The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 9, 1927, Page 5

LY WORKER, NEW YORK WEDN WEB. 9, 1927 CONFERENCE IN MINNESOTA HITS DRIVE INTO WAR Big Gathering Is Held At Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 8— Three hundred represéntatives of the labor movement of Minneapolis gath- cred at a conference here to protest against the course of the American) Government in Nicaragua, Mexico} and China. | The meeting was called by a com- mittee consisting of representatives| of the labor and liberal forces in Min- neapolis, among whom were I. G,| Scott, Edward C, Robertson, Mrs. C.| R. Hedlund, 0. Hellie, K. M. Colgu-, hoan, H. G. Teigen, Louis J.. Duncan. The conference adopted the follow-) ing resolution: | Resolution Adopted. ae “WHEREAS, the national admini-/ stration of the United States of! America, thru executive actions of! President Coolidge and Secretary of| State Kellogg, has flagrantly violated the sovereignty of the Central Amer- ican state, Nicaragua, by armed in- vasion and the sending of warships, to support the claim of the usurper,) Diaz, to the presidency of that re-| public, against the rights of the duly, elected president, Sacasa; and ek “WHEREAS, in the neighboring republic of Mexico, where President) Calles is endeavoring, by prudent and} well established principles and consti-| tutional methods, to upbuild a real,| stable and enduring democracy adapt- ed to the Mexican people and their needs, it now appears that, instead of the hearty co-operation he naturally expected from the executive officers of his neighbor, the United States of America, President Calles has met with only cold formalities, ill con- cealed suspicions, misrepresentation, and with thinly veiled opposition car-| rying the arrogant implication that the land holdings of certain United) States citizens in Mexico are sacro- sanct, not subject to investigation by Mexican officials, nor to the laws and legal procedures and rules governing land titles and taxation in Mexico, and = Attack Commercial Domination. “WHEREAS, at this very hour when the military and naval forces of our own ‘nation are being hurled against the Chinese people who seek) only to free themselves from the hu-| miliating bondage and exploitation imposed upon them by outside per- sons including these -United States, we recognize with humiliation and shame how far we have strayed from! the virile and revolutionary faith of our fathers, and the irrational and anomalous position into’ which com- mercial greed and imperial ambitions have driven us; and : “WHEREAS, in all these instances, we recognize not only an arrogance and discourtesy unbecoming the high) officials of this nation, but also a) manifestation of a spirit alien to the) cause, the aims, the principles of democracy; a cynical disregard of the) spirit of brotherhood and helpful-| ness; a blocking of the highway of! mutual agreement and good faith that! leads to international amity and en-, during’ péace; a warning to all demo-! cratically-minded citizens that a new} crisis is coming apace, that the Spirit| of Commercial Domination and the} Spirit of Political Imperialism stalk) arm in atm thru our markets and our) commercial and governmental high-| ways unashamed and almost unchal-| lenged, therefore } Withdraw From Nicaragua. Be it RESOLVED; that we publicly, repudiate the idea that these, or sim-. ilat, instances of official arrogance! represent the spirit or the aims of, the intelligent commonalty of citi-| zens of the United States of Amer-) ica; and be it further | “RESOLVED; that we heartily | commend Senator Shipstead, Senator, Wheeler, Senator Borah, Senator Hef-| lin, Representative Huddleston and) | | all others in the U. 8. Congress who! marines aboard, destined to protect imperialism in China against the Na-| have exerted themselves to bring! about a withdrawal of U. S. mili-| tary atid naval forces from Nicara-) gua; and that we urge that like ef-| torts be made to prevent interfer-| ence in the internal affairs of Mex- ico and China; and be it further #RESOLVED;,that haying learned our lesson in a “War to End War” we repudiate warfare as the tactic of imperialists everywhere, both politi- cal and commercial, and as a wicked and sinister destroyer of present-day civilization; and we pledge ourselves to support of the principles of Equity and of Reason as the only sane and safe and decent rules for the con- duct of human affairs, be they small or great, domestic or foreign, nation- al or international; and be it further “RESOLVED that copies’ of this vesolution be sent to President Cool- iage, Secretary of State Kellogg, to the senators and representatives named above, to all senators and rep- rvesentatives of Minnesota and to.the press.” Broadway Blind-Pigs Raided, A fresh “wringing” for wet New York, promised by Major Chester Mills, had its opening this afternoon when federal agents swooped down upon Jassen’s Hofbrau, arrested four waiters and’ seized a quantity of sup- posed liquor, Y Afternoon crowds along Broadway were treated to a thrill as the agents took their prisoners und the confi . « seted liquor to the street. 93 | Photo shows Cantonese moving their artillery to the battlefront. Not forces modern equipment, but their training and discipline are said to be of high degree. GATEWAY TO CHINESE VILLAGE | | | | | CIVIC. FEDERATION FOR MORE FEUDAL TIES ON WORKERS But Big Union Chiefs | Some days ago a group of sembled at Vassar College on the fact that the chief literary “an atmosphere of tobacco smoke It was felt that under such ¢ great literature were difficult. Remain With It By ROBERT W. DUNN, (Federated Press) Although conyentions of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor have repeat- | edly adopted resolutions in favor of | ‘old age pension legislation, important | only have these Chinese Nationalist| officials of the Federation and lead-| jers of its international unions con-| | tinue to hold places on the executive |committee of the National Civic Fed- | leration, a militant opponent of state) pens | This fact is again brought to the} jattention of the American working | |class through the press service of the | |Civic Federation, which releases a} | story on “Recommendations to In-| | dustrial Establishments for the Study | jand Formulation of Funded Pension | | Plans.” The Civic Federation has | | always fought pension legislation and | boosted industrial pensions used by Wisconsin Organization |corporations:to tie workers to the| | plant, promote “loyalty” and break | 4 | Strikes. Condemns Intervention | pects Lies: MADISON, Wis. ‘This latest pension study of the velopment of the modern city h people trying to be artists. Th trol of the crowd.” , We have here bourgeois characteristic of capitalist lite capitalist press in particular. and aloofne: FARMERS RAP AT COOLIDGE POLICY AGAINST MEXICO “There are no poets contem Padraic Colum. But there is with all its “tobacco smoke, ele its throbbing machinery and its struggle of this great city, Th tegral part of that struggle. DAILY WORKER has won for (FP)—American | | Civic Federation is a further endorse-| worst, intellectualism which <% stream of mass activity and seeks to isolate itself in a noble seclusion which will'allow ample room for the aerial flight of its gifted soul. It is the type of intellectualism whigh is The Manager's Corner TOBACCO SMOKE, ELEVATORS AND TYPEWRITERS. f modern bourgeois. poets as- the Hudson. Some deplored work of the day is written in ¢, elevators and typewriters.” onditions, true criticism and Harping on the same melan- choly key, Du Bose Hayward declared, “The stupendous de- as done something terrible to te individual resents the con- intellectual pessimism at its nstinctively shuns the main rature in general and of the It is this quality of isolation from the masses, on the part of those who make the capitalist press, which makes these sheets mere news carriers rather than expressions of the workers. porary with the age,” declares a newspaper which is. The DAILY WORKER is produced in the heart of a great city, vators and typewriters,” with toiling millions. The DAILY WORKER draws its inspiration from the industrial life and e DAILY WORKER is an in- It is for this reason that The itself the devotion and loyalty of masses of workers, a loyalty and devotion which the cap- pecially, instructed to report to the local DAILY WORKER Here is a photo of a gateway to a village in the Chinese interior. This | photo was snapped from the window of a train on the Shanghai-Nanking | railroad. Just the tops of the roofs can be seen above the village wall. HINA COOLIDGE SENDS MARINES TO C ‘Aguinaldo Aids Wood; ‘His Veterans’ Society Moves to Drop Quezon American marines boarding an army transporte at San Diego, Calif., on the way to “an Asiatic station via Honolulu.” Previous reports from Wash- ington state that the American contingent in China is being recruited to full strength. As though sensing the unpopularity ofa war against China, the| authorities sent this detachment away at midnight. -“CHAUMONT” CARRYING MARINES Airplane photograph of the U. S. “Chaumont,” out at sea, with 1,200 tionalists. She also carries ammunition for troops already there. The smaller plane is the Marine Corps Martin bomber. ‘ SORT OF CRUISER THEY WILL BUILD President Coolidge claimed to be anxious for economy, and on this plea ‘ fought bills to raise the pay of postmen, ete. He made a gesture of op- posing a bigger army and navy, but yielded easily to every militarist appeal except that for an appropriation for $1,260,000 for three eruisers like the Seattle. The Senate passed the bill anyway. | ‘ NOW READY. ANQUET TICKETS ARE DAILY WORKER B Tickets have just been issued for the second annual DAILY. WORKER banquet to take place at Yorkville Casino, Monday evening, February 21st (Washington's Birthday eve). Call at Room 32, 108 East 1th street, and a supply to sell to your friends. Fvery DAILY WORKER agent is es- office at once, “ig > | voiced. |ing in Madison, reads: \intervention in the affairs of other {countries is roundly condemned in resolutions adopted by the annual |meeting of the Wisconsin Farm Bur- Suspicion that the Coolidge foreign policies are prompt-| ed by financial considerations is also! The resolution, which was | unanimously adopted at the meet- | eau federation. “Resolved that we oppose war and | urge the arbitration of all questions, | and we are especially opposed to any | kind of intervention on the part of | the government that may lead to war, land further, we urge that the U. S.| Senate adopt the resolutions pending | therein asking for immediate investi-| gation of the financial interests in-| volved in the controversy with Mexi- co and Nicaragua,” The farmers also expressed their disappointment with Secretary of) Agriculture Jardine and demanded a} candidate for president “who resides in the agricultural west and whose | sympathies are known to be favorable to agriculture.” No candidate was! named, however. | | italist press can never hope to equal or challenge. —2BERT MILLER. HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FEWER JOBS IN FACTORIES LAST YEAR THAN IN YEAR BEFORE; LABOR DEPARTMENT TRIES TO HIDE STATISTICS What Sullivan? By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press). In spite of these conclusions and! The labor year 1926 ended with 150,000 fewer workers on factory pay- the conclusions of other competent! rolls than were employed at the end of 1925 and about 250,000 fewer than in annuity experts, the National Civic) March, 1926, according to the December employment report of the U. S. Federation continues’ to ‘attack ‘alll department of labor. The December drop of .6% following a decline of 1.2% pension legislation. Its latest report! in November brought factory employment 2.6% below December, 1925. The is signed by P. Tecumseh Sherman,} total amount paid by the factories in wages was also 1.7% below a year ago. attorney; James E. Kavanagh, Metro-| The average number of workers; diy shack a. La politan Life Insurance Co.; Arthur| employed by American factories! ily shaving down. the jobs available Williams of the New York Edison Co.| throughout the year, coniputed from) in industry. In 1923 the average num- —notorious open shop firm—William| these government figures, was 8,050,-, ber of factory workers was 8,763,000, J. Graham, Equitable Life Assurance 00. The peak of employment for} while in 1920 it was 9,635,000. In ;ment of what Abraham Epstein, re-| | search director of the Old Age Pen-| sion Commission of Pennsylvania,| calls one of the leading items of the} “benevolent feudalism of manage-| ment.” In his recent report on the “Problem of Old Age Pensions in| Industry” Epstein concludes that not) through employers’ paternalism but |“through legislation alone, can the needs of all~the indigent aged be met adequately. Society, and Frank V. Whiting of the the year was reached in March when| other words in the record year 1926 New York Central Lines. With these! 8,210,000 were on the payrolls. The goes the signature of “James W. Sul-' lowest point was July with 7,870,000. livan (Labor)”. There are lots of} In 1925 the average number of fac- Sullivans ‘in’ the American Labor! tory workers was 7,990,000 with the| Who’s Who. But James is not one! Peak in December when 8,110,000 lof them, | were employed. Labor Members! On the letter heading used by | Ralph Easley, executive secretary of Chlopek sueceeds T. V. | sirable members” including Manvel | O'Connor, still THoaeeary Pnadaent, Quezon, and all those affiliated with | International .Longshoremen’s Associ- the Legion of Veterans’, an opposi-| ation”, while McMahon takes the tion organization. 3 | Place of Timothy Healey who resign- tienen fellas the liberal here ed in protest against Easley’s attack os bag by Sy poe ated ia araeey a ad Binge legislation and the British conv Sst a 24 or Party. manding independence. Fe : | Daniel Tobin, president of the As a justification for their action, teamsters’ international, is another bed Sous ek tp that bed labor leader, whose name is off the ge towa: ne same end as committee list. He is succeeded by ne am prgen bi ad thet) Prank Feeney, prominent republican also be qecagiista by “gradualism”| br ag ie vee poe a egg be bs mism | of the Philadelphia Labor World, a el ee the United’ fake sheet which Philadelphia labor $s government”. |refuses to endorse. Feeney was The convention received a letter| named several years ago in the Mar- from the dictator-general, Wood, in| tin Mulhall expose as taking money which the latter praises the “intelli- from the National Assn. of Manu- gent” manner, in which the associ-' tacturers for services in New Jersey, ation is trying to realise its aims, and) 7 In Bad Company. : it specifically praises Aguinaldo. | Others on Easley’s committee are | staee eae vice eee arts A. F. jof Ls M. J. h, head, the Inter- Plan to Make Wood | nations: Molders ‘Unions W.'. Lee. Czar of Philippines Defeated in Congress | president, the R. R. trainmaen; Wm. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The ad- | the Civic Federation, we find some) { Jobs Decreasing. These figures show the effect of the efficiency drives which are stead- Oetober ... - 8,100,000 November + 8,000,090 December ... + 7,960,000 AVEPASE 30.20.10 8,050,000 TOA) cd sreecivevey ens ensees The fluctuation in wages from; month to month is due in part to the’ variation in the number of working days. } Big Falling Off. | Significant decreases in employ- ment compared with December, 1925,' include automobiles, 19.8%} ~ agricul- tural implements, 8.2°¢; brick;-4:1¢¢;} cigars and cigarets, 10.6%; iron and steel, 3.5%; hardware, 9.993 jJumber,' | millwork, 196%; millinery ahd lace-, | goods, 11.2%; silk, 7.6%, and men’sl furnishings, 9.5%. The labor department is quite ob- there were about 700,000 fewer fac- tory jobs than in 1923 and about i,- 600,000 fewer jobs than in 1920, The factory wage bill for 1926 was about $10,812,000,000 or worker. This is a gain over 192 when the ayerage wage was $1,286 but is still considerably be’ 1920 when the average was computed at $1,460, | ; labor’s annual report for 1926 showing from month to month MANILA, Feb. 8.—A move to ex-| Eaeuive: eee Deep abse the fluctuations in employment and wages would be somewhat as follows: | pel Manuel Quezon, president of the | the Part of the Wage Earners”, The Labor Year 1926 No. employed Payroll Av. Wage | Philippine senate, has been started | recent appointees to take the places January . 8,090,000 $856,000,000 $10 | by the Filipino Veterans Association, | of resigned or deceased labor mem- February . 8,175,000 842,000,000 103 |headed by General Emilio Aguinaldo, | hers are Thomas F. McMahon. presi- March + 8,210,000 986,000,000 i20 former rebel leader, but now co | dent, the United Textile Wosiare of April . « 8,130,000 980,000,000 114 pletely with the American adminis- America; Frank Feeney, president, May . - 8,030,000 100,000 lid tration. lthe Elevator Constructors Interna-|\ June + 8,000,000 $15,000,000 Mt The Veterans association is holding) tional, and Anthony J. Chlopek, presi- duly .. +++ 7,870,000 876,000,000 111 its convention here today, and has/ dent, the International Longshore- August . + 7,940,009 907,000,090 114 demanded the expulsion of all “unde-! men’s Assn. September . 8,080,000 100,000 100 100,000 880,000,000 916,000,000 116 110 115 +++ -$10,812,000,000 $1,343 viously attempting to play down the slump in industrial activity. Com- paring December with November it stresses the fact that 14 of the 54 in- dustries show an improvement in em- ployment when the important fact is that 40 of the 54 industries lost ground. Similarly in making com- parison with Degember, 1 the re- port stresses gains in 15 industries when the really serious feature of the situation is the fact that 38 indus- tries show fewer employes than 4a year ago. Federation. Timothy Healey, resign-, ing said “Judge Gary is one of Eas-! |ley’s financial angels.” Frank F.) | Walsh called it “anti-social and bane-| ‘ful.” Morris Hillquit said “To the! crganized labor mevement the policy| of the Civie Federation is the most | subtle and insidious poison.” D. Mahon, of the street railway em- | ployes; James Maloney, Glass Bottle Blowers; D, B. Robertson, firemen ministration was forced to abandon Seek barney fang Pre iad its plan to make Governor-General Leonard Wood virtually independent cf the Philippine legislature in the face of stiff opposition in the House Insular Affairs Committee. today. The committee yoted to take no final action on the Kiess bill, which would place $500,000 of customs re- ceipts in the hands of General Wood and make possible thé abolition of the “Cavalry Cabinet.” The measure also provided for strengthening of American authority thru inereased powers for the Philip- pine auditor, Governor General's Men Kill Eight Moro Women in Philippines MANILA, P. I, —> Eight Moro} women were shot down by the Philli- pine constabulary, which is officered by Americans and cohtrolléd by Gov- ernor-General Wood, in a successful and ruthless attempt to suppress a rebellion in Zamboanga. Following the collapse of her hus-! band’s rebellion, Tarhata Kiram, Moro princess and former University of Illinois co-ed, was captured. Her’ husband is being sought by the con- stabulary. She told of the killing of the women. |the Conductors; and Matthew Woll, | how acting president of the Civic | Federation, who signs Easley’s broad- |sides against Senator Borah and | other senators favoring recognition| | of the Soviet Union, | Outstanding open shoppers on the executive committee — representing) Judge Norby is expected to decide employers—are Nicholas I, Brady, of within a few days whether the tem- |New York Edison; George B. Cortel-| porary injunction issued to the Mc- you, of Consolidated Gas; Marshall! Kipben and Stevénsson concerns | Field? the banker; E. K, Hall, of against the Cloth Hat and Cap Mak- jAmerican Telephone and Telegrapk;!| ers union, should be made permanent. a firm that broke an A. F. of L.' Thomas Latimer is-attorney for the telephone girls’ strike and uses non-| union and Chase and Levy represented union electricians only; Elon H. Hook-' the bosses, jer, of Hooker Electro-Chemical Co.,| The temporary injunction issued | also head of American Defense Soci-| some time ago extends to the mem- ety; Odgen L. Mills, of International! bers of the unién and the officers of Paper Co., which broke the Paper, the Minneapolis céntral labor body Pulp & Sulphine workers’ (A. F. of and several individuals. | L,) strike in 1921, Representing the! ———— | “public are such capitalist figures as, Bus Lines Seck Franchises, T. Coleman duPont, open shopper, JERSEY CITY, N. J., Feb. 8.-—Ap-| }and John Hays Hammond, foe 6! the| plications for bus line franchises | United Mine Workers and other) were made by two companies today! | Minneapolis “Capmakers | In Struggle to Prevent Permanent Injunction MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Feb. 8.— { unions. ito the Jersey City Conimission, it) Deadly Policy. | was announced. The Nevin Bus Line) Archibald Stevenson, notorious! Corporation filed an application for a | Lusk Law red-baitor is still active! line to include three routes in Jersey with tho Federation and Peter J.) City and a route thru the New Hol-) | Brady, labor banker, is secretary of! land vehicular tunnel to Manhattan. the “Department of Political Educa-|'‘The other application was filed by! | tion,” the Consolidated Bus Owners of Hud-| | The United Mine Workers, Ladios| son County, a combination of 60 jit-| G | | anieria: bar membership in the Civic) tion in Jersey City. Reuterdahl to Defend God in Public Debate Against Chief Atheist ST. PAUL, Feb. 8.—A real lively | printed word debate is scheduled be- tween Dr, ‘Arvid Reutherdah! direc- tor general of the International Theistic Society, St. Paul and Free- man Hopwood, general secretary of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Atheism on the subject, “Is Theism Unreasonable?” The de- bate will be published in the Theistic monthly, Mr. Hopwood will take the position that every form of belief in deity ts a fallacy. He will present the scien- tific point of view that a belief in god is a superstitious relic from the early days of mankind. Dr, Reuter- dahl is a renegade agnostic who will uphold the point of view in the debate that “There is a God”. Chaliapin Performance Cancelled. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 8.—Police here today were asked to search for C. G. Fritzker, Cleveland, 0., pro- méter, whose “unexplained disap- pearance” last night caused cancel- lation of the Chaliapin Opera Com- pany’s scheduled performance. The opera company, here from New York, was under contract to receive $8,500 for a showing of the “Barber of Seville.” Detectives declared today that Pritzker had sold more than $6,000 worth of tickets to the affair. arment Workers, and other leading! neys, owners of buses now in opera-| Roll in the Subs For The DAILY WORKER.