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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
Soviet Tries Solving
Row With Gen. Chang
Over Dual Owned r. r

MOSCOW (By MALL an inter
view with "Tass" representative, Mr..
Pudzutak, the peoples commissary for
ways of communication, said:
I'VE are sorry and surprised at the
turn of the latest developments on the
Chinese Eastern Railway. The Soviet
Union is carrying on peaceful policy
in China. Our administration on the
railway took, and is taking, all steps
to regulate outstanding questions by
meeting halfway and making conces-
sions to the Chinese side, especially
when, according to the Chinese
authorities, the interests OF China are
affected. ~
GAS to the right of navigation of
the Ger River feet on the Sungarian,
as we'll as of education and other ques-
lions, all this ought to be submitted
for consideration at the Mukden con-
ference, which was by mutual consent
temporarily postponed. The Soviet
government all the time desired this
conference to be resumed. The uni
lateral actions and demands like those
which took place lately on the Ger are
absolutely not acceptable for us, and
they cause the greatest harm to the
friendship between China and the So
Wet Union"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
Hughes Now Attorney
for Packers After a
Case for Rockefeller

WASHINGTON, Oct. H. (FP) -
Charles E. Hughes, former republi-
can presidential nominee, supreme
court justice and secretary Of state,
appeared before the court Of appeals
Of the District Of Columbia on Oct. 4
as attorney for the Armour and Swift
meat packing concerns which now
constitute the beef trust.
Hughes quit his cabinet job TO
make money as corporation law
yer. Some months ago he appeared
in Washington as counsel for the Pc
troleum Institute of America, dom
mated by Standard Oil of New Jer-
sey. Thus he has two of the most
powerful clients in America.
For the meat packers Hughes ar
gued that the so-called consent de-
cree agreed upon between Mitchell
Palmer, then attorney general. and
the packers in 1920 was utterly lille
gal and is not binding upon the pack
'ers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
MOVIE OPERATORS
/. STRIKE IN HARLEM
. FOR RECOGNITION
Union Principle Involved
Makes Move Important
Especial to The Daily Worker

NEW YORK, Oct. ia small
strike in point of numbers, but one
important in principle to Negro work
ers, is the fight of two colored mo-
ton picture machine operators for
the union shop in the Lafayette Thea
ter in Harlem district.
The colored unionists say the fight
is only part of one waged by the
union against the Brecher manage
ment in This and other theaters.
Union musicians in these theaters
have been called out in support of
the operators.
The colored operators were only re-
Gently admitted to the union, so that
some of their erstwhile supporters
outside labor ranks are not SO eager
now to encourage the strikers, fearing
a possible betrayal by the union. The
colored unionists have remained
staunch, however, even in the face of
an offer by the manager of the La
fayette Theater to settle with them
altho the Brecher interests would not
settle with the union for all struck
theaters, including those where white
workers are out.
Richard Moore, organizer Of the
American Negro Labor Congress, was
found guilty, but given suspended SEN
tence, on a charge of obstructing
traffic. Moore addressed a street
meeting of workers in behalf of the
colored operators strike. The La
fayette Theater manager had Moore
arrested under an injunction obtained
against the union, but when it was
found that Moore had no connection
but his sympathy with the union, that
charge was dismissed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
Lady Aston WeIshed

Il would be glad IL you would let me
know just what you meant by "Ex-
pences to Russia. II your conditions
do not make It impossible for me,
will at once apply for passport"
To which Ledy Astor's secretary re-
Piled: IF you win refer to her original
letter, you will see that she offered to
pay the passage money to Russia of
any socialist and his family prepared
to go there for two years. This was
definitely specified as providing the
passage money from London to Lenin-
grad. She is afraid that the payment
of other expences was never con-
templated nor covered by her offer"
During the entire correspondence
that followed Lady Astor refused to
bulge one hairs breath from the posi-
ton she had taken, refusing to pay rail-
road fares from Liverpool to London,
also from Leningrad to Moscow where
Morton had an offer of work. No
doubt she meant to make it impossible
for him to leave for Russia under her
conditions. II she did, she mistook
the caliber of our comrade for he
wrote to me: Rather than allow Lady
Aston to state publicly that her chal-
lenge has not been accepted and there
by make political capital for the Con-
sentative party, it is my intention de-
spite all difficulties to carry on"
l think l have now placed the mat
ter in the right prospective and your
readers will now know that Lady AS
tor did not pay any travelling expences
outside the bare fares from London to
Leningrad, and that far from being
generous she showed her despicable
meanness in compelling an ailing
woman and two young children, and
s years old, to suffer the severe cold
of Russian winter without suitable
clothing
Fraternally yours,
Worker Correspondent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
u. S. Gives Intended
Victim of Fascist
Three Months Grace

WASHINGTON, Oct. II. - Three
months is the additional period of
temporary residence in the United
States that has been granted by the
U. s. Bureau OF immigration to Vim
cenzo Vacirca, former socialist men,
Der OF the Italian parliament, whose
Italian citizenship and property have
been taken away by Mussolini.
Vacirca was recently notified that
his appeal to Washington for the right
of political refuge in this country had
been granted for short time, in
view OF the fact that he could not
return to Italy. He entered this coun-
try as q visitor in 1925.
The date fixed by the bureau for
vacirca's departure ds January /, 1927.
Howcyer no suggestion is made by
government officials as to how condi-
tions are to be changed at that time
50 that his deportation can 30 oar
led out ~-frss7.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
Keep 1t And Make 1t Grow!

anthracite miners of the betrayal that
Lewis was leading them into.
NOV the struggle against the Lewis
4 machine is taking on weight. The
progressives are Strengthening and
Strengthening their line to give battle
to Lewis in the coming national cleo
ton and The DAILY WORKER will
play a very important role in this
struggle.
Keep The DAILY WORKER, of
course! What else can we do? 1t is
ing movement in America without our
Daily.
HEEP The DAILY WORKER is not
IL enough. The left wing movement
would have been much stronger If we
would have been able to put a DAILY
WORKER in the hands of every
striker, in the Furriers, Textile and
Ladies' Garment Workers strikes.
The smashing of the Lewis reac-
tionary machine will be a certainty
If We can put The DAILY WORKGR
into every coal mining town in the
country.
KEEP The DAILY WORKER. Yes.
IL Insure its continuance by increas-
ing its circulation, this is the real
way Of keeping The DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
German General Who
Urged Kaiser Resign
Is Given High Post

BERLIN, Oct. 12.-President Won
Hindenburg has appointed General
Heye as chief of the Reichswehr to
succeed General Won Seeckt. who re.
signed as a result of the tremendous
protest over the admission. OF Prince
Frederick Eilhelm. son Of the former
crown prince, to the army.
Heye was a general staff officer dur.
ing the war, and it was he who on
November 8, 1918, just before the kai.
sers abdication. canyassed the opin.
ion OF regimental commanders on
the west front and messaged Won Hin.
denburg:
Orderly retreat Of the army cannot
be guaranteed unless the kaiser abdi.
Gates"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14

many annual reports, could be ayerted
by rock-dusting the surface of the
mine shafts. The rock dust prevents
ignition of coal dust in the air.
mime managers have been very slow
to adopt this measure of safeguarding
life and property because 1t entails
some expense, as Secretary Morrison
of the American Federation of Labor
pointed out bitterly to the Industrial
Accident Conference held by the de.
partment Of labor some months ago.
But none Of the coal companies have
dared in recent years TO refuse per-
mission TO the federal experts to in.
vestigate the cause OF any accident In
which lives we're lost. Blood on the
coal had to be explained.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
FIGHT MONOPOLY
OF BOSSES over
WINDOW WASHING
Union Opposes Demand
for Alright Trust

NEW YORK, Oct. IL. - New York
window cleaners in the Window
Cleaners Protective Union are fight
ing in their strike the efforts of the
Window Cleaning Employers Associa-
ton to force a secret monopoly agree
ment or the open shop alternative Of
fered.
The employers organization wants
the union to sign an agreement only
with the association, setting up a
secret joint committee which will rule
whether or not the union can settle
with any independent contractor and
demanding that the union ask exorbi-
tant security from independents as
the price Of settlement.
Union Subject to Bosses Interest.
This would mean virtual sub
lection of the union to the employ
ers," asserts Union President Dark,
"and we cannot permit that"
Have Auxiliary Monopoly.
The same employers who constitute
the association are also in control of
the Empire State Mutual Insurance
Company which provides them com
pensation insurance. The irresponsi-
bility of window cleaning contractors
in failing to pay for insurance made
the state fund, Travellers Insurance,
London Guaranty, Manufacturers Liza
bility and other regular firms cut
them OF.
Since the window cleaning employ
ers' association did not employ the
required $500 workers necessary for
mutual insurance organization, the
contractors secured employers from
other industries to round out the
quota.
Freeze-out Game.
Now the Empire State Mutual In
surance Company-in other words the
Window Cleaning Employers Associa-
tion-cuts off the compensation of
any employer who settles with the
union. Eleven independents have al
ready signed the union terms and
given the nominal security required
to insure enforcement-$100 or 5000.
Meanwhile the employers are keep
ing thugs to guard strike-breakers
and are encouraging police to make
as many arrests as possible of pick
cts. At least eight strikers have been
sent to the workhouse for varying
terms and others are being held on
high bail for later hearings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14

Dear Comrade Editor:
In your issue of Sept. 18th, you
have a news item from London, with
the headline British Toiler Accepts
Nancy Astor's Defy"
Since I have in my possession the
whole Of the correspondence that pas
sed between ]. Morton and Lady Aston
should like to correct the statement
that Lady Aston paid his travelling
expenses as she promised. You will
readily see that this sentence as it
stands will give the readers of the
Daily Worker an entirely erroneous
idea Of Lady Astor's beneficence.
For this reason I believe it neces-
sary to place before you the facts, so
that your readers may Judge for them
selves the extent of her generosity.
Lady Astor issued her challenge in
Decembsy, 1925. ]. Morton immedi-
ately ateepted. The correspondence
that followed between them, until
March of this year dealt mainly with
the question of passports and other
details. On the 22nd of March, j.
Morton wrote to Lady Astor: Now
that have got permission from the
Russian government to go to that
country, will ask the British govern.
ment for a passport, but before doing
SO it will be just as well that l should
know what expenses you intend to
allow me to cover the cost of the
journey. 1t will no doubt be pretty
obvious to you that pennyless work
man can hardly undertake a journey
from Liverpool to Moscow with his
wife and two children and nothing in
his pocket but passport and ticket
from the steamship company.
"The ordinary expenses of such a
journey would entail the purchase of
travelling trunks and clothing for my
wife and two children, also incidental
expenses at this end before leaving.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
Rewarded for Rolling
Tom Moore's Logs; and
Paddy, Too, Cared for

OTTAWA, Canada, Oct. 12.-James
Simpson, for a score Of years the prin-
cipal "log-roller" in the Canadian Ia
Dor movement, has received his re-
ward for supporting President Tom
Moore OF the Canadian Trade and La
Dor Congress put thru his program
at the recent annual convention in
Montreal.
Simpson, e-president Of the
congress, is on his way to Geneva,
Switzerland, to represent Moore at the
sessions of the labor section OF the
league OF nations.
Paddy" Draper, who was reelected
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the Trades and
Labor Congress at the convention in
Montreal, is also head of the Canadian
governments printing plant, where he
receives a large salary as boss over
scores of wage workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14

They are told, almost eagerly, that
the spokesman Of Coolidge is assured
by legal authority that the federal gov
eminent has no constitutional right to
regulate the process Of mining. There
fore the spokesman is sure that the
federal government has no right to
investigate a mine disaster. Those
are matters exclusively In the power
of the states.
No Pity for LaboTs Dead.
II Is not so much the statement
made as the tone In which IL is de.
livered that chills the press visitors
There is not syllable or shading OF
tone that would indicate pity for the
industrial victims OF an inclination TO
promote inquiry as to how another
such holocaust may be avoided. What
Is expressed is politicians relief
chat he can claim that no responsi-
bility for mixing in an embarrassing
incident Is hist
Bureau Of Mines Silent.
Mine bureau officials declined 10
express any view as 10 the probable
cause of this explosion and sacrifice of
miners iivec. A largo proportion Of
mins d1sestsrzr ~ hss pointed ont IN
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
Strike of Window
Washers Progressing;
Now In Second Week

The second week of the strike of
the Chicago Window Washers Union,
Local 40, finds the situation satisfac-
tory, union officials report. The strike
is gaining strength, they report, with
new members being added TO the
union regularly.
Efforts of the bosses to break the
strike by using sluggers and police
have failed and several of the compa-
MES have already made peace with
the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
BY J. W. TOMBSTONE

MANY important developments have
Az been and are taking place in the
trade union movement. Some are
struggles within the union against the
Bureaucracy; others against wage cuts
or for higher standards of living, the
shorter workday, etc.
The significance in these struggles
that brings them onto higher plane
than those of years ago, is that work
ers in America as Communists appear
in the role of active participants; and
in cases such as the New York
Furriers successful strike and the
present textile and l. l.. G. w. U.
strikes, take a leading part in
directing these struggles, while in the
forefront, pushing these struggles in
behalf of the workers and supporting
every militant struggle, stands The
DAILY WORKER.
THERE is reason why the A. F.
l. of L. executive is investigating
the furriers strike. That reason is
that under left wing leaders, support
ed by The DAILY WORKER and the
Communist press generally, the fur
riers stood out against the compro-
missing betrayals of the right wing in
which President Green became per-
sonally involved, and in spite OF this
pressure the union scored a sigma
victory.
The DAILY WORKER played very
important part In keeping up the
morale OF the strikers and stood out
as the only English-speaking daily that
exposed the treachery of the right
wing, and urged the workers to resist
any attempts of the bureaucracy to
confuse the issue. The DAILY WORK
Err urged the strikers to stand solidly
with their left wing leaders.
TN the present textile strike The
L DAILY WORKER was invaluable.
The pressure brought to bear in con-
gress for an investigation OF the bru-
talities in the strike, in the A. f. Of
L. for admittance of the strikers into
the union, in fact the whole campaign
in the textile industry would have
greatly weakened IL The DAILY
WORKER had not been in the field.
TN the /. l.. G. w. u. strike The
l. DAILY WORKER plays an import
ant role. II can be safely said that
in all these strikes The DAILY
WORKER occupied the position OF the
unofficial spokesman OF the rank and
file, and as far as newspaper can
be, was leader In these struggles.
In the many struggles that have
taken place against the Lewis-Farring.
ton machine In the miners union, The
DAILY WORKER gave the fullest
publicity and support to the progress
sivex.
TT was The DAILY WORKER that
4 first exposed harrington as toof
OF the coal interests. II printed the
letters written between Lewis and
Farington whore they accused each
other Of taking money from the coal
operators.
The Daley WORKER warmed thu
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
BRITISH MINE STRIKE
CAUSES COAL SHORTAGE
ON BRAZIL RAILWAY
Especial to Tho Daily workerl


RIO DE JANEIRo, Oct. IA
serious coal shortage has developed
here as a result Of tho prolonged
coal strike In England, from where
most Of the coal supplies come.
The Central Brazil Railway has
announced a suspension Of all
freight trains, except those neees-
sary to transport food to Rio de
Janelro.
The Brazilian coal mines do not
produce nearly enough coal for
local consumption, and the result
Ing famine Is already working I'M
told Injury to commerce and agrl-
culture because Of the inability to
move erops promptly.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
lCUBA GOVERNED
; BY MURDER; ALL
UNIONS CRUSHED
Labor Leaders Killed or
Disappear
Especial to The Daily worksr)

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Labor organ
izations and the entire labor press of
Cuba have been suppressed by the
liberal" Machado government, crea-
ture of o. S. Imperialism, as a sequel
to the disastrous railway workers
strike of this summer.
The once powerful yellow semi-so-
cialist Hernandez Ferroviaria (Rail-
way Workers Brotherhood), an ex-
treme right-wing organization which
always preached collaboration with
4 the government, and recently negoti'
ated with the American Federation Of
Labor for its entrance into the Pan
American Federation Of Labor, has
been reduced to absolute impotence,
and to 4 shadowy existence.
UnIons Destroyed, Papers Suppressed.
The syndicalist organization-"Si Sin
dicate FabriP and almost all other
trade union organizations of Cuba
have been suppressed, and the few
which survived have had their num-
bers. decimated.
No labor paper, either socialist, an
archist or Communist is published in
Cuba any more. II they were for
eigners or naturalized citizens they
were deported. With the native lead
ers the government took less trouble.
Government by Murder.
Following the system Of the Span
lsh dictator Primo de Rivera, the Gu
ban labor leaders are being extermi-
mated without legal formalities. They
are being murdered in the streets or
in their homes by unidentified men,"
One Of the first to be killed was En-
rique Varona, an organizer Of the
Railway Brotherhood. He was ar
rested and imprisoned The day af-
ter his release, on his way to the
theater with his wife and daughter;
he was shot in the back and instantly
killed. OF course no trace of the muir
derer has been found. This was fol-
lowed by the killing of Thomas Grant,
treasurer of the Railway Brother
hood, who was shot down on the rail-
way station in full daylight, by a po-
liceman. Another treasurer of the
Railway Brotherhood. Baldomero Du-
menigo was shot as he was entering
the house.
Dozens Dead or Vanished.
Seventeen workers are known TO
have been killed in this way so far.
But there are many who have disap-
peared and whose fate is not known,
such as Alfredo Lopez, the active sec
rotary Of the Labor Federation and
more recently two active union mem
bers from Camaguey and one from
Santf Spiritu.
In addition there are frequent ar
rests Many of the arrested men are
brought to the gunboat Maxine Co.
meg" anchored in the Havana Har-
Dor, which has been transformed into
a floating prison. Rumors persist
among the workers that those who
have disappeared were taken out Of
the harbor and thrown into the sea.
White Terror.
Every liberal or labor paper which
mentioned the murders of the work
ers and the mysterious disappear
ances was Immediately suppressed.
Never was the Cuban working class
as much oppressed and prosecuted un-
. der any of the former conservative
governments, as under the present
regime, elected as liberal and demo
cratic government.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
Magill to Open His
Senatorial Campaign
With Slus hCharges

SPRINGFIELD, H., Oct. 12.-Hugh
S Magill, Independent republican can
didate for United States senator will
open his statewide campaign with an
address in this city tonight. Magill
Il ia expected. will discuss political
corruption in Illinois which he has
charged In formal statements.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
spanIsh CYCLONE pestructlve.

GRANADA, Spain, Oct. 12.-The vii
lage of Melvizar has been destroyed
by cyclone, according to a report
received here.
Communication with Melvizar has
been cut off, and it is feared that
there has been loss of life. The gov
ernor OF Granada has dispatched aid
to the stricken village.
Floods and storms are causing
heavy damage in Malaga. One work
man has been killed by lightning.
Cad IL q aIth fadayl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
Department of Justice
on Trail of Harvester
Trust in Renewed Suit

WASHINGTON, Oct. ~ Further
dissolution Of the International Har-
vester Company is demanded by the
department of justice in brief filed
in the supreme court today in its suit
brought under the Sherman antitrust
law.
The government contends partial
dissolution in 1918 did not restore
competitive conditions in the farm
machinery industry and demands sep
aration OF the Mccormick and Deer
ing lines of the company.
Mcke it one days pay to keep
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14

That worker next door TO you
may not have anything to do to.
night. Hand him this copy of the
DAILY WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
COOLIDGE NOT INTERESTED IN
LOSS OF MINERS LIVES; SAYS
PROBING CAUSE NOT HIS AFFAIR
BY LAURENCE TODD. Federated Press.

WASHINGTON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. enombed
and presumably dead from
and the White House spokesman"
frequently in interviews past years
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
RUSSIA
RUSSIAN WORKERS AND
WORKSHOPS IN 1926
BY VIM. z. FOSTER

This pamphlet is a report Of
q risit to the mines, mills and
factories of the Soviet Union
an authentic and most interest.
ing picture of conditions as
found By the author on a recent
trip to the first Workers Re-
public. S.g5
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14
A MOSCOW DIARY
BY ANNA PORTER

BY ANNA PORTER
This book, dealing aoith dit-
tercnt phases Of Soviet life,
forms another addition to the
literature on RussiG-essentidES
TO understand tohGt is happen
ing there 'tor the first time ~
historp., Cloth, sion
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-14

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