The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 18, 1926, Page 1

— The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government PLAN + THE « In Chicago, by mail, $800 per year. if _ Vol. Ill. No. 287. Subscription Rates * Outside Chicago, ACTS SHOW & «4h Stgz That Sy 4g ht 8. Jon, lo" so Enough KEEP THE DAlv WORKER / O District Quota Sept. 13 to Oct. 14 1 $ 4,000 $ 453.25 a 15,000 1,388.50 3 3,000 925.50 4 1,100 92.50 5 2,500 346.30 6 3,000 273.83 7 2,500 655.25 8 7,500 1,555.54 9 3,500 82.10 10 4,000 285.00 12 2,500 88.10 13 3,000 + 392.25 15 1,000 123.00 Agr. 400 106.00 Canada 11.00 NLY $25,274.47 has been raised out of the $50,000 which is needed. The following table shows that only four districts are increasing their donations, i. e. Districts 9, 10, 12, and 13. Ost. 15 to Nov, 15. Nov. 16 to Dec. 14] of $ 479.16 $ 282.62 2,712.78 1,597.91 520.29 337.45 666.27 433.86 227.59 335.28 620.95 500.42 1,495.30 375.40 2,848.75 662.36 790.68 886.49 281.48 325.66 291.25 354.42 512.42 623.59 103.52 50.40 172.00 73.00 14.60 9.75 During the month of November the average daily donation was $263.35, been $115.30, During the month of December thus far, it has 2. Does this mean that we are retreating? Does this mean that we have shown the white feather? Does this mean that the party “ and the leit wing has failed on WORKER at this most critical time? This cannot and must not’? Cover Up the surrender he has ar- the job of keeping The DAILY be. The figures given above should open the eyes of every party “member to the gravity of the situation, far greater efforts than and to the necessity of have shown during the present month. Every party unit, every sympathizer with dur party, every real Demand that Demand that every comrade do his bit Send in donations at once. The left winger, should take up this matter at once. we keep up our strido, to keep The DAILY WORKER. need is urgent. (8p kof Assails Opposition at | Comintern Plenum; Parties Firm ial Cable to The Daily Worker) Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at) We by mail, $6.00 per year. SIGMAN, BOSSES ALLY TO SELL OUT STRIKERS Offers Arbitration Over Strikers’ Heads (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Morris Sig man and the General Executive Board the. Cloakmakers’ International Union that is attempting to take com trol of the New York Joint Board of, the union and its affiliated locals, now! in a, bitter struggle with the bosses, | have entered into a separate agre |to arbitrate all demands made by the latter. The general strike committee of the cloakmakers declare that this latest move of the right wing com- pletes the betrayal of the jong and hard-fought strike. The three arbitrators chosen are Colonel Lehman, Professor Rogers and Sheintag, who are all members of the governor's commission. This means a virtual surrender to the governor's commission and an acceptance of the employers” program. Works With Boases. This is the same commission with which Sigman has been working, be- fore and during the strike. In order ranged with the contractors, Sigman has arranged with the association to | “litt the lockout” which has never gone into “effect” and allow workers who never left the shops to “return” to work. Workers Revolt. The workers are in complete revolt against the action of the international executive in arbitrarily taking over the New York Joint Board and the jlocal executives, thus turning the |workers over to the mercies of the | employers, The six thousand workers who demonstrated before the international office, carried banners demanding MOSCOW, U. S. 8. R., Dec. 18—Alexis Rykoff, chairman of the Gounell | ous ‘with signian,” “Down With Fase of People’s Commissars in the Soviet Union, who was met with a tremem| cist Methods in the Trade Unions,” dous ovation, spoke to the 24th session of the Communist International. He |“nefond Your Union” and declared that Zinoviev, Trotsky and” Kameneff had spoken against the €x-{the Joint Board.” They then walked press wish of the bureau of the Russian delegation and so had broken the 1a distance of several miles to Rutgers agreement of the opposition and violated the declaration of October 16—{Square, in which is situated the office which facts the party will take into consideration in its future dealings with}°f. the Forward and demonstrated the opposition. they are holding opposite views. Zinoviev tnd Kameneff had The Comintern and the workers cannot trust such versatile leaders who change views so completely in the briefest period. Thru a series of éxamples of the utterances of Zinoviev and Kame- neff in the last two years, Rykoff demonstrated the untrustworthiness of ‘the hand with Bigman officials “in the at- (Continued enrer% By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. AYOR DEVER of this city should not worry if he does not receive thé democratic nomination for mayor im the coming elections. It is reliably reported that his honor has a standing offer of an honorary position with the banking investment firm of Straus & Co. at a salary of $30,000 a year. This is not so bad, considering the fact that the mayor is already wealthy, Dever has been a good friend to the business interests of this city, not ex- eluding the bootleggers. At the re cent hearings on the traction problem rhe mayor agreed that a raise In fares Wiis inevitable. This an eighteen -karat blunder, say Dever’s democratic cronies. His honor should manage to evade the question until after the elec- tions! This is capitalist politics. ee ITY the poor little pet.of.the poor little rich men, by name Frank In Smith, who seema to he designed by nature to sit in the United States senate, provided the G. Q,..P, gives him a vacant chair. But Smith comes to Washington tainted with unholy gold, and the virtuous republican poli- ‘\iieclans will touch him not unless he waits in [linois until time,and G. OP, strategy fumigate his sin. . So it (ent that gold is no key.to the senate, Not if you are caught holding the bag when the money is spent, 3 eo 2 N American authoress of detective stories wi lives in England pulled off an oe McPherson stunt and the Engiish officially, did what Aimce’s followers did urtoflicially. They dragged Inkes and searched for- ests for her. Finally the authoress’ maid did o little detective work on her own and digcovered her mistress. ‘Tho authorera returmed, nove the Worse for wear, excepting that her memory {8 still missing. Now look out for a good detective story. We ate mrongly of the opinion that a mind in the greatest liability of some (Gontinued on page 49 +» WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! ¢ Use your brains and your pen to ald the workere in the class struggle. on page 2) Sena |DORCHY LOSES LAST APPEAL; GOES 10 JALL Kansas Miners’ Leader Mast Serve 6 Months (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 Dorchy, leader of the Ka workers, whose appeal to the supreme court was lost recently has been de- nied a re-hearing by the same court and must go to jaik Dorchy is con- victed of violating the Kan: Indus- trial court law by ordering a strike of coal miners. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and’ serve six months in Jail. ie Involved in the “same case is Alex Howat, former president of the Kan- sas district of the, miners’ union. Howat has served, his term in jatl. A feature of the case was the manner in which the Lewis machine in the international unfon refused to assist the two leaders in their struggle *Jagainst the Kartisde law and actually took advantaké of this to oust them from the union © Still Leaders. Despite the under-handed methods of the Lewis machine against them and: the fact that both Dorchy and Howat were expelled from the union by an arbitrary action of. President Lewis, they still hold the confidesce of the miners of Kansas and have been reinstated in the union after mass protest on the part of the min- ors. Howat.and Dorchy supported the Broplty progressive ticket against Lewis In the union elections held last Tuesday. Howat was nominated as a delegate to the American Federation of Labor, but his name was stricken from the ballot by the international office for no given reason. Howat wag also noniiiated for president of his district by 08 per cont of the members ‘and was ruled “off the ballot ta the dame highhamded way. ' bitterly criticized. Trotsky; ‘today Ding editorials and news stories about against the newspaper for its scab- the strike, Police and Gangsters, Police and gangsters were present in great numbers and worked hand in tack upon the demonstrators. Scores of workgrs were beaten, and trampled upon by horses. Five were arrested. The capitalist press is conducting an unprecedented campaign of misrep- resentation and hysteria, presenting the peaceful demonstrations of the workers as riots and Communist plots. Sigman’s meetings, handfuls of gang- sters and officials are magnified to thousands by press versions while workers’ demonstrations are distorted to represent masses favorable to Sig- man. Editorials of the whole cap- italist press are speaking of Sigman in the highest terms, while there is a definite policy of suppression re- garding news of the stand of the joint board. Big Mass Meeting. At two mass meetings of striking cloakmakers, resolutions were un- animously adopted endorsing the gen- era] strike committee. The joint board of New York will refuse to accept any responsibility for the arbitration be- ing undertaken by the internatiohal and also refused to accept the illegal decisions of the General Executive Board, maintaining that, as legal rep- resentatives of the workers, it is the legitimate joint board and can be re placed only by a vote of the member ship. Arrangements are being made for a gigantic mass meeting on next Satur- day. The hall is to be announced later. (Watch for announcement ,most Ikely (Continued on page 2) LAME-DUCK MEMBER I$ GETTING AWFULLY BUSY WITH NEW SET OF TOYS (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Harry E, Hull, commissioner of immigra- tion, who Fecently made the state ment that there were in federal and state prisons 60,000 aliens who ought to be deported, now says of the Chicago district that his budget for the coming year carries a substan tial increase for the Chicago office. He hopes to add 20 additional in Spectors, after July 1st, next, Hull "Ie ‘the’ lamé-duck congress man from the second lowa district and Je takiiy himself rather seri- ously in hie new role as commission er of inimigration, ment with the contractor’s association | such legislation. persuaded the Uiseenters to veer over BROPHY CARRIES ‘BIGGEST LOCAL IN SPRINGFIELD . Progressive Slate Is . Leading SPRINGPIELD, Ill., Dec. 16.—“Pea- body No. 6” miners, who belong to Local Union 2653, the largest local in Springfield sub-district of the United Mine Workers of America, are for the “Save the Union” ticket. They gave Brophy 428 votes against Lewis’ 155. Stevenson drew 348 votes, against Murray's 189, and Brennan got 260 votes, placing him well ahead of Har- ris with 172, and Kennedy with 96. On the morning after election day progressive minera here assembled the figures of all locals they could reach, and if Springfield ts any tegt of the election in this sub-district, the progressive Hindmarsh has won fov sub-district president, taking the place of the reactionary, Walker, placed In office by crude and arbitrary removal of left wingers, properly elected two years ago, but framed for oxpulsion by Frank Farrington, and his tool, Harry; Fishwick. Progressives Win. Reporte on éleven large locals, out |of over 23 in the sub-district, show: Hindmarsh 1590, Wall (another pro- gressive) 747, Bell. (Fishwick ma- chine) 492 and Walker (reactionary, but perhaps split from the Fishwick machine) 739. The vote for vice-president stands: Smith (progressive) 1621 and Pea cock (Fishwick) machine) 648. There were two dark horses in this race, Putting on a Coat of R of March 3, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1926 <a>" 1879. 4 (Special to The Daily Worker) to support of such a measure. HE Chicago police force, Covering Up Criminal Connections By Attacks on Negro Neighborhoods Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W., Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. —By Wm. Gropper. Prepare Anti-Sirike Law for the Coal Mines WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Following out the recommendation in President Coolldige’s speech to congress and dectarations by Secretary of Labor Davis concerning legisiation to put an anti-strike law into effect in the coal mines, members of the commerce committees of both houses admitted today that consideration is being given to Davi ind also Secretary of Commerce Hoover, have made repeated reference to the possibility of a miners and owners next April when the present Jacksonville agreement expires. The adminietra- lared that they are going to demand laws to permit them to step a possible strike next May. was known that many of the larger operators were opposed te legialation concerning the coal ire from the owners’ association and assurance that the laws will entirely favor the owners, has following the shooting of an officer by a Negro bandit, inaugurated a reign of terror in the South Side Negro district Wednesday night. According to the capitalist press, 350 arrests were made during the search for the criminal. The Herald and Examiner story, written in a lyrical tone, says: THE HUNT BY THE POLICE PROGRESSED THRU THE NIGHT. MANY.HOMES WERE INVADED. CASES OFFICERS SMASHE IN ‘SOME DOORS WHEN THERE WAS DELAY IN ADMITTING THEM. Some months ago Assistant State's Attorney McSwiggin was shot to death b world elements in single indictment. icero. machine guns In the hands of under- To date, there has not been a Neither was there any widespread raid during which homes were broken into nor were there 350 arrests. It seems plain the police have taken advantage of the fact that out of the dozens of hold-ups and mur mitted in Chicago jn the last Negroes. rs com- month one was committed by There is no shadow/of excuse for the manner in which the police were turned loose upon the South Side and they would not dare to launch such a campaign in a white com- munity unless the’ were engaged in a “red” raid The leaders of the Negro race in Chicago should organ- ize mass protests against the outrages perpetrated b the Chicago police—a police force so notoriously connected with crime and vice of all kinds that it is able only to work with a free hand in a section of the city inhabited by a suppressed racial minority which it thinks is unable to make an effective protest. The Negro orgenizations should show the city authori- ties that they are mistaken in this belief and the matter should be handled in a way that will leave no room for doubt as to the resentment of the Negro race and its determination to prevent such outr. es in the future. We hold no brief for criminal elements. Neither do the Chicago Negroes, but the Chicago police force must not be allowed to create the impression that it is only on the South Side that robberies and murders occur, neither of which counted for much. CHICAGO POLICE ARREST 500 INNOCENT VICTIMS IN MANHUNT THRU CITY’S NEGRO NEIGHBORHOODS Secretary Racg Close. The vote for secretary-treasurer is very close between Riley (progres: sive), Gerger ((progressive) and Simpson (dark horse), with the off- cial Fishwick machine candidate, Shymansky a bad fourth. Young Admits Defeat, The count is being made on the dis- trict and’ international election, but aside from a general impression thai the Brophy slate i# carrying almost unanimously, and the Tumulty slate by a comfortable majority, there 1s nothing certaim! yet. “Joker” Young, Pishwick candidate for member of ithe district executive board, has Armed with shotguns and tear bombs, fifteen bureau squads and 600 uniformed police swooped down on Negro districts in Chicago Wednes- day night, terrorizing the inhabitants and arresting more than 600 Negro men indiscriminately. The excuse for the raid on the ‘Negroes, which re- sulted in throwing innocent persons into crowded jalie overnight, was the hunt for the slayer of Patrolman Julian Bonfielde. who. le claimed to Practioaltly every reorea- be a Negro. ‘ tion hall and cafe on the south side was raided by the police, who herded the Negroes into police wagons, giv- Ing few of them opportunity to demon- Strate they had no possible connec- tion with the crime. The raids began Wednesday after- noon and lasted untli early Thursday morning. None Identified. Thursday all of the arrested Ne sroes were taken to the Wabash sta- (Continued on page 3) NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents ed |BCTANY VICTORY ASSURES UNION INN). MILLS Strikers Joytal Over Newest Triumph (Special to The Dally Worker) PASSAIC, N. J., Dec. 16.—The settie- ment made by Botany Consolidated Mills with the Passaic strikers, made on the same six points which ended the strike in the Passaic Worsted Spin- {ning company on November 11, grants }to the workers the right of organiza- jtion and of collective bargaining and promises that striking employes will be taken back without discrimination. The settlement affects more than 6,000 workers who struck 43 weeks ago. Gustave Deak, president of Local 1603 of the U. T. W. and chairman of the meeting, introduced a series speakers who commented upon the terms of the agreement before the vote was taken. Thomas McMahon, prest- dent of the U. T. W., read to the meet ing the letter from Mr. Johnson which contained the six articles of the agree- meat and Botany’s answers, sent ip reply to a letter from Mr. McMahoa dated December 4. The six points and Botany’s replies. were: Botany’s Replies. 1. “Right of workers to organize tm a legitimate organization.” * Reply: The Botany Worsted Mills does not question its workers in re gard to their labor affiliation, as i does not question them as to their fraternal, political or religious aMilie tions. The matter is entirely in the hands of the Botany workers, with but one reservation, that their organ- ization shall not be communistic im origin, character or purpose 2, “If a grievance should arise, the right of collective bargaining. Reply: The Botany Worsted Mills is committed to the principle of cob lective bargaining. 3. “Closed shop not demanded.” Reply: This requires no comment. 4. “If any other demand is made, Mot agreed-on by both parties, the workers to continue workifg and the question arbitrated between these par- ties.” Reply: This follows from our tull acceptance of the principle of col lective bargaining 5. “Employes taken back without discrimination.” | Reply: We have employed and will of employ without discrimination 6. “No outside help employed after (Continued on page 2.) LONE PROVINCE LEFT TO SUN AS CANTONESE NEAR 'Fall of Shanghai Is a | Matter of Days (Special to The Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, Dec. 16—General Sun Chaun-Fang, military governor of |Chekiang province, today had short- | his battle lines so that he is at | present defending only the Province of Kiangsu against the invasion ef the Cantonese forces. General Sun has ordered the rail- way cut 20 miles south of Shanghai in preparation for the advancing Can tonese. This action indicates that ina very short time the southern army will be besieging the city. Four of Sun’s former five provinces are now in the possession of the Kuomia tang government. . Americans Threaten War Lord. LONDON, Dec. 16—American gua- boats have trained their guns upom three American steamers, se!-ed by General Yang Sen at Shas!, .od ‘have announced thet tf Yang Sen attempts to move the vessels they will be sunk, according to a dispatch from Shanghai to the Telegraph. General Yang Sen, following his de feat at the hands of the Cantonese, has seized vessels to transport Rie troops out of the area. He has al- ready loaded troops on the American vessels. Bables Die In Fire, SORANTON, Pa., Dec, 16.--Trapped when the home of Leonard Avery was destroyed by fire at Pocono Lake, near here, two bsby girls perished in the flames. They were, Jane Avery, 18 months, and Norma, 7 months. Thelw bodies were not rovovered, We will send sample copies of DAILY WORKER te your fend us name and address,