The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 9, 1924, Page 3

Doe ‘dnesday, April 9, 1924 RMENT BOSSES s€TTING AID 10 HIRE SLUGGERS Strike Leader Hits At Big Employers “Garment bosses of Chicago could never afford unaided the price they must pay for sluggers and lawyers in this strike,” is the statement of Morris Bealis, manager of the Chi- cago Jotiit Board of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers, “Profits, not principle,” continued Bealis, “is what the bosses care most about. I know what these dress manufacturers capitalize for and that they cannot pay the toll alone for the special service they are hay- ing during the strike, the union had only the garment bosses to fight, the strike would have been over in two weeks’ Open-Shoppers. Lackey. That the dress manufacturers are being materially assisted by the Em- ployers’ Association, representing the organized big business of Chicago, is evident in their employment of Dudley Taylor as prosecuting attor- ney in Judge Denis Sullivan’s “equity” court. -Dudley Taylor is the same man of infamy who has prose- cuted the building trades unions, He has been attorney for the so-called “Citizens’ Committee,” which is re- ally an organization of the big open shop contractors enforcing the no- torious Landis award. Dudley Tay- lor has a long record of service against labor under the Employers’ Association, sf Bealis reiterated the point made in the last Chicago Federation meet- ing by President John Fitzpatrick that the big business interests do not want organized labor within the “Loop” district pf thbs city, The needle trades, according to Bealis, are the only ones organized in the “Loop” with any effectiveness. It is natural, then, that the other busi- ness men should support the dress manufacturers in their effort to erad- icate the International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers from their shops. Bosses Well Organized. Unquestionably the Employers Association, the Illinois Manufac- turers Association, and the Chicago Commerce Association are inter- twined, Firms and individuals be- long usually to all of these organ- izations. John M. Glenn, the spokesman of the Illinois Manufacturers, has al- ready stated to The DAILY WORK- ER that the relations between his outfit and the employers group were “very friendly.” He confessed that many of the big garment bosses belong to his association and it is well known that these same men be- long to the Employers’ Association. As we have pubKshed before, the secret of the Dress Manufactur- ers’ holds office jointly with the Employers’ Association. Commission to Fight Labor. Further, the Chicago Crime Com- mission was organized by the Chi- cago Commerce Association to fight labor unions in this city. From a report they sent to all contractors in the city, we find that they “ef- fected the appropriation of $100,000 for the payment of capable, experi- enced attorneys as speciul prosecu- ' tors)in these cases.” Who made the appropriation is not explained, but - it is sure that Dudley Taylor must have secured a good part of that sum for his special services. This same repors of the Crime Commission brags that they “brought about the appropriation by the city council’ for 1,000 police officers.” Maybe some of these superfiuoud officers are marking time down on Market ‘and Jackson streets during the present’ garment workers’ strike. The Crime Commission boasts of their system of “more than 570000 records of crime and criminals for ur business and s comes before Using Vigilante Service. ‘This vigilante force of business men has not been content with the mn of the state’s attorney's men, but lo acclaims their own tervions tothe “elected” authorities, it the union, a scores of dol lars damage. IMPEACH CQOLIDGE! Peat CLoT /F SPRING STYLES Now Showing TWO PANTS SUITS 2431 LINCOLN AVENUE é i THE DAILY WORKER Plan Huge Parade of Labor Thru Loop District in Aid - of Striking Garment Workers A big parade of striking garment workers is promised the “Loop” district for the near future, according to the statement of Meyer Perlstein, International vice-president of the Ladies’ Garment’ Workers. ;All garment union members on strike will participate in the demonstration thru center. Chicago’s business Details of this mass performance have not yet been com- pleted, but it is possible that other labor representatives may be asked to join the strikers’ parade thru the city streets. Perlstein leaves tonight for New York, where he will appear at the meetings of the General Executive Board of the International to out- line the Chicago strike situation, He will explain that if the strike can- not be satisfactorily settled within the next few weeks, it will have to be carried on. until the new season of work begins, that is in July. The International has no inten- tion of calling off the strke here until their demands are met, Perl- stein declared. The officials con- sider thé status of the union here is seriously imperilled by the united opposition which has confronted it. If it is found necessary to continue the struggle thru the slack season, the International may have to ap- peal for assistance from the local Federation of Labor, Otherwise the union will be able to manage alone. HIRAM OUT OF RUNNING AFTER 2 10 1 DEFEAT Walloping in. Michigan Means He’s Thru (Special to The Daily Worker) DETROIT, Mich., April 8.—Hiram Johnson got the drubbing of his po- litical career in the Michigan prima- ries, according to the returns from two-thirds of the state’s precincts which put him nearly 106,000 votes behind Silent Cal, It means—say political dopesters—that Johnson is finished as a presidential candidate as the result of this two to one de- feat. The vote in 1983 out of 2,894 pre- cincts gives Coolidge 162.229 and Johnson 73,203 votes. Coolidge’s plurality is 89,026. Hiram’s attempt to rattle the Teapot proved a fizzle with a disil- lusioned public which did not re- member his having protested against the transfer of the California naval oil reserve to Doheny, Dodged Newberry issue. The Californian’s railing against political corruption was another dud because of the well known fact that he dodged the vote to oust Newberry for buying his senatorial election. Faced with the Hobson’s choice of voting for a sham progressive or a labelled reactionary many progres- sive republicans refused to vote for either while the’ Old Guard type of voter made his mark after Coolidge’s name on the theory that it wasn’t worth while making a change. In Mooney Conspiracy. Organized labor of Detroit which has endorsed the Farmer-Labor prin- ciple and was class conscious enough to remember Johnson as the silent partner to the conspiracy to hang Tom Mooney. Political experts say the. Michigan vote has shattered what was left of Johnson’s prestige in the G. O. P. BURNS MUST GO! New Against Postal Clerks. WASHINGTON, April 8.—Bills pending in Congress to increase the pay of postal employes were con- demned by Postmaster-General New in suggestions senc wo Chairman Edge of the joint subcommittee on post offices. Instead New would saddle the country with an increase in the postal rates amounting to $100,000,000 a year, New recom- mends a general increase in parcel post, advertising and second and third class mail rates with only a slight increase in salary for the pos- tal clerks, He Never Recovered, ST. LOUIS, April 8—Frank H. Gerhart, a war veteran, is in Veter- ans’ hospital at Jefferson barracks suffering from serious nerve disor- der. Young Gerhart saw his buddy blown to bits by shrapnel during a battle in France and he never recov- ered from the shock of the horrify- ing sight. Haunting memories caused @ general nervous breakdown, Los Angeles Y. W. L. Celebrates. LOS ANGELES, April 8.—The first year’s anniversary of the Junior of the Young Workers’ MEN’ MEN Next Door to Biograph Theatre Your Union Meeting Second Wednesday, April 9th, 1924 Blacksmiths’ District Council, 119 8. Throop St. 1 Boiler Makers, Monroe and Racine, Carpenters, 12 Garfield Blvd. Carpénters, Western and Lexington, Carpenters, 5443 8. Ashland Ave, Carpenters, 505 8. State St, Carpenters, 1638 N. Halsted St. H. Fehling, Rec. Sec’y., 2253 Grace St, Irving 7597. Carpenters, 6414 8, Halsted St. Carpenters, 1581 Maple Ave., Evanston, mi, Coopers, 8901 Escanaba Ave, 3 Hod Carriers, 1352 W. Division St. Hod Carriers, 810 W, Harrison St. 4 Jewelry Workers, 19 W. Adams St, Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren St. Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. Machinists, 113 8, Ashland Blvd, Machinists, 735 N. Cicero Ave. Maintenance of Way, 426 W. 63d St. Painters, Sherman and Main Sts., Evanston, Ill, 5 Plasterers, '910 W. Monroe St. Railway Carmen Dist, Council, 5445 S. Ashland Ave, Railway Carmen, 5444 Wentworth Ave. Railway Carmen, 5445 Ashland Ave, Railway Trainmen, 426 W, 634 St., 7:30 p. m. Roofers, 777 W. Adams St. Sheet Metal, 714 W. Harrison St. Sheet Metal, 5324 S. Halsted St, Teamsters, 175 W. Washingto: Teamsters (Meat), 220 8, As Blvd. 769 Teamsters (Bone), 6959 5, ited St. 13046 Tuckpainters, 810 W. Harrison St. 924 Tunnel and Subway Workers, 914 W. rison St. Har (Note—Uniless otherwise stated all meetings are at 8 p. m.) Socialists Still Minority in the | Milwaukee Council MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 8—The socialist aldermanic strength will re- main at eleven, and the socialists on the county board will be increased from six to eight as a result of last Tuesday’s elections, in which Mayor Daniel W. Hoan was re-elected on the socialist ticket. The aldermanic coun- cil will be comprised of 14 non-par- tisans and the eleven socialists, The victory of James L, McCor- mack, non-partisan, over Alderman John Koerner was a further rebuke to David S. Rose, so badly defeated in the mayoralty race by Hoan. Koer- ner was a supporter of Rose, and consequently has bitterly opposed measures sponsored by the socialists. Rose Is Strike-Breaker. David S. Rose, who failed to come back in the election, made his first en- try into Milwaukee in 1886 with Dar- lington guards during the steel strike. Five Polish workers were killed during the strike,—a fact of special interest considering that Rose has played for the support of the Poles yduring all his later political cam- paigns. Rose himself is a Pole, his name originally having been Rosin- sky. And he has always championed the Parochial schools which Catholic Poles attend. “Dave is a jolly old boy,” said G. 8. Shflar, a district organizer for the Workers Party yesterday. “Altho, himself well advanced in years, he loves to speak of the good old days when he was in power, and when as he puts it in his speeches ‘there was something on the table.’ The open town is one of his chief points. This indecency works up the socialists into the state of noble indignation. course, they are for decency and against the ‘Red Light’ district, Neither the socialist party nor its candidates for office has tried to make it clear to the workers that prostitution is a social evil and can not be eliminated as long as the capitaligt system is in existence, and the working class girls are forced into the factories to work under the most degrading conditions. Marxism Simplified. “Had Karl Marx, the great foun- der of scientific sqcialism, lived in Milwaukee in our enlightened days he would not have to toil over the three volumes of Capital. _ Berger has it simplified in a nut-shell. So- cialism is simply decency and honesty in public affairs versus the corrup- tion, At least this is the only issue which is emphasized in the election cam » r+ ing was said by the candi- dates Seeardiog the real burning is- sues confronting the workers. Ques- tions of wages and hours of work are conspicuous by their absence while the question of taxes is given the most prominent . The same applies to the hou conditions, unemploy- ‘ment, ete. it is a well known fact that the wages in this city are amongst the lowest in the country and that practically all the establish- ments in the city are working on the open shop basis, yet nothing to that fect was mentioned in the Golden Rule manifesto of the Socialist Par- Government Won't Help. OTTAWA, Can., April 8,—Some 80 of the British harvesters who were imported by the Canadian railways last summer on promise of employ- ment and who have found employ- ment scarce during the P roe winter, hiked to Ottawa ronto and called on the prime minister for help. ie) d_ responsibility. Premier ' He told the hikers the government did not guarantee employment, of Page Three BLOODY FASCISM, | AIDED BY GUNS, TAKES ELECTION Murders, Intimidation, Feature Fascist Victory], (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, April 8.—After a hopeless struggle against the violence of the Fascisti in the elections, Italy today is nursing its wounds and also a determination that the minority rule of the bloody Mussolini must be ove! % An intense feeling against Fas- cism has swept thru the ranks of not only the Communists and Social- ists, but democrats, monarchists, re- publicans, and clericals as well. All are bitter because of the bloodshed and violence by means of which Mussolini managed to keep his bloody fingers at the throat of Italy. Newspapers are full of accounts of personal intimidation and vio- lence indulged in by the black shirts. Unable to keep his place, Mussolini has spread a reign of terror which has had a tremendous reaction against him. Hundreds of people thruout the Po Valley, Piedmont, Venetia, and all sections of Italy report that they have been physi- cally attacked by the Fascisti, ‘ All opposition newspapers were with- drawn from circulation, voters were forced to mark their ballots for the Fascisti, and opposition votes went uncounted. In many sections candidates op- posed to the Fascisti were made to withdraw from the election under threat of death. Stories of murders of those opposed to the Fascisti are undenied by Fascisti newspapers. In a village near Milan Socialists were told by the Fascisti that it more than five voted, there would be some killings after the elections, Seventy thousand murdering black shirts went on election duty. They carried blackjacks and guns thru the towns and warned the citizens to vote ffor ‘the Fascisti or they would be killed. The blackshirts went out with trucks and brought the voters to the polls, making them vote for the Fascisti at the point of the guns, It is expected that the elections, by which Mussolini managed to re- tain by violence power that he had snatched in the same way, eventu- ally will result in the overthrow of the tyrant. The poeple are nursing wounded feelings, and they are de- termined to find a class conscious leadership that will wrest them from the clutches of the blood eating blackshirt. Russian Industrial Expert Finds U. S. (By Rosta News Agency) MOSCOW, April 8—That the United States is going thru snch a moment economically as te make her greatly need Russia at the pres- ent juncture, is the purport of a statement made to press correspond- ents by Mr. Nogin, Chairman of the All-Ressian Textile Syndicate, just returned from America, where he had stayed for two months on busi- ness, “I visited a great number of mills, ports and banks, and have come to the conclusion that America is still experiencing a crisis,” Nogin said. “Thus, in New England, where the textile industry is the most devel- oped, a number of mills work but three days in a week and the ma- chines work only at 40 per cdht of their full capacity. The same cur- tailment of production and _ sales may be noticed in tne metal branch too. Both branches want orders badly, Further, American shippers are in the same plight, as I could notice, among other places, at Phila- delphia and on the Mississippi, and they are therefore also interested in Russia.” " ; In conclusion, Mr. Nogin stated that representatives of American and British manufacturers were coming to Russia this spring to study con- ditions of Russian textile industry. Independence Party Beats Leonard Wood In Philippine Election (Special to The Daily Worker) MANILA, April 8.—The Nacion- alista Consoledado party, demanding complete, unconditional and imme- diate independence for the Philip- pines, carried the elections. This party, a coalition of the Collectivista and Nacionalista parties, is bitterly opposed to the dgmination of the United States on ‘the islands thru the dictatorship of Leonard Wood. Manuel Quezon and Sergio Os- mena were elected president and vice-president of the senate. Their has succeeded in thwarting ‘ood in his recent attempts to rail- road his autocratic measures thru the legisla Th er President Jackson is three men to this country to protest against the attempted subjection of that country by the financiers of the United States, Russia’s Terms To Greece. MOSCOW, A; 8.—Replying to the note of the k government re- ing de jure recognition of the Inion of Soviet Socialist Republics the Soviet Government bi to the immediate resumption of diplomatic relations and a ‘on a basis of absolute recleageey, of all questions of mutual relations be- tween the countries, ) iendly settlement, | read | Trachtenberg Tour | Wednesday, April 9, 8 p.m., Youngs- town, O., Athletic Hall, 338 W. Fed- eral St. Thursday, April 10, 7 P: m., War- ren, O., Hippodrome Hall, High St., 8rd_ floor. Friday, April 11, 7:30 p. m., Cleve. land, O., Labor Temple, 2536 Euclid Ave. Sunday, April 13, 2:30 p. m., Cleve- and, O., Royal Hall, 5217 Woodland. Monday, April 14, 8 p, m,. Toledo, O., Labor Temple, Jefferson and Mich- igan. Tuesday, April 15, 8 p. m., Detroit, House of Masses, 2101 Gratiot Ave. Wednesday, April 16, 8 p. m., Det- roit, House of Masses, 2101 Gratiot Ave. (Russian Trade Unions.) ‘Thursday, April 17, Grand Rapids, full details to appear later. Friday, April 18, 8 p, m., Chicago, North Side Turner Hall, 820 N. Clark St. Saturday, April 19, Milwaukee, full details to appear later. Sunday, April 20, Gary, Ind., full details to appear later. DEBATE STARTS IN CONGRESS ON IMMIGRATION Expect Final Vote on Bill Saturday WASHINGTON, April 8.—The House today setled down to a 12-hour debate on the proposed two per cent quota immigration bill. From 11 a. m., until 11 p. m.,, de- bate on the measure was scheduled to occupy undivided attention of the law makers, The day’s work will complete general debate, and there- after discussion will be confined to five minutes per member on amend- ments, Opponents of the bill today ad- mitted there was very little hope of blocking its passage. Objection to it is centered on the proposal to make the census of 1890 the basis for the quota. This would cause a radical cut in the immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe, and a propor- tionate increase ih that from North- erp and Western Europe. Final vote on the bill is not expected before Saturday. And Spy on Foreign Born. Representative Vestal of Indiana, offering Secretary Davis’ alien regis- tration bill as an amendment to the immigration bill before it got to the floor of the house, confessed that its Purpose is to spy on the aliens and deport those who protested at indus- trial abuses, . * “According to the secretary of la- Capitalism Sickly|,or," said Vestal, “the immigration figures indicate that the workers who have been able to secure admission under our laws are not the kind the employer says he needs. But we do know this: That among those who have entered our country are im- migrants whose mental, moral and physical makeup constitute a menace to the political, economic and social life of the republic; and to continue to permit immigration at the present rate, or to increase it, will mean the practical destruction of our whole industrial system.” He said he could see “no reason- ‘able objection in compelling aliens to register once a year,,” and be ex- amined as to their activities, so that the department of labor might know “where such alien is located and whether or not he is attempting to assimilate American principles. ... . We know that individuals in this country are preaching the cause of Soviet Russia. We know that indi- viduals on trial for plots to overthrow the government have not hesitated to ‘preach the gospel, of Communism rather than the stability and pros- perity of American representative government.” Vestal discloses his industrial slant }bY’ proposing also that the bureau of immigration shall determine the kind of workers—skilled or unskilled— who shall be admitted at any given time. This will give the employers ithe “kind of men they want,” when they want them. Sees 200,000,000 Population. Declaring that even without immi- gration, the population of the United States will be 200,000,000 in fifty years, Representative Johnson, Wash- ington, chairman of the house immi- gration committee, today called for ‘the passage of the new immigration bill “as much a conservation measure as any dealing with natural re- sources.”” There are 600,000 Russians, 300,- 000 Italians and 70,000 Poles who have already applied for passports and are endeavoring to reach the United States he declared. Austria Extends Full Recognition To Soviet Russia Austria is the latest country to fall in line and grant de jure rec- pgnition to the Soviet government. Austria for some time has had trade relations with Soviet Russia, and had lately recognized the Russian government de facto, Now it is an- nounced Austria has given Russia full de jure recognition, with the establishment of complete diplomatic as well ag trade relations. How many of the DAILY. WORKER? Gat one of them bscribe today. IMPEACH COOLIDGE! Spariemnsiesentsieretrtbvanhsies ements hesedeentrorestoereaneesiomsmeresschdlnes asiciinaisiniongs soteoanrenianscneetsinuniicnenh taieanantin -aeanepaenowisinnneat>misaamanemmamen rie eae “Hell and Maria” Dawes Is Annoyed Over Many Delays (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, France, April 7.—Charles G. Dawes hag declared his extreme annoyance at the Reparations Com- mission here over its delay in com- ing to terms. A determined strug- gle has been going on as to the amount of money Germany will be forced to pay. Sh The Reparations Commission of which Dawes is chairman, plans the establishment of a private bank for Germany. Altho the announced pur- pose is to stabilize German currency and balance Germany’s budget, the plan ig to have seven foreign coun- tries represented on the board of directors, Germany Relinquishes Finances. Germany will be asked to relin- quish authority to print bank notes to the new bank, and the notes are to be printed outside Germany. The Reichsbank and the credit bank are to be absorbed by the new bank, it is announced, and a special foreign supervisor is to handle the repara- tions account, This bank, which is looked on as a handy way for France, and thru Dawes the American financiers who have been active in France, to more easily plunder helpless Germany. Capitalists After Railroads. The bank’s gold reserve may be transferred from Germany to an- other country by a_ three-fourths vote of the board of directors. In order to balance Germany’s budget, the Reparations Commission an- nounces the issuance of a series of International loans, secured by the German. railroads, which are valued at 25 million gold marks, Two bil- lion gold marks are the figures set by the “experts’—at a good inter- est of course—for the amount of these loans, In_ order to meet these added de- mands of the international plunder- ers now engaged in dividing Ger- many’s carcass, it is announced that Germany will be required to raise railroad fares and freight rates. The railroads will have to be supervised by foreigners, De Leaking Out. Details of the experts’ reports are leaking out as they pass thru more, and more hands in translation, print- ing and proof reading. French sources today handed out what purported to be an authoritative resume of.the Dawes’ committee’s re- port. It conforms to the outline published yesterday, namely, that a gold bank of emission will be estab- lished, an international loan granted Germany, and control of the railroads assumed and adds hitherto unpub- lished details. “Without interfering with military occupation of the Ruhr,” the authori- tative French version says, “the econ- omic unity of Germany must be re- tored.” “The Ruhr customs and railways must be returned to Germany, but allied representatives will act as over- seers in order to safeguard the se- curity of the troops. Germany Must Pay. “Germany’s reparations payments will amount to one billion gold marks the first year by means of a foreign loan of 800,000,000 plus 200,000,000 from a transport tax. “Twelve hundred million will be paid the second and third years, 1,750,000,000 the fourth year, 2,460,- 000,000 the fifth and a rising ratio thereafter, according to Germany’s national prosperity. “The entire German railway sys- tem is to be conceded for fifty years to accompany with a capital of 26,- 000,000,000 gold marks, of which two billion marks in preferred stock will be given. The French version also included a levy on German industries which profited by annihilation of the mark. Russian Co-Op Bank Makes Great Strides During Past Year One of the surest signs of indus- trial recovery in Russia is the fine record made during the past year by the All-Russian Cooperative Bank, a report of which has just been made public by the All Ameri- ean Cooperative Commission. The number of paid-in shares in the Russian Bank increased during the year from 48,000 to 74,000. The bank, which hag 15 branches and 15 agencies in the provinces, has on deposit at the end of the year more than 1,205,000 gold rubles. Its net profit for year amounted to 7,900,000 gold rubles, of which 25 ne cent will be added to the cap- ital stock, 25 per cent to the fund for long-term loans, 6 per cent dis- tributed in dividends, and 7 per cent set aside for cultural and educa- tional purposes, Due to the healthy financial de- velopment of the cooperative sys- tem in Russia, the credit operations of the bank were greatly increased during #e year. From October to December alone they increased more than 75 per cent, The manegement of the coopera- tive bank is now negotiating with the All-Russian Council of Trade Unions an agreement whereby the |, trade unions of the country will use the bank as the depository for their surplus funds, In this way, the Russian trade unions will benefit, as an increasing number of Ameri- can trade unions now are doing, in the cooperative sharing of a profits made on the investment of their money, Every new DAILY WORKER reader means a new recruit in the ranks of militant labor. BURNS MUST GO! PROVISIONS OF NEW TAX BILL ARE MADE PUBLIC Three Per Cent Small Incomes on WASHINGTON, April 8.—Practi- cally all provisions of the new tax bill to be reported within a day or two by the Senate Finance Committee were made known today. The bill under final agreement in committee, provides: A three per cent normal tax on in- comes of less than $4,000. A six per cent normal tax on in- comes of more than $4,000. Do You Earn This Much? A maximum surtax of 25 per cent on incomes over $100,000. A tax of 25 per cent on inheri- tances of more than $10,000,000. A 10 per cent tax on all jewelry costing more than $25. Slightly more exemptions on the taxes upon automobiles. A flat corporation tax of 14 per cent instead of 12% per cent. A tax of 10 per cent on all admis- sions over 50 cents, A tax of 10 per cent on radio parts and sets and mah-jong sets, Taxes upon telegraph and tele- phone messages and tobacco will re- main the same instead of being re- duced as in the bill passed by the house provided. Some Reductions Made. The following taxes will be wiped out under the new senate bill: Beverages, candy, corporation cap- ital stock, capital loss provisions, straight levy on the theatres and cir- cuses, knives, dirks and daggers, liveries, hunting, shooting and riding garments, yachts and motorboats sales, carpets, rugs, trunks and purses. Chairman Smoot of the committee, now expects to complete the bill fin- ally tonight. He announced he would not report it to the senate until it is {printed and- this may not be done before Wednesday. 5 Millinery Workers Beating Association In Open Shop City LOS ANGELES, April 8—Five hundred Los Angeles Millinery Workers are out on a strike to force the millinery manufacturers to rec- ognize their union and give them a 44-hour working week, As usual the Merchants and Man- ufacturers Association has taken the millinery bosses under their wing and are directing the manufacturing end of the strike. While more than 85 per cent of the workers fn the industry are solidly organized and well led and are determined to win. Bosses Not Chifalrous. Several shops have already settled and have allowed all of the demands. A paradoxical situation, however, has developed. The bosses*are will- ing to give a 44-hour week to the male workers, but not to female workers. The reason therefore, seems to be the fact that they need the skilled and organized male workers, but are taking advantage of the fact that the women workers are not or- ganized as well as the men, The Needle Industry in the West has been expanding. Many small ‘manufacturers who were looking for an open shop utopia, have moved their shops to Los Angeles—the city that houses the staff headquarters of the God of the Open Shop. The Chamber of Commerce advertises Los Angeles as the “Only White Spot in America” and asks all business men to join the M&M and keep the spot white, Out to Win. It is an axiomatic fact, however, that where factories and shops con- centraté; the Working Class concen- trates and becomes conscious and the chances of the “Spot” always being “white” are very slim. White Rule does prevail and will prevail as long as the workers are not conscious and misled, but the Millinery Workers of Los Angeles are out to do all they can to redden the White Spot. : Colors Will Riot at Big International Bazaar Next Week eas to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, April 8—Preparation for the Third Annual International Bazaar, for the relief of class war prisoners, to be held April 10-13 at Central Opera House, 67th Street and 8rd Avenue, entered an intensive stage this week. The Bazaar is now only ten days away, The Bazaar promised to be a riot of color, frolic and fun, Entertain- ing programs are arranged for the evening, and good dance music will be on hand for the votaries of Terp- sichore, Programs and special sales will feature the afternoons and even- ings. Most of the booths are taken and these will present an attractive scene in the gay decorations and load of good things: dresses, hats, ornamental objects, books, confections, ete. Nerma Berman, secretary of the Na- NY |tional Defense Committee, reports a gratifying flow of contributed articles for the booths. She urges the com- rades not to let up, however, in their efforts to obtain contributiofis as there is still ‘great need of articl and, of course, the more things ob- tained and sold the wider can be the relief