The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 2, 1926, Page 1

al snniesanmtar The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard fora Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. Ill, No. 248. Subscription Rates: COMMUNIST CAN VOTE COABURIST AT TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS! FULL LIST OF ( E DAIL it Entered at Second-class matter Seprember .21, 1928, ‘the Post Ofmice at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 2879. In Chi o, by mail, $8.00 Outside i is per year. ‘hicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, becrrerf Sten By T. J. O'FLAHERTY ICHARD EVANS, a young and helpless human, derelict, was hanged in the Cook county jail last Friday morning for the--killing-of a. policement, while young Evans was under the influence of moonshine. vans was hanged because he had no money, the several powerful gangs that op- erate here in Chicago he would be in uo more danger of death than had he merely stolen a banana. This should be a legso nfor those who might be tempted to imitate their betters in the prohibition enforcement depart- | ment in the matter of violating law. eee : FORE a man can commit murder with impunity in this tough town he should first join a capitalist politi- cal organization, the Crowe-Barrett wing of the G. O. P. preferred. Hav- ing done this he should become a member of a “gang” and salt away some money. In the accumulation of the coin a little slaughter might be indispensable, but with the fruits of his toil and the political pull, nothing but the merest accident should pre- vent the aspiring citizen from dying in bed, Richard Evans paid the price of unpreparedness. Now, as Arthur Bris- bane would gay, if he only had a fleet of airplanes— HIS is a democracy! Those who ‘hhad their doubis should prepare to shed them now. Not that the average American—the kind that joins the klan—has anything to shed. But on with the story. “A pair of pretty hands upon which a good many dol- jars have been spent for manicuring, peeled potatoes today in the Campbell soup factory for 30 cents an hour.” ‘This is how the International News Se: r \inthe-can man. It is quite obvious that if the poor little rich gi: work for 30 measly cents an hour, even tho her papa owns the ‘factory, ‘the rest of the help have no reason to kick, . . i Sprig is starting at the ‘bottom, she says, and we think she will stay there until the publicity dies out and millions of babies will take many more drinks of Campbell's. soups. ‘Then Elinor will quietly marry a bank- rupt European count. “I’m proud of her,” said Dr, Dorrance. “It’s some- thing of a relief these days to see a girl of the flapper age think of some- thing else beside tea-ing, dancing, drinking and smoking.” And a final paragraph: “Elinor recently returned from a select French finishing school at Sorbonne. She is the only unmar- ried daughter of Dr, Dorrance, whose wealth is estimated at fifty millions.” Now, here. is a chance for a soup-jug- gling factory worker to make fifty mil- lion dollars, “ Ree CARROLL, the theatrical pro- ducer, could buy a carload of Mo- roccan girls for the price of one bath- tub full of champagne. Since Earl was prohibited by a puritanical city government from expressing his. gay- ety to his heart's content, he went, to Kurope and flew from “Paris ‘to. Mo- rocco to Witness the marriage of the three sons of the Sultan to three daughters of the desert. Carroll is not wasting his time. What he saw there, in the way of nudity and aban- don, should provide him with enough inspiration to rake in a million dollars from the bourgeoisie of New York without having to waste his cham- pagne, TTRACTED to a 25-cent movie a few evenings ago by a Mack Sen- nett comedy, I ran into one of the (Continued on page 6) “* Had he belonged to any of | ANOTHER SECTION OF OPPOSITION IN ALL-UNION COMMUNST PARTY ADMITS ERRORS AND PLEDGES SUPPORT TO C. C. By JOHN PEPPER (Special cable to The DAILY WORKER.) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Oct, 31—After the conclusion of the debate on Tomsky’s report on the trade union question and the reporter’s reply to the discussion the delegates to the fifteenth conference of the All-Union Com- | munist Party unanimously approved the report. Molotoy, organization secretary of the party, then read a communica- | ton from the “central committee and the central control commission con- cerning a declaration presented by Shilapnikoff and Medvedeff, abandoning TUESDAY, ‘and principal heir of Dr, John T. Dor- yanee, multimillionaire and bigsoup- | | all harmful fractional work. | It was then announced that all jcommittees would be in session on | Sunday afternoon and the conference | would adjourn until Monday when Comrade Stalin would make his re- port on the internal party situation. Opposition Statement. The communication from the cen- tral committee and the.central con- trol commission reads: “The central committee and central control commission with satisfaction inform all party members that Med- vedeff and Shiiapnikoff - submitted statements to central control commis- sion and central committee wherein they not only recognize the harmful- ness Of their fraétional work but they also renounce the profoun3ly wrong views which they propagated. Ac- cordingly the central committee and the central control commission can record the further decomposition of the opposition bloc which means com- plete and unqualified victory for the idea of the Leninist unity of the party.” The Statement. The joint statement of Shliapnikoff and Medvedeff was published in the Pravda and was addressed to the Polit-Bureau of the central committee and to the presidium of the central control commission and was dated October 29. It reads as follows: . Sete ly, Medvedeff’s letter to Baku com- rades contains many grossly. errone- ous views directed, against certain party fundamental principles and run- ning counter to Leninism and the principles of the Communist Interna- tional, “Secondly, an imporiant mistake in the letter is a passage referring to methods of work in the Comintern and an insulting reference to sections of the C, I. as ‘bands of petty-bour. geois lackeys supported by Russian gold.” We regard those most impor- tant parts of the letter as grossly er- roneous and unrepresentative of our true attitude towards the Comintern. “Thirdly, we likewise regard the demand for the liquidation of the Profintern as mistaken. This formula we consider’ erroneous. Against 2nd International. “Fourthly, we resolutely and un- jualifiedly support the Comintern and is resolutely oppose the second in- vernational, We consider the leaders ot the modern social-democratic par- ies as betrayers of the interests of the workingelass and as agents of the bourgeoisie, “Fifthly, we recognize that a series of such errors gave grounds for the charges brought against; us in the col- umns of the ‘Pravda’ and ‘Bolshevik.’ “Sixthly, we consider inadmissible he polemical tone and the serious strong. expressions of, Shiiapnikoff's article in ‘Bolshevik,’ issue seventeen, “Seventhly, in reference to case of ‘Baku opposition’ we addressed cen- tral committee and central control commission a whole series of strong statements verbally and in writing. We consider them erroneous, “Rightly, we resolutely and unquali- {iedly condemn the fractional methods used by us dnd also condemn all or- zanizational consolidation on the basis of views diverging from party deci- sions and where our adherents went (Continued on page 6) COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL PREPARES AGENDA FOR NEXT ENLARGED PLENUM (Special Cable to The DAILY WORKER.) - ’ MOSCOW, U. &. S. R., Oct. 31.-—The presidium of the executive com mittee of the Communist International has adopted the following agenda for the forthcoming meeting of the seventh plenum of the enlarged executive: 1, The world situation and the immediate tasks of the Comintern, Re * porters Bukharin and Kuusinen, 2. The situation in the All-Union Communist Party. Reporter J. Stalin. Lessons of the British general strike, Reporter T. J, Murphy. 4, The Chinese question. Reporter Tan Ping Shan. % Communist work in the trade union movement. (Reporters in com- mittee, Losovsky and one reporter each from the Czech and Frenoh dele- gations). 6. Work among the peasants, Reporters in committee, representative of the peasant committee and one each from the Italian, German, and Chinese . delegations, 7, Questions affecting the various sections. . Reporter John Pepper. ENE RE A EL a LE JAPAN. AND BRITAIN IN CONSPIRACY Make Desperate Trial to Stop Cantonese SHANGHAI, Oct. 31.—The backing of Japanese imperialism to the myth- ical Peking government in its new attempt to stop the advance of the Cantonese national revolution, is shown by the appointment of Pang-fu, known as a Japanese tool ever since 1919, when he forced a Japanese loan upon China, as finance minister. imperialists Desperate. The imperialists are desperate, and are spurring their.subsidized militar- ist Chinese lackeys into frantic en- deavors to stop the northern sweep of the Cantonese, The announcement that the Canton government would be moved to Wu-| hsiang, head of the northern forces or kuominchun armies now marching ‘thru Kiansu and Shensi, has impelled what the Cantonese believe to be a secret concord ‘between Britain and ‘Japan to exert all efforts to check the national revolution, Kid Themselves. Sun Chuan-fang, who recently was driven out of Kiukiang, and Wu Pei- fu, driven northward out of Hankow and Wuchang, are circulating reports that their forces are preparing a coun- ter-attack to recapture these points. Sun, indeed, claims that his men have retaken Kiangsi province and that the Cantonese are splitting up. But this may be mere propaganda. MILL WORKERS ON ELECTION BALLOT INN. J. Strikers in Passaic Are Candidates NEW YORK, Oct. 31—-A labor tiek- et has ben placed on the ballot ins the state of New Jersey for the com ing election on November 2. All can- didates on this ticket are members of the United Textile Workers of Amer- ica and are striking members of the Passaic local. The following is the list of candidates: Passaic county: for congress, 6th district, Gus Deak, chairman of the striking local; for congress, 7th dis- trict, Frank Giacomini, member of the executive board of the local; for gen- eral assembly, Frances Janicke, Anna (Special to The Dally Worker) | Breznak, Matyas Hadjun, Michael Elasik, and Aaron Zwerin. Bergen county: for councilman, Philip Maddalene; for assembly, Johu Di Santo, Mrs. Frances Rigardo, George Costello. An intensive campaign has been started for ,these labor candidates. Many of the candidates of the old parties have withdrawn their names fearing defeat at the hands of teh la- bor ticket. Special programs and state platforms have been printed by the‘labor campaign committee and are being distributed to the workers in Passaic in behalf of the labor candi dates. Laborers Saved from Sewer. EVANSTON, IIL, Oct, 31.—Firemen and laborers late Friday rescued John Haer and J. S. Lewis from un- der eight feet of earth which had burigd them in a sewer excavation in which*they were working. e men, who were badly Injured and nearly smothered, will recover. It took approximately 80 minutes to ef- fect the rescue. j f | IVEMBER 2, PROTEST FROM EUROPE IS gis WORRYING U.S. Labor Demands Sacco- Vanzetti be Freed By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—State de partment officials are visibly worried at the storm protest with which European labor hae greeted the re- fusal of Judge Thayer of Massachu- setts to grant @ new trial to Sacco and Vanzetti, organized work- ers thruout “world believe to be victims of M it Palmers “red raid” terrorism, ~~ In the files of the state department are a dozen of more reports from distant foreigm capitals, telling of demonst: held by Communists and other or tions for the pur- pose of impr upon the American government the demand of the work- ers abroad ‘the two men be given news from Paris rd of armed police around the American and that a special Ambassador Her- turn from America. and L’Oeuvre, two of a sup- ral political parties, have taken wp the fight, along with union organizations and other grou} In Germany; Holland, Scandinavia and @l of sachusetts is growing, and with a keen (Continued on page 3) U. S, EMBASSY IN BERLIN SCARED BY SOLIDARITY IN BOSTON TRIAL CASE (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Oct, 31—The American embassy here is becoming fright- ened at demonstrations by German workers against the Boston judge’s decision denying the American com- rades, Sacco and Vanzettl, a new trial. Orders have been issued, it is an- nounced, to place a guard around the embasey in case news comes here that Sacco and Vanzetti have been executed. American repre- sentatives evidently expect that they will be executed and are mak- ing preparations accordingly. « Twe visits have been made to the embassy by Communist delegations, voicing the protest of the German workers against Judge Thayer’s de- cision. Published Dally except Suda; by THE DAILY. 1926 el HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR RELIEF OF STRIKING MINERS OF BRITAIN (Special Cable to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Oct. 31.—Om receipt of an appeal for immediate relief from: A. J. Cook, secretary of the British Miners’ Union, the Presidium a million dollars) to the striking miners’ rellef fund. This brings the total raised by the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union for strike relief to about $4,000,000, which is considerably more than the workers of all the rest of the world have contributed. In his message to the Russian workers, Cook declared that the British PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Washingtux Bivd., Chicago, Ul SOVIET WORKERS CONTRIBUTE ANOTHER of the Central Councli of Trade Unions, transferred one million rubles (half ; x of dem- Spice ta Mer | miners are in a desperate plight and are actually starving. | continuing energetically in the U. S. S. R. BALDWIN ASKS SURRENDER 10 MINE OWNERS Demands tv:7ers’ Yield to Owners’ 1'erms (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Oct. 31.—The attempt of the Trade Union Congress to com- promise the fight of the British miners, In order to dodge their de- mand that railway and transport unions lay down a coal embargo and all unions assess working members for financial support, is bringing out in bold relief the determination of the Baldwin government to crush the miners’ union as the first step toward a war upon ail unions. When the Trade Union Congress leaders went to Baldwin and Churchill to get terms, Baldwin told them that the government woilld not vonsider negotiations unless the T. U. C, was explicitly authorized by the miners’ executive. Demands Surrender. Moreover, Baldwin made clear that ‘|the government demands nothing less than complete surrender from the miners. “There can be no return te the terms for settlement based upon the findings of the royal commission,” which, indeed, the government has never considered. Any settlement, said Baldwin, would | have to be on the basis of “the events of the past six months.” By this, Bald- win meant that the miners would have to admit defeat and accept the terms | of the mine owners. What this would mean, he went on, was that “the whole field, from which | neither wages, hours nor district agreements, would be excluded.” Then Baldwin added: “There can on nationalization of the mines.” Cook Reportes! Weakening. A. J. Cook, in answer to a telegram from the T. U. C., has returned to Lon- (Continued on page 3), Elizabeth, N. J. Backs up’ From Free Speech Ban Against Weisbord NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 31.—As a result of police interference with a meeting at which Albert Weisbord, former Passaic strike leader, was scheduled to speak, the American Civil Liberties) Union staged a free- speech test in Elizabeth, N. J., Octo- ber 27. In responge to a telegram from the union and a letter from Louis F, Budenz, editor of Labor Age, de- nouncing the raid and demanding po- lice protection, Mayor John F, Kenah officially authorized the free speech meeting, ’ Robert Dunn, a national committee member of the union; Louis Budenz and Bishop Jones spoke on {free speech, and Mr: Weisbord gave the address he was; prevented from deliv- ering by the raid. Two police and two detectives, ac-Foscaped inpury. Hight rescue worke NINE HARD COAL MINERS DIE IN BAS EXPLOSION Others Escape by Hair’s Breadth WILKPSBARRE, Pa., Oct. 31.--The bodies of nine miners, killed when a gas explosion wrecked a section of number 7 colliery of the Sesquehanna |Colliertes company, at Nanticoke, near here, have been brought to the sur- face. Black Damp Gas. The explosion rocked the mine shortly after the nine men entered, aix others, on thelr way into the col- Mery, fled with the first report, and cording to reports, entered Turn Hail} wore overcome by black damp in at in Elizabeth on October 22 while lrompting to reach the victims, Weisbord was in the midst of a talk The bodies of seven identified were on “The Passaic Strike and the Ameri |i ,4 of Anthony Kaminski, 23, and can Workers.” Declaring that they had order: Joseph Novak, 42, The other victims, from “higher up” to halt}. inside the mine, are Andrew the meeting, the officers cleared the }ovay, 35; Louis Novak, 23; Jose » 35; » 23; ph hall, The mayor of Elizabeth, accord. Bodarka, and Joseph*Mikeleuski, ing to press reports, immediately de- nied any authorization of the raid, Orders to the police are said to have been inspired by the American Legion, Four of the victims were related, three brothers and the fourth a son-in-law, Fifteen miners were employed in the section of the mine wrecked by We will send sample copies Of}ine explosion. Thp..others were on f dreas, The DAILY WORKER to your|tneir way in and would have been riends—send: ug name and ad-|ontombed also had: the explosion oc- curred five minutes Jater. ! | WASHINGTON IS SENDING | RARSH NOTE TO MEXICO FOR THE OIL INTERESTS WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Follow- ing a conference between Ambas- sador Sheffield, Secretary of State Kellogg, former Ambassador Charies Beecher Warren and Assistant Secretary of State Olds, it is learn- ed that the U. S. government is sending a “stiff” note to the Mex- ican government concerning the Mexican land and oil laws, This is in reply to Mexico's pre- vious note answering U. S. protests at these laws as “confiscatory.” Mexico declared that such was not the case, the laws simply being regulatory provisions for enforcing the Mexican constitution, and that if any injustice were done in enforc- ing the regulations, the matter would be remedied. PAYS TRBUTE TO ’GENE DEBS Workers Enroll I. L. D. in Honor of Leader Chicago workers of various politigal affiliations and beliefs gathered last Saturday night in Temple Hall to pay tribute to Eugene V. Debs, at a mass |meeting held under the auspices of the International Labor Defense of which Debs was an executive member and lenthusiastic supporter, Over fifty workers signed up for the Debs Enrollment in the I. L, D, which is the best way to honor the memory of the noble fighter for the working- jot the organization, stated in making his appeal to those present to carry time to. The speakers were: Ralph Chaplin, W. and poet, member of the I. W. class war prisoner; Carl Haessler, managing editor of the Federated Press and class war prisoner; Hyman Schneid, general organizer of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; C,. E, Ruthenberg, general secretary of the Workers (Commu- nist) Party and class war prisoner whose appeal in connection with the Michigan conviction is now before (Continued on page 6) Bank Bandits Killed. DETROIT, Oct. 31.—Two bandits were killed, another was wounded and a policeman wes shot in the leg dur- ing a holdup at the Bank of Detroit | shortly before noon Saturday, ac- cording to reports to the police. Twen- ty shots were fired in the battle. U. §. BOSS OF GERMANY “UNDER DAWES PLAN MAY 0. K. LOAN 10° FRANCE BERLIN, Oct. 31.—-Monday there will take place a discussion in the German cabinet on the plan ar ranged by Foreign Minister Briand of France, Herr von Hoesch, Ger- man ambassador to France, and Seymour Parker Gilbert, agent gen- eral for reparations, for an inter. national loan to France with the German raitroad bonds as security. Some Germans fear that a loan big enough to satisfy France, will un- dermine the stability of German finanoe, In any case the American, Seymour Parker Gilbert, who practically dictator of jermany, will have the final say’so, \ Collections are| be no question of a settlement based | ‘lass as James P. Cannon, secretary | on the work that Debs devoted a life- | DIDATES AD FARMER-LABOR ENDORSEMENTS ON PAGE FOUR NEW YORK EDITION WORKER Price 3 Cents ATES IN 8 STATES SUPPORT LABOR ‘PARTY TICKETS "IN FOUR STATES Capitalists Hurl Mud at Each Other While the capitalist politicians are hurling mud at each ofher In their mad scramble for the spoils of office and boasting of their love for labor in order to win the votes of the working- |class, thé workers in twelve states will have the opportunity today to go to the polis and cast their ballots for ‘candidates who are pledged to repre- |sent the interests of labor if elected to office. The Workers (Communist) Party has a ticket in the field i F tates and is supporting fe abor party candidates in four ot ‘ (For list of candidates see page 4) Wage Workers to Organize. This state of Michigan is dominated omobile Henry by the cipally industry and prin- ord. This indus open shop The laying particular on the need for or ing the unorganized workers thruout the state into trade unions in Pennsylvania by notoriously Commynists ar¢ stress the home of the Steel Trust and the greatest indus. trial state in the union, the Workers (Communist) Party is the only labor ticket in the field Here, Gary and the coal ope rs are fastening the fetters of feudalism on the limbs of the workers. On the democratic side the ticket is. headed by William B. Wilson, candidate for senate, an owner of scab mines and on the re- publican side the leader of the gang is, the notorious Vare of Philadelphia. In Codfish State. ao In Massachusetts the Workers (Communist) Party is busily engaged exposing both William M. Butler, the Teactionary mill magnate and David I. Walsh, the corporation lawyer. In the state of Colorado, there is a complete Communist ticket in the field. In Ulinois, now as notorious a* Pennsylvania because of the slush fund quiz the Communists are cou- {testing the sentatorial elections wita the “insullated” twins, Brennan and Smith and Hug Magill, t ‘mail or der” candidate of the multimillionaire |suttus Rosenwald New York State. In New York the nmunists hava }@ candidate for goy lieutenant |sovernor, attorney general ana state comptroller in the field and candidayé |for the assembly in the borough of | Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn. The Workers (Communist) Party > |has a number of car ates on the |ballot in Connecticut and Ohio. Candidate for Senator. Tn Ohio the Communists have a can- \didate for state senator the bal- 1 in the 41st dis and for state assemblyman in the district. In Allen and Wa n counties the Communists e porting the Farm- Labor Party ticket Farmer-Labor candidates in Minne sota, Washington, Montana and Norih |Dakota are receiving- the support of the Workers (Communist) Party, Un- usual interest is aroused by . the FarmerLabor campaign in Sheridan |county, eastern Montana where Charles Taylor, manager of the Pro- jduoers’ N is running for state ‘senator. P. J. Wallace and Robert |Larson are candidates for the Mon- tana house of representatives, The farmerlaborites have a com- |plete county ticket in the field in- jeluding Rodney Salisbury for sheriff | Arthur Erickson for county attorney er- and Emma Crone for superintendtnt of * schools. Sheridan county has been branded by the reactionaries as “Little Rus sia,” but this has not bothered the farmers who have been well served by the Farmer-Labor Party official« during their terms .of office. The ticket is almost certain to be success- ful. C. BE. Ruthenberg, general secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party wound up the Communist campaign yesterday in Minneapolis. Another Slush Quiz, ST, LOUIS, Oct. 29.—~A request to proceed immediately into Arizona for the purpose of conducting a slush fund hearing there, was forwarded to- day to Senator William H, King, de nwerat, at Salt Lake City, Utah, by Senator Reed, democrat of Mo., chair man of the senate slush fund com mittee, . — ~