The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 21, 1924, Page 5

ES == oe aa NC ASCE OS OTIS Monday, April 21, 1924 EE BIG TAG DAY IN NEW YORK FOR GERMAN NEEDY Local Has Already Raised $18,000. The workers of New York will rally for the tag days on Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, to col- lect for German relief. On that day collections will be made in the streets to aid the suffering working class of Germany, and to show inter- national solidarity and the spirit of self-help of the workers. Volunteers are needed for the collections, There must be no slackers in this great work to save the whole working class of Germany. Let the children also. come and take part in the work 80.aa' to help the little boys and girls of Germany who are in such terri- ble. need. The New York section of the Com- mittee for International Workers’ Aid has, collected $18,000 up to date; but our New York comrades are not contented with this amount and they want to go still further in aid of our German brothers and sisters. The Committee for International Workers’ Aid is #he American branch of the Internationale #Ar- beiter Hilfs Komitee which organ- ized and directed an immense relief work in Soviet Russia during the fa- mine. This organization helped the Japanese’ workers efter the earth- quake, this is the international workers’ organization, that expres- sion of world solidarity of the work- ers, ready to extend material help wherever it is needed. Many Public Kitchens. Now all the work is concentrated on relief of the Gérman working class. So far 120 public kitchens have been opened in Germany, and thousands of working men, wom: and children are fed, children’s homes are being maintained, more than a thousand children have been sent to foreign countries for cure. Help is extended to unemployed workers, to workers on strike, clothes are distributed, gift-packages @we disbursed. But all this is not enough to meet the terrible need ex- isting in Germany. The hot summer days are coming and with them suf- fering and danger of epidemics. Dis- ease is rampant in Germany. The children are the greatest sufferers. Thousands of school children come to school without having eaten any breakfast; most workers’ children eat no warm meal a day; many chil- dren are kept from school because they are too weak for study, The children of the poor have no under- wear and no change of clothing. The providers of millions of children are unemployed and many more are on part time work. There are not enough beds in the hospitals for the tubercular children. Workers Must Help. The workers must help, for no one else will help. If the American congress votes rellef for Germany it only. serves as a theans for a Her- bert Hoover to organize the counter- revolution in that country as was done in Hungary and in Russia. The workers of Germany are fight- ing against starvation, unemploy- ment, against the twelve-hour day, against their own capitalists and the capitalists of the world, against the counter-revolution, monarchist plots, against Socialist betrayal in con- nivance with Fascism, against mili- tary dictatorship. On the backs of the German workers are the finan- ciers, the industrial barons, the spec- ulators, the big landowners, the gen- erals, the monarchists, armies of in- vasion, the whole band of enemies thirsty for the blood of the workers, The working class of Germany re- treated before the enemy. Shall it retreat still further? Shall it be forced to go down in defeat? Or will the workers of all countries rush to their aid? Let the tag days of Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27, in New York be a blow against the internal and external enemies of the German workers, a blow against the enemies of the proletarian revolution of Ger- many, against world reaction. Let the tag days be a demonstration of ene working class solidar- ty. WASHINGTON.—By a margin of four votes, the progressives in the House have been able to strike from the immigration bill the words “or remain,” which placed upon the alien in this country the burden of proof that he had not been of immoral character or otherwise unfit to enter | 7 when he came to this country, U State Insurance Federated Press Staff Correspondent. BRISBANE, Quéensland—The La- bor government of Queensland has proved that state insurance is more advantageous t othe people than the private company. The Government. insurance office Pays up to $10 a week to a single man and up to $17.50 a week to a married man who is temporarily disabled, in place of the $5 a week paid under the old system of workers’ compensation. The compensation for totally disabled has been increased from $2000 to $3750, and the amout payable in case of death has been raised. from $2000 to $3000. Altho the benefits have been sub- stantially pays no more by way of premiums. In addition to the increase in benefits, the premium rates have been reduced 20 to 30 per cent. The insurance office declares no dividends and any surplus after providing for sinking funds, is handed back in increased benefits and reduced premiums. tem that of 58,827 claims, involving over $5,000,000, paid during the six years the state insurance office has been in operation, have been disputed by dissatisfied clients. Under the old private-company in- surance system, out of every $100 re- ceived in premiums, only $34 was paid back in claims, and $66 were for expenses and dividends. received in premiums by the state in surance office is paid away in claims with the exception of $17 expenses; $83 of evry $100 is available for policy holders against $34 under the private-company system, John M. Moore, deposed president of the Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company, Kani embezzling $600,000 of the banks funds, died here recently, — ~ fHE DAILY WORKER CAPITALISM IN N. Y.ON MAY DAY NEW YORK, April 20.—“The celebration of May Day—the holiday of the International Working Class—in the United States this year, must be a great demonstration against the Capitalist System and the Government which upholds and supports it,” declares the May Day United Front Conference of New York City. “Probably never before in history has there been such an exposure of rottenness and corruption as in the Teapot Dome investigation. The men in high office whom the members of the working class are asked to look up to are shown to be the paid agents of capitalism. Representa- tives, senators, members of the cabinet, yes, even the president past and present are splattered by the oily filth. “No worker who has read the story of corruption coming from Wash- ington can any longer have illusions about the Capitalist System and the Government which supports it. Capitalism stands before the work- ers and farmers as the looters of the nation, using the Government as its instrument, thru which to steal the nation’s natural resources and exploit the producers of wealth, Under the Iron Heel. “The methods used by the ruling class in gaining control of the natural resources are also used to exploit the workers in the industries and upon the land. “When the workers go on strike the capitalists use their government against them just as they use their government to secure the ofl of Teapot Dome. Injunctions are issued to break the strikes of the workers. Government boards, courts and soldiers are always placed at the com- mand of the employers. The government plays the same, part in the fight against workers who want higher wages and better working condi- tions as it does in giving the capitalists the natural resources of the country. It is the agency of the employers, of the capitalists, “Everywhere the foreign born workers have,been found in the front ranks in all strikes for better living conditions. The ruling class an- swers with the Johnson Immigration Bill, as well as with bills to register, fingerprint and deport workers of foreign birth who dare to raise their voices against oppression. " Driving Farmers Off Land. “The farmers who are being bankrupted and driven off the land by the millions know that they are being robbed thru Teapot Dome methods. They know that the bankers holding their mortgages, the marketing institutions handling their products, the elevators which store them, the railroads transporting them, are all supported by cleverly drawn laws which aid the capitalists to rob them. “All capitalism is a Teapot Dome. There can be but one answer: DOWN WITH THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM. “This goal can only be achieved thru the workers and farmers organ- izing their political power and using their united strength to take control of the government from the capitalists and their agents. The Farmer- Labor parties of this country have called a great convention of workers and farmers in St. Paul, on June 17th, for the formation of an organi- zation to carry on the fight against the two old parties. “On this May Day, the call must go out to the oppressed workers everywhere: Unite for a Party of the Toiling Masses. Unite for a Farmer-Labor Government, and then Forward to a Workers’ and Farm- ers’ Government, Great May Day Demonstration. “The United May Day Conference of New York City calls upon all workers to join in a tremendous demonstration on May Day. -The New York United May Day Conference has made every effort to achieve the united help of all workers on this day, regardless of their political affiliations and sympathies. We proposed a joint demonstration to the May Day Conference of the United Hebrew Trades. Our appeal for unity was rejected. Instead of helping to rally the workers in a common demonstration they have again as in the past divided the proletarian ranks. We call upon all militant workers to turn out in all their strength in mighty protest against reaction everywhere. “Workers of New York! Show your proletarian solidarity. Demon- strate your power and readiness to fight against the Teapot Govern- ment. Build the United Front against the exploiters. “DOWN WITH THE CAPITALIST TEAPOT DOMB! “FORWARD TO THE MASS FARMER-LABOR PARTY! “FORWARD TO THE WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERN- MENT!” Duluth Labor Backs Up Amalgamated In Big Local Strike (By The Federated Press) DULUTH, Minn., April 20.—With unanimous indorsement by the Fed- eral Trades Assembly of Duluth, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Lo- cal 180, is making a strong fight against the attempt of F. A. Patrick & Co, firm to break up the union. Eight workers were discharged by the company, of whom seven were officers of the local. The strike went into effect March 17. A strong picket line with banners is maintained. Conditions in the clothing factory had become very bad. Experienced workers were getting less than $10 a week in many cases. The correspond- ing average wage in well organized cities is around $40. The strike is also being waged in the newspapers and by correspond- ence. Knowing that it had a bad case the company declared in a letter to the A. F. of L. central body that some of the discharged employes were “act- ing under instructions from the Rus- sian Soviet.” Labor in Duluth laughed and so did many other people. All the discharged workers are American citizens and they were told by the company superintendent that he had to dismiss them because of their mem- bership and activity. The strike has almost stopped production, The central body resolution in be- half of the Amalgamated states in part: “In the opinion of the Federated Trades Assembly of Duluth the F. A. Patrick Co. will serve the interest of the community by entering into a speedy settlement with its employes and to this end we pledge our sup- port.” 3 Is Popular Among Queensland Workers By W. FRANCIS AHERN. increased, the employer So popular is the government sys- only four cases Each $1000 under state insurance as The Florida Labor News. TAMPA, Fla—The Florida Labor News makes its first appearance with the issue of April 11. It is an eight- page. six-column weekly, with The Federated Press daily service and American Federation of Labor week- ly news service. -In addition to news of the Florida labor movement, it de- votes considerable space to doings in Washington and to the Farmer-Labor Escapes His Troubles. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 20.— City, accused of How many of your shop-mates read|™ovement thruout the country, E DAILY WORKER.” Get one c7/A- B. Grout is editor. It ts published ib at $2 a year. WORKERS’ MOVIES SPREADS LIGHT IN RUSSIAN VILLAGES Opens Un Deck Spots In Remote Places. By GERTRUDE HAESSLER, Staff Correspondent Federated Press. MOSCOW, April 20.—"Darkest Rus- sia” was discovered within 40 miles of Moscow when a traveling movie show- ing the Lenin funeral came to a little village under the auspices of Prolet- kino, the workers’ film producing organization. The inhabitants, the majority of whom had never traveled the 40 miles to Moscow because the village lies off the railroad, had never seen electric light or a movie. An audience was attracted by plac- ing an electric light outside the hall where the picture were to be shown. The curious villagers thronged the hall, marvelling at the illumination When the lights were put out for the performance and the funeral proces- sion started marching toward the audi- ence, there was a hysterical panic in the front rows of seats, until the pic- tures were stopped, the lights turned | on, and an explanatory lecture given on the working of the moving picture and its harmless character, could the showing be resumed. This has sometimes happened in re- moté districts of Russia, “but never so close to a large city. Masses Get Movie Education Proletkino is attemping to enlighten the masses with regard to the moving picture and its possibilities. It has be- gun to issue a popular monthly maga- zine, much on the order of the movie monthlies in America, but but not so lavish a scale. It contains resumes of films, news about actors, advance stories on new pictures, and lots of propaganda for the proletarian movie and against the foreign . bourgeois films. In its propaganda, Proletkino is be- ing assisted by connections in foreign countries. In nearly every important country in the world, there are Pro- letkino committees studying the prob- lems of the proletarian movie. These committees gather useful films and raw material for the Russian organi- zation and get the Russian produc- tions displayed in their own country. For America Wm. F. Kruse and the Friends of Soviet Russia are about to undertake exhibitions of the popular Russian film Combrig. Proletkino has no connection with the Labor Film service in America. Norway and Sweden use the name Proletkino. In Czechoslovakia and Switzerland there are proletarian or- ganizations with close connections with Russia. Brutalized By Open Shop Conditions He Slays Wife And Child (By The Federated Press) NEW ORLEANS, April 20.—M. E. Carracute, a nonunion carpenter of Bunkie, La., is in jail charged with the murder of his wife and baby. Ac- cording to testimony in the hands of the sheriff, Mrs. Carracute was amus- ing the baby by drawing its hands over a sheet of paper, which noise disturbed the sleeping husband. He Tose from the bed, seized the infant, threw on the floor, and stamped it to death with his feet. The mother in- terfered and was knocked down by a blow on the head. Sitting astride the prostrate woman Carracute cut her throat with a pocketknife, then stabbed her twice in the heart. Carracute is not insane. Open shop conditions, where men are treated worse than brutes by foremen are sup- posed to have transferred the atmos- phere of the factory to the home. Poincare Talks _ Reparations And Ruhr With Belgian PARIS, April 20.—Premier Poincare plans to confer with Premier Theunis of Belgium next week on the experts’ report on reparations, it was reported today, following final approval of the report by the reparations commission. Poincare will discuss particularly with his Belgian colleague the ques- tions of relinquishment of Franco- Belgian economic control of the Ruhr and the Franco-Belgian control of railways. The reparations commission decid- ed to demand that the German gov- ernment submit texts of bills for rapid execution into laws, in accord- ance with the recommendations of the experts and designate German members for the committees on rail- roads atid mortgages, A LAUGH FOR THE CHILDREN SILLINSKY, FIGHTING TAILORS’ PROGRESSIVE, PLEDGES SELF TO AMALGAMATION, LABOR PARTY (Special to the Daily Worker) Cleveland, April 20.—Amalgamation, a Labor Party, Recog- nition of Soviet Russia and Protection of the Foreign Born against the anti-alien drives of Secretary of Labor Davis and other agents of the employers, Max J. Sillinsky, progressive can- didate for General Secretary-Treasurer of the Journeymen Tailors’ Union, pledges himself to these fundamental policies in the following statement to the membership of the organiza- tion: Sillnsky opposed Gompers’ red baiting tactics at the Port- land convention, voting against the ousting of William F. Dunne, and supporting all the progressive resolutions. The statement follows: ve One Union In Needle Trades In accepting the nomination as candidate for General Secretary Treasurer of our organization, the Journeymen Tailors’ Union of Ame- rica, I do so with a thoro know- ledge of the responsibilities of said officer and the confidence that I am capable of performing these duties to your complete satisfaction, and hereby submit my program and po- licies which I will follow if elected. AMALGAMATION: Journeymen Tailors, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, International Ladies Gar- ment Workers, Cap Makers, Neck- wear Makers and United Garment Workers, etc., all engaged in one branch or another of the Needle Trades are going their separate ways and often working at cross purposes. Each of these unions is confronted with similar problems and conditions, chief among which is the problem of organization of the unorganized. The crying need, is to unify the industry by amalgama- tion. One union of all needle trades workers will strengthen us incalcu- lably and is essential if we are to wage a winning struggle against the encroachment of the employers. United Labor Political Action A LABOR PARTY: Solidifying the ranks of the working class poli- tically as well as industrially must be our next step. We in our country, America, are blushing with shame because of the Tea Pot Dome acan- dal exposure, injunction against the workers in their struggles for better conditions and the “Punch and Judy”, show of the Democratic and the Republican parties in America, which is the joke of the “ whole world. Compare this political mess in America with the concentrated activities of organized labor along Political lines in Russia, in England, in Sweden and in our neighboring Mexico. It is very clear that the: working man must have a labor party organized along working class Political action. Must Defeat Immigration Laws PROTECTION OF THE FOREIGN BORN: The employers of this country are even on the alert to de- vise new ways to increase the ex- ploitation of the workers. One way is to’ divide the workers of racial and religious lines and to establish categories of native and foreign born. There ave pending in Congress Bills which propose selective immi- gration and registration of the for- eign born. Secretary of Labor Davis whose department has jurisdiction over immigration and the alien with- in our borders, is advocating an “alien code”, which includes regis- tration, photographing and finger printing. This cannot help but de- velop a vicious system of espionage that will be disastrous in its effect against the foreign born. The Na- tional association of Manufacturers is authority for the statement that 69 per cent of all workers engaged in the clothing industry are foreign born, Registration of the foreign orn is a blow at our Union, and I 11 unalterably opposed to it. Recognition of Soviet R a RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION: The Mussolini Government, as well as many military dictatorships that now rule Europe, such as Hungary, Spain, etc., are recognized by our government. Why not Soviet Rus- sia? We have men such as LaFol- lette, Shipstead, France, Brookhart and others demanding that Russia be recognized and that trade re- lations be established. Trade rela- tions with Russia means increased demand for American-made pro- ducts, which in turn means the re- ducing of the number of unemploy- ed. Furthermore, it enows our sym- pathy for the Russian workers as against the world’s Imperialists, ORGANIZATION. In every city where business agents are employ- ed, results are achieved and the locals are functioning livelier than those where general organizers are in charge of the affairs. Too many National organizers and too few bu- siness agents. I shall encourage the maintainance of business agents in more locals—they to have charge of the smaller locals in the nearby ci- ties within a given territory. It would afford all locals an opportu- nity of having the services of an officer of our union oftener, and we would save thousands of dollars what are spent in railroad fare by traveling organizers. Organization work within our union must be re- newed with more vigor and a great- er variety of educational activities, Those of general organizers that bt be employed must be competent with the trade movement, its aspira- tions, struggles and achievements. “THE TAILOR”: Our official organ shall be turned into an edu- cational paper. Its columns shall be free to every member in good stand- ing for an expression of the mem- ber’s view. The articles written by members or locals shall be printed verbatim and no misinterpretations given thereon by its editor. If is- sues are to be taken up, they shall be discussed with an even break for all parties concerned. OLD-AGE HOME: The printers maintain a home for old-age mem- bers, the Pressmen maintain a home for their old-age members, the Ladies Garment Workers support a home for their old-age and tubereu- lar members, also a summer home; so does the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Why not the Journeymen Tailors? This must be put before the membership for serious consider- ation. I strongly advocate it. It was made possible by other organi- zations and is possible by ours. I attended public and preparatory schools, am 40 years old, fully cap- able of conducting the office and can give the required bonds. I have worked at the trade, was on the road as an organizer and am nov business agent; also I have attend- ed several conventions of the Ame- rican Federation of Labor, which gives me a keen conception of the needs and aspirations of the mem- bers of our organization as well as the Labor movement at Large. Pledges Himself to Cause. Amalgamation, a Labor Party, Protection of the Foreign Born, Rec- ognition of Soviet Russia, Organi- zation, A Free Press, the Maintain- ance of a Home for Old-Age, Effi- ciency, Economy and Service—these are the things for which I stand and pledge my support. Thanking all of the locals that no- minated me for this, the highest office of our organization, and assur- ing you that mine is an honorable ambition, and hoping to receive the vote of the membership that shall result in my election as General Secretary-Treasurer, I am Fraternally yours, (Signed) Max J. Sillinsky. New Zealand Gets Stench Of American Petroleum Scandal By The Fe WELLINGTON, ‘N- Z, April 20.— The capitalist press of New Zealand is denouncing the oil corruption and scandal discovered by the senate com- mittees at Washington. The New Zealand Worker, which called atten- tion to the looting before the business press paid any notice to it, comments: “It is well that we should pay some attention to the oil stealers in high Places in the United States of Amer- ica. When the purest of patriots rob the community of 20,000,000 barrels of its possessions in petroleum some denunciation in justifiable, and we are glad to see that even some of our New Zealand capitalist papers think 80.” How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. He TUTTI LLL LULL COLL LLL LL A Tale Of Two Republics RUSSIA AND GERMANY Coming To Orchestra Hall, May 14, 1924--at 7 & 9 p. m. —ONE NIGHT ONLY— Under the PROCEEDS FOR The Friends of Soviet Russia and Workers’ Germany Room 303, 166 W. Washington Street These pictures were taken in Germany and in Russia. PO TTT LLL LLL OC Page Five eee GREAT DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THIRD PARTY WILL WEAKEN OUR FOE, SAYS CANNON Support Party But Not Reactionary Leaders. The tactics of the Workers Party in supporting a third or LaFollette party and at the same time severely critici- zing its leaders may be a difficult po- Ncy but it is the correct one, James ” Cannon told members of the South Slavic Branch of the Workers Party at their last meeting. “There are several things to be ac- complished and seyeral reasons why we have to support a third party, even if it is controlled by middle class interests,” Cannon said. “We will be making connections in the third party with liberally millions of work- ers who are half awakened. It is more important that LaFollette should mislead the workers than that the old parties should do it. The workers have never yet had the experience of being mislead by the middle class ‘liberals’ who represent the small business men, and they must be cured with the experience of being disillu- sioned. Weaken The Enemy “The formation a third party signi- fies a split in the Republican and De- mocratic Parties. The reactionaries have been weakened by big business and the oil scandal, and now is the best time for the Communists to make their party grow. LaFollette is offer- ing concessions to the workers and farmers and we must get intd the party where the workers are. “The split in the Republican and Democratic Parties resulting from the formation of the third party will not only break the united front of the old parties, but will break up the bureaucracy of the American Federa-~ tion of Labor. The officials of the A. F. of L. are tied in many ways to the two old parties. Men like Gom- pers and Berry and Lewis do not think or act or live like the workers. The split in the old parties will split the petty bourgeois and reactionary labor officials and thus weaken their hold on the labor movement. Ruthenberg to Speak “By entering the third party and still criticizing it will be employing the tactics the Bolsheviki used when they fought with guns in their hands in Kerensky’s army against world im- perialism. All the time the Bolshe- viks were fighting for Kerensky, they were organizing to overthrow him. But by splitting the capitalist class, we weaken the enemy.” Cannon said that the Party program toward a third party will be more ful- ly explained by Comrade Ruthenberg. at the general membership Tuesday night in North Side Turner Hall. Hammer Wallace, Tool of Beef Trust, In Coolidge Cabinet (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, April 20.—Secre- tary Wallace is a tool of the Big Five Chicago meat packers, and he has filled his department with men who sympathize with the packers rather with the farmers or the con- sumers, according to Benjamin C. Marsh, of the Farmers’ National Council, testifying before a house committee. 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