The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 29, 1926, Page 3

CATHOLICS GET DECISIVE BLOW FROM MEXICANS Boycott Collapsed and Congress Vote Final MEXICO CITY, Sept. 27.—The cath- lic church has received a terrific blow in the refusal of the Mexican congress by a vote of 170 to 1, to change the laws and the constitution of the nation to conform with the desires of the church, Moreover, the church, which yirtual- ly promised to abide by the decision of the congress when the church lead- ers agreed to take their case before parliament, is now discrediting itself by attempts of its followers to revive the boycott from its state of collapse, following the adverge vote in con- gress, Boycott Collapsed. When the catholic leaders agreed to leave their case to eongress the boy- cott lost what little force it had, and upper class catholic women began ap- pearing at theaters and driving about town in their private carriages, con- trary ‘to thé boycott order of the church. As these rich women of the church were the principal ones sup- porting the boycott, it has lost prac- tically all force. / It is believed that the church, feel- ing its defeat on the boycott, accepted the invitation to appeal to congress as an excuse to back out of their fail- ure with some grace. Although church members may try to revive it, the leadtrs may not authorize such ac- tion, A prominent leader in congress has the following to say: No Way Out For Hierarchy “The catholics have closed the churches without looking ahead. They called fora showdown, implying they had. behind them some means of fore- ing the government to concede their demands. “Congress in throwing out the Dill left the priests to explain to their fol- lowers whether they are going to leave the churches closed indefinitely or start an insurrection against the government, now the only way the catholic view can be promoted. The government has made preparations to meet any opposition the catholics may present.” Greek Labor Spurns The Red Herring of Fake Farmer Laborism ATHENS, Greece, (By Mail.)—The ‘ourgeoisie seeing that the workers of Greece are strongly in favor of the Communists have founded a new pet- ty bourgeois party under the guise of ® Farmer-Labor program, and christ- ening it the “Farmer-Labor Party of Greece,” under the leadership of Pa- Panastassiou, the head of the “Re- publican Unionists~ But the work- eTs are not to be fooled any more. Went on a Tour. The chief of the new “Farmer-La- bor” Party went on a tour for the election campaign on behalf of his ‘party starting from the city of Saloni- ki, where the population is predomin- antly industrial workers and refugees. When Mr, Papanastassiou appeared before the masses of the workers to advocate the program of his party he was received with hisses and hoots. The police interfered and arrested a number of workers on the charge of disorderly conduct. But this did not stop the denunciation of the pseudo- socialists and the speaker had to leave the platform, his place being ‘taken by Communist speakers amid ithe cheers of the assembled workers. “General Strikes May Be Outlawed by Laws Sought in Australia SYDNDY, Australia —(By Matl)— “Vhe campaign waged by the political ‘and industrial wings of the labor ‘creation of scab unions and the utilization of the military and navy oe strik the enforcement of Mndustrial on, arrest of per (sons and entry of homes without war- New South Wales to... THE DAILY WORKER Limit Immigration;- Too Many Unemployed; SYDNEY, Australia (By Mail)— (PP)—Referring to the cabled infor mation that efforts are being made by the British government to ship un- employed miners to Australia the N. 8, W. labor government says that at the present time there is a great deal of unemployment in the mining districts, and that it will not be a party to any proposal to increase the number of unemployed in those cen- ters. The labor government is also tak- ing steps to limit other classes of im- migration on the grounds that there are already a great number of work- ers out of employment and the ar- rival of immigrants at this stage can only have the effect of increasing the army of unemployed, NEW BASIS FOR MUTUAL AID IN RUSSIAN UNIONS Independent Fund Will Furnish Free Loans MOSCOW (By Mail).—The presid- ium of the U. S. 8. R. Central Coun- cil of Trade Unions has recently de- cided upon the reorganization of the mutual aid funds attached to the trade unions. The essential features of the reor- ganization are ag follows: The mutual aid funds are hence- forth to be independent organizations, Page Thves Scenes at Moore Haven, Fla., after the bursting of the Lake Okeechobee dikes, for which the great hurricane was responsible, acting as juridical persons upon the registration of their constitution with the respective trade union organiza- tions, Their work is to be conducted along the lines of savings banks. Like Individual Savings, The regular membership fees paid by the members will be regarded as their individual savings, which they will be entitled to withdraw upon sev- ering their connection with the funds, or at any other time. The total amount to which the members will be entitled upon withdrawal depends upon the financial standing of the fund, but cannot be less than 70 per cent of the contributions made. Special money grants to members may be made only in exceptional cases (death, losses by fire, etc.). By décision of the membership such spe- cial grants may be abolished alto- gether. Give Loans Without Interest, The fundamental activity of the funds will consist in granting the members loans without charging in- terest. Members of at Jeast four months’ standing will be entitled to such loans, To administer the fund a council and management commiftee are elect- ed for a term of not more than one year. The functions of the council are practically the same as those ful- filled by similar bodies in the co- operatives. Operate Independently. . reorganizing the funds the Céntral Council of Trade Unions deemed {t inadvisable at present to extend their activity (receipt of de- posits, issuance of interest-bearing loans, obtaining credits from state, industrial or credit organizations, ete.). The funds are to operate on an in- dependent basis, tho the trade unfons are still to continue to exercise gen- bron and organizational control over em. British Army Officer Admits Far East Will Fight for Liberation By CIRILO MANAT (Filipino Association of Chicago) UT of the womb of the American revolution, Uncle Sam was born, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are cre- ated equal, Only a handful of three million men fought against the then strongest and greatest of tyrants’ and imperialists, but divine providence has decreed that “might is not’ right,” that “man has certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness,” and that “governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” INLY a period of a century and a halt has elapsed since that glorious birthday of Uncle Sam, but today he has grown to be the greatest man on earth, This greatness was at- tained because until about three decades ago, he has continued not only to proclaim but also to defend the rights of man. He was, until then, guided by the spirit of justice and the light of truth. iCLE SAM came to the Philip- pines in 1898, inspired as we were told by the highest and noblest of fdeak In behalf of his alleged mag- nanimous altruism, however, he fought e@gainst us and spilled the blood of free men. For three years we de- fended our liberty, and would have continued that glorious war, had he not, recognizing the indomitable he was only to prepare us for self- government, HIS promise was formally made in 1916, but so far, Uncle Sam has not fulfilled his solemn covenant and word of honor. Commissions after commissions have been sent to the Philippines under the alleged pur- pose of investigating our conditions. ‘MELBOURNE, Australia— (FP)— Speaking at Melbourne, Colonel PB. Pottinger, @ British army officer who Asia's colored millions were slowly awakening and some day the white nations would get a rude shock, Hitherto, he said, the white man’s WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27.— A young Red Army aviator, in a So- viet plane fitted with new motors made in Soviet factories, has com- ‘|pleted 9 remarkable three-day fight over western Europe and return to Moscow, making landings at tho prin- olpal capitals, according to copies of Boviet papers received by the Rus- sian information bureau. He covered 4,167 miles and his flying time was spirit of freedom in us,’ promised that | defend the “Rights of Man.” and Uncle Sam that the writer does. YOUNG RED ARMY AVIATOR IN RECORD THREE-DAY FLI COUNTRIES OF CAPIT. We don They have gone to the Philippines, for what? Did they go there to find out whether we, the Filipino people, have already established the stable government required as a condition} precedent to the granting of our in-| dependence? H, what a camouflage! The real Intent is to survey the natural resources, of the Philippines and dig the trenches for purposes of get- tinng hold of our country’s richest soil. Wall Street has been besieging | us for twenty-eight years, and now here comes one Thompson, “The Wooden Horse” of the mercenary imperialists. ’Tis mighty good the Fall of Troy has been written for men to read. We are not illusion- ed; we will not open the gate for Wall Street, HAT Wall Street wants is to gain complete possession and control of our 1,500,000 acres of solid gold.| What it needs is a rubber land on| which to*fatten itself. What it seeks | is to exploit us as a people and ag- grandize itself at our expense. Oh, this piggish; gluttony! E must declare to the world that this project and backward step will have to meet our united opposi- tion, If Uncle Sam could be persuaded to enter this partnership with Walf Street at the expense of his ideals of liberty and justice, which President Coolidge has recently eulogized as “final,” then let Bacon, Hoover, Wood and Thompson work together if they please under the banner of Wall Street. Let this handful of corrupted insensates and useless creatures force this war of conquest on us, We are mo cowards or weaklings to be bull- dozed by their venal efforts. The spirit of freedom, liberty and justice can never be conquered, for it is the rock on whith we can safely stand, let thunder ‘and storm come. T OVER © ST EUROPE miles, was made in 3 hours, 17 min- utes, and the third leg, to Paris, 578 miles, took 5 hours and 54 minutes, The itinerary of the second day, Paris to Rome to Vienna, called for the passing of the French Alps, the Italian Apetiiines and the Italian Alps, under rathét difleult conditions. The run from Paris to Rome, 745 miles, was made in’ hours, 43 minutes, and that from Rome to Vienna, 534 miles, in 4 hours and 10 minutes. The Everglades city of Moore Haven, Fla., suffered far more from the floods which came with the breaking of the Lake Okeechobee dams than from the Florida hurricane Itself. have been drowned. Photos show Moore Haven’s main street as the waters of the flood began to subside, making search for the dead possible; and a mother with her baby rescued in a small boat by two volunteer workers. IDEALS AND RUBBER | The following article has been written especially for The DAILY WORKER by one of the leaders in the Filipino independence movement. of the divine character of the inspiration of the’ early advocates of American indepen- dence or to the statement that only in 1898 did the United States government tease to Nor do we make the same distinction between Wall Street But with his analysis of the role of the rubber in- terests and the profit-making motive behind the opposition to Filipino independence we are in full agreement as we are with the right of the Filipinos to defend their country from conquest by American imperialism or any other group of exploiters. (Editor’s Note.) Nearly a hundred persons are belleved to ot subscribe to his estimate . THERE will be no compromise. This issue will never be settled until it is settled right. Once more we must rally to the defense of our country and the holy cause of human Ilberty. If we must die in this war In defense of our rights and of our beloved country, we will die blessing her and wishing her the dawn of her redemption, If war comes, let it come. We would rather die a thousand deaths than tolerate with ‘open eyes contrary to our conscience our souls fettered and our freedom trampled upon by the votaries of his royal majesty—the almighty American dollar, 3 have faith in Uncle Sam and the American people. But if Wall Street should succeed in deceiving them and thus force them to enter this filthy enterprise of land-grabbing, and if they shoul™ conspire to murder our aspiration as a people to be free, there will be no-other recourse. As compatriots, “we will unite, and to- gether must live or die. J, BULL ABOUT TO PASS, SAYS ThE GLUM DEAN The Jolly Old Blighter Is . Right We Wot (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Sept. 27, — The Brit- ish empire is on the toboggan and nobody seems to give a darn, except the British imperialists, according to Dean Inge of St. Paul's who is known as the “gloom dean” and is living up to his reputation, In fact the dean has reason to be gloomy, and the more people read what the dean thinks the more they hope that the dean's predictions come true without losing time, We Agree With The Dean. In short the dean gees the British emptre passing out of the picture as a world power before long. Unless the United States comes to the rescue J. Bull goes to the nearest poorhouse. Indeed the dean has little confidence in the willingness of the United States to pinch hit in this crisis, We agree with the dean, What Gets The Dean AH Wet. Among the things that make the gloomy dean gloomier are: The in- crease of class bitterness in England, CHILEAN PARTY - EXPELS DEPUTY FOR BAD VOTING: Disobeyed Order Upon Vote to Censure (Special to The Daily Worker) | SANTIAGO, Chile, (By Mail.)—The | Communist Party of Chile expelled from the party Abraham Quevedo, Communist member of the chamber of deputies, because contrary to the | jdecision of the party and the depu-}| ties of the “Asalariados” (‘Party of |the Wage, Earners”) allied with the | Communists, he voted a motion to | censure the government. This motion |was submitted by a deputy of the | “Radical Party”—Espejo Conde, hith- erto allied with the present conserva- tive-liberal government combination. ALF. OF L. CONVENTION ISSUE Papteriod ee SATURDAY A Reactionary Move. The executive committee of the Communist Party decided to abstain from voting on this motion because it | OCTOBER 2 was known that behind it was the/ Association of the Nitrate Industrial- | ists, which wanted the overthrow of} the present government in order_to} a establish a new government entirely | subservient to the nitrate interests and willing to reduce the export tax| Wm. Z. Foster Ri DETALSS. writes on the problems and prot {earth nlcisd lcos Ateass ignahene ay Wes able outcome of the convention. of the principal sources of income With photograph. of the government, constituting about A Trade Unionist 50 per cent of the entire revenue. The of Detroit describes the pre-con- nitrate interests want it reduced in order to be better able to compete vention attitude of Detroit labor. With photograph, against nitrates of other countries and against the synthetic nitrates manufactured in Germany, A Conservative Regime. Facts and Figures . The present government is the r on the organization of the unorgan sult of the combination of all bour- a. lendid article geois parties who elected a conserva- poco Lbnee by tive as president against the candi- . date of the “Asalariados” (“Wage Earners’ Party”) which was support- Photograph ed by the Communists and which ob- of the Hewative Counell amma tained more than one-third of all GF votes cast for president. syste - Tho the present government is by no means sympathetic to labor, the ni- ee trate government which would have resulted from its overthrow, would have had to replace the loss in taxes Other Features: by indirect taxation and would fur- ther curtail the rights of the work-| BjG SPENCER— ers in the nitrate districts. A story by Kurt Klaeber, 1 Whole Regarded Over the Section. tion by Adolph Dehn. ‘Thus the Communist Party decid- ed that it had to abstain from voting} THE JEWISH THEATRE against a bourgeoisie government, the| IN MOSCOW— overthrow of which might, have re- By Ruth Kennel, sulted in the reduction of unemploy- ment in the nitrate districts, if the) EHYCATING YOUNG measures proposed by the nitrate in- WORKERS— terests stimulated the industry. On Ne fave Weak the other hand the proletariat of the 7 soon jamson. whole country would have suffered economically and the workers in the} HISTORY OF THE nitrate districts would have been fur-| CATHOLIC CHURCH— ther oppressed in their political and By Manuel Gomez. trade union activity. Quevedo is now publishing and} Cartoons by Ellis, Jerger, Vose, spreading pamphlets attacking the Hay Bales and cnn decision and the activity of the party. SATURDAY, OCT. 16 The First Issue of Wage Fixing by Cost of Living Alone Not Just, Unions Assert MBPLBOURNE, Austratia--— (By Mail) — Under the system of fixation of wages now in operation in Austra- lia, the basic wage for unskilled labor is fixed annually. Marginal rates for skill are added to the basic rate— varying according to the degree of skill. As the cost of living rises or falls, quarterly adjustments of wages are made to compensate for the alter- ation in the living cost. While this system guarantees that the workers will not be penalized The FIRST appearance of the owing to any undue increase in the magazine supplenient ae cost of living, it makes no allowance separate publication fecratecd'protuction: wonestiny st the nation, etey WITH MANY NEW AND UNUSUAL FEATURES ny WoRKER The leading unions are now seek- ing to have these matters incorpora- ted in the annual declarations. They contend that the mere fixation of wages according to the rise and fall of the cost of living gets the workers nowhere, but actually keeps them on the same basis all the time. They also contend that it is hardly fair for the workers to be so penalized, while the employers are making greater profits every year, New Zealand Labor to Amalgamate Its Two Union Centrals WELLINGTON, New Zealand—(By Mail—(FP)— During the last week o July, the joint executives of the New Zealand Alliance of Labor and the New Zealand Trades and Labor Coun- # 4 SUBSCRIPTI For 20 Weeks for $1.00 SUBSCRIBE NOW and enter the 84 hours, 26 minutes, making an aver- of 121 miles an hour. The air- plane was @ machine made for ordi- Postal service, with a motor of + manufactured after Engineer A. N. Tupolev, On the third day a planned stop at Prague was abandoned because of a thick fog. Warsaw 472 miles, was reached in 4 hours, 10 minutes, and the home run to Moscow, 745 miles, was made in 5 hours, 20 minutes. i the tendency of Canada to long for |oiys Pederation met in confererice at more freedom; South Africa's rebel-|wenington and discussed the ques liousness, the future of India and the }ion of industrial unity by the two or awful mistake made by nature in al: | eanigations on a national basis. The lowing Ireland to stay on the map. hasis of discussion was the agreement Ireland is again sinking into barbar- | nived at by the Open Conference Slogan Contest the strength of the performance Boviet’ newspapers claim a record unsurpassed even by specially made planes. ‘The young aviator, M. M. Gromoy, still in his twenties, hopped off from the Trotsky airdrome, Moscow, ac- by his mechanic, Rodzevic, m. Moscow was reached at 6:15 p. m. vich an ovation. Union was begun less than two years . August 31. The first }ago. The first Soviet-made airplane Koenigsberg, Germany, 733 made in & hours, 62 min- hep to Peking and Tobi~ Vb on Sept. 3, the aviators having been |’ absent 62 hours and 52 minutes. The | we have not yet seen a single blighter | yoon the two organizations is essen populace gaye Gromov and Rodze- | who is sorry, tho ¢ Airplane construction in the Soviet {beaver for once. motors were tried out in the summer | (aay not have anything to do to |pasis of unity, and a further meeting of 1926, one,of them achieving « slight | night. Hand him this eopy of the|or the joint executives will be bela ism, says the dean, since the Free in April, 1925, Btate’ was organized, All delegates attending were wnant- It’s tough on the jolly old dean, but mous on the question that unity be- $100.00 worth of prizes awarded for the best slogans for the Sunday Worker sub- mitted before NOVEMBER 1 } all agree that talking thru his tial, and, more important than that, there was no serious difference be tween the two organizations. A sub- committee was appointed to bring That worker next door to yoo! down a final draft on the proposer the dean is not X WORKER at an early date,