The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 12, 1926, Page 2

— == Page Two ILLINOIS COAL DIGGERS CALL FOR CONVENTION oe | Jacksonville Pact Was’ Broken, They Charge | (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Iil., Sept. 10, — Lo- | eal Union 705 of the U. M. W. of A.| Fallon, IIl., unanimously passed a res- olution which was forwarded to the district executive board of the lilinois Miners’ Union in care of Walter Nes- bit, secretary-treasurer, requesting the calling of a special district convention | in accordance with the provisions ot | the constitution, | The demand for a special conven: | tion comes as the result of the dis- closure, that Frank Farrington, presi- dent of the Union signed a contract with the Peabody Coal company at a salary of $25,000 a year, for a ‘three- | year period. Broke Jacksonville Paot. The resolution declares that Frank Yarrington and vice-president Harry Fishwick, candidate for president to sueceed Farrington, represented the MMinois Miners’ Union in signing up + the Jacksonville agreement which car- tied the provision that “there she be no change in prices or conditions during the life of said contract,” yet those officials, the resolution declares, ““signed up numerous contracts with ooal companies in Illinois ignoring the tonnage basis of the Jacksonville agreement with the consent of the dis- trict executive board.” Call for Referendum. In the event of the district executive board failing to give the O'Fallon local a satisfactory reply in fourteen days, the resolution authorizes the local to ¢circularize the local unions so as to get the necessary 5 per eont of sig- Batures for a referendum vote of the district. Since the Farrington exposure the morale of the progressive elements in | the Hlinois Miners’ Union is on the upgrade. Hitherto the slightest attempt on their part to express themselves ‘was met by a campaign of fierce per- secution on Farrington’s part, ably | seconded by blacklisting by Farring- | ton’s coal operators. Miners Feel Strong. Now, in view of the changed sit- ation, the coal diggers feel them- selves in a position to undertake a serious campaign to eliminate the Far- rington group from the leadership of the Illinois Miners’ Union. It is re- ported that one of Farrington’s tools, who has posed as a progressive, is going around looking for somebody connected with the progressive /oppo- sition to run for the presidency'in an effort to split Tumulty’s support. Coolidge Praises the “High Ideals” of ‘A.P. Open Shop Publisher HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. 10.— ,Oharles Hopkins Clark, director of ; the.associated Press and publisher of , thecopen-shop boosting Hartford Cou- jeant, is dead. President Coolidge | wiedthat'Clark’s newspapers always | Mood for “high ideals in the social | gm@ political life of the nation.” Clark's ideals: were expressed in fre- | quent editorials supporting the open { a. im the periodical appearance ; fam open:shop page, listing the big | Cammecticnt manufacturers who op- eented without unions, Pat on the Badge of “a Commanist! SOMETHING NEW AND BEAUTIFULLY UN- USUAL. The Emblem of The Young Workers (Communist) League. A striking closed fist— the Communist salute— (reproduction actual size) in gold and silver. Limited Supply Only! All orders filled in order receivéd, GOLD, 40 cents; SILVER, 25 | le , CURRENT EVENTS By T. J. O'Flaherty. (Continued from page 1) OW capitalist campaign managers | H | raise campaign funds and fool the | contributors is told in a series of ar-| ticles runing in a Chicago daily. It reads well. The narrator tells of a ness man from $50,000. The sucker was invited to dine with the presi-| dent, the latter falling in with the | plans. Mrs, President took cogniz-| ance of Mr. Sucker’s wife who in re-| turn oozed satisfaction. The presi- dent informed sucker that he was glad such a worthy person was in- | ilined to participate more actively | in public affairs and observed that he | had a few ambassadorships waiting | for such characters. The rest was | Getting $50,000 from Mr, Sucker | 8 like selling hootch to a prohibi- tion agent, o Be | HEN a woman problem suddenly loomed on the troubled political orizon, In a certain state where the voters are fickle, a prominent society lady developed an itch to sit in the }seats of the mighty in Washington. So she imbued her followers with a crusading spirit and soon had them thinking that on their shoulders rested the duty of blowing a spiritual breeze into the fetid atmosphere of G. O. P. headquarters, The political Amazons marched on Washington and had the managers worrying for a while. aa UT a precocious publicity agent snapped out a few suggestions and by the time the ladies had finish- ed a spicy luncheon in the private apartment of the campaign manager, had accepted the attentions of various senatorial leaders, stood up under a barrage of flattery and were shown the works at campaign headquarters, they went home satisfied, none more sv that Mrs. Bull (not her real name) | who was given all the work she could handle and had a good time for her- self making the other women run er- rands and in general make fools of themselves while the state campaign |manager directed the campaign. And |mark you these wise ladies were ardent suffragettes! * “{7HO shot McSwiggin?” is a ques- tion that remains unanswered and for good reasons according to Sergeant Anthony McSwiggen, father of the murdered assistant district sec- retary. McSwiggen, Sr., declares that all the investigations were fake per- formances, that the murderers of Mc- Swiggen are known to the authorities, but the latter will, not move as the criminals are in politics with the prosecuting authorities. MUSIC STRIKE ENDS; SIGN 3- YEAR CONTRACT Officials of the musicians’ union came to an agreement with the ex- hibitors’ association after an all- Thursday night session and practically assured the ending of the strike of 3,000 musicians in 400 movie shows and ten vaudeville houses. James C. Petrillo, representing Local 10 of the musicians’ union, representing the men, agreed to a three-year contract calling for an increase of $2.50 a week for two years and $3.00 a week the third year, bringing the scale to $80.00 per week at that time. Four-Men Orchestras. The theater owners agreed to re tain four-men orchestras in the smaller houses, a seriously disputed point during the negotiations. The strike had been in progress since early last Monday morning and left the movie shows and vaudeville houses entirely without music save mechanical de- vices. The agreement follows many hours of futile negotiations in which John C. Gamble, international vice-presi- dent of the musicians participated on behalf of President Joe Weber. All that remains before the musici- ans return is for the agreement to bs ratified by a general meeting schedul- ed to be held Friday night. Fighting in Nicaragua Fills Hospitals with Partisans of Chamorro MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Sept. 10.— cents. In quantities of a dozen or more, gold $3.60 a doz., silver $2.25 a doz, Rush Your Order to The Young Workers League of America, 11138 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. | | Lenin on Organization The Heavy fighting is reported from the vi- cinity of Chinandega. The govern- ment has mobilized all possible force, and the outcome is still doubtful. The hospital here is crowded with wounded, who are being tended by the Red Cross and the Green Cross. The Chamorro government claims minor victories at Esteli and at El Sauce. ‘More rebel bands are reported operating in the interior, heme to separate a newly rich busi- | BRITISH TRADE UNION CONGRESS | MOVES TO RIGHT Leaders Defeat Two Pro-| gressive Moves (Speolal to The Dally Worker) LONDON, Sept. 10.—The Trade Un- ion Congress in session at Bourne- mouth has been the scene of conflict between the forces of progress and reformism, with the result so far that the right wing leadership has won some votes after sharp struggle with the left wing delegates, particularly the miners and machinists, or “engi- neers” as they are termed in Eng- land. Unite Agalnst Critics, The general council leaders, both of the right and so-called “left,” had united against allowing any discus- sion of their conduct in the general strike and its betrayal when on the ‘point of victory. A delegate of the en- gineers’ union precipitated a sharp struggle that led to a near physical clash, when he moved that the con- vention investigate the conduct of the strike by the general council, which he denounced as having proven cow- ards by their order calling the strike off. His motion was defeated. Again the left wing fought for its proposal that the general council have greater power in the direction and control of any struggle, power to levy assessments on all or part of the affi- Hated organizations, and power to call a gradual, partial or complete strike stoppage of all or any part of the affi- lated bodies. Forego General Strike Weapon, This proposal was fought most bit- terly by the members of the general council itself, who gave the impres- sion that they would not consent to another general strike and inferred they were sorry they called the last one. Shrinking from struggle in this manner, they excused their reluctance on the ground of sectional interests of their particular unions, taking the same attitude as the hitherto despised Havelock Wilson. ©, T. Cramp of the Raflwaymen bit- terly attacked the proposal for more power to the general council of which he is a member, and in so doing ex- posed his real opposition to the gen- eral strike in principle. He declared a “mouldy and ancient* conception, that all our difficulties can be solved by the general strike.” He added that his union was opposed to giving the council more power on the ground that “We've had some,” thus express- ing regret at the general strike in- stead of the betrayal of it. Cramp Wants No Struggle. He evaded the point that power is not necessarily to be used for betray- al and that centralization of power is absolutely essential for successful struggle. John R. Clynes of the General Workers’ Union and Ernest Bevin of the Transport and General Workers’ Union also opposed the motion, and the resolution and its amendment were voted down. The miners’ delegates attacked J. Bromley, when he 'posed as a defend- er of the resolution supporting the miners, shouting their protests at him as a hypocrite who was actually op- posed to the miners’ strike. Council Takes Refuge in Dignity. A cable from Michael Tomsky, chairman of the delegation of the Rus- sian unions which was barred by the government from landing in England, was distributed among the delegates and created a stir from its sharp criticism of the leadership of J. H. |Thomas during the general strike. | Thomas was charged with being the main instigator of the defeat of the fighting workers of Britain, for whom victory was in sight when their weak- kneed leaders called off the strike. The general council took refuge be- hind its dignity and declared they would not even reply to euch alleged “presumptuous criticism.” Tomsky's cable stressed the necessity of a clos- er co-operation between British and Russian workers in the Anglo-Russian committee for a better support to the striking miners than had been given in the past. Portland Organizes a Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Conference PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 10.—Inter- national Labor Defense Was the initia- tor of a local labor conference for aid to Sacco and Vanzetti at which were present delegates from labor unions and fraternal organizations, Proposing to hold a mass meeting to raise funds to help the two Italian frame-up victims, the conferenca elected a committee to visit the Labor Temple Association to request the use of the hall gratis for this purpose, The committee was told it would be necessary to pay the regular fee of most important publica- tion for workers issued in many years. Writings and speeches of a great leader on the fundamen- tal question of organization. No worker's library can be complete without this invaluable work, Cloth, $1.50 $60, However, the meeting was held, but at another hall. The attendance was good and @ generous collection taken for the defense fund. LONDON, September 10,—Sixty Central News. Thirty-five of the having succumbed to Injuries, THE DAILY WORKER - Al Smith Will Run for Governor of Néw York; Judge Wagnet for Senate ALBANY, N. Y¥., Sept. 10.—Gov- ernor Al Smith has consented to ac- cept renomination at the democratic state convention which meets at Syra- cuse, Sept. 27 and 28, according to a report at the capital today following & secret conference at the executive mansion of democratic leaders with | the governor. According to reports the leaders are said to have agreed to nominate Su- preme Court Justice Robert F. Wag- ner of New York for the United States senate to oppose Senator James W. Wadsworth, Jr. CHRISTENSEN TO SAY CORRUPTION IS MAIN ISSUE Progressive Party Man Decides on Slogan In consultation with his friends and supporters at the Hotel Morrison, Parley Parker Christensen announced his chief slogan in the race for sen- ator from Illinois to be “A return to honesty and economy in public life.” He intends to stick closely to the ques- tion of eliminating graft and doing away with such evils as the recent slush fund investigations showed, and will not indulge in much argument over what he believes to be matters of lesser importance, such as prohibi- tion and U. S. relationship to the world court. Against Corruption. “I will rouse public conscience if I can,” said Christensen, so as to drive out of public life the infamous biparti- San political system in Illinois, where- by Sam Insull, director of utilities, is able to control all senatorial candi- dates by contributing to their cam- paign treasuries. “Insull plays a game of ‘Heads I win, tails you lose.’ From the point of view of the candidates it amounts to buying a job, using In- sull’s money, and ‘He who pays the fiddler, calls the tune,’” Hits Federal Reserve. Christensen commented on the fact that the banking system in the United States was such as to give private control of the public currency. The Federal Reserve Banks, he stated, are’ able to inflate or retract the currency, altho they are private concerns and will be influenced solely by private bankers’ consideration. | | | | An Ancient Mo chief task of the American socialist press, as in other coun- tries, is not to aid the British coal miners’ strike thru encouraging the relief campaign and demanding an embargo on scab coal, but to at- tempt to discredit the activities of the Communists in"the struggle. This takes the form, in some in- stances, of a bitter attack on the Soviet government. At first it was the British tory tyranny of Baldwin that assailed Soviet rule because it was claimed that it was financing the coal miners’ struggle. Now the Milwaukee Leader, the organ of the socialist congressman, Victor L. Berger, revamps the old lie that was effectively scotched several months ago, that the Soviet government is shipping large quantities of gasoline and oil to the British Isles as sub- stitutes for coal. se @ . The official statements from the Soviet Union successfully exposing these mendacious falsehood of Bald- win and the socialists were publish- ed in The DAILY WORKER long ago, The tory lie is dead. But in spite of the fact, that Berger, as congressman, has introduced a reso- lution in the house of representa- tives at Washington demanding the recognition of the Union of Soviet Republics, Berger, the editor, out- strips the capitalist press in his efforts to publish lies about the So- viet Union in his daily, especially this lie about the scab oil shipments, «ee The inference is that Berger's edi- torial staff takes {ts cue on the British mine strike situation from the yellow socialist press of Ger- many that has already urged the British miners to surrender. It was the Vorwaerts, in Berlin, the official organ of the German socialist party, supporter of the Von Hindenburg capitalist republic, that advised the British miners that they could not win, that they should quit fighting. ae There is no effort to deny that the socialist-controlled trade unions on the continent, in Germany, France, Belgium and other countries, are permitting the shipment of strike- breaking coal to Great Britain. In The bankers have the power to en- rich or ruin individual business men, and may in the future, as they have in the past, so juggle’ the circulating medium as to impoverish the farmers. Farmer Should Organize. The farmers, he says, should be or- ganized not only to buy collectively what they need for their farms, but also 80 ag to be able to sell collectively what is produced from the land. He would like to arrange production thru co-operation between the farmers and the department of agriculture. But he returned continually to the main issue as he conceives it, “most reforms await a cleaning up of politics, My duty is to arouse the voters to the seriousness of the situation. At pres- ent in Chicago elections are decided by thugs, and not by ballots.” ‘Christensen started yesterday to Breese, Clinton, Co., to speak at the fair, and will continue on a speech- making tour until about the time of the election. Bandits’ Bail $300,000. CHAMPAIGN, Sept. 10.—The three Illinois Central railroad jewel rob- bers, arrested yesterday less than 13 hours after’they stepped from a train here with $500,000 worth of stolen jewels, were held under $300,000 bonds each on three charges of robbery with ® gun at @ 3 a. m. court session. Mrs. Corson Welcomed. NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—(Ins)—Mrs. Mille Gade Corson, who came to this country for the first time seven years ago, unheralded and unknown, re- turned today and received the official welcome of the city, as thousands cheered in recognition of her feat as the first mother to swim the English Channel. “The pen is mightier than the sword,” provided you know how to use {t. Come down and learn how In the worker correspondent’s classes, The mighty arm of jabor Is the strength of The DAILY WORKER. And every sub YOU send is more strength to that mighty arm. stead they seek to excuse it as fol- lows: “European coal shipments to Brit- ain can never be a decisive factor in ending the conflict, and, as time goes on, they will become relatively less and less important. . .” Then later: “That is not to say that it would not be much better, if it were prac- ticable, to prevent the transport of any coal to Britain, and any removal of foreign coal within Britain it- self” fe, Bae This is arguing in a circle almost more ably than the writers in the employ of Victor Berger. First the Soviet Union, with its oil fields a thousand miles removed from Brit- ish shores, in far off Asia, is charged with sending this fuel for strike- breaking purposes to Great Britain. This the Soviet Union is supposed to do with only a small fleet of ships at her disposal. Imperialists Threaten Attack on Chinese (Continued from page 1) Chinese were defeating the British assault which cost the Hves of seven British marines. The Chinese politicians in Peking, who have supported the imperialist actions of Wu Pei-fu and Chang Tso- lin, are so overwhelmed by Wu's de- feat at Hankow that they make no move at all. Hanyang Important. With Hankow in the hands of the Cantonese, also the city and arsenal of Hanyang, which commands both Wuchang and Hankow with its impor- tant artillery emplacements, the gun- boats of the imperialist powers are in no secure position when they patrol the Yangtze in the Hankow region, 609 miles up the river from Shang- hai. Wu claims that his retreat toward Honan is but temporary and with re- inforcements he could return and re- capture Hankow, but nobody seems to believe it. Instead, all the major attention now {is concentrated on the fight developing to the eastward, War Over Kiangsi. Here, Sun Chaun-fang, who claims to rule most of the fi’ provinces around the lower Yangtze, including the province of Kiangsi southwest of Shanghai, has responded to the im- perialists with a declaration of war on the Cantonese, who have turned their attention toward driving Sun out of Kianksi. The British cruiser Hawkins, flag- Berger’s Daily Revamps | the Soviet Government By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. j 35 WORKERS DIE IN LISBON a cork factory In Lisbon collapsed, according to a dispatch to the ship of the British fleet in Chinese waters is proceeding to Hankow. It carries seven heavy guns, aimed to be used against the Cantonese, But Prince George of the British royal family now on the Hawkins, will stay safely behind on the coast. Send The DAILY WORKER for one month to your shop-mate, workmen were buried today when workmen are known to be dead, Lie Against Then the official press service of the International Federation of (So- cialist) Trade Unions, Amsterdam, declares that the shipment of strike- breaking fuel is not decisive any- way, ees Weil, which is it? The Russians say that the ship- ment of scab fuel is decisive and they placed an embargo on this traf- fic immediately the strike started. Not only that, but they have sent $4,500,000 in relief, raised by Rus- sian workers themselves, not the government, to the British strikers. The socialists, however, in all the nearby countries, knowing that great fleets of ships are at the disposal of the coal capitalists, serenely watch the growing transportation of black leg coal to Britain, In this they are no different than the of- ficials of the American Federation of Labor, on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. eee On another page today there is Published the statement of Adreyev, chairman of the Soviet delegation at the recent Berlin meeting of the Anglo-Russian committee for World Trade Union Unity, in which this statement is found: “The unhindered transport of strike-breaking coal from abroad to Great Britain, and the transport of this coal in Great Britain itself is @ great danger for the struggle. This gives the enemies of the miners, the employers and the government, a powerful weapon in their hands. It is already proved with all clarity that the conservative government in Great Britain directly supports the employers.” ef The attitude of the German social- ists, who inspire the Berger social- ists in Milwaukee, Wisc., U. 8. A, is not much different from that of the kaiser during the war, who.re- fused to believe that the United States capitalist government: could give his enemies any considerable assistance. He thought that he could head off this aid with the sniping of his submarine campaign. Yet American shipping had to come thousands of miles across the water. And it fooled the kaiser. American coal miners can, well appreciate the situation facing the British miners when they know that the coal fields of Germany, France, Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia and Pol- and are much closer to the British market than non-union West Vir- ginia and Tennessee coal in com- Petition with Illinois coal in this country. ni ® © .2 7 The attack of the socialists on the Russian workers and the Soviet government is not born of any ef- fort to aid the British mine strike. It is merely the result of a realiza- tion of the fact that the masses of workers, in all industries in all countries, realize more and more that the Communist methods of car- rying on the class struggfe are the only correct ones, The socialist at- tack on these policies is giving the best aid and comfort possible to the enemies of the workers. 8,000 PASSAIC MILL STRIKERS ENTER A. F, OF L. (Continued from page 1) with only union-made material. Wire- men’s Local 8 is in charge of the strike. Hosiery Workers’ Grow, Three thousand new members have been taken into the Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers’ Federation, afflia-|° ted with the United Textile Workers. About 75% of the new members are from the Philadelphia district, union officers report to the convention: now on in that city. The federation con- vention procedes that of the U. T. W. in New York next week. Hosiery or- ganization nuclei exist in all unorgan- ized districts, the union reports, Or- ganizing problems will take up much of the convention time, particularly the suggestion of putting paid bust- ness managers into poorly organized districts to build them up, James Maurer, president Pennsylva- nia Federation of Labor, dencunced the employers’ openshop drive which followed the war, The drive is still vigorous in the west, from which Maurer has just returned, U. T. W. vice-president James Starr told the 60 delegates from 21 branches of the union in 10 states that their or- ganization had kept hosiery manufac- turers closer to the ground and in less danger of overproduction than other sections of the textile industry, Death of 100,000 Babes Traced to Low Wages. WASHINGTON, Sept, 10,-Povert; is an important factor in the fe deaths of 100,000 infants in this coun: try one year of age, said Dr, Robe: More Woodbury in a report issued by, CALL CONGRESS © OF SUPPRESSED WORLD PEOPLES. To Meet in Belgium in November (Special to The Dally Worker) BERLIN, Sept. 10.—A gigantic step is about to be taken in the world-wide upsurge of the victims of imperialism, This is the first world congress against the suppression of colonial and semi-colonial peoplés which will meet at Brussels, Belgium, about the middle of next November. Provisional Committee. The call for the congress is issued by the International League Agatnst Colonial Suppression, with headquar- ters at (cable address) Proruszentrale Berlin German. The provisional com- mittee for the congress includes Henri Barbusse (France), Martin Anderson Nexo (Denmark), George Ledebour (Germany) and Prof. Koo Meng Yu (China). This committee asks all na- tionalists and anti-imperialist organi- zations as well as those determined to stamp out colonial cruelties and suppression in general, to send dele- gates to the forthcoming congress. Cables announcing participation have already been received from the Kuo- mintang Party of China, the Korean Nationalist Party, the Young India Movement and the independence movement of Java, Dutch Hast Indies. Lansbury to Report, The congress at Brussels will take up all of the probleme of imperialism, considering in detail specific cases of brutalities in the colonies and sup- pression of: liberties. It will also consider the question of emancipation of the colonies and semi-colonies from imperialist rule. Special reports un- der this latter head will be made by George Lansbury, M. P. of Great Brit- ain, and Edo Fimmen, general sec- retary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation, Baltimore at Peak of Scab Coal Shipments (Continued from page 1) came into Baltimore harbor for the first time in twenty years when the steamer Euphorbia anchored in the stream to await her chance at a coal- loading berth to get a cargo for Bng- land. This ship, like many other old-time British tramps, arrived here in ballast to load coal. The Ropner, Watson and Watson and Runciman fleets—all famous a score of years ago in Balti- more—had almost passed from the memory of maritime men here. But Baldwin’s call for strike-break- ing ships brought them into commis- sion once more. Tramp Steamers’ Shameful End. These tramp steamers are tramps only in name, They went into INtle known places for quick cargoes and high freights and made fine profits. Then came the freight liners, op erated by large shipping companies. They made smaller, steadier profits from regular runs and general car- goes, So the tramp steamer, soon to pass from the seas like its predecessor, the full-rigged sailing ship, is winding up its glorious career in ignominy—carry- ing coal to reduce the alreagy ex- tremely low standard of living of mil- lions of British toilers, Why not a small bundle of The DAILY WORKER sent to you regularly to take to your trade union meeting? WCFL Radio Program Chicago Federation of Labor radio broadcasting station WCFL is on the air with regular programs. It is broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length from the Municipal Pier, TONIGHT. 6:00 p. m.—Chicago Federation of Le- bor talks and bulletin: 6:15 to 6:30—Fable ly—-Stories for '30—The Florentine String Trio, :30-—Johnson Sisters, harm Clarence Sullivan; irish tenor, nnene? to B dae and Johnson, alians; Little Joe Warner, character ngs; A. Oiman, Clinton Keithley, Walter 1 0 1:00 a. m.—Alamo Cafe Orches- tra and Entertainers. SUNDAY, SEPT. 12, 8:00 to 4:00 p.m, — a hour of better muelos GINSBERG'S Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, FIRST AND LAST Lecture in New York this year on “THE CRISIS IN BRITISH IMPERIALISM” SCOTT NEARING at the Community Church Auditorium 84th St. and Park Ave, New York Mon. Eve., Sept. 20, 8:15 P.M. i Admission 750. — the United States Children's Bureau. | peyeyeeeeeer vO wrOwOrOOWR, , dnnrrtbenrd asain sadncnennesnia Seed |