The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 18, 1924, Page 3

Friday, April 18, 1924 PAINTERS BATTLE FOR VICTORY IN ST. LOUIS, MO. Strikers Are Seeing The Need for Unity By H. L. GOLDBERG, (Special to The Daily Worker) ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 17.—E. H. Dunnigan, of the U. 8. Labor depart- ment, arrived in St. Louis, for the purpose of settling the painters’ strike, ql After calling a conference of the Masters’ painters’ association, and the conference committee of the strikers, the former refused to yield to the compromise figure suggested by him, of $1.37 per hour, which is equivalent to $10.96 per day. The strikers ori- ginally were demanding $12 per day. Bosses Disgust Dunnigan. Becoming disgusted with the atti- tude of the bosses, Dunnigan demand- ed of them the reason for calling this conference, if they were unwilling to make any effort at arbitration. The bosses are holding out for a $10 day with no agreement, aiming at tHe de- struction of the union. Upon request by the strikers’ com- mittee, for their reasons in not wish- ing to sign any agreement with the union, they answered that as mem- bers of the recently formed building trades association, it was incumbent upon them to meet this obligation. The Building Trades Association is endeavoring to have all agreements with unions expire effecting any of its members, intending ultimately at the establishment of open shop conditions in St. Louis, as far as the Building Trades industry is concerned. Another conference was arranged for Saturday morning. At this con- ference the bosses were more de- mure, candidly stating that as far as they were concerned, their stand of the previous day was fifial. The bosses also stated that the strikers were not justified in demanding an increase, as the painting season is much longer than any other craft, subsequently earning more money than the men employed in the other crafts of the building mdustry. This was given the lie by the strikers’ com- mittee, which displayed conclusive evidence to the contrary. Bosses Getting Desperate. The desperation of the bosses is supported by the fact that they are instigating acts of violence and in- dulging in vandalism. This was re- ported to the mass meeting of the striking » painters by brother Hisen- ring. Private dicks are being employéd to mar fresh paint, trying to lay the blame on the painters, making also the impression that the services of the sleuths were necessary. Yester- day morning when the painters went tothe Labor Temple, they found the steps marred with tar, Eisenring said. The striking painters are more de- termined than ever to win the strike. The cheap propaganda of the bosses intimating that the strikers were weakening, was vehemently denied by all the men on strike. The support being given to the Mas- ter painters, By the bosses of the oth- er trades and even the board’ of Edu- cation continues in backing up the bosses by refraining to have any painting done until the strike is smashed, demonstrates fully that the bosses have amalgamation. Real es- tate men and other members of the association have discontinued all work, where union men were em- ployed. The concensus of opinion on the part of a great many militant strik- ers, 1s that were all the building trades affiliated in prererence to the present antiquated structure of the Tabor movement, based on craft, the strikers would be able to withstand more effectively the attacks from the bosses who are amalgamated. Employers’ Trade Schoool A Failure, Australians Find By w. FRANCIS. AHERN “(Staff Correspondent of the Fed. Préss) SYDNEY, N. S, W., April 17.—Trade ioe e were Renew evalu duri he bitter debate. H. Workers cat cals sounded ‘constantly the floor of the conventions fone? | Youns hand was doing.” ILLINOIS FACTORY JOBS DECREASE BY 3.6 PER CENT Autos, Clothing and Building Affected By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press Industrial Editor. Employment in Illinois factories during March was 3.6 per cent below March, 1923, according to the month- ly report of the Illinois department of labor. March, which is normally a month of seasonal expansion failed to register any gain as’ compared with February. A sharp reduction in weekly earnings was also reported due to extensive part-time operation. The report contrasts last years’ booming labor market in which shortage of workers was the domi- nant note with the pregent situation. In March, 1923, the state free em- ployment agencies were asked to supply 25,640 workers while this March less than half that number were called for. Autos, Clothing, Fall Off. The list of industries which have failed to show the usual seasonal ex- pansion includes building, manufac- ture of automobiles, automobile ac- cessories and clothing. The curtail- ment in these industries is affecting others indirectly because diminished for goods. Improvement in the weather is ex- pected to increase employment on building and road construction altho the building construction cleared thru municipal building offices in the principal cities of the state since November 1 is below that of a year ago—$130,000,000 worth instead of $135,000,000. Slight Gain In Steel. Thirty-three of the 54 industries co- vered by the report indicated expan- sion while 21 curtailed operations. The most substantial gain was re- ported by the large iron and steel em- Dloyers who added 4 per cent to their working forces. Oil refiners reported considerable gains and manufactures of knit goods added nearly 10 per cent to the number on their peyrolls, On the other hand employment in the men’s clothing industry declined 5.4 per cent, in women’s clothing 7.8 per cent and at the stockyards 6.2 per cent. The average weekly earnings of all factory workers amounted to $27.61, a decrease of 75 cents compared with February. These earnings are still $1.78 (6% per cent) above those of March, 1923. The range of men’s wages was from $20.69 to $44.78 with an average of $30.10, that of women from $10.97 to $27.64 with an average of $17.68. Summarizing the situation the report says: “Unless there is an abrupt change in the underlying industrial situation it appears that not a few farm hands who were attracted to the cities by expanding industry will soon be returning to the farm. The farmer should have less cause to complain of an inadéquate supply than one year ago. Trachtenberg Tells. Ohio Workers About Russia And Germany WARREN, Ohio, April 17.—Alexan- They are now succeeding in orga- nizing all industries, he said. Unskill- ed workers have been trained and Russia’s industries are able to export goods to other countries, SPRINGFIELD, Mo, April 1 discussion of of delegates milli Daugherty’s Advice (Special to the Daily Worker.) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17.—Gaston Means, for a time one of the right hand men of William J. Burns, and prominent in the make-up of the Burns International De- tective Agency, told the Wheeler committee of senate in- vestigators that Daugherty, while attorney general of the United States, had told hint to take his orders from Jesse Smith and “not to let his right hand know what his left 6.—-After im. plank denouncing the Ku Klux Klan nt dozens Is Bosses’ Judge Aids With Injunction Against by the British occupation authorities. Retail Clerks’ Union An injunction preventing the Inter- national Protective Association Re- tail Clerks, Local 195 from picketing was issued today by Judge Charles M. Foell, upon application of Assey Brothers Cloak House. Accord- ing to the injunction, and to, the judge granting it, a strike is no longer an attempt of underpaid work- ers to secure economic justice but is some sort of a conspiracy. The injuction granted by Foell, who is now trying the garment strikers on a similar picketing in- junction, if enforced, prevents the strikers retail clerks from picketing, from striking, from talking to scabs, or from in any way obeying the in- structions of their union which the injunction construes as “A conspi- racy to ruin business.” The injunction states that the re- tail clerks “were advised by ‘their union to call a general strike, and formed a union for that purpose.” Oscar Nelson appeared for the retay’ clerks union. The Assey Brothers have two stores which are unfair to organized labor, one known as the Liberty cloak and Suit House at 1235 Halsted St. and the other at 1325 Halsted St. The Retail Clerks Union has been picket- ing these two stores vigorously. Ole Hanson Is Now Flim-flamming Folks In Oakland, Calif. OAKLAND, Cal, April 17— The Oakland Chamber of Commerce has given a luncheon in honor of a new and distinguished resident of the city —none other than the famous Ole Hanson, who entertained his hosts with the well-worn story of how he put down the great Seattle R-r-revolu- tion. Hanson will follow inthe steps of Mr. George F. Babbitt. and occupy himself as a realtor in Oakland. It is understood, however, that as a side- line he will be used in criminal syn- dcalism cases to supplement the ef- forts of professional. stool pigeons like Coutts, Townsend and Dimond. Ole has just come from Los An- geles, where he wore out his welcome in three short years. His big real es- tate operations there went flat at the end—too many other sharks in the business. One of his greatest failures was his Washington state attempt, several years ago, to unload a lot of worthless logged-off land on returned soldiers whom he expected to pay his annual installments for the privilege of pull- ing out stumps. N. Y. Lawmakers Stewed To Gills, Can’t Answer Roll (By The Federated Press) NEW YORK, April 17.—Many New York legislators’ were too drunk to answer their names on the roll calls during the closing session at Albany, Mrs, Anna Kross told her . fellow members of the Women’s Democratic club here, Drunkenness and rowdy- ism were the reason, she said, for the defeat of many reform and labor bills and prevented over 600 bills from being reported out of com- mittee, “The whole situation there all night was so disgusting that I came away heartsick,” Mrs, Kross told her audience at the Hotel Commodore: “It is a disgrace to American go- vernment. We women have got to band together and declare that no man shall go back to the legislature thru our votes who has not enough self-respect to stay sober.” Among the bills killed by these same solons was one providing for prohibition enforcement. Framing an Alibi WASHINGTON, April 17,—The Se- nate Investigation of the Internal Re- venue Bureau was “aimed” at Sec retary Mellon to “break him down be- cause he was a principal figure in framing the Tax Reduction Bill,” Se- nator Lodge, Massachusetts, republi- can floor leader, charged in the senate yesterday, u Klux Rules Missouri Democratic Convention @ spectacular battle lasting until jon here voted down w anti-Klan declaration the speakers platform was ition of the chair. THE DAILY WORKER BRIT TROOPS HALT RHINELAND PRESS OF COMMUNISTS Protest to MacDonald Has No Effect (Special to The Daily Worker) COLONGE, Germany, March 21.— (By Mail, Delayed in Transmission) The Communist daily here, The So- cialist Republic, has been supressed The first period of suppression was for a period of ten days and the last for three months. The reason given for the suppres- sion was the following editorial en- titled “MacDonald Protects White Guard Spies.”: At the request of the Pope, Mac- Donald has turned to the Soviet Go- ernment with an appeal for the im- prisoned Catholic priests. These priests are in prison as white Guards and Polish spies. This is ground enough for MacDonald as a Chicago Music Fans Again Hear World’s Greatest Pianist By ALFRED V. FRANKENSTEIN, Beethoven’s seventh symphony oc- cupied most of the first part of the Chicago “Symphony orchestra concert at Orchestra Hall last Friday and Saturday. There is scarcely another symphone work in the whole range of musical literature which has so much beautiful melody to the square inch of score as this one. Richard Wagner called it the “apotheosis of the dance, the dance deified.” Surely no more graceful and appealing dance tunes ever found their way into sym- phonic literature. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, Chicago Pianist, played the Moskowski con- certo with the orchestra. kowski concerto was first heard in Chicago in 1907, when Mrs, Zeisler Since then much has changed. ready successful career, Pianist of America. tra in America, Social Democrat to intervene on their behalf. y Why does not MacDonald's sym- pathetic heart urge him to intercede on behalf of the thousands of poll- tical prisoners in Italy and Ger- many? It is because the interests of the British bourgeoisie are close- ly linked with German and Italian reaction? Besides, Ebert is Mac- Donald’s friend. What would MacDonald say if the Soviet Government were to request him to amnesty the champions of national freedom of Ireland and In- dia, who are languishing in British Jails? Would he not rage at such “Bolshevik propaganda?” The editor of the suppressed paper has written the following letter to the Communist Party of Great Britain and the British Communist Party has protested to Premier MacDonald re- ceiving in reply a letter from his sec- retary stating that the premier was “obliged for information.” ** 8 LETTER OF EDITOR COLONGE, March 21, 1924. Dear Comrades: Here is another example of how British g ‘als protect the Social Democrat MacDonald from Commu- nist criticism. To-day | was ordered before the British local Commandant, who in- formed me that our paper would be suppressed for ten days from March 25. No ground was given. The Commandant further declared that the Sozlalistische Republik would be suppressed for three months on account of the enclosed article. Criticism of the Social Democrat MacDonald is an insult to the Brit- ish Government and a danger to the British occupation. The ten days’ suppression is deli- berately intended to prevent our voice reaching the miners in the Ruhr miners’ struggle, which be- gins on April 1. The three months’ suppression is intended to make us powerless in the electoral campaign. The British military authorities are trying to use the three volumes of ordinances of the Inter-alied High Commission against the Commu- in sickness and poverty. Mere Technic. The concerto alone remains un- changed, and this is almost as great a shame as that its illustrious com- poser should be forced to live as he It stacks up as about the worst composition heard this season of It does so, but does. symphony brilliance. there is no music in the process, only endless, tuneless, musically worthless technical display. ' There is a good beer garden tune in the lost move- bent, but that is soon lost in the gen- eral confusion of foolish noise. This in no way disparages Mrs. Zeisler’s ability. She played six en- cores in the brilliant style that has won her reputation. Her performance of Fritz Kreisler’s “Leibesfreud” had a Viennese spirit and dash second only to the interpretation of the com- poser. Edward Elgar’s overture, “Cock- raigne,” a work descriptive of Lon- don, opened the program. It is a light and tuneful gentleman’s Lon- don, that does not compare with Wil- liams’ London symphony. A work played for the first time in America was Perinello’s tone poem, “The Dying Swan.” It is good water music, in the French impressionist style, but somewhat hurt by an over- sentimental title, "i Islam and Christianity will share most of next week’s symphony pro- gram, the next to the last of the sea- son. Rimsky-Korsakoff’s “Scherezade” suite, four tone poems based on the Arabian Nights, will be played, and three excerpts from Wagner's “Par- sifal.”* Beethoven’s second “Leonore” overture and Ernest Schelling’s bloody tone poem, “A Victory Ball,” will round out the program. More Democracy Is Berger’s Cure For Teapot Government WASHINGTON, April 17—A move- ment to re-write the Constitution and revise the present form of govern- ment was started today by Represen- nists, so that the effect of the “state of emergency” shall be left even without the suppression of the Com- munist Party, altho they could not succeed In securing the suppression of the Party. Captain Welton informed me some weeks ago that the British authori- ties wished for a victory of the centre parties in the coming elec- tions, the Social-Democrats and the clerical “Zentrum,” and were doing everything to make such a victory possible. With Communist Greetings, Ss. FAHL, Editor, Die Sozialistische Re- publik. All protests to the MacDonald ..g0- vernment have brought no results-and’ the paper is still forced to come out as an illegal organ. The attitude of the british Occu- pation Authorities towards the Ger- man workingclass has not changed for the better since the MacDonald gov- ernment has been in power and if anything they are harsher in their treatment of strikes and demonstra- Judge Who Indicted Herrin Klansmen Is Pinched hed By Young MARION, IL, April 17.—The home of Sam Sterns, Klan Cyclops of Ma- rion and Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors, was fired into by unknown assailants, complain Klansmen, about ten shots ware fired they say. City Judge B. N. Bowen, who called the Grand Juty which indicted more than a score of Klan leaders for their activities in the recent booze war during which Glenn Young, Klan Pro- hibitionist, seized control of Herrin’s City Government, was arrested by Young and Chiet of Police John Ford, on a charge of filing false affidavits in the hotly contested city election, Warren Y. W. L. Dance Coming WARREN, Ohio., April 17.--The League of Warren, tative Victor Berger, Wisconsin So- cialist, who introducee in the House a resolution which would authorize Congress to call a convention for the purpose. “The present Constitution makes our form of government a monarchy,” Berger said. The president has power equal to two-thirds of Congress. The cabinet is not dependent’ upon the will of Congress as in the British form of government. “The Senate, fashioned after the British House of Lords, continues to serve long after the institution it imi- tated has fallen into disuse,” Berger said. “In it a voter from the State 9f,, Rhode Island counts for as much as ten voters from the State of New York.” Judges, appointed for life, over-rule the laws of Congress and the people now are victims of “a judicial oligar- chy” Berger said. ‘ Demand Removal Of Troops From Kentucky Mines By Th NEW YORK, “Abn itn the ground that the mere presence of troops is alone a form of intimida- tion in industrial disputes the Ameri- can Civil Liberties union here has appealed to Governor Wm. J. Fiel to withdraw state troops from the struck | Liberty Coal & Coke Co, mines in Bell county, Ky. Two com- panies of national guardsmen were ordered out “to protect” mine proper ty on April 5, tho the strike was being conducted peacefully. Six Children Die In Fire BRIDGEPORT, Conn., April 17.—A sixth death occurred yesterday as a result of fire which destroyed the home of Louis Ehlich here when Fred- erick, oldest son of the family, suc- cumbed of burns in a hospital. Five other children were burned to death in the flaming building, their ages ranged from 3 to 14 years, Frederick, the oldest boy, was res- The Mos- played it with the Chicago orchestra, Mrs. Zeisler added triumphs to her al- until now she is known as the foremost woman The Chicago orchestra established itself, and now the firmest founded symphony orches- Moskowski lost his luck, and is spending his last days Page Three SSS Sea eee es RATIONALIST UNIVERSITY SOCIETY STUDEBAKER THEATRE 418 S. Michigan Boulevard, Chicago > April 20 How to This Sunday Morning Eleven O'clock Great Popular Scientific Lecture by PERCY WARD The Eminent Orator On the Subject “Your Uncon- scious Mind and The amazing revelations of modern psychology con- tained in Mr. Ward’s illuminating lecture will be of infinite value to you in your every-day life. Use [t” Philadelphia Workers To Hold All Day Celebration May 1st PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 17.— A United Front May Day Conference of, Philadelphia Labor Organizations decided to hold an All-Day Celebra- tion on May 1. Twenty-five workers’ organizations were represented, mcluding Labor Unions, Workmen’s Circles, Young Workers’ League and Workers’ Party branches. It was decided to celebrate the afternoon at the Friends of Work- ers’ Germany Bazaar as a demonstra- tion of Solidarity with the oppressed workers of Germany, and to Hold a vast mass meeting in the evening in the largest hall in Philadelphia. To all indications this May Day Celebration will be the largest event ever held by the workers of Philadel- phia. The Johnston Bill, the Teapot Dome Scandal, the Farmer-Labor Party and organization of the unorganized work- ers will be the outstanding issues at the Celebration. A splendid musical program with the Freiheit Singing Society, the Lettish Singing Society, and a well- known orchestra taking the leading part. H. M. Wicks of the “Workers Party will be the main speaker, oth- er speakers in foreign languages will give the Celebration an Internation- al tone. Over a Thousand Seats—All Seats: 50 Cents PERCY WARD’S SUNDAY AFTERNOON CLASS IN THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING BEGINS IN MAY. There are still a few vacancies left for students. sons, etc., can be obtained at the Studebaker Theater this Sunday at the above lecture. SSS SESS Circular of les- SSS SSS SSS eee ee ee ener Another Ford Dream; This One Ends In A Vile Police Station George R. Berner of Wauseon, Ohio, had dreams of making a lot of money thru selling a device to make Fords go eight miles an hour faster than they ever went before. Salesmen in the Higi, Tension Company here had told him how good it was so George paid $5,000 for the “exclusive Ohio” rights. But tod#y George’s dream is to get his $5,000 back. He has the three salesmen locked up in the city jai They are booked as John A. Perry, Phillip Mullen and M. J. Maloney. Nearing the Bottom. WASHINGTON, April 17.—Money for the McAdoo political war chest is running low, due to the coldness shown by many business men upon whom his managers have counted for assistance. Bernard M. Baruch, for- merly his chief promoter, but recently discovered to be in confidential cor- respondence with Edw. B. McLean, is nanied as one of the financial angels whose wings are folded and whose back is turned. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. ) the Japanese and American ington by Tokio? imperialism. Republics. able. ANOTHER BIG FEATURE OF THE DAILY WORKER What is behind the present strained relations between this talk of “grave consequences" being hurled at Wash- The DAILY WORKER will answer these and many other questions in a series of articles beginning today by Jay Lovestone on the growth and significance of American These articles are the result, of a thoro investigation of the policy of aggrandizement pursued by the American imperialists and their capitalist governments in the Far East, in Europe, in Africa, and against the Latin-American he series will be up to the minute in informa- tion gathered from the most authoritative sources avail- If you want to know whom, why, where, when and governments? 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Make sure to read every one of the eight articles. Get our friends, your co-workers in the shops and on the ‘arms to read them. Get in your order to the DAILY WORKER eee sure | this series early so that you will receive the paper with will hold a big novelty dance Thurs-|cued by his father and taken to th oh oa RO eon: Reenter the reso! was declared: pre ava Vee Vou ascuend Say, April igdth, When. the Yount |hospltal where he died tan 7 oat Bats 1 i tions were hurled ae 5 Mt te py oa of the state committee, Wackers (Mall le ; Avert rh he pan nitaot tes dightls bare, THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 West Washington Boule. not to allow @ record vote be vard, Chicago, Ill, ‘i Ai ofh ; i a a een te ae \\- “6h lack of a good time, pont $0. Pat ee abla to Joove the hospital,