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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
PRISONS
And u. S. JAlLS
PROVEN INHUMAN
But Sage Foundation
Wants Only Reform

NEW YORK-(FP)-Uncle Sam is
a very inhuman jailer, according to
the report of the Russell Sage four
dation submitted to the 55th annual
congress of the American Prison As
ISOLATION. The report deals particu-
larly with the boarding out Of 1000
federal DEMONSTRATING many
merely awaiting trial-to local jails
over which the federal government
has no jurisdiction and many Of which
arc desperately oyercro~Ueu, l~u---
ing" the report states, of physical
and moral filth"
The Cook county Jail in Chicago,
one of the s93 studied, crowds five
prisoners in cells intended for one
and Detroit, Cleveland, New York are
just about as bad.
Il is a narrowing story bearing out
the undertaking that labor prisoners
have already given to these same
dens. The report tells of the large
percentage of vermin infested pens,
of meagerly stated prisons and poor
ly trained employees.
ut must aforementioned" says the
report, that large part of these
prisoners are uneonvicted and CON
siderable portion are subsequently, le-
sally proven innocent: that the law
requires that persons accused Of crime
shall be treated as innocent until
proven to be guilty; and that large
par. of the prisoners serving SEN
tence are held for non-payment of
fine, simply because they owe the
government $40, SIS or 500"
Uncle Sam puts prisoners in these
local pens because he can do so
cheaply He gets rates per man and
woman. from zoe a day in five jails
in Porto Rico to SO per day in three
jails in Alaska. The average is CSC
per day The Russell Sage people
recommend a national government
Jail system.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
AUSTRALIA TO
DEPORT Heads
OF RED Union
ReactiOnary Election
Brings Terrorism
tspeolaI to The oaIIy WORKED

SYDNEY, N. S. W., Nov. 22.-ln-
dignation is sweeping thru the Aus
traIian unions at the news Of the ar
rest and threatening deportation Of
Tom Walsh, president, and Jacob
Joanneson, secretary, Of the Austrsl-
ian Seamen's Union, following the
findings of the deportation board ap-
pointed by the reactionary Bruce
government.
This follows the reelection of all
members of the Bruce government
and the re-establishment of all parties
in the house of representatives almost
as before parliament was dissolved
when labor began to challenge the
governments policy of suppressing
the -seamen's strike with Wholesale
jailings and deportations.
Capitalist or Workers Dictatorship?
Bruce, the archreactionary prime
minister went into the election on the
question: M
"Shall Australia be governed by a
parliament, duly elected by the peo-
pie under a democratic constitutional
form of government, or shall authori-
ty be flouted by irresponsible extrem-
lists attempting to arrogate to- them
selves an autocratic dictatorship over
the country"
Bruce charged that the Commun-
lists were a great danger and had OBJ
tanned a foothold in the labor party.
As is customary with such timid lead
ers. Matthew Charlton, chief of the
labor party, right away asserted that
the labor party repudiated Commune
ism. This reputation gained no more
votes than did Ramsay MacDonald's
famous denunciation of the forged
"Zinoviev letter" Charlton's only
victory" was getting reelected him.
self. But the labor party lost.
Compulsory Voting.
Never in the history of Australia
has feeling run so high as in this
election. and for the first time the
CONTINUED on page A.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
CALL OUT men
WHO man PUMPS
MINERS DEMAND
Chicago to Hear About
Strikers Tuesday

Militancy is beginning to permeate
the anthracite strike zone. While the
officials expected the strikers, whose
funds are very low, and who have to
scrimp to keep alive, to sit home and
wait until they are told the strike is
over, the miners are beginning to feel
that they have waited too long. The
miners are beginning to complain and
say that the strikes would have been
over long ago, if the maintenance men
had been taken out of the mine at the
beginning of the strike.
Strikers, Desperate.
The demand tor take the mainten-
ance men out of the mines was show
in reaching thee miners, but now
everywhere, the miners are beginning
to demand this. THEY realize this is
fight TO a finish. The officials are
not permitting the local unions to
hold meetings, hoping in this way to
suppress the demands Of the men. But
nevertheless, the demand of the
miners is becoming stronger.
The situation Is becoming desper-
ate in many places. With their funds
exhausted. and the local unions in
structed by the higher officials to stop
giving strike relief, many of the
miners families are facing starvation.
Those who have even a little food are
sharing It with those who have not.
Officials Crush MiIltaney.
Every sign of militancy is brutally
crushed by the hired thugs of the coal
companies who work closely with the
local police and the state constabu.
larry, whose brutal terroristic methods
have broken many strikes. The offi-
Gals of the miners union instead OF
helping the men are supporting the
efforts OF the coal operators TO pre-
vent the strike from developing into
a militant struggle. They openly com
mended the police for arresting Pat
Continued on page 50
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
ROUMANIAN DEBT
PROPOSALS ARE
NOT ACCEPTABLE
Deny Same Terms as
Granted to Mussolini
Especial to The Daily Worker)

Especial to The Daily Worker)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-The Am
erican commission negotiating with
the Roumanian debt commission here
for the purpose of endeavoring to
reach an agreement on the debt of
SAG, O0O,0 has turned down the offer
on the part of that government to
fund its debt on terms similar to those
granted Italy.
A counter proposal was made by
the Americans that is more nearly the
settlement accorded Britain, with
modification designed to meet the
situation in Roumania.
Long Term Proposal.
Though the concessions granted
Italy will be refused, It is known that
the time-length will be the same as
that of Italy-62 years. The average
interest rate may be lower than that
granted England and more nearly the
French offers.
Higher demands than those imposed
upon Italy were for the purpose of
beating down the currency of the Rou-
manian government. bankrupting
them and forcing acceptance of the
gold standard under the complete do
mination Of the United States. The
Roumanian government needs aid in
financing it's white terror against the
Besserabian peasants who are being
murdered wholesale and they expect
to reach an agree ut with the U. S.
so that Morgan will aid them
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
WORKERS WILL HAVE
TO PASS UP TURKEY
THANKSGIVING" DAY

Despite the fact that the turkey
crop is 8 per cent above normal and
the highest prices that the Texas
farmers have received for the high
est-grade turkeys, range from 20 to
80 cents per pound, those who will
attempt to buy IT for their Thanks
giving" dinner will find that they
will have to pay so cents pound
for the lowest grade and as high
as IS cents per pound for the bet
ter grades. =
The average working class fam
lily when it sits down to its Thanks
giving" dinner, If it has anything to
be thankful for, will have to content
itself with slab of pork at the
prices that are being charged for
the materials that are to make up a
turkey dinner. The estimated price
of the raw materials for dinner is
placed at s7.43 for a family of eight,
out Of which the farmer will get
S3.1e.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
SHOE WORKERS
ORGANIZATION
STARTS DRIVE
Brooklyn Protective Is
Making Headway
Especial to The Daily Worker

NSpecial 10 me DaHy WoFker)
BROOKLYN, Nov. 22.--At a mass
meeting that filled the Amalgamated
Temple here on Friday evening the
Shoe Workers Protective Union ini-
tiated a drive that promises to be the
most successful yet undertaken to or
aanze the shoe workers in the unor-
uanized shops in BrookoIyn and
spread to all parts of Greater New
York.
In his opening remarks. P. Pascal
Cosgrove, organizer of the Shoe Work
ers' Protective Union in Brooklyn,
stated that the conditions of the shoe
workers is deplorable in the unor-
ganized shops and that the time is
ripe for concerted drive to get all
the unorganized workers lined up in
the one great industrial union of shoe
workers already so well started by
the Protective.
Union Raises Wages.
"The shoe workers are in the mood
for organization" said Cosgrove. 1.-THE
United States government mas made
the report that in the unorganized
shops the shoe workers are getting
forty-seven cents an hour. In the or
ganized shops the workers are getting
much higher wages, and the peak is
Continued on page ~
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
BILL BEFORE CONGRESS-
TO MAKE COOLIDGE CAR
IN ANTHRACITE STRIKE
Especial to The Daily wOrkerl

Especial to The Daily Workerl
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-in lie.
gisIation presented by Represent
alive TreadwaN republican from
Massachusetts, the president is CIV
en- full power to take any steps that
he may deem necessary to relieve
the suffering" caused by strike in
the anthracite coal mines.
The bill if passed will place pow
err in the hands Of President Cool
idge, by means Of which he will be
able to crush the strike of the an
thraeite coal miners that are now
fighting for better living eondi-
tions in the Pennsylvania coal
fields.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
PAklI1ss> u
EGYPT BIZ,
BRITISH RULE
Anti British Premier
Heads Government
tspselaI . The Daily wOrkerl


CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 22.-openly
dsfying the troops Of the British
agent, zlwar Pasha, who since the
events following the assassination Of
Sir Lee Stack, sidar of the Egyptian
army, has been premier Of Egypt,
the parliament met in secret here
and passed a vote at complete lack
OF confidence in the government.
The secret session of parliament
was carried out while hundreds of
troops with fixed bayonets paraded
the streets, guarding the homes of
prominent members Of parliament
and all public buildings. In spite of
the armed forces menacing the mem
bers more than three-fourths Of the
parliament assembled at the Cont
mental Savoy hotel, went into ses-
sion. passed the vote of lack of con-
hdence deposing Ziwar Pasha, and
electing In his place Zaghloul Pasha.
Zaghloul was formerly premier and
was forced to resign because Of the
hostile attitude of England after the
assassination of Stack. Ziwar, the
British agent who would, if he could,
deliver Egypt completely into the
hands of Britain, was selected in his
place. But his regime has been a
stormy one. Never at any time has
he had the support of the political
groups in parliament He was toler-
ated out of fear of British reprisals.
Egypt in Turmoil.
The ferment among the peoples of
the near and middle east has had
its reflex in Egypt the past few
weeks. The native liberation move
ment has become stronger and more
defiant. The Zaghloulists, the ma
tionalists and liberal constitutional
lists, have united in a bloc against the
British owned premier. The gather
ing political storm was perceived by
the British and their man, Ziwar Pa
sha, was ordered to institute reign
Of. terror and decree a virtual dicta-
torship by dispensing parliament. A
decree against parliament was issued
and, soldiers placed in strategic
points to prevent meeting of that
body.
The meeting was held in defiance
of the edict forbidding it, is legal &C
cording to the Egyptian constitution,
and the act of Ziwar in endeavoring
to disperse the parliament is Illegal.
The vote of complete lack of con-.
fldence placed zaghloul at the head
OF the government and removed
Ziwar.
This move is severe rebuke to
Britain and unquestionably desperate
measures will be taken to crush the
parliament Possibility Of arrests is
not remote But if parliament is ar
rested it will unquestionably cause a
wave of fury to sweep Egypt.
Britain Desperate.
Britain faces desperate situation
in Egypt. Though recognizing the
independence Of Egypt following the
widespread disorders of 1922, Britain
insisted upon maintaining the safety
OF communication (meaning the free
passage through the Suez canal, one
CONTINUED on page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
UNEMPLOYMENT CONTINUES TO
DECREASE IN SOVIET RUSSIA

exchanges that 1925 In
will reduction unemployment
1924
textile
1925 $4,000 The holds
increased whilst shortage Of skilled
power consisting
In s252s will 100000
with 25oooooo rubIss last ast
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24

uERE is reproduction Of another photograph, taken at
the the picture published in the last Fridays
ISSUE showing the results of vicious attacks made group
of members Of the Amagamated cIthng Workers Union,
meeting in public hall in Chicago week ago Sunday.
1t is known that minor officials of the present HIman-
Levin-Rssman regime in the Amagamated Clothing Work.
ers Union nstgated these murderous assaults the
bers of the union at this Sunday meeting we'll the
meeting the previous Friday night at Ashland (carmens)
Auditorium
Neither President Sidney Himan, Manager Sam Levin,
Of the Chicago Joint Board Sidney Rsman assistant
manager all of whom fully acquainted with facts
accepted the challenge contained in the question:
who Responsible" The story Of the meeting Of Local
1872 published another column shows that large
Of the unions membership determined get the
to that question. ssass tNt.J
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
B. of r. t. Men May
Join Strike In Md.

CUMBERLAND, Md-(FP)-Mem-
bers OF the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen employed on the Western
Maryland railroad where the loco
motive engineers and fremen. have
been on strike for the past month
have served notice that. unless exist
ing conditions are remedied they will
join the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
Teamsters Asking a
20 Per Cent Raise
In Scranton Region

SCRANTON, Pa. Nov. 22.-(FP)-
Demand for a 20 per cent wage in!
crease for 1926 are made on the city
of Scranton by city teamsters and
chauffeurs associated with the Team
sters' and Chauffeurs' International
Union,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
LOCAL l52, OF THE ANALGAMATED,
Gives BUSINESS AGENTS A BUSY
time DEFENDING TEURORISTIC GANG
Hy BEN GORDON.

When Local the Amagamated Clothing Workers held
meeting the uggngs Of Friday week ago and the
Sunday following all officers and machine men, present
The meeting we'll attended
All present excited and disturbed about the
eagerly the opening of the meet
ing know what going be done about it.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
Vermont, a Coolidge
Heaven, a He'll for
Girl Wage Workers

BURLINGTON. vt.--FP) - Ten
dollars week for 12-hour day is the
lot of many girls working in Burling-
ton restaurants.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
Membership AppIauds Craft.

Great applause greeted Brother
Crafts speech. Everyone present,
with the exception Of the few die
hard machine men was on his feet APP
plauding Brother Craft. 81 still have
friends in the local. he said in clos
ing.
Business. Agent Goldman sprang up
at once to answer" Crafts charges.
He tried to defend the officials and
gangsters who did the slugging; say
ing that the Amalgamated is not re-
sponsible for all that happened, prais-
ing the good work done in the past
by these characters. other business
agents who followed made the same
sort of argument. A
Then came the speakers from the
floor, all as one condemning the Anal
gamated officials for such action and
demanding that those guilty be imme.
diately punished for the crime
Surprise Official Machine.
Joint Board Delegate Smaller rose
to speak He surprised all the Off
CONTINUED on page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24
BRITISH and
French PACT
REPORT HOAX
Rebels Still Gaining in
Syria
Especial to The DAILY Worker)


LONDON. Nov. 22.-Reports being
spread in British and foreign news
papers that Britain and France have
joined in secret pact to jointly ad-
minister the mandates in Syria, lrak,
Palestine and TransyIvania, are dis
counted here, as contrary to fact.
NJ. Henri de Joayenal, Paris journal
list, who has been appointed high com
missioner OF Syria was here for few
DAYS and had conferences with Austin
Chamberlain, British foreign minister,
regarding the situation in the Middle
East, but nothing tangible came of
them. Announcement was made that
a Joint understanding had been reach
ed whereby the British and French
would cease their diplomatic intrigues
against each other in the inundated
areas. This pact does not exist on
paper and was only based upon a
"gentlemen's agreement"
Playing for Time
Everyone familiar with British d.
plomacy knows that Chamberlain is
merely stalling for time and that the
intrigues will continue in spite of any
agreements, written or otherwise, be-
cause OF the claEh of interests in that
part of the world. If Jouvenal really
believes the conference with Cham
berlain will Tighten his task he is
doomed to disappointment, for Cham
berlain win only take advantage Of
the information at hand to increase
British intrigued
The report OF France accepting an
agreement with Britain to cooperate
against Turkeys claims in Mosul oil
is considered a great joke here, be-
cause it can only mean that France
gives up all claim to Independent ac-
ton and has submitted completely to
the whims and imperialist ambitions
of Britain. Co %ideriBg Frances de-
pendence upon kbx, UGited States Of
America this so0 IS clearly pure
fabrication. ,os].
BEIRUT, Syria Nov. 22.-Rebel
forces are very active in the vicinity
of Damascus and steadily gaining
ground against the French forces. A
motor-car convoy was attacked by the
native forces ami the entire French
force was either killed or captured
and the equipment taken by the re-
bells. Recruits are still coming to the
aid of the rebel forces and the French
are steadily losing ground.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-24

Brother Craft, one OF those
who had received a broken head
and whose picture appeared in
the daily press, was present with
his head stir bandaged.
Victim Demands Floor
The routine business of the meeting
was disposed Of in short time and
Brother Craft demanded the floor as
matter of special privilege to tell
his. story and ask some questions.
The chairman ruled him out of order.
An appeal was taken and he was
granted the floor
Brother Craft spoke for about an
hour, telling the story in detail, now
he came to the meeting on an invi-
tation: how before the meeting open
ed group of gangsters whom he re-
cognized as officials and members Of
the Amalgamated, led by a business
agent" entered the hall with guns in
their hands, forcing everyone to the
wall; and how they proceeded to beat
up those brothers and sisters present
with blackjacks and other weapons.
He demanded that the local at once
proceed to investigate the affair and
punish those officials and sluggers
who participated in the smuggling, as
they were nothing more than bunch
of gangsters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-16

among the 800 men there, who are
seemingly taking the strike more seri-
ously than the other sections of the
constabulary throughout the north
ern counties.
The men, angered over the decision
under the London boundary agree
ment to disband them Immediately
are dema nding a bonus of 200 each.
free of income tax. The government
Yesterday offered two months leave
on full pay and transportation home,
but the men at the Princes Dock de
clared it unacceptable.
The specials" on duty at the court
and Jail in Belfast Joined the strike
and have been replaced by regulars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-16
Capper in Favor
Of People Electing
Education Board

Senator Arthur Capper If Kan
sas. chairman of the Senate Dis
trict committee. is in favor Of the
principle of giving the residents Of
the District the right to select the
members of the Board of Educa-
ton. and he has so advised Walter
Trey. secretary of the District Of
Columbia Public School Associa
ton.
LEGISLATION for that purpose,
Senator Capper adds in A letter he
has written Mr.. Trey, will have
my support"
Senator Capper wrote Mr.. Trey
after the latter had forwarded him
4 resolution adopted by the school
association approving the Gasque
bill and said that your commune
cation will he brought 10 the at
tention If the committee"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-16

the Straw" The Devils Dream" and
others.
Nellie told the mayor how he came
very near losing the SO gold piece
coined before the Civil War. and given
to him as A keepsake by Mr.. Ford.
"A hard boiled reporter" Nellie said
with a gesture toward the newspaper
men present, tried to trade me out
OF this 50 gold piece. He offered TO
swap me a. $40 gold piece for it. But
after one look at his face, ! wouldn't
even trade horses with him and I'm
pretty good at that
Disputes Authorship.
AUGUSTA, Ga, December IS L6o).-
An Augusta woman appeared yester
day to dispute with Nellie Durham
Henry Ford's Maine fiddler. the
authorship Of Ripping Waves" a
waltz he played at the Ford oldtime
dancing class at Dearborn.
Mrs. Matte Dorrill brought to the
office of an Augusta newspaper a
copy of Ripping Waves" waltz
copyrighted by herself and dated 1911
The music was published by a New
York company.
Recent press dispatches mentioned
the waltz played by Durham as being
of his own composition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-16
Shot. by Stray Bullet.

Little 6-year-old jennie Willis. col,
ored. was struck in the head by bull
let from a pistol alleged TO have been
discharged by Harriet Lindsey. col
ored, during an alteration in the lat
ter's home, at 21o9 Howard court, last
night.
The bullet crashed through the win
dow of the child's home. at 334 V
street. She was removed to Freed
mems Hospital. where her condition
had not been determined today. The
colored woman is being held on a
charge of assault with deadly
weapon.