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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-10

expulsion requests.
The deportation threats had become
chronic. Every time the Communist
Party issued a new manifesto or
started a new move, every time new
union indicated tendencies of mill
tant nature-came another expulsion
threat.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
Sawmill Workers Win
First Victory in a
Long Time in Wash

ABERDEEN, Wash.-(FP)-The
strike weapon of workmen and soli-
darity has scored another victory in
the settlement of the Aberdeen saw
mill strike which lasted nearly four
weeks.
BY large majority the men Of 5
mills accepted the operator proposal,
granting the demanded minimum of
1915 per day. The old rate was 1926.
The employers refused, however, to
make straight SOC per day raise on
all wages, but promised to readjust
scales of higher paid employees. The
companies also granted the right to
maintain grievance committees.
The lowpaid workers, the bulk OF
over 1900 men, are benefited by this
settlement. Had the workers needed
the advice Of smooth-talking federal
mediators and returned to work a
week earlier, pending settlement"
the strike would have been lost.
In six months at the new rate the
lumber barons viii have paid the
strikers for their worthwhile vaca,
tion. The strike effects may benefit
the whole industry, since the Aber'
deem minimum is higher than Tacoma
Portland, Seattle and other cities.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
STRIKING COAL
MINERS REFUSE
COMP ANY TERMS
Men Fail to Fall for
Company Bluff

FATRMONT, w. Va, Nov. 6.-Des-
pite the announcement of the Conso-
lidation Coal Co. that it will reopen
the Monongah and O'Donnell mines,
and replace the strikers, the striking
coal miners, who have been in strike
since April l, in an attempt to. force
the company to recognize the United
Mine Workers Union and the Jask-
sonville agreement, remain solid and
refuse to accept the 1917 wage scales
the company offers.
The company announced that 1t was
cleaning up a number of mines that
It intended to reopen and that it had
signed an agreement. with miners
association"
The union heads point out that no
union men have signed an agreement
with the company to go back to work
under the 1917 wage scales and that
the miners association" is undoubt-
edly some paper organization that the
coal company has put up to fool the
mine workers into going back into
the pits.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
CHICAGO LABOR
TO CELEBRATE
SOVIET TRIUMPH
Mass Meeting Tonight
at Temple Hall

Conclusive and overwhelming proof
that the working class of America yn-
derstands its own class interest In
the achievement of Soviet Russia, is
furnished by the hundreds of mass
meetings celebrating the eighth ami
versary Of the Russian revolution that
are being arranged all over the coun-
try for November and 8.
The monster meeting in Chicago
which will be held at Temple Hall.
corner Van Buren and Ashland today
at p. m, promises to b. one of the
most notable gatherings of the kind
that has ever been held here. Among
the speakers win be Earl r. Browder,
Max Bedacht and Martin Abern. mem
bers of the central executive commit
tee of the Workers (Communistl
party. A special feature will be Tevo-
lutionary songs by the Freiheit sing
ing society. Tickets are 25 cents and
can be secured in advance or at the
hail.
The unparalleled interest in the
meetings thruout the country display
ed by skilled and unskilled workers
alike, constitutes a ringing answer to
the whole campaign of lies with which
the capitalist press has been trying
to poison the workers against Soviet
Russia. Asked to explain the unpre-
cedent advance sale of tickets for the
Chicago meeting. the arrangements
committee calls attention to the great
strides in economic reconstruction
made in the Soviet union during the
past few years, even capitalist re-
porters being forced to admit that the
Russian workers are now better off
than before the war, whereas in the
other countries of Europe the condi-
ton of the working class becomes
steadily worse.
A canvas of the south side shows
that Negro workers are taking spe-
cial interests in the meeting. This is
no doubt largely due to the way in
which Soviet Russia has extended the
hand of fellowship to all oppressed
races and peoples. as in Africa, China,
India, the Near East and Latin-Amer-
lea.
1t is pointed out that 21 govern
ments have already recognized Soviet
Russia, while the United States gov
ernment still refuses to act. Many
trade unions and other labor organiza
tions thruout the land have called
upon the government to extend re-
cognition to the workers republic
and the slogan of Recognition of So
Wet Russia" will be again placed on
the order of the day at tonight's meet
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
DEMANDS COAL
PROFITEERING
CEASE IN N. Y.
Communists Take Up
Fight to Aid Poor
Especial to The Daily wOrker)

NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 6.-The
Workers (communist) Party today
issued a statement on the coal situa-
ton in which they called upon the
board of health Of the city Of New
York to meet the acute coal crisis by
the establishment of city monopoly
In coal and the opening Of stations
in the workers quarters in which coal
should be sold at cost. The state
ment was made in the form Of an
open letter to the health commission
er. It reads as follows:
Frank ]. Monaghan,
Health Commissioner. City of N. Y,
Poor in Distress
"Sir:-The situation of the poorer
people in the city of New York, with
winter approaching and coal profit
eering making it impossible to secure
the necessary fuel, is an intolerable
one. AS the cold weather sets in,
health and life are seriously menaced.
The measures so far proposed are
hopelessly inadequate to so grave and
general a crisis. Profteering must
continue and grow worse unless far
reaching policy is adopted which will
make profiteering impossible and
break the coal famine.
"The Workers (Communist) Party
calls upon the board of health to
establish complete city monopoly of
the purchase and sale of coal in the
city Of New York until the crisis is
Iiquidated 1t further calls upon the
board of health to open stations in
convenient parts of the city, with spe-
cial reference to the working class
quarters, where such coal will be sold
directly by the city at cost. Any pro-
gram short of this endangers the
health and lives of the workers of
New York City and the responsibility
for this situation will be directly
chargeable to the city government.
We call for immediate action on this
matter.
Due to Monopoly
1--WE therefore call to your atten-
tion the fact that these recurring coal
crises are due to the private mono
poly in coal and the periodic strikes
that it provokes, and that any solu-
tion that aims to be permanent and
to prevent new crises from occurring,
must base itself upon the nationalist
tion OF the mines We call upon the
city OF New York to work in this
direction"
Workers (communist) Party
District No. 2
William w. Weinstone, Gen'l. sec'y.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
BRITISH LABOR
UNITY FIGHTS
OFF WAGE CUTS
Live Leaders and Wise
Policy Wins So Far
lsp.eIaI 70 rhs oaIIy work.rl

LONDON-(FP)- Not only have
the miners and the textile workers by
their militaney warded off wage re-
ductions and patched up a temporary
peace in England, but the building
workers have made a truce by which
/ there viii be no wage reductions for
at least nine months. The shipyard
unions are also holding their demands
in allegiance while an inquiry is made
into the industry.
Trouble is brewing on the railroads.
The demands of the employers are
totally irreconcilable with the pro
grams of the unions, and the central
wage board has failed to reach any
agreement. The matter has been re-
ferred to the national wage board, so
the railroads will enjoy a truce dur
ing the negotiations. The companies
want flat rate reduction in wages
of $1.5O a week in rural areas and
81 in London. The worker demands
are set out in the all-grades program
of the National Union of Railwaymen
and in the program of the Railway
Clerks Association, embracing all
around increases in wages and gener-
al improvements. The N. U. r. is
also demanding a pension scheme for
railroad workers.
The locomotive engineers union has
begun a campaign to do away with
overtime. On the Southern railway
all members are refusing to work
overtime when arriving at their local
depots, if they have completed 8 hours
on duty. Electrifcation is leading to
unemployment, and the engineers re-
fuse overtime while fellow-workers
are workless.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
Real Wages Decline.
'Deport Aliens Who
Violate the Prohibition
Laws, Urges Lawmaker

Deportation OF all aliens who dare
to take drink Of pre-volstedian vim
tages or similar fluids or otherwise vi.
olate the prohibition amendment, was
urged by Congressman Grant NJ. Hud-
son, before the Anti-Saloon. Leagues
national convention which is now
meeting In Chicago. as a step in the
campaign to dry up" the United
States.
He also urged stricter enforce.
ment OF the prohibition laws
All is not so well at the convention
There is one group that wants modi.
fication of the dry laws while another
group wants strict enforcement.
When Il comes to apportioning the
Jobs in the organization. many clashes
are expected as quite a number would
like TO make coy berths for them.
selves.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
Farmer Jury Chosen
to Try Doctor for
Killing Daughter

Lttleton. Colo. Nov. GA jury Of
Arapahoe county farmers and me
chanics was chosen TO decide the fate
of DIR. Harold Elmer Blazer, so year
old country doctor who snuffed out
the life Of his imbecilic daughter.
Hazel Ingrit Blazer. in an Englewood
bungalow last February. The jury
was completed and sworn in just as
court adjourned for the noon recess.
When the court reconvenes the at
torney for the state intimates he viii
try to prove that the. imbecilic daugh-
ter had a right TO live, and that her
father was in his right mind when he
chloroformed his daughter. The state
will not demand that the death pen
atty. but will seek a verdict of first
degree murder with a life sentence.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08

DATES GIVEN PURCELL
ON TOUR THRU THE U. S.
and CANADIAN CITIES

The trade union committee arr
ranging the Purcell tour has announ-
eed the following dates for his
speeches in several cities of the
United States and Canada:
Detroit, Mich, Sunday, Nov. 8. at
p. m. at the cass Technical High
School Auditorium, Grand River
Ave. and High st.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 9, at 8 p. m.
at the Carnegie Library Hall, FEEDER
al and Ohio SITS.
Cleveland, ohio, Nov. 10, at 8
p. M, at the Engineers Auditorium,
corner Ontario and ST. Clair.
Toronto, Canada, Nov. II, at 8 p.
m. at Central Labor Union.
Montreal, Canada, Nov. 10, at 8
p. m. at Central Labor Union.
New York City, Nov. II, evening,
at the New Star Casino.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
Canadian Labor Party
Keeps Two Men in the
New Tory Parliament
BY JOHN RoeUR.

OTTAWA, Can.-(FP)-The Labor
party will have the same strength in
the new Canadian parliament as in the
last. OF the two members in the last
house, one was defeated but new
member comes to support J. S.
Wordsworth from Winnipeg. The new
member is A. A. Heaps, one of the
VII Tins of the prosecutions after the
Winnipeg strike Of 1919. The defeated
member was William Irvine of Cal
gary. The Conservatives will have
the largest group in the new house.
The Progressives will have about one
third OF their previous strength.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
GREECE "SEEES" PACT
SIMILAR TO LOCARNO
FOR BALKAN NATIONS

ATHENS, Nov. 6.-FoIIowing the
declaration by the league Of ma
tions that no Balkan pact similar to
the Locarno pact would be negoti-
ated unless one Of the Balkan ma
tlons requested II, the Greek Pan
aaIos military dictatorship is now
requesting the formation Of pact
similar to the Locarno pact.
This attempt by Greece is looked
upon as an act to curry favor with
the league Of nations commission
now Investigating the Greco-5uIgar
nareup, as Greece has opposed the
signing Of any pacts in the Balkans,
especially 90 when they dealt with
the rights of minorlties.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
Labor Party Fighting
for Control in Nov. IA
Australian Elections

MELBOURNE-(FP)-The general
elections for the Australian federal
parliament take place Nov. IA. Labor,
which already controls 5 Of the 6
Australian states, seems to have the
advantage in the federal elections and
may get majority in both the house
Of representatives and the senate.
To prevent Lahor's rise to power,
the Conservatives are trying to work
up the red menace. A prominent issue
is the recent repressive legislation,
including the deportation act, Of the
federal government. The red menace
is also dressed up.r
Matthew Charlton leads the Labor
party, while the Conservatives are led
by S. NJ. Bruce, the present prime
minister. The Conservatives include
the Country party representing the
wealthy ranch-owners. A few inde-
pendents are also up.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
Left Winger Who Aids
in Building Unions Is
Honoredt by "Reds''

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Nov. GA ban
quet arranged by the Jewish branch
OF the Workers Party, was held at the
Labor Lyceum, in honor of Comrade
|. Feingold on the occasion OF his
leaving the city for st. Louis where
he will become general organizer for
the Cloth, Hat and Cap Makers union.
Comrade Feingold, as chairman Of
the executive board of the st. Paul
local Of this union, has been very
successful in negotiating several good
agreements with the bosses, and the
membership of this local showed it's
appreciation of the good work done
by this left winger by the numbers in
attendance and by the speeches made
by some of them aswell as by mem.
bers Of other organizations.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08

Tlengthen the hours of labor.
''If we intend to deprive our mas
ters of their power to use the foreign
low wage, long hours as weapons
against us here or elsewhere, the
unity of the working class every
where is the prime weapon we must
forge and WELD with unfailing en-
ergy and effectiveness" declared A.
A. Purcell.
In discussing the possibility of fu-
ture wars and how they may be stay-
ed off, he declared:
"If we regard war as the curse
crime and horror Of a passing age
then all-inclusive international work
ing class unity must be a pre-essen
tial of the great and glorious task
to secure ourselves against the
merest chance or even war-like
threat.
"It is our duty to determine upon
unity of action to definitely prevent
war and all the horrors it breeds and
spreads in its inhuman trail"
While discussing the necessity oi
international unity, Purcell decried
the attempts made by certain groups
to avoid this international solidarity
of the organized workers and declared
in behalf of those groups that realize
and recognize the value of interna
tional action on the trade union field
of all workers that Our historic in
sularity must pass away. Sheer self
preservation demands swift action to
wards closer association with any and
every strictly working class element
which may be positively bent upor
making unity its immediate aim and
international working class solidarit,
its goal.p
Purcell pointed out that capitalism
is increasing its operations in the so
called backward lands of Asia, Africa
Central and South America and tha
CONTINUED on page p
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
Peaceful Transition
to Socialism Never
Heard of BY Police

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 6.-Members
Of the city police force are receiving
daily instructions in the use of fire.
arms and a pistol range has been in
stalled. The New Orleans police de-
partment is the possessor of riot guns,
tear bombs, SAVIOR shot guns and is
under the control of city administra-
tion which does not care a whoop for
union labor.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
SOCIALISTS JUBILANT
BECAUSE OF GAINS IN
"SILK STOCKING" WARD

Especial to The Daily Workarl
NEW YORK, Nov. 6-Tho the So
ciaIist vote dropped from the high
mark Of 10000 in the HiIlquit cam
paisn against HyIan, to $4,000 in
Tuesdays elections, there is iubIa-
tion in socialist headquarters here.
Tho the workers have turned In
thousands from the treaehery of the
socialists, they made gains in the
18th ward, the "slk stocking dis
trict, where the bourgeoisie gave
Norman Thomas 7t2 votes, as COM
pared with 5s5 votes last year when
he ran for governor.
Not single socialist was elected
to any office in the elections of Tues
day.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
| NATION SUFFERS POVERTY |
| WORSE THAN EVER BEFORE, |
| SAYS BRITISH LABOR M. P. |

MANCHESTER, Nov. 6.--At Mel
son tonight, Mr.. John Wheatley,
British labor member Of parliament
said, In the Industrial situation to.
day and the poverty which accrued
from It, they had something which
was unpreeedented In the history Of
this or any other country. The ma
tion was stricken with poverty, not
because OF a shortage Of goods, but
because OF the superabundanee Of
things required by human beings.
Races had been brought into com.
petition that were not competitors
before the war, and there would
be no revival OF trade until we al
tered our Industrial system Of so.
clety.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
ARRIVES h, OAICAGO
ON TOUR OF U. S. and CANADA
URGING UNITY OF WORLD LABOR

Albert A. PURCELL member of the British parliament and head
Of 100000 unonists of Europe affiliated with the Am
stedam international Of Trade Unions arrived in Chicago from
ST. Louis where he spoke large audience of workers be-
half of unity the trade union field of all workers regardless
Of whether they the Russian trade unions the American
trade unions the trade unions of any other nation
During the of his interview with DAILY
WORKER emphasized the necessity the uniting
the attempts of the bosses down wages
The daily worker., 1925-11-08

victory is achieved.
The workers in all industries know
that the dollar will not buy as much as
it did a year ago. They know prices
are still on the up grade, and they
know that when they get an increase
of wages, and sign contract, when
the cost of living is still rising, that
they have in reality signed under cir
cumstances that mean their real
wages are steadily on the incline.
Living Costs Increase.
The anthracite miners with their
families constitute fifty per cent of the
population of that region, and they
know what living Increases mean as
much if not more so than the work
ers in any other part of America, as
the following figures compiled by the
government will show: Last April's
report shows bacon to have increased
20 per cent, pork chops rs per xent,
-four 35 per cent coffee 25 per cent,
I and we know that everything averages
higher in the hard coal region than it
does in any other part of the country.
Clothing costs from 25 to so per
cent more than in New York. Doc
tors fees have jumped so and 100 per
cent for every visit of the doctor since
1929, while rents have gone skyward
with vengeance.
t High Rent for HoveIs.
The Pennsylvania state housing
commission has recently stated that
rents have advanced from four to 115
per cent in the last four years. The
rents have increased most in the small
towns. and that is where most of the
coal miners exist. The writer saw
many of those shacks called houses
with daylight shining thru the walls,
no wall paper in sight, while the plas.
ter was hanging in shIeds, and could
not see how anyone had the courage
to charge any rent at all.
The housing commission further
states that rents are still on the up
grade as a shortage exists, while the
coal commission comments on the
subject as follows:
"Housing facilities in the snthra-
cite region are far below the aver
age and rank fifty per cent in the
matter Of adequate sanitation and
facilities"
The United States department of la
Dor figures show the inhabitants Of
Scranton have to pay about ten pei
cent more for their houses than the
people in the United States as whole
pay, and rents are still going up a:
shown by the Pennsylvania housing
commission.
Real Wages Decline.
The Annalyst Of July 10 quotes
Bradstreets, "The cost of living hai
Increased 1873 per cent over last July,
CONTINUED on page p
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
Build the DAILY WORKER,
Cleveland Carpenters
Give Relief to Miners

CLEVELAND - OPP = Carpenters
lO5 and other unions are making up
bundles of clothing for the families
of the shivering miners Of West vir-
ginia.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
ANTHRACITE MINERS LIVING IN
HOvELS and HALF-STARvED, But
DENIED WAGE RAISE BY BOSSES

where $4,000 miners strike
capitalism shapened and capitalist
conditions explained
and head Of the
Reid recently released from the
conspiracy Of
union officials his speaking
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
Oh, Yes! Capitalist
Government Is Friend
of the Labor Unions

DAYTON o.--(FP)--Six union
plumbers and one helper have been
discharged by U. S. aviation officers
and 10 maintenance men" put in at
90c an hour to do the work at McCook
field. The work is botched and the
government is not saving a penny.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
Britain skepticaI.

LONDON, Nor. 6.-The attitude Of
the British capitalist, class. both Off
cial and private toward the French
war in Syria, Is skeptical. The ut
most discretion prevails in speaking
of the events No criticism Of the
massacres of the people Of Damascus
have appeared. This attitude is mo-
tivated by the fact that the situation
in Syria constitutes a grave danger
to the rule of Britain in Irak, also
held under league of nations man
date. If the Syrian revolt is success:
ful the whole mandate policy of the
league of nations will be wrecked,
and successful uprisings in Irak will
follow.
Meanwhile heavy forces are thrown
on the Syrian border under the fake
pretext of defending British inter-
ests."
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
BY ALEX REID
(sscretsry Of the Progressive Miners ccmmittee.l
fA~k:.I. "
(ArticIe W

(Article W
The living steadily risen during the last year and
has point the workers find themselves barely
wages barely enable them buy the
foods while many state Of semstavation This
true prior great strike
many miners in the hard coal field find
themselves in dire but determined to strike until
The daily worker., 1925-11-08
French MEET
HEAVY LOSSES
IN SYRIA war
Britain Fears Loss of
Irak
tspeeIaI 70 &c oaIIy w0rkerl

ALEPPo, Syria, Nov. g. Syrian
rebels, steadily oainina in number as
new recruits join the forces and new
waves Of Arabs from the south swarm
to aid In the struggles against
France, are now encamped within
only eight miles Of the city wall Of
Damascus, preparatory to launching
drive in the morning that it is hop
ed will drive out the enemy invaders.
Reinforcements arriving from Nor
occo have strengthened the French
forces and the butcher, General Ga
melin, is said to have set forth with
strong force, well equipped with
every known device of frightfulness
to engage the rebels. This is ,ques-
toned in better informed circles, as
the French have already notified the
inhabitants who still remain in Da-
mascus that it may be necessary to
throw shells over the city in the
counter-attack on the Druses and
Syrians.
Heavy French Losses.
In the territory between Damascus
and Beirut and In the vicinity Of this
city (Aleppo) there has been fierce
fighting and heavy losses have been
suffered by the French. One detach-
ment of French infantry was sur
rounded last night and wiped out by
the rebels, their entire equipment be-
ing captured. Two patches Of light
artillery and stores OF munitions have
also fallen into rebel hands and are
being turned against the French.
The daily worker., 1925-11-08

the Standard for a Workers
and Farmers Government
The daily worker., 1925-11-08

SECTION ONE.