The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 27, 1924, Page 2

9th CAL ASKS AID FOR OUSTING OF DAUGHERTY Attorney-General On Trial By Wheeler Resolution (Special to The Daily Worker) Shi , 5 ‘o’s biggest labor struggle for 1924 begins this morning when thousands of dressmakers leave their plants for the 40-hour week and the union shop. The workers in this terribly sweated industry will have the whole-hearted support of the DAILY WORKER and of the entire labbr movement of Chicago. The very life of organized labor in the dressmaking industry is at stake. Union and Non-Union Out. Union and non-union dressmakers are going on strike to- The unionists are fighting to save themselves from the open shop fate that their employers ordained for them and the WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—] workers from the non-union shops are taking this general strike President Coolidge today asked| opportunity to end the miserable conditions under which they gether. his cabinet to help him decide] have been toiling in the scab plants. what to do about Daugherty. before a meeting of his ad- visers these alternatives, re- specting the attorney general: 1—That he be permitted to remain in the cabinet pending a senate hear- ing of the charges against him. Un- der this arrangement, it would be understood that Daugherty would place his resignation in the Presi- dent’s hands at once to be accepted after the senate inquiry was ended. If the senate “acquitted” him, Daugherty then could resign with- out “quitting under fire.” If it “con- victed” him he would have to resign. 2.—That Daugherty be asked to resign at once. This would put’ the President in direct opposition to John T. Adams, chairman of the re- publican national committee, and other political leaders but would find him in agreement with senatorial leaders like Lodge, Pepper and Bo- rah. Because of the belief that some action regarding Daugherty was im- pending at the White House, senators backing the Wheeler resolution for investigation of the Department of Justice indicated they might not at- tempt to pass the measure today. It is to come up and debate on it will constitute in a sense a preliminary trial of Daugherty, as the charges made by Senator Wheeler and others are to be thoroly discussed. Its adoption, however, may go over until tomorrow, unless the ex- pected announcement from the White House decides senators to put it thru at once. Daugherty Has Defense. i Daugherty wants the investigation started without delay and is ready to meet it with a partial defense which he has placed in the hands of Senator Willis, Ohio. The attorney-general in a letter to| Willis admitted he speculated in| Sinclair oil stock. He bought it be- fore he became attorney-general, he said, and six months after Teapot Dome was leased to Sinclair, Daugh- erty sold some of his stock in an ef-| fort to recoup losses. Then he} bought it back again. Finally in the 23 he sold all his Sinclair holdings, (taking a loss of about $28 a share. He denied that in his stock deal- ings he had any “tip” or that he ever used any information that came to him as a government official. No opinion was ever asked of him regarding the leasing of the naval reserves, Daugherty wrote, and he never gave one. He said he had no connection whatsoever with the leas- ing. Hits Reed’s Candidacy. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 26.—Senator James A. Reed of Missouri is not a bona fide candidate for the presi- dency, but is furthering a scheme of “Hearst and Murphy and Brennan” te prevent the nomination of McAdoo at the national convention, Brecken- ridge Long, assistant secretary of state under Wilson, charged today in a letter to Green Terrill of Moberly, Mo., a member of the state demo- cratic committee. Hurt by Falling Timber. Several persons were injured, some fatally, when a load of timber fell 22 floors from the Straus building to the street here today. The tim- bers slipped from a hoist and fell within a few feet of crowded Michi- gan Boulevard. Huge splinters struck pedestrians and one timber bounced into an automobile, injuring the driver, Invoke Quarantine. OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 26.—Because of foot and mouth disease outbreaks in California resulting in quarantine of Fresno and San Luis Obispo and all counties north, shipmd#/its of live stock originating in or passing thru California will not be received or unloaded at the Omaha yards, ac- cording to an embargo issued today by ‘the local stock yards company. Another Movie Report Denied. PARIS, Feb. 26.—Madame Peters, mother of the wife of Max Linder, French film star, announced today re- ceipt of a telegram from her daugh- ter, who is in Vienna, denying re- ports that Linder and his bride had taken veronal and were dying. The rumor, which reached here Saturday is believed a hoax. Painful But Worth While. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26.—Helen Ferguson, screen actress, today dis- played to friends a “worked over” nose of which she is very proud, It is minus a “bump” that was the bane of her existence because she had to dodge all profiles. The oper- ation was painful but worth while, she declares. Bandits Busy In St. Louis. 8ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 26.—Six bandits today herded employes of the Citizens Bank of Maplewood, a suburb, into a back room and es- caped with $8,500 in a hail of shots from a watchman. Payroll bandits yesterday netted $4,600 here in three successful holdups. : The following strike call has been sent to every shop by The President was to place|the General Strike Committee of the International Ladies’ Gar- which is managing the walkout: ment Workers’ Union, General Strike Order General Strike in the Drass Industry Today, Wednesday, February 27, 1924 Declared AT 10:30 A. M. SHARP All workers in the dress industry, cutters, operators, finishers, pressers, drapers, beaders, examiners, etc., are hereby ordered to cease work at 10:30 A. M. SHARP and report immediately at the headquarters of the strikers. Leave your shop in an orderly manner. Take your tools with you. Avoid having any arguments with your employers. On another page of this strike order you will find the place where the workers of every shop will meet. When you leave the shop, proceed to the meeting place designated for your shop. The workers did their utmost to avoid this strike. It was forced upon us by the employers, and the time has come when the men and women in the dress industry will make their em- ployers realize that the Union cannot be destroyed. That the working conditions and wages of the workers must be improved and that the workers will not return to work until their juet and reasonable demands will be granted to them. Long Live the Unity of the Workers! By Order of the General Strike Committee , of the Chicago Locals, INTERNATIONAL LADIES’ GARMENT WORKERS’ UNION. Meeting Places in the Loop ALL WORKERS OF THE LOOP DISTRICT WILL MEET IN. THE FOLLOWING HALLS: The Workers of the Following Shops Will Meet at 180 W. Washington St. Roem 400, 180 W. Washington St. Arnold & Lams Co. Famous Dress Co. Mutual Dress Co. R. & D, Dress Co. Sylvan Garment Co. Broadway Dress Co. Freeman & Feinberg Heller & Son. Fuchs & Geller. Gilbert & Zechman. Libby Dress Co. Samuel Cohe: Perlstein & Moll & Kupersmith. Kupersmith & Sholder. M. Slakoff & Co. Ess & Ess Dress Co. * Klafter & Sobel. Julian Dress Co. Trieman Brothers. Agnew pobsicate & Co. Co. Ferguson, We' A. Larner. | Stein & Seiden. Mitchell Brothers. Sherman & Berman. Katz & Dolinsky. Room 301, 180 W. Washington St. Berkson Mfg. Cp. Alport & Cutler. ‘Adolph Hass. Room 401, 180 W. Washington St. Seiden Brothers. Nat Stein. Elias Mann. Windsor Dress Co. Gray Garment Co. Jack Shure. Greenstein & Co, Room 300, 180 W. Washington St, Arnold & Nudelman. Hymen Brothers. N. Amsterdam. DuFine & Kralstein. Pierce Dress Co. Einstein & Co. Lieberman & Co. Frank Kaplan & Brothers. Deitch & Miller. Berge Garment Co. Elaine Dress Co. Godett & Gross, Ellis Bernard. Milady Dress Co. Liedtke, G. W. Hugo DuBrock & Co. Rubloff, S. W. Slotnick & Schwartz. Room 201, 180 W. Washington St, n-Eintracht Co. Witkowsky & Co. Wholesale Dress Co, Empire Drees Co. Sunshine Dress Co. Franklin Dress Co. Rosenthal & Liss. | All workers who are unemployed will meet at 20 W. Randolph Street in meeting room on the 4th fleor. All Other Shops in the Loop District that Are Not Mentioned Here Will Meet at 180 W. Washington St. (| The workers of the following sheps will meet at 20 W. Randolph St Main Large Hall, 29 W. Randolph St. 3rd Floor Apfelbaum & Stern. Novelty Garment Co. Rubback & Lozins. Paul Wachtel, Cc. H. Lowenthal. Nat Cohen. M. Goldstein. H Spivack. | attan Dress Co, Sloan, J. F Gawel. le Dress Co. jonial Frock Co. Hirsch & Feldman. B. M. Michel. Florentine Dress Co. Glassgold, D. & Co, Maryland Costume Co. Raymond Dress Co, Blum & Templer. Bell Dress Co. IWinois Dress Co. : Knee Brothers. Langman & Wolkowits Sobel Garment Co. Ball Room, 4th Fl., 20 W. Randolph Street. J. Reinhardt Nat Ribback. Gavlin & Kovler. N. H., Fried. Roth-Worsky Weiss & St Alveon Dress Cohen & Sai Wm, Goldstein, Mouloff Dress Co. Jeanette Frock Co. University Frock Co, Silverstone & Golden. R. & H. Dress Co. Singer & Noodelman. Karlin & Munvis, Graceline Dress Co. Garfinkel Dress Co, Weiss Dress Co. Queen Dress Co. “OTHE DAIL Y% cere eeen remanence setae tetera heme ce eomnameoncrmenciee NNER ‘ates <i “nanan En Chicago Dressmakers ‘Striking Today to Eliminate Sweatshops and Unionize the Entire Industry _ |TEACHERS FIGHT PLATOON SCHOOL AS ROBOT MAKER National Ass’n Boosts It The people who are advocating the platoon system for the public schools before the department of superin- tendence of the National Education Association are all neglecting to tell the teachers and superintendents just how the platoonizing of the schools affect the teachers, Rose Phillips, the director of pla- toon schools in Detroit, in speaking before the department of elementary school principals yesterday, urged its financial economy, its effect on the normal life of the school children, its effect on the teaching of the three R’s and on social relationships, but did not say anything about the effect of the platoon ‘system on the teachers. y The Chicago school teachers who are opposed to the platoon system are opposed because of its effect on the teacher and teaching. Teacher Becomes Machine. In the perfect platoon school sys- tem all lessons on all subjects are prepared by one person who super- vises the teaching of each subject. That means that one person would prepare the lessons, for instance, on history for all the children attend- ing school in Chicago. At the same time in all the schools in Chicago, if it were run under the platoon sys- tem, history would be taught. At the same moment in all the schools history would cease to be taught and the next subject on the program taken up. The real danger of the platoon system rests in the fact that a per- son who does not come in contact with children prepares the lessons and the teachers merely repeat like parrots what has been prepared for them. Standardized Education. No provision is made for the ex- ceptional cla: r child. Everything is standardized to the last degree. The teacher is told what to teach and is assigned so much time in which to teach it. A given amount of ground must be covered in a given amount of time: A supervisor who had any preju- dices or ideas would undoubtedly work them into the preparation of lessons. The teachers would be bound to teach these ideas whether or not she agreed with them. Much has been made by advocates of the advantages of the use that the school auditorium could be put to carry on certain kinds of propa- ganda. The teachers who oppose the standardized lessons could! and no doubt would be used to spread propa- ganda, Away From Freedom, The teachers are made mere par- rots under the platoon system the teachers say. They point out that the modern trend in education is all toward freedom in the schools and classes and away from fixed stand- ards. More reliance is placed on the individual pupil and less and less on the prepared lessons under all plans advocated by real educators; The platoon system leaves no place for individuality of any sort. The les- sons and schedules are prepared and teachers and pupils alike are made to fit into this schedule. The U. S. Bureau of Kducation in conference on platoon schols begins in the Hotel Sherman tomorrow. The conference on platoon schools begins dreds of school superintendents and principals who are in Chicago attend- ing the convention of the National Education Association. This conference is the big bid of the Bureau of Education for the pla- toonizing of the schools and the robotizing of both the teachers and the pupils. School Spies Are ’ Attending Sessions of the N. E. A. Here (Continued from page 1.) State and the dean of men at Mlinois (T. A. Clark) resorted to a great deal of spy work. The industrial angle of this spy work is just beginning to be appa- rent. Employers are fishing around for some way to contro] the “morale” of their girl workers, to keep them away from unions, to keen them sat- isfied with low wages and long hours and no hope of advancement. girl agitators in the department stores must be spotted and weeded out, the wage grumblers must be silenced. Industrial “Deans” Are Spies. The bosses are beginning to ap- point their own deans of women to do the job. Sometimes they call them personnel directors; sometimes, like People’s Gas Co. of Chicago, they call them deans of women. College girls looking around for a future job see this new industrial opening. They ask their deans of women for advice on how to prepare for the work. And they get the ad- vice, They learn that capital and labor have identical interesta. They learn that “even a millionaire is dis- contented with his income.” And so on, Last summer a course specially for deans of women was given at Teach- ers’ College, Columbia University, New York, The woman professor who gave the course was asked point blank: “Did you teach them about running tems ?”” Educational members of the union : (Continued from page 1) violence of the hired thugs of the bosses. During past strikes here the bosses have hired sluggers to beat up the workers and try to in- timidate them, The action of the sixteen expelled in offering their services to the joint board to help win the strike for the workers has aroused the sympathy of the members of the union and scores of them are demanding that the expelled members be taken back into the union without delay, Headquarters for the strike have been established in the Hotel Atlan- tic, 316 S. Clark St.,. where the strike committee will direct the strike activities and settle with the bosses who want to open their shops under union conditions. The Workers ef the Following Shops Will Meet at i Schoenhofen’s Hall, 1214 N. Ashland Ave. H. Alexander. ee American Stile Garment Co. Becker & Weiner. Cohen & Resnikoff. Doctor & Radman, Justromb, Samuel. Savitt, D. Weiss, Samuel. Viola Dress Co. Novack Garment Co. Jay Dee Garment Co, Camille Garment Co. Goldstein, Samuel. Meyer, H. Ferdinand, J. Groner & Fingerhut. G, & S. Dress Co. Greenberg & Co, Arthur Lang. Terry & Greeman. Weinberg & Brandon. Levy, J. New York Dress Co, Phillip Gauss, | | { Sopkin Dress Shop. Walter Mfg. Co. Sam Sobel. Mitteldorf Dress Co. P. Lyons, 1300-1500 Milwaukee Ave. And all workers from Grand Ave., Ashland Ave., Division St., Chicago Ave., Broadway, Ellen St., Paulina St. and Seeley Ave. t# 8 ALL UNEMPLOYED. All those who are unemployed will meet at 20 W, Randolph Street in the meeting room on the 4th floor. The Workers of the Following Shops Will Meet at the West Side Auditorium, corner Taylor St. and Racine Ave. Washington Dress Co, Miller Brothers. Young Dress Co. Reliance Cloak & Dress Co. Active Dress Co, Standard Dress Co. J, O’Brien Dress Co. LUDENDORFF ON Horberg Dress Co. Model Dress Co. Schwartz, J. ae te a All shops from 18th St. to Grand A and from Crawford tq Canal streets, to the West Side Auditorium, ANTI-LANDIS MEN “TRIAL FOR BEER NOT INFORMED OF CELLAR PUTSCH CONFAB, THEY SAY Pressmen and Witnesses| Conference. on Chicago at the Opening (Special to The Daily Werker) ‘MUNICH, Feb. 26.—In the gloomy chambers of the ola war academy, all entrances to which were pro- tected by barbed wire and armed ‘soldiery General Ludendorff, his step-son, Lieut. Heinz Pernet, Adolf Hittler and seven former army offi- cers and doctors were tried today’ for treason. Ludendorff stalked at the head of the little procession of prisoners as they were marched into the dock. Hittler, notorious monarchist agi- tater, brought up dhe rear, lugging a huge portfolio of defense docu- ments under an arm. Ludendorff and Hittler entered the trial chamber where sixty newspa- permen and fifty witnesses were the only ones besides judges and guards admitted. Of the prisoners, only Lieut. Rob- ert Wagner was in uniform. Ludendorff’s bearing was proud and sneering, as tho he ignored the somewhat ignominous position with which he was confronted. The crime with which the pris- oners were charged was of ports against the state in that they led the ludicrous beer cellar putsch that failed so completely Nov. 8, 1923. The trial opened at 8:30 a. m. The complete list of prisoners in- cluded: General Ludendorff, Adolf Hittler, Lieut. Heinz Pernet, Ernst Poehner, Dr. Wilhelm Frick, Dr. Friedrich Weber, Capt. Ernst Rohem, Lieut. Withelm Nrueckner, Lieut. Robert Wagner. Colonel Hermann Kriebel ‘and Chief Judge Ladgericht presided. Altho it was understood that the defense of the accused was to have involved throwing most of the blame for the putsch that failed upon Gen- eral von Kahr and General Lossow, plans were changed by defense coun- sel at the last minute. Von Kahr, dictator of Bavaria, and Lossow, head of the army, resigned Hed week. rari will a ey o-opera’ in the putsch ns. ¢ defendants planned to claim they were not guilty of treason | Labor since they did not aim to separate Bavaria from the reich, but to es- tablish a new form of government, namely a monarchy. The trial began after the judges had filed solemnly into the chamber. District Attorney ein read the indictment, which was a lengthy recital of events orethat fateful beer cellar night. of women at the Blackstone this week says nothing about espionage. There are speeches on mental hy- giene, on social and moral pro! lems, on patriotism, All are uttered in modulated, disciplined, authorita- tive and insinuating voices. The real works of the dean business are dis- cussed outside of convention sessions, 5 Dicks in Big Business, Then the deans reveal themse'ves Spy systems as the academic dicks for big bust- "Yes, but we didn’t call it that,” | ness, sesoin the college name un- she replied. “We called it el.” | blemis! economic or The regular program of the deans heresy so that these well : Issue, March 17 Representatives of those building trades unions which refused to rec- ognize the Landis Award and have a separate building trades council charge that they were not notified about an important conference to be held March 17 for the purpose of de- termining which is the authorized building trades council. Yesterday it was announced that the conference is to take place with the members of the executive coun- cil of the building trades department of the American Federation of La- bor and international officers par- ticipating. Landis Crux of Trouble. The situation which finds Chicago with two rival building trades coun- cils grew out of the arbitration award of 1921. Some of the build- ing trades unions agreed to arbi- trate their demands with Landis as arbitrator while some of the unions, notably the carpenters and the paint- ers, refused to arbitrate. Landis handed down a decision adversely affecting not only the men who had to accept him ag arbitrator but also affecting all trades which had not agreed to arbitrate. As a result of the refusal of most of the unions to accept the award ri- val building trades were set up. The split in the ranks of the building trades workers was the sig- nal for the open shoppers, under the leadership of T. E. Donnelly to try to force the employment of non- union workers in all the trades which refused to agree to the terms of Judge Landis, Meeting Just Held In New York. The painters have been demand- ing that the building trades unions be brought together in one council. At the Portland convention of the building trades department of the American Federation o- Labor the executive council was instructed to meet with the international officers of the unions and straighten ont the matter. As a result the eaecu- tive council called meeting which was held in New York Citv last Monday, The building trades depart- ment of the American Federation of refused to recognize either of the Chicago building trades, councils, At the New York meeting all the | cited for heroi building trades uniong with the éx- ception of the carpenters were ren- resented by their international offi- cers. ci are not a part of the building trades denartment. Their president, James Hutcheson. was invited but declined to attend the meeting. propaganda plants can function for the existing order at their highest efficiency. Industrial espionage is an estab- lished department in the Americar economic scheme, The-special job of the college end is taken care of hy the aoe men and women, The factory department store deans are their understudies, eer he, pn 36 the United’ ilway and: orkers’ strike ended, with the workers winning con- an ! i "Wednesday, Fel 7, 192. —_—_—_—_—_———————E_E Le APPEAL FROM AN UNJUST VERDICT ' Amazed at Decision for Scab Employers The upholsterers’ union ask for a new’ trial for the four members of their union and Fred Jurish, a mem- ber of the painters’ union, who were convicted of conspitgey to boycott in Judge Wells’ court. — The verdict of guilty came as a complete surprise to the men on trial who felt confident that they would be acquitted. The jury was out sev- eral hours before it brovabt in its verdict. The jury not only found the defendants ilty but fixed. the SO pape Thomas Q’Shea and illiam Riordon were fined $100 and Gus Dahl, Michael J. McKenna, and Fred Jurish were fined $50 each. i A Compromise Verdict. The verdict was evidently a com- promise one reached by the jury after it had deliberated some time. The men on trial were indicted last December following unsuccess- ful efforts of the employing uphols- terers’ association to break a strike which had lasted since May first. Dudley ‘Taylor, attorney for the up- holstery bosses, was the prime mover in having the men indicted and brought to trial. The entire case, boiled down, con- sistea of the charge that the men on trial ane pasted stickers appealing to building trades workers to ask upholstery workers with whom, they came in contact to show their union cards. So flimsy was the case against the defendants that they did not put up a defense, considering that the state ie not proven that a conspiracy ex- isted. Life of Unionism at Stake. The men who were on trial have repeatedly said that conviction would be a court declaration to the labor movement in Chicago that union ac- tivities were illegal “If we are con- victed it may be legal to strike but it will not be legal to tell anyone about the strike, When a strike is called it will have to be kept a secret” is the way one of the men put it. _ As soon as the jury had returned its verdict the lawyers for the de- fense notified the court that would make motions for a new Ny The court has set March 8th as the eet ag which the motions will be The fines will not be collected until after the motions for a new trial have been heard. Foster to Speak Tonight on Lessons of Miners’ Convention “The Lessons of the Miners’ Con- vention” and the effects of the de- cisions of this body on the labor movement in genera] wi'l be the subject of a lecture by liam Z. Foster on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the Northwest Hall, at the next reg- ular monthly meeting of the le Union Educational League. To militants coming to hear Wil- liam Z. Foster, the program assures additional features. Earl Browder, editor of the La- bor. Herald, will review the new la- bor developments in England in his talk on “The Strike and the Labor Government in Great Britain.” This review of the most interest- ing developments in the field of labor from the view of the militant is, according to a new decision of the local board, Trade Union Edu- cational League, to become a feature of every monthly meeting. Besides these two features, enough to insure the success of any meet- ing there is another of great in- terest to the large group of needle trades workers, as well as’ to alt militants—a report on the recently held national trades conference by Phil Aronberg. The meeting, beginning promptly at 8:15, promises to be the most successful held in months, Two Mexican Bulls Drive Away Whole Herd of Fascisti (By The Federated Press) MEXICO CITY, Feb. 26.—Altho there has been more real fighting in this rebellion than in previous Mexi- can revolutions, the whole affair is not devoid of its comic opera side. Today’s news) rs gravely announce a victory in Saltillo. A band of fas- cisti (size not given) under ex-Col. Jimenez, attacked Saltillo in order to replenish their supplies, Two policemen, whose names should be ism, were on the out- fascist arzived began fring’ at them, al nm 5 After a brief of shots, the fascisti fled in confusion and lo was saved, GOOD CLOTHES for Men and Boys Shoes -- Furnishings ~ Hats —Two stores— Lincoln & Wrightwood Avenues Lincoln Ave, & Irving Park Blvd. and AY