The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 23, 1926, Page 3

COOLIDGE ASKS BUTLER TO STAY ‘AS 6,0, P. HEAD Think It Means He Will! Run Again in 1928 WASHINGTON, Noy. 21.—Senator ‘Wm, M, Butler’s acquiesence to the wishes of President Coolidge that he retain the chairmanship of the re- publican national committee renewed in Washington today a.wave of dis- cussion among politicians as to Coo- lidge’s political intentions for 1928, Think It Means 1928. A canvass among prominent repub- licans now gathering for the opening of congress revealed a considerable divergence of opinion as to what sig- nificance should be attached to But- ler’s retention. Some republican leaders who have always believed that the president Plans to be a candidate to succeed himself in 1928 accepted the announce- ment that Butler would continue as confirming their belief. Still others expressed the opinion privately that the president desired to ketp Senator Butler in his post in order that he might be secure in con-| trol of the organization until such time | as he (Mr. Coolidge) must make up his mind about his candidacy for an- other term. Colonel Harvey Again. All this week there has been consid- erable politics discussed at the White House, for the president has had as his guests Colonel George Harvey and Senator Butler. Their presence at the executive mansion together is not re- garded as accidental, Australia Can’t Have Five-Day Week, Says Ruling of Government QUEENSLAND, Australia, Nov. 21. ~The board of trade and arbitration of the government here has ruled against the adoption of the five-day week in industry here. A case was brought by workers in an industry where the 44-hour week prevails. The board held that industrial conditions did not warrant the 40-hour week, At the same time the federal high wourt has ruled that the New South Wales act providing for a 44-hour ‘week thruout the nation was uncon- stitutional. It declared that the act could not supersede the federal arbi- tration court’s decision that the 48- hour week shell prevail. Germany Can’t Be “Held for Claims, Umpire Tells House WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—Claims of American holders of German war bonds and war time marks for losses thru depreciated values have been dis- allowed by the German-American debt claims commission, Judge Edwin B. Parker, umpire, told the house ways and means committee today. Germany, he said, should not be held Mable for every property injury arising from the war, and the treaty of Berlin has been construed by the commission to exclude bonds and marks claims. / » BOSTON International PRESS BALL | Friday, Nov. 26, ’26 JACQUES RENARD’S ORCHESTRA STATE BALL ROOM. Mass. Ave., Boston Gents 75¢ Ladies 40c At Door: Gents $1; Ladies 50c promereid International Press Ball for the benefit of the following papers: The Daily Worker voEnglish Daily The Young Worker zs = Youth Bi- ly mrade he Pioneer Monthly Armenian Weekly Finnish Daily . Italian Weekly . Jewish Daily thuanian Daily Lithuanian Daily -Russian Weekly Scandinavian Weekly Ukrainian Daily +++ / The Young | Proleiar .... Eteenpain Il Lavoratore Fretheit Vil Laisve Novy Mir .. Ny Tid .. Daily News FORMER PHILIPPINE RULER MAY TAKE WOOD'S JOB WHEN HE VISITS U. S. | When Governor General Wood takes a vacation from his arduous duties as satrap of the Philippines for American rubber and sugar in- terests, W. Cameron Forbes, above, may take his place. The latter was governor general from 1909 to 1913 and is skilled in the imperialist art of exploiting the Filipinos for Amer- ican capital. Russian Farmers Pay Taxes According to Amount of Incomes MOSCOW, Nov. 21.—(FP)—Twenty four million families or breadwinners who make up the peasant mass of the Soviet Union will pay ‘about 300,000, 000 roubles in thxation next year, as compared «with 240,000,000° in 1925-26 and 340,000,000 in 1924-25. The new agricultural tax law is based on, the principle of graduated burden accord- ing to income. {and in the Crimea. Six million families are to be, ex- empt from the tax. Another 40 to, 45 per cent will pay less than last year —namely, 7 roubles average tax. About 18 per cent will pay 2Q roubles, the same as last year, on the average. The richer peasants—3,500,000- famii- ies—will pay an average of: 50 to 6b roubles each, The new maximum tax will be 25 per cent while in the old law the maximum was only 12 per cent, ‘ Britain Urges U. S. Navy to Protect Her Chinese Trade Ships SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 21—The British, government and British capi- talists are making a determined ‘at- tempt to have the United States navy become involved in Chinese affairs. Following an attack on the British steamer Sunning this week, by Chi- nese “pirates,” the United States has been appealed to by Great Britain to aid in exterminating what is said to be a pirate nest in South China, Japan has also been appealed to. It is reported that 12 ships have been pirated since 1923, and many passengers kidnapped. The loss to British, French, and Portuguese ship- pers is said to amount to many mil- lions of dollars. Paris City Council to Accept Communist Demand on War Toys PARIS, Nov. 21 — The municipal council is expected to. act favorably on the+ proposal of the Communist councillor asking that all toys given to children at Christmas of the nature of rifles, cannons, lead sol- diers, cap pistols, amd army caps be suppressed. This is urged so that the minds of-the French children will not be directed toward war. A second part of the proposal urges that these war toys be replaced with hammers and_ sick! Use your brains and your pen to ald the workers In the class struggle, Come Loaded! to the merry Boston Package Party arranged for The Daily Worker and fora Joyous lot of tun for everyone attending, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24 at 93 STANFORD ST. BOSTON Section. 1 of the Workers (Com- munist) Party is in charge of ‘the festivities, ‘ DON’T MISS THE FUN or the opportunity to do The Daily Worker a good turn while en- «» Joying. it! TREATMENT OF | SOVIET WORKER DRAWS STUDENT Visitor Impressed . By Human Element By THOMAS L. DABNEY, (Federated Press) Dabney is a member of the Teach- ers Union, one of the first two colored | students at Brookwood Labor College, and went to, Russia with the summer) student delegation from the United} States. This delegation was a spon-| taneous one, having nothing to do with any radical organization in this coun-| try and making its own arrangements directly with Russian authorities.—Hd- | itor). / oe @ During my stay of eight weeks in Russia with the American delegation of students, I visited factories in Moscow, Nijhni Novgorod, Saratov, Kharkhov, Gorlovka and other places, In all, inquiries were made in regard to the social benefits provided for workers in the various factories. I found that a certain percent of the re- turns of each factory was paid to the! state to cover the social insurance for the workers. Trade unions, like- wise, set aside a sum of money for s0- cial benefits. Workers Come First. In Russia one is impressed with the fact that the workers are considered to be of more importance than the expansion of industry—or the making of profits. The human element comes first. Wages are the smallest item in the workers’ reward for labor. Needs such as recreation, travel, sick and insurance benefits, medical atten-| tion, housing, the education of their children, the yearly holiday and rest} are supplied by the state. The trade | unions also grant certain benefits, | The care of workers’ health is em-| phasized everywhere in the Soviet! Union. I saw rest homes, resorts and | hospitals for workers in several cities | At Samara, for | example, our delegation had dinner at @ rest home for workers. There were well kept flower gardens ands brovisions';were made for recreation and games, THECSBAILY WORKER a CHINESE STUDENTS ARE BEHIND ‘PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT IN CHINA By C. F, WU (Chinese Student in U, S.) MADISON, Wis., Nov. 21.—The following two resolutions were unani- mously adopted in a special Meeting on Chinese affairs by the local Chinese Students’ Club at Madison, Wisconsin, 1. We oppose any armed intervention in China by the powers. 2. We accept the people's government (the southern revolutionary gov- {square kilometers are known’ to be | ernment) as the legal government of the Chinese Republic and urge. the |rich in this deposit, with a probability | peoples of the other nations to recognize our people’s government as the |that it extends under a surface of | same, These two resolutions represent not only thé sentiments of the thirty- three Chinese students at the University of Wisconsin, but the sentiments of the Chinese people as a whole, espe-+ cially the toiling classes, Southerners China's Hope. For years our people’s government (the southern revolutionary govern- |ment, whose seat has been at Canton, but -is now ready to be moved to Wu- chang in central China) has been the center of revolution, the inspiring ban- | nex which all the revolutionary minds of China have been looking toward as in contrast with the nominal Peking | government, a den of corruption and bribery. The people's government, founded by the late Dr, Sun Yat-Sen, has been led by Kuomintang, the followers of Dr. Sun or the, people’s party, as in | contrast with the reactionary Peking | government, which has always been | played among the hands of the mili- tarists, lackeys ef the imperialistic powers and terrorists of the Chinese masses, The people's government, formerly only two provinces behind it, has de- fied the British lion at Hongkong for |nearly two years, while the Peking government, under the arch-militarist of China, Yuan Shih-Kai, and with. practically the whole of China under his control, made the concession to the notorious and shameful 21 de- mands of Japan in 1915, At present the people’s government, under the joint leadership of the Nationalist Party or Kuomintang and the Commu- nist Party of China, has control of over half of China as one solid unity, and the people's armies are victorious wherever they go, while the phantom Peking government, without a presi- dent, without a cabinet, has an in- fluence not beyond the city. Powers Recognize Phantom. And the powers are still holding dip- lomatic relationship.with this non- existing ‘Peking'government while ig- tried their best to help put down all revolutions in China, and they have tried their best to check the advance of the people’s government. They have done these all for their own good. Thy have been using the puppet Peking government and the. reaction- ary militarists as tools to exploit the Chingse people, to maintain their pres- tige. They know that they will losé all their prestige and will no longer be able to exploit the Chinese people when our people’s government cémes into full power, noring the people’s government, It seems almost ridi¢ulous at the first thought. But no! The powers are not out of their senses; they are not foolish, They have tried their best to keep the Peking government paralyzed, but existing. They have tried tl best to maintain our reac- ) Vacation System. Our delegation visited a tubercular hospital near Samara where 135 pa- tients were receiving medical atten- tion. While there we were’ informed that trade unions were allotted a cer- tain number of beds in such hospitals Becoming Desperate, The imperialist powers, particularly the British have done their best in supporting Wu Pei-Fu, and they are doing their best in supporting, Sun Chuan-Fang. But Wu has been com- pletely defeated and Sun is: approach- ing his downfall. are victorious and welcome: every- where, and are now approaching Shanghai. Now the imperialistic pow- ers are more desperate than ever. They have failed in supporting their puppet Chinese militarists. They are now ready to resort to open interven- tién., The British warships, the Amer- ican warships, the Japanese warships and the warships of the other impe- rialistic powers are crowding into | Shanghai harbor. They are showing their maddening teeth. The negotia. |tion between Great Britain and Italy and that between Britain and Japan reveal that they are going to.take joint action. “At present the British are trying to induce America to partic- ipate in the same, But you must know, ‘workers of America and elsewhere, the Chinese toilers’ cause is your cause, That is how I come to appeal to you. You can help us. In case America should join hands with Great Britain, you must } not only passively resist such a move- ment, but actively resist such a move- ment. other people to do the same. You can force. your government to recognize our people’s government as the legal government of the Chinese republic, according to their membership. On the recommendation of a physician a member of the trade union who is in Dutch Gov. ent jink him with Aimee Semple McPher- the most urgent need. of medical at- tention is sent to the hospital. All workers receive an annual vacation with pay. The length of vacation var- jes from two weeks to a month ac- cording to the kind and danger of the work to health in which one is en- gaged. Coal miners get a month’s va- cation, ‘ 1 saw what is being done for work- efs in Don Basin coal fields at Gor- lovka. Already 112 new homes have been built,. These homes are built of stone and some of lumber to house families of four, six and eight mem- bers, Electricity is being installed and modern equipment for the service and comfort of the miners and their fam- ilities, A new hospital and a palace of labor are in the process of con- struction, Practically all homes built before the revolution are still occu- pied. The ‘new homes are much larger and more sanitary, They surpass any of the homes for the miners in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania, When our delegation visited the Secretary of State Planning Commis- sion (Gosplan) in Moscow, we met one of the enthusiastic workers of Russia. He had been to America for over eight years and was imprisoned in 1919 for radical activities, He explained his preference for Soviet Russia in this was In America there wag nothing but work and work! After one has finish- ed working, one js too tired to go any- where, And there is little amusement or recreation for the workers, Here it is different, I can go to the theater, visit friends or read; and I am not too tired to enjoy my leisure, If I feel bad or sick I go to my comrade and Is Hard Pressed by Javanese Workers. (Special to The Daily Worker) BATAVIA, Java., Nov, 21—All Java, in its three geographical subdivisions, is aflame with revolutionary activities and wholesale arrests are being made by the alarmed authorities, The Communists in western Java are charged by the government with having a base for arms and ammuni- tion at. Singapore, British India. Twenty-five were killed and 29 taken prisoners when 500 people attacked | the garrison at Laboen early in the week, In Central Java, where 10,000 revo- lutionary circulars were recently dls- tributed, 80 agitators, including two leaders, Moentalis and Mohammed Ali, were arrested, Houses have been searched in east- ern Java and the Communist leader, Hardjong, is under arrest. The papers attribute the discontent to “outside influences” and are clamor- ing for drastic action to prevent the spread of the revolutionary move- ment. ‘ 2&6 Kill, Wound, Arrest Java Revolutionists BATAVIA, Java — Revolutionary disturbances have been resumed in many parts of the country, At Bando- eng the Communist executive commit- tee was arrasted, while over 400 per- sons were taken into custody at Wel- tevreden, Several Communists have been killed and many more wounded say I want to go home, and it’s all right. I do not have any boss here. ||l am my.own boss.” This idea of being one's own boss, of being free to quit work when one is sick, seems to permeate the whole working class. One works for one’s self and for the common good. It is this idea that furnishes the motive power for increasing production and social reconstruction in the Soviet Union, Ormiston to Chicago Police: “It’s Bunk” ‘Evidence said by Chicago police to son, Los Angeles evangelist, wi branded today in a letter, said to have been signed by Kenneth G, Ormiston, missing ‘radio operator, as the “bunk,” With this comprehensive expression, Ormiston, according to Edward H. 8. Martin, his Chicago attorney, dis- missed the dear darling man” letter, sald to haye;been written to him by Aimee herself, and also the trunkfu) In attacks in several parts of Java. The home government at Amsterdam, Holland, is keeping itself closely in- formed as to the revolutionary move- ment and is feeling considerable alarm at the persistency shown by the rebels and the widespread sympathy which they are gaining. : John Bull Picks Two Plums, LONDON, Nov, 21.—British indus- try has just secured two large con- tracts. One is a little “home indus- try,” the building of a naval base at Singapore on 2,500 acres of land which the municipality of Singapore has “do- nated” to the imperial government. As Great Britain Is building this to curb the “yellow peril,” she asked the do- minions, at the imperial conference, to contribute to the cost of $52,000,000. Australia and New Zealand were agreeable, Ireland and Canada give it a cold shoulder, while South Africa is opposed. .) The second contract is for the build- ing and equipping of a 26-mile subway in Buenos Aires, Argentine. This is |= $60,000,009 Jom aes Tour Latin- America | as “Friendship” Show WASHINGTON, Nov. 21,—Latin- American diplomats in Washington jhave met the commander and | four pilots of the American army gir! mis- |sion which next month will start on an aerial tour of the 21 Latin-Ameri- can republics. The meeting took place around the luncheon table at the Pan-American Union, with Secretary of State Kellogg as the host. Guests, in addition to the diplomats, ineluded Secretary of War Davig and Secretary of Com- merce Hoover, Kellogg, in introducing the flyers, characterized their forthcoming jour- ney as a “great historic voyage” that will “forge another tie in the bonds of friendship which already bind to- gether the United States and those nations.” Post Labels Calles “Red Conspirator”’ WASHINGTON—(FP)—The Wash- ington Post, published by Edward B. Mclean, of the famous “peaches cherries and apricots” code messages disclosed in the Teapot Dome inves- tigation, is glad that ‘Secretary Kel logg barred Mme. Kollontai from landing in this country on her way to be Soviet minister to Mexico. “The communist disturbances in Central America,” it says editorially, “are directed from the city of Mex-| ico with the knowledge and consent of the Mexican government, wiich is itself under the influence of Russian communism. Mme. Kollontai is her- self a devoted and expert propagan- dist whose duty it is to break down popular government and substitute the despotic rule of the soviet. In Mexico, Guatemala and other coun: tries where communism has obtained a foothold in this hemisphere, con- verts are obtained by representing to them that they are enlisting in a movement to benefit labor. Thoy are persuaded to forsake the republican system of government in favor of communism under the guise of organ- ized labor.” “Die-Hard” Road Finally Gives Raises. NEW YORK, Noy. 21—Delaware and Hudson Railroad has finally fallen into line behind most of the eastern railways, giving its shop workers 2 and cent an hour wages increases Leonor F, Loree, head of the road, ts called ene of the “die-hards” because of his antagonism to the American Federation of Labor shopcrafts unions from, the, 4922 strike. Use your,brains and your pen to aid the workers In the olass struggle, tionary militarists in power, they have | The people’s armies | Russian Potash Will | Give Franco-German: | Trust Hard Bump | | MOSCOW, U. 8. 8S. R., Nov. act |The Soviet government has allotted | | 5,000,000 rubles for the next two years’ | work in exploiting the vast deposits jof potash which have been discovered | |in the Western Urals. Already forty | 2,000 square kilometers, a much | greater source of supply than that of | Alsace, at a much shallower depth, | and with no trouble from water and | gypsum,, The government is confident | that it can deliver potash at the port | of Leningrad at one-half the price charged by the Franco-German trust. | Shipments of machinery and stores | for the development of the region | |have begun. The work includes the | {building of a branch railroad forty kilometers in length. The present | undertaking will be completed by | March, 1929. | Allies Will Force Germany to Abide By Arms Restriction | | (Special to The Daily Worker) | PARIS, Nov. 21.—Neither France nor its former allies will allow Ger- | many to evade complying with the dis- armament measures demanded by the conference of ambassadors, it is indi- cated here. If Germany refuses to jcomply, control of the matter will |not be surrendered to the league of nations commission, as intended. |General Walch, president of the inéer- allied military control commission, has been ordered to go to Germany jand investigate military conditions there. Reports that Foreign Minister Stresemann will refuse to attend the league council next month, unless the matter is negotiated beforehand have | counts them. It is felt that the Ger- man premier is not strong enough ins the reich to force the issue. |All Foreigners Are | Police for Mussolini | PARIS, Noy, 21.—French police have Examined by French [1° Cecil and Winston Churchill all t& Page Three J, H. THOMAS, BETRAYER OF BRITISH LABOR, GETS HONORS FROM UNIVERSITY The Tory Oxford University hae conferred the degree of doctor, of laws upon J. H. Thomas, head of the Trade Union Congress General Council, that surrendered to the British owning class when victory, was in sight for the. recent general strike. This is one of the presents. made by the ruling class of Eng- land for Thomas’ sevrices in their behalf. ? a reached here, but the government dis- att: |British Statesmen Aghast.at New Book LONDON, Nov. 21. — “Ridiculows |fabrication,” gasped Lord Belfour, Oxford, Lord Reading, Lord unison today. “Ridiculous fabrication” echoed most of the rest of official London. This sweeping condemnation was You can help us by influencing | American Airships to ., ‘ization. been given orders to subject alk for- eigners moving toward the Italian bor- der to strict examination. This is done, it is announced, to prevent plot- ters against the life of Mussolini to use France as a jumping-off place. | Police have arrested a number of | Suspected anarchists in Toulin and Nice and are holding them for inves- The authorities feel that an- jarchists from Spain and France are directed at a book—“The Whispering |Gallery”—which has created a consid- erable furore here in the first, 3 hours of its publication. “The Whispering Gallery” by an anonymous author who claims that his name is .“an household word among diplomats of Europe” purports to give spicy and intimate details of [life behind the scene in high quar- | plotting against Mussolini, { | |Report 100 Mexican | Soldiers Are Slainin | | Yaqui Indian Battle | NOGALES, Nov. 21.—Meager re- |ports reaching here tell of more than | 100 Mexican soldiers killed in a battle with the insurgent Yaqui Indians at Las Arenas, near the entrance to the | Sierra de Bacatete mountains, a Yaqui |stronghold. The report states also | | that many of the federal troops were | wounded, Fifty Indians were killed. | The Yaqui Indians were inspired to | revolt by the anti-Calles catholics in Mexico, France Deports Rebels in Catalonian Plot PARIS, Nov. 21.—Deportation by the French government of the Spanish rebels charged with attempting to in- vade Spain from France and set up a government.in Catalonia has started. A dozen of the men have been sent to Belgium, The remainder of the 86 arrested will be sent there is groups of 12 daily, They are sent to Belgium to protect them from violence by the Spanish | government supporters, | SEND IN A SUB TODAY, Cooking. ters. IN PHILADELPHIA There are only two places to eat— HOME AND AT Hartung’s Restaurant “610 Spring Garden St. Home Open from 6, a. mm. to 7 p.m. — GINSBERGS Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL, INVOICES ARE OUT! Help The Daily | Worker by prompt- ness and accuracy in your payments. 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