The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 28, 1926, Page 1

a se ee haan The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill. No. 218. S %, By T. J. O'FLAHERTY «pas league of nations has done something to justify its existence, tho the accomplishment may be of doubtful value to those most con- werned. Thru a commission\at the head «of which was a virtuous English wo- aman, 1,400 hundred christian girls have been saved from Arab harems. It seems that many of the girls luxu- riating in the kindly presence of some Arabian chief did not take kindly to a proposal for liberation when they learned that freedom meant going to work at starvation wages or entering a life of shame under more unfavor- able conditions than life in a harem. * OME of those girls acted very much like the female dependents of the rich, When you mentioned work to them, said the English lady, they looked around at their quarters and lit another cigarette. Hvery puff meant to suggest the greatest con- tempt for the proposed change in their manner of living, How many of those parasites who go around on a paid commission to save souls would take any kindlier to an “hnoest liv- ing” than those they are “saving” on a salary? Sat a ew HE subject peoples of the earth can- not be saved by hypocritical busy- bodies or appeals to “the better side of their nature.” Girls in harems, the wives and daughters of capitalists, nuns in convents and women in facto- ries, must eat or they will know the reason why. Under this glorious sys- tem of ours the working class can only eat at the pleasure of the boss. Those who come under the boss's dis- pleasure, or for other reasons can’t find work, live on somebody, or die. They die only as a last resort. Do away with capitalism and all other kinds of exploitation will be on the way to disappear. * PWS that Gene Tunney had break- fast with ex-Governor Cox of Ohio gave birth to rumors that the man who cake-walked for ten rounds with Jack Dempsey has his bat in the ring for the vice-presidency on the demo- crat. case Calvin Coolidge is 2 candidate T6r the presidency to sue ceed himself. In which event Tunney is expected to be the democrat’s white hope at the head of the ticket. This would make @ political contest ofily second to the grand fistic fiasco staged in Philly, bd a HE woman who admitted with a chuckle that she was glad she killed her husband is- quite a relief from the nonsense that other local husband-dispatchers get rid of when, confronted with the remains of a mate. ‘This woman who has earned our, ap- probation fought a twenty-eight-year duel with her man, with variable for- tune, Lest the contest might drag, she purchased ,a gun, and when her hus- band advanced to the fray last week ready to fight another round, his ad- versary pulled the trigger. In such a case “glad I killed him” is away ahead of the Babbittarian “I loved him so.” ee IMES change. President Von Hin- denburg of Germany received Vice- Admiral Welles of the American navy, who is visiting Germany. He had his bluejackets march up the Unter den Linden. No doubt the movies were on the Job and in a few days We will see the picture on the screen. And the optience will applaud.” Eight years ago the same optience would hiss the same Von Hindenburg chéer- fully and any American caught shak- ing hands with the old monarchist would not be handled too gently. “ee ANK TINNEY, the comedian, is held in doubie contempt, once by his wife and a second time hy, Judge Norman S. Dike, . Tinney. is tamous as a laugh-producer, but it seems that |: he failed ignominiously with his wife. - For the laughs he drow out of the public she is getting $200 a week, but it is reported that every time, Tinney makes out a check for that amount he scowls 6 unpleasantly as does his wife whenever she. does not get the money, About. the only avenue of re- lief to Tinney is to become,a bum or a judge. Judges are above contempt, or is it the other way. 0: Bie BRE is a piece of infermation that will knock the starch out of prohi- hition agents and topers alike, tho both are usually synonymous; Dr. Oscar Jones, speaking before the As- sociation for Medico-Physical Re- search at the Congress Hotel, declares (hat “starch drunkenness” is the cause of 90 per cent of the untimely, non- violent deaths that take place yearly in America, Now, then, let us sup- pose that proh{bition means anything and people boycott moonshine, what is to stop them from filling wp on starch and cheating the law? We will send sample copics of The DAILY WORKER to your ' friends—-eend us name and .ad- dren. i , 4 ty * ec 4 ) KEEP THE DAILY WORKER has first Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 8, 1879, “g . In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. 8 ion Rates: Susiis Gricaso ty sat) $6.00. Der yeas, 4 4 ©“, "EON MAY THROW SOME % *, CHT ON PHILADELPHIA FAKE ORO 8 NEW WN, Pa., Sept. 26—An unofficial investigation into an “advance do, sage on the Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey championship fight 1s being . 4 here today by Postmaster Clinton White. Thursday morning a carrier pigeon hopped thru the door of the post- office, apparently tired from long flight. Postmaster White examined it and found a note under the identification band, “Tunney will win,” was the SEEK WRIT TO SHASH UNIONS The pigeon made no attempt to con- tinue its flight. Today it was to be Ask Injunction Against Building Trades held pending a report on its owner- (Special to The Daily Worker) ship Postmaster White had intended let- PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 26. — The Plea of Master Plumber Daniel J. ting the pigeon go, on the advice of newspaper men he is keeping it pen ned up temporarily. Keating for an injunction against the members and officers of the Building Trades Council has been heard in com- “The message may mean nothing and again it may mean a whole lot,” mon pleas court No. 1 before Judge Harry S. McDevigt. Postmaster White said. “It does not The hearing this morning concern- seem probable that anyone is send- ing ‘mystery messages’ by carrier pig- eon just for amusement.” ed itself mostly with getting the cor- rect data on the officers of the various organizations belonging to the Build- EE Ae \ obs bow Boe ing Trades Council and on the—offi- cers of the Building Trades Council. Plaintiff Danie] Keating, under fire Quigley and Holmes Enter Discard from defense Attorney Henry John Nelson, succeeded in getting himself By J, LOUIS ENGDAHL enmeshed in numerous contradictions (Special to The Daily Worker) Pig slsnae pag idea, og MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 26.— he The state and congressional campaign eA sgh Vcd ining wee clash between the Farmer-Labor and The trouble arose over the attempt republican parties here went to fever of Daniel Keating to make use of Vapi ee, exposiire of an SetsMPt! inion ‘olumbers on the building pied y the notorious Walter J. Quigley, disbarred from practicing law because ee ee oe Tae tee he was caught shaking down bootleg-| ive ont from the agreement with jolted to circula’ Found POU BPNOND: ite aullntl, thé cae referring to the Presunrative _ TaMRSTHADOR "GUORBO Lie iin labos The hoisti men, In which they were to repudiate! 1 cosy iand the rest of the’ workers the Farmer-Labor ticket. The “round robin” with the names pets badger ec iitet gia na secured was to have been made public ing lost the contract granted hi e Sept. 25. But Quigley wrote to a loyal |» larg construction.eotppany which the {ieitrer to live up to the agreement ‘Signed ‘with the union. : Boss Conspiracy. Mr. Keating interprets this as a con- spiracy of the members and officers of the various unions making up the Building Trades Council and has there- tore brought a plea for an injunction. It 1s well known that a number of powerful master builders are behind (Continued on page 2) More British Miners’ Delegates in Russia; German Women Arrive MOSCOW, Sept. 5. — (By Mail) — Today the second group of the British miners’ delegation arrived in Moscow. The German delegation of working women also arrived today. The latter delegation was greeted by processions of women from the Moscow factories, | | Workshops, etc, who turned the material over to the campaign headquarters here. This effort follows close on the heels of the repudiation of the Farm- er-Labor Party by Emil Holmes, candi- date for lieutenant governor, and it is claimed by party officials that there ‘may be some connection between the two incidents, Urge Shift to Democrats. Both the Quigley “round robin” and the Holmes’ repudiation urged a shift to the democrats. Two of those’ al- leged to have signed the Quigley “round robin” have been arranging meetings for Holmes in the northern part of the state, where he has been attacking the Farmer-Labor Party. It is charged, however, by Farmer-Labor Party headquarters here that the re- publican campaign’ bosses and not the democratic politicians are behind this effort to create turmoil inside the Farmer-Labor Party. This is being (Continued on page 2.) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1926 in Cana ican capitalist Influence in the domin- ion may result in the selection of a separate Canadian ambassador to the United States. Mentioned for the post is the wealthy Vincent Massey, manu- facturer of agricultural shown above, who stands for low tariff on American Imports. RESCUE SQUAD Forty-three miners are entombed here since last Friday 800 ground in the G. Pabst iron mine. In an effort to reach the prisoners. ‘The shaft is choked by twisted steel and rock. cave-in-blocked the exit. three men in the morgue whose live: were crushed out when the lift was| hurled to the bottom. The dead men | American jurist on the court who /and children. were electricians, and food at their disposal. a>” VICTORY OF LIBERALS MAY MEAN CANADIAN MINISTER TO STATES Monday. Published Daily except Sunday by THE I AILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO,, 1113 W. fashington Blvd., BRITISH MINERS CALL DELEGATE CONFERENCE TO CONSIDER POLICY LONDON, Sept. 26.—In consequence of Premier Baldwin’s rejection of the miners’ peace offer as the basis for a tripartite conference, A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation, has summoned a delegate conference for Wednesday. | Cook said he hoped some avenue towards peace might be opened in the special session of parliament which convenes on UNITED STATES WORLD COURT Down Before Voters (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. — Amer- lean entrance into the world court al- most faded entirely out of the inter- national picture today. The official announcement at the White House that President Coolidge does not approve the evasive manner in which the powers have dealt with the senate reservations, and that he is disinclined to submit a new protocol to the senate, thereby inviting a new and more acrimonious party struggle, was taken today as shoving the whole project into a more or less permanent pigeon-hole. More Opened Up. At the time John Bassett Moore, the only American jurist on the court, was visiting in this country, administration The return of the liberals to power and the growth of Amer- implements, being consulted. Moore was called to Washington and he was asked point blank whether, as an American and as a jurist on the court, he considered the harding-Hughes-Coolidge reserva- tions to be sufficient. His reply, in | substance, was: “Tf T am required to give a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer my reply is ‘no.’” Sticks In The Joker. justice Moore re-drafted of reservations, and add- ae are the powers in their Geneva. conference have just, failed to approve. This re- servation provides that the world court shall not render any advisory opinion in an international dispute in which the United States has or claims to have an interest, without the con- sent of this government being spe- |cifically given in such a case. A rescue party is toiling ceaselessly | To Protect Government. Mr. Moore considered such a re- servation absolutely necessary to pro- jtect the American government from lanysnap “advisory opinions” that The men were imprisoned when a/ might conceivably be rendered in such There are contentious matters as immigration, war debts, etc. Thus, ironically enough, it was the DIGGING FOR BURIED MINERS ae Killed Outright (Special to The Daily Worker) IRONWOOD, Mich. Sept. 26. — feet under- | wrote the reservations which now bid The head of the rescue squad ex-| fair to keep the United States perman- pressed hope that the men would be | ently out of the tribunal. taken out alive. = there It Is believed that minemene tion is plenty of good water, There’s a blank in this Issue. Clip It out and send in your donation, air TURNS BACK ON | Coolidge’s Army Went recalcitrants insisted upon his opinion + LONGSHOREMEN GET WAGE RAISE, SHORTER HOURS, OVERTIME RATE (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—The long- shoremen, checkers and cargo re- pairmen of the North Atlanitc coast, Intl Longshoremen’s Asen., have signed an agreement for 80 cents an hour, 44-hour week all year, $1.20 an hour for overtime, Sundays and holidays. Acceptance of the agree- ment was by vote of the member- ship. TELEGRAPHERS CONTRIBUTE TO BRITISH MINERS Issue Strong Appeal to . Membership (Special to The Daily Worker) ST.‘ LOUIS—(FP)—The grand di- vision, Order of Railroad Telegraph- ere, has donated $1,000 to the locked out British miners for the relief of their families. It Is sending to all ite members a strongly worded appe: for further donations, The appeal reads In part: “The plea of the British miners is not for themselves—it is for their wives and dependents, ang they urge » thetrfellow « ja land help them to bring their strug- gle to a successful conclusion by re- moving, so far as possible, their wives and children from the attacks being made upon themselves. Women and Children. “They themselves are inured to danger, struggle and want, for they have been forced to go thru years ot struggle to accomplish what the op- erators would now so wantonly de- stroy, but their women and children |cannot bear, as they can, the burden lof the struggle. Therefore, in the |name of our common humanity and the justice of their cause, they ask |you to contribute to aid their women | “The place to send all contribu- |tions is Washington, D. C., to Frank | Morrison, secretary American Federa- ition of Labor, A. F. of L. Bldg., who | will receipt and account for every cent received.” What the Party Must Do to Keep The Daily Worker 'HE whole party must be mobilized for the campaign to KEEP THE DAILY WORKER, " Every party committee from the dis- triet committee down thru the city com- mittees, section committees, sub-section committees to. the executive committees of the nuclei must actively and energetic- ally take up the campaign to KEEP THE DAILY WORKER. ‘Every member of the party must give support to this campaign and make the work to KEEP THE DAILY WORKER his first duty. The raising of the $50,000 fund to movements, izer of these movements. greatest achievements in call upon the whole party. There is no other work which takes precedence over it. There is no other work which has greater immediate importance for the arty. Fuk DAILY WORKER is the center of the activities of the party...Without The DAILY WORKER, thru which to speak to the party members, to the sym- pathizers of the party and to the mass of the workers, the work of the party will be crippled. There will be no cen- tralizing influence, no organ thru which the party can express its views and give leadership in the day to day events of the class struggle. Our party today is the leader in sup- “port of those policies and movements Which stand for a forward movement by the workers of this country toward a mili- tant class struggle for a higher standard of life, and against the powerful capital ist imperialists who today rule this conn-» national groups exploited The DAILY WORKER is gles. at a moment when the i i URN to any phase of the class struggle in this country which expresses a for- ward movement of the workers, which the workers have made actual achievements and our party and The DAILY WORKER will be found to be the heart and center, the inspirer and organ- The strikes of major character which have been won during the last year, the masses of the workers, the campaigns of resistance against the attacks of the capitalists, the movements in support of ican imperialists, have been inspired and led by the Communists who are mem- bers of the Workers (Communist) Party. erful weapon of the party in these strug- We must KEEP THE DAILY WORK- ER so that this work may go on, so that these movements and struggles may take on even greater volume, so that out of them will develop a mass revolutionary movement against American imperialist capitalism, which can meet it upon the field of battle and wrench power from it. The Situation of The Daily Worker. i tae crisis which The DAILY WORK- ER is facing at the present time comes ‘eome the great difficulties in its wonk, try invthe interest of greater profits for!| when the outlook for a faster advanae By C. E. RUTHENBERG, General Secretary, Workers (Communist) Party the exploiters. The DAILY WORKER is the militant voice thru which the party expresses its policies and supports these is brightest, when the working masses are showing signs of engaging in more militant struggles and* the movement among the workers to fight their ex- ploiters is growing in volume. These developments promise a broader base for The DAILY WORKER in the future. If The DAILY WORKER can overcome its present difficulties it has before it the opportunity of widening its support and gaining a position where the danger of losing this important weapon in the class struggle will no longer seriously threaten us. Our party has carried the burden of giving the revolutionary movement in this country a militant daily voice for nearly three years. It succeeded in estab- lishing The DAILY WORKER in spite of the almost insurmountable obstacles to the successful launching of such an | enterprise. It kept,The DAILY WORKER alive during these three years in spite of recurring financial crisis, I" is the party—the party membership— which must again rally to the support of The DAILY WORKER and carry it thru the present situation, [t is primarily the party which must raise the money which will overcome the present crisis and place The DAILY WORKER on a sound footing to build itself and strength- on itself during the forward movement of the workers, so that it will no longer face dangers such as the present. The danger to The DAILY RKER is immediate. It must meet at the accumulated deficta of the last year. Quick action to raise $10,000 immediately and 4 campaign, during the next three months thru party. organizing of by the Amer- the most pow- among brother $5.00. has over- distriet to secure the whole of the $50,- 000 is the work before the party. wart is needed for The DAILY WORKER is such a demonstration of loyalty and support as will give The DAILY WORKER $10,000 in the next ten days—a demonstration of loyalty and support which will show the enemies of The DAILY WORKER that the party membership will not permit this weapon to be wrenched from the hands of the How the Campaign Is to Be Coriducted. BOVERY nucleus of the party has re ceived direct instructions in regard to what the party members must do to KEEP THE DAILY WORKER. KEEP THE DAILY WORKER CER- TIFICATES have been printed in books containing $5.00 worth of certificates. Every party member must buy one of these books of certificates or take a book of certificates from his nucleus secretary and sell the certificates, denominations of $1.00, 50¢ and which are in 25e, his friends, shopmates and union men, and thus raise his Those members who can buy a book of certificates ani pay the $5.00 must do so in order to help raise the $10,000 which is needed immediately. HE KEEP THE DAILY WORKER i CERTIFICATES are being distributed thru the district offices. secretary should immediately go to the’ Bach nuclens offices and secure the certificate books for the members of his nueleus. Do (Continued on page 2) NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents Ciicago, il. 1,000,000 TONS SCAB COAL FOR BRIT PLUTES Virginia .Mines Make Huge Profits By GORDON CASCADEN. (Special to The Daily Worker) NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 26.—Virginia fields are breaking all previous reo- ords for preduction of ooal In the mines of this state, according to fig- ures compiled by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. Shipments of fuel to Britain, to break the miners’ strike, are re- sponeible. September promises to pase the highwater mark set in August. Dur- ing that month production of coal in the Virginia flelde set three or four records, C. B. Neel, of Norton, secre- tary of the Virginia Coal Operators’ Association, announces: Production during the last week of August reached 271,100 tons, the larg- est single week's production. The total for August was 1,036,430 tons, the largest single month since Febru- ary, this year, and the largest August in the history of the Virginia flelds. 1,000,000 Tons Excess Production. The total 1926 production, 8,625,000 to date, exceeds by 1,000,000 tons, the largest previous production in the his- tory of the fields for the first eight months of the year. This is the record of 71 mines in Virginia. It represents 90 per cent capacity of these mines, which is as near to 100 per cent pro- duction as mine operations get. Railroads bringing coal to Hampton Roads with its twin ports of Norfolk and Newport News, report September business wp to the high August level. Wartime Volume of Business. Rafiroads passing thru Cumberland, Maryland, one of the most important division points for railroads hauling active Heavier traffic is expected during the next two weeks and more train- men are being employed to care for it. The fnerease in business is much heavier than is usual at this time of the year, altho the approach of win- ter is considered the peak period of railroad traffic. “Coal shows the greatest increase with production not abreast of the de- mand,” a prees dispatch under a Gum- berland date line says. 200 Car Loads per Day increase. The freight movement over the Western Maryland ratiroad thru Cum- berland has jumped from 500 to 700 loads a day. This time last year the daily movement was less than 360 trains. The Baltimore & Ohio is moving a datly average of 1,000 trains from the Fairmont fields and another 1.000 from the Connellsville division. The Cumberland and Pennsylvania, which ts fed by the Georges Creek field, is carrying 160 loads daily. All these trains pass thru Cumber- land. Soft coal traffic of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad for the first eight months of 1926 shows a large increase over the same period a year ago. British Strike—Scab Coal. “The British coal strike has been a leading factor contributing to the larger volume of coal and coke move- ment,” J. 8. Armstrong, a financial writer reports. “As soft coal represents a third of all the car loadings originating on the Baltimore & Ohio lines, the gain tn this item has had an important bear ing on the improvement in total freight trafiic handled,” he continues. Bondholdors of stocks of other rai)- pe roads hauling coal to Hampton Roads and Baltimore for shipment to the British Isles are also happy. Bvery ton of “scab” coal shipped across the seas to smash the British miners’ strike swells the profits of these American railread owners. SATURDAY, OCTOBER A. F. OF L. CONVENTION SPECIAL ISSUE Order Now—3%,¢ a Oopy.