The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 14, 1927, Page 1

j | | | | Jan. 13, 1924—Hail the Fourth Year of The DAILY WORKER!—Jan. 13, 1827] The Daily Worker Fights: For the Organization of the / organized, For a Labor Party, For the 40 Hour Week. Vol. IV. No. 1. SENATORS TOLD NAVY’S AIRPLANES READY TO GO SOUTH $ Sey Ne : y > " Subscriplszr * ° Gy ? OR sy ; oq 8 = p “4F ep } So 6 — Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Atside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. Entered at Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ulinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. FRIDAY, JAMUARY 14;.1927. in preparation for “maneuver: at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the aircraft squadron of the battle fleet at San Diego, Callf., is staging practice flights. Five planes in “V” formation are pictured here flying over the California City. Guantanamo Is the naval base of the U. 8. that commands the Caribbean Se: barre Sten By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. lent of celebrating another as we were of celebrating the second. We are not indulging in an idle boast be- cause we have survived during years that have seen labor publications ga- lore stagger back into the pulp mills. ‘What we intend to do on this third anniversary of The DAILY WORKER is to call the attention of the working- lass as vigorously and as earnestly @8 we possibly can to a cause which The DAILY ,has battled since it was founded, in addition to others. But this one is the most pressing. It is the cause of Sacco and Vanzetti who ssituwith the sword of capitalist injus- tice hanging over their heads, s * © HIS story has often been told. But it must be told as long as their Vives are in danger. That will be the case until the jail doors open for them and they ane again free, at least as free as workers can be under this rotten system of ours. Sacco and Vanzetti are the victims of as foul a crime as was ever perpetrated on members of the American working class in a country famous for frame- ups. Jt is the task of the American workers to set them free. It is in their power to do it. Once they real- ize this we are sure they will con- sider no sacrifice too great to force the hands of the Massachusetts jail- ers. The details of this frame-up are brief the two Italian labor agitators probably familiar to all of you. In (Continued on page 4) Why Not Become a Worker Correspondént? BIG RAILROAD INTERESTS CONSOLIDATE HOLDINGS IN PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINES CLEVELAND, Jan. 12.—(FP)— Consolidation of large mining in- terests controlled by railroad capi- tal is seen in the election of Mich- ael Gallagher of Cleveland as chair- man of 5 boards of trustees, each of which administers a Van Swer+ ingen coal Interest. Unification of control of these ex- tensive properties, including the Pennsylvania Coal Co, which has both anthracite and bituminous mines in 8 Pennsylvania counties, le a move of the Van Sweringens ‘in’ pushing their huge railroad merger. TAX HEARING ON FORD STOCK SALE REVEALS PROFITS ee eet ee edges COUNT STRIKE VOTE OF RAILROAD UNIONS ON 22 | SOUTHEASTERN SYSTEMS (Special to The CLEVELAND, Jan. 42-—(FP).— Investment of “$48,000 ‘The strike vote of conductors, train- Brings $52,000,000 (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 12.—Stagger- ing profits of the Ford Motor com- pany were revealed in the opening of the huge tax appeal case in which the government seeks to collect $34,- 000,000 from Sen. James Couzens and other former stockholders of the Ford company. Joseph E. Davies, former chairman of the federal tax commis- sion, now a defense attorney, gave facts showing how Ford piled profits upon profits in an almost unending pyramid. $100 Brings $52,000 in 10 years. One hundred dollars invested in the Ford company at the time of its or- ganization in 1903 earned $52,174 in 10 years, Davies revealed. “In 10 years, with an initial invest- ment of but $48,000 in actual cash, the Ford company had paid $23,000,- 000 in dividends and had amassed 322,000,000 in property,” Davies de- clared. “In 1904, the company made $200,000. By 1907, those earnings had increased five fold and were $1,011,- 000. Within two years these earning had been doubled and were $2,600,000 Within three years these earnings were again multiplied five times and were $13,000,000 for the year. In an- other year, they were again doubled and amounted to $26,000,000. Surplus Tremendous. “The growth of the company’s sur- plus wag no less remarkable, Starting with a surplus of $183,000 in 1904, in three years its surplus had reached $1,377,000. Three years later, it had reached $3,366,000. Within two more years or in 1912 the surplus was $14,- 745,000. On March 1, 1918; it had increased to $22,000,000.” Claim Tax Too High The startling earnings were reveal- ed by Davies in outlining the position taken by the former stockholders. Senator Couzens and his co-defend- ants dispute claims of the govern- ment that the $9,489 value per share set by the bureau of internal revenue as the value of the stock as of Mar. 1,, 1913, was too high. In fixing the (Continued on page 2) Hindenburg Asks for New German Cabinet; Curtius to Be Head (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Jan. 12, — President Hindenburg has asked Dr, Curtius, minister of commerce in the Marx cabinet, to form a new cabinet, men anid yardmen of 22 southeast- ern railroads will be canvscsed a Washington, Jan, 20, accarding to President William G. Lee, Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen, An arbitration board functioning under the Watso Parker act has awarded the eastern district con- ductors and trair-- > 7/4 percent increase, averaging about 42 cents a day. The same compromise was offered to the southeastern roads by the men after negotiations, but was rejected. Daily Worker Banquet at Los Angeles Will Celebrate Third Year (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12.—Jan. 15 is a “red letter” day for Los Angeles workers when the’third anniversary of The DAILY WORKER will be cele- brated here with a banquet. Arrange- ments for more than 500 have been made at the Co-operative center when the militant workers of Los Angeles will gather to celebrate three years of leadership of the only English working-class daily in the United States. The week after, on Jan, 21, the Lenin memorial meeting will be held at the Co-operative, 2607 Brooklyn avenue, Albert Weisbord, leader of the Passaic strike, will be the main speaker. Tickets for this mass meet- ing are 25 cents. EAR COMRADES: thruout the whole continent. effective way of uniting our GET YOUR UNION TO TELEGRAPH CONGRESS TODAY! N, Jan. 12.—Fifteen have for some time id along the Mexican border in anticipation of “possible trouble” with lexico, it was said to- day at the War department. It was omy ized, however, that “this conce fon. was in no way connected the danger of war” contained in We present strained rela- tions he United States and by THE. DAILY W Published Datly except Sund: hington Blvd., Chic PUBLISHING Co., 1118 W. V > F LB 290 Mexico Replies To “Bis Stick” Talk; Liberals Cut Off (Special to The Daily Worker) j WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Admiral Julian S. Latimer, in command of American forces in the Caribbean, has received in- structions to entirely bottle up the liberals and has extended his | control over the entire east coast of Nicaragua. | Mexico has sent a reply to Coolidge’s “big stick” message | to the senate in which Mexico's rights as a sovereign nation are | firmly upheld and the position of the United States as an ag-/| gressor exposed. Kellogg Before Committee. Secretary of State Kellogg went before the senatorial in- vestigation committee on Nicaragua, as the congressional oppo- sition to the administration on the southern invasion took on a} more belligerent tone. These are the outstanding new developments in the powder magazine situation that has been created by the imperialis pptblic. Officials of the Mt also added that recent significance in the present ort Only 01 ized Forces There. The army’ s on the Texas and Arizona borders include the only com- pletely ‘orgemized infantry and cavalry divisions, whieh were described at the war departimetit as. “the only readily mobilizable its in the country.” ‘These divisions are the 2nd infantry, with headquarters in San Antonio, and the ist cat ¥, with headquarters in El Paso. American’ forces stationed at or Soaginac te rn 38 Be ee arn Fort’ , " Antonio, Tex.—2nd infantry division, command- ed by Major General William D. Con- nor, made up of the Ist, 9th, 20th and 28rd infantry regiments, and the 12th and 15th field artillery regiments; total strength: 380 officers and 6,160 men. Fort Brown, Brownsville, Texas — 12th cavalry, commanded by Colonel William T, Johnson; 1,000 men. Fort Ringgold, Rio Grande City, Texas—One squadron of the 12th cavalry, commanded by Leiut. Col. C. O. Thomas, Jr.; 300 men. ArtiHery Regiment. Fort McIntosh, Laredo, Texas—4th field artillery regiment (less one bat- | talion), commanded by Colonel Robert | Foy; 500 men. Fort Clark, Texas — ist cavalry brigade, commanded by Brig, Gen. Leroy Eltinge; 5th cavalry regiment, commanded by Colonel W. B. Scales; 800 men. Eagle Pass, Texas—Cavalry detach- ment of 23 men. Marfa, Texas—Ist cavalry regiment, commanded by Colonel Conrad S. Bab- cock; 500 men, Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas—1st cavalry division, commanded by Brig. Gen, Edwin B. Winans, made up 7th cavalry regiment, commanded by Col. Fitzhugh Lee; 8th cavalry regiment, commanded by Colonel Samuel McP. Rutherford; one battalion of the 28th field artillery; one battalion of the 8th march of the U. S, thru Latin¢—— oF America. Washington. Ascending the Escondia River for a Ridicule Mexican War Charges. | distance of 60 miles, U. 8. marines} The statement ridicules the sugges-| have established a neutral zone in|tion that Mexico wishes to face the the heart of the country as a further | United States in a military way, but extension of the U. 8. offensive/is emphatic in its declaration that | against the rebels who are now bar-/Mexico is prepared to go to any} red from the entire Atlantic coast by | length to preserve its independence | similar “neutral zones.” against all aggressors. j Liberals Cut Off. For three hours today, Secretary of The situation for the liberals, it is | State Kellogg labored behind closed } reported, here is becoming very diffl-| doors with the senate foreign rela- cult. They are cut off from food and} tions committee, endeavoring to con- munitions entirely and are unable to| vince its members that the adminis- follow up their victories over the Diaz |tration’s “big stick” policy in Cen- forces that brot them to the gates of} tral America is justified by the trend the capital last week. The transport | of events there. Argonne is said to have landed five Failed to Move Nd eck de ‘oops at Bluefie t the conclusion of his three-hour While’ these “SHebaive: operetibaa'’ tai aan was appuretit’ that hé the U.S. military in Nicaragua are go-| had failed to convert those who have ing on, Mexico is expréssing its deter-| strenuously opposed the intervention | mination to defend its independence.|in Nicaragua’s civil war, for oppon- The message, signed by Aaron Sanez, | ents of the administration’s policy | Mexiean minister of foreign affairs | left the session declaring their opin-| and released thru the Mexican embas-| ions unchanged. sy here, does not deny that arms were| Senator Borah (R) of Idaho, chair- supplied to the Sacasa government of | man of the committee and one of the Nicaragua from Mexico. He declar-| st persistent critics of the dis- ed that the Central American conven-| patch of warships and marines to the tion of 1923 gives Mexico the right to| Caribbean, declined to say anything recognize Sacasa. So far as the “con-| after the session. | fiscation” charges with regard to “IT know of nothing new in this sit- American oil property in Mexico is | uation,” said Senator Shipstead (FL) concerned, the minister said that|of Minnesota, who opposed interven- | Mexico proposed no such action andj tion, “and my opinion is unchanged. that every American was entitled at| The facts as revealed in my opi any time to appeal his case to the|do not justify our intervention in Ni- mixed-claims committee sitting in | caragua.” Peon ean ts FOR ‘SERVICES’ 10 R. R.’S DEAL FOR MEXICO Thinks Calles’ Program | Should Have Chance MEXICO CITY, Jan. 12.—Hubert C Herring, who is the leader of an_un- official investigating committee of 40 professional men investigating condi- tions in Mexico, commends the Calles (Special to The Daily Worker) DECATUR, Ill, Jan, 12—(FP)— 66 “eputy sheriffs who guarded the Wabash railroad scabs at Decatur during the shopmen’s strike of 1922 are suing Macon county fer nack pay totalling more than 36,000. The county contends that the men were well paid by the Wabash at the time. The men were given $5 a day and board by the rail- engineers (mounted); 2,000 men. Troops from 9th Corps Area. Camp Harry B, Jones, Douglas, (Continued on page 2.) ‘Greetings from Mexican Communist Party MEXICO, D. F., January 7, 1927. The third anniversary of The DAILY WORKER is an opportune date for the Communist Party of Mexico to extend its warmest greetings to our fight- ing brothers of the Workers (Communist) Party of America who have succeeded in plant- ing the red flag of the revolution in the very heart of international capitalism. The DAILY WORKER represents an impulse which should be initiated and diffused 'f The DAILY WORKER had a Spanish section it would find a wide circulation thru- out Latin America especially at this time when the struggle against American imperial- ism is more marked than ever before. : the exchange of permanent language sections in our respective organs would be an ress in the struggle against Wall Street imperialism. WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! RAFAEL CARRILLO, General Secretary, Commun WITHDRAW ALL U.S. WARSHIPS FROM NICARAGUA! NO INTERVENTION IN MEXICO! HANDS OFF CHINA! roads. government on the progress it hac shown in constructing the country and believes that the United States should allow the Mexicans to handle their affairs in their own way. Join the war against the imperialist war, “Mexico is weaker than we,” said Herring, “with the accrued abilities of 400 years of tyranny. Mexico at present is balancing her budget, build- ing schools, roads and irrigation work, restoring the alienated rights of In- |dians, to right the wrongs of centuries, Who are we to deny her the right? “Herein lies the peril of constant pressure and reiterated insistence upon legal rights—all this gives com- fort to those who would plunge Mex- ico into bloody rebellion and encour- ages those who would undo all the accomplishments of the Mexican revo- lution, ““Por the first time in 400 years there is hope in Mexico, We cannot understand Mexico without going back to our own revolutionary days, when men fought with a courage which would not be denied and witha hope which saw beyond disorder and tyranny to democracy and peace.” D0 ist Party of Mexico. y Special Anniversary Edition ORKER cago, Ill. EARS Price 3 Cents KELLOGG RAISES it RED’ SCARE TO COVER INVASION Attributes Latin Hate to Communists (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan, 12.— Raising again the old reliable smokescreen of “Bolshevism”, Wall Street’s Secre- tary of State Kellogg, speaking before the senate committee on foreign rela- tions, declared that “international Communists” are stirring up anti- American feeling in Mexico, accord- ing to a statement made public by Senator Borah, chairman of the com: mittee. The Fear of Dollar Diplegaeel “The Bolshevik leaders have had very definite ideas with respect to the role which Mexico and Latin America are to play in their general Program of revolution,” said the statement. “Communists in the United States have been repeatedly instructed to devote special attention to the Struggle against ‘American imperiai- ism’ in Latin America and to the organization of resistance to the United States. “They have set up as one of their fundamental tasks the destruction of what they term American impe- rialism as a necessary prerequisite to the successful development of the international revolutionary movement in the new world.” To Cover Up Latin Rese». “ment. pRpldaetatemoents. tas diainly quads by Kellogg as an explanation of the storm of opposition to the American invasion of Nicaragua now sweeping Latin America and causing a deluge of criticism of the state department in this coun It follows out the line of Kellogg-Coolidge policy to- wards Mexico which has also been a well calculated propa- posing the Calles vernment as a source of “Bolshe sm” that is spreading thruout Latin America. Anti-Imperialist League Replies. Replying to the Kelic charges, the Washington rep: ve of the All-America Anti-Impe: League who: United States sections in the and Latin America hav ducting a camps tary occupati “Secret been con t the mili not deceive anyone by charges, The is that American’ feeling in Latin America if such it can be called, is due not to Cc the Communists of y Kell pany with the Street imperia government at but the acti nself, inc nis of Wat ake up the hington, “With U. S. military and nayal forces making the Caribbean Sea an American lake, with ent U. §. imperialist threats t Mexico and with S. marines occupying the soil of Nicaragua at the present mo ment, in defiance of the overwhelm- ing majority of the Nicaraguan nw tion,—it is not nec to ask why Latin Amer uniting against Wall Street and Washington. Brutal Policy. “The All-America Anti-Imperialist League, organized to unite all anti- imperialist elements against American imperialism, is able to do so only be- cause the brutal policy of American (Continued on page 2) AUSTRALIAN LABOR HEAD’ IS PLEASED WITH ‘DAILY’: ASKS ONE FOR OWN LAND That The DAILY. WORKER finds a response among militant workers not only in the United States but everywhere in the world where English is spoken is shown by the appreciation of The DAILY recelv- ed from the secretary of the Labor Council of New Soth Wales (Aus- tralia). The letter reads: “We appreciate reading your pa- per and it would be pleasing if we had in this country a dally such as you have in America.” NT DELAY! SON eA NE RL RITE EN i, Ait)