The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 15, 1929, Page 3

~ - DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1929 Tm: Se sad Page Three CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY CALLS FOR COMMON ACTION IN U. S.-BRITISH WA The Communist Party of Great Britain is about to open its na- tional convention—one of the most ‘important of its history. The Cen- tral Executive of the Workers (Communist) Party of America has sent to the convention of tie British Communist Party the fol- lowing letter: * To the Party Convention of the Communist Party of Great Britain: Dear Comrades: The. Central Executive Commit- tee of the Workers (Communist) Party of America greets the conven- tion of its British brother party with the warmest feelings of Com- munist solidarity. The Communist Party of Great Britain is one of the most impor- tant sections of the entire Commu- nist International. It is carrying on a valiant struggle against one of the most mighty, most dangerous of the imperialist powers. Many problems of your Party have direct bearing upon the issues facing our) Party. The questions of the rela- tions of the Communist Party to the Labor Party, the problems of new unionism, the tasks of combatting | the disastrous effects of capitalist rationalization, the problems arising | from chronic unemployment, the struggle against the ideology of Mondism, the fight against the evil spirit of social reformism—all these problems, growing out of British conditions and occupying a central place in the life of your Party, offer at the same time significant lesson: for the American Party. We have, sonsequently, followed with the ut- most interest the recent discussion in your Party on these problems. ‘Headlong to the new World War’—th¥8™is the keynote of the theses of our Central Executive Committee, which we shall submit} to the National Convention of our Party to be held soon after your Party convention. The menace of a second world war is looming up bigger than ever before since 1914. The many-sided antagonism on all fronts between Great Britain and tLe United States of America is to- day the axis of the imperialist worlc | situation just as the antagonism be- tween Germany and Great Britain was in 1914, The most outstanding feature of the recent development of the international situation is the unprecedented rapid growth of An- glo - American antagonism. ll events of imperialist world politi¢s have proved the absolute correctness of the analysis of the Sixth World Congress of the Communist Inter- national, which stated that the men- acingly growing external contradic- tions of the world-wide system of imperialism constitute today the primary force determining the course of the policies of all imper- ialist countries. The transfer of the economic center of capitalism from Europe to America and the growing efforts of Europe to liberate itself from the economic domination of the United States leads inevitably to the greatest of all catastrophes. The tremendous growth of the power of American imperialism brings into bold relief the growing dispropor- tion between the. economic growth and power of American imperialism and its “lack” of colonies and its “insufficient” military preparedness. The economic decline of British im- perialism is in sharp contrast with the political power of the British Empire, with its huge colonial mon- opoly. The final struggle between t giants to “solve” sproportion is inevitable and |can only be consummated by the |one means capitalism knows to solve| ‘The present wofld situation, the| | its contradictions—by force, by war. | American imperialism plays the most aggressive role in the sharpen- ing of Anglo-American antagonism. America is crowding out Great Bri- tain in every section of the world. An increasingly furious race for big- ger navies and more powerful arm-} jies is developing on the basis of} rivalries. Blow follows struggle. The Anglo- |French naval accord against the United States was answered by Coolidge’s Armistice Day speech, which was justly characterized as |an “ultimatum to Europe,” and by the proclamation of the principle of jan American navy second to none. | Under the cover of the pacifist smoke screen of the League of Na- economic blow in thi tions and the infamous Kellogg Pact, | there are alrondy being formed new alliances of the imperialist powers for the coming world war. The much-vaunted Anglo-American “co- operation” belongs to the past. The jingoist dream of the “blood broth- erhood” of the big English-speaking nations has been replaced by a sober awakening to open hostility. The common English language serves not as a bond but as a means of clearer expression cf imperialist an- tagonis! The old pacifst babble that “war is unthinkable” between the “Anglo-Saxon” nations is re- placed by open war talk, which shows that the jingo imperialist ele- jments of both countries are doing nothing but thinking ahout war, The growing power of American imper- ialism is today the greatest menace for the world. The foro-rost international duty of the British as well as the Amer- ican Communist Party is the strug- gle against ina) iis r The growth of Anglo-American antagonism is the more dangerous because it includes cooperation be- tween the =wo imperialist robbers against the colonial peoples, es in Nicaragua, in China, and against | the stronghold of the working class of the world, the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. The British Labor Party and Trade Union Congress as well as the American Federation of Labor and the despicable socialist party of America are today but cogs in the huge war machine of British and American imperialism. The fight against these factors of social re- |formism and their influence upon the working class and even upon the |task of all sections of the Commu- {nist International. Despite basic | differences in the objective condi- |tions in the two countries, which | show us a picture of declining Bri- tish imperialism and American im- | sion, the war danger, which arises | precisely from this unevenness and |ment, makes the fight against the Right danger, which is today the ; main danger confronting all sections | of the Communist International, im- | perative in the British as well as in the American Communist Party. Underestimation of the imperial- | ist war danger or of the importance |of the struggle against the Right | danger, any illusions about a “peace- ful cooperation” of British and American imperialism or in the Kel- logg Pact and about the “peace- making” role of the British Labor Party or the American liberals of Communist Parties is the foremost | perialism in its full swing of ascen-| disproportion of imperialist develop- | a A SS, |all shades and renegade socialists, would be fatal to either of our | brother parties. coming world war makes the closest | cooperation between the British and | American Communist Parties abso- |lutely necessary. The two parties |have big common tasks. It is our joint duty to expose all the war ma- \chinations of American and British imperialism. It will be our com- mon duty, in case of an Anglo- American imperialist war, to trans- form the imperialist war into civil war, to try to bring about the de- feat of our “own” government, and to fight for the dictatorship of the working class in America and in England. The British and American Communist Parties are alike duty- |bound to do their utmost to defend Union against any attacks of Amer- ican and English imperialism. It is lour joint task to fight for the un- conditional and immediate liberation and independence of all American and British colonies. In the name of the Workers (Com- munist) Party of America, and ex- pressing the sentiments of the best, most class-conscious section of the masses of the American working class, we send our fraternal greet- ings to the convention of the Com- munist Party of Great Britain. Down with American and British imperialism. Down with thé American and Bri- tish tools of imperialism in the labor movement! Down with the British Labor Party, Trade Union Congress bureaucracy, American Federation of Labor, and the socialist party of America! Hail the independence of all | American and British colonies! Transform the next Anglo-Amer- |ican imperialist war into a civil war jagainst American and British im- perialism! All for the defense of the Union | of Socialist Soviet Republics against |the onslaught of American and Bri- tish imperialism! Long live the revolutionary soli- |darity of the British and American working class! Hail the Communist International, the world party of the proletarian revolution! Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party of America, JAY LOVESTONE, Executive Secretary. ENGINEERS TO MEET. DENVER (By Mail).—The Bro- \therhood of Locomotive Engineers jill hold its convention here in |June or July. ‘PLANT WORKS HALF TIME. MALDEN, Mass, (By Mail).— |The Boston Rubber Shoe Co. has i decided to close down three days |a week, going on a four day schedule. Over 1200 workers here and in Melrose are affected by the | layoff. | INFLUENZA IN CANADA CITY. |—More than 300 cases of influenza and three deaths have been report- |ed here. |ings will be closed. SAVED BY COLLAR BUTTON. LONDON (By Mail).—A collar stud saved the life of W. Peacock, | the Workers’ Republic of the Soviet | To the Los Angeles Membership Dear Comrades: We, the undersigned, former | position of the Central Executive | International. tion and the decision with the Sixth Con, SEVEN COMRADES RENOUNCE THE OPPOSITION, SUPPORT C. E. C. Los Angeles, Calif. December 30, 1928, Meeting: supporters of the so-called Foster Group, declare that after studying the material printed during the discussion and after hearing the Central Executive sentative, Comrade John J. Ballam, pr tral Executive Committee at this meeting, are convinced that the mmittee repre- nt the position of the Cen- Committee is in line with the posi- of the Communist | We support the stand of the Central Executive Committee in support of all de reservations. We des r the | We are’ with the Central E its fight against and its anal; | We demand that the so-called | formerly connected shall give up | tion to decisions of the Commun | Central Executive Committee for a common fight of membership ag | Trotskyism in America, | | eradicate all manifestations of Ri Communist International without y, unity of our Party on the correct : Central Executive Committee in ive Committee in its fight to ight denger in our Party, and in of, the Cannon-Trotsky Opposition. Rr ter group with whom we were position of reserva 1 unite with t entire Party inst the Right danger and the growing menac H. BECK. J. SONNENSCHEIN. A. GROSSBERG. J. SILVER. M. POPO. J. TURCHINSKY. BERTHA TURCHI KY. NEGROES ATTA Meet Hits Richmond Segregation Plan RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 14.—Over {1,000 Negro workers last night at- tended a mass meeting in protest against a proposed race segregation ordinance which the roes of this district are trying to force into adoption. The ordinance provides that where |members of one race form the |majority of residents on a block, the other race is prohibited from living there. ‘This blow is aimed di- rectly at the Negro workers and would drive from the thi slmost 1,000 Negro families. Tonight a committee of these Negro workers will appear before the City Ordinance Committee to protest against the proposed meas- ure as unjust and as a definite move toward the continuance of vicious Jim-Crowism in the~ south. The proposed ordinance is backed by the landlords in those sections inhabited both by Negroes and whites to drive the Negro workers { GK LOS ANGE | JIM-CROW MOVE “BAILY” RALLY : LES IN Ballam in Principal Address LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 14.— Hundreds of workers attended the fifth anniversary celebration of the Daily Worker here yesterday, at a 1 concert’and mass rally in the ¢ Art Hall, 233 South Broad- cutive Committee of Wor (Communist) Party, was the principal speaker. The program included a vy: ty of features hitherto unknown at any celebration in this A film, por- traying the life of workers and peas- ants in the Soviet Union was shown under the direction of L. Siminow. Michael Gold’s mass | “Strike,” was presented by the Young Pioneers, and many musical \numbers, vocal and jlvere rendered by the Ukrainian Chorus, directed by Nicholas IInicki, by Rose Weiner, Prof. Rudolph Von | Leibich, snd Max Amsterdam, the celebrated viclinist of the Los An-| recitation, | instrumental, | geles Philharmonic Orchestra. from their homes in order to raise) Other features were the ballets LEAMINGTON, Ont. (By Mail). | Schools and public build- | Passengers Injured in Illinois Train Wreck PLEASANT HILL, Ml, Jan. 14— The locomotive and seven cars of the “Hummer,” Chicago and Alton vassenger limited bound from Chi- cago to Kansas City, turned over when the train ran through a broken rail near here today. Several of the passengers were injured so badly that they were rushed to hospitals nearest to the seene, while others, less seriously hurt, were sent by special train to jthe end of the route. | WORKER CRUSHED TO DEATH. 'TWO HARBORS, Minn. (By Mail) — Ernest Klansky, a woodsman, was crushed to death by a falling log while at work loading a railroad car, RETURNS TO MONGOLIA. Roy Chapman Andrews, scientist, the value of the section’s real estate- | |and interpretive dancing of Albert |Kramer and the Sword Dance by |S. Shiba, Japanese artist. The entire celebration was held under the auspices of the Los An- eles district of the Workers (Com- munist) Party. AGAIN POSTPONE ~ OIL GRAFT CASE ‘Fall, as Usual, “Too Sick”; U. S. Lenient WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—A mo- |tion to set a date for the trial of |former Secretary of Interior Fall, on charges of accepting a bribe of $100,000 from Edward L. Doheny, oil man, in connection with the Elk Hills naval oil reserve lease, will |not be pressed, special government THE ANTHR | The first instalment of this article told of the militant tradi- tions in the anthracite, of the great labor struggle there in the past, and of the increasing yriey- ances of the miners. This instal- ment de es the rationalization in the anthracite. | Continued Recent years have seen great struggles in the anthracite mines, The Pennsy miners struck in 1924 against the inhuman conditions pre- vailing in their mines. True to form, John Lewis expelled the en-| S tire 12,000 from the union, for daring | 5 ed see, to strike in violation of the contract”. The contract, you ACI S. COMMUNIST PARTY GREETS BRITISH PARTY thracite combine is preparing to slash wages and drive the miners to greater degradation. Such a pol- i in full accord with the acti- vities of Lewis, Since the abandon- ment of the Jacksonville Scale, which spelled defeat of the Penna- Ohio-W. Va. strike, Lewis has tak a full dozen backward steps. W cuts have been the order of the da unanimous policy of the operators and fakers, with only the National Miners Union mobilizing the miners to resist the cuts, nationally. Lewis and his faker agents have succeed- ge ed in choking wage reductions down the throats of the miners in the es of Indiana, Itlinois, Iowa, /yoming. ents are alike, other with respect works one ¥i The operators can e rates and working condi- violate at will, but the miners are/|tions, and all expire at a different severely disciplined ifi they do not, date, month and ye: The anthra- The Glen Alden mine Lehigh cite agreement ed in 1926, Feb, Valley miners, Hudson Coal Co. min- | will expire on September Ist 1930. ers, all have resisted the attack of the companies in the past few years,| all have been beaten back by the union-operator cliques of leaders, “Leader: The miners ranks have been, and are, infested with the scum of the labor movement who hold high of- I fices. “leader time of struggle these serve the companies by as- ing to beat back the miners re- ance. There was Cappellini, was Dempsey, Brennan, Har- | Boylan, and now McGarry, pos- ing as a progressive only to desert |the miners at the height of their struggle. Slaughtering Workers The anthracite industry is a ver- itable slaughter house. In the per- iod 1900 to 1920, there were 12,032 miners killed, which is an average of €00 fatalities annvally. For every day worked in 1925 in this coal mine slaughter hovse, 94 miners were killed or injured. One out of every 7 | miners were maimed every year dig- ging anthracite, while the employ- ers live in luxury on hundreds of millions of dollars profits wrung eut of the blood of these murdered slaves of the pits. Of the esti mated 160,000 workers in the in dustry, 30,000 are yearly maimed or jotherwise injured. Every fourth| | worker injured in Pennsylvania is a miner. | Protective standards are very few. Coal operators are in business for profits, not for the safety or wel- fare of their employees. The min-| ing laws are violated with impunity | —what mining laws there are. Prac- | |tically no social legislation pre- | vails for the anthracite miners, with | the possible exception of the Cer- tificate Law. | | Rationalization. The rationalization of the indus- | try continues at a rapid rate. Mines |are being highly mechanized, pro- ; duction is increased while labor cost jand manpower is decreasing. In-' teresting statistics are available on! |this matter, but will be utilized in | another article. With the advance | of mechanization, the “waiting list” | | grows larger, more are thrown out lof work, unemployment becomes jvery severe. An example is the The anthracite oper: are de- termined to lower wag ll more, to take away conditions won thru or generaticns of struggle, to com- pletely vassalize the anthracite mi- he employers will be aided by the corrupted fakers to the best of their abilit; e stage is set for a grand sweep in the anthra- cite region. They Grease the Skids The skids are being greased for this purpose. .And the anthracite |miners face a tremendous struggle, for we know the miners will res this plan of the employers and their labor lackey. “Booster” camp “Cooperative Congresses”, “opera- tor-employr dinners”, “Mutual wel- fare committees”, ete., are becoming “the thing” amongst fakers and ho in the ant ite area. For a long period of time the anthracite operators have looked for a wage cut, openly. Their opportunity is now here, Lewis will help to put it across. In the coal operators’ organ, “Black Diamond” for No- vember, “Observer”, a pseudo anal- | gives the Argument of “Observer” | TE REGION-- BATTLEGROUND OF AMERICAN LABOR THE FUTURE These profits according to the coal companies, the anthracite railroads corporations and the distributing (all a component’ part of the machine and. monopoly) have be imated to reach the sum of $26 000,000. T is the monopoly, the combin n of America trial capital, sands of anthracite. miners and thei dependents in its, ruthle repres- sive gr The workers are mulct- ucing the coal, the con- are ulcted for its high cost and transportation price, while eventually the “high labor cost” and the expended for “discrim- inator veight rates” find its way ack to the common treasury of the Wall Street exploit who control both, mines and railroads, This is the mi ly that has its loyal agent he ranks of the miners as leaders of the miners, The Worker Must Fight. Against the mighty capitalist combination a vacillating leadership and a lukewarm program of demands will not suffice. A struggle for fun- damentals must be waged, The struggle will perhaps as- sume this form. Certainly the lives of our militant people shall not have been given for naught. The miners and under the leadership of the tional Miners Union, will, wage a bitter fight against this mighty octopus. The coming battleground ‘will be the anthracite region. It is not dif- ficult to forsee the sharp and bitter struggle which is in the making for the anthracite miners. There the ed in pr sumers r coming remnants of the old U.M.W.A., a company union skeleton, deeply satu- rated with the poison of the em- ployers, has spent its day and must give way to a real militant and ing organization, whose sole in- sts shall be the protection and defense of the oppressed anthracite mine workers. The employers’ program is @ union-busting, wage-cutting prog- ram, The miners must counter with a program of militancy and strug- “Discriminatorp freight rates and gle. The U.M.W.A. fakers are part iigh labor costs at the mines (an-|and parcel of the employers’ ma- thracite) are handicaps not easily |chinery. The sole defender of the overcome, but an earnest effort is|mine workers is the National Miners being made to get relief from the| Union. It is the National Miners present rate schedules and real cO-| Union, born at a tremendous cost operation is expected from the Min-| of human life, with a clear and fight- ers Union. It is felt that John Lew-| ing program, that will be the-leader is, now that he has taken his initial/of the anthracite miners in th step in bituminous fields, will afford |coming gigantic struggles, for it ha real relief soon in granting im-) always led them militantly in th |proved working conditions (for bos- past, |ses, not the workers. P. T.) if not} A Class Program. The National Miners Union an actual cut in the wage scale”. The Bosses’ Program This is the employers’ program | for the anthracite miners; a wage cut brought about with the assist- ance, of corrupt remains of the ma- chine of the U. M. W. A. The an- thracite miners. must prepare for} this onslaught on their standard of life, and under a militant leadership drive from their ranks these be-| trayers, and conduct a real struggle. | The remarks of “Observer” can| spending every possible effort to e fect that necessary degree of sou darity and co-operation with th miners on both fields, hard and soft. The union is everywhere laying the basis for the re-establishment of union organization, in all fields pre- paring the miners for the many sharp struggles which the future holds for them, In opposition to the employers program of wage cuts, |well be analyzed by the anthracite COMPany unionism, class collabora- |miners, As spokesman for the em-| tion intolerable, working conditions. ployers he presents their views and) The National Miners Union counters |fact that in the year 1927 severe perspective. It would also be well See a oie APF ORS here to examine the soundness of duction statistics of the year of 1927| iS defense of the operators | Anthricite—Labor’s Coming Battle The Huge Monopoly “ |and the preceding year in which un-| The anthracite coal companies do employment was not so severe,|not suffer for “relief” because of |showed very little loss in production. | the wage rates, or because of ‘“dis-| | The Caste System \criminatory “freight rates.” The There is a noticeable lack of unit; jargument of “Observer” is quite seat s acite api ft ME *Y | superficial. The anthracite mono- cite nines Thbbetaoe ete ca. | Poly is one of the greatest under tegories of miners, it might be ex- American capitalism. Seven large with a program of class struggle, 100 per cent organization of the forces of the miners, for the soli- |darity of the hard and soft coal miners, for a national strike, for a national agreement, Tories Restrict Japanese Immigration MONTREAL (By Mail),—The Imperialism in Latin America SS ae PETITE SNICTE The papers are full of news from Latin America, such as the crushing of the strike of Columbian workers, slaves of the United Fruit Co., the threatened war of Bolivia against Paraguay in the interests of Amer- ican oil imperialists; Hoover’s trip as a super-salesman for big business—at this time the books listed value to the militant ing class, who needs below are of special leaders of the work- to be equipped with facts in order to more effectively fight im- perialism. Revolutions in Latin America—A new by Bertram Wolfe . . pamphlet $ .05 | Americans in Santo Domingo— Melvin M. Knight Bankers in Bolivia—M. A. Our Cuban Colonies—L. A. Jenks . 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Wolfe—ic The oppressed colonial peoples in revolt against imperialism are the allies of the proletariat of the capitalist nations. This pamphlet gives the eco- nomic basis of imperial- ism in Latin America— the rivalry of British and American imperialism— intervention—class forces in Latin America—Pan- American Federation of Labor—the new wave of struggle, " Workers Library Publishers 35 East 125th St., New York City leg bones as big around as an aver- |age man and stood 28 to 30 feet |high. Chapman will aslo search for bones of a gigantic water reptile | which used its nose as a periscope. LOW WAGES FOR FARMHANDS. NORFOLK, England (By Mail). —-The starvation wages of 30 shil- lings a week for 50 hours of toil will continue as the agricultural workers’ wage. An increase was re- fused by the Norfolk Agricultural Wages Committee. | counsel said today. | A physician assigned by Justice | | Hitz to examine Fall reported he | was “too ill to appear for trial.” Another motion asking trial in April or May will be filed, attorneys said. Fall has always used the excuse that he is too ill, whenever he is re- quested to appear and explain how he happened to get so much money from the oil men just before giv-| ing them all the public oil Jands| they asked. The Department of Justice has never really pressed the case, We dema: fe recogni. tion of Soviet Union by .he United States government breaker, reveals stories of cruelty sin” had eaten the Swedish explor “Krassin” During Polar Rescue “The Krassin,” written by Maurice Parijanine, in which are recorded the stories of four members of the crew of the Soviet icc- on the part of the fascist members of the Nobile expedition. The book charges that Mariano and Zappi, sighted by the Soviet flier Tchouknovsky and rescued by the “Kras- rer, Finn Malmgren, ’ plamed. The companies have suc- cessfuly developed a system whereby the forces of the miners are separ- ated, where prejudice and jealousy is rampant, by establishing and fos- tering the “miner” and “laborer” system, and the “contractor system”. The difference in the “social sta-| tus of these miners is largely re¢| sponsible for this lack of unity, coupled with other factors, how-| ever. The following table will give | | but a general view of this condition: | Hour Daily Weekly | $9.07 $49.03 | Company Miner day rate) +$.757 $6.49 $33.57 Consideration Mi- ner (time rate) $.861 $7.26 $32.99 6 rb.rseef,.6. | | | Contract Miner This is the one category of mi- ners”, The “miners” are in three different categories. The following table represents Government sta- second strata, the “laborers”: Hour Daily Weekly Contract La- borer....+ cesses $6.47 $32.69 Company La- borer .......$.686 $5.72 $29.28 Consideration Laborer..... $.765 $6.21 $32.99 The Coming Struggles. The anthracite miners face an- other gigantic struggle. This strug- |gle is not far distant. Still smart- jing from the betrayal of the six |month strike of 1925-26, when Lew- is sacrificed all their demands for nothing in return but arbitration, mechanization, etc, and despite their many defeated local struggles, such as the strikes of the Pennsylvania Coal Company miners, etec—a new struggle is in the offing which will certainly be long and bitter. In collaboration with the com- pany unionized U.M.W.A,, the an- anthracite companies own and con-| Canadian government will restrict trol 75 per cent and 80 per cent of | the quota of Japanese immigrants to all anthracite mined. These same/ 150 annually, the Tory Premier King companies own and control 90 per| informed the Trades and Labor Con- cent of the unmined, virgin de-|sress of Canada, The reactionary posits, the future anthracite sup-|iabor misleaders have aided the ply. These companies are welded | Tories in bringing about’ th to a mighty organization, an oc-| tion. topus, with undisputed control of} th tire anthracit gion. The) ‘. i Som lw art Za; Furniture Workerg 1g. age Slash There is great repression of civil and other liberties. Militant lead- ic- tistics regarding the wages of the | ‘ers of the miners are either mys- \teriously or openly murdered, by \knife, blackjack and machine gun, and very seldom any one is ever! punished for it. Interlocking Directorates These seven big companies are in| turn owned by the big railroads| plying thru the anthacite area. For| linstance, the Erie R. R. is lord and {master of the infamous Pennsyl- vania Coal Company; the Delaware, Lackawana and Western controls the |Glen Alden Coal Company (employ- ing some 22,000 miners); Lehigh Valley R. R. owns the big coal com- pany of the same name; the Hud- |son Coal Co., is lorded over by the railroad magnate Lores, ete., etc. The small independent enterprises jare therefore completely at the imercy of the big companies and their companies and their masters the vailroads, These anthracite rail- |roads are, in turn, closely connected with Wall Street, are owned or con- |trolled thru the Mergan and Rocke- \feller group of banks. In 1922 the Morgan group had directors on the boards of practically all anthracite coal companies and railroads. The National City Bank (Rockefeller) in 1922 had connections with seven large transporting and distributing companies. The profits of this gigantic mo- nopoly has grown to stupendous proportions, on the basis of statistics accumulated by various institutions. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, (By Mail).—A strike of 300 workers of the Johnson-Randall Fiber Furni- ture factory has been going on since last Wednesday. The company reduced wages in the winding and weaving departments. Record Earthquake Shocks Thru Italy ROME, Jan. 14 (U.P.).—Slight earthquake shocks early today, fol- lowed by a heavier one, were regis- tered here, One slight tremor was felt in Rome shortly before 5 a. m. and other slight quakes were felt throughout the Roman province. A stronger shock was recorded at the Central Geophysical Office at 5 a, m. which probably caused dam- age a bulletin said. The center of this was 50 miles away. “Ry abolishing private property in land, by national the terprises, the hanks, which a1 this, moment engaged im ing industry, we have ex selver to shouts from all the effect that we are many mistakes. Yet, the themselves are creating and however many the we have made, netual practice x ot making rev. mistakes.” From :