The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 16, 1926, Page 2

ey ‘tractor recently imported Page Two reper ee oN oe THE DAILY WORKER FARRINGTON AND LEWIS FLAYED BY TLLINOIS MINERS Demand Reinstatement | of Expelled Members (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIBLD, Il t Union 1471 of the lt rank t of Dis Peabody ( al Compa re of a cor agent of the ag proven by the dis tract with the compa: of $25,000 a year, and for other ¢ his, in conju ion with the ¢ executive b and John L. Li internat seeps which h s miners and and the district b n moral a demand and the me mine The re made for ssiv been complete, ré mn that h Peabody Coa y of this d with t and assistance of rd and John L. Lewi most active members been blacklisted, | many of them ex- “Whereas, the U. M. W. of A. has suffered a g t loss thru having this agent of the coal op rs at the head of District No, 12; and “Whereas, ied to foree a 12- cent reduction on the ton for drilling | and shooting the coal at Johnson City | Mine No, 18, and the machine case at | the No. 1 mine at Zeigler, where he allowed the coal company to trample the agreement under their feet; and “Whereas, Frank Farrington and the district executive board gave moral and financial support for the | railroading of the Zeigler miners; | | | therefore, be it “Resolved, that Local Union No. 1471 demands from the district execu- | tive board, the followi “1, That Duncan McDonald, Free- man Thompson, John Watt, Tom Parry, Joe Angelo, Tony Shragel, «Henry Corbishley, Frank Skibinski, Matt Crnoevich and Walter Bielsky be reinstated to their full — in the union. “1. That the district executive board immediately issue a statement sup- porting the Zeigler miners and give them financial assistance in their struggle with the reactionary ku kiux Klan elements of southern Illinois; and be it farther “Resolved, that this local union call a mass meeting to discuss the present situation in the miners’ union and in- vite at least one of the following prothers to be present and speak: Duncan McDonald, Freeman Thomp- son or Henry Corbishley. (Signed) “Resolution Committee, Local Union 1471. CHICAGO FUR WORKERS FIGHT B, A. MILLSTEIN (Continued from page 1) members who were nominated have been erased from the list of nominees making his slate complete. The time has arrived when the membership must for all time take over the reigns of this local and guide same for their material welfare. The underhanded methods conducted by this group show plainly that they will leave no stone unturned to obtain their selfish ends. | “Large numbers of members have | accosted President Goldberg and thru petition have voiced their sentiments by insisting that said presiding officer call a special meeting which is con- stitutional to enlighten the member- ship at large of the nefarious schemes of Millstein. Members, Attend Meeting! “Tf, Sam Goldberg, president of Local No, 45, Fur Workers’ Union, do here- | war, Tt of an actual national government, |adventures of the American imperial- |fanmers’ government to WASHINGTON, Sept. being m to the whose ft 14, documents a feudal ehiefs, imperialist exploiters from the coun- |try, and the liberation of the workers and farmers from economic misery ue to continuous military feuds and ctionary government. The C on nationalist government has issued a proclamation which says, in part Oppose Imperialists. “With the exception of those who ory under direct control of ist government, all people ‘e suffering terribly at the he militarists. Farmers, la- Ys nts are living in mis- ‘able conditions. This is the direct sult of imperialist exploitation of nd the high-handed rule of the recent years the imperial- ts (foreigners) have repeatedly shot lown patriotic Chinese in Chinese ter- They are shamelessly declar- that they are helping the Peking overnment in the suppression of the ag ationalist movement. Openly they elp the militarists against the peo- ‘le’s army.. They are now doing things 1ey would not dare a few years ago. To Restore Rights. “The influence of the imperialists in China is rising. If such a state of uffairs be allowed to continue China vould soon be converted into a colony. t would then be difficult for the people © make any liberation movement. A national revolution would be hopeless. The nationalist government seeks to tore all lost rights forcibly taken by foreign powers. “Therefore everybody should do his share to support the expedition. . . The responsibility of the people at the rear is more important than those fighting on the battlefield. Farmers must unite to drive out reactionary ele- ments. They must do their best to suppress banditry in their respective districts. All Must Unite, “Laborers should work at topmost capacity in turning out war materials for the front. They should not stage any strikes during the period of the expedition. Strike at this hour is sui- cide. Merchants should give their un- reserved support and must not believe tumors spread by reactionaries, Stu- dents must make impressive propa- ganda to the public.” The Whampoa Military Academy ca- dets at Canton, comprising the organi- zation of young highly-trained officers of the nationalist forces, issued a simt- lar statement. Emissaries of the Canton govern- CANTON CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN PROCLAMATION TELLS POPULACE AIMS OF NATIONAL REVOLUTION By LAURENCE robo, Federated Press. -Documents’ showing just what promises are Chinese people by are Row sweeping across the country toward Peking. These e borne out by. later press cablegrams from the scene of civil ey indicate that the objects of the present campaign are the creation the destruction of the militarism of rival the driving of foreign¢ the radical government in Canton, INTERVENTION THREATS FLY AS CANTONESE ARMY ROUTS FOREIGN TOOLS Here is a map of the critical zones in the present struggle for INSULL SLUSH ISSUE IN ILL, STATE UNIONS Smith Has Friends ai Streator Convention (Continued from page 1.) partner of the late utility boss, Roger Sullivan, is even worse. Minority for Christensen, A minority at thej convention are battling for endorsémént of Parley Parker Christensen jpn\ the progres- sive ticket. Christensen was the far- merlabor candidate don president in 1924. Christensen will address a meeting in Streator {dyring the cen- vention. The utilities shadow gets pe- culiar emphasis from the fact that Streator is the old home town of the late Glenn Plumb,~wt spent his life in an effort to have the railroads na- tlonalized and democratically admin- istered under what became universal- ly known as the Plumb plan. Walker's Recommendations. Recommendations to the delegates by Pres, Walker include further ac- tivity in curbing injunctions, modern- izing the factory inspection laws, pre- venting dumping on the market in TMinois the convict products of In- diana, Wisconsin and Iowa, support- ing the 22 labor papers of the state and organizing a women’s bureau afli- Hated with the state federation of la- bor. Future Not so Bright. “Tho conditions in the mining in- dustry are somewhat improved in this Chinese independence from foreign imperialist domination. Northern armies under Wu Pei Fu, British puppet, have been driven out of Hankow (1) by the Cantonese and are retreating to Honan (4). At Can- ton (2) British forces have clashed repeatedly with the Cantonese, For- eign Interests at Shanghai (3) are becoming extremely worried about the successes of the nationalist troops. distant cities where great strikes have occurred, urging the workers to pre- pare to take part in the new regime when the militarists shall be over- thrown. So widespread is this agitation, and so general are the signs that the Chi- nese masses are rising to the nation- alist call, that foreign papers in the northern ports have begun to declare that Canton is justified, and that there is no “red menace” in its successful march northward. Earlier in the sum- mer this foreign press was denouncing Canton as an agency of Moscow and the Third International. Send The DAILY WORKER for one ment have gone to Shanghai and other (Continued from page 1) and, which encourages and alds the workers to carry these struggles to victory, It Is The DAILY WORKER which first sounded the alarm against the attack against thé foreign-born work- ers represented In the registration, fingerprinting and photographing laws, and which alded in organizing a great mass movement against these laws. T Is The DAILY WORKER which has consistently supported the movement for independent political action thru a labor party. It is The DAILY WORKER which expresses the struggle of the Negro against racial discrimination and for industrial, political and social equality. It Is The DAILY WORKER which is carrying on the struggle against American imperialism, for independ- ence’ for the Philippines and Porto Rico and the right of self-determina tion for other American colonies. It is The DAILY WORKER which is fighting the building of a big Amerl- can military machine to carry out the ists. 'T is The DAILY WORKER which fights thé battles of the workers against arrests, deportations and im- prisonments and which is aiding to build the movement for labor defense. It Is The DAILY WORKER which supports and fights for a workers’ and serve the workers and farmers In place of the lexisting capitalist dictatorship. It is The DAILY WORKER which by call this meeting on Thursday, Sept. 16,1926, at 8 p. m. sharp, at! Capitol Building, Room 512, for the| purpose of transacting such business | as the membership may desire, in- cluding the election of officers and business representatives. “The future of the organization de- pends solely upon YOUR ATTEND- ANCE, “Come and voice your opinion. Fraternally yours, “Sam Goldberg, President, “Chicago Fur Workers’ Union, “Local 45.” Trouble With Openshoppers, EAST ST. LOUIS, Il.—(FP)—Open. shop troubles in the building trades spread to Bast St. Louis when a con- laborers from Chicago and attempted opera- tions on the Broadview hotel. The other trades tied up work for two eas Differences were adjusted the contractor agreed to pay the ye fights under the slogan “ABOLISH CAPITALISM” and which Is helping to organize the workers to achieve that goal. WE MUST KEEP THE DAILY WORKER FOR THESE FIGHTS IN THE WORKERS! INTERESTS. WE MUST NOT PERMIT OUR MOST POWERFUL WEAPON TO BE WRENCHED FROM OUR HANDS. WE MUST NOT ONLY KEEP THE DAILY WORKER, BUT WE MUST MAKE IT A STRONGER WEAPON IN THE WORKERS’ STRUGGLES. The $50,000 Campaign. HE raising of $50,000 for the “KEEP THE DAILY WORKER FUND” will not only keep The DAILY WORKER alive. it will put it In a stronger position than ever before, It will enable it to increase Its service to the workingclass movement. The supporters of The DAILY WORKER, the members of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, its sympa- thizers, the militant fighting workers, have three times raised the;mecessary month to your shop-mate. We Must Keep The DAILY WORKER funds to give the revolutionary work- ingclass movement a militant voice. They raised the initial fund to start The DAILY WORKER. They raised the necessary sustaining fund in 1924 and in 1925, They can “KEEP THE DAILY WORKER” by raising the $50,000 necessary to assure its publi- cation for another year, HE campaign for the “KEEP THE DAILY WORKER FUND” is the most important work now before the movement. NOTHING COMES AHEAD OF THE WORK NECES- SARY TO RAISE THE $10,000 The DAILY WORKER needs immediately and the total of $50,000 which must be raised in the next three months. Every supporter of The DAILY WORKER must do his utmost. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE “KEEP THE DAILY WORKER CERTIFI- CATES” IMMEDIATELY. SECURE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM YOUR FRIENDS AND SHOPMATES, LET US SHOW BY THE ENTHUS- IASTIC SUPPORT OF THE DAILY WORKER CAMPAIGN THAT WE REALIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DAILY WORKER TO OUR MOVEMENT AND THAT WE IN- TEND TO KEEP THIS WEAPON OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE CAPITALIST EXPLOITERS, CHICAGO —(FP)— Over $16,728 is the total contributed so far by Chi- cago unions for the relief of British miners and their families, it was re- ported at the Chicago Federation of Labor meetings, Oarpenter unions led with a total of $8500, over half the entire sum. ENGDAHL OPENS OHIO CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT OF W. P. IN TOLEDO (Special to The Daily Worker) TOLEDO, O,, Sept. 14.—The Workers Party inaugurated its con- gressional campaign here last night with J, Louls Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, ag principal speaker, attacking the old parties as enemies of the working class. Bruce T. Smith, candidate for congress in the ninth district, also spoke, with Joseph Willenecker as chairman, Engdahl will epeak in Pittsburgh on Tu y, New Haven on Wednes- day, Boston |hursday, Worcester Friday, Rochester Saturday and on Sunday, the 19th, will 6peak at the Engineers’ Hall In Buffalo, state over a year ago,” Walker sums up, “they are -still far from satisfac- tory. In the building industry our brothers have had another fairly sat- isfactory year. Union labor has de- monstrated its desire for a minimum of strife and a maximum of labor peace. Mlinois has less, labor trouble than any important industrial state. “Prospects for the, future are not so bright. I look for a decline in in- dustrial activity which will become apparent soon after the congression- al elections.” Walker Mum on Farrington. Walker publishes considerable ma- terial regarding Sen, Caraway’s speech of June 26 in which the Ark- ansas senator said, “I want to know how much money was given to John Walker and Frank Ferrington, labor men who are said to have handled the labor vote in Illinois” (in the senatorial primary). ° He repeats his denials and tells of his yain efforts appear be- fore the senatorial slush committee in Chicago. He says nothing of Far- rington, deposed president of the Illi- nois Mine Workers, who-has since been shown to have secretly signed @ $25,000 year contract. with the Pea- body Coal Co., leading operator in Illi- nois and extensive operators in Ken- tucky and other open shop districts. eee Delegates Visit Parks, STREATOR, Ill, Sept. 14.— Dele- gates attending the annual convention of the Illinois State Federation of La- bor here were taken on an automo- bile sight-seeing tour to the Starved Rock state park as guests of the Streator trades council, Addition busi- ness sessions were to be held late this afternoon. Toronto Carpenters Reject Offer. TORONTO—(FP)—Locals of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners have rejected the wage offer of 85¢ per hour made by the Toronto Builders exchange, though the Amal- gamated Society of Carpenters, a branch of the English organization, has accepted it. In 1924 the con- tractors enforced a wage reduction. DECLARES CANCER IS A GROUP OF ILLS AND MUST BE TREATED SO William 8, Bainbridge, cancer and Skin di Specialist of New York, and Internationally known author ity, advances the theory that cancer, contrary to general belief, Is a group of diseases which myst be separated before a cure can that attempts to o mats are usele There Has Been No “Era of Honesty” at Any Time in All America’s pecs By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ‘ORKERS and farmers are being told, even by some who claim to be their friends, that the prime necessity in the parliamentary strug- gle today is “a return to honesty.” “Honesty!” and “Justice!” are words put upon the political winds by the Victor Berger socialists in Wisconsin in the hope that they will return laden with votes on election day. Then there is Parley Parker Christensen, presidential candidate of the Farmer-Labor Party in 1920. Last week he returned to Chicago to inaugurate his campaign for United States senator on the pro- gressive party ticket declaring “a return to honesty” to be the major plank of his platform. Then there are the hysterical appeals from the whole human flood of candidates in both the old parties, all of whom proclaim “Honesty and efficiency” as their mottoes as if they were sent down from on high, to succor a be- nighted world, se 8 All this insane adoration of the past takes it for granted that “hon- esty” is like rare old wine long kept in storage. All that is necessary is to hunt it up in the cellar, sweep aside the cobwebs, knock in the bunghole and enjoy it. Yet the truth is that there is no honesty on top here in the United States, or anywhere else that har- bors the rule of oppressors over an oppressed class. The oppressing class now as always uses deceit, corruption, bribery, lies and all other dishonest devices to maintain itself in power, There has never yet been a golden epoch of honesty in the United States since there has al- ways been an arrogant, bandit ruling class in the United States, se * The LaFollette campaign in 1924 reverted to the slogan of “Back to 1776” as if this period possessed some attributes desirable at the present time. To be sure it wit- nessed a revolution that might well be duplicated under the conditions of the present period, with the working class of today taking the Place of the rising industri#l and trading class of 150 years ago. But the LaFollette followers want no revolution today. They, like others, only want “a return to honesty.’ But this “hgnesty” like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is only a myth, eee For instance, in gasping at the revelations of the senate slush fund committee, especially in Pennsylva- nia and Illinois with their Mellons and Insulls, one need only quote from MeMaster’s book, “With the Fathers,” meaning the revolutionary fathers of 1776. Turning to page 71, in the chapter on “The Political Depravity of the Fathers,” we find this 100 per cent historian declaring: “A very little study of long for- gotten politics will suffice to show that in filibustering and gerry- mandering, in stealing governor. ships and legislatures, in using force at the polls, in colonizing and dis- tributing patronage,... in all the frauds and tricks that go to make up the worst form of politics, the men who founded our state and na- tional governments were always our equals, and often our masters. Is this the “honesty” that the liberals of today seek? oe 8 The Boston Gazette, for instance, in those revolutionary days, came out with a startling headline, “Brib- ery and Corruption!” that would have made a present-day Hearst suc- cumb to envy. The Gazette charged that large sums of money were brought into Massachusetts to buy support for the constitution that the youthful capitalist class of that time was trying to mould to its own pur poses, COOLIDGE SAID TO VEER TOWARDS RECOGNITION OF SOVIET UNION Space will not permit of an ex- tended digging into the past. But it might be well to recount the activi- ties of the ruling classes in their own wars. Much is made of the fact that worker and farmer soldiers froze, starved and died thru a ter- rible winter at Valley Forge during the revolutionary war. School chil- dren today are not told that this was due to the fact that the food gamblers and profiteers,—supposed- ly “loyal,”—of the time were busy selling what the revolutionary army needed, to the British army quarter- ed in Philadelphia and able to pay good prices, Is this the honesty that is to be restored? of © A. M. Simons, writes of the civil war in his “Social Forces in Amer- ican History”: “So tremendous was the graft in connection with contracts for mili- tary supplies that most historians draw back in horror when they have lifted but a corner of the thick blanket of concealment that those who profited by the plunder have drawn over the mess. One congres- sional committee, headed by Robert Dale Owen, son of Robert Owen, the utopian socialist, uncovered frauds of $17,000,000 in $50,000,000 worth of contracts. “Graft rendered the very weapons of warfare as dangerous to those who held them as to those against whom they were supposed to be directed. Carabines, that before the outbreak of hostilities had been con- demned by the war department, and sold as condemned weapons at the almost nominal price of $3.50 each, were resold by the buyers to the very government that had condemn- ed them for $22 each.” It was thru this graft that the House of Morgan, international bankers, got its start, Ig this the honesty that the so- called progressives seek to restore out of the past? 2 @ Coming down to later days, there is the embalmed beef scandal during the Spanish-American war, which leads up to the American participa- tion in the world war with its whole- Sale scandals too numerous to men- tion. The trial of Harry M. Daugherty, former red-baiting and anti-labor at- torney general in the republican ad- ministrations of Harding and Coo- lidge, reveals nothing especially new on American politics. There have been Daughertys in all administra- tions since the government began. The Insulls and the Mellons have also left a broad trail all thru the pages of the nation’s history. ee ® The sums paid out today appear large, B. C. Forbes, financial writer for the Hearst press, says that $100,000 doesn’t mean much to Sam- uel Insull, Probably less than $1,000 meant to John Hancock, the “prince of smugglers,” who was the first to sign his name to the American Dec- Jaration of Independence from Brit- ish rule. és ee 8 The era of honesty lies in the future not in the past. Men can only be honest when they have no incentive to cheat and rob their fellowmen. That can only come under a social order where classes have been abolished, where no c! remains to plunder an oppretsed class, being forced to establish its own tyranny to protect and: safe- guard that plunder, fe @ Honesty comes with the abolition of capitalism with its dishonesty and class rule, Honesty can only be an attribute of workers’ rule culmin- ating in the classless society based on Communist principles, For the workers and farmers there can be no fraudulent “return to honesty.” They can only go forward by join- ing the march toward Communism, (Special to The Daily Worker) PAUL SMITH’S, N. Y., Sept, 14.— Russia is having its effect on the President according to reports freely circulated here. Those reports have not been contradicted by the presi- dent's unofficial spokesman who is quick to kill rumors that do not cor rectly represent Coolidge’s position on questions of foreign and domestic Policy, The report of the Sherwod Eddy commission to study conditions in the Soviet Union is said to have made a big impression on the president, Not that Coolidge has sottened towards the Soviet regime, but that he is con- vinced there is not the remotest likell- hood that the Bolshevik leadership will be substituted by any other and that Russia is the most stable govern- ment in Burope, offering a rich mar- ket for the surplus hens Ta of the United States, The Soviet bare business with the United States than before the war and manufacturers be- Pressure of big industrial interests! eve that a diplomatic accord between for a resumption of diplomatic rela-| the two tions between the United States and| trade. Send us the name and address of a progressive worker to whom we can wy Ma sample copy of The DAILY BENEFIT AMERICAN. NEGRO LABOR CONGRESS The Chicago Local will give an OLD-FASHIONED BARN DANCE Wednesday Eve., September 15, 1926 at UNION TRADE HALL, 3358 Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Help the Congress to organize the unorganized! A. L. ISBELL, President, Admission | door 96 nee Tiekets would increase this HOODED KNIGHTS STAGE BIG DUD IN WASHINGTON Run on Bed. Sheets Is Now on Toboggan (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D, C., Sept. 14— The much-touted parade of the Ku Klux Klan turned out to be a dud. Instead of the 75,000 klansmen that Were expected to march down Penn- sylvania avenue, less than 10,000 ap- peared, This was taken by the politicians as an indication of the passing of tine Klan as a decisive factor in national Politics until the next crop of morons ripens in the United States. Bigots Out of Funds. Some journalists predicted that the Eucharistic Congress held in Chicago recently would spur the bigots into renewed activity and that the sale of nightshirts, hoods and tar and feath- ers would take an upward turn. But the suckers haven't got the money and those that were formerly in the klan are beginning to think that between the Knights of Columbus and the K. K, K. there isn’t much to choose. Klan Leaders Disappointed. Klan officials were disappointed with the flasco and showed it, So were the police who expected a large turnout. Klan orators, however, in- sisted that they would control the next congress and predicted that be- fore long, laws would be enacted pro- hibiting immigration, registration of aliens already in this country, and “putting the holy bible into every school in the country.” The assem: bled kluxers applauded those senti- ments. Politicians who were shivering in fear of the klux pincers in the election fight are breathing more easily today but laundry magnates who looked for- ward to a big dirty shirt business in the coming campaign are not so cheerful, FOES OF MEXICO FRAME PLOT T0 KIDNAP YANKS Catholics Incite Sonora Indians to Revolt (Special to The Dally Worker) MEXICO CITY, Sept. 14.—The ktd- napping of Jacob Rosenthal, a cap italist of New York, by a bandit gang and the attack on former President Obregon by Yaqui Indians in Sonora 4s considered here as part of the cath- plic church strategy to secure the com- mission of some act of violence cal- culated to make trouble between the Mexican government and the United States, Catholics Incite Bandits. Mexican politicians under the in- fluence of the catholic church are be- lieved to have engaged the bandits to kidnap Arthur Lane, under-secre- tary of the American embassy in Mex- ico, in order to give the anti-Mexican elements in the United States an ex- cuse to reopen the agitation for @ break with the southern republic, $ Held Up Wrong Car. The bandits made a mistake and held up the wrong automobile, General Obregon was held up while traveling thru the state of Senora, The general returned to his home un- injured after the experience. No Interference with Engdahl Meeting in Pittsburgh This Time PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 14.— That there would be no police inter- ference with the opening of the Com- munist congressional campaign here tonight in Carnegie Hall became evi- /dent when it was learned that city so- licitor, Charles A. Waldschmidt, had ‘advised Edward E. Eggers, custodian of the hall, that police permits were unnecessary for indoor meetings, “The police broke the International May Day demonstration, planned for this hall last may, claiming that no “permit had been secured. An applica- tion had been made for permit but it had been denied by the police. J. Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER, who was arrested with Abram Jakira, district organizer of the Workers (Communist) Party, when the May Day meeting was bro- ken up, will be the speaker tonight with Mrs. Parthenia Hills, Workers (Communist) Party candidate for lieu- tenant governor, active in several Ne- gro organizations, FOR THE KATY WHITE, Secretary, \ u CF eee