The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 8, 1924, Page 3

_ and Duluth, February 8, 1924 | anERI A Reem THE DAILY WORKER TEAPOT OILMAN TELLS HOW TO PURCHASE PRESS Buy Advertising and Get News, He Says (By The Federated Press) MINNEAPOLIS.—The co-opera- tion between the news and advertis- ing departments of our newspapers is surprising,” ,, The above statement sounds as if it might have emanated from some radical. soapboxer whose oratory is to overthrow the republic before breakfast, doesn’t it? And yet it isn’t. On the contrary it is the carefully prepared statement of one of Minneapolis’ most respected busi- ness men. It is the statement of Paul BE. Hadlick, secretary, Minnesota Pe- troleum Association, a branch of the organization controlled by the so-called independent oil men, who recently have been figuring in the Teapot Dome scandal in congress. Hadlick is one of their most influ- ential officials, and he knows all there is to know about American daily newspapers. So he goes a bit far- ther and declares. that when the advertising contract is safely in -the business office of the newspaper, the editors very readiiy accept publicity articles submitted by the paying ad- vertiser. Hadlick has just sent out the monthly bulletin of the Minnesota Petroleum Association. It goes to all the members, who are expected to follow its suggestions anu avail themselves of Hadlick’s services, The bulletin is dated Jan, 28, and is No. 2. “Unodubtedly you will do some ad- vertising in the near future,’ sug- gests Hadlick, “The co-operation between the news and advertising departments of our newspapers is surprising. The secretary will be glad to help any member in the preparation of publicity articles about the industry generally. News- papers readily accept such artic.es when advertising contracts are signed.” id * *- 8 Oil Fights Workmen’s Compensation MINNEAPOLIS. — The Minnesota Petroleum Association, composed of powerful oil men of the state, Is preparing to join in the attack upon the Minnesota workmen’s compensa- tion law. A circular which has been sent to members from the associa- tion headquarters, 638 Builders’ Ex- change here, includes a questionnaire designed to help Secretary Paul E. Hadlick conduct the fight. “The workmen’s compensation law in Minnesota,” he says, “is about as hard on the employer as- any in the union.. A recent amendment at the last’ Jegislature increases the employers’ liability so that with the revision in rates now being made, the present rate of $1.50 per hundred for oil jobbers is apt to be increased, The secretary desires actual facts and experiences with which to,.make a fight not only against a, higher rate but, if possible, for a lower rate. Please co-operate by answering ail questions and sending them to the secretary. Your individual replies ‘will be treated confidentially.” Hadlick wants statements for the fvears 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923, showing the payrolls of oil men, premiums they have paid on workmen’s compensation insurance and losses paid by insurance com- panies. 7 Middle-West Gives Stirring Greeting to “Fifth Year” Film “The Fifth Year,” a motion picture of conditions in Russia since the famine which js being put out by the Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers Germany, is meeting with general approval all thru the middle west Shere it is being shown now. Showings of the picture have been “arranged by Fred Biedenkapp in places as far apart as Louisville, Ky., ‘inn. Biedenkapp has had the co-operation of all sorts of organizations of workers in the vari- ous cities he visited to arrange show- Feb. 14, the “Fifth Year” will be shown in Muncie, Ind., under the au- spices of the local F.-8. R. In Dayton, Ohio, on Feb, 15, the pictute will be shown under the joint auspices of the F. S. R. and various local Socialists. arrangements show the a Unitarian Church, but the church backed down and ay aM aE $1,100,000,000 Luxuries Imported in 1923 by U. S. Ruling Class; Have Half the Diamonds of the World By LELAND OLDS. (Federated Press Industrial Editor) % f Diamonds, pearls, jewelry of all kinds, precious metals and silks in quantities undreamed of by Aladdin are pouring into the United States to deck the women of American pee of vibe who have attained world wer on the basis of exploited American r. i These vast importations of luxuries reached a total of $1,100,000,000 in 1928. Such tribute does not differ a particle from the precious stones, silks, ostrich plumes and sweet smelling ointments that came in tribute to the kings of Babylon, area # Thebes or to the imperial oligarch: of Rome centuries ‘ago. Half the World’s Diamonds The enormous wealth of the upper classes in America today is indicated by the possession of one-half of all the diamonds in the world. Women, of the leisure class can sparkle of an evening with approximately $2,000,- 000,000 worth of diamonds if they deck themselves at one time with all these jewels that repose in safes, strong boxes and safe deposit valts. Today American wealth is import- ing from 80 to 90% of the world’s annual diamond output, according to figures made public by the U. 8. de- partment of commerce, Diamonds imported in 1922, were valued at $52,000,000 while for 1923, the figure will reach $65,000,000. marks the beginning of the rise of our financial dynasty to world leader- ship this country has imported $70,-| 000,000 worth of genuine pearls. $2,000,000,000 In Two Years Precious metals, other jewelries, costly feathers, furs, silks, works of, art and perfumes are also shown in the statements issued by the depart- jment of commerce bringing the im- |ports of luxuries during the last two years to a total value of $2,000,000,- 000. These luxuries are either purchased in exchange for. the products of American labor which have been in- lvested overseas. The surplus in- comes which enable the well-to-do to |purchase these luxuries tend directly to the impoverishment of the wage earners who cannot afford to pur- chase jewels and silks and furs and ostrich plumes. For the demand for Perhaps. nothing more clearly re-|luxuries diverts labor and capital flects the rapid rise of American capi-'from the production of necessities to tal to a position of dominance in the the production of luxuries. As a re- economic imperialism: which today sult the supply of necessities is re- shapes the destinies of all peoples duced, the prices charged for neces- than the rapid growth in the importa- ‘cities rise, and the average wage will tion of precious stones. Figures not provide as good a living. This is compiled by the National City Bank the conclusion of Prof. N, H. Comish of New York show that imports of of the Oregon Agricultural college in precious stones have grown from his book on the Standard of Living. $15,000,000 for the year 1900, to He adds that at present the poor have $105,000,009 in 1919. The depres- barely sufficient funds to purchase sion of 1921, brought some falling off the necessities of life. i but with the revival of 1922-23 the’ As in the past a leisure class with tribute in precious stones is again pjently of income to permit of lux- mounting. ury and display is balanced by a work- “Pearls, too,” says the bank, “have ing’ class which can scarcely com- tly increased in popularity since mand the bare necessities of a frugal 1914.” In fact since that date which existence. Ohio Coal Miners Carrillo’s Death Join in Fight Back to Bring Reprisal by Mexican Labor By BERTRAM D. WOLFE. of Michigan Case Ohio coal miners have entered the y 2 v. Ws fight against the persecution of mili-| Sts Correspondent of The Yeucrated Press) tant labor leaders under the so-called|, MEXICO OITY.—Felipe Carrillo “criminal syndicalism” laws. Local #8 dead. Heron Proal is living. Un- Union No, 5497, of the United Mine questioned testimony of eye-wit- Workers of America, Powhatan Pt., esses removes all doubt in both Ohio, has pledged its full support to °#ses- The details are only too well William Z. Foster, C, E. Ruthenberg Verified of how Felipe was tried in and the 80 other Communists arrested the morning and shot in the after- i noon. With him were shot three of beg Michions s-Daugherty maslriserns ai, brothers and many other Yuca- Moreover, the union has given con- #" labor leaders. The Confedera- crete evidence of that support in the to an ney eg Mar @ punitive form of a check for $119 mailed to |°*Prol on oye ya sive. ‘That fi the office of the Labor Defense Coun- ily yy i oe yy 4 cil, 166 W. Washington St., Chicago, | dually certain. He remains in Vera to be used in the defense of the Michi-|C™¥% having recently left jail on gan cases. bail ped baie thrown oto yeeen th on & trumped-up charge. Richard Brawn delivered a warm ad i=, guaranteed by the printing. press dress to the members, after which | belonging | to il ye Veron. they voted to check off one dollar; a f ah ‘ga Cadees de ‘am ane from e:f:h man’s pay and contribute |,. ah stab dibl bei 7 t the it to the Labor Defense Council. Nate | *itely credible, being enemies 0: Vanaman, financial secretary of the |300e “ihe piegioote atilled perce Powhatan Pt. organization, for-|/%9F ‘sae of Vera Cruz, tho many were jailed. eres ee money, cogether with @) “The well-beloved Felipe Carrillo Sa ne ae has already been id the highest Haar Retheobers A 1 March 1st honors that the Mexican folk can Because of the congested condition pay to one of their heroes. of the court calendar, the. appeal of been made the subject of a Corrido C, E. Ruthenberg in the Michigan or Mexican popular broadsheet ballad. Supreme Court, will be held over: un- These ballads are the newspapers, til March 1. The hearing was sched- magazines, histories, poetry and uled for this month, but it has been All of their “valientes” (brave men) He has | Pa) Page Three FREE PRESS IN MEXICO WHILE CIVIL WAR RAGES Obregon Gives Rein to Hostile Papers By BERTRAM D. WOLFE, (Staff Correspondent of The Federated Press) MEXICO CITY,—At the outbreak of the revolution here, the president asked the chamber of deputies for the suspension of civil guarantees, When opposition was manifested, he withdrew the request. Shortly after he issued a statement to press cor- respondents that the freedom of the press would be completely respected. In so far as has been in his power, he has made good his word, The result is thet a half dozen scandal sheets of ephemeral existence subsist in the capital on the doubtful trade of rumor mongering. Daily they appear, “El Manana,” “El Omega,” “La Epoca,” “La Revolu- ion” and a half dozen more, with startling headlines of new rebellions, of assassinations, of tremendous de- feats for the government forces, of 30,000 fascists being at the gates of the city, of the governments moving to Queretero—but nobody pays much attention to them. In addition, big dailies like “El Universal” pursue a scarcely veiled policy .none too friendly toward the government, nevertheless with scrupulous atten- tion to accuracy. There have been a few attacks on the liberty of the press but never by the authorities of the central gov- ernment. “El Manana” being only a block away from the headquarters of the Mexican Federation of Labor, was the victim of “direct action” as they call it here, its machinery being smashed by an incognito band st| night. The band is not making great efforts to preserve its incognito. However, the paper is out again. In Tampico the commanding officer of the garrison closed up a big daily and carried off part of its machinery. This was reported to the Union of Newspapermen here and they adopt- ed a unanimous protest which they ordered published in all dailies in the eapital and whtch theysalso sent by telegraph to the president. Federated Press Accuracy Stands Up UnderTest By CARL HAESSLER (Federated Press Industrial Editor) CHICAGO. — Two recent attempts to impeach the accuracy of Federated Press news reporting have failed to register. One met defeat at the United Mine Workers’ Convention at Indianapolis and the other was officially «seotehed the - secretary | of the Vancouver s and Labor | council, { The Indianapolis attempt wa~ staged by Ben Williams, an inter- national organizer, who tried to con- viet Tom Tippett, F. P. staff cor- respondent, of false reporting when he covered the Taylorville, [l., sub- district convention. Williams cited an anti-administration story about the Tennessee district in a non-labor per and said the editor had told him that Tippett wrote it. Tippett immediately told Williams that he had not written such a story and also that there had been no anti-\ administration resolution on the sub- ject by the subdistrict convention at Taylorville. Williams stuck to his music of the Mexican popular classes. Postponed with the assent of both|}aye many such ballads dedicated to sides. That the prosecution intends them, Pancho Villa comes first in to jail all the 32 defendants in the the number of contemporary penny “Michigan cases” if it possibly can, ballads dealing with his exploits. is illustrated by the care which the Zapata comes. second. Now Felipe prosecuting attorneys are | in Carrillo, martyr governor of Yuca- the preparation of their brief, I. E. tan, enters the hall of fame and se- Ferguson, one of the lawyers for the | cures a place in the memories of the version. On wiring to the editor of the paper in question, the Taylorville Courier, Tippett received the follow- ing telegram from him: “Taylorville, Ill, 1924, Jan. 25, hs3 P.M, 4:46. defense, reports that the prosecution’s | simple alk whose, Welk literature brief has not yet been presented. He |i, ¢ound in corridos with “La Muerte adds that the State atorneys are de-| qe Felipe Carrillo.” ‘termined to press the Ruthenberg case to its conclusion, irrespective 0! f de- ue tabas German Bosses r Stabilize Mark; Amalgamated Local No. 39 Plans Big |. Enslave Workers Support for ‘Daily’| BERuin—'the invisible empire of finance in Germany has found paar aa, Shi ct, Se Amalatnatet rcraaie inthe new Rasteahank ore the DAILY WORKER and mean to raacl Lid the tbe ad ious were etd & aie, te ee WT is the Rentenbank which culture, made possible the stabilization of the t local in the Amalgamated in Ge bass opinndd sae The price of this stabilization, how- At the last it was meeting | fier eats divi i Te minates at Cver js the enslavement of Germany industrial and cultural barons. each meeting for the discussion of r eadtean tone at og Rentenbank, re- plans for increasing the circulation 'cryited from the ranks, chiefly, of of the DAILY WOE KER among the these two rowerful groups, ae te Nova work poli ait yg pet suming more and more to dictate Te ne siseeibucie of sul n books to the active members of the supplementar: The executive committee of the ioc bing local was instructed to call a mi ot all the pi | chairmen oe the 1 ve them ways officials wh the sate of the DAILY WO ta in the new ‘The local also voted solidly to have ! the next national convention of Amalgamated held in Philadelphia. lly as citizens, The reactionary bureaucrat of for- tical participation largely because he was Lise ine ete the swing to the * |right that has now come. Labor Fights : CLEVELAND, "Oy Feb. Toctleve- tempt to line up. Gio labor te urge tempt up congress to enact the proposed ter anti-narcotic resolution, ing for an international check the “ a“ Resolution favoring the bill was adopted here last night. \ r 25 ernment policies. At present their; the withdrawal of the indorsement was taken UP slogan is ph tipee ra of the number) from the British Columbia Federa-| of government employes,” and a¢ a} tionist, formerly the official organ slogan they add, “re-| of the Vancouver Tradis and Labor with party lean-| council. The F. P. carried the story “In practice this means the removal | sequently denied in the columns of of Socialist, Communist and liberal} a daily labor paper on the Pacific have believed it their | coast. The question of fact was set- ibiican state to} tled in favor of the Federated Press mer times has refrained from poli-| and Labor council: urge!“ ‘The Por-| in from “| ren, F. P. staff correspondent. to} Watch the “Datly Worker” for the Tom Tippett, Federated Press Representative, Indianapolis, Ind. Article in question was clipped from the Springfield, Ill., Register and was not given nor authorized by you or anyone else. No such resolution was passed by the sub- oe sg ck ypu Did not tell Williams that axticle was mi or inspired by you. oltrh ‘ LON E. MARTIN, Editor Courier.” In_addition, William Daech, Tay- lorville subdistrict president, stated on the Indianapolis convention floor that Tippett’s reporting had been perfectly fair and above criticism. Allen Haywood, District No, 12 ex- ecutive board members from the Taylorville field, and Herman Von- derlack, Taylorville delegate, sup- ported Daech’s position. Daech at- tempted to read the telegram into the Indianapolis convention record, but was ruled out of order. The Vancouver episode dealt with of the withdrawal which was sub- the following letter from Secy. . R. Bengough, Vancouver Trades “The report appearing in the Federated Press stating that the Vancouver Trades and Labor coun- cil had withdrawn its indorsement from the British Columbia Fede- rationist is correct in every de- wh il story had been sent ‘ancouver by Sydney War- first instalment of “A Week", the great epic of the Russian revolution, the brilliant young Russian writer, Libedinsky. It will start soon. Rt ; 4 Machinists Join in Fight to Rid the City of Dangerous Firetrap Schools Labor unions are becoming interested in the fire-trap schools of Chicago. They are not reassured by the whitewash- ing investigation being conducted by the board of education. The DAILY WORKER has been read by unionists and they know that the board of education is trying to dodge and con- tinue its policy of economy at the risk of the lives of the chil- dren of the workers. Lodge 478, of the International Association of Machinists, adopted the following resolution without a dissenting vote: “Whereas, the chief engineer of the Board of Education and the bureau of fire prevention of the fire department have both repeatedly said that more than fifty publie school buildings in Chicago are fire- traps and unfit for use as schools, and “Whereas, most of the unsafe unsanitary firetrap school build- ings are in working class neighborhoods and are attended by the child- ren of workers, “Therefore be it Resolved that we, the members of Lodge 478, of the International Association of Machinists, protest against the con- tinued use of such school buildings and the placing of the children of the workers in constant danger of their lives, and be it “Further Resolved, that we demand that a bond issue be author- ized and floated large enough to furnish a fund sufficient to replace all unsafe, and firetrap schools by new, modern and fireproof buildings.” Copies of the resolution were sent to the City council of Chicago and the President of the Board of Education. Negro Organizations Forming United Front Against Lynchers and Klan at All-Race Assembly Next Week The eyes of millions of Negroes will be on Chicago all thru the coming week while the first “All-Race Assembly,” or San- hedrin, will hold its sessions and seek to build a united front of all Negro organizations against the bitter persecution now be- ing carried on against the still enslaved race. More than a hundred delegates are expected from the organizations that are coming together for the first time in a common defense grouping. Col- ored delegates from the Work- ers Party will be there; dele- gates from the African Blood Brotherhood; from the Friends of Negro Freedom, the Inter- national Uplift League, the Na- tional Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People, the National Equal Rights League, the National Race Congress and other organiza- tions. Day sessions will be held thru the week at the Wabash Avenue branch of the Y. M. C. A., at 3763 South Wabash avenue: evening sessions open to the public, at Wendell Phillips High School, 39th St., and Prairie Ave. Kelly Miller of Howard University, Washington, D. C., will preside. The entire week will be known as “Negro Week’” by the hosts of col- ored people, who are behind this ef- fort to unite and organize. their forces against murder, disfranchise- ment and peonage, Thruout the large Chicago area on the south side, referred to by capitalist newspapers as the “Black Belt” meetings will be held to' further the unity program of the Sanhedrin, Minor, Fort-Whiteman, Speak Robert Minor and Lovett Fort- Whiteman will speak to a mass meet- ing of Negroes and Whites in Wen- dell Phillips High School, this Sunday evening. The mass meeting is being called in honor of Frederick Douglas, that great negro who worked so ef- fectively for abolition long before Lincoln penned his document. Minor and Lovett Fort-Whiteman will tell of Douglas’s daring escape across tne Mason and Dixon line and the bril- liant services he rendered in organiz- ing the forces of abolition and the re- taliatory efforts of the slave owners to have him returned under the Fugi- tive Slave Law. Lynching, Ku Kluxism, segregation, disfranchisement, unequal enforce- ment of the law and peonage are cited as evils against which the All Race Assembly must fight in the original call sent out for the San- hedrin. . The fight for industrial bet- terment will be equally emphasized. ‘The call, which is signed by repre- sentatives of the organizations listed above, read in part: For Emancipation, Says Call “The world today has come to a critical period of its existence. Our race likewise has reached a crucial situation. The promises of ameliora- tion and of full citizenship so easily made during the critical period of the Great World War have failed of ful- fillment. In this time of readjustment there is growing a very menacing spirit of animosity against the Race and a determination to thrust the Negro down into the most servile and degrading status and to maintain him there forever. “Now while world readjustment is in progress and when every other op- pressed group is exerting itself to the utmost to gain its rights and liberties, the Negro Race must bestir itself, must concentrate its best thought and energy to withstand the terrible on- sloughts made against it and secure its due and right-status: equal man- hood rights and opportunities in every department of life. The mace must be stimulated to utilize all available opportunities for constructive en- deavor and must be brought into har- Monious working relationships with the white race, “The need is urgent, nay impera- tive, then, for the assembling of a national All-Race Assembly to con- sider the present position of the Race, to ferret out and unmask the hostile forces arrayed against it, to formu- late a plan of defence protection, to discover the forces, agencies an: organizations which may be utilized in that defence, to effect a United Front of the Race, and to devise ways and oe for full and compete emancipa- = nti aint ints ROCKEFELLER T0 BUILD TENEMENTS FOR OIL SLAVES Wants Bayonne Work- ers under Company Eye (Special to The Daily Worker) BAYONNE, N. J. — This squalid oil refining city, where Rockefeller's gunmen butchered eight workers at one volley in the 1915 strike, is to enjoy a little charity from the pe- troleum king. The Standard Oil company, faced with resentment at wretched living conditions, has an- nounced, thru John D. Rockefeller, Jr, a program for the erection or model tenements for the employes of that concern, Besides being slightly more sani- tary than the quarters now furnished by independent landlords, it 7s be- lieved by the personell department of the corporation that the new tenements will make for better com- pany morale, and will enable the employers to maintain better su- pervision over their hands during the off-duty period when union agi- tators are likely to be most busy. The present plans call for the erection of about 150 apartments of five and six rooms each. The tene- ments will be erected by the Bayonne Housing Corporation. The buildings will not be erected until certain changes are made in the building laws. All Companies Behind Program Behind the Bayonne Housing Corporation are the Bayonne Cham- of Commerce and a group of industries including the Standard Oil Company, the Tide Water Oil Com- pany, the Vacuum Oil Company, the Pacific Coast Borax Company, the International Nickel Company, the Babcock & Wilcox Company, and the Americal Radiator Company. The 1915 strike will go down in history as illustrating the brutality of the Standard Oil labor policy more effectually than any incident outside the Ludlow burnings. Strik- ers from the oil refineries of the Standard and Tidewater and other concerns were demonstrating on the street when the gunmen fired into them, from behind the twelve-foot stockade that encircled the refining properties. Murders* Were Upprovoked Files of the New York Bvening Sun and other capitalist papers ad- mit that the shooting was unpro- voked by any shooting on the part of the strikers, but following the murderous volley, which slew eight workingmen, strikers hunted up guns and fought back the gunmen. The 200 hired thugs had to keop close behind their bulwarks thereafter. Wages, at the time of the 1915 strike, ranged from $6 to $9 a week. 2 Dead, 1 Hurt + in Political Feud at Palmetto, La. NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb, 7.— jay, the second vic of a gun battle esulting from a ical feud in Palmetto. Mrs. Roland Clark, candidate for Mayor of Palmetto, was killed, her daughter seriously ‘wounded and Meyer fatally hurt in a fight Tuesday. Meyer, wounded by a son of his two victims, was rushed here for medical treatment, but died from an operation last it. the “I want to make THE DAILY WORKER grow” club, ett sy Meyer, merchant, was dead to- elu! he MINES CLOSE AS SCAB SHOPMEN CRIPPLE PENNS}: Transportation Break , down Lays Off 4,000 By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) The Pennsylvania railroad ha: again fallen down on its job ag 2 ; result of the bitter open shop policy which it has followed in defiance of ; the U..S. railroad labor board anc |’ the will of congress, The break. I down of its service to the Bicknél |; Ind., coal district forced the closing : of all mines in the district and threw i 4,000 miners out of work. Y This debacle occurred when inter , state commerce commission inspect- ors found ten locomotives operating in the district unsafe and ordered. them out of - service. It follower closely on the heels of train delays thruout the Indianapolis region where fifty engines were ordered out of service and of a serious wreck on the road in which both engineer and fireman were killed, Engine crews operating locomotives condi- tioned under the open shop regime on this railroad are forced to face an unnecessary risk. Pennsy 100 Per Cent Unsafe Coal producers in the Bicknel dis- trict are reported, to be begging the railroad to bring its service to a@ par with that in other coal fields | Secy. W. M. Zelle, Knox Consolidated | Coal Co., of this district, thinks “there is something very decidedly wrong” when Pennsylvania equip- ment is found to be 100 per cent unsafe, while other roads im the country are declared safe. Yes, Mr. Zeile, and if you wil call on the officers of the shop eraft unions, they will tell you ga is. decidedly wrong. Not the govern- | ment inspectors, but the determinar ' tion of the management to crush’ independent labor organization ° among its shop employes and to, substitute a servile shop force or- ganized as a company union. The! Pennsylvania has locked out its ex-' perienced shop employes and de-/ stroyed the morale which is nine-! tenths of efficiency. Zelle complains “our mines depena | upon the Pennsylvania for car sup- | ply and have only been able to ope- tate three days a week for the last two weeks.” Twice the miners have had to walk home because there were not fit locomotives to pull the min- ers’ train. On one day work was stopped at 11 a. m. for lack of cars. , This is a sample of Pennsylvania , “service.” . Thousands Laid Off ; Following: a policy which considers’, ts ~ absentes_owners— more important than steady wages to the men who keep the road in condition the Pennsylvania recently Igid off) tens of thousands of employes shut- ting down at least 25 per cent of its equipment repair work. It took the lead in a similar fashion in 1920-21 when railroad executives were ordered to administer the “un- employment cure” to their employes as a means to wage deflation, This open shop attitude means that a faith- ful worker can count on no security of job other than such as the inter- ests of the profit makers dictate. The results appear clearly in present predicament of im shippers. The business of coal op- erators has been severely hampered to permit an unwarranted saving in ‘wages coupled with a willingness to add to the present margin of un- employment. 1 Big Australian Steal Exposed by Labor Members (By The Federated Press) MELBOURNE. — Labor members in the federal parliament are de- manding an inquiry into the sals of saw mills purchased by the federal government some time ago for pro- viding timber for the construction of homes for returned soldiers, The mills were purchased in Janu- ary, 1921, for $1,230,000 and have now been sold back to the original owners for $580,000—less than half the purchase price. Labor members contended that either too high a price was paid to the private owners in the first place, or the mills nave been sold back again to the former own- ers at less than half price. Australian Unions Oppose Flooding of Labor Market (By The Federated Press) SYDNEY, New South Wales.— Trade unions are protesting the move being made by em; rs to bring skilled immigrants into Aus- tralia from other countries, and the announcement by the employers that they have plenty of work waiting for such workers immediately when j they land. | The union heads point out that if the employers can find work for skilled immigrants from they can also find work for the sands of jobless skilled workers al- ready in the country. It is estimated that there are at least $0,000 skilled workers unemployed in Australia at the present time, while the r ir of unskilled workers who are n= ployed is much greater than figure. * | Don't be a “Yes, But,” supporter The Daily Worker, Send in your scription at once. '