre- sents less than $40 original investment the half year return amounts to more than 43 per cent. More Morgan Profits. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. is another concern which is pour- ing huge profits into the pockets of big investors closely associated with J. P, Morgan & Co. It will be remem- bered that Morgan's sidekick, George F. Baker, chairman of the First Na- tional Bank of New York, 4s the larg- est stockholder in American T. & T. The company’s profit for the firet six months amounted to $66,756,829, equal to $6.05 on each $100 share of common stock. This compares with $63,063,920 or $5.30 a share in tye first half or 1925, Duponts Up 100 Per Cent. Du Ponts, the chemical and powder trust, reports a six months profit of $21,767,313, an increase of more than 100 per cent over the $10,971,732 profits of the first half of 1925. The current half year means a return of $14.51 on each $100 share to the com- mon stockholders. Taking into ac- count stock dividends this means a return to $32.80 on each $100 origin- ally invested. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co, made $15,876,309 in the first half of 1926. This means a return of $7.58 on each ‘hare of common stock. The com- yany’s profit for the first six months of 1925 was $14,377,707, or $6.70 on sach no par share, This is really a ‘oturn of 33% per dent If we take into sccount the eplitup of stock im 1920. en ae duced a combined profit of $186,161,064. The gain over+ Steel and General Motors, alone pro In the first half of 1925 their profits Three automobile companies make up the balance of the list. Dodge Brothers, taken over last year by Dil- lon, Read & Co. in a deal which netted the insiders about $26,000,000, reports @ profit of $15,801,364 for the half year. This means a return of $3.68 @ share on 2,424,863 shares of common stock for which the owners didn't pay acent. The report of the Studebaker Corp. shows a profit of $8,735,861 for |the six months, reckoned at $4.51 @ share on the common stock, But as a result of stock dividends the owners now hold more than four shares for each original share so that they are really getting a profit of 18.8 per cent for the half year. Nash Motor Profits Boom. Profits of Nash Motor Co, exceed those of the first half of 1925 by about 40 per cent. As a matter of fact they exceed those of any full year prior to 1925. They amount to $10,148,832 and represent a return of $185.50 en. each $100 originally invested in the }common stock. This exorbitant re- turn is concealed by a series of etock dividends whereby the ownera now hold 50 shares for each share origin ally purchased, Chicago Gunmen “Shoot It Out” on Boulevard: | Two men, believed to have been nt Drucei and Hymie Weiss, no- torious West Side characters, “shot it out” with twe assailants today in the traffic of Michigan boulevard ‘at Ninth street. Throngs on the side- walk scurried for cover as the bullets whistled past them, to spatter inte buildings and plate glass windows, One man was arrested. He said he was Frank Walsh, a real estate man, ‘but police insist he is Drucci, of the attackers is believed to fave been wounded. The suspect, at a po lice station, was found to have $12,000 in cash in his possession, He told the police the shooting was an attempted holdup. v SEND IN A SUBI CALL US ‘Humboldt 905%, P I A N Pe) reg 1703 Tuned, Repaired, Refinished BOUGHT AND SOLD Call Us Before You Buy Your Piano Elsewhere and Save Money. 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