The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 24, 1926, Page 2

Page Two = THE DAILY WORKER WALL STREET IS MAIN STANGHION OF BACON BILL Plutes Would Grab Big Slice of Territory By HARRY GANNES, Support for the Bacon bill seems to be centered ma in Wall Street The Harriman N nal Bank as well at the National Bank of Commerce, New York, are among the foremost supporters of the attempt to separate the 1,500,000 acres of rubber lands in the Philippines from the Luzon -terri- tory and in this way defeat the inde pendence drive of the Filipinos, Who Drafted Bill, “Many would give something to know who actually drafted the Bacon bill,” says the Philippine Republic, official organ of the Filipino Press Bureau in Washington. With the aid given to the Bacon bill by bankers, rubber interests, it is beginning to be questioned now whether the attempt to sever the richest part of the islands ds not the direct product of agents of various New York banks, In his reasons for presenting the bill, Representative Bacon spends most of his time enumerating the rich- ness of the territory he is designing to cut loose from the 9,000,000 north- ern Filipinos while fastening a tight saddle on the 400,000 Moros that now inhabit the island of Mindanao, the largest single body of land the Bacon bill proposes to take. Every Tropical Product. Bacon points out that in the terri- tory designated in his bill that United States imperialism could grow every known tropical product that is needed for industrial and commercial pur- poses in this country. A recent announcement of the Brit- ish colonial office regarding the res- triction of rubber growing will un- doubtedly add to the pressure of American rubber interests in pushing the Bacon bill. The British colonial office has announced that it has de- cided to maintain the pivotal price of Tubber, on which restriction for suc- ceeding quarter will be based, at 1s. 9d. If the average price of spot rub- ber for the current quarter falls be- Jow that, restriction will be increased, The British rubber interests with the support of the colonial office using the Stevenson act, propose to force the United States rubber industries to share their super-profits with the Brit- ish controlled rubber monopolists. Ready For Long War. Both British and American rubber interests are entrenched for a long war. The American outpost in this rubber battle is concentrated in the Philippines. Governor-General Wood has lined himself up with the rubber trusts. In a recent statement he said: “Within the limits of the Archipe- lago very large areas are in every way adopted for rubber production... I believe if industry is developed and well handled the Philippines can pro- duce enough rubber fully to supply their own demands and those of the TWnited States... I recommend that legislation be enacted to permit and encourage the growing of rubber on a large scale.” Though thé governor-general has not to date issued a statement of his stand on the Bacon bill it is the con- firmed general opinion in the Philip- pines that Wood is a staunch support- er of any move that will destroy the possib' s of independence of the islands, and that he favors the Bacon bill French Morgan NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—The death of H. Herman Harjes, head of the Mor- gna-Harjes banking firm in Paris, was announced this afternoon by J. P. Mor- fan and comypany. Mr. Harjes, who was a partner'in the J. P, Morgan com- pany, died as the résult of injuries re- eeived while playing polo. Partner Dies, “Kill The King!” Crowd Cries RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Aug. 22. —Opera fans attacked an opera bousé Manager here when he failed to pres- ent the last act of Hamlet, Cries of “Kill the king! Kill the king!” filled the hall. Every reader around New York should attend the Daily Worker Picnic SUNDAY, SEPT. 5 Edenwald Park, New York (No admission charge) Take Third Ave, “L” to 183rd Street or Lexington Ave. Subway to 180th Street. ‘Transfer to Westchester Ratl- road. Get off at Dyér Ave. (Fare 7c.) Auspices: Daily Worker Build- (Continued from page 1) military development thru which cap- italism in the United States aspires to be the leading military, as well as financial, power. Founded in 1920. Prior to the passage of the National Defense Act of 1916 there were no civilian training camps in the United States (with the exception of “busi- ness men’s camps” at Plattsburg and several other places) on an extensive acale, This act provided for “officers training camps" that grew to huge proportions during the war, Follow- ing the war in 1920 a jingo lobby was organized in Washingtor in which the moving, spirit was the Military Training Camps Association of the, United States. The name describés the organization, We will talk about it later, It was composed largely of business men, This lobby succeeded in amending the defense act to pro- vide for and flmance both the C. M. T. C, and the R, O, T. CG, Both Have Grown. In the meantime both organizations have grown year by year. Tho con- gressional appropriation has had to be enlarged constantly. In 1925 congress set aside almost six million dollars ‘or this work. The war department has created special sections of the service whose duties are confined to the new branches. The army has built up a large and busy publicity service to propagandize for military training. In its program of extension of mili- tary service the war department has had the fullest co-operation from large corporations and colleges largely sub- sidized by the same corporations. Many large industrial organizations are known to make it extremely un- pleasant for youthful employes who are asked to go to the camps and who refuse, There are 83 colleges in the country in which military service in the R. O. T. C. is compulsory. Paint Rosy Pictures. But with a»widespread system of propaganda in operation and with lively publicity in which “camp life” is painted in the rosiest hues for tired and bored working lads and students, it is necessary to use only a minimum of pressure to get recruits. If they are disappointed in the camps or the drill squads of the R. 0. A. C. the purpose has been served in any case and there are thousands of other lads to draw upon. The adjutant-general of the army, Robert ©. Davis, figures that the un- organized man power reserve of tho country is over 16,000,000. There is plenty of material for the militarists to work on. We will let America’s arch-militarist speak for the camps. General John J. Pershing is quoted by the Military Training Camps Association as prais- ing the benefits of civilian military training in the following words: “it develops the physical vigor and manliness of our youth and “INJURY TO (Continued from page 1) that production is cheaper in some other country. The peculiar marketing system for coal in England resulted in an intoler- able swindle of the mine workers and of the general public. In order to keep the price of coal down, the miners, ac- tuated by patriotism, made an‘ agree- ment with the coal operators during the war to sell coal at an advance of only one dollar a ton over the price in 1914, and to base wages on that sell- ing price, The coal companies indeed kept their word, and sold coal at a low price, but they sold to their own agents, who then resold at advances of two or three hundred per cent. This, and the treatment received by workers in the trenches, is reason enough for the unemployed miners not rushing now to join the army and navy, as the government has expected them to do. They fill the work houses first, or they starve first, Owners Starve Children, There is much actual starvation in England now. In sanguinary war, women and children are non-com- batants; in industrial war they are made the greatest sufferers, and in the British coal strike especially, the owners and the government are de- liberately concentrating against them all their forces, They are using every, means to shut off public relief trom | the families, and are stopping the dis- tribution qf milk to school children. “Pourteen-day notices are being given to vacate houses,” said McKen- American Jingoism Leaps Forward sharpens their mentality. It teaches self-discipline and respect for con- stituted authority. It encourages initiative and gives young men con- fidence in their abilities, The thought and the act of preparing for service increase their patriotism. Association with men from all walks of life emphasizes our democracy. We take the young man out of his local environment and extend his ¥ NEWTON 2. GAKER. Secretary of War under the admin- istration of the “War President,” Wit son. It was during Baker’s tenure of office that the militarists had things their own way while the conflict was on and laid the basis for the peace- time development of a systematically growing war-machine that has blos- somed out, in part, as the Citizens’ Mititary Training Camps and Reserve Officers’ Training Corps attracting thousands of lads each year to dril! for a future slaughter or duty as strike-breakers, acquaintance to men from different localities. These experiences in a large sense supplement the home education and these men go back with expanded knowledge.” But General John J, Pershing and all other jingoes in the country know that these are not what the camps do or are expected to do. The general is talking above in the same terms that the writers attached to the pub- licity service of the army use in try- ing to “sell” the camp idea and stu dent training to the youth. In future articles we will reveal just how much of Pershing’s glowing ac- count is true and how much is mere propaganda, (Tomorrow: What Is the C, M. T. C.?) McKENNA IN DRAMATIC APPEAL TO SAVE BRITISH COAL UNION, US, INJURY TO YOU” not surrender. If we get relief from the working class of America, we will never surrender. Ond it is your fight as much as ours. Make no “mistake about it; eapitalism is international. An injury to one is an injury to all. We are meeting with good response in America.” Anton Johannsen, of the Chicago Federation of Labor and especially in charge of McKenna’s tour in the Mid- dle West, stated that the representa tive of the British miners would ‘be around Chicago addressing ‘many union meetings until August ’29, when he would visit Typographical Union No. 16, which would that day take.a vote on giving a'thousand dollars for relief to the British miners. On Fri- day, said Johannsen, the Flat Janitors’ Uinon gave a thousand dollars for re- lief, and a hundred more for McKen- na’s personal expenses. The ‘Print- ers’ Union, German local, in Chicago on Tuesday took about two minutes to vote the British miners a thousand dollars. And so it goes. All local unions who want to learn the facts should ask the Chicago Federation of Labor for a speaker and all unionists qualified to speak should get in touch with the Chicago Federation, Rangel, Cline and Comrades Released by Texas Governor (Continued from page 1) na, “and if the houses are not vacated, tion of neutrality laws carries with it the bailiffs throw everyone and every-|% penalty of at most not more than thing out of them. Meetings are in-|°¢ year. terfered with if in the opinion of the} Pitter prejudice against But in an atmosphere of Mexicans, police sedition may result from them, |*ey received life imprisonment, There is no country where there is Alvaro Obregon, while president of more slavery and brutality than in| Mexico, appealed for their release, England today, during the coal strike.” |The National Legislature of Mexico, Accidents For All. McKenna described briefly the hard life, the long hours spent by ‘the miner going from the entrance of the pit to the working place, and the terrible ac- cident rae, “one-fifth of all the miners are injured each year, which means that either all the miners are injured every five years, or some are so unlucky as to be injured more than once during a period of five years.” | International Labor Defense have re the Mexican Federation of Labor, the governor of Mexico City and leading public men of Mexico have appealed similiarly, Samuel Gompers, the con- ventions of the American Federation of Labor, scores of working class or- ganizations thruout the country here, the Farmers’ Union of Texas, and the peatedly gone on record for their speedy release, The six men had already served GARMENT UNION SETTLES WITH 131 EMPLOYERS Police Arrest Scores of ‘Strike Pickets NEW ‘YORK CITY, Ang. 22. — An- other break in the ranks of the in- “| dustrial council of the cloak manufac- turers’ association was viewed by striking cloakmakers’ leaders as pre- saging a general defection from the council's attitude of non-negotiation on the union demands as a settlement basis. ‘The ‘industrial counci] member breaking away and inviting expulsion “Let’s Go!” Call to All American Labor in Drive For British Strike Aid By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL, “7 ET’S GO!” Those two words ought to be on the lips of every,,worker in the United States in support of the re- lief campaign for the striking Brit- igh coal miners, It must be said that the workers on this side of the Atlantic have hardly started in their fight to help from ‘council membership was the} their 1,200,000 struggling comrades Youthmaid company, 225 West 36th street, employing 40 workers, The company settled on union terms and other industrial council manufac: turers are expected to follow, despite claims ‘by council officials that a vote among its members shows a large majority in favor of refusing to treat with the unian. 131 Settlements. The settlement committee an- oounced six settlements, bringing the total ‘settlements to 131, involving 5,000 ‘strikers who have returned to work guaranteed 36 weeks work per year,‘a 10 per cent increase in wages, the 40-hour week and limitation of contractors, Sixty arrests were made in the gar- ment zone, Capt. Carmody of the West 30th street station still pursuing his policy of wholesale arrests. In Jeffer- son Market court, the sentences meted out were pretty evenly divided, about 20 pickets being freed on charges of loitering, 20: fined $2 or $3. WORKERS PARTY NOMINATES FOR NEXT ELECTION in England, Ma Air “Let's Go!” declared Anton Johann- sen, who is directing the drive local- ly for the Chicago Federation of La- bor. It was in the federation offices. He was speaking to Paul McKenna, member of the British Miners’ Fed- eration. It was early Saturday afternoon. They were ready to start on their daily round of local union meetings in the Chicago district. But Paul McKenna, with Anton Johannsen and the few others who are working with them, constitute but a very small company to reach all of organized labor even in the Chicago district, Similar drives in other sections of the country, in Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, Cleveland and St. Louis must fall equally short of the desired goal. The whole labor movement, from to $50,000 out of Chicago,” declared Johannsen to The DAILY WORK- PR. The campaign will no doubt re- sult in that amount being raised. It looks like a good sum. But it ought to be greater, when it {s con- sidered that more than a million miners are on strike on the other side, and that they have millions of Some States Have Labor dependents, women and children Party Tickets While in some sections of the coun- try there is a sufficiently developed movement for a labor party to make unneeessary the placing of a separate ticket in the field by the Workers (Communist) Party, in a number of states, conventions of the Workers Communist) Party Neve been called nd tickets chosen to represent its temands. N. Y. Candidates, In New York, Benjamin Gitlow is the ‘Workers (Communist) Party can- didate for governor while the follow- ing have been picked to run in various congressional district —_— elections: Harry Winitsky, 12th; Charles Krum- bein, 13th; Alex Trachtenberg, 14th; M. J. Olgin, 28rd; Edward Lindgren, 8th; and Bert Wolfe, 10th district. ‘Chicago Convention, ‘The Chicago party convention placed in nomination J. Louis Eng- dahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, for U. 8. senator; Edward L. Doty, organizer of the Negto plumbers, for congress, Ist district; Mathilde Kalou- sek for congress, 6th district; and Samuel T. Hammersmatk for con- gress, 7th district. Altho no state ticket was placed in the field at the Cleveland party con- vention John Fromholtz, John Brahtin and Israel Amter were picked as can- didates for congress from Ohio dis- tricts. Petition in Michigan. In Michigan, the Workers (Commu- mist) Party filed nomination petitions containing more than 6,000 names en- dorsing the candidacy of William Rey- nolds for governor, William Mollen- hauer, Harry Kishner and D, C. Hol- den were gamed to make the run for congress, 10,000 CHEER WEISBORD SLAP AT MILL HEAD (Continued from page 1) ment as that made public by Colonel | country, except in dase of pure neces- Johnson.” Robt. W. Dunn of the Civil Liberties | clare# spaghetti iliegal. The only re- Union told the strikers of the evils of | markable thing about Mussolini’s re- company unionism and Alfred Wagen-| gime is that he still lives. knecht of the Strike Relief Committee was given @ round of applause when he said Weisbord was a watch-dog. “What the mill owners want,” More Police Terror, ‘The United Front Committee issued a further statement yesterday charg- ing police brutality, Weisbord, in his speech, declared that the police are instituting a new reign of terror. Two policemen were charged with being drunk on duty at the mills and beating strikers indiscriminately, 'W. Jett Lauck, chairman of the com- mittee organizing the new A, F, of L. starving for want of food. The Flat Janitors’ Union voted $1,000 while the Theatrical Stage Employers’ Union, No. 2, gave $300. These two donations are a challenge to hundreds of other local unions that ought to do as well or better. McKenna is going to stay over un- till next Sunday to appear before the monthly meeting of the Chicago Typographical Union, No. 16. It is understood that the printers will vote $1,000, It is also learned that the printers have about $100,000 in their treasury, Under these circum- stances the $1,000 is not such @ large sum. Better make it larger. 2 @ McKenna starts tonight on an- other week’s drive thru the Chicago local unions. Every member of the unions listed below ought to turn out and give the spokesman of Brit- ish labor an enthusiastic greeting. Then vote the largest possible sum in aid of the cause that brought him to the United States, are as follows: Monday, August 23rd. ‘Carpenters, No. 181, 2040 West North Ave. Printers, No, 5, (German Local) 1457 Clybourn Ave. Painters, No. 147, 19 W. Adams St, Carpenters, No, 21, Harrison and Crawford. Carpenters, No. 70, 2705 W. 88th The meetings he z banking business, sald, “Is not a watch-dog but @ yellow | fact the union oMicials have under street. Carpenters, No, 2174, 30 N, Wells street. Carpenters, No. 419, 1457 Clyborn Ave., German Local. Tuesday, August 24th. Hod Carriers, No. 6, 814 W. Har- rison St, (German.) Meat Cutters, No, 546, 175 West Washington St. Plumbers, No, 130, 47-49 North the grizzled veteran of many strug- gles to the rawest apprentice must say, “Let's go!” And say it with determination, oe * “We are going to get from $40,000 Ogden Ave. CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) erary puffs for the rule of the black- shirts, the Italians have not enough to eat and Mussolini has issued a decree forbidding travel, even ‘inside the sity. Adding injury to Insult he de HPRD is no truth inthe rumor that the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Engineers intends to quit the As a matter of consideration the opening of another bank in New York and one on the west coast, This is the kind of trade unionism that is dear to the of the capitalists, the kind that fools the workers into thinking they will themselves from wage slavery by coming capitalists. A few labor lead- ers do, the workers pay and pay pay. No. Bricklayers, Monroe St. Amalgamated Clothing Workers, No. 144, 1654 N. oRbey St. 21, 910 West Painters, No, Ave, (Jewish.) Painters, No. 184, 6414 S. Halsted Street. Wednesday, August 25th. Painters, No. 194, 8 N. California Avenue, Painters, No, 637, Vicking Hall, School and Sheffield Ave, Machinist, No, 126, 113 S. Ashland Ave. Carpenters, No. 521, 3437 Ogden 10, 12 W. Garfield Blvd. ‘Carpenters, No. 242, 5443 South Ashland Ave. Thursday, Aug. 26th. Carpenters, No. 13, 113 S, Ash- land Ave, Carpenters, No. Kedzie, (Jewish.) Carpenters, No. St. 504, Ogden and 578, 30 N. Wells Friday, August 27th. Electrical Workers, No, 9, 2901 W. Monroe St. Sunday, August 29th, Typographical Union, No, 16, 814 W. Harrison St. y 2 xO In addition to these meetings, however, there are many other un- ion meetings that McKenna cannot attend. But these should take action just the same when they meet this week, It is admitted that it requires the personal attendance of some active worker for the relief drive, especial- ly a visit by McKenna, before real action can be secured. But this must not continue to be the case, It is shown for instance that prac- tically nothing had been done in Milwaukee, Wisc., until McKenna visited the city last Wednesday night. This negative result follows on the back of a circular letter ap- peal sent out by the American Fed- eration of Labor when it is not sup- ported by an organized effort. As the result of McKenna’s visit a “Committee of 20” is now function- ing and should get big results i Milwaukee. . eee Tt has already been pointed out that the great territory west of the Mississippi River to the coast will not be touched by any member of the miners’ delegation visiting this country. If there is no organized support of the relief drive the appeal of the A. F. of L., sent thru the mails, will fall on barren soil, Here is an instance where rank and file action can achieve great results. ‘Topeka, Kansas, for instance has wired in asking that McKenna be the Labor Day speaker in that city. But McKenna must sail Sept. 1, on his return trip to England. Sunday, August 29, will be his last meeting in Chicago. He speaks to a great mass meeting of the coal miners in the southern Illinois district around Gillespie, Friday, Aug. 27. He is busy, straining himself to the ut- most. “You certainly waited a long time before you came over,” Johannsen told McKenna, and now you have to hurry away again.” But this is one of the first big ef- forts at solidarity between the work- ers of the United States and Great Britain, It will be more effective, starting quicker, be better organized the next time. But it is the duty of every worker in this country, NOW, to see that everything possible js done to make this drive a tremendous success in spite of the many handicaps con- fronting it. LET'S GO! 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But there will be unofficial observers aplenty, at Geneva, not the least of whom will be Senator Swanson (D.), of Vir- ginia, who fathered the reservations and who shared with Senator Len- root (R.), of Wisconsin the leader- ship that put the court thru the sen- ate. Stationary Vacationing. Senator Swanson is ostensibly on a vacation trip to Europe, nearly all of which he is spending at Geneva. There is a good deal of speculation in Washington as to whether his pres- ence at Geneva during the conference is with the blessing of the disap proval of the administration. Unofficial Watchers. There will be regular American di- plomats at Geneva, too, altho entire- ly “unofficially,” but it is likely that if the powers want enlightenment on the reservations it will be to Sena- tor Swanson they will turn rather than the spokesmen for the state de- partment. Issue is Unwelcome. From a purely political viewpoint, the conference comes at an inoppor- tune time, too, for the wortd court is an issue in several senatorial elec- tions. It is one of the chief issues in Wisconsin, for example, where the administration is backing Senator venroot against the LaFollette organ- zation. For the powers to meet in he midst of an American congression- 1 campaign, directing attention anew o the court and perhaps arousing ontroversial disoussion, is not par- vicularly pleasing to administration officials. GLERIGALS AND LANDHOLDERS IN NEW PARTY (Continued from page 1) family” in connection with the con- spiracy, eee MEXICO CITY, Aug. 22—The prov- incial government of Jalisco has noti- fied all teachers in the public schools that they must signify in writing by Atigust 25 their support of and inten- tion to obey the law prohibiting relig- ious instruction in the public schools. se 8 Mexican K. C. Against Intervention. (Special to The Daily Worker) SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 22.—Ths Mexican order of the Knights of Col- umbus is not in favor of American in- tervention in Mexico, it was stated here by BPdelmiro Traslosheros and Francisco Arrieta, delegates to the recent Philadelphia convention of the order who are returning to Mexico. The delegates stated that they did not represent the Mexican clergy at Philadelphia. The Mexican order has never requested the intervention of the United States government in mat- ters at issue between the church and state, they said, a ee Expect Estrada’s Release. SAN DINGO, Calif, Aug. 20.—The release on bail of Gen. Enrique Bs- trada and his army of 150, mobilized for a thwarted attack on Tijuana, was expected today. U. S, Commis- sioner Ryan said that he had been in- formed that several of the eleven lead- ers are prepared to furnish bail. ILLINOIS MAY ENJOY ANOTHER PRISON SCANDAL It's an ill wind that does not change. So said Sheriff Hoffman when Thomas Ivers, alias Sullivan, implicated a for- mer warden of Joliet penitentiary in the recent attempted break of several prisoners from Cook county jail, which is one of the county {nstitu- tions under the supervision of Sheriff Hoffman. Ivers says that Former Warden Whitman of Joliet permitted his es- cape on payment of $1,200. After the money changed hands tho prisoner Mies allowed to leave the jail with vis- tors, Tact or Fable, Shortly afterwards Ivers was te- arrested, He demanded his money back and received a check for $1,200 ers’ Club, 108 East 14th Street, New York City The speaker referred to the meet- their minimum ; nten ing of miners’ representatives with|ago. Their tibia fem be wen on owners last week, and stated: “The! py all fighters for Mexican trom Whitman. Whether this is a fact or a fuble remains to be proved. Whitman was a ward of Len Small, 3Y2 Cents a Copy |. 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