The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 10, 1927, Page 3

DELEGATES FROM AT BRUSSELS PLANNED FREEDOM 0" (Continued from Page One) floor amid a tremendous outburst of applause, “In extending a fraternal salute,” began the famous French author, “to all those who have come here from the far corners of the earth, repre- senting uncounted multitudes of hu- man beings, I say to you: you are not men who come here only to fra- ternize with each other, to clasp hands; you are also fighters who come to organize for struggle. You are going to carry forward in the world the old ery of freedom, the ery of emancipation of all races, peo- ples and classes of the oppressed.” Fight Imperialsim. Barbusse, who left his sick-hed to attend this congress, was app!auded tumultuously thruout his long speech. He dwelt with particular emphasis upon the heroic struggle of the Chinese people against imperial- ism. The Chinese situation, indeed, sets the keynote for the entire con- gress. Telegrams of greeting were read from Mrs. Sun Yat Sen, from the central committee of the Kuo Min Tang party and from the Chi- nese revolutionary armies, Liao, the delegate of the Kuo Min Tang, then rose to speak. Till, Victory Comes. Liao affirmed the determination of the Chinese people to fight until complete victory is won. “The overthrow of imperialism,” he declared, “is a task to which all oppressed groups must set them- selves. The significance of this eon- gress is that it brings us together, enables us to pave the way for fruit- ful collaboration against our com- mon enemy. I am especially glad to see represented here organizations of workers in the imperialist countries. Tf the workers are content to serve, the aims of imperialism they will un- consciously, play into the hands of their own oppressors, for it is not the workers who rule in the imperialist countries but the enemies of the workers. ‘ Protest Helps Chinese. *“T want to thank the European: working class,” he went on, “for their | magnificent campaigns of protest -3. behalf of the Chinese people. I thank especially the workers of England: and of Austratia, and also the nation alist movement of India for its stand against the use of Indian troops in! China. Lastly, I want to pay homage to the workers’ and peasants’ gov- ernment, of Soviet Russia, which has shown itself the true friend of op- }vessed peoples thruout the world.” Oppressed Asia Speaks, Other .speakers included . Jawahar Tal Nehru, representing the Indian National Congress; Sen Katayama, the famous Japanese revolutionist; Kin Fa Lin, of Korea; Carlos Qui-! jano, representing the Revolutionary Nationalist Party of Venezuela, South America; and A. Fenner Brockway, seeretary of the Inde- pendent Labor Party of Great Brit- ain. Brockway Promises New Policy. Brockway, who spoke last, ex- pressed discontent with the colonial policy of Great Britain during the For Every Irish Rebel | AND A BOOKLET TO BE. READ BY EVERY WORKER | “JIM CONNOLLY and Irish Freedom” P By G. SCHULLER With Introduction by. T, J. O'PLAHERTY The Story of the great | ! ‘| minister of THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THI SUBJECT NATIONS MacDonald governmént and declared § } mumber memb: re’ dete labor next comes ta } it will follow ’a diffe am particularly ashame “of the Bengal ordinan ted explicitly that his wh he is representing off at this congress, is opposed to th British war maneuvers China and is in favor yecognition of the Cantonese government. In he pledged his party to upon the immediate recat) military forces frou tant aud unyielding oppo: attemc at war and corsistent port of the Chinese strugy: dom. ~ “If way, breaks our.” he said, “we shall be on the side of China, and ageinst England.” He shook hands with the Kuo Min Tang repre- sentative, Liao, greeting the entire congress in the name of the lL. L.. P. It is expected that the congress will last four or five days, The agenda is as follows: Agenda. 1. Opening addresses. 2. Imperialism and its consequen- ces in the colonial and semi-colonial countries, 4. Co-operation between the na- tiona! liberation movements in op- pressed countries and the labor and the labor and anti-imperialist move- ments in the imperialist countries. 5. Co-ordination of the national emancipation movements With the labor movements of all countries, colonial as well as imperialist. 3. Imperialism and the danger of wars. 6, Eestablishment of a permanent world-wide organization linking up all forces against imperialism and colonial oppression. Committees have been named to deal, respectively, with the problems of struggle against British, French, American and Japanese imperialism. | * Each of these committees includes representatives from the imperialist countries as well as from the colonies and semi-colonies. The presiding committee of the - congress, as finally selected, is made | up as follow Honorary chairmen: George Lans- bury, M. P.; Professor Albert Ein- | stein, Romain Rolland and Mrs. Sun Yat Sen. Chairman: Edo Fimmen, secretary of the International Federation of Transport Workers. Committeemen: China—Liao, Kuo Min Tang; Chen Kuen, All-China Federation of Trade Unions. Mexico —Julio A. Mella, repvesenting the National Peasants’ League; Martinez, Tampico central labor body. Porte Rico—Jose Vasconcelos (former Minister of Education in| Mexieo, who has credentials from the | Nationalist Party of Porte Rico), Japan—Sen Katayama. Egypt—Mo- hammed Hafiz Ramadan Bey. South Africa—Daniel Colraine, vice-presi- dent of the South African Trade Union Congress. Dutch East Indies—Mohammed Hatta and Sem- aoen, of Srakat Rayat. India—J. L. Nehru. North Afriea—Messali, of ‘Algeria. Persia—Achmed Assadoft, of the Persian Revolutionary Repub- lican Party. Kerea—Kin Fa Ling. France—Madame Duchene, Women’s League for Peace and Freedom; Al- bert Fournier. Senegal — Lamine Senghor, Great Bi n—S. O. Dav- ies; A. F. Brockway; Harry Pollitt, of the Minority Movement; R. Bridgeman. United States — Roger , Baldwin, representing the Urban League and the American Civi Liberties Union; Manuel Gomez, All- America Anti-Imperialist League. Germany—Prof. Theodor Lessing; Prof. Alfons Goldschmidt; George Ledebour;» Willi Munzenberg; Dr. Helene Stocker. Italy—Verri; Migli- (oli. Helland — Henrietta Rotand- ‘Holst. Czechos!ovakia—Prof, Nejed- ly, Belgium—Georges Gerard; Dr. Marteax; P, H. Spaak. BRITISH ARMY MECHANIZING. ITS CAVALRY LONDON. March 9.-~The army es- \] timates introduced in the House of ;Commons by Sir Laming W. Evans, ar, reached a total of . $208,525,000 for the ensuing year. The | report emphasized the necessity of Progressive Bills Ismael | Killed By New York labor } © serve on taining to ¢ tied by the Committee earlier d vies Increase / Nations Talk “Peace” As (Continued on Page Three) ference with Japan and Great Bri- tain did not attract a great deal ¢ attention in the newspapers today. Lay Blame on Fran The Chronicle, liberal or was the only newspaper to comment edi- torially. This paper poi out that nee and Italy did not accept the five powek conference propos adds that “it is evident-th ugreement tying down ¢ ih to naval restrictions which are not accepted by her nearest will not be possible.” The suggests that the way out of the di fiewlty would be for Great Britain tu agree to limitation.on condition thu the restrictions would not be bin ig any European power took advu tage of the agreement to build in competition with Great Britain. Only In Pacif In official cireles it was stated that the British government might suggest that tri-partite conference be held to apply only to the Pacific, in view of; th Inited States, Japan and British s there, hh such an agreement, however, ther would probably be some difficulty a pan might be expected to ask tha her ratio of |’ : ships be greatc than that of Great Britain and the United States because her intere... are almost entir in the Pacific. * ese, Gas Technique Improves. Paris, March 9.—Andre Michelin, great manufacturer, in a lecture to the union of commerce and industry yesterday, detailed the possibilities of poison gas in the coming war. He proposed a league for the annihilation ef any country which attempts to destroy Paris. Said Michelin: “Chemical warfare research has made vast strides since the armistice, and the technique in the next conflict will make possible the, asphyxiation of a city the size of Paris. There- fore, we must prepare and prepare | with all our ferce, to combat the ter- rible prospect. To, Spread Death. “T strongly urge the government: to enter into immediate negotiations with as many nations as can be in- terested to the end that all may be brought into an ironbound treaty to! act together should. a frightful attack be made on one of our cities in the next war. } “L suggest that in the event a na- tion makes an asphyxiating gas al tack upon Paris or some other city,’ the nations party to the agreement assemble all available bembing planes ata given point the next day and spread ruin oyer the territory of the country making the attack. * pe . Will Elevate Guns. WASHINGTON, March 9. — Al- though the state department has un- officially announced that it is incit- ing England and Japan to diseuss the limitation of naval! ,armaments, the navy department goes ahead with its plans to in e the ige of the heavy batteries on thirteen of the United States’ eighteen first line battleships. Defy Baldwin. j to do this, the failure of to pass the naval defeci- setting aside $920,000 for the raising of the guns on American battle- ships «wil have to be evereome by taking the money from other sources. the navy department is also aware that Ambassador Houghton is in- structed to negotiate with the Bri- tish government over Premier Bald- win’s note of pro against the in-| creasing of the range of American! naval guns, This uote was sent several months ago, but was only | made public today. ' While negotiations | guns will be elevated. In order the senate en bill, cally continue, the! | ‘$100,000 Worth Of IRSDAY, MARCH 10, 1927 UNCLE SAM—THE PIRATE OF 1927 BE KELLIOGE & ORGANIZE THE TRACTION WORKERS! ing time is lost in waiting. In this way fourteen or sixteen hours are frequently piled into a day’s work. It requires years of training to be- come a motorman. These. form a class of highly skilled labor. Yet their pay varies between $35.and $45 weekly. Only in rare instances does it rise higher. Very likely $40 would bea good average. This makes them perhaps the most underpaid em- ployes of their class in the country. Plenty of Danger. The work of the motorman has its peculiar hazards quite unknown to the public. The constant vibration of the speeding trains has the uni- form effect of causing a number of occupational diseases, notably an ag- (Continued from Page One) gestion, unbelievably inhuman and brutal, an actual battering ram of momentarily frenzied animals beat- ing themselves toget under a sort of hypnotie compulsion to rush daily to occupations which they must in- ;evitably pursue but. the purpose and | meaning of which they must never { question. | Here indeed, is visible, in its most }extreme form the characteristic fruit |of a disordered and planless system: the blind stagger of a metropolitan city, drunk with super growth, the magnetic center of an unhealthily developing, profit plundering, impe- rialism, fore-doomed ever to out- grow the confines of its existence Read! Ruthenberg's Books {but destined inevitably to continue! gravated form of stomach trouble. its “growth.” The air in the subways is always j Terrific Straif. filled with steel dust, the constant The strain of working under these intake of which into the lungs conditions can be appreciated only| Wreaks its certain havoe in good by those employed in the harr time. No opportunity is provided RuTHBNBE task of directing the underg during a six or even an eight hour traffic. Now, it might be supposed|run for the men to take their meals that the least compensati ‘or such| or carry out other needs. They must effort should be a decent wage. But|eat “on the fly,” usually a hastily A COMMUNIST TRIAL. Extracts from the testimony of C. BE. Ruth- enberg at his trial for violation of the Syndicalist Law in 1919. This book contains the speech de- livered by C. E. Ruthenberg and is considered the most revolutionary challenge made in a court in the United States. The facts in the case, and the revord of the speech. Price 25 cents. swallowed sandwich. The vibration of the train prevents proper diges- tion and practically all me¢tornien complain of stomach ailments. As for the other needs of nature, the impossibility of exercising these functions leads to numerous va ties of kidney and intestine troub! These are the conditions under which the traction workers pass jing for their turn. They are seldom | their lives—and this is not all, for informed as to the exact time of|there is still the Company Union! their hours to begin work, but. like | (To be continued.) |the miners must be always on hand — to awajt what may turn up. These. Adopted Son Charges Plot. men begin with a wage of about 31 The trial of the suit of Angelo M. cents an hour and it is by no means Ellison, one-time elevator boy, for a uncommon to find a daily average |huge slice of the $15,000,000 estate the platform guards are perhaps the mést unde group of the Int borough. Their average wage prob- ably dees not exeeed per week. In Wddition, their work, especially of those still learning, is of the most uncertain kind. Often ‘men do not average over two or three days per week. They are kept for many! months on the beginner’s list wait- THE POURTH NATIONAL CON- VENTION. Resolutions—Theses Deelaration-.Canstitution of the Workers (Communist) Party. Adepted at the ith National Con-, vention, held in Chicago, 11., August | $ .50/extending over weeks and even(left by Edward F. Searles, Methuen, months ef $1.75 to $2.00 per day. | Mass., recluse, entered its second * THE Also, they must pay for their own|Week yesterday, Ellison is suing WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY, uniforms. | Arthur T. Walker, who had been the And what is the condition among |2¢¢d man’s secretary, charging influ- the motoymen, the most highly paid|*mees were brought to bear upon A report of the Contyal ¢ it~ 7 tee to the third Najional ( geoup of all? These workers are| Searles so that he should leave his held {in Chicago, January ed to have an eight hour day. | Millions to Walker. Ellison, who had But in reality, only a small num |been virtually adopted by the million- ber, those whe ‘bays. waited long ire, felt he should have more than years for seniority rights, share in | the $10,000 he received. the real benefits of the shorter day. Raye Cs Many of the others work what is Politicians In Fist Fight termed “swing runs,” that is, they} HARRISON, N. Y., Mar. 9--A have a “run” which may require four| meeting of the township voters here jor five hours followed by an inter-| last night ended in a fist fight be- Theses—resolvtions--program troduction by C. E. Ruthenbers. $ 50 FROM THE 88D THROUUN THE ATH CONVENTION, ©. B. Ruth A review of the developments of} | white | workers * LEAGUE ADMITS POVERTY MAKES PROSTITUTION Organized Traffic Gets Women of Poor Lands 7A, March 9,— ber of about ten The appall- GENE 1s thousand nu men are annually bought and sold |like so many chattels in the nefar- ious international white slave traf fi Th the conclusion drawn by a voluminous detailed report to the council by the League of Nation’s slave committee, headed by Colonel Freeman Snow, of New Yorks Poverty Forces Them. Economic conditions, much more than the innate badness of the wo- men or their desire for such a life, is the chief factor in the supply. Countries with depreciated cur- rencies and a surplus of women aad where the outlook is the most gloomy are the sources where slavers | operate with the greatest results. The prices are said to range all the way from one hundred dollars two thousand dollars, depending the woman’s you' and beauty and the demand. to on Prove Commercialization. The investigation of the committee extended over thirty countries. One of the most important fea- tures of the report is that it ends the controversy of whether there is or not such a thing as an interna- tional traffic in women for immoral purposes. The committee answers strongly in the affirmative. The information gleaned indicates that not a few white slavers have made comfortable fortunes. Tacoma Bosses Oppose Five Day Work Week TACOMA, Wash March 9. (FP.).— jeneral contractors at Tacoma object to the 5-day week, charging that it nereascs the scarcity of craftsmen. Arrest Counterfeiters. CHICAGO, March 9.—Federal sec- ret service agents swooped down upom even places in Chicago today and arrested cight members of what is said to be a $1,000,000 counterfeiting ring. According to Capt. Thomas J. Cal- laghan, chief of the secret service here, the gang is known to have placed at least $100,000 in counterfeit $20 gold notes’in circulation in Chicago. Freiheit Jubilee SATURDAY EVENING APRIL 2nd, 1927 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ° 49th Street & 8th Avenue Freiheit Gesangs Verein accompanied by New York Symphony Orchestra will present the poem of the Russian Revoiution TWELVE written by Alexander Block. Music and Conducted by Opium Is Seized i}, mechaniaing every branch of the, a the Workers (Communist) Party, the JACOB SCHAFER. Trish Revolutionist and the TRISH RISING IN 1916 x No. 11 in the Little { Red Library 10 CENTS Twelve copies for $1.00 THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 38 First St. New York. f 5 | i}}in the cavalry, ihe army council is! prices was seized by agents of the) {[{divection: and $750,000 have been ap-/ sour seamen, on the vessel. } iS = scouts over cavalvy, the minis- |}; for said that where cavalry’ can only ||) move twenty miles ahead of an army havn | BALTIMORE, Md, March 9.—! | Though forced to still employ horses | Opium worth $100,000 at bootleg | doing its utmost to find some mechan-| federal narcotie squad today. when! ical means more suitable for'its puwr- they arrested Mdward Pacin and poses, Continuous research and ex- | George Howes, officers of the Amer- | rorimentation aré going on in that) ican ship Clontarf at Camden, and. } i | | ‘prapriated for the purpose for the! ;coming year, ‘ ‘The opiun was in bags and weighed ‘40 pounds, ibing the advantage of Faeens Union Men to Patronize Union Barber Shops BUTTE, Mont, (PP).—Union men partnoizing non-union barber shops in Butte will have their names 4 Sa as in search of would be ca, in advanee enemy, armored cars le of a hundred miles an army. Roll in the Subs Vor The DAILY WORKRR. !tive explanation of the principles of | South Ferry (Lower Manhattan) or jude of three or four hours after| tween former Police Judge Lorenzo which they complete their day's} C. Landolfe and Fire Commissioner work with another “run” of three or| Herbert C, Bennett. ¢ four hours. Ancther prevalent prac- | tise, esfecially emphasized since the’ different stages it went through, a brief history of the eontroversies within the party on the Labor Party | policy; -Trotskyism, Loreism, cable from the Comintern to the Nationa, Pelephone Passaic 6563. ; : recent Interborough strike, is che one} * ‘ Panwrareni, hex 0%, i +40 of compelling the men to begin their Michael J. Elias THR WORKERS (COMMUNIST) “ru at points far removed from Connected with PARTY. What it stands for. Why their homes, Wor instance, a motor- | workers should join. man who lives in the Bronx is sched- | A brief but complete and attrac-| led to begin his ‘run’ perhaps at FUNERAL DIRECTOR HARRY JEWUSIAK 167 Third St. PASSAIC, N. J. the American section of the world|¢Ven at some distant point in Brook- | Communist movemest—its principles, |! ‘ | immediate program and reason why| It may safely be, said that two or every worker should join, Mlustrated three hours daily are thus added to with choice work of the best Ameri- | the working time of many motormen can artists. 5 Cents, for which, of course, they receive no | : |pay. Those who have “swing runs”) often find it impossible to go home| | POPPED 000000 ode Sere Japanese Fibre Flowers Japanese Silk Flower a Specialty All Kinds of Decorations Don Quantity Estimate Cheerfully Given L, BROMBACHER, Manager 88 Sherman Ave. Jersey City, N. J. |) wee JACOMO RIMINI and SERGEI RODOMSKY in a special program. 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