The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 3, 1926, Page 2

Page Twe THE DAILY WORKER AN EXTRA DRIVER FOR NOTHING CHICAGO UNIONS MEET TO DECIDE ON N.Y, RELIEF Labor Thruout Nation Rallying to Aid vago Federation of Labor The has issued a call for presidents and secretaries of all affiliated unions in the clty to attend a al meeting Friday night, Nov. 5, for the pupose of discus: what action shall be taken in aiding the strike of the New York cloakmakers Th ag will be held at Musi- jans he Am e executive commit te Conferance for the re will bo held Wed- nesday 3 unced, when further dis on will be held on Ways and me of raising funds. : yf relief will be action A definit strike he entire aid of the now enter- z its ¢ k and the ranks ¢ ) intact and the spirit of the shed. The execut 1 of the A, F, of fo ions of its Detroit an appeal problems re the labor ng on Sunday, October 31, Cleveland garment work ave voted a half day’s pay to the strike, | $6,000, and ano- is forticoming rhe Clevelan¢ on donated $250 from its own tre ‘y, and plans are made to call a conference of city to raise funds. kers in Toronto are rike, and the con- at all nufons vote whi their h will t all unions in Tho needlev getting be: ference § The band there have. also promised sub- stantial assistance. Many cities in the far west are rally- ing to the appeal for funds. Moye- ments are underway in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Ta- coma, Wash., and other cities to raise funds. ‘Aimee No Puppy in Love Affair Tho She Pens “Wuff” Epistles LOS ANGELBS, Nov. 1—Two in- timate associates of Aimee MePher- son, whose first names begin with the letter “H,” will be questioned by Dist. Atty. Keyes today, it was reported at Keyes’ office this morning. They are Mrs. Blizabeth Frame, alleged “go- between” in the “Miss X” negotia- tions, and Miss Emma Schaffer, per sonal secretary to the evangelist. Keyes today reiterated his declar- unions’ | | | I | i] | The paper box workers on strike tlon Issued against them. in New York City have had an injunc- (Continued from page 1) paign manager and Wm. Green, presi- dent of the A. F. of L., with the en- dorsement of its executive council, circulating every cocal and central body in the state, in behalf of Walsh, and in a supposedly anti-Butler cam- paign. Evenly Divided. The refusal of the central labor bodies to endorse Walsh’ was in lino with the action taken by the Spring: field convention of teh Massachusetts state branch of the A. F. of L., which refused to endorse either Coolidge’s Butler of millionaire Gaston’s Walsh. This refusal was not due to the progressiveness of the formance apes to the fact that both the Butlerftes and the Walsh men were pretty er- enly divided, with the Butler strengti coming from the building trades un- ions who were fearful pf “republican revenge” at the hands of the repubh.- can municipal and state politicians who are now in the saddle, and from the street carmens’ unions who always have a big delegation at conventions, Labor Rejects Both Walsh and Nash committee, is himself a democrat and his position as Walsh's manager is sufficient proof that these so-called non-partisan committees are simply wuxiliaries to the democratic political machines, who utilized these labou committees like the janitor does a mop which he discards when worn. Jack Walsh of the Railroad Shop men took the floor to tell of his ex perience as candidate for mayor on the democratic ticket. The regula: democratic bosses managed the cam- paign and had all the saying, while the local labor movement was used a» sucker in furnishing the candidat» }and the money as well as the votes, | while the regular democratic voters |openly declared they would rathe: vote for republican candidate for mayor or scratch their ballots rather than vote for a labor man. Shameful Betrayals. * Despite such shameful betrayals we MURDERER “HAS FAITH IN GOD" AND. IN POWDER Rev. Norris Up Before on Arson Charges CRIMINA LDISTRICT COURT- ROMM, Ft. WORTH, Tex., Noy. 1.— Alleging that the catholic church and individuals of great.power have con-4 spired to get him “hung” for his kill- ing of D, B, Chipps, lumberman, Rev. J, Frank Norris, pastor of the First Baptist Church here, exploded a bomb in the prosecution camp today by ask ing for a change of venue. It came as a complete surprise and took the pros- ecution offits feet, Norris is charged. by indictment with having murdered Chipps July 17 in the pastor’s study, REAT obstacles confront the am- bitious plan to hold a Pan-Pact- fic Trade Union Conference at Can- ton, China, May 1, 1927, * Not the least of these is the color question, that must be overcome in order to bring together the white, brown and yellow workers of the nations bordering the world’s great- est ocean, That this “issue must be fought out before any successful conference can be held was seen in the attitude of some sections of the Japanese Norris Noted ¢Yunman, Today is not the first experience of Rey, Norris in a courtroom, or the Chipps killing not the first time he has been known to use a gun, In 1912 he Was acoused of arson in the burning of his home. Later he was indicted on charges of burning his church, He also was accused of perjury in connection before a grand jury which investigated the home burning. He was* acquitted on the perjury case on an instructed verdict, and.was acquitted on one of the arson charges. The other was dismissed for insufficient evidence, Slapped Preacher’s Face. Several years ago Rev. Norris had some trouble with the late Bob Poe, veteran Fort Worth constable. Poe met the preacher on the street one | day and slapped his face, | Norris pulled a/ gun and marched the constable to the church, where he kept him prisoner for some time, dur- ing which he talked matters over with Poe. At one time,’also, he was shot by a cattle rustler who attacked his father. Rev. Norris repeatedly has told of the necessity of his having to have gunmen to protect him. Reports the Story of White Terror Rule in Queen Marie’s Land (Continued from page 1) hours later, they demanded the ad- dresses of my friends and, when I re- fused to give them, the beating with the rubber clubs was resumed. My hands were placed «in iron clamps and burned with red hot trons and then the clamps wed into my wists until. fi ed. I was thrown into a dungeon until the fol- ‘owing morning.” Only Part of Story. | The Daily News correspondent also mentions the case of Pavel Tkatchen- ko who was assassinated while be- ing transferred from one prison to another, details of which have been| previously reported im The DAILY) WORKER. These two typical cases mentioned by the Daily News are but an infinitesmal part of the Rouman- ian terror that has been responsible | witness the same treachery going on| for the murder of not hundreds, but in this state. John Jerry Hodgson, | thousands of workers and Peasants ex-legislative agent for the Massachu-: | and that, at the time Queen Marie setts State Federation of Labor, who ation that the “wuff” love letter,/anq who lick the boots of Butler, who found in New York, and alleged by him to have been -written by the evangeligt, clinched his case. One sen- tence in the letter, supposedly writ- ten to Ormiston, was considered sig- nificant by the district attorney: “I'll be K. O. unless ‘E’ breaks—and God forbid that happening.” Sa and Fall May Be Petrified Mummies Before They Are Tried WASHINGTON, Nov. 1—Two and a half years after exposure of the “black satchel” transactions between Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall and Edward L. Doheny, which led to Fall’s giving Doheny the naval oil reserve in California, counsel for the accused have agreed with the prose- cution that the trial should soon be- gin, Government counsel asked that it start Nov. 22; the defense suggest- a eee j ed Jan. 10. Judge Hoehling of the | district federal court is to decide the | date , Read it today and every day In The DAILY WORKER. besides owning textile mills, is heay- fly interested in street railway sys- tems. Conroy a Progressive. The state branch executive commit- tee of the A. F. of L. with the excep- tion of the progressive Tom Conroy of Worcester, is dominated by Walsh men, and despite explicit instructions by the convention and by their own vote of several weeks ago, the reso- lution stating that the state conven- tion does not endorse. either candi- date, and urging organized lwbor to refrain from endorsing either candi- date, has not as yet been sent out to all the local unions—and the cam- paign is almost over. The withhold ing of the resolution is obviously a. piece of work calculated to aid Walsh. So alarmed are the Walsh labor skates over the rejection of thelr man, that John Kearney, Walsh’s la bor manager has decided to tour the state, speaking before the central ia. bor unions that have rejected his can- Widate. In his tglk before the Wor. cester C. L. U., Kearney cleveriy failed to mention that about 15 in- junctions were served against labor while Walsh was governor of Mass» chusetts. He failed to mention Col, Gaston's millions behind. Walsh, or that Walsh is the president of one bank and director of another afd cor- poration counsel for the Boston and Maine railroad,, etc. Kearney, who is chairman of the Boston C. L. U. non-partisan campaign CHICAGO Celebrating the Ninth Year other attractive features, ADMISSION SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1926 | at 8 p. m. ASHLAND BLVD. AUDITORIUM Van Buren St. & Ashland Blvd. WM. Z. FOSTER — Vocal and Instrumental Music—Pantomime by the Young Pioneers—-Lithuanian Workers’ Chorus and MEETING | of the Russian Revolution in the course of his duties, time ana again argued, debated and fought against William M. Butler before hear- ings, in committee rooms and else- where at the state house when Butler was a member of the Massachusetts legislature, is now stumping the state in behalf of his erstwhile enemy, Wm. M. Butler. But Kearney and the rest of his tribe who are boosting Walsh, are not doing it for love or in the interests of the labor movement, either. In a scathing denunciation of Kear- ney and the rest of the labor fakers who sell themselves and bind the lu bor movement to the chariots of the capitalist political parties, William Haskings, eulogized Eugene V. Debs and contrasted Debs with the so-call- ed labor leaders who sell themselves for a mess of pottage to the capitalist Si class. But the most militant class conscious note was sounded in the speech of Secretary Thomas F. Conroy who finished by demanding that labor cease being the tail'to cap- italism’s political kite and organize a labor party. Ignore Organizing Textile Workers, With conditions in the textile indus- plorable state, and the textile work- ers unorganized and disunited, the United Textile Workers’ union, in- stead of sending an army of organiz- era into the state for the purpose of organizing the exploited textile work- ers, sends into Massachusetts five or- ganizers to campaign for Walsh. These organizers of the U, T. W. are going to remain here only for cam- paign purposes and leave the state upon the conclusion of the campaign. Violent Earthquake Recorded. ST. LOUIS, Nov, 1.—An earthquake of “violent proportions” was recorded on the seismograph at St, Louis Uni- versity last night, Father McElwane, seismologist, reported today. The tremor lasted 45 minutes, starting at WM. F. DUNNE 25 CENTS 7:45 p. m, and ending at 8:30 p. m. The distance was estimated at 2,190 miles in a northwesterly direction, which would place its center off the coast of British Columbia, is making her triumphal and loan pro- curing tour of the United States, holds no less than 2,500 political prison- ers in the jails of that sorry country. - Oe Railroad and Flour Kings Fete Marie. ST. PAUL, Mipn., Nov. 1.—The rail- road and flour magnates of the Twin Cities are having the time of their aristocratic lives being host to a real queen, At e@ luncheon today in St. Paul at the home of Louis Hill, son of the “Empire Builder,” James Hill, the Washburns, Crosbys, Pillsburys and the whole family of northwestern capitalist wheat and railroad kings and queens were duly staggered by the queen’s crown jewels displayed at table and drank a toast to King Fer- dinand prior to a toast for their own Cal Coolidge. The queen is officially the guest of amuel Hil, former president of the and! Great Northern\and a member of the Hill family. It is at his expense that: Marie has been furnished with her luxurious special train and due to his influence that the train is carried over the various railroad lines at the nominal cost of $1.00 a road. The ray- al lady leaves for North Dakota where she will “study the lives of the farm- try in Massachusettg in a most de-| ers” by having a couple board her train here and there and talk about chickens and wheat. Civil Liberties to Aid Injunction Fight of N. Y. Cloakmakers NEW YORK, Nov, 1,—If improve- ment is not marked on the picket line of the striking New York cloakmakers after the mass protest meeting of thé American Civil Liberties Union the organization announces it will conduct a picketing demonstration to bring a test case under the injunction into court, Wolcott H, Pitkin, New York attorney with the union, states that police evade the injunction issue by arresting pickets for disorderly con- duct, not contempt of court. He charges that the injunction is a strike- breaking measure and has led to sim- ilar injunctions almost outlawing strikes in Poughkeepsie and Balt!- more, where New York manufacturers BUILD THE DAILY WITH A suB | have opened non-unii 0 ps, labor movement, objecting to the gathering being held at the capital of the revolutionary goyernment of South China. Delegate J, S. Garden, of the New South Wales Labor Council, report- ing as secretary of the Third All- Australian Trade Union Congress, declared that the majority of invita tions forwarded by the Australians to the Japanese workers’ organiza- tions had been returned. The Japan- ese government announced to the Australian Jabor officials that it re-* fused to deliver them. The invita- tions were addressed mostly to the Japanese Rado Kumiai Hyogikai- (generally called Hyogikai), The labor organizations affiliated with this central body total 46 unions, having an estimated membership of about 30,000. It is pointed out that this section of the Japanese working class unites the “left” or revolutionary elements in the trade union movement of Ja pan, Thé vicious police regulations, brought into being under labor bait- ing laws adopted by Mikado rule, are so extreme that trade unions with the merest left wing tenden- cies, have to work and meet semi- illegally, This section, however, is expected to give its hearty support to the purpose of the Pan-Pacific Conference and every effort will no doubt be made to develop the clos- est possible contact with it. The other section of the organized Japanese labor movement, termed ¢he Sodomel, under the leadership of Susuki, somehow received the in- vitation of the Australian’ workers, but turned it down under. the plea that the Australian trade unions be- lieved in the White Australia policy. The trade union officials point out that this is the policy of the Labor Party, that this policy is not sup- ported by the trad@ unions, and that this issue must not be. raised as an obstacle to Pan-Pacific Trade Union Unity. This section of the Japanese labor movement will no doubt raise the same question against the American Federation of Labor, revealing the inevitable clash that must take place when labor elements in different countries ac- quiesce in the imperialist policies of their own capitalist governments, DEFENDS LEGAL — LIMITATION OF LAND HOLDINGS WASHINGTON, Oct, 29,.—Refusal of the Filipinos thru their legislature at Manila to repeal the land laws, under which no more than 2,500 acres can be owned by any one individual or cor- poration, is defended by Vicente G. Bunuan, director of the Philippine Press Bureau in Washington, in a statement on the rubber situation. He frankly says that the desire of American capitalists to exploit .the rubber-producing possibilities of the Philippines is one of the chief obsta- cles to the granting of independence to his people. ‘The Filipinos, says Bunu&n, want to aelp the Americans to solve their rub- ber supply problem, But they know, as all other peoples know, that “that country is happlest and most peaceful which has its national wealth evenly distributed.” This policy “reflects the conserva- tion era of America’s history, and was implanted in the Philippines by con- &ress itself when it passed the Philip- vine organic act of 1902, which con- tained provisions even more restrict- ive than those in the present law.” He points out that rubber can be grown successfully on tracts smaller than the present law allows, and that there is no reason why a rubber com- pany should not secure supplies of raw material from, owners of adjacent tracts, just as the sugar centrals buy millions of dollars’ worth from sugar owners, under contract, Finally, he quotes a resolution de- livered’ to Carmi Thompson, investi- gator for President Coolidge, by the Philippine legislature, in which the Filipinos declare that only independ- ence will give them the powers neces- sary to “shape our economic policies” to make easy the coming to the islands of foreign capital. They refuse to permit the ownership of, vast’ tracts of land by allens or big. corporations for “selfish exploitation of our natural bara Sane ie. Battle Many Obstacles in Struggle for Labor Unity in the Pacific By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. instead of waging labor's battles on the basis of the class struggle, It will be an eventful day in inter- national labor history when worker representatives from Japan, Austra- lia, China and the United States sit down in the same conference and talk over their problems as mem- bers of the world labor movement; It is hoped that that this day will be May 1, 1927, at Canton, China, Labor in Java, a subject ‘colony of Holland, has always been known for its militancy, While Holland is heralded as one of Europe’s boasted capitalist “democracies,” the imperi- alists of this puppet nation have drowned in blood the workers’ move- ment in Java. It now leads an il- legal existence similar to that of the Japanese labor movement. BRITISH NAVAL FORCES SHOWN EMPIRE ENVOYS LONDON, ct. 31—The British ad- mirality threw a little party in the English channel yesterday afternoon for the benefit of the delegates to the empire conference. Participating in the party, were fifty warships, the cream of the British navy. The admiralty did not go to the trouble and expense of putting on the show in order.to provide an after- noon’s entertainment for the guests. The reasons were deeply political. Empire's Sun Setting. _ ‘There is a growing feeling thruout the world that the British empire's sun ds setting. The uneasiness in some of the dominions may be attri- buted to the common disinclination to be hitched on to @ dying body. "To show the dominion envoys that? the lion is not toothless by any means the Brittsh government ordered the admiralty to call out the war dogs. In case any or all of the dominions are threatened by a foreign foe those war dogs could bite as well as bark. Then there is another reason. South The story is repeated almost in whole for India, where the ruthless measures adopted by the British government to crush, the great strikes that have taken place in this colony of the crown have required the whole attention of India’s mili- tant working class. oe = Mexico pleads poverty, But it has answered the invitation of the Aus- tralian workers, The Mexican Min- ers’ Union has also replied. They Pledge co-operation to the full ex- tent of their ability, The workers of Mexico. can be depended on to to push their officials into active participation in the effort to secure Pan-Pacific Trade Union Unity. The same may be said concerning at least some of the countries of Central and South America. One of the great*ingpirations that will help insure the succéss of the gatherings the rapidly developing trade union movement of China, Pra DS. It is recognized that it will be most difficult to get the American Federation of Labor into action. The A. F, of L. officialdom only enters where it hopes to dominate, The imperialist policies of the present A. F. of L, leadership will certainly receive short shrift in the proposed Canton conference. The policies of the Greens, the Wolls and the Duncans will be on the carpet and not in the saddle at Canton. This will be true whether regular dele: gates speaking for the A. F. of L. officialdom are in attendance or not. The Australian Trade Union Con- gress has undertaken a tremendous task. Workers everywhere, who Seek to advance the interests of their class, will wish them - every success in their drive for unity of the workers in the nations bordering | the Pacific. This should include an | increasing number of workers in the | United States of America anxious | to give their support to this ambi- | Africa is talking too much about in- dependence to suit Downing St. South Africa had better not get too fresh, This is the meaning of the display of naval force in the channel, . (CURRENT EVENTS| By T. J. O'Flaherty. (COntinued from page 1) soling, It seems that those who were most active in putting over the dry amendment found remunerative posi- tions enforcing the law. And they en- forced it for a consideration. Our bone-dry senator pulled down the tidy sum of $23,000 for using his influence with the prohibition director to secure permits for wine dealers at so much per gallon. Those wine dealers had to be rabbis with congregations. But some of those rabbis bore such Hebrew names as O'Toole and MacFiggin and got away with it because they handed out the coin. ef @ HE scorn that was oncé reserved the Mquor dealer is now hurled at the Anti-Saloon League. It has come to the point now where a prohibition- ist is looked on with as much. sus- picion as a christian in Turkey. At least I once heard a rationalist (who was everything but’ that) tell a story of a visitor to Turkey who, noticing that the Turks did not lock their doors expressed his surprise to his, guide, “Don’t you fear robbers?” he asked. “Why no,” answered the Turk, “there is no need for taking stich precan- tions. Theretis not a christian within one hundred miles of here.” ss. © TILL it is funny to see George EF. Brennan, waging his campaign — from a hospital eot and waging it very well. George is no Apollo. He is the living personification of a beer barrel. Had George faced the voters, in all tious project. |probability they would have turned around and voted for the Andy Gump- chinned Frank L. Smith. Fat men are jnot in style any more, and Brennan INING BARON CALLS DEMOCRAT SENATOR CROOK PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 1.—Uneasy stirrings were manifest in the demo- cratic party today following the has more chins than you could count on the fingers of both hands. But the funniest thing about the bed sheet campaign is that (according to rumor) it was Brennan’s wooden leg that got seratched. If that is the case and George is elected, there may be a plague of wooden-legged candidates in the next elections. Anyhow it is more Pleasant to talk to the voters in your testimony of James S, Douglas, mining capitalist, that he had spent more than $60,000 in furthering the campaigns of democratic candidates, The admissions were made by Douglas as he testified before the in- quiry being conducted ‘by, Senator Will- jam King of Utah. Douglas created a sensation when he called Senator Cameron a crook. When Cameron protested to Senator King, Douglas advanced toward him, shaking his fist and berating Cameron for championing a copper tariff bill. Douglas also testified he had spent. probably $50,000 in suppo. ng the un- successful primary candidacy of BH. B. Ellingwood, mining corporation at- torney, who was defeated by Governor Hunt for nomination, LaFollette lasues Statement. . MADISON, Wis., Noy, 1.—U. 8. Sen- ator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. and his brother, Philip, issued a state- ment today that they would not sup- port any of the announced candidates for governor in tomorrow's election, but would write in their choice, Ira 8. Lorenz, campaign manager for the LaFollette ticket in the primary, who announced support for Charles B. Perry for governor, had no authority to spéak for organization, but only for himself, the statement added, Another “Investigation,” WASHINGTON, Nov, 1.—The inter- state commerce ¢ommission today or- dered an investigation of the proposal of the rallroads for a general read- Justment gf freight rates on pig iron and articles taking the same rate be- tween points in Central Freight. Asso- ciation territory, which would result in numerous increases and reductions in the rates. ¥ nightshirt that climb the front porch to get them, o ee HE queen of Roumania is ont of luck in Canada. Even the coyotes of Manitoba do not howl for her. The reason is that Canada has seen every- thing in the aristocratic line from the prince of Wales to.J. H. Thomas, polit- ical secretary of the.National Union of Railwaymen., If the queen wants to see human beings doing the snake act in earnest she had better come to Chi- cago quick. Our four hundred are ready to wiggle down Michigan boule- vard on their bellies to show how low they consider themselves in the pres- ence of a queen. Glorious democracy! ee, * HE three readers of The DAILY WORKER who vowed they would read it no more because they thought we did not do the right thing by our Aimee, should repent of their hasti- ness now. If anything ever hung by a hair it is the evangelist’s reputation. The religious confidence woman lied her way brazenly tho not successfully thru a lengthy trial and as if her god was nodding when he should be wate! ing over the fortunes of his child, a trunk load of wearing apparel that was toted around the country by her radio operator was seized. The Hi press did not have.so much fun since It ran the diaries of “Peaches,” one for and the other against “Daddy” Brown- ing. They spread pictures of pajamas and kimonog all over the papers. If there are any evangelists left that have not been caught in some naughty actions let them come forward and clear themselves! ee We will send sample coples of The DAILY WORKER to your friende~