The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 20, 1927, Page 5

News and Comment Labor Education Labor and Government Trade Union Politica SENVER LABOR RAPS KELLOGG LATIN POLICY Withdrawal of U. S. Marines Demands , DENVER, Colo., Jan. 18.—The. Den- ver Trades and Labor Assembly has declared itself ‘emphatically opposed to the present invasion of Nicaragua by United States armed forces and has passed the following resolutions condemning the attitude of the state department and demanding the im- mediate withdrawal of the marines: Acts of War. Whereas, It has become apparent during the last few weeks that the) Coolidge administration is taking | drastic action in the Nicaraguan in- | ternal affairs which would be con- strued as an act of war if directed against a mone powerful nationad; and Whereas, Both the acts of the gov- ernment and the pronouncements of the president of thes United States show that this government is openly opposed to the labor government in Mexico, under the leadership of Presi. dent Cailes, and that the United States government is “acting in such a way as is likely to bring war with Mexico; and Congress Left Out. Whereas, The acts of the president of the United States which threaten war have been taken without the ad- vice and consent of the congress, al- tho the constitution specifically pro- ‘vides that only the congress shall have the right to declare war; therefore be it ° Resolved, That the Denver Trades ‘nd Labor Assembly does hereby ex- press its profound disapproval of the United States insofar as it applies to Mexico and Nicaragua; and be it further “Withdraw Troops.” Resolved, That we demand that the president of the United States im- mediately withdraw all American troops from Nicaraguan. soil, that -ho. withdraw all American battleships from Nicaraguan waters, and that he forbid Secretary of State Kellogg mak- ing any further threats against or at- tacks on the government of Mexico until the congress shall have advised the actual declaration of war upon «hat friendly nation. REACTION IN N.Y, JOINS TO FIGHT CIVIL LIBERTIES «NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—The Ameri- can Defense Society, Military Order o¢ the World War, and the Govern- ment Club, three notoriously reaction- ary organizations here, have issued a joint statement in which they attack the Citizens’ Union, composed of lead- ing New York residents, for backing the demand of the American Civil Liberties League for an “old fashioned free speech, meeting at Stuyvesant school house, These organizations charge that the letter written by the Citizens’ Union to the commissioner of education in defense of the Civil Liberties League was “prejudiced and Y THE DAIL¥=#WORKER Page Five Organized Labor—Trade Union Activities Right and Left Wing Forces and Methods in the ‘International Ladies’ Garment Workers F there is such a thing as whistling to keep up one’s courage, Justice, the official organ of the right wing of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers, must be in continual ‘pain from pursed lips. It claims a tremendous success for the “registration” of cloakmakers un- der Sigman auspices—the plan by which the right wing hoped to break the ranks of the cloakmakers, an over- whelming majority of whom are sup- porting the regularly elected New York Joint Board officials whom Presi- dent Sigman unseated. USTICE says: According to figures given out by the international office nearly 12,- 000 cloakmakers and dressmakers have registered with the reorgan- ized Locals 2, 9, 22 and 35, in addl- tion to the 18,000 workers already in the locals which never were un- der Communist domination—10, 23, 48 and 89. The cold fact is that not to exceed 3,500 workers have registered at the right wing offices. NOTHER fact is that the locals cited by Justice as supporting the right wing have not 18,000 members all together. 12,000 is a very generous estimate and in addition there is the fact that these local unions all have strong left wing blocs. There are 53,000 members of the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union in New York and if we take the inflated figures of Justice at their face value—18,000 and 12,009 —we find that this still leaves 23,009 workers supporting the left wing joint board. If we take the correct figures—12,- 000 and 35,000—we get 15,500 support- ing the right wing and 37,500 support- ing the left wing administration. UT as-we said before, the right wing forces are not a unit as are the left wing «workers. In all right wing locals there is general dissatis- faction with the right wing policy and tactics and strong organized left wing blocs. There are probably less than 10,000 members of the New York section of |: the I. L, G. W. that can be counted upon for continued support of the right wing. The frenzied efforts: made to rally reactionary support in other unions like the Amalgamated Clothing Work-' srs, and from right wing officials in unions which compose the self-styled “committee for preservation of the trade unions,” the setting up of a united front of the bosses, the capital- ist press and American Federation of Labor officialdom against the left wing—all are proof of the organiza- tional weaknesses of the right wing and of its failure to gain any sub- stantial mass support for its program of disruption and worker-employer co- operation, d ipaes right wing leadership is bank- rupt—politically, organizationally and financially, It is kept alive only by injections of militant reaction by Matthew Woll; the Daily Forwand’and the capitalist press and by financial support from sources, which when ex- posed as they will be, will create a new scandal in the labor movement. The left wing, in contrast to the shady finartcial policy of the reac- tionary and discredited Sigman offi- cialdom, is raising a rank and file loan to meet the immediate emergency created by thé attack of the right wing coming at the end of a bitter and costly strike. ipa emergency will last until the cloakmakers get back to work, it is fully guaranteed by the New York Joint Board and 37,500 workers who support it. Every trade unionist who wants real trade unions and, not boss- ridden “efficiency unions” can support the loan with full assurance that he will be repaid both in money and by a stronger Jabor movement . The militant majority of the pa Fs G. W. will win their fight ‘with the support of the sincere trade unionists of the rest of the needle trades and the labor movement in general. HEIR next task will be to carry the fight into every Sigman stronghold, smash the right wing plan for split- ting the union and thus aiding the bosses, force recognition and then come to the next regular, or a special convention in such strength that Sig- man and his “efficiency unionists” and gangsters wil! have nothing there but handful of officials and hangers-on whose crookedness and corruption have been shown by their own acts to a membership which has passed sentence of panishment upon them. Heads of Mine, Mill and Smelter Unions Ousted; Probe Reveals Big Cash Shortage; “Hiked” Payrolls (Special to The Dally Worker) DENVER, Jan. 18.—The Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smelt- er Workers, with headquarters in Denver, has gone through a severe shake-up within the last month which has resulted in ithe resignation of Charles H. Moyer, for 25 years Inter- national president, Edward Crough, vice-president, and William Davidson and John Turney, members of the executive board, The resignations will result in a practically complete reorganization of the International Union. It developed that the International svas $22,000 im debt, largely on salary accounts. Locals Forced Probe. The whole matter has been brought about through the cooperation of the Butte unions of the International and representatives of the American Fed- oration of Labor. Four locals, with about 4,000 of the 6,000 members of the International, were about to with- lraw from the organization last June when an appeal was made to the A. F. of L. to step in and clean house, biased.” The reason they give for the bias of the union is that Walter Frank, mem- Her of the union, is a contributor to the league. They charge that Frank ‘was the author of the letter. “League Preaches Murder.” Paul J. Smith was sent here by William Green of the A. F. of L. to investigate the situation, He spent some time here and in Butte, delving into the mess created by the merger administration. Until last June there had been no local owed $7,000 in back dues. The Butte engineers demanded to know the financial condition of the Interna- tional. “Suggests” Resignation. After spending some weeks investi- gating the various charges and tryi to straighten out the tangle, on De- cember 13 Paul J. Smith suggested that President Moyer and his col- leagues resign their positions with the union. The four International officers have resigned. Edward E, Sweeney, of the Butte engineers, who had been elected International secretary-treas- urer last June, called a special conven- tion to meet in St. Paul next Monday, Jan, 17. H. B. Gallaher, Great Falls, Montana, and A. A. Robertson, Fort Smith, Arkansas, were elected mem- bers of the executive board last June and still hold their positions. To Change Laws. The convention will discuss changes in the constitution, economies neces- sary to straighten financial difficulties, and the election of officers to fill vac- ancies. The convention cannot elect but it is expected it will call for an election next June to fill the positions now vacant. Sweeney Cuts Expenses. Sweeney has already cut the office space used by the headquarters in half and has cut down the staff. He hag collected several thousand dollars already |‘ Policies and Programs The Trade Union Press Strikes—Injunctions Labor and Imperialism BRITISH LABOR PARTY SPEAKER SLANDERS COOK “King’s Socialist” At- tacks Mine Leader A vicious attack on the leaders of the Miners’ Federation of Great Brit- ain and particularly on A. J. Cook the miners’ segretary, featured an ad- dress delivered here by Margaret Bonfield, Labor'"Party member of the British parliament. In reply to 4 question from the au- dience Miss Bonfield declared that the general cotincil called off the general strike because it came to the conclusion that’ it was impossible to win with the poor leadership of the miners’ federation. She declared that the second in- ternational gave “sympathy” to the miners, in fact 4s much sympathy as was given by the Communist Inter- nation, but the labor movement un- der the influence of the Communist International contributed over $5,000,-| 000 to the miners’ relief fund, where- s the right wing trade unions onthe continent and in the United States gave little. Miss Bonfield seems to believe that socialism is marching along in England. As an example she cited the case of the British Broadcasting company which was once privately owned but is now a government mo- nopoly with tHe same directors as when it was privately owned. This is socialism a¢cording to Miss Bon- field. ) She mildly. protested against the tendency on th@part of the tories to steal “socialist#~platforms and pass “socialist” bills-after the socialists’ trouble in agitating for them. | The socialists are no longer con-| sidered enemies of society, she assur- | the audiencé; they are now quite pectable” ahd recognized as his majesty’s oppogition. Miss Bonfield extolled the work of the International Labor Office, which is an auxiliary, Of the league of na- tions. ‘The labor office is working t- raise the living ao of the work- ers in the Orie! She did not say 4 word about the, massacre of the Chin- ese workers by. British marines; neither had sheanything to say about he tyranny of British rule in India, Egypt and oth r. Oriental countries. Miss Bonfield gave Ramsay Mac- Donald. J. H: Thomas and other right | ving leaders credit for heroic work! luring the miners’ strike. She also raised the church for its efforts in behalf of peagéiand declared that | the action of the bishops did more to| bring the church closer to the people | than thousands of sermons. Miss Bonfield’s attack on A. J. |Cook created a bad impression on the jeudience. It was felt that it was out cf place for a Labor Party member in a foreign country to devote her time |to attacking the militant leader of a |great labor organization, who is bit- terly hated by the British ruling class because he is loyal to the workers. Many in the audience came to the conclusion that Cook must ‘be an hon- est man ince he is equally hated by \the capitalist government and lackeys of the capitalists like Miss Bonfield, MacDonald and Thomas, MARENGO, ILL, Jan, 18.—A verdict of accidental death was returned by a coroner’s jury in the drowning in Kishwaukee river of James Smith, 39, Marengo farmer whio speeded his au- tomobile thru abridge railing in what was at first believed an attempt to kill himself and his wife. . A will found in his barn leaves his estate to \sity for the unification of the repub- — 13 BOIS PRAISES | | RACE RELATIONS |. IN SOVIET UNION Has Laid Basis for Solu- tion, He Says By’ FRED HARRIS. (Worker Correspondent) NEW ivnkK, Jan. 13.—‘'The> gov- ernment of Soviet Russia has laid 4 basis for the solution of the ract problem.” ‘This was the verdict of Dr. W. EB. B, Du Bois, leader of the National Association for the Ad- vancement of the Colored People, who spoke here tonight at an open forum meeting. Dr, Du Bois recently traveled in Russia, and had oppar- tunity to study the race problem in that country. Hits N. Y. Times. “It is significant.” he stated, “that, when a Negro passes along the street in Paris, he is the object of polite interest, in Berlin he is a curiosity in London an inferior “coloni in Moscow he is just an ordinary person, and does not suffer inquisi tory glances.” He related that, on arrival at Kron stad and Leningrad, he found thes cities to be industrious and peaceful; later on, while in Moscow, he read in the New York Times, that during the very days that he was in Leningrad, those cities were the scenés of. ter- rible industrial ‘and politica] upheav- als, causing the editors of the Times to predict the immediate fall of the Soviet regime, Intelligence Shown, Dr. Du Bois showed that Russia, tho one of the most heterogeneous of all nations, has less race disturbance than any other country. “The Soviet government shows its intelligence and tolerance by permit- ting each racial country within Rus- sia to have its own autonomy. The schools, tho built and maintained by the government, are permitted to teach their own racial language, the only demand of the government is that the Russian language must also be taught, so that the future genera- tion will be able to speak an all-Rus- sian language, a pre-eminent neces- lic. Thus Russia is accomplishing, with patience and intelligence, that which other countries have tried to do by forcible methods, and failed in.” These were some of the interesting points brought out by the speaker. Compared With U. S. Comparing the race problem of So- viet Russia with that of the United States, Dn Bois deplored the fact that the position of the Amreican Negro is so disadvantageous, that as a Tract minority, the Negro suffers the intol- erance pf both the white capitalists as well as of many white workers, Ne- gro lynching, tho of a common occur- rence, is hardly protested against by the white population,” he said, “and thru hig economic dependency, and lack of organization, the Negro work- er has become a “professional strike- breaker.” The blame for this, the speaker pointed out lies directly with the executive board of the American Federation of Labor, who have thus far refused to organize the Negro workers. WRITE AS YOU FIGHT! CITY COUNCIL PUZZLES OVER BLAIR PLAN; DON'T KNOW HOW 10 TAKE IT City councilmen are admittedly “up in the air” over how to con- sider the Blair plan for consolida- tion and extension of the city’s transportation systems. Members of the transportation committee were reluctant to com- ment on the plan itself, but indicat ed they were puzzied that Blair should have presented a plan, when his company had already done so. It was the opinion of some that his plan. is not a new one, but merely an elaboration of the company's IMPOUND BALLOTS SENATE ELECTION Is First Step Toward presence of Senator Reed, democrat of Missouri, chairman of the campaign fund committee, counting votes, ballot box stuffing, and investigation.” “We want to show the ceedings to make him change the cre- dentials have been made. The Manager’s Corner —- wocrcet The Spearhead. “Be daring. Be ever daring. Be more daring still.” In these words Karl Marx expressed the essential forward urge of our movement. The revolutionary movement cannot mark time, It must push forward energetically and incessantly or stagnate. So it is with The DAILY WORKER. The DAILY WORKER should be constantly reaching out to new circles of readers, and while maintaining and strengthening its former contacts, establish fresh and wider circles of support. The DAILY WORKER Builders’ Clubs, which have sprung up in various parts of the country, are the spearheads opening the way for the onward march of our paper. Bf not difficute to establish these Builders’ Clubs. A number of cities have ready formed such organizations which are flourishing. D 47 LY WORKER readers-are cligible. Comrades will be surprised at the number of workers who are deeply interested in the welfare of our paper, oftentimes those who disagree with us on many other issues. The Builders’ Clubs form an eacellent basis for @ broad, united front organization to maintain our paper. These clubs have immediately seized upon various forms of activity. They have formed efficient squads of canvassers to cover definite sections of citics or towns for st yscribers and the rencwals. They check up on newsstands to see if The DAILY WORKER is properly handled, They arrange factory gate sales They organize worker correspondent groups. They arrange social affairs, plays, dances and bazaars thruout the year for the bene fit of the paper. They are the firm and reliable foundation upon which the success of The DAILY WORKER will be built. BERT MILL al- ee MILWAUKEE LABOR BEHIND FIGHT TO SAVE SACCO AND VANZETTI; ALL GROUPS ACTIVE IN THEIR DEFENSE By C. MEYER, By a Worker Correspondent MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 18 Tho there are no anarchists in Milwaukee who are initiating a move for the free dom of Sacco and Vanz , protests are being heard from var s parts of the labor movement—which may in the future develop into a special Sac- {co and Vanzetti conference in Mil waukee. Members of the International bor Defense, of course, are doing their work toward the distribution of leaflets at meetings and picnics. Organizations Help. Among some of the A. F. of L, or ganizations of Milwauk protesting against the continued refusals for re- trial, are the Bluebird Lodge, Wom- en’s Auxiliary to No. 234, I. A. of M.. Hod Carriers and Common Laborers’ Union, Stenographers, Bookkeepers and Assistants’ Union No, 6546 and the Federated Trades Council of Mil- IN PENNSYLVANIA La Barring Vare WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, — In the| an agreement was igned to impound all the votes cast in the last Pennsylvania senatorial election between William S, Vare and William B. Wilson, | Is First Step. This is the first step toward in-| vestigating the election of Vare in { November, which it is confidently ex- | waukee: pected will result in his being barred Ask Senators’ Aid, from the senate. The Reed committee| ‘phe resolution of the F as already uncovered expenditures of more than $3,000,000 in, the primary campaign, and the impounding of the ballots means that crookedness in Trades Council calls upon th sin senators and congress | Washington to make an investigati Robert M. LaFollette and Vi ‘ Berger have been c¢ d upon. The other election frauds will be probed. | igcal press—capitalist and labor—and 2 Baye Neate © Welcomes | publications in general here have also No comment would be made S| heiped to properly advertise the case Vare on the action of the senate, but |... «frame-up.” his campaign neg Harry Mackey Besides trying to “Popularize thy declared that “Vare will welcome this Frameup” some individuals of Mil waukee have kept in personal touch with Vanzetti who instead of being cheered is cheering his correspond lents on the outside Demand Investigation I world that a Pennsylvania election really is,” Mackey declared. “To in- vestigate this election is the proper thing to do.” He added, however, that would take such an investigation ° “years and years.” The resolution of the Federated Attack Pinchot. Trades Council says, “The Milwauke’ Federated Trades Council demands in the name of justice than an im- mediate investigation be made by the congress of the United States of the jactions of the department of j the connection of the depa justice with the con m of Sacco and Vanzetti and the mn for the Gov, Pinchot, who, in issuing Vare's election credentials wrote on them that Vare merely “appeared” to be elected, is attacked by the Vare fol- lowers. Threats of a mandamus pro- However, it is conceded that there is no real Rykov, chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars, and other mem- bers of the government, as well as representatives of the consular corps in Leningrad and various public and labor organizations, there was solemn- legal basis for such proceedings. refusal of the at of justice nea ye eH to disclose its files in the Sacco-Van- . . ‘ ” Electrification of Land |7*!! “5° i. The council at the same meeting en- Progresses Under Soviet | iorsed the Netional Council tor the Protection of Foreign Born in its MOSCOW — In the presence of |fight against the anti-alien bills pend- ing in congress. SUBSCRIBE TO The American Worker Correspondent 1113 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, Il. ly inaugurated the great Volkhov elec- tric station, which is the most power- ful in the U. S. S. R. and has a capacity of 56,000 kilowatts. The sta- tion will supply Leningrad and local industrial enterprises with electrio current. The construction was achiev- ed at the cost of 90 million roubles. Workers! Attend the Lenin Memorial Meetings! his wife. MrssSmith was badly in-| project; however, they have asked jared but will live. Blair to explain his project in full. a ~ Writing Up the News! from locals which were holding thtir per capita and has received assur- ances from the locals which were com- plaining that they now futend to stay in the International ana rebuild it, ‘The four unions which led the fight, No. 1 of Butte, made up of the min- ers, the Butte engineers, the Anacon- da mill and smelter workers and the Great Falls mill and smelter workers, are all said to be satisfied and to in- tend bringing their dues up to date and carrying on. Sweeney says that the future of the International is. largely with the St. Paul convention but that it will not take long to recover from the finan- cial difficulties and that aggressive or- ganization of the miners will soon be under way ‘“4f the convention orders it” } Then the trio attacks the league, | convention of the International for six | @eclaring the free speech means tO/years. Under the union's constitution, them “permission for preachment of|the International treasury stands the Communism, anarchy, the overthrow |costs of conventions. The Moyer ad- of the government, and murder.” ministration is charged with using the Commissioner Frank Graves is now|money on a “hiked” payroll and then considering the appeal of the Civiljreporting ‘that it was impossible to Liberties League from the decision of {hold a convention because of lack of the board of education which denied it |Tunds, . the use of the school ‘uilding for the Membership Declines. meeting. ‘The membership had been falling ‘The secretary of the Citizens’ Union | steadily and there was dissatisfaction hag issued a counter-statement, declar-|in some of the strongest locals. The ing that Frav* "4 been @ member] Butte locals called attention to the ot the executive committee for many |fact that no report of assets and lia- _ years, and was but one of the many |pilities was being made ‘by headquar- who drafted the letter attacked. The|ters. The Anaconda mill and smelter letter expregséd the views of those |workers refused to pay their per cap- who attende4 the meetings, he said. |[ita tnx, until it is said that this one Only 50 Cents a Year. GINSBERG'S Vegetarian Restaurant 2324-26 Brooklyn Avenue, LOS ANGELES, CAL. BOSTON, ATTENTION! Lenin is Dead, but Leninism Lives! LENIN Memorial Niceting THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1927, 8 p. m. Ford Hall, 15 Ashburton Place, Boston Speaker: JAMES P. CANNON of Chicago. . Auspices Workers Party of America. Admission 25 Cents Moyer in Since 1902, Moyer was elected president of the Western Federaiton of Miners at the Denver convention in 1902, at the same time that William Haywood was elected secretary-treasurer. He serv: ed continuously until the present shakeup. The miners later withdrew BROOKLYN, N. Y., ATTENTION! CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY Meat Market Restaurant IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER. Bakery deliveries made to your home. O-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Ino. [fjand October 16, 1917, the namo was (Workers organised as consumers) changed to the International Union of bs " Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, The P} western Federation of Miners was or- May 16, 18: Two soldiér-correspondents in the Red Army of the Soviet Union who are writing néWe stories and articles for the workere’ In the U. 6 S. R. One Is an “old” worker correspondent, teaching the other, a “new’ worker correspandent, how to arrange his writing. Worker correspondence in the Soviet Unign forms the most iy soa part of the nowspapers there. , FINNISH C Musical Program