The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 27, 1926, Page 2

wi v a na ere tra Vou tot < Witz of the Teachers’ Union. +’ Deposit National Bank puilding in the TILLETT TELLS N. Y, UNIONISTS OF MINE STRIKE Local Union Donations Council Urges By SYLVAN A. POLLACK. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 25.—“We want millions of dollars to feed the children!” This was the keynote of the speech of Ben Tillett, representa- | tive of the British Trade Union Con: | gress, who is a member of the British miners’ delegation now in this coun- | try, when speaking before the New York Central Trades and Labor Coun- cil, Council Urges Local Donations The council, after hearing Tillett speak, urged all the local unions to donate as much as possible for the relief of the children of the strikers, Tillett, in speaking, stated that the general strike was a gesture of a strength, of sympathy with the coal miners, “The government was abie to ob- tain volunteers for many kinds of work, but the gentlemen did not want to go in the mines, being afraid that they might dirty themselves,” contin- ued Tillett, The Next General Strike. “The next general strike will be of more importance, of greater size and will challenge more. “We ask you to help us. We will state the position of our untons, They } are crippled and bankrupt. We are/ down, but we are not out, having spent all of our money fighting. On the} general strike alone we spent over | $40,000,000. Why Not Resume the General Strike? “No unions in England can help us. The only way the British workers can help is by ado>ting children. “Even when they were working six days a week the miners suffered, hav- ing to go to the poor house for assist- ance, Capitalism Centralized. “The. strike has shown the centrali- zation of capitalism. Not all the crooks of the last two hundred years stole as much as capitalism does in one day, and they do not go to jail, nor are they hindered in amy way. “The miners have starved for 16 weeks and will starve for 16 weeks more, but they will not give in.” Ryan Visits Jimmie Walker. Joseph Ryan, president of the coun- cil, reported that he had been in touch with Mayor Walker in reference to the action of the board of education in efusing to promote Abraham Lefko- He stated that Mayor Walker had ; promised to “live up to his election promise.” “I am satisfied that labor will get a square deal from the mayor,” stated Ryan. ‘The delegate of the Motion Picture Operators’ Union reported that the Motion Picture Theater Owners’ Chamber of Commerce was preparing for a strike September 1. Also that} a 10 per cent wage increase was ob- tained in the Loew, Keith, Moss and Proctor’s chain of theaters. “We expect a battle, but we are ready,” stated the delegate. Said He Would Blow Up Bank; Ignored, So He Did; Two Killed PITTSBURGH, Aug. 25.—Two per- sons were killed and eight seriously injured here this afternoon when a pomb was exploded in the Farmers’ heart of the downtown district here, according to police. The bomb exploded, according to police, when bank police and several patrons attempted to capture an un- identified man who had threatened to blow up the bank” if he was not given $2,000 which he demanded of a teller. Get a copy of the American Worker Correspondent. it’s only 5 cents, New York The final check-up on ing the Icst Daily Worker son having sent subs, Ballots are being sent TRIP TO East Pittsburgh on arrival. in full showing record of points allowed to each per- vote in both these districts for their candidates for the Notice! Word has been received from both Berlin and Moscow that banners to the winning cities in the Daily Worker campaign are on the way. Further notice will be given to allow for celebration meetings | i CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) such an eventuality, needs the aid of her former Oriental ally. HIS should be a lively fall in the United States if any considerable number of “Daddy Brownings” fall cel the charms of Queen Marie of Rou-} mania who is sailing for New York at! the end of September. She will not travel incognito but with all her royal/ accoutrement. Marie is 51 years old and had the reputation of being one/ of the handsomest women in Bucha-| rest. As a matter of fact, evil minds/| hinted that the lady’s charms more | than once saved a hard-pressed treas- ury from embarrassment, This gossip} resulted in a general belief. that the queen was not rich in virtue, but in- siders state that Marie was as virtu- ous as any queen could be expected to be in those lean years, F course, Marie will pass around the hat while she is here. Her mis- sion is ostensibly one of pleasure, but a little business will not disarrange her plans. It may be interesting to know that while this parasite is gall- vating around the world and Hving in luxury, there are hundreds of peasants undergoing the most unspeakable tor- tures in the prisons of Roumania, HOSE peasants are natives of Bes- sarabia, formerly a part of Russia. They long to be freed from the bond- age of the Roumanian boyars, but they are held down by bayonets and| every attempt on their part to win their freedom is met byéincreased ter-| rorism, The trade unions of Rouman-| ia are outlawed and the workers and| peasants suffer under one of the most} corrupt and brutal bourgeois dictator- ships in Europe. Perhaps the queen wants to hit up Wall Street for a loan to help her keep the workers either in jail or in the slave pens. Sa United States government pos- ing as an angel of peace and an enemy of armaments is something to grin at. Uncle Sam is usually repre- sented by our capitalist press looking Sadly at the spectacle of European | nations spending their money prepar- ing for war. To judge by the cartoons and the editorials drawn and written by the artists and lterary hacks of capitalism, one would imagine that Sam had turned all his swords into fish hooks and his poison gas into per- fume. 4 ed iis is far from being so, was demoustrated during a meeting of the fake disarmament conference in Geneva, when France protested against a minority report submitted by the United States, Great Britain, Italy and other countries against the inter- national “control of armaments as fa- vored by France. The French delega- tion pointed out that America’s posi- tion was illogical since it favored in- ternational control over opium. But the United States is not an opium- raising country tho it is an opium-us- ing country. Uncle Sam‘is a fake pa- cifist. The words of peace are on his lips but his hand is on his hip, Population of Ireland Continues to Drop Tho Malthus Isn’t Popular DUBLIN, Aug. 25, — The prelim- inary report of the Irish census shows that in fifteen years, from April, 1917 to April, 1926, the population of the whole of Ireland decreased from 4,390,000 to 4,229,000. The Free State population decreased by 167,000 and Northern Ireland in- creased by 6,000. Factors contributing to the Free State decline were emigra- tion to America and the colonies and the withdrawal of the British troops and their dependents, Generally rural areas show a decline and the towns an increase, American Warships to Nicaragua. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—American cruisers today were ordered to Nicau- raguan waters to “protect American lives and property menaced in the new revolution.” TOMORROW! California Attention! subscriptions sent in dur- campaign will be printed to all workers entitled to MOSCOW Miami, Fla. GIGANTIC AIR WAR PLAN NOW ON FOOT IN U.S, Commercial Planes to Be Used in Fight (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., August 25. — The most ambitious program of air preparation for war ever embarked on by the United States government was initiated today when an_ unofficial board composed of the three new as- sistant secretaries for air, F. Trubee Davison, war; Edward P. Warner, navy: and William McCracken, com- merce, were instructed to go right ahead with plans to put the new scheme into operation, McCracken’s Main Task. The air secretaries will endeavor to bring about the fullest co-operation between the different air services. McCracken’s main job as commerce air secretary.will be to take the neces- sary steps to make the commercial airplanes available for governmental use as combat planes in time of war. Militarism And Business, The full force of the army and navy in the development of commercial aviation by the commerce department has been promised, Assistant Secre- tary Warner of the N avy, an expert on civil as well as military aviation, has expressed belief that the military ser- vice can be of greatest aid to com- mercial aviation by experimentation and investigation. ‘MEXICAN CLERGY SAYS POPE OWNS CHURCH WEALTH (Continued from page 1) dor Sheffield will not return to Mexico and that he has requested President Coolidge to relieve him of his post. When Sheffield left the city he an- nounced that he was taking a sixty- day vacation. Vatican Neutral—As Usual! Dispatches from Rome declare that the vatican is not directing the cleri- cal side of the Mexican struggle. It has adopted a “hands off” policy. The fact is that the pope attempted to influence foreign governments against Mexico but his efforts were fruitless. Gunboats on Guard. Acting-on a tip that an American ship is reported to have sailed from Los Angeles laden with revolutionists and war materials, enroute to Mexico, the Mexican gunboats Aguaprieta and Tecate today were patrolling the west coast waters for the purpose of in- tercepting the vessel before it has an opportunity to make port. It also is rumored here that a body of rebels, of strength unknown, has crossed the Rio Grande and cap- tured the small federal garrison at Oji Naga. There has been no con- firmation of this rumor, however. eee Planes Are Seized. SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25.— Four air- planes, believed to have been intend- ed for use against Mexico by the coun- ter-revolutionary movement headed by General Enrique Bstrada, were seized at an airfield here by United States officers. T. C. Ryan, owner of the planes and of the place, where they were seized said he had rented them to people who did not divulge their purpose. He denied being im- Plicated in the Estrada movement. oes Reaffirmed Non-intervention Policy. The administration’s policy of non- interference in Mexican domestic af- fairs, and continued negotiations to attain modification of the anti-alien land and oil laws was reaffirmed by Kellogg after the long conference. Answering questions concerning the report on Mexican affairs which Shet- field presented, Secretary Kellogg re- ferred to President Coolidge’s recent statement on the Mexican policy and declined to elaborate upon it, (Continued from page 1) at a field kitchen to go home till din- ner was ready. She feared colds and pneumonia for the undernourished youngsters, “Oh, but miss,” they plead- ed, “we do like the smell!” It was probably their only meal for the day. Baldwin a Mine Owner. “It's as tho you had ten million on strike—men and their .families—our million miners and their wives and children making about ont-tenth of |our population,” said Wilkinson. Help- |{ng them js not throwing money char- itably into the sea of poverty that re- sults from our present social system, she added. “It is helping those who are fighting for a principle. The min- ers are the backbone of our country. They've been bled white in the inter- est of other industries.” Since the war vertical trustification has grown in Britain, Steel firms and others have bought up mines. Coal is delivered to them at prices lower than that paid at the pit-head, The industries profit from the savings in getting coal directly, but make the energy penny s— miners pay double profit by lowered wages. Promier Stanley Baldwin him- self is heavily interested in steol and, has coal stocks, — r THE DAILY WORKER “Labor” Guest of War Department and Dined by President Coolidge (Special to The Dally Worker) PLATTSBURG, N, Y., Aug. 25.— (FP)—Seven members of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor executive council and President William Green have been guests of the U, S, Army and Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis at the Plattsburg citizens’ military training camp over the week end. The A. F. of L. officials are on their way to Montreal for the quarterly meeting of the council before the De- troit convention, Government auto- mobiles took the union officials to visit scenic points and to White Pine Camp where they lunched with Presi- dent Coolidge. The Mexican situation is one that may be discussed at the executive meeting to forestall any possible fight on the question at the A. F, of L, con- vention. NOTED SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS |. L. D, CONVENTION. HERE Labor Defense Meet to Open Sept. 5 Prominent labor speakers from var- ious parts of the country will be pres- ent to address the second annual con- ference of International Labor De- fense which is to open here at Ash- land Auditorium on September 5. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, known to workers thruout the country for her work in the labor movement as an or- ganizer, a strike leader and an ora- tor, is coming from New York to speak at the conference. Comrade Flynn has been one of the leading figures in the textile strike at Pas- saic and is intimately acquainted not only with the issues of labor defense involved in that struggle, but with the same issue in numerous other cas- es. She was for years, during and after the war, connected with work- ing class defense organization and activity. Ruthenberg to Speak. ©, E. Ruthenberg, secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party, will also speak at the conference. Ruth- enberg has served a term in New York prisons for alleged violation of a criminal anarchy law, and is now one of the leading defendants in the famous Michigan Communist cases. Following his conviction by a Ber- rien county jury, his case has been appealed to the States su- Wilkinson Tells of Strikers’ Sufferings Wilkinson had to promise not to dis- Jus the general ari she said, She preme court which opinion in the fall of 1. L, D, Seergétary, The secretary of Infernational La- bor Defense, James Cannon, who has directed the work of the organi- zation since its inception a little over @ year ago and is thoroly acquainted with the defense situation in the coun- try, will address the delegates in his report on the past work of I. L. D. and its future prospects. Southern Militant. Covington Hall, well known Southern militant and publicist, prominently identified with the radical labor move- ment there and known to readers of labor journals everywhere by his con- tributions in poetry and prose, will come to Chicago for the conference sessions. Hall is at present connected with the Commonwealth College at Mena, Arkansas, Negro Leader, Dr. J. J. Peters, one of the best known men in the Negro movement of America, and at present the third as- sistant president general of the Uni- versal Negro Improvement Associa- tion, will address the conference and participate in its deliberations. Besides speaking at the conference, all of these men and women are to speak at the mass meeting arranged on the occasion of the conference at Ashland Auditorium on the evening of September 6, Preparations for a big and successful meet! are well un- der way now. J “Say it with your pen In the worker correspondent page of The DAILY WORKER.” : traveled thruout England at’ the time, in industrial centers, in small towns— and everywhere the’ respohse was amazing, Workers suddenly realized, without fully knowing, that the min- ers’ cause was somehow theirs, “Who- ever failed in the general strike, it was not the rank and file, that I can say!” After it was called off there was no panic among the miners, They set to organizing more adequate relief and prepared for a long fight, altho they had almost no funds, “We'd have accepted money from anyone, even John D, Rockefeller,” de- clared Wilkinson, In their desperate need the miners were only too grate- ful to get $2,500,000 from Russian trade unionists. “I for one am of the opinion, after these last few months, that it won't always be that one section of workers fight alone in their struggle. We are realizing that they need unity. Modern capitalism has made the world small. Wherever the fight is—Passaic, West Virginia, Russia today, Germany tomorrow— we'll realize it’s all” of a world Plans Safest |AKING its cue from the financial citadels of Wall Street, the state government of New York, establish- ed at Albany, is planning in the words of its architect “the safest vault that human ingenuity can devise.” This “modern vault” is planned to hold the $200,000,000 in cash and gilt-edged securities owned by the state, and will be built into the new 26-story office building to be erected just west of the Capitol. All burg- lars and safe-blowers, please take notice. a et Perhaps it might be well to review briefly some of the qualities that will be possessed by this 50x50 vault that will be proof against fire, safe- crackers, bombs or other explosives and mob attack. In case of fire it can be flooded with water. What a tumult when the alarms go off connected with sirens outside the building and also with Albany police headquarters and the bankers’ protective system. It is declared that the vault’s loca- tion is to be kept a secret. The specifications and details of con- struction are supposed to be confi- dential, No cracksman must worm his way, of course, into the working force that will be called on to build the vault, There must be no “in- side job.” Any job from the outside will be made doubly difficult because the walls, floors and roof will be of flint concrete 48 inches in thickness, re- inforced by an armor mat of high- grade cold-drawn steel fabric. The doors will be of the circular type, two feet in thickness, with a time lock opened and closed with a con- cealed electric engine. ee ® The New York Times, very serious about this matter that so vitally affects its class, gives us additional information on its Qrst page as fol- lows: “The day gate will be of hardened steel, equipped with a spring-bolt cylinder lock. A corridor will run all around it and mirrors will enable guards to see all sides. Three shifts of armed guards will be on duty every hour of the day and night. ‘The expectation is that they will be former service men, former police men and detectives, “Only accredited representatives of state departments will have ac- cess to the vault, and they will be triply identified by photographs, signatures and fingerprints. State troopers, it is expected, will provide additional guards.” So there you are. The $200,000, | 000 of wealth of the state of New York, part of the capitalist state that rules over all the population of N. Y. State Government| Vault That By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. the United States, is to be safe and sound from all harm. But {s it? ** 8 The power that will finally seize this precious vault, that will take ovre the whole, state government in common with the American cap- italist state to end them, will never make the trip to Albany, or to Wash- ington. This is the power of the organized workers that will abolish the social system that plans so carefully to protect its treasures against fire, thieves and mob attacks. The New York state government, even under the regime of “Al” Smith who has the support of the reactionary labor officialdom, is a weapon in the hands of the master class to keep the workers in sub- mission, This has been shown re- peatedly as in the case of the Buf- falo street carmen’s strike, and more recently in the furriers, the street carmen’s and the ladies’ gar- ment workers’ struggles in New York City. It was in New York state that some of the most vicious assaults were made against Communists, re- sulting in many arrests, convictions and long terms of imprisonment for C, E. Ruthenberg, Benjamin Git- low, Harry Winitsky, I. E. Ferguson, Jim Larkin and others. The New York state breed of | American capitalism fears the work- ers, Yet it will not ease its oppres- sion in the slightest degree, It helps the employers keep wages down, conditions bad and the workday long. In the cause of the landlords it forces intolerable living condi- tions upon millions of workers, thru failure to provide proper housing. The lot of the traction slaves in New York City is paralleled by the agony of the straphangers, mostly workers. And all the time prices are high, keeping up the cost of liv- ing. But never for a moment does the great flow of goylen profits cease pouring into the lap of the private owners of wealth. Every effort is made by the present ruling class to increase that flow. se @ This is a condition, of course, that cannot endure. Labor will in time end it, under a new leadership that will displace the present mislead- ers. Labor will then take over the cap- italist government to abolish it and establish *n its place a workers’ government, Not all the schemes devised by capitalist ingenuity, so resourceful in surrounding its treasure vaults with all possible safeguards, will avail against this rising of the work- ers and the realization of their vic- tory. Tear Gas Is Used on Mine Women and Children by Bosses (Continued from page 1) dren were patrolling the entrance to the Irvona Coal and Coke mines when a group of thugs rushed up. Con- stable Keith, a peace officer of the town, was there and everyone was in perfect order, One of the thugs dashed a tear gas bomb against the fender of the con- stable’s automobile that was parked on the road near the marching wo- men, Then the excitement began. Women fainted and children ran chok- ing and crying. Next morning Mrs. Ire Smyers was still unable to speak and barely able to see, Beat Up Constable—Then Pinch Him. A warrant was immediately sworn out for the arrest of Teter and Amick, two of the thugs. Constable Keith, in trying to serve the warrant, was beaten unconscious by the thugs. Later the gunmen, some of whom are deputy sheriffs,-+had Keith arrested on charges of carrying concealed wea- pons—his policeman’s pistol—and of pointing this gun at them. Five of the thugs in turn were arrested on charges of aggravated assault. All seven men are out on $1,000 bail. American Legion, Strikebreaker, “Captain” Carlton, a veteran of the world war, has given fancy military titles to his thugs, They are ranked as “lieutenants, sérgeants and pri- vates.” The captain is a profession- al strikebreaker but he fond time July 5 to lead the American Logion parade at Clearfield. Before that he was in charge of the thugs at Sagamore, the town where the Presbyterian choir sings on the picket line for the miners. © PILSUDSKI REGIME MAKES MONEY FROM SELLING SCAB COAL WARSAW, Aug. 25—Polish stocks are taking sudden jumps upward as a result of the boom in coal ship- ments that go to break the British miners’ strike, Yesterday stocks went up 30 per cent on the Warsaw exchange, making a total rise of 180 per cent in the last four months. The British strike has made it possible to export the surplus coal of Poland at profitable prices. Poland is borrowing 10,000 cars from Czecho-Slovakia this week to transport coal, Ford’s German Factory Fights Shop Nucleus BERLIN, Aug. 25.—The manage- ment of the Ford assembly plant here is fighting the attempt of the workers to exercise their constitutional right to elect a shop council. Ford intro- duced slightly higher wages along with his well-known American schemes of automatized production at terrific speed, and when the workers started to create their regular union machinery his managers protested that if German unions came into the shop the wages would be cut. The outcome is still uncertain, Town Burned Out. The Pas, Man., Aug, 25.—Perch Rap- ids, a settlement on the Churchill river, north of here, has been com- pletely destroyed in a fire which is sweeping thru valuable timber areas, according to advices received here to- day. Fascisti Stand Guard Over Valentino As Thousands Mill for View of Remains (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—A black-shirted guard of fascisti assisted the police in protecting the bier of Rudolph Valentino, deceased Italian film star as teno of thousands of fans surged about the undertaking parlor where his body awaits Interment. In the crush to view the body many fainted or were injured. A wreath wae laid near the bier last night titled “From Musgolink* ; Benito, CHICAGO LOCAL IN HAT FRAME TRADE COMING Its Ingenuity Can Devise} victory in New York Raises Enthusiasm The hat frame makers of Chicago are organizing. Anna E. David, seo- retary and organizer for Local 2 of the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers, announces that the present campaign to unionize frame makers in this city is aided by the very definite victory won by Ladies’ Hat Frame Makers Local No. 50 of New York, which has de*aonstrated the advane tages of unionism by winning in a three-day strike increases in minimum wage scales of from $45 to. $55 a week for cutters, from $45 to $50 for opera- tors, from $25 to $35 for binders, from $45 to $50 for rounders, from $35 to $45 for stock layers and from $20 to $25 for packers, Likewise, all week workers have in- creased wages of $5 per week if they are getting already above the mini- mum scale. The rates for piece work- ers have been increased over 20 per cent. Employers are to be fined if they allow members of the firm or overseers to work on hat frames. The frame makers in Chicago are being circularized with a leaflet calle ing their attention directly to these gains of the New York workers. It reads as follows: FRAME MAKERS OF CHICAGO. The time has come when you must organize yourself into a union, The higher standard which you will find in the. hat frame makers of New York was achieved thru thelr unlone Whatever improvement we find now in the working conditions of any orm ganized industry was achieved only thru a union, Now is the time to get together Into a trade union. The employers have their organiza- tion for their own protection, It is up to the frame makers to build their own organization to effectively pro- tect their interests, The union will do for you that which: you cannot do alone. It will shorten your working hours, raise your wages and give you control over working conditions in your shops. For the purpose of organizing a Hat ‘| Frame Makers’ Union in Chicago a meeting will be held Monday, August 30, 1926, at Workmen’s Circle Lyceum (formerly Douglas Park Auditorium), corner South Kedzie and Ogden. Come to this meeting. Bring along a fellow worker, (Signed) Organization Committee. POLICE TERROR IS RENEWED AT PASSAIC MILLS (Continued from page 1) Labor taking hold here, is in accord with the object of that committee, Is our presumption correct? “The issue, with the arrival of the American Federation of Labor, is cleared, We have numerous author- ities for that statement uncontradicted up to the present time. That millery of ‘wolf’ has been abated. Neverthe- less the mills want the workers to go back to work, minus the union, so that they can continue to exploit their workingmen, divide the community against itself as they have succeeded up to the present time, and so keep up their devilish work, to which they have bent their every effort, and even inveigled decent citizens, by misre- presentation, to assist the mills in their efforts to discredit the strikers and put them on the defensive, when we know all along that the strikers had every reason for dissatisfaction, “It is high time that the decent citi- zens of this vicinity should perceive where the wrong lays in our textile industry, and that they rise en masse and protest against the un-American and autocratic attitude of the textile mil] owners.” Cleveland I. L. D. to Protest Against White Terror of Horthy Govt. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug, 25.— A protest meeting against the conyiction of Mathias Rakosi and 37 other Com- munists, by the Horthy government of Hungary will be held at the Hungar, ian ‘Workers’ Hall, 4309 Lorain on Friday evening, Aug. 27, o'clock, The meeting has been focal Cleveland Internati Defense, whose offices aj 414 West Superior A There will be speal and English, MET anes Get an autographed copy of Red Cartoons by red Ellis and Robert Minor, ‘ BADROtOb Ada nethntrtrtetntly The Biggest Dvent of the Picnic Season in Chicago T. U. E. L. PICNIC SUNDAY,Sept.5 ‘at Stickney Park alas * ies db.