The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 24, 1924, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER F Vassal No words could speak louder the Coolidge to Wall Street than the wor speech to the kept scribes of Americ: luncheon in New York City, Tuesday. The significance of lidge’s con: J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. will grow remember Coolidge’s words when the imperi tionary tooth of Europe”, in the words of Leon sia, develops. Morgai wars to chaotic Europe. read lightly. It is only in They were as follows: Tt finding of the experts, which is known as the Dawes report, | plidge Confesses Self dollars will not bring peace, as Coolidge prom of Wall Sireet vassalage of President “Cautious Cal” ds he, mself, uttered, in his prepared an journalism, at the Associated Press fession of faith in the banking house of as time wears on. It will be well to tic plot to “pull the revolu- rotsky, meaning Soviet Rus- but mbre this light that Coolidge’s ‘dsican be % The Puppet of Wall St. Said: has recently been made and published. It is gratifying to understand that the allies are looking upon it with full sympathy, and Germany has expressed a willingnes: to co-operate in the execution of the plan, There appears to be every reason to hope that the report offers a basis for a practical solution of the reparations problem. Part of the plan contemplates should at once be made to Germany for immediate needs, including the financing of a bank. American capital will be willing loan. that a considerable loan pressing I trust that private to participate in advancing this Sound business reasons exist why we should participate in the financing of works of peace in Europe, tho we have repeated- ly asserted that we were not in favor of advancing funds for any military purpose. It would bene fit our trade and commerce, and we especially hope that it will provide a larger market for our agricultural production. Your Union Meeting FOURTH THURSDAY, April 24, 1924. Name of Local and Place No. of Meeting. Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Joint Board, Chicago, 409 Halsted St. : 548 Barbers, 180 W. Washington St., 8:45 p, m. 576 Barbers, 3010 E. 92nd St. 342 Brewery Workers, 180 W. Wash- ington St. 344 Brewery Workers, 180 W. Wash- ington St., 2 p. m. 454 Boiler Makers, 75th and Drexel. 480 Boiler Makers, 18th and Ashland Ave. 121. Brewery Workers, 1700 E. 2ist St. 6 Brick and Clay, Leavitt and Barry. 203 Brick and Clay, Chicago Heights. 214 Brick and Clay, Maretens, Ill. 63 Bridge and S. 1., 180 W. Washing- ton St. 13 Carpenters, 113 S. Ashland Bivd. 62 Garpenters, 6416 S. Halsted St. 341 Carpenters, 1440 Emma St. 434 Carpenters, South Chicago, 11037 Michigan’ Avenue. 504 Carpenters, Ogden and Kedzie. 578 Carpenters, 180 W. Washington St. 15136 Commission Merchant Helpers, 126 W. Randolph St. 865 Cooks, 166 W. Washington St. 793 Electrical, R. R., 5436 S. Went- worth Ave. 794 Electrical, M., 7ist and Cottage Grove. 115 Engineers, 9223 Houston Ave. 556 Engineers, Morrison Hotel. 538 Firemen ‘and Enginemen, 9118 Commercial Avenue. 50 Firemen and Enginemen, 5058 Wentworth Ave., 7:30 p. m, 715 Firemen and Enginemen, Ogden ~and_Taylor. Ave. ee rr ae a 17010 Gas House Workers, 180 W. Wash- ington St. 83 Garment Workers, 311 S. Ashland Ave., 5 p. m. 76a Hod Carriers, 814 W. Harrison St. 18 Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren St. 473 Maintenance of Way, 318 W. 63rd Street. 253 Machinists, Roseland,, 11405 Michi- an. 1528 Machinists, R. R., 113 S. Ashland Ave. 12785 Office. Employes Assn., 166 W. Washington St., 6:30 p. m. Painters’ District Council, 1446 W. Ada t. 371 Painte: Dutt’s Hall, Height 266 Plasterers, 2046 W. North Ave. 597 Plumbers, 20 W. Randolph St. 753 Plumbers, 417 S. Halsted St., 8:30 a.m. 307 Printing Pressmen (Paper Box Wkrs.), 180 W. Washington St. 301 Railway ‘Clerks, 549 W. Washing- ton St. 876 Railway Clerks, 67 E. Van Buren it. Railway Carmen, 5445 S$. Ashland Chicago 668 ve. 964 Railway Clerks, 19 W. Adams St. 991 Railway Clerks, C. M. & St. P. R. R,, 2703_W. North Ave. 424 Railroad Trainmen, 127 N. Fran- "cisco Ave. 115 Sheet Metal, Seren and _ Taylor. 121 7 753 Switchmen, Ogden and Taylor Switchmen, 9202 S. Chicago Ave. Teamsters, Ashiand and Van Buren 742 Teamsters, 9206 Houston Ave. 112, Upholsterers, Ogden and Taylor. 15793 Watchmen (Mun.), 113 S. Ashland 17616 Warehouse Employes, 166 W. Washington St. (Note—Uniess otherwise meetings are at 8 p. m.) stated all SICK & DEATH BENF, SOCIETY German-Hungarian—634 Willow St. 2,000 GERMAN BOSSES CHEER ATTACK ON MARX Held In Berlin BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER (Staff Correspondent of the Fed. Press) BERLIN, April 23.—Berlin has| just been the scene of the most im-| pressive gathering of big industrial- ists ever held in Germany. Presided over by Krupp’s former general ma- nager, Kurt von Sorge, 2000 mem- bers and delegates of the League of German Industrials and of the Ger- man Employers’ federation held a joint meeting to tell labor where to go off. The hero of the day was Albert Voegler, one of the largest heavy-in- dustry men in Germany. This typi- cal big boss asserted amid wild ap- Plause that Germany's salvation lies chiefly in the defeat of Marxism, and that all the faults after the revolu- tion are explained when one re- members that socialist infiuences were at work in the government. He promised the government that big business would support it provided it broke with all socialist theories. He claimed credit for the big indus- trials for having patriotically prevent- ed socialization of industry, and plead- ed for intensification of production which means abrogation of the eight- hour day. Warned About Intellectuals There was a note of concern thru- out his speech and that of several others. The industrialists fear that the intellectuals are becoming radi- calized and that the middle classes are becoming proletarianized. The} speakers pointed out the danger to} German industry, and pleaded that more be done to tie up the intellec- tuals and the middle classes with the capitalists. The presiding officer went to great pains to show that the industrialists had helped the intellec- tuals. Another grave concern of the big bosses is emigration of highly skilled workers. German skilled labor is leaving the country in drov- es to do better elsewhere. How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of (Continued from page 1) The work in the Pullman cars out in the 111th Street end of the shops |dinarily at least one car a day is fit- |ted up and moved away. No work has been done on them this week. A fore- }man told one striker that the few Teapot Steal. and only four of them were passed by : 4 lthe inspector, ‘The rest will have to|defense of the Sinclair \be reamed out again. | Strikers told the DAILY WORKER | mittee. |that one of the worst features of the shops is that all the assembling and ried on out in the open. the “It would’t cost much to build sheds |over the uncompleted cars,” one strik- Jer declared to the DAILY WORKER, Missouri, that without leasing, like to work in the open afr we could | Creek wells. |quit and go home. Many deaths from An “Expert” Testifies. flu and pneumonia have resulted from jthese conditions. nough to support our fomilies we} committee ha in the freezing cold and rain. last fall, |regarding the health of their slaves,|the oil supply seriously impaired. jand trying to reduce their wages and jhouses. The Pullman Company owns | mines, Lewis said. ja large proportion of the houses of the scabs the company was able to hire}Republican members of the sen-|_ The drove 1169 rivets up until yesterday, | ate oil committee today began riveting together of the cars is car-|Okla., petroleum engineer, on|®bout the ‘government suit stand, Senator Spencer, attempted to show Lewis, Tulsa oil expert, who made In order to earn|a study of the Teapot Dome for the f declared that e to work sometimes in the snow, | sixty or seventy per cent of the Tea- The value of Teapot Dome as a |speed up production, are also trying to/naval oil reserve has been found on squeeze money out of the men by /drilling to be much less than orig- | charging high rents from the company jinally expected by the bureau of POLICE CALLED AS|REPUBLICANS| BG PINE TRUST, STRIKERS COME JUSTIFY THE FOR THER WAGES Fe pce has been standing since Monday. Or- G: 0. P. Defends The Pare) ent eomepeny On; tis LABOR’S ENEMY, IS NOW ON GRILL (Continued from Page One) “Well, the Supreme Court needs re- forming,” replied Brookhart. “I hope court, who knows what a ‘co-perative’ real- ly is.” Thompson said the case came up when Harry M. Daugherty became WASHINGTON, April 23.—| Attorney General. Southern Pine Association, Thompson said, “worked up” an own- your-own-home propaganda and then and |“jumped” the price of lumber to the Doheny lease before the com-|comsumer. In the spring of 1921, Thompson said that two attorneys from Colum- With James O. Lewis, Tulsa, |bus, Ohio, conferred with Daugherty against the Association, Friendly With Daugherty. “They seemed to be on friendly Teapot ;tetms with the Attorney General and “But when we complained to the Pull- Dome would have been drained |since that nothing has been done in |man officials they told us if we didn’t }Of Oil by the adjoining Salt the case,” said Thompson. “Was John Todd, Daugherty’s form- er law partner, one of those attor- neys?” asked Wheeler. “I have heard that but I could not say positively,” said Thompson. Thompson said altho evidence of violation of criminal laws by the 4 pot Dome area was in danger of being | West Coast Association was present- The Pullman Company, besides dis-|drained by the Salt Creek well and ed to the department of justice that he knew of, no action being brought. | Oil engineers originally estimated N T ED {south end of the town. Several thous-|it contained approximately 135,000,000 lage of houses available near their|is only something over |shops, are forced to live in houses | barrels. jowned by the Pullman Company. The |Pullman company has had the gall to |time they are trying to put over a de- |crease in wages, to send notices to jall their tenants of a large raise in| rents. Three room flats occupied by¥|able thing,” Lewis said. the employes have been raised six, former rental. Large Families Hard Hit. company houses. Five and six-room seventy-five per month. Laborers in the Pullman shops are and eighty-five wrote. Former Secretary of One laborer who quit his job yester- laborers are paid only 22 dollars per week, and he pays forty dollars a month rent for a Pullman Company ‘Walsh, Montana. A letter to the committee from Wil-|means of defiance. seven and eleven dollars above their/liam Wallace, Jr., today made further explanation of the Sinclair oil stock | Teachers’ Union gave the strikers a transactions of Wm. Boyce Thompson, | most encouraging talk Tuesday atter Large families have been hardest former finance committee chairman |the moving picture “The Boomerang” hit by the increase of the’ rents for of the republican national committee. had been shown. Thompson bought no stock while houses under the increase announced |Sinclair leases were under consider-I Nanna Peterson, to begin May 1, are renting for sixty, |2i0m at the department of the in dollars |t¢Tior, Wallace, Thompson's counsel the Navy growing restive after observing the gtr ab saree as ee ‘ie solidarity of the Pull trikers, tog shy sabe x solidarity o! e Pullman strikers. absolutely mandatory: under the exist- Abrams, Ida Kaufman, Leah Kotofaky, ing laws, Commander H. A. Stuart, day told the DAILY WORKER that in charge: of thé. reserves ander Dau- Vartur, Mary Amato, Josepuine Le- iels, declared in a letter read to the | ©? Annic Fatz, Sarah Shog 2 Rr. senate oil committee today ox Senator becca Sharr, Marie Schimska, and jand employes, because of the short-|barrels of oil, now it appears there Lewis explained that 1,300 or 1,400 2 | acres under which oil was expected to Great Anti-Labor Meet |sena out notices this month, the very|be found, gas was discovered. (Continued from page 1) the West Virginia and Kentucky coal “In view of the information we have | mine fields. Undoubtedly he will have now I beleive leasing of the Teapot} much of interest to tell the garment Dome reserve was a wise and desir-| workers about the vicious injunctions used against mine workers and their Lililan Herstine of the High School The girls whose cases were up are: Anna Solescheck, Minnie Parrick, Sarah Wondl, Frieda Nitzberg, Fannie Batt, Dora Hoffman Fannie Jacoby, Rose Ponitsky, Dora Rabin, cennie Leavitt, Rose Cohen, Sarah Orlve, Sophie Rosen Ada Syivia Kraus, Annie Cohen, Martha Ida Borhan; The striking riveters, reamers, fit- ters, buckers, heaters and outside steel workers were successfully picketing yesterday, The entire Pull- man plant has felt the result of the walk-out to a remarkable degree. Scabs Incompetent. Painters, switchmen, shop mechan- ics and others were idling around the plant yesterday in an attempt to look busy. No cars have been riveted to- gether or fitted up this week, and pro- house. “How can I live under those Th conditions,” this man said to the}, ia two leases were made by A DAILY WORKER. aniels only upon recommendations Subway Workers of his expert advisers to protect the government's interests against estab- lished drainage and water infiltration in the reserves, Stuart said. Boston Pacific Gets Lease. One lease was made to the Boston Pacific Company, who obtained per- mission to drill five wells, in reserve No. 2, and the other was given the Consolidated Mutual Company, on 120 acres of land, also in reserve No. 2, (Staff Correspondent of the Company Union To Cut Their Wages By LUDWELL DENNY, Press) NEW YORK, April 23.—If you were working 84 hours a week for $34.44, and the boss wureatened a further 5 per cent cut, what would your union Thursday, April 24, 1924 Let “Victory!” Be the Only Compromise With Pullman Company tn This Strike ae Pullman Company is trying to compromise with the workers on strike in its steel car plant. That is signifi- cant. This move on the part of the Pullman Company indi- cates that this $135,000,000 corporation fears the unrest rampant among its tens of thousands of wage workers. * * Di But the workers must be on their guard. The Pullman Company has a treacherous anti-labor record extending over the 57 years of its existence. The Pullman Company has called violence, in all its forms, to its aid in keepiny its workers in submission. Hired gunmen, state militia, federal troops, have been at its com- mand. It was the Pullman company that first coined the fake charges against striking workers of “inciting to riot”, “ob- structing the streets”, “intimidation”, and “trespass”. It possesses all the anti-labor cunning of American capi- talism, typified in the anti-union activities of the Chicago merchant prince, Marshall Field, and the railroad strike- breaking record of the Vanderbilts. In fact, it is claimed that Field and Vanderbilt were more potent in the affairs of the Pullman Company than the late George M. Pullman, himself, * * * The Pullman Company has always been known for its wage cuts. When it slashes it slashes big. In the present struggle the men claim that the wage cuts have been from 15 to 45 per cent. Back in the panic year of 1893, the Pullman Company, at one blow reduced wages one-fourth, yet, it is shown by Myers, in his “History of Great American Fortunes”, that the cost of rent, water, gas—of nearly all other fundamental necessities—remained the same. These conditions are being duplicated today. When the cost of food shows increases, when the landlords announce rent increases for May 1st, one week away, the Pullman Company again announces huge cuts in wages. And the workers are out on strike again, just as they went out on May 11, 1894, % * * The arrogant Pullman Company wants to compromise. It wants to settle the present dispute by having the men accept the reduction. Then it urges the stop watch, or Taylor System, of speeding up, claiming that the men, under the lash of speed, will be able to make up the reduction. _.. That is the compromise of the Pullman Company with its total assets of $184,454,223.44, That is the offer of the Pullman Company that coined the sweat and blood of its workers into profits totalling $13,- 887,569.26 for the fiscal year ending July 31, 1923, out of which it declared dividends totalling $11,470,485.48, These figures were taken from the annual statement of the Pullman Company, July 31, 1923, which also says: “YOUR COMPANY’S FINANCIAL POSITION IS STRONG.” * * * It is only because the Pullman Company feels its finan- cial position is strong that it dares challenge the workers with wage reductions at this time. The workers can make but one reply at this time. Th y must call upon all other workers to: “Spread the strike!” % * The Pullman Company fears the spreading of the strike to other departments. If it can localize the strike and freeze out those who are now on the battle line, then it can win. It can continue its peonage system. Surrender is not a com- promise. That is the only compromise that the Pullman Company offers at this time. ___Spread the strike to reach the workers in all the raml- fications of the far-reaching Pullman Company. Stuart wrote. do? Yes, you would strike. But un- duction is at a standstill. yesterday were found to be so incom- petent that they were not allowed to work by the foremen. Observing the splendid results of the strike, hun- dreds of men in other departments are declaring their intention of walk- ing out before the week is up. filtration,” Stuart said. Flap Only Forty Years ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 107th street. Members of the strike | university of Vienna announced. committee declared the slogan of the strike is “No compromise.” They were arbre od no doubt whatever in| fortunately the subway station agents, What few scabs reported to work|ither of these cases that delay in drilling would have resulted in con- tinual loss by drainage of water in-| New York, who are in that fix, can- Interborough Rapid Transit Company, not strike. They belong to a company union. So do the other 15,000 I. R. T. workers, whose wages are to be cut 23.—The |5 per cent. Flapper’s span of life is forty years, An enthusiastic strike meeting was|Dr. Charlotte De Golfere Davenport, held yesterday morning at 158 East |former professor of medicine at the Of course the company does not.call it an arbitrary cut. President Frank Hedley simply writes a personal let- |ter to the workers, claiming that the Organize the Pullman workers everywhere. Let the defeats of 1877 and 1894 be oblit: victory of 1924. eased That will spell progress for all labor. DAILY WORKER IS READ ON OTHER SIDE OF GLOBE, LETTER FROM THE KUZNETZ BASIN, SIBERIA, SHOWS Another testimonial that the DAILY WORKER is enlightening the cause stockholders are not making money|°! the workers thruout the entire world has reached our office. Last week wildly cheered and instructed to tell McLaren, Gunn and the other Pull- man officials that no settlement sill be made until the reduction in wages is wiped out. The strike at Hegewisch is making as good progress as the walkout in John Freifogel, Sec’y, nary Ave. 3741 Semi- Wets Busy in Arkansas. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 23.— The State Democratic Central Com- mitee went into executive session here today to decide whether dele- gates shall be sent to the national convention “instructed.” Followers of Governor A. Smith of New York, for president movement, ‘were making an effort to elect a wet “delegation pledged to support Smith. eT TT Let THE DAILY WORKER Give Power to Your May Day 'HE end of this week will bring Pullman. Meeting Kok an achievement in the history of working class journalism and in the history of the DAILY WORKER in particular. and it will be all that is expected workers—from every part of the country are participating in making the May Day Special of the DAILY WORKER the greatest thing of, its kind ever printed in America, Because of the DAILY WORKBR, May Day Next Saturday's issue will be THE MAY DAY number and more. Thousands of militant this year will take on new significance and new importance. and therefore he invites “the brother- hood” to come forward and reduce their own wages. Tho wages are to be cut, sal- aries—that is, above $3,000 a year— will remain the same. The workers do not get “salaries,” Motormen work for 72 cents an hour (a few up to 86 cents), and guards get only 47 cents (some up to 53 cents). Most of them have to work seven days a week, be- cause the wage is so low. Nominally they put in eight and a half or nine hours a day, but 60 divided that it amounts to a 12-hour day, The brotherhood or company union announces that it will consider the The Poor Fish says that the Dawes |cut at a May 6 meeting. But, as sev- scheme for saving Germany may not/eral of the workers have said to the provide very high wages for the Ger-|Federated Press, “We have no union; man workers, but that they will sure-|what can we do but take what is given ly be given lots of work. us?” we received word that the DAILY WORKER is being quoted by Japanese labor newspapers in Canada. Now comes a letter from far off globe, telling us that the DAILY WORKER is the best paper ever pub- lished, The letter, from Kemerovo, Kuz- netz Basin, Siberia, says: “My dear comrades of the DAILY WORKER: Just a few lines to let you know that we are receiving the DAILY WORK- ER. I could scarcely believe, after the short ce of two years since I that the workers there would make such wonderful strides as to publish and maintain an interna- tional paper such as the DAILY WORKER. I assure you there never was @ paper published anywhere that has a staff of writers that could com- pare with the DAILY WORKER. We Tomsk, Siberia, half way around the eterna tea are all mighty proud of all of you, “Comrades, we are living in a won- derful age. Things are moving fast. The knowledge I have gained here in the last two years has taught me that the proper system of society has been born here. When I came here the Russian people were just recovering from the terrible burdens of war, rev- olution, counter-revolution, blockades and, worst of all, the terrible famine. They were wrecked physically and all faced starvation. They scarcely had any clothes, and their homes were de- stroyed in many cases. They were at the lowest possible ebb. “Yours for the United States of So- viets—Andrew J. Woomer.” BY MAIL OR WIRE No orders received after 6 P. M. on April 25th can be filled. Rush in your orders for the MAY DAY SPECIA THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Ill. Send me. .....copies of the MAY DAY SPECIAL Daily Worker issue of April 26th. PNB SS Chest ae picite vad acd donee OR TEN Price 5c a copy. In bundles ; of ten or more, 3c a copy. onsmes 1 co oem nmnmnpeenksoe ‘i