The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 12, 1926, Page 1

| | The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ | ahd Farmers’ Government Vol. III. No. 205. cre) subscription Rates: 'S5 ; In Chicago, by. mail, $8.00 per year, Outside Chicago, by’ mall, $6.00 per year. Rae BASLEY, secretary of the| National Civic Federation, deliv- ered a @ulogy of the executive coun- cil of the A. F. of L. at a recent meeting of the department of indus- trial relations of the federation. Tho the constitution of the United Mine ‘Workers of America prohibits a mem- ber of the union from membership in| the civic federation, Basley praised the work of William Green, head of the A, F. of L. and member of the) U. M. W, of A. When a known en- | emy of labor praises the work of labor | leaders it 1s time for the workers to} watch out. | eee EASLEY was just as bitter in his | attack on the Communists as he} Import American Scab | | BALTIMORE A Linctype to Br oak e on/Tokyo Paper | COAL SHIPPING | vertiser, an American daily, is import- \ing scabs to run its linotypes. The | 344 Ships in August; Mostly for Coal Japanese operators have conducted | several strikes recently, most of which By GORDON CASCADEN, (Special to The Dally Worker) they won, as solidarity is good among | men in the east able to set type in | the English language. The newspaper | employed fifteen linotypers, | Without notification to its men, the | company brought over five white rats | BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 10.—Baiti- more, like Hampton Roads, the other great center for shipment of coal to break the British miners’ strike, es- ablished a new port record during August, from the United States to work on its! During the month just closed it ex- machines, and they took the places of | eight Japanese, who were discharged. | The other seven Japanese operators | struck also, but by working overtime, the white scabs were able to get out the paper. The ‘imported labor came to Japan | in violation of the immigration laws, was fulsome, in his praise of the bu- | ported 554,000 tons of coal, a substan- but altho the discharged men have SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1926, ATEN ATTACK > 290 This Issue Consists of Two Sections, SECTION ONE, Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, 1. GERMAN TAKES WITNESS STAND IN GRAFT TRIAL Tells How Money Got to Harry Daugherty (Spectat to The Daily Worker) NEW. YORK, Sept. 10.— In calm, business-like tones, Richard Merton, German capitalist, today related In federal court details of the alleged $391,000 Liberty bond “pay-off” in the transaction whereby he was able to obtain the return to German Intere of $7,000,000 from the United States | alien property custodian which had | Dougherty Accused of Taking Huge Bribe in Conspiracy Trial | | | | | | + reaucrats, He declared that both the Passaic strike and the needle trades | strike were directed from Moscow and ; congratulated the labor leaders on op | posing Soviet recognition. He praised | labor banks, insurance companies, the | 'B. & O. Efficiency Plan and the sug- | gestion of the A, F, of L. council, ithat labor, capital and the agrarian | interests should hold a round table| conference and discuss the best means | to encourage industry and block gov- | ernment interference. Thus the lion lies down with the lamb with the) ion on the outside. ee | BACTIONARY as the A. F. of L.! council is the Knights of Colum- | bus are not satisfied with it because | it has refused to come out boldly for | American intervention and repudiate | the position of former A. F. of L./ conventions on the American ques- | tion. So the knights have exhumed | David Goldstein who forsook the relig- | ious totem of his ancestors for the | fiesh pots of Rome. The A. F. of L.| have thelr own reasons for not wish- | ing to break with Mexico and even | the catholic labor leaders are not’ willing to risk a religious civil. war in their unions, even for the organ | erinder on the Tiber. | “* | HE capitalist god was kind to the |each, .Among other countries repre- | Picket the Botany mills and were go- G. 0. P. when President Harding) died. Had he lived another year the | grand old party would be as healthy | -as a Maggoty sheep, On the front! pages of the papers we read of the | indictment of Daugherty and Miller, | for accepting bribes from people who were out to defraud the government. We read of other republican benefic- | jaries having committed sulcide. And} again of Doheny and Fall who are; still fighting indictments, one for hay- ing leased naval of] lands for a song and the other for having accepted | $100,000 and a heard of cattle for his trouble. Harding was a nice fel-; ‘low. But al Cis a more reliable cap- italist servant. “ee ERMANY js now in the league of | nations and the funniest news tid | ‘bit connected with the incident is the announcement that Americans were turned out of the Hotel Metro- | pole in Geneva to make room for the | Germans who were known as “Huns” | a few years ago. Thus times change. | It would be good amusement to Watch the stoolpigeons who were persecut- ing anybody caught eating sauerkraut during the war, grinding their teeth | with rage at the sight of German dele- | gates getting coddled by their former enemies, | (Continued on page 2) IT DOES NOT MATTER if you missed the great novel. tial galn over July. Smash World Record. Norfolk and Newport News, twin ports of Hampton Roads, which smashed the world’s record for monthly coal shipments, exported 3,- 317,013 tons, the grand total of the two ports belng 3,317,013 tons during August. At least half of this amount went to the British Isles, the seat of labor’s present fight against organized capi- tal, Italy and other continental coun- Ties, as well as South American and ther nations which, in normal times, get most of. their coal from Great Britain, also received large quantities of American coal. More coal was shipped from here during August than during the twelve months of 1925, when 64 ships carried 290,000 tons from Baltimore. 344 Ships in One Month. Three -hundred and forty-four ves- sels arrived in thts port during August, a record numer. This is four more ships than during the pre- jvious motnh. Ships of United States |the United Textile Workers’ Union regist decreased from 182 in July to Of ships ‘from other couiitries those flying the British flag led, 88 being from that country. Italy and Norway divided second place with 22 vessels sented.,.were Spain, with 8 vessels; Japan, 7; Holland, 6, and Germany, 5 vessels, Two hundred and eleven ships left for foreign ports, approximately half of the transoceanic voyages being made with coal to force Britain’s min- ers into serfdom. Scab Coal Cargo Pays. These coal-carrying ships get high charter prices in the maritime rush. The average voyage from here is con- sidered from Chesapeake Bay to Oran or Algiers. for each ton carried. Vessels are load- ing from 4,000 to 9,000 tons, or an approximate average of 6,500 tons | each, Many of the vessels getting this rate have been laid up for years in European ports. The S. O. S. call of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin of the British empire, commandant of capital’s forces in this ruthless war on the little children, women and men of the mining districts of the British Isles, brought them into action. The average rate is $4.10 | |@ppealed to the foreign office of the ;imperial Japanese government, no ac- tion towards deportation has been taken, POLICE ATTACK PASSAIC MIL PICKETS AGAIN Twelve Strikers Beaten by Coppers (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Twelve Pas- Saic textile strikers reported to head- quarters of the new Passaic local of that they had been beaten by police when they refused to break up a picket line they had thrown about the offices of the Botany mill. | The strikers had received permis- | sion from the safety commission to | ing about their picketing in a peaceful | manner, as usual. This is the first in- | Stance of police violence against the istrikers since the formation of the | new union. Big Demonstration, A permit has been issued for the big parade thru Passaic Saturday, which is to celebrate the affiliation of the textile workers with the American Federation of Labor thru the forma- | tion of Local 1603 of the United Tex- tile Workers’ Union. President Green of the A. F. of L will be the speaker at a mass meeting | to follow the parade in First Ward | Park, Senator Walsh of Montana may also speak, i ee \Textile Union to Stage Big Demonstration By Federated Press. NEW YORK, Sept. 10. —(FP)— | Eight thousand Passaic strikers have }employed a lawyer but King informed been selzed during the war as Ger-| man property. | Harry N. Daugherty, former attor- | ney general in the Harding adminis- | tration and Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian during that period, | are being tried before Judge Mack, charged with conspiring against the government in connection with their participation in this deal. Where Coin Was Passed. Mertin testified amid deadly silence in the courtfoom that he turned this Liberty bond “divvy” over to the late | John T. King, Connecticut politician in the lobby of the banking house of Goldman, Sacha and Co., in New York ! City. Merton, a well-knit, business-like | man of about fifty, was brought from ed States attorney, to disclose details of the alleged scheme. Merton testified he brokerage house and got the bonds | Harry M. Daugherty, attorney-general In the Harding “oll” cabinet and Germany by Emory R. Buckner, Unit- prominent actor in the “Teapot Dome” scandal, figures again in the news. He is seen here about to buy a paper to see what the journals have to say about) | the last charge against him: that he took a bribe of almost half miilion went to the dollars for facilitating the return of property to dispossessed Germans. { in two batches—$195,000 in second | 4%4’s and $196,000 in 4%'s. End of Relationship. “I met King. the building,” he | testified. “Aftird gave hit the bonds | I said good-bye to him, and that was | the end of our’ relationship in con- nection with this matter.” United States Attorney Emory | Buckner, who is prosecuting the gov- | ernment’s case, then introduced into | evidence the receipt Merton said he! bonds. | Offers to Join in United The receipt was signed by Merton, : Ticket it read: (Special to The Daily Worker) WORKERS PARTY “Received by the order of the So- ciete Suisse $391,000.” | The Societe Suisse was one of the | companies abroad that Merton was. representing in ‘his special trip to this country to effect the return of seized alien property. Asked for Retainer. Next in importance to Merton’s ex- Planation of the “divvy” was his state- | ment earlier in the day that he had been asked by King for a “retainer” | choosing a state ticket offered to with- ‘draw from the race providing the of $50,000 and that he gave it. He} had told King, he said, that he had | State Federation of Labor which is to meet soon places a united labor ticket |in the field. him a lawyer was not necessary. | % : Ho said he paid King: by check; |sigte leket: “Wiliam MeKenste. of that the check was -: a 4 e drawn on the! A ¥ Chase National bank and that it was | See toe: over aet Eames: Delegates from Workers Party branch- es thruout Connecticut composed a nomination convention held at the ticket in the state election in the name of the Workers’ Party. The convention -IN CONNECTICUT NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 10. — | | Labor Lyceum here which placed a/ was well attended and in addition to | * (his contri | were saved from the scrap pile, where Begin the best part Monday---Book Two of joined the United Textile Workers’ | Union already, Thomas F. McMahon, U. T. W. president, announces. It is ex- | pected that more of the striking wool lack of cargoes had consigned them, | textile workers, who numbered 15,000 marine men declare, lat the peak, will join the union short- The red stag of the black funnel |jy, A tremendous demonstration is on a Stag Line trasap, for example, | to occur in celebration of the workers’ {Continued on page 2.) jentrance into the union. Get Picket Right. Gustav Deak, head of the new Pas- saic textile union, and George Hayes {sn the U, T. W., conferred with Pas- Bring Old Ships Into Service. Many European tramp steamers saic commissioner of safety Abram | Preiskel and won his admission of ‘their right to picket all gates of all | struck mills, particularly those of Botany Mills which had been barred to them, first part of this made payable to King. Merton was entirely unmoved as he related details of the alleged deal “for the return of the seized foreign prop- erty.” He frequently looked straight at the former attorney general as he testifled. Taxi Drivers Strike Against Pay Slash in Wealthy Boston Suburb BROOKLINE, Mass., Sept. 10.—Driv- ers of Red Cab Taxi Co, machines are striking in this wealthy and fashion- able Boston suburb against an attempt to reduce their pay. The men were getting $25 a week, but have been eve Cleakmakers Keep Up Fight. New York cloakmakers are con- tinuing their strike for the 40-hour week, increased minimum wage scales and Imitation of contractors with job- bers’ responsibility, Eyes are turned toward Gov, Al. Smith who insisted that he would ask the Internationa) Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union to reconsider its rejection of the arbitra tion proposal he made. Conferences with the inside manufacturers falled of successful outcome, The union de- mands that all employing factors, the jobbers especially who control most of the industry, must be brought into conference, Electricians Strike. Electrical workers on the new Para- mount and Brooklyn municipal build- ings a6 well as smaller structures are striking until contractors supply them (Continued oY, Dawe a) Nba ANEW NOVEL wy on Sinclair offered a guarantee of $3 a day, plus 26 per cent commission on all cab earnings over $10. This reduces pay to $21 a week, if the men work seven days steadily. The highest wage received by any driver under the new scheme in the first week's tryout was $22.69, the cab- men declared, and they could not sup- port their families on that. The men ask a flat wage of $28 per week and 55 cents an hour rate for an 11-hour day, seven-day week. Get $100,000 From Train. Mail pouches containing currency said to total $100,000 or more were stolen today from a Grand Trunk rail: way train at Evergreen Park, Chicago | suburb, by two bandits who escaped in an automobile. Xend The DAILY WORKER for one | nth to your shop-mate, |Mrasko of Bridgeport, for Meutenant- |governor; Harry Wilson of Hartford, jfor treasurer; John Gombo of Bridge- | port, for comptroller, and Jane H. Feld- |man of Bridgeport, for secretary of state. A nominating committee was | also appointed to arrange for sena- torial nominations, Petitions Out, Petitions have been issued and will {be circulated thruout the state to | place the nominees officially on the | ballot in accordance with state law. | Resolutions of support to the Brit- ish coal strike and demands that the | United States keep hands off the Mex- | ican and Chinese situations were pass* |ed as also a resolution calling the at- | tention of the workers of Connecticut that the Socialist Party convention had turned Tlown the offer of the Workers’ Party to join jn a state la- ticket in the fleld thus betraying the interests of the workers. For A Labor Party, “The Workers’ Party is willing to subordinate its own name to the needs of the labor party and stands ready to withdraw its candidates at any time in support of a united labor ticket,” says the resolution challeng- ing the state federation of labor to enter the fleld with an independent ticket, The platform adépted by the con- vention included planks for the re- cognition of the Soviet Union; aboli- |tion of the use of police in labor dis- putes; and eight-hour law; state own- ership of public utilities; repeal of j legislation against striking and picket- ing, and other demands included in the congressional platform of the | Workers’ Pi}ty nationally, bor convention to put a united labor | STAGE TAG DAYS TODAY IN DETROIT AND ST. LOUIS FOR PASSAIC STRIKE | NEW YORK; | ATTENTION! | There will be a most important | meeting of The DAILY: WORKER | Builders’ Club Monday-evening, 8:30 | o'clock, at 108 E, 14th St. Don’t | fail to attend, JENSEN'S VOTE “JUGGLING WAITS FOR HUTCHESON Carpenters’ President Is’ Now in England By ARNE SWABECK. President William Hutcheson of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America is now attending the Trade Union Congress of Great | Britain as one of the delegates from |the American Federation of Labor. The second delegate, Frank Farring- }ton, appears to be too busy fulfilling ct. with the Peabody Coal company and is kicked out of office in ithe Miners’ Union, anyway. | While President Hutcheson is in {England there is little possibility of the appeal from the vote juggling in the Chicago District Council elections |being acted upon by the general exe- cutive board. Jensen and Hutcheson Together. At last year’s international election \of the United Brotherhood of Car- |penters, two opposition movements |appeared and the Hutcheson machine |won out a good bit ahead. This year lat the Chicago Carpenters’ District |Council elections a united opposition entered its ticket and the district coun- cil president, Harry Jensen, was de- |fteated. However, as an adept pupil of Hutcheson he managed to declare (Continued on Page 3.) Two tag days for the relief of the | Relief Committee announces the fol these tag days a success: 1967 Grand River, Ave., office 1138 Cadiliac Square, 3rd floor, John Weber, 3410 Nebraska A: S. Ulrich, 3427 N, 9th St. Paole Zion Center, 5410 Gates Ave, STATIONS IN ST. LOUIS Labor Lyceum, 1243 N. Garrison, J. Norwell, 1631 Franklin Ave. Price 5 Cents A [MPERIALISTS -ALARKIED GVER CANTON ARMIES Robber Powers Massing Their Naval Forces WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The state | department has indicated that thé | United States may Join hands with Great Britaln and Japan In armed In- | tervention to check the spread of the | Chinese armiee of the Canton govern | ment which are fighting for national | liberation, The U. S. has a squadron | in Asiatic waters and may use this in warfare upon the movement for na- tional liberation. U. S. Boats Iniand. Reports that two American marines on the destroyers Stewart and Pope | have been wounded by firing at Han- | kow, may be ased the excuse to enter into armed int ntion along with the British. The department does not explain why Ame n war vessels ; should be 600 miles inland from the | Chinese coast Much depends upon what Japan, | America’s keenest rival in the far | east, may do toward a joint war of tn- tervention. | see Japan Evasive. | TOKIO, Sept. 10. — Government | spokesmen say that Japan will not |“at present” intervene in China “ex- cept to protect its nationals.” It is stg- nificantly added, however, that if the Cantonese forces continue to advence northward, Japan’s policy “cannot be predicted.” | | | j see imperialists Alarmed. SHANGHAI, Sept. 10.—The swift | | developments of the victory of the | Cantonese in the Hankow region have | ist foreign settlements here and in Peking, since it is felt that unless the rival imperialist powers do not joia | at once in open war against the na- tionalist liberation movement, all may | be driven out of the positions they have long used to exploit the Chinese people. This is the unifying foree which may bring the United States, Japan, | and France into line with Great Brit- ain, in armed intervention to crush the swiftly rising power of the Canton government. The force against such unification is the intense rivalry among those imperialists. Angry at French. The British are indignant at the |French, a French gunboat having ;stoet by without assisting at Wan- hsien, far up the Yangtze, while the (Continued on page 2) \A. F. of L. Convention May Discuss Entry of | U.S. Into the League | WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, — (FP)— Discussion of the wisdom of Amer- ican entry into the league of nations is guaranteed revival by the fact that Germany is now a member of the league and of its council. Resolutions urging that American labor renew the fight for American membership in the league are anticipated when the Amér- ican Federation of Labor meets in com vention Oct. 4 in Detroit, Every since Samuel Gompers went to Paris in 1919 to assist President Wilson in his agitation for the crea- tion of a league, the A. F. of L, has stood by the principle of a world asso: ciation of nations. At its last conver tion it rejected & resolution demand- ing that the United States stay out of the world court. It ordered its ex- ecutive council to study the whole question of maintenance of a world tribunal to make and maintain peace, jand to report this year, Passaic textile strikers is being staged in two cities today, Detroit and St, Louls. The Chicago office of the General lowing stations from which the two drives will be conducted and urges all sympathizers to come and aid in making STATIONS IN DETROIT 55 Adelaide street, office of Painters’ District Council of International Labor Defense, » office of Street Carmen's Union. ve, created consternation i the imperial =~