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Defends Martin

The name Of Governor Mafsis
was frequently mentioned during
the meeting, il being inferred
that the chief executive was af
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TO CONFER ON
PEACE OFFERS

PARIS, May 1.-The Riffians
have been granted one more
chance to confer with Abd-el-
Krim before replying definitely
to the Franco-Spanish peace of
fers.
The daily worker., 1926-08-18
This Is Solidarity

the British miners withdrew from the pits in their long
and painful struggle the attempt of the to force reduction
enghenng of hours hem not pound of fuel oil
sold the British market by the Union of Socialist Soviet
Republics
This learned when the central committee of the
Union Soviet Russia forced reply lies circulated
socademOrac press of Germany that the Soviet
concluded to sell fuel oil to the British
only workers contributed $2500O00
relief but shipments of nature that
help British break the strike have been al
lowed a Soviet port
policy entirely opposite to that followed by the
onary the Europe who sail under the
socaemocrac Coal pouring into British ports from
producing country in the world This shameful traffic
stopped inside Of wenyOur hours if the leaders of the
International those caumnators of the Soviet Union
agreed proposal made by the trade unions of the s.
international conference trade consider
assisting the miners win the strike This offer
puned the socademOas and the spectacle of nterna
tiona scabbery continued.
glorious chapter in the history of the British miners
struggle excluding the sacrifices of the embatted
dggers will be that devoted the unexamped solidarity shown by
Soviet Russia who sacrifice to themselves
every assistance their comrades Britain the
of the world labor movement
The daily worker., 1926-08-18

government of the American imperial
lists?
Hemp and sugar are the principal
products thot of in connection with
the Philippines. The sugar trust is
considered to be the capitalist group
most interested in the islands. But
Representative Bacon, speaking for his
bill, gives the following valuable in
formation:
THE finest coal bodies in the Phil
4 lppine Islands are in Mindanao.
One Of the greatest undeVeloped
bodies of iron ore in the world is
situated in the island of Mlndanao.
Competent engineers have estimated
that there are in sight over 5o0,00o,-
600 tons of high grade iron ore.........
With the Moro province once opened
for the development of iron ore and
for the growing Of copra, sugar, rub
Der, hemp......,.. and the investment
of capita under careful govern
mental regulations, encouraged
rather than discouraged, as at pres
SiieT ltiViC 10 NASSAlSl bNN AbeAN III
a very short time the revenues of
the Moro province......... would far
exceed per capita of population, that
of the entire remaining portion of
the Philippine Archipelago.
GOAL. iron and rubber huge sup
- ply of cheap labor~power guaran-
teed by the military government pro-
vided by the Bacon bill-the Moro
province is certainly a juicy morsel
for American Imperialism.
But no great publicity is given
by the sponsors of the Bacon bill to
such material reasons for the division
of the Philippine Islands. A holy pur-
pose actuates those who seek this
legislation and the emphasis, following
the best traditions of Anglo-Saxon
altruism, is on the duty to do good
to a suffering people.
ITO be continued).
The daily worker., 1926-08-18
independence Movement.

may also, in his discretion, appoint
......., not TO exceed three additional
members of such eouncil.....,... who
may be citizens Of the Philippine,
shall hold office at the pleasure of
the PRESIDENT. in case Of tie
vote the proposition which receives
the vote of the governor shall pre-
Vail,,.,....
THE natives of the new province, it
4 is clear. will have no voice what
soever in either the framing. or the
administration of the laws under
which they will live.
Having established the principle
that, in the words of Representative
Bacon:
The administration Of their affairs
should be restored to a SANE, HUI
NAME, AND FORWARD-LOoKING
AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION
Emphasis Mine), and the proper
machinery, as described above, set
up to carry out this high purpose,
the next step is to place the control
of the natural resources of the prov
ince in the hands Of the government
where it will be safe from Moros and
Filipinos alike.
THIS the Bacon bill does in Section
L sol, Clause c:
All the property and rights with
in the province acquired by the
United States under cession from
Spain."...... are hereby expressly de-
cIared to be and are hereby reserved
as the property of the United States,
and are placed under the control of
the government of the province to
be administered and disposed Of by
lt..-.....
WTHAT are the natural resources
w which, with a few strokes of the
pen, and by the power of Dictator
ship organized expressly for the pur-
pose, are to be handed over to the care
of individuals responsible only to the
The daily worker., 1926-08-18

surreetion, or rebellion, and he may
In case of rebellion or invasion, or
imminent danger thereof, when the
public safety requires II, suspend the
privileges of the writ of habeas cor
pus, or place the province, or any
part Of it, under martial law..........
TRUSTING persons with faith in the
democratic professions of our cap
italist statesmen may argue that the
above provisions are for extraordinary
emergencies only but the author of
the bill has no such illusions. In his
remarks prefacing the Introduction of
his bill, Representative Bacon said:
"...".the Moros are not yet re-
moteIy prepared to intellIgently par
ticpate in a seIf-goNernina demoe-
racy. rr
The bill clothes the, executive arm
of the proposed government is clothed
with full authority, backed by the
armed forces, to do just about any
thing it wishes to.
pUT Legislative bodies have been
II known to check the full exercise
even of dictatorial powers Governor
General Leonard Wood had his trou.
bles with the Filipino legislature and
even the closely restricted Haitian
assembly had to be dissolved to give
the American dictatorship and its pup
pet. president a free hand) so the
Bacon bill gives the legislative powers
to the executive-a simple solution for
a very complicated problem and one
that is possible only when there is
complete disregard for the rights OF
the human beings who are to be ex-
plotted and ruled-a typical character
istic of modern colonial rulers.
CECTION 301 provides:
~ The governor, the secretary, the
treasurer, the director of education,
the engineer, and the attorney shall
constitute the legislative council Of
the provinces. The president
The daily worker., 1926-08-18
American Finance Capital in Europe

ROME, Aug. 1s-Andrew w. Mellon secretary OF United
minister
able see with his eyes the dIy Of the political situation
activity productivity eOOrdinated
constructive sense" of italy, did not hide his keen salts
by vopi added that aItho
calls Mellon ssnor MussoUn himself were
strictly private, problem Italian
currency reform came up.
THE treasury department the government is
Press dispatch is assuming
and of the functions of the state department 1t has been
denied time and time again that the secretary Of the teasus Eu
opean trip had political significance but the fascist officials
Italy to be of different opinion
Mellon left Italy and expect of more
private conversations" with leading members of whatever cabinet
happens leading precaous while he there
Writing August issue of The Nation
Garrison Willard reviewing Developments in Western
Europe, says:
But sndnn groups In
EnsIand) the American
which, circumstances beginning dominate
the w0d-~ithIn year may be writing that Dawes Plan for
declared inevitable seaut the American monypo~e Of seI
planning achieve dominating position in Europe II
too Is believe merely reaPna It's shsTs OF the wh[l"nd
union against America but it Is not impossible.
Willard impute motives
fnancecapas but Mellon is Europe General Dawes has been
there has Owen Young and the head of all the western
European governments hangs the Damoces sword of American fore
closure proceedings
American Imperialism driving worddominaton, not
merely European just did Germany just
does Great Britain Such presuppO the existence
planned effort into which such Melons conferences fit
imperialism seek alliances Europe seek
impossible Iuch against it European
this precisely because of its
domination 1t at all
principal nations this is difficult of
ompshment the conflicts between them for instance
the differences disclosed between different by the
consummation of the Spanish Italian treaty with its obvious
threat Great Britain and lesser degree to France.
That Secretary of the Treasury Mellon unofciay and with
mandate the purpose negotiations which
fundamentally European diplomacy is obvious
proof supremacy of capital not only in Europe
but in America and inspired gita
military training bigger and better army navy and air
force-t way which mperialist made
The daily worker., 1926-08-18
BY WILLIAM =. DuNNE.
ARTICLE II.

An lICA4IL IL
"sane, Humane and Forward-L ooking''
THE raising and harvesting Of raw
rubber has been accompanied by
the most horrible atrocities in the his
tory of mankind, atrocities made pos
sible by the establishment of military
relationships in the rubber-growing
districts. Robert L. Bacon seems to
have studied closely the bloody rec
ords of the Belgian, Dutch and French
governments in the field of rubber pro-
duction. Sections 2O1, 2O2 and 301
provide for a military dictatorship
over the new province and it's people.
OECTIoN 2O1 says:
~ The president, with the advice
and consent of the senate of the
United States, shall appoint a gov
ernor, secretary, an attorney,
treasurer, a director of education,
and an engineer, who shall..,..... to-
gether with auditor of the Philip
pine government, constitute the ex-
eeutiVe department of the province.
THIS is definite enough but Section
4 202 still further strengthens the
dictatorship;
The supreme executive power
shall be vested in the goVernor..........
He shall have general supervision
and control of all departments.......,.
and shall be commandments Of
all the locally created armed forces
and n1llitla.."...... whenever It be-
comes necessary he may call upon
the commander of the military and
naval forces of the United States,
summon the posse comitatus, or call
out the militia to prevent or sup
press lswIess violence, invasion, in
The daily worker., 1926-08-18
VIGIL Radio Program

Chicago Federation of Labor radio
broadcasting station VIGIL is on the
air with regular programs. II is
broadcasting on 491.5 wave length
from the Municipal Pier.
TONIGHT.
500 20 7;oo-chioaoo Federation OF la.
Dor talks and bulletins.
200 to 7;so-The Florentine String Trio,
dinner muDc.
1880 10 siso-Norman Hcrte, baritone;
volla Cook, eontralto.
c.3o 20 fo;oo-WcFL Ensemble; Little
Joe Warner, character songs Ned santry.
1000 to ifioo-Danee music from the
Municipal Pier Auditorium BY chas.
Cooks Orchestra.
The daily worker., 1926-08-18
To Resume Hearings
in Hall-Mills Murder

SoMERv1LLE, N. j., Aug. 16.-The
prosecution has decided to call 81 wit
nesses at the resumption Of the hear
ing for Henry de la Bruvere CarpenG,r
and Willie Stevens, cousin and brother
Of Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall, who TO-
gether with Mrs. Hall are charged
with the murder of the Rev. Ndwad w.
Hall and Mrs. Eleanor X. Mills four
years ago.
The hearing is expected to last at
least a week.
The daily worker., 1926-08-18

Today the union in Ohio is weak
Many locals have been wiped out,
others have been terribly weakened
by the departure of members, Prep
arations for war mean self-organiza-
ton, organization of the unorganized
and other defensive and offensive
measures. If the union does not pre-
pare the membership, if it does not
begin vast campaign to line up, the
unorganized, if it does not immediate
ly mobilize organized labor thruout
the country to stand by the miners in
the coming fight, the fight will be
harder than it need be.
Fighters Must Lead Fight,
8. John Brophy has stated in Fed
Grated Press announcement of his
candidacy for president, that the fight
of the miners cannot be conducted on
a local or district scale, but must be
an organized international fight of all
miners on this continent against the
operators. This is absolutely, 5clear.
Who is to conduct this work. John
Lewis and the rest of the reactionary
officials, who have allowed the union
to sink into insignificance; the unor-
ganized fields of West Virginia, Ten
nessee and Kentucky to remain un-
organized; the western Pennsylvania
fields to be practically destroyed?
The present administration cannot
be trusted to lead the fight. For are
not the words of Helm significant?
"The outlook (for a strike, l. A. has
changed almost in a twinkling. The
outlook now is for no strike, lower
producing costs and an abundance of
coal" How do Helm and the coal
operators know there is no possibility
of a strike? Do they trust to the
hunger of the miners, who will be i'm
PEELED to accept any condition in or
der to get work? Or have they in
formation about the position Of the
leadership Of the U. M. w. A.? This
would not be hard to obtain, for the
facts of the present situation. with
John Lewis and the reactionary
regime responsible, are an open book
to everybody.
For a Progressive Administration.
The first condition for carrying on
the fight is the cleaning out of the old
administration and the putting in of
left wingers and progressives-me
with courage and vision who know
what the union should be, the nature
of the fght-a fight for the life of the
union not only in Ohio, but thruout
the country.
Organize the Unoreanlzed.
5. The organization OF the unorgan.
lied must be pushed with all energy.
The fight must be made a national
fight, including every miner in the
country. The shameful agreement
made by Lewis for the anthracite
must be thrown on the dumpheap as
the coal operators have scotched the
Jacksonville agreement in the btu
minous fields. Tit for tatl II all the
miners do not line up, there is likeli-
hood of any fight being beaten. for
the use of substitutes in the anthra-
cite strike indicated that the country
can get along without any particular
fuel
A. r. Of L. Must Help.
6. Preparation of a war chest Is
another primary condition. The strike
OF 100000 or more coal miners will
require huge reserve. The anthra.
cite miners have been. at work for
several months, but they went into
debt during their strike The btu.
minous miners have been without
work for long time or on half ra.
tions, and they have nothing TO fall
e~Ryss
The daily worker., 1926-08-18
BY !. AMrER.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 16-Sev-
eral weeks ago, the Ohio coal oper-
ators met at Columbus, Ohio, and
passed a resolution declaring that the
situation in the coal mining industry
is deplorable, and that something
must be done to resume mining op-
erations in Ohio. The coal companies
about rs in number-organize the
Ohio Coal Operators Association and
decided that the first step in the
question of reopening the mines of
Ohio many Of which have been idle
for months and even years, was a
modification of the wage SCALE"
Old Open Shop Excuse.
They pointed out that the compe-
tition of the non-union fields of West
Virginia and Kentucky was robbing
the state of Ohio of about $3.50 900 900
annually, and that if this condition
continued the entire coal industry of
Ohio would be ruined. What was to
be done?
The mines of Ohio are unionized-
that is to say they used to be. Many
of the mines have closed down, many
are working one, two and three DAYS
a week. Miners unable to stand the
small wages, have left the state and
are now working in the non-union
fields or have gone into other indus
tries.
Operators for Scab Scale.
In spite Of the fact that there is
an overproduction of coal in this coun-
try and that the lower wages in the
non-union fields coupled with the
freight rate that West Virginia, Ten
nessee and Kentucky enjoy, makes it
possible for the coal operators in
those states practically to monopolize
the market-together with the Penn
sylvania bituminous coal operators
the Ohio coal operators recognized
that the situation in Ohio was not
hopeless for them provided they
could compel the miners to accept the
conditions of the 1917 scale.
In Ohio union miner gets $3.50; in
West Virginia he gets IS or $4 or even
50. This is a glorious situation for
the West Virginia coal operator. and
the Ohio coal operators envy him.
There was only one thing to be done,
and that was to follow UP the starv-
ing-out Of the Ohio miner with the
bait of opening the mines provided
the United Mine Workers would con
sent to reduction OF the wage scale.
Several times, according to the state
ment Of the coal operators, they have
tried to get conferences with the rep.
resentatives of the u. NJ. w. A., but
they were rejected. But they were
not to be daunted.
The Columbus Conspiracy.
On August 2, in the city Of Colum-
bus, they once more assembled and
declared that they would resume op-
erations in Ohio. They stated that
If Ohio is removed from the central
competitive fields, with which there
is an agreement with the U. M. w. A.,
the states of Ohio, West Virginia, Ten
nessee and Kentucky will be able to
control the entire market and supply
enough coal for all Americas needs.
What does this mean?
It means that the Ohio coal operat.
ors are now bent upon destroying the
U. NJ. w. A. organization IN Ohio and
putting Ohio mines on non-union
basisl Blandly and hypocritically
they state that they are not against
the union and suggest that the men
may have-a union and begin work.
sses
The daily worker., 1926-08-18
Coal Miners Face Open Shop War.

back on. The coming convention of
the American Federation of Labor
must lay the foundation for the strike
that needs must come.
Fight Class Collaboration.
z. The coal miners must face the
issue squarely. The Parker-Watson
bill which became a law practically
multiplying the possibility of strike
on the railroads, is to be the basis
of law to prevent strikes in the min
ing industry. The miners must real
ize that this bill will be presented at
the next session Of congress and will
be made law. They must be willing
to defy law Of that kind, which in
reality is unconstitutional if the con-
stitution of the United States has any
meaning at all, but whicS unquestion-
ably will be declared valid and con-
stitutional by the present supreme
court of the United States.
Fight Can Save the Union.
They must be prepared to defy and
fight IT,; but only under courageous
leadership. This will mean a repeti-
tion of 1922-but on broader. vaster
scale. The miners will be fighting
for the life of the union. 1t will be
the answer of the United Mine Work
ers, not merely to the Ohio operators,
but to the coal interests of the coun-
try, and to the government.
Lee Hall must be instructed to an
swer the Ohio coal operators associa-
ton that on August "a, there will be
NO representative of the United Mine
Workers present at the proposed con
ference; that the alternative of "un-
ion or no union" will be answered by
the U. M. w. A. with fight.
Even this challenge is not enough.
Many of the members of the U. M. w.
A. in Ohio district are willing to ac-
cept an offer of work, provided it
appears to be continuous. 1t is per-
fectly clear that this offer is not
made in sincerity, for there is no
market for all the coal mined in this
country and the chaos that exists in
Great Britain prevails in the United
States and will continue if there is not
some regulation.
Naturalization With Workers Control
Government control, the coal op-
orators will not accept without en-
forced naturalization; government
control the miners cannot accept for
that will mean militarization of the
miners. Naturalization with work
ers' control is the only alternative
guaranteeing to the public and the
men a square meal. The membership
of Ohio must be educated to an un-
derstanding of the situation--or as
the Cleveland papers of August 1S
state, at is designed to give the union
opportunity to reject the offer before
the companies post n new scale at
their mines offering the men work If
they will accept wage cut"
In other words, the coal operators
expect the unions to reject the offer
and then to get the men to work
against union instructions, thus break
ing up the union thru the men them.
/ selves.
The United Mine Workers In Ohio
are In grave danger: only watchful.
ness, organization and action can save
IL August "a will be the opening day
OF the battle.
The daily worker., 1926-08-18
Want a Company Union.

buL what KIM OF union is Sug-
gested? A company union, which
will deal directly with the coal COM
panies. A fake union that will isolate
the miners from the recognized or
ganization, will keep them from fight
ing for better conditions, since they
will not have the support of the other
organized workers, and will be com
PEELED to accept any demoralizing con-
ditions owing to the starvations meth
DDS that the coal operators have en-
ployed in this state for more than two
years.
Open Shop Propaganda.
The coal operators have sent a let
ter to Lee Hall, president of the Ohio
District of the U. M. w. A., notifying
him that they want a conference with
the mine officials on August "a ito
consider a scale of wages on which
the idle mines of Ohio may be re-
opened"
There are Illuminating statements
in the Cincinnati Enquirer of August
2 which contains an article by Will
lam P. Helm, Jr Thus, "The biaaest
piece of American Industrial news
since the war is now being written in
the coal fields of Ohio. /. Ohio has
finally thrown down the gauntlet to
the United Mine Workers of America.
They (the operators) are pre-
pairing to take down the boards from
their idle mines and dig coal, union
or no union. With ohio gone
there is no longer any central bar
gaining power to make national terms
for union operators with the mine
workers. union. Until three weeks
ago, the outlook for a strike (next
April. Al was so strong that an
other periodic cessation of work was
regarded in the trade as almost GER
tain at the beginning of the next
coal year. That outlook has changed
almost in twinkling. The outlook
now is for no strike, lower producing
costs and an abundance of coal
(Heavy type mine-I. Al The oper-
ators state that there are three
courses open. Among them is to ig-
more the Jacksonville agreement and
open up the mines. 1.-THE other is
that "a union might be formed This
has been considered as a way out"
"Ohio holds the balance of power
between union and rnon-union fields
To the union it probably will mean
the difference between winning and
losing Without Ohio, as the trade
sees it, the union could not hope TO
win a strike u
What Must the Rank and File Do?
Facing the organized power of the
Ohio coal operators, what must the
Ohio miners do? u
1. They must instruct their repre-
sentatiyes, Lee Hall, the district and
international officers, to the Ohio
coal operators association to GO TO
HE'LL. The miners want no repre-
sentatives to confer with the coal op.
orators. The operators are loudest
in shrieking about the "sanctity OF
contracts" but when they please to
abrogate the Jacksonville agreement,
as they have done in Pennsylvania
and West Virginia, they do so with
perfect impunity. Witness the de-
cision a few months ago, of the Judge
in Morgantown, West Virginia. Sal
Miners Must Fight.
2. The coal miners OF the state Of
Ohio must prepare for war. The coal
operators have dedlDred that they will
open the mines "dnion or no union. "
This challenge lYndy be taken up, for
Il means the TRY life Of tho union.
The daily worker., 1926-08-18
Coal Treamsters Aid
Boston Milk Drivers

BOSTON. Aug. 1G.- -FP)-coal
teamsters' union, Local No 6s, do
mated $500 to the striking milk wag-
on drivers Of Local $50 who are seek
ing union recognition from Alden Bros.
Go. Omclals OF the International
brotherhood Of Teamsters, with which
both locals are afsia.ed, call the
stoppage Of work lockout by the EN-.
ployer, and pledge support.
The daily worker., 1926-08-18

Five dollars WW rcneW your
sub for q year, if you send il in
before August IS.