British Labor

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers* I NEW YORK and Farmers’ Government EDITION 1 » r* « r«d a Second-class matter September 21, 1923, Chicago, '*’//" fj DAILYat the Post OfficeWORKER.at Illinois, under the Act of March 3. 1879. J ■all, per year. 38.00 Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER Vol. 11. No. 219. Subscription Rates', v. , by mall, |6.00 per year. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925 PUBLISHING CO.i 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, lIL Price 3 Cents FLOOD U. S. WITH SAKLATVALA SPEECH SEAMEN FLOCKING INTO I.W.W. TO Demand Admission of Saklatvala! BANNED UTTERANCES OF BRITISH T" JOIN STRUGGLE AGAINST BOSSES; THE resolution adopted at the big Union Square demonstration in New York City, against the COMMUNIST BEING PRINTED FOR * barring of Shapurji Saklatvala, the Communist member of the British parliament, was as follows: I.S.U. SCAB POLICY REPUDIATED WHEREAS, Secretary of State Kellogg has instructed the London consul general to re- AMERICAN WORKERS JN PAMPHLET voke the visa granted to Shapurji Saklatvala, a member of the English parliament represent- the (Special to The Dally Worker) ing the organized labor movement of that country at interparliamentary union at Wash- Inspite of the ban that the state ington; and * , department at Washington NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 24.—The effort of placed on the I. W. W. WHEREAS, Shapurji Saklatvala has carried on a valiant struggle on behalf of the ex- has the entrance to the United States of Shapurji Sak- Marine Transport Workers' Industrial Union to get the seamen ploited mass against English imperialism in the Far East, in China, Egypt, and particularly latvala, the Communist member of the British parliament, this of all ports in this country out on strike to improve their own in India and Ireland; working class fighter will be heard by multitudes of American therefore be it workers. conditions as well as to prove their class solidarity with the deter- RESOLVED, by the joint demonstration meeting at Union Square, New York City, SeptT The Workers (Communist) Party has already on the presses, progress in scores ports the world, 21, that we vigorously protest secretary of state in mined strike now in of thruout the action of the excluding Shapurji Sak- for publication in pamphlet form, the speech that Saklatvala made meeting with encouraging reports sent latvala as an act to the interests labor the as an is into the New York of- hostile of the organized movement of world, in the British parliament, for which the department fice, particularly from Baltimore. act unauthorized and unjustifiable discrimination against the foreign-born workers and state at of Washington bars him from participation in the interparliament- The strong fight for unity and struggle being put up by the as a high-handed attempt to limit freedom of speech in the the United States; and be it further ary union to take place in Washington, D. This speech will Wobblies in Baltimore has captured the local rank and file of the RESOLVED, we demand the of this C. that immediate admission Saklatvala into country; be given the widest circulation International Seamen’s Union, whose officials nationally and and be it further \ possible at the demonstra- India, peo- have been urging them to scab on M. T. W. and the RESOLVED, that great independence of "Eastern locally the copies of this resolution be sent to the secretary of state at Washing- tions already ple have never tolerated anti-demo- ton, C., announced for all British "outlaw” strikers of the D. and to the press. parts of the cratic rights and privileges in their America, country. National Sailors’ Union. Meeting arranged by the Civil Liberties Union, Workers (Communist) Party of The DAILY WORKER prints a few monarchs. You see in the twentieth Friends of Freedom for India, International Labor Defense, Young Workers League, Asso- excerpts from the speech that is to century, the Chinese people have over- AS WE SEE IT (Continued on page 2) ciation for the Recognition of the Irish Republic. be circulated in America. thrown their monarchy which was T. J. By O’FLAHERTY Cites Overthrow in China. 3,000 years old, because the monarchy did not square in with democratic J "It may be said, is said, the THE CHINESE GIANT AWAKENS indeed it opinions of the people. M. WRIGHT, recently a for it is a Western idea that the "The Persians overthrown peddler of stock has join- Asiatic people always allow a good have CHESTER fake oil completely monarchy of the TOKIO deal of latitude to their monarchs. one after an- ed the anvil chorus in favor POLICE That is other and have put their monarchs exclusion of from the 13. S. Western ignorance,” declared un- Saklatvala der lock and key for not obeying the This capitalist lackey, is hurt because Saklatvala in the British house of commons during a of (Continued 4}’ the New York Times, in an editorial discussion the on page * made a START Kellogg AMAZING thot that had mis- take in arousing so much interest in Saklatvala and incidentally in Com- munism by barring him from those RUSS Wright high WATCH ON shores. writes under the COOUDGE AND KELLOGG sounding title of ‘‘Secretary of the Pan-American Federation of Labor Kept Out and editor of International Labor Workers Threaten Rush News Service.” * * * to Get to Banquet Wright learned that he could SAKLATVALA WHENnot pass his fraudulent stock on TOKIO, Sept. 24—The visiting dele- the trade unionists he quit the game gation of labor unionists from Soviet to Protect American Imperialism and nothing more was heard of him Russia are being treated to the most and British until a few weeks ago when the Fe- amazing police surveillance ever be- But You Can derated Press had occasion to draw held. When they arrived here Tues- public attention to another labor faker day they were greeted by thousand of who was putting over a similar eonfl- Japanese workers who gathered frofn READ HIS SPEECH all in order den'’-* .game In western >part of bides spite <of the police £he * tne country.' The Federated Press classed the activities of the latest la- “BRITISH IN RULE . f INDIA” bor faker who turned fake oil stock promoter with those of Wright. Evi- Delivered in House of Commons, July 9, 1925 dently the stoolpigeon didn’t like this, and the Federated Press published a and quoted by Kellogg as the very satisfactory apology, satisfactory reason for barring him. to us.’ • * * apology said substantially that OL /jdjr ||jfajmjjfcsS&toA mm /St 16 PAGES PAPER COVER THEWright was no longer in the fake oil stock game. It appears that Chester is back on the payroll of the PRlCE—Single copies, 10c each executive council of the A. F. of L. Perhaps Green could not get a dirtier 25 copies, 8c each tool for his anti-Soviet propaganda. 100 copies or more, 5c each In his letter to the Times, Wright HE EVEN REFUSES TO CONFER WITH THE IMPERIALISTS. tells us that he spent many years following the policies of the Commun- SPREAD IT WIDE! Formally Appointed against demonstrations and who wav- propaganda helped MacVeagh ist machine. He ed red flags and sang the Internation- Gompers, prepared 1,000 pages BRITISH COAL STRIKE LOOMS AS Samuel WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Charles ale, blithely disregarding that sing- of evidence against the radicals, for MacVeagh, prominent New York at- ing this song is banned by law. The Daily Worker Publishing Co. the Borah committee but Borah turn- OPERATORS VIOLATE AGREEMENT Washington Blvd. torney .today was formally appointed Four hundred police necessary 1113 W. ed it down. Wright did not tell us were Chicago, 111. (Special to The Dally Worker) United States ambassador to Japan. merely to control the crowds, po- that Gompers was also assisted by the LONDON, Sept. 24.—Prospects of an autumn coal strike loomed this He succeeds Edgar A. Bancroft, who lice being unable to do more than William J. Burns, then head of. the Enclosed find $ for which please send copies of Representatives miners, protested to Premier died while on duty in Tokio. check the demonstration, tho they bureau of investigation of depart- afternoon. of the who Bsldwin Saklatvala’s speech "British Rule in India,” the had ordered that not more than thir- justice. that the mine operators were not carrying out the armistice agreement an- ment of ty workers assemble welcoming * * * that they were dissatisfied with the results of their conference with Pinedo Reaches Japan as a NAMK: nounced committee. says that if he did not care the premier. They Issued a call for a special conference of the miners’ dele- TOKIO, Sept. 24.—Fjancisco de Pi- Police Wall Off the ADDRESS ! WRIGHTabout democracy and its institu- gates to meet on Oct. 8 to consider whether the miners will continue to Russians. nedo, Italian Rome to Tokio flyer, ar- In a further attempt to stop all tions, he would not bother about the carry out armistice terms or shsll quit work. The operators are claimed the rived safely at Kagoshima, Japan, late demonstrations and hedge the Rus- CITY: STATE: ..... (Continued on page 6) to be cutting wage rates regardless of the agreement not to do so. this afternoon, from Mokpho, Korea. (Continued on page 4.) British Labor Has Revolutionary Minority every Trades Councils Jn possible dis- regimentation of the organized is working to link up the latter campaign of propaganda among By CARL BRANNIN. trict of defense corps to protect work- forces of the workers when the with the former, and for ourselves the workers in the army, the ALL EYES ON BRITISH LABOR AS meetings, to prevent black-leg- British government is secret- ers’ next battle begins.

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