The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 10, 1926, Page 1

= The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government | Vol. Ill. No. 203. error Sten By T, J, O}FLAHERTY a sa following editoriai excerpt reads as if written by Arthur Brisbane. ‘The index finger of circumstantial evi- fdence points to Arthur. Firstly, be- neause the article is stupid, and secondly “because it appears in a Hearst paper. Of course, there may be readers who twill say it is presumption on the part ‘of a DAILY WORKER editorial writer }to jump on a gentleman who gets over $100,000 a year for his daily column. But if radicals were not presumptive how could they exist? Now let’s go on with the story as the diary of “Peaches” Browning says. HIS is the bunk: “It pays to be prepared, Uncle Sam, take notice. Switzerland has always been ready. Wherefore in the great war fighting na- tions kept away from Swiss territory. Every Swiss is trained as a fighter and tas his weapons in order. Because the Swiss were prepared before the war, Switzerland is rich now and able to lend sixty million real francs, ‘twelve million dollars of our gold ‘money, to France.” ‘TP\HERE is so much imbecility packed into those few lines that it is al *most beyond human ingenuity toselect the exact spot to land the first crack on, Switzerland was not attacked, pecause every Swiss keeps his cata: pult in order but because Switzerland had nothing worth stealing or grab- bing. Anybody can see the Alps who has the money and a fairly respect- able heart. The Swiss are as safe from invasion as the Esquimaux unless somebody discovers oil in the Alps. And then, France, the beneficiary of Swiss wealth, was armed to the teeth in 1914. So was Germany. One won, the other lost. In fact, both lost. But America that was not ready for war won the war at the expense of those that were ready. F we could leave Valentino and the chiropractors alone this column would be in a fair way to stand in the food graces of a considerable number of readers. We have the ehtros gasp ing for breath, but the Valentino’ tatt®' show no sign of surrender. “Maty Jane,” from Charley Dawes’ home town, pulled off a dirty trick when ‘shi lumped this writer with the edftor “ot the Chicago Tribune, on the ground that both hated Rudy’s powder puff. ‘Well, everything is fair in journali: Suffice, it to say that “Mary Jaric stands almost alone in her adoration of Valentino as far as we can gat! from The DAILY WORKER readers who have enough energy to drop us a postal card. Nevertheless, she wields a wicked Waterman. HERE is nothing that I can think. of more conducive to mirth than, the labor day pronouncements of the labor fakers, unless it be the ‘con- gratulations showered by defeated candidates on their successful rivals in hotly-contested elections. Most. of the labor leaders, whose inanities are given space in the capitalist press gloat over imaginary victories and call attention to some obvious flaw in the present social order which if properly pruned would make things ideal. Hav- ing said those things and having proven to the capitalist class that they are worth their wages, the labor fakers resume their favorite ind@oor and outdoor sports of haggling with the employers over the pricesof their shame. { HE Federated Press notes that the labor papers, with one excof-. tion, did not comment on the Farring- ton sell-out. Of course, the radical press jumped at the chance; And as ugnal the radicals were violent and denunciatory, This is a vice that rad- jeals are usually addicted to. "They in- sist on calling a spade a spade, much to the disgust of liberals who are al- ways hoping for the best—from the conservatives. On this Farrington matter, Just two years ago The DAILY WORKER ran a series of articles on Farrington’s record in the » miners’ union, Some people thought the mine leader was charged with too much. (Continued on page 2.) (Special to The Dally Worker) MANVILLE, R. |, Sept. 8—‘The Manville-Jenckes company today, as In 1922, is demonstrating its power over the authorities In Rhode Island,” says Thomas F. McMahon, president of the United Textile Workers of America, when informed of the war- like attacks on unarmed strikers by the state troopers and the Illegal send ing In of national guardemen, State, military, police and labor of- ficials are in conference sifting tho evidence as to who was responsible for the indiscriminate and wanton fir- ing upon thiekly-packed crowds by the state troopers, . Also, as to who call Subscription Rates: y+? mmc ClANS MAY CALL NATIONAL STRIKE IN SUPPORT OF CHICAGO Mill Town Stirred by Strike War Entered as Second-class ¢ _ In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per yea Putside Chicago, by’ mail, $6.00 year. While the condition of the strike of 3,000 musicians in Chi- cago remained unchanged with no sign of a settlement late Wed- nesday afternoon, John G. Gamble, vice-president of the Musi- clans’ International Union, here to assist the local officers in the conduct of the strike scouted the possibility of a national strike of musicians in which stage hands, movie operators and other theatrical unions might join. Gamble arrived here Wednesday morning and immediately went into conference with James C. Petrillo, president of the Chi- (Continued on page 6) Blaine Beats Cal’s Man in Wisconsin by Slim Margin (Special to The Daily Worker) MADISON, Wis., Sept. 8—Senator Irvin Lenroot, pro-world court and stalwart Coolidge supporter, became a cropper in |. tr wesday’s primary con- test when GoVernor John J. Blaine won the G. O. P, senatorial nomination on an anti-world court and wet plat- form. -Lenroot is officially dry, but he offered to do his best to get beer for those who liked the stuff. Tho Blaine was victorious, Lenroot gave him a closer run than most peo- ple expected; | Predictions are being made that the LaFollette family ma- chine is doomed for the scrap-heap be- (Continued on page 6) Strike-Breaking Coal from America Is the Biggest Obstacle to the British Coal Miners’ Strike because that American brother of mine bombards JOHN L. LEWIS | |cotmunist parry oF TOOL SOLD our | mn TO OPERATORS , The Workers’ (Communist) Party (Special to The Daily Worker) of Améfiéa has been complimented COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 8.—Echoes of on the Seventh Anniversary of its founding in a telegram just received the Frank Farrington scandal were heard in Ohio when the executive by the national office from the Mex- board of District 6, U. M. W. A., un- lean Communist Party. The message reads as follows: Greetings on the Seventh An- niversary of the vanguard of the American Proletariat—the Work- seated President Robert Marshall of | ¢"S (Communist) Party. § the important Hocking Valley sub-dis- Communist Party of Mexico.” trict for alleged corruption by an op- ; erator. His vice-president was also re- moved. They had the interests of 11,000 miners in their hands. Both were supported by President Lewie. DETROIT LABOR “year onto So netews| BEHIND PASSAIC 17,000 miners, was removed on similar charges. A president of the Ohio min- ers’ union was removed from office a ‘ few years ago for allegad corruption. (Special to The Daily Worker) Tumulty States Position. DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 8.—Detroit SPRINGFIELD, I11,, ‘Sept. 8—Declar-| labor is giving its full support to the ing himself in favor of nationalization | campaign under way locally to raise of the coal industry, for a labor party | funds to aid the Passaic textile strik- and for the organization of the wnor- | ors. The Detroit Federation of Labor ganized, Joseph Tumulty, militant pro-|has given its full endorsement to the (Continued on page 5) drive and its officials are assisting In ‘“ the work. Four New: Unions. At the last conference for Passaic relief four new unions affiliated bring- fer asserts he did not, and their call|ing the total up to 19 in addition to by anyone else was illegal. 16 other organizations and the Federa- When first approached, Governor |'!on. The new affiliations are Street Pothier declared: Carmen's Local 26, Metal Polishers’ “1 do not know who ordered out the Local 1, Moulders' Local 453 and Car- national guard. I cannot say whether |Peters’ Local 420. I ee to authorize its being used Big Tag Day. un investigate the situation.” A few hours later, however, the gov- es be Bail nig ee si Toons ernor said the troops would remain. |town district. Three stations have This is the fifth time in 25 years|heon established from which the tag- that the militia has been called out] ging will be directed. They are: Sti jin strikes. The first, was in the Paw-|rion 1, 55 Adelaide. St., office of the tucket trolley strike in 1902; the sec-] Painters’ District) Gouncil; Station 2 ond in May 1920,*at Bristol, in the|1967 Grand River Ave., office of Inter: pytrike at the India Rubber company’s | national Labot tense; ; e A of I ; Station 3, ; the ert 8 in February |1138 Cadillac S4., ollice of the Street FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1926 er September 21, 192%, at the Post Office at Chicago, Hlinots, under the Act of March 3, 1878. <>” BRITISH TRADE UNION LEADER APES A.F.OF L. Apologizes for Strike; Asks Collaboration (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Sept. 8. — Arthur Pugh, president of the British Trade Union Congress, at its opening session again exemplified the character of the Gen- eral Council that betrayed the general strike of last May, when in his lead- ing address, he upheld the point of view that the general strike was “In- dustrial and not political,” renouncing thereby the struggle for power by the BRITISH MINER: “Must | loosen this excellent grip of mine on this damned coal baron only me with scab coal? TERRIBLE TURK LOOKS TERRIBLE TO JOHN BULL (Special to The Daily Worker) GENEVA, Sept. 8. — With Turkey knocking at the door of the league of nations, the spectre of Soviet Russia is looming once more at Geneva, Thru Munir-Bey, its representative at Berne, Turkey has indicated at sev- eral capitals <its desire to join the league, provided it receives assurance of a seat in the council. Great Britain,thru diplomatic chan- nels, has informed Turkey that an essential preliminary condition to her acceptance by’ the league is the re- vision of the’ Russo-Turkish treaty, particularly the neutrality clause, which provides:-that Turkey remain neutral if Russia: becomes involved in war. Great Britain- contends that this clause violates :the league covenant, inasmuch as if{Russia should attack a member of thé league, Turkey, as all other members, would be obligated to take measures, against Russia, The questionsof Germany's admis- sion will not come before the assembly formally before’ tomorrow, it is be- leved, of the Russian revolution, hi Se en a eee Te RANE OS ne etre ee ees ee ey workers, Collaboration The Result. Logically extending this refusal to recognize the final end of the class struggle, Pugh made « bid for class collaboration in harmony with the so- called “new wage policy” of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, in the form or a request of a “scientific wage policy’ for generally acceptable prin- ciples of division of the products of industry among those who have a claim upon it.” It was apparent that Pugh’s speech to the 700 delegates was far more apologetic toward the capitalist class for calling the general strike than toward labor for betraying it when it was on the point of success, He only hinted that the principle of @ general strike had not been renounced. In part, his speech was as follows: Apology To Capitalism, “It will be fatal to the future wel- fare of the country arid destructive of all hopes of peaceable progress if that great and spontaneous demonstration of working class solidarity, so gen- erous in its readiness to run risks and ~iiike- sacrifices, is regarded as - the outeome of a sort of evil conspiracy of a few agitators at Eccleston Square (the London labor headquartérs dur- ing the great strike), It hasqbeen so interpreted and nothing can) he more dangerous than to proceed upon an assumption so false and perverse, “Given the set of circumstances as they existed on May 1, a stoppage of a national character was inevitable. The choice lay between action by a con- trolled and disciplined body or indus- trial chaos and disorder. “Purely Industrial.” “The supreme lesson of the national strike is the clear evidence it ad- inced that the trade union movement retains its belief in the essential right- ness of democratic methods. It was not the unions but the government which endeavored to convert the in- dustrial struggle into a political con- flict. When the unions combined their forces last May they were not in- voking any new principle of indus- trial action but simply asserting more effectively on a larger scale the tradi- tional trade union refusal to accept dictated terms of employment, whe- ther from employers or the govern- ment.” Bid For Class Collaboration. Referring to the future policy of the trade union movement Mr. Pugh con- tinued: “A scientific wage policy for the unions requires to be brought out in relation to some generally acceptable principles for determining division of the product of industry among those whoshave a claim upon it. This is especially necessary in regard to na- tionalized industries. Has not the time arrived for us to consider how we can apply the principle of a living wage or basic wage correlated to the index of national production and aiming at an equitable distribution of spending power in relation to family needs and the cost of living? “An inquiry along these lines seem to me to be an indispensable prelimin- ary to any claim we may make for the establishment of a legal minimum of wages adjusted to human needs.” The natural result of recognizing that the capitalist “has a claim” is to (Continued on page 6) ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI IS APPOINTED SOVIET UNION MINISTER TO MEXICO MEXICO CITY, Sept. 8—Mme. Alexandra Kollontai, one of the leaders been named minister to Mexico, succeeding Stanisiaus Pestkowsky. She will be the first woman diplomat ever accredited to Mexico. Ambassador Pestkowsky Is leavin: cessor will aftive in October. g immediately for Rus: and his suc- M, Pestkowski recently attracted rather wide attention when he delivered a speech here attacking the United States and declaring that Latin-American progress wouldtbe furthered best when Latin-Ameérica had freed itself from the influences tf the “colossus of the north.” Mme. Kolisintal formerly was the representative of the Soviet Union government in! Norway more me dle ae Published Daily except Sunday by THI DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., —————— E SMASH IMPERIALIST FOES + NEW YORK EDITION ooo, ———$—$—$———— NL Price 3 Cents 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Cantonese Whip Wu Pei-fu, Rout British Marines (Special to The Dally Worker) SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 8.—The situation in the fight of the Chinese for national liberation from foreign imperialists has developed two outstanding features, the sweeping victories of the Cantonese liberation armies in central China, and the interven- tion of Great Britain, which evidently intends to wage open war upon the Cantonese. After marching northward from Canton thru Hunan pro- vince, gaining support as they marched, the Cantonese have engaged the forces of the imperialist puppet, Wu Pei-fu, all along the central valley of the Yangtze river, captured Wuchang on the south bank, crossed the river and carried the arsenal at Hanyang, ES cheese NSE = 5 oS the Yangtze in the province of Hupeh. Heroic Fighting, The advance of the Cantonese has been marked with fine strategy and heroic fighting. It has met with suc- cess against the resistance of the com- bined forces of the reactionary Wu Pei-fu and foreign imperialist forces, the latter acting under the claim of “protecting” their interests. Reports are that sixty British marines which landed at Hankow from the British cruiser Carlisle, when they attacked the Cantonese in an effort to stop the advance against Wu Pet- fu, were driven off by the Cantonese with heavy losses. Battle For Hankow. The battle for Hankow was bloody and desperate, an estimate of 20,000 killed being reported. . All observers agree that the Cantonese fought with great heroism. This and wholesale desertions of Wu’s troops and many of his generals accounts for their suc- cesses. x, At Wuchang artillery was used at close range. The Cantonese, after capturing, it, crossed the river and opened a hot aftillery fire upon the fortified hill guarding the arsenal, at Hanyang. Then théy followed this up with a heroic frontal assault on-the fort and captured it, the arsenal and iron works. Other forces then began the attack on Hankow. Soldiers Desert Wu. The armies of Wu Pel-fu are dis- solving before the victorious Canton- ese or going over to the Canton forces. All Wu generals except Wu himself, favored surrendering the Hanyang arsenal to the Cantonese. It should be remembered that the armies of both Wu Pei-fu and Chang Tso-lin are formed vpon the’ feudal principle, each subordinate general contracting an alliance for cash with the higher command. The private soldiers owing no allegiance to the higher command, but to their parti- cular commander, These lesser gen- erals are evidently falling away from Wu Pei-fu, either from their soldiers being won over to the nationalist cause or from a conviction that it is best to fight on the side of the win- ning Cantonese. Whip The British. One of these generals of Wu Pet-fu, General Yang-sen, has clashed with British naval forces far up the Yangtze in the province of Szechuen, and beat: en two British gunboats and an armed British merchant ship in a battle at Wanhsien, 400 miles west of Hankow and 200 miles further inland than the Yangtze is navigable for anything but gunboats of light craft. From this in- cident the British are advocating Brit- ish intervention on a large scale, un- doubtedly to try to crush Canton. The clash at Wanhsien occurred when the British steamer Wan Liv (Continued on page 2.) Washington Hears Its Friend Wu Is Having Bad Luck with China (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—General Wu Pei Fu, leader of the central Chi- nese army, is determined to continue his war with the Cantonese, but his chief officers are discussing peace terms, according to a dispatch to the state department today. The fall of the Hanyang arsenal, oe of Hankow's chief defenses, plac- ed the city at ithe merey of the Can- tonese and spelled Wu's doom, the dispatch indicated. Three Prisoners Escape. RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 8.—-Three prisoners, one a murder suspect and the other two under reformatory sen- tences, escaped from the Wayne county jail early today after prying loose the steel bars over a small win- dow. Send. The DAILY WORKER for one month to your shop-mate. ge = A EE SRA cad NE ARE a Bacall hE Se A GA AE i A I LOE ETS RSD and then captured Hankow, known as the “Pittsburgh of China,” which lies on the north bank of *—————-—— SOVIET UNION WARNS CHANG ATTACKS UPON RAILWAY MUST GEASE (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Sept. 8.—Foreign Min- ister Tchitcherin has dispatched a note to the Chinese legation de- manding that Marshal Chang Ts0- Lin, the Manchurian commander, coa his aggressions against the Chinese Eastern railroad. This is the second time in the past few months that the Soviet government has found reason to complain of these aggressions. M, Tehitcherin’s note declares that Chang Tso Lin has attempted to seize the Eastern railroads and steamships and has threatened to close Soviet schools. M, Tehitcherin’s note declares China has grossly violated the treaty with Russia in a manner which is “unqualifiedly Intolerable.” He points out that the Chinese govern- ment has creatéd serious difficulties for future relations and conclides by stating that the Soviet expects a speedy reply from China indicat- ing that urgent measures have been taken to correct the situation. The Soviet press interprets the Chinese situation as most serious. “If the storm breaks in Manchuria it will certainly involve other coun- tries,” said Izvestia. “The workers of the world will face a terrible dan- ger of war.” CENTRAL CHINA VICTORY AlD TO CHINESE LABOR Canton Government a Friend of Unionism (Special te The Dalty Worker) WASHINGTON, Sept. 8—(FP}— Collapse of the power of Marshal Wu Pei-Fu in central China under pressure from the armies of the nationalist government at Canton, which hae al- ways been strongly pro-labor, has again turned the attention of labor leaders thruout the world to the Chi- nese situation. The Canton government was estab- lished by the late Sun Yat Sen, who studied the European and American labor movements and who attempted to begin the emancipation of the Chi- nese working class when he estab- lished the first Chinese republic, Since the Russian revolution it has been on friendly terms with Moscow, under the policy established by Dr. Sun and maintained by his successors, During the past 16 months the Can- ton labor organizations have con- ducted an effective boycott, amount- ing to a blockade, against British commerce at Canton, Hongkong and other ports of southern China. This boycott is due to the massacre of peaceful strikers by British police at Hongkong. It has cost British trade hundreds of millions of dollars. U. S. Has Same Policy. American policy in China has sup ported British and Japanese policy in favoring the reactionary military chfefs, Chang Tso-Lin and Wu Pel- Fu, against the progressive and radi- eal forces of the Canton government on the one hand and the people's army of Marshal Feng in thes north: west, Now that the reactionaries are los ing ground, trade union leaders in China who have been persecuted dur- ing the past six months are expected to resume their activity. The triumph of the progressive armies seems likely to usher in a period when millions of Chinese will enroll in a permanest trade union movement,” be