The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 29, 1927, Page 2

Page Two GLADSTONE, THE | MORALIST, 2ND DADDY BROWNING) Tho Liberal Leader Did Rob the urseries | — | LONDON, J ily Langtry, | the beautiful y ity,” Laura Bell, the famous nineteenth centuty cour-} tesan, and Olga Nonikoff, the lovely Russian spy, were named in the Lon- don courts today as among the wo- men who infatuated Gladstone, the great Liberal statesman. | The allegations were made at the} opening of the great trial which has} aroused deep interest in the highest. political and social circles of the kingdom. Captain Peter Wright, author and former secretary to the Supreme War Couneil at Versailles, is suing Lord} Gladstone, youngest son of the Vic-| torian statesman, for libel, Called Gladstone a Hypocrite. | ge; in his book that} ocrite in mat-| his private prac- tices did not with his public profession. Thereupon Lord Glad- stone in a letter denounced Wright as a liar, coward, cad and a foul fellow and challenged him to sue him for libel. Wright took the stand today and} testified that since he was a boy, men had told him about Gladstone’s fond- ness for women. “I was told that Lily Langtry, Laura Bell and Olga Nonikoff were his mistr s,” he swore, “Mme. Nonikoff was sent over by t rist government in the seventies for the purpose of fascinating Gladstone and thoroughly succeeded, Watched Outside of House. “In Lord Morl Life of stone she is described as a Ru lady who was beginning to exer Wright wrote Gladstone we ters of sex Glad-} an an influence on the opinions of the} in important man. I heard also that detectives appointed to watch over Mr. Gladstone during the nian days complained they were,kept up late watching the outside of Mme. Nonikoff’s house, yet had to attend divine service the same morning. “Fourteen years ago I went to Eastbourne and met a man called Cecil Gladstone, whose, resemblance to the statesman was unmistakable. He told me he was an illegitimate on. ‘L was also told by a Frenchman ed Jean Bertrand that he and an} actYess named Brassin hadyan intrigue) with Gladstone while visiting London} . with a theatrical company.” A Nineteenth Century Sheik. Wright was also allowed to say on the stand that a well-known West End physician used to say that his) women patients were in the habit of remarking that Gladstone was pay-| ing them attentions. In this connec-/ tion Wright added: . . “A steeplechase rider named Charlie Thompson, who is still alive, told me three years ago of an actual case. The event occurred forty years ago when Gladstone tried to make the a quaintance of a lady he was with, Thompson said he left the lady out- side of a shop for a few minutes and on-his return Gladstone was talking to her. Gladstone fled when he saw Thompson and the lady told Thomp- son Gladstone had been making over- tures to ‘hher.” During the sitting of the Supreme) War Council in December of 1917, Lord Milner said to Wright, accord- ing to his testimony: “Gladstone was governed by his) seraglio,” which the witness under- stood to be a reference to the states- man’s passion for women, | The folliwing passage was read| from Mrs, O’Shea’s book on Parnell.| (Parnell’s liaison with Mrs. O'Shea! ruined him): “Parnell said to me: ‘I don’t trust that grand old spider any further than I can see him.’” Five Committed Adultery. n There ensued an argument between} Ps Judge Avory and Wright about this! a statement attributed to Lord Gran- ville, who was once Gladstone’s for- eign secretary: “I have known five of Queen Victoria’s prime ministers who committed adultery.” The judge observed the five did not necessarily include Gladstone. \y CONVENTION SIDELIGHTS INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. —Frank Farrington, union betrayer in Illi- nois, will net be boycotted by the liner’s union officialdom. Twenty eight resolutions demanding officers to -wefise to negotiate with opera- tors’ committees containing Farring- ton and other union deserters were killed by the machine. “We cannot dictate to the qperators whom they shall or shall not appoint on their committee,” said the machine, Write your, own editorial. ** * resolutions demanding freedom for Sacco and Vanzetti, a congressional investigation of their frame-up and a national labor con- ference to defend them were re- placed by a gentle substitute pray- ing for a new trial. se 8 Eleven The machine did not dare oppose resolutions denouncing registrati of aliens. They passed unanimously with an emphatic vote from foreign- born workers, the majority perhaps} of the convention. o * Six resolutions for recognition of | the Soviet. Union recounted the suc- nine years’ resistance of to the hostile impe: st world, its steady progress toward | normal production, its recognition | other world powers with gro ing trade. workers republic” and the sending of a miner’s committee to Rusia were demanded. The machine intro- duced a four-page substitute brand- ing Communism as the foe of 9 bor movements, and particularly those led by Lewis & Co. * * Sometimes the international or- gani are charged with stealing the ef, so a resolution asked that they always be checked in financial matters by a local committee of those “relieved.” Thumbs down from the gang. that hard 2 expire toge icn by all union was sidestepped b wary machine. “Referred to the scale committee.” They'll bury ‘t. Demand Sharp criticism of the gang's hab- it in grouping hostile resolutions to- gether and then offering a substi- Recognition of the “first | tute, which cannot be amended came to naught. . Competent field workers are de- manded by Utah and Colorado, now a entirely non-union. They've had plenty of the other kind. ** * A fighting resolution asking the A. F. of L. to levy a 10-cent assessment on each member for six months to help finance the West Virginia struggle, was knocked galley west. ‘ee Pennsylvania and West Virginia each have 100,000 non-union miners, Kentucky 50,000 and seven minor coal states have 80,000 more, de- clared a tesolution demanding real efforts in the organizing line. ** * Other resolutions condemned the 1922 policy of leaving the Somerset miners in the lureh and discrediting the union in the eyes of unorganized ‘HE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK POLITICAL NEED ENDS REED BILL But Refunds to Big In- comes Go Right On Special To Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, — The Reed proposal for an immediate ten percent tax rebate, which would bene- fit big business corporations, is de- feated, With the 1928 presidential election in view, the supporters of Economy Cal are determined to postpone their much-vaunted tax slash until Decem- ber. Like A Rebate. men. & 458 | Call for a fighting alliance with |the railway workers for mutual strike protection was tossed in the ashean for half a dozen good ma- chine reasons. The Brotherhoods don’t hang together themselves, they don’t belong to the A. F. of L., and the Engineers run scab mines in | West Virginia. | * * * Twenty. resolutions of the Labor | Party never came before the conven- tion. The machine adopted a sub- stitute backing A. F. of L. non-par- tisan political action nnd forced it through. You should have seen what hap- pened to a resolution denouncing the b. & O. plan, company unionism, the Watson-Parker Act and trade union | capitalism. First, it was out of or- der for dealing with more than one subject. Second, the gang didn’t like it anyw Third, they had a substitute which referred to com-' ny tmions only. it esolution. original “eae wire * Seven resolutions lauded n miners for sending $ r their British brothers and gated the officialdom of the U. W. A., the British trade union con- gress, the Miners® International and] | Amsterdam “for. failing to give} ! whole-hearted support. | PLOT TO KILL CHICHERIN ON GERMAN TRAIN | Arrest ‘Tsarist Officer; Like Vorovsky Case BERLIN, Jan. 28. — A plot has been discovered here to assassinate Georges Chicherin, Soviet Commis- sary of Foreign Affairs, who is here at present, undergoing an operation. The man arrested today, for being implicated in this plot, is M. Kian- roff, a former officer of the Rus- ian imperial army. The attempt was te be made during Chicherin’s trip from Berlin to Frankfort-on-the- Main, where further treatment of his illness was to be given. This attempted assassination re- calls the murder of Vaslay Voroyski at Lausanne, Switzerland by Maurice Conrady, who, though brought’ into court was acquitted. READ Imperialism—The Last Stage of Capitalism By N. Lenin Price, 60¢ in paper, $1.00 Cloth-bound. An indispensable book for the under- standing of the most recent events in Latin-Ameriea, China, and the colonial ntries now in the throes of revolt . 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He was’ asked: “Ten’t the charge that a man is a gross sensualist about as horrible a charge as can be brought against any man?” Answer-~“No,, because it has been brought against innumerable men.” Question—-“The charge is that Mr, Gladstone was faithless to his wife of sixty years?” Answer—“Of course it is.” Question—“If somebody made foul charges against the memory of your, father what would you call him?” Answer—“If it wete true I would For Your Lenin Library: LENIN AS A MARXIST By N. Bukharin The Present Chairman of the Communist International. plendid analysis of Lenin and in the field of Marxism N, Bukharin, who is con- ered one of the leading ving Marx- of resent.day, The book is personal tribute to Lenin. ran attempt to analyze Lenin's contribution to the principles of Marxiam. The book treats the fol- lowing phases of the ct: The Marxism of Lenin; Leni ory, and Practice; Problem of Imperialism; Lenin and the Peasantry; Phe Theoret- teal Problems Awaiting Oh sale now at 40 cents a copy, at- ‘tractively bound tn paper. DAILY WORKER 33 First Street New York, N. Y. keep silept.” \ e + COLOMBIA RULERS RUSH TROOPS FOR ROCKEFELLER AID River Strikers Prevent ,| 117,000 for the British-Aemrican To- bacco /Co., and $5,062,000 for the The Reed plan, which was a rider on the Deficiency Appropriation Bill, a republican measure, and which.re- sembled the rebate proposed by Cool- idge some time ago, was struck down by a ruling of Vice-president Dawes on a point of cider. The defeat of the Reed propsal was inevitable, how- ever, in view of the opposition of the insurgent blec, which declared that it was opposed to any plan which pro- posed to return taxes actually paid by consumers to: large corporations. T™meurgent leaders declare dthat they favored a permanent reduction. in taxes, and were oppoesd to income taxe rebates. ® Rush Funds. Though “the administration wishes to postpone a general tax slash for political reasons, it is quite anxious | to see large corporations get their gravy now in the form of refunds. The Deficiency Appropriation Bill, of which the Reed propsal was a tider, sets aside. $175,000,000 for in- come tax refunds. Many of the claims for refunds are absolute frauds, ar- ranged by clerks in the internal rev- enue bureau and corporation lawyers, according to democratic leaders. | Three of the largest refunds under | the measure were $6,695,000 for the | E. I. Du Pont De Nemours Co., $5,- Standard Oil Company of Indiana. Red International Gets Affiliation of Strong Columbian Labor Union | (Special to The Daily Worker.) BOGOTA, Columbia, Jan, 27.— The Columb¥inésLubor Union yes- terday affiliated with the Red Trade Union yesterday affiliated with the Red Trade Union Inter- national. It publishes a weekly newspaper, Sending More BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 27.—A state of marital !aw has been de- clared by presidential decree at Bar- ranca Bermeja on the Magdalena River. This action is the result of the strike of the employes working at the Tropical Oil Co., a branch of the Standard Oil Co. The strike has been in progress ‘some time and has had a very strong effect, tying up all production and transportation of oil in this district. The strikers, who are assisted by the crews of the river steamers, re- fuse to handle any of the company’s products, so that loading and dis- charging along-the whole river has had to be suspended. An effort was made by the com- pany to have soldiers shipped up river, to employ in strikebreaking activity. This plan had to be given up, however, as no vessel could be manned to carry the troops to their destination. So far, two regiments have been stationed at the oil center. Firemen Meet Mediator Ask Wage Raise, Time To Eat, Light Work Wage demands for $1 to $2.75 a day increase are being discussed by ;| officers of the Brotherhood of Fire- men and Enginemen with G. W. W. Hanger, representative of the Fed- eral Board of Mediation. Hanger has been assigne dto the task of bringing brotherhood and railroad leaders to- gether, if possible. Higher wages the only part of the gains desired. The union also de- mands that mechanical stokers be placed on locomotives weighing 175,- 000 pounds and over on drivers. Till such relief is furnished the union asks that two firemen be assigned to euch engines. The union complains that firemen are unduly exhausted by the present practice requiring one man to stand the shovel gaff on these bi glocomotives. Firemen also call for a reasonable time-allaworice for eating, when on freight service, and they ask for 50- cents a meal and 50 cents a night for lodging expenses when away from home. The one dollar wage demands is for passenger firemen, now getting a $5.25 a day guarantee. Firemen in through freight service now receiv- ing $5 to $6.20 a day ask increases of $1 to $2.43;\ those getting $5 to $5.16 a day ask increases of $1 to $2.75 and those paid $6.20 to $6.51 ask $1.19 to $2.69 more. The mini- mu mrate today for firemen is $4.56 to men on steam locomotives. “El Socialista,” which it will now turn into a daily. The union has a great deal of influence among the Indians in this country. BIBLE QUOTING EMPLOYER HIRES VILE. GANGSTER Paper Box Thug Jailed For Violence Joseph Weiss, a gangster, of 49 Pitt Street, was arrested in front of the S. & M. Paper Box Co., 207 Woos- ter St., on a charge of kicking a paper box striker and using vile language and threats. Mrs. Clara Downey of 223 West 10th Street made the com- plaigt. ~ Mr. Seligson, the owner of the S. & M., is the same employer who came to the Citizen’s Committee and com- plained of the union’s alleged per- secution of the Jewish bosses and de- manded that the government come in and control strikes. He quoted the Bible. He said ‘he was persecuted enough in Roumania and in Russia and didn’t want to be persecuted in America for being a Jew. He said he always believed in unions, but he had one for three years and wanted a vacation for three years. And the way he intends to get it is to have a gang of thugs intimidate an disgust women pickets. . Can't Trust Him. The value of the boss’ word was shown to be slight by Jacob Billikopf, Impartial Chairman of the Men’s Clothing Industry when he scored Mr. Saveth of the Hatters’ Hat, “Who gave his solemn word to the Citizen’s Committee that he would go back and use his influence with the Employers Association to get them to send a committee to meet with the Citizen's Committee and then went to the meeting of the Greater New ‘York Paper Box Manufacturers Associatior and spoke three-quarters of an hour against sending a committee.” FORBES IN YET WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Charles R. Forbes, ex-director of the Veterans Bureau, has been denied a parole from Leavenworth penitentiary. Yorbes is serving a two year sentence for conspiracy, and embezzlement of oldiers’ funds. SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1927 By J. LOU: of our readers take the attitude that too much space is being given to the convention of the Miners’ Union now being held in Indianapolis. \ There is no way of meaSuring just how widespread this feeling OME is. The fact that it exists, liow- ever, is proof enough that mote, not less, space should be given to this historic gathering, the devel- opments of which are vital to the whole American labor movement, and bear directly upon the interna~ tional working class struggle. The refusal of the Lewis administration to come to the assistance of the British coal strike, for instance, had a great deal to do with the defeat of that important labor effort. Only as the labor movement in the metropolis acquaints itself with the problems of the workers in the great basic industries, of which the mining industry is one of the most important, will it be possible to solidify and thus strengthen American organized la- bor, in which the New York trade unions should play an important part. * ‘ The United Mine Workers of America is the largest trade union in this country, in spite of its dim- inishing membership. There {vos a time when it had close to 500,000 members. This has dropped to nearly, a quarter million. It is or- ganized on an industrial basis, ine eluding all workers in and around ae | the mines, from breaker boys to machine runners, and no “matter whether they mine anthracite or bituminous coal, The organisation extends into Canada and for a time maintained close connections in Mexico. An effort wes made at one time to bring in thé metal miners also. In the pre-war days this union had a left wing, without the least bit of organization, possessing a pre-war socialist ideology. Nearly 20 years ago the Miners’ Union de- clared for “the socialization of the means of ptoduction and distribu- tion,” which was hailed at that time as an acceptance of the Socialist program, Frank J. Hayes, who long had been a member of the so- cialist party, in 1910 became inter- national vice-president. Socialists were strong in many districts, hold- ing high official positions, It is no accident, therefore, that this union, organized on an indus+ trial basis, the largest organization of labor, with a membership that has been touched somewhat by So- cialist principles, should be the backbone of the American labor struggle. The left wing that strug- gles \valiantly, thru its chosen spokesmen today at Indianapolis, is the steel rod stiffening this spine. No worker, no matter what his task, can fail to thrill at the fight being made by John Brophy, Wil- liam Stevenson, William Brennan, Powers Hapgood, Alex Howat, Pat Toohey and all the rest. They are battling as much for the needle trades worker, the building trades unionist, the railroader and the steel worker, as they are for the ¢oal miners, If the opposition in the Miners’ Union can be crushed, if an expulsion policy can be suceessfully carried out in this organization, then the Green-Woll-Lewis-Sigman clique of black reaction can ride rough shod over the left wing in every union, For the socialists are today in close compact, thru Sigman and Kaufman, with the Lewis reaction, helping Lewis fight his battles against the opposition and the Com- Developments at Miners’ Convention Important to FOR LOWER TAX) Aj) American Labor ENGDAHL, munists, * The opposition to the Lewis regime in the Miners’ Union is the best ally of the left wing in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union, the Fur- riers’ Union, the Capmakets’ Union and the other needle trades unions challenging the reaction in their re- spective organizations, No one knows this better than President William Green, former secretary- treasu®r of the Miners’ Union, who is now leading the attack on the needle trades workers in New York City. The teft wing of the New York labor movement will learn this, too, and interest itself in every issue as it comes before the convention of twelve hundred delegates of miners’ unions scat- tered all over the land. * * * x eae New York labor can get a better perspective of its own ‘struggle as it beholds the Abe Cahans, the Morris Sigmans, the Morris Kauf- man’s, the Morris Hillquits, the -James Oneals, the Abraham Becker- mans and the Sidney Hillmans al- lied with the sluggers of the Lewis- Bittner-Kennedy reaction in the Miners’ Union, beating up the youthful .coal miner, Powers Hap- good; gagging Michigan’s militant, William. Stevenson, and villifying as it only knows how, the head of the opposition slate, John Brophy, The opposition comes into the miners’ convention with a definite program to “Save the Union.” It calls for a new spirit of struggle. It is met by the reactionary bed- partners of the Sigman-Hillman- Kaufman regime in the needle tardes. Instead of a clash of ideas, the arguments they are compelled to meet ate those offered by brass knuckles, a piece of gas pipe or an automatic. Buch blows must weld the left wing in all the American trade unions into a unifiel opposi- tion to the teigning reaction. The left wing in New York City should be in the lead of the affort to de- velop this national unity of prog- ressives. This can be done only by acquainting the thinking workers of each industry with the problems, the struggles and the achievements of the workers in every othet in- dustty, The needle trades worker, the miner,-the railroader, the steel | | worker, and all the rest must stand shoulder to shoulder, in the effort to develop a class program for all American labor, To help develop this unity of purpose, to draw all militant labor into a common left wing struggle, so that the minority forces of the whole trade union movement may march as one man against the capitalist class and its ally, the labor bureaucracy, to be- come some day the majority, this is the task of The DAILY WORK- ER, the official organ of Workers (Communist) Party. As such it gives extensive space to the present convention that is the most erucial so far in the whole history of the Miners’ Union. It is not space wasted. It is space used to build a firm foundation on which to rear a working class or- ganization in this country able in time to go forward to the success- ful seizure of all power in govern- ment and industry, To this end it seeks and appeals for the support of the widest masses of New York labor. the Roll in the Subs For The DAILY { WORKER, | PASSAIC STRIKE STILL ON! WE'VE WON IN HELP US BEAT THE REST! GIVE MONEY PLEASE! For Coal for the Strikers’ Homes! So se made a hard fight! mus' Pp more than ever! MAKE VICTORY COMPLETE! tide For Bread for their families! Now they are winning! Now Give all you can! Make all contributions by check or money order to GENERAL RELIEF COMMITTEE Room 225 799 BROADWAY Get 10¢ Coupons and sell them TO HELP US FEED Strikers’ Children CAPITALISTS WAR OVER AIR MAIL ROUTE CONTROL NewYork and Mid-West Firms Seek Award WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Presi- dent Coolidge today was called upon to help settle the bitter battle being waged here for control of America’s prize air mail line—the Chicago-New York route. Two huge sky transportation cor- porations, each backed by a group of millionaire captains of industry, are seeking the route to form the nucleus for their passenger, express and mail carrying lines that are soon to be placed in operation between the coun- try’s two largest cities. Rival Capitalists Bid. ( Bids for the route, the eastern leg of the transcontinental mail line, were opened ten days ago. Colonial Air Lines, Inc., backed by William Rockefeller, W. H. Vander- hilt, C. V.. Whitney, Governor John Trumbul of Connecticut and General John F. O’Ryan of New York, sub- mitted a Pid of $1.88 per pound to carry the mail. Colonial also is as- sociated with the Henry Ford air- plane interests. National ‘Air Transport, Inc., formed largely by Chicago and De- troit capitalists, bid $1.98 per pound. It is backed by Howard E, Coffin, of Detroit, d member of the president’s air board; William Wrigley, Jr., the chewing gum king; Marshall Field and members of the Armour family of | Chicago. Paul Henderson, former as- | sistant postmaster general in charge of ait mail and a son-in-law of Rep- resentative Martin Madden, chair- man of the house appropriations com- mittee, is its general manager. Postmaster Confers On Award. So insistent have lobbyists for one of the concerns become that postmast- er Genetal Harry S. New today went to the White House where he had a long conference with President Cool- idge over the bids and respective qualifications of the bidders. Emerging from the executive office Mr. New said no decision has yet been reached, but that he expected to make the awards this week. SLIPPER MAKE STRIKE NEW YORK—(FP)—Forty: mem- bers of local 55, Shoe Workers Pro- tective union, ate striking against Riverside Felt Slipper Co.’s efforts to cut wages 8 to 12%% and break the agreement running to September 1. The manufacturer wants to fire seven workers, extend the agreement to the dull season in January, make the workers finish present orders brs post bond for acceptance of his ern, FOR YOUR HEALTH. Strictly Pure FLORIDA Honey Guaranteed by the Bee-Farmer. Delivered in New York at following prices: 2 Lbs. 75e. 3 Lbs. $1.00 5 Lbs. $1.50 Goes to Daily’ Worker. Order by Mail. J. A. FEURER 3656 Park Ave.’ N.Y. C, Agents Wanted. City % 10 FOUR MILLS! NEW YORK CITY the | | ;