The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 29, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT { VOL, II. No, 11. ——__—_____— N.Y, PRINTERS INSISTING ON SIX-HOUR DAY Shorter Hours Solution For Wide Unemployment By H. M. WICKS. (Special te The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Mar. 28. —The greatest unemployment in the printing industry since the crisis of 1907 was the mo- tivating force that caused the adoption of the present de- mands of Big Six (Typograph- ical Union No. 6). Gradual Slowing-Up. When the new scale of hours and wages was presented to the newspaper publishers in December the industrial de- pressjon had just become acute; for months there had been a gradual slowing up of orders in the commercial and book end of the industry causing a steady increase of unemployment and short-time work. The falling off of commercial and newspaper advertising hit the large dailies. In other periods of crises the smaller newspapers of New York suffered severely and on many occasions were closs to bankruptcy. Taking advantage of tne panicky , feelin, rvading the ranks of these ponek oe independent newspaper owners, the representative of the House of Morgan, haley a Mun- ~began.a Zz Wing and wcesellation, “wilt tae result that the unemployment, al- ready a serious problem im the job branch of Typographical Union No. 6, was accentuated by the influx into the ranks of unemployed of those displaced thru newspaper amalga- mations. Printing an Industrial Barometer. Old heads in the printing and publishing game know that this dustry is one of the surest barom ters of industry. The great cor- porations place most of ‘heir print- ing orders in the city of New York. Chicago does a great deal of tariff work for the western trunk line railroads- In -both cities there has been a marked decline of railroad work. Especially have the railroads curtailed their summer advertising. This advertising has dropped by over one hundred. per cent since last year. y Automobile catalogs are fewer and far less elaborate than in the other years since the war. ‘Textile establishments have cut their ad- vertising down to. almost zero, while the mail order houses are all cut- ting their orders. This is_signifi- cant.as it reveals the fact that the capitalists know we are in a period of crisis, altho newspapers are not saying anything about it. In the last crisis the printing industry was not hit until toward the close of the period for the reason that every railroad in the United States had to revise all its tariffs afver passing from governmental control . to. pri- vate hands again. Today, however, the printing in- dustry, as in the past, is a true barometer of ‘industria! prosperity. Shorter Hours a Solution. sige ta-uke ik tones port’ od tha to will abso: e saith arn In New York, with the inauguration of a five-day: week it would practically solve the ques- tion temporarily. Realizing this fact the i to in Big cig together and waged a staunc! for shorter hours ‘with the result that the demand for the six-hour day was incorporated in the new scale presented to the employers on the newspapers. - In face of unemployment in the indust and a period of acute, in- ogee br Reggae setting in thru- out the en' country many unionists telling the leaders A re Six that this is a poor time to The time to strike is now, just the rush of Easter advertis- it stores and|” mesigoet thee is one bogie of the year, un! ie holiday advertising, that great can make ense rin the newspaper to their k ma Today Subscription Rate! RE DUMP DAUGHERTY TO SAVE G.0.P. njunction Harry Told TS Beat It For Cal’s Sabie CAN TIED 0 RED BAITER 26 Strikers Smile at Sullivan’s Sullivan sentenced them on charges of contempt of court for bee yd the injunction he granted his friends the garment osses. Peter Sissman and Willia: and men Sullivan so gladly sentenced is in prison or has paid a cent of fine. : Three 50-Day Sentences. Fi ia Morris Kravis, each of whom also fined the sum of $200. on another devoted striker, Mariott sdick, who also received a $200 to five days in prison and $150 fine. Other Labor Fighters Fined. No other jail sentences were im- posed. All the others were Aned, as follows: Selkoff, $125; Celia Factor, $125; Valentina Pieseki, $125; Emma Deering, £150; Margaret Welch, $150; Charles F. Muller, ‘ix got | Fannie Monart, $125, and Bessie $125; Eugenia Schlacte: Mrs, Setake for te union shop so that ir Op 80 may put more food into the mouths of yn Bornfeld brought into DAILY WORKER men, who were {British (working class with anger. Has Kentucky Son . out on ine, saw ic] Up! with it is ie offer 0! In ya bled M. ‘ ;| Work. They saw the success the |the British Fascisti and other White rou ess ase ee en ile ig pickets had. Guard paler to assist the Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicage, Mlinois, under the Act of March 3, 1 SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1924 ABI 00 In Chicago, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year THE TRIBUNE GOES TO WAR $35,000 PRICE FOR FEDERAL JUDGE'S JOB D. of J. Probers Get Latest Quotations on Judiciary (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.— Former representative J. Van Vechten Olcott, of New York, today told the senate commit- tee investigating the Depart- ment of Justice that Wayne Wilson, a member of the National Republican Club, two years ago offered to secure his appointment as a‘federal judge for $35,000. Olcott said he rejected the offer and felt that it was his duty to inform the committee of the incident. So far as-he knew, Olcott said, Wilson did not represent anyone in the Department of Justice. Olcott is a republican. He served two terms in congress, 1904-1908, from the Fifteenth New York District. ~ “When this man came to me and told me that my name.was promi- T was naturally flatt ‘the ered,” said & Olcott. “Little Money Necessary.” “After we talked the matter over, he said, ‘you know a little. money will be necessary.’ ” “I told him that I was highly ap- preciative of the honor but I could not. understand putting up any money.” What amount did he mention?” “He said that I should pay $10,000 when my name was sent to the senate and $25,000 when I was confirmed.” “What did you say to that?” “T said ‘let’s forget it.’ ” “What company was he with in New York?” asked Brookhart. “T believe with the National Surety Company,” replied Olcott. “We expressed regret at the nam- ing of this man but the committee must have it,” Brookhart said. “Wayne Wilson was the man,” Olcott repeated. “Did he represent anyone else?” asked Senator Jones. Represented “The Boys.” “He said he was representing ‘the “Di boys?” “No.” Did he name Howard Manning- ton?” “No.” “Was he prominently identified with politics in New York?” LONDON MAY WALK IN DARK; ‘STRIKES GROW Electrical Workers in| Threat to Quit {Special to The Daily’ Warker> LONDON, March 28 e threat- ened strike of the subway motormen | called in sympathy with the tram } and bus drivers may bring about the downfall of the MacDonald goy- ernment or the establishment of a temporary dictatorship, unless a last_minute effort to avert the tieup ig successful. To make matters still worse for Mr, MacDonald and his right honor- able associates, the city electrical work threaten to plunge London in darkness to aid their sellow workers who are on strike. The British workers are certainly show- ing a fine spirit of solidarity. e possibility that the infamous DORA or Defense of the Realm Act may be again resurretted for use against the strikers by the so-called labor government has filled the Sentences; All Still Free While Injunction Verdict Is Appealed Twenty-six garment strikers smiled as Judge ‘“Dennie” All the cases are being appealed by defense attorneys m Cunnea and not one of the girls PICKETS! Turn Back the Scabs Monday Morning There must be a double force of jickets Monday morning to turn Pack this sche the ‘toasty aeill try to get over Saturday and Sunday, Last Monday the same thing happened but the pickets were out in force and turned the scabs away. Scores of scabs who came yellow cabs, and in the priva of the bosses, with “s ” on guard, were met by pickets and turned away, sententes’ were given he mention the names of ‘the John Gottleit and ten-day sentence was im»osed Minnie Seidel . was sentenced Republican Club. I never heard of his hole/ig office. He called to see me shortly after the introduction of a bill in Congress to increase the num- ber of federal district judges.” Olcott was then excused. Kentucky’s Liquor Clara Gabin, $125; Ida $175; Minnie Sugarman, Mrs. Isadore Dixler, Eether 125; Mary Keira Pickets were arrested, of were roughed up, of course. Drunken policemen and Sluggers shoved them about and cuffed as they were paid to do, but. the pickets kept up their ngnt. When- ever saw a prospective sca coming went up to her and told her that a strike was on and that must keep away. Strikes are Won on the picket They are won by defying the and “Dennie” Sullivan's in- STRIKES Py? WON BY KEEP- ING THE BS AWAY. Seventy-eight garment bosses have already been compelled to surrender to the workers of Chi- “ON TO THE PICKET LINE wees to keep away the scabs WASHINGTON, March 28,—Rep- resentative John W. Langley, Ken- tucky,. indicted on a, consnizacy charge in connection with tiquor withdrawals, appears in court today to plead and give bond for his trial. At the same time Langley’s col- leagues in the house are consider- ing his status, Langley was indicted with five others, including: Millard F. West, Lancaster, Ky., former deputy commissioner of in- al revenue. Russell M. Sackett, Ben L. Moses, Ha Sattler, all of Pittsburgh. Reiss, New, York. government. The sympathy strike sche.ivied for midnight and MacDonald sum- moned opposing parties in the trans- poretion dispute to the ministry of bor ‘early today for a desperate eleventh hour effort to avert the Such a strike would complete the paralysis of London's transportation and its cont might sic 4 involve the of the government The crisis is conside the most serious has faced She is striking and her. little ones a ato Cacken ‘ livan’s court for contempt of the afternoon, They Strikers Twelye Hours lal Sidne; The indictments resulted from a grand jury investigation into charges outlined by the Chicago hve: jury which recently indicted Charles R. Forbes, former head of the veterans’ bureau. hops for and kerosene lamps and fuel. “He was a member of the National | d: sidered in many quarters as a ruse of a dictatorship, It is freely stated | whims of a parliament, the cabinet is as follows: nance, Mare labor, Vincent; commerce and agri- culture, Loucheur. Article Appears on Page Four of this Section “@aq THE DAILY WORKER. 879, Cents Including Saturday Magazine Section. On all other days Three Cents per Copy. Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1640 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Mlinoia, SOUL OF TRAIN BANDIT JENNINGS REVOLTS AT ACTS OF POLITICIANS WASHINGTON, March 28.— The ancient and honorable “stick- | ion has fallen upon evil days, says Al Jennings, once king | of the outlaws. The former train robber, fresh from his appearance before the | committee, chewed his bitterly in the ante- room of the capitol today while he | mourned the passing of “honest” | American banditry. | ++"“Thieves in my day were good | moral men,” said Al, as he fingered an angry lock of Irish red hair. “They believed in the bible, God Almighty and the efficacy of a six shooter to settle any argument. “Most of them didn’t drink— but if they did hanker occasionally a shot of red eye, they waited until after working hours. Those boys knew that hooch and hold-ups didn’t mix, “But that of course, is all changed now,” he continued. “There are only two kinds of ban- dits in thi First, there is the crooked politician and, second, the high school scapegrace.” “The old time robber usually was forced into a life of crime. Per- haps a hasty shooting had put him outside the pale of the law. He robbed to live,” he said, “The juvenile criminal of today isn’t a poor cow-puncher who knows he’s done wrong. He goes into it because he wants to, be- cause of the excitement, because be knows that the only crime today is getting caught. “Then comes dope and liquor to spur up his courage. With hie ‘snow’ to sniff, he’s a raging nm. Without it, he is a cringing, cowardly rat...The men who held ty-five y, ‘shot’ to gi had it. They I'm one and I've still got LOUCHEUR, Big STEEL KING, IN FRENCH CABINET Next Step May Be Dic- HARRY BY GAL Refusal To Submit His Files Brings Ouster (Special te The Daily Worker) (WASHINGTON, Mar. 28.—~ At the request of President Coolidge, Attorney General Daugherty today resigned from the cabinet. The resignation was announced from the White House where Daugherty’s letter acceding to the President’s de- mands was given out. “The resignation of Attorney General Daugherty will not halt the senate investigation of his administration of the De- partment of Justice,” Senator {Wheeler said when told of Daugherty’s resignation. Daugherty’s letter follows: “My Dear Mr. President: “I hereby acknowledge receipt of your letter of, March 27 by the hand of your secretary requiring my re- signation as attorney general of the United States, “Solely out of deference and in com- pliance therewith I hereby tender my resignation. While you do not state when you desire my resignation to become effective I must respectfully request it khecome effective forth- with, “Yours very truly, \ “H. M. Daugherty, attorney general.” _ The president's letter to Daughérty follows: “My’ Dear Mr. Attorney General: “Since my conference with you I have examined the proposed reply you Suggest making to the demand that you furnish the committee investigat- ing the Department of Justice with files from that department, relating to litigation and to the bureau of in- vestigation, “You represent to me and to the committee in your letter that it would not be compatible with the public in- terests to comply with the demand and conclude your letter with a state- ment that I approve that position, Certainly I approve the well estab- lished principle that departments should not give out information or documents where such a course Would be Getrimental to the public interests and this principle is always peculiarl: applicable to your department whic! has such an jntimate relation to the administration Of justice. “But you will readily perceive that T am unable to form an independent tatorship (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, March 28.—T.ovis Louch- eur, wealthiest of French Industrial- ists, accepted the important post of Minister of Commerce and of Posts and Telegraph, in the new Poincare cabinet. The presence of the rich steel baron in the French govern- ment was commented on widely to- lay. It was noted that Lourheur is the author of the famous declara- tion that France would never ay the debt owed to the united States. Owes $4,000,000,000. France owes the United States| around four billion dollars. A large ! part of this loan was used by France to pay the cost of raising 7 big military establishments in bland and other European coun- | tries under France’s tutelage. Poincare is completely revising his | cabinet. His resignation {3 now con- to get rid of some of the deadwood in the last cabinet and to lay the groundwork for the establishment here that Morgan before granting the loan that saved the frane and the Poincare government, secured the promise that repayment of the one hundred million dollars must not be allowed to depend on the New Cabinet. With three posts yet.to be filled Premier, foreign affairs, Pvincare; col- Fabry; war, Maginot; public Le Trocquer; interior, De- judgement in this instance without a long and intricate investigation of voluminous papers, which I cannot personally make and so I should be compelled to follow the. usual practices in such cases and rely upon your ad- vice as attorney general and head of the department of justice. Conflict of Interests. “But you will see at once that the committee is investigating your per- sonal conduct and hence you have be- come an interested party and the a (Continued on page 2.) 28 MORE MINERS’ LIVES IS TOLL OF GOAL TRUST IN W, VA. (Special to The Dally Worker) CHARLESTON, W. March 28th.—Twenty-cight miners here ed Virginia Bureau of Mines. mining chief made prepar: go to the of the accident. > WELCH, W. Va, March 28,— Bodies of 13 of the miners en- ino of the Yukon. Coal Company at Yu- kon, McDowell County, were re- moved this afternoon. It is be- lieved the remaining 12 have also lost their li liberated regions, Marin; fi- education, Jouvenel; s