The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 14, 1926, Page 2

ys Page Two eta ia Woy it HAVANA TRADE UNION LEADER THOT MURDERED Added to Long List of Unionists Killed The story alow: of the white terror in Cuba will be followed by a story written especially for The DAILY WORKER by its own cor- respondent, a worker connected with the Cuban labor movement, a ae NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Sensational stories of what is happening to ac- tive trade unionists in Cuba are com- ing to Latin Americans in New York. This United States-controlled sugar island, owned almost completely by the National City Bank, is the scene of kidnappings and murders of union men. Letters from the editor of El Libertario, liberal journal suppress- od a week ago, to the New York Cul- tura Obrera tell the storles—parallel- ed best in Fascist Italy. Havana Federation Head Vanishes. Alfredo Lopez, secretary of the Havana Federation of Labor, was kid- napped July 20 on his way from home to the local office. He has not been heard of since and his body has not been found. His friends and family firmly. believe he was thrown into the b&y near Moro Castle where sharks are plentiful. (The police say Lopez went off in a foreign ship because a conspiracy charge was pending against him. The charge appears to be a frame-up, al- leging that Lopez and 14 others held secret meetings on the root of the la- bor center when the building roof is not flat and could not be used for meetings. The district attorney had refused to proceed against the work- ers on the filmsy evidence, Workers Murdered, Lopez was a linotype operator. His wife and five children are frantic with worry. The oldest boy sick in a hos- pital. Before Lopez disappeared, sev- eral other workers had mysteriously vanished. De Armando Andre is known to have been killed and a man named Cusart was slain while being taken to jail. A liberal journalist from Sagua, Enrique Varona—one of the railroad strike leaders, and others have dis- appeared. On July 16 Tomas Grant of the rail- road brotherhood was killed in Ciego \de Avila and Antonio Penichet, a jour- halist and secretary of the Cuban Con- federation of Labor, likewise. The police told these two when they ar- rested them that they would be treat- ed as “enemies in war.” oe Hang Unionist. Early in July Santiago de Cuba was the scene of the first execution in 28 years. Salvador Aguilera, an active unionist, was the gallows’ victim. And now the house of representatives is considering a motion that would au- thorize the acquisition of 10 more death chairs. El Vulvani, Tierra, El Progreso, (organ of the Cuban Labor Federation) and El Libertario—liberal and labor papers—have all been sup- pressed. Machado Suppresses Unions. Cuban workers are organized in syn- dicalist unions. The confederation was formed a y go, August 1925, when representatives of 123 unions of 200,- 000 members assembled at Camaguey, President Machado of Cuba decreed the suppression of Cuban unions and the staff of the official union paper was charged with conspiracy. The Cuban Confederation is not in the Pan-Amer- fean Federation of Labor with which the American Federation of Labor is affiliated. Ruled By Wall Street. Cuba is dominated politically and economically by Un 1 States cap- italists. The National City Bank owns most of the sugar p tions and rajl- roads and general Enoch Crowder is official representative of the United States in Cuba to tell President Ma- chado what to do. Col. Thompson t to Leave Philippines for Peking, China MANILA, Aug. 12, — Colonel Carmi A, Thompson, who has been making an inspection trip around the Philip- pine Islands for President Coolidge, announced he would leave for Pekin October 4, a month earlier than he planned to leave the islands, “I have been asked by President Coolidge to do some state work there in connection with problems affecting his administration,” Colonel Thomp- son said. Colonel Thompson will remain at Pekin for 24 days, Detroit, Sey Sheffield Will Not Return to His U. S. Post in Mexico (Continued from page 1) the United States has essayed to lecture on the conduct of their in- ternal affairs are Russia and Mexico, the former because the workers are in power and the latter because the government is supported by the workers and peasants and ‘has not acquiesced in the demands of the oll barons of the United States or sur- rendered its sovereignty to the re- actionary catholic church, END OF REPUBLIC I$ URSED BY THE MEXICAN CLERGY Catholics Set Fire to Houses of Protestants (Continued from page 1) Diaz, acting archbishop of. Mexico, said in a statement, Refused Audience to Knights. The government is encouraged. by a report that President Coolidge refused to grant an audience to a delegation of Knights of Columbus, who were in- structed by the Philadelphia conven- tion to urge Coolidge break off diplo- matic relations with the Calles govern- ment and lift the arms embargo so that the clericals, and their reaction- ary allies could secure arms, The president advised the Knights to state their case to Secretary Kellogg. Morones, Mexican Labor Leader, Flays Roman Catholic Church (Continued from page 1) In those five years, he declared, he witnessed things he did not care to discuss publicly. “You and I,” the speaker said, turning to Senior Mier, his catholic opponent, “were brought to the church, carried by our fathers, but you did not see what I in five long years saw, and that is the reason why you preserve your faith. I lost mine, and that is why I am here to defend the truth. “You are young, and sooner or later you will join our ranks. They have sent you here because they wish to compromise your youth, because they pretend that youth is with them, ‘That is untrue, The youths are in the revolutionary ranks.” Called For Intervention. At this point Senor Morones refer- red to the Knights of Columbus con- vention last week in Philadelphia, where he said, a resolution was adopt- ed calling for immediate intervention by the United States. He recalled that a short time ago LL reer es GREEN ISSUES STATEMENT ON MEXICAN CRISIS A. F. of es . Will Follow “Hands Off” Policy (Continued from page 1) as friendly to the Mexican government or encouraging to the Mexican labor movement. Mr. William Green declares that the federation is “committed to the prin- ciples of peace and the promotion of peaceful solution of national and in- ternational controversies.” |= Green greatly deplores: the ‘present con- troversy in Mexico, urges tolerance, the exercise of reason and cool judg- ment in the crisis, Domestic Problems, The A. F. of L, regards the domestic and internal policies of other nations as part of their own problems and de- clares that onl the people of a nation can remedy wrongs and injustices that may be committed in the nation, “In claiming the right to deal with our own domestic and administrative Problems without interference from outside sources we must concede the exercise of the sama right to other nations,” says the statement. Influenced by Church, The fact that several leading off cials of the American Federation of Labor are catholics and members of the Knights of Columbus is believed to have influenced Green in formulat-| ing a policy which to put it mildly is| not calculated to strengthen the hand of the Mexican government in fight- ing a strikebreaking labor-hating church, or a national labor body that is part of the Pan-American Federa- tion of Labor with the A. F, of L. It is also noted that Green's declara- tion of neutrality in the affairs of other countries does not jibe with his attitude towards Soviet Russia against which he has conducted a vicious campaign of slander and falsehood. Cal and Kell to Confab. PAUL SMITH,S, N. Y., Aug. 12.— Secretary of State Kellogg is expect- ed to reach here early next week for a conference with the president over the Mexican situation. Ambassador Sheffield should have arrived from Mexico by that time, Another ambas- sadorial arrival whose story is anxi- ously awaited is Ambassador Herrick who has already left Paris for the United States. Presidential Pruning Knife Busy. Preparing the way for his cam- paign for the G. O. P. presidential nomination, Coolidge chopped $100,- 000,000 from government department- al estimate for the 1928 fiscal year. There is nothing that appeals more to the big business interests than a benevolent regard for their tax bur- dens. Coolidge expects to put. $300, 000,000 in the pockets of the rich in 1928 by reducing their taxes that Senor Herrera y Lasso, a Mexico City | 4mount. lawyer, had pleaded the cause of the church on the basis of patriotism, and yet, said Senor Morones, “they are using the catholic press to attack the Mexican government, and these are they who protest love for their coun- try.” Does Not Govern Mexico. The vatican, said Senor Morones, has advised catholics not to respect any law which is against the interest of the clergy. “Do you believe,” he asked, “that the government of Mexico will tremble before the vatican? No, the pope does not govern Mexico. If he did, we would have receded 100 years. “Our laws have been made, and they will be complied with, not only by the revolutionists but by every one, Clergy As Strikebreakers, “You will recall the great British strike involving 8,000,000 men, 8,000,- 000 families. When these millions risk- ed their future do you know what these fanatics, these so-called, catholic unions, did? They repudiated the movement and offered themgélves as strike-breakers while the mifiers were dying of hunger and still continued to strike. “That is the work the church has done in favor of the working man. This not only shows lack of help on the part of the catholic church but proves that the church “is always against the labor movement. This ts because they believe international la- bor is a menace to the vatican,” Estimates U, 8. Apple Crop. WAKEFIELD, Mass., Aug. 12.—The country’s commercial apple crop was estimated today at 39,559,000 barrels by V. A. Sanders and C. D. Stevens, government statisticians, This fore- cast is almost 20 per cent more than the crop harvested last year and nearly 32 per cent more than the av- erage crop of the last five years. efefelerefes efeseselereserer see Consul Condemns Clergy. NEW YORK, Aug. 12—Arturo M. Elias, Mexican consul general in New York, issued a statement condemning the appeal of the Mexican clergy call- ing for a boycott to embarrass the government. One paragraph in the catholic ap- peal reads: “Catholics thru this ‘boy- cott, we will triumph. Refuse to pay rent, light and telephone bills and stop all classes of payments until this brings serious danger.” Dare Not Appeal to People. “Ts this not a dastardly depth from those who call themselves ‘religious’ to descend to? They do not dare to appeal to the people not to pay taxes ag this would bring the power of the law upon them. So they ask them in order to create anarchy, to refuse to pay their honest debts—debts con- tracted for services rendered. Those who have trusted them and are in no way parties to the controversy are to be destroyed if those fanatics have their way This one act alone puts an indelible stamp on the oppo- sition to the just laws of the Mexi- can republic and should show its true character to the people of the Unit- ed States who are being appealed to sympathize with the campaign of the hierarchy of the church in Mexico,” HE annual session of the Irish La- bor Party and Trade Union Con- gress met this year in Galway on Au- gust 2. Reports of its work have not yet reached us but one of the most important resolutions proposed by the national executive was one ask- ing power to undertake a survey of workingclass industrial organizations in Ireland in order to prepare a scheme of industrial reorganization to make the political and industrial arms of labor more effective, vewesrreeen BE ¢ THE DATEY WORKER Bulgaria Cénsiders Jugo-Slav Ultimatum; Roumania Backs Down BERLIN, Aug. 12, — The Bulgarian government considers the Jugo-Slav ultimatum demanding disbandment of the comitadji as an infringement on Bulgarian rights, and the cabinet is in session préparing a reply to that ef- fect, say Sofia dispatches, News from Vienna say that because Roumania needs a loan, Premier Avo- rescu is leaving for Rome to seek Italian aid on this matter, after having proposed such amendments to the supposed joint note of Jugo-Slavia and Roumania to Bulgaria as to cause Jugo-Slavia to reject it. The reason for this, it is stated, is that Italy is friendly to Bulgaria and Roumania doesn’t wish to offend Italy. Roumania counts upon repelling attacks on the frontier against the ir- regular troops or comitadji of Bulga- ria, with troops, but not making dip- lomatic representations about the mat- ter. TRAPPED SPAR MINERS FOUND AFTER 7 DAYS Discovered. Alive 150 Feet Below Surface SALEM, Ky., Aug. 12.—Five miners who have been entombed in the Zinc and Spar Company mine near here since last Thursday night, when a “slide-in” blocked a level 150 feet be- neath the surface of the main shaft, were found alive early today. One Injured. All of the men were in fairly good condition, considering the many days they have gone without, food. George Capillo, one of the five, however, was injured by having been struck on the back by a falling rock the second day after the slide occurred. It was said, however, that his condition was not serious, The rescue was effected when two of the men, making their way thru the level which had been choked with mud, water and rock, saw the light of a lamp carried by one of the rescuers and called to him, Trapped 155 Hours. The three men then returned to where the other three men were im- prisoned and the six men made their way to the main shaft. The rescue was made at 7:10 o’clock this morn- ing. At that hour they had been im- prisoned about 155 hours, the slide-in having occurred at 10 o'clock last Thursday night. Besides Capillo, the others rescued are: Roy James, H. B. Wilson, Ran- dolph Cobb and Harry Watson. Great joy reigned thruout the min- ing camp when the news was spread that the men had been brought out alive. Mothers, sisters, brothers and relatives rushed to the mine, four miles west of here, and a great cheer went up from the crowd. Happy Reunion, Relatives of the men’ who had been entombed in the mine rushed forward and a happy reunion followed. Prep- arations were made immediately by Peewee eeseveeeeiercren sere International Labor Defense Sunda —~ PICNIC eiesureserefelelelelerereseerseleeeeeleeeiereren relatives of the mento take them home. Watson showed the spirit of the men when he announced: “Make no arrangements to ride me home. Give me my mule and I'll get there.” eee Recalls Cherry Mine Disaster. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Only 20 men in American mining history have been entombed alive longer than the five men rescued this morning from the zinc and spar company mine at Salem, Ky., according to bureau of mine records today. ‘Whereas, the men at Salem lived 153 hours in the closed mine, 20 men entombed in Cherry mine, Ill., in 1909, came out alive after 169% hours. The number who perished in Cherry mine however, totaled more than 200. 1,000 Perished in France. One man lived thirty days entomb- ed in the Courleres mine disaster in France in 1906, after 1,100 of his fel- low-miners had died, records showed. This was the longest entombment on record. He subsisted on scraps of food found in the mine, Whittemore Loses Fight. BALTIMORE, Md,, Aug. 12.—Rich- ard Reese Whittemore lost his last fight in the state courts this after- noon to escape the hangman’s noose, Judge R, M, Stanton of city court denied his appeal for a writ of habeas corpus, SEND IN YOUR SUB TO THE DAILY WORKER! ve fefesesesebgereresesey yererer' peewee eesweesweseeeeeeeeeen Au AT STOP 54, EAST JEFFERSON N AVENUE All profit for the defense and Support of of working class Prisoners: and their Let American Labor Give) ELL i “3 $5,000,000 In Aid of the Striking British Miners By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. | VEN the capitalist press cannot help but get blinded these days with the sunlight of truth shining brilliantly out of the Union of So- viet Republics. The result is that it frequently publishes truthful news of actual conditions, under Workers’ Rule, which must do a great deal to counteract the fables that are also and most often given space. Thus it cannot help but go contrary to the interests of the class for which it speaks, in spite of itself. An excellent illustration is the publication by the Chicago Daily News of an article telling of the visit in the Soviet Union of Sher- wood Eddy, member of the Interna- tional Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association, in which these statements are quoted from a speech he made in Moscow: “Yours is a country (the Soviet Union) where man no longer ex- ploits man. I am glad to see a nation which stands as a challenge to the rest of the nations ruled by swollen, selfish capitalism, In its great dar- ing ideal it is the only nation that challenges the world.” ee ae Sherwood Eddy made his speech at a reception given by the Soviet Bureau of Cultural Relations to a group of American writers and col- lege professors now visiting in the Soviet Union, and all of whom have confessed themselves as being great- ly impressed with Workers’ Rule. What Eddy and others are now telling The Daily News, this organ of the middle west bankers and in- dustrialists could have found out for itself a long time ago. But instead it chose to give space to hosts of lies that it thought would bolster the interests of its own class, It is to be expected, therefore, that the Daily News will be the first to attack these writers and professors upon their return to this country when they intend, according to their own declarations, to “play a large role in the negotiations for Amer-.. ican recognition of the Soviet Un- ion.” eee But Eddy of the Y. M. C. A., Pro- fessor Jerome Davis of Yale Uni- versity, Professor Samuel Cahan of Syracuse University, Prof. Charles E. Merrian of the University of Chicago, and others are typical of but one class of visitors to the So- viet Union. oo, 2 George Lansbury, labor member of the British parliament and editor of Lansbury’s Weekly (London), with an independent left wing out- look, is also summering in Moscow. Lansbury sends out his first hot shot on the question of the “Red Gold” contributions of the Soviet workers to the relief of the striking British miners, He says: “The stock argument of the Tory ‘Diehards’ is that the money, if col- lected, was a compulsory tax, taken by force from workers who them- selves needed the money, and were too poor to subscribe any such sum. Sir Austen Chamberlain and those in our own ranks who agree with them, judge others by their own low standards of life and conduct. I CAN SEE THAT THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF RUSSIA ARE MOST CERTAINLY INTERESTED IN THE STRUGGLE OF THE MIN. ERS, AND WOULD GIVE THEM THEIR LAST PENNY IN ORDER TO HELP THEM WIN.” Lansbury cites numerous facts in support of this declaration, Let the officials of the American Federation ot Labor take note of what Lans- bury has to say, and then consider also the fact that, according to the figures of the chief bookkeeper of the Central Council of Trade Unions of the Soviet Republic, a total of $2,450,000 was collected for the relief of the British miners during May, June and the first 20 days of July. se American labor officials boast of the high standard of living of the American worker. They speak, of course, almost exclusively of the standards won by the skilled work- ers, mostly at the expense of the unskilled workers. The standard of living in the United States, at the present time, may be a little higher than it is in the Soviet Union, altho the former is rapidly losing to the latter. Since this is so the American Federation of Labor, with the support of all its international unions, ought to raise at least $5,000,000 for British min- ers’ relief, even if a part of its army of business agents would be com- pelled to mortgage its mousines. ee 8 Every honest test applied to the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union, whether it has sought to ™measure the success which they are having in developing conditions in- ternally, or fulfilling their interna- tional labor obligations, has resulted in a 100 per cent showing in their favor. The presence in the United States of a British delegation seek- ing relief for the striking coal min- ers is putting the American labor movement thru a crucial test, What will the results show? PASSAIC STRIKERS FORMALLY APPLY FOR ADMISSION INTO THE UNITED TEXTILE WORKERS’ UNION NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Admission of the 16,000 striking textile workers of Passaic and vicinity Into the United Textile Workers was formally applied for by the committee chosen as representatives by the strikers. The emergency board of the United Textile Workers, affillated with the American Federation of Labor, considered the application after hearing W. J. Lauck, economist, Henry Hunt, lawye present the case for the Passaic striker: and Helen Todd, social workers, Thomas F. McMahon, president, and Sara Conboy, secretary-treasurer, of the United Textile Workers, in addition to vice-president James Starr of Paterson make up the union emergency board. The union executive council ls composed of the officers, Hayes, Powers and seven others. Henry Hilfers, secretary of the New Jersey state federation of labor, attended the session. Decision by the United Textile Workers is withheld until respons: is ob- tained from all members of the executive, Ex-Soldier Reveals the Close Co-operation Between Labor’s Foes (Continued from page 1) disarmament proceedings go on our military leaders have the country bet- ter prepared to take the field than ever before. As for the regular army, a reading of current numbers of the Infantry Journal will indicate that desertions from the ranks and resignations on the part of officers have both in- creased “alarmingly.” The millions spent on the C, M. T. C.’s have made inroads on the appropriations for the regulars—but they aré already hooked, and the recruiting service, aided by the glib-tongued publicity bureau, knows that there are many more fish in the sea, Hand in Glove with Business. As suggested before, the wholesale st 1 oft Trl Jeerereseareerereren issuance of reserve commissions bring uniform and title-loving newspaper- men into line, Recent press releases feature the active duty training of na- tional “business leaders” who are working out schemes for “industrial mobilization” for the event of “a na- tional emergency.” These “leaders” are reserve officers and active support- ers of the Military Training Camps Association, and give money to sup- port the training plans which aim for the “mental, moral and physical de- velopment of American youth.” Their altruism can hardly be ques- tioned. It is pretty noble to supply thirty-day wholly free vacations to young citizens at millions of dollars expense to Uncle Sam, particularly when you feel sure that they will come back to work stronger, better dis- eiplined and thoroly sold on the right- ness of whatever is—which is the gist of the endorsements received by the publicity bureau from the many cor- porations and business leaders circu- larized. Peres veeeeeeeee eerie NEED OF HELP TO STRIKERS Ainerican Labor Mast Give Mach Quickly WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Ben Tile, lett, leader of the Dockers’ Union of Britain and representative of the Brit. ish Trade Union Congress to Ameri- can labor, seeking relief funds for the million striking miners and the starving wives and babies is incene« ed at the claim of Premier Baldwin, sent to America to prevent success- ful gathering of funds, that the suf. ferings of the miners’ families were “exaggerated” and they “needed ne help.” 2,000,000 Children Suffer. “It's a falsehood,” said Tillett. “The fact is that there are approximately 2,000,000 children in England today who are in actual want. We have 3, 000,000 unemployed, about 1,000,000 of them ‘being coal miners, “Our workers’ bodies are under nourished; their financial reserves ex hausted; their union funds have been depleted in our effort to combat the aggressive tactics of the employers. Cannot Exaggerate Situation. “It is quite 1mpossible to exaggerw ate the seriousness of the situationg British workers are not only fighting! the combined capital of the empire, but they are facing the cruel, unres lenting hostility of a Tory governs ment.” eee Wilkinson Busy in New York. NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 12.—Mis¢ Hilen Wilkinson, labor party member of parliament and chairman of the British delegation to gather Amer can relief for the British miners lock- ed out and striking against a wage cut and longer hours, tells in an ines terview of the conditions hoped te be relieved by contributions fron American labor so that the miners May carry on to victory. Children Born Into Poverty. “Practically one-tenth of the Brit ish population are sufferers,” she said. “Children are being born in homes where there is no clothing, and houses wives are trying to run their home@ on a few dollars a week. Debts are piling up on all sides. Much of the relief being given fs in the form of loans, so that these poor families must continue to pay even when the strike is ended. “The private funds of the strikers are gone and the government pros vides no help for boys over 14 and children under 12 months, We hear even what has been given is being cut off. We are spending $15,000 a week on maternity work alone. Oth- er countries must help us, for we cannot do the work ourselves.” LOWELL MILL WORKERS STILL OUT ON STRIKE LOWELL, Mass., Aug. 12, — The strike of the Lowell Silk workers against the speed-up, a wage cut and unsanitary working conditions is in its 4th week. The ranks of the strik- ers are solid. Not a striker has re- turned to work. Mr. Gallant, the agent of the mill, thru a certain woman of questionable character and a second hand {s mak- ing extraordinary efforts to break the strike. Several automobiles are al: ways in use visiting homes of girls telling all kinds of lies and making fake promises, They transport a hand- ful of scabs to and from work, The agent attempted to import weavers from Lawrence but without success. The weavers refused to work as soon as they were notified that there was a strike on. The relief committee appeals to the‘ labor movement for aid. The strike was begun without an organization or funds. The Lowell workers have no savings, To date about 30 needy cases have been cared for. Plutes Lose Silverware, NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 12.—On the heels of the news of the finding of the $100,000 worth of missing Van- derbilt jewels, this afternoon came the report that ‘Vinland,” the villa of Mrs, Hamilton Dek Twombly, of New York, New Jersey and Newport, had been robbed of $40,000 worth of stil- verware, erererererererereran RALPH CHAPLIN, famous working class poet, will speak, The Workers’ Sport Alliance Will Play Games, Refreshments, etc Admission 25 Cents ee DIRECTION—Take Jefferson Avenue car to end of line, then Special car to Stop 54. elelealelelereeren eieeealeieren Automobiles; Go out Hast Jefferson to Stop 54. reaver es erererearerel en