The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 26, 1926, Page 1

<<seeeiahaieceT j j e i | a tra | ~~ " talist, christian and dry city. ““Tiound for the nearest pen >To t | The DAILY WORKER Raises | the Standard for a Workers’ i and Farmers’ Government 9 Ae apy Vol. Ill. No. 192. ‘et Serion Rates: Suisiie’Sicsto; a Ov So te > 45940 ” \ oe 4? : ss Cnn Coens 1 re By THOMAS J, O’FLAHERTY O sooner had the Chicago police announced its. intention to make things unpleasant for the alleged morots who have participated in al- léged rape cases in and around this city recently than a policeman be- came inyolved in one of those’ inct- dents common to life in a big, capi- Now, at last, the situation is “critical. TRIAL DEFENSE |Isvestia and the Pravda Analyse Case eae REL H® clergy are not the kind of peo- ple to appeal to in a crisis of thi kind, unless one wants to jump from the frying. pan into a furnace. Let's hope for the best. In the meantime the clergy will continue to charge: the Communists with having designs on the purity of womanhood, and the po- lice will continue to arrest radicals whenever the slightest opportunity presents itself, ‘ee HE following news item really be- longs in the staff column: . “Lis- bon,. Portugal.—Having received. in- formation that the Canton government | aided the Chinese strikers in the most recent attack on the Portuguese. town | of Macao, the Lisbon government has | sent two cruisers, the Admaster and the Republica, to maintain order and defend Portuguese rights in China. Once before Portugal contributed t the gayety of nations by declaring war | on Germany and then learning that no socks were available for the fences se @ FEW weeks ago we commented on | the attempt to murder General | Pangalog, the ex-dictator of Greece, while he was chewing a chunk of bah- lava. in a restaurant. His friend | missed the mark and the general kept | on munching the pastry ‘which has contributed more than any other sin- | gle factor to Greek indigestion; We stated at the time that a man who was | more devoted to gastronomic pursuits | fhan to politics was not liable to! achieve immoriality, Like most pre- | dictions, this one was partly right. | see THE general went on a ‘vacation, perhaps to recover from the~bak- | lava, However, his friends the enemy, thought this was. the right time to make things unpleasant for him. So} (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, August 5—(By Mall.) ‘Today’s leading article in the \Isvestia declares that the judgment! delivered by the Budapest court has been prompted by the counter-revolu- tionary government of Bethien. The government which wishes to keep well in with the English conservatives and \to play the role of a savior of the, in the eyes of the Hun-! fatherland garian landowners, bankers, specu- lators and forgers by attacking the “red |danger," by provocations, a brutal martyrdom of the accused, by sending agents provocateurs to the Soviet Union and into the Hungarian Com- munist Party In order to prove that jthe Hungarian Communists intended to prepare an armed insurrection. The provocation of the Hungarian overnment, however, collapsed even before the counter-revolutionary court which was compelled to recognize that the only crime of the Hungarian Com- munists consisted in “stirring up class hatred.” The judgment of the court uncovers the shameful state of Hungary. Ac cording to the law for the protection of the state mere membership in the | Communist Party counts as a serious crime. Thru this faet the process against the Hungarian Communists is made of international significance. The Hungarian revolutionaries held themselves before the court as Com- munists should. They held aloft the red banner of Communism and did not | | budge one inch on their Communist | convictions. The court in Budapest deliberately chose the seventh anni- versary of the overthrow of the pro- letarian power in Hungary for the an- nouncement of ‘its judgment against the Communists. The Hungarian bour- they took the next boat to his island | geoisie wished to celebrate its triumph refuge and Jsicked him on board a ship, things interesting for students of, Greek mythology ‘the ship's crew be- came enamored of. Pangalos and turned the ship's nose, to sea instead | of to land. Where, they were going} mattered little to them since they were on their way.: Pangalos knew} that after he fed them on Greek wine} they would begin to sing: “Show me the way. to go home.” So he was not worrying. see UT soon the lookout in the crow’s nest shouted! “What.ho!. Strange eraft astern!” And strange they tugned out to be. For hardly had the warning reached the deck when shells began to whiz. But when Greek meets Greek they usually talk loudly, but seldom kill. The shois fell at a safe distance and Pangalos kept going. He kept going until he reached Athens. by sttft-mnother crime. overthrow ‘of the proletarian dfctator- ship the Hungarian working class has still such leaders, such Communists as those who stood on trial, proves that Communism cannot be wiped out, not even in rivers of blood..It proves that Communism is immortal and that it organizes its victory. even whilst in the dock. : On the seventh anniyersary of the tribunal announced a_ verdict not against the Hungarian. Communists, jbut against the Hungarian counter- | revolution, ' eo 8. # | Red Aid CallssProtest. MOSCOW, ‘Aug. 5.—(By Mail.)— The International Red Aid appeals to the international proletariat of the whole civilized world ‘to protest e8 4 IKE in a real thriller, his friends on the ship turned out to be his ene- mies. They were just kidding the gen- erai, for the very good reason that | Pangalos’ enemies had treated them joa good meal the day before and promised to throw them a little party it they brought their charge to Athens | in good condition, so that~his neck would not be too flabby for the axe. The general is now facing trial and 1 would hot give a glass of denatured mustika for his head. ‘+e 8 HOSE who wish to hear an expla- nation of the Mexican struggle be- tween church and state should ‘not migs next Friday evening's mass meet- ing in North Side Turner Hall, 820 North Clark street. It will be held under the auspices. of. the All-Ameri- ean” Anti-Imperialist Leagiie, which has taken a leading part in counter: ing the anti-Mexican propaganda of the catholic church and its auxiliary organizations in the Unitefl States, © GO, 1% A STAR attraction “at the meeting will be Senor Lais Lupian, Mexi- can ‘consul in Chicago. A no less in- teres ing feature of the meeting is the presence on the same platform of a socialist,\.a Communist and a jeter alist \with no political, lia. ¢ speakers are: Carl The DAILY WORQER; M, E., King, editor of the American Appeal, and Manuel Gomez, secretary of the Anti- Imperialist League. My we _N honest-to-goodness tusk of an ex- “% tinct elephant of the glaciel ot post-gidcial period, with gold-filled teeth, has been presented to the mu- seum of the University of Washing- ton, The tusk was discovered in the Yukon territory. Instead of consign- ing it to the quiet of a museum, 1, suggest that the gold-fill k be handed over to Frank 1. sian ee use as a symbol tn his campaign for (Continued on page 6) epee | ‘against the judgment of the Hungarian jclass justice and to force the fascist |murderers by new demonstrations in defense of the elementary human tights, to release the heroic fighters \for right, justice and the future of | humanity. The Association of Proletarian (Continued on page 2) | CHINESE WORKERS PULL | STRIKE. IN SHANGHA'S JAPANESE OWNED MILLS called against. the Japanese textile mill owners is spreading. There are ten thousand workers now out and more are expected as the cam- paign progresses, Foreign police en- circle the foreign settlement, block- ing the way from the Chinese city to prevent demonstrations in the settlement,» » In Chicago, by, mall, $8.00 per year. “The fact that seven years after the victory of the counter-revolution the , SHANGHAI, Aug. 24.—The strike | Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at tl by mail, $6.00 per year. MCKENNA 10 APPEAL TO THESE UNIONS FOR BRITISH STRIKE RELIEF Wednesday, August 25th. Painters, No, 194, 8 N. California Avenue. Painters, No, 687, Vicking Hall, School and Sheffield Ave. Machinist, No, 126, 113 8. Ashland Ave. Carpenters, No, 10,12 W. Garfleld Blvd. Carpenters, Ashland Ave. Thursday, Aug. 26th. No, 242, 5443 South Carpenters, No. 13, 113 S, Ash- land Ave. Carpenters, No. 604, Ogden and Kedzie. (Jewish.) | Carpenters, No. 578, 30 N. Wells St. Friday, August 27th. Electrical Workers, No. 9, 2901 W. Monroe St. Sunday, August 29th. Typographical Union, No, 16, 814 W. Harrison St. DELEGATES FROM COAST TO COAST ~ATLLD. MEET ‘West and East Coming to Sept. 5 Conclave “Genuine national representation le | now a certainty at our conference on September 5 and 6,” sald James P. Cannon, secretary of International La- bor Defense today in reviewing the | delegate credentials already received. From Boston will come. Robert Zelms, district organizer for I. L. D., who has taken a leading part in the ‘agitation for a new trial for Sacco and Vanzetti and who directed the work =P ost Office at Chicago. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926 POPE FALS T0 “FORCE CALLES Episcopate Declares It. Will Continue War 'B CHANGE POLICY: i (Special to The Daily Worker) MEXICO’ CFTY, Aug. 24.—Despite open rehellion”and the use of secret | diplomacy the @piscopate has been un- able to swerve President Calles from his determination to enforce the re-| |ligious decrees and compel the catho- lic church to obey those laws or sut- fer the consequences. | Scene Shifts to Rome. | The Mexican clergy is defeated in| |the struggle apd according to indica- \tions the fight, will now be shifted to Rome. Whatever decision is finally arrived at by the Vatican at present, papal’ pross agents make ‘it appear that the pope is taking wp an intran- sigeant position, Bishop George Caruana, former pa- pal legate to Mexico, who was ex- pelled from that country because of {l- legal entry, will make a report to Rome on the Mexican situation, Car- uana fs intensely hostile to the Calles administration and it is believed he will urge a firm policy on the part of the Vatican, Calles Scored Point. It is generally agreed that Calles scored a diplomatic victory over the clergy when the latter agreed to issue a statement which admitted that the | president gttaranteed them free use of legal avenues under the constitution if they desired to work for, modifica- tion of the ‘religious regulations. The clergy now seem to think that there is little possibility of congress acceding to the nullification of the revolutionary decrees or making any reservations im favor of the church. Hence they had another outburst and (Contimued on page 2) FLEETS OF AMERICAN COAL SHIPS GOING TO BREAK BRITISH STRIKE | alls ,are |resting many strikers. Hlinois, under the t of March 3, 1879, Published Daily, except. Sund: PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. ER by THE DAILY WORKER hington Blyd., Chicago, IL NEW YORK EDITION ne Price 3 Cents German Miners Threaten General! Strike; British Strikers Check Scabbing (Special Cable to The Dally Worker.) entire mining industry of the Ruhr. i : ; ( ; Meanwhile, Communists are spurring the workers into a desire for action, by spreading agi- tation in the gathering places of the miners for an embargo on coal destined for Great Britain, pointing out that in some cases the same capitalists own mines in both countries and all mine owners of all nations are working feverishly to break the British miners’ strike. ERLIN, Aug. 24.—A nationwide miners’ strike in Germany threatens. In answer to the de- | mand of miners for a raise in salary, the owners near Silesia have ordered that the wage | tariffs be cancelled beginning August 31. ents : Feverish attempts are being made by the government to effect a conciliation between the | miners and owners on the wage issue and avert the threatened strike, which would tie up the . Successfully Overcome Mine Owners’ Agitation (Special Cable to sme Daily Worker) poe: Aug. 24.—After a few days’ tour of the mining regions, where the rank and file of miners unanimously adopted resolutions against all compromise, A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation, and other miners’ leaders, declare that they have paralyzed the agitation of the mine owners who were trying to incite a return to work on compromise terms designed to undermine the solidarity of the union. f It is clear that only a small percentage even in the districts most affected in Nottingham- shire and Derbyshire, have tried to return to work as individuals against the will of the great mass of their fellow workers. Clash With Police. Pickets in great armies block the entrance to the pitheads and clash with the police who at-| tempt to convey scabs to work in motor cars speeded thru the | | mass of pickets. \that the scabs are unpopular, It is apparent when they disguise themselves in street clothes in order to ap- proach the pits, concealing their over- underneath, While some pits reported “working,” very little reaches the surface, and not affect the coal enough to strike. The government is lending all aid to the mine owners’ attempt to break the strike, sending sdditional police in- to the zone of mass pitketing and ar- King George is summoning privy council to Balmeral castle to extend the period of “emergency” un- der which the government is proceed: ing to fight the strikers with govern- WASHINGTON, August 24.—The ‘long continued British coal’ strike is mental force. - booming America’s coal business. wene: shipped to Great Britain during More than 300 shiploads of American coal May, June and: July in consequence of the coal strike, the shipping board announced, today. of defense for the Fall River Portu- ‘guese anarchists, the Boston taxi drivers’ strike victims and John Mer- rick, x Some four thousand miles west of |New England will be represented by ‘Jean Stovel, I. L. D. secretary in Seat- jtle, Washington, the home state of the |Centralia I. W. W. cases and other ‘eriminal syndicalism victims. Com- \rade Stovel was instrumental in organ- izing one’of the most highly success- jf{ul united Sacco-Vanzetti conferences in the country, and is an indefatigable 1. L. D. worker. | Swinging back East, Rose Baron, local secgetary of I. L. D. in New York, is announced as the representa- tive of that section of the organization to the second annual conference. Be- \Sides Baron, New York will be rep- jresented by delegates from various other organizations, | Reiss From Los Angeles. From the other end of the country, in the notorious criminal syndicalism , State, California, comes the informa- tion that Manya Reiss, one of the most ‘active and successful local secretaries, of Los Angeles, will represent the |southern Pacific coast. ; | Kansas City is sending its local sec- |retary, Dee; Harrison, and E. Hugo |Oehler as its delegation. jand Wallace T, Metcalfe is coming |from the steel center of Youngstown. | St. Louis {8 to be represented by An- \ton Jurkovich and South Bend by Eli | Misterovich, i | Cleveland is sending one of the ‘most active workers in the country, | Carl Hacker, the local I. L. D. secre- ‘tary. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HITS AT VILE CONDITIONS IN PASSAIC By ROBERT W, DUNN. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Duluth .is sending Bertha Kaleya, | NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 24.—At a meeting in the Civic Club, Agnes De Lima, author of “Nightworking Mothers in Passaic” and other books on the Condition of women and children’ in industry, called: attention to a certain sovernment document,. “Family Status of Breadwinning’ Women in| Four Selected Cities.” One of these cities is Passaic. The document or pamphlet was issued in 1925 by the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor, Bulletin No. 41, In ‘this bulletin some 85 pages are devoted to a description of the condi- tion of the breadwinning mothers in Passaic. It is dry reading and there are lots of tables and statistics. But the gist of it 18. as follows: There are nearly 10,000 women breadw! in Passaic. is 10,- 000 Women who-have to earn a living by working; and says the Bulletin: cao "The strikingly significant fact is that ¢ ye A? AR ae aS T? : all of these breadwinning mothers had small children at home requiring care,” Must Neglect Babies, Which means that the mothers had to .work note only. to.buy. bread for themselves but®milk for their small children, a Ne Of coureé,"thé* Polish mothers were in the largest'fitibers, as the Polish ¢Conttiffied on page 5) URUGUAY OPENS — RELATIONS WITH WORKERS’ STATE Soviet Recognition Is Im- | portant to Both MOSCOW, Aug. 24.—The Soviet The mine ownerts ‘hope by mining even a little coal to:break the morale of the miners and:then press on to break the union. The miners’ executive says that the owners are concentrating on breaking the strike in Nottingham- shire and Derbyshire, but such efforts have failed to have any decisive effect. CHIGAGO VOTES TALLIED AGAIN, RECOUNT WRONG A sudden demand by Municipal + BRITISH MINERS’ DELEGATION CALLS FOR FUNDS TO SUPPORT TWO MILLION HUNGRY CHILDREN (Special to The Dally Worker) BOSTON, MASS, Aug. 24.—Joseph Jones; secretary of the British Miners’ Relief. delegation to the United States has issued a statement to the press detailing the purposes of the mission. The Boston Central Labor Union sends with it a circular letter calling on all its affiliated locals to respond issue of the} | the | quickly and generously to the appeal for funds. + follows: Statement The delegation represents the Min ers’ Federation of Great Britain, the general council of thé British Trades Union Congress, and the women’s com- mittee for the relief of miners’ wives and children. The accredited delegates are: For the Miners’ Federation of Geeat Britain:Joseph Jones, general gecret- sary Yorkshire Miners’ Association, and executive member, Miners’ Federa- , tion; James Robson, J. P., president | Durhiam Miners’ Federation; Paul Me- ‘Kenna, J. P., agent Scottish Minets and executive committee member of the Miners’ Federation; Oliver Harris, treasurer, South Wales Miners’ Fed- eration. For the.British Trades Union Con- gress: Ben Tillett, member of the | general cotncil. | For the Women's Relief Committee: Miss Ellen Wilkinson, M. A, M. P., chairman, The-objeet of the delegation is the raising of money for the relief of the | miners’ wives and families, who are suffering terrible hardships because of the long continued lockout of the mi- Jones’ statement is as |diate want. Trade union funds to the jextent of*forty million dollars have been absorbed in connection with the stoppage. The low wages of the Bri tish miners, coupled with short t and unemployment for the past fi years have given no chance of sav to meet such crisis. | The defeat of the British minework- |ers would have an international reflex upon all national wages and condi- jtions, It will be agreed that the mi- jners’ families should not be faced with starvation, loss of home, in short the |erucification of the innocent victims of jan industrial upheaval over which the women and children have no contro] | The British workers have done their | best to help, but loss of wages due to increasing unemployment and short time, and also the considerable reduc- tions in wages which have taken place have limited the extent to which they can render further assistance. International Aid. | The delegation hopes to appeal to ‘the ever-generous help of the Ameri- can workers, and all sections of the | American public, who have always re- | sponded to the call of suffering child- hood. The British Trades Union Con- |ners. To give some idea of the prob- lem, the dispute involves approximate- ‘ly one million men, who, with their gress and the British Miners’ Federa- {tion have placed their representatives lunder the guidance and direction of press emphasizes the political impor- |Judge William L. Morgan of Chicago dependents constitute nearly one tenth |the American Federation of Labor to- tance of the de jure, or full diplomatic recognition by the republic of Uruguay of the Union of Socialist Soviet Re- publics, announced yesterday. First South American Recognition. It is pointed out that this ts the first South American country renewing normal relations with the Soviet Union, The imperialist control of many South American countries by the United States, with which the So- viet Union has’ not yet attained a restoration of diplomatic relations, has militated against such recognition by the Latin-American nations, O51 6tke |. MONTEVIDEO; Uruguay, Aug: 24.— |The Uruguayan government has an- | nounced “resumption of full diplo- matic relations with the Union of So- ¢ialist’ Soviet Républics. The Soviet | Union has previously received a Soviet | commercial agent, Boris Kraevsky. | | To Uruguay, whose product of cattle ‘and hides is the dominant item in iis | |economy, trade with the Soviet Union | is of great importance. Uruguayan | ranchers, who control the political life of the nation, have been cut off from the Soviet market, which demands an enormous supply of raw hides for the leather industry, As a result, the United States leather trust has been able to force down the prices paid for hides, Hence Soviet recognition means much to Uruguay. Tragedy on Illinois Farm. AURORA, Ill, Aug, 24.—With their two small children as witnesses, George Kunkle, 55, today shot and killed his wife, Elna, 45, and then com- mitted suicide at their home on an \{solated farm near here. The shooting followed months of quarreling and brooding over financial difficulties, neighbors, summoned by the children, Viola, 11, and Helen, 9, said, Irish Weavers Balk At Cut. NEW YORK — (FP) —Irigh linen vers of Belfast won't take the 10 cent wage cut employers want to force down, New York textile trade papers report, that the election commission order counted again the recount of votes in the recent primaries .of the 23rd pre- cinet of the 4th ward Cisclosed that ballot frauds can be complicated, but not prevented by investigation in this city. As a result County Judge Jarecki has suspended the tallyman, Jacob Voigtlander, 1444 West 69th St., and Stephen Superczynski of 3305 South Morgan St., the caller, on one team of recounters. Both ‘men were placed under bonds of $1,600. The recount itself’ shows consider- able inaccuracy. Whether the recount of the recount will become a regular feature from now ‘on is hard to say. The special grand jury has taken a recess. RUMOR FIEND 1S AT WORK: POISONS, SHOOTS: VALENTINO NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 24.—Wild rumors that Rudolph. Valentino had been poisoned and t! he had been shot by a woman ¢ branded as false by every one connected with the case. The rumors were answer- ed by the death certificate filed with the board of health in which “rup- tured gastric ulcer and general per- intonitus” was given the direct cause of death, with septic pneu- monia and septic endocarditis as contributing factors, At the undertaking parlors it was said the very best of embalming pre- parations were used to preserve the body, The body, it was stated, will be preserved in excellent condition for from ten to fift jars at least. The crowd outside the chapel grew as the afternoon.wore on and be- came so unmanageable that it was necessary to still more poli: to maintain order, ‘Those inside the chapel were unable,te get out, so dense was the .¢rawd, around the place, lof the British population. There are | gether with the United Mine Workers at least two million children in imme- ' of America. ‘CHICAGO DRESS SHOPS CENTER | OF INTENSIFIED ORGANIZATION | ACTIVITY OF GARMENT WORKERS The campaign to organize one hundred per cent the ladies’ garment in- dustry of Chicago is speeding up. Organizer 1. L. Davidson declared in an interview with The DAILY WORKER that during the present season there is a practical certainty of getting many more new shops signed than have | already been organized during the four months since the drive started. The campaign did not move as rapidly when it was first embarked upon during the spring as many expected. One reason was that it started too late in the seasom,"and the other was that |the attorneys of the employers brot | every possible pressure to have sen- | tenced to jail ithe scores of pickets ar- | | rested during the strike of 1924. Bosses Used The Jail. They were #uécessful in putting be- hind the bars forty-six good members | |of the union for varying periods, and ‘this naturally “interfered with union sige’ MEETING But now everything works together | , A MASS to make the drive a success, The fall | . of the done, During the last four months, | season is opening. A good deal of I. L. G. W. U. in spite of everything, thirty-six more | union, and several hundred workers in shops that have not signed have join- | ed the union, The standard of wages and conditions has been raised direct- ly in all union shops, and indirectly in non-union shops. Some of the work- preliminary work has already been | shops have signed contracts with the TODAY, August 25th 7:30 P. M. at Shoenhofen Hall, ers in non-union shops are now get- Milwaukee and Ashland ting twice as much pay”as before the | drive started, 'To Decide How to Help A large number of non-union shops were found in the cloak industry some * New York Strikers. time ago, and still more shops were discovered in which supposedly union | conditions prevailed, but actually the contracts were evaded, especially in the matter of working more than the legal eight hours per week overtime. All this has beem stopped. The cloak | (Continued on page 3) | Leaders of the New York ‘Strike Will Speak! XM