The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 14, 1926, Page 6

Page Six cy THE DAILY WORKER THE DAILY W ORKE Published by the DAILY WCRKER PUBLISHING (0. 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. Phone Monroe sna | | SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (outsides of Chicago): $6.00 per vear $38.50 six months | $2.00 three months By mali (in Chicago only): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $2.50 threo months Address all mail and make ont checks to | THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blivd., Chicago, Hlinols | J. LOUIS BNGDAHL \ WILLIAM F. DUNNE a Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi MORITZ J, LOEB. cago, Ill, under the act of March 8, 1879, eoeesognsees Editors Business Manager Er 290 Advertising rates on application. | | Mussolini Believes in Preparedness That Mussolini expects some good shooting this coming winter | is indicated by his intention to introduce a new penal code which | will hand a life sentence to anybody attempting to assassinate the} king or premier. For a successful attempt we have an idea the pa-| triot will be given a prize. Having nothing else left to abolish, Benito is now furrowing his glorious brow over the prospect of getting rid of parliament, which) has been deceased in substance for a long time. But Benito hates to} see a stinking corpse lying around ‘and he is preparing to call in} his scavengers. Taking all this in connection with the news that the pope has! installed punch clocks in his big joss house, so that his attendants will not be tempted to spend too much time playing with their spaghetti—since the longer hours regulation went into foree—and it can be plainly seen that life in Italy is exciting. Berger’s Dyke Weakened When Victor Berger allowed his balliwick to be amalgamated with the LaFollette movement in 1924 he let the progressive water run into his socialist milk, which was watery enough as it was. This is the admission made in a front page editorial in Berger’s own Milwaukee Leader of Sept. 10, in the following words: | “No matter what the socialist leaders may do or say—they never have been able to keep their voters and sympathizers from helping out our LaFollette friends in the primaries. Now less so than ever —since party lines have been weakened, and the fences separating them lowered thru Robert M. LaFollette running for office in the third pary ticket in 1924.” The cause of this confession is Governor Blaine’s heavy vote in| | 1 WILL LABOR BREAK WITH SAM INSULL? Streator Convention to| Test Officials | (Continued from page 1) | | any demands made for improved con-| ditions of the workers employed by his | corporation, supplies thousands of dol-| jlars to put over Frank L, Smith for} United States senator in the repub-} ican primaries. He also donates| money to the democratic primaries to| be on the safe side. Other utility magnates donated money to the Smith campaign. Frank L, Smith is chairman of the Illinois | commerce commission and the slush/ fund investigation brought: out the additional fact that these utility cor- porations had applications pending be- fore the commerce commission relative to traction rates and other benefits sought for their corporations, Open Shop Crowe Machine. The Crowe-Barrett political machine, headed by State’s Attorney Crowe, who has attempted to break strikes, who put trade unionists thru third degree methods and tried to smash the |unions, supports Frank L. Smith, the Insull candidate. The Chicago Trib- une selected Smith as its candidate. The Illinois labor officials gave him | official endorsement and put it over \{n a number of untons. Whether or not this is deliberate, the political alliance has become ex- tended and made complete. From Samuel Insull of the utility corpora- tion thru the Iilinois corrupt capitalist | politicians to these officials of the trade unions. Non-Partisan Bunk, This is the inevitable result of the so-called non-partisan policy. Its con- sequence in all cases has become one of complete partisanship to the candi- dates selected by the money powers of the capitalist tickets. These candi- | dates pledge loyalty to none but cap- italism, they carry out their wishes tke socialist stronghold of Milwaukee despite Berger’s public state-| 224 aturally in any situation of con- ment that Lenroot, Coolidge’s leader in the world court fight was a better public servant than Blaine. Seven Months of Fighting After seven months of battling against the brutal mill owners and the mill-controlled police, the 16,000 striking textile workers of Passaic and vicinity are still struggling bravely on against wage cuts, starvation wages, company unionism and for the right to have a real union of their own. With the admittance of the strikers into the United Textile | Workers of America, the mill bosses have been shown up for the hypocrites and liars they are. Before affiliation with the A. F. of L., the bosses assiduously tried to create the impression in the pub- lie mind that their refusal to deal with their striking workers was based solely upon the alleged Communist leadership of the strike. Their refusal now to deal with the A. F. of L. union which has taken over the strike, gives the lie to the mill barons and shows them up for the anti-labor and anti-union despots that they are. | flict between capital and labor, they take their place unreservedly on the side of capital against labor. One striking example has already |been furnished in this instance. In jthe case of Frank L. Smith and the | fare rate hearing of the Chicago Street | Railway Lines before the Illinois Com- |merce Commission. The result of this hearing has been printed in an official statement issued by the Chicago/ | Street Carmen’s Union, from which we quote in part: Smith Plainly Anti-Union. “During the extended fare rate | hearing affecting the street railway | lines of Chicago before the Illinois Commerce Commission in 1921 and | 1922, a hearing was prompted solely ; by “political motives costing many thousands of dollars of the tax payers’ money. Frank L. Smith, as | chairman of the commission, by his | attitude assisted in every way the So the struggle still goes on. For better conditions in the mills, for a living wage, for the workers’ right to collective bargaining and| a real union of their own. It is a struggle that must enlist the con-| tinued support of every worker. The Passaic strike is a battle} against all bosses who exploit unorganized labor. It is a fight to| protect the wage standards of organized labor. | Relief should be rushed at once to Passaic. The arrogant mill! bosses must be made to understand that labor stands solidly behind! the strikers and against the bosses’ attempts to starve them back to} work in surrender. Strike relief has so far defeated the bosses. | Strike relief will win the struggle for the workers. How to Help the Miners’ Relief The need for furnishing relief to the British coal miners, their| wives and children, to prevent their actual starvation and conse-| quent surrender to the lords and earls who live in luxury from coal royalties, is a need that ought to be self-evident to every worker,| that should and must be at the present, a first charge against his| income. While the organized labor movement has its channel thru which if can and must send every penny possible, the unorganized, which vastly outnumber the organized, and those generally who sympathize with the British miners but who have no particular organizational connection which can act for them, often think they have no ‘oppor- tunity to discharge their duty toward the aid of our British fellow | workers. | ; We wish to point out that for all such workers and working: | class, sympathizers, there exists an organization exactly suited to| their situation. The unorganized workers and sympathizers par-| lienlarly, who wish to help the British miners, can do excellent work) thru the International Workers’ Aid, the national office of which is at 1553 West Madison street; Chicago. | This organization has been built up just to serve the workers in all such distressful periods. It was not formed just for the British strike, but maintains a permanent organization to assist in all sim-| ilar emergencies, emergencies which are always arising and for which some hastily constructed organs of relief have to be set up by labor. | union | Political alliance political representatives that were | demanding a reduction of street car fares by reducing the wages of the employes, increasing their hours of labor and demoralizing the condi- tions they had established thru their after a struggle for many years, “The whole burden of this demand for fare reduction was placed upon the employes and their families, and thruout it all the attitude of Frank L. Smith was against the employes and with the political forces that were using the situation to perpetu- ate themselves in power.” Must Come Clean. After this slush fund exposure, will the officials of the Illinois trade union movement who are responsible for the with capital, have | the courage to repudiate their en- dorsed candidate, to repudiate their alliance and at least on this point square themselves with the labor movement? This should be the im- portant question before the Illinois state federation of labor convention now in session at Streator, Illinois. The welfare of the trade unions is involved in this question. Their future existence as independent or- | ganizations of the workers at Hberty to conduct their rightful struggles for better conditions of their members is at stake. If the officials do not repudi- ate their alliance, further developments will compel the rank and file members to take action, For a United Labor Ticket. Undoubtedly the present situation | offers a splendid opportunity to the labor movement to give an appropriate | reply to the corrupt capitalist politics, exposed at the slush fund hearings. |A further alliance with politicians of Tt does not mean to take the place of these temporary commit- ‘he old parties and with their sup- tees of relief, but to furnish an added support by its permanent) organization, which is always ready to step into the field as it did to the best of its ability in the tornado holocaust in the Southern! Illinois coal fields last year. Such an organization ig most valuable, particularly in organizing the assistance among sympathetic ele- ments and unorganized workers. These elements have a duty to perform in the British strike situ- ition, They can not only send their donations to the International Workers’ Aid, but they can and should work with it as a part of it, collecting funds and sending the proceeds thru the I. W. A.—and as quickly as possible, in order that our British brothers in the coal fields, their heroic women and little children are not starved into surrender to their baronial exploiters. porters, the big corporations, will not only increase corruption, but prevent the trade unions in their efforts to gain better conditions for the work- ers; and if carried to its logical con- sequence, even lead to the break-up of the unions. The proper reply has been given by the progressive trade unionists in thelr demand that a united labor ticket be put up against the candidates of the big corporations, That reply should be carried into action, Earthquake Recorded. NEW YORK, Sppt, 10¢--An earth- quake disturbance of four hours’ du- | Berlin, in all their phases. ration was recorded on the seisma SUBSCRIBE TO THE DAILY WORKER} ‘ : sraph ot Forddam University today, | NS ae . = |» The Fight for the British Miners (Continued from page 1) servative government in Great Brit- ain directly supports the employers. “The latest reports concerning the mobilization of the policy to protect the strikebreakers give a special cor- roboration of this fact. Some British trade union leaders still do not or will not grasp this fact, but every honest proletarian knows perfectly well that the conservative government is deter- mined to crush the miners at all costs. British Unions Themselves Laggard. “The situation of the miners, which would in any case be difficult enough, is worsened by the leek of sufficient material support from the internation- al proletariat and alsq.from the lead- ers of the trade unions, in Great Brit- ain itself. This fact Jeads directly to starvation and to inhuman sufferings for the miners and thgix families. “I belteye that an estimation of the whole situation shows that the miners are now as before igglated in their struggle, despite the plact that the leaders of the Britigh ,trade union movement declare that,.they are sup- porting them, SE “We Do Our Class Duty.” “All these things? ‘together must cause serious concern && the outcome | of the struggle améhgst those who feel themselves boun#!/with fraternal bonds to the heroic struggle of the British miners. Wejsthe representa- tives of the Soviet: labor unions, as well as the whole working class of the Soviet Union, are doing everything possible to assist the British miners. Up to the present the coppers of the workers of the Soviet Union have been collected and have resulted in a sum of approximately five million roubles being handed over to the Miners’ Fed- eration of Great Britain. “We do not consider that as any- thing very special, deserving praise, for that was our simple class duty to our comrades in their struggle. We shall continue to do our duty ih this respect even more persistently and energetically than before despite the calumnies of the British bourgeoisie which it pours over,our honest and fraternal attempts to assist the Brit- ish miners in their struggle, Must Have More Help. “We are of the 6pihion that our assistance alone is extremely little and cannot make victory safe for the miners, and for this reason we sug- gested the calling of*the Anglo-Russi- an committee for the*sole purpose of placing the support’’action upon a broader basis. We wished to discuss the question of strengthening all ways and means, materiaf’ and moral, in order to obtain support, in Great Brit- ain, the Soviet Union*and also upon an international scale. “Unfortunately as has already been reported in the press}/it was not pos- | sible for us to discuss these ques- tions at the Paris séssion of the An- gio-Russian committee, which took place about a month ago. “We have discussed these questions naw at the session of the Anglo-Russi- an committee which has just ended in If the re- sult of this session is mot the imme- diate’ support of the British miners, | then we hope that every worker will know that this was not: our fault. “Until the delegation has reported to the central council of the Soviet labor unions I can give the press no details concerning the sessions. I say with all clearness and wish to stress the point, that the contention that the Soviet labor unions wished to dictate to the British trade unions is| jtance in relieving in some degree the a malicious calumny, “The British bourgeois press is do- ing its utmost to spread this calumny and to break the fraternal bonds be- tween the British workers and the workers of the Soviet Union. Those people in the camp of the reformists who are dissatisfied with the existing relations between the)British and Rus- sian trade union movements are do- ing the same, % Want Unity. “We have often ds@lared and de- clare again now that’ all that the So- viet labor unions want iis to give fra- ternal assistance andethus insure a joint struggle against the offensive of capitalism. We are Jed by no other desire than to see thg establishment of real unity inside ¢he trade union movement of the world, Workers’ Unity Must, Not be Broken. “We consider it to, our proleta- rian duty to the w of tlie So- viet Union and of the,;whole world to give our opinions of the leadership of the British general stpike openly, but we are convinced thaf,the tactics of the leaders can only -be determined by the British working. class and by no one else. a “For this reason it is a wicked calumny to speak of an interference on the part of the Soviet Labor Unions in the affairs of the British trades union movement. We are firm- ly convinced that this calumny of our class enemies and of the opponents of international trade union unity will not succeed in breaking the fraternal bonds which bind the British and Rus- sian labor movements, Strike Stops Fines, ADAMS, Mass,—-(FP)—-Abolition of the fining system against which weay- ers were rebelling has been decided on by the Berkshire ton Mfg. Co. for two weeks, du which union representatives will inyestigate fining in other mills. The rg are mem- bers of the Polish Wea Union, aff- ated with the j ent American Sheen A See te TO MAKE FIGHT FOR SACCO AND VANZETTI FREEDOM AT HEARING (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Sept, 12.—William G. Thompson, attorney for Sacco and Vanzetti, will appear before Judge Webster Thayer in superior court at Dedham, Massachusetts, Monday and ask favorable consideration for the contention that because of new evidence as the result of confessions implicating the actual slayers, the verdict of guilty pronounced upon them for the slaying that accom- panied a payroll robbery in South Braintree, Mass., in 1922, be set aside. In support of the confession made by Celestino Madero, himself con- demned to death for another mur- der, the defense will present 61 affi- davits that, it contends, removes the last vestige of doubt that Sacco and Vanzetti are innocent. In.re- turn, the district attorney will pre- sent 27 affidavits. It is expected that the hearing will be bitterly con- tested by both sides. SPAIN OOZES HYPOCRISY IN LEAGUE NOTE Disgruntled at Denial of Tangier Mandate GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 12.— The official communication from Spain, notifying the league of nations of Spain’s withdrawal from the league, was received by league officials yes- terday. It is known that more than a permanent seat on the league council, Spain wanted a mandate for Tangier. The issue of the seat is played up, but Tangier is the basic reason. The Spanish note abounds in polite phrases, complimenting the league on the seating of Germany—*“which event Spain ardently hopes will be of great advantage to the league of nations.” Also, Spain expresses the conviction that its withdrawal will not hurt the interests of the league, “whose pros- perity is ardently desired by Spain.” Additional diplomatic hypocrisy speaks of Spain’s desire for peace, “which our country has hitherto so earnestly and effectively served.” The league hears that Turkey is to apply for membership in the league, not only upon the provision that it be given a seat in the council. “Liberated” Provinces of Alsace-Lorraine - in Appeal Against France PARIS, Sept. 12.—Alsace and Lor. raine, the two provinces holding a Population of 1,600,000 which cost 4,000,000 French lives to “liberate” from the rule of the German kaiser, are on the point of revolution against their “liberators.” They want to have autonomy within the French govern- ment, but not the present complete dictatorship of the French. To attain this, the people of the provinces are thinking of appealing to the league of nations to get its assis- strangling grip of their “liberators.” As a beginning, they appeal to Amer- ica, the home of the hokum about the self-determination of peoples put out by Woodrow Wilson. In the words of Eugene Ricklin, leader of the movement, they appeal “To the great heart of America, for freedom from the terrorist and dicta- torship rule of France.” The Alsatians and Lorrainians com- plain about the complete control of French officials in all affairs and branches of government. Also the forcible introduction of the French language in all administrative depart- ments, the re-introduction of the an- cient code of Napoleon, and a success- jon of abuses and tyrannies which they did not have to suffer under the rule of Germany before the war brot them “liberation.” Baldwin Is Recalled to Face the Crisis (Continued from page 1.) calls for more action on the part of the British armed forces in China with broad inferences that England must declare open warfare on the Canton government. This is the opinion stated by the Morning Post, which adds: Peking Government a Myth, “We trade to live, and by that ne- cessity have established ourselves in various treaty ports of China, Hith- erto we have concerned ourselves too much with the diplomatic fiction of the supposed government at Peking, but the time has arrived when we have got to face reality or perish.” The Post declares Britain made it- self respected “by bold and intelll- gent use of power in China” and ar gues for a warlike policy. Why not a small bundle of The DAILY WORKPR sent to you trade ly to tak (Continued from page 1) colored; sometimes she wore a-veil, and you kept tactfully out of the way, understanding that Tommy was “playing the woman game.” Mrs. Tommy you saw pictured among “the distin- guished hostesses of the week”; she went in for art, and there would be a soulful young man about the house. The servants understood the situation, and so did Eunice. She was dark and slender, a quick and impatient little thing, with an abundance of what was currently known as “pep.” She was in two of Bunny’s classes, and discovering that he was a serious youngster, she worried him by saying sharp and cutting things, that he was never sure whether she meant or not; he dared not ask, because then she would tease him worse than ever. There were always half a dozen fellows following her about, so it was easy to keep out of the way. BES But one Saturady afternoon Bunny won the 220-yard dash for the school team, and that made him a bit_of a hero and boya and girls swarmed about him, cheering and patting him on the back. Then, after he had had his shower and was dressed, he went out in search of his car, and there was Eunice just getting into her roadster, and she said, “Let me take you.” He answered, “I’ve got my own car here,” and she exclaimed, ‘‘Why, you horrid rude thing! Get into this car at once sir!” So of course he did, a little rattled. When she said, “Are you afraid somebody will steal that cheap old car of yours?”—was it up to him to defend the newness and expensiveness of Dad’s latest gift? “Bunny,” she said, “my mother and father are having a row at home, and it’s horrid there.” “ig “Well, what do you want to do?” said he, sympathetically. “Let’s go somewhere and have supper—away from every- thing. You come, and it’ll be my party.” So they drove for an hour or so, and climbed by a winding road to the top of the hill, and there was a cafe, with a terrace looking out over a bay and a rocky shore-line, that would have been famous if it had been in Italy. They ate supper, and chatted about school affairs, and Hunce told him about her home-life, and how some woman had written her mother a letter revealing that her father had paid a lot of money to some other woman, and Mrs. Hoyt was furious, because why should men do things that made it necessary for them to pay money. : The sun set over the ocean, and the lights came out along the shore, and a big full moon behind the hills; and Eunice said, “Do you like me a little bit, Bunny?” He answered that of course he did, and she said, “But you don’t show it ever.” “Well,” he ex- plained, “I never know quite what to make of you, because you always kid me”; and to that she said, “I know, Bunny, I’m a hor- rid mean thing, but the truth is, I just do that to keep my courage up. I’m afraid of you, too, because you're serious, and I’m just a silly chatter-box, and I have to make a show.” So then, of course, Bunny was able to enjoy the party. They got into the car and drove again. The road ran through a tangle of sand-dunes, high up above the ocean. “Oh, this is lovely!” said Eunice, and when they came to a place where the ground was firm she ran the car off the pavement and parked it. “Let’s go and watch the ocean,” she said. ‘‘There’s a rug in the back.” So Bunny got the rug out, and they walked over the dunes, and sat on top of one, and listened to the waves below; and Eunice smoked a cigarette, and scolded Bunny because he was a horrid little Puritan that wouldn’t keep her company. Presently a man came walking by, and glanced at them as he passed, and Hunice said, “Have you got a gun?” And when he said that he hadn’t she remarked, “You’re supposed to bring a gun nowadays when you go on a petting party.” Bunny had not realized that this was exactly a petting party, but you can see that it would not have been polite of him to say so. He listened while she told him about bandits who were making a business of holding up couples parked by the roadside; some were beastly to the girls, and what would Bunny do if one of them were suddenly to appear? Bunny said he didn’t know, but of course he’d defend a woman the best he could. “But I don’t want you to get shot,” said Eunice. “We've a scandal al- ways threatened in our family.” So she said, “Let’s get lost, |Bunny;” and he gathered up the rug and they wandered over the dunes—a long way from the road and from everything; and in one of the hollows, a still nest where the sand was soft and smooth, she told him to spread the rug again, and there they sat, hid from everything save the round yellow moon, which has looked down upon millions of millions of such scenes, and has never yet betrayed a confidence. s They sat close together, and Eunice rested her head against Bunny’s shoulder and whispered, “Do you care for me a little bit?” He assured her that he did, but she said, no, he must think she was a horrid bold thing; and when he declared that he didn’t, she said, “Then why don’t you kiss me?” He began to kiss her, but she wasn’t satisfied—he didn’t mean it, she said; and suddenly she whispered, “Bunny, I don’t believe you’ve ever really loved a girl before!” + RY He admitted that he had not. “I’ve always known you were a queer boy,” she said, “What is the matter?” Bunny said he didn’t quite know; he was trembling violently, because -he had never had anything like this happen to him, and several different emotions clamored at the same time, and which one should He follow? “Let me teach you, Bunny,” whispered the girl; and ‘when he did not answer at-once, she put her lips upon his, ina long kiss that made him dizzy. He murmured faintly that ne- thing might happen, she might get into trouble; but she told him not to worry about-that, she knew about those things arid had taken the needed precautions. : ih , (To Be Continued Tomorrow) . developments than by acceding to the demand of the vatican for @ punitive policy. et P Calles in his message to congress was obviously indirectly appealing 54 4 y F Washington when he suggested that modification of the contested laws would be tried if the present statutes proved unworkable, wr3i%s on ys Church Campaign Fails. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 12.—Th tom has fallen completely out of the catholic church agitation since “It came evident that even Anbeienty Sheffield would fail to shake the “Hands off” policy of the Coolidge ad- ministration, ? ‘The Mexican national chamber of commerce attacked the policy of the Calles government and urged & pro- tective tariff! on importations, @ Te duction in wages and longer working hours tor Mexican labor. PAUL SMITH’'S, NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—After a second conference with the ambassador to Mexico, President Coolidge announced that there would be no change in the administration's policy towards the southern republic. As previously suggested in The DAILY WORKER, the administration cleverly took advantage of the Mexi- ents engagement with the | to force concessions the Jand and mineral from Calleg in laws. ‘ Could Get Better Results, Coolidge was of the opinion that he could secure more practical results from a nondnterventionist policy for yd A subscription to The | DAILY WORKER for one month to the mem- bers of your union ls a good way, Tey It