The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 9, 1924, Page 5

| DAILY WORKER America’s Greatest Labor Daily Friday, May 9, 1924 BILL DEFEATING OLD GUARD FOES Railroad Corporation Lobby Loses Round By LAURENCE TODD. (Staff Correspondent of the Fed. Press) WASHINGTON, May 8.— Progres- sive forces won @ victory here when the house tried out for the first time the use of the new rule won last Jan- uary by the progressives’ battle against the old guard—the rule un- der which a majority of the mem- bership of the house can take a bill from committee and proceed to legis- late, The Barkley-Howell raflroad la- bor bill was taken from the custody of the committee on interstate and foreign commerce, by a rollcall, 194 to 181, when every corporation lobby in the capital was working tooth and nail to prevent that action. Minority leader Garrett, with Blan- ton, Bland, Black of Texas, Browne of New. Jersey and other Democrats, ined up with Longworth and the rail- road lobby, but still the progressives carried the day. Longworth, the old guard floor lead- er, confessed the issue when he said that Huddleston of Alabama, in a speech in the house, had “offered you peace on the one hand and war on the other.” He insisted, however, that there was no need for the legisla- tion now, and that the salary list in the various proposed boards was too high, and that a million railroad work- ers “who are opposed to this bill” should be heard. Barkley of Kentucky, replied in a flery speech that not even 100,000 rail- road employes in the entire nation are honestly opposed to the bill; that it represents the wishes, carefully worked out, of millions of railway wage earners, and that it has been de- liberately and systematically pigeon- holed by Chairman Winslow and the majority of the house committee on interstate commerce. BARKLEY - HOWELL [ITTLE CALVIN GOOLE SEEMS 10 BE LIKE A GULLIVER AMONG GIANTS WASHINGTON, May 8.—President Coolidge today called congressional leaders into conference with him at the White House, in an effort to as- sert administration control of the sit- uation in Congress. Following a breakfast attended ‘by Speaker Gillett, Republican Leader Longworth and Chairman Snell of the rules committee, Mr, Coolidge called in Senator Lodge, floor leader in the Senate, and Senator Smoot, chairman of the finance committee in charge of the tax bill. While this conference was in progress, the president tele- phoned Senator Borah to hurry to the White House to join the parley, Mr. Coolidge was understood to be preparing to take command in an ef- fort to prevent a jam at the Capitol over immigration, tax and farm relief legislation, which now threatens to prevent congressional adjournment, In addition, he discussed efforts to save the Mellon tax plan, Tacoma Building Tradesmen Strike On Laborers’ Behalf TACOMA, Wash., May 8.—A strike against work by Bonnell & Co., con- tractors, has been called by the Build- ing Trades Council. No question of wages or hours is involved. The de- mand is for recognition of all unions including the building laborers, which the contractors have refused to recog- nize. Other unions have had their scale demands met and most of the workers employed were union altho Bonnell’s were all open shop jobs. Threats are made of importing scabs from Los Angeles but are not taken seriously, Jobs tied up are an apart- ment house, a hotel remodeling, and the new college buildings of Wright Seminary (Episcopal). The new million and a half dollar community hotel, The Winthrop, is a union job thruout so far. It will be run by the Linnard interests. Young Workers League of Chicago Holds Second Anniversary Dance Saturday The Young Worke League of America was organized at its first national convention which was held in New York on May 13th, 1 At this convention the Chicago League sent four delegates who were very instrumental in having the Young Workers League affiliate to the Workers Party. A dance will be given in the honor of the League which is the only organ- ization ‘that the youth of Ameriea can ever look forward to for its emancipa- tion. The dance which is called a YOUTH SPRING DANCE will take place in Roosevelt. Hall, 3437 West Roosevelt Road, Saturday evening, May 10th, at 8p.m. The admission, fifty cents, includes wardrobe. Now In Our Own Home SUPPORTS Militant Unionism Amalgamation A Labor Party Recognition of Soviet Russia Labor Solidarity The biggest and most important job every reader of The DAILY WORKER can do is to THE DAILY WORKER FAR SOUTH WILL SEND DELEGATES TO ST. PAUL MEET Louisiana And Texas Get In Credentials ST. PAUL, May 8—Louisiana and Texas are the first of the Southern states to send in credentials for the national nominating convention of the Farmer-Labor movement, which meets in St. Paul June 17 at the call of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and almost a score of other state and na- tional third party organizations. In addition to Louisiana and Texas, credentials are in from New York, Rhode Island, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska and Montana. Other states are awaiting the results of their convention before nominating delegations. Additional delegates are also expected from the states named. While the voting strength of each state at the convention is fixed by its progressive vote in 1922,the number of delegates among whom the quota is to be divided is not limited except by the number and strength of local unions, central bodies, groups of farmers and progressives, etc., that subscribe to the St. Paul platform and wish to send delegates. The platform, on which LaFollette 'is expected to be nominated for presi- dent June 17, demands public owner- ship, government banking, public con- trol of natural resources, restoration of civil liberties, abolition of govern- ment by injunction. “LaFollette,” Says Mahoney. Regarding doubts by enemies of the June 17 gathering as to whether La- Follette will head the ticket, William Mahoney of the committee on ar- rangements says: “Everything indi- cates conclusively that LaFollette will be nominated without a question and will accept the leadership of the third party 1924 campaign. He will be the unanimous choice of all the conven- tions, and he will have®electors in every state. It is probable he will run on Farmer-Labor tickets where such *|have official standing, and in states where no progressive group has at- tained official standing, petitions will have to be used.” GLOUCESTER, Mass., May 8,—The entire fire company of the Annisquam section of this city has been retired on account of old age and younger men have been appointed. Some of the company have been in _ service more than half a century. The senior hoseman took up his duties five years after the civil war and the superior officer had a period of service cor- respondingly long. 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BS MONG rsssrssseeerserrseer $200 IN CHICAGO By Mall— 1 year 6 months 3 months sosnnsssnannnanseenssse B00 $4.50 $2.50 Party Activities Of Local Chicago REGULAR BRANCH MEETINGS. Friday, May 9th, Czecho-Slovak, Hanson Park, Bo- hemian Freethought School, Mansfield near Grand Avenue. Scandinavian Englewood, at I. O. G. T. Hall, 641 E, 61st St. Sunday, May 11. Lettish Branch, at Smith Hall, 3800 W. Madison, corner Hamlin. 2 p. m. Greek Branch, at Hull House, 800 S. Halsted, 3 p. m. Monday, May 12. German Branch, at Workers’ Dra- matic Club, 1665 Bissel St., down- stairs, Comrade J. Schaefer will speak on the Anti-Alien Laws, the menace of a super-blacklist. Comrade Schaefer is well-equipped to handle the subject and a most interesting talk can be ex- pected. Meetings are open to the gen- eral public. Hungarian Branch, at 1600 North Sedgewick St., second floor. Italian 19th Ward (W. 8. No, 1) at 1103 8. Loomis St. Tuesday, May 13, Ukranian Branch No. 1, at Ukranian Club, 1582 W. Chicago, tntra floor. Irving Park English, at 4021 N. Drake Ave. Comrade Ernest Jttlinger will speak at the open meeting that night on the subject: “The Need of a Farm- er-Labor Party.” Northwest English Branch, \at 2733 Hirsh Blyd., Workers’ Lyceum, All meetings start at 8 p. m., unless speci- fied otherwise. (Note: Please keep all dates set up until expired.) Meetings. On Saturday evening, May 10, the Y. W. L. of Chicago will give its first dance and entertainment at Roose- velt Hall, 3437 West Roosevelt Road. Excellent music, novelties and refresh- ments have been provided. Admission is 50 cents, including wardrobe. On Friday evning, May 9, there will be a meeting of the Branch Industrial Organizers of the party at the Amal- gamated Food Workers’ Hall, 214 N. State St. Our industrial work must be increased greatly, and meetings of the branch industrial organizers will be held regularly hereafter in order to co-ordinate and increase our work in the unions. On Friday, May 9, the Council for the Protection of Foreign-Born Work- ers will hold a monsttr mass meeting at Douglas Auditorium, Ogden and Kedzie Aves. Speakers have been in- vited from the Chicago Federation of Labor, Workers Party and Socialist Party. The purpose of the meeting is to protest and demonstrate against jthe recently-passed Johnson Immigra- tion Bill, which is nothing more than a super-blacklist against the class- conscious immigrant workers. On Tuesday, May 13, there will be a meet- ing of the Enlarged City Executive Committee at 166 West Washington St., room 303. Federation problems among other important business, will be taken up. Language C. C. C.’s shall make certain to send a representative. On Saturday, May 10, at 2 p. m., there will be a meeting of the District Executive Committee at 166 West Washington St., room 303. There will be a membership meet- ing of Pullman Party members on Monday, May 12. The purpose of the meeting will be to get the party niem- bers more active in the Pullman strike and to find ways and means for the | | Pullman Section of the W. P. to utilize more advantageously the opportuni- |ties afforded the Workers Party thru the strike. The Third Annual Picnic of the | Workers Party, Local Chicago, will be ‘held on Friday, July 4, at Stickney’s Grove. Speakers, dancing, games, re- \freshments, etc., are being provided. Sympathetic organizations are re- | quested not to arrange any other af- fair, but to give all possible support to the July 4th picnic. ne All local members should watch this column for news of all rou- tine and special Party meetings.— Martin Abern, City Seoretary. Propose Cabinet Education Office. (By The Federated Press) WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., May 8— tablishment of a new federal de- partment of education with a secre- tary of education in the president's | cabinet was proposed by Miss Olive , president National Educa at the annual convention of Winchester County Teachers’ Assn., White Plains. She replied to the at- tack made on the proposal by Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, president, Carne- zie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Every new subscriber increases the influence of the DAILY WORKER. Page Five MIKE PETCOFF DIES; FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED Toledo Comrade Aided Soviet Russia . (Special to The Daily Worker} TOLEDO, Ohio, May 8.—We buried Comrade Mike Petcoff Monday at 1:30 p.m, The funeral services were held at 1517 Albert street. As this was a Red funeral, no preacher was present. Comrade Wil- liam Patterson officiated. He spoke of the comrade’s noble deeds in the class struggle, helping to bring light. to the masses and liberate them from wage slavery, and of the intense in- terest and activity shown by Comrade Petcoff when Soviet Russia was in the midst of the terrible famine. Comrade Petcoff donated the use of his shoe repair shop and his own services in repairing and half soleing all shoes the Toledo comrades col- lected in a@ house-to-house canvass. We collected and repaired several cases of shoes in this campaign. Peculiar circumstances surrounded the death \of Comrade Petcoff. He was found dead in his shoe shop, which is located at 1357 East Broad- way. He lived in the rear of the shop. When found he had a wound in the back of his head, which the coroner claimed was caused from falling when he had a heat attack. Comrade Pet- coff was not subject to heat attacks. Comrade Petcoff was known to} have many enemies in the neighbor- hood because of advocating his the- ories, and distributing Communist propaganda from his shop to custom- ers who called there. There is a strong doubt in the minds of his comrades and close friends that he died a natural death, as threats were made many times against him, and that he would be roughly handled if he continued to disseminate his ideas and theories in the shop. Toledo comrades will not forget Comrade Petcoff—A. W. Har- vitt. Trachtenberg Tour List of Western Dates. The list of Trachtenberg’s western dates follows. Addresses of halls and hours of meetings will be pub- lished later where they are not given here: Saturday, May 10, Palo Alto, Uni- tarian Hall, Channing and Cooper The Workers Party in Action || PAID PARTY WORKERS MUST DONATE ALL MAY DAY WAGES By decision of the Central Execu- tive Committee, all paid workers in Party institutions including subsi- diary and fraternal institutions of the Party are to donate the wages paid to them for May Day, to the DAILY WORKER, This decision was made by the Central Execu- tive Committee as an extension of the previous decision to the effect that all Party members who work- ed on May Day donate their day’s wages to the DAILY WORKER. Manley Talks On F-L Movement To Toledo Workers TOLEDO, O., May 8—The Toledo Local Workers Party had a very suc- cessful entertainment with a large at- tendance. Everybody enjoyed the minstrel show, which was put on by local tal- ent from the Workers Party. We know those who missed this will not miss another minstrel show that the Toledo Comrades put on, when they hear about this one from the ones who, attended, Comrade Manley was with us, and gave us a very interesting lecture on the work and tactics of the Commun- ist Party, which was enjoyed by all present. Comrade Manley did much to clari- fy the issue of the Farmer-Labor Par- ty and the tactics pursued by the Workers Party. Cuban Revolt More Serious Than Coolidge Cabinet Will Admit WASHINGTON, May 8—War de- partment approval of the request of the Cuban government for arms and war supplies was expected today. The communication from President Zayas has been in the hands of Secre- tary of War Weeks, since Saturday. It was transmitted to him thru the State Department. No special legis- lation will be required for sale of munitions to Cuba. General provision for such emergencies was made in a law passed in 1916. The embryo revolt in Cuba, in the meantime, continued to monopolize attention in diplomatic circles here. Many observers believe the state de- partment is entirely’ too optimistic of streets. speedy settlement by the Yayas Wednesday, May 14, Portland, |forces. Ore. Friday, May 16, Tacoma, Wash. Saturday, May 17, Seattle, Wash. Sunday, May 18, Vancouver, B. C., Canada. Monday, May 19, Spokane, Wash. Tuesday, May 20, Butte, Mont. Saturday, May 24, Superior, Wis. Sunday, May 25, St. Paul, Minn. Monday, May 26, Minneapolis, Minn. Meeting in Douglas Park. After a short discussion by the members of Douglas Park English Branch, meeting at 3322 Douglas boulevard, on the formation of the Illinois Farmer-Labor Party, a confer- ence for which will be held in Peoria, May 18, Harrison George gave a very interesting lecture on “Communists | in the Labor Unions.” He made a clear analysis of the tendencies of the trade union movements in the world, pointing out the differences be- tween the pure and simple trade unionist movement, as in England, (withthe anarcho-syndicalist trade ‘union movement, as in France, Italy and Spain, and the Socialist unionism in Germany, and the growing out of these three divergencies of the Com- munist trade unionism, taking with them the best, the most militant and the best fitted elements for the class struggle. Long discussion followed his lec- ture on the tactics pursued by ex- pelled Communists in trade unions. A number of non-party members in- terested in the subject were present at the meeting and stayed until the discussion was over late at night. Douglas Park English Branch holds its educationdl meetings every first Monday of the month at the address given above, on various’ phases of the revolutionary movement. Visitors are always invited for these lectures. On May 18 a business meeting will be held at which plans for work during WIM THE Y CONDUCTED - BY Thi |Organize New Y. W. L. at May Day Meet. A splendid May Day celebration, the proceeds of which are to be donated to the German Workers Relief, was held at Springfield, Ill, last Sunday afternoon and evening. The program began with a speech by Barney Mass, organizer for the Young Workers League, in which he outlined the prob- lems confronting the American youth inder capitalism and the remedies of- fered thru organization in the Y. W. L. After his speech an organization meeting was held in an ante-room, during which the work of the new or- ganization and the duties of members and officers were fully outlined. The officers chosen have almost all had some experience in trade union or po- litieal organization work, so the new league’s prospects of success are of the brightest. the speedy formation of a Y. W. L. Junior group. About a dozen Lithu- anian girls of school age contributed songs and recitations to the program. and these splendid youngsters will group when it is organized, The old- er comrade in charge of this little group is also a charter member of the new Y. W. L., and she was instructed to complete the Junior organization just as soon as the Seniors are well started and the Organization Manual is mastered. William F. Kruse spoke in the eve- ning on the history and significance serve as the backbone of the Junior BIG DONATIONS FROM MAY DAY PARADES DANGE Dillonvale Raises $210 Celebrating DILLONVILLE, Ohio, May 8.—Over $210 was cleared at the May Day festivities in this town and distribut- ed in various donations. The Young Workers’ League co-operated with lo- cals of the United Mine Workers in making the day one of the most suc- cessful ever celebrated. A parade of 3,000 men, women, and children of the Junior group, marched thru the town. They passed the school just as the older children were out at recess. At noon the assemblage lunched in the Bohemian Hall and then listened to speakers in various languages. Fred Merrick, district organizer for the Workers Party in Pittsburgh, spoke in English and others spoke in Italian, Slavic and Hungarian. Generous Donations. The evening was given over fo an international dance, for which the girls of the Young Workers’ League served. The town baker made a fan- cy cake with the Y. W. L. initials sugared on it. This and an embroider- ed dresser scarf, donated by Antonia Hauner, were raffled off. Sixty-five dollars was cleared from the parade alone and this sum, it was agreed, should be sent to the starving children of Germany. The other money raised was distributed as follows: Young Workers’ League office, $20; DAILY WORKER, $20; Sub-district organization, $20; Labor Defense Council, for Ruthenberg ap- peal, $20; California Defense, $20. The rest of the money was put int the local Y. W. L. treasury, to help carry on the work. At 11 p. m. the Ku Klux Klan came out and fired three loud shots and then burned the cross, but tne merry- makers paid no attention to them, according to Joe Kobylak, junior, who reported the May Day events to the DAILY WORKER. Peace in the Schools. NEW YORK.—Can public school teachers directly combat war by de- veloping methods and materials “for the effective teaching of peace”? The New York High School Teachers’ As- sociation has voted to try the experi- ment. President William Asher of the association is to get together a gen- eral conference of teachers and inter- est them in the peace plan of the high school teachers. WORKERS ING WORKERS LEAGUE president of the miners’ union sub-dis- trict, was chairman, Dancing con- cluded the program. An Italian or- ganizer was present and raised a handsome sum toward the starting of the Italian workers’ daily, “Il Lava- ratori.” ee Ex-Yipsels in Reunion. A group of one-time prominents of the one-time Young People’s Socialist League has sent out a call for a social get-together at Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 West Hirsch boulevard, on Sat- urday night, May 17, There is no thought of reorganizing the Y. P. S. L. Many of the members are now active in the Workers Party, Trade Union Educational League and other phases jof the labor movement; many others lare satisfied to rest on their laurels |won in days of youth. But this call for an old-fashioned reunion, with cab- aret dances, a mock trial and other The foundation was also laid for|stunts to enliven the proceedings. will certainly win a large turnout. Sarah Smith, Harry Willson, Bill Kruse, Al Rofsky and other old-timers are on the arrangements committee. A spe- cial checkroom has béen provided for hitherto unlisted members of Yipsel families. The members of the Young Work- ers League will be out in full force to meet those who were the youth move- ment of older days, while many active Workers Party members, especially of the Northwest Side, will come out to meet friends long since dropped out of sight. Emma Blechsmith, Elsie Newman and other Y. W. L. dancers the coming-month will be laid down.lof May Day. freeman Thompson,!will entertain. UNCLE WIGGLY'S TRICKS When the } Merch wind ) lew