The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 11, 1927, Page 1

The Dally Worker Fighte: For the Organization of the Un organized, For a Labor Party. 4 For the 40 Hour Week, Vol. Ill. No. 305. Subscription Rates: Buchs 4 ‘4, 8x, 1030 eG Wash. ae +f am Presiden. rd ness toward Law. Senators charged thn. country into war with » ico, his Wall Street War! Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1943, at) the Post Office at » by mail, $8.00 per year, ‘hicago, by mail, $6.00 per year, ™r Jan. 8 say: be swayed in his policy of firm- the opposition in congress .... esident is deliberately leading this Secretary of State Kellogg held a long conference today with President Coolidge. Later it was emphasized that AMERICAN POLICIES WILL NOT BE CHANGED DESPITE CONGRESSIONAL ATTACKS. (Emphasis owrs.) One week ago we stated that the invasion of Nicaragua was a atep to war on Mexico and called for a united front of workers and farmers to resist all efforts to plunge this nation into a bloody strug- gle which could result only in a war of major proportions. From the imception of the Wall Street-Coolidge policy of con- timual and increasing pressure on Mexico in behalf .of oil, mineral and money kings, we have stated that American imperialist gov- ernment would not hesitate to make war on Mexico to gain its ends. Very belatedly, many of the “people’s spokesmen” in Washing- ° ton have realized that just as war on Nicaragua followed the in- vestments of American capitalists so will war be waged on Mexico if Coolidge and Kellogg are allowed to carry on. At a time like this, those who remain silent cast a vote for war and against the masses of workers and farmers in the United States, Mexico and all Latin America. Those who remain silent now are supporting Wall Street’s plans for feasting the vultures, already hovering over the plains and mountains to the south, on the bodies of American and Latin- American workers and farmers. Let no one be deceived by the contemptuous tone in which the Wall Street press speaks of Mexico and Mexicans, of Latin America and Latin Americans. The 120,000,000 inhabitants of the republics to the south will resist imperialist invasion to the death and will exact a bloody toll of all who are deceived or driven into following the flag of Wall Street southward with arms in their hands. Those who remain silent now are casting their vote for mass murder in the interest of those who rule and rob the working élass and the farmers of both the North and South American continents. Mass murder to swell the fabulous fortunes of frozen-faced, big-paunched amd soft-handed millionaires and billionaires and their pampered wives and offspring is the first point on the order of business of the Wall Street-Coolidge government. The first point on the order of business of the workers and farmers is to WRECK THESE WAR PLANS. Let the workers and farmers of the United States say to Coolidge and Kellogg and thru them to their Wall Street masters: We are against you and your war, We will not fight your war, but we will fight you. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the workers and@ farmers of Latin America against your Wall Sireet imperialism and we tell you again that WE WILL NOT FIGHT FOR YOUR LOANS, YOUR MINES, YOUR OIL WELLS, OR FOR YOU! Send the above message to every congressman and senator and io President Coolidge himself. Demand the withdrawal of every warship, soldier and marine from Mexican waters and from Nicaragua. Organize “anti-imperialist war meetings. Introduce anti-war resolutions in your unions, fraternal societies and co-operative or- ganizations. Insist that officials of these organizations voice your protests. STOP THIS WALL STREET WAR! Basecer Sen By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. now looks like war between the United States and Mexico, or rather wer on Mexico by the United States. it 1s ludicrous to hear the Washington administration say to Mexico: “Please do not try to strangle me.” And it is net, strange to see William Randolph Heerst, the infamous, former Anglo- phobe now turn Anglophile and boost for a unfon of America and England against the whole world. Those things do not happen by accident. The secret caucuses of the dominant capitalist fac- tions thru their Mesonic orders and Knights of Columbus hatch the plots to go thru some legal hocus pocus, but Calvin Coolidge invaded Nica- *ragua without even letting his secre- know of tt. Of course, the Nica- invasion was directed against for two reasons, as well as ‘the people of Nicaragua, First, American oil and land interests Mexico served notice on Coolidge he must protect them in their ing, else they will throw him into nearest political sewer. Second, developed a policy of taking the lead in South America against American imperialism. This could Not be tolerated in Wail Street, eo ee ‘HE Workers Party, whose organ The DAILY WORKER is, has thru , news articles and edi- Hea INDUSTRIALISTS BACKING FASCIST REGIME IN ITALY Mussolini Splitting Na- tion, Says Deputy NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—(FP)—Italy’s big industrialists are paying for the expensive upkeep of dictator Benito Mussolini’s fascist militia, Professor Gaetano Salvemini, exiled former dep- uty, told reporters upon his arrival in New York. The historian had his property, mostly publication rights for his books, confiscated by Mussolini and had to flee in fear of a fascist attack on his life, The fascist party is not the Italian nation, says Salvemini, “but only an unscrupulous armed minority.” Italy Not “Saved.” Mussolini and the fascisti have not saved Italy from Bolshevism nor achieved a great reconstruction, Sal- vemini states. “In the economic fleld they have profited by conditions be- yond their control, and they have light-heartedly squandered the fruits of these favorable conditions. In the political and moral field they have destroyed all faith in justice, all re- spect for right, all mutual tolerance. Nation Belng Destroyed. “They are destroying the Italian na- tion by splitting it up into a minority of masters to whom everything, even assassinations, is permitted, and a majority of slaves, deprived of all right and protected by no moral law.” The workers of Italy fall into the lat- ter group, with their right to organize unions stolen by force. Seek 3 Bandits. JOLIET, Ill, Jan. 9. — Police were searching for three bandits who lined up 35 men during a reported gamb- ling game a block from the station, securing $5,500. ‘Send _in a Sub to The DAULY WORKER today. A ed MINE WORKERS, NON-UNION, OUT ON WAGE STRIKE Pennsylvania Diggers Fight 1917 Scale \ By GEORGE PAPCUN. (Special to The Daily Worker) CRESSON, Pa., Jan. 9.—Non-union miners of five coal companies in Dis- trict Two have gone out on strike. Approximately 600 miners laid down their tools when operators cut their wages to the 1917 scale. Coal com- panies affected are: Jackson, Big Ben, Hughes, Commercial and Stan- wix. . It is predicted that the United Mine Workers Union will shut down the mines in Beaverdale, Portage, and Ben’s Creek by Monday night. Mine workers in the five mines were notified that when they return to work Monday the 1917 scale wouid be in effect. Coal and iron police are making daily visits to miners and their families urging them to return to work, Z Strikers Organize, The striking miners were immedi- ately organized by T. Welsh, board member of the United Mine Workers, who is located at Nantyglo. Welsh has declared that the miners at the Portage and Ben’s Creek coal com- pany properties may be expected to strike at any time. Miners at Beay- erdale and Hastings, properties own- ed by similar interests, are reported preparing to lay down their tools and quit. Hughes Co. Threatens. The Hughes Coal company repre- sentatives promised to restore the Jacksonville wage agreement, but will not recognize the miners’ union. The Hughes people are said to have threatened to “nail the drift shut” if the men do not return to work im- mediately, but the miners, under the leadership of Welsh, are determined to win this struggle. Police Patrol Distriot. The Union coal and iron police, who have been doing strike duty in this territory for two years, are en- gaged'in guarding the few scabs that are left. Rumors have it thet union officials and the mine operators are now ne- gotiating to reach an agreement, FALL MAY RUN FOR SENATE IS POLITICAL RUMOR; REED SAYS HE. WON'T BE SEATED WASHINGTON, Jan, 9.—If Albert 8. Fall, twice indicted in connection with the oil scandals, should ever be re-elected to the senate, he will never be seated. is was the concensus of opinion today among republican and demo- crats leaders, following reports that Fall plans to run for re-election to the senate on the republican ticket in New Mexico next year. While most senators laughed at the report, Senator Walsh (D) of Montana, the Teapot Dome “prose- cutor” whose Inquiry resulted in Fall’s indictments, predicted his ex- pulsion if elected, “We'll have another case in the class of Vare, Smith and Gould, if Fall should be elected,” said Walsh. Mexican Troops in Fight with Rebels MEXICO CITY, Jan. 9—A twelve- hour battle between federal troops and rebels in Guanajuato was report- ed to the minister of war. The rebels were put to rout with heavy losses and one priest was killed and another fatally wounded during the fighting. The battle occurred when federal troops attacked rebels who were re- sponsible for the recent attacks on the town of San Francisco Del Rin- con. mn : 7 y +3 UESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1927 DURHAM MINERS PROTEST HOURS LEAVE NO TIME FOR STUDY I EVENING LONDON.—An example of the un- bearable tétms which the British miners were forced to accept be- cause of their betrayal by the trade union officialdom is seen in the case of the Durkam miners whose hours are so outrageous that they are pre- vented = fr attending evening classes as has been their custom for a long time} Councillor T, Renfold declares that “the hours were such as to make {t impossible for at least two-thirds. the men and boys to attend evéning classe: He de- elared further that in is respect the hours were far worse than the ten-hour fits that existed when he was a because then the ma- Jority of the shifts ended at 4 p. m. while now nm and boys are return- ing to the pit bank much later, N.Y. DRESS UNICN FOR AGREEMENT " Workers Reject Morris Sigman’s Meddling (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan. 9. — The firm decision of the dressmakers to have nothing to d@ with any agreement made with the employers by Morris Sigman and other officers of the In- ternational was reiterated today by Charles S. Zimmerman, manager of the dress division of the joint board. Pointing out that since no reply had been made by the employers’ associa- tion to the demand of the joint board for a statement as to its intentions in making a new agreement, he declared that “the joint board, authorized by the membership, is free to take ac- tion.” “According fo the vote at the shop cMairmen’s ting last week and at the two bership meetings on Tuesday, the dressmakers will only recognize an agreement made in the regular way with the officers of the regularly elected joint board.” Consider New Agreement. The question of a new agreement in the dress industry has been fully considered by both shop chairmen in their crowded meeting last week, and at the membership meeting of Local 22 on Tuesday evening, at which the attendance was so large that it was necessary to take another hall. By unanimous vote all three meetings authorized the joint board to take any necessary steps for the protection of the workers in the new agreement, and the shop chairmen pledged them- selves to inform their employers that an agreement made with the Inter- national would not be recognized by the workers. At a meeting of the Italian workers from Locals 48 and 89 held in Webster Hall, more than 1500 workers pro- tested the brutal assault upon the Italian worker, Joseph Di Mela, who was attacked by gangsters of the In- ternational last Friday in the Monroe Dress Shop, a few hours after he had refused to attend a meeting arranged by the International. Loud boos greet- ed the announcement that his assail- ants, R. Rurse.and Louis Blumenfeld, who are receiving legal defense from the International, had jumped their bail of $10,000 each and could not be found for their arraignment, Louis Hyman, manager of the joint board, who received an ovation when he entered the hall and as he rose to speak, declared “These murderous gangsters will yet be found and brot to justice, We will not permit to go unchallenged such an attack upon this innocent man, who now lies dying in Bellevue Hospital, the victim of the gangsterism and terrorism of the In- ternational that attempts by such (Continued on page 3) FURUSETH DEMANDS U. S. LABOR PROTEST NICARAGUAN INVASION, WAR THREAT AGAINST MEXICO WASHINGTON, Jan. 9—(FP)—Andrew Furuseth, president of the International Seamen’s Union of America and a veteran delegate in con- ventions of the American Federation of Labor, took up with President Green on Jan, 6 the question of making a vigorous protest to the White House, in the name of organized labor, against the Nicaraguan occupation and the threats of war against Mexico. Military staff officers have estimated that conquest of Mexico would take from 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 men, and would require a campaign from 3 months to 5 years, owing to the difficulties of subduing the natives of a semi-arid and mountainous country. * * NOTE.—This is the first report from Washington indicating that \pressure is being brought to bear upon the officialdom of the American Federation of Labor to take a stand against the threatening war develop- ments, The A. F, of L. executive council meets this week at St. Peters- burg, Florida. TTS BOARD}: @ Chicugy, Hinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. OR. 290 Publisiied Daily NEW YORK EDITION except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL Price 3 Cents Congress in Protest as Coolidge-Kellogg Policy Hastens War on iWlexico (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Developments of the last several days in Washington and the scene of the war-like naval operations in the Caribbean, point unmistakeably to the fact, forecast by The DAILY WORKER a week ago, that U. S. imperialism is driving towards war with Mexico. 1 Fifteen first cla: _ The unprecedented naval array in the Caribbean (larger than that used to capture Vera * Cruz in 1914) ostensibly to protect the Diaz puppet government in Nicaragua, leaves no doubt that it is intended for use against Mexico. ss ships of war are not required to subdue a little country like Nicaragua and there are more blue-jackets and marines on board than the combined number of troops in the belligerent armies in Nicaragua. COOLIDGE AND KELLOGG DRIVE TOWARD WAR. 2. relentlessly on Despite vigorous condemnation of their policy in the press, in congress, and especially thru- out Latin America, Coolidge and Kellogg continue the imperialist path staked out in the threats made several months ago by the state department that it would take drastic steps against Mexico if the oil and land laws were put into effect. 3. Calles and his government continue to maintain the sovereign rights of Mexico and follow out the constitutional mandate to preserve the oil and mineral resources of Mexico for that country despite the protested leaseholds of American millionaires who are crying for interven- tion by the United States. OPPOSITION FINDS VOICE IN CONGRESS. Opposition to the administration policy has flared forth in the senate and the lower house in speeches by congressmen and senators that leave no doubt that Coolidge and Kellogg have a strong opposition in the legislative branch that, however, is being counterbalanced by the mobilization of the jingo forces under William Randolph Hearst and Secretary of War Dwight Davis., WARSHIPS RUSH TO SHANGHAI AS CANTONESE NEAR Believe Powers Seek to Aid War Lords (Special to The Dally Worker) SHANGHAI, Jan, 9—Interference with the Nationalist occupation of Shanghai in their successful drive down the Yangtze against thé north ern troops was seen in the gathering of ships of war by. various foreign powers for the os' ible purpose of protecting their nationals here. Five United States destroyers have arrived from Manila; more U. 8S. boats are due from the Mediterran- ean; several flotillas of English ships are on the way to reinforce the al ready large naval contingent: in the Yangtze; and the Japanese are re. ported mobilizing a large naval force at Nagasaki. Panicky Tales. Arrival here of some 300 — pani* stricken British, mostly women from Hankow and Kiukang has added to the needless uneasiness of the for- eign population. The “refugees” ar- rived here on British destroyers with terrible tales of “mobs” attacking the British concession in Hankow. It is unique that none of the harrowing tales related one instance of death or injury to the foreigns. The oc- cupation of the British concession in Hankow by the nationalists wa prompted by the shooting of Chinese by British marines. Hankow Is Quiet. Recent reports from Hankow, how ever, state that the Nationalists have again turned over the concession to the British and have assured protec- tion to the area. This was done after the British consul had given the na- tionalist foreign minister, Eugene Chan, assurances that the British troops would not molest Chinese, Anti-British sentiment in China is srowing apace and much agii*tion has been carried on. Nationalis: eaders, however, are assuring the various nationals that they need have no fear for personal safety and tha’ the agitation is directed against Brit ish imperialism and the unequal trea ies imposed by the foreign powers, GOVERNMENT RAN BOOTLEG PLANT 0 “TRAP” BOOZE SEEKERS, MELLON ADMITS (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Secre- tary of Treasury Mellon told the house judiciary committee that fed- eral prohibition officers had main- tained a “speak easy” in New York to entrap law violators and defend- ed the “undercover” work of A. Bruce Bielaski, formerly head of the department of justice’s bureau of investigation. The Mellon reply was made In an- swer to a resolution of Representa- tive La Guardia, republican of New York. The judiciary committee re- ported against further consideration of the subject. eee Up the Fight in Word ‘Gili’ (Special to The Dally Worker) MEXICO CITY, Dec, 9, — “It can be summed up in one word,” said President Calles to a group of Amer- ican investigators when asked to ex- plain the controversy between his country and the United States—“oil. There Is no controversy between the people of Mexico and the United States. All the difficulties are be- tween the people of Mexico and a small group of American capitalists inthe, United States who have be- sought the state department to back them up with force.” " Will Start Revolt. “The withdrawal of recognition,” Calles said, “will comfort three groups of the government’s enemies—the clericals, the political discontents and the reactionaries. There will, of course, be disturbances. But my gov- ernment will fully be able to control the situation.” This latter statement refers to out- breaks on the part of the catholics which have already been taking place and the activities of General de la Huerta in the United States looking towards the fomenting of a reaction- ary rebellion against the Calles gov- ernment. Ask for Free Speech Meeting at Purdue to Answer Sayre Attacks NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—A free speech meeting on the campus of Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., has been urged by the American Civil Liberties union in a letter from Forrest Bailey, a director, to Edward Johnson, secre tary of the university Y. M. C. In the interest of “sportsmanshi) and “fair play,” Bailey asked Johnson to give the Rev. John Nevin Sayre of New York City a chance to answer attacks made against him and the Civil Liberties union in the Novem-| ber 16 issue of the Purdue Exponent, student publication. 'WO Special Editions of The DA’ They must be given wide circu TWO SPECIAL ISSUES! * AND KELLOGG AS BULLET TARGETS Huddleston Nominates Them for Front Line (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan, 9, — “If there is war with Mexico, | nominate Calvin Coolidge as right guard and Frank Kellogg as closer of the files di the*~ front ranks of the army,” Congress- man Huddleston declared as specta- cular opposition to the Coolidge-Kel- logg policy of intervention in Nicara- gua flared forth in both houses of congress, While Rep. Huddleston (D) of Ala- bama, was charging in the house that the administration “is consciously and deliberately driving toward a war with Mexico,” Senators Wheeler (D) of Montana, and Heflin (D) of Alabama, were denouncing in the senate the lispatch of troops and warships into southern waters, “Won't Fight Dirty*Wars.” Heflin declared he was not going to “fight any dirty wars for special in- terests,” and Wheeler declared the ad- - ministration was “playing the bully” in Nicaragua and Mexico, “Before President Coolidge pledges us to another war some of the re- sources of the nation ought to be used to pay the soldiers fought in the last war,” declared Heflin “Filthy Money." “It is not right to thrust the United States into war. The very men who eeking to bring abo war are the men who had lo in the pital to defeat the bonus, and now | when their filthy ney is in danger they look to the soldiers for protee tion. “I for one don’t intend to fight any dirty wars for the special interests, I am going to be exceedingly careful about rushing American soldiers into (Continued on page 3) ILY WORKER are in preparation. lation, They will be issued incidental to the Third Anniversary of the starting of The DAILY WORKER, Jan. 13, 1924, and to commemorate the death of Lenin, Jan. 23, 1924, But these special editions will events, They will be dedicated, in fronting the workers of America and THE BIRTHDAY EDITION: on appeal again in the Ma ichusetts is being made for a congressional investigation of the frame-up activities of the department of justice in this another crisis in this everywhere as to its importance. THE LENIN EDITION: be dedicated to the working class st be an Anti-imperialist War Edition, tion in Mexico, Nicaragua and China from the Leninist viewpoint and constitute a valuable educational weapon in rousing labor for the war against war. It must receive a wide Order bundles of both these issues. Send tn the orders today at the rate of three cents per copy; $3 per 100. The DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chi- Address: cago, Wh Se ee AO lg It will be dated Thursday, Jan. 1%, and will contain special material on the Sacco-Vanzetti case that is now This special issue will help arouse workers This edition, dated Saturday, Jan. 15, will do more than commemorate these addition to great issues now con- of the world. state supreme court, while demand case. This month Is due to see ruggle against imperialism. it will It will deal with the present situa distribution,