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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

"HpW,, for instance, would such
a scheme, for ~the unity OF. the
workers all over the world, be ac-
ceptfd BY the fascist workers Of
present-day Italy, or similar large
groups in almost every country Of
Europe and American"
Just because the fascist brigands
and assassins of the working class
in Italy object to world trade union
unity that is an excuse for Sigman
to resent its advocacy, Thus is re-
yealed the real character of the
gangsters who make up the bulwark
of the Sigman machine. BY their ac-
tions in the New York affair they
were proved to be fascists in practice.
We now have the theoretical justif-
cation of fascism in the official or
gan, under the guise of an impartial,
theoretical" discussion ~of convention
problems.
World trade union unity is, essential
because there are fascist groups in
every country on earth trying to
crush the workers so they will be
helpless before the capitalist ex-
ploiters. We do not want unity with
such organizations, but against them.
Against the methodicaf, organized
murder of the working class we
raise the slogan of solidarity of all
conscious elements that are willing to
fight fer the, elementary demands Of
labor against the capitalist class.
The official organ of the |. l.. G. w.
U. entirely ignores the necessity OF
world trade union unity in order
effectively to- mobilize the colonial
slaves whose industrial products food
the world market, enabling the cap,
italists of the home countries to beat
down the, wages of their workers. It
ignores the necessity for unity of
action to prevent coal miners Of Ger
many, Wales and other parts of the
world producing coal to break
strikes of American miners, and
vice-versa. Its sole objection is that
the fascist workers CD might object.
Such loathsome scoundrels; such
vile renegades!
Recognition Of Russia.
CIGMAN and his machine sink far
- below most of the labor fakirs in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

self in new role. Instead of assail-
ne openly the left wing and the Com
nunists as it did during the open fight
it now tries to present 9serious" argu-
ments against them. 1t now fears and
respects the power of the left wing.
Freedom and Light.
MO longer able to advocate brute
: ' force it now resorts to the typical
yellow socialist palaver about free
dom and light and truth.
1t dare not advocate determination
of the left wing as it once did, so
it now tries to defeat the left wing
program by the most amazing mis-
representation
1t opposes labor party, one of the
basic demands of the left wing, on the
grounds that such party would
violate the freedom of the member
ship of the union to choose for them
selves the party they, affiliate with
The editor of Justice" says that a
labor party embracing an the workers
would be distinct violation Of their
political beliefs. In the anext para
graph he let's the cat. out of the
bag by declaring that among the mem
bership are "avowed' socialists who
might consider such a plan for "a
labor party embracing all the workers
as Communist rusesro break up
further the socialist political organiza-
tion.' solE
That is precisely tbeF point! This
despicable machine, bound through
Illicit relationship to the odious Abe
5ahan's Jewish Daily Forward, gets
it's inspiration from that polluted
source. The Forward in turn, is an
expression of the murderers of the
working class of Europe, the social
democratic heroes and kings min
listers, the Vanderveldes, Scheide-
MAINS, Tchernoffs, Dams, Abramo-
viches and Noskes. Just as these
swindlers in Europe scorn the un-
tied front of the workers of Europe
but form the closest alliances with
the capitalist ravagers in all coun-
tries, so the Cahans, Schlesingers and
Sigmans who infest the needle trades
Of this country resist the united front
demand for an all-embracing labor
party, but support the socialist party
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
Workers of All Trades
Determined to Stand by
|. l.. D. in Gitlow Fight
Worker Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-The Paper
Plate and Bag Makers" Union, loca
1O7, Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mil.
Workers International, at its regular
meeting at Grand Mansion Hall, 70
Ludlow street, unanimously adopted a
resolution condemning the convicting
Of Benjamin Gitlow.
Denouncing the recent decision of
the United States supreme court as a
move to deny the right of freedom OF
speech to the labor movement, the
resolution says in part:
WEREAS, the sustaining of Git
lows conviction by the United States
supreme court supplies precedent
which viii mean the railroading TO
long terms in prison of many other
well known fighters in the ranks Of
the labor movement and will make
easier the suppression by the capital
list controlled government of all and
any working class organizations which
dare oppose their open shop rule,
therefore be IL
RESOLVED that we protest against
and condemn the action of the United
States supreme court; demand the
repeal of the criminal anarchy law
and will work to that end; record
ourselves as in support OF the Inter.
national Labor Defense in fighting
this case and call upon all labor
bodies and working class organiza-
lions to take thessame stan'
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
WAR DEPARTMENT FLATIY
REFUSES TO RECONSIDER
PAUL CROUCH FRAME-UP
lspeeIaI to rhe DaEy worker,

t~FSS'ot " lhc GdIsN WOFkeFl
ALCATRAZ, CAL, Dec. 3.-Paul
Crouch, Communist ex-soIdier i'm.
prisoned here, has received flat
refusal from the war department
to his request for an investigation
OF the iIIegaI(manner in which he
was tried by general court-martiaI
and given sentence of 40 years at
hard labor. The war department
has declined to give Crouch the op-
portunity Of presenting new evil
dence.
The Communist ex-soIdier offered
to prove that his trial was a pre-
pared farce and that the charces
against him and TrumbuII were
manufactured for the purpose Of
preventing soldiers from expressing
sympathy with the Workers. cause
and the only workers. country-the
Soviet Union.
II is obvious that something wac
wrong when sentence Of 4O-years
was reduced to 8. II is evident, even
from the viewpoint Of the war de-
partment latter bombardment Of
public protest) that the court mar
tial had perverted and distorted
sense Of justice. But like the Tea
Pot Dome incident and other crimes
Of the master class, II must not be
investigated. The masses must not
be shocked by an expose Of thls
bosses crimes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

national.
THE Italian trade unions, built up
as the result of decades of work and
struggle have been destroyed by fas-
cism. The fascist corporations have
occupied the roomsoJof the unions.
The police and the fascist mobs have
realized the monopolgI of the fascist
trade unions.
Make Moose for Workers.
"The Italian industrjaiists are utiliz-
ing the destruction Of the unions in
order to fasten the moose still more
tightly around the necks of the work
ers. The Italian proletarlat is in a
very difficult situation and the aid Of
the whole international pfoletariat is
absolutely necessary in order to call
the fascist bands to halt.
THE International Federation of
Trade Unions and the Red Interna-
'tional of Labor Unions are equally in
terested in assisting the Italian unions.
Propose Common Action.
I'VE propose common action in all
countries against the unequalled ter
or of the fascists. There is not the
highest doubt about the urgent neces-
iity for such action and we therefore
propose a commencement of the work
with united forces for the struggle
against the destruction of the Italian
unions. We should be grateful to
you If you would inform us in what
way you think this common action to
assist our Italian brothers should be
organized. We declare now our readi-
ness to make all efforts to remove
possible hindrance which may occur
in our common struggle against fas-
cism. Signed: Losovsky,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

VINO have capitalized on the exploita-
ton of the Negro masses, what are
they doing to deserve the further con-
fidence Of these Negro masses?
Mission, Appeals To Coolidge.
Whereupon. a group of these self
appointed leaders, under the leader
ship of one, Melvin Chisum, field sec
rotary in recent years of the National
Negro Press association; veteran of
many shady deals: erstwhile promot-
er'of bogus stock companies that were
instrumental in tflching the working
class Of his race out of many of their
hard-earned dollars and whose cues.
tionable career. in the field of Negro
journalism has been highly enlivened
by many charges of SANDER; went to
the white house to interview Presi-
dent Coolidge in behalf of the Negro
people of the United States"
1t should require no great amount
of mental exertion to lay bare the ODD
portunistic character of their enter
prise. This charlatan, Chisum. and
others of his ilk merely seek to CAPT.
talize upon the interest aroused by
the American Negro Labor Congress
and regain the fast ebbing confidence
OF the Negro masses. To. bring the
once docile and long suffering flock
back into the fold is the task to
which these shepherds of depravity
have set themselves This group. re.
Gently formed under the pretentions
title OF the National Political and
Economic Conference has been high
ly acclaimed by the Negro petty bour
geois press turnout the. nation. In
their plea for. executive aid for the
abolition OF. discrimination in the yari-
Gus branches Of government was EN-
bodied yelled warning. to the repub
lean party, the delegation, stated that
while in the past, the black race has
usually aligned themselves with the
party of Lincoln and Roosevelt he.
cause Of their belief in the principles
set forth in its platform. we thot il
advisable to say to the party leaders
that II they expect the black race to
continue in the practice of their part
fealty, we shall expect full participa.
ton In all that pertains to party actIv.
tiles" (Bold type mine.) And we
might also add, the spoils accruing
therefrom.
Look For Jobs.
Attic this group went IN to see
Silent Cal' ostensibly on the pro.
gram OF racial welfare and betterment
we have no doubt that their mission
was successfully" terminated as are
the usual run of these prediction
crusades by the throwing out of a
few mediocre jobs as campaign spell.
binders by the chairman of the ma.
ti9pal republican committee.
This .charlatanism amply demon.
trates. the true character OF certain
type of leadership now obtaining in
the Negro race.
~ "A Interesting to note that as a
fesph Of the interest aroused BY the
AmeHcsh Negro Labor Congress, con.
---sA--
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NEGRO POLITICIANS APPEAL TO
COOLIDGE FOR CONCESSIONS TO
HINDER WORKERS. ORGANIZATION
BY HAYWOOD HALL.

The worldwide reaction the American NEGRO
Labor amply demonstrated the
that The American succeeded
forcing the problem mind
other words 1T has called showdown the big political
bosses and the sesyled leaders rights Of the
Negro whose moral spiritual have
of busine.s
and also OF their hnchmen the Negro politicians Fridays
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

ciliatory movements are daily spring.
ing up turnout the country in. an at.
tempt to stem the rising tide of unrest
manifesting itself within the ranks of
the Negro masses.
4 Newspapers hitherto hostile or In
different to the Negro are adopting a
more friendly tone. All are extremely
solicitous in keeping our blacks from
turning reds; some even 60 so FAR
as to admit that it is thru their negii-
gence in regard to the welfare of the
Negro that is responsible for their I'm.
rest and to insinuate that In the fu-
ture they must do better.
To Fight Negro Workers.
Basing our deductions upon the
matter that has come before us since
the congress, we are ready to predict
that many conciliatory movements
fostered by the ruling class will now
arise for the purpose Of counteracting
the "pernicious red propaganda"
The Negro petty bourgeois leaders
will again divulge the mate parisitism
of their class by adopting the role
of mediators role, the character OF
which. will at same time, bring some
advantages to themselves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05
BIack-Jacking Chile and Peru

Under the us of establishing peaceful relations between Chile
and Peru Back jack Pershng vaanty striving prevent
peaceful settlement of the acnaca boundary dispute
to bring about disorders that will furnish permanent
occupation of that territory by the armed forces Of this country
All the Coolidge captrap about peace and order emanang
from Washington calculated befog the real issue
in the realm of politics knows that the United States
not peaceovng outfit Peshng into that territory
add use his he there black jack the
hepessness they will be forced to submit underng by
lcan capitalism.
His deliberate procrastinaton in carrying the promised
pebscie for purpose ono make the territory
imperals brigands of the United States
Mr. Winston Churchill says the world will be reds
get control Of it. His world nquesonaby But that
easily be sacrificed that may
their
Secretary of Agriculture Jardne Chicago
bankers the ue condition. of the Iowa farmer He thought
of going to Iowa and consulting the farmers Hls,
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ARTICLE IN.
BY L. HELLER.

THE distinctive feature of the mass
L mass Shanghai strike that has
been carried on fully three months,
a fact unparalleled not only in the
history of the young labor movement
of the East, but in the entire world
trade union movement, is that in it
two currents, nationalist and a la
Dor, merged into one powerful stream.
1t will be recalled that in the early
days of the strike both the workers
and the business men Joined in it. Not
only were the big Chinese shops and
banks, employing wage workers
closed, but the small shops that have
no hired employees were shut as well
This general strike lasted upwards
of three weeks.
On June 25, the business strike, by
agreement with the Trades Council
was discontinued. Only the workers
of the British and Japanese estab-
lishments continued to strike. This
is in itself a sufficient indication of
the national anti-imperialist char
acter of the strike. te
Even more striking was the ma
tional character in the II demands
that were put forward at the begin
ming of the strike. Among these de-
mands we find; The restoration of
the concessions, abolition Of extra
territoriality, and of the consular
courts, and number of other less
important demands, having as their
object, the abolition of the privileges
enjoyed by aliens in China and the
restoration of the independence and
sovereignty of the country,
HOWEVER, the same list includes
IL purely labor demands, such as, re-
cognition Of trade unions, higher
wages, better conditions of labor, etc.
In this combination of far-reaching
nationalist and moderate labor de-
mands, both aspects of the strike, the
nationalist and labor, found expires.
sion. And 1t is clear that at first the
main current was the nationalist,
anti-imperialist current, the striking
workers were an army fighting for
the interests of the nation as a
whole. No wonder the entire nation
supported II.
The entire nation, yet with some
reservations. One section of the big
business men, organized in the Shang.
hal chamber Of commerce. very soon
manifested an inclination to make
peace with the imperialists and liquid
ate the strike. This section had too
many interests in common with the
foreign capitalists, as we'll as com
mon fear Of the success Of the labor
movement. But with the exception
of this influential but small group
the masses of the petty and even
middle city bourgeoisie stood up as
a wall around the working class,
creating an atmosphere not only of
sympathy, but of active material as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-05

(The fourth instalnent of Labor
in the Far East" deals with the two
currents in the mass Shanghai
strike the national anti-imperisIist
current and the labor current. The
preceding instruments were as fol-
lows: 1. The workers strike be-
comes the backbone of the entire
nationalist emancipation movement.
2. The revival of the Chinese labor
movement in 1924 8. The textile
workers and their struggle against
the capitalist offensive.)
SIS
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RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR
UNIONS CALLS ON AMSTERDAM
FOR FIGHT AGAINST FASCISW

MOSCOW u s. s. R. of Labor Unions
calls upon the Amsterdam International make
united front on the trade
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Evening star., 1925-05-24

M. Kopp (center), the new boil
shevik Ambas sador to Japan.
Photo snapped when the Russian
arrived at the station in Toxic,
where he was given quite greet
ing.
BY United News Pictures
New Britain herald., 1925-11-30

gard OF her proximity 10 my home
had wounded her pride and her
heart.
Why had Bess Dean troubled her
self 10 act a part 70 ME that day in
the BayNlew butcher SHOP, when she
naI asked me TO aid her IN tlG pre-
tense Of being friends during Alice
S.ocHbridge's VISIT ! pcnde1d the
puzzle for several minutes, finally
gave II up as ahoiAer OF the !Acom-
pr2AensibIe acts 0! the g.rl who nal
caused me 50 much trouble ana
sweet Leila Dur"'c such heartaehe
because less Dean hNd iclt that she
could strike at nj" through Alfred
D3""yo's gentle Wife,
pom one talng decided as
io'Ir., Mice '.'. '!IEc's letter ANA
put Il BACK INTO lis envelope was
Bess Dean when she had SO cum
hlngIy extracted from me- ana Whlch
would have bound me 10 silence con
corning our strained relations Aad
Alice and l CHANGED 10 meet.
l resolved that at the very hrs.
opportunity l would write TO my old
friend, and tell her frankly why she
never had heaFI from me mere
was no necessity Tor me 10 go INTO
the reasons Tor the rupture between
l>ess and myseli--that l would not
stoop 10 do-Dut my lhaBlldh'hti'y
dld not extend 10 permitting inc
girl to ruin my friendship with AIlcc
Holcomoe stocKnr!dge'
had been SO ABSORBED IN my let-
ter and the pe"Hdercd resentment
which 1t mad cngendercd' that l had
forgotten al! about hatherine S pres
ence in the room with me. "heh
had folded my letter ana put II
away, | rose and at my movement
Katherine jumped up ana Fusllea 10
New Britain herald., 1925-11-30

Cling a canal.
"Uumph." exclaimed Peter one
night after useless search. Il guess
that Paddy has more sense than |
thought he had and will wait until
= metime near winter before he be-
Gins work. The idea OF working in
tho summer for anything so far away
as wiutert'
Then for a while Peter forgot Pad
dy. You sec, there we're so many
Cher things Of interest that Peter
felt he couldn't waste time on any
orc thing. He actually forgot to be
curious about Paddy and what he
would do about those poplar trees,
Then, rs carly one morning just It
break OF day he happened 10 cut
frr0ugh an alder swamp on his way
/ nome ne came 10 something tina.
caused him TO stop short and fairy
SQueal in surprise. He had come TO
T. great messy log. the trunk OF a
great tree which had lalIon many
cars before lie ran 2lonE beside
;his, lippcrty-lipperty-ip, until At
| The farther end h. made a discovery
/ hat made him wonder if his eyes
+ We're all right or were playing
tricks on him. Il was a line o. poles
and brush and little trees with
hrushy tops tangled togcher bit il
: a row from the end of that Old log
toward The Laughing Brook. There
wasn't much Of a pile, but it was
clear to Peter at the very firs'
/ glance thai those sticks had beer
( placed there by some one. Other.
wise they never would have been IN
a row like that. One look was
enough to show him that many OF
those sticks and bushes were green
and this meant. Of course, that they
led been cut and brought there
The big ends showed that that cut
ting had been done by great, sharp
teeth.
1T is the work OF Paddy the Rcav-
err muttcrcd Peter. 1T is the work
, cf Paddy the Beaver and his family
But what does it mean, That is What
| want 10 know. This is the begin.
ming OF a dam if 1 know anything
about II. but what under the sun ar,
They building a dam way down here
in this swamp for?" Peter sat W
and looked about. He couldn't see (
single poplar tree. There were a fcV
birch trees, but mostly alders. Their
he looked back of the beginning o
that dam. They were al work hcrt
last night" said he. Some of tina
brush was cut not more than al
hour ago, and by the looks of thing
the whole family must have been a
work"
a feeling Of disappointment swep
over Peter Paddy doesn't wan
hos poplar trees l found for hin
after ALL" thought Peter, Il guess
didn't help as much as l thought
did. But what a queer place 10 b
building 4 dam, Il is too much 70
ne. Yes, sir, il is too much for me.
Copyright 1925, by I. W. Burgess
The next story: Peter Waits Il
in"
New Britain herald., 1925-11-30
Mage and Katherine are Both Dis.
trcsscd over the News in The
Letters

broke The seal Of my letter from
Alice IIoconhc Stockbrlge rcluct-
hntly, FOR / feared that somehow,
somewhere. I had missed the chance
TO see my colleague OF my BayNiew
teaching days, whose friendship !
valued SO highly. Ny premonilion
was justified. for thu letter, short,
friendly in tone, yet breathing a
subtle reserve told me that she had
come TO Long Island ana gone back
again 10 her home in the West,
Dear NnAgr" she wrote. II vas
SO sorry not to have seen you on
this trip. | had so counted upon
showing you my proulest possession,
Kenneth StockbrydEe. Junior, and
telling you all about our wonderful
happiness which my husband and l
feel that We owe entirely TO you. But
you have been as inaccessible as an
official in conference.
Bess and thought that you would
come over as soon as you knew |
was with her and when you did not,
Bess telcphoned repeatedly, but you
seemed to he away all Of the time,
SO we gave it UP. | do hope every
thing is all right with YOU. l never
have heard a word from you, and
have been vaguely worried. But
Bess says you were in splendid shape
the last time she saw you, Do drop
me a line sometime.
Lovingly yours,
ALICE"
laid down the letter with a men
tai imprecation against Bess Dean.
So this was the way she had fed
fat the ancient grudge" she bore
me- could see the mechanics OF her
procedure so clearly. She had told
Alice that she had seen me and in
vited me 10 share the reunion at her
home in BayYiew, giving the false
impression that l knee the exact
time OF Mrs. Stockbridge's visit.
Then when Alice had begun TO re-
mark upon my prolonged delay In
visiting her. Bess had volunteered &c
ret me by telephone. OF course she
never had sent me any message, and
she had maneuvered things SO that
Alice Stockbridge had gone back &c
her home feeling sighted and hurt
That Alice had written to me at al
was surprising and showed the dept}
of his affection for me, and the
gratitude she always insisted SHE
and her husband owed me. For Alice
Hocombe had possessed what the
old wives term "a temper OF hel
own.''--I remembered that Kenneth
Stockbrdge had written across a Sc
crctly cherished photograph Of her!
Alice, my thorny sweet rose"'-
and l knew that my apparent disre
New Britain herald., 1925-11-30

NY story" she inquired, puckering
her broWs at The painful confession.
"Nope,' said Bob. If you tackle
him now. hell snap Your head off.
Better keep the post-mortem till
after lunch, when he isn't SO Jusy,
And thank your lucky stars he
! an't asked You about It,"
Barbara ool:ed again at Wells
tense face and al the pile OF copy
in his hands. Il don't believe l have
the nerve to confess to him right
now" she said. Lets go"
Over the bare wooden table in a
little barbecue shop around the cor
her, Barbara told the sad story
emitting only the episode Of the kiss,
dwelling upon the beauty OF the mu-