The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 7, 1924, Page 5

February 7, 1924 | THE DAILY WORKER UNION WITH LONG NAME GETS SHORT PAY FOR MEMBERS Canadian Pacific Ry. Rejects Wage Demand mee * (Special to The Daily Worker) MONTREAL. — After having ne- prescoe with the “International rotherhood of Railway and Steam- whip Clerks, Freight Handlers, Ex- press and Station Employes” delayed from last October until now, Canadian Pacific Railway finally admitted its poor white collan slaves a few revisions of cértain rules and working conditions, not even grant- ing them the slight general wage increase, originally demanded. Officials Betray Workers. It is, however, worth while to observe that the agreement, signed between the management of the astern lines of the C. P, R. and he “Brotherhood was not reached til the convention of the organiza- “tion, which was held here recently, gave the newly elected officers a free hand “to bring about such terms as-in their opinion seemed justified.” the | W: Thus, with -sacrifixion of their main requests, they agreed upon minor points as, for instance, over- time payment after the eighth hour instead of after nine hours; changes in rules, including those in con- nection with the basis of overtime payment for Sunday and_ holiday work; revision of seniority clauses,|been my experience during the last | ete. Company Gains Time The only success for the men, so far, is that the new agreement cov- ers additional staffs and employes who’ have not been included in pre- vious contracts. But even here mat- ters, as re-classifications of certain positions, .wage revisions effecting those positions, etc., have been left for further discussions, the poticy followed by the C, R. P. being quite clear as gaining time in delaying negotiations as long as possible. With the Labor Editors (NOTE—Under this head the DAILY WORKER will publish from time to time editorials and articles from the labor press of the world. The publication of such articles and editorials does not mean, necessarily, that the DAILY WORKER is in entire agreement with the sentiments expressed. The articles will be selected for forcefulness of expression, literary style and information contained therein, as well as for agreement with the DAILY WORKER policy.) ss (The “following editorial is from “The Auto Worker”, official organ of the United Automobile, Aircraft and Vehicle Workers of America, W. A. Logan, Editor.) The Daily Worker Another attempt to publish a daily paper dedicated solely to the working class is being made in Chicago with the launching of The Daily orker. The Daily Worker will be the mouthpiece of the Communists in this country and, as such, will not get and does not expect to get any support from any other source than the workers, The advertising revenue will be nothing, except as it is derived from sources in sympathy with the radical wing of the Labor movement. Those who have launched this venture, do so with their eyes open with no illusions. They realize that the success of The Daily Worker depends upon the support it will get from the rank and file. The rank and file of the Communists and all those who are in sympathy with them must be made to understand that this daily venture will stand or fall according to the financial and moral support that they give it. UR the present time, no English speaking class-conscious daily has been able to survive as such. Most of them have sunk. The one or two that have survived have been forced to trim their sails or sink, becausé of the lack of support from the workers. The radical workers in this country and especially in Chicago, now have an opportunity to demonstrate their real strength and intelligence. A lot of noise has been made. The success of The Daily Worker will show whether or not there is anything back of the noise. Can’t Blame Carmen AUSTRIANS § 7 A L for Defective Cars on Surface Lines PAGT RECOGNIZING To the DAILY WORKER: It has Porto Ricans Fight — Absentee Ownership, Need. School Funds (By The Federated Prens) WASHINGTON, D. C.—Santiago Iglesias, head of the Free Federation of Workers in Porto Rico, now here with the official commission asking Congress to permit Porto Rico to elect its own governor and make a new constitution, will also ask Con- gress to provide a loan of $50,000,- 000 to Porto Rico for a term of 60 years, WORKERS’ RULE. I$ CRUSHED BY ASAXON YELLOW Socialist Premier De- stroys Labor Unions By LOUIS P. LOCHNER. (Stall Correspondent of The Federated Press)| “Two-thirds of the wealth pro- DRESDEN, Saxony. — ‘Law and | duced in our island is sent out to the order” have been re-established in |absentee land-owners,” says Iglesias, | Saxony, next to the Rhine and Ruhr | “and we cannot, under present con- | regions, the most important indus-|ditions, maintain a civilized standard | ON DOCKS CAUSE FATAL ACCIDENTS Many Dockers Hurt! Since Strike Defeat By SYDNEY WARREN. (Staff Correspondent of the Federated Press) | VANCOUVER, B. C.—This port is working its record number of ships} ‘and the longshore workers, disrupted | UNTRAINED SGABS| Page Five eR a REN ATONE NUNN RI AA LT Send in Your News The Daily Worker urges all members of the party to send in the news of their various sec- Every Party Branch should appoint its own correspondent and tions. make him responsible for the news’ that ought to be sent in to The Daily Worker. The Party Page should be the livest page in The Daily Worker. Help make it so. Address all mail to the Editor, The Daily Worker. 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Ill. been rai trial areas in Germany: law and order, of course. We were ing @ three-day visit arranged by the Foreign Press Club of Berlin. The Saxon Heldt, a premier, right Capitalist jof living. Either we must have this | by the defeat of the recent strike are | elp, and rid ourselves of absentee assured of this again and again dur- | holdings, or we must sink still lower |regard to life or limb. lin the scale of misery. |money for schools, sanitation, housing We need the public health, improvements, empty g is being filled under- neath, The hatch tenders who give |the signals to the winch drivers for There have been more accidents |the lowering or raising of the cargo jon the waterfront in the last three |sling are in many instances inexpe- months than in practically the whole |tienced and the lives of the men in existence of this place as a deep sea|the hold of the ship are at the merey being mercilessly speeded up without and|wing Socialist, Military Commander |Woman and child welfare, and other few days to witness some of the bad i$ 0 y i f T RUSSIA rolling stock that the Chicago Sur- face Lines have put on the Halsted Street line during this small snow- rm. Monday night, as I was on my way towards ee work, I was de- layed by sev hours, One of the cars on Route No. 18—from: Hal- sted-26th to Halsted-Broadway—had left the track and was at right angles to the North-bound and South-bound tracks, Tuesday night, at the corner of Halsted and 81st St., a south-bound, The Brotherhood, not being a sub-|111th-Sacramento, car left the tracks ject to the conciliation board, k nown} and impeded traffic for a number of as “Board of Adjustment No. 1,”|hours, the request was made during the Wednesday morning, at the corner process of negotiations by the union|of Van Buren and Halsted St., a to establish a paritatic Board of}south-bound car, Route No. 18. car Appeal, who had to dispose of dif-|No. 825, left the tracks and again I ferences and grievances which should|suffered the humiliating experience arise out of the new agreement.jof sitting in a poorly-heated car. The company promised consideration of this plan, clause commanding In speaking to some of the motor- restraining it by a/men and conductors on the cars, I) intervention byllearned that the Chicago Surface the government if a mutual under-|Lines had placed on many defective standing should not be achieved, Clerks, Not Carriers, __ Affiliate with the Postal International (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, — Affiliation — of the National Federation of Postoffice cars. “The motorman should not be blamed for the accidents or delays on any of these lines. The cars are damned rotten, the switches aren’t \cleaned.. We haven’t a decent rag to clean our windows with: How in Hell can we avoid accidents?” said one of the motormen. I believe the DAILY WORKER should conduct an expose of the con- dition and shape of the rolling Clerks with the Postal, Telegraph stock that the company has placed on and Telephone Workers’ Interna- tional Secretariat at Vienna _has|*® been announced to the other affilia- ted members thruout the world, ac- cording to a notice received at the Postoffice Clerks’ national office here. the lines where the workers must go and from work. In the three cases mentioned above I found de- fective flanges on the wheels of the cars. I have worked for the New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroads in The secretariat states that the/their round-houses and know what I National Association of Letter Car- riers have failed to affiliate, but that another effort to persuade them am talking about. The DAILY WORKER should ex- se the ‘eaction company, just as it to do so will be made when Pres-| exposed the Public School System of ident E, J. Gainor visits the British Chiecago.—John Victor Ellis; Chi- Trade Union Congress next Septem- cago. ber, Teamsters On Strike Lenin Film at Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—The film BELLEVILLE, Ill.—Union team-|“Lenin at Work” will be shown by sters, numbering more than 300, are|the Workers Party at Finnish Hall, on strike here for an increase of|next Sunday evening, with @ dance wages and a reduction of working |following. A successful affair, with hours. The strike was called when|dancing and speaking was held at the employers refused to sign the|the same place by the gaanntes new agreement. The old scale was|on Jan. 27, with 400 attending. The 60 to 65 cents an hour, the men| Workers’ Band was a popular fea- working ten hours a day. The new |ture. agreement provides a nine-hour day and a pay rate of 70 to 75 cents an hour, with time and a half for over-| ©, A. Runyan, sident of the time. The employers’ side was|Chicago and Sou ‘laven Steamship weakened when some of the number |Company, asked for @ warrant today, broke ranks, settled with the strikers, |for Walter Henderson, in connection sending about 75 drivers back to|with disappearance of $100,000 work, bonds stolen from Runyan’s bag } ee apERRE RA” gy while he was riding on a Michigan | Work Daily for “The Daily!" Central train four months ago. Hunts for His Bonds WORKERS’ SCHOOL 127 University Place (14th St. and Union Square) NEW YORK CITY “Proletarian education is a formidable weapon to help ( achieve the liberation of the working class.” "NEW COURSES beginning week of FEB. 5, 1924 History of the American Trade Union Movement.....Solon de Leon History of Revolutions (1789-1918)..... Juliet Stuart Poyntz History of the 8 Internationales. . American Imperialism since 1860..... COURSES CONTINU tion, Literature, English—-NEW TERM 1924.—Register at 127 University Place. ing and the Scottish En ‘ADMISSION 50 CENTS — A Night in Scotland With the Chicago Highlanders’ Pipe Band, Pupils of the Minnie Dalgleish School of Danc- February 8th, at 8 P.M. Wicker Park Hall, £24, 'Ys Under the Auspices of The Progressive Building Tr ides is 1AM. Norway and Italy Are Coming Next | (Special to The Daily Worker) VIENNA. — Austria’s recognition of Russia, announced today, indi- cates a change in the allied front to- wards the Soviet Republic. The Aus- trian government is a creature of the League of Nations which dictates lits policies.’ The new Russian diplo- matic corps will be installed in the buildings once used by the Russian Imperial embassy. Reports from Roumania indicate an early alliance between that country and Russia. 8 * (Special to The Daily Worker) CHRISTIANA. — Recognition of |Russia by Norway is looked for in one or two.days. Practically all bar- riers have been broken down in nego- tiations between the two govern- ments. The Norwegians have long resented their failure to obtain a suitable share in the Russian trade passing out thru the Baltic, * Mussolini Eager for Treaty (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME.—Italian government and commercial circles are impatiently waiting for the revised text of the Italian-Russian treaty which will come from Moscow. Just as Mus- solini had finished drafting a pact’ with the Soviets Premier Rykov de- manded that the treaty should be sent to him for revision. As prepared by Mussolini the treaty carried substantial oil conces- sions to Italy and it is believed that the Soviets will pare down Rome’s demands in this particular. Mussolini is anxious to establish trelations with Moscow as soon af pos- sible. Russian trade is a necessity to the commercial solvency of Italy and Black Sea wheat is imperatively needed by the peole of this penin- sula. The Fascist chief’s hostility to communism which for a long time caused him to resist the economic trend towards Soviet recognition thas been overborne by the eco- nomic necessities. His eagerness is est aye by Britain’s recognition of ussia. Air Adventurers Safe Sack Speed, wealthy Minneapolis flyer and Jack Cope, Chicago pilot, me left Chicago epaey aay air- ine, were located yeste\ at olloe, Ill., about 40 miles gsi fs The flyers became lost in the snow and fog and landed on a farm near Dolloe. Fight Fake Co-ops SYDNEY, N. S. W.— Following the example set by Queensland, the state , ey mg of New South Wales “now taken steps to see that no corporation or company will be allowed to function as a co-opera- tive association, unless such company conforms to the strict understanding of the co-operative society. Know a worker who needs a working class education? Get DAILY WORKER. him to THE Our Advertisers help make ‘this Paper possible. Patron- ize our Advertisers and tell The Daily Worker. 2040 West Trades Worker - | bread. them you saw their Ad in || jury sided with the Coca Cola King Mueller, the president of the Sax- | similar things.” | ony Manufacturers’ Association, and| A bill which Iglesias will have in-| numerous other men in the industrial |troduced in Congress provides for'| and commercial and governmental the enforcement of the law of 1900, | life of Saxony made it a point to forbidding absentee ownership of; ‘assure us that the last vestiges of lands, but raising the amount of ex- the “‘Zeigner era,” when Socialists |emption from 509 to 1,000 acres. It and Communists formed a coalition |would impose additional and progres- government, have disappeared, |sive taxation on all lands over 500 | C. P. Illegal. acres in or held by outside in-' . 5 |terests and corporations. It would Eden ope tigi omnia empower the Porto Rican legislature party as such is illegal. ‘Achew coall- jto lay double taxes on the property tion government has been formed, | 974 incomes of non-residents. made up of Socialists, Centrists, | Ba bs and Republican party Democrats, and the Volkspartei, party Soe ers of the commission have re- of big business, The unheard of | ‘used to join Iglesias in this measure. situation has developed that the So-| cialist deputies in the state assembly Demand It. have undertaken to form and sanc-|_ To The DAILY WORKER: The tion this coalition despite the fact | DAILY WORKER is just what the that a state party conventon a row workers need. No further proof is days previously specificlly instructed | needed than that the New Bedford them not to do so, They took orders | News Co., 967 Purchase St., New from: Berlin, however, from the na-| Bedford, refuses to sell it. There \tional executive, in preference to or-| i8 quite a demand for it but in the ders from their own rank and file} Words of the storekeeper “it is too ‘assembled: in. convention. socialistic, The New York Call was| At social gatherings—and we were jall right but this paper is too red.” showered with attentions by the-hos-| t se ieee readers are urged pitable Saxon folk—the uniform was yd ae fe DAILY WORKER much in evidence, as were also deco-| 70m the New Bedford News Co. rations and iron crosses and other | Bhi ‘d Aid insignia of military glory. One felt | seca se lletyag ate jthat these festivities were possible!, DES MOINES, Ia., Feb. 6.—Work- only because they rested upon bayo- |ing under cover of the worst blizzard net: in years, bandits here yesterday, Yellows Lose Seats ise the University State Bank of During the last day of our stay |’ 0,000. 4 r municipal elections took place thru-; Miss Elizabeth Tipton, assistant out Saxony. Everything was or- cashier and three other employes derly and quiet. The military saw Were forced into the bank vault at to that. But the result was a total ee pati at age " trace of upsetting of the political apple cart, |"2® ToPPeTs has been found. | ate a Meee banat \Dresden Socialists, thus far repre- Girl Goes On Trip sented by 30 out of the 72 members of the city council, have lost 11 seats'|__ ROCKFORD, Ill., Feb. 6.— Miss |—2 to the Coramunists, 2 to the In- Emma Bennett, pretty 18 year old |dependent Socialists, and 1 to the daughter of Hubert J. Bennett, who |Democrats. The German National-'™ysteriously disappeared from her \ists, formerly represented By 30, home on rural route number 2, dur- have lost 7 seats to the Deutschvoel- ing Monday night’s blizzard, has ‘kisch party of extreme nationalists, been traced as far as Beloit, Wis., In other words, the real winners in Police announced today. port, which dates back some 20/ years. To such an extent have water<| front fatalities increased that the | Compensation Board of British! Columbia has increased the compen- sation assessment on longshore work- ers from 5% to 6% and if the pres-| ent rate of accidents keeps up there is every indication of a further in- crease in the rate, Under the union waterfront the men were able to take such precau- tions as experience had taught them were necessary for thcir safety, but | now that inexperienced scabs are al- | lowed to work with them they are} unable to observe these rules as the | scab speeds up regardless of his own} safety or that of his fellow workers. No sooner has a sli of their ignorance. A short time ago two men were killed outright and two others seri- ously injured due to the inefficiency of scab hatch tenders who are at- tempting to place the blame on the stevedore foreman, the only union man engaged on this vessel, This man has been remanded for trial. Unemployment Causes Suicide EAST ST. LOUIS, Il.—Ray Kim- ble, 24 years old, had been out of employment for some time, The head of a family, his misfortune weighted heavily on his mind. After a futile all-day search for a job, Kimble came home, entered his room and swallowed poison. He was dead before medical aid could reach him. To The GRAND CONCERT For Defense and Relief of Those Expelled by the Perlstein and Sigman Machine COME —~ AT THE —~ ASHLAND AUDITORIUM ASHLAND AND VAN BUREN ST. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 8 P. M. Solos by Speakers: Alexander Bittelman, Sec. Jewish Minna Isaeva . . .......Soprano Federation of the W. Ps iolini Earl Browder, Chairman, lan- Sam Amtek . . .-+ Violinist aging Editor. of The Labor Nita Abrastzova ....... Soprano Herald. Freiheit Singing Society Auspices of the Needle Trades Section of the T. U. E, L. Everybody ‘Welcome—DON’T MISS IT—Admission 25¢ the election have been the two par- ties that “have been declared illegal —the Communists and the “Voetkis- che.” One may conjecture what might have been the result had these two parties been able to put their whole ‘propaganda apparatus into play. Amalgamated Trust munists was not sufficient to assure aworking class majority. All in all, there has been enough of a swing to the right to make possible a non- working class majority in almost every city council in Saxony. | On the surface, therefore, every- thing seems to be headed in the di- rection of intrenching an era of capi talist law and order. But the mili- | tary commander, General Mueller, is | | GERMANY’S WORKE! 371 WEST JACKSON BOULEVARD — CHICAGO. fLL and Savings Bank y 29th, 1924 BREAD! BREAD! GIVE US not as confident as he seems to be. It || so chanced that I was seated opposite | him at one of the informal gather- | ings, and that a Dresden textile man- | ufacturer next to me suggested to |) him that it was high time he “clean | In other cities the Socialists lost ‘ ‘heavily, while the gain for the Com- ! up” the industrial town of Chemnitz. Fears Propaganda. ‘ “That’s a very red nest,’”’ the gen- eral replied, ‘and I don't think it would be very wise to quarter our }/ troops there. The contact with the | poulation might weaken the disci-| pline in the army.” On another occasion General Meul- ler admitted that military force, while capable of restoring law a) order, is unable to bring peace and At a reception to the for- eign newspaper men, General Muel- |” ler, after sounding the praises of the ||} troops in establishing a normalcy, declared: “There remains for me one enemy | whom I cannot fight with guns and cannon—it is distress. « There is ter- |!) rible distress thruout Saxony.” He then proceeded to give a catalog of facts and figures regarding condi- tion: Saxony that left no doubt as agree to accept the form of gove Answer to tl ling nature of the catas- trop! that has overtaken the |) workers, Keep Up the Fight ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 6.— New |) legal steps were discussed today by Mrs. Onezima de Bouchei and her at- torneys, following a jury verdict in favor of Asa G. Candler, 72, mil- |lionaire, whom she sued for $500,- 000 for breach of promise. The after less than a half hour of de-|§ liberation. Movie Heroine Dies. Lillian Drew, one of the earliest heroines of the movies, died at a 1 eal hospital Monday from an over- dose of veronal, it was learned last night. News of the former movie star’s death was delayed due to the fact at the hos- ‘pital as Helen Calvert, her name in private life. \ Long Live The Daily, To The DAILY WORKER: Long live the Daily. Couldn’t be without it. As for the “A Week,” by all means have it in daily. Here is for success.—George Burnes, many. WE CABLED TOWARD THE $2000 FOR MARCH? Amalgamated Trast ® Savings Bank WITH RELIEF BASED ON CONDITIONS that the German workers bankers who are willing to make the loans. WITH RELIEF BASED ON POLITICAL DISCRIMINATION which will assure the distribution of funds to those trade unions which ‘Agree “to help fight Bolshevism” in Germany, Soviet Russia Sends Grain AMERICAN WORKERS AND FARMERS INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY with Germany’s workers worth? Famine Relief WITHOUT Conditions-WITHOUT Political Discrimination $500 initial outlay and $2000 monthly will open and maintain an, American Soup Kitchen in Ger- $500 on January 29th and $2000 on February 2nd, HOW MUCH WILL YOU GIVE BREAD! And the powers-that-be | Answer With Machine Guns With Diplomatic Notes With Huge Loans ; With Military Occupa- tion rnment chosen for them by the quick! What is in YOUR heart today? How much is your feeling of Based on Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers’ Germany. - 32 So. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. ' ' Enclosed find $.......00.06.5 as my contribution to the support of the ! American Soup Kitchen, I pledge to send $........0.c000 monthly for this | purpose as a concrete expression of my feeling of solidarity with Germany's | [7 starving workers and their families, 1 1 1 t---- ee - -