The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 17, 1927, Page 1

i RL AS OE ESI ET A SS TE a ee The Dally Worker Fights: * For the Organization of the Un organized, For a Labor Party. For the 40 Hour Week, Vol. IV. No. 4. a BEN GITLOV: *:2*° Subscription Rates: 2 fete, Outside Chicago, “1) FROM LOCAL 4, N.Y., BY »_ %//op2 oe? ~" OFFICIALDOM ie” ae (Spe 2> id NEW YORK, Jan, 16.—Carn_ Board of the Amalgamated Clothin, manager of the New York Joint Board, \ ber of the Workers (Communist) Party, fr on, Abraham Beckerman, “en Gitlow, prominent mem- the union by forcing an aye and nay vote in Local 4, of which Gitlow was a member, He was expelled on the following Trade Union Educational League, for grounds: For being a member of the being a Communist and for attacking the A. C. W. leadership at public meetings and in the press. In a speech that lasted a full hour, Gitlow lashed the expulsion policy of the officials of the union. Beckerman, in closing, avoided real issues and attempted to create hysteria against the Communists. berror% Sten T. J, O'FLAHERTY. HE wild Bill of the Idaho pampas, Senator Borah, has delivered his speech and the mighty voice is now silent. “Silent” Cal continues. to dis- patch warships to Nicaragua and Kel- logg continues to poison the public mind against Mexico. The administra- tion knew beforehand that Borah’s opposition is not to be taken serious- ly, Even Norman Hapgood, as com- Placent a liberal as ever lived, de- Clares that Borah has betrayed the liberal cause in not going to the mat with Coolidge on his Latin-American policy. - ae) HAT else could be “expected? There ts- even less difference be- tween liberal and tory in England. The general strike proved that under the skin the liberal and the tory are 8 alike as two peas. Leaders of both parties vied with each in denouncing the miners and upholding the cause of the mine owners. The British work- ing class, unlike ours, have had enuf experience with liberals and tories to convince them of the necessity of hav- ing a political party oftheir own which they can hold responsible for their conduct, eee OLIDGE has succeeded in getting all South America on its ear against his policy of aggression in Mexico and Nicaragua. Mass meet- ings are held in Argentine and several ether countries. The capitalist scrib- blers conveniently attribute all their troubles to “Soviet propaganda,” just a8 every scab-herding employer whose employes strike against intolerable conditions blames his trouble on Com- munist agitators, instead of attribu- ting them to the proper cause: the grinding exploitation of capitalism. Bie oe ‘HEN the wave of protest that is surging thru South America be- gins to express itself in the boycott of American goods as it did in China @gainst. British and Japanese goods, then our jingoes who are in the ex- porting business will begin to realize that banana growers and oil magnates may be having the best end of the Coolidge policy. The best place to hit dmperialism is in the head but the im- perialist’s most sensitive spot is his pocketbook. see O tar the A. F. of L. chiefs in ses- sion at St. Petersburg, Fla. are unmoved by the threat of war against Mexico and the intervention in Nicar- @gua. But they are concerned with radical activities in the trade unions. William Green in a public address de- elated that he is in a finish fight to @rive the radicals out of the unions. A Herculean task truly. This is not the first time such a man’s sized job Wag essayed, but its accomplishment 4s yet in the future. In the meantime the Amalgamated Clothing Workers proved its eligibility to stand under the same roof with the A. F, of L., by expelling Benjamin Gitlow, Com- munist, for “conduct unbecoming a labor man.” see T is a relief to turn from this ' gloomy subject to a little incident in Chicago politics which proves that every cloud has a silver lining and that the darkest hours come before dawn. Only occasional rays of light have managed to break thru the gloom of Chicago's underworld since the boys who are engaged in the business of enforcing the law learned that the traffic could bear a lot of punishment. ‘The poor fellows who try to make an honest living by giving adventurous {Continued on page 2.) 500 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR LENIN MEMORIAL IN NEW YORK; APPLY TUESDAY NEW YORK, Jan. 16—Five hun- dred comrades are ni i as ‘ushers, captains, literature agents, etc., at the New York Lenin memo- rial meeting. Volunteers should report Tues- day, Jan, 18, 8 p. m. at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th street, where they will be assigned to their tasks. | The success of the meeting de- pends largely upon these volunteers. Come yourself and bring others with vou, the committee aake. 4h \ BOSTON CLOAKMAKERS TO HEAR N. Y, JOINT | STRUGGLE PRESENTED (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 16.—Under the slogan, “Prevent a split in the Cloakmakers’ Union,” Boston needle workers will. listen to prominent members of the New York cloak- makers’ joint board tell of the strug- In Chicago, by mail, Entered at Second-class mact .00 per year, by mail, $6.00 per year, GREEN REGIME ORDERS ATTACK ON LEFT WING Desperate Policy of Ex- termination Begun (Special to The Daily Worker) TAMPA, Florida, Jan, 16, — The executive council of the American Federation of Labor meeting at St. Petersburg considered the report of a committee headed by Mathew Woll that investigated New York needle trades unions, said President William Green, and that “shocking conditions” were found to exist. With special reference to the New York Furriers’ Union, which under left wing leadership won a strike re- cently, Green declared that the mem- © September 21, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1 bers of the union were “mostly for- eigners” and susceptible to teachings of a "destructive nature.” He claim- les of the cloak and dressmakers of that city to maintain their union following a long strike in the face of a concerted attack by the inter- national officers and the bosses. The big mass meeting will take place at Scenic Auditorium, Berkley and Tremont Sts., Tuesday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m Local right wingers attempted to break up a similar meeting held previously, but failed. The speakers from New York will address the workers In English, Yiddish and Italian. SIGMAN’S PACT WITH BOSSES IN SECRECY CLOUD Gave Away Hard Won ~ Rights, Report (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Jan, 16—Betrayal of the workers’ interests in order to gain ilfegal contro! over the union Is seen by trades union leaders In the agre( ment with the dress manufacturers, now reported “practically reached” be- tween the International and the em- ployers, Important conditions which the workers had gained after years of struggle are~being signed away in President Moses Sigman’s attempt tc maintain himself in power in the un- jon. Concessions to the manufactur- ers already granted are sald to in- clude the abolishing of the minimum guarantee for piece workers, the loss of pay of 15 per cent in addition to the regular wage for temporary work- ers, the concession of no pay for holi- days which fall on Saturdays, the practical abolishment of the svhedule for price settlement, the permission manufacturers to change the sys- tem of work in the shop from week work to piece work without consent of the workers, the extension of the discharge clause giving employers ad- ditional rights of discharge, Fights for Secrecy. Another clause pledges the Inter- national to put every barrier in the way of shops that wish to sign an agreement independent of that made by the association. Altho so many changes and losses to the workers are being put into the agreement, Sigman is fighting to keep its exact terms gec- (Continue* on prge 5) COOLIDGE’S COAL LEGISLATION 1S KILLED IN HOUSE Plan to Interfere in Coal Strikes Frustrated (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, — Presi- dent Coolidge’s plan to gain power to interfere in case of coal strikes has been doomed by this session of con- gress. The Parker bill, which em: bodied Coolidge’s ideas for ending a strike by the use of government pow- 2r, Was rejected by the house commit- ee on interstate commerce by a vote of 16 to 6, Coolidge’s request for authority was turned down by the committee de- spite the warnings he made on the Possibility of a coal strike this spring, which he claimed would make neces- sary executive interference. Republicans from coal districts, lis; tening to their coal miner constitu- ency, and de: united t@ grus-{ Workers! Attend the Lenin ed the’ committee has “conclusive proof that Moscow directed the recent strike of that organization.” For Expulsion, The decision of tne council, he an- nounced, was to expel every known Communist who held office or had any influence from the ranks of the A, F. of L, It is significant that these revela- tions were made at a meeting in Tampa at the City Auditorium follow- ing an afternoon tour of the city as guests of the Board of Trade, which later in the day banqueted the mem- bers of the council. On the same plat- form at the auditorium were promi- nent business and commercial men of the city. Mr. Green was preceded by Under Secretary Grew, of the state department, who explained the func- tions of the U. S. diplomatic service and the important relation this service bears “to our commercial and indus- trial interests abroad.” More Harmony. Mr. Green pointed to the presence of members of the board of trade on the platform as evidence of the “harmony existing between capital and labor in Tampa and elsewhere.” Mr. Green told the several hundred ; in the audience that labor, in the early days, had been misund stood and assured the bosses that the A. F. of L. could be rellied upon for “amicable co-operation.” All struggle between capital and labor, he said, could be ended “by frank, honest un- derstanding and truthfulness.” This goal, he said, has practically been reached, “Patriotic Service.” He dwelt at length on the patriotic services the unions gave during the war and ended by urging the workers of Tampa to give “a big measure of labor” to their employers and to boost for their “beautiful city.” MOROS REVOLT IN PHILIPPINES; DEFY OFFICIALS U.S. Soldiers Stage War Maneuvers MANILA, P. I, Jan. 16.—Moros on |the island of Sulu are in revolt against \high and unjust taxes leveled against |the natives by the government. A force of more than 200, headed by Datu Tahil, have established a strong- hold at Jolo where they are success- fully repelling attempts of the con- stabulary to suppress them. The send- ing of U. S. troops against the rebels is expected momentarily, U. &. Soldiers Display “Wares.” At the time of the revolt American soldiers are conducting military maneuvers on the opposite extremity of the island of Luzon, calculated to impress the native Filipinos with the war strength of the United States. “Sham” battles are being fought by what the government calls “reds” and ‘blues.” The “game” also has the result of whetting the “ap- petites” of the soldiers for actual con- flicts. ss Score Kellogg’s Chorges. MANILA, Jan, 1b, — Secretary of State Kellogg's charges of Bolshevism in the Philippines is branded as a smoke screen to conceal blunders of the United States in its policy in the islands and in Latin-America by the Philippine Herald. Kellogg imcluded the Philippines in his statement, declaring Communists were to blame for the Latin-American situation, The newspaper said that if Com- munists had been active here the United States “would have raised a hue and cry long ago.” Instead it has been blaming native politiciang for the indeperidence agitation. Memorial Meetings! ‘ 1923, WORKERS EVERYWHERE SHOULD ATTEND LENIN MEMORIAL MEETINGS All the Lenin Memorial Meetings this year will become demonstra- tions against Wall Street imperial- ism’s aggression in Nicaragua, Mex- ico and China. Workers and farm- ers everywhere should swell the throngs attending these gatherings. Meetings already @mnounced are as follows: c . JANUARY 18, BINGHAMPTON, Wr Y., Hall, 271 Clinton St. MAYNARD, Mai Jd. P. Cannon, JANUARY 19. LAWRENCE, Mags., J. P. Cannon. JANUARY 20. ST. PAUL, Minn,, Jay Lovestone. ROCHESTER, N, Y., 680 St, Paul St. PROVIDENCE, R, }., J. P. Cannon, JANUARY 21. HARTFORD, Conn. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., stone. BOSTON, Mass., J. P. Cannon. Lithuanian Jay Love- NEW YORK CITY, Madison Square Garden, Rut ‘ing, , LEDO, Ohio. CHISHOLM, “Minn.” Jay Lovestone, speaker. NORWOOD, Mass., J. P. Cannon, JANUARY, 23. WASHINGTON, D, C., Playhouse, C. Ruthenberg, PITTSBURGH, Pa., Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St, W. F.Ounne. PASSAIC, N. J¢ 8p. m., 27 Dayton Ave., A. Markoff. BUFFALO, N, Y., 2:80 p. m., Workers’ Forum Hall. PERTH AMBOY, N. J., 7:30 p. m., 308 Elm St., Pat Devine, DULUTH, Minn., 2:00 p. m., Jay Love- stone, SUPERIOR, Lovestone. CHELSEA, Mass., Jay Lovestone. CHICAGO, Ill, Ashland Auditorium Max Bedacht. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., 8:00 p. m. NEW HAVEN, Conn., 2:00 p, m. DETROIT, Mich., 2:30 p. m., Armory, W. Z. Foster. JANUARY 24, HANCOCK, Mich., Jay Lovestone. JANUARY 28, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., C. E, Ruthen- berg. Londo Gikaal ites. Matteotti Evidence LONDON, Jan. 16.—Proving con- Wis. 8:00 p. m., Jay clusively the guilt of the fascist gov- ernment of Italy in the murder of Deputy Matteotti, socialist, what is said to be the only existing copy of evidence in the murder trial last spring is now held by the London Sehool of Economics. The evidence, which contains verbatim testimony of the trial, was given to the school by Prof. Salvemni, antifascist and former socialist deputy. Brownsville Workers Must Support I. L. D. A meeting of) the Brownsville Branch of the International Labor De- fense will be held in the Workers Center, 63 Liberty Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., on Tuesday, Jan, 18, at 8 p. m. ANNOUNCE COOLIDGE TO | VISIT U. S. STEEL'S baRY FOR MEMORIAL GARY, Ind. Jan. 16—The Gary chamber of commerce this after- noon received official word from Washington that President Coolidge will visit Gary and the Calumet Dis- trlot on Memorial Day. The presi- dent, it le stated) will take part in dedicating Wicker Park, Gary, as Lake county's memorial to ite sol- dier and sailor dead. Caan « SS toe RR RRR ARE SS ANE le ra Be A NO es EY ERS Re SOE TONED tl CT AOS OS PROMO AIO cA Men 5 SEER HE DAILY WORKE at the Post Office at Chlcage, Mlinois, under the Act bf March 3, 1879. 927 jE” Published Daily except Sunday PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. [HE DAILY n Blvd., Chic by Washin, w NEW YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents Kellogg’s “Peace” Talk Is Merely Maneuver to Stem Tide of Opposition (Special to The DAILY WORKER. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Casting about for ways in which to stem the growing tide of resentment against the administration's Nicaragua-Mexican policies, the resources of the state department have produced a number of “peace proposals,” the insincerity of which are reveal- ed by the adamant refusal of the Coolidge regime to even consider the recall of the armed forces of the United States from Nicaragua. The state department announces its “readiness” to sanction mediation by “any Central American government, in the Nicaraguan dispute. In view of the fact that every Central Amer- ican country is, like Nicaragua, under the bows of a big American fleet in the Caribbean Sea; that the devious intrigues of the state department do not stop with Nicaragua but extend to all countries of Central America; that one o adjunct; that the people of the rest of Central America, as do the Nicaraguans, resent the presence of the U. S. naval force and the occupation of Nicara- gua—in view of these things, coupled with the fact that Kel- logg has expressed his deter- mination to sustain the Diaz re- gime at all cost—this offer of the administration presents it- self as a mere diplomatic ruse growing against the Latin- American invasion, Mexican “Plan.” Along with’ this maneuver, another is brot into use in the case of Mex- ico. Secretary Kellogg has told the press that the cases of property brot into question under the Mexican ofl and land laws can be re- resulted in American recognition of his regime. The principal American member is Charles Beecher Warren, of Detroit, who is now in Washington consulting with Kellogg. The claims commission was set up for the purpose of passing upon in- demnities to be paid to American owners who claimed losses as the re- sult of the Constitution of 1917. Since the point upon which the ad- ministration has been concentrating to sopify the bulk of opposition | American | ferred to the Mixed Claims Commis-| sion under Obregon in 1923 and that] tail tb f these countries, Panama, is merely a Washington Nearing Has Special Message for New York Lenin Memorial; Is One of Imposing Array of Speakers at Big Madison Garden Affair NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Scott Near ing, noted lecturer and writer, will be one of the principal speakers at the New York Lenin memorial meeting at the New Madison Square Garden Saturday evening, January 22, at 8 p.m. Nearing recently spent severe months study conditions in the So- viet Union, and has just complete: lecture tour of the Uinted States. Special Message. This is the first time that Nearing will speak at a mass meet- | ing held under the auspices of th Workers (Communist) Party. Heh a special message for the workers | New York which no militant should ear, Other noted speakers wil be C. E Ruthenberg, general secretary of th Workers (Communist) Party of Amer. ica; Wm, Z. Foster, secretary of the .Trade Union Educational League; Louis Engdahl, editor of The DAILY WORKER; M aye J. Olgin, note revolutionist and editor of the J S monthly, “The Hammer;” Willia Weinstone, secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party, District Two, and Scott in its diplomatic war with Mexico is the whole question. of “confiscation” that Kellogg declares is involved in the oil and land laws based on the mission can be of litte Help venting a clash. It is generally agreed that with the Coolidge administration demand- ing from Mexico concessions that can only be made by the rewriting of that country’s constitution and complete “freedom” and ownership of acquired properties by American concerns, that the claims commission’s ability to wmeliorate the relations between the wo countries is very small. But it is noted here that Kellogg merely scouted the possibility of the claims commission’s help in this case. No change has been made in the demands formulated in Coolidge’s message to congress. Mention of the claims commission, like the Nicara- guan “peace plan” is calculated sole- ty to stem the tide of opposition to he administration while Kellogg fol- lows the path marked out in the be- ginning—the forcing of Mexico to her knees and the retention of Diaz in Nicaragua. WRANGLE OVER WAY TO VALUE FORD'S STOCK ’ Court Buried by Figures Diaz, Wall Street tool in Nicaragua, and Formalae DETROIT, Jan, 16—The pressing its suit for $34,000,000 taxes from Senator Couzens and eight} Bolshevism,” others charged with evading taxes of/split the liberal hat amount in the sale of Ford Mo-|“nesponsible posts” to adherents of the | tor company stock is being “figurat-|liperal cause. ively” buried by an avalance of fig- ures, mathematical computations andjoffers is a fraud. algebraic formulae, and defense are spending most er” method of | Sacasa, liberal president of Nicaragua | others. ’ tmposing Speakers Array. This is the first time in New Yor! that such an imposing array of speak constitution of 1917, the claims com-|ers have been scheduled to address “| nd all party press. SENATOR RAPS ~ SACASA WILL FIGHT DESPITE. U.S. BLOCKADE Diaz Offers “Peace” Plan Based on U. S. (Special to The Daily Worker) PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua,} Jan, 16.—Declaring false all rumors of | his desertion of his cause in Nicaragua and defiantly stating that he will stick to his post despite the “blockade by the United States navy,” Dr. Juan B. and leader of the rebellion against the | U. S. owned Adolfo’ Diaz, announced | that the liberals will continue their fight for power. se The government |armed forces now in the country prac- Ot! tically controlling every square mile their time wrangling over the “prop-!of any importance and with a navy valuating the stock |hiockade stifliug the once successful that was transferred in the stock sale. | miitary campaign of the liberals, Diaz So far nine different methods have} wishes to offer peace, with the United Diaz’ “Overtures.” WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—In other statement addressed “American people,” President an- to the ‘Adolfo announces he is making “peace over- tures” to the liberal rebels under Dr. Juan B. Sacasa. | es by send. | aragua has Diaz is attempting to cause by offering | The so-called peace plea that Diaz With the U. S. ying that the inter- | é court-/vention of the United S: room here where the government is}ing armed forces to Nic iulspared the country “the horrors of been placed before the court, giving |isates as arbitrator. nine different valuations. one. The valuations range from $1,425 per share to $9,489 per share. However, the stocks were actually sold for $12,500, $13,000 and $13,444 per share. An idea of the vast profits of the Ford company and how they mounte year by year is gained by a table pre- were as follows: 1904, 1905, $285,200; 1906, $107,000; -1907, $1,011,000; 1908, $1,251,000; 1909, | $2,686,000; 1910, $4,452.00 $6,226,000; 1912, $13,056,000; 1913 $24,714,0 1914, $29,764,000; 1915 $24,519,000; 1916, $59,017,000; $59,017,000; 1918, $51,887,000; \ The court -|must decide on the most equitable t Madison acked to ca a1 meeting casion for a American invasion of the threats of war agains! leships to come to which is now meeting. re ¢ Sa pac , the sending of It will also be ina The oming DAILY WORKER, to New York Gogd Concert. t » well-known artists 5 arranged the chief al program is a gs popular in w he Soviet These will ’e sung by Velikanoff, chief enor of the sical Studios of the Moscow Art Theater, who is now in ited St Other musical at- ions are, Mischa Mishakoff, con- er of the New York Sym- shony; the Russi Mastersingers, cal quartet; and the Fr eit Sing g Society. Seats Limited. Admission is 50c, 75c, and $1.00. Only a limited number of seats at $1.00 are available. Tickets in ad- ance at Workers (Communist) Party adquarters, 108 East 14th street, U.S. CATHOLIC WAR MONGERING Says $1,000,000 Fund Is for Mexican Use (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. — Charg- ing that the Knights of Columbus were provoking war with Mexico and using a million dollar fund to support catholic rebellion in Mexico, Senator Tom Heflin, (D), Alabama, raised the religious issue in the senate for the first time in decades. The Knights were defended by Senator Walsh of Montana, himself a member of that body, by saying that the million dollar fund was raised for “educational pur- poses” and “to the end that the poi- litics of Soviet Russia shall be elimi- nated from the philosophies of Amer- ican life.” “They are ple to aid their ging 800,000 Knights ren in Mexico and to Heflin declared, “They ing the government of the States for iis conduct in scing in the situation and in re- fusing to go to war with Mexico. Fomenting Strife. “A man would be stupid indeed who doesn’t believe they are fomenting strife in Mexico. He would be dull indeed not to see these forces ate r. It is unpleasant to bring up this bjget lL am not op- posed to anybody’s church. I am against any man’s church and against all churches only if they try to throw us into war, working for w WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! Gold and Zimmerman Speak on Union Amalgamation NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Ben Gold, of the International Ladies’ Garment that the earnings from 1905 to 1919 | o'clock, on “Amalgamation in the Clothing Industry.” $201,000; | a series on American labor problems by men prominent in the labor move- Amalgamation is one of the central tactical aims of the left wing in the unions, and both Gold and Zimmermen are at present under fire from ‘| the right wing elements in the garment trades largely because of their ef- 5, | forte to amalgamate all of the various neeuic ment. lig, | Pose In attempting to amalgamate their respective unions and the m ATGTTE.O0R, they intend te pursuq, at N. Y. School Friday chairman of the Joint Board of the q| Furriers’ Union, and Chas. ZZimmerman, strike leader in the recent strike Workers’ Union, will lecture at the sented at the trial. The table shows, New York Workers’ School, 108 East 14th Street, this Friday night, at 8 This lecture is one of unions like a singie 1917, powerful union of the industry. At the lecture they will explain their pur- ethods