The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 15, 1927, Page 3

FARMERS ‘RELIEF? MEASURE TO GET ~ HOUSE MAJORITY Extra Session Opposed By Farm Bloc Leaders (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Feb. 14,—General debate on the luke-warm MecNary- Haugen farm relief bill was schedul- ed to be brought to a close late in the afternoon today. Claiming enougn pledged votes to assure its passage, the so-called farm bloc lead- ers axe jredoubling their efforts to) secure an impressive majority in the | hope of convincing the president in| the nation’s demang for the measure. The bill admittedly can not hurdle an executive veto before the end of the 66th congress, Despite the ma- jority which the farm bloc secured | in the senate vote and claims in the| house, the leaders are not eager to| demand an extra session. | Modify Demands to Please President. | The chief hope of these leaders | rests upon their claim that they have | met all of the objections that Cool- idge has raised in the past to this} class of legislation, They assert that | price-fixing phases have been remov- ed, that a government subsidy is specifically ayoided and that it will) promote co-operative marketing, which the president is pledged to aid. “The house rules committee has ex- pected to, recommend the substitution of the senate bill for the companion THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1927 Page Three measure now being debated in the house. Presentation of this rule, pro- | bably tomorrow, would force what is| expected to be a decisive test vote. | oo. 2 | WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Riding| triumphantly in the saddle of par- hamentary control, farm bioc; leauers | oz the house today toreed trom the} powerful: rules committee a special | rule which will permit the substitu- | tion of the MeNary-Haugen bill, al- ready passed by the senate, tor the| farm relief measure now pending in| the house. | ‘Yhis will permit a direct vote on the senate measure, and save consid- erable time.’ ‘the first test vote witb | tne bill's antagonists will come to- morrow when tne special ruie 18 pre-| sented. See WASHINGTON, Feb, 14.—A novel reason for supporting the MecNary- Haugen farm aid bjii was given m the house today by representative| Berger (S).of Wisconsin. Declaring that the bill makes pos- sible the sale of American farm pro- ducts abroad at less than American prices, Berger said this would aid “starving millions of Europe.” “We will help Europeans to restore their buying power in this manner,| and also wiil be doing a humane and| socialisti¢ thing.” He said. | Grief-crazed Plasterer Kills. “The doctor kill my sick son with poison needle. He jab him in back. 1 stick him with knife. That’s all.” Such was the explanation given today by Frank Caruso, Brooklyn} plasterer for the killing of Dr. Cas- per S,-Pendola yesterday. The grief-stricken father was held without bail today on 3 murder charge. He stubbornly contended | at Dr. Pendola killed his son with | a “jab in back,” and would not be-) lieve that the hypodermic needle was used in an effort to save the boy’s life. Mrs. Caruso was held as a ma-| terial witness. } Punch In Jaw Causes Death. Thomas Carroll; 25, of 3612 Thir- ty-seventh Street, Astoria. Queens, | was placed on trial before County | Judge Gilbert Baker in Long Island today charged with second degree at a we eS ts SHANGHAI PAPERS PONDER OVER NATIONALIST ASPIRATIONS; HOPE FOR CHANCE TO TRY THEM death of Patrick McTavey on Sept. 26, last Carroll was accused of having) punched the jaw of MeTavey, the) umpire of a semi-professional bage- ball game, with the result that Me- ‘Tavey died from a brain hemorrhage un hour later. Earthquake Kills Many, VIENNA, Feb. 14. — Northern Yugo-Slavia suffered severe earth- quakes early today. The center of the earthquake was Stolac in Netse- gowine, where many were reported to have been killed when roofs and walls fell in, The earthquake was felt in Belgrade. MODERN HIGHWAY | training. PIETRO BADOGLIO Aires, was arrested in Madrid. scolded the Argentine Ambassador for failing to get air- plane contracts for Spanish concerns. mors, English war hero, visited United States. Pietro Badogolio, of Italy, wes reported opposed to plans to Fred M. Dearing, United States Consul at Lisbon, quit the legation to escape fire in the make ‘Mussolini emporer. Portuguese revolt. Prominent in International Intrigue COAL BARONS TRY 10 BLUFF AT MIAMI FLA. Peabody Is Heard From At Chicago (Continued from Page One) spokesmen declared it would be use- less to continue negotiations if there is no prospect of a wage sl Un- | less there is a cut, they asserted they | could not hold out again&t the com- petition of the lower é non-union fields in West V , Tennessee and Kentucky, which sections also enjoy a preferential freight rate on lake coal shipments, This. argument often been used and h; answered by progre by operators has Dee union with ffacts. The pr point to the many coal rn companies which own both norther union mines, and southern, non n mines. Reject Progressives’ Remedy. It was this which was back of the} progressive resolutions introduced i to the last U. M. W. A. con for no contract with part of the min pof a company ur of its mines |were included. T s downed by the Lew jeers and riotous ue claimed dramatically, “Why that res- olution would mean that we would| have to fight the United States Steel Company.” | Storm Brewing. | Today’s joint session was purely perfunctory. It consisted of election of officers and appointment of com- mittees. These officers were named: Chairman, Rice Miller of Illinois, operator; secretary, Thomas Kennedy, | secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers; assistant ‘secretary, | George K. Smith of Ohio, operator; and sergeant at arms, James Need- ham of Illinois, operator. Two operators and two miners’ representatives were appointed from FRED M.DEARING Major Franco, hero of the trans-Atlantic flight to Buenos He was reported to have The Earl of Dun- Marshal BERKELEY STUDENTS DEBATE OVER INVASION OF MEXICO; PROFESSOR FOR IMPERIALISM; MASS MEETING VOTES AGAINST WAR LORDS so»vine By HOWARD HARLAN. BERKELEY, Cal., Feb. 14.—Mili- tagy training is by,.no means a popu- lar feature in the University of Cali- fornia. Many times during the past féw years individual students and eyen groups have rebelled against taking a course in militarism for the benefit of modern imperialism. This opposition, while naturally frowned upon ‘by the faculty, was not, sup- pressed by the high handed methods utilized in other cases. ‘The “bosses” of the university fully understand the attitude of the student body in this respect, and are consequently reluc- tant to cause a flame of discontent by harsh discipline, Gloved Hand. They prefer to go easy, and try to instil in the students’ minds the Wec- essity of protecting our vaunted lib- erty and freedom. The _ military training became the “hated” course in the university and was continually commented upon in the class rooms, on the campus and in the columns of the daily paper published by the student body. While many isolated cases of dis- content came to the surface for years, it was not till recent weeks that any definite move was made to launch an organized attempt against military Anti-Imperialist Meeting. The incentive to action came with the recent troubles with Mexico andj Nicaragua. A mass meeting was ar- ranged on the campus to discuss the , ] | played at present, it will not be long Tilinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsyl- |}vania on the rules committee. Talk Compromise. The conference was summoned to \draft a new wage scale for the Jack- agreement which expires |March 31. Unless an agreement, | permanent or tempore is reached, attitude of the U. S. government approximately 350,000 union bitumin- towards our southern neighbors. Pro-| ous miners will walk out of the pits fessor David P. Barrows, ex-president| at the expiration of the present con of the university, and at present a) tract. professor of political science, was| None of the comn e chosen to present the case for Uncle! union or operator officia Sam, or Wall street, while the ease| mit that there will be a for the opposition was voiced by oRe| year, * They say th of the “progressive” republican lead-| though it can be effected only after ers of California, Chester Rowell. the sharpest kind o ghting, will be Majority Against Invasion. reached. The negotiations are ex- This meeting clearly disclosed the | pected to be fairly long drawn out. | fact that the,overwhelming majority; The miners’ committee comes in-| of the students were opposed to goy-|structed by the international conven-| ernmenial interference in Mexican|tion not to accept wage decre and Nicaraguan affairs. ; Out of an|and to’ make a two-year contract for audience of two thousand less than/the bituminous fields. But neither the| one hundred ‘voted for continued | convention, nor the international pres- strong arm tactics in respect to our| ident, who dominated it through pack- sister republics. When the meeting \ed delegations, made any plans for the was thrown open for discussion, stu-|strike that must follow a refusal on dent after student attacked the posi-| the operators to sign at the old scale, tion of our administration and in-| The operators are insisting not only sisted that the people south of us/upon a substantial wage reduction but should be given every opportunity to| upon a flexible wage scale which may, govern themselves in the way they|be revised as conditions warrant by like best. Only one out of more than jan arbitration board set up by the a dozen speakers essayed to assist the| union and the owners. The board U. S. government and he received| would consist of 11 members, four little applause for his efforts. miners, four operators and three men More Meetings. to be agreed upon by the workers and | The success of this mass meeting|owners. The board would establish) encouraged the students to solidify|a competitive wage, that is, a weight-| their efforts against military train-|ed average of the scale paid in the ing, and judging by the signs dis-|non-union fields. To this wage, the| operators would add 10 per cent for till another mass meeting provides a| union men. manifestation of disapproval against} The operators today agreed upon} the obvious iniquity of military train-|Herman ©. Perry of Hillsboro, Ill.,/ ing. as the official spokesman. This job ;|earries with it the chairmanship of| from the s would ad- > this mise, 3, The American Committee for Jus-| between patriotism and treachery, and tice to China reports Shanghai com-/} lastly between China as an independ- ment on the Nationalist movement i China as follows: “The struggles in the north in recent years were but the outcome of personal hatred and jealousy of the military chiefs toward each other. ... The present expedi- tion against the northern generals is rot a military venture just for the purpose of exrenere the power and influence of the Nationalist govern- ment, but a real struggle between modern China and mediaeval China, BEFORE SOOCHOW . This fine wide ‘digits runs from Shanghai to Manking, past Soochow, whose battlemented walls are seen in the background. ‘The eastern militar- ist leader, Sun Chuan-fang maintains his headquarters at Nanking, and makes use of the road to bring up mercenary tr oe laatiade deme debi rand iaeceiatid Roll in the and send back wounded ‘|That such assistance should have the joint wage conference. Perry withdrew his name and Rice | Miller of Millsboro, chairman of the} Illinois Operators’ Association, was elected chairman of the joint wage| committee. | Flapper Bandit Robs Store. | nt sovereign country and a mere vassal state. When the issue is clear) as in the present civil war, the Chi-| nese people have no difficulty what- ever in aligning themselves with the side that champions their cause... . about seventeen years old, held up} the manager of a chain store grocery | at 1245 Nostrand Avenue today, | rifled the cash register of more than $160, and escaped. j | ment’s statement. THE 1927 CAMEL AND THE NEEDLE’S EYE Sy While Borah and the drys are trying te wring out the republican party, Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University, is issuing public statements to the effect that only a Wet can win. While the two factions struggle, and the democrats prepare to take advantage of division among their opponents, the interests of the workers and farmers are conveniently forgotten. politicians of the two capitalist partie: MUSSOLINI NOT ANXIOUS TO SEE ANY DISARMING Seems to Think “Cal’s” Meeting Fake Anyway ROME, Feb, 14.—I resident Coolidge’s proposals on the ground #! 1 armament she can not afford to cease her nava! program | until the smaller Mediterranean pow- ers do likewise. This is the general interpretation which has been placed on the offieial government statement on disarnta- ment, which was issued yesterday. The statement alluded tothe fail- ure of the Rome naval conference when all the minor powers refused te accept any proposals for reduction in building, based on the Washington conference agreement. The Italian government declares that this attitude makes it difficult for the great powers to undertake any reduction in build- ing programs for small craft. “Vital Interests.” “Italy can’t agree to measures en- dungering, even indirectly, her vital interests,” said the Italian govern- This statement is accepted here as intended to'be coupled with the further statement of the government relative to “hurried naval building of the great minor powers | on the Mediterranean.” : Italy wants Spain, Russia and Yugo- Slavia included in any disarmament lan, and probably, won't accept any disarmament proposals that do not include these nations. This decision comes during a great burst of activity at government arms A flapper girl bandit, apparently | plants and talk of Italian invasion of | | THE PYRAMIDS FOR A RADIO STATION the Balkans. When replying to these advertise- ments mention The DAILY WORKER. Recognition (of the Cantofese goy- ernment) is long overdue in view of the fact that the Nationalist govern- ment is a political and potential real- ity while the phantom one in Peking remains to be styled as a government only on paper, Borodin Did Good Work. “In the South, Borodin and his as- sistants have shaped the government of the southern provinces and render- ed inealculable service to their admin- istration in almost every phase of government, They organized a com- paratively modern army, introduced modern methods, and assisted in the reorganization of the government. come from Russia is said by many to be solely because help in the congoli- dation of the southern government was not forthcoming from any other source, “The general attitide toward the ascendency ef the Kuomintang (the Cantonese party) is to let them have a full chance to try out their theories which are most in line ‘with the demo- eratic aspirations of the people.” Henry Ford, day! Edison is the copitaliatie inventor beyond compare, one of those excep- pyramid into a radio station, ike. Ba Wha BAGLT che ins bol lc Seon tame locas fac we Pdacilln way, , but is more famous ly for “system” of expert a —TWO OF A KIND ly will reject ry four years a sham battle on some such side is e is staged by the s. Workers must have their ®wn party, devoted to their interests. Non-Stop Musher | | | } | Wilfred Blais, 25, of Lewiston, Me, in order to see the world’s champion- ship snowshoe race at Manchester, N. H., mushed there on snow shoes, 140 miles, without stopping in 48% hours. Schooner Driven on Rocks. —Twenty fishermen were forced to take to thejr dories today when, dur- jing a blinding snow storm, the two- |masted fishing schooner Elsie G. Silva of Gloucester was driven on tHe rocks near Pamet River. PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Feb. 14. | MUSSOLINI MAY "START NEW WAR UPON BALKANS Machine Guns, Tanks Being Manufactured LONDON, Feb. 14.—‘Is Mussolini | planning a new Balkan war or an in- jvasion of Asia Minor or what?” | queries the Lugano correspondent for |the London Daily Herald who has dis- jcoverel that arsenals and munition |factories are working at high pres- | sure throughout Italy. The re-opening of the government arsenal in Rome, the rate at which the great Breda firm at Milan is turn- ing out machine guns and tanks¢in- dicate that Mussolini may have a little war up his sleeve. Textile factories at Prato are re- ported to be making enough uniform cloth for over 250,000 soldiers and an optical company in Milan has re- ceived two carloads of telescopic field gun sights from abroad to finish, ac- cording to the Daily Herald’s corre- spondent. Perhaps Chancellor of the Exche- quer Churchill who recently returned from a little visit to Rome may know the why and wherefore of these mili- tury preparations, the Daily Herald suggests. Kills Self With Dynamite. 4 PEABODY, Mass., Feb. 14.—Blow- | ing himself up with a ch of | dynamite, that shook the ei for | miles around and shattered scores of | windows, William H. Vanderbilt, 60, | an explosive expert committed sul- cide here today. | Se Central Press Photo world, are tombs to the grandeur of ki But nothing is sacred to capitalism o1 with the success of his inventions. Ford started out that |/tself. No one protests in Pharaoh's name. nd inhumane direct troop movements againct a nationalist uprising in Egypt soon, The pyramids of Egypt, one of the wonders of the ancient and modern ings who died thousands of years ago. r its governments. The British domi- ‘and howan. A. Edison, left, on Sdlnce’s 80th birth-| nated administration in Egypt gives its consent to turning the largest machinery housed in the tomb chamber But this radio will be used to and | e will then be a lot of protest from the Egyptians.