The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 23, 1924, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT VOL. II. No. 32. PULLMAN STRIKERS CLAIM SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outside Chicago, ITS A FIGHT TO LAST DITCH AGAINST THE STOP WATCH “It's a fight for our last drop of blood!” That's the way the strikers in the car works department of the Pullman Company label their struggle against this notorious labor-crushing corporation. It all came out at the strikers’ daily meeting, yesterday, at 158 E. 107th street, when the strikers received the report of the meeting of their representatives with the “company committee.” The spokesman for the Pullman Company, including A. B. Gunn, general efficiency and production manager, and C. D. McLaren, had proposed to the strike committee that the strikers go back to their jobs, and that they accept the cut proposed, of 15 to 45 per cent. Urge Stop Watch System. The fawning officials stated that they would have the stop watch system installed and that this would speed up the men so that they could make more money. When this statement was made to the strikers at their mass meeting, one of the men spontaneously broke out with: “That’s the system they’ve been using to get every drop of blood we've got”. And then another striker chimed in with: “And now they are trying to get the last drop”. Go En Masse For Wages. This morning, April 23rd, is pay- day in the Pullman plant, and the strikers are going en masse to get what is coming to them. The Pull- man workers are paid twice each month. The 500 strikers planned yes- terday to meet this morning at 7:30 o’clock at the corner of Cottage Grove Avenue and 111th St., and march to- gether to the paymaster’s office. They are going in a body to get their wages as a precaution against the company officials trying to deal with the strikers individually. Hegewisch Strike Grows. The strike at Hegewisch is still on, with new men joining the ranks hourly, the same as in Pullman. It is reported that many other de- partments in the huge car works, in addition. to those which the strikers left, have been crippled by the strike, so that thousands of workers are idle as a result. In fact, production in the whole plant is gradually coming to a standstill. (Continued on Page Two) PULLMAN STRIKE ALARMS BIG BIGGEST FINANCIERS, INDUSTRIALISTS, ARE PULLMAN DIRECTORS Some of America’s greatest bank- ers and industrialists, from the Mor- gans to the Vanderbilts, are to be found on the Board of Directors of the Pullman Company, against which another strike has broken out in its own home town—Pull- man, Illinois. The list of fina, cial pirates who make up the board of directors of the Pullman Company is as follows: Robert T. Lincoln, an inglorious son of the Civil War president, Abraham Lincoln. J. Pierpont Morgan, of the inter- national banking house of Morgan & Co. W. Seward Webb. John J. Mitchell. Chauncey Keep. George F. Baker. John §. Runnells. J. A. Spoor. Harold S. Vanderbilt. E. F. Carry. A. 0. Choate. G. F. Balser, Jr. The Pullman Company operates extensive shops at Michigan City, Ind., as well as at Pullman, Ill. ANTI-UNION COMPANY; BOSS SAYS THEY MAY COMPROMISE The Pullman Company—for the 57 years of its existence f%hting labor unions—is trying hard to hide its alarm at the spreading of the strike begun among the riveters, buckers and heaters at the Pullman plant of southside Chicago. One of the riveters brought the strikers’ grievances to F. L Simmons, Supervisor of Industrial Relations for the Pullman Company, at his office in the Pullman Building, 79 East Adams street, according to a special interview given the DAILY WORKER by Mr. Sim- mons yesterday. The riveter said that he had received a 9 per cent cut, reducing his wages from $12.50 per day to $11.37, by Mr. Simmons’ figures. Pullman Speeding. The supervisor suggested that the man make up the difference due to wage cut by speeding up, putting out more work in his 9-hour day. The rivet- er immediately protested that this was impossible with the time he lost going from job to job in the plant. For each job he has to sign a new contract, on his own time, as he is paid only for work put out, not for hours on the job. All the men strik- ing are on a piece work basis, Mr. Simmons stated. Of course this means keen competition among the men striving to keep up with the specially-paid fast pace-setter. Pullman and Pinkerton. The Pullman Company was one of the first great monopoly business in- stitutions in this country. It played ®& prominent part against the workers in the great railroad strike in 1877, employing Pinkerton detectives as spies and sluggers and using the po- @ontinued from Page One) KANSAS SCHOOLS FORCED TO OPEN DOORS TO NEGROES Segregation Receives Big Set Back. (Special to The Daily Worker) COFFEYVILLE, Kan., April 22.— Immediately upon the publication of the recent court decision here against the segregation of Negro chil- dren in Kansas schools, many towns in the state opened their doors to colored pupils for the first time. In Wichita the colored children had been denied the use of the swimming pool and other advantages. The Board of Education has now wiped out all discrimination, according to Elisha Scott of Scott and Vandyne, attorneys who handled the case for the National Assoc. for the Advance- ment of Colored People. NEW YORK, April 22.—According to the school reports from Georgia re- ceived by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo- ple, Negroes are grossly discriminat- ed against in that state in the ap- propriation of school funds, WOW! JUST TAKE LOOK AT LONG LIST OF CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS THAT THIS HONORABLE JUDGE COMMITTED WASHINGTON” ‘Apri 35". mn, peachment charges against Federal ‘District Judge W. EB. Baker of the Northern District of West Virginia, were filed “with the. speaker of the House of Representatives today, by. District Attorney W. T, Brown of the same district. The charges were formally referred to the House Judiciary Committee by Speaker Gillett. Brown charged Judge Baker with In Chicago, by mail, 8.00 per year. tf by mail, $6.00 per year. ee St. Paul Meet to See 5,000 on June 17th Gathering Belongs to Producing Masses ST. PAUL, Minn., April 22.— Altho the official call for the dune 17th convention has been in the mails but a few days, the office of the arrangements com- mittee is being flooded with in- quiries and pledges of support from all sections of the country. One farmer from North Da- kota writes, “We realize that a great National Farmer-Labor Party is the only hope of the farmers and industrial workers and you can count on the farm- ers in this state being present if they have to slap another mort- gage on their farms\to gét there. We can’t be any worse off than we are now.” Rank and File Convention. The question asked most frequently is for the basis of representation for various organizations in the conven- tion. The convention to be held in St. Paul on June 17 is distinctly a rank and file convention. In Minne- sota, as well as in the other north- west states where successful farmer- labor parties are in existence, experi- ence has shown that, to be successful, this new movement must have its roots firmly planted among the work- ers and farmers. As soon as the lead- ership is transferred to a group at the top, the interest and enthusiastic support of the workers and farmers is lost. The basis of representation was therefore fixed so that every organ- ized unit of workers or farmers could be represented in the convention. Every local union, central body, state federation,. farmer organization, co- operative or association of profes- sional men or women agreeing to the Platform as contained in the call and committed to the building of an inde- pendent political movement in oppo- sition to the two old parties will be given one delegate. This is expected to bring five thousand delegates here, who after participating in the nomi- nation of candidates, will go back to all sections of the country enthused with the convention and ready to do their share in building this new movement. State political organizations having legal standing are entitled to five del- egates, without legal standing one delegate. International or national unions and national political parties are entitled to five delegates. Farmers Given Consideration. In order to overcome the fact that the farmers were not organized as well as the industrial workers, a spe- cial basis of representation was de- vised for them which provides that any group of twenty-five farmers may send a delegate to represent them in the convention, provided that they are not represented thru some other organization from their county. Each state has been allotted a defi- nite number of votes in the conven- tion based on their political vote plus one vote for each five thousand votes cast for the progressive candidate re- ceiving the highest number of votes in the 1922 elections in their state. The votes allotted to each state will be divided up equally among all the delegates present in the convention from that state. Delegates from na- tional organizations will cast their votes independent of the state vote, This assures a convention that will be truly representative. Yet it is ar- ranged in such a way that it cannot be deflected from its goal of building drunkenness, confiscation and con- sumption of seized liquors, illegal im- prisonment of citizens, irregularities in certifying his expense accounts and other high crimes and misdemeamors. a real farmer-labor movement. The THE DAILY WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1924 <>” Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill, Workers! Farmers! The Labor Party Amalgamation Organization of Unorganized The Land for the Users The Industries for the Workers Protection of the Foreign-Born Recognition of Soviet Russia Price 3 Cents Demand: Coolidge Regime Gives Its Official Sanction to Moregan-Dawes Scheme GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYES SHOWN AS BOOZE RECIPIENTS WASHINGTON, April 22.—More government officials and employes were named as recipients of liquor seized by the Department of Justice at the hearing of the Senate Daugh- erty investigating committee. Warren W. Grimes, department at- torney, told the committee that Frank Burke, former chief of the bureau of investigation, ordered large quanti- ties of the seized liquor from a ware- house where it was stored, part of it to his home. Special Department Agent Ahern and a “Dr. James T. Mitchell” of Washingtoh were also named by Grimes as receivers of some of the liquor. So far as department records of an investigation of the disappearance of the liquor show, Grimes said, none of it went to the house of E. B. McLean on H street here, while former Attor- ney General Daugherty and Jess Smith were living there. J. M. Bou- cher, a department employe, yester- day testified that he had delivered several quarts of it there. POVERTY, MOTHER OF PROSTITUTION GERMAN SHOWS Int’l. Workers Aid Gives * Proof Of This. By LOUIS P, LOCHNER. (Staff Correspondent of the Fed. Press) BERLIN, April 22—A grim contri- bution to the questioi, Why Girls Become Prostitutes, is made by a Berlin physician, Dr. Minna Flake, who lectured on behalf of the Inter- national Workers’ Aid before a local teachers’ association. Citing example after example from her medicinal practice, she showed that it is al- most invariably economic need that forces girls upon the streets and into houses of prostitution. Without a word of comment, sim- ply adding case after case, Dr. Flake gave one of the most stirring address- es ever heard by the teachers. Here are but three cases which she cited, which I give in verbatim translation: Case I.—“A. G., aged 16. Cash girl in a store. She is found guilty of a minor theft, a ribbon or a pair of gloves, and is fired. She finds a new job but, altho reliable and sat- isfactory in every way, is dismissed immediately when the management hears of her previous offense. She finds no work, and is scolded at home because she increases the economic difficulties of the family by eating without earning her board. She grows despondent and disappears. She is next heard of as a prostitute,” Case II.—“A. K., aged 17. Intol- erable conditions at home. Embit- tered by hunger, the family quar- rels constantly, each blaming the other. The girl serves as maid till November, 1923, but after that tries in vain to find a position. She only elements who can capture it are the producing masses and to them it rightfully belongs, Sugar Workers In Armed Battle With Bosses In Mexico (By The Federated Press) MEXICO CITY, April 22.—Armed conflict between the workers and the officials of the American Sugar Co, of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, is raging. The company refuses a three-shift system of eight hours instead of two- shift system of 12 hours. The president and his armed guards who started the attack, are barricaded in the main building to hold off the counter attack of the workers. Several deaths on both sides have been reported. Mexican federal THE DAILY WORKER. troops are coming to the ald of the company. spends the night in the ‘rescue mis- sion,’ where all her things are stol- en. Then she falls ill with grippe and, as she comes home from the hospital, entirely destitute, the fam- ily denies her admission. She now earns her living as a girl of the street.” Case III.—"R. S., aged 15. A case of hopeless loneliness; the mother dead, the father blind, nobody cares about the child, she hasn’t any friend and no one to counsel her. She ends as a prostitute. The mon- ey thus earned is used either to purchase food or else, since she has an irrepressible desire for some- thing to cheer her up, to visit the movies.” How many of your shop-mates read Get one of them to subscribe toda “CAUTIOUS GAL,” BEFORE KEPT SCRIBES GALLS ON BANKERS TO AID WALL STREET TO CHAIN EUROPE TO U, S, IMPERIALISM NEW YORK CITY, April 22.—Wall Street’s efforts to turn Western Europe into a vassal state of American imperialism, received the full endorsement of the Coolidge republican administration here today. President Cal Coolidge, speaking before the pick of the kept editors of the nation, at the Assoc- ciated Press luncheon here today, called up America’s bankers to make a large loan to Germany, to assure complete success of the Mo rgan-Dawes plan. “E trust that private American capital will be willing to participate in advancing this loan (to Germany under the Dawes plan) cing the work of peace in Europe.” Sound business reasons exist why we should participate in finan- While “Cautious Cal” did not espouse the candidacy of “Hell and Maria” Dawes for the vice- presidency, he held important political conferences while in the city. It is taken for granted that the “Coolidge-Dawes” ticket to be urged at the Cleveland Republican Convention was given thoro con- sideration. Coolidge tried to brush aside the numerous scandals that his administration has inherited from the Harding regime, the “most corrupt the nation has ever seen.” He tried to assure the capitalist press lackeys listening to him that the era of corruption in Washington old party polities was passing. Taking up first the scandals, Mr. Coolidge said their genesis lay in the “easy money” era be- gotten of the war and declared that it was not surprising some government officials had been cor- rupted. “From all of this sordidness, the affairs of government, of course, suffered,” said the president. “In some of it ‘a few public officers were guilty participants. But the wonder is not that this was so much or so.many, rather than it has been-so little and so few. The encouraging thing at present is the evidence of a wellnigh com- plete return to normal methods of action and a sane public opinion.” “Law of Service.” Bloc and minorities must not expect his help, the president said, in raid- ing the public treasury for money to carry out their projects. Declaring that bill now before congress for pro- jects backed by minorities would spell financial disaster to the nation if their $3,600,000,000 total was appro- priated, he said: “The law of service must be ap- plied to this situation. At present our country does not need a greater outlay of expense, but a greater ap- plication of constructive economy.” He made in this connection a pass- ing reference to the bonus but did not reveal his attitude on the insur- ance plan bonus bill now in its final stages in congress, On taxes the president criticized congress for its failure “up to the present time accurately to compre-! hend and expeditiously to minister to the need of taxation reform,” but said he believed in spite of this there would be tax reduction. He assailed the opponents of the Mellon plan, who, he said, were assuming the country wanted to evade the law of service and sought the benefits of fovernment without paying for that government. Sticks With Rich. He said the idea. that taxes on the great mass of the people could be cut and more taxes extracted from the rich was an unworkable principle. He assured his hearers that fun- damentally America is sound, its gov- ernment is in honest hands and its business “including the owners, man- agers and employes, representativ of honorable and patriotic motives.” Turning then to foreign affairs, the president, after repeating that the League of Nations is dead so far as the United States is concerned, paid high tribute to Secretary Hughes for TO PROMISE TO force the strikers to promise that they would not return to the picket line until their cases are disposed of: Evidently afraid to face the issue, clearly put before him by the DAILY WORKER, Judge Foell’s postpone- ments are looked on as an attempt to escape the odium which the DAILY WORKER has been heaping on him as the employers’ “Injunction Judge.” Turns to Jury Tral. The evidence is completed in the cases of the first group of 13 strikers who appeared before Foell last week. Altho all the witnesses have been heard and the cases would have been quickly completed yesterday morning with the summing up of the two law- yers, Judge Foell declined to finish the cases, pleading he had a jury trial which was more important. a Twelve more cases come up before Judge Sullivan this morning. These are the first cases of the strikers which have come before “Dennie” since his vacation. Hyman Brothers are bringing the charges against the strikers before Judge Sullivan, and Leo Le Bosky will be their lawyer. The cases brought by the Graceline Dress Company, which are in the hands of Dudley Taylor, and the cases of the Francine Frock Com- pany, with Charles Hyde as the at- torney, have also been postponed un- til April 29, by Judge Foell. Gunmen Assault Striker. Gunmen and thugs in the employ of the garment bosses increased their activities yesterday. One of the strikers was assaulted by a cowardly gang of gunmen on West Washing- ton street, who were quickly driven away. Four other strikers, out auto- mobile riding, were hailed into court on absolutely groundless charges, re- ported fo have been brought by hang- ers-on of State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe. They were indicted by the grand jury. (Continued on Page Two) JUDGE FOELL F ORCES STRIKERS REFRAIN FROM PICKETING AS POSTPONEMENT MADE Judge Charles M. Foell postponed for at least a week the cases of the fifty garment strikers before him yesterday charged with violating the injunction against picketing. Before Judge Foell postponed the cases he took good care to Foell Injunction Is Unable To Hurt Strike Of The Retail Clerks The strike of the Retail Clerks’ un- ion is progressing favorably in spite of the injunction issued last week, by Judge Charles M. Foell, pronibiting picketing. Winnick, of the Retail Clerks’ union, declares that Ossey Brothers’ two stores on South Hal- sted Street have hired scab labor, but he looks for an early and favor- able settlement of the strike, never- theless, BELGIUM LOSES INDEPENDENCE TO J.P. MORGAN Banker’s Big Loans Give Him the Power By A. HABARU. (Special to The Daily Worker) BRUSSELS, Belgium, April The Morgan interests have gained control of the Belgian government as 22.— they have of France, by extending credits, I am informed. The rise of jthe Belgian franc’ is not due to a | sounder economic and financial policy of the Belgian government, therefore, | but is due to the extension of credits to Belgium by the Morgan banks. | The amount of the Morgan credits remains secret, and the government lis denying that such credits have been jextended. We understand, however, |that negotiations have been under- |taken with English as well as Ameri- |can bankers which grant Belgium the same credits that have been given France. initiating the idea of the experts’ con- ference on reparations and lent im- petus to the Dawes vice-presidential boom by highly praising the work of Dawes and his associates in Europe. Mr. Coolidge than warmly urged that American bankers make a large loan to Germany, to assure complete succers of the Dawes plan. American gold can be of more use abroad than piled up at home, he said, emphasizing again the need of service. (Continued on Page Two) WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINERS THANK DAILY WORKER FOR AID GIVEN RELIEF The DAILY WORKER has just received a letter from Local Union, No. 1425, United Mine Workers of America, at Ohley, West Va., carrying the seal of the union, and voicing the appreciation of the coal miners of this district for the aid given the relief drive by the DAILY WORKER. The letter in; part follows: “Editors, the DAILY WORKER: special meeting, attended by delegates Ohley, West Va., April 21, 1924, Our Miners’ Relief Committee, at a of the two local unions, Nos. 1425 and 3660, voted to send you resolutions thanking you for publishing our appeal, ind " Relief for the support of our members and their famili in their long struggle. at the present time it is \try critical. many sick children and no prospects of a settiement with the mine Committe “J. Charlie 1, Chairman.”