The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 3, 1924, Page 3

a p) | a Thursday, April 3, 1924 eheasaiatia-atenret niente minaret eeienmetateemee THE DAILY WORKE Page Three OIL THIEVES DQ {Over Five Billion Dollars Estimated Plunder of Poincare And Pals In Financial Scandal NOT HONOR OLD ROBBER CODE Standard Steals March On Little Ones By LUDWELL DENNY. (Staff Correspondent of the Federated Press NEW YORK, April 2.—Lawless oil capitalists recognize one law-—or, are supposed to. It is an unwritten law, based on the ancient and respectable conviction that there should be honor among thieves. Gyp the government out if its lands, overcharge the con- sumer, underpay the workers and ‘use the Burns detective agency (head- quarters U. S., department of justice, Washington, D. C., to break the un- ions, and when business is bad sell a load of fake stocks, All the while try to keep the U. S. state department fixed so that it can throw a war for democracy whenever your Mexican oil profits are endangered or the Bri- tish beat you to the grab in Persian petroleum, Standard Breake Rule. But—lay off your oily fellows. That seems to be the rule. “ There is a rumpus in Wall Street ause some say that Standard Oil has broken the rule. W. C. Teagle, president, Standard of New Jersey, on the basis of U.S. geological survey figures showing a reduction of pe- troleum stocks at the end of January, forecast that consumption would soon pass production. On the supposition of a prospective oil shortage prices went up. Now, however, the government is- sues revised figures showing that there were 2,246,000 barrels surplus of petroleum exclusive of producers’ stocks east of the Rockies, ‘which were not in the original government fig- ures, No government explanation is given except a footnote explaining that the revised total includes 948,- 000 barrels not previously reported. Some time ago Herbert Hoover pulled a similar oversight in sugar figures and prices went up also. Withheld Reports. ‘The little oil fellows here are say- ing among themselves that Standard withheld reports of its surplus stocks to the government to justify an in- crease in prices of crude oil, and got away with it. The honor among thieves rule having broken down, they now suggest “in the interests of the public” that regular and complete re- ports of surplus stocks be made com- pulsory by law. Tho the pessimistic ones point out that there are ways-in which oil capitalists ean break even written laws. Big Strike on German Waterfront; Sailings Cancelled HAMBURG, April 2.—The German water frant is on strike. In Ham- burg and Bremen, the chief ports, all harbor workers have downed tools to preserve the 48-hour week. The North German Lloyd Co. had invited the American correspondents resident in Berlin to take part in a two-day trial cruise of the gigantic new steam- er Columbus, March 19 and 20. The invitations were recalled on account of the strike. . Since the beginning of the strike, 48 ocean going steamers and freight- ers have arrived at Hamburg, besides those in port when the strike began. These ships are lying idle, since there is sxactically nobody to unload or load them. The “technical emergency help,” an organization of strikebreakers, mobilized only 539 men, of whom 346 were employed on four steamers in Hamburg creer | perishable food- stuffs, and 193 on five steamers ana three barges in Altoona, right out- side of Hamburg. City Walks Unshaved To Work as Barbers And Carmen Strike SCRANYON, Pa., April 2.—Trac- tion lines in and around Scranton were completely tied up after the walkout Tuesday of 600 employes of the Scranton Railway Company. Lines running from Forest City to Duryear, as well as the city lines, were not running a car, and over 100,000 people were walking today fe the strike. The strike tied up the Lacka- wanna Valley, ulmost all the indus- trial plants located there being tied ‘up. demanded 17 cents an hour increase, and struck rather than accept me- diation from federal and business in- terests who wanted to force the men to accept less, The Journeymen Varbers’ Union at the same time tied up all the bar- ber shops in town, striking . for higher pay and shorter hours, meni Mon T Tey .—The seventh in- tional furworkers’ will terna! ’ congress be held in Berlin July 28 to 80. This] to will bably be the first time the ka aap! Am will be repre- pect uy delegates, Fur Work- ers’ Union of the United States and Canada joined the international in 1922, One of the big questions is whether the furworkers’ international shall be amalgamated with the cloth- ing workers’ international, PARIS, April 2.—Seventy billion francs—more than $5,500,000,000. That is the estimate by members of the chamber of deputies of the takings of grafters who have pre- cipitated the most colossal scandal that the French republic has ever known, or the French nation for that matter, for even ,.ouis Four- teenth, the Grand, the Magnificent, never made such a raid on the treas” ury. The Teapot Dome grafters are pikers, ‘They ought to come over to Fraace and take a few lessons. No twonder Poincare wasn’t es- pecially anxious to form another ministry to take ‘the place of the one which resigned because of a defeat in parliament. There never One figure emerged into the lime- light as the fight went on. It was that of -M. Inghels, deputy from the department of the North. M. Inghels proceeded to dig into the ministry of reconstruction. He put other investigators to work, It was found that steel and iron interests, sugar batons, textile plant owners, large manufacturers mine owning industrialists and other big business men, whose property lay in the devastated regions had overestimated their damages by the scores of millions and collected, Among the astounding claims, one of the most amazing has to do with a great metallurgical firm at Longwy. This firm owned a vast steel works in that town before the Two Big French Grafters Poincare (left) and Loucheur, and a caricature of the Jatter from one of the Paris newspapers. was such a stinking mess to clean up. s Charged to Reparations, Germany occupied during the war .some fifteen thousand square miles of French territory, This was the so-called “devastated area” to which the French government turned its attention when, the peace came. In order to push reconstruc- tion, the government directed that everybody who had property in that area which suffered impairment or’ destruction should draw up a bill of damages, representing his losses, and present it to the ministry of reconstruction, The ministry, backed -by the parliament, met these claims and charged them against Germany for reparations, One year ago, a local paper ex- ploded a bombshell by starting to print a series of articles revealing frauds in reconstruction claims put in by big business interests. The series was just started, and a gale began to sweep about political Paris when the paper quite mysteriously ceased publication of the articles. Meantime, M. Poincare had sent his army into the Ruhr and Ger- many began her fiscal debacle. Still No one paid heed to the charges of scandal. Then the French france began to tumble. Germany was paying little or nothing on her vast war bill. The French government had expended stagyering sums on reconstruction, sums which were not being met by German payments. A fiscal crisis resulted, The Bubble Bursts. Then the storm broke. The op- position to Poincare in the French chamber went out and collected data on the reconstruction frauds, Case after case was cited of the swindling of the public treasury by powerful business interests domi- ailed in the devastated regions. Trachtenberg Tour Thursday, April 3, 8 p. m., Erie, Pa., Cen- tral Labor Hall, 8. E. Cor, 17th and State. Friday, April 4, 8 p. m., East Pittsburgh, Ps., Workers Home, Electric and North Aves. p. m., Pittsburgh, Pa., x jer St. 6, 2 p. ms Pittsburgh, Pa., Penn Ave. between 6th and Bentleyville, Pa., Tuesday, April 8, 8 p. m. Cantor Ohio, Schlobach Hi 421 Market Ave. N. Wednesday, A) a Se Neonat Ohio, full Saturday, Labor Ly Sunday, Moose Temple, Tth Sts, M April 7, 7 p. Unton Holl, tenteof 8 conductors and motormen | “tails te appes 2536 » April 13, 2:30 p. m., Cleveland, Royal Hall, 5217 Woodland, Monday, April 14, 8 p. ma Toledo, Ohio, Labor Flog ary and Michigan, ‘Tuesday, P. Detroit, House of the Masses, 2101" Gratiot “Ave. Wednesday, April 16, 8 p. m., Detroit, House of the Masses, 2101 Gratiot Ave. (Russian ‘Trade Unions). Thursday, appr Grand Rapids, full de- tails to , Friday, 18, Chicago, full details to Apri 19, Milwaukee, full details Sunday, Aprii 20, Gaiy, Ind., fall details to appear later, Removing Workers From Office. WEIMAR, Germany, April 2.—The “law and order” forces of Thuringia, which with the aid of federal German troops secured an electoral victory over the Socialists and Communists in ie , are rigorously firing wor! held political jobs under the adnatRiateatlons all reduction of under the plea of favored unempl and and enges, They are lation that war victims, representatives whol the Sea a oe SR TE cs ES SN. i PR SS EI lS te dle Aa war. When the Germans took pos- session of the place they did not destroy the plant, as they often did in other cuses. They decided to op- erate i¢ and produce war materials for themselves. When the armistice came they withdrew, leaving the plant almost intact and leaving also, nearly 50 per cent of the materials. The business, estimated, was worth at the outbreak of the war about 250 million francs, or 20 million dollars, The company put in a claim for 447 million francs war damage to their nlant, or about 87 million dollars, They were paid by the gov- ernment $69 million francs, or in the vicinity of $30,700.00, 200 Convictions, He Says When che big business interests in some of the districts got wind of the intention of the government, records for taxes and property val- uations in many of the ruined dis- tricts disappeared. : The Communist deputies are ac- cusing the great wetal trust of France, many of whose members have -larg¢ business holdings in the devastated area, with trying to block publicity thru political pres- sure. One deputy a few days ago publicly declared that one of the biggest metallurgical men in the country is fighting against expos- ure. When he named this man as Louis Loucheur, the French chamber was transformed into a pandemon- ium, In reply to the charges of the dep- uties that the “Ministry of Liberated Regions has become the grave of scandals,” the minister who headed this government department in the Poincare cabinet that has just re- signed announces that no less than five hundred prosecutions have been undertaken against the swindlers, and two hundred convictions have been obtained to date, I. L. G. W. Organizes Three Thousand More N.Y. Needle Workers NEW YORK, April 2.—A new branch of the clothing industry in New York will operate. under union conditions in the future following a two-weeks’ strike carried'on by the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ union, Tuckers, pleaters, hem- stitchers and ornamental workers on women’s clothing who had been work- ing from 45 to 60 hours a week, will get a reduction of hours to 42 and wage increases in 90 per cent of the shops, The most important gain is unien recognition for the 3,000 workers who have received a charter as local 41,1. L. G, W. The union began its organizing campaign two months ago. The work, formerly in. the dress and waist shops, has developed during the last three years into a special indus- try. Improved working conditions are provided in the contract. Minimum wages are fixed at $35 a week for tuckers, $45 for pleaters, $30 for hemstitchers, and $30 for novelty workers, Progressives Denounce Fusion, OMAHA, Neb., April 2—W. H. Green, epee and J, L. oe chairman progressive party, have issued a call for a convention May ist in Omaha. They denounce small minority of the frosts. sive party members who favor.an alliance in the April 8th primary with the democratic party, IMPEACH COOLIDGE! y a eae a eee Five Lonely Scabs ‘Work While STRIKE TIES UP JOINTS ALONG THE GREAT WHITE WAY Plutes’ Eating Places Hit by Class Struggle (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, April 2.—The gaiety has gone out of nine of the flashiest restaurants along the Great White Way as the waiters, cooks, dishwash- ers and bus boys have gone on strike to enforce union condtions, The strike is called by the Amal- gramated Food Workers in answer to the declaration of the Salvin & Thompson (Rector) Corporation that conducts the string of swell refresh- ment joints that the open shop was to rule hereafter. For six years the firm has been signed up with the un- ion. A. F, of L. Supports Strike. Restaurants affected in New York are the Moulin Rouge, Palais Royal, Montmartre, Club Royal, Plantation, Club Gallant, Phlmoral Club, 400 Club, Barn Club and Pavillion Royal. Another big restaurant is tied up at Valley Stream, N. Y. Full solidarity in the struggle has been pledged by the A. F. of L. Wai- ters and Cooks’ Locals and all the other New York branches of the Amalgamated will help win the fight. The Amelgamated is a powerful in- dependent union, not affiliated with the A. F, of L. More than 500 workers are af- fected. Strike meetings are held daily at 3 p, m., at the branch head- quarters and the strikers are confi- dent of winning. * Guns and Hootch. One picket has been arrested in front of the Club Gallant restaurant. Four scabs drew revolvers on pickets in front, of the Palais Royal and were themselves pinched. At the. police station guns and bottles of hootch were found in the scabs’ pockets ana all four were held for the grand jury. So the strike goes on: the strikers are happy and the bosses miserable as they see their bourgeoisie patrons dining and wining in other resorts of the Great White Way. Norwegian Students Side with Strikers In Big Labor War (By The Federated Press) CHRISTIANIA, Norway, April 1. Students of the University of Christiana expressed themselves vig- orously when they learned that cer- tain of their comrades had enrolled as strikebreakers and were unloading cargo during the lockout and strike of 70,000 Norwegian workers. The stu- dents’ federation called a general meeting and passed a resolution con- demning every form of strikebreak- ing, and declaring the action of their fellow students “unworthy and a dis- grace to the professional classes as a whole.” On the other hand the military has been called in again and again by the employers to aid the’ strikebreakers. This has incensed the workers and there have been skirmishes between soldiers and workers. In Drontheim a cruiser was sent to fire upon the workers in case they should try to start something. Seventy thousand workers of Nor- way are either locked out or on strike as a result of the great offensive started by the bosses in January and carried out with systematic brutality in February. ‘The country has only 2,500,000 inhabitants. The number of workers organized in trade unions is 95,000, of whom 70,000 are out. Five Democrats Vote Against New Child Labor Amendment (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, April 2.--By vote of 14 to 6, the house judiciary, com; mittee has favorably reported the res- olution proposing a child labor amend- ment to the federal constitution. Rep- resentative George S. Graham of Philadelphia, republican, the chair- man of the committee, voted against the resolution, as did five democrats. The democratic members of the Com- mittee are Thomas of Kentucky, Sumners of Texas, Montague of Vir- ginia, Wise of Georgia, Tillman of Arkansas, Domirgck of South Caro- lina, Major of Missouri, Weller of New York, and O’Sullivan of Con- necticut. The committee has kept se- cret the votes of all of its members. Grace Abbot, chief of the children’s bureau, in pleading for the measure, testified that more than 1,000,000 children between 10 and 16 years of age, or 1 in 12 of all children of these ages in the United States, were reported by the 1920 census as gain- fully employed., Thirty-five states al- low children to go to work without a (police, the firemen, Nicholas Kovler ment Workers’ Union. at the plant of Gallin & Kovler, at 327 S, Market Street. There we found why Mr. Kovler is peeved at the union. 5 Left Out of 35. Only five girls are manning the machines where 35 used to work, be- fore the strike call and they are turning out very little work. And no one else will scab for them. The DAILY WORKER wanted to know what stories Mr. Kovler would tell about his shop conditions, His yarns on the shooting, for which Morris: Bealis was kidnapped by Crowe’s police and later freed when witnesses failed to back the detectives up in the frame-up plot, had been several and contradictory. So our reporter asked him how he treated the girls in his shop. Such a Lovely Place: The non-union manufacturer talked eagerly. He told about high wages and perfect conditions,—in fact he pictured such a factory workers’ Utopia that we almost forgot the hard facts of low wages and piece work discrimination and blacklisting that had been furnished us by some of his striking employes. “My girls,” said Mr. Kovler. “Why my girls make more than the city or the postal workers.” “The police get only $30 a week. I don’t see how a man can live on it,” “Thirty-five dollars a week for wo- men is better than they can do any- where else. The garment industry pays the highest wages in the country. Why, American girls won’t believe they can make so much.” Most of the girls employed at Gavlin & Koy- ler’s are Polish or Russian-Jewish. A 100 Per Center. “America is a great land of op- portunity, for the foreigner,” re- marked Mr. Kovler. “But if you were an American girl in industry, you wouldn’t want some foreigner telling you what to do,” he added irrelevantly. “If you were foreign, that’s different. “We've always had an open shop: never discriminated against anyone,” claimed Kovler and immediately con- tradicted himself with the statement. “We're not against organized labor, nor the federation; but We've, got to fight these radicals. The law must be obeyed.” “There are 900 other good unions,” continued Kovler,\“the engineers and the builders,” whom he does not op- pose. dt is only the “International Ladies Workers” (he doesn’t get the union’s name right) who lead his girls astray. “They pull out the girls in slack time the girls are making $P to $70 a week,” asserted Kovler, (union girls find that even the largest shops seldom give a girl as much as $50 a week and that the average thruout the year is not over $20.) Likes 70 Hours Better. “The girls want to work only 40 hours a week,” said Kovler. “Grocery and butcher clerks have to work 70 hours a week. Why should these girls work only 40?” he demanded. “Ts it fair, It isn’t.” “It’s all the. same work, isn’t it?” But Kovler didn’t know that he chose an illus- tration from an almost unorganized field that obviously is not “the same” as the garment industry. Mr, Kovler showed the interviewer his plant, explaining that most of his trade is in silk dresses, retailed by Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Only Five Girls Working. “We have only a small place,” re- marked Kovler. “Only five girls on the machines now. They don’t look as tho they would fight anyone, do they?” (The DAILY WORKER re- porter refrained from comment), “Usually we have about 35 workers all told. Twenty went out on strike,” ovler stated at one time and at an- other. “You can’t get our girls to go out. The union people come up here and pound on the table but our girls just laugh at them.” Kovler displayed a beautiful sum- mer frock of silk and said that the girls were paid $2 for making such a dress and could make 4 or 5 in a day. “We sell the dress for $27.50 whole- sale and the retailer must ch: at least $45.to make anything a’ Big Profits Off Girls’ Labor. Judging by the material and mak- ing, liberal allowance for other labor than the operator’s and for overhead. Gavlin & Kovler must have at least a profit of $12 on each of these silk dresses. Multiply this sum by the usual number of operators, 12, and again by the number of dresses made each day and you will have a iy estimate of what the boss makes. If we assume that the boss’ “four or five dre per girl” is correct, say gen- ero! 560 dresses a day, the daily. 'y common school education, ‘Nineteen! clear profit would be $600 a day or states have no requirement as to th physical work. fitness of children who go to In 11 states children under e | so, Hazy About Shooting There was almost a sob 16 years may work from 9 to 11/Mr, Kovler told us about the shooting hours per day. Fourteen states do|at his home. He became very emo- not protect children under 16 years|tional as he told of the horrors of from night work, Fur Workers Meet May 12. shooting innocent wives and children, It happened that Mr, Kovler had told another DAILY WORKER reporter YORK, April 2—May 12 is|that neither he, nor his wife or child en A the date oe the sixth ponvers were in the room which the shots en- tion of the International Fur Work-|tered. Yesterday he was very hazy ers’ union in a call issued by officials}on the details on the affair, He pre- here. The com ion, which meets|ferred rather to view his memories in Chicago, will consider organization|thru misty veils. He picked up a mashed bullet which he remain i pee shops of the foiseace in Ne lersey aod New!'he keeps by him and treasures as a York. Un it cogent ae urance in|memento of the “assassination plot.” will be|Kovler lectured us on the course of this “dum-dum” bullet which had organized shops where even in this |* Tells the Daily Worker About Those Radicals Nicholas Kovler, the garment manufacturer who leaped into the Tribune limelight by his stories of the two shots which were fired thru his dining room window Saturday night, is very, very much excited about the International Ladies’ Gar- _ The DAILY WORKER decided to investigate his state of mind so a reporter called on him yesterday, by appointment, gone thru a wall into the dining room, he said. When the DAILY WORKER re- porter went to the home she could see no bullet holes in the wall. There are holes in the window, but no evi- dence was found of the ferocious course of the piece of lead which Kovler likes to talk of. The maid would make no statement. Facts Show Tribune Lied. The residents of the flat adjoining the Kovler heard the shots about nine o’clock Saturday evening, but did not concern themselves, according to the statement of Mrs. C, H. Miller, the neighbor. Mrs, Earle Luscomb of 787 Brompton Place, immediately in back of the Kovler apartment, also heard the shots but saw no one. The Miss Evans, according to the Tribune story, is supposed to reside at 744 Brompton Place, was not known to the inhabitants of the flat above. The “Tribune” story said that she had seen the “fugitives” on the street, but must have done some fence-jump- ing or run a circuitous route, for there is no alley or other rusway by which they could have gone to run by the lady in such way as to con- vince her of their complicity. At her own dwelling the shots could not have been heard easily on account of the large apartment building between that house and the Kovler’s. The name “Evans” was not on the mail- box at 744 Brompton Place. Kovler assured the reporter that he never had trouble in his shop, but the girls who have worked there tell a different story. They say that the place has never been unionized, that working conditions are none too good, and that sanitary conditions are disgustingly unsanitary requiring ac- tion by the Health Department. Parties and Yellow Dogs. One of the striking employes of the firm said that a few days before the strike was called, the boss gave a party for the girls at the fore-lady’s house. At first the union members were not asked, but at the last mo- ment they were invited. They did not attend, however, and were not surprised when the bosses passed out the infamous “yellow-dog” contract papers the next morning. Three girls who would not sign were im- mediately laid off. ; In the last week or two Gavlin & Kovler have been busy testifying against pickets taken under the in- junction and succeeded in having a sentence of ten days in jail imposed upon one of the active girls. Oilman Tells How Irishman Doheny Aided British Lion (By The Federated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, April 2—A sidelight on the Washington reve- lations which showed that a’ large part of Doheny’s oil holdings were pledged to the British navy, is shown by a person well known in labor circles, who. in 1916 was an office employe of Doheny’s Pan- American Petroleum Corporation in Los Angeles. In 1916 nearly every executive in the Doheny offices was a British subject. Altho the United States was then officially neutral in the world war, the corporation’s publications work- ed toward alliance witn England; and when millions iT were voting for Wilson in the mis- taken belief that he would “keep us out of war” most of Doheny's right hand men were actively working against Wilson for the very same reason. Sabotage Stimulates Relief. NEW YORK, April 2—The mili- tant sabotage campaign of the anti- labor American Defense society here against financial aid for starving German children is expected to in- crease the donations for German re- lief from labor organizations and in- dividuals. In a letter of protest against the $10,000,000 appropria- tion for the purpose passed by the house in Washington it ridicules the idea that relief is needed. It called the action of the house of representa- tives “a betrayal of the American ple,” and the appropriation mere- a attempt to win the German- American vote in the coming election. Esthonia Jailing Workers. REVAL, Esthonia, April 2.—Ar- rests of working class Ieaders are the order of the day in Esthonia, The ernment began a systematic hunt- ing down of trade union and other working class leaders an January 21, and since then its work has been methodic and thoro along these lines. An economic and financial crisis is impending, and the government wants to put the leaders behind the bars in advance. Many Fires in Indiana, INDIANAPOLIS, April 2—In- diana’s fire loss for the first three months of 1924 was nearly as great as the loss for the entire twelve months of 1923, figures compiled in the office of Newton T. Miller, state fire marshal, revealed recently. Tikhon Had A Fit. MOSCOW, April 2.—It is learned that ex-Patriarch Tikhon has had a fit and is suffering from an attack of sclerosis, IMPEACH COOLIDGE! of Americans | KELLY’S SOUL. BEING CLEANSED BY DOLLARS Tho His Daughter May Starve JERSEY CITY, N. J., April 2— Those pillars of socicty, the law and the church, will rob a little girl of support unless the decision of Vice Chancellor Lewis in chancery court here can be reversed on’ appeal. Lewis has sustained the will of Wil- liam J. Kelly, former clerk in the criminal court, that $11,000 of his estate go to pay for masses in the Catholic church for the repose of said Kelly’s soul. The priests have already reposed his soul to the tune of $7,450. If they get the additional $11,000, then $20,400 sses will be provided for, The tholic church allows a busy city priest to farm out to country priests his surplus masses for gone but not forgotten bene- factors. This religious man Kelly forgot to tell his church or his friends that he had a child. They thought he was a bachelor. Now Margaret Moran, of Ridgewood . J.. who has the custody of Ke s 9-year-old daughter is contesting the claim of the church of the estate. A clause in the will provides for ficrfeiture by beneficiaries who contest it, but the court has ruled that this does not affect the child as the custodian is in bringing action. But the judge wouldn’t let the girl have the money. If the church will say those masses on credit, then it fs said the chutch can sue the estate for unpaid service if the higher court reverses the decision. Let Germans Die, American Defense Society's Policy (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, April 2—The militant campaign of the anti-labor American Defense Society here against financial aid for starving German children is expected to in- crease the donations for German re- lief from labor organizations and individuals. In a letter of protest against the $10,000,000 :appropria- tion for the purpose passed by the house in Washington ridicules. the American Defense Society idea that relief is needed. It called the action of the House of Representatives “a betrayal of the American people,” and the appropriation merely an at- tempt to win the German-American vote in the coming clection. The relief committee of the Fed- eral Council of Churches of Christ in America hére has issted a warning to individual contributors that con- gressional action will not be suffi- cient and that private donations are still needed. It points out that $10,000,000 will be inadequate, that the appropriation will not be imme- diately available, and that the bill has not yet been voted by the Sen- ate or signed by the president, World Solidarity of Actors. NEW YORK, April 2.—Growing international solidarity among the actors of the world is the interpreta- tion of officials of the Actors’ Equity Association here in explaining to the Federated Press assurances of sup- port cabled by the Actors’ Association of England. “This action by the Bri- tish union will effectiyely Jill any move by members of the Protective Managers’ Association to fill the places left vacant by their proposed June 1 lockout by importing entire foreign companies,’) said Secretary Frank Gillmore of the Equity. Your Union Meeting First Thursday, April 3rd, 1924. No. Name of Local and Place of Meeting. Allied Printing Trades Council, 59 E. ‘Van Baren St, 6:30 p. m. Amal, Clothing Workers, 409 8. Hal- \. sted St. Boiler Makers, 2040 W. North Ave. Brick and Clay, Sherman Brick and Clay, Glenview, Ill. Bridge and Struct. Iron Wkrs., District Council, 738 W. Madison St. Carpenters, 113 S. Ashland Blvd. Carpenters, 6416 S. Halsted St. Carpenters, 1440 Emma St. —, South Chi., 11037 Michigan ve, Carpenters, Ogden and Kedaie, Carpenters, 758 W. North Ave. Drug Clerks, 431 8, Dearborn St., Room 1327. Electricians, 1507 Ogden Ave. Electricians, 7475 Dante Ave. Engineers, 9223 Houston Ave. Field Assessors, Victoria Hotel. 429 Firemen and Campbell Sts., 7:45 5 Hod Carriers, South Chi, 3101 EB. 924 St. Janitors, 59 E, Van Buren St, Janitresses, City Hall, Hearing Room. Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren St. Ladies Garment Wkrs, 1214 N, Ash- land A ve, Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren St, Leather Workers, 810 W. Harrison St. Moulders, 119 8. Throop St. Painters’ District Council, 1446 W. Adams St. Painters, Dutt's Hall, Chicago Heights. 2 Pisno & Organ Whkrs., 180 W. Wash. Plumbers (Railway), Monroe and Peoria Plumbers, Monroe and Peoria Bts, lignalme: Slate, Tile Roofers, 1224 Milwaukee, Stage Employes, Masonic Temple, 10:30 a m. Stone Cutters, 180 W. Washington St. Teamsters, 30 EF. 110 Upholsterers, 180 11616 Warehouse Lag (Note—Uniess otherwise stated all meetings are at & p,m)