The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 28, 1927, Page 1

The Daily. Worker Fights: For the Organization of the Un- organized. For a Labor Party. For the 40-Hour Week. ST Vol. IV. No. 63. U.S. RUSHES MORE TROO SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 pe: NEW YORK’S LABOR DAILY THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. r year. Current Events By T. J. O’FLanerry. | i; Herald-Tribune, London dispatch tells us that labor received a se- vere setback in the Leith, Scotland, election when the liberals won a long-awaited victory, defeating the} Labor Party eandidate and the con-| servative. As a matter of fact the Labor Party gained 1,210 votes over their previous record in the same con-| stituency in the last general election. | The Leith seat was formerly held by | Captain Wedgewood Benns who re-| cently quit the liberals and joined the labor party. The Labor Party has been winning by elections so con-| sistently since the general strike that| the British bourgeoisie went as crazy over this slim victory—the lib- erals’ plurality was only III—as they | would over the successful bombing | of an Arabian village. ee ee HE American farmer is again go- ing thru the process of being in- flated with financial health dope by seriveners who are as far removed from the waving corn of the wide op- en spaces as are the authors who supply real cowboys with’ thrillers of prairie life. The journalist-doctors that medicate the farmers’ ills get their dope from the libraries and the “wild western” writers from contact with the habitues of Amsterdam avenue pool parlors. So the farmers continue to vote for the capitalist parties and the cowboys smoke toas- ted dust. eB ge. ae in business has re- ceived a severe jolt according to a West Side Y. M. C. A, secretary who informs us that his office is| swamped with calls from business men who are ready to drop their} flapper stenos for males. Business men, it seems, contrary, to general belief, mourn the disappearance of the “old fashioned girl” who chewed, not gum, Wore ‘sShoftskirts: 6f bobbed her hair, Our’ commercial kings, lords and commons have been mis- understood. It was not their fault if they were detained until late hours at committees. It is the woman that always pays. But supposing Mr. Sumner steps in and inquires why) the sudden fondness for male stenog- raphers? What then Mr. Business- man? - ee ea RAY hurls bible on floor” shrieks a New York newspaper} that carries a neat little sermon| daily at the top of its editorial page. Gray is the man who is alleged to have murdered another man whose wife he coveted and who was coveted in return by the murdered man’s wife. A marriage ceremony kept sacred the relations of the murdered man and his murderer wife until booze and a crowbar separated them, despite the religious command which warns that those whom God binds, no | man shall separate, or words to that effect. Here is where a nifty divorce lawyer would be less deadly and less} sinful than a skinful of poisoned whiskey and a tap from a crowbar. Why not fasten this murder on bour- geois morality? | * * * ITH most of the United States marines in Latin America and China the democrats and republicans of Chicago should be able to enjoy their little shooting party on election (Continued on Page Two) MILITANTS OF Thirty Iowa Operators Sign | cept the invitation of Van A. Bittner, HELPERS VOTE Coal Operators Fail Fairmont Wage Parley Temporary Agreements FAIRMONT, W. Va., March. 27.— Coal mine operators in the Northern West Virginia field have failed to ac- United Mine Workers’ organizer, to discuss a wage agreement discussion. Bittner, and J. L, Steddard, presi- dent of District 31, United Mine Workers, left for Grant Town, after the operators failed to make their ap- pearance. * * * Thirty Companies Sign. DES MOINES, Iowa, March 27.— Thirty independent operators in the Iowa field, small companies, have signed up with the United Mine Workers of America to work thru the strike in the central competitive field. The agreements are of the type advised by International President John L. Lewis in his letter to district presidents, following the break-down of the Miami wage negotiations. The companies agree to pay the Jackson- ville scale as long as they care to operate—no time limit being fixed. The contracts specify that as soon as the wage is decided upon in the cen- tral competitive field, new agree- ments based on it shall be negotiated in the outlying districts, Pee EE? Save For Strike. INDIANAPOLIS, March 27.—The| miners of the central competitive coal fields are preparing for a long bitter strike, Reports from mining town banks show that deposits are increasing rapidly, and this is taken to mean that the individual coal dig- gers are already denying themselves all but prime necessities to store up a fund to carry them over the strike period. Reports from Herrin, Illinois, state that for the first time in history bank | deposits exceeded the $5,000,000 mark. Will Unorganized Strike? | The Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania miners who fight for (Continued on Page Two) Bully Dutch Merchants Into Buying Bad Flour Sent By Shipping Board WASHINGTON, March 27. — Financial pressugte brought — by American bankers on Dutch flour | importers has forced them to end | their boycott of American flour. | The Dutch merchants refused to | take any more flour brought by the | U.S, shipping board when they dis- | covered that much of it was infest- | | ed with worms. But after being | spoken to rather harshly by U. S. | bankers’ agents abroad they agreed | to meet delegates of the shipping board and representatives of the milling interests of the United | City in the near future. | AMALGAMATED HOLD MEETING A rank and file conference of 200 workers representing shops of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was held Saturday after- noon at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East Fourth §t., under the chairmanship of Phil Ayonberg. Tthe delegates re- viewed tl union at “he present time and laid out plans [to raise funds with which to publish literature acquainting the workers of the activities within the union, The cenference adjourned after passing a motion té go as a body and general’ situation in the, JOINT STRIKE ~ WITH PLUMBERS A strike by the plumbers’ helpers of Brooklyn will be called April 1 when the Plumbers’ Union Local 1, will go out for a raise of wages, it was decided at a meeting of 1,200 helpers held at the Ace Hall, 182) Claremont Ave. Brooklyn. The} meeting was called by the American) Association of Plumbers’ Helpers. Over 200 new members joined the helpers’ association at the meeting. Towards the end of the meeting a committee from the helpers’ associa- tion that had visited the officers of the plumbers’ union announced that Chinese Thousands Meet Demand Return Foreign Settlements To Nation SHANGHAI, March 27.—Fifty thousand persons today attended a mass meeting in the public recrea- tion grounds near the west gate of the city. Lin Chu-in of the Chin- ese Communist Party and Chun Yi-Chuan, a delegate from the Students’ organization, presided. The meeting demanded that rep- arations be made to China for the damages done by the bombardment of Nanking, and that all foreign concessions be returned to Chinese jurisdiction. It is reported that the British foreign minister, Sir Austen Cham- berlain, has notified Eugene Chen, foreign minister of China, that no negotiations will be undertaken. Ford to Testity Shielded From Exposure Legal Technicalities Will Hide Ignorance DETROIT, March 27.—Interest in the Sapiro-Ford case centered today sround the possibility of Henry Ford being called to the witness stand this week. Attorneys for the plaintiff, Aaron Sapiro, suing the auto king for a million dollars for libel thru the’Dearborn Independent, are speculating on just what they will be allowed to ask him. The chances of showing up Mr. Poud’s general lack of information on the public affairs he presumes to set- tle in his paper, and his peculiar no- tions about race, religion, history, etec., seem to be limited. : Ford will not appear for his side. He will be subpoenaed by Sapiro, and the right of cross examination allow- ed in such cases is according to pre- vious decisions of the federal courts, strictly limited. Ford Displays Ignorance. During the trial some years ago, when Ford sued a Chicago newspaper for libel, he spent a most uncomfor- table time on the witness chair, and had trouble answering such questions in American history as form fit ex-| amination topics for the sixth grade in grammar school, winding up by declaring, to the joy of the scoffers, | that “history is bunk, anyway”. Not Exactly Literary, Ford’s editor, Cameron, on the stand during the closing days of last week, has already stated that “Henry Ford’s Own Page” a feature of Ford's Dearborn Independent is written by a hired man, who has only “philoso- phical” contact with the man in whose name the articles appear. This is an important issue in the case, as Henry Ford’s page often con- tains very sharp attacks on the in- tegrity of races and peoples that Mr. Ford is well known to dislike, and the | rest of the paper in which his views are spread, has in the past carried . |the series of articles on which the|* ® Eanes tn ¢/conterente af Kanade | present libel suit is based, Sapiro states that he is accused, to his great financial loss, of being en- gaged in a “Jewish Ring” to bring the American farmers under the domination of “The International Jew bankers (who don’t lend money to Ford), and the Communists, I. W. W.’s and radicals”, Although not a {Jew, Frank Lowden, republican presi- ! dential timber, is included in the “ring” by Ford’s writers and defense attorneys. Sapiro himself will probably take the stand before Ford, and will face (Continued on Page Two) NEW YORK, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1927 ; PS, SHIPS FOR CHINA WAR Dentaads Hands| Of China | Semres Murder of Chinese | People at Nanking CHICAGO, March 27—Pointing out | the savage ‘exploitation. of China by | | foreign imperialists and protesting | | against the attempts of foreign profi- | teers to smash the Chinese revolu- | tion, the Central Executive Commit- | jtee of the Workers (Communist) | | Party has addressed the following | | message to the American working | class: | Hands Off off China! Recall the | warships from Chinese/ Withdraw all troops from | | | | | Hands American | waters! | China workers! | | The admiral of an American war) | fleet in Chinese waters threatens to| | bombard Chinese cities and he does | it in the name of you, the American | people. | Workers, for more than a century | foreign imperialists have pressed the | very life blood out of the Chinese peoples to coin profits out of it. The peoples of China were poisoned | with opium; in the name of freedom of commerce their territories were stolen; they were robbed of their re-| sources; their workers were exploited | at the arvation; their sov-| ereighty on ‘the bayonets | of a foreign soldiery which guarded | |the extra-territorial rights of the foreign oppressors. | | Raise Against Taskmasters, But the Chinese workers and peas- ants rose to defeat these. foreign| taskmasters. Victoriously they pro-| ceed to win back their country ang) to govern it themselves and for theme | selves. And against these fighters for freedom, Wall street and its Puppets threaten war in the name of | the American people, workers of America, | Where do you stand? Do you con-| sent that war be carried on in your| |name for Wall street and against) |the Chinese fighters for freedom? | | Do you consent that under the pre-| |tense of the protection of property |of American capitalists in China,| ; American warships should bombard jand destroy Chinese cities, the prop-| erty of the Chinese people? Do you consent that under the pretense of | | the protection of some American lives {tens of thousands of Chinese men, |Women and children should be | slaughtered through these bombard-| |ments? Do you consent that in| your name the life of every son of an American worker in an American | | army or navy uniform should be sac- | vificed in a war against the Chinese workers and peasants, who never | fought against you, but are fighting ruggie for their freedom? | Labor Must Protest. | No, American workers, you cannot | consent to that. Your interests, your | , hearts, your hopes, your wishes are with the Chinese workers and peas- ants. You will write these wishes in- | to one mighty demand to the govern- |ment in Washington: “Hands off China.” | Demand from government: recall ,every American warship from Chi- ‘nese waters and withdraw every | ‘American soldier from Chinese soil. | Success to the Chinese revolution! | Central Executive Committee, Workers (Communist) Party,” AMERIGANS WHO | ARE NEUTRAL ARE SAFE IN CHINA, SAYS KUOMINTANG Nationalist Troops Maintain Order; U.S. Is| Asked to Abandon Warlike Attitude Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBISHING CO., 33 First Street, New York, N. Y. FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents URGE “STOP WAR” DRIVE Workers PartyStop the Wall Street-|1500Troops,12 Coolidge-Kellogg War Planes to Go Against New China British imperialist policy has triumphed over that of its American rival in China and the world’s working class faces the menace of a war of aggression against the Chinese people. The feverish preparations for naval and military mobiliza- tion, the viciously hostile tone of the American press, the conference of cabinet officers and heads of naval and military departments in Washington on Saturday, the jubilant tone of the British press following the bombardment of Nanking which brought death to hundreds of helpless Chinese, the joint ultimatums delivered by the British and American com- manders, all point to but one conclusion, i. e., Washington and Downing street have united to dispute the progress of the Chinese national liberation movement because of the definite mass character which it has displayed in the last two weeks. The prestige of Great Britain has been enhanced and her power for evil in the Far East greatly increased by the unity of action in the Nanking massacre. The London correspondent of the New York Times under date of March 26 says: ae The hesitations of Washington have been overcome by the necessities of the situation. . . . and altho Admiral Williams had received authority to act as he saw fit and circumstances might dictate there had existed an uneasy feeling that American cooperation might be kept within strict limits in order that the United States could play a lone hand. THIS FEELING HAS BEEN DISPELLED BY THE COMMON ACTION OF THE AMERICAN AND BRI- TISH FORCES. .(Emphasis Ours.) The British foreign office apparently takes it for granted that America will hurl shell for shell into crowded Chinese cities to téach théir initébitants that the*two great imperial- ©) ist nations are a unit against Chinese independence. This policy of the American state department, a policy adopted without sanction from any source other than Wall Street, a policy that does not and has not met with the ap- proval of even the sluggish senate, will be repudiated by the American masses who have no quarrel with the Chinese workers and peasants. There has been no public demand for battleships and troops to be sent to China. There has not been a single mass meet- ing calling for intervention in China. Most of all, there cer- tainly has been no popular mandate given the Wall Street- Coolidge-Kellogg administration to pull the scorched chest- nuts of British imperialism out of the Far Eastern fire. Coolidge is committing this country to war on China. He must be made to understand that the only thing the American masses want is the withdrawal of all armed forces from China, Sse evacuation of all civilians who want to leave, the balance to stay at their own risk. Coolidge must be made to understand and to act in accord with the understanding that as far as the great mass of American workers and farmers are concerned they would not waste a .22 caliber cartridge in “defense” of merchants, mis- sionaries and corporation agents who have taken their chan- ces in a country where 400,000,000 people have determined to end imperialist rule and where thousands of workers, peasants and students have given their lives in the struggle for free- dom. The People’s Government and the People’s Armies of New China have done their best to protect these Ameriegn resi- dents from their own folly and their own crimes against the Chinese. It is one of the most remarkable facts of all his- tory that the lives of foreigners have been so secure during this great upheaval and it proves that the Chinese revolution is not fighting individual foreigners but the system of im- perialism. - From the standpoint of the particular interests of Ameri- can imperialism the state department is playing a very stupid game. The Chinese masses know now that the “Open Door” policy means the open gunports and belching guns of American battleships and open graves for hundreds of Chi- nese people. They will make no further distinction between Britain and America. FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE AMERICAN WORK- ING CLASS THE COOLIDGE GOVERNMENT IS PLAYING A MURDEROUS GAME. THAT GAME MUST END. THE BUTCHERS HAVE ALREADY ROLLED UP A BLOODY SCORE THAT IS TOO LARGE, HANDS OFF CHINA! WITHDRAW ALL ARMED FOR- CES FROM CHINESE WATERS AND CHINESE SOIL! CHINESE GRADUATES OF MISSION SCHOOLS To China Nationalists Had No Part In Nanking Affair WASHINGTON, March 27.—By or- | dering 1,500 more marines and twelve | additional airplanes to Shanghai, the | United States has definitely embarked | upon a policy of large-scale interven- | tion in China. | Powerful influences at work here | are slowly but certainly dragging the | administration into an openly hostile position and forcing the United States into line with Great Britain in a war ; against the Chinese Nationalist gov- | ernment. American business men and milit- | arists in China have found the admin- j istration only too willing to comply with their demands for more troops | and war ships. In addition to order- ing 1,500 more marines to China, the administration is also considering the (Continued on Page Three) Order Another Admiral To Bulldoze Chinese Rear Admiral Mark Bristol, American high commissioner to Turkey for eight years, is to take charge of the Asiatic Fleet in Chinese waters, relieving Ad- miral Clarence S, Williams, who is to retire soon. SEATTLE WORKERS PROTEST MEETING ‘Laud Canton Triumphs; Rap U. S, Imperialism SEATTLE, WASH.—March 27— Seattle celebrated the victories of Chinese Nationalists tonight. Large crowds of workers jammed Skidd Road to demand the withdrawal ef American marines and warships m China and the recognition of the Nationalist Government. Protesti xinst the slaughter of Chinese women and children by Amer- ican and British war vessels at Nank- |ing, the crowd adopted a resolution condemning imperialist intervention in China and demanding the with- drawal of our troops. The demonstra- tion was one of the largest and the | most enthusiastic held here in years. aga HOLD HUGE CHINA TH Ow i ee 1 8 t t t FIRST TO EXPOSE MISSIONARY HYPOCRISY they had been received by the union opinion as expressed in a message picket Kuloks’, 38 Eldridge St., where a strike against Beckermanism is now taking place. The mass picket- ing lasted for over half an hour dur- ing which many throw-aways devoted to the fact that a strike is ‘taking place were distributed. executive board and had been told when the strike started they would arrange to carry on the struggle with them jointly. The Ace Hall meeting was ad- dressed by C. E. Miller, president of the association, and Jim Walsh, or- SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 27.—The lives of American citizens in China who observe the neutrality | laws are absolutely safe, according to the Committee on the Abolition of Unequal Treaties in China, a spec- ial committee appointed by the Kuo- addressed “to the people of the Uni- | ted States thru Calvin Coolidge, Pres- | ident of the United States”: | “To the People of the | | United States | WASHINGTO ~ China’s nation- al awakening, which has been mark- | in defense of ed by the leadership of students and | right of collec’ eign imperialism |church members, which often is heard 1 liberties and the ve industrial bargain- working-class agitators against for-|ing in the United States, has issued and* domestic ex-|a letter of congratulation to the na- Shih Chum Huang, Reginald Mar, of the Kuomintang, Aaron Fislerman and D. G. Hannahan were among the speakers. They emphasized the at- tempts of the imperialist powers to smash Chinese revolution and pointed ploitation of Chinese labor, has no |tionalist movement in China. Coming| out that workers of all imperialist countries could aid the revolution by demanding that their governments keep their “hands off China.” terrors for the Federal Council of | at the moment of the fall of Shanghai Churches of Christ in America, That|to the Nationalist forces, it can be alliance of 22,090,000 Protestant | (Continued on Page Three) mintang in the United States. | “Dear Sir: Recent news dispatches That the Nationalist Army is able; and the reported ultimatum by the to restore and maintain order is its (Continued on Page Three) Among the speakers at the confer- nce were: Sam Lipson, Louis Nelson Lena Cherneko. ganizer, with discussion from the floor following. The strike vote was unanimous, 4