The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 15, 1926, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Entered. at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, "at the Post Office at Chicago, ORE filinois, under the Act of Mareh 3, 1879. NEW YORK EDITION ES EES UGE SOLE a OS Sara en Vol. Ill. No. 284. Subscription Rates: Gusiie'Sickiety tal 00'S yer. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1926 <@@B™—BURERSRe Get Wh Wadilnguon ahd enlewa, Price 3 Cents LOCKOUT FAILS Alcail, Betvaal: of the *’ 0, Uncle Sam on Robbing Expedition in Central America U8. “MILITARY MISSION’ ASKED BY PRES. DIAZ To Legalize Presence of DETROIT ANTI-FASCISTI DEMONSTRATE AGAINST NOBILE’S BLACK SHIRTS (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Dec, 13.—Anti-fascisti turned out in force here to demon- strate against Commander Umberto Nobile who spoke at a local theater on the journey of the Norge which he commanded in a North Pole STARVED MINERS RETURN 10 PITS IN BATTLE MOOD Cook Says Retreat for MY ao ” . flight and for which he was decor- . Right Wingers Marines ead by Museolige Only a Time peed PEERS Nobile was accompanied by a NEW YORK, Dec. 13—That the MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 13.—} blackshirt “guard of honor” to and By TOM BARKER, fockout declared by the American Cloak and. Suit Sub-Manufacturers’ Assoclation against the 300 shops which have settled with the striking cloakmakers is a complete failure and that only a few of the shops closed up Friday and these only after being vis- ited by “strong arm” gangs represent- ing the sub-manufacturers Is charged by Louis Hyman, general manager of the joint board of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, in a statement issued Friday afternoon. Hyman also charges there js a con- spitacy between Sigman and his allies in teh union and the. sub-manufac- turers’ association to break the strike and that thru their efforts reports in the press concerning the meeting Thursday night in Cooper Union have been so distorted as to be complete misrepresentations. 300 Shops Settled. Hyman’s statement follows; “About 800 shops, members of the American Cloak and Suit Sub-manu- facturers’ association have séttled in- (Continued on page 2) By T. J. O'FLA HERTY ge Detroit Free Press bewails the alleged low standard of living of the Russian workers under the Soviet regime and hugs the comforting. re- Following upon the declaration made | two days ago by the puppet president Diaz against “Bolshevik” Mexico, without doubt written at the direction of the United States state depart- ment, Diaz has now requested the United States to send a “military mission” to Nicaragua. The only reason that can be found for this action, also no doubt taken at the behest of the United States charge, is to give some sort of legal- ization to the presence of the large force of U. 8. Marines in the country It is solely due to the military and naval forces of the United States gov- ernment in Nicaragua that Diaz able to hold the executiveship that he got at the point of machine guns. Sacaza Leads Rebels. The liberals who are in rebellion against Diaz have proclaimed the con- titutionally elected Sacaza as presi- dent. His government has been rec- ognized by Mexico. It was because of this that Diaz was prompted to issue the statement in which he attempted to justify U. S. control of the country by pointing to the “dangers of Mex- ican bolshevism.” is from the theater. The anti-fascisti | workers staged a demonstration against the blackshirts and six were arrested by the police. PROGRESSIVES IN A.C. WHERE ' STATE PROGRAM ‘Challenge Boss Unity Tactics of Levin | Progressive workers in the Chicago | Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union | have issued a statement to the mem- | bership of the union on the occasion |of the electon taking place today for | new officers in the locals and the joint Federated Press. LONDON, Dec. 13. —(FP)—Witn the signing in Sheffield of an agree- ment between the Yorkshire miners’ officials and the owners on the basis of the 7/2 hour day and pre-stoppage rates until the end of February, the British miners’ strike may be con- sidered ended. The only two outstand, ing districts. where matters have not reached finality are Durham and South Wales, Terms. are being submitted to the miners in South Wales and the ballot is expected at once, The Northumber- land ballot showed 16,288 votes for the terms and 6, against. The War- wickshire Associ has declared the dispute at an end and orders a re- turn, Lancashire and Scotland agree to a three years’ term on an eight-hour basis, with conciliation boards with independent chairmen. The men have literally been starved back to work. Conditions prevailing in most districts are too dreadful to describe. Hunger and destitution characterize mining areas. For the ini mediate future the Miners’ Federation | 5 i the 3 ‘ 4 Mexico is maintaining her right to |Deard. The statement reviews M* lor Great Britain will aim, A. J. Cook support the government which she |Ch@nged policy of the ; rors hat the | 2Ccretary) states, “to leave no stone has accorded recognition. The lib-|!" recent years and declares that the | unturned to rebuild its forces to re: erals are consolidating their forces in the interior and the big danger now | is that they will be attacked and dis persed by the marines. The “military mission” from the United States might be given this task. Marines to Move. |present Levin-Rissman leadership of | the Chicago union has completely failed in the necessary work of or- |ganization and maintenance of the |union’s standards of work. The statement, in part, is as follows: move the eight-hour day, to maintatih one union and to establish a national agreement. “This is a retreat but we shall re- |gain our position by using our politi |cal and industrial machines. We now jsee by the terms offered by the coal In the past few years, particularly | OWners that they are the results of during the year 1926, the Chicago or-| ‘he settled policy of their central or- ganization has completely deviated ganization. Theg are forcing terms on from its past position and standing ag | What they believe to be a defeated foe the mass militant and progressive | 8° that they can bind the men to sery union in the needle trades: This igamna)| tS E80. slexary. lag a result of the present policy adopt- | “By Economic Revolver” lea by the officials, of collaborating| Speaking in South Yorkshire, Cook with the employers in the increase of |said that terms secured by the eco fiection that European labor will not Collaboration Charged. be encouraged by this condition to fol- low the path of revolution blazed by the proletariat and peasantry of the Soviet Union, In view of this doleful | picture painted by the capitalist press, | end if the pen hirelings of the ruling classes are so confident that labor outside of Russia is dissillusioned on the merits of Sovietism, why is it that their nerves get so rattled over In any case the ground is being} laid for U. S. military operations against the liberals by* numerous “complaints” being received by the American minister from mahogany and fruit interests that they are being unduly taxed by the Sacaza regime in towns under its jurisdiction, , ok aes Mexico Dismissed Diaz Ravings. yours, named SAM: It isn’t I, that is breaking into your home, but it's that ne _ ven, Mexico, that is b ing ins ).” . bodies. the possibility of the workers of other countries going on a revolutionary spree? ‘ se 8 Ww will not deny that the standard of living of the Russian workers is lower than the standard of living of the American workers. But the stand- ard of living of the German, French and English workers is also lower than that of the American workers. There was a time when the standard of living of the English workers was higher than it is now, That was be- fore the empire began to decline. That was when the British capitalists could afford to give their slaves a few more erumbs- which they took care to ex- tract out of the hide of their colonial slaves. But those days are gone and today We witness the phenomenon of sinking standards of living of the working classes of capitalist Europe while the living standards of the Rus- sian workers is mounting, slowly but surely, see ‘HETHER the Russian workers re- ceive fifty cents a day or fifty dollars, an onlooker can see as many xosy faces on the streets of Moscow as on the thorofares of Chicago. He may not notice as many fur coats, but then the installment plan system is not as much in vogue in Russia as here, And the Russian workers are more concerned with putting knowl- edge in their heads than fur on their They eat to live and wear clothes for the same reason, not vise versa. It seems to us that the capi- talist papers are wasting a lot of good Space with those tales of woe since ‘he Russian workers insist on making progress. By the ‘way, it is rather as- tounding how the Russian workers could afford to contribiite over $5,- 900,000 to the British miners’ strike! Of course, our triend. the enemy will say that the government extracted the (Oontinued: om page 6) A Challenge to Eve — CALL FOR A WAR TO THE FINISH,” RECOGNITION OF CANTON HINTED BY BRITISHERS But Nationalists Are Duly Suspicious (Special to The Dally Worker) SHANGHAI, Dec. 13.—Great Britain, which, for the past several weeks has entirely altered its policy towards the nationalist movement in China since the great victory of the latters’ armies and the setting up of a strong gov- ernment at Wuchang, is hinting at de facto recognition. The conference at Shanghai of the incoming and out-go- ing ministers, the changed tone of the London foreign office, the visit of Minister Miles Lampson to Hankow and various public utterances, point to. the imminency of recognition of Can- ton by London. The softened policy of Great Brit- ain has‘already eased the crisis of British business in China which was threatened with complete suspension (Continued on page 2.) British Miners Still Require Outside Help The International Workers’ Aid calls for further ‘help for the British miners. “It ts pointed out that even though ‘the strike has ended, the first weeks of reddjustment are hard ones on the families of the workers, and additional help is needed to tide them ovef ‘uiitil ‘the first pay day. Abraham Becker. man, the Mussolini of the New York needle trades, in a call for a conference of the right wing as the opening gun of a campaign against the left wing. The call w: of New York, Berge: and Shiplacoff. Th signed by some of the leading right wingers ‘dsley, Feinstone, Hershkowltz, Schneiderman black» elements have the full support of Woll, Lewis, McMahon, Sigman and the entire official machinery of the Amer- lean Federation of Labor. In this struggle against the forces of reaction, The DAILY WORKER ig the weapon of the left wing. This was clearly brought out at a recent meeting of the left wing of the needle trades in Chicago, when LEVIN'S GANGSTERS SEIZED ALL THE COP!ES OF THE DAILY WORKER, which were on sale. The gangsters know their enemy. They have at- tacked The DAILY WORKER, because they know it is the organ of the left wing. The insalent challenge of the reactionaries must be answered by wht vor CONGRESSMAN PROTESTS: GOVERNMENT PAYING FOR | GUARDING OF CAL'S’ SON, WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—A pro- test against the expenditure of gov- ernment funds to ‘maintain a secret service man with Jofin Coolidge, son of the President, a student at Amherst, was made by Rep. Byrns of Tennessee during hearings on the treasury and post office appropria- tions bill. Col. Ed. Starling, assigned to “guard” young Coolidge, draws $3,700 annually and $6 per day allowances. THUGS ATTACK STRIKERS AT IRON FOUNDRY EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass., Dec, 13.—One striker was severely Injured and twelve others were arrested fol- lowing a fist fight between hired gangsters and scabs of the Old Colony Foundry company here and members of the Iron Workers’ Union, on strike against the company, The first started when Charles Blakeney, a “special officer” hired by ‘the company, attacked William Har- ris, president of the union, while he was leading the pickets, and knocked him unconscious. Charles Fuller, an- other striker, was seriously injured in the fight that followed, when at- tacked by the thugs, The town police sided with the scabs and placed the unionists under arrest, | | GIVEN OVATION AT BIG MEETING China Fighting for All Oppressed—Sze Says Sze Toa Chan, first envoy to this country of the Kuomintang govern- ment of China was greeted last night by a hall crowded with Chicago work- ers who came to hear at first-hand the story of the historical achieve- ments of the Chinese liberation move- ment. The meeting was at Northwest Hall under the auspices of the All- America Anti-lmperialist League, which, as the chairman, Manuel Go- mez said, “considered it an honor to present to the workers of Chicago the representative of the victorious work- ers of China. 6 William F. Dunne, editor of The DAILY WORKER, greeted Sze Toa Chan on behalf of the Workers (Com- munist) Party and the revolutionary workers who are. closely following the successes of the- Kuomintang in China.| WORKER for the PANTON'S ENVOY man for the Mexican foreign office, | when shown a copy of President | Diaz’s inspired attack upon Mexico in which he charged that Mexico was giving armed support to the liberals | under the constitutional President | oe said that the declaration was | vot-wWorthy of official consideration and said that Mexico was well aware jof the fact that it was inspired by) Washington. Cotton Forecast. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—A cotton erop of 18,618,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight was forecast by the crop Dec. 1, | quction, reduction of cost thru the medium of readjustments, as well as the reduction of working forces in the shops. Not only that, but to insure what they term “peace” in the indus- try, they have compromised many of the union conditions essential in mak- ing working conditions bearable in the shops. ; The present joint board and its lead- | ing@officials have completely failed in their duties towards the organization |and its membership. Abandon Fight. The militant progressive and fight- (Continued on page 2) NEW YORK, Dec, .13.— Friday, De- cember 17, will mark an important | milestone’ in the development of the | |New York labor movement, with the, holding on that date of the general conference of representatives from cv- ory trade union and working class or-| sanization to consider plans for tmak-| ing the greatest use of The DAILY} labor movement Dunne recounted the history of the|pere when the paper is published in Chinese liberation movement under Dr. Sun Yat Sen and said that Sun Yat Sen’s greatest contemporary and this city. | Responses to the call for the con- ference-sent out by L. E. Katterfeld, friend, Nikolai Lenin, was the first to} manager of the eastern agency of The connect up the struggles for national] pAILY WORKER, indicate that the | Uberation among the oppressed peo-| conference will be one of the largest | ple with the larger battle between] of similar affairs ever held in New | capitalist imperialism as a whole and} york. the workers of the world. “China is an oppressed nation and “The aunouncement that the papef is soon to be published in New York, 1 am one of an oppressed race,” Sze} scene of many important workers’ bat-| (Continued on page” 2) ry Left Winger every left winger and every honest worker in the United States. The © unity of the labor bureaucrats against the left wing and the rank and file, must be answered by a nation-wide solidification of the left wing around its chief organ—The DAILY WORKER. Help the fight of the left wing by keeping The DAILY WORKER. Help the fight against milk-and-water unionism by keeping The DAILY WORKER, the organ of militant trade unionism, Left Wing, The slogan of the right wing is “War on the ‘War on the Rank and File,” “Peace With the Bosses.” The slogan of the left wing must be, “War on the Enemies of the Rank and File,” “War on the Bosse: Help The DAILY WORKER carry the left wing slogans to'the workers. KEEP THE DAILY WORKER, If you have not sent in your donation, do so at once. If you have sent in your dona- tion) get your fellow workers to do the ample. MAKE IT A WAR TO A FINISH: against the enemies ofstabers Every dollar gent to Keep The DAILY WDRKER Is a tolling BidWifor honest, fighting trade unionism , themran ime, and send in another to set cles during the past year, has been) received with much acclaim by the | workers, who realize the great weap-| on they will have in future struggles. | The New York labor movement and | the movement in nearby cities, has , long been handicapped because of | lack of an effective spokesman in the | English language to combat the pro-| paganda and venom of the capitalist press. The workers now realize that this handicap will be removed are The DAILY WORKER is published in this city. Discussion of how the unions and working class organizations can make the paper. serve them in the most ef- fective way will be the topic for the conference. The letter to the unions says: “The DAILY WORKER offers itself to you as a weapon in every strug@e to fight for militant trade unionsm, to organize’ the * whorganiz- ed, tp protect the foreign-born, and to delp win strikes, The DAILY WORK- |Put Off DECEMBER 17 IMPORTANT DATE FOR NEW YORK WORKERS; DAILY WORKER CONFERENCE IS CALLED FOR WORK ER will also counteract the slow, i siduous poison spread by the boss- es’ press to control the minds of the workers during times of so-called “in- dustrial peace.” The conference will be held at Man- hattan Lyceum, 66 East Fourth St. Each organization is invited to send three delegates. } HOUSEWIVES COUNCIL ON JOB 10 AID PAPER BOX STRIKE; NEEDS FUNDS NEW YORK, Dec, 13.—The United Council of Workingclass House- wives is on the job for the paper box makers’ strike to help them win the struggle. A kitchen was opened by the U. C. W. H. with the full co-operation of the union, in the Church of All Nations, 9 Second avenue, where from 800 to 1,000 strikers are being fed’ every day. Packages of food are being sent to their families. A rent relief has been established by the U, C. W. H. It is still necessary to provide for the two kitchens in Passaic, where from 600 to 800 chi daily. Funds and food are needo Send all contributions to the U. C. W. H., 80 East 11th street, room 237, New York City. 3 Gould Probe to Collect Evidence WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—The sen ate investigation of bribery charges against Senator Gould of Maine fs postponed until January 4 to give the senator's accusers time to complete their case ~ MEXICO CITY, Dec. 13.—A spokes: | effictency of production, increased pro-|nomic revolver could only be kept while the revolver was there. Men who supported long hours that would throw out 300,000 men on the indus- trial scrap heap were nothing less than murderers, he declared. The heavy steel industry will not be resumed until after Christmas be- cause the trade is dependent on the ‘blast furnaces for pig iron. Despite claims by the reactionary press of the return of thousands of miners before the strike end only six blast furnaces | out of 457 are now in operation. Lead- ing business men in Sheffield predict {an industrial revival and improvement in trade. John E. Wellwood, president reporting board of the Department of |!mg spirit that was once so vivid and/of Belfast chamber of commerce, Agriculture, based on reports up to|0utstanding in our organization has| wants prosperity with a club thrown jin, . OIL CONSPIRACY CASE MAY 60 TO THE JURY TODAY WASHINGTON, Dec, 13.—Tuesday will see the final argument session of the criminal trial of Albert B. Fall, former secretary of interior, and EB. L| Doheny, millionaire oil operator, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States government, it i expected. The defense has submitted all of its evidence, which consists mainly that the $100,000 given to Fall by Doheny was a “persona] loan” and that Doheny was prompted by “pa- triotism” because of fear of war with Japan to take the navy oil reserves. Goes to, Jury Tuesday. The case will probably be given to the jury on Tuesday night. Monday the government will submit its sum- mary of the case, followed by rebut- tal by the defense. Tuesday will be given over to closing arguments of both sides. Failure of the defense to produce any evidence to show that the goverfi- ment was seriously afraid of war with Japan is seen as weakening their stand. The defense claimed that gov- ernment archives contain documents substantiating this claim, but they were not produced because they are “secret,” it was claimed. Observers can see no reason for keeping the documents secret now when the eub- ject matter deals with a presumed situation more than five years past, The government brought owt in cross-examining Doheny that he had made another™ loan” to Fall of $5,000 to aid him in the present trial, When the counsel touched on other financial transactions between the two, the court sustained an objection, Fall did not take the stand im the cuss