The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 14, 1924, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Thursday, February 14, 1924 RUBBER CENTER OF FACTIONAL WAR IN AKRON Street Cars or Jitneys Is Big Question {Special to The Daily Worker) AKRON, O., Feb. 13.—Rubber, the stuff auto tires are made of, has be- come the center of the most unique factional contest in the history of municipal government. Rival merchants protested against Mayor D. C, Rybolt’s attempt to carry the city’s transportation on rubber tires, after the street cars had been ousted, A resolution from the Chamber of Commerce demanded that Rybolt give up and restore street car service at once. Fight for Five-Cent Fare. Mayor Rybolt has reaffirmed his determination to hold Akron trans- portation fares down to five cents. Simultaneously he has revealed that rubber, which made Akron, is one of the principal factors in his vision of city-wide motorization. “The Northern Ohio Traction Com- pany’s refusal to accept a five cent fare franchise gave Akron a won- derful opportunity to do what any self respecting city should do,” Ry- bolt said. “It was our chance to boost a big home town industry— rubber.” For 25 years Akron rode street cars at five cents. February 1 ‘the fran- chise expired. The street ‘car com-~ pany demanded a seven cent fare; Rybolt asked sixty days in which “to think it over.” Service Is Suspended. The street car company refused to extend the franchise and Mayor Ry- bolt ordered car service suspended. The company now has five months in R. A.1. C. Dividend Is Reminder of Visit to Clothing Factory To The Daily Worker:—The an- nouncement that the Russian-Amer- isan Industrial Corporation has de- clared a dividend has reminded me of a visit last spring to one of the clothing factories in Moscow which have been helped by capital from the RAIC, As we were going thru our guide stopped us and pointed with pride to an electric machine which cut many layers of cloth at one time. The workers saw us watching its operation and crowded around eager and smiling, pointing to the mach- ine and saying, “Amerikanski.” ‘There are two or three of these machines in this factory. Its production ranks among the highest of the clothing factories, I remember, too, another factory which I visited in Moscow. This was a textile factory and one not receiv- ing outside help. It was as clean and well run as the other, with its child- rens’ home, school, nursery and com- munal house, In the factory I noticed a number of idle machines and men working on others which had just broken down. The manager explained that many machines were out of use because of parts worn which they could not replace and that they were continually having trouble with even the machines that were running. He said that one of their chief reasons for their low production was lack of good machinery. And then I remember distributions of old American clothing to the peas- ants way out in the provinces of Rus- sia and how precious the most shod- dy, worn and ill fitting garment was to them because they had hardly any clothing of their own. But how much more precious to them would be good clothing made according to Russian styles! As it is at present clothing is scarce and the 35 factories of the Clothing Syndicate can’t make enough to meet the demand. But with more capital from America they will be able to expand and fill the orders. All of which is by way of saying DAILY WORKER BETTING BOOSTS IN EVERY MAIL Pickle Is ‘Only Man to Cancel Sub To really find out what the readers of The DAILY WORKER think about it, it is necessary to see the hun- dreds of letters received by the busi- ness office every day from people who are renewing their subscriptions, Many people sent in subs before the paper started for short periods. Now they are rushing to renew. them so that they might not miss a copy. One man in Cleveland now unem- ployed subscribed because he found that the copy of The DAILY WORK- ER in the Cleveland Pubiie Library is worn out every day before he is able to go there to see it after look- ing for a job. Aged Farmer Subscribes. A letter came from a farmer 70 years old who said that he was sub- scribing more to give the paper to his neighbors than to read himself. He said that his eyes were too poor to read very much but when he has a chance he gets some one to read it to him. “For a week I will go on one meal a day to insure getting The DAILY WORKER. If I didn’t I could not afford to subscribe.”—-Mark Kaurlots, Providence, R. 1. ie Beh “I am sorry I wrote to you raising Cain about not getting my copy of The DAILY WORKER regularly. I find that the janitor here has been throwing it out. There will be a new janitor soon.”—Ed Pelters, Pitts- urgh, Pa. . * “I am not in very good standing financially but I will subscribe for a Soviet Commercial Mission Leaving (Special te The Daity Worker) cial mission has just for Canada. lentists of the two countries. The mission is in Washington. plans as follows: and+Canada touch. For ern Canada into the pean -Russia or Canadian business firms try. Canadian transportation enterprise. natural scientists. and is scientific bodies, limited to Canadian affairs business activities, time, in all parts of * America.” Capitalist Class Russia for Canada MOSCOW, Feb. 13.—A_commer- left Russia In addition to trying |to facilitate trading between Russia and Canada the mission will, attempt to restore relations between the sci- headed by Mr. Yazikoff, formerly of the trade dele- gation of the Far Eastern Republic He outlined his “There are several ponts in which the commercial interests of Russia instance, last year it was found that it was cheaper to import grain from west- Russian Far East than to bring the grain by the long overland route from Eurg- western Siberia. have also shown an interest in the products of the Russian peasant hand indus- The Canadian Pacific Railroad is a large shareholder in a Russian- company. The Cunard line and the Russian state fleet also participate in this “One of the inéidental purposes of our mission is to restore rela- tions between Russian and Canadian The Academy of Science is sending a large number of its publications thru the mission, endeavoring to enter into communication with various Canadian “We are going to Canada under an extension of the Russo-British trade agreement, and we are strictly in. our At the same our mission may be of serv- ice in spreading correct information about Russian economic conditions BELIEVES IN DIRECT ACTION ALA MUSSOLINI Employers’ Association in Membership Drive The activities of our enemies should be of interest to the readers to the DAILY WORKER. You find in the kept press outbursts of moral indig- nation over the alleged theories of violence and physical force held by the radical workers but not having access to the official publication that circulates among the sacred circles of capitalism you have no opportunity to learn what the boss class believe in and how little they really care for orderly procedure thru the machinery of the law. The following excerpts from a let- ter sent out by Edward L. Ryerson, president of the Employers’ Associa- tion of Chicago might lead one to believe as so far as terminology is concerned that it came from the head- quarters of some organization on the index purgatorious of the American Defense Society. In calling the vir- tues of the Association to the atten- tion of prospective members, it says: “It is a direct action body. of organized labor by furnishing him the machinery with which to fight. “It provides free legal service to its members in injunction suits, etc. might of a vast central body of em- ployers. intelligent educational against those forces that would de- stroy existing institutions, “Its achievements in the direction of protecting the economic interests of the city are profoundly beneficial Your Union Meeting Every local listed in the official di- rectory of the CHICAGO FEDERA- T,ON OF LABOR will be published under this head on day of meeting free of charge for the first month, afterwards. our rate will be as fol- lows: Monthly meeting—$3 a year one line once a month, each additional line, 15¢ an issue. Semi-monthly meetings — $5 a year one line published two times “It protects the employer against | 774 the illegal and uneconomic practices | \344 } 877 ) to all employers whether members or, | a month, each additional line 18¢ an issue. Weekly meetings—$7.50 a year one line a week, each additional line 10¢ an issue. SECOND THURSDAY, Feb. 14th Name of Local and Place of Meeting. si W. Hall, & Brick and Clay, A. 0. U. Dolton, Il. 113 8, Ashland Blvd. 6416 S, Halsted St. 13 Carpenters 62 Carpenters, 341 Carpenters, 1440 Emma St. 434 Carpenters, South Chicago, 11037 Mich- igan Ave. 504 Carpenters, Ogden and Kedzie. 115 Engineers, 9223 Houston Ave. 16836 Federal Labor Union, 2116'N. Robe¥. 499 Firemen and Enginemen, Springfield a th Aves. 340 Hod. rs, Harrison and Green Sts. 18 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Baren St. 3 Marble Polishers, 810 W. Harrison St. 17320 Nurses, 771 Gilpin Ave. Painters’ District Council, 1446 Adams St. 371 Painters, Dutt’s Hall, Chicago Heights. 26 Paper Rulers, 59 E, Van Buren St. 6:30 vp. m. 17301 Park Employes, 810 W. Harrison St. Railway Clerks, 55th and Blackstone. 1269 Railway Clerks, 3124 8. Halsted St. Railway Clerks, Harrison and Green. Railway Trainmen, 64th and University, 8:15 p. m. 130 Signalmen, 180 W. Washington St. ” 742 Teamsters, 9206 Houston Ave. (Note—Unless otherwise stated all meetings w. “It places behind the employer the} are at 8 p. m.) The Daily Worker for a month free to the first member of any local union “It carries on a comprehensive andjsending in change of date or place program | of meeting of locals listed here. Please watch for your local and if not listed let us know, giving time and place of meeting so we can keep this daily announcement complete and up to date. SOVIETS DEMAND ENGLAND SCRAP -CZAR’S TREATIES © Will Present Bills for Invasion Damage (Special to The Daily Worker) _ LONDON, Feb. 13.—All Russian- British treaties dating from the old regime that no longer apply to the new conditions created by the war and the revolution should be scrap- ped, declares the Soviet government in a reply to the British notification of recognition of the Moscow govern- ment. Russia further declares that she is ready to send representatives to London with full powers to ar- range an agreement for settling out- standing claims and obligations of each party against the other. England Covets Oil. Russia takes issue with the British note acknowledging Russian rule only over those countries which recognize the authority of the Soviet Republic. The Soviet government claims that Russian territory is all of the former empire except what has been re- nounced by treaty. Britain does not recognize the Caucusus as part of the Soviet Republic, the reason being the rich oil wells in that section. Russia intends to ask compensation for damages by the White Guard in- vasions financed by the British gov- ernment and instead of “restoring” treaties which previously existed be- tween Britain and the Czar’s govern- ment they want them “replaced” which means drafting entirely new ones, “Ask England to Pay. An organization known as the British Creditors’ Association has been formed here to present claims at the forthcoming Anglo-Russian conference in behalf of British busi- nessmen who ciaim to have sustained 4 avhich i t its tracks. The|that I hope The Daily Worker will ; . not. On Tuesday of every week we ex- i chs peered gars he i eben Foreees* with continue to invite ite readers to buy hee Brgy bo oe —— Profits by Keeping aoe amok must be continuously pot fe eet Se, A Oana tgt gt ope errr are not going to a) eep on buyi tock in the Rus-|*- 4 op hate cad et te i j i len al of local unions. s will be an z P, es ; a oe sian Ateaibean ‘tacuateal oe eatin sillon, Ohio. up Race Prej udice ined ” gael cok cops iatincind inch, 50c for half an inch card, Take have it entirely their own way in this me a The class conscious capitalists and this matter up in your next meeting. alae ee fggeererraiare employers believe in organizing to Your local should have a weekly dis-| oo recent the weeietitne FT licesk 20 fight their enemy, the working class, Play card as well as the running sn-| (Pr intervention on Russian soll.” They will use “direct action” against nowncement under date of meeting. re ote 4 S eaeuilata heat ns Haygent them and get away with it because! a ea arisats hay Have anent sight: they own the government, the courts! Train Dispatchers Increase Assets. La ipkegsae gh foun Pacaghh tigger. “ " “g een months collecting data on injuries oy all the law-enforcing bodies, _But| The American Train Dispatchers’ | sustained by persons and the destruc- palit pecan lt MP bang Association has $2,209.46 more in its|tion of property during the many sh ng 3 2 8 crites howling with rage and ‘demand. easury as a result of 1928. opera- | WET <¢ tuonave wach ing summary, punishment for the|tions than it had at the end of 1922, ‘The bill of damages, which shis s0- The Chamber of Commerce com- plaint said the inadequate bus sys- tem—138 busses any from 14 to 60 passengers, and more than 200 autos rushed here by Henry Ford at the request of Harvey Firestone —is keeping shoppers away from the business district and that the mer- chants are losing business. “Bus Boss” Talks. M. P. Tucker, city “bus boss,” loan- and help clothe these millions of Russian peasants and workers.— Hannah Pickering, New York City. Dispatchers Win 8-Hour Day After Four-Year Struggle “Greatest Voice Ever.” “I wish to announce my opinion that The DAILY WORKER is the greatest voice ever raised advocat- ing the emancipation of the working class.”"—J. G. Z., Saginaw, Mich. * 6 6 “Your paper is the hardest hitter in America.”—A. Krou, Chicago. ie ee To the DAILY WORKER: The failure of the Chicago officials to stop the showing of the anti-Negro film, “The Birth of a Nation,” ought to plainly shown to Negroes the hope- lessness of expecting officials elected on the capitalist republican and dem- ocratic parties to enforce the laws enacted for the Negroes protection or benefit. ciety will present to the British gov- ed to the cause by the water depart- ment, estimated that in three weeks everything will be running smoothly. “The bus system has_ relieved rather than congested traffic down town,” said Tucker. “Accidents are fewer because passengers are dis- charged at the curb instead of in the “nhidaié of the street.” OPEN FORUM 208 East 12th St. NEW YORK Workers Party, Down-Town English Branch FEBRUARY 17TH 8:30 P. M. Sharp Speaker: PASCAL P. COSGROVE American Workers and Russian Reconstruction Admission Free PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Service for 20 Year 645 SMITHFIELD 8T.. Near 7th Ave. 1627 CENTER AVE., Cor, Arthur St. Phone Spaulding 4670 ASHER B. PORTNOY & CO. Painters and Decorators PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES Estimates on New and Old Work “A four-year fight on the part of the American Train Dispatchers As- sociation for an eight-hour day and a six-day week for all chief and as- sistant chief train wispatchers on the railroads of this country has been won, I believe, by a decision of the interstate commerce commission which has just reached me,” said J. G. Lubrsén, president, American’ Train Dispatchers Association, whose na- tional headquarters are in Chicago. “There are about 1,100 of the most skilled transportation workers in this class and a large part of them are still” employed 12 ‘hours a day and every day in the week,” according to Luhrsen. The new I. C. C. regulation fol- lows: _ “Train dispatchers. This class shall include chief, assistant chief, trick, relief and extra dispatchers, except- ing only such chief dispatchers as are actually in charge of dispatchers and telegraphers and in actual con- trol over the movement of trains and related matters and have substan- tially the authority of a superintend- ent with respect to those and other |activities. This exception shall apply to not more than one chief dispatcher on any division.” Many carriers have been insisting that all train dispatchers are officials and therefore not within the provi- sions of the labor sections of the transportation act of 1920, and these men could therefore be employed as many hours a day as the employers saw fit and every day in the week. With the new definition Luhrsen anticipates that agreements will be reached with many carriers that have heretofore disputed the union’s in- “I renew my subscription to The DAILY. It would be a crime not to get it Funk, Detroit. regularly.”—-Robert * * 8 “I can only send you my renewal for two months because I am in the army of the unemployed.”—C. Koros, St.Paul, Mim, . * “I subscribe because you handled the miners’ convention in such a mas- terly fashion in your news columns.” —J. T. Powell, Lil. * + For Sociology Classes, “I hope to be able to use your paper in my current events and so- ciology classes,” writes a school teacher. * *_ * “T leave The DAILY WORKER in my waiting room,” writes a doctor. na “Some son of discontent sent me a sample of The DAILY WORKER. As a sample it was O. K. but a man needs more than samples to live by; send me the paper for a year.”—J. J., Ford City, Pa. 6 @ “Your paper is a little bit of all right. Put me down for a year.”— K. T., Kittanning, Pa, te @ “The DAILY WORKER fills the bill O. K.” * 2 “Please send me the paper. Don’t stop a single issue. I will send you the price of a year’s sub Saturday, which is pay day. Trust me till then if necessary.”—W. E. L., Cleveland, prohibits the showing of “The Birth of a Nation,” and yet it is shown. No doubt that the weak-kneed at- tempt of the police department to prevent the showing of this film was done so in order to fool and humbug the Negroes. ‘The capitalist class desire that this race prejudice producing picture be to have white workers prejudiced against and hating black workers. Capitalism in order to continue to exist must constantly create wars, race riots and animosities. the very life blood of the system, so why expect the capitalist tools, the courts and city governments to stop something which is of such vital im- portance to the capitalists to keep go- ing. Negro Communist agitators have in this instance a fine example to point out to the republican and dem- (Communist) Party, because com- munists not only by words, but by deeds as well, prove that they are the only ones who believe in and fight for the same rights and liberties for |} black workers the same as they do for ‘white workers—GORDON W. OWENS, Chicago. U.S. Bankers Put Golden Chains on South America NEW YORK Feb. 13—To the A law on the Illinois statute books workers. shown, because it is to their interests | They are ff ocratic voting deluded Negro masses, ; in urging their joining the Workers |), we 3943 Watch the “Daily Worker” for the tallment of “A Week,” the f the Russian revolution, t Hiest . lecy Libeding shire ussian writer, Work Daily f Amalgamated Trust and Savings Bank 371 WEST JACKSON BOULEVARD — CHICAGO, ILL. It will start soon. bo: Secretary-Treasurer C, L. Darling re- ports. This gain was made despite the expenses of the biennial conven- tion paid in 1923 and despite the ef- forts of many railroads abetted by the majority of the U. S. rail labor ard to set up company unions in place of the bona fide organizations. The total assets are $176,042.89. Date__7anuary 29th, 1924 Foreign Money Order to. __Willi Muenzenberg. General Secretary Residing oy Internationale Arbeiterhilfe, Unter den L: Berlin W 8, Germany —— Fann Anon 50.00] 7174 Hundred Dot2are no_oont Friends of Soviet Russia Amount Received in Dollars| $500.00 |_ Payable in United States Dollars WITH RELIEF BASED ON CONDITIONS that the German workers agree to accept the form of government chosen for them by the bankers who are willing to make the loans. Amelgamated Trast @ Savings Bank ernment is expected to prove an effective counter balance to the fanci- ful claims of British capitalists who were mainly responsible for the great loss of life and property suffered by the Russian peopie since they over- threw the Czar’s regime in 1917. The Land for the Users! BREAD! BREAD! GIVE US BREAD! And the powers-that-be * Answer With Machine Guns With Diplomatic Notes With Huge Loans r WITH RELIEF BASED ON POLITICAL DISCRIMINATION 2619 MILWAUKEE AVE., CHICAGO 7? Ohio. i list of recent American in- which = — terpretation of the previous I. C. C, mse Hegre rig ns will assure the distribution of funds to those trade unions With Military Oo jpa “ ” > eee ‘vestments in Asiatic and European |/# e which 1 1 ccupa- |, LEVINSON S BOOK STORE negnledon. "ep “Your fearless advocacy of the | fields must now be added another im- agree “to help fight Bolshevism” in Germany, tion a 3308 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago Phone Van Buren 3651 perial venture—this time in South America. A syndicate of U. S. bank- ers has just floated a $20,000,000 loan to the Argentine government. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. are the backers of this latest venture, This transaction com- pletes the sere | essential to the payment of $55,000,000, due in Ar- gentine notes on March 1 and pre- viously advanced to the government 2 Buenos Aires by American finan- ers. The significance of these moves is two-fold: While the destiny of this South American republic is being |} mortgaged to Wall Street, the extent of “America’s vested rights” in Ar- gentina is aaa B= the day when asserted by force truth and wonderful articles in the magazine make The DAILY WORK- os indispensable.”—B, C., Hartford, mn, How pn readers have you secured for E DAILY WORKER? “You addressed me as ‘Friend’ in your last letter. I would like to be called comrade of the people who are gettin out The DAILY WORK- ER.”—G. f. W Walden, Mass. Dare Not Miss an Issue. “{ think that if I missed a single copy of The DAILY WORKER I would be missing a t deal. En- closed is my renewal,”-—-C, Scheffler, St. Louis. Soviet Russia Sends Grain | AMERICAN WORKERS AND FARMERS Se Answer quick! What is in YOUR heart today? : How much is your feeling of INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY eon Germany’s workers worth? RADICALLY DIFFERENT! SECOND ANNUAL Red Revel Fide tit those rights SATURDAY, F EBRUARY 16 “I missed getting a copy of the Tgp approneliiian Moreover, Based on Feb, 1 issue. Enclosed find $6.10 for | while the American press abounds in that back number and a year’s sub- scription. I don’t want to take chances of missing a copy as I do when buy- ing The DAILY WORKER on the news stands.”—M. Kotman, Phila- delphia, news of the “flight of capital” from . ° pie Germany, nothing is mentioned of the it Discrimina Ly Germany, nothing ie mentioned ot he # Famine Relief WITHOUT Conditions-WITHOUT Political tion which would otherwise be employed |}j f to develop American industry and agriculture and would serve to stave “oe off unemployment if invested at “My subscription expires with this home. - issue. In order to assure the peace of mind of several consumptive pa- tients here I am renewing at once, The poor people who .are sick would be at a great loss if they didn't get The DAILY W' R regularly.” — AP. Denver, | at All these extracts are from letters received in one mail by the business 4 | office. are only a few of the would ed ASHLAND AUDITORIUM Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers’ Germany, - i $500 initial outlay and $2000 es 32 So, Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. monthly will open and maintain an American Soup Kitchen in Ger- many. i Van Buren and Ashland —— $100 in Cash Prizes for Costumes met Enclosed find &...........+.. as my contribation to the support of the American Soup Kitchen. I plodge to send $.............. monthly for this Purpose as @ concrete expression ef my feeling of solidarity with Germany's starving workers and their families, ) ‘Plan Unity of Koreans, PEKING, Feb. 13.—The Korean movement for independance has re- ceived a big push from the action of the esa Dobler in bt ged ‘Koreans in Japan shot, following excivement of the A movement to Foye as Kerean factions is on foot, They have decided to form a revolutionary WE CABLED $500 on January 29th and $2000 on February 2nd, HOW MUCH WILL YOU GIVE TOWARD THE $2000 FOR MARCH? Trade or Profession.. Music HUSK O’HARE’S Bl emddbe that abe Li pect Ng Rei ec they Aes pti page seveteeeresemnnnneecensnenD w. TEN take 9 page of The DAILY WORKER will approach Chinese sebsle fer aid. atin ethan ath avn hy a | oe I ane tom Bory nex DAILY WORKER rade Committee for International Workers’ Aid