The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 29, 1924, Page 1

v all =< @ - VOL. II. No. 37. THE DAILY WORKER RAISES THE STANDARD FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT SUBSCRIPTION RATES COOLIDGE BOUGHT HENRY Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, it the Post Office at Chicago, Mlinois under the Act of March 3, 1879, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1924 Outside Chicago, In Chicago, by mail, 8.00 per year. by mail, $6,00 per year. Published PUBLISH Demand: 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 Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER ING CO., 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. FORD WITH MUSCLE SHOALS 115 Coal Diggers Killed in Non-Union Mine SCAB AGENTS HUNT FOR JOBLESS TO TAKE PLACES OF STRIKERS IN PULLMAN The streets of Pullman were filled yesterday with automobile loads of riveters and car workers from Davenport, lowa, seduced here by labor agents who assured the workers that there was no labor trouble here and that they would receive good wages. There are one thousand carmen unemployed in Davenport and this is a fertile field for the activities of the labor sharks. The workers who are lured into the scabby Pullman shops must pay their own railroad fares with the promise that after thirty days the money will be refunded. On arriving here most of the workers, when they learn of the strike, refuse to work and are obliged to fall back on the generos- ity of the strikers for food and transportation back to their homes. This is a big drain on the slender resources of the strik- ers, and the trick of bringing the men here under such condi- tions is partly with the object of breaking the strikers finan- cially. More Expected Today. Four hundred more workers are ex- pected from Davenport today and five truck loads are promised from Lock- port, Illinois. Yesterday’s strike meeting was the largest and most enthusiastic held to date. While new to organizational problems, the strikers are learning the lesson of solidarity and discipline very rapidly and their militancy and will- ingness to do hard work that is re- quired in order to bring the strike to a victorious ending, augurs well for the future of the newly organized local of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, Strike Continues to Spread, ment of the Pullman™shops joined the strikers’ yesterday. They are the benchmen, vestibule fitters, steel cab- inet workers and brass finishers. It was learned today that the freight car shop of the Pullman company planned to turn out no less than 3,000 freight cars during the next two months, but the strike has completely crippled this program ana no more men are hired for the freight shop, tho men were being taken on in large numbers up until the day the strike started. A scab dealer from Bettendorf, Ia., by the name of Jansen, is the agent of the Pullman company in shipping the men here, So furious are the victims of his trickery at the,way he has flim-flammed them into coming (Continued on Page Two) POLICEMAN SHOOTS AT DAILY WORKER MAN IN PULLMAN STRIKE ZONE Shots from a_ policeman’s’ re- volver gave excitement to the Pull- man strike zone yesterday after- noon. The shots were fired by Offi- cer Minton at Nick Stynow, a car builder, agent for the DAILY WORKER at 113th St. and Watt Ave., as the Calumet shop of the Pullman Company was letting out its employes. Minton first struck Stynow in the face with his fist and told him to stop selling that “ ? paper, Seeing Stynow again on the job he drew his club and rushed. Officer 4864 rushed with him. Stynow ran and Minton fired. Stynow threw himself flat on the ground and the shots passed over him. Arrested and taken to the Kensington Avenue station the po- lice didn’t know what charge to put Captain Wheeler stopped Ser- geant No. 432 from holding him on a mere “selling without a permit” charge, saying he had a right to do that but eventually he was charged with selling ‘spapers that con- tained circulars. He was bailed out and will appear in Municipal Court at 8855 Exchange Ave. this morning. John Holmgren, of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, will be there, bringing with him Alderman Govier, who is taking an interest in the case. The law .gives newsdealers the right to enclose circulars provided the newspaper consents. In this case consent had previously been obtained from Karl Reeve, the DAILY WORKER representative in the strike zone. The circular ad- vertised a labor meeting. PULLMAN STRIKE-EXPOSES THE - “COMPANY UNION” AS AN ENEMY OF WORKERS’ BEST INTERESTS The strike of the steel workers of the Pullman plant, and the general dissatisfaction of the switchmen, battery makers and cabinet workers, wood carpenters, steel practically every depart- ment of the plant should prove for all time the fallacy of the “company union,” ‘or “employee plan of representation.” Many of the above departments have joined the walkout of the fitters, buckers, and a general strike of the en- tire fifteen thousand is threat- ened at any moment. The Pull- man Company’s “Bureau of In- dustrial Relations” has been proven an ironical joke on the employees. Pullman Lackeys Rule. The elaborate plan worked out by the Pullman Company as a substitu- tion for an honest to God union proves to be nothing more than a further hold by the officials of the Pullman Company on the conditions under which their employees shall work. It is an added instrument by which the Pullman Company can speed up pro- duction, keep down wages, and in gen- eral meddle in the affairs of the Pull- man slaves, wea oo and neha Powerful tri- uw found by examining the “Plan of Employee Representation,” published by the Pullman Company, is the “Bureau of Industrial Rela- tions,” which “consists of executive officers of the company appointed by the president, and which will report direct to the president.” Thus right at the start the management of the “union” which claims to benefit the riveters, reamers, heaters and brass finishers, Carry, wants to settle “promptly and fairly all questions which arise as to wages, working conditions and such other matters as may be of ‘welfare and importance to the employees,” shall have the “final decision” in all disputes. In other words, the Pullman Com- pany, with its bag heron record as a money grabbing, strike breaking, 1a- bor smashing corporation, lets its em- ployes have the say as to their condi- tions by allowing the president of the company to “finally settle” all dis- putes, President's Servant Controls Men. The president’s executives forming this industrial relations bureau in- clude “a supervisor and such assist- ants as the president shall appoint for the handling of the work of the bu- reau.” The supervisor, directly re- porting to the president, “shall ap- point reprsentatives to act on each local committee.” He also has the power to issue notices for the meetings for the nomination of employees to act on committees; to call meetings of the employees, to call meetings for special elections, to receive reports of employees is directly in the hands of {grievances of the employees’ local com- the Pullman Company president and | mittees, to submit these grievances, to his hirelings. the bureau of industrial relations, to This bureau, by which the altruistic |appoint special sub-committees to in- Pullman Company's president, B, B, “(Continued on Page Two) RUSSELL COMPARES THE PROSTITUTE WITH THE SOCIAL LEADERS NEW YORK.—A woman who sells herself successively to different men is branded as a prostitute, whereas a woman who sells herself for life | to one rich man whom she does not | love becomes a respected society. leader. The one is exactly as bad as the oth-r, But, adds Bertrand Russell, Brit- ish scientist, “the individual should not be condemmed in either case; but the institutions producing the individual's action.” This is part of Russell’s plea for New Morals for Old, the first of a series on modern sex relations published by The Na- tion, New York. “The ideal to be aimed at is not lifelong monogamy enforced by leg- al or social penalties, but “that all sexual intercourse should. spring from the free impulse of both par- ties, based upon mutual inclination and nothing else,” he says. DRESS ASSN MAKES OFFER TO STRIKERS Nagotiations Opened By ~- Weakened Bosses Garment strikers who crowd- ed the meeting hall at 180 W. Washington St. until there was no more standing room cheered th that the Ghice Asso- ciation of ress parteurere was cracking. The information was convey- ed by Vice-President Meyer Perlstein, of the International Ladies’Garment Workers’ Union, who announced that sev- eral members of the association had opened up negotiations for the settlement of the strike in their shops. Association Begs Union. Further evidence of the weakening of the bosses’ combine was revealed when Perlstein told of a message he had received from the association promising an agreement if the union would only call off the strike. The Associatiop, in effect, admitted that it was hard hit by the strike. The message pleaded that the bosses could not “afford” to surrender to the strikers but would gladly consent to an agreement in six months or a year if the union called the strike off now. Union Stands Pat. This transparent ruse did not suc- ceed. The union officers sent back word thru the messenger that the As- sociation shops could get back their workers whenever the employers sign- ed the union’s agreement. The agree- ment must be signed before the strike would be called off. There are more than 30 shops in the new association which was organized last March under the direction of Dudley Taylor and the Employers’ Association of Chicago. This associa- tion has been the stronghold of the strike breaking forces. It has hired most of the “sluggers,” used its in- |fluence with Judge “Dennie” Sullivan in getting the injunction and whip- ped weak bosses into line, No Compromise on 40 Hours. Referring to the settling of several independent shops earlier in the week Perlstein assured the strikers that there had been no compromise on the 40-hour week. Since the walkout began nine weeks &g0 1,500 strikers have been returned to work in settled shops, said the speaker, The union’s program now is to ‘stand firm until the busy season. Meanwhile the bos: who hold out are greatly handicapped in getting out samples and otherwise preparing for the rush profit period. N. Y. Local Handles Katz. Strikers laughed when they heard that Katz & Dolinsky, a scab concern at 325 W. Jackson Boulevard, had seen the uselessness of trying to operate in Chicago during the strike and was opening up a New York shop for their orders, The New York dressmakers’ local, said Perlstein, has wired that it will take care of the scab attempts to begin opera- Katz & Dolinsky sunk much money on their “sluggers” FOR MEXICAN COMMUNISTS Second Congress Now In Session Le | By JAY LOVESTONE. (Special to the Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, Apr. 28.—The | Communist Party of Mexico has | opened its second national con-| gress here. | Due to the de la Huerta insur- rection against the Obregon government many of the dele- gates are expected to arrive late, and some may even be pre- vented from reaching the con- vention because of the railroad \lines to Mexico City being made inaccessible thru interference | by the routed, scattering reac- tionary“forces. LABOR BANKER IS AMONG BACKERS “MR. BERRY Joins Hands With Legion Politician (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, April 28.—Head- ‘quarters for Major George L. Berry, scab-herding and strike-breaking pres- ident of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union, have been opened at the Waldorf-As- toria, as a center of activity from which to forward his aspirations for the vice presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket. Major William F. Deegan, former state commander of the American Le- gion and Tammany politician, is in charge of the headquarters. His co- chairman is Peter J. Brady, local la- bor fakir and at present head of the Federation Bank. Thus we see carried out locally, in New York, the sort of United Front policy that exists nationally between the reacfionary machine of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor and the American Legion. As Berry is the connecting link between the two groups that comprise the Amerjcan Fascisti, so Pete Brady fills that func- tion in New York, trying\to unite the adventurers behind the Federation Bank with the depraved rats in the American Legion. Cannot Sway Labor. Berry and his supporters are having rough sledding in this state endeavor- ing to get indorsements of central labor bodies. | Recently the Schenectady Central | Labor Council replied to the Berry | outfit that they did not indorse scab herders for anything. Later Berry wrote one of his acquaintances in Schenectady, asking about the polit- ical complexion of the trades assem- bly, and was informed that they were union men who placed the welfare of their fellows above Tammany politics. The major thus far has not replied to this, Pete Brady is due to meet more de- efsive rebuffs at he hands of the trade unionists of New York City than he met with his labgr bank venture be- fore he gets thru apologizing for George L. Berry. Many militants are awaiting an opportunity to repudiate Berry in no uncertain terms, particu- larly as this city was the scene of his most recent strike-breaking activities, It is generally considered that Ber- ry has no chance of obtaining the nomination to which he aspires, as Tammany knows that his anti-labor record would defeat the ticket, The pressmen, however, would like to see q |do.” |thru White rouse records that Mil* BELGIUM LINES UP ENGLAND AND FRANCE FOR THE DAWES PLAN PARIS, April 28.—Belgium at- tempted today to mediate between France and Great Britain in their differences that have arisen over the Dawes experts’ report. | Conferences between Premier Theunis and Minister Hymans of | Belgium and Premier Poincare started at the Quai d'Orsay. They were the first official pourpariers on the experts’ findings. While the Belgians were attempt- ing to bring the French and British viewpoints together, Poincare was attempting to renew Franco-Belgian co-operation and realign this united front. WIRE BARES CAL'S MUSCLE SHOALS PLOT Trying To “Deliver” To Ford, He Admits | | (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, April 28.— A sensation was sprung in the | Senate agriculture committee today when chairman Norris read inte the record a telegram in which President Coolidge was quoted as saying he hoped) Henry Ford would not do or say | anything “that will make it dif- | ficult for me to deliver Muscle | Shoals to him as | am trying to| The telegram which was one of a number turned over to the committee under a subpoena to a local telegraph company, was sent to “William J. Cameron or Ernest G. Liebold, care Dear- born Independent, Detroit, Michigan,” by “James Martin Miller, National Dress Club, Washington.” Liebold is Ford’s private secretary. The message dated October 12, 1923, was read into the re- cord by Norris and reads as fol- lows: Cal Trying to “Deliver.” “In private interview with Presi- dent Coolidge this morning he said incidentally: ‘1 am friendly to Mr. Ford, but wish some one would con- vey to him that it is my hope that Mr. Ford will not do or say anything that will make it difficult for me to ~ deliver Muscle Shoals to him, which 1 am trying to do.’ Norris said that he had established ler, a former Washington newspaper correspondent, had called ai the exec- utive offices on Oct. 12, 1923, the date on which the telegram was sent, Weeks declared that he did not be- lieve the President had made any such statement. “Certainly the President did not ex- press any such views to me,” he said. Ford Scolded Weeks. The Ford interview referred to in the message was a scathing attack on Weeks for his sale of the Gorgas pow- er plant to the Alabama Power Com- pany. Weeks said that after the Gorgas plant had been sold, Ford had de- nounced him and later called on Pres- ident Coolidge and then made “a so: cial call” at his office, Weeks said his reply to Ford’s state- ment concerning the sale of the plant was not “gone over with Mr. Cool- idge.” “I consulted the President about the sale of the plant,” Weeks said, “but 1 do not want the responsibility placed on the President.” Then Coolidge Came Thru. “After Ford called on the President on December 3,” Norris said, “the President delivered his message to him elected, not because they are in them of him. \ en Y : Si Saint fayor of him, but because they would|tion of Muscle Shoals by the govern- during this |welcome anything that would relieve | ment. Congress and recommended dispost- Then, on December 12, Ford Mop Up Spies! W. P. of A. Tells U. $. Investigators EXPLOSION ENTOMBS 104 MINER VICTIMS OF SCAB WHEELING STEEL PLANT BENWOOD, W. Va., April 28.—Four bodies already found in the open shop mine of the Wheeling Steel Corporation here indi- cate that none of the 115 men sacrificed in yesterday morning's explosion will be brought out alive. First reports were that the men were only bruised, but they expired soon after being brought to the surface. Two other charred bodies were found in a mine motor, 2,500 feet away from the entry. Debris of rocks and dirt block the work of rescuers and a drizzly rain makes the waiting women and children at the mine mouth shiver with cold. This is the third disaster in this mine within two years. has been open shop all the time. It BENWOOD, W. Va., April 28.—In | the third explosion within two years | Disinifect Tourists. in the open shop mine of the Wheel- | PHOENIX, Ariz., April 28.—Arizo- ing Steel Corporation, over a hundred | na’s disinfection of all railroad pas- men were entombed yesterday mora; | sengers from California as a pre- ing shortly after they had entered the | mine ‘for work. ‘The cause of the | ventitive against the foot and mouth disaster has not been determined. Two of the buried miners were disease, became effective today. At three points, Kingman, Yuma brought out by rescue parties ist in the afternoon and rushed to the hospital. The men were dazed and | badly cut up from rocks and debris and Wickenburg, incoming travelers must subject themselves to a disin- fection solution strong enough to hurled about in the explosion. They were not suffering from gas or burns; so mine bureau workers assume there has been no fire in the mine. (Continued On Page Two) Probe of Lahor Spy System By Solons Demanded By The Workers Party of America The Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party of America sent the following telegram to Senator Smith Brookhart, Chairman of the committee investigating the Department of Justice while under the direction of Attorney General Daugherty: kill any lurking germs. Baggage is fumigated. The state’s ban on California auto- mobile travel has not been lifted. Senator Smith W. Brookhart, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. of the Burns Detective Agen Department of Justice in the S for better wages and working system of the Burns Detective corruption. The labor spy system in vogue in the United States in which the Burns Detective Agency played a great part and the part played by the Depart- ment of Justice in fighting the shop- men’s strike in 1922 are questions of the utmost importance to the whole working class movement of this coun- try. Investigation of these activities of the paid agents of the capitalists will show how the governmental power is used under the capitalist system to weaken and destroy the workers’ organizations and to make impossible their winning a higher standard of living for themselves: The demands made by the Workers Terty should have the support of the American Federation of Labor, a. F. of L, Railway Employes’ Department, of all of the railroad unions and of the central labor bodies thiuout the country. It is organized labor particularly that suffers thru the activities of the agents of the capitalists. The Work- ers Party calls upon the organizations romed above to support its demand made upon the senate committee thru resolutions and public meetings de- manding that the investigation now going on includes the labor spy sys- tem of the Burns Agency and the ac- tivities of the Department of Justice Ld The Workers Party of America in the name of hundreds of thousands of workers demand that your committee not only investigate bribery and corruption in the Department of Justice during the incumbency of Attorney General Daugherty but that it also investigate the labor spy system cy and the activities of the hhopmen’s strike in 1922. The use of governmental agencies against the workers who fight conditions and the labor spy Agency maintained to destroy the workers’ organization are of greater interest to the work- ing masses of this country than the exposure of bribery and C, E. RUTHENBERG, axecutive Secretary, Workers Party of America. Streetcar Strike Looms In Detroit Over Wage Demand (By The Federated Press) DETROIT, April 28.—Platform men on the municipally owned street rail way lines are going into another struggle against city officials and against whatever public opinion is in- fluenced by the daily papers, for re- vision of the wage scale from the pre- sent rate of from 62 cents to 70 cents an hour to a new level of from 72 cents to 80 cents. In addition to an increase in wages the street railway workers want 25 per cent of the runs straight day runs, 25 per cent straight night runs, 30 per cent of the runs to be completed in 121-2 consecutive hours, “They will have: the highest wage scale of any streetcar employes in the world if they are granted this in- crease,” the members of the dopart- ment of street railway bureaucracy protest. And the men answered that wages on a people's railway ought to be the highest. If it can not pay higher Workers Party of Anierica. wages than a privately owned system in Jabor disputes. Central Executive Committee came out for Coolidge for President.” W. Z. Foster, Chairman, it is because it is inefficiently man- C. B, Ruthenberg, Executive Secy, |uged, they add, ;