The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 19, 1924, Page 2

a, niin stannic enitesaiie. . . Page Two THE DAILY WORKER SOAP KING T0 THE DEFENSE OF LEONARD WOOD to Deny 1920 “Oil Deal.” (Continued from Page 1) streamed down his face and he shook his head in sorrow. Wood’s Worker Called. T. A. Harmon, tax expert of Indian- apolis, was then called to testify regarding an alleged conversation with James L. Himrod who was con- nected with Wood héadquarters. Harmon said he met Himrod at Sycamore, Ill., last February, who is an electrician connected with the Moose Lodge at Moose Heart, Ill. “Himrod told me he was a confi dential worker to General Wood,” Harmon said. “He said somewhere between 9 and 10 p. m., the night be- fore Mr. Harding was nominated Penrose called Wood headquarters on the phone. Wood refused to talk, but authorized Himrod to take the message. “Penrose asked Wood, he said, if he was elected, if he would give ‘us’ three cabinet members. Didn’t Know How Sick. “General Glenn was in the room They were the only three. Glenn told Wood ‘now is your chance, General one word will thake you president.’ Himrod said Wood told him to tell Penrose that he had made no prom- ises and was making none now. Him. Tod said he told Penrose that.” “Don’t you know Senator Penrose ‘was so sick at the time he is sup- posed to have talked with Himrod Tries that he could not talk over the phone?” Spencer, Missouri, republi- can, asked. “I knew he was sick, but I don’t know how sick he was. I am merely telling you something that Mr. Him- rod said to me. I don’t undertake to stand for the veracity of the state- ment.” Harmon was then excused and Will- fam B. Nichols was called to the stand. Nichols described how he assisted Hamon in the first campaign to de- feat Jim McGraw, as republican na- tional committeeman and then to car- ry the state for the republican na- tional ticket. “I never knew of Jake Hamon hav- ing any ambition except for tne best interests of the republican party.” Proctor said he had seen Harry F. Sinclair in New York in April before the convention and that Sinclair was “nominally favorable” to the Wood Jeatididacy. “Did Sinclair contribute to the ‘Wood campaign?” Senator Walsh asked. “Not to my knowledge.” The witness said he had heard the decision to nominate Warren G. Harding was made at a conference the night before Mr. Harding was chosen as republican presidential can- didate. He said he understood Will Hays, Harry Daugherty and Colonel George Harvey were at that confer- ence, “What do you know about the in- fluences that brought about the nomi- mation of Harding?” Walsh asked. “I know nothing.” Proctor was then excused and L. W. Dixon, Western Union telegraph- er of Chicago, was called. He “work- ed” a private wire from Senator Pen- Tose’s headquarters at the Chicago convention to the Penrose house in Philadelphia. Most of the messages sent over the wire were in cipher and names of men mentioned in the convention were dis- cussed, Dixon said. John T. King, former national com- Engineers, 3 Russian Only), for fares, etc. from New York. how you FEEL. KUZ Room 301 { Me (Russian State Industry Controlling Coal mines and Chemical Plant in Kemerovo, Tomsk Gubefniya, Siberia, with their auxiliary Industries includ- ing a Machine Farm of 33,000 acres.) NEEDS IMMEDIATELY 50 Pick Miners, 3 Machine Runners, 3 Electrical Hoisting Se Bricklayers (Firstclass 3 Russian Speaking Plasterers (Firstclass Only), Etc., Etc. CONDITIONS—Two Years Agreement. cepted at present. Basis of acceptance is WHAT you can DO, not ——MONTHLY SAILINGS-—— Send for application forms and all Information at once. 110 West 40th Street, New York City Who Is This Foell? Judge Charles M. Fo Il doesn’t like the DAILY WORKER. We are proud of the fact. If Judge Foell should find ae to his liking in the columns of the DAILY WORK working class. ~ R_ we would become suspicious of our loyalty to the Judge Foell is a bosses’ judge. Today he Is the garment bosses’ judge. Tomorrow he will be the judge of some other group of bosses. The fact th at the Chicago Federation of Labor mistakenly endorsed him for re-election last fall, doesn’t change the fact. That Judge Foell is a bosses’ judge has been ‘clearly shown in his whole attitude workers brought before him. “friend of labor,” has shown toward the striking garment Judge Foell, the so-called himself just as bitter toward the strikers as Judge Denis Sullivan, whom the officials of the Chicago Federation of Labor tried to defeat thru “pun- ishing its enemies.” Judge Foell has taken just as drastic action as “Dennie” Sullivan, in his efforts to wipe out the picket line of the striking garment workers. But his super-efforts at intimi- dation have had no more effect than those of his co-partner in trying to keep the workers cowed in submission. The DAILY WORKER intends to continue telling the truth about Judge Foell, and all the rest of the lickspittles of the big employers on the judicial benches of Chicago. If Judge Foell cannot endure to have the truth told about himself, then so much the worse for him. or democratic judge’ who pa before election day, i$ always The republican rades as a “friend” of labor unmasked, and quickly, when he gets into action on the bench, after election, especially during a strike. It has come to us that Ju: cism and truth-telling of the dge Foell, in resting the criti- DAILY WORKER, might try to take it out of the strikers brought before him. It is stated that he might impose heavier fines or jail sentences upon the strike pickets struggling to protect their union, to carry its standards to victory in thi more of the scant necessities being deprived. Judge Foell showed himse' is fight, and thus secure some of life, of which they are now If a turncoat when he betrayed his election promises made to secure the support of the officialdom of labor. On top of this he will show himself heavily tainted with cowardice if he tries to punish strikers for what he dislikes to read in the DAILY WORKER. The workers are learning the answer to the question, “Who Is Judge -Foell?” mittee man of Connecticut, was mana- ger of Penrose headquarters, he said. “Who did Penrose favor for the somination?” asked Walsh. “I don’t kfiow.” “To what end was he working?” “He was trying to eliminate Gen- eral Wood, Senator Johnson and Gov- ernor Lowden.” Dixon said it was generally known at the conference which decided upon the nomination of Harding was held at the Congress Hotel Annex and broke up about 4 a. m. Dixon was then excused and John} B. Alcorn, telegrapher of Terre Haute, | Ind., called. Alcorn said he went to Penrose headquarters the night before Hard- ing was nominated. He said he was sent there to listen to the Penrose private wire. “A city editor of a newspaper told me Penrose would name the republi- can nominee that night and that Mr. Harding would be the nominee,” Al- corn said. “A reporter took me to Penrose headquarters where I stayed until about 4 a. m.° I could not hear all that went over the leased wire. F] could enly pick up words now and then and they didn’t make sense. Hears Harding’s Name. “I heard the word ‘Harding’ once or twice, but I couldn’t get the con- nection in any way so I could be sure he was the man whe was to be nom- inated. “The reporter, named Brown, told me it had been decided at a confer- ence that night that Harding was to be nominated on the third ballot next day.” The name of the newspaper was not mentioned by Alcorn. He said he got into the headquarters with an intro- duction from Judge Barasa of Chi- cago, obtained for him by the city editor of the newspaper. Each worker must hi jarried men with families not ac- BAS, CHAMPION Y. W. L. SOCCER FOOTBALL TEAM BATTLE WITH DANES THIS SUNDAY. The champion soccer . football team of the Y. W. L. of Chicago will play the Danes for leadership in the Chicago Soccer Football League. The Young Workers League team, which was very suc- cessful last season, promises to do even better this spring. The team has been materially strengthened. At this game, which will be played on Sunday, April 20, at 10:30 A. M., at Humboldt Park, the Y. W. L. team will make its ap- pearance in a brand new uniform, a red jersey which bears the em- blem of the Young Communist In- ternational, the hammer and sickle. This game is expected to be a lively one, as many of the young workers will be on the lines cheer- ing and singing for their players. All young workers should be out at Humboldt Park this Sunday morning and bring their song books along with them. Contempt Fight on Mal. WASHINGTON, April 18.—Con- tempt proceedings against Mal Daugh- erty probably will be started today in the Senate. A draft of the resolution citing the brother of the former attorney gen- eral for defying the authority of the Senate investigating committee will be considered in executive session. Prompt action is expected to follow its approval by the committee. If the contempt resolution is adopt- ed by the Senate, Daugherty will be haled before the bar of the Senate. His continual refusal would subject him to imprisonment until he consents to testify. A long legal battle will probably result before the reluctant witness is heard. The committee has all but aban- doned its effort to compel Howard Mannington, once resident of the “lit- tle green house on K street,” to ap- pear. Pay Boosted in Seattle. SEATTLE, April 18. — Asbestos workers in Seattle have increased their scale from $8 to $9 a day. How many of your shop-ma‘ id THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe to: Trachtenberg Meet The Trachtenberg meeting at Gary will be held Sunday, April 20, at 2 p. m., in the Workers Party headquar- ters, 215, 18 Avenue West. ‘The ROBOTS Are HERE 4n¢_ NORTH SIDE TURNER HALL #20 NORTH CLARK st Sunday Afternoon, April 20th, 2:30 P. M. ALL PROCEEDS FOR MICHIGAN DEFENSE DAILY WORKER IS BIG ISSUE IN STRIKE COURT All Pickets Are Grilled About Their Paper. (Continued from Page One) merely punched so as to keep track of the strikers, he said and to find out: who is and who is not working. Getting The Strike News “Do you read the DAILY WORK- ER,” asked Hyde of Fabian Tipshus. “Yes” was the answer. “Do you read it every day?” “Yes, I read it every day to get the strike news,” Tipshus answered. Hyde again was aroused by the fact that the DAILY WORKER is exposing the farce_on justice being enacted in Foell’s court where workers striving for a decent wage are browbeaten like criminals. Ask Funds For Strike The Committee of Fifteen yesterday sent a letter to all unions in Chicago asking them to aid the strikers finan- cially. Members of the Committee of 15 today said they doubted if a float to advertise the cause of the strikers. They declared the idea may be aban- doned because of the expense. A recent report says that Gom- pers, serenely oblivous of the gallant struggle of the garment strikers against the injunction, is in Harris- burg pulling some of his political strings on a matter more important to him, personally than a labor struggle. Put Off Cases Till Tuesday The thirteen cases before Judge Foell were postponed yesterday until the coming Tuesday. One of the law- yers was informed by Judge Foell that possibly on Tuesday the cases will be laid over until at least another week. One interpretation of the postpon- ments is that Judge Foell has a busy calendar and postponed the cases for lack of time. Dally Worker Forces Judge’s Hand But many are pointing out that the exposure by the DAILY WORKER of the class antagonism in which Judge Foell continually sides with the em- ployers, is making itself¢felt. These people point out that the publicity has injured Foell’s prestige as a fair Judge.. The DAILY WORKER is showing up the Judge who was indorsed by so many labor leaders in the last elec- tion, and the cases are being postpon- ed by Judge Foell, it is believed, in order to save his face. They Read the Daily Worker. The DAILY WORKER was con- stantly being brought up in yester- day’s testimony by Charles Hyde, lawyer for the ladles’ garment bosses. “Do you read the DAILY WORK- ER?” asked Hyde of Morris Sher. “Of course I .read the DAILY WORKER,” was the answer. “Do you read it every day?” “Yes, I read it every day.” “I read the DAILY WORKER to get the strike news,” Morris Sher said to a DAILY WORKER reporter a little later, “None of the other Chicago papers tells the truth about the strike of the garment workers.” Judge Foell said in court yester- day: “The right to strike is as sacred as the right to work.” If Judge Foell believes that then the least he could do would be to declare the injunction against picketing unconstitutional. As long as Judge Foell sentences strikers and keeps them off the picket line he is acting in the in- terests of the garment bosses and helping them break the strike. But Judge Foell should not allow Attorney Hyde to browbeat the girl defendants, get up close to them and wave injunction writs and strike cards in their faces as he has been doing. The present hearing in Room 807, in the County Building, is a perfect example of the use of the courts in ithe battle of organized labor against the employers, showing how the courts are used to break strikes in the interests of the employers. That use of police, detectives and judges to enforce injunctions against picketing is a part of the employers’ plan to crush labor, The American Federation of Labor and every or- ganized union has recognized the use of the bench as an instrument in the hands of the employers. No worker can respect a judge or vote for him on election day when he allows himself to be used as such a tool. This case is not an ordinary criminal case and the defendants are not criminals. The right to picket is as sacred as the right to strike, because one cannot be carrie@ on without the other. AMALGAMATED HALTS BOSSES’ WAGE CUT PLAN Agreement _ Continues 3 Until 1925. The Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers has come successfully thru pro- tracted negotiations with the men’s clothing manufacturers of the Chicago district, it was learned yesterday from Samuel Levine, manager of the Chi- cago Joint Board. ‘Wages and working condtions will remain unchanged until the termina- tion of the agreement in 1925. Hm- ployers finally agreed to give up their demands for wage reductions. Union Rejected Wage Cut. The agreement was made in 1922 to last until 1925. Under its terms either side had the option of opening negotiations for a change in terms at the end of each year. The employers this year took advantage of this and asked for a wage cut. However, the union refused to consider a reduction in wages and after prolonged discus- sion the employers yielded the point rather than face the stoppage of pro- duction that would have followed a wage cut. 25,000 Workers Affected. Twenty-five thousand clothing work- ers are included in the Amalgamated’s ranks in this district and there is gen- eral satisfaction that the union has maintained its position. The fact that the Amalgamated had enough sur- plus strength to contribute ,.0,000 to its sister needle trades union, the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers, for the dressmakers’ strike, is belic 7d to have been a factor in convincing the bosses of the folly of starting trouble. The Chicago market has been al- most completely organized since the long and hard 1919 strike when in- junctions and thousands of arrests fail to halt the victorious clothing workers. Hart, Schaffner & Marx and several other firms came in num- ber of years before, 500 Strike Against 50 Cent Wage Cut At Pullman Plant Five hundred riveters, reamers and other metal workers are on strike at the Pullman shops against a 50 cent cut. The company is trying to get the men to deal with the shop committee, which is a company. union of the so- called “industrial democracy” pattern, but the men refuse to recognize this scab organization. A mass meeting will be held this morning at 10 o'clock at Samuel's hall, 150 Hast 107th street. Daily mass meetings have been held for the three days the strike has been going on, There are altogether 15,000 workers in the Pullman plants and they are unorganized. Signwriters Sign Three Shops. NEW YORK.—Three of the 40 small shops against which Signwrit- ers’ Local 230, Brotherhood of Paint- ers, Decorators and Paperhangers, are striking have accepted the union’s demands for a 20 per cent wage increase and a five-day week. The old contract, which expired March 81, gave the journeymen $11 for a five and a half day week. The large employers, constituting 85 per cent of the industry, accepted the new agreement without a strike. The Troubles of California. LOS ANGELES, April 18— With two new outbreaks of the foot and mouth disease discovered within the past 24 hours, 1600 motorists report- ed stranded at Needles, because of the Arizona ban on automobiles, and with that state planning to call out the national guard to keep California tourists from crossing the river, the epidemic situation in southern Cali- fornia was admittedly serious today. Jap Ambassador Sits Pretty, TOKIO, April 18.—There is no pres- ent intention on the part of the Jap- anese government to recall M. Hani- hara, Japanese ambassador to Wash- ington, for his letter to Secretary of State Hughes on the American-Japan- ese exclusion measure, Premier Ki- youra announced, YONKERS, N, Y., April 18,—John E. Andrus, “millionaire subway strap- hanger,” has ordered a mausoleum built in “Keniseo” to cost between $350,000 and $500,000. Liberal Treatments jx First Class Cooking bo Tel. Rockwell 9193 Spring Styles Now Showing TWO PANTS SUITS GOOD CLOTHES for Men and Boys Shoes -- Furnishings -- Hats LOTHING —Two stores— Lincoln & Wrightwood Avenues Lincoln Ave. & Irving Park Blvd. Open Thursday and Saturday Evenings. RUBBER STAMPS AND SEALS IN ENGLISH AND IN ALL’ FOREIGN LANGUAGES INK, PADS, DATERS, RUBBER TYPE,Erc, NOBLER STAMP & SEAL CO. e 73 W. VanBurenSt, Phone Wabash 6680 CHICAGO MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ———ATTENDED TO—— Telephone Diversey 5129 ED. GARBER QUALITY SHOES For Men, Women and Children 2427 LINCOLN AVENUE Near Halsted and Fullerton Ave. CHICAGO Established 1899 JOHN B. HESSLER SHOES FOR MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN 2720 North Ave. CHICAGO THE MALT WITHOUT A FAULT Buy it by the Case. We Deliver 1 Case Bohemian Malt Hops, $7.50 CESKI MALT EXTRACT CO, 1916 W. Chicago Avenue Telephone Armitage 0835 PITTSBURGH, PA. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Rendering Expert Dental Service for 20 Years 645 SMITHFIELD ST., Near 7th Ave. 1627 CENTER AVE., Cor. Arthur St. DR. ISRAEL FELDSHER cuxuase and Surgeon 8808 ROOSEVELT RD. Crawford 2655 Hours: Morning, until 10 a, » ™m, Afternoons, 1 to 3 and 7 to 9 p. m. BERTRAM H. MONTGOMERY Attorney and Counsellor 10 South La Salle Street, Room 601 CHICAGO I Telephone Franklin 4849 Residence Phone Oak Park 8853 one Spaulding ASHER B. PORTNOY & CO. Painters and Decorators PAINTERS’ SUPPLIES Estimates on New and Old Work 2619 MILWAUKEE AVE... CHICAGO Oriental Restaurant 3119 W. Roosevelt CHANGED HANDS *™* STRICTLY UNION —_, SSS Se eee eee reer ss CiaTRES SHOP VrMENSE MEN 2431 LINCOLN AVENUE REMOVAL NOTICE Please be sure to address all Letters, Newspapers and other mail to our new address, ek Ne THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington St. Saturday, April 19, 1924 han Comfortable for Banquets Popular Prices CHICAGO Seeeeeeeessrssresssesre) 4d YOUNG Next Door to Blograph Theatre You Should READ The Valley Of Enna And Other Poems and Modern Plays Price, $2.50 AND The Education of Ernest Wilmerding A Story of Social and Labor Unrest Price, $2.00 Both Books By E. C. Wentworth For Sale By All Book Sellers Both Books are in the Public Library State Publishers of Russia (Gosisdat) The Representative in the United States and Canada will fill orders FOR RUSSIAN BOOKS, MAGAZINES, ETC. 12,000 Titles to Select From. Regular discount to dealers and organizations, Write for Catalogue. Subscription accepted for: Isvestia $2.00 per month Economi 2.50 per month Pravda. .... 3.00 per month GOSISDAT, 18 PARK ROW, New York City S. FACUNA Gentlemen’s, Ladies’ and Children’s SHOES REPAIRING A SPECIALTY Every Shoe Bears the Union Label 2018 W. CHICAGO AVENUE Phone Humboldt 0485 DO YOUR WORK AT J. KAPLAN’S CLEANERS AND DYERS Expert Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailor 3646 ARMITAGE AVE. Albany 9400 Work Called For And Delivered FOR SALE ‘Well established tailoring and fur, shop. _O leavi th a -" dress Box JA. Dall Worker, “4 Chicago, III. \v