The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 9, 1926, Page 1

, real estate, Merrill Turner, of Hi Arain struck. One Thousand Received--Four Thousand Needed Immediately By C. E, RUTHENBERG, iB General Secretary, Workers (Communist) Party. during The party members and the sympathizers with the party are rallying to the support. of The DAILY WORKER—BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH, In Monday’s and Tuesday's paper the ‘critical financial situa- tion of The DAILY WORKER was presented to its supporters and the need of raleing five thousand dollars of the Keep The DAILY WORKER Fund this week emphasized. The result of this appeal has been increased activity in the mobilization to raise the $50,000 Keep The DAILY WORKER ssiah of the party members and the sym- wed ~2i7 * in their contributions to meet Fund, but + pathizers of the immedi *§ S gy enue Ph ° : Lone ey The DAILY WOkn.. 7 the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government V Wy T. J. O'FLAHERTY s bap death of Dominic d’Allesandro, president of the Hod Carriers’ and Building Laborers’ International Un- ion, may not be an wamixed blessing for the hod carriers, For one thing they may have the excitement of a €onvention and an election of officers. Out of consideration for the treasury and the danger of swapping leaders inside of ‘two decades, d’Allesandro postponed a convention for the past twenty years. There are some sturdy children of the Gael in the union who believe that it is enough for the Itel- ians to contribute a pope to the Irish race. All other jobs, they believe, should be open to all comers. \ se 6 s° far the A, F. of L, convention has t ol: Ill. No. 228. Subscription Rates: failed to get excited over the cath-. olie trouble with Mexico. And in the opinion of this scribe, who knows his chureff fairly well, it will not, for the very good reason that the majority of A. F. of L, delegates are neither good catholics or good protestants—in fact, they are good for nothing éxcept mak- ing money for themselves, The labor leaders have all the trouble they want in attending to their banks and their They will leave the Mex- joan imbroglio to the Knights of Co- Jumbus and others who make a living that way. A wise catholic’s best pope is his pocketbook. a ee. |ATHOLIC Jabor leaters “hiay con* tribute to the million-dollar K. of ©, fund to~fight Calles: They may curse the Masonic order over their home-brew. They will continue to strut down the main aisle of the church and let the people see that they are loyal sons of the papacy. But ask them to cut their economic throats or even open a financial ‘vein by risk- ing a religiovs civil war in their inter- national unions and they will whirl on their toes like dervishes.. .The- bureau- crats of the A. F. of L., catholic as well as protestant, are sleeping in the same bed. They are not going to let a religious bedbug disturb their slum- ber. sae bast victory_of Gene Tunney is only second to the Bucharistic congress in its effectiveness as a recruiting agent for the catholic church, accord- ing to Archbishop Hayes of New York. Tunney is a catholic boy, but #o is Jack Dempsey, if names mean what they say. The arehbishop discovered that Gene said his prayers daily. That helped him win. Perhaps Gene’s god was a marine in his young days. And still again, perhaps.he put some- thing in Jack’s milk that caused boils to develop under his hide, making the champion dull and slow. It pays to be loyal even to a deity! * ele ' NE of the most interesting items from the Detroit convention of the American Federation of Labor is Carl Haessler’s tale of Dennis Batt's di- lemma, when that worthy was obliged to chaperon a huge British flag while a suitable place was being provided foe ft. Carl says Dennis is Irish, but we are from west of the Mississippi. If Cerl Haessler can't be good, he should at least try and be qgutious. ‘The Irish have their faults, we doubt if Dennis Batt is one of them. Ca Qe HE British delegates’ to the con- vention must bé) sOmewhat sur- prised to see the Americans sew around to secure Union Jacks in their tionor, Why, over in England, even J. H, Thomas stands in the shadow of ‘the Red Flag, tho he 48 one of the most loyal supporters of the king. (Continue don page 3) FOUR RAILROAD WORKERS KILLED WHEN TRAIN CRASHES INTO SPEEDER (Special to The Dally Worker) . HAMMOND, Ind., Oct. 7—Four men were killed a fifth was probably fatally injured and a sixth miraculpusly escaped with minor bruises today when a fast Michigan Central passenger train, Chicago bound, struck a rail- in were riding just north of ti mond, Ind.; M. M. Knoll, and Morris Elm Reed and Walter Legg, both of Kentland, Ind. Arthur. Brew of Hammond is dying, physicians sa saved his lite by ey neha edt, way “speeder” on which the The dead: Emil P98 FP | - The volume of contributions ha: the total for the firet three days of the week is only $1,018.50. That leaves nearly $4,000 of the $5,000 needed immediately to be raised during the next three days, i The DAILY WORKER must complete the collection of the urgently needed first $10,000 of the Keep The DAILY WORKER Fund by October 15 at the very latest. It must have the $5,000 asked for in its statements of Monday and Tuesday by Monday, The contributions to the Keep The DAILY WORKER Fund the present week have been Monday, October 4 . Tuesday, October 5 .. Wednesday, October 6 October 11. FURRIERS AND LL.G.W.PLAN AMALGAMATION Unity is Vital Need in Needle Trades NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—The 40,000 striking cloakmakers and the furriers’ union have decided to call all needle trade unions for amalgamation in the struggle againat the bosses in the cloakmakers’ strike. Acting, upon the communication from the joint board of the furriers’ union calling upon ite international to take steps In bringing about an amelgamation conference of the needle trades in order to throw full support to the cloakmakers in their present strike, the general strike committee passed a motion at yes- terday’s meeting held in Manhattan Lyceum requesting Sigman to call to- gether the G. E. B. of the Interna- tional within one week to take steps for the amalgamation conference of the needle trades. This move is regarded as a yital measure of defense of the cloakmak- ers against the bitter attacks by the bosses, police and courts. -. Goldy.m of. the furriers’ un- “which eis to date giver $50,000 to the strike in spite ‘the’ exhausted treasury due to their Te- cent struggle, spoke in behalf ofthe resolution. He pointed out that the strike of the cloakmakers was the concern of all the needle-trades ‘and that the outcome of the strike would vitally affect their own uinon. Furriers Lead Way. He declared that the move for am- algamation was needed as an immedi- ate measure to aid the cloakmakers and the needle trades as a whole af- fected by this struggle, He further- thermore pointed out that the joint board of New York, making up the overwhelming majority of the mem- bership of their international, unani- mously supported this resolution ac the shop chairmen's meeting held last Monday night. z Left Wingers Support Move. Gold was followed by Sascha Zim- merman,. Burouchovitch and Rubin, who pointed out that the manufactur- érs were bent upon resorting to every brutal means in order to defeat the Cloakmakers and that it is necessary to call up the full resources of the needle trades to defeat the bosses. Such a conference if immediately called could at once take up joint and widespread activities thru a com- mon tax. The resolution was fur- ther supported by Cooperman of Lo- cal 10, and Silkowitz of Local 2. ‘Those Who Opposed. % Sigman, Dubinsky and | Hyman spoke against the resolution, but it won by an overwhelming majority. A conference of all unions to fight the injunction will be held this Fri- day night at the International Audi- torium, 3 West 16th street. Go Chi to Jail. As a result of these measures a special demonstration of women cloakmakers oectrred which aroused the enthusiasm and admiration of the entire garment center, Over a hun- dred women pickets were arrested but entered ‘the patrol wagon cheer- ing the union and defying the in- junction and the brutalities of the police. baat The conspiracy of silence on the part of the capitalist press continues in spite of these wholesale arrests and brutality of courts. yards here. City, Ind. In, Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1928, at. SATURDAY, by mail, $6.00 per year. om ae increased each day, but PASSAIC STRIKE LEADER IN ACTION $y the crisis. Gustav Deak, chairman of strike committee of the new Passaic Local 1603, U. T. W. and a striker from Botany Mills, addressing his fellow strikers at a meeting that, with a big parade, celebrated Induction of strikers into A. F. of Ly LITHUANIAN NATIONALISTS AND POLISH MARCHERS STAGE BATTLE ° as Wt / LONDON, Oct. 7.—Lithuanian nationalists today attacked a Polish reHglous procession, injuring 500 persons, according to a dispatch from Warsaw. Some of the victims later died, it was stated. ASSALS HIGH... CANTON TROOPS “BAIL AS PART. | DEFEAT FORCES OF FRANE-UP| OF CHUAN-FANG $430,000 Bail Set to * +6 Bias Opinion _ (Special to The Dail; Worker) PASSAIC, N J., Oct. 7.—Denouncing the high bail set in the cases of strik- ers brought before the local courts as a deliberate attempt to drain the resources of the union and so help the mill owners break the Passaic tex- tile strike, Alfred) Wagenknecht, chairman of the General Relief Com- mittee of Textile Strikers, issued a statement today calling upon’ organ- ized labor to stand by the strikers against the “new onslaught of the mill-controlled police and judges In the strike aroa.” In his statement he branded the ar- rest of strike leaders on the charge of throwing bombs as “the most fan- tastic of the numerous and brazen schemes of the mill-controlled police to break this strike and send the workers back to the mills without a union and without the rights of human beings. Another Mooney Case. “This is another Mooney case, but on & larger scale,. Twenty-one of the most active strike leaders have been arrested on the, obviously spurious charge of throwing bombs. These men were subjected to the horrible torture of the third degree and forced to sign “confessions” which they re- pudiated as soon,as they were re- leased on” bail. Try to Break Strike. “This most recont frame-up is the final lawless effort of the mill-owners and their police la¢keys to defeat the gallant struggle of the striking textile workers. It | iy >, ra to the en- ire Inbor movéhient, for the fight of the Passaic strikers against company unionism and starvation wages is a fight that affects every worker in the country. It is a Oght that labor can- not afford to lose for to lose would be to invite a wa, ishing, union- smashing campal; inst/the entire labor movement, Mr. Wagenknecht ‘compared the cases of “strikers held in bail as high as $100,000 in a case in which no one was killed and on one injured” to the sensational Hall-Mills murder case ‘in which a woman charged with murder is released in $40,000 bail while 10 strikers are held in @ total of $430,000," This is nothing but an attempt to impress the publie mind with a false idea of the enormity of the crime with which these men, are charged, th» statement declan agi Chang-Tso-Lin Report- ed in Break With Japan (Special to The Daily Worker) HANKOW, China, Oct. 7.—It can now be stated authoritively that the Cantonese forces have defeated the armies of Gen. Sun Chuan-Fang, who since the disaster to Wu Pel-fu’s troops has been the only outstanding enemy of the national forces ‘In this part of China, General Sun assumed Fu’s place in the affections of the imperialists. The worst they hoped for was that’ he would be able to hold the five eastern provinces. The beet, that he might be able to defeat the national armies and establish himself in Peking. Those hopes ate now blasted. The only vutstanding militarist now left in hina to oppose the people’s armies s Chang Tso-Lin aiid there is reason to believe phat Chang has internal troubles to contend with. oe ee Appaliling Conditions. SHANGHAI, Oct. 7.—Appalling con- ditions inside the city of Wuchang, the Chinese industrial center.on the Yangtse River where the northern forces are being besieged by the South China armies, were described today by some of the seven thousand civil- lans allowed to depart from the city. The northern treops are still holding out against the attacking forces but their situation ig desperate, the re fugees stated. Thousands Died. The seven thousand civilian re- fugees left Wuchang on Sunday and Monday, The refugees stated that thousands died of starvation in the city before the release order was given. When the order was issued and the city gates swung opén, many (Continue don page 2) MELLON NOT ENTHUSED AT 5-DAY WEEK IN HIS |. OWN MINES AND SHOPS WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—(FP) — Seeretary of the Treasury Melion has joined Jas. M. “Emery of the Natl. Asen. of Manufacturers in predicting that any je application of the five-day week will hurt busi- ness. Mellon has some hundreds of millions of dollars invested In manufacturing ‘and mining enter prises In whioh the six-day week e Post Office at Chicago, CTOBER’9, 1926 Green Clashes With Hicks Can our party members and sympathizers raise $4,000 and have it in The DAILY WORKER office by Monday, October 11? Can they complete the first $10,000 of the Keep The DAILY WORKER Fund, which means $3,000 more to be raised, by Friday, October 157 THE ANSWER WHICH THE PARTY MEMBERS AND THE SYMPATHIZERS WITH THE PARTY" TO THESE QUESTIONS WILL DETERM WE CAN KEEP THE DAILY WORKER. it is our bellef that the party membera and sympathizers can and will raise this money for The DAILY WORKER. So far only a smal! part of the party has gone Into action to meet Those who have responded have shown a spirit In | fe} 1 Illinois, under the Act of March 2, 1879. al On Unity » CAUSE MAKE —E WHETHER Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., the fight to Keep The DAILY WORKER, which, If spread thru the whole party would quickly solve the immediate financial problem ef The DAILY WORKER. Every party member, every nucleus of the party, every leading committee of the party, every sympathizer of the party must TAKE UP THE FIGHT TO KEEP THE DAILY WORKER. A UNITED EFFORT WILL EASILY RAISE $4,000 BY MON- DAY AND COMPLETE THE FIRST $10,000 BY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15. “WE CAN AND WILL KEEP THE DAILY WORKER!” MUST BE THE SLOGAN OF THE WHOLE PARTY. ACT UPON THIS SLOGAN. RUSH THE CONTRIBU- TIONS TO THE KEEP THE DAILY WORKER FUND. NEW YORK EDITION © 1118 W. Washington Bivu., Chicago, Il. Price 3 Cents With Russ Labor By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. (Special to The Dally Worker) CONVENTION HALL, DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 7.—George Hicks, fraternal delegate of the British Trade Union Congress and William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, clashed here yesterday over the Soviet Socialist Republics to an question of the admission of the trade unions of the Union of all-inclusive trade union international. John Bromley, the second fraternal delegate from Great Britain, left the discussion of in- ternational relations to Hicks who was first presented to the convention. Hicks first mentioned the Soviet Union when he told of the splendid financial relief given the striking British miners by the Russian workers, declaring it evidenced a kindness and generosity almost beyond conception. He mentioned also the financial ploited workers of China. Must Be All-Inclusive. “TI have always been an ardent ad- vocate of real international trade union unity,” said Hicks, showing im- mediately that he had no intention | of dragging in the Amsterdam Inter- | national Federation of Trade Unions. | “The workers of the world must; really establish an international of | labor that will really visualize the needs of the international labor move- ment in its struggle for hours and conditions and the protection of the | downtrodden. For Admittance of Russian Unione, | “We must see that the trade unions | of Soviet Russia are included in such | an international,” he concluded, and | then proceeded to discussion of the | British general strike, . But it wae mention of the work- on vt the soviet ‘Union’ that stirred | Green to reply when all the fraternal delegates had made their addresses of greeting. It was not as bitter a reply as Green madé last year ta) Arthur A, Purcell at Atlantic City. but it pleased the reactionary ele) ments in the convention, who ap | plauded generously but did not rise to their feet, altho quite a tew trie@} to start a movement in that direction. | Green Opposes Unity. “We can enter into hearty accord | with all the speakers have said on the question of the international soli- darity of the workers,” declared Green. “We have listened to Hicks urge that the workers of that great new country of Russia should be in) cluded in the international labor movement. “But I must say that there is an impregnable barrier between the workers of that country and the American Federation of Labor when they embrace a philosophy so antag- onistic to the principles of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, it is useless to attempt any reconciliation of our differences. The Russian workers must change their viewpoint before we can think of establishing any re- lations with them. I Rnow that is the sentiment of the majority of your people.” All Have Rights, But Russians. So far the delegation sat silent. They were evidently dumbfounded for the moment, since President Green had been slipping in short comments every day during the convention thus far, evidently intended as oi] upon the waters of the troubled relations with Mexico to the effect that the trade unionists of the different coun- tries could hold ‘their own views on other questions as long as they were (Cgptinued on page 2.) BRITISH MINERS REJECT DEMAND TO SURRENDER; CONTINUE STRIKE BULLETIN, LONDON, Oct. 7.—The delegate conference of the Miners’ Federation In session today unanimously adopted a resolution rejecting the govern- ment demande for the) strikers’ surrender. vote of the miners’ districts which voted 737,000 against 42,000 to reject the terms, LONDON, Oct. 7.—Confounding all owners and the tory government about the “return to work” of the striking miners, the rank and file of the union rendering to the terms of the wages thus foreed on them be left to tory parliament, mist be accepted, — Idwin government were put to referendum, have shown their marveloua courage once more by rejecting them flatly. This was reported at the reconvening today of the miners’ delegate con- ference at Kingsway Hall to discuss the situation. had given tho ultimatum that the terms proposed by Churchill, that the men go baok to work without settlement, that the union accept district agreements, thus breaking up the nationai union, and that the longer workday and reduced aid given by the down-trodden of India and the ruthlessly ex- LYNCH OPPOSES MORRISON FOR A. F. OF L. SECRETARY BULLETIN. DETROIT, Oct. 7.—Great Britain is headed inevitably toward another general strike, to be fought even harder than the lockout of last May, George W. Hicks and Fred G. Bromley, fraternal delegates from the British Trade Union Congress, told the American Federation of Labor convention today. By J. Louts ENGDAHL. (Special te The Dally Werker) . comveniam ee CETROM, ag Oct. 1 ee M. ynch, recently deposed president the International Ty graphical Union, SS depose Frank: Morrison, also a ne of the Typographical Union, as secretary of the American Fed- eration of Labor. This is the latest maneuver for official position within the A. F. of L., and it is declared that strong effort will be made to put it thru at this convention. It is considered in some circles as hele coke thet bass. cc ap aera & a move to ultimately oust Wil- liam Green as presi GIVEN REBUFF BY Out of A Job CHURCH AND Y. M,C. A. AT DETROIT MEET “Jim” Lynch lost out in the last election in the printers’ union, so he is out of a job at the present time. Lynch doesn’t take the same attitude toward official position that is credit ed to another member of the print ers’ delegation, E. 8. McCullough, who failed of re-election as A, F. of L, delegate. McCullough when asked where he preferred the next conven- tion of the A. F. of L. to go, declared, “I don’t care if it goes to hell.” “Andy” Furuseth, of the Seamen’s Union, sitting near, didn’t hear cor rectly, thinking that McCullough re ferred to the A. F. of L. itself. Andy A Little Dense. So it bad to be carefully explained to the Norseman that McCullough would not be a delegate to next year’s convention of the A. F. of L., so it didn’t matter much to him in what place it met, But “Jim” Lynch ts not so indif- ferent, The last time he was ousted from the presidency of the Interna tiona) Typographical Union, he landed a soft berth as industrial commission er in New York state. In time, he drifted back to the presidency of the printers. It seems he is bent on re- maining in the organized labor move- ment, if only by the skin of his teeth, and so he has chosen, so reliable re- ports point out, to try to oust Secre tary Morrison, who was opposed to him in the last election fight im the union, Willlam Green, A Relic of Gompers. Morrison has been classed more er less with what “progressives” there are in the printers’ union. This has not seemed to prevent his re-election year after year, since memory runneth not to the contrary, under Gompers, and he still sticks under Green, It may be that Lynch ts teaming with Matthew Woll, head of the In- ternational Photo Engravers’ Unien, who is credited with haying bis eyes on the A. F. of L. presidency, Woll has been pursuing a rather independ- ent course during the past year. It often clashes with the position takem by President Green A Family Row. This was especially true in the Pas saic strike situation, where President Green, representing the A. F. of L., was supposed to be working in har mony with Thomas F. McMahon, of the United Textile Workers’ Union, Senator Borah and other ts seeking a settlement of this struggle, In the midst of the negotiations Mat (Continued on page " This action conforms to a reports of the capitalist papers, mine districts to which the question of sur- The Baldwin government a board of arbitration elected by the SS A BS Ra Se a