The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 21, 1926, Page 3

GERMANY ASKS | ALLIES EVACUATE THE RHINE ZONE Locarno Makes Troops There Unnecessary (Special to The Dally Worker) GENEVA, Sept. 19. — Foreign Min- ister Stresemann of Germany, who is that nation’s leading representative iy the league of nations meeting now im session, after an exchange of rati- fications of the Locarno treaties gave an interview in which he stated that the Rhineland should be evacuated by allied troops. “If Locarno has any meaning at all,” he said, “it should mean the ex- isting frontier of western Europe are guaranteed against forceful revision, and consequently no other guaran- tees, such as occupied zones, are longer necessary.” Stresemann also tried to placate the British fear of the new Franco-Ger- man iron and steel combine. “The London government is invited to participate in the Franco-German pour parlers aimed at establishing an agreement for steel, rendered neces- sary thru the post-war transfer to France of the Alsatian iron fields, which depend on Westphalian fuel.” The allied representatives would not comment gn the demand for evacua- tion, except to say that Germany must execute its obligations in full before requesting modifications, ARGENTINE CABINET MAKERS’ UNION PLANS AMALGAMATION MOVE BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 19. — At the initiative of a member of the Communist Party, the three cabin- makers unlons of Buenos Alres, be- longing to various federations, or- ganized a committee for the amal- gamation of these unions, The committee consists of anar- chists, syndicalists, Communists, workers without party affiliations and it is believed that unity will soon be accomplished. The secre- tary of the committee Is a Com- munist, There are many Germans, Italians and RussianJewlsh work- ers in this trade, , For Building Trades Temple WASHINGTON—(FP)—A national headquarters building in Washington will be proposed by the building trades department of the American Federa- tion of Labor at its forthcoming an- pual convention in Detroit, Secy. Tracy of the department will advocate a building trades temple that will cost approximately $1,000,000 to be built entirely by union labor, Want Share in Car Increases SAN FRANCISCO — (FP) — Jani- tors and car washers of the San Fran- cisco municipal railways, who were left out of the wage raise recently granted to platform men, may be raised from $4.83 a day to $5.25. The raise is contingent on wnding $104,000 for the purpose in the city treasury, 60 men being affected. saa MAE ON OCTOBER 16 The First Issue of [THE great. success of the New Magazine Supple- ment of the Daily Worker brought into existence a new publication. 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Street sssssssssensensnsenysenmy City own conference. were made by the relief conference called by the carpenters to unite both conferences for greater and more en- ergetic work for the striking miners. jected by the socialists, proposal of the ence to exchange delega' not to interfere with each other's work was rejected by them. tion of the socialists aroused the con- demnation of all the workers in the trade ulnons and as a result the two local unions which we) with the socialist conf oat Sh with: | drew from them and jolt fhe con- ferency called by the carpenters, THE DAILY WORKER YAQUI REVOLT LAID TO PLOT OF CATHOLICS Suspect De ke Huerta; Two Agents Shot MEXICO CITY, Sept. 19. — While the details of what is happening in the Yakui country of Sonora are hid- den by lack of communication, it is the popular belief that the Yaqui In- dians have been incited to revolt by | | reactionary enemies of the Calles gov- | ernment. Reports say that 2,000 federal troops | have driven the Yaquis into'the moun- | tains and that the Yaqui chief, Gen-| eral Matus, is hard pressed, while an- other report says that this Yaqui leader and 2,000 of his followers were paid ransom for General Alvaro Obre- gon, paid by the governor of Sonora after having been captured by the In- dians. Obregon is reported to have had his one good arm wounded. It is believed that Adolfo de la Hu- erta, whose clerical-fascist revolt of 1923 was suppressed, but who has since continually plotted against the government, has sent agents into the Yaqui country to agitate the uprising. It is especially significant that two men, charged with making propaganda for an uprising among the Indians, and shot by federal troops at Tingu- indin, in the state of Michoacan last Sunday, were shown to be connected with the catholic reaction, These two were Manuel Melgarejo and Joaquin} de Silva, both sons of prominent law- yers of Mexico City. Catholics Have Secret Radlo. Young Melgarejo is supposed to be- long to a Methodist family, however, but the society with which they were connected is supposed to have been a shield for anti-Calles catholic propa- ganda of a secret nature, The arrest of another prominent Mexican shows that the catholics are waging secret war against the govern- ment. Luis Mier y Teran, one of the most active members of the Catholi¢ League for Religious Defense and a member of one of the oldest and most aristocratic Mexican families, was ar- rested on his way to the United States on the charge of having a secret wire- less station. Such a station has been sending out vicious attacks against the Calles government, LOS ANGELES LABOR HELPS MINE STRIKE Socialists Only Block to Relief Conference By DAVE RAPO, Worker Correspondent. LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19.—A con- ference to help the British striking miners was organized here by the Carpenters’ Local Union 1976, Over 25 labor organizations, mostly labor unions, affiliated with the conference. An energetic campaign has been started to raise funds for the starving miners in Great Britain. A consider- able amount of money has already been raised and sent to the American Federation of Labor thru the L. A. Central Labor Council. Carpenters’ Union Local 1976 has given $100 from its treasury. Office Workers’ Local 1521 has donated $10. Workers with subscription lists are collecting money at their local union meetings and on the jobs. The re- sponse is encouraging.’ The writer of this story collected $8 at his last lo- cal union meeting, Painters’ 1348. Our business agent has collected $22 on his list. Officials of labor ‘unions are making collections on subscription lists issued by the conference. Central Labor Council Endorses Conference, The Los Angeles Central Labor Council endorsed the British miners’ relief conference and appointed a com- mittee of five to represent'the coun- cil at the conference and “work out ways and means to raise large amounts of money for the’ starving miners, All the money raised by the conference goes thru the Céntral La- bor Council to the A. F, of L, Miners’ Relief Committee. Socialists Sabotage Relief Work. The Jewish socialist “Verband” and the city and district committee of the Workmen's Circle called their Several attempts They were entirely ignored and re- Even the ' confer- in order carpenti This ac SUCCEEDS BARTHOU AS CHAIRMAN OF THE REPARATIONS BODY Fernand Chapsal Is the new presi- dent of the reparations Commission since Louls Barthou accepted a Portfolio In the French cabinet. The KUOMINTANG IN PROTEST AT THE TARIFF MEETING Accuses U. < of Aiding Chinese Militarists CANTON, Sept. 19.—The executive committee of the Kuomintang or na- tionalist party, has issued a manifesto to the Chinese people calling them to protest at the machinations of the imperialists in the so-called “tariff con- ference” carried on at Peking. In part it says: “Fellow citizens: There is one way in which the powers can show sinceri- ty in their attitude towards China, and that is by refusing directly or indirect- ly to aid the militarists, Same Old Story. “It is the same old story over and over again. Yuan Shi-kai was given money by Britain, and the result was that the country fell into the clutches of the militarists. Japan gave money to Tuan Chi-jui, thereby putting ob- stacles in the way to unity, peace and a stable government. “And now, when the national forces both from the north and the south are using their best efforts to put an end to the chaos of China, the powers, this time with the participation of the American democracy, hasten to re sume the tariff conference, with a view of rescuing the detestable militarists from penury, thus enabling them to plunge the counry into misery for many years to come, Wants American People to Know. “We still cherish the hope that these nations do not know of this crime, commission’s Job Is to continue to squeeze war claims out of Germany, which for the present is going to- wards helping to bolster up the French franc, now worse off than the mark. With Germany in the league of nations, !t Is possible the reparations commission will soon find Itself without much to do, Four Trapped in Flames. BENTON, Ill., Sept. 19—Trapped by fire in a barn, Mary Connor, five, and her three-year-old sister, Margaret, were burned to death on their par- ents’ farm near Ewing today. It was believed the children were playing with matches and accidently set fire to the hay stored in the barn. Use New Argument to Aid Open Shop in N. Y. Window Cleaning Row By a Worker Correspondent, NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 19.—The Window Cleaners’ Union has been re- fused a demand for $4 a week wage increase by the employers’ associa- tion and a strike is due October 1. The employers have invented a brand new excuse in refusing to deal with the union. They say that the union has established a window clean- ing company which competes with these employers and their association. This, say the employers, is “the soviet system” applied to window cleaning, The employers want a monopoly on the business and give the following weird argument: “The window cleaning union has established a so-called window clean- ing company, which is being run and governed by the officers of this union on a soviet system, and the union is constantly using this soviet company as a threat against the employers, and the only aim of this union is in due time to soyvietize the entire window cleaning industry and then dictate terms directly to the customers in- stead of to the window cleaning con- tractors.” Coaldigger Killed in Fall of Slate By a Worker Correspondent, POWHATTAN, Ohio, Sept. 19,— Nick Giambattista died as a result of a fall of slate which caught him while he was working at the Powhatton mine. Not enough posts were at hand to set up and keep the slate from fall- ing. TREAT vot ESPONDENT Ate yd hr Moe the Pat he lesen, Me Anpnt, 1088 apie Prive # Cty Bat He Must Also Write! affiliated and that particularly the people of the U. S. A. are ignorant of it. There- fore, fellow citizens, it is our duty to ery aloud, so that the whole civilized world should know, that a great crime is to be committed in China in that their representatives are about to put their signatures to decisions which will finance further civil wars, with their inevitable robbery, plunder, rape and other miseries, and which will frustrate the nationalist movement from establishing peace and order in the country. Send us the name and address of a progressive worker to whom we can send a sample copy of The DAILY WORKER, 1Q00 WORKER. CORRESPONDENTS BY JANUARY 13 1927 N.Y. HOSPITAL NEGLECTS POOR WORKERS’ WIVES Mothers Mistreated in Free Ward By J. N., Workers Correspondent, NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—New York City has many maternity hospitals. Some have free wards, in others you must pay a charge of $50 for confine- ment and a two weeks’ stay. This in- cludes a visit every two weeks to the hospital before confinement. Money Buys Privileges. If you can afford $50 a week you can get a private room and your rela- tives may visit you at any time they wish. Visitors to the free or “poor woinen’s” wards are limited to twice a week. The number of patients in one ward ranges from 15 to 20. (I am speaking about the New York Nursery and Hospital, 161 West 61st street.) My wife was taken sick about two weeks ago. After most difficult labors in the above hospital she gave birth to a baby. My wife was in the fifth ward, She was suffering with blad- der trouble and constipation. She war forced to beg and wait for hours until she could get a bedpan. Many times she was forced to pass urine into the bed and then forced to sleep in the soggy bed. The nurses paid little attention to the entreaties of the working-class women quartered in this ward, Patients Neglected, Oue morning the doctor of the hos- pital ordered an enema for a consti- pation of three day’s standing. In spite of repeated requests she was not attended to until late that night. ‘The doctor's order for the use of a pump on the breasts went unheeded for about 15 hours. The orders were only carried out after repeated re- quests from my wife, While attending her the nurses were brutal and insulting. This re- volting treatment is a common thing here. The patients fear to make any complaints, they fear reprisals on the part of nurses, The information service here is rot- ten, It is next to impossible to find out the condition that a patient is in unless that patient is tn a private ward. If the patient is in a private ward then you know everything. Working-class wives and mothers are ignored and neglected in this hos- pital. The sight of pregnant women waiting for hours in line while the hospital nurses gossip and tell jokes to each other is a common sight that Greets visitors to this hospital, Labor Summer Schools eld Thruout Britain by Education Society By BILL ROSS, Federated Press, LONDON—(FP)—Workers’ summer | schools are being held throughout Britain. There are about 20 schools with over 2,000 workers combining vacation with education. mer school has been somewhat cur- tailed. Every phase of the labor movement is represented, There are schools conducted by the Workers’ Education association, which is considered the right wing of the workers’ education | movement, and schools conducted by the National leges, which is Marxian. The Inde- pendent Labor Party, the Coopera- tives, the Working Men’s Clubs asso- ciation and trade unions offer summer courses in various parts of the coun- try, These summer schools are attended largely by workers who have studied in evening classes. Many of them are active members in their organizations and are sent on scholarships, others pay their own way. The type of stu- dents in attendance is evident in the lst of occupations of the men and women in one of these summer schools. There are miners, steel work- ers, clerks, machinists, electricians, railway workers, carpenters and post office workers. There is a wide range of subjects At present the lessons of the general strike and the coal strike are most prominent, Other subjects cover every problem of interests to workers, from how to run a workingman’s club to international relations, BALDWIN MAKES NEW ATTACK ON BRITISH MINERS (Continued from page 1) they are not given to complaining, they are facing the position with a praiseworthy doggedness like the men, A letter has been sent by the min- ers’ executive officials to the govern- ment signifying their willingness to negotiate a new national agreement: this it is reported has been sent to the officials of the mine owners who state that their central committee has no power to negotiate with the min- ers’ executive so it has now been sent by the government to the mining As- sociation who have been invited to meet the cabinet to discuss the situa- tion. According to all statements there is not the slightest disposition on the part of the miners or their chief of- ficials to even discuss the question of increased hours of work, and the most recent statements of the owners on this is that they absolutely insist up- on an increase in working time; so the prospect does not look very prom- ising for successful negotiation. The men are also quite firm in the matter of national agreements, but there has been a noticeable modifica- tion on the part of several of the prin- cipal spokesmen in regard to wages adjustments which has caused con- siderable dissatisfaction amongst the more militant miners. This found very full expression at the Minority Move- ment Conference which discussed the subject in all its bearings and re- solved not to make any concessions on the grounds that they had made no demands and were simply resisting the aggression of the owners. Less than two per cent have returned to work in the 18 weeks of the strike. The Trade Union Congress. On Monday the 6th of Sept. the Trade Union Congress begins its sit- tings at Bournemouth. Already the government has refused to allow the fraternal delegates from Russia to land in the country, Comrade Tomsky and Comrade Melnichansky are not to be allowed therefore to give their message to the organized workers of Britain. This is stretching the pow- ers of the home secretary a good deal, and will give rise to intense dissatis- faction. At the same time many of the reactionary members of the Gen- eral Council as well as the stodgy portion of the delegates will be glad rather than sorry at this insolent be- havior of the government. General Council Fears Criticism. How fearful of criticism the Gen- eral Council is may be seen from the fact that the council has decided that there shall be no report to con- gress on the subject of the general strike, this is considered by all mili- tants to mean that the council is not prepared to face the fight that would undoubtedly be put up if the oppor- tunity is there, Whatever happens in this regard we know well enough the line to take. We all know that the organization of the trade union movement is very faulty and it must be changed for the better in the shortest possible time. Every one knows that the miners could have won with the utmost ease if organized general action had been thoroly resorted to at the start or at any time, even now. Universal action over the entire field of industry even allowing for a considerable percentage of leakages would win out in one day If those re- sponsible showed courage and capa- city. 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