The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 10, 1926, Page 3

” T HE DALLY WORKER Page Three GARIBALDITOOK, MONEY FROM BOTH ITALY, FRENCH Fascist Spy Handled With Care LONDON, Dec. 8—The Paris cor respondent of the London Daily Herald sends thé following account of the Garibaldi trial now going on in the French capitol and over which France + and Italy have glared somewhat mar- tially at each other: Ricciotti Garibaldi, the arrested spy who was bribed by Mussolini to be- tray the Catalan tobe charged with complicity in the accumulating» of forbidden weapons. Since this charge has’ been careful- ty framed, because everyone knows that Garibaldi happens to be innocent of it, the maneuver is clear. He has beet charged with an offense of which he is not guilty in order to prevent disclosures © regarding charges of which he is guilty. If the French police were to ac cuse him In court of having taken 400,000 lires from Mussolini In om der to foment trouble between France and Italy; and to betray his friends, the accused would have had an easy retort. He would have prov- ed that on the other side he had received 600,000 francs from the French secret service funds under Herriot In order to attack Mussolini. One of Many. ‘This, however, is but one of a series of scandals, There is, for instance, the decora- tions scandal. This is a pretty little contrivance by means of which gov- ernment officials in the ministry of commerce, in league with two obscure gentlemen, fed on the imbecility of the bourgeosie by taking bribes for the granting of the Legion of Honor and other titles and decorations, One manufacturer paid down’ 300,- 000 francs to the combine in order to secure the coveted cross. Needless to say he had squeezed this amount out of his unfortunate employes of whom not one earns as much as 1,000 francs per month. Rather imprudently per- haps, M. Bokanowsky, the minister of commerce, ordered a prosecution. New names are being brot into the mess daily and, unless the thing is speed- ily hushed up, there is no knowing where it will stop. 7 Then there is the maturalizations scandal. : Naturalization Farce. Hundreds of thousands of foreigners have within the last few years applied * "for French naturalization papers. Each case is made the subject of an in- “quiry. In some cases the inquiry started in 1919 and is not ended yet. In others the inquiry lasted an hour or 80, and yielded a satisfactory re- ult. . Needless to say the latter cas- es were those of wedlthy men, the former those of humble workers. And the secret was that the officials in charge of the inquiries gently “tap- ped” the aspirants with results very satisfactory to their own pockets to the wealthy candidates’ desires. Finally, thé Varenne scandal. Va- renne is, or rather was, a right wing socialist deputy. Last year he was offered the governor-generalship ‘of In- doChina, and like so many others, threw his socialism to the wind and accepted the job. That in itelf was a minor incident. But, being in Indo- China, he apparently thot it well to improve the shining hour. Banquet Boycotted. Now the ex-socialist governor has come home for a little vacation and a big public banquet is to be given in his honor, A shower of letters was tmmediately published from various well-known persons refusing to attend the banquet till M. Varenne has clear- ed himself of the charge openly brot . against him in the press of having sent home ahead of him twenty large packing cases full of the valuable “presents” he is alleged to have ac- a». cepted from his loving “subjects” in »» Indo-China, tae i lle All China LETT, Pellet Revolution To Understand the Great _Events Taking _ Place Read A record of China’s past and present which has brought about, the upheaval of over four hunndred million people and the birth of a great Labor movement. With many maps, {Illustrations and origi- nal documents, , Novel binding—$1.00 “conspirators,” is! WIDOW OF DR, SUN YAT SEN WHO MAY BE PRESIDENT OF CHINA and | resort. Mrs. Sun Yat Sen, widow of the founder of the Kuomintang Party and a prominent leader in the na- tional liberation movement founded by her late husband, may be chosen by the people’s government, now removed to Wuchang, as provisional president of a new all-China govern: ment whose announcement is ex- pected momentarily. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! MAY FORCE WOOD ‘TO RESIGN FROM FILIPINO POST Revolt Feared If He Con- tinues WASHINGTON, Dec, 8. — Rumors that Gen. Leonard Wood may resign his post as governor general of the Philippine Islands are giyen more credence here following reports on what Col, Carmi Thompson, Coolidge’s special investigator to the islands tld the president. Thompson’s report, dl- tho supposed to be confidential, is reliably reported to contain the warn- ing that civil strife is imminent in the islands because of friction be- tween Gen. Wood and the Filipino legislature, Can't Heal Breach, Thompson-reported that there is no chance of healing the breach between ‘Wood’s administration and the local government. Wood's action in abolish- ing the board of control, thus estab- lishing a virtual dictatorship in the islands has ‘so incensed the Filipinos that “drastic action” must be taken to prevent revolt, the report hinted. Would Give U. S. More Power. Thompson recommended, it is in- dicated, that Wood would be given a financial ,bureau with authority to su- pervise government expenditures. This is seen as a further attempt to weak- en the Filipino legislature. Some close to the administration believe that Thompson stated that the only way for the United States to pre- vent an uprising was to remove Wood. Sen, James Wadsworth, of the senate military affairs committee has already been prominently mentioned as Wood's successor, as is Henry L, Stim- son, former secretary of war, | A SEAF ARER VISITS SOVIET RUSSIA By A. SEAFARER. THER narratives have been penned under this heading, but I offer no excuse for the repetition, In writing this humble account of life here -as I have seen it I am merely trying to make amends in a smali way to the people of Russia for the numerous false accounts which have been broad- cast to all English-speaking people re- garding domestic affairs under Soviet rule, With but few comments, I shall proceed to 'reJate those experiences which led me to alter my opinion con- cerning the outcome of socialism. Being but a seafarer, and not a scribe, my. readers must be. prepared to bear with patience my lack of style, Visits Theodosia. ‘On 'looking~at the map of Russia you will observe that the peninsula of Chimea, lies on the northern boundary of the Black Sea. About three-quar- ters’ of the way along the southern coast of Ghimea towards the sea of Asof Theodosia is situated. A mere glance will indicate to the casual ob- server that it is a possible seaside -Altho Theodosia is the only town in Russia which I have had the Pleasure of visiting, yet, since I have there met and conversed with quite a number of people from Moscow and Leningrad, the unbiased reader will agree that I am justified in heading these lines a visit to Soviet Russia. Given Entertainment. On our first evening in port some members of our crew were met by a gentleman who surprised them by his air of hailfellow-well-met. He con- ducted them to a little park where some of the inhabitants had collected to enjoy selections from Cavallieria Rusticana rendered by an excellently- trained band, Having enjoyed the intermezzo, ren- dered “a la belle etoile,” their escort, whom I shall call the Theodosian, con- ducted them to a cinema, where they —being workers—were admittdd free of charge. The necessary translations were made by their new-found friend. Workers on Holidays. Next morning the Theodosian came aboard and invited all, officers and men, to a concert, which wag being held in a palatial building where a number of people from Moscow were spending their annual holiday. All Russian workers are given an annual holiday free of expense, ranging trom two weeks to a month, according to individual requirements. The period of the holiday is regulated by the med- ical officer in charge of each holiday camp. Those castles which were for- merly occupled*by the wealthy people of Russia are maintained by the pro- ceeds of Russian industries for the use of the Russian people, How ideal, I cannot refrain from reminding the reader that similar resources are squandered at Cannes, the Riviera and Monte Carlo, which could be utilized by the British government for the benefit of the British people, Made to Feel at Home, The concert was most enjoyable. We wero received at the castle by the holiday workers, and such a recep! tion! One would think we were long lost friends, we were made so wel- come. Our friend, the Theodosian, by 4 judicious arrangement of seats, made it possible for us to converse with our Those who spoke French were seated amongst cor- The othe: were supplied with interpreters, We had a few introductions to the wat it Ughts and—we did our best. SB impresset-me most of all was the| evident happiness expressed by every face. What a relief it was for us, seafarers, to be induced to smile, Visits Hospital, Next evening we were. entertained at a play. On the fourth evening we again visited the castle, or castles I should say, for there are two. The M. O. conducted us around and dem- onstrated the working of those “buz- zing gadgets,” which are used to ad- minister electrical treatment to the infirm. We were shown around every- where, ¢ven to the farm yard. How spotless the stables appeared! One of “ours”—a -wit—remarked that the cows had everything they could de- sire, “even a valve receiver,” he added,, Pointing to the electric bulbs. After dining together, in the refec- tory, we retired to“the concert hall. Iam unable to describe the numerous entertainments which, were arranged on our behalf. I rest assured that this small outline of events will assure the British people. that government by the people in Russia is a huge success. So truly are the people living up to their ideal of unity that each worker in Russia now subscribes 1 per cent of his wages each month in aid of the British strikers, Who dares question their right to the slogan: “Workers of the World, Unite.” Theodosia, Ukraine, near Odessa, U. 8. 8S. R, Catholics in Poland Launch Fascist Move to Oust Pilsudski WARSAW, Poland, Dec. 8—A move- ment against Marshal Pilsudski, Po- lish dictator, is being launched in western Poland by catholic fascists. Dmowski, who,controls the reaction- ary faction in that district, is the leader of the movement. The inten- tion of Dmowski is to establish a gov- ernment on fascist principles, to abol- ish elections and the parliament. The catholic church will dominate the “govrenment,” as all officials are to be catholics. To crush this opposition, as well as other opposition, Pilsudski has issued two new decrees. One is that not only are writers and publishers lable to criminal action for speaking against the government, but private Individuals are also restrained. The other rule is that newspapers are forced to print government denials conspicuously on the front page. HUNGRY AND JOBLESS, AUSTRIAN YOUTH STAND IN LINE TO JOIN ARMY (Special to The Daily Worker) VIENNA, Dec. 8—When the gov- ernment called for 3,200 recruits for its army of 17,000, waiting lines formed, where 10,000 young men, urged on not by patriotism or fever, but by unemployment and hunger, sought the jobs, which would assure them at least of decent living. . Lines formed at 6 o'clock of the evening preceding the day when the offices would open at’9 o'clock, thé men standing In line all night. The . perlod of enlistment which this mob $0, 99 ing Is for twelve years. Aus- trla’s Mnemployed now number 200,- and many are seeking service tha,French and Spanish foreign foulons and In the Dutch colonial © News and Comment Labor Education Labor and Government Trade Union Politica PROGRESSIVES IN MACHINIST UNION Poll Big ‘Vote in Eighth District Election In the election held Aannay for dis- trict officers of the machinists’ union in Chicago the progressive opposition mately 35 per cent of the vote cast on a clearcut program based upon class issues versus the administration's “co- operation” program with the bosses, Poll High Vote, The progressive candidate for dis- trict president, Waterworth, received 769 votes against the administration candidate’s 1,165. I. Iverson, candi- date for vice-president on the pro- gressive ticket, received 643 votes. }The administration candidate received 1,273 votes.’ The progressive candi- date for secretary, J. Weydert, re- ceived 885 yotes against 1,034. For financial secretary the opposition re- ceived 598 against 1,324. The pro- gressive candidate for« sergeant-at- arms, Schlimback, recei¥ed 926 votes, against the administgation candidate’s 974 votes, thus only losing by a close margin of 48 votes, Independents Split on B. A. For business agents the candidates of the progressive group received a smaller vote, due to the fact.that two independent “candidates were in the field and ‘Only helped to split the votes of the Opposition. J. Read, pro- gressive, réceived 545 votes. E. Holt received 395 votes. John Brievogel, independent, polled 215 votes, and John Radovan, also independent, polled 461 votes. The administration candidates réceived 1,154 and 1,075 votes. The two independent candi- dates, altho’stating that they were in favor of the program! of the progres- sives prior to the nominations, thus helped the administration candidates to be re-eleéted. The votes cast for these two catididates, however, repre- sent the opposition to the présent' poli- cies of the administration. Fight B. & 0. Plan. The struggle centered mostly around the issue of the B, & O. plan of class collaboration introduced in one of the contract shops in Chicago and the methods of organizing the unorgan- ized. The administration in power was charged by the progressives for not carrying on an aggressive policy in dealing with the bosses, but pursu- ing a policy of surrender. The progressive group's policy calls for: 1, An active organization cam- paign to organize the unorganized, paying special attention to the need of organizing the semi and unskilled workers in the trade, 2. An imme- diate increase in wagés of the spe- cialists. 8. Militant struggle against the B, & O. plan and its introduction in the contract shops, repudiation of the Speedomatic agreement, where the plan has already been put into effect. 4, Militant struggle against in. junctions during organization cam- paigns and in time of strikes. 5. Sep- aration of the union from the republi- can and democratic parties and sup- port to the movement for a labor party, In spite of the administra- tion’s ery of “Save us from Bolshe- vism,” and other fake arguments used by them, the progressives are satis- fied with the Outcome of the election, as this represents a real development towards the building of a progressive and left wing group in the I. A, of M. that will challenge the class collabo- ration policies of the administration and give new Jeadership to the union, ton road. Scab Shipping Bureaus Hit by Seamen’s Union (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, — Andrew Furuseth, president of the Interna- tional Seamen's Union of America, in- terprets the recent decision of the federal supreme court, holding the employment jbureaus and discharge book system maintained by the organ- ized ship owners on the Pacific coast to be in violation of the anti-trust laws, a8 meaning that these anti-union shipping bureaus will be abolished, The seamen’s union brought sult in the California courts after the Ship Owners’ Association of the Pacific and the American Steamship Association had tried to break the union, Since the ship owners’ monopoly has |been found to be defying the anti-trust and maritime laws by requiring all seamen to get their jobs thru its own anti-union agency, Furuseth believes the union will now regain its normal function of dpaling with the masters of the ships, who formerly selected their crew! tho seamen | ipped by the shipping in the coast: wise and trade as woll as ir. overseas ¥ REVEAL STRENGTH slate carried an average of approxi- | || Smith 842,278, Brennan, 774,943; down- ’ VBrennan 417,300 He Hears His Master’s Voice. JOHN L. LEWIS IGNORES PROBLEM ARISING FROM NEW MINE MACHINES By GEORGE PAPCUN. ©CORDING to the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Mines, there is a very rapid increase of the automatic machines which load coal, displacing hundreds of workers in the coal industry. In 1925, according to the report, 95 mines in 16 states had installed 340 machines which loaded 6,248,104 net tons of coal. Fourteen other mines had 42 machines but did not report. the tonnage loaded by them. Lewis Ignores Issue. Tho the use of machine in loading coal in the United States is only in the experimental stage, but since 1923 it is reported that the increase of coal loaded by mathines has been over 5,- 000,000 as yet John L, Lewis th eprs- ident of the miners’ union, hag not taken it into consideration. No pro- visions in the contracts have been made for the miners who are being lisplaced daily by the use of the coal loading machine, In 1925, it seemed that the coal op- erators had been trying to put this coal loading machine into operation especially in the non-union fields or where the operators,are making stre- nuous attacks on the union, and where the union is somewhat weakened such us West Virginia, Virginia, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, “Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana and these are the states which the production of coal by the coal loading machine leads. Union Needs Program. A fight cannot be made in the pro- gress of the machine in the coal iny dustry for the loading of coal, but the union must have a program in| the situation. trying to solve the problem as to what is going to become of the thou-| sands of miners who will be displac- | ed by the machine, for eventually | these miners will be used against the miners’ union. The miners must force | the leadership to immediately recog- nize the’ problem, which in the past year has made such headway, and which in a few more years will be a very big problem for the union and for the mine workers in general un-j less the miners recognize it, and try to find ways and means of solving the problem of what is going to be come of the thousands of miners who are displaced by this automatic coal lcading machine. As yet, according to the report, no data has been received for the year of 1926, but the report states that there will be shown an increase in the coal loading machines in 1926, and according to the statements of dif- ferent coal magazines, it is going to be a bigger increase than from 1923 to 1925. The miners must recognize ‘that the one way of solving this problem to a certain extent is the adoption and the carrying out of the program of the opposition candidates against the Lewis machine led by John Bro- phy as is explained in his larger pro- gram for the miners’ union and also in the open letter which was sent to the membership of the U. M. W. A. by John Brophy and the opposition candidates; the organization of the unorgaftized miners; the nationaliza- tion of the coal mines, a Labor Party This will to a certain extent solve} VICIOUS ATTACK MADE ON BROPHY BY LEWIS PAPER U. M. W. Journal Raises Red Scare Again INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 8.—Under the caption, “Warning to Members,” the United Mine Workers’ Journal, of- ficial organ of the John L, Lewis ma- chine of the United Mine Workers’ Union, makes a scurrilous, and “in so far as the paper is supposed to be the official union mouthpiece, an atrociously unfair attack upon the mil- itants in the union who are supporting John Brophy for president against Lewis in the elections to be held on Dec, 14, ¥ Work of Searles. The article, unsigned, is plainly the work of the editor of the journal, Ellis Searles, notorious for his “red mania,” The burden of the attack falls upon the Coal Miner, a semi-monthly news- paper published’ at Springfield, Il, un- der the editorship of Frank Keeney, well-known progressive, and receiving the unqualified support of the pro- gressive miners behind John Brophy, president of District 2, who is run- ning against Lewis for président of the international. " Searles resorts to the old stunt of raising the bolshevilg bogey. He charges that the Coal Miner is edited by Communists, that Brophy’s election statements are written by bolsheviks and that the object of the Coal Miner and the supporters of Brophy for pres- ident is to take over the United Mine Workers’ Union for the bolsheviks and use it as a lever to overthrow the United States government. Coal Miner Warns, As if sensing the article appearing in ‘the United Mine Workers’ Journal dated Dec, 1, the issue of the Coal Miner for the same date prints an edi- torial containing the following: “It is almost certain that the ‘red’ bogey will be used at this time, and we have no means of discovering yet what other Hes will be told.” The Coal Miner warns the union members against last-minute pre-elec- tion fabrications that may be circu- lated by the official union press against Brophy and his supporters, Ilinols Vote Totals, SPRINGFIBLD, I1l., Dec, 8.—- The state canvassing board today checked over Illinois’ vote at the election of last November, no unexpected chang- ‘es appearing during, the canvass. Offictals' totals reached were as fol- lows: y For U. SS. 8 r—total vote: ‘tate total: Smith 07,089, Brennan 157,553; Cook county: Smith 335,184, POLICE TACTICS IN BOX STRIKE TOLD TO MAYOR C. L. U. Forces Walker | to Investigate NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Brutality of Police officers against the striking pa- per box workers has been brought forcefully to the attention of Mayor Walker by the American Civil Liber- ties Union and he has ordered the po lice department to explain. Mayor Walker was visited by a delegation from the union and informed that the department had consistently ignored protests against attacks made on strik- ers by policemen. Have Affidavits, The delegation, headed by Attorney Henry T. Hunt, informed the mayor that they possessed affidavits describ- ing the attacks. The afftdavits told of police beating men and women strik- ers with fists and clubs, of arrests made on trumped-up charges to inter- fere with picketing, of fines imposed for offenses the workers did not com- mit, and of harrassing of children. Such incidents have occurred daily, the mayor was told. Mayor Calls Meeting. Walker appeared astounded that his Police should commit such acts and immediately arranged for a méeting between the police commissioners and himself, and the Civil Liberties Union. Those who were in the delegation included: Hunt, Rev. J. Howard Mel- ish, of Holy Trinity Episcopal church, Rose Scheiderman, president of the New York. Women’s Trade Union League, and Mary E. Dreier, vice-pres- ident of the union, HARDWARE SETTERS CALL STRIKE IN NEW YORK FOR BETTER WORK CONDITIONS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 8—The hard- ware setters, part of the carpenter trade, have declared a strike against their employers and will not return to work until their demands are granted. The demands are: Elimi- nation of sub-oontracting, day work instead of piece work, and general conditions of carpenters. All hardware workers are called to support these demands, and come to headquarters, located at 1347 Bos- Send us the name and address of a progressive worker to whom au wikken ee DAILY WORKBE | °" ” "» ee ae if jat the Policies and Programs The Trade Union Press Strikes—Injunctions Labor and Imperialism EW YORK LABOR TO COMBAT RULE OF INJUNCTIONS Asks State Federation to Take Action By SYLVAN A. POLLACK, (Special to The Daily Worker) *NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 8.—<Accept- ing the recommendations of Local 22, ional L Garment Work- Union, f 1e calling of a con- e to devise ways and means of Interna ers’ lies’ ing ctions, the Centrat Trades and Labor Council, passed a }motion that the executive committee of New York State Federation of | Labor should be enl din the fight. It will be brot before its next meet- ing for action, by Joseph Ryan, a member of the committee. It is proposed that the conference which it is hoped will be held in the near future, should draw up a bill te be presented to the ‘next session of the New York state legislature, “Not only do we want a Dill pass ed ‘by the state legislature prohibie ing injunctions in labor disputes,” said Emma Yenetski, representing Le- cal 22,1. L. G. W. U., “but we want it to be a struggle backed by the par- ticipation of the workers themselves. All labor must become a part of the fight.” Delegate to Pan-American Congress. The meeting also decided to have a delegate r venting “organized labor annual session of the Pan- American Commercial Congress, te |be held at the Hotel Roosevelt, be- ginning Dec, 13. It was stated that the commercial status of south and central America will be discussed at its meeting. Pres. Ryan was empowered to select the representative. The request of the Brooklyn (New York) Chamber of Commerce, for a delegate to their conference on the “boy problem” was referred to the executive committee, who will decide whether to send one, It will be held Dec 7, and representatives of the church, the school, Y. M. C. A, etc., will lead the discussion on their work along that line, Ps Traction Organization Continues. P. J. Shea of the Amalgamated As- sociation of Street and Electric Rail- way Employes’ Union, stated that the campaign to organize New York's traction workers tg continuing. He asked for volunteers in the distribu- tion of their local organ, “The Trace \ tion Workers’ Bulletin.” es Delegate Yevetski pledged twenty five members of her union for that work. It was decided that the next regu- lar meeting of the council would not be held, it conflicting with a banquet given to Peter J. Brady, of the Fed- eration Bank. A special joint meet ing with the conference on the Let.« kowitz school discrimination, to be. held Dec. 9, at 22 W. 16th St, will take its place All local unions in New York City were urged to give thetr eupport to the bazaar to be held in Passafe, M. J., beginning Dec. 11, at Kantor’s Hall, It is being run by the General Re lief Committee, of the textile strik- WILL BE OUT IN JANUARY Now Available! In a beautifully clothbound library edition at a special price the famous Letters of ROSA LUXEMBURG to Karl and Louise Kautsky The intimate correspondence of the brilliant German rev- olutionary fighter and mar- tyr. A book selling at $2.50 which we are fortunate to be able to offer at the special price of $1.00 Only a limited number of copies on hand and orders will be filled in turn and only on the receipt of | © CASH REMITTANCE. The Daily Worker Pub. Co, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., — ‘at