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

CODLIDGE’S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS SPEAKS THE VIEWS OF WALL STREET ON ALL IMPORTANT NATIONAL ISSUES W. S. Cousins, financial editor of the International News Service, under date line of “New York, Dec. 7”, inted out that President Coolidge’s message to congress voiced the views of Wall Street. He said: “President whole, the trend of stock prices was upward.” Wall Street is happy. Let the workers and farmers respond with “A Labor Party in the 1928 Election!” Against Wall Street and its capitalist government the unity of the workers and farmers! Wall Street view of tax reduction, railroad consolidation, tariff on importations, banking, and the general state of prosperity in the country. Aga stock market factor it was extremely favorable, and supplied the motive for the buy- ing of a considerable volume of stocks and bonds. On the | Coolidge’s message to congress today coincided with the ; The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. HI. No. 279. Subseription Rates: BO, et Er os ERA, Pos TORK Ay or ry AD + 8 In Chi Outside Chicago, ago, by mail, $8.00 per year. DAILY WORKER. @atered as Second-class my ter September 31, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 8, 187% by mail, $6.00 per year, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1926 Re 290 Pyplished Daily except Sunday by PUBLISHING CO., THE DAILY WORKER 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents Communists Call on Labor to Organize Its | Fight Against Coolid NINE MILLIONS REPRESENTED BY SOVIET T. UC. Trade Union Congress Hears A. J. Cook (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dec, 7.—The 7th congress of the trade unions of the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- lics was solemnly opened today in the great Bolshoi Theater with 1,367 dele- gates representing 9,270,000 organized workers of 26 different nationalities trom all parts of the Soviet Union. The delegates were greeted on be- half of the government hy A. Rykoff, chairman of the Counefl of People’s Commissars, by the central committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union by Nikolai Bukharin, commis- sar of war Voroshiloff brot greetings from the Red Army and various dele- gates from foreign unions, including A. J. Cook of the British Miners’ Fed- eration, conveyed the greetings of for- eign workers, Cook Thanks Workers. A, J. Cook, the fighting secretary..of the British miners speaking in the ‘mame of Great Britain's million miners, their wives and children thanked the Russian trade unionists for the help they gave during the coal strike. “The overwhelming majority of the British workers are standing, despite their leaders, for close union with the proletariat of the Soviet Un- ion.” said Cook, “The British miners are for Anglo- Russian unity and advocate the crea- tion of an Anglo-Ruszian miners’ com- mittee. Neither the MacDonalds and Snowdens nor the British government can break (he bonds uniting the work- | ers of Russia and Great Britain. For Workers’ Power. “After their seven months’ strike they recognize the necessity of re- constructing their organization on @ vlass basis and realize also that they | are fighting not alone for higher wages but also for the overthrow of capitalism and the creation of work- e power thruout the world.” Cook ater make a full report on the s’ strike, berror% Stenb By T. 4. O'FL4 AERTY URDER is one of the most visible means of support of the capitalist press. No sooner was the Hall-Mills case relegated to the limbo of journ- alistic history than the death of a Wisconsin girl under circumstances that indicate foul play monopolized the premier position of the front page of the capitalist press. Every juicy detail of the intimate relations be- tween the slain girl and the male, suspected of having killed her, is served up for circulation, NNA FITZIU, an opera star did ot appreciate the rotundity of her figure so she heeded a quackery that made a living by advising people to eat less, just as other quackeries fill the ice chest by advising people to eat more. After guzzling a glass of orange juice for breakfast and an- other for luncheon, with the rest of the day a gastronomic blank, the diva felt rather empty in the innards and sure enough her flesh creeped away to the extent of twenty pounds. But with the loss of flesh went her health. Now she is in a hospital suffering from a nervous breakdown and wishes he were plump again, HE Queen of Roumania is reported to have American backing in her effort to grab the throne which will probably be left vacant by Ferdy after the-Yoctors-get. thru ‘assailing the in- said to have favored the operation. Two rival gangs of reactionaries are ready to slit throats for the kingship. And the workers and peasants would like to take the whole brood, from the queen to her libertine cub Carol, and dump them into the deepest lake in Roumania, IMEE McPHERSON has broken in- to the news again. This time wé learn that the expected has happened. Other laborers in the Los Angeles vineyard of the lord decided that it |was about time their apprenticeship | Was up, so they went into business on their own. There being no short- {age of freaks in Los Angeles the se- |cessionists were able to gather the | wherewithal to set up a rival religious opium joint. Aimee blames the devil \for the trouble. Old Nick is worth | his weight in gold. Wi Pages Japan, England, France and the United States were conferring on the question of limiting naval arm- aments, Edward L. Doheny with the (Continued on page 2) Will You Help the Times Or The DAILY WORKER? WILL YOU HELP THE LEFT WING OR THE REACTIONARIES? > pet New York Times has just carried an editorial with a vicious attack against the left wing in the needle trades. The New York Times tries to show how much better off are the railroad workers, who received a paltry 7c indrefise at the hands of the Railroad Ar- bitration Board, than the garment workers, who have won the 40-hour week and a substantial increase in wages, thru their strike, in right wing. Now the whole crew hyenas at the heels of the le spite of the sabotage of the is yelping like a pack of ft wihg—Sigman, Lewis, Woll, McMahon, the garment manufacturers, the gov- ernment, and last but not least the New York Times, In the last few days, the donations to keep The DAILY WORKER have run below their previous record. By failing to keep up the support of The DAILY WORKER, the left wing is indirectly helping the agents of reaction to fight the left wing. This com at the most dan- gerous time when all these forces are concentrating their attack. The left wing must win this fight tho all the forces of the devil be let loose against it. The best way to help the left wing win this ny 9 is to keep The DAILY WORKER. Every dollar sent n_ means a blow at Sig- man, Woll, Lewis, McMahon & Co, and their partners. the hit NOW, and generously. overnment and the New York Tim We must hit HARD. KEEP THE DAILY WORKER at all » We must Send the dollars fast costs to fight the enemies of the left wing and of labor generally. side of his anatomy.” The-qteen: is CLOAKMAKERS. NAIL TREASON OF RIGHT WINGERS Sigman and nd Supporters Branded Traitors (Special to The Dally Worker) | NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—The General | Strike Committee of the cloakmakers’ | union of New York which has been | assailed by the right wing officials of the International Union under the leadership of President Morris Sig- | man at a time when the manufactur- ers are launching a new offensive and threatening to lock out 20,000 more workers on Tuesday, has replied in a scathing statement passed at a spe- cial méeting of the strike committee and endorsed by another large meet- ing of shop chairmen. The statement openly brands Sig- man and his right wing supporters as traitors to the union and holds equal: ly guilty the reactionary Jewish Daily Forward, the mouthpiece of the right. wing before the building of which several days ago, hundreds of irate members of the union demon- Strike During Crisis. The negotiations with the sub manufacturers have reached a severe crisis and while the members of the General Strike Committee are busy meeting this new danger, the Inter- (Continued on page 2) NEEDLE TRADES RALLY HERE ON THURSDAY NIGHT An amalgamation mass meeting to be addressed by prominent members of four large needle trades unions will | be held at Temple Hall, Marshfield | and Van Buren streets, on Thursday, | Dec, 9, at 8 p. m. j Ben Gold of the New York Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union, Chas. Zimmerman of the Cloak and Dress- makers’ Union of New York, Bet Git- low of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union and H. Sazer of the Cap and Millinery Workers’ Union are the speakers. The rally, under the chairmanship of E. Nadel, will discuss the impor- tant question of amalgamating exist- ing needle trades unions into one pow- erful union for the industry, the prob- Jem of organizing the unorganized workers and will tell the story of the right wing maneuvers against the pro- gressive leadership in the New York furriers’ and cloakmakers’ unions, Fambly of Five Dies from Asphyxiation by Gas from Leaky Stove JAMESTOWN, N. Y., Dec. Asphyxiation from natural gas caused the death of five persons here today. They were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dahlber, their two small children and an unidentified woman believed to be Mrs. Dahblberg’s sister. RUBBER INVESTORS FIGHT TENTACLES OF WALL ST. GRAB RUBBER INDUSTRY There is small hope for the nine Stockholders of the Gootirich Tire and Rubber Co., who have brought suit against Clarence Dillon in an effort to shake his control of the company., He is a member of the Wall Street firm of Dillon, Reed and Co. and bought control of Goodrich ee Coolidge Presents Capitalist Program Against Work- V, ‘ ‘ ers in Message to Congress The Workers’ Answer Must Be Independent Political Action port of a Workers’ Program 6 in Sup- i Statement of the Workers (Commanist) Party RESIDENT. COOLIDGE has again told congress what he believes the policies of the government should be for the coming year, thru his annual mes- sage. y The program which President Coolidge has laid before congress has as its purpose to strengthen the power of the capitalists and the system thru which the capitalists take for their enrichment the larger portion of the wealth produced by the workers and farmers. The president made clear in the opening words of his message that the workers and farmers need have no expectations that the government will use ite power to hélp them. He advised congress that: “What the country requires Is not so much new policies as a steady continuation of those whieh are already being crowned with such abundant success.” “Whenoare 4 a tone, ution psd president sh The results of these policies are to be seen on all sides in the concentration of more and more of the wealth of thescountry In the hands of the corpora- tions controlled: by the big capitalists. They are torbe seen in the enormous profits which practically alliof these great corporations are report- ing. They are to -be seen in the fact that while the wealth produced by the workers and farmers is in- creasing by leaps and bounds they are unable to secure any improvement in their standard of life, but on the contrary must continually fight to prevent the capitalists from reducing theirastandard of life thru cutting wages and increasing hours of the work- ers, and thru more intensified exploitation of the farmers. The declaration of President Coolidge for con- tinuation of the policies of the past is a declaration for the capitalists and against the workers and farmers. It ia a challenge to the workers and farmers, which says to them that if they wish to improve their standard of life they must organize their power against the capitalists, against Coolidge and the re publican party, and against the democratic. party which stands for the same system, The specific recommendations for governmental action made in the president's message are of the same characte-—-FOR THE CAPITALISTS, AGAINST THE WORKERS AND FARMERS, CBs ta ea Tax Reduction—for the Capitalists. HE president endeavors to make the workers and farmers believe that the tax reductions made by the government have benfitted them. The president argues: “Everyone: who is paying for the bare neces- sities of food and shelter and clothing, without considering the better things of life, is indirectly paying a national tax.” This is largely true, but the method of tax reduc- tion proposed ‘by the president is one which will give the benefits of the reduction to the big capitaliste and not to the workers and farmers, The president proposes that the surplus of $383,- 000,000 in the national treasury shall be returned in the form of ‘rebates to those who made the pay- ments. This means that the capitalists will get back part of the taxes they have already passed along to the workers and farmers thru higher prices, and the workers and farmers will get nothing out of the reduction, The capitalist tax reduction program xpre id by Coolidge is to further enrich the capitalists and to leave the burdens on the workere and farmers as great as before. eae ie Uphold American Imperialism—for the Capitalists, RESIDENT COOLIDGE bo of the fact that we are spending $680,000,000 a year to maintain the army and navy. The army and navy, he argues, “is an arm of the police power to guarantee order and the executionnof the law at home and security to our citizens abroad. Further along we are told that “No self-respecting nation would neglect ‘to provide an army and navy proportionate to its population, the extent of its ter- ritory AND THE DIGNITY OF THE PLACE WHICH IT OCCUPIES IN THE WORLD.” Our population has not greatly increased since 1914, but the extent of the territory in which the American capitalists are carrying on their imperial- ist exploitation has been greatly extended. This fs what President Coolidge means, speaking for the capitalists, in arguing for a military establishment proportionate to “the dignity of the place” which this country occupies In the world. The workers and farmers must pay for the main- tenance of an army and navy large enough to pro; tect the more than twenty billion dollars which the American capitalists have invested In foreign coun- tries.. The pearly three-quarters of a billion dollars expended to maintain ti irmy and navy is paid out of taxes which, the president has already shown, Is passed along by the capitalists to the workers and farmers. The standard of life of every worker and farmer is reduced so that we may pay for an army and navy which can protect the billions which the capital- have loaned and invested to We must be prepared to fight Mexico in the interest of the oil companies. Europe. We must havé an army and navy which can use its iron fist to set up the kind of governments Wail Street needs in Nicaragua, Haiti and Santo Domingo and other Central and South American governments. We must be prepared to hold the Philippines for the rubber companies. Our army and navy must be ready to intervene in China in the interest of the American capita 5 The workers and farmers must pay the $680,000- 000 to maintain the great military establishment which the capitalists need for these purposes out of the wealth they produce. That is what is hidden behind the fine words of the president’s message. Te ee ean | No 12-Hour Day—The President and the Workers. HAT the workers are to expect from Coolidge’s capitalist program is summed up in one sentence in the president’s message. “The 12-hour day is almost entirely unknown,” the president writes. At a time when the wealth produced by the work- ers in American industries has reached undreamed of heights, when each worker is producing nearly half again as much as six years ago thru intensified labor, when the workers are beginning to fight for the forty-hour, five-day week, the president, as the spokesman for the capitalists, congratulates them on the fact that the 12-hour day is “almost entirely unknown!" This is the insult hurled into the face of the work- ers who are demanding that their intensified labor and great wealth production shall bring them shorter hours of work and higher wages—a higher standard of life, The president endeavors to argue that wages have gone up and the cost of living down, but his s' ments are contradicted by the government's own figures, published by the department of labor. The exploitation of the workers has greatly increased during the years from 1919 to 1925. Their position in capitalist industry is worse than it was six years ago. The president's capitalist program is to forge new ‘weapons to hold the workers down. He has nothing to say about the Watson-Parker law, which practically robbed the workers on the railroads of the right to strike, He asks for a new law in relation to a possible strike of the soft coal miners next spring, which is othing more than a demand that the Watson-Parker bill be exterfied to the soft coal miners, and they, (Continued on page 2) db e’s Wail Street Policies A Labor Party in the 1928 Election! ‘LABOR PARTY! THE ANSWER TO CAL'S MESSAGE First Gun in Campaign for 1928 Fired Simultaneous with the delivery of | President Coolidge’s annual message to congress, which outlines the capital list program of Wall Street, the Work jers (Communist) Party of America | has issued a statement outlining the | program for the workers and farmers. This statement, which is published [on this page and will be issued in | leaflet form in millions of copies for | distribution among workers and farm- | ers thruout the nation, is the first gun {fired for the 1828 election campaign. | This appeal is issued under the slo gan, “A Labor Party in the 1928 Elec- tion.” Coolidge’s message that no new policies are needed by the country. “This nation is peace- Ftul and prosperous, and what it needs |most is not new legislation, nor expe- rimentation with untried theories, but rather continuation of those which are being crowned with abundant suc- cess,” he said No Reiief for Farmer, He offered no relief to the farmer, He attacked relief plans proposed, de- claring that “the government must not be put in the business of production, marketing, or price-fixing.” Relations with Mexico were ignored jin the message. Thus the Mexican issue, which has been paramount in foreign relations, is m conspicuous by its absence, In disc ing foreign relations, Coolidge declared America is at peace with the world, jand plans to continue so. | “We are strong enough not to be sensitive over trifles; we fear nobody and nobody fears us,” he said. “America is willing to continue dis- armament, whenever other nations are willing,” he added. No Tax Cut. As expected, Coolidge advocated that the treasury surplus be reduced by reducing the payme of the 1927 told congress taxes. He urged congress to pase leg- islation providing for this “present,” jand urged against any general tax re |duction. “I do not think any change 4in the special taxes ¥ perma- | nent reduction js prac’ he said. | Wants Coal Strike Power, A threat to the bituminous union coal miners is contained fn the mes. sage, Coolidge..asked congress for 2 president to act in “As the wage zed section of age 2) CHICAGO CLOAK- MAKERS WIN IN “NEW AGREEMENT power to allow't case of a coal | agreements i strike. | {Continued on ' i After three jong and bitterly fought conferences with spokesmen of two clothing bosses’ ociations, repre- sentatives: of the Chicago joint boar, of the International Ladies’ Garm Workers’ Union came out of the Mor- rison Hotel committee room on Sun- day ready to report to their mem- bership that the employers had ac- ceded to demands for wage increases and an ultimate 40-hour, 5-day work week for 1,800 Chicago cloakmakers. The will and determination with which the union men carried on the negotiations caused the bosses, stub: bornly contesting every point at first, to finally weaken and concede to the unionists all the major demands they put forward. Bosses Back Down. The employers came to the confer- ence with demands for the abolition of the unemployment fund, a ir week, tho right'to discharge bray = (Continued en page 2) es