The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 12, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ | and Farmers’ Government a Vol. Hil. No 257 +1" 8% He #0 * ein ore Sof By T. J. O'FLAHERTY } HICAGO is located on the eastern outskirts of the great open spaces ‘and in a city of he-men, with more ealluses on their hands than on their heads. The mayor of Chicago comes from Massachusetts, but his ancestors j did not come over on the Mayflower. jim fact it 1s rumored that the mayor, }at one time in his life worked in a }dannery, Which does not explain why rhe is mayor of this wealthy city, His- {tory does not record the story of a tanner who could afford to quit poli- tics and sojourn for a period in the alleged Holy Land merely because he was @ tanner. Whether Dever is going to Palestine to cater to his Irish or ‘Hebrew constituents is not stated. see KE that as it may, as the profes- sional humorists say, the queen of all the Rumanians that are not in jail, 18 coming to Chicago this week and four capitalist politicians have been (listening at the ward keyholes recent- ily to gauge the intensity of the anima- | tim inside the political cerebrum of thelr reason for existenee. . French scholars use more polite language, particularly those who have patron- jized a Berlitz academy, What the | politicians have heard in this proleta- rian elty has convinced them that they ;may lose nothing in the way of pop- jularity by being out of town next Sat- t urday, when the queen gets here. eee i A NHW YORK mayor never stopped ! to think what Gotham citizens , might do to him in the next election datzncced he gargled his throat before receiving 2 queen. Jimmy Walker jpends more money in Manhattan eaberets in ome month than would } keep the queen of Rumania’s husband in chewing gum for a year. And it | appears that the natives of our me- | tropolis are more surfeited with repub- Hicanism than the Irish, Polish, Lithua- ‘nian and Bohemian Americans that ‘make the Windy City the most Amer- ican burg in the United States. There- fore Jimmy Walker, mayor of New York can ignore his constituents while Mayor Dever must receive the queen with finger nails unmanicured unless he wants to spend the rest of his life ‘in @ political limbo. “ef oe I ifon of labor took a crack at royal- ; ty amd the reverberations reached City Hall. Tho Mayor Dever worked in a tannery he is not, hidebound, or, politi- , cally muscle bound. I fear that the #@emocraiic soul of our mayor might be sufficiently corrupted to allow him \to kiss the queen’s hand unless fear ‘of losing votes acts as a deterrent. | Vhe mayor compromised with the “south of the yards” folks and decided to appear before the queen in an Eng- | Tish walking suit. Tho the mayor is | of Irish descent he does not carry a : blackthorn stick or smoke ap under- “slung pipe. 4 ' t Fe ee , QO Chicago alderman will receive the queer or receive her not as f the case may be, with the reception \ depending on the political precocity of "the ward inhabitants, plus, what ts | left of the original honesty of the pol- { Sitteluns and their ability to follow | the urgings of their inner selves with- out being compelled to send their wives and daughters to work in the _ stockyards as retribution. No doubt } the average wife of an American pol- Hician (perhaps it should read “the wite of the average American poli- cian” as this is a monogamous country) would rather osculate the queen’s mitt | than accept a cake of ice from “Red ; Grange” not because the queen’s pul- ebritude is superior to that of the ' famous football player, but because queens are rarer than athletes, even in America, And we know from our study of economics that the value of any article is determined by the so- (Continued on page 2) TE viption Rates: Outside Chicago, In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. by mail, $6.00 per year + “4 ISSUES. r ALLENGE To SLUSH SOLONS Ready to Lead Fight on. Smith and Vare | (Special to The Daily Worker) | WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Sen, Bo-| rah has thrown down a challenge to | Boss Vare in Pennsylvania, Sam In- sull in Illinois and all other purchas- | ers of seats in the United States sen- ate, by asserting that congress today | has constitutional power to regulate all primaries leading up to the elec- tlon of the membership of the federal legislature. He proposes that con- gress clean out the corruptionists from the primaries, and unseat all | members who come to Washington as | a result of primary election frauds. This doctrine is contrary to all pre-! vious assertions by the organization | republicans and democrats. .They have looked upon the primaries as an | invention to which the constitution does not throw a protecting shadow, | and in which the only curb upon} bribery and theft is state law. Borah as a defender of the direct primary system has dug into the Federalist papers, studied court decisions, con- sulted the old and new authorities, and ig convinced that he can show that a crooked ‘election is just as crooked if held in July as if held in | November. Therefore he is going to get up in the senate and solenly and + warningly till Dawes and Coolidge and | Smoot and all of their standpat adher- | ents that he is against them. He is} against Vare and against Frank Smith | of Illinois, and he is going to ask con-| gress to take charge of primary elec- | tions of House and Senate members in future by the passage of a primary law to be enforced by the federal gov- ernment and its courts. { Invoke Righte. Borah’s argument is that there is| no logic in the clause in the consti- | tution which gives congress super- | vision over the election of its mem-j bers, if that supervision is not to oo| clude the process by which men are elected: The first part of that pro- cess is” Placing of names on the ballot: ae Pettey get there? Why? Obviously because they have a gpe- cial right there, determined by legal machinery. The primary is that ma- chinery, Then the federal govern- ment, thru congress, must have the right to see that that machinery. is not tampered with. Cal Will Resist. Coolidge, Mellon, Vare, and the other machine politicians, will resist this idea to the uttermost, They are demanding the repeal of direct pri- mary laws. They had hopes of sécur- ing a compromise, if not complete success, within a few years. But Borah has counter-attacked in a way that worries them. To advance his plan Borah will now be inclined to investigate every slush fund reported in any primary contest, and to so ad- vertise the factor of corruption in re- publican politics as to endanger the hold of the machine on large blocks of quiescent voters. They do not an- ticipate that Borah will stick to his own fight long, but they know that Walsh of Montana, Reed of Missouri, Johnson of California and others will take up his argument-in one way or another and use it against the old guard and its interests, No one need be surprised, therefore, if the old guard now drops its fight against direct primaries, -———— Break Flying Records, NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 9.—New speed records are in prospect here on ‘Thursday when the pilots and planes of the United States and Italy meet in a resumption of the Schneider cup races. TSN SSS SSS SSSI SS SSS SSS See OQ NSS SSS SS SSS SS SSS SSNS SSN Sosy SESS SSeessss a SSS SOS SSS SS SSNS SSS EN SS SSAA WSS ran } Se Smeets SS SS SSsss Sz ~ SRS 5 SSS os Watered as Sccond-class matter September 21, 1928, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ithnows, under the Act of March 3, 1879. ‘FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1926 } i ; SN SN Neves \ AYERS wet Ne ARES yaa WAY aN war SAS = = SSE arEN kawew SS Se SSS NRREEN SSE ~ SSS SAS SSS SSSA SAAS SA SA SS SS Wess SONS Ses ~ -_* On Armistice Daya couple of minues for thanksgiving and prayer. GET THE FACTS ABOUT MARIE AND HER REGIME ATLL. DB. MASS MEETING Hear a most daring and damning exposure of Queen Marte and start- ling facts of the bloody regime of oppression and murder of workers in Roumania at the |. L. D. protest mass meeting, Saturday, Nov. 18, 3:30 o'clock, at Redifer Hall, 30 N. Wells street. What is “Cotzofenesti”? Come and find out, even if you have to put off something else. Bring others. You may join the 1. L. D. protest delegation at the Iili- nois Central station as late as 5 or 5:30 p. m., if you cannot possibly be at the mass meeting. : The |. L. D. will maintain head- quarters at 30 N. Wells until 6:30, Saturday, where late-comers will at least ble to get the leaflet on Roumanla, which will be issued and released on Saturday for distribu- tion, Why don’t you write it up? It may be interesting to other workera, Thirty-Nine Years Ago the Haymarket Victims Gave their Lives forLabor--What Are You Giving? On Nov. 11, 1887, thirty-nine @f the bravest fighters the American labor move ment has ever known, died -on the gallows in th® city of Chicago. Lingg, Parsons, Engel, Spies and Fischer, the pioneers in the movement for the eight- hour day, GAVE THEIR LIVES, ty, so that the toilers of the future might enjoy the fruits of their noble sacritice. ‘ingly all they had to give. Today we honor the memory of their glorious om. Thousands upon thousands of work- ers, the country over, will assemble to pay tribute to the brave victims of capitalist ruthlessness and oppression. But their sacrifice has not been in vain. Their glorious example will be followed by } thonsands of militant workers w the for labor’s intérests. “it this battle, ayainst ". eapitaliem, The DALL years ago, five lished as labor's uncomplaining- They gave will- ‘ weapon. What more fitt standard bearer. In the struggle for a labor party, for the organization of the un- organized, for the protection of the foreign-born, for the recognition and defense of Soviet Russia, for world trade union unity and for the establish: ment of a workers’ and farmers’ republic in the United States, The DAILY WORKER stands fore- most as the workers’ most powerful and effective ing means of tribute can there be to labor’s honored dead, than the support of The DAILY WORKER, which is carrying forward the cause for which they gave their all? GIVE AS LINGG, PARSONS, ENGDL, SPIES .AND FISCHER GAVE. GIVE YOUR DOLLARS AS THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES. ine your ees ans" money orders to The WORKER, 1113" W, Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL Mat ls, | i ho will ve take up PARSONS, HAYMARKET MARTYR, GAVE SELF UP WILLINGLY TO DIE FOR THE WORKERS; REVERE MEMORY NOV. 11 Albert R. Parsons, one of the most active spirits in the labor movement of the ’80s of the last century, was a leader in the eight-hour day campaign of that period. An excellent speaker, agitator ‘and organizer, he was one of the most popular working class figures in Chicago. Volunteered for Death. After the famous Haymarket riot, when a number of his comrades were arrested and charged with having thrown a bomb at the meeting, he volun- tarily surrendered himself in court to+— be tried with his colleagues. He was sentenced, together with Louis Lingg, Engel, Spies and Adolph Fischer, to be hung, after @ thoroly shameful trial, with a prejudiced jury and a judge whose reactionary class instincts were shown at every stage of the proceed- ‘ings. Lingg was either murdered or committed suicide on the eve of his proposed execution. The other mar- tyrs went bravely and unflinchingly to their death. Just as the trap was sprung Spies called out from beneath the hood which enveloped his head: Stlence More Powerful. “There will eome a time when our silence will beemore powerful than the voices you are strangling today!” Parsons’ last:words were: “Let the voice of the people be heard . . .” were choked at the signal of the exe- cutioner when the noose tightened about his throat and strangled him. Since that day, November 11, 1887, workers everywhere have gathered every year to commemorate the Hay- market martyrs, »The Pioneer Ald As- seciation, an organization which has kept alive their memory for two-score years, and has, maintained their graves and monument in Waldhetm cemetery, together with the Interna. tonal Labor Defense, will hold a Hay- market memortal meeting at the So- olal Turner Tall, Paulina and Bel- mont, on Thursday, November 11, with Emil Arnold, president of Painters’ Union, Local 275; James P, Cannon, national secretary of International La- bor Defense, and Mathilda Kalousek, who will speak in Czecho-Slovak. All workers are urged to attend. Admission is tree, Gas Death Accident. BELVIDERE, Ul, Nov. 9.--Attor- ney Raymond B, Hall, 31, found dead in his gas-filledi kitchen, met an aco!- dental death, ascoroner’s jury held today BANKS DISTRUST. CITY CONTROL. OF TRANSPORTATION Want State to Come in for Solution Distrust of local authorities to deal with the Chicago transportation prob- lem was expressed by presidents of four large Chicago banks—who will have a lot to do with the final solu- tion—at the hearing before the state transportation commission Monday. The bankers, John J, Mitchell, Illi nols Merchants Bank; George M. Rey- nolds, Continental and Commercial; George Woodruff, National Bank of Republic, and Ralph Van Vechten, State Bank of Chicago, declared they were in favor of state contro] of the transportation system, Couldn't Be Worse. Mitchell declared that state control could not be any worse than the pres- ent city management, and that it has possibilities of being much better. He declared that Chicago has had some mayors who couldn't be trusted to handle the situation honestly, and would perhaps have more of that kind, The granting of indeterminate fran- chises to the system wag also urged by the bankers. They insisted that 20- year franchise would not attract suf- ficient capital. Predict Recelvership, Receivership for the surface lines was predicted after’ Feb, 1, as then all bonds will be due,.amounting to $150,000,000, With the present uncer. tain situation existing, receivership is inevitable, it was stated. PUBLISHING CO., 1118 ER | - NEW YORK EDITION Published Datly except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Washipgtou Bivd., Chicago, IIL w. Price 3 Cents The Haymarket Martyrs On November 11, 1887, four la bor leaders were strung from the gallows in Chicago, and millions of American workers are now en- joying an eight-hour day because of the struggle for a shorter work day initiated by the four who were hanged and their associates, ® thirty-nine years ago. The names of Adolph Fischer, and George Engel, those heroes of t union movement, will be when the memories of the aitors will be only mentioned to « tarian generations yet unborn. And yet today our re with the militarists in the celebra | mass slaughter in history —Armist | The bosses hanged the Hayme and got away with it. springing the death trap today. Sacco and Vanzetti for six years, | labor has blocked them. and the hosts of others who hav altar can be attributed the ste Gomp enshrined in onary labor leaders are cheek by j The bosses would To the sacrifice of Albert R. Parsons, August Spies he infancy of the American trade the hearts of the workers and other ers, Greens, Lewises aw hisses and curses from prole tion of the ending of the greatest » Day arket martyrs in 1887. -They did, have more trouble in They have ‘n trying to murder and the y protest of world the Haymarket martyrs immolated themselves on labor's f the mor yone of the | working class movement, a backbone that neither bends nor breaks when it sees the capitalists determined to snuff out the life of a labor leader who stands by the caus? regardless of consequences to him self. Let the workers of the United States, at least those of them who are hot with the divine fire of revolt, determine on this sacred to the working class, to pay tribute to the martyred dead, by re loubling their efforts to place upon the brow of labor the crown of victory that Fischer, Parsons, Spies, Engel and their comrades de igned with their hearts’ blood. British Coal Strike Has Cost One and One Half Billion Dollars (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Nov. 10.—The British coal strike, wnich has been in progress since May 1, has cost Great Britain far in excess of $1,590,000,000 accord- ing to estimates presented to the house of commons this afternoon by Sir Phillip Gunliffe-Lister, chairmen | Sir Phillip estimated that reduced | | industrial activity and increased un- |-mployment had alone cost the nation | between 250,000,000 and 300,000,000 | | pound sterling. \” ‘The’estimates which Sir Phillip pre- | semted do not include distaranse® to} trade and losses due to + contracts ~hich might have been secured had the Hatlon Veen industrially capable f filling orders. Furthermore the cost of govern- ment intervention in the strike and/ f= enforcement of emergency regu- lations is not estimated by Sir Phillip. Senate Meets to Try English But Adjourns to Allow Dismissal WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—For the tenth time in American history, the senate met today as a court of im- peachment to try former federal Judge George W. English, of Illinois, on charges of high crimes and mis- of the board of trade. :? | picketing w RRR I 15 CLOAKMAKERS ARRESTED IN NN. Y, INJUNCTION WAR 47 Are Jailed in Post- Election Battle (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Nov. 10. — Fifteen striking cloakmakers yesterday chose a day in jail rather than pay $1 fines for alleged disorderly conduct while en brought before Magis an in Jefferson Market urt. Thirty-two cloak pickets were freed of similar charges. The 47 arrests were the first mass arresis {n the. garment zone, accord- ing to union officials, since the before the-election period. The renewed ac- tivity of the police is considered espe- cially significant now that the elec: tions are over, Wednesday a number of mass meet- ings for striking garment workers were held thruout the city at various halls, At Arlington Hall, John Cough- lin, secretary of the Central Trades and Labor Council; J. M. Budish, of the Capmakers‘ Union, and others spoke. At Hennington Hall the speakers in- Iuded Louis Hyman, chairman of the yeneral Strike Committees, Salvatiire trate Corri: e demeanors in office—but without a prisoner at the bar. As Judge English resigned from the federal bench a week ago, administra- tion leaders agreed to adjourn the court until December 13, to allow the house time in which to recommend dismissal of the charges. This procedure would follow a pre- cedent established in 1799 when im- peachment charges against William Blount, a senator from Tennessee, were dismissed after he resigned from the senate. Fall and Doheny Plead Not Guilty WASHINGTON, Noy. 10.—Arraign- ed before a court after nearly five years of contentious litigation, Albert B: Fall, secretary of the interior, and Edward L. Doheny, multi-millionaire oil magnate, entered formal pleas of not guilty today to indictments charg- ing them with conspiracy to defraud he government in the leasing of na- val oil reserves in California. The central figures in the oil s dal were arraigned in district preme court on the first of four in- dictments growing out of the leasing of the naval ofl reserves by Fall to Doheny and to Harry F, Sinclair. To- day's pleadings concerned only Fall and Doheny and the Elk Hills reserve in California, Ninfo, vice president of the Int tional Ladies Garment Workers’ Un- ion, and Alexander Trachtenberg. August Claessens was principal speak- er at Stuyvesant Casino, Ben Gold, manager of the Furriers’ joint. board and David Dubinsky were among the speakers at Bryant Hall. Morris Sig- man, president of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, J. Boruchowitz, a vice president of the same orgunization, and Rose Wortis addressed a gathering of strikers at Manhattan Lyceum. Municipal Court Justice Jacob Pan- ken, recent socialist candidate for governor; Ben Gitlow, recent Work ers’ Party candidate for the same of fice and others will speak to strikers at Webster Hall. DELAWARE, Ohio, Nov. 9. — Judge L. Porterfield federal prohfbition eom- missioner for Ohio and Michigan, died suddenly at the Jane M. Case Hospital here this afternoon. He had been ill of goitre for one week. | Labor’s Reward | SPQKANE, Wash.—(FP)—“it Is either the poor farm or the grave- yard for me. | prefer the grave” yard.” So wrote James R. Scott, 83, before taking poison at his home near Spokane. Scott wai 7 timer who had nothing to show for his years of hard labor. H j CHANG KAI SHEK, CANTONESE GENERAL, | RECOVERS FROM WOUNDS AND DIRECTS ATTACK ON NANKING, SUN STRONGHOLD SHANGHAI, Noov. 10—Cantonese troops are massing in the vicinity of Kiukiang, preparatory to launching an attack from five directions on the clty of Nanking, according to word received here today. The movement towards — Nanking will begin immediately, advices sald. i Recovering from wounds, the young General Chang Kal Shek, leader of the Cantonese, today at Kiuklang predicted that his armies would be In pow session of their objective before December. ry The Cantonese general deciared that all troops of General Sun Chuan Fank had been driven from the provinces of Kiangsi and that the Anhwel armies were in disordered fight, “4 Ta S LC et et see