The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 2, 1927, Page 2

HOUSE COMMITTEE ENDORSES POLICY OF IMPERIALISM Minority Protests; Not) Even Informed WASHINGTOD CG. Feb. 1— With the Coolidge majority riding) over all opposition, and refusing even the request of Representative Moore ef Virginia that a little information| be given it first, the House of Rep- resentatives Committee on Foreign Affairs endorsed the administration’s policy in Nicaragua and Mexico, to-| day, by adopting the Fairchild reso- tution. Was Party Vote. | It was a strict party vote of ten} to five, and the democrats immediate- jy moved for a reconsideration. Last week the minority stopped an at- tempt to endorse the gunboat policy in Latin America by walking out of the committee. Minority members also claim they are “gagged” in the com-| mittee, and that everything is rail-| roaded through. The Role of Infamy. The vote was ordered by Represen- tative Porter (R), of Pennsylvania, chairman, over the protests of demo-| erats, and was: For the resolution— Burton of Ohio, Fairchild of New York, Fish of| New York, Cole of Iowa, Vaile of Colorado, Ellis of Missouri, Morton; Hull of Illinois, Martin, Jr., of Mas- sachusetts, Eaton of New Jersey, and| Connally (D) of Texas, who voted | “aye” for the purpose of making a| motion to consider. Against—Linthicum of Maryland, Moore of Virginia, O’Connell of Ne’ York, McReynolds of Tennessee, Ed- wards of Georgia. | Absent—Temple (R) of Pennsyl-| vania, Begg (R) of Ohio, Cooper (R) of Wisconsin, Stedman (D) of North Carolina, Davey (D) of Ohio. Chair- man Porter did not vote. The committee voted down Connal-! ly’s motion to reconsider the ques- tion, Won't Tell Why. i Moore demanded action on his reso- jution requesting specific information on the Nicaraguan and Mexican situ- ations. He was supported by F “I want to hat I'll not sit in more meetings of this committee on Nicaraguan or Mexico affairs un- we call Secretary of State Kel- the chief of the division of -American affairs,” said Fish. Don't Want to Know. nnounced that he would not meetings unless “we e a kindergarten.” e given complete informa- tion in the president’s message,” said Fairchild. The committee then, 8 to 7, voted down, the Moore resolution requesting Seeretary Kellogg to appear. Ready to Argue the Miners’ Wage Scale (Continued from Page 1) next meeting place of: the Interna- tional convention. ae INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1.—In the) quietest session of the miners’ con-! vention, delegates slept peacefully after a morning of excitement while former President John P. White re-) counted his expigits. The Lewis machine stalled for time) to make repairs to parts badly dam- aged at the morning session. To the tune of the capital letter I, White re- cited how he saved the union in years gone by and then left it to save America for democracy during the world war. White advised delegates! to be patriotic to Lewis and the stars - and stripes. International board member James Johnson of Washington state was de- nied an appeal for $3,000 for back pay during factional fights in Dis-| trict 10 several years ago. Lewis had refused hif a seat on the inter-| national board for a year. Insist on Withdrawal. Of Armed Forces Continued from Page 1 ment are trying to mobilize the masses | against war. News of the dismissal of Sir Fran- cis Aglen, Inspector General of Cus- | toms by the Peking government is re- ceived here with amazement. Sir Francis is said to have refused to carry out the instructions of the Peking government. ** Here Is More Deception. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. —- If the American consul at Shanghai ob-! jected to quartering British troops in the international, settlement he did so on his own authority and without express orders from Washington, it was said at the state department to- day. While the government continues to | stress the pacific aims of its policy, United States warships continue to sail to China and thousands of mar-| ines are ready for the voyage to Shanghai. Goolidge is completely ignoring the | t#emendous anti-war sentiment in the country, and seems to be insistent on involving the country in a war against | Chinn,’ ! | \the United Sta | penitentiari “Jersey Lily” Letters Prove Great Gladstone - A Stage Store Johnny CHICAGO, Feb. William E. Gladstone, Englan reat Victorian prime minister, essayed the role of 1 stage-door Johnny to meet Lily Langtry, the actress, at Prince’s Theater, London, the Chic: Even- ing American declared tod The breaks in partially unde- cipherable documents, many of them written by the Je y herself, were pieced out Yee Langtry, of Chicago, a grand-nephew disclosing the extent of the intimacy between the actress and the then leading statesman of the British Empire. 4, em LONDON, Feb. 1.—The case of Captain Wright wi a libel suit with V t because of his book charging the de- ceased statesman Gladstone, the vis- count’s father, with permitting fe- male pulchritude to distract him from his duties, drawing to a close. Pictures are being submitted to prove, on the one side that a cer- tain Mme. Novikoff was a “most se- ductive person,” and on the other, that she wasn’t much to look at, and therefore would not have been, as Wright said, sent by the Czar to vamp Gladstone, Wright’s account had it that Mme. Novikoff succeeded rather easily, and that European history. was changed thereby. COOLIDGE GETS MARINES READY FOR CHINA WAR WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Presi- dent Coolidge, thru the nayy depart- ment, has issued orders. to 1,200 marines to sail from San Diego to Guam with China as the next step. It appears that despite the Kellogg statement of friendliness to China and the demand of Borah that Americans evacuate China lest some accident to them might involve the country in war, Coolidge has definitely decided to support the British in utter de- fiance of Congress and mass opinion. ved in is Pres. Coolidge told Americans to} stay where they are in China thus publicly flouting the position of Sen- ator Borah, chairman of the once powerful foreign relations committee but now a futile committee of bab- blers in face of the Kellogg-Coolidge policy of ignoring all advice except that coming directly from Wall Street. The president made it clear that he would co-operate with the British in protecting the lives of foreigners in China. This means nothing else but co-operating with the British in mak- ing war on China. The president pos- ing as his own “spokesman” said that there was nothing antagonistic in his attitude towards China. Nothing ex- cept a willingness to slaughter them in the interests of the imperialists. There is a growing belief here that the hard-boiled Coolidge policy to- wards China is determined to 2 siderable extent by the growing in- clination of Japan’ to treat China on terms of equality by the Soviet Un- ion: It is said that Coolidge believes s would be striking a blow at the Soviet Union by strik- ing a blow at the Cantonese. It is also hinted that the British ambassa- dor talked to the president of an attack on Russia from the west thru Poland, Lithuania and Roumania while the powers were attacking China in the east. The president’s flouting of Senator Borah expected to bring a few ro fvom the Idaho senator but Coolidge seems to have gauged the opposition accurately as a collection of wind-bags and proceeds serenely on his way in China and Latin-America, taking no more notice of Congress than if the representatives and sena- tors were a crowd of school boys. Right to Picket At Strike In Rosalsky Attack, LL.D. Shows (Continued from page 1). ‘or less than the right of workers to ipicket seab shops .... the right to ‘demand better conditions for them- selves and their children. Ave we going to calmly stand aside ‘and see our best fighters being ban- ished from our midst or’ thrust into the unspeakable horrors of capitalist fe? These valiant garment workers are bearing the burden of the whole work- ing class. They are not criminals; vather ave they martyrs whose spirit and example must spur us on to fresh activities. We must demand their re- lease. The International Labor Defense pledges full hearted support and fel- lowship to the yictimized garment worke We further pledge to rally our organization behind any move may be made for their deliver- Capitalist oppression cannot be allowed to steal the best of our fight- jers with impunity. Comrades, have courage! Do not despair! Your hour of trial is acting as a beacon light to all disillusioned workers. We are with you and will agitate and organize for your release. International Labor Defense New York Section 799 Broadway, room 422, con- |" KEY MAN MARVIN SCARES BOSSES; THEN SELLS DOPE TellsEmployers Moscow Made Passaic Strike NEW, YORK (FP.).—North Jersey employers listened to typical profes- ional patriotic misinformation from ed R. Marvin, former editor New York Commercial, at their last meet- ing. Marvin told the Jersey employ- ers’ ociation that the Passaic strike was planned in every detail “months in advance in Moscow.” He e} asserted that each move was plotted from the moment Justine Wise of the League for Industrial Democracy, went into Passaic mills with several friends to work until strike leader Albert Weisbord turned the situation over to the American Federation of Labor, So They Attack Mexico, So impressed with Marvin's mar- vels were the Jersey employers that they passed resolutions to stand by Coolidge and Kellogg in the Nicara- guan and Mexican muddles which these officials have tried to hide with a red cloud. Marvin counts among his associates some of the most violently anti-labor forces in the country. On his Key Men of America advisory council are such nationally known figures as An- drew J. Allen, secretary of the Asso- ciated Employers of Indianapolis, who is unanimously credited by open shop papers with fathering the Amer- ican Plan; William H. Barr, presi- dent National Founders Association; S$. Pemberton Hutchinson, president Westmoreland Coal Co. (big non- union operators); E. H. Davidson, manager open shop Citizens Alliance of St. Paul; Lewis Atherton, Employ- er# Association of Jackson, Mich.; Joseph Joplin, Better American Fed- eration of Los Angeles; H. A. Jung, commissioner National Clay Products Industries Association. Poison Gas Advocate. Military men like Major-General Amos A. Fried, chief of Chemical Warfare Service, who has been fight- ing for poison gas, are members. Lucia Ramsay Maxwell, chairman Americanization committee, League of American Penwomen, who was for- merly librarian of the Chemical War- fare Service, is another. Margaret G. Robinson, president Massachusetts Public Interest League, which fights child labor legislation, is a member. Mrs. William Cummings Storey of the federal mail ban on an issue of the New Masses, is another, Represen- [tative Albert Johnson, who sponsors lanti-alien bills denounced by the American Federation of Labor, be- longs. Get Rich Quick Scheme. Since Marvin lost his Searchlight column by the merging of the Com- mercial with the Journal of Com- merce, he has undertaken to issue a Daily Data Sheet on Radicals and bversive Movements and Individ- uals. Price $8 a year, with a sub- scription to the National Republican once the organ of the national re- blican committee. The daily dope s sent in weekly batches to those who bite on Marvin’s blurb. Marvin is now an associate editor of the Na- tional Republican, Natl. Security League Speaker Suddenly Goes Back on Former Ideals Surprising everyone, S. Stanwood Menken of the National Security League. became an advocate of free speech for teachers at the New York teachers’ uniongluncheon. The dis- cussion topic was “What Guarantee of Citizenship Can We Offer the | Teacher.” Menken was invited be- |eause of his past public support of Lusk anti-sedition laws and restrie- tions on civil rights. His anticipated debate with Dr. William P. Montagu, Columbia University philosophy pro- fessor, failed to develop. Menken promised to investigate the refusal of New York _ public school authorities to give three union teachers their earned promotions. He said he would consult with Se- curity League educational advisors and attempt to have an official state- ment issued on teachers’ freedom of thought and expression. As chair- man of the league’s executive board he has signed many press statements denouncing: radicale and those who express opinions contrary to the con- servative organization. War hysteria was Menken’s ex- cuse for his previous stand against teachers’ civil rights, he told Abra- ham Lefkowitz, union secretary and one of the union members denied pro- motion although he heads the his- tory eligibility list. Menken told the teachers that they should take the loyalty oath as lawyers do but that it should not debar them from advo- cating governmental change. He de- clared denial of free ch more dangérous than “100 Lenin meetings held simultaneously.” | Montagu asserted that freedom of expression was a fundamental ne- |‘ cessity of teaching. His view is that ‘teachers should’ not be compelled, to ‘teach any particular code of thought. Roll in the Subs For The DAILY} WORKER. Woman Builders, which brought the} R, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, Thompson Would Not Free Filipinos, Says | Government Is Bad) } BOSTON, Feb. 1. Governor Wood’s “military cabinet” in the, Philippines was described as “unfit” | and “tactless” by Col, Carmi A, Thompson, in an address to the Re- publican club of Massachusetts today.’ &. Thompson, whose job at present to make the Philippines safe for Firestone and other rubber investors, recently surveyed conditions in the Philippines for President Coolidge. Officials No Good. Referring to Wood's military cab- inet, Col. Thompson said “it is impos- sible to overlook the criticism that they are unfit for the task assigned to them and that, in some cases, they have caused needless friction by tact- less «methods. “The breach between Governor Wood and the Philippine Legislature has reached a point where “constructive” legislature is impos- sible, Col. Thompson said: The old story about the “impracti- cability” of immediate independence, the need for “preparing the Filipinos for self-government” was again fish- ed up by Col. Thompson. CURRENT EVEN (Continued from page 1) mandate over the South Slavs, Lithuanians, Italians, Hungarians, Poles, and other “foreigners” who dig coal to keep the American industrial machinery moving. Life will now be easier for John’s yassals. They will not have to worry about running for office. Their only duty will be to pay theirdues so that King John may be sure of his pittance of $12,000 a year and his commuting expenses be- tween Springfield and Indianapolis to) do his daily stint. EWIS’'S “male stenographer” Te purchases a copy of The DAILY, WORKER every day and peruses it) carefully. The DAILY WORKER is 2 wicked little conspirator, something ike a germ, that cannot be isolated. For several years, the Lewis medicine) men haye been trying to develop some culture that would lay their enemy jow but the germ seems to be grow- ing in virulence while the medicine men are. growing flabbier, though wealthier. Our little newsagent,! bearding an angry horde of payroll patriots reminds us of the biblical David who slew Goliath, and like Goliath she slings a wicked missile. In this case the word is mightier than the rock. T seems that the Filipinos are in) I deadly fear lest they be robbed of) the protection of the United States war department. At least so we are| informed in a Washisigton dispateh! by the editor of Universal Service, a Hearst news collecting agency. It) should be kept in mind that Hearst is a staunch supporter of Calvin Coolidge and his imperialist policy and of the iron tule of General (Ivory soap) Wood in the Philippines. This editor accuses “special interests” of lobbying in Washington to have con-| trol of Phillippine affairs transferred) from the war department to either) the department of the interior or a} new department. * Ss - ‘ * HE United States holds title to 63,000,000 acres of undeveloped! public lands in the Phillippines. The war department claims that Philip- pine affairs are safer in its hands than in ‘those of the “politicians” as if the generals and other officers of Wall Street’s military machine were, not the tools of the most greedy sec-) tion of the exploiting classs of the United States. The Filipinos will be no better off under the department of the interior than under the war de- | partapent. It will be a case of jump- ing from the frying pan into the fire.; * * * HE treaty of Versailles prohibits) the use of flame-throwing on, the ground that it is not a “civilized” war weapon. Neither is the bayonet for that matter. But France is start-| ing a school to teach soldiers the art of flame-throwing. And Germany) has discovered two deadly poison, gases which the cther powers are try- ing to learn the secret of, through) their spics. Thas we are preparing! for the next carnage. | ee & } HE pope ‘'s about to issue an. eneyclicil condemning the mani-, festation of rampant nationalism in) various parts of the world, according to a Paris dispatch, The vatican re- cently criticised the activities of the’ French fascist-royalist organization, which is represented in the newspaper, world by “L’Action Francaise”, This was no doubt the result of a deal with) the French government, whereby the! vatican was given gome concessions in the French colonies, in return for a little-bit of scavenger work in France, * * @ T is rumoured in Berlin that the’ kaiser is about to return from! exile. ‘The law banishing the ex-war, lord expires on July 1st. The return’ of the kaiser would serve a rally-| ing point for the fascists. The Com- munists are conducting a campaign, among the workers to prevent Wil- helm’s return, As usual the social-) ists are sabotaging, The socialists, ave responsible for the kaiser’s ex-, istence. They helped to restore to his, ‘family the royal property that was) confiscated in the early days of the, revolution, But for their treason) there would be a Worker Republie in| Germany today, FER, 2, 1927 i States senator and a rabbi joined in giving audiences last Sunday of the war clouds now the world. They United Jewish New York their vidws hovering over didn’t. agree, U.S. Senator Burton kK. Wheeler, of Montana, declared: “L predict that after congress adjourns a breach of relations with Mexico will follow the killing of an American citizen, or some oth- er incident and that incident will be followed by war with Mexico.”* Dr, Stephen S, Wise in the Free Synagogue in Carnegie Hall, states that: “The American ,people had just done something that no nation had ever accomplished—held its gov- ernment from war. Failure to go to Mexico was due largely to the American press. My gratitude to the American press is unlimited— is really unutterable.” The politician thinks that the state power of the capitalists waits on his departure from Wash- ington, on adjournment of con- gress, befcre mustering enough courage to declare any war that it may deem necessary. This is the egoism of the capitalist statesman, who thinks that he is the center of world developments. ‘The man of god, who has faith in prayer and miracles, believes that another miracle has taken + place, that the war danger has been averted, and that the kept press had a hand in averting it. Fe te Thus a politician and a preacher find a satisfying niche for them- selves as the crimson clouds of ap- proaching slaughter prepare to drench the world in a new blood bath, more horrible, more universal than the last. Wheeler, in speaking to a select | New York crowd of silk-stocking liberals and long-faced socialists, scolded as follows: “What hypocrisy—yes, what cowards you are in the fact of your pretensions and the pretensions of your statesmen and near-statesmen when you let your pwn government permit a few mercenaries in your’ | fair city of New York to take away the sovereignty of a free people in Nicaragua, in Haiti, in Santo Dom- ingo, in Mexico, or in any other country.” Thus Wheeler proves himself one of the worst hypocrites of them all. There is no power in this land that can stop war, except the power wielded by the prodtcing masses, the workers and farmers of the nation, In Montana, which is Wheeler’s home state, the far- mer-labor forces have organized and built their power against Wheeler's bitter opposition. As can- didate for vice president in 1924, on the LaFollette ticket, Wheeler acted as a force attempting crush- ing the independent political power of labor. The politicians cannot stop war, The preachers cannot | stop war. The “people” cannot stop war, no matter how often Wheeler and his fellow menibers in The working class, conscious of its struggle against the capitalist, can stop war when it has suffi- ciently developed its class power, which must also be arrayed against the politicians and preachers, mere harpies of capitalism. ee eee. i What does Senator Wheeler and Rabbi Wise mean when they say that war will not be declared until congress has adjourned, and that war has been prevented. The United States government today, obedient to the dictates of Wall Street, has thottsands of blue-jackets and ma- rines in Nicaragua, a greater num- Sell 4,000 Tickets In Fifth Cleveland | Passaic Film-Showing GLEVELAND, Feb. 1.—The story of the year old struggle of 16,000 textile strikers of Passaic, New Jer- sey and vicinity will be told in a seven reel picture. “The Passaic Textile Strike,” at the Moose Auditodium, 1,000 Walnut avenue on Friday night, February 4th. The story will be am- plified and brought up-to-date by a personal message from one of the strikere—a girl who has marched on the picket line, faced the police bru- tality and aided in leading her fel- low workers to victory. - An indication of the interest of or- ganized labor in this great struggle, and the enthusiasm with which the picture is greeted is’ shown by the fact that more than four thousand Senator and Rabbi Give Views of War Clouds Gathering Over World By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ‘Mexican ber than both the Diaz and Sacasa armies put together. Nicaragua has been invaded, enslaved, by the sheer might of American arms, An actual war is being waged by the military forces of the United States against Nicaragua, without the consent, without even asking Wheeler and his tellow members in congress, a8 the constitution de- mands. This was also true in the case of Hayti, Santo Domingo and all the other isles of the Caribbean. When it gets ready, Wall Street will spread this war to Mexico and China. tven now it is rushing soldiers and additional thousands of marines to the Urient, a direct war challenge to the Chinese people. 6 Samia ie As for Rabbi Wise, it is pitiful to hear a man of his supposed in- tclligence, make the altogetner foonsh ciaim that war has been averted, This comes at the very moment when Dr, Juan Sacasa, head of the Nicaraguan liberal gov- ment, declares that the “military operations” of the United States will soon lead to actual bloodshed in that country. As he spoke new British and American azmadas were on their way te Shanghai, blessed by the British socialist and labor oftigial, J. HU. Thomas, who said that a large British force in China would be able to buaadle trouble better than a smali force. Ii Rabbi Wise holds to the sume view, that great armies and navies, on the doorsteps of China, Mexico and Nicaragua, will avert war, then he at least lays a basis for his position, altho it be a wrong one. But the statement by Wise would lead to the opinion that a few hos- tile newspaper editorials, feeble ut- terances at liberal mass meetings, or cautious speeches in congrdss, really halted Wall Street aggres- sion against those it desires to subjugate. Rabbi Wise doesn’t like the Bal- shevik revolution in Russia, he couldn’t accept the Communist leadership in the Passaic textile strike, and his voice is now silent as numerous “left wing” workers in the International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers’ Union go to prison. But he does give the harlot press o? the capitalists credit for having averted the war, as he claims, Rabbi Wise must_have failen on evil ways. There isn’t a capitalist sheet in the land, once the word 1s given, that will not take the ati tude Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, has already taken to- ward the present war against Nic- aragua that, “now we are ia it, we must make the best of it.” Rabbi Wize shouid know that from his experience in the last war, when not a single capitalist cheet was prose- cuted under the espionage act, ee If Rabbi Wise and Senator Wheeler wish to discover whether the war moascer is abroad in the land, let them get a sdap box and build their anti-war platform in front of some recruiting station, In ‘New York some of them are open 24 hours every day. Or let them journey over to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and raise their voices against the production of war materials, the recruiting and the training of cannon fodder and its shipment in thousand lots to the far-flung war zones. Let Wheeler and Wis? at- tack the liberal, socialist and labor official forces that make war on labor’s left wing, the only really anti-war force in the land today. This they will not do since they defend the social order that breeds war. They resist the social change that alone will end wars. Hence the injection of so much that’s ut- terly foolish in their supposedly anti-war — attitude, at is no stumbling block in the’ path of the war-mongers, : Department Of Industry Blames Trouble _on Oil Men MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1. — The’ Mexican department of industry to-_ day issued a statement denouncing the oil interests which are “trying to make an international problem out of rete one,” and declared, most of t complied with the new oil laws and it is “only a small but powerful group” that has taken a rebellious stand. If work is suspended and thousands are thrown out of employment, it will be due to a deliberate attempt on the part of the oil companies to create a critic! situation, government de- elared, eit 8 2 House for Vet Loans, tickots have already been. sold for this, the fifth presentation of this picture in Cleveland. ' the Subs For The DAILY ~ WORKER Roll in - WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, to make loans on veterans’ compensation certificates, he oil companies in Mexico have. (Ins.).— The House ways and means commit~ tee today agreed to support a_ bill authorizing the federal government adjusted the guard’s nor prisoners’ names” SOCIAL PROGRAM ‘LABOR'S CONCERN IN NIGARAGUA ‘Reveal Hostility Shown By Sacasa to Labor By FEDERATED PRESS. WASHINGTON (FP.).—Too much sympathy muss not be expended by American trade unionists upon the troubles of the individual leaders in the liberal government in Nicaragua upon which the American state de- partment has turned thumbs down, but all support should go to the so- cial program to which Sacasa and his friends have been pledged, This is the warning voiced by Sal- oman de ta Selva, secretary of the Nicaraguan Federation of Labor. He { Points out that it was the labor move- ment ot his country that presented to | Saloxzano and Sacasa, Liberal candi- dates in the election of 1924, the series of demands for emancipation of their republic from Wall Street sale, as well as the program of im- provement of the living conditions of ‘uy .stearaguan masses. Salorzano, vetore he resigned, permitted the de- seated candidate Chamorro to enter the citadel commanding the capital, Managua, and then to seize command of the army. Like Family Feud. De la‘ Selva conrirms ia general a statement of the family teua element m Nicaraguan politics, the key sen- tences of which read; “The presi- dency of Nicaragua is virtually semi- hereditary, i, e. if the president is net a Sacasa from Leon, then he is sure to be a Chamorro trom Granada. if he’ appears to be neither, then he sill be a dummy put up by one or other of these families. The sem- olance of independent polities is care- fully kept up, the Chamorro house be- ing called conservative and the sacasa liberal, Lither is liable to mean a distatorship, martial law and geneval misery for the inhabitants, and a strong dose of American inter- vention—political or capitalist or both,” According to this analysis of the situation, American help has usually gone to the Chamorros because that tamily have been ready assistants in securing American financial con- ‘rol of the republic. Gen. Emiliano vVhamorre has been enabled to enrich himself and bis associates while american bankers, backed by naval forces and marines, have “kept the cace”, Workers Show Awakening, Pe “During the second, decaue of the SOth century, says tue statement, another force began to mMaac itselé feit in Niewragua. The workers showeu signs of readiness to assert therasely es. Watchful politicians p-catly took advantage of this move- went, and at first successfully di- yerved it to their own interest, assist- ing in tht organizing of rival liberal and conservative trade unions, whose members they pressed into service for their own ends. ‘the Catholic Uhurch followed suit and denominational unions were added. The represent- atives of the organized workers of Nicaragua at the Pan-American labor conference held in New York in 1921 presented credentials signed by a vishop. The clergy already controlled education. “Infiuence in the direction of an in- dependent labor movement came from Mexico, and it became possible in 1924 to form a Nicaraguan Feder- ation of Labor, free of any connection with either of the parties”. Sacasa Betrays Workers. De la Selva contirms the further statement that Salorzano and Sacasa gs ess election with the help of d eration of Labor in 1924, to keep faith. seo “The national government’s first act was to beseech the American gov- ernment not to withdraw the mar- ines”, he declared. “Its second act was to threaten the Federation of Labor, accusing it of being Bolshevik and a | menace to society. Its third was to ;#ecept a bill drafted by the American diplomatic representative, making the army, the rural police, the urban police and the judiciary police a single body called the National Guard, and officered by Americans appointed by Washington. . . . This ex- ‘perien¢e of attempting to bargain With party candidates has been taken to heart by the Nicaraguan Feder- ation of Labor.” Nevertheless the labor movement is with Sacasa to the extent of protest- ing against American. intervention and exploitation. . . Correction In the statement published yester- day of the financial position of the United Council of Working Clas« Housewives, a mistake was made, The statenient says “a few thousands ‘of dollars in the bank” whereas it should read, “a few hundreds.” Fail in Penitentiary Break, | LANSING, Kan., Feb, 1.—One con- viet was killed and four others /wounded when a guard frustrated: a penitentiary break here. Five of « group of 100 prisoners attempted to escape at the shale pit outside the prison walls, Two of the wounded ure in the prison hospital. Neither SRT ae RES ET RRS AROS SAREE IEEE SS I 3 are eee