The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 23, 1924, Page 2

Page Two TH CHICAGO TRIBUNE SPITS LIES ABOUT RUSSIAN CHILDREN Mum About Suffering In America On Friday, April T1, the Chicago Tribune printed two pictures in its pictorial section showing the suffer- ing of Russian children, plus the im- agination of the paid newspaper liars. The captions which go with these pic- tures speak of the nationalization of children, This is the latest invention of the enemies of Soviet Russia and recalls the story that had such a wide circu- lation about the nationalization of women. It may be true that there is still a certain amount of suffering among children in Soviet Russia, But the Tribune fails to speak of the mil- ions of child laborers in this country who slave away in the factories and on the fields for a mere pittance, liv- ing under the most frightful condi- tions. While U. S. Kids Are Homeless. The Tribune fails to speak of the thousands of homeless waifs in this country, the wealthiest of capitalis countries. There is no mention any- where in the Chicago Tribune about the children of the hundreds of thou- sands of unemployed in this country. Plenty of pictures could be printed showing the suffering of children in this country, or in other capitalist countries. It is not out of pity that the hypocritical Chicago Tribune car- ries those pictures of, Russian chil- dren. It is simply part of the cam- paign of the capitalist press to dis- credit the first workers’ republic. The Chicago Tribune is one of the worst enemies of the working class of this or any country; it has never once suggested that the United States ought to recognize Soviet Russia. Re- cognition of Russia by the United States and the resultant trade would aid Soviet Russia to recuperate en- tirely from the last vestiges of the ravages wrought by the world war, civil war, foreign invasion, blockade, famine. Russian Trade—v. S. Jobs. Trade with America would mean machinery for Russia, it would mean an increase of production and fur- ther improvement of conditions. Trade with Russia would be a bene- fit to American workers, it would give employment to hundreds of thousands of workers in this couhtry who are at present out of work. Trade with Russia would relieve the suffering of the children of the hundreds of thou- sands of unemployed in this country. But the Chicago Tribune does not speak of these things. It specializes in lies about the first workers’ re- public. It is true that Soviet Rus- sia has not completely recovered, but Russia is on thé upgrade, while other capitalist countries, notably Germany, are on the downgrade. Indignation Caused By Stopping of Film For German Relief The Chamber of Commerce of De- eatur, Ill, stepped in and prevented the showing on Saturday, April 19, of the film, “Russia and Germany—a Tale of Two Republics,” on the pre- text that there is Communist propa- ganda in this film, which is being shown in order to save German chil- dren from starving. Banned in Decatur. This film was to have been seen jat the Decatur High School, but was withdrawn at the last moment by |J. J. Richeson, superintendent of schools, who did not lay the matter before the board of education, but acted upon the request of John Mc- Evoy, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Decatur. It was impos- |sible to get another hall in the short notice given, and more than 600 peo- |ple were turned away. Tremendous | feeling has been generated by this |despicable action, and there is a storm of indignation in Decatur, with the people there clamoring for the picture. A number of workers in De-| catur, thoroly aroused by the un- |speakable action of the Chamber of Commerce, and realizing that the only way to fight the chambers of commerce and the capitalist class in general is by joining the Communist} movement, are asking for admission into the, Workers Party. This film will be shown in spite of any chambers of commerce. It is be- ing show. all over the country, and this is the first time that any hin- drance has been put in its way. Nation-Wide Demand. The Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers of Boston has rented it for the May 1 festival, and other organiza- tions are preparing to rent the pic- ture. It will be shown in Chicago on May 14 at Orchestra Hall. The first showing in New York will be at the Central Opera House, 205 East 67th street, Friday evening, May 9, at which occasion there will also be a musical program by the Uthman Singing Society, a splendid chorus of fifty men. Demands for the showing of this film are coming from all over the country. The workers of America are thrilled at seeing the workers of Germany battling against the black forces of capitalist and monarchist reaction. They are moved at the sight of German workers and their families fighting against starvation caused by capitalist misrule. The workers of America are anxious also to see the tremendous advance being made in Soviet Russia which is on the upgrade and which is rapidly out- stripping the rest of the world. All this they can see in the film, “Russia and Germany—a Tale of Two Repub- lies,” released by the International Committee for Workers’ Aid, pro- ceeds of which are for the benefit of German workers’ relief. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WCRKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. PULLMAN STRIKERS’ GRIEVANCES (Continued from Page One) McCarthy Addresses Strikers. J. P. McCarthy, circulation manag- er of the DAILY WORKER, adiress- ed the strikers yesterday, urging the necessity of organization. “If you don’t get organized, and perfect a powerful union,” said Mc- Carthy, “you will be going back to work just as divided as when you came out. That will mean that the, bosses will easily get rid of the mili- tants who are bearing the brunt of what organization work has been done. You must not permit that to happen”. McCarthy also urged the necessity of political power thru ugity of the Farmer-Labor forces of the country. John O. Holmgren, General Vice- President of the Brotherhood of Rail- way Carmen of America, also spoke, seeking to impress upon the strikers their necessity to industry. “Rockefeller or Morgan might die tomorrow, but you would never know about it, unless you read about it in the newspapers”, he said. “But let labor quit and all industry comes to a halt”. An Anti-Strike Scheme. Among the many anti-strike schemes by which the Pullman Com- pany seeks to insure itself against the walkouts of its workers is the payment of death benefits thru a plan inaugurated on Oct. 15, 1922. Thru this plan the Pullman Com- pany offers magnanimously to pay death benefits of from $500 to $2,500 Mii tii UU UO UU THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd. to the survivors of workers who have been employed in the Pullman plant for one year or more. When the workers get discontented, when they protest against the low wages they are receiving, or when, as in the pres- ent instance, they protest against re- ductions in their wages, the Pullman Company always reminds them of the money that is waiting their widows, or orphans when they die, if they re- main loyal slaves. Strike and Its All Off. Because, if the workers disobey the edicts of the great Pullman Company and go on strike it is all off with the death benefits. Clause No. 13, of the proposed plan declared that: “The death benefits provided for under this plan will terminate with the termination of employment with the Company. Employment will be held to be terminated when the em- ploye voluntarily leaves the service of the Company, or is discharged for cause, or when for any cause except sickness he shall be absent from duty without permission for a period of thirty or more days, or when retired. Employes desiring leave of absence, therefore, should make request in the customary way upon their supervi- sory officer, who will refer such re- quest to the Board of Pensions for ap- proval. Where employes have been absent for more than thirty days for any cause except sickness without the written approval of the Board of Pensions, their employment ‘will be LABOR VS, OPEN SHOPPERS IS ST, PAUL POLL ISSUE Important Election Is Set for May 6th ST. PAUL, Minn., April 22—Two economic forces are struggling for po- litical power in the municipal cam- paign now being waged in this city. The Citizens’ Alliance and the St. Paul Association of Commerce are backing the present mayor, four mem- bers of the City Council and the comptroller for re-election. These men have all lined up with the “open shop” crowd against organ- ized labor, and their masters are now spending a barrel of money to keep them in office. The Farmer-Labor Federation and the St. Paul Trades and Labor As- sembly are carrying on an aggressive campaign for George L. Siegel, a for- mer member of the State Legislature with a 100 per cent labor record and a member of the Brotherhood of Rail- road Trainmen, for mayor; William F. Scott, a member of the City and County Employes, for comptroller, and James Clancy, a plasterer, and Herman Wenzel, barber; C. J. McGlo- gan, electrician, and Edward Corco- jran, printer, for members of the council, The Labor candidates for mayor, comptroller and two councilmen lead the ticket in the primaries and all in- dications are that a complete victory will be achieved at the general elec- tion on May 6. A victory in this election will mean that the two largest cities in Minne- sota, Minneapolis and St. Paul, will be under control of the Farmer-Labor forces, Minneapolis having gone tothe workers in the last general election. It will also assure a complete victory for the workers and farmers in the state elections next fall. The new city officials take office on June 1, A victory for the labor forces means that the great National Farm- er-Labor Convention, to be held here on June 17, will be officially wel- comed by a mayor who is an ardent supporter of the Farmer-Labor move- ment. Hours of 8,000 Yard Masters Cut Down to 9 Daily (Special to The Daily Worker) Between 8,000 and 10,000 yard masters on railroads in all parts of the country will work nine hours a day instead of 12 under a decision handed down by Judge Cliffe of the U. §S. District court here. The decision was rendered in a test suit started by the Government against the Santa Fe railroad. Suit was brought under the provision of an interstate commerce commission ruling that railroad workers engaged in transmitting messages by wire or telephone regarding the running of trains shall not work more than nine hours a day. The Santa Fe held yardmasters are not in that classifi- cation, but the Government contend- ed otherwise. The decision will be appealed, it was stated. Federal officials said they would start suits against other lines. Judge Cliffe also imposed a fine of $3,000 on the Santa Fe. held to have been terminated and they shall be classified as new em- ployes should they again enter the employ of the Company.” Every move of the Pullman slaves are therefore, subject to the whims of the high officials of the Pullman Company. It would be difficult in- deed, for a Pullman worker, to get away for a convention ef his labor un- fon, if he had one, or his political party, without his boss knowing’ it.) This death benefit scheme builds a Chinese wall around that little in- dustrial czardom known as Pullman, Illinois, beyond Which no worker dare stray without permission of the com- pany. Also Hit by Lay-offs. The workers also lose their death benefits if the shop shuts down, if he is fired thru a reduction of the force, or thru lack of work. If the wage slave is ready and returns to his job immediately when he is called by the Pullman Company, after an industrial depression is over, he will have his death benefit restored. But no al- lowance is made for him if he should happen to die in the meantime. E DAILY WORKER The Call From Pullman Is “Labor Must Fight!” Retrenchment is the order of the day in capitalist in- dustry. Workers are being unemployed. pushed into the army of the All along the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, skilled mechanics are being laid off. of Chicago. That is west Mills are being closed down in the industrial heart of the Pennsylvania. That is to * * east of * Chicago. « It is only under these conditions, becoming more and more general, that the big bosses of the car works of the Pullman Company, in Pullma n, and the Western Steel Car and Foundry Co., in the neighboring industrial suburb, of Hegewisch, Ill., would dare announce the outrageous wage cuts they tried to put into effect last week. The big bosses had hopes in fear of losing their jobs, wo' cut. behalf of their bank roll. * Note their clever plan, not an unusual one. that the unorganized workers, uld accept any kind of a wage They thought that they could slash their payroll on ° * First, they had the men put on piece work. Under the sweating system the men were speeded up to earn what they thought were good wages, $50 and $60 per week, an average wage for or- ganized skilled workers. Then came the next move. The men were given the hint that they were earning too much money. Then the announced ‘* * It is an encouraging sign fiitters, reamers, buckers and slash. * 2 of the times that the riveters, heaters, first at the Pullman plant and then in the Hegewisch shops joined in a spontan- eous walkout. fiance of the bosses, No craven submission here. The workers at Pullman and Hege- Only bold de- wisch are standing erect in defense of hard won wage rates and working conditions. And * * The story of Pullman and whole nation today. What the bosses are scared. * PS Hegewisch is the story of the the Pullman and Hegewisch bosses attempted, the bosses over the whole land are plan- ning to attempt in the days ahead,—days of growing indus- trial depression. Let the spirit of the workers of Pullman and Hegewisch, therefore arouse labor in other and distant industrial centers of the land. * * Labor in Pullman and Hegewisch has gone into battle to protect itself against the bosses’ greed, and already the bosses are dropping to their knees. THE CRY THAT COMES OUT OF PULLMAN AND HEGEWISCH IS, “LABOR M UST FIGHT!” ONLY THRU FIGHTING CAN LABOR WIN! THEY WENT LIKE HOT CAKES ALLEN BLOMQUIST. Greet Allen Blomquist of Pocatello, Idaho, who was one of the best sell- ers of the Teapot Special of the DAILY WORKER. Blomquist dis- posed of several hundred copies of this excellent and valuable issue of the paper. He writes that they went like so many hot cakes. Who will outdo him on the May Day DAILY WORKER? ST. LOUIS, April 22—Union stone masons and helpers here have a won a wage increase of 12% cents an hour, by which about 200 workmen will profit. A strike of the craft had been on for more than a month for an increase of 25 cents an hour. The new rate is $1.12% an hour. BELGIAN FASCIST MOVEMENT GAINS WITH BANKS? AID Middle Classes Falling For Its Dope By A. HABARU. (Special to The Daily Worker) BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 22.— Fascisti organizations have made much progress in Belgium recently due to the interference of Morgan banking interests in the French and Belgian governments. Since the beginning of the military occupation of the Ruhr, the Belgian franc has fallen continuously, and this movement has considerably in- creased in the last few months. Not- withstanding the actual stablization which appeared when Morgan entered the scene in France, prices remain very high and the cost of living has reached a level never known before. Many Local Strikes. As a result great anxiety is spread- ing in the working class and the petty-bourgeois. Wages are not suf- ficient and many local strikes have been proclaimed by the workers. The strikes, however, are not united into a big revolutionary struggle of the entire Belgian working class, be- cause of the great influence of Social- Democrats, who are preaching class peace, As an effect of this Social-Demo- crati¢e influence, workers remain con- fident in democracy and parliamen- tarism. The middle class, however, who are suffering from the economic crisis, have lost much confidence. This situation favors the growth of Fascist organizations. ! The Fascist groups are being paid by large trusts and banks. They have made important progress in the last few months. Many anxious middle class members are enrolling in their army. The Belgian Fascists and the Bel- gian Legion are the two big Fascist organizations here. They are devel- oping propaganda in the towns and have already begun to act. Protected by official police, they are operating on the land markets, where they oblige peasants to sell their produce at lower prices. In doing this they have succeeded in obtaining the col- laboration of the middle class organ- izations like the Federation of War Veterans. Thousands of middle class bour- geois youths are now enrolled in the Belgian Fascisti. They compose an army, active and reserve, and of se- cret “supreme councils.” The Fascist danger in Belgium is not yet such an immediate one, but should the economic crisis continue it shall become a prominent factor with which the laboring classes will have to deal. (Continued on Page 2) lice and militia forces of government to assist their strike breaking. Work- ers were plentifully clubbed and shot when the armed forces attempted to break up their meetings. The Pull- |man Company was equally infamous in the strike of 1894 which brought Eugene V. Debs to the fore. “Many Union Men.” No wonder Simmons, the industrial Relations supervisor, said that the Pullman Company has always main- tained “open shop,” considering the worker’s union affiliation his “person- al affair.” Simmons claimed that he knew for sure that many of the Pull- man empolyes were union men. In trying to play down the serious- ness of the present strike at Pullman, Simmons said that only 169 men were out. He said that in view of their 35,000 employes all told, he didn't ;consider the riveters’ demonstration important. He wouldn't show his alarm that the strike might spread among the other workers, and denied that other wage cuts were contem- plated. Most of the 35,000 employes of the Pullman Company are not in the shops but in their offices and on the roads. This company monopoliz- es the production and operation of Pullman cars on all railroads of the North American continent. Expects To Compromise. “We expect to make some com- promise with the riveters, buckers, and heaters within a day or two,” Simmons announced. “We pay a lit- tle more than any of our competitors now and the men know it.” Rush in your orders for the MAY DAY SPECIA BY MAIL OR WIRE No orders received after 6 P. M. on A \ be filled. CARSHOP STRIKE SPREADS Simmons claims that the company was merely making certain necessary rate adjustments among the riveters, ‘buckers, and heaters. Some of the rates were left untouched, some were decreased, and “some, even for men on strike, were actually increased,” stated Simmons. The largest de- crease that he had heard of, he as- serted, was a 9 per cent cut. The in- formation given the DAILY WORK- ER by strikers was that cuts vary- ing from 15 to 45 per cent had been announced. Simmons did not esti- mate what proportion of men were affected by the decreases. Simmons Talks Peace. “These men are still on our rolls,” remarked Simmons. “We do not con- sider this a strike. We feel sure that some compromise can be made with- in a couple of days.” The men out have not yet forfeited their insurance, pension, and seniority rights, accord- ing to Simmons. Officials of the Western Steel Car Foundry Company denied that any of their employees were not working. They said that there was no disturb- ance at Hegewisch, that they had nothing to , that they were not “publicity ers.” (What have they got to conceal?) . None of the bosses want to admit the possibility of trouble in any part of their “sensitive” organization. They are too confident that their rail- road and banker affiliations, inter- locking directorates, and criss-cross stock holdings, will back them as much as necessary in their efforts to intimidate the workers. Chicago, Ill. Send me. PURIOG I bid ors diaceideaee . . copies of the MAY DAY SPECIAL Daily Worker issue of April 26th. Price 5c a copy. In bundles of ten or more, 3c a copy. Wednesday, April 23, 1924 COOLIDGE REGIME GIVES SANCTION TO MORGAN PLAN (Continued from Page One) And with stability assured abroad, the president said, a new opportunity for American leadership for world peace may present itself. When it does, he will call another world con- ference on limitation of armaments, he said. The present is not the time for this, he added, but as soon as it seems such a parley would be par- ticipated in willingly by Europe and would have a chance of success, he will urge that it be held. Same Old Bunk. He again perfunctorily commended the Harding world court, but said other measures are necessary, in- cluding codification of international law and the holding of frequent in- ternational conferences to take up specific problems as they arise. America first of all must be true to herself and order her course ra- tionally and peacefully at home, he said, in order that her leadership for world peace may be strengthened. And he warned that tho America be ever so peaceably inclined, this na- tion cannot force the millenium on other nations if they are not willing for it. World peace, he said, must come, finally “from the heart of the people.” GARMENT STRIKE CASES POSTPONED BY JUDGE FOELL (Continued from Page One) The strikers declare they are en- couraged by the increased lawless practice of the garment bosses and their tools. They see in the activi- ties of the thugs that the bosses are desperate at the continued solidarity of the strikers, and are making their last gasp before coming to terms with the union. The agreement has not yet been reached between the Cloakmakers’ Union and the cloak manufacturers. According to Meyer Perlstein, of the International Ladies’ Garment Work- ers’ Union, a meeting was held Mon- day night at which the Joint Board decided to postpone negotiations with the manufacturers until the agree- ment is reached in New York. In New York, Perlstein told the DAILY WORKER, there is likelihood of a strike of the Cloakmakers’ Union. Strikers See Movies. “However,” said Perlstein, “the cloakmakers in New York have a more difficult situation than here in Chicago. There are not many job- bers in this trade in Chicago. Most jof the jobbers who sell goods in Chi- cago deal with New York manufac- turers. That is another reason for postponing negotiations here until the New York situation is cleared up.” Motion pictures were exhibited yes- terday at 180 West Washington street before a large crowd of the strikers. The picture, “The Boomerang,” was accompanied by a talk. Gompers is still in Washington agi- tating for stronger beer. Nothing has yet been heard from him relative to his support of the garment strikers, altho one of his latest hobbies has been the study of women in industry. The garment strikers are 80 per cent women. While the bosses are panic strick- en, and are getting their thugs busy, the picket lines are holding firm. The increase in the strike benefit was in effect this week, and Meyer Perl- stein has announced that if the gar- ment bosses continue obdurate the strike benefit will again be increased when necessary. Duluth A. F. of L. Prepares For May 1, International Day DULUTH, Minn, April 22,—Inter- national Labor Day, May 1, will be celebrated in a giant meeting planned by the Duluth Federated Trades As- sembly, which has appointed a com- mittee to seek the co-operation of all locals in the Duluth territory. For years the radicals were the only ones to recognize May 1 as labor’s holiday in Duluth, i aera Aion) 0 oe oe 6 ele ere, ole 6.0 @ aie i