The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 7, 1927, Page 1

‘not write according The Daily Worker Fights: For the Organization of the Un organized, For a Labor Party. For the 40 Hour Week, Vol. Ill. No. 302. Suda. By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. ADICALS observe Christmas, not because they feel like worship- Ping the descent of the stork on a lowly Bethlehem domicile, but for the good and sufficient reason that all human beings like to surrénder to christianity at least once a year. The catholic church knows thru the con- fessional that all people are human, and the ability of the catholic church to diagnose the cravings of human being is in no small degree respon- sible for that church’s success, ** UUCCESS! In the last analysis it méans the ability to survive, and while the development of the tool of production is responsible for all change (and necessity is the mother of invention) there are so many by- products of this general principle that, as far as most people are concerned, the incidental things dominate the fundamental. 2 70 OMMUNISTS do not fall for desul- tory philosophizing. The editorial staff of The DAILY WORKER does to Hoyle, but according to Lenin and Marx. There- fore you will not read any New Year sermons in The DAILY WORKER. Our sermons are just as fresh in June as in December. The New Republic is responsible for those observations. As you may know, The New Republic is a weekly magazine that caters to that section of the capitalist class that Nyes on dividends extracted from the enslaved workers by efficient slave drivers like Elbert Gary, The New Republic tribe abuse Gary for being so raw, but draw their dividends and abuse the Communists for being. so raw—on the other side. * * 'N a decisive struggle between labor and capital The New Republic tribe will stick to the capitalist system, But in the meantime the liberals are @ positive nuisance to the capitalist fundamentalists. And by capitalist fundamentalists I mean those who are convinced that any system is jus- tified in using any means at its dis- posal to maintain its supremacy. s* @ ERE is. where The New Republic comes in. issue of January 5, 1927: “A survey of world affairs as 1927 opens reveals a clear advance over the situation a year ago. In western Europe the ten- sion has been greatly relaxed by the entrance of Germany into the league and the coming into effect of the Locarno treaties, and while the eco- nomic situation leaves much to be de- sired, it is now certain that the worst corner ‘has been turned.” 7 ¢ 8 HE editorial hack who had to turn out a certain number of words for his employer turned out the kind of Janguage that vegetarians, chiroprac- tors, fanatics and anti-everythingites (for anti’s sake) cherish. But what we are concerned with is the assump- tion that the league of nations wants peace, or that spiritual urges have a determining effect on the course of history. No. Those of us who write for an organization know that all things that are written do not always represent the views of the man behind the typewriter, but the collective view of the organization for which he works. The league of nations is the ereature of imperialism, which only wants peace to the extent that it feels that peace may be conducive to its well-being. HEN a liberal paper suggests or states emphatically that the league of nations or any other crea- tion of imperialism aims to eliminate war, the best thing we can do is to suggest that our readers indulge in a hearty guffaw. New Year's resolu- tions in -capitalist papers hdve two eyes_on the advertising revenue that flows from increased circulation. We It the truth as we see it, because that is our business, KOLLONTAI PRESEN I am quoting from the | Ox SH Ney sore 6, FF - tol* y BIG NAVY ml IN HOUSE SURE joa o To Build Three Boats at $16,000,000 Each (Special to The’ Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan, 5.—Champions of a bigger American navy scented victory today as they closed in for the climax of their fight in the house for three new cruisers, With the defenders of the adminia- tration program weakened by the de- fection of many republican stalwarte, it appeared likely the house would adopt the cruiser proposal. Cost $16,000,000. Rep. Tilson, of Connecticut, repub- lican leader, who is slated to move an amendment to the naval supply bill, said that $500,000 to $600,000 would cover preliminary work on the ships. Modern cruisers, completely armed, cost $16,000,000 each. Whether the support pledged by in- Tuential republicans would melt all opposition appeared to be a matter of doubt. The “big navy” forces listed speaker Longworth, Rep.. Begg of Ohio, assistant republican floor lead- ers; Rep. Snell (R.) of New York, chairman of the rules committee, and Rep. Garrett of Tennessee, the dem- ocratic leader, as supporters, Bill Will Pass. Rep. Butler (R) of Pennsylvania, chairman of the house naval affairs committee, predicted the three cruiser amendment would be adopted, If this is done he will accept an amendment to his bill authorizing ten cruisers, limiting the number to seven, he said. Passage of this bill and the Britten measure authorizing the elevation of big guns on American ships from 15 to 30 degrees will constitute the future “big navy” program for this session, Butler said. a Naval Chairman Exposed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. —(FP)— Chairman Butler of the house commit- tee on naval affairs, who has appealed tothe country for $400,000,000 for new construction in the navy, has been ex- posed in flagrant misrepresentation of the naval strength of Great Britain, which he used as a comparison, Butler, leading the bigger-navy agi- tation, declared that “England has al- ready built 40 of these cruisers,” when talking of new light cruisers. He left he impression that Britain had, since the war, been engaging in a tremend- ous expansion of her naval strength. Make Investigation. The national council for prevention of war has investigated and found that all but 8 of the 40 light cruisers possessed by Britain were completed prior to the Washington conference on naval limitation; 26 of them were finished before the end of the war. All of the cruisers owned. by the American navy were completed be- tween 1923 and 1925, The average age of the British cruisers is 8 years, and of the American only 2 years, More- over, 34 of the 40 British light cruisers are of less than 5,000 tons—the min- imum size for effective use in modern naval warfare in offensive fighting. The average is below 5,000 tons. All of the 10 American light cruisers are of 7,500 tons each, In speed, Tange of guns, and capa- city to carry airplanes, the Amerigan light cruiser fleet far outranks the British, Panama Canal Tolle. PANAMA CITY, — Tolls to the amount of $154,064,037 were collected from 37,599 commercial vessels which passed thru the canal from its open- ingon Aug. 15, 1914, to Dec. 31, 1926, according to the report of the gov- ernor of the canal zone. TS CREDENTIALS* TO THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ¢ cial to The Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY (By Mail).—-Alexan- dria Kollontai, Soviet minister to Mex- ico, presented her credentials to the Mexican government on December 24. All members of the cabinet were pres- ent and the ceremony was witnessed by the largest gathering in years, even the spacious patio of the presi- dentis wing of the national palace be- ing jammed with people unable to wedge into the reception salon, A special departure from precedent was made by the presence of a military band to greet the new representative, and Prsident Calles sent flowers to the U. 8. S. R. legation after the func- tion, with a personal greeting to Kol- Jontal. In her address Kollontai pointed out. the similarity of problems facing the two countries which serve to unite them with common aspirations—-espe- cially the problem of outside impe rialism, She expressed the hope that Mexico and the U, 8. 8, R. would soon be able to establish direct com- mercial relations, The address of the Polpred closed with the statement that tke U, S, S, R. esteemed Mexico for its courage in defending ite inde- pendence. President Calles, is replying, stated that “Mexico had long been subject to tyranny created and sustained by an arrogant and greedy capitalism,” and that it thus had ths sympathy and experience to understand Russia; “Jong and sad experience has taught us how praiseworthy and noble is the force of a nation that has spent of its blood and soul to make @ con quest of liberty,” President Callos declared that the Mexican government is ready to givi all its help and {ts full support to the representative of the U. S. 8, R, in her task #0 full of responsibility. OF NEWGRAFT HE DAILY Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, llinols, under the Act of March %, 1879. », by mail, $8.00 per year. Shicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, VIENNA’S SUICIDE LIST FOR 1926 TOTALS 720; YOUNGEST 3, OLDEST 80 (Special to The Daity Worker) VIENNA.—This city’s suicide rec- ord for 1926 reaches the astonish- ing total of 720, with the maiming of 1,100 more who attempted self-de- struction but failed. The city keeps a grim book, in which is noted with scientific accuracy every detail of the suicide and of the hour, weather conditions, etc., associated with the case, Of the 720 who killed themselves here last year the youngest was a child of 3 and the oldest was 80. In one case two girls of 16 bound themselves together and jumped into the river, The cause o¥ the epidemic is said to be now a spirit of hopelessness rather than the pangs of misery in the first pre-war years. SIGMAN'S THUGS ASSAULT LOYAL N.Y. UNIONIST Cloakmaker Is Near Death from Beating (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 5—Joseph De Mola, chairman of the Monroe Dress shop at 322 7th avenue is in Belle. vue Hospital today on the brink of death, the victim of ruthless gang- sterism. He was attacked by two gangsters and beaten senseless with lead pipe on the last day of the year after he had refused to ask the workers of the shop to attend a meet- ing arranged by the International un- der the leadership of President Mor- ris Sigman to further its union- wrecking campaign in the dressmak- ers’ union. Supported Local. According to workers in the shop, De Mola was ipproached by a busi- ness agent ffj,ghe international just + Aee ‘and asked to attend the meeting other workers of the shop. He re- plied that the workers had voted for the present administration of the joint board which the internationa! has “deposed,” and that they would not come to any meeting arranged by the international for the destruction of their local. In the late afternoon, according to the eye-witnesses, two gansters well known to be allied with the right wing forces, rushed into the shop and attacked the helpless De Mola. They beat him into insensibility before po- lice could be called. De Mola was taken to Bellevue with a fractured skull, and the two gangsters, Luis Blumenfeld and R. Rurse arrested on charges of assault. Has 5 Children. De Mola, who is a presser, had re- ceived a threatening letter the pre- vious week, according to his wife. It was anonymous, but declared that unless he ceased his activities for the Joint board he would be “fixed up.” De Mola and his wife have five small children. It is unlikely that he will recover. Even Murder. “This ruthless policy that does not even stop at murder shows plainly how little the bureaucracy cares for the workers’ rights or even for their lives,” declared Louis Hyman, man- ager of the joint board. “This attack is typical of the methods that are being used by the international to maintain power against the wishes of the majority of the members.” LAW COMPELLING JUDGES TO GIVE FOURTH DEGREE OFFENDERS LIFE UPHELD NEW YORK, Jan, 5.—The s80- called Baumes laws passed by the state legislature, which require that judges must give life sentences to fourth degree offenders, were up- held by the appellate division of the supreme court constitution: The laws deprive judges of discre- tion in such cases and fourth de- gree offenders must receive the maximum sentence, despite possible mitigating circumstances, In the opinion of the court, writ- ten by Judge E. S. K. Merrell, it was declared that the Baumes laws were no more arbitrary than the law requiring the death penalty for mur der. The court denounced what it de- clared as “the tendency of recent years toward laxity in law enforce- nt and leniency to criminals,” and said the increase In crime jus tified the legislature in passing such laws; A warning was given to judges that they must not refuse to enfonse the law because their discretion Ip remov and invite the FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1927 WRATH AGAINST BRITISH GROWS AMONG CHINESE Demonstrate at Han-| how Against English (Speci i to The Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, Jan. 5, — British au; thorities ve agreed to withdraw | British mi 8 from the British con- cession at ' inkow, realizing that the presence of 't le marines may provoke , it was reported here om Hankow say Canton- Ig claim that more than forty major €nd minor casualties were Tuesday's incidents at the British concession when a dem@nstration before the con- cessions {dispersed by British sail- ors. The Chinese accuse the sailors of “British gruelty.” A Chinese‘mass meeting at Hankow hag demanded that the government present a 72Zhour ultimatum to the British congiil, insisting upon the dis- arming of Volunteers and police and an apology from the British for the recent incidents, according to an even- ing news dispatch. If the ultimatum 290 <a» FORTRESS ONCE USED AS POLITICAL PRISON NOW PUBLIC MUSEUM (Special to The Dally Worker) SCHLUSSELBURG, UV. 8. S. R.— What for centuries was a chamber of. horrors is now a public museum. The old Schlusselburg fortress will be opened to the public, that they may ie the cells where political prisoners under the czars wore out their lives in solitary confinement. Here will be seen also the stone cell in which Ivan VI was mur- dered on instructions from govern- ment authorities, after 20 years of imprisonment, when his very iden- tity was unknown to his jailers, Send in your order for the Birth Day Edition! See Page Four. NICARAGUA TO BE TAKEN LIKE PANAMA STEAL Seen in Latest Move (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.— American ig rejected, @ general strike will be] mititary occupation of Nicaragua has called against the British. i **.* + Big Battle On. SHANG! between the Rorthern and the Canton- ese forces im the vicinity of Hangchow has being mded in scope today, with neither side having won any decisive advantage, General Sum Chuang-Fang, comman- der of the northern forces said he will leave Nanking for Hangchow to per- sonally d the attack against Fuy- ang. Me from Chekiang prov- ince say. ral generalissimo » front today. Chientang - river. * U. 8. Ships at Hankow. LONDON, Jan. 5. — United States gunboats have anchored off Hankow, according to @ central news dispatch. Reports that women and children have been ofdered from Hankow are unconfirmed, BAKERS JAILED FOR VIOLATING N.Y. INJUNCTION 10 Unionists Made Court Victims NEW YORK, Jan, 5.—Nine mem- bers of the Bakery and Confectionary Workers’ Union, Local 87, have been] between Dr, sentenced to jail here by Judge James C. Cropsey of the charged with violating an injunction issued by the court to prevent the} republic by the state department. union picketing a number of bakeries in Brooklyn/ The injunction, which resulted in the jailing of the unionists, was issued more than a year ago. All of the unionists are Jewish. Must "Pay Boss’ Attorney. Coupled with the jail sentences, the Judge ordered the injunction victim to pay the fee-of the attorney for the New York Jewish Bakery Owners’ Association, which was $500, and assessed them a fine of $250. B.\A.’s Get 30 Days. supreme court] of the country, and Adolfo Diaz, who been placed on a semi-permanent basis, which is plainly intended to be- come just as permanent as the Ameri- I, Jan. 5, — The battle | can occupation of Panama. This view was widely entertained by diplomats and other observers here today, following the White House an- nouncement that American marines and bluejackets are necessary in” Ni- caragua to protect the canal and naval base rights which the United States purchased from Nicaragua in 1914 for $3,000,000, Perpetual Occupation Se€en. The occupational forces are to be Chang Kai-shek | maintained, it was made clear by Pre- sof the Cantonese forces | sident Coolidge and Secretary of State ing the southerners. | Kellogg, despite the clamor in con- mded reached Shan-| gress for their removal, and the wide- Heavy | spread criticism of the policy which was Teported along the | has-..appeared in the _Europeam and South American press. Opponents of the administration’s policy pointed out today that the Ni- caraguan canal has not been started, and that the rights concerning it and the naval base are in perpetuity. From this they inferred that the right of American occupation to guard these treaty rights may similarly be con- strued as being in perpetuity. A La Panama. The American policy toward Nica- ragua, it is pointed out, bears a strik- ing resemblance to the American pol- icy in Panama. Acquisition of canal rights was followed by occupation to guard the canal, and this has been followed more recently by the con- summation of a treaty which makes Panama a virtual American depend- ency. Representatives of the liberal revo- lutionists in Nicaragua denied today there was any necessity for Ameri- can troops to protect the canal or na- val base rights. These are not at is- sue in the present civil war raging Juan B, Sacasa, who claims the constitutional presidency Permanent Occupation was elevated to the presidency of the Canal Not Involved. “I do not know that the canal rights or the Fonseca Bay concession are threatened by anybody,” said Dr. T. S. Vaca, the Sacasa ambassador, to day. “There is no canal under construc- tion and the marines have been land- ed at points on the Nicaraguan coast the farthest from the site of the pro- jected canal. Fight Bankers. “The constitutional government of Dr, Sacasa has never questioned the — es Barnett Heller and Meyer Pollack, } canal rights by direct or indirect word business agent of the union, sentenced to 30 days. Harry Green, were Tor action. This matter ha tirely foreign to the issues at stake ORKER. | Isaac Lefkowitz, Jacob Reivel, Wassil]in the struggle to re-establish consti- Bassan, Abraham Schrage, Max Hud-| tutional government in Nicaragua and nick, and Bli Provda received 10<lay| free the country from an onerous and sentences. irresponsible bankers’ rule. The case was’ initiated by the “According to messages, the Ameri- Probalsky' Brothers’ bakery at 332] can matines remain at Puerto Cabe- Snediker avenue, Brooklyn. zas and continue to hold war mate- An appeal from the decision will be vials belonging to the constitutional taken, Charles Solomon, counsel for government, thereby obstructing mili- the union, announced. tary operations of its army.” BULGARIAN OFFICIALS Bag yb! Sy op alt START YEAR BY MAKING THE USUAL ARRESTS an Latimer last week, and the Ameri- can commander proceeded to estab- \ish a censorship, and to disarm com- hatants. SOFIA, Bulgaria—Let no cynic say that the Bulgarian authorities do not possess a keen sense of hu- mor, In discussing the arrest of sev- eral persons alleged to be Commu- nists, the officials report that it was net due to a new “plot” to over- throw the government, but merely “the usual arreete of Communists.” a total lose today, three men are missi the vessel. All of the missing are Ne are also Negroes nolts NEW YORK EDITION Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ll. to Face Kellogg ~ Price 3 Cents Nicaragua Grill By Senate Body (Special to The Daily! Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Secretary of State Frank B. Kello; | e's foreign relations committal | is to be called before the senat to explain the administration's Nicaraguan policy, which has resulted in American military occupation of Nicaragua's prin- cipal ports and cities, it was announced today. The decision to summon Kell of the committee this morning which lz ogg was reached after a session sted for an hour and a half, and at which the Wheeler resolution was discussed at some s the immediate withdrawal of length. This resolution demand American jackets from Nicaragua on the ground that no American in- terests are endangered there. To Conduct Hearings. No action was taken on the Wheel- er resolution, but a sub-committee consisting of Senators Shipstead (FL) of Minnesota, Pittman (D) of Nevada, and Wills (R) of Ohio, was appointed to conduct hearings on the Shipstead resolution, which would prohibit the state department from using troops to insure the collection of any bankers’ loan to a foreign country, or from becoming a party to any agreement involving such private loans. Today’s meeting of the committes the first in weeks, was attended by fourteen members—attesting to the interest which the administration's Central Americanypolicy has aroused in senatorial minds. marines and blue-¢* dwelt Secre eated tha asked abou when he tee. Kellogg will mittee in exe not compa publi interest.” Look Into Press Tales. There was a full discussion, it was We will send sample copies of Tha DAILY WORKER to your friends~ New Aid to Wall Street's Puppet. WASHINGTON, Jan, 5.—The embargo on arms and ammunition gua. state department today lifted the to the Diaz government in Nicara- This was regarded as definitely aligning the state department with Adolfo Diaz in his efforts to suppress the liberal revolution under Dr. Juan Sacasa. By LAURENC& TODD, (Federated Press) WASHINGTON— (FP)—. President | Coolidge has failed in one of the most daring moves of press-gagging ever attempted by a chief executive | of the United States—his lecture to| be the press correspondents in Washing: | ton thru his mythical spokesman, on | the duty of the newspaper men to | support his foreign policies regard-| less of facts and principles that would | create criticism. | Resentment at his cool assumption that the press of the country should give him a blank check for any deal | he may wish to venture in Latin) America or China. or Europe has} flamed up in radical, liberal and con- servative editorial offices alike. A crawl and some sort of apology from Yoolidge is now anticipated. | On the afternoon before New Year's | day the press men went to White House and were astonished to | the | after the holiday recess, Senator Wheeler of Montana offered a resolu- tion declaring it to be the sense of the senate “that the United z ’ 7S ee marines should be withdrawn from, Nicaragua and our warships should | withdrawn from Nicaraguan ports.” In this resolution he recited the legal election of Salorzano and Sa- dent in on artd 1924, vice-president the constitu- of presidency by a military action, of Kellogg president Adolfo o resign, and the in recognizing as Diaz, who was never legally chosen Kellogg Gets “Busy.” at He declares th maintain out the Diaz vernment could not with- a stable aid of Ame hear from the “spokesman” a long ind involve discussion of their duty. | “Brass Check” Press Rebels. He told them it was their business to show the outside world that the | Washington government has a united iational sentiment behind its polic es. This ace of a bitter controversy between he newspaper men and the state de partment over the department's de- nial of obvious facts as to the raid on Nicaragua, the censorship estab lished there, and the receipt of pro- tests against this raid. The press had not called Kellogg a liar; it had published the statements of boil sides and left the public to choose between documentary evidence and Kellogg’s word. What made Coolidge the bolder in his suggestion of a nationwide self- censorship by newspapers in order to hide his foreign aggressions from the American people, was the arrival of January 1, with the going into ef fect of the Mexican land and oil laws, against which Kellogg had pro- tested and threatened in vain. The administration, forgetting how the press treated Woodrow Wilson when he sought to cover up his own autocratic acts, assumed that the big business press and its imitators would be glad to help him suppress unfavorable news to the consequences of his imperialistic blunders. In- stead, the New York papers came back at him with rebukes that give him a worse position than he has ever held before with the people, Wheeler Introduces Resolution, When congress opened on Jan, 3, Another Explosion on Boat Wipes Out Workers’ Lives, Injuring Many, BALTIMORE, Jan. 5.—The French four-masted schooner Richelieu was ing and believed dead, and 37 men are injured in. Baltimore hospitals, the result of an explosion and fire aboard gre doekmen, and 31 of theese Injured statement was made in| and marines; that warships were or- dered to Nic zuan wa and Ad- miral Latimer overnment or- ders landed ma s and cut off the Liberals from pply base and jestablished a censor p against the | constitutional government of sa “which tended to hinder and obstruet the Liberal forces” in their fight jto re-es h constitutional govern ment. He declared her that no | American lives Di have been jendangered by , 1 forces and that, under the circumstances, ati actions have violated in- | ternational law. Kellogg, on the e day, cancel- led his press interview. He was too “busy” to see the correspondents, and thereby cut off the public from any official inforr as to what he was doing Nicaragua, Mexico, her China or el MEXIGAN RAID VICTIM. BOUND OVER TO JURY MELROSE PARK, Ill, Jan, 6. — Augustine Morales, arreéted several weeks ago in a police raid upon the car homes of Mexican railroad work- ers here, the raid prompted by the death of an officer and a Mexican, was bound over to the grand jury charged with the murder of Officer Lyman Saahl. With Morales as the sole witness, the coroner's jury charged him with the murder of the officer without @ particle of evidence being presented, ; Regarding the death of the Mexican, Jose Sanobez, the jury found that he Saahl. “justifiable homicide.” 8 met his death at the hand of Officer The verdict in this death was His interpreter was Mexican vices consul Amador. The torney is Mary Belle Spencer, It was shown that Morales was badly beaten — up when be was arrested far from scene of the shooting by offwers, 1 defense at — i y